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The show takes current events and pop culture and asks the important questions about both that all the talking heads – daytime and late night – can’t get the nerve or don’t have the sense to ask. Not ideological, but cutting and entertaining, Tony Katz Tonight makes you laugh….and its about time that a late night talk show made you laugh!

Our first episode features columnist Andrew Malcolm, radio host John Phillips and actress/comedianne Miki Yamashita. Our second episode features author and satirist Evan Sayet, actress and blogger Kira Davis and TownHall.com contributor and author Kurt Schlichter.

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An update for May 4th, 2013:

Hey, everyone. Be sure to listen to the show today (Saturday, May 4th) Stacy Washington will be sitting in the chair for me today. You can hear the show by clicking this link!

I am on location in Cincinnati, supporting The Cure Starts Now and the DIPG Collaborative, which is working towards a cure for terminal pediatric brain cancer. You can learn more about them by watching the video below. Please share the video below as well.

Enjoy the show! Oh, and be sure to be here on Wednesday, May 8th at 6pmET. My newest venture, Tony Katz Tonight, tapes its pilot – and streams here live!

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In the aftermath of the horrific murders in Boston, and the chase after the leading suspects, the Tsarnaev Brothers (which would leave older brother Tamerlan dead, and younger brother Dzhokhar found bleeding in a boat,) it is time for us to have an honest, real, decent, civil, worthy conversation about radical Islam.

And, when we are told to “See Something, Say Something,” how can that happen when if we say something we are called racists or bigots?

Tony discuss both of these subjects in this segment of The Tony Katz Show.

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When the horrific news from Boston broke, I was on the air with Cam Edwards, host of Cam and Company, All we had to go on was photos of mass chaos obscured by clouds of smoke. I remarked that the photo  - not the circumstance – reminded me of shots from 9-11. My prayers are with Boston.

Like all Americans, I want to know who perpetrated this horrendous act. But as I tweeted:

The rush to be first should never overtake the rush to be right. Facts matter. #BOSTONMARATHON

Right on schedule, since per Rahm Emanuel, one should “never let a serious crisis go to waste,” CNN’s National Security Analyst Peter Bergen and Esquire blogger Charles J. Pierce suggested the bomber could have been a “right wing extremist” since, after all, it happened on April 15th – tax day across the country and Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts. MSNBC’s resident hater, Chris Matthews, pronounced that domestic terrorists, ”tend to be on the far right.” Their common goal, as always, is to tie violence to small government activists and the Tea Party.

It was Cenk Uygur, a Progressive liberal host on Current TV, who opined that the bombing would have had less coverage if someone had shot people in the crowd:

If shooter killed 17 people in Boston Marathon w/ assault rifle it wouldn’t get near the reaction it would if a terrorist kills 3 w/ a bomb.

Mass shootings don’t get media coverage? Since when is the mainstream media controlled by the pro-Second Amendment crowd?

On Piers Morgan’s program, Mark Botok of the Southern Poverty Law Center commented that the bomber was probably not part of the political right. Why? Because the target, “…was not a government building, it was not the IRS, although it was Tax Day on Monday. It was not a minority group. It wasn’t black people or Jewish people or gay people or Muslims.”

This is more than bias; it’s bloodlust. They look at the scene and say, “3 dead and 176 injured in a bombing? That’s a great time to connect it to the political right!”

Actor and radio host Jay Mohr blamed the bombing on gun owners, saying that the 2nd Amendment “must go:”

What bothers me most about today is that we’re getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.

When the twitter response was overwhelmingly negative, he followed up:

The 2nd Amendment lends itself to the CULTURE of violence we are living in. Stop blowing up my timeline w your gun/porn fetishes.

He then tried to walk it back:

LISTEN! The 2nd amendment has nothing 2 do w 2day in Boston. I didn’t say it did. Last few times in front of tv like this was guns. Fuckoff

But “2nd amendment must go. Violence must stop. Culture must change” can’t be walked back. To date, there is absolutely no connection between the right to bear arms and the bombs in Boston. Yet Mohr, Bergen, Pierce, Matthews and Uygur have a mandate to connect violence with the political right, no matter how far-fetched. The mandate is to indoctrinate.

Facts don’t matter to Progressives. The shooters in the Tucson, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook murders each were in some way connected to the left. But in aftermath of those shootings, the media machine worked overtime to make a connection between conservatives and the mass murders.

Once we know who set the bombs there will be time for commentary. In the meantime, Americans should be alert to pseudo-journalists interested not in truth but rather in a Clockwork Orange approach of forcing you to throw up when you hear the words Republican, right, freedom, rights, or guns – regardless of the truth.

After the bombing at the Boston Marathon, Salon.com contributor David Sirota wrote a column for the site, hoping that the bomber was a, “White American.” This way, he summarized, we could deal with the issue of “White Privilege” and show the double standard between how we treat whites in America and how we would react if the bomber were from an Islamic nation.

