Paying Attention

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Paying Attention with Tom Duggan, a look at local news in the great New England area.

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Thursday Jul 19, 2018

Who’s the Real Traitor?

Thursday Jul 19, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

They discuss Tom’s column in The Valley Patriot about immigration
Also, a great editorial called The Rule of Corruption
Does MA have a fake conflict of interest law?
Should Trump’s translator testify before congress?
Is it all about power and money?
Are people hearing different things?
Are intelligence agencies monitoring everyone?
Is Trump’s behavior treasonous?
Will CNN commit an act of journalism?
Is Mark Zuckerberg the dumbest human being every born?
Is hate speech made up?
Kim Anderson Needs a Kidney transplant. Kim is 6 months to a year away from having to go on dialysis and she is O+. If you know someone who can donate or would like to donate reach out to her at KimKidney1960@gmail.com

All that and much more on this week’s episode of The Paying Attention Podcast! For more information, check out latest edition of the Valley Patriot or www.ValleyPatriot.com. The Paying Attention! Podcast is recorded each week at the Studio 21 Podcast Café and is hosted on the United Podcast Network.

Thursday Jul 12, 2018

Methuen, Stormy Daniels, Aliens, CNN and The Supreme Court

Thursday Jul 12, 2018

This week, our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot is joined by Mr. Jonathan and they discuss:

Debauchery in Methuen?
Who is responsible for the police contract in Methuen?
Is it a good idea for Methuen to borrow $10 million?
Stormy Daniels got arrested in Ohio for touching patrons. Is it a conspiracy?
Should people turn in illegal aliens?
What are the other podcasts at Studio 21?
Should CNN be lobbying Facebook to shut down Alex Jones’ Infowars?
Does CNN only report on one story?
Will Trump’s Supreme Court nominee be confirmed?
Should cigars have warning labels?
Kim Anderson Needs a Kidney transplant. She Comes on live and tells her story. Kim is 6 months to a year away from having to go on dialysis and she is O+ if you know someone who can donate or would like to donate reach out to her at KimKidney1960@gmail.com

Thursday Jul 05, 2018

The Perils of Automatic Voter Registration

Thursday Jul 05, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

Massachusetts house passed legislation to create automatic voter registration
- What is the motive to register more voters?
- Automatic registration will lead to fraud
- Voter ID is a real issue
- Motor voter law
Is marital infidelity a big news story?
- Why is this still news?
Tom and Paul discuss the Pope Francis
- Is it a bad sign when CNN cheers the pope?
- Does the pope advocate for allowing all immigrants into the U.S.?
- Is Catholicism liberal or conservative?
- Should the Catholic Church be weighing in on political issues?
- Is the news taking what Pope Francis says out of context?
Lenny Clarke in Lawrence on July 27^th at Salvatore’s
Tom talks about a voice mail he received about his “potty mouth”
- He initially took the input negatively, but spent a lot of time thinking about it
- Should the language be tailored to the audience?
- Will advertisers decide not to advertise if the podcast uses profanity?
- Should Tom do a comedy act at open mike night?
President Trump is considering nominating a woman to the Supreme Court
- Why is this news?
- Will the deciding vote against Roe v Wade be a woman?
- People’s backgrounds are used as a weapon by the news media to disqualify them
Immigrant children being separated from their parents getting DNA tests
Kim Anderson Needs a Kidney transplant. She Comes on live and tells her story. Kim is 6 months to a year away from having to go on dialysis and she is O+ if you know someone who can donate or would like to donate reach out to her at KimKidney1960@gmail.com

Thursday Jun 28, 2018

Supreme Court vs Roe V Wade

Thursday Jun 28, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

Methuen Budget still has not passed even though the elected officials have had since January
- 50 pink slips handed out to teachers
- Police budget in the hot seat as a result
- Is the rule of necessity really the rule of corruption?
Liberal Judge Anthony Kennedy is retiring
- Will the next judge attempt to legislate from the bench?
- Will the next judge make judgements based solely on the text of the Constitution?
- Is the Constitution a living breathing document?
Is Roe v Wade an example of bad law?
- Is abortion a constitutional right?
- Is the debate an attack on men?
- Aren’t men and women are supposed to be the same?
What are liberties and how do they play into natural law?
Kim Anderson Needs a Kidney transplant. She Comes on live and tells her story. Kim is 6 months to a year away from having to go on dialysis and she is O+ if you know someone who can donate or would like to donate reach out to her at KimKidney1960@gmail.com

Thursday Jun 21, 2018

Methuen’s Got Wood

Thursday Jun 21, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program is out this week and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot sits down with Looped in Live’s Tim Wood who also owns the Methuen Loop Weekly News Paper:

Who is Tim Wood and what is Looped in Live?
- Great on the youth sports
- Covers all things Methuen
- The paper is one year old
- Methuen is going through a tough financial situation Tim Weighs in
  - Is Methuen suffering from corruption across the board?
  - What is happening with the Methuen police contract? Is it bankrupting the city?
  - When will the Methuen Budget get voted on and possibly passed?
  - Should the Inspector General get involved?
  - Should the city switch from a Mayor to a Town Manager system of government?
- What has happened to Journalistic Integrity?
Kim Anderson Needs a Kidney transplant. She Comes on live and tells her story. Kim is 6 months to a year away from having to go on dialysis and she is O+ if you know someone who can donate or would like to donate reach out to her at KimKidney1960@gmail.com

Maddie Ryan is not in this week, so Tom and Tim discuss Methuen politics and news extensively.

