Stop the presses and call the government spokespeople back from Martha’s Vineyard. The corporate media have discovered that the United States is radically outsourcing national security and sensitive intelligence operations. Cable news channels breathlessly report on the “groundbreaking,” “exclusive” Washington Post series, Top Secret America, a two-year investigation by Dana Priest and William Arkin. No doubt there is some important stuff in this series.
Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using to assess the herbicide
A Bloomberg Markets magazine report, “Wachovia’s Drug Habit,” reveals that drug traffickers bought that plane, and perhaps fifty others, “with laundered funds they transferred through two of the biggest banks in the U.S.,” Wachovia and Bank of America.
Download Commander Mark Divine is a Navy Seal and is US Active Reservist. Discusses training for the Navy Seals and his development of fitness program which is based on that type of training. The Seals train at high intensity, and use physical training to develop mental toughness, and use meditation …
Download This week show focused on the financial reform regulation signed into law this week by President Obama. In particular, we revealed that Wall Street actually got exactly what they wanted with the bill, in the form of a guarantee that the U.S. Treasury would supply the money to the …
Countdown to Zero - Time To Retire Nuclear Weapons with Marylia Kelley, Executive Director of Tri-Valley CAREs, founded by concerned neighbors living near Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of two locations where all US nuclear weapons are designed. They monitor nuclear weapons and environmental clean-up activities throughout the US nuclear weapons complex, with a special focus on Livermore Lab and the surrounding communities. Their overarching mission is to promote peace, justice and a healthy environment. Their goals include - Convert Livermore Lab from nuclear weapons development and testing to socially beneficial, environmentally sound research. End all nuclear weapons development and testing in the United States. Abolish nuclear weapons worldwide, and achieve an equitable, successful non-proliferation regime. Promote forthright communication and democratic decision-making in public policy on nuclear weapons and related environmental issues, locally, nationally and globally. Clean up the radioactive and toxic pollution emanating from the Livermore Lab and reduce the Lab’s environmental and health hazards
Download Although it’s important to identify our addictions, it’s even more important to heal them. This is a difficult but possible journey that generally needs a lot of support. In this continuing series on addiction I’m again interviewing the Chupka family who have written a book “It Went Without Saying” …
Download SPIES FOR HIRE: THE INTELLEGENCE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX There is a growing business relationship between outside contractors and government intelligence organizations – 70 percent of the US intelligence budget is spent on private-sector contractors. How cozy has this relationship become? And how does it impact the actual national security of the United …
Download Post-apocalyptic literature, the contrasts of California, and the language of the birds: a talk with Dale Pendell, poet, ethnobotanical researcher, and author of the nifty new novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse (North Atlantic). http://dalependell.com/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.2KB) | Embed
Download “Once upon a time”… An essay about telling (and being told) stories, especially at bedtime–Mike’s wanderings in the world of audio-books and how stories are the main transmission line for the DNA of humanity. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.2KB) | Embed
Powered by Podbean.com Download this episode (right click and save) Dave Lindorff is a long-time award-winning investigative reporter/journalist, contributing to numerous publications and popular web sites in America and abroad. He’s also a prolific author, his books including The Case for Impeachment: Legal Arguments for Removing President George W. Bush …