The term “White privilege,” according to Wikipedia, “…refers to the set of societal privileges that white people benefit from beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political, or economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc)”

In short, Sirota believes if the bomber is white, we won’t talk about it in the same way we would if the bomber is brown. Sirota is deluded. Of course it will be discussed, just like Lanza, Loughner, and McVeigh (all of them white.) White privilege is a completely made-up term, from the same crowd that brought us social justice (and, probably, YOLO.)

In this video, I address the Sirota delusion. I disposed of it in less than a minute. But, make no mistake, the pseudo-intellectuals (desperate to keep race warfare alive!) will continue with this fetish if left unchecked and unopposed.

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MSNBC host and commentator Melissa Harris-Perry starred in one of the network’s famed “Lean Forward” commercials. As opposed to the standard MSNBC fare, Harris-Perry pushed the sickening and dangerous idea that children should belong to the collective, and not to their parents exclusively.

Admitting a true belief in collectivism over the individual, Harris-Perry goes to great lengths in her 30 second spot to demonize “privatization,” and to elevate the idea of the collective (i.e. community.) Part of her rant:

We haven’t had a very collective notion that these are our children, so part of it is that we need to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. Once it’s everybody’s responsibility and not just the household’s, we start making better investments.

And people wonder why MSNBC never says anything critical of the Obama administration? How many times has Obama talked about things like “collective salvation?”

The push towards collectivism is not new. Many throughout history have desired this type of government-forced obscenity. But one must wonder how Harris-Perry, a Tulane professor, came to be such a strong supporter of breaking up families? At what moment did Harris-Perry become a strong supporter of  a Brave New World?

Harris-Perry should be asked this question, and those above, often.

In case you missed the original MSNBC video, I have added it below:

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On my weekly radio show, two people called in to discuss Planned Parenthood spokesperson Alisa Lepolt Snow’s presentation to the Florida legislature, where she stated clearly that the life of a baby should be left up to the mother and the doctor. In short, the baby can be left for dead if the mother and doctor say so.

I challenged both callers as to whether the baby on the table should be saved. Both callers refused to answer my question, and attempted to dance around the issue. Both callers refused to say unequivocally that they would save the life of the baby.

More on this story from my article at Christian Post.com.

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On the network of hysterical opinion known as MSNBC, Morning Joe guest and contributor Mike Barnicle claimed that there was a “level of anti-semitism” aimed at New York Nanny Michael Bloomberg and his $12 million campaign to push gun control. It’s not anti-semitism. And those who think it is, as my grandmother would say, are mind-numbingly ignorant schumucks.

Barnicle was part of a panel discussing Bloomberg’s anti-gun rights ad campaign that included former Romney advisor Dan Senor, and MSNBC Race Baiter-In-Chief Al Sharpton. Senor stated that the Mayor of a Blue city should not be telling people in Red states how to live, saying that it probably “wasn’t constructive.” Barnicle, then added his insightful thoughts:

Let’s get down to it, Mike Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City…I mean, there’s a level of anti-Semitism in this thing, directed toward Bloomberg.

No. It’s not anti-semitism. How do I know? Because my brain works. Also, because Al Sharpton agreed with Barnicle. Rule of Thumb – If Sharpton agrees, its got to be a bad idea.

Nanny Bloomberg is wrong on many things. When you try to regulate the size of a person’s drink, when you regulate the amount of salt that a chef can use, when you want to prevent adults from purchasing and smoking premium cigars, when you attack lawful gun owners for engaging their Second Amendment rights – you’re wrong. And none of it has to do with him being Jewish.

A few years ago I popularized the term “Racer.” A Racer is someone who decides that because you don’t like President Obama’s policies, you’re a racist. Don’t like Obamacare? Then you’re a racist. Got a problem with nonstop vacations? Racist. Opposed to raising the debt limit? Racist. Barnicle is a Racer, but gave it his own little twist.

Opposing Bloomberg isn’t anti-semitic. It’s the right thing to do. Anti-semitism is real. Barnicle’s assessment is not. Barnicle, like a good “Racer,” uses the claim of anti-semitism to shut down conversation, preventing others from opposing Bloomberg’s control agenda. Bloomberg is wrong, and his nanny-esqe ways have ended the reign of New York as the greatest city in the world.

The Nanny likes control, and he’s trying to gain more of it every way he can. It’s not anti-semitic to point it out. It’s common sense

In December, I reported on liberal talk station WVKO in Ohio, which went dark because they did not receive the kind of financial support they needed from advertisers and listeners. The station went so far as to blame the Obama campaign for not doing more advertising. Now, another liberal station calls it quits – and revenue is again to blame.

