My editors at Mas Importante sent me on a mission to investigate and report on the illicit Addirol labs of Santa Teresa for 2 weeks, so I've been out of town and some excellent substitutes have been filling in for me on the show, DJ Schmakie and DJ Pierre Camembert.

This week, what with the partying and the carrying on and the getting ready for El Dia De Los Magos, I have been just too busy to plan and execute another original brilliant sonic gem for you. So instead I bring to you a re-play of a classic, vintage, previous installment of the Difficult Listening Hour, the one about Religion, just in time for you to thank your lucky stars that you made it through another dark time we call "the holidays." (see here for the playlist:  http://freeradiochukshon.org/node/78  )

McCain Campaign Calls Obama a "Socialist" -- But Why is That a Smear? - As the presidential race enters the final stretch, the McCain campaign has been sharpening a new line of attack against Sen.