The Dave Bowman Show
1,042 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAfter relocating to the PACNORWEST, Dave continues his look at the news, politics, trends, history, religion, sports and even entertainment of the day...
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WTF - Art Is Anal Cheese
June 11, 2023 19:26 - 58 minutes - 20 MBRabbi Dave is back from his nineteen days on the road with a thirteen year old boy. It’s a great way to see America and at the same time miss all the news and happenings that Friar Rod kept up on. scientists, the same ones who keep telling us that everything is settled, have figured out a way to solve global warming and keep the Earth from overheating. It won’t work, but somebody will get very rich from the plan. Meanwhile, some people think that living longer is a great idea. So… like a Ba...
DDH - The 14th President of the United States
June 09, 2023 03:34 - 43 minutes - 14.8 MBThe Virginians introduce their plan for a new National Government, which officially shocks the Convention since they believed (officially) that they were there only to revise and amend the Articles of Confederation. The Convention adjourns to the Committee of the Whole – which is the same people, in the same room with the same purpose as the Convention but without General Washington sitting on the dais. So who is in charge of the discussion and debates that will begin with the Virginia Plan ...
DDH - The Spin Doctors
May 31, 2023 03:28 - 42 minutes - 14.5 MBThe Convention finally gets underway. First things first, rules must be established and agreed upon. Then the business of reforming the Government can get rolling. The first presentations take on the problems the nation confronts, including the biggest danger facing America. The local Newspaper wants a story, and somebody, just who isn’t exactly clear, is giving them one. George Wythe and his rules committee approved two special rules that will serve to ensure secrecy and flexibility. As a...
DDH - John Dickinson Saves Delaware
May 23, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 14.2 MBWeek Two of our Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live look at the Philadelphia Convention... While waiting for a week for more delegates to arrive, the Virginia delegates have been meeting and discussing the plan that James Madison plans to propose. when John Dickinson of Delaware gets a whiff of what is going on, he iDDs appalled. Not only is the Virginia delegation planning to NOT simply “fix” the Articles of Confederation, they appear to be proposing a new central government that seems – a...
Social... Caring?
May 19, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 6.83 MBWhy is there a Page 6? Why is the high speed car chase of Harry and Megan through the streets of Manhattan a news story? Why do “social media influencers” even exist? Why is our society so obsessed with having our the fifteen minutes of fame? We all claim that we want privacy and we are appalled when it is “violated.” But is that really who we are? Why is our society so determined to tell everything that happened to us every minute of every day? Blogs, Social Media, web cams… it’s almost as ...
Not For Sale
May 18, 2023 16:09 - 18 minutes - 6.29 MBOver the past few months, in increasing desperate sounding letters, eMails and phone calls, my mortgage company has been begging me to re-fi my house. Or… even if I want to sell my house and maybe even buy a new one? As it turns out, there is a reason for all this unseemly begging. I happen to have a good bit of equity in my house and I also have a locked rate of 2.5%. There is a shortage of houses on the market while mortgage applications are up 10% year over year. In essence, it’s a seller...
J Edgar Redux?
May 17, 2023 16:21 - 16 minutes - 5.76 MBLook, I get it. we should all be pissed off. Left, right, center. What we learned this week is that J Edgar Hoover was alive and well in the one institution that we were told that we could trust. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, and Tom Clancy novels not withstanding, we learned that abuse of power infects every alphabet agency and hall of marble buildings across the government. i do not care what party you say you are, if this doesn’t piss you off, you’re the real problem. That said, and the famed Nure...
DH - All Roads Lead to Philadelphia
May 16, 2023 14:13 - 35 minutes - 12.1 MBOne of the things that I have wanted to do for some time is a complete revision of the Convention Episodes of Constitution Thursday. This summer, except for the three weeks I will be gone, Dave Does History gives me the chance to do just that. For the next few months we will take a weekly look at the things that happened in the Philadelphia in the Summer of 1787. This will not be a word for word repeat of the original Convention episodes, but with a new audience it will give us a chance to on...
