George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[Major Ed Damien]

LOL

George couldn't even lie and say he'd sit through this dude's movie.

[inuk2600]

Wow this host is THE ultimate platform for promoting bad ideas. How can somebody be so void of critical thought?
I listen in amazement.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I'd love to get expat to watch this Copernicus flick when it escapes to Netflix or the internet, and have him live tweet his reactions.

His keyboard would catch fire.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

The guest mentioned a couple times earlier that large scale structure of the universe shows we are special.  I would really like to have heard him explain that, but instead of asking the guest to explain his beliefs, George just accepts it without question and starts asking vague questions like 'what does this all mean?' or irrelevant questions like 'what are we going to do about those who think the planet is only 6000 years old?' or 'Can you believe what is going on in France?  Why are people complaining when I said they provoked the attacks?' or 'I was on the View awhile ago, and my pal Whoopi Goldberg and I were laughing it up, and... What were we talking about?  Oh yeah, did you know that I know Billy Gibbons?'

George can't even do a decent infomercial which is all C2C has become, and all George cares about doing.

[coaster]

The guest mentioned a couple times earlier that large scale structure of the universe shows we are special.  I would really like to have heard him explain that, but instead of asking the guest to explain his beliefs, George just accepts it without question and starts asking vague questions like 'what does this all mean?' or irrelevant questions like 'what are we going to do about those who think the planet is only 6000 years old?' or 'Can you believe what is going on in France?  Why are people complaining when I said they provoked the attacks?' or 'I was on the View awhile ago, and my pal Whoopi Goldberg and I were laughing it up, and... What were we talking about?  Oh yeah, did you know that I know Billy Gibbons?'

George can't even do a decent infomercial which is all C2C has become, and all George cares about doing.

Asking relevant questions requires listening to your guest and being interested in the topic at hand. Noory twiddles his thumbs and daydreams while the guest is talking. This is why he forgets what the guests say, and sometimes asks the same questions repeatedly. He just doesn't pay attention.

[Juan Cena]

The guest mentioned a couple times earlier that large scale structure of the universe shows we are special.  I would really like to have heard him explain that, but instead of asking the guest to explain his beliefs, George just accepts it without question and starts asking vague questions like 'what does this all mean?' or irrelevant questions like 'what are we going to do about those who think the planet is only 6000 years old?' or 'Can you believe what is going on in France?  Why are people complaining when I said they provoked the attacks?' or 'I was on the View awhile ago, and my pal Whoopi Goldberg and I were laughing it up, and... What were we talking about?  Oh yeah, did you know that I know Billy Gibbons?'

George can't even do a decent infomercial which is all C2C has become, and all George cares about doing.

I think George is going senile, and iHateRadio keeps him around to avoid some kind of age discrimination lawsuit.

[NoMoreNoory]

Here is George Noory's ideal cartoon (Mark Shaw 2006)


It's a bit blurry, so to save your collective eye strain, it reads:


Please enjoy this culturally, ethically, religiously and politically correct cartoon responsibly. Thank you.

[Who]

Arnie, a member of the Coast Insiders Club, was so excited about meeting George that he arrived at the site of the George Noory Meet and Greet two days early.  He brought a good supply of turkey sandwiches, Ding Dongs and Slim Jims to keep up his strength.

[NoMoreNoory]

Can someone explain what the hell the Rick DeLano thing was all about? I half listened to it, but apart from his apparent basic belief that the earth is at the centre of the universe, which is roughly on a par of intelligence with believing the earth is flat and the moon is made of green cheese, and he's made some spurious documentary to support this nonsense, was there anything else? Apart from Noory claiming that his dear friend Billy Gibbons is the best guitarist alive and mis-naming that place in the desert 'Joshua's Tree', of course

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

"Journalism should always comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

                                                                                       -- H.L. Mencken

Did anyone notice that DeLano used that Mencken quote about half an hour after Major Ed posted it to gloat about how his theories are doing the same thing to the scientific establishment?  Yeah, you go, girl!  That was when I switched over to OTR.

[pyewacket]

I wasn't feeling well last night and I am sorry that I missed this mess of a show. I fell asleep listening to George and Corsi's holier than thou posturing. I did catch bits and pieces of them blaming the victims. Later, in my haze, I thought I was listening to a show about the Dark Age belief of the Earth being the center of the universe. 

