{"id":14971,"date":"2020-07-28T15:42:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=14971"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T19:42:51","slug":"mp3-bashing-school-scams-covid-cons-and-thomas-hobbes-on-chicago-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/mp3-bashing-school-scams-covid-cons-and-thomas-hobbes-on-chicago-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3 Bashing School Scams, COVID Cons, and Thomas Hobbes on Chicago Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-obd0qt r-18kxxzh r-zso239\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-15d164r r-1ah4tor\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1w6e6rj r-1g7fiml r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div id=\"notification-tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-1re7ezh r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I had fun on Chicago radio this morn with <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">Dan Proft<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">Amy Jacobson<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> on their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/morninganswerchicago.com\/\"><strong><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">Morning Answer program<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> exposing school shams and COVID cons and kicking Thomas Hobbes for good measure.\u00a0\u00a0 This YouTube video is the best case scenario:\u00a0 videos of them but only audio of me.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Author James Bovard on the case for reopening schools in the fall\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SH-6tvGOZXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had fun on Chicago radio this morn with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on their Morning Answer program exposing school shams and COVID cons and kicking Thomas Hobbes for good measure.\u00a0\u00a0 This YouTube video is the best case scenario:\u00a0 videos of them but only audio of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2284,2349,2482,2350,214,148,2488],"class_list":["post-14971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid","tag-hobbes","tag-lockdowns","tag-mp3-2","tag-schools","tag-teacher-unions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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