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CBS News / Mercola.com
24 Nov 2009
In the first clip, CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson explains that the possible worst-case scenario for the H1N1 "swine" flu has not materialized, despite all the hype. The report includes an discussion with Dr. Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health and now Health Editor for U.S. News & World Report, and Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of Mercola.com.
In the second clip, Dr. Mercola does an extended interview with Attkisson and we get an even deeper look into the murky behavior at the CDC as well as the vaccine industry's financial support for some of the leading vaccine cheerleaders.
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WATCH: 'Swine Flu Hype' Videos
Source references:
-- Mercola.com
-- CBS News
Related books:
-- The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the "Next Big Pandemic" by Dr. Joseph Mercola
The Real News
"Climate Change Emails" -- Smoking Gun or More Hype from Skeptics? — 25 Nov 2009
A good concise summary of the brouhaha over leaked "global warming emails"—are they a smoking gun, evidence of a global warming conspiracy among scientists; or are climate-change skeptics taking the emails out of context, as usual?
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Original Real News story page here
King World News
Robert Prechter: The Third Wave Down — 27 Nov 2009 — Thinks we're going to see an implosion of debt, a coming "third wave down," which will support a resurgence of the US Dollar as people once again flee to (apparent) safety. He expects to Dow to fall by at least 50% from its current level.
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Gerald Celete: Terror 2010 — 20 Nov 2009 — Trends forecaster Gerald Celente says it plainly: The top dogs are criminal "money junkies"—the financial fiascos are crimes and should be treated as such. He also gives us a peak at his 2010 predictions, which include a likely new major "terror event" and banking disruptions.
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Bill Moyers Journal
Jane Goodall: Roots and Shoots and Hope for the Future — 27 Nov 2009 — Moyers talks with Jane Goodall, who has spent much of her life studying animals—most notably, chimpanzees. More recently, she has become a global activist for all of life on earth. Her program "Roots and Shoots" is now in 114 countries, teaching and training young people to create projects to improve and protect their local environments.
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Related book:
Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink by Gail Hudson and Thane Maynard
PBS NewsHour
Obama to Offer 17% U.S. Emissions Cut at Copenhagen Summit — 25 Nov 2009 — Climate experts discuss what to expect from President Obama's trip to the Copenhagen climate change summit next month.
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Toyota Recalls 4 Million Vehicles Over Concerns of Uncontrolled Acceleration — 25 Nov 2009 — Toyota recalled four million cars to fix or replace acceleration pedals that could get jammed by the floor mat.
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Dollar's Weakness Inspires Modern-Day Gold Rush — 25 Nov 2009 — How the dollar's weakness has spurred a new "gold rush."
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KunstlerCast
The Demise of Happy Motoring — 26 Nov 2009 — James Howard Kunstler believes that the "Happy Motoring" project is running out of time, that we are cruising toward collapse with stunning stupidity. But Peak Oil and problems with alternative energy aren't the only issues facing future motorists.
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Headlines — 25 Nov 2009 — Stories include... Scientists: climate change "accelerating beyond expectations" ~~ Bank loans fall to 25-year low ~~ UK officials: Iraq War planning predated 9/11 attacks ~~ Appeals court affirms eminent domain for proposed Brooklyn stadium
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U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Land Mine Ban — 25 Nov 2009 — The Obama administration has announced it won't sign an international convention banning land mines. Stephen Goose, co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, explains why the US position makes little sense.
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CounterSpin
Mammography Guidelines + Revisiting The Battle for Seattle — 27 Nov 2009 — Maryann Napoli commments on mammography guidelines ~~ Rebecca Solnit talks about efforts to combat the World Trade Organization and her new book The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle.
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One Radio Network
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Vaccines... What Exactly is in Them? Who's Profiting and Why?
23 Nov 2009 — This interview with Dr. Len Horowitz is a torrent of information about the tangled connections and dark schemes of The Powers That Be, with a focus on the Swine Flu and vaccines. The really shocking thing is that he's probably right about most of it.
