WHAT HAPPENED

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!

Monday, March 13



12-1:00 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "Gender Equality"

From Alternative Radio, 1 (800) 444-1977, http://www.alternativeradio.org



MUSIC INTRO: Eliza Gilkyson, ‘Children in the Wilderness’ from “Legends of Rainmaker” CD



1:00-2:00 Pema Chodron, "Comfortable with Uncertainty" Part 1 of 3

Read by Sounds True founder and publisher Tami Simon

(no longer in catalogue)



SEGUE MUSIC:

Enya, ‘If I Could Be Where You Are’ from “Amarantine” CD

Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, ‘American Dream’ from “American Dream” CD



2:00-3:00 "From the Vault," Noam Chomsky 'Creeping Fascism'

From Pacifica Radio Archives, 1 (800) 735-0230,

http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org



3-3:30 The Bioneers "What's Good for Life Wins: The Biomimicry Scientific

Revolution" http://www.bioneers.org



3:30-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



Thom with Current News & Commentary

Article: "Little-noticed House Republican bill would let employers demand workers' genetic test results" by Sharon Begley.

Article: "How Many People Are Affected by Obamacare Premium Increases? (Hint, It's Fewer Than You Think)" by Troy Griggs, Karen Yourish and Margot Sanger-Katz.

Article: "Watch: Trump talks healthcare in weekly address" by UPI.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Explaining 'Risk Corridors,' The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.

Article: "China: U.S., North Korea on collision course" by Ed Adamczyk.

Article: "South Korea president Park Geun-Hye ousted by court" by BBC.

Article: "U.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North's latest test" by James Pearson and Ju-Min Park.

Article: "Korea, US kickoff annual exercise" by Yi Whan-Woo.

Article: "Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government" by Justin Elliott, Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw.

Article: "Insurance Companies Just Accidentally Made The Case For Medicare For All" by Daniel Marans.

Article: "U.S. deployment of missile system in South Korea riles China" by Ryan Connelly Holmes.

Site: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.

Site: Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Site: Fellowship of Reconciliation.



Fukushima: 6 Years Later & Still Not Over
- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear

Article: "Six years after Fukushima began, "normalizing" radiation exposure risks the health of women and children" by Cindy Folkers.

Article: "People will return to towns surrounding Fukushima this month - six years after evacuating due to nuclear disaster" by Kiyoshi Takenaka, Teppei Kasai.

Article: "Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami" by Justin McCurry.

Article: "Fukushima Catastrophe at 6: Normalizing Radiation Exposure Demeans Women and Kids and Risks Their Health" by Cindy Folkers.

Article: "Nuclear Information and Resource Service" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chernobyl disaster", 26 April 1986 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bluefin tuna record Fukushima radioactivity" by Jonathan Amos, 29 May 2012.

Article: "Fukushima radiation nears California coast, judged harmless" by Courtney Sherwood, Nov. 11, 2014.

Article: "Bioaccumulation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gaps in US radiation monitoring system revealed" by Garance Burke And Noaki Schwartz.

Article: "Revision to the PAG Manual: Protective Action Guide (PAG) for Drinking Water After a Radiological Incident" by EPA, 01/19/2017.

Site: Nuclear Information and Resource Service.

Documentary: Chernobyl Heart.



How Big Oil & Gas Fracked Up Oklahoma
- Dr. Anthony Ingraffea Ph.D. P.E., Cornell University

Site: "Recent Earthquakes Near Oklahoma, United States".

Site: "Earthquakes in Oklahoma" by Office Of The Secretary Of Energy & Environment, OK.

Article: "Pawnee Nation Sues Oklahoma Oil Companies in Tribal Court Over Earthquake Damage" by AP.

Article: "How The Oil And Gas Industry Awakened Oklahoma's Sleeping Fault Lines" by Maggie Koerth-Baker.

Article: "Scott Pruitt" (former Attorney General of Oklahoma, now EPA head) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oklahoma US Sen. Inhofe says wildfire damage 'unprecedented'" by AP.

Article: "Gov. Mary Fallin declares state of emergency for 22 counties due to wildfires"(Oklahoma) by KOCO.

Article: "EPA chief says carbon dioxide not 'primary contributor' to climate change" by Kevin Bogardus.





