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Friday, November 06, 2015



Fundraising Final Night



1:15-2:15 Alan Watts "Time and the Future" Part 4 (conclusion)

From MEA, Box 303, Olema, CA 94950. 1 (866) 492-8446. http://www.alanwattsrecordings.com



MUSIC SEGUE: Judy Collins, ‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes’ from “Colors of the Day” CD



2:15-3:15 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"

Coyote*Goat*Maven*Redemption via Grief and Kinship Radio

Nora Jamieson, author of "Deranged"

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



3:30 - 6 The Thom Hartmann Program



The Blockbuster Disaster of the TPP Now Revealed

Article: "TPP trade deal: text published online".

Article: "Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership".

Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.



It's Guy Fawkes Day!

Site: Think Progress

Article: "Bonfire Night 2015: Why do we celebrate with firework displays? Who was Guy Fawkes?" by Cameron Macphail.

Article: "Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It's Worse Than We Thought, With Limits on Food Safety and Controversial Investor-State System Expanded, Rollback of Bush-Era Medicine Access and Environmental Terms" by Pubic Citizen.

Article: "Initial Analyses: Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It's Worse than We Thought" by Pubic Citizen.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.



Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Article: "Full TPP Text Released" by TRNS.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 11/5" by Victoria Jones.



Who Were the Bolsheviks and Why They Matter Today
- Professor Stephen Cohen, The Nation Magazine/Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution/Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives

Article: "Ted Cruz scored massive cheers with his attack on the Republican debate moderators" by German Lopez.

Article: "Bolsheviks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mensheviks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ted Cruz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nikolai Bukharin" by Wikipedia.

Site: Russian Archives.

Article: "Stallin' history? Ft. Stephen Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies, New York University

" by RT.

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

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Thursday, November 05, 2015



12-12:45 Destabilization of Pacifica with Tracy Rosenberg ( http://www.media-alliance.org ) and Summer Reese

From Gary Null’s “Progressive Commentary Hour” http://prn.fm



SEGUE MUSIC:

Traffic ‘This Train Won’t Stop’ from “Far From Home” CD

Judy Collins, & Willie Nelson ‘When I Go’ from “Strangers Again” CD



1-2 Dave Emory, "For the Record # 860 “Walkin’ the Snake in Ukraine Part 7 (All’s Well that’s Orwell Part 3)



Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-860-walkin-the-snake-in-ukraine-part-7-alls-well-thats-orwell-part-3/



Dave's website: http://www.spitfirelist.com



ALSO: Pterrafractyl and other expert listeners are making a huge contribution, updating the website with information on many subjects that Dave doesn't have time to cover in the programs. Comments Line: comments that come in -- are a major and continuously updated source of information. Only a tiny fraction of this will ever make it into the program--it is simply too voluminous. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpitfireListComments



2:30-3:30 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Gar Alperovitz “The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb”

www.community-wealth.com www. http://www.democracycollaborative.org/ http://thenextsystem.org/

http://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com







3:45-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



The New Right Wing Wedge Issues To Reel In the Suckers...

Article: "Election roundup: Big night for Republicans; marijuana, gay rights, Airbnb ballot initiatives fail" by David A. Lieb.

Article: "Kris Kobach files to prosecute three voter fraud cases in Kansas" by Bryan Lowry.

Article: "Congratulations DNC on Kentucky Governorship" by Cosmic Kitten.

Article: "Has Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin over-promised on Obamacare repeal?" by Joan McCarter.



The Hustle That Won Kentucky...

Article: "Democrats Score Major Election Victory In Pennsylvania" by Alana Horowitz Satlin.

Video: "MSNBC Live with José Díaz-Balart 11/3/15 Sen. Barasso: Obamacare could collapse this year".

Article: "Beginning of the end of Obamacare" by John Barrasso.

Site: Carl Wolfson.

Article: "Small Towns Face Rising Suicide Rates" by Laura Beil.

Site: SpamHaus.

Article: "Ohioans reject legalizing marijuana" by Alan Johnson.

Article: "Maine, Ohio Initiatives Mark Emerging Democracy Reform Movement" by Common Cause.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Luke Vargas

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 11/4" by Victoria Jones.