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Living On Earth
Biofuel Bugs — 27 Nov 2009 — Microbes are being genetically modified to make fuels like ethanol and diesel from just sunlight and CO2.
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Light Pollution Solutions — 27 Nov 2009 — Some urban residents want local governments to dial down light pollution.
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Media Minutes
Native Americans and the National Broadband Plan — 27 Nov 2009 — A new study about how the Internet is being used on tribal lands has placed Native Americans in the discussions about the National Broadband Plan. ~~ The debate over Net Neutrality has moved from the halls of Washington to city council agendas in New York and San Francisco.
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On The Media
Booking It To the Future — 27 Nov 2009 — Two stories about the fate of the publishing industry: (1) Too many books, not enough profits; fear and loathing with e-books (2) A look at independent book agents, publicists and store owners
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Our Oceans Are in Deep Trouble — 27 Nov 2009 — Are we facing "the end of fish"? Dr. Daniel Pauly says yes. ~~ Dr. Jennifer Jacquett comments on feeding fish to pigs and chickens ~~ Catherine Stewart of Living Oceans Society explains the perils of fish-farming
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Food Chain Radio
Where is Cuba Libré — 21 Nov 2009 — After the supporting tentacles of the USSR fell away, Cuba faced hard times. But as the movie The Power of Community -- How Cuba Survived Peak Oil showed, they did not starve, they innovated. Now, is the Cuban government about to abandon the organic small-farmer coops that proved so successful in the 1990s?
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McAlvany Podcast
The Yellow Brick Road — 25 Nov — A discussion about currency speculation as fiscal policy, how The Wizard of Oz is reflected in the Federal Reserve and other financial honchos; a calculation that at today's ridiculous 0.01% savings-account interest rates, your money will double in.... 6,932 years!
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National Inflation Association
The Dollar Bubble — 24 Nov 2009
This is a brief tour through the relationship between debt, money creation, and inflation.... and what we can expect in the next few years.
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Financial Sense News Hour
Axel Merk: Sustainable Wealth — 21 Nov 2009 — Axel Merk, author of Sustainable Wealth: Achieve Financial Security in a Volatile World of Debt and Consumption, doesn't believe in get-rich-quick strategies, but he does have some ideas for long-term investing that can help you avoid the vagaries of debt-backed paper currencies, especially the US dollar.
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Flashpoints — 18 Nov 2009
John Perkins, the self-described former "economic hit man," says those declaring that the recession is over are only looking at Wall Street. Main Street's economy is still riddled with potholes.
Moreover, he says, the wealthy are doing fine for now, but ultimately our unsustainable financial system will implode and take them down too—unless we collectively undertake a program to radically reform the corporatocracy. Perkins spent years on the inside; he knows what he's talking about.
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John Perkins books:
-- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
-- Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded
Related GP articles:
-- Causes of the Financial Crisis
-- Plutocracy, Capitalism, and Democracy
-- Plutocracy vs. Direct Democracy
Freee movie:
-- The Money Masters
Crop To Cuisine
Thanksgiving Stuff...ing — 16 Nov 2009 — The myths and facts of the Thanksgiving and turkey traditions ~~ Food aid ~~ Shopping the bargain bin at the food store ~~ The ills of farmed salmon
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Related books:
-- Thanksgiving: The True Story by Penelope Colman
-- The Turkey: An American Story by Andrew Smith
Financial Sense News Hour
Robert Hirsch on Peak Oil and the IEA — 14 Nov 2009 — Bob Hirsch, author of a landmark 2005 report on Peak Oil, gives a measured, rational assessment of future petroleum supplies and the recent "leak" from inside the IEA.
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Matt Simmons on Energy Future and Risk — 21 Nov 2009 — Matt Simmons on the future of energy ~~ Kenneth J. Gerbino on the current condition of the energy markets | Glenn Labhart on energy risk and understanding the energy markets
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Living On Earth
More Than Just Terry and Julie Crossing Over the River — 20 Nov 2009 — A 10-mile-wide tidal barrage across the estuary of the Severn River could bring the UK clean, reliable, renewable energy. But critics charge it will irrevocably change the iconic river and its ecosystem.