Right-Wing Billionaires Have a Project Going to Rewrite Our Constitution, and They Are Shockingly Close to Pulling It Off

Article: "Right-Wing Billionaires Have a Project to Rewrite Our Constitution, and They Are Shockingly Close to Pulling It Off" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: The Convention of States (COS) Project.

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt)

Site: Move to Amend

Article: "Citizens for Self-Governance" by SourceWatch.

Article: "Profitable Companies, No Taxes: Here's How They Did It" by Patricia Cohen.

Book: The American Revolution of 1800: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction - and What This Means Today by Dan Sisson with Thom Hartmann

Book: Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill.

Article: "Instant-runoff voting" by Wikipedia.



The Trump Effect on the Intel Community
- General Michael V. Hayden, Playing To the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Article: "Extraordinary rendition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black site" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump blasts intel officials: 'Are we living in Nazi Germany?'" by Donovan Slack.

Article: "Congressional deadline arrives for DOJ evidence on Trump wiretap claims" by Theodore Schleifer and Manu Raju.

Article: "Senate Report on Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq" by Wikipedia.


The Big Picture: What The Wikileaks Dump Tells Us

Big Picture Interview: The Wikileaks Secrets...
- John Kiriakou, The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror/Huffington Post/Reader Supported
- James Bamford, The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America/The Intercept/The New Yorker



VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT


The Big Picture: The Values of the South Have Risen Again

Big Picture Interview: Trump's War On The Media
- Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation Magazine

Big Picture Panel: The New Hired Guns Staffing the Trump Administration
- David Ferguson, Ferguson & Associates
- Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party

Big Picture Fact: Inequality Is Bringing Back Gout, Ricketts & Scarlet Fever...



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OUTRO MUSIC: Judy Collins, ‘Nightingale II’ from “Whales & Nightingales” CD



5:55-6 KPFK Community Calendar

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WHAT HAPPENED

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!

Thursday, March 9, 2017



12-1 Alan Watts, “Zen and the Art of Controlled Accidents” Part 4 of 4

All info: http://www.alanwatts.org



1-2:30 Shinzen Young, "Nausea, Health, Magic, Boredom, Death, Etc.

From www.shinzen.org



2:30-3:30 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"

Caroline takes it solo – Fund Drive, co-riffing with the latter portion of her banquet speech at the NCGR conference in Baltimore.

From KPFA. Caroline's Website: http://www.coyotenetworknews.com



3:30 - 5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



Wikileaks Reveals CIA's "Impressive List" of Hacking Tools
- Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept



Article: "CIA Has An "impressive List" Of Ways To Hack Into Your Smartphone, Wikileaks Files Indicate" by Jenna McLaughlin.

Article: "Why the Wikileaks Revelations Are So Important" by Jefferson Morley.

Article: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds news conference".

Article: "Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed" by WikiLeaks.

Article: "Fourth Geneva Convention" by Wikipedia.



Outrageous GOP "Healthcare" Bill: Takes Away Your Healthcare & Rewards the Rich With Massive Tax Break...

Bill: "H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act" by John Conyers.

Article: "Obamacare Repeal Would Give 400 Super-Rich U.S. Households A Giant Tax Cut" by Jonathan Cohn.

Article: "Health insurance companies would get $1 billion or more windfall under GOP Obamacare replacement plan" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "SEC Chair Nominee Clayton's Ethics Report Reveals Range of Possible Conflicts--Update" by Dave Michaels.

Article: "Trump's Net Neutrality-Hating FCC Chair Is Already Gutting Public-Interest Regulations But movements can counter him." by John Nichols.

Article: "Federal grand jury indicts Conway man accused of planning Dylann Roof-style attack" by Mikayla Mercer.

Article: "Florida man arrested for plot to set off bombs in Target stores in hopes of driving stock price down" by Ken Shepherd.

Article: "Democrats Attempt to Block President Trump's Immigration Order" by Bob Eschliman.

Article: "Trump has a secret backup plan to kill Obamacare. It's actually brilliant." by Greg Sargent.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami" by Justin McCurry.

Article: "McCain gave dossier containing 'sensitive information' to FBI" by Max Greenwood.

Article: "French Revolution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Russian Revolution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The J-curve - James C. Davies' Theory of Revolutions" by Tor G. Jakobsen.

Article: "The Fire at the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Station" (March 22, 1975) by David Dinsmore Comey.



"Chumpcare" Will Make America Sick and Poor Again!

