[Podcast] Raucous Caucus – 03/13/12
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March 13, 2012
[Podcast] Political Analysis – 03/13/12
Guest: Richard Littlemore, co-editor of DeSmogBlog This week, Political Analysis host Sandy LeonVest commemorates the one-year anniversary of the nuclear meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, opening the show with newly released audio clips from Scientific American. The clips reveal a chilling sequence of events and interactions that …
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[Podcast] The Burt Cohen Show – 03/13/12
For many years, the choice community has had difficulty reaching and convincing younger women that reproductive rights really can be taken away. On this show, Salon columnist Irin Carmon argues that the sudden rise of the startlingly extreme Rick Santorum may be the biggest and best thing to happen to …
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[Podcast] Black Agenda Radio – 03/13/12
Civil Rights Groups “Dropped the Ball” on Affirmative Action In their zeal to help the Democratic Party, mainline civil rights organizations have “dropped the ball” on affirmative action, said Donna Stern, of By Any Means Necessary. “They are very much responsible, in terms of their inactions, for the loss of …
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[Podcast] Green Power and Wellness – 03/13/12
SHUTTING NUKE POWER IN VERMONT AND NEW YORK is the hottest topic in energy today. At Harvey Wasserman’s SOLARTOPIA GREEN POWER & WELLNESS SHOW, Gary Null gives us the rundown on the latest in the fight against nuke power. We’re joined by Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness Network, Philip …
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Robert Reich – The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surtax on the Super Wealthy
Let Santorum and Romney duke it out for who will cut taxes on the wealthy the most and shred the public services everyone else depends on. The rest of us ought to be having a serious discussion about a wealth tax. Because if you really want to know what’s happening …
[Article] Marwan Bishara – Decisions, Not Excuses in Afghanistan
I am sort of glad President Obama didn’t apologise for the recent US soldier killing spree in Afghanistan, leaving it to his “inferiors” to do the embarrassing bidding. On Sunday, a US soldier murdered 16 civilians in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. Obama’s failure to apologise was not for the same reasons as Newt Gingrich, who reckons …
[Article] – Statement: Challenging the World Water Forum to Protect Water from Corporate Control
This week, the World Water Forum (WWF) will convene representatives of the water industry, other major corporations and government officials in Marseilles to shape international water policy such that it to prioritizes for-profit models of water delivery, and profit-oriented allocation of the world’s most essential resource. While water for domestic …
[Article] – Climate Change Skepticism Stems from Recession, UConn Study Finds
In recent years, the American public has grown increasingly skeptical of the existence of man-made climate change. Although pundits and scholars have suggested several reasons for this trend, a new study shows that the recent Great Recession has been a major factor. Lyle Scruggs, associate professor of political science in …
[Article] – Ethan A. Huff – FDA admits mercury in cosmetic products is extremely toxic – so how is it safe in dental fillings, vaccines?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an updated warning about skin care products that may contain mercury, including many anti-aging, smoothing, skin-lightening, and beauty lotions and creams sold at ethnic beauty shops and online. Some of the tainted personal care products, most of which are imported, have been found to …
Honesty Without Fear – 03/13/12
In the first half hour, David Colapinto interviews Steve Kohn about his recent trip to Bosnia and the broader European movement for stronger whistleblower protections. In the second half hour, Richard Renner and Eric M. Gutiérrez, Legislative & Public Policy Director for the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) discuss the progress …
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[Podcast] The Gary Null Show – 03/13/12
Dr. Dale Archer is a board certified psychiatrist, a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and founder of the Institute for Neuropsychiatry in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He is the originator of what has become known as the continuum theory of mental illness, which challenges the more common, reductionist idea …
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[Article] Matt Holmes – U N B E L I E V A B L E ! ! How they vote in the United Nations: Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations Records
You can’t argue with these numbers! UNBELIEVABLE!! How they vote in the United Nations: Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations Records: Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time Qatar votes against …
8 Documentaries That Will Change the Way You Look at Food
Normally when you go to the movies, you find yourself craving popcorn covered in a gooey glaze of artificial butter and boxes of overpriced candy. These films, however, might just have the opposite effect: you might not want to eat at all after seeing them. In the past five years …
[Article] Michael T. Klare – A Tough-Oil World
Oil prices are now higher than they have ever been — except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of 2008. Many immediate factors are contributing to this surge, including Iran’s threats to block oil shipping in the Persian Gulf, fears of a new Middle Eastern war, and turmoil in energy-rich Nigeria. Some …