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Carbon-ated Oceans — 20 Nov 2009 — The world's oceans absorb one quarter of all our carbon dioxide emissions. New research suggests that this absorption is slowing down, as they become saturated with carbon. ~~ A new report put out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) demonstrates that coastal marine environments are highly efficient at sequestering carbon, so are vitally important to protect.
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Mexico City - Mega-Green Motorways — 20 Nov 2009 — Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard recently won a prize for his city's efficient public transportation, and he has ambitious plans for cities in general to lead the way to a green future.
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Democracy Now
Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator — 17 Nov 2009 — Michelle Obama planted an organic garden at the White House. That's nice, but the Obama Administration's real attitude towards food, agriculture, and us eaters is betrayed by the recent appointment of a pro-pesticide, pro-GMO chieftain to a key position.
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Getting Beyond the 'School of the Americas' Era — 20 Nov 2009 — (1) Headline news ~~ (2) Protests over college tuition hikes and the growing privatization of public education ~~ (3) Human rights progress in Latin America and the sordid history of the US training center formerly known as the "School of the Americas" ~~ (4) International criticism over new illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian land
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Related book:
-- Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi
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House Committee Approves "Audit the Fed" Bill
...OR... Look out banksters, here we come
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Student Protests Spread Across Europe
...OR... From California to Germany, protesting higher-education balonie
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Plan to Bring Detainees into US Justice System Hits Political Firestorm
...OR... Guantanamo guano hitting the fan
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One Radio Network
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Fish Oils - Not Good For Us? — 27 Oct 2009 — Professor Brian Peskin explains the important relationship between essential fatty acids to each other and to your health. He says conventional medical wisdom and even alt-health wisdom have it all wrong on EFAs, and he asserts that fish oils, especially cod liver oil, are NOT helping you.
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Related books:
-- The 24 Hour Diet by Brian Peskin
Sierra Club Radio
Living with Ed... in Green Hollywood — 14 Nov 2009
Ed Begley Jr.—without a doubt the greenest man in Hollywood—tells us about efforts in Tinsel Town to get greener and about the third season of his show Living with Ed.
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Related GP article:
-- Environmental Hypocrites
Bloomberg - On the Economy
David Smick: We've Scarified the Future of Our Economy — 18 Nov 2009 — David Smick think we've scarified the future of our economy to save a few elite financial institutions. He points out that the majority of the $17 trillion thrown at the economic crisis has gone to the haves, and that job loss is still a big problem, though he thinks offshoring is not a big cause of the current unemployment wave. Smick's book is
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy.
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Radio EcoShock
Prosperity Without Growth — 20 Nov 2009 — Tim Jackson on his book
Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
(time for big changes!) ~~ ASPO Peak Oil analyst Dave Cohen on the dying American Empire–Now what? ~~ Canada's risky real estate ~~ Australia slowly cooks
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California's Water Crisis and the Fishy Reporting of Fox News
12 Nov 2009 — There's a big water problem in some parts of California, including much of the state's prime agricultural areas. Farms there heavily user irrigation water from rivers. Is the federally protected delta smelt the cause, like Sean Hannity says? Or is it the drought, city water usage, and other factors?
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BLOWING THE LID OFF PEAK OIL
WE'RE DOWN TO THE "CRAP CRUDE"
King World News — 13 Nov 2009
Matt Simmons, one of the most vocal Peak Oil analysts of the last few years, comments on the news that an International Energy Agency whistleblower has exposed a cover-up by that organization of the seriousness of the future limitations on global oil supplies.
Among Simmons' points: The oil that remains is way more energy- and water-intensive to extract and refine, which drives up the price and leaves less net energy for productive use. He puts it bluntly: we're down to the "crap crude."
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Matt Simmons book:
-- Twilight in the Desert
Related GP articles:
-- Peak Oil Solutions
-- Fuel Shortages and Power Outages?
