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EarthBeat Radio — 06 Apr 2010
New US tailpipe rules will require new vehicles to get 35.5 miles per gallon by the year 2016. But Vera Pardee of the Center for Biological Diversity points out that these new fuel efficiency standards won't even get us to where Europe and China are now.
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Democracy Now
Leaked Footage of US Military Massacre of Iraqi Civilians and Reuters Reporters — 08 Apr 2010 — After headline news.... Footage from a military helicopter (released via WikiLeaks) shows US troops involved in a cold-blooded massacre of a group of Iraqi civilians and Reuters reporters in 2007. ~~ Other stories include: questions about the new US nuclear posture; first US citizen assassinated under new policy; the dangers and difficulties of reporting from Gaza.
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Coal Mine Disaster + Net Neutrality Disaster + Government Surveillance and Secrecy — 07 Apr 2010 — (1) Headline News ~~ (2) The Massey Energy mine in West Virginia where two dozen miners died recently had been cited for more than 1,300 safety violations in recent years ~~ (3) An appeals court has ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to enforce "net neutrality" and other important internet issues ~~ (4) An attorney explains why Obama is as bad or worse than Bush on state secrets
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CounterSpin
Jeremy Scahill on 2007 Iraq Killings — 09 Apr 2010 — Regarding the 2007 killing of a group of Iraqi civilians and Reuters journalists by a US helicopter crew, Jeremy Scahill says the explanations from the military and coverage by the mainstream media don't pass the smell test.
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King World News
John Williams: The Real Statistics — 03 Apr 2010 — Williams says, among other things, that many states are in big financial trouble and ultimately will be bailed out with newly printed dollars from the federal government. Where is it all leading?
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The Case of the Missing Gold — 07 Apr 2010 — In a new bombshell involving the precious metals market, one investor discovered that his holding company—a large international bank with almost 15 million customers in 50 countries around the world—has only a fraction of the actual physical gold and silver on which its customers hold certificates.
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PBS NewsHour
Kyrgyzstan President Disputes Interim Government's Claim to Rule — 08 Apr 2010 — An interim government in Kyrgyzstan said it will rule for six months following a bloody uprising on Wednesday; but the Kyrgyz president says he's not resigning.
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Free Speech Radio News
Hamas Announces Go-Ahead with Controversial Executions in Gaza — 07 Apr 2010 — The ruling Hamas party in Gaza has recently announced it will begin executions of a number of prisoners who were convicted of collaborating with Israel. But human rights groups have called on Hamas to refrain from implementing the sentences.
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All Things Considered
Courts Weigh Whether Vatican Controls Bishops — 06 Apr 2010 — Two lawsuits working their way through the federal courts share a single question: Does the Vatican have direct authority over its Catholic bishops? The answer could determine whether the Vatican can be sued in US courts and be forced to open up its secret archives.
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Cash-Strapped Schools Cutting Custodial Workers — 05 Apr 2010 — In some districts, school janitors are about to get chewed up by budget shortfalls and the corporate-profit machine.
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Financial Overhaul—Regulate the 'Too Big To Fails' or Break Them Up? — 06 Apr 2010 — Will new regulations prevent future bailout situations? Or should we say that "too big to fail" is too big to exist?
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The Real News/Al Jazeera
Out of Work in the U.S. — 09 Apr 2010 — Tens of millions of Americans are unemployed or underemployed. As this ramps up pressure on families and society in general, what role do government solutions and entrepreneurship play?
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One Radio Network
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John Perkins: An Economic Hit Man Hoodwinked — 06 Apr 2010 — Perkins' topics include: How Latin America is slowly throwing off the yoke of American corporate hegemony ~~ How the techniques used to create the housing bubble were similar to the tricks used globally by the IMF and World Bank to put developing countries in a debt trap.
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Andrew Gause: The Deep Dark Truth of Sovereignty — 07 Apr 2010 — Andrew Gause explains the (raw) deal with the "Corporation of the United States of America." As bizarre and outrageous as his information about the corporate nature of our personhood sounds, it is correct. ~~ Other topics include the silver-market manipulation issue and the relationship between the money supply increases and price inflation
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Max Keiser Radio
Can the COMEX Be Busted? — 06 Apr 2010 — Gold bugs and silver fish are agog over the whistleblower evidence of market manipulation. Is it possible to "bust the COMEX" as it becomes clearer that the many of the large market players hold a high level of "naked shorts"?
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Nutrition Diva
Should You Be Worried About Sulfites in Food and Wine? — 07 Apr 2010 — Sulfites occur naturally and are added artificially. How much of a problem are they?
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Maximum Capacity — 02 Apr 2010 — It's easy to have a "tough on crime" attitude—which explains why the US has the largest prison population on the planet. But since most prisoners eventually serve their sentences and get released, is it sensible to make incarceration more about rehabilitation and less about punishment?
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Prison Radio / Mumia Abu-Jamal
When Empires End — 03 Apr 2010 — Mumia gives a two-minute history lesson on the durability (or lack thereof) of empires.
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May Day — 04 Apr 2010 — Bankers get bailouts while workers get layoffs, pay cuts, and work-week reductions. The only way out is for workers to unite and reassert that life and liberty are more important than profit and property.