The Fires of Moloch
May 15, 2023 16:14 - 20 minutes - 7.12 MBA recent tweet about the ancient deity Moloch by a conservative Talk Show Host has lit up some folks (get it?). In essence he tweeted that the white liberal women (specifically) “will throw their own children (and yours) into the fires of Molech without the slightest bit of hesitation.” Now… that’s the kind of reference that seems arcane. The truth is that most of the people who read it or heard about it probably had no clue what he was talking about. But you need to understand that for thos...
WTF - That's Just Yonkers!
May 14, 2023 23:22 - 56 minutes - 19.3 MBThe good news isn’t that Britney Griner is back playing practice games in the WNBA. It’s what she says about it that really has people excited. Meanwhile the City of Yonkers, New York is really mad at New York City over the dumping of illegal immigrants. But even Yonkers isn’t as mad as a Florida couple who had planned to get married in Orange County (NY), but… well… their big day got usurped by the same thing. Dave’s getting ready to hit the road, so savor this tasty morsel of What The Frock…
The Lesson of Zelda
May 12, 2023 17:28 - 19 minutes - 6.66 MBAt 0530 this morning I was reawakened by my Ben, who wanted to know how soon we could go to GameStop. At 0530. Sometimes things are pretty important, even if they don’t seem so to me. And sometimes the underlying motivations aren’t as clear as they seem in the media.
If You Can look Into the Seeds of Time...
May 10, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes - 6.91 MBYesterday on Bill Mick Live we talked about the Astor Place riots and the impact that the love of Shakespeare in America of the 19th Century had on the nation, and the events of May 10, 1849. After the show, I was thinking a bit more about things, and it occurred to me that there might be a related issue today. The New York times recently ran an article explaining the problems in primary schooling when it comes to the teaching of history. The article seems to indicate that history, and indee...
DDH - DDH - Fair is Foul and Foul Is Fair...
May 09, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes - 12.5 MBLook, I love New York City. I’ve only been there a few times, and usually I didn’t have any time to look around much. But I have always harbored a secret desire to live there, at least visit for an extended stay. To really experience New York City. I have a friend who lives there, and I told him several times that I expect him to keep busy, because I live my own NYC life vicariously through him. That said, New York is a… well… it’s a different kind of place. for all it’s bluster and bravado ...
WTF - King Chuck's Sexy Sausage Fingers
May 07, 2023 21:15 - 55 minutes - 19.2 MBYes, King Chuck III got hisself coronated yesterday at three in the morning. we did not get up to watch. That said, we still have questions. A man is dead after his behavior on the NYC Subway caused problems. The bigger question is whether or not this was truly just “mental illness” or if it was learned behavior? King Chuck has “giant sausage fingers.” And now, for just $63, you can suck on them. All that and more this week on What The Frock?
What a Drag!
May 05, 2023 18:00 - 7.47 MBThe US Navy announced this week that it had… appointed?… a “digital ambassador” to help with lagging recruiting. The controversy comes in the fact that this particular digital ambassador was apparently appointed as such because he is a drag queen. furthermore, it seems to be actually aimed at recruiting other drag queens into the Navy. Naturally, the interwebs and the politicians have exploded into anger and disgust. Oddly enough, I am not all that surprised by it, because… and this is somet...
DDH - ¡Cinco de Mayo!
May 02, 2023 13:50 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MBFor what seems to be basically an American drinking festival, Cinco de Mayo has become “a lightening rod for controversy*.” A few years ago in California, white students began wearing American Flag t-shirts to school on the day. Of course, this was met with outrage, because… that’s what high school students have learned is the “proper” response to a perceived insult. When t-shirts aren’t the issue, so-called “cultural appropriation” becomes the rally cry. How dare Americans celebrate a Mexi...
