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New World Notes - A Salute to General Weirdness
This week on New World Notes: radio program #207, February 21, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst takes a break from gloom and doom (the usual fare) to take note of events that are just, well, weird.
How about a plan to reduce carbon emissions in Australia by shooting wild camels? (Their burps and farts contain methane, you see.) And how about a required history unit on Estee Lauder in Texas schools?
Plus journalist Conn Hallinan's "Are You Serious?" Awards, newspaper items from Connecticut, and satire (or is it?) by The Onion, Roy Zimmerman, and George Carlin.
George Carlin performs a lesser-known sketch, "The Book Club." Roy Zimmerman sings his anthem, "America."