Voice of America has been shut down.

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www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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On 17/03/2025 19:17, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

For being a voice of "left wing propaganda".

Also having funding withdrawn are :-

Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Radio and Television Marti
Radio Free Asia
Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

All funded by the now defunct United States Agency For Global Media.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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On 17/03/2025 19:59, John Williamson wrote:

On 17/03/2025 19:17, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

For being a voice of "left wing propaganda".

Also having funding withdrawn are :-

Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Radio and Television Marti
Radio Free Asia
Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

All funded by the now defunct United States Agency For Global Media.

Could a "right wing" takeover by fox media be on the cards?

In monetary value how much is that worth? They could advertise arms!

--
Not Me

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On 17.03.2025 19:17 Uhr Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

At least this morning was still a broadcast on 6170, I assume it was
VoA.

Also still listed in short-wave.info

6170  Voice of America 05:00 05:30 1234567 Hausa 250 27
ASC
Ascension

Can anybody confirm/deny?

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kind regards
Marco

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On 22/03/2025 19:12, Marco Moock wrote:

On 17.03.2025 19:17 Uhr Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

At least this morning was still a broadcast on 6170, I assume it was
VoA.

Also still listed in short-wave.info

6170  Voice of America 05:00 05:30 1234567 Hausa 250 27
ASC
Ascension

Can anybody confirm/deny?

None of the stories on the website have been updated since the 15th of
March 2025.

The only audio feed I can find on line is a music filler station,
pklaying what seems to be royalty free music. None of the other channels
are even showing a schedule.

https://www.voanews.com/schedule/radio/60?withmediaplayer=1

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

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JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Or worse, he commandeers it for a "Trump's Truthful Transmissions"
propaganda station.

--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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In article <1r9nnuf.g9impx2avw1uN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Or worse, he commandeers it for a "Trump's Truthful Transmissions"
propaganda station.

Imagine thinking the BBC and UK main stream media was delivering
truthful news.

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In article <vrote8$2akcq$1@dont-email.me>,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Not as bad as pouring concrete into fracking test sites to make sure
no ones ever uses them again because they have a religious belief in
the climate agenda.

Bob.

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On 23.03.2025 12:05 Uhr JMB99 wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Depends on who owns them. On some sites they only rent(ed) airtime,
other like Biblis or Lampertheim are owned by the IBB.
As they are no longer in use, but consume money (aircraft warning
lights, tower check/maintenance), they will most likely be scrapped,
like it happened for many SW/MW sites.

I have doubt that there are companies interested in buying and using
them.

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1742727928muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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On 23.03.2025 15:48 Uhr Liz Tuddenham wrote:

JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other
actions.

Or worse, he commandeers it for a "Trump's Truthful Transmissions"
propaganda station.

That would be funny. If the broadcasts are in English or German, I
might be a listener.

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1742741324muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 23.03.2025 12:05 Uhr JMB99 wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Depends on who owns them. On some sites they only rent(ed) airtime,
other like Biblis or Lampertheim are owned by the IBB.
As they are no longer in use, but consume money (aircraft warning
lights, tower check/maintenance), they will most likely be scrapped,
like it happened for many SW/MW sites.

I have doubt that there are companies interested in buying and using
them.

With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba a
sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting.


--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:29:55 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 23.03.2025 12:05 Uhr JMB99 wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Depends on who owns them. On some sites they only rent(ed) airtime,
other like Biblis or Lampertheim are owned by the IBB.
As they are no longer in use, but consume money (aircraft warning
lights, tower check/maintenance), they will most likely be scrapped,
like it happened for many SW/MW sites.

I have doubt that there are companies interested in buying and using
them.

With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba a >sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting.

I thought the tyrants happily jammed the shortwave.

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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:29:55 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 23.03.2025 12:05 Uhr JMB99 wrote:

I suppose the big danger is that Trump (or his minions) sells the
transmitter sites and trashes the transmission equipment.

He seems quite capable of doing that from some of his other actions.

Depends on who owns them. On some sites they only rent(ed) airtime,
other like Biblis or Lampertheim are owned by the IBB.
As they are no longer in use, but consume money (aircraft warning
lights, tower check/maintenance), they will most likely be scrapped,
like it happened for many SW/MW sites.

I have doubt that there are companies interested in buying and using
them.

With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba a >sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting.

I thought the tyrants happily jammed the shortwave.

That's much more difficult to do across an entire country - it uses a
lot of resources and is rarely completely effective.


--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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On 24.03.2025 18:29 Uhr Liz Tuddenham wrote:

With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba
a sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting.