WTF - What Is Wrong At Harvard
April 30, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 22.6 MBA Law professor at Harvard – the smartest school in America – says that there is just too much free speech out there, especially on the interwebs. And he isn’t even close to being the dumbest professor at Harvard – the smartest school in America. Speaking of dumb, what if the Bud Lite execs , who have said that they had no clue what was going on, actually didn’t know what was going on? was firing Tucker Carlson a dumb move or a master stroke of manipulation? People are dumb enough to want t...
Cultural Lysenkoism
April 19, 2023 15:32 - 23 minutes - 7.91 MBThe whole concept of forced, or compelled assimilation is one that is repetitive through history. Whether you’re talking about the Jews and the attempts to force them to convert, the Conquistadors forcing their beliefs onto the Mesoamericans, or even the attempts by the US Government to force “civilization” onto the Native American, it’s a constant theme. While the macro versions of these attempts are pretty obvious, the truth is that there is a great deal of micro-compelled assimilation. It...
DDH - Operation Vengeance
April 18, 2023 11:05 - 34 minutes - 11.9 MBAdmiral Irosuku Yamamoto, the leader of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was reputed to have once said that he personally would dictate the peace terms to the United States in the Oval Office. As the mastermind behind the the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto was seen as the evil genius behind the successes of the Japanese Navy up through the end of the Guadalcanal Campaign in early 1943. Now, in a desperate attempt to shore up Japanese morale after the defeat on Guadalcanal, Yamamoto elected to m...
WTF - And We're Back
April 16, 2023 20:33 - 52 minutes - 18.1 MBIt’s been a month of Sundays, but at long last, Rabbi Dave is back! Together with the Good Friar Rod, we’ll take a look at the leak of classified documents and why it is that pretty much everybody seems to think that this was a good thing. Plus the boys will solicit unqualified medical advice from listeners. Twenty-one year old junior birdmen don’t seem all that smart. Did Governor Jay Inslee manage to personally cause a Washington State Ferry to crash?
Stories That I Am NOT Buying Into
April 14, 2023 16:41 - 18 minutes - 6.45 MBI’m not sure if my BS detection Meter is working overtime or if things have just become so unbelievable that even the most cock-eyed optimist has trouble swallowing the news being fed to us. Let us consider just a couple of stories being reported this week…
Dem Bones
April 13, 2023 14:55 - 19 minutes - 6.57 MBIt’s been a long few weeks. And we’re not even really close to being back to normal yet. That said, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to others and thinking about things. I have so often said that the Study of Constitutional Principles is very similar to the study of Torah. As we celebrate Passover this past week, there was yet another reminder of this to me. This time in a dry valley, full of dry bones…
DDH - Do You Mind, Son? We're Trying to Think
April 11, 2023 11:27 - 34 minutes - 12 MBToday, April 11, is the anniversary of the founding of the US Navy’s Submarine Fleet! for one hundred and twenty-three years, US Navy Submariners have carried on the traditions and training of the worlds finest underwater warriors. When the Battleships were stuck in the mud of Pearl Harbor, the Submarines carried the attack to the Empire of Japan. when Missiles piled up on Cuba, US Submarines made it clear to the Soviets, “You Shall not pass!” It’s not well known, but the first shots taken at...
I Don't Remember A Thing
March 20, 2023 03:53 - 2 minutes - 944 KBI can talk, but it hurts. My good friend, the MILSURPWRITER, half jokingly suggested that I use a voice box, ala Stephen Hawking. All I could find on short notice was a female voice, but you get the idea… So here is a very brief recounting of something of which I have absolutely no memory. Which, by the by, makes it the best dental appointment I’ve ever had, despite the pain, bleeding and inability to eat anything except applesauce and oatmeal…
Stalkers, Wings and Whales
March 15, 2023 15:11 - 28 minutes - 9.7 MBWithout getting into the details, there was one point in my media career (so far), that a person took it upon themselves to make an attempt to “find me” in the “real world.” That person believed that they could get me to do something for them and control my life and behaviors in a manner that they, in a deranged mind, was who I am. It was nerve-wracking for a few days, and nort something that I would ever like to deal with again. Two incidents here in Washington State last week have reminded...
