Brad opens the phones to cover neo-con and U.S. media war-baiting in Ukraine (which Obama now appears to NOT be taking, thankfully); the media's war on E-cigs in the wake of L.A.'s outrageous ban on vaping; and the hapless Democratic Party's plans for the 2014 midterm elections. Plus: The latest, sobering, Green News Report on how oil company is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the deadly landslide in Washington State...