-- Peak Oil Articles (all)
More GP resources for Peak Oil:
-- Peak Oil Books
-- Peak Oil Movies
-- Peak Oil Quotes
One Radio Network
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Vitamin D—A Panacea? — 12 Nov 2009 — A number of very smart people, including the Web Bot Predictions guy, have repeatedly emphasized the importance of Vitamin D intake for fighting the flu and other maladies. They have also noted that the current officially recommended daily amounts of D are woefully inadequate. Dr. John Cannell walks us through the state of the science on Vitamin D. This is must-listening!
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Andrew Gause: They're Fixing the Fed? Not Really — 11 Nov 2009 — Currency historian Andrew Gause notes that the proposals to fix the Federal Reserve are all pointless. The "reforms" leave out the one thing that really matters—the authority to create money.
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Media Minutes
Internet Traffic Priority Schemes Work Against Users — 13 Nov 2009 — A new paper shows how prioritizing Internet traffic works against Internet users and undermines the overall health of the Internet ~~ Lou Dobbs has resigned as CNN anchor ~~ Broadband seekers have just one more chance to apply for funding
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Democracy Now
Why Cap and Trade Would Be Bad for the Environment and the Economy
12 Nov 2009 — The US EPA is being accused of trying to silence two longtime agency enforcement attorneys who have publicly criticized as ineffective the cap-and-trade component of the climate change legislation being considered by Congress. The attorneys' video "The Huge Mistake" (above right) explains their objections and alternate solution; the audio (below) is an interview with them.
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John Perkins on Corporatate Domination — 10 Nov 2009 — John Perkins, the former "economic hit man," explains why corporations must be reformed from their money-driven mania so that their activities include the goal of a just, sustainable, peaceful world.
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John Perkins books:
-- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
-- Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded--and What We Need to Do to Remake Them
Food Chain Radio
The Seed Giants — 07 Nov 2009 — Four seed companies now control 75% of the seed marketplace—and the trend is toward even more concentration. The discussion covers the tactics that have been used by these companies, especially Monsanto, to achieve this level of dominance.
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Flashpoints
The Permanent War Economy — 10 Nov 2009 — The "Financial Coup D'Etat" series continues with Catherine Austin Fitts. Among other things, she discusses the trend towards a "permanent war economy" and how military dominance relates to the financial machinations of The Powers That Be.
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See previous parts: Wall Street Fascism: Financial Coup d'Etat
NOW
Elizabeth Warren: Economy, Big Banks, and the Credit Card Crunch
13 Nov 2009 — Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with monitoring the bank bailout, discusses how big banks are ramping up unfair credit card practices, thus hammering consumers at the same time they use taxpayer bailout money to strengthen their bottom lines, boost their stock prices, and pay fat compensation packages to their executives.
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Headline News
Friday, 13 Nov 2009:
Stories include... Napolitano indicates immigration reform to come soon ~~ Militant attacks escalate in Pakistan ~~ NASA confirms the presence of water on the moon
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Thursday, 12 Nov 2009:
Stories include... Top US diplomat opposes troop increase ~~ FHA reserve fund at an all time low ~~ Medvedev encourages privatization of russian economy
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Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009:
Stories include... Obama to determine Afghan troop strategy ~~ Former Blackwater execs say company tried to pay off Iraqi officials ~~ Half of US lakes and reservoirs contain dangerous levels of mercury
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Living On Earth
Fishing Fiascos — 13 Nov 2009 — Bluefin tuna are in rapid decline. Scientists estimate that populations have decreased by at over 90 percent over the last 50 years, and they warn that if overfishing continues, the iconic bluefin will be a distant memory. Meanwhile, the world's sea bird populations, including the iconic albatross, are threatened by certain fishing techniques.
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SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS
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US Stimulus Money Helping Foreign Economies? — 13 Nov 2009 — Foreign companies manufacture many products used in renewable energy projects like windmills. Some complain that US stimulus spending is benefiting foreign economies.