DDH - The Ides of History
March 14, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBIn 44bce, the world was stunned on the Ides of March as a group of Roman Senators mercilessly attacked and murdered the sitting roman Dictator, Julius Cæsar. Over the next two thousand years, the story achieved legendary status in literature, theater and film. We watch as Elizabeth Taylor weeps over his death. Shakespeare brings us Marc Anthony’s rhetorical masterpiece, “Friends! Romans, Country men! Lend me your ears!” Even HBO gets into the act, with a sympathetic portrayal of Cæsar that r...
"So-Called Journalists"
March 13, 2023 20:20 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MBI’ve never shied away from the fact that my mind works… differently. So last week three things happened concurrently. First, some politicians here in Washington State have decided that ONLY “credentialed journalists” will be admitted to their press conferences. At almost the same time, Bill Mick was talking about the fact that he does not have the time to be an investigator for the stories discussed on the show. And at almost the same moment as the two occurrences above, a Congresswoman info...
WTF: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
March 12, 2023 19:49 - 1 hour - 20.9 MBIt’s the morning of the Daylight Savings Time “Spring forward” time change. There is always a lot of confusion, a lot of arguments and… a lot of resentment. Privacy concerns dominate the news, with the FBI admitting (finally) that it has continued to purchase data from cell phone providers. At the same time, a nonprofit Catholic group has also purchased VERY specific data from a specific App in order to out and to dox a very specific group that it does not like. Do you grow or show? The Was...
Flashback - 2011 Interview with Ken Sewell
March 09, 2023 17:53 - 36 minutes - 12.4 MBDave's 2011 interview with Ken Sewell, author of Red Star Rogue
Ben's Blue Dot
March 08, 2023 16:55 - 22 minutes - 7.71 MBBack before Meta deleted my original account, I had a picture of Ben standing on the sink in the bathroom, holding his hair back and intently looking in the mirror at his forehead. He was searching for the Blue Dot, which I had informed him that only Dads could see, which shows up on his forehead whenever he tells me a lie. A listeners this week texted the show and asked me what do we do when a politician continues to lie to us? Like the old joke, “How do you tell when a politician is lyin...
DDH - AZORIAN
March 07, 2023 16:43 - 45 minutes - 15.7 MBSome Technical Notes from today’s episode: (1) Dave has had zero sleep. He was up all night for a family activity. (2) The WMMB computer failed, necessitating the show be done by telephone rather than the normal method via computer. (3) Bill and Dave decided to leave their off air discussions on the podcast version. This is unusual but the conversations were germane to the subject (which is unusual) and might be of benefit to the listener. On the night of March7/8, 1968, a loud and very unex...
You Either Support and Defend Free Speech, Or You Don't
March 06, 2023 08:30 - 22 minutes - 7.84 MBIn 1798, less than a full decade after the ratification of the Constitution and just eight years after the Bill of Rights, the President of the United States, signed into law the Sedition Act of 1798. It was, simply put, one of the most egregious and appalling laws ever passed by the Congress of the United States, signed by a President AND upheld by the Supreme Court. It was proof of almost everything that the anti-Federalists had predicted and it nearly severed the nation. It was born from ...
WTF: DO NOT ALLOW THE BEAR ACCESS TO YOUR FOOD
March 05, 2023 20:04 - 1 hour - 20.9 MBAccording to a recent report, people who read The Lord of the Rings and 1984, are “more likely” to become “right wing extremists.” Unfortunately, the report had no information about middle aged men who follow crypto currency scams on Instagram. Meanwhile, the National Park service has some advice in case of bears, and we are now living in the final hours before the world no longer has a History of the World Pt II… All that and more, this week on What The Frock with Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod…
The War Is Not Meant To Be Won
March 03, 2023 16:59 - 27 minutes - 9.41 MBAs I get closer to my surgery (Mar 18), my voce is continuing to degrade. It is very frustrating to me, but as long as you tolerate it, I can live with it. The good news is that the long dry spell is over. The Government announced yesterday another $400+ Million in military aid for Ukraine AND another $600+ Million for Taiwan. It had been more than a week since we announced more aid for Ukraine, so I was getting a little worried. That said, it’s time that we started asking more than a couple...
