6/30/10
Critical Thinking
Latest “Tragedy and Hope” with Meria and co-host Richard Grove. How to cure uncertainty of life; parrhesia- freedom of speech; Project Constellation; the solution to the status-quo; making an informed choice; afrom ideology to methodology; hemp and U.S. self sufficiency; will we go extinct or start thinking; “The Emperor of Hemp”; How U.S. capitalism lost it’s way; life mandates learning; everyday’s unknowns; are you afraid to change; flexibility; provisional self esteem; intellectual self defense; what makes a man? the endless stream of info; Wikileaks – black bagged soldier sent to Kuwait; Smedley Butler “War Is a Racket”; how to decipher the news; are you living or existing; parroting vs. meaningful conversation and more.
6/29/10
Immigration Law -Is it racism?
Meria interviews Zelica Rodriguez, child of Salvadoran immigrants, Program Director for SIREN - Services, immigrant rights and education network. The film “A Day Without a Mexican”; misinformation on immigrants = racism; Arizona immigration law is not the way to fix the problem; NAFTA,GATT, US Foreign Policy – killed El Savador’s economy (and Mexico’s); 12 million undocumented in the U.S. need protection; the immigration debate as a moral one; free trade, globalization killed their jobs now killing ours; States and the immigration law – it’s the Fed’s job; SB1070 – bad for Az and unconstitutional; racism & hatred; Fremont, Nebraska – license to live; compromising public safety; we’re all human beings; it’s “them” today perhaps “us” tomorrow; boycotts against Az could cost over $90 million over 5 yrs; $29 billion lost a yr if all immigrants leave Az; consumer power of illegals; What SIREN has to offer; do you believe in democracy? legal immigrants suffer under Ahnold in California; upcoming elections and much more.
6/28/10
Elena Kagan
Kagan’s coronation begins; 2nd Amendment wins; Gulf dead zone as big as N.J.; oil hits Mississippi shores; Sen.Byrd dead; Noreiga (CIA) trial begins; Bill Clinton joins the fear brigade; hurricane watch for Gulf; Detroit & Connecticut tornadoes; G20-austerity and agent provacateurs; woman dies in N.H. over electric bill; Gulf Coast firestorm? Goldman Sach’s Bayou scam; 7.0 Solomon Islands; 5.2 Taiwan; former IMFer blames US financial system for world depression; Cheney hospitalized; Indymedia, Colorado gets visit from FBI; Americans as terrorists; Obama-can he turn off the internet; digital paternity tests and DARPA; bad cop stories; Big banks will circumvent the law; Al Gore accused of attacking masseuse; Recalls: baby walkers, beef, cereal and spinach; India-BP-Bhopal; Captain commits suicide in Gulf; 5 yrs of pension in Scotland? WHO-H1N1-Big Pharma; Israel’s war crimes; jobs bill defeated; Palin’s bogus defense fund; baby for sale at Walmart for $25; Toxins in whales spell their demise; Az Governor’s latest insulting statement and more “stuff”.
6/24/10
Day of the Dolphin?
Obama and Russia and the WTO; U.S. healthcare bottom of the pile; McChrystal tends his resignation; new home sales drop 33%; mtge rates lowest ever; political coup in Australia; earthquake in Illinois & New Britain; Judge Feldman who blocked drilling ban is a big oil man; Jack Abramoff – pizza maker; Fed’s leave interest rates unchanged; IAF lands at Saudi base; paying off the Taliban; 15 US troops dead in 2 days; NORAD’s exercise flights; NYC wants your DNA; Las Vegas snoop program; Calif license plates; Vitter aide resigns; RFIDs on bees; oil sludge hits Florida; oil rain in La.,; spill cleanup workers treated like slaves; Methane in Gulf off the charts; opiate use up in Afghanistan; Oakland protesters; French protest; Wikileaks founder staying out of U.S.; Pentagon rejects atty Wikileaks hired; 83rd bank “failure” this year; Marcial Marciel abused his own kids too; Texas wants to punish anyone supporting gay rights; bad cop stories; San Fran passes cell phone SAR law; 2 hurricanes; Will Jeff Skilling get off? 2 million cribs recalled; Repugs killing unemployment and jobless bill, and more “stuff”.
6/23/10
Oil Spill Continues
Latest episode of “Blood & Guts” with Meria & Jack Blood. Freedom illusions; checkpoints; BP criminals; all laws political and selectively enforced; Latest on BP oil blowout; 9/11 and the oil spill (same players); Kenneth Feinberg – cover up expert; George Soros; JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs; Rahm Emmanuel resigning (jumping ship); Will Biden be going too? Who benefits? Centralization of oil; New Orleans depopulation; Another Vegas in the Gulf? boon to health industry – wind-fall; The Jones Act; Big Govt interference; Why was Iran’s help refused? UK owns BP; private armies and police working for BP; killing the middle class; forced I.D.’s; McChrystal resigns – cover up of Pat Tillman’s death; Opium use up; Tony Hayward; Earthquakes and oil leak; cap off oil leak; earthquake in Ontario; Chicago politics and the Obama “gang”; upcoming elections; stolen elections and more stuff.