Article: "Global economy walking a tight rope, Bill Gross warns" by Adam Samson.

Article: "Outrage over $400 million tax break for health insurance executives under GOP Obamacare replacement plan" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "The GOP's Plan Is Basically a $600 Billion Tax Cut for Rich Americans" by Derek Thompson.

Article: "China gives green light for Trump branded massage parlours, bars and concierge services" by AP.

Article: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by United Nations. "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."

Video: Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan: "Don't Get Sick! And if You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly!"'.

Event: March 11th: "Blue State Ball 2017" by Minneapolis, MN.

Article: "U.S. Consumer Comfort Just Reached Its Highest Level in a Decade" by Austin Weinstein.

Article: "Chao says U.S. drivers may face more tolls to raise infrastructure funds" by Ashley Halsey III.

Bill: "H.R.610 - To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools." by Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4].

Article: "Rep. Derek Kilmer hosts town hall in Hoquiam" by Terri Harber.

Article: "Democrats squandered an opportunity" by Susan Ryan-Vollmar.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones


Article: "Republican Study Committee pushes two changes to ObamaCare bill" by Rachel Roubein and Jessie Hellmann.

Article: "GOP Health Bill Clears First Hurdles; Leaders Claim Momentum" by Erica Werner And Alan Fram.

Article: "Resistance grows in Senate to House ObamaCare repeal bill" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Obamacare repeal seen as weakening mental health protections" by Brianna Ehley.

Article: "Democrats thwart progress on Obamacare repeal" by Jennifer Haberkorn, Paul Demko and Adam Cancryn.

Article: "White House: Don't call it Trumpcare" by Matthew Nussbaum, Jennifer Haberkorn.

Article: "GOPers



Preemptively Trash CBO Before It Scores Their O'care Replacement

" by Alice Ollstein.

Article: "Pelosi urges GOP to delay health care plan until CBO score is released" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Ryan downplays intra-party opposition to ACA replacement bill" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Louisville on Saturday" by Justin Sayers.

Article: "No plans for Trump visit to Louisville, says White House source" by Justin Sayers.

Article: "Trump Plans to Force AHCA Passage with Stadium-Sized Pro-Trump Rallies" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Panel Advances 2 Controversial Bills on EPA Science Transparency" by Jack Fitzpatrick.

Article: "David Friedman, Staunch Settlement Backer, Approved by Senate Panel as Envoy to Israel" by Amir Tibon.

Article: "Democratic lawmaker aims to block border wall funding with taxpayer dollars" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "McConnell on Mexico paying for the border wall: 'Uh, no'" by Madeline Conway.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Native Nations Rise to Protect Sacred Lands From the Fossil Fuel Industry
- Faith Gimmell, Resisiting Environmental Destruction On Indigenous Lands (REDOIL)


Article: "Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tipis on National Mall Signal Days of Native Defiance and Action" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Shell abandons Alaska Arctic drilling" by Terry Macalister.

Site: Indigenous Rising.

Site: Indigenous Environmental Network (I.E.N.).



Article: "North Korea claims missile test success as China rejects US criticism" by Justin McCurry.

Article: "Ring of Fire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Axis of evil" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iran nuclear deal framework" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Israel decriminalises marijuana to emphasise 'treatment instead of criminal enforcement'" by Peter Walker.

Article: "Why Republicans Included A Tax They Hate In Their Health Care Bill" by Tierney Sneed.

Site: Let America Vote.

Article: "House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked" by Ari Berman.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch sides with big business, big donors and big bosses" by Zephyr Teachout.

Article: "California to weigh single-payer, universal health care plan" by Katy Murphy.

Article: "SB 562. Californians For A Healthy California Act." by Senators Lara and Atkins.

Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Our Revolution

Law: "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" (HIPAA), 1996.


The Big Picture: GOP Wants to Take Away Your Healthcare & Make the Rich Richer...

Big Picture Interview: Let Health Care Explode?
- Farron Cousins, Ring of Fire Radio/DeSmog Blog

/Trial Lawyer Magazine




Big Picture Panel: Pruitt Doesn't Know Carbon Dioxide Causes Climate Change
- Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)


- Angela Morabito, StandUnited.org



Big Picture Fact: Does American Beef Cause Cancer?

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT

Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com

5:55-6 KPFK Community Calendar

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Judy Collins Concert at La Mirada Theater Saturday March 18

Info: http://lamiradatheatre.com/current_events/concerts/judycollins





5:57 KPFK Community Calendar

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WHAT HAPPENED

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!