Wyoming Gets It
March 01, 2023 18:02 - 21 minutes - 7.48 MBLook, it’s NOT that I don’t see some value in a college education. The problem I have with it is that you don’t actually need a college to get that education. But you DO need the college to give you the sheepskin that says that you have it. I’ve said it before, I would love to go and get my degree in history. But the education that I have received makes it clear that the ROI on such a move would be precisely zero. Meanwhile, the Article V “Convention of the states idea” continues to plod onw...
DDH - An Old Vulcan Proverb
February 28, 2023 14:43 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MBLast week President Joe Biden was asked about his read of China’s intention vis-à-vis Russian and Ukraine. He said that he did not see” China helping Russia with weapons and/or ammunition. This was, of course, after his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken said that China was planning to do exactly that. And China, said that they were not considering it. Then for good measure Blinken threatened to have McDonalds leave China. It hardly seems like it, but it was just over half a century ago th...
Tornadoes
February 27, 2023 17:04 - 21 minutes - 7.21 MBI had some stuff on the war to talk about, but late last night, for the first time in my lifetime, something happened to my family that we always joked about and certainly knew about, but finally touched down in our world. Long ago, Scott Adams write one of the best management books I ever read. In that book, he introduced me to one of the rules I have lived by ever since. I suppose that now I can’t even say that because it makes me… “racist?” Or does it? The Adams Rule may give us some guid...
WTF: He Touched The Ball With His Handsd
February 26, 2023 18:59 - 57 minutes - 19.6 MBGood day, hosers! Rabbi Dave has returned from his voyage across the mighty Pacific Ocean! While he was gone, things changed… Dilbert got canceled, Project Veritas got rid of James O’Keefe, and even James Bond got rewritten to make him less… James Bond… Turns out Coke and Pepsi are good for something’s, while telling people that we orbit the sun will get you thrown in jail. All that and more today on What The Frock?
1914ism
February 22, 2023 16:47 - 24 minutes - 8.5 MBNOTE: No video today. I screwed up the recording. Sorry. So... couple of things that I need to clear up. The name of the show is "Plausibly Live." For those of you who might not get that, it means that the show is conducted and recorded live. But there is no giant red light and buzzer that alerts me when somebody pushes play on their device and then I run upstairs to the studio and start talking. I write shows sometimes days in advance, and whenever I can, I record them as early as possible....
DDH - Known but to G-d
February 21, 2023 08:01 - 32 minutes - 11.2 MBOn February 21, 1945, the newly upgraded aircraft carrier USS Saratoga was supporting the landings on Iwo Jima. The night before she was detached with a small escort to bomb Japanese forces on Chichi Jima. The next day is overcast with very low cloud cover. Out of the low clouds screamed six Japanese planes, who manage to hit the Sara's forward end, causing heavy damage and killing one hundred and twenty-three of her sailors. Another one hundred and ninety-two are injured. Sara will survive...
President's Day
February 20, 2023 15:40 - 29 minutes - 10.1 MBHappy Washington’s Birthday! Yes… that is the “real” name of today’s holiday, but thanks to slick marketing and lack of civic virtue, we somehow or another have converted this into a day when the USPS, which is NOT a federal agency, gets the day off. We talk Presidents, good and bad…
WTF: There, There...
