{"id":15390,"date":"2020-12-08T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15390"},"modified":"2020-12-08T09:02:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:02:58","slug":"mp3-bashing-covid-craziness-on-salem-national-radio-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/mp3-bashing-covid-craziness-on-salem-national-radio-network\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3  Bashing Covid Craziness on Salem National Radio Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Business host <strong>Scott Shellady<\/strong> and I had fun yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-dan-proft-show\/james-bovard-2#sharing\">thrashing crazy Covid restrictions<\/a> and power-mad politicians and bureaucrats who are pointlessly wrecking American freedom.\u00a0 Scott was guest-hosting on the <strong>Dan Proft<\/strong> show on <strong>Salem Radio Network<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/covid-craziness-in-loco-moco\/\">the AIER article &#8211; &#8220;Covid Craziness in LoCo Moco&#8221; that<\/a> spurred the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a l<a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?s=covid&amp;submit=Search\">ink to other articles<\/a> I have written on Covid this year, including the San Francisco Health Department<a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/26\/govt-offers-bizarre-covid-sex-advice-in-lieu-of-thanksgiving\/\"> &#8220;Quicker is Better&#8221; Covid sex advisor<\/a>y mentioned in yesterday&#8217;s interview.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to or download the 19 minute interview by clicking below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15390-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/James-Bovard2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/James-Bovard2.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/James-Bovard2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14766\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/COVID-bombed-city-smoking-ruins-for-COVID-ART.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Business host Scott Shellady and I had fun yesterday thrashing crazy Covid restrictions and power-mad politicians and bureaucrats who are pointlessly wrecking American freedom.\u00a0 Scott was guest-hosting on the Dan Proft show on Salem Radio Network.\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a link to the AIER article &#8211; &#8220;Covid Craziness in LoCo Moco&#8221; that spurred the interview. 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