How You Can UnKoch Your Campus
- Duncan Gilchrist, UnKoch My Campus

Article: "Koch brothers' higher-ed investments advance political goals" by Dave Levinthal.

Article: "The case for starting sex education in kindergarten" by Saskia de Melker.

Article: "Ben Carson Would Be Hillary Clinton's Toughest Opponent - WSJ/NBC News Poll" by Janet Hook.



Winning re-election as a socialist
- Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council

Site: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Inc. (FAIR).

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here's the latest information we've got... This is treason. ... "

Article: "Superdelegate



" by Wikipedia.

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

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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Fund Drive



12:00-12:30 Vaccine Update – Whistleblower Ignored by Congress, Coverup of Vaccine-Autism Link Continues

From http://www.vaccineimpact.com http://vaccineimpact.com/2015/cdc-cover-up-of-autism-and-vaccine-link-continues/



12:30-2 Carlos Warter, M.D. "Higher Dimensions of Healing"

'Healing Yourself Through Prayer and Contemplation'

Originally from Sounds True but not in current catalog.



MUSIC SEGUE: Traffic, ‘State of Grace’ and ‘Nowhere is Their Freedom’ from “Far From Home” CD



2:30-3:30 Don Campbell, "Healing With Great Music"

'How Sound Influences Human Physiology'

From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com





3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Thom Confronts Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) On His Lies http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/



How NAFTA is Killing Middle Aged White Americans... http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2015/11/free-trade-killing-white-american-men



Obamacare...What's New & How It Works - Thom & Wendell Potter http://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/wendell-potter



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

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Tuesday, November 03, 2015



Fund Drive & Old Radio Night



12-3 Bobb Lynes and Barbara Sunday, “Don’t Touch That Dial!”

We'll play 'Richard Diamond,' 'Boston Blackie,' and a muti-part 'Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.'

Email Bobb: iairotr@hotmail.com Email Barbara: donttouchthatdial@hotmail.com



3-4 NBC Theater NBC Theater (June 18, 1950)

“Wild Palms” by William Faulkner. (This was a rebroadcast, but the original one was played about 2 years ago)





4-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Is the GOP Now A Scam?
- Neil McCabe, One America News

Article: "Republican Campaigns Plan To Take Greater Control Over Debate Formats" by Arnie Seipel, Domenico Montanaro.



Horatio Alger, Marco Rubio and the billionaires...

Article: "Remember, Speaker Ryan?" by bigtree.

Article: "Horatio Alger, Jr." by Wikipedia.

Book: Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores by Greg Palast.

Article: "Marco Rubio's New Billionaire Backer Top Funder for Open Borders" by Jullia Hahn.

Article: "Fuming Bernie supporters: Why is CNN deleting our comments?" by Brian Maloney.

Channel: Bernie2016tv.



The best of the rest of the news...

Event: Chicago, Il. Nov 11: "Lunch 4 Labor".

Event: Chicago, Il. Nov 11: "Book signing".

Article: "David Barton Claims Conservatives Want to Know All the Facts Before They Speak" by Hrafnkell Haraldsson.

Article: "Magna Carta", 1215 by British Library.

Article: "Apocalypse now: has the next giant financial crash already begun?" by Paul Mason.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.



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

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Thursday, October 29, 2015



FUNDRAISING



12:30-1:30 Dave Emory, "For the Record #859 – Because They Can: Update on Technocratic Fascism”



Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-859-because-they-can-update-on-technocratic-fascism/



Dave's website: http://www.spitfirelist.com



ALSO: Pterrafractyl and other expert listeners are making a huge contribution, updating the website with information on many subjects that Dave doesn't have time to cover in the programs. Comments Line: comments that come in -- are a major and continuously updated source of information. Only a tiny fraction of this will ever make it into the program--it is simply too voluminous. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpitfireListComments





2-3:15 Naomi Klein "Transitioning to Climate Justice"

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





3:30-4:30 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

With Forrest Pritchard, Jim Naureckas

Ralph talks to Forrest Pritchard about how he saved