February 19, 2023 20:21 - 1 hour - 21 MBA recent article has the Good Friar and the Rabbi discussing whether or not a sermon, written entirely by AI, can have any “soul,” whatever that means. Of course it dredges out the past for Dave and it turns out that he has no empathy. For anybody. K.K. Rowling gets an apology, but it has a weird vibe to it. The military is shooting down balloons, but they ain’t West Taiwanese. And in the audience participation segment, we have an HR nightmare of a set up…
It IS February 17th
February 18, 2023 04:50 - 13 minutes - 4.64 MBIt IS February 17th. I actually had a person yell at me today because he was certain that today is February 18th, and he is expecting me to do something for him on the 18th. But… for the record it is not the 18th. February 17th, 1600ce, was the day that the Government authorities took a man from a prison cell, clamped a vice on his tongue, and then took him to be burned alive at the stake. His crime? Not adhering to and openly questioning the narrative. Sound… oddly familiar to anybody?
Distractions
February 15, 2023 17:51 - 2 minutes - 8.21 MBI’m late to the party on the Superb Owl, that said, why does anybody take anybody talking about Superb Owl Commercials seriously? The days of the commercials being “the show” are long gone, thanks to parity, officiating and the inundation of advertising we now see everywhere. Look, people say weird and dare I say, controversial things, on social media. Just because I am friends with somebody – including you – doesn’t mean that I am in lock-step agreement with everything you say. Also, the fa...
DDH - Malthusiasm
February 14, 2023 17:00 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBLook, nothing happens in a vacuum. Whether it’s a Papal Bull that results in the eradication of cats that seems to lead to millions of human deaths, or a grain shortage in the middle of a violent revolution that leads to a Economist and Reverend watching what is going on and coming up with what will become one of the most impactful theories in human history…
The Blue Plaid Society
February 13, 2023 15:00 - 32 minutes - 11.3 MBLast week I was wondering out loud about the whole fentanyl situation. Luckily, one of my compatriots from the US Navy Submarine Force is involved with a Florida non-profit that aims to educate people about the dangers of fentanyl. Today I am joined by Judd Spitzer, who is the Co-Chair and Technical Director for the Blue Plaid Society. We talk the story of fentanyl and what each of us needs to know and can do to protect our children. NOTE: Judd refers to Fentanyl as more powerful that oxyco...
WTF: Deep Fake UFOs
February 12, 2023 21:53 - 57 minutes - 19.8 MBRecent developments in the world of AI have the good Friar and the Rabbi concerned about the things that might be coming in the future. It's more than just using AI to create deep fakes that offend and outrage. In a politically charged atmosphere, how will you discern truth from the fake? It appears to be open season on UFOs. The Pentagon told us that at least three have now been shot down. West Taiwanese satellites are now being used to put on laser light shows in Hawaii. All that and more...
Redactions
February 10, 2023 15:59 - 27 minutes - 9.33 MBSeymour Hirsh is not a source that I take overly seriously. That said, his latest story about the Nordstream 2 Pipeline is rattling some cages, including mine. If, and that’s a super big “IF,” Hirsch is correct, then we got bamboozled and almost dragged into WWIII. In Washington State the Legislative Privilege debate rages on. Now, the Legislators in question have released documents that show us the things that they were redacting were… well… banal. The Superb Owl goes down on Sunday. The o...
CT - CT - The Committee of the Whole on The State of the Union
February 09, 2023 22:32 - 20 minutes - 7.18 MBIn practical terms, how many people does it actually take to approve and enact a law that is binding of the people of the United States? Now… you might think that the answer is obvious, but… is it? More importantly, when you finally get that number, does it make sense to you as “representative” of the people of the United States? Brutus continues his explanation as to why the proposed Congress is too small. Not only is too small a group of people subject to easier bribery and influence, it i...
Prepackaged Opinions and Jokes
February 08, 2023 18:18 - 18 minutes - 6.24 MBIt's a fact that most people today form their opinions long before that actually have anything close to the full information about... well... anything. And, those opinions more often tell us more about the person who has them than it does about the actual subject at hand. Now we have reached the point where the jokes about it are not just written before the subject has even been broadcast, but the opinions were also reached long before things resolved. A local murder up here has people debat...