Minnesota Independent » Ron Kuby http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 An (interesting?) Al Franken-Malcolm X connection http://minnesotaindependent.com/35393/franken-malcolm-x-kuby-bachmann http://minnesotaindependent.com/35393/franken-malcolm-x-kuby-bachmann#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 13:45:58 +0000 Chris Steller http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=35393 malcolm-x-and-al-frankenHere’s a post about something Rep. Michele Bachmann didn’t say. Last year, Bachmann reveled in connecting dots between Barack Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, and last month she pronounced it “interesting” that swine flu outbreaks…]]> malcolm-x-and-al-frankenHere’s a post about something Rep. Michele Bachmann didn’t say. Last year, Bachmann reveled in connecting dots between Barack Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, and last month she pronounced it “interesting” that swine flu outbreaks only happen during Democratic presidencies (forgetting that Republican Gerald Ford was in office for the last one). So how did we get through this week without Bachmann finding it interesting that it contained the birthdays of both Al Franken and the late Malcolm X?

Actually, there is a six-degrees-type connection between Franken and Malcolm X:

Until he announced his run for U.S. Senate in early 2007, Franken hosted a weekday radio show on the Air America network from noon to 3 p.m., Eastern Time. Last week, Air America announced that the new host in Franken’s old time slot is Ron Kuby. In 1995, Kuby, with former law associate William Kunstler, represented Qubilah Shabbazz against charges (filed in Minneapolis) that she tried to hire an FBI informant to kill Louis Farrakhan, who she suspected of involvement in the 1965 death of her father, Malcolm X.

]]> http://minnesotaindependent.com/35393/franken-malcolm-x-kuby-bachmann/feed 3 MnIndy’s Steller talks recount, Norm and Blago in twin radio appearances http://minnesotaindependent.com/20393/mnindys-steller-talks-colemanblagojevich-recount-in-twin-radio-appearances http://minnesotaindependent.com/20393/mnindys-steller-talks-colemanblagojevich-recount-in-twin-radio-appearances#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:05:02 +0000 Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=20393 Chris Steller discussed two of his recent stories on two radio programs yesterday. On Air America's "Doing Time with Ron Kuby," he discussed what he calls the "funnel of love" -- schemes to fund elected officials via their wives' jobs. He cited the Rod Blagojevich scandal as well as similar alleged plans involving Sen. Norm Coleman and Tom DeLay. On WORT, Madison, Wisconsin's community radio station, he offered an on-the-ground perspective on the final days of the Minnesota Senate recount. Listen to the WORT segment here and download the Ron Kuby show here.]]> Minnesota Independent reporter Chris Steller discussed two of his recent stories on two radio programs yesterday. On Air America’s “Doing Time with Ron Kuby,” he discussed what he calls the “funnel of love” — schemes to fund elected officials via their wives’ jobs. He cited the Rod Blagojevich scandal as well as similar alleged plans involving Sen. Norm Coleman and Tom DeLay. On WORT, Madison, Wisconsin’s community radio station, he offered an on-the-ground perspective on the final days of the Minnesota Senate recount.

Listen to the WORT segment here and download the Ron Kuby show here.

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