Broadcasting every Friday, 7:00pm-10:00pm ET, on the nationally syndicated Free Talk Live network, www.freetalklive.com “Raines and Edge” is a show where Free Talk Live’s Mark Edge teams up with, Tampa Bay progressive broadcaster, Henry Raines. Will they agree on anything? Tune in Friday nights to find out.
Guest: Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , about the company's rollout of Bitcoin ATMs around Florida and beyond. Lennart gives a comprehensive overview of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other cryptocurrencies. He explains blockchain programming, smart contracts, how digital currency is changing our lives and explains his company's vision for Bitcoin ATMs.
We continue our discusson with Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , about the company's rollout of Bitcoin ATMs around Florida and beyond. We are joined by caller Alex Solis, a young man that uses the Bitcoin ATM as well as trades many cryptocurrencies. Alex talks about his successes and ambitions. We conclude with a forward looking vision from Lennart on where he see digital currency taking society and what the world may be like in 10-20 years....
In an unplanned segment of the show Henry and Augi Schmitz digress into a discussion of the Confederate Generals sculpture on the side of Stone Mountain Park, GA. Augi calls for its demolition, but surprisingly not in protest of its Confederate symbolism but because of its poor aesthetics as art!
Henry And Augi Schmitz discuss the issues of the day.
In a follow up segment to Leon Harris' interview about his time playing baseball with The Kansas City Monarchs of The Negro League, Leon discusses his life post professional baseball. He relates his time as the prison athletic director in a facility for male juveniles, what that taught him about poverty, family and crime, how he was led to become a labor organizer and civil rights activist including his time in the 1970's as the President of the Greenwich Village, NY NAACP. During his presidency...
Special guest, Leon Harris, civil rights activist, labor organizer and former professional baseball player for the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs talks about growing up as a New York Yankees fan in the 1930's and 40's, being recruited by the St Louis Cardinals to be one of the first African American pitchers in the major leagues after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and how he eventually wound up playing for the Kansas City Monarchs, known as the Black Yankees, in the old Negro League...
In a case of the near sighted leading the blind, Henry tries to explain Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies to Augi Schmitz.
Guest Mitch Perry, reporter for Peter Schorsch's Extensive Enterprises, www.FloridaPolitics.com, www.Saintpetersblog.com talks about the latest political news from Tampa Bay and around the state. Topics include former FBI Director Comey's testimony, President Trump's reaction and press conference and outcomes of the Florida Legislature's special session.
Henry, speaking as a Progressive, takes fellow Progressives, Liberals and Democrats to task for their glee in President Trump's troubles and their hope for a shortened Presidency. Be careful what you wish for!
Guest: Trimmel Gomes is an award-winning journalist and former statewide news director of Florida Public Radio. Gomes hosted its flagship program "Capital Report" and created the public affairs program "It's About Florida." Gomes is political commentator and regular political contributor to WTXL ABC 27 in Tallahassee. His podcast, The Rotunda, http://rotundapodcast.com/index.php?lang=en , is a weekly podcast focusing on the people and stories shaping Florida politics. Trimmel discusses the outco...
Andy Mele updates us on the news of the waterfront development. Aqua By The Bay. Andy explains to Henry and Augi Schmitz the Manatee County Commission's decision to send the plan back to the Manatee County Planning Commission and the Army Corp of Engineers rejection of the developments mitigation bank proposal. Guest: The Suncoast Waterkeeper is Andy Mele, former Executive Director of a major Hudson River environmental group that was instrumental in forcing General Electric to remove 300,000 pou...
Henry and Augi Schmitz dissect the Lester Holt NBC interview of President Trump and how the media has covered it.
Guest: The Suncoast Waterkeeper is Andy Mele, former Executive Director of a major Hudson River environmental group that was instrumental in forcing General Electric to remove 300,000 pounds of toxic PCBs from the Hudson. He is author of Polluting for Pleasure (W.W. Norton), the book that rendered the old two-stroke outboard motor all but extinct, keeping millions of gallons of oil and gasoline from American waterways every year. Andy has an MS in environmental science, Bard College. http://www....