Thursday Jun 14, 2018

Robert De Nero and Sex at Work

Thursday Jun 14, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

Shocking number of people having sex at work. Survey says the number is 14% and 1 in 5 has been caught. 44% of people have had an office romance. 60% of work romances end inside of 12 months
- How does this relate to the #MeToo “movement?”
- How does birth control play into it all?
Andover High School is pulling its year book because a senior used a quote that is generally attributed to the Nazi movement
Robert De Nero saying “F**k Trump”
- Why would someone alienate half of the country?
- Why have people become so hostile to people who do not agree with them?
Why are people so freaked out by pictures of dead people on social media

Maddie Ryan is not in this week, so Tom rolled the news segment into the show’s discussion.

Thursday Jun 07, 2018

People Suck: Clinton, Barr, Bee, Reid, #MeToo

Thursday Jun 07, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Radio Program and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

Bill Clinton appears to have lost his Teflon coating and is finally under investigation
Why was Roseanne Barr made an example of and Samantha Bee and Joy Reid still have their jobs?
The N word is used by black and Hispanic people interchangeably as a term of endearment and culture…Why is it not off limits for ALL races?
Is the #MeToo movement setting the tone for women that they need the government to intervein on their behalf? Are women not able to protect themselves? Are they equal to men or not?
Miss America is no longer a pagent it is a competition that will evaluate brains as well as beauty…What happened?

Maddie Ryan does the news and the topics are:

The Body of drowned man found in a lake in Lawrence after multi day search
Geoff Diehl running for State Senate against Elizabeth Warren
Man Executed in Lawrence with 6 bullet wounds in the back
- Unidentified
- Investigation on going
- Possibly gang related
Break News – Illegal Alien rally outside the RMV in Lawrence tomorrow (6/8/18)

Thursday May 31, 2018

Racism, Roseanne Barr, and Lawrence Chief Roy Vasque

Thursday May 31, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Podcast is out this week. Our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot sits down with Lawrence Police Chief Roy Vasque to discuss:

Born and raised in Lawrence
25 years on LPD
Has implemented many procedures to help actively lower crime in Lawrence
- Implemented an officer dedicated to business relationships
- Working toward getting police dogs for the city
- Works hand in hand with the State Police
Over all crime down 31% year over year in the first 6 months
Plate reader technology is a new tool the Lawrence is using
- Is it storing the plates read during that shift and being added to a data base?
- Some bugs in the system that the police are working through
There is a program to help officers deal with the often-violent situations they deal with every day
Freedom of the press vs the sanctity of the case the officers are trying to build
Using social media to keep the public up to date in close to real time
Would love a new police station if he could ask for just one thing from the city
Has the District Attorney made it more difficult to get booking photos?
- Is there a reason for this?
- Can the photo ruin a case?
- Where does the freedom of the press come into this?

Maddie Ryan is not on the show this week, so Tom does the news and the topics are:

Juana Matias wants to do away with ICE
Roseanne Barr’s Tweets and her show being canceled
- Was she being a racist?
- Was she fired because she is pro Donald Trump?
- Isn’t this the same type of thing as NFL players being forced to stand?

Thursday May 24, 2018

Opioids, Fake News, and the Death Penalty

Thursday May 24, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Podcast and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

What happens to people who become destitute that live in surrounding towns? They go to Lawrence. Other towns do not appear to be spending money to create a safety net for people in their own community. They let it land squarely on the back of the Lawrence programs like the Day Break Shelter.
Should the government be supplying more homeless with housing and detox centers on the tax payer’s dime or should this ALL be privatized?
The death penalty does then end justify the means?

Maddie Ryan is away this week, so Tom does the news with Paul’s commentary and the topics are:

Tom Duggan is involved in a new project and its “Lawtown” the movie due out soon
The destruction of tent city in Lawrence Mass after the inhabitance were forced to sell drugs or commit prostitution to be allowed to sleep there. The whole area has now been bulldozed as part of the cleanup.
“White Lives Matter” Story proved bogus by TurtleBoySports.com Channels 4, 5, and 7 never ran a retraction. Is there a reason they want their viewers to believe only one side of the news?
Donald Trump calls MS-13 animals and the Democrats along with CNN come to their aid.

Thursday May 17, 2018

Does CNN Hate Donald Trump and America?

Thursday May 17, 2018

Paul Murano of the Beneath the Surface Podcast and our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discuss:

The North Korean situation
Trump’s Meeting with North Korea possibly being pushed off
Does CNN hate Donald Trump?
What is the difference between acting on your feelings vs using your intellect to interact with the world
What is the moral obligation of a reporter witnessing a crime?
- Should the reporter intervein?
- Should the reporter report the crime?
- Does the crime matter in the reporter’s response?
- Someone is trying to get Tom Duggan killed. Why? How does he stay safe?

Maddi Ryan has the news including:

Tom’s latest viral video of “Bottle Lady” at over 155,000 views
“Yanny vs Laurel” what do you hear?
Roy Vasque becomes the newest appointee as police chief in Lawrence
45% crime reduction in Lawrence
State Senator Jamie Eldridge introduces a bill to make Massachusetts a sanctuary state. What will this mean for his career as a senator?