I have serious doubt in that. Most people, especially young one like
me, don't know SW at all. They also don't have receivers for it. A lot
of local noise caused by crap electronics makes reception rather hard.

Many sites in the world were also demolished or decommissioned.

Because many broadcasters stopped using SW, the amount of potential
listeners will be small, except for people who like that frequency
range.

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1742837395muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:44:00 +0100, Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 24.03.2025 18:29 Uhr Liz Tuddenham wrote:

With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba
a sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting.

I have serious doubt in that. Most people, especially young one like
me, don't know SW at all. They also don't have receivers for it. A lot
of local noise caused by crap electronics makes reception rather hard.

Many sites in the world were also demolished or decommissioned.

Because many broadcasters stopped using SW, the amount of potential
listeners will be small, except for people who like that frequency
range.

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech and the government controlled all the media, would you prefer (a) to use
whatever technology you could to listen to other stations, or (b) just
to accept whatever the government decided was good for you?

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:52:53 +0000 (GMT), Bob Latham
<bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

In article <fe26ujd9h1slqkrdpgr3kdbqls336361ia@4ax.com>,
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech

You think we have free speech in the UK? Even after the comments from
J D vance and the President about our poor respect for free speech
and people being in prison in the UK.

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

Thought so.

I see no reference to the UK in this conversation. The words used by
Liz were:
"With tyrants blocking the internet when it suits them, there might ba
a sudden resurgence in shortwave broadcasting."

In case you are still confused, my comment was not about the UK.

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In article <fe26ujd9h1slqkrdpgr3kdbqls336361ia@4ax.com>,
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech

You think we have free speech in the UK? Even after the comments from
J D vance and the President about our poor respect for free speech
and people being in prison in the UK.

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

Thought so.


Bob.

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On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

I would rather on them than Trump, Musk and their cronies.

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In article <m4i4taF9nroU1@mid.individual.net>,
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

On 26/03/2025 10:13, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <vrv7cn$74st$1@dont-email.me>,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

I would rather on them than Trump, Musk and their cronies.

Many people hate Trump, I get that but I don't understand why. He campaigned saying exactly what he thought and said exactly what he
was going to do. He was voted in. From day one, he did what he said
he would.

Except that on no two days has that been the same thing. He has
changed what passes for his mind every day with a "y" in its name,
and often denied it.

I've not seen that but I never watch main stream media news because
it lies.

He is a senile, demented bully.

Biden !!!!!!! You can't be serious.

To get back on topic, Trump has withdrawn funding for the Voice of
America, which was the US equivalent of the BBC World service, as
well as other stations whose only purpose was to transmit the US
world view into areas where the rest of the news was controlled by
what are considered to be totalitarian regimes. He blamed this on
the "left wing" attitudes they expressed, while anyone who has
actually listened to VOA will have noticed that the bias, if any,
is towards the right of the political spectrum, and, by an large,
echoed the US Government line.

The Democrats were even paying the BBC now what did they expect in
return for that money ?

I think America is getting pretty much what it voted for and the
complaints are coming largely from corrupt government departments.

TDS is everywhere because we have a biased propaganda media.

Bob.

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On 26/03/2025 10:13, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <vrv7cn$74st$1@dont-email.me>,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

I would rather on them than Trump, Musk and their cronies.

Many people hate Trump, I get that but I don't understand why. He
campaigned saying exactly what he thought and said exactly what he
was going to do. He was voted in. From day one, he did what he said
he would.

Except that on no two days has that been the same thing. He has changed
what passes for his mind every day with a "y" in its name, and often
denied it.

He is a senile, demented bully.

To get back on topic, Trump has withdrawn funding for the Voice of
America, which was the US equivalent of the BBC World service, as well
as other stations whose only purpose was to transmit the US world view
into areas where the rest of the news was controlled by what are
considered to be totalitarian regimes. He blamed this on the "left wing" attitudes they expressed, while anyone who has actually listened to VOA
will have noticed that the bias, if any, is towards the right of the
political spectrum, and, by an large, echoed the US Government line.
--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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In article <vrv7cn$74st$1@dont-email.me>,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

I would rather on them than Trump, Musk and their cronies.

Many people hate Trump, I get that but I don't understand why. He
campaigned saying exactly what he thought and said exactly what he
was going to do. He was voted in. From day one, he did what he said
he would.

Contrast that with our labour government. They lied about everything
to gain power. They got power and broke just about every promise they
made. Everyone in Britain is being taxed until the pips squeak while
they squander money on themselves and chuck money at the world in
massive donations, to say nothing of islands. Then they appoint the
lunatic Millipede, put up energy again, kill off the pensioner fuel
allowance whilst giving £11.6billion to Africa to help with the
fictitious climate crisis.