Wednesday March 8



12-1 Dave Emory, "For the Record #939 The Trumpenkampfverbande, Part 13: Unsettling In (German Ostpolitik Part 4)

Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at:



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1-2 Dave Emory “For the Record #940 - The Trumpenkampfverbande, Part 14: Unsettling In, Part 2 (German Ostpolitik, Part 5 )



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2-3 Ralph Nader Radio Hour

With Edward Balleisen, author of ‘Fraud: An American History From Barnum to Madoff ‘and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Hedrick Smith, http://www.reclaimtheamericandream.org

Also heard on KPFK Saturdays, 10am

http://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com



3-4 “ Project Censored”

The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. Produced by Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips. From KPFA. http://projectcensored.org/



4-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



Issues Of The Day And Your Calls
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Site: International Women's Day 2017.

Article: "Strike for women's rights - sexual, racial and economic justice are at stake" by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

Article: "House Republicans reveal bill to repeal and replace Obama's healthcare law" by Jessica Glenza, Ben Jacobs.

Article: "Trump to reporters: 'Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated'" by Tom Cahill.

Tweet: "Don't worry, getting rid of state lines, which will promote competition, will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout. @foxandfriends" by Donald J Trump.

Article: "This week: GOP tries to move ahead with ObamaCare repeal" by Cristina Marcos And Jordain Carney.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Explaining 'Risk Corridors,' The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.

Article: "'Medicare for All' Only Way for Trump to Keep Healthcare Promises" by Deirdre Fulton.

Article: "Toyota, Moving Northward" by Paul Krugman, July 25, 2005.

Article: "Koch Brothers Lobbyist Attends Collective Bargaining Bill Signing" (Iowa) by Joyce Russell.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Reps. Pocan and Ellison Introduce Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment".

Site: Billionaires for Bush.

Article: "Democrats End Sit-In After 25 Hours, Drawing Attention to Gun Control", June 23, 2016 by David M. Herszenhorn and Emmarie Huetteman.

Article: "Patricia Randolph's Madravenspeak: The fatal 'con' in conservation" by Patricia Randolph.

Article: "Workshop on Biological Extinction" by Vatican.

Article: "U.S. House sanctions killing hibernating bears, wolf pups in their dens on federal refuges in Alaska" by Wayne Pacelle.

Article: "What happens if you lie to Congress" by Ivan Levingston.

Article: "Report: Trump furious that Sessions recused himself" by Brooke Seipel.

Article: "Thomas Eagleton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rep. Ted Lieu to Introduce Bill Requiring a Psychiatrist in White House" by Democracy Now!

Tweet: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" by Donald J Trump.

Tweet: "Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!" by Donald J Trump.

Tweet: "How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" by Donald J Trump.

Article: "Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obama's 'Silent Coup' vs. Trump" by Joel B. Pollak.

Article: "Republican elders call for new national carbon tax to replace federal regulations" by Oliver Milman.



There are Tipis on the National Mall
- Alberto Saldamando, Indigenous Environmental Network

Article: "Tipis on National Mall Signal Days of Native Defiance and Action" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Taking NODAPL To The White House: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe To Lead Historic March On Washington" (March 10) by Native News Online.

Article: "Protesters mark anniversary of Berta Caceres' murder".

Article: "Chomsky: World Indigenous People Only Hope for Human Survival" by TeleSur.

Site: Black Lives Matter

Site: 350.org

Book: "Man's Rise to Civilization: The Cultural Ascent of the Indians of North America" by Peter Farb.

Site: Friends of the Earth

Site: Sierra Club



Article: "Under #ACA, Medical Bankruptcy Continues" by AJM.

Article: "NBC's Andrea Mitchell Ejected From State Dept. Room Asking Tillerson About Russia, China, Ukraine" by Tim Hains.

Site: Our Revolution

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Bill: "H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act" by John Conyers.


The Big Picture: GOP Leadership Doubles Down on "DumpsterCare"

Big Picture Interview: Here's Why DumpsterCare Is very Bad
- David Dayen, The Nation/The Intercept/Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

Big Picture Panel: Trump's Travel Ban Is Challenged
- Travis Korson, Madison Strategies
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute

Big Picture Fact: We Can Now Seal the Planet w/Plastic

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