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Radio EcoShock
The Unknown Climate — 09 Apr 2010 — Given all the unknown tipping points, can we really predict our climate future? Guest include Dr. Alan Hastings and Dr. David Orr. ~~ Plus "Twelve Batty Things About James Lovelock" and why TV weathercasters never mention climate change.
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Survival Podcast
Core Preparedness Principles — 06 Apr 2010 — Survival Podcast host Jack Spirko makes a guest appearance on the Baldy and the Blonde radio show to discuss some core preparedness principles. The theme that runs through them all is: "Helping you to live the life you want if times get tough—and even if they don't."
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C-Realm Podcast
The Long Defeat — 07 Apr 2010 — KMO uses a slender thread to weave a connection between the epic battle portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings trilogy and the challenges we face in the coming years as resource constraints and trouble in the debt-based economy force radical change upon our denialist society. Segments include "The Tolkien Professor," James Howard Kunstler and Doug Lain.
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Referenced books:
-- Review of The World Made By Hand (by Grinning Planet)
-- The Long Emergency (on Amazon)
Jim Hightower
Selected Hightower commentaries for the last two weeks...
EPA Takes a Bold Step Forward
...OR... Victory against MTR—trend or blip?
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Agribusiness Profits, Mutant Germs... and Us
...OR... Resistant bacteria, factory farms, and you
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Fighting Stupidity
...OR... Big ass D-FAS lays off debtors
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Wal-Mart's Mechanical Inhumanity
...OR... OR -- WalMart -- The high cost of no heart
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Opening Up the Fed's Secret Wall Street Bailout
...OR... Let's put the third-degree light on banks getting public money
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The Rebellion Spreads to Wall Street Itself
...OR... Even some Wall Streeters recognize that TBTF is TBTE
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A Community's Action Saves Bankers Form Themselves
...OR... On foreclosures in one city, community action trumps bank dilly-dallying
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Gary Null Show
Stephen Hall on Science, Wisdom and Society — 07 Apr 2010 — Stephen Hall is a leading author and investigative writer on topics related to the interface between science and society. Sample observation: Wisdom, separate from intelligence, is essential if we are to adapt to changing circumstances.
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Stephen Hall book:
Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience
Living On Earth
Preserving the Congo Basin's Trees — 02 Apr 2010 — Protecting forests could play a critical role in keeping CO2 locked up and out of the atmosphere. The proposed UN mechanism "REDD" puts a price on trees so they're more valuable standing than cut down. This special report looks at the promises and pitfalls of climate policy and REDD, with a focus on the Congo Basin—which hosts one of the planet's biggest remaining stands of tropical rainforests.
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Beyond the Ordinary
Clif High: Become Aware ... and Stock Up on Pies — 06 Apr 2010 — Among the highlights from this Web Bots interview ... Because of the fractal nature of things, the control and enrichment actions taken by TPTB will ultimately boomerang and undo them. ~~ Solar activity seems to be causing a ramp-up in earthquake activity. ~~ One of the most important things people must do is to continue learning, thinking, and improving awareness, and then project that understanding to others.
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Godlike Productions
Clif High: Things to Keep an Eye On — 04 Apr 2010 — Clif takes listener questions, getting into a few things that he has not discussed much in past interviews. His biggest "things to keep an eye on" are: emergence of a large number of solar prominences, especially persistent ones; a huge increase in earthquakes in the 4-6 range; some sort of major electrical discharge or exchange at the solar system level.
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Dan Carlin
Militia Arrests + Jesse Ventura on Conspiracies — 31 Mare 2010 — Dan Carlin says it would be dangerous to automatically assign righteousness to the government when it comes to arrests of militia members ~~ Jesse Ventura talks about why it is that the government can keep so many secrets from We the People (Who Pay Their Salaries and Bills)
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Jesse Ventura book:
American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us
Deconstructing Dinner
Canada Considers Bill To Control Economic Harm of GE Crops — 25 Mar 2010 — The problem of genetically engineered crops contaminating non-GE crops is a worldwide issue. But Canada is one of the titans of the GE world, so it is significant that they are debating legislation that would reign in their current approach to GE crops.
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Gary Null Show
Frances Moore Lappe — 16 Mar 2010 — A conversation with Frances Moore Lappe about democracy, fear mongering, and the reversal of fortune for the bottom 90% of the economy. Topics include how the "magic of the market" turned out to be a dirty trick; how we need to revise things so the rules tend to bring out the best in people, not the worst; and how we must recognize the dead ends offered by the blame game, polarization, and duality traps.
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Frances Moore Lappe book:
Getting A Grip 2: Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want
Peak Moment
Local Food, By and For the People — 31 Jan 2010 — Energy constraints, debt unwinding, and many other factors threaten the stability of the food supply. Part of the solution, says agriculture activist Krishna Singh Khalsa, is to move away from corporate-driven models to relationship-based cooperative models. Can the success of LINUX be a model for the future of food?
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Quirks and Quarks
Science Questions Answered — 03 Apr 2010 — Ten questions and answers, including ... Is it true that dogs can smell illness? ~~ How are some spiders able to spin such huge webs over large open spaces? ~~ If galaxies are all moving apart, then how can they collide?
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PART 2: 26:38
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