Elon Musk brought the "grooming gangs" scandal to the world and
shamed Britain, he was right to do so. Officials in the UK at every
level conspired to cover this up. He was then attacked because the
liberal left elite do not want their narrative shown to be a huge
lie. Even now our despicable government continues to refuse a full
national enquiry into rape gangs. It is even changing the law to make sentencing less severe for none whites.

Our media largely support this government and push and protect their
narrative as much as they can as they are captured by the same
globalist anti country ideologies as HMG.

Our government and media couldn't have demonstrated any more clearly
that they should never be trusted to tell the truth if you want to
keep your country. On the other hand...


Bob.

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On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <fe26ujd9h1slqkrdpgr3kdbqls336361ia@4ax.com>,
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech

You think we have free speech in the UK? Even after the comments from
J D vance and the President about our poor respect for free speech
and people being in prison in the UK.

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

Thought so.

Bob.

Let me guess .... you're a Daily Mail reader? Over 60?

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:10:02 +0000 (GMT), Bob Latham
<bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

In article <m4i4taF9nroU1@mid.individual.net>,
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

On 26/03/2025 10:13, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <vrv7cn$74st$1@dont-email.me>,
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

I would rather on them than Trump, Musk and their cronies.

Many people hate Trump, I get that but I don't understand why. He
campaigned saying exactly what he thought and said exactly what he
was going to do. He was voted in. From day one, he did what he said
he would.

Except that on no two days has that been the same thing. He has
changed what passes for his mind every day with a "y" in its name,
and often denied it.

I've not seen that but I never watch main stream media news because
it lies.

He is a senile, demented bully.

Biden !!!!!!! You can't be serious.

To get back on topic, Trump has withdrawn funding for the Voice of
America, which was the US equivalent of the BBC World service, as
well as other stations whose only purpose was to transmit the US
world view into areas where the rest of the news was controlled by
what are considered to be totalitarian regimes. He blamed this on
the "left wing" attitudes they expressed, while anyone who has
actually listened to VOA will have noticed that the bias, if any,
is towards the right of the political spectrum, and, by an large,
echoed the US Government line.

The Democrats were even paying the BBC now what did they expect in
return for that money ?

I heard it was to buy a box set of EastEnders from BBC Studios.
Nothing wrong with that. They expect to learn about English culture in
return.

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In article <71a20437-b6e4-47cd-a530-961acc624330@invalid.invalid>,
Tim Jones <timjones@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 20:52, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <fe26ujd9h1slqkrdpgr3kdbqls336361ia@4ax.com>,
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech

You think we have free speech in the UK? Even after the comments from
J D vance and the President about our poor respect for free speech
and people being in prison in the UK.

Do you by any chance get your information from bbc / main stream
media.

Thought so.

Bob.

Let me guess .... you're a Daily Mail reader? Over 60?

I don't buy newspapers, they lie. I am over 60 though and that as
you've noticed, seems to suggest I still have reason and rationality
and I can through experience, recognize the bullshit ideologies that
we are now forced to endure for what they are.

It wouldn't surprise me if this age of unreason where the truth
cannot be spoken will soon have us burning witches.


Bob.

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In article <8c98uj9dqnn3pj1aeboddfq1ldj7pdaarm@4ax.com>,
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I heard it was to buy a box set of EastEnders from BBC Studios.
Nothing wrong with that. They expect to learn about English culture
in return.

:-)

Bob.

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On 25.03.2025 19:56 Uhr Scott wrote:

If you lived in a country where there was no freedom of speech and the government controlled all the media, would you prefer (a) to use
whatever technology you could to listen to other stations, or (b) just
to accept whatever the government decided was good for you?

I would use SW, but most people won't.

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1742928976muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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On 26/03/2025 20:09, Marco Moock wrote:

I would use SW, but most people won't.

Most people in former communist states will not remember having to rely
on Short Wave (and other bands) to get news but how many do remember.

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Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive Order
and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle
East Broadcasting Networks.


--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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On 24/04/2025 08:46, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <1rb9h80.1woqom9oikqioN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

You're pleased that anti-democratic, far left activist judges can
over-ride democracy - okay got that.

And you are pleased that the President overrode the decision of a democratically elected congress to fund various radio stations, Got that.


--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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In article <1rb9h80.1woqom9oikqioN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

You're pleased that anti-democratic, far left activist judges can
over-ride democracy - okay got that.

Bob.