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On The Media
Prognosis Negative: Bad News on Health Reporting
13 Nov 2009 — TV-news segments abound with the latest diet and health advice, including gems like "Blue M&M's may cure paralysis!" Gary Schwitzer, editor of HealthNewsReview.org, has spent the last three years methodically reviewing TV health news claims for accuracy and responsibility.
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KunstlerCast
The Role of Generalists in a Hyper-Specialist Society — 12 Nov 2009 — James Howard Kunstler discusses the impact of generalists and specialists on society, as well as the devolution of consensus about anything, whether it be sidewalk aesthetics or the proper solution to the economic mess.
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Radio EcoShock
Sustainability: Learning from Portland — 13 Nov 2009 — Why is Portland such a livable city? What can your city learn from these green leaders? Hear speeches from the Resilient Cities Conference on what works and what doesn't. ~~ Nike "Air" was actually a global warming gas!
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Two Beers With Steve
What Are YOU Going to Do About It? — 10 Nov 2009 — If we are to solve the collective problems we face, we need to figure out how to get more people to step into the fray. That means moving past our current state of armchair activism—or "slactivism," as Max Keiser calls it.
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The Art of Thinking Twice — 10 Nov 2009 — Among the fascinating observations here, Michael Mauboussin suggests that problems can best be solved by moving past the limitations of our immediate, personal predicament and ask ourselves, "What has happened to people in these circumstances before?" Mauboussin is author of Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition.
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Tuesday Morning After — 03 Nov 2009
In this clip from an interview hosted by Ed Yersh, KMO of the C-Realm Podcast gives a brief explanation of the concept of the Technological Singularity—the idea that the capabilities of artificial intelligence will continue increasing exponentially and one day will overtake us humans. He then discusses whether future energy constraints would make that impossible.
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Related books:
-- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
-- Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age by Bill McKibben
Related movies:
-- Terminator DVDs
Related GP cartoons:
-- High-Tech Future Cartoon
-- Digital Revolution Joke/Cartoon
Related GP articles:
-- Technology/Cell-Phone Distraction
Democracy Now
Low Road to High Finance — 04 Nov 2009 — An interview with Gregg Gordon, author of the recent newspaper investigative piece, How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash.
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PBS NewsHour
In Italy, Judge Convicts 23 Americans in CIA Kidnapping Case — 04 Nov 2009 — An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan.
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Arrogance, Ignorance Recurring in Economic History — 02 Nov 2009 — The NewsHour talks to the authors of This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, a book that examines the current financial crisis (and official disingenuousness) in historical context.
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Hedge Fund World Rocked by Insider-trading Charges — 05 Nov 2009 — Judy Woodruff speaks with a Financial Times reporter about 14 people facing insider-trading charges for allegedly netting $20 million in illegal profits.
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Headline News — 06 Nov 2009
Stories include... US wrap-up: Unemployment, tax credit for homebuyers, single-payer health care ~~ Zelaya: Honduras compromise plan dead ~~ Narco-violence spreading in Mexican border state
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ExxonMobil Signs Deal to Develop Major Oil Field in Iraq — 06 Nov 2009
Charlie Cray, director of the Center for Corporate Policy, comments on the deal ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell have signed with the Iraqi Oil Ministry to develop a major oil field in Basra. The 50-billion-dollar deal is the second major deal signed this week in Iraq.
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Flashpoints
Anatomy of a Financial Coup D'Etat, continued — 02-04 Nov 2009 — The series continues with Catherine Austin Fitts. Among other things, she discusses the parable of "trading sardines" and how that relates to the psychosis of those who think that Wall Street is a real part of the economy.
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See previous parts: Wall Street Fascism: Financial Coup d'Etat
On The Media
Covering the Third War — 06 Nov 2009 — The US is (unofficially) at war in Pakistan. The area is virtually inaccessible to most journalists and information is tightly controlled by the Pakistani military. Yet reporters face pressure to byline their stories as if they were in the thick of the action, giving their own perceptions.
