The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with your hosts Mitch Berg and Ed Morrissey, on from 1-3 CT with live streaming video and chat. If you’re in the Twin Cities, you can hear us on AM 1280 The Patriot, or on the station’s Internet stream if you’re outside of the broadcast area, as well as right here on on the permanent Ed Morrissey Show page at Hot Air.

Today, Mitch and I will broadcast live from the Washington County Fair, where the fun is never downgraded! We’ll talk about the S&P rating demotion and what that means for the US, as well as the rest of the week’s news. Hopefully the Internet connection will allow us to maintain a video and audio feed here, but if not, you can pick up the audio feed at The Patriot and still enjoy the chat room. Will we gorge ourselves on stick-presented food? Join us and find out!

Be sure to call 651-289-4488 to join the conversation! You can also register for free at Ustream to participate in our raucous live-chat sessions. (And if the log-in prompt doesn’t come up in the chat box below, use this link instead.)