Major Ed - thank you for posting Mencken's quote. I doubt George would understand it.

Last night's show sounds like the best explanation of why C2C turned into a venue for new age fantasy and rabid, doom and gloom fear peddlers.

I'm so happy that a real caller got through- it couldn't have happened at a better time. Are there sources besides C2C to hear last night's show? I never make an effort to revisit any of them but I would this time. 

GNS!!!!!!

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

First time I can ever remember a caller really getting into it with Noory. Fantastic. And he really, really couldn't cope. He behaved like a petulant schoolma'am. Couldn't get to that bumper music fast enough, could he? Also got the caller's name wrong, calling Mark Davey for some reason.

I tuned in just after that call, and am sorry I missed it.  What did he say?  Thanks!

[NoMoreNoory]

I tuned in just after that call, and am sorry I missed it.  What did he say?  Thanks!

Only going from memory, but he went straight after both Noory and Corsi. He basically accused them of flip-flopping between stating that the attacks were unjustifiable and insisting that Charlie Hebdo had 'provoked' the attack which, Mark the caller suggested, was tantamount to offering at least a partial justification. Noory talked all over him, kept saying 'No, no, no', and then re-stated exactly the same twaddle. Mark came back at him, Noory talked him down again and got that bumper music rolling pdq.


Funny that DeLano used the Mencken quote right after the Major posted it. It is, he said, what all good documentary film-making should be about. Especially documentary films that re-edit interviews with leading scientists to make it seem that they believe things they don't. I'd suggest it was a coincidence, Major, but, of course, we don't believe in those, do we?


Is it me, or has this been a particularly bad week?

[136 or 142]

So if some unhinged scientist goes after Coast to Coast for having science frauds like Hoaxland on the show or for having guests make things up to question established science laws/theories, will Noory say that "we provoked them"?

[pyewacket]

Only going from memory, but he went straight after both Noory and Corsi. He basically accused them of flip-flopping between stating that the attacks were unjustifiable and insisting that Charlie Hebdo had 'provoked' the attack which, Mark the caller suggested, was tantamount to offering at least a partial justification. Noory talked all over him, kept saying 'No, no, no', and then re-stated exactly the same twaddle. Mark came back at him, Noory talked him down again and got that bumper music rolling pdq.


Funny that DeLano used the Mencken quote right after the Major posted it. It is, he said, what all good documentary film-making should be about. Especially documentary films that re-edit interviews to make it seem that they believe things they don't. I'd suggest it was a coincidence, Major, but, of course, we don't believe in those, do we?


Is it me, or has this been a particularly bad week?

If George can't engage a caller who challenges him, then he has no business hosting a call in show. I listen to a few talk shows and most of the hosts welcome debate because it makes the show interesting!!! I detest listening to the fawning callers that dominate C2C- it shows George as a weak host who cannot defend his POV.

Yes, the show does seem to be floundering, but mostly during the week. This "new direction" doesn't seem to be working for everyone.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Only going from memory, but he went straight after both Noory and Corsi. He basically accused them of flip-flopping between stating that the attacks were unjustifiable and insisting that Charlie Hebdo had 'provoked' the attack which, Mark the caller suggested, was tantamount to offering at least a partial justification. Noory talked all over him, kept saying 'No, no, no', and then re-stated exactly the same twaddle. Mark came back at him, Noory talked him down again and got that bumper music rolling pdq.


Funny that DeLano used the Mencken quote right after the Major posted it. It is, he said, what all good documentary film-making should be about. Especially documentary films that re-edit interviews with leading scientists to make it seem that they believe things they don't. I'd suggest it was a coincidence, Major, but, of course, we don't believe in those, do we?


Is it me, or has this been a particularly bad week?

Thanks, NMN!  I'm really sorry I missed that, but I quit listening to Corsi a long time ago because it's way too stressful.  I never imagined anyone could get through and stay connected long enough to slam them to that extent.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I'd love to get expat to watch this Copernicus flick when it escapes to Netflix or the internet, and have him live tweet his reactions.

I was wondering last night if his latest radio survived the first half hour, or if it had shattered on impact with the wall like its predecessors.

[136 or 142]

Are there sources besides C2C to hear last night's show? I never make an effort to revisit any of them but I would this time. 
GNS!!!!!!