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In article <m6u9b5F6nkbU1@mid.individual.net>,
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

On 24/04/2025 08:46, Bob Latham wrote:

In article <1rb9h80.1woqom9oikqioN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

You're pleased that anti-democratic, far left activist judges can
over-ride democracy - okay got that.

And you are pleased that the President overrode the decision of a democratically elected congress to fund various radio stations, Got that.

Yes, because the president was 100% clear (unlike the the uk where
Labour lied about everything to get into government) what he would do
if he got elected.

Thankfully like most people, I grew out out of being a leftists at
around age 35.

Bob.

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Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive Order
and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle
East Broadcasting Networks.

How recently? No articles newer than 6 weeks ago appear on their
website ...

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"Bob Latham" <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote in message news:5c127d2d51bob@sick-of-spam.invalid...

In article <m6u9b5F6nkbU1@mid.individual.net>,
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

And you are pleased that the President overrode the decision of a
democratically elected congress to fund various radio stations, Got that.

Yes, because the president was 100% clear (unlike the the uk where
Labour lied about everything to get into government) what he would do
if he got elected.

The problem is that America's constitution gives a lot of power to the president which a UK prime minister (or other equivalent political leader) wouldn't have without approval of parliament as a whole. And then it indemnifies presidents from a lot of accountability and prosecution for
events they committed while in office.

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In article <vud6d6$1f511$1@dont-email.me>,
NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

"Bob Latham" <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote in message news:5c127d2d51bob@sick-of-spam.invalid...

Yes, because the president was 100% clear (unlike the the uk
where Labour lied about everything to get into government) what
he would do if he got elected.

The problem is that America's constitution gives a lot of power to
the president which a UK prime minister (or other equivalent
political leader) wouldn't have without approval of parliament as a
whole. And then it indemnifies presidents from a lot of
accountability and prosecution for events they committed while in
office.

But this is only an issue for individuals that disagree with what the
current president is doing. If I was a US citizen I would have had a
massive issue with the actions of the last administration and the
obama one. Even so, democracy is what it is.

Don't imagine I'm a great trump fan I'm not, especially in how he has
treated women but he's far better that the morons we have in the UK
government. Millepede, Starmer, Rachel from accounts, dear God.

Bob.

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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive Order
and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

How recently? No articles newer than 6 weeks ago appear on their
website ...

In the news yesterday. Perhaps they hadn't had time to update their
website when you looked at it.

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~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Liz Tuddenham wrote:

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive Order
and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle >>> East Broadcasting Networks.

How recently? No articles newer than 6 weeks ago appear on their
website ...

In the news yesterday.

Oh, I saw a Washington Post article from end of March.

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On Wed Apr 23 21:10:55 2025 liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive Order
and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle
East Broadcasting Networks.

That activist judge will be overriden, Adrian. You know it and I know it.

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On Thu Apr 24 08:46:14 2025 Bob Latham wrote:

In article <1rb9h80.1woqom9oikqioN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

You're pleased that anti-democratic, far left activist judges can
over-ride democracy - okay got that.

Cocks in Frocks are almost always insane leftoids

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On 2025/8/1 13:49:12, Roger Wilkinson wrote:

On Thu Apr 24 08:46:14 2025 Bob Latham wrote:

In article <1rb9h80.1woqom9oikqioN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>,
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

You're pleased that anti-democratic, far left activist judges can
over-ride democracy - okay got that.

Cocks in Frocks are almost always insane leftoids

From what I remember last time I heard it, I wouldn't describe VoA as in
any way left!

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

We'd agreed to overlook each others' families and everything, and get
married" (The Trouble with Harry)

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On 01.08.2025 08:22 Uhr Roger Wilkinson wrote:

On Wed Apr 23 21:10:55 2025 liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz
Tuddenham) wrote:

Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Voice of America has been shut down.

I am pleased to report that a judge has blocked Trump's Executive
Order and has ordered the reinstatement of VOA, Radio Free Asia and
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

That activist judge will be overriden, Adrian. You know it and I know
it.

Didn't that already happen?

VoA ceased broadcasting, no more scheduled transmissions.

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to 1754029342muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de

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A friend in the US sent me this



ABC News
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to begin shutting down its operations



My friend:
Local commercial radio stations (other than country music and
pseudo-religious stations) have mostly gone from rural areas and the
major TV stations don’t cover local news or weather there, so NPR and
local public radio stations, such as PBS, provide that service, plus
emergency alerts. Now they’ll be struggling to carry on. The large PBS stations are receiving more donations and NPR is diverting some funds to
try to help, but it’s a sad day out in the country, such as in Rio Vista.

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