According to Talkers.com, Reno, NV liberal talk station KJFK announced that it will go dark on March 18th. (A screen shot of the announcement is posted below.) The line-up is a who’s who of left leaning hosts, including Thom Hartmann, Leslie Marshall and now MSNBC weekend mascot Ed Schultz. The problem? The money: (emphasis mine)

Given the volume of rhetoric dispensed on-air from “the other side”, we felt it vital to remain on-the-air through the 2012 General Election, despite the fact that KJFK has operated at a loss of thousands of dollars a month. Since we launched the station with an appearance by Al Franken in 2005, when nearly 500 people joined us at the Atlantis for now Senator Franken’s appearance just days after we hit the air, we’ve known a passionate audience has been with us all along. Unfortunately, this station was never able to generate the revenue necessary to sustain, and we simply cannot absorb the financial loss any longer.

Yes, the market is to blame. The station could not generate revenue. According to AllAccess.com, KJFK was among the bottom of the ratings in the city. It’s Fall 2012 Arbitron share was a 1.7, compared with juggernaut talk station KKOH, which enjoyed a 8.8 share in the same time period. The KKOH line-up includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Mark Levin.

The market isn’t to blame. It simply holds up a mirror to reality. A station that operates at a loss of “thousands of dollars a month” should close. When, after 8 years, you are unable to find “the revenue necessary to sustain” the station, the mirror doesn’t lie. Progressive talk works on TV, where no one ever asks a tough question of the host (kind of like the Obama Administration.)

However, when forced to deal with the real world, liberal talk doesn’t sell. (Which is exactly why liberals are so keen on the Fairness Doctrine. And yes, expect its unfortunate comeback.) Leftist radio doesn’t move an audience. There is not enough return for sponsors and advertisers. Even in a country where Democrats control the Presidency and the Senate, the market tells the tale.  Angry, nasty hosts like Bill Press and Mike Malloy (also on the now-defunct station) don’t create radio that people want.

Audiences aren’t buying liberal radio, because the product isn’t worth it.

Upon landing in Caracas yesterday for Hugo Chavez’s funeral, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed, “Iran and Venezuela are two brother peoples and will be united forever.” While “forever” might be a stretch, the countries share a way-too-cozy relationship, including convoluted military, political and financial ties.

Iran and Venezuela had exchanged diplomats since the 60s, but until 2005, that was the extent of their ties. As soon as Ahmadinejad was elected president, the leaders became bffs. Although their histories and cultures have precious little in common, the two megalomaniacal leaders shared a ruthless determination to dominate their respective regions along with a hatred of America and Israel, and in 2007 declared an “axis of unity.” Then-Manhattan DA, Robert Morgenthau, conducted extensive research into the Venezuela-Iran relationship in 2009.

Ahmadinejad and Chavez entered into a series of Memoranda of Understanding, pledging cooperation in areas as diverse as banking and finance, technology, and oil and gas exploration. By most accounts, Chavez has helped his friend to evade international sanctions. Iran launders tens of billions of dollars in transactions through Venezuelan banks and industrial entities. Venezuela’s national oil company, PDVSA, continues to break the embargo.

Analysts differ on the extent to which Iran-sponsored Hezbollah has infiltrated Venezuela’s government. At a minimum, however, Hezbollah raises revenues for jihadist exploits through its involvement in the cocaine trade, with the full complicity of Venezuelan officials.

Alarmingly, over the past few years, periodically there have been reports of long-range Iranian missiles in Venezuela, in striking distance of the U.S.

Given their mutual adoration, it’s not surprising that Ahmadinejad posted on his website, “I have no doubt that he [Chavez] will return alongside Jesus Christ and the Mahdi [the Hidden Imam] to establish peace and justice in the world…” Bases covered.

Does Chavez’s death represent an opportunity to disrupt this unholy alliance?

Hard to tell.

Polls show former vice president Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s handpicked successor and now acting president (instant incumbency?), the likely winner on April 16th. Maduro has fashioned himself as a Chavez clone, but he lacks the late leader’s charisma and his command. Madura’s challenger, Henrique Capriles, is the centrist governor of Miranda, Venezuela’s largest state,

Neither of Venezuela’s presidential candidates is likely to share Chavez’s popularity.
The winner may well need to focus on internal problems, including 20% inflation and rampant food shortages, for fear of civil unrest.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton suggests that, regardless of the outcome of the election, there may be an opening for the U.S. and Venezuela to resume relations. As ambitious as this sounds, Morgenthau recalls:

In 1962, President Kennedy stared down a nuclear threat to the United States when a leftist popular leader with a strong anti-American streak joined forces with the Soviet Union to bring nuclear weapons in close proximity to our borders. JFK ended the Cuban missile crisis through resolve and tough diplomacy.

Ending the alliance with Iran and ejecting Hezbollah would be preconditions to normalization of U.S. – Venezuela relations.

Obama is no JFK, but we tolerate Iranian influence in Latin America at our peril.