Yes there are.  CKNW for one (www.cknw.com).  Click on listen and then go to the 'audio vault'. CKNW archives are in the audio vault for 2 weeks. Since it's a pacific coast station, the time to go to for the first hour is 10 PM.  There are other Canadian stations that also have an 'audio vault'.  Of course, being Canadian I wouldn't be aware if only listeners from Canada can access the audio vault.  I don't believe that to be the case though.


In regards to the film, it's called "The Principle" 
This is its IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458876/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


To be sure, the doc is apparently going to open in additional cities, but so far, there is absolutely no evidence the controversy around it has helped it at the box office.  According to boxofficemojo.com its total recorded box office take so far is $17,261.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=principle.htm

[pyewacket]

Yes there are.  CKNW for one (www.cknw.com).  Click on listen and then go to the 'audio vault'. CKNW archives are in the audio vault for 2 weeks. Since it's a pacific coast station, the time to go to for the first hour is 10 PM.  There are other Canadian stations that also have an 'audio vault'.  Of course, being Canadian I wouldn't be aware if only listeners from Canada can access the audio vault.  I don't believe that to be the case though.


In regards to the film, it's called "The Principle" 
This is its IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458876/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


To be sure, the doc is apparently going to open in additional cities, but so far, there is absolutely no evidence the controversy around it has helped it at the box office.  According to boxofficemojo.com its total recorded box office take so far is $17,261.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=principle.htm

Thank you, 135 or 142! I'd like to hear the bits that I missed. 

[136 or 142]

I hope it works.

[NoMoreNoory]

Thanks, NMN!  I'm really sorry I missed that, but I quit listening to Corsi a long time ago because it's way too stressful.  I never imagined anyone could get through and stay connected long enough to slam them to that extent.

He came back to it again during the interview with the idiot DeLano because, according to George, he was receiving a lot of emails from people accusing him of blaming the Charlie Hebdo journalists for the attack. Again, George insisted this was not true and again proceeded to add his rider that if the cartoonists had not 'mocked' the prophet, 12 people would still be alive. (I'm reminded of his suggestion post-Ferguson that everything would be fine if people would just do what the police tell them to do.) In other words, to defend himself from critics, he repeated the same guff that was getting him criticized in the first place.
I gather he was taking a beating  on the C2C FaceBook at the same time.
You wonder again how PremRat watch all this and are still prepared to keep this incompetent, insensitive, bungling, moronic buffoon in a job.

[136 or 142]

Coast's final bumper song of the night was "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"


All is forgiven between me and George.

GNR!

[Juan Cena]

He became back to it again during the interview with the idiot DeLano because, according to George, he was receiving a lot of emails from people accusing him of blaming the Charlie Hebdo journalists for the attack. Again, George insisted this was not true and again proceeded to add his rider that if the cartoonists had not 'mocked' the prophet, 12 people would still be alive. (I'm reminded of his suggestion post-Ferguson that everything would be fine if people would just do what the police tell them to do.) In other words, to defend himself from critics, he repeated the same guff that was getting him criticized in the first place.
I gather he was taking a beating  on the C2C FaceBook at the same time.
You wonder again how PremRat watch all this and are still prepared to keep this incompetent, insensitive, bungling, moronic buffoon in a job.

It's because they pay him in turkee samwiches. Another host would force them to pay him money.

[zeebo]

... instead of asking the guest to explain his beliefs, George just accepts it without question and starts asking vague questions like 'what does this all mean?' ...

One of his favorite generics, along with "Where is all this headed?" and "Will we ever get the answers?"

[ComeBackArt]

I hope it works.

It's worked for me as recently as a few weeks ago. So there appear to be no IP blocks on those accessing the content from the US side of the border.

[Immy]

I happened to wake up during the rebroadcast last night so I recorded most of Mark's call on my phone:

GN: "...but the magazine provoked it."
Mark: "See? There you go again..."
GN: "They did!"
Mark: "...blaming the victim..."
GN: "No, I'm not blaming them, I'm saying they provoked it. Are you saying they didn't?"
Mark: "...by expressing an opinion, and if you go back..."
GN: "Whoa, whoa, whoa...making a..."
Mark: "Go back and look, at the Germ...during the...when the Nazis had just taken over Germany and the way that they started cracking down on their papers and also complaining to other governments when anybody started talking against the Nazis and everything. And also the way Communist countries have done the same thing, that's basically what you do. You start making threats, you start...you start trying to intimidate people, and you say 'No, you can't say that'. That's hate speech, that's whatever speech."
GN: "I'm not arguing that with you about that, but here's my question to you..."
Mark: "Why do you keep flipping back and forth..."
GN: "Mark...Mark...hold on, did the magazine provoke what happened today, yes or no?"
Mark: [pause, then emphatically] "NO!!"
GN: [incredulous] "No?!"
Mark: "They expressed an opinion. No, you don't provoke somebody to just walk in and shoot you."
GN: [exasperated] "You...you...you're not...well, the point is, you're not getting the point. The point is, is they pushed these nuts into doing what they did. Jerry, thanks for being on tonite. We gotta get you back on."
Corsi: "Always a great pleasure, thank you George."
GN: "We'll be back in a moment on Coast to Coast AM, as we talk about Copernicus and science...next."

[expat]

I'd had a hard day yesterday and I slept through C2C -- but I just checked a replay and if I had heard that first hour my bedside radio might have suffered some damage, yes. Both Noory and Corsi missed the point. The point is that the Charlie Hebdo front covers are not specifically insulting to Islam by normal standards. The satire is actually pretty mild, mostly. To the Islamic faithful, however, any portrayal of the prophet at all is an insult worthy of fatal revenge. That's what is totally unacceptable to a free press.

[albrecht]

I thought the "anti-Copernicus" guy was hilarious. The guest reminded me of good Art Bell shows with the wacky guests and theories. A throw-back show. Norry did not, sadly, remind me of Art. But still a funny, decent show. What is great is that apparently people associated with the film are tweeting and back-peddling from it (at least according to IMDB.)

I also have a bit of sympathy for Corsi and Norry's comments regard the latest Islamic killings. Not blaming the victim but common-sense. Like with these nuts who go around "open-carrying" guns. Sure, "it is your right" (in many States) but there is also a thing called common decency or common sense and just because "you can" doesn't mean "you should" in all instances. I have the "right" (in the USA for now at least) to tell n*gger 'jokes' (if I actually wanted to) but it wouldn't make sense for me to go to go to Ferguson, Missouri a few weeks ago and start telling them admit the rioting. It is my "right" to free speech but a dumb thing to do. And not a nice thing to do either. There is nothing illegal about being polite or using common-sense.

You let in a population of backwards, radical Muslims into your country and city. You allow them to ghettoize themselves into awful suburbs and take menial jobs (and their children not adult usually no job of any kind available.) Allow them to set up training centers of hate in your midst. And then provoke them and claim surprise that they act on their nature? Similarly, you have the "right" to walk down a public street at 3:30am but you are not smart if you do so alone, unarmed, for no reason in some crime-riddled neighborhood. Sure you shouldn't be attacked. Sure the attackers should still be fully prosecuted and punished. (And ideally society and police would eventually make it safe to walk there.) But there is something called common sense also.
-GNS

[136 or 142]

I'd had a hard day yesterday and I slept through C2C -- but I just checked a replay and if I had heard that first hour my bedside radio might have suffered some damage, yes. Both Noory and Corsi missed the point. The point is that the Charlie Hebdo front covers are not specifically insulting to Islam by normal standards. The satire is actually pretty mild, mostly. To the Islamic faithful, however, any portrayal of the prophet at all is an insult worthy of fatal revenge. That's what is totally unacceptable to a free press.

I'd note neither Noory nor Corsi seem to suggest that anything offensive outside of a religious context is grounds for 'provocation'.  Apparently these two, who are both religious nutters believe religion deserves some hallowed ground where it can never be criticized.

[albrecht]

I'd note neither Noory nor Corsi seem to suggest that anything offensive outside of a religious context is grounds for 'provocation'.  Apparently these two, who are both religious nutters believe religion deserves some hallowed ground where it can never be criticized.

In most of Europe and the UK, it is illegal to do so (depending on the country and how it is done.) There is not free speech in most of those countries and most of them have fairly aggressive so-called "hate crime" statutes. In a way I found it interesting that the French courts allowed the paper to do the anti-Muhammed thing at the same time investigating or sanctioning Dieudonné M’bala M’bala and various footballers for similar actions or speeches. I guess it depends what/who you are criticizing. Personally I think you should be able to say what you want, even if offensive, but, on the other hand, there is also nothing wrong with being polite or using common-sense when doing so. Just because "you have the right" doesn't mean you must always exercise it.
-GNS