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Unmanned Aerial Drones: Wired for War — 06 Nov 2009 — While there were only a handful of US unmanned aerial drones in 2003, there are now some 7,000 that the military relies on for many of its objectives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century, explains the impact both at home and abroad.
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Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Robert Greenwald: Rethinking Afghanistan
01 Nov 2009 — There would seem to be a uniformity of opinion among mainstream media pundits that there is only a military solution to Afghanistan. But documentarian Robert Greenwald says there are many people who that believe the militaristic approach cannot work there and is doomed to failure.
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Living On Earth
Climate Bill Numbers — 06 Nov 2009 — Will the climate bill working its way through congress help or harm the economy? LOE examines the numbers.
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Downeast Conservation — 06 Nov 2009 — Fearing unwanted development, a group of Mainers has negotiated with a timber company to buy and protect 340,000 acres of forested land.
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Chemicals and Cholesterol — 06 Nov 2009 — PFC chemicals, which are widespread in industrial and commercial products, have recently been linked to elevated levels of cholesterol in the body.
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One Radio Network
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Andrew Gause: The Real World of Money — 04 Nov 2009 — Andy covers the CIT bankruptcy, the Iranian oil bourse, state banks, the TARP vs. the "stealth bailout," parallels between today and post-Revolutionary US, the slavery aspects of the monetary system, and the financial-fiasco enablers in congress. Can you name "the senator from Goldman Sachs"? How 'bout "the senator from AIG"?
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Radio EcoShock
The Future: Dark or Resilient? — 06 Nov 2009 — An interview with peak oil expert Richard Heinberg on peak COAL and related issues ~~ A speech by Paul Hawken on the possibility of a resilient future.
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Heinberg books:
-- Peak Everything—Waking Up to the Century of Declines
-- Blackout—Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis
Hawken books:
-- Blessed Unrest
-- Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
You Bet Your Garden
Fall Leaves — 31 Oct 2009 — Master organic gardener Mike McGrath covers topics that include... Winning the battle between fall leaves and grass ~~ Attracting toads to eat garden pests ~~ Growing figs in non-Mediterranean climates ~~ Dealing with slugs on hot peppers ~~ Keeping deer out of gardens
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Gary Null Show
Mike Whitney: A Crisis of Citizenship — 30 Oct 2009 — After a summary of the latest health news, Gary and former CIA analyst Mike Whitney discuss whether the ongoing Wall Street-banker rip-off of the American taxpayer and the lack of an effective public response is really a crisis of citizenship.
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KunstlerCast
Boston – Where Gentrification is a Good Thing — 05 Nov 2009 — JHK tours through the times and spaces of Boston, Massachusetts. He notes particularly the transformation of Boston from a rather dreary place to a mostly bright, upbeat town.
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A SUBVERSIVE PLOT
This short presentation explains the great reasons to grow more of your own food—from peak oil to avoiding GMOs to redistributing power back to the people, away from the corp-gov axis of weasels. Watch reasons to garden video.
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YOU ARE HERE — THE OIL JOURNEY PRESENTATION
Though we have all become hooked on the technological and societal benefits of the cheap-energy age, that age is unavoidably about to end. In this good presentation on the peak-oil problem, we first see the proof, then we get a few thoughts on how we might navigate the transition.
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Metaphorically, nuclear waste is the energy elephant in the global livingroom. Cartoon character Herr Hoppe, however, finds himself with actual radioactive waste in his livingroom. Watch his humorous—and strikingly unsuccessful—attempts to get rid of it. Watch funny nuclear waste videos.
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THE CHOCOLATE CHROMOSOME
Rumor has it that many women luuuuuuv chocolate. This Target Women bit exposes the dark, smooth, delicious underbelly of the cocoa-nuttiness. Watch funny video on women and chocolate.
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BRUNCHABLES
If you live in the bizarro world of insane food marketers, you might come up with some of these conveniently packaged kids' meals. Watch funny school lunch video.
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NOV 2009