Henry and Alan Cross discuss President Trump's first 100 days and Congress' vote to extend budget funding for one week. Plus, Henry and Alan discuss the Flip Spinner craze on Facebook Live. Check it out here https://www.facebook.com/henryraines
Guest: Trimmel Gomes is an award-winning journalist and former statewide news director of Florida Public Radio. Gomes hosted its flagship program "Capital Report" and created the public affairs program "It's About Florida." Gomes is political commentator and regular political contributor to WTXL ABC 27 in Tallahassee. His podcast, The Rotunda, http://rotundapodcast.com/index.php?lang=en , is a weekly podcast focusing on the people and stories shaping Florida politics. Trimmel discusses the resig...
The show opens with the audio of the controversial Lake County Sheriff's Offce's video that has been compared to an ISIS video. It is then addressed by our guest. Guest: Jim Manfre, retired Sheriff of Flagler County,represents the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/ , a nonprofit group of police and other criminal justice professionals working to advance drug policy and public safety solutions. He speaks to Henry and Alan Cross about the increa...
April 4, 2017 was the fifty year anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King's " "Beyond Vietnam" speech where he declared his opposition to the war. Henry and Augi Schmitz discuss this and the use of force by US Presidents since in the light of President Trump's airstrike on Syria. Plus, we discuss the use of the "nuclear option" by the Senate Republicans to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neal Gorsuch and the wisdom of the Senate Democrats in their opposition tactics.
Henry is joined in the studio by Augi Schmitz to discuss President Trump's decision to strike the airfield in Syria, who benefited from he chemical weapon attack and made the decision to launch it, what prior arrangements and negotiations were conducted with the Russians before the US launched its strike, how much damage was really done and where does it leave the assorted players in Syria now?
Henry and Alan Cross continue the April Fools edition of the rado show with a discussion of America's favorite power couple Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, what are those crazy kids up to now? In a Friday night news dump The White House releases information about wealthy members of the administration including son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump including their $750 million plus worth and $190 million dollar income. We also look at any of the potential conflicts of interests inclu...
Does Michael Flynn have an impaired immune system? Why does he say he needs to have more immunity? Alan Cross returns to the studio to co-host a discussion of the latest news on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. Plus Henry and Alan give a shout out to some of the posters and commentators on the show's Facebook page. Henry updates Alan on the hurt feelings of the leader of the show's music and entertainment produc...
The Henry Raines Show crack(ed) investigative team has found the audio of an actual Obama wiretapped call of Donald Trump! Listen to the conversation between Donald Trump and a well known foreign agent. (1:38)
Henry Raines Show Exclusive! Unreported anywhere else in the lamestream media, the crack(ed) Henry Raines investigative team uncovers an audio of a spontaneous confrontation in the halls of Congress between President Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Friday after the failure of the American Healthcare Act to pass.
Augi Schmitz joins Henry in the studio to discuss the defeat of the US House Republicans' American Healthcare Act, what it means to everyday Americans and if the Democrats can find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Plus, the crack(ed) Henry Raines investigative team uncovers an audio of a spontaneous confrontation in the halls of Congress between President Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Other topics include disarray in the House Intelligence Committee after Chairman...
Guest: Dennis Maley, editor of www.TheBradentonTimes.com and author of the novel, A Long Road Home, and the brand new short story collection, Casting Shadows, joins us to talk about local and national issues in the news. Plus, our crack(ed) investigative team has found the audio of an actual Obama wiretapped call of Donald Trump! Our apologies for the sound quality as we continue to work through some of the studio recording issues.
In our first segment we talk with Elsie Gilmore and Cheryl Hooker (a host for a Syrian refugee family) about there hometown Rutland, VT and the national news it made this week after the sitting mayor was defeated by a challenger opposing the settling of Syrian refugees in the city.
Guest Mitch Perry, reporter for Peter Schorsch's Extensive Enterprises, www.FloridaPolitics.com, www.Saintpetersblog.com talks about the latest political news from Tampa Bay and around the state. Topics include the conflict between Florida Governor Rick Scott and Florida Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran over Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida, the outlook for the 2018 Florida Governor and US Senate race, the state of healthcare reform and responses to Florida US Representative's town hall...
Guest: Matt Bruce, host of The Captain's America radio show.
Henry is joined by Terry Langlois and Wade Sears of the Nation discussion group to discuss the issues of the day.
www.SaintPetersbog.com publisher and editor, Peter Schorsch takes on more than politics to dicscuss the epidemic of childhood allergies and vaccine side effects. Plus plenty of politics too.
Florida Gov Scott's voter purge faces revolt from GOP Election Supervisor in Pinellas count. US military suicides reach one a day while the House passes $46 billion for homeland security. Plus more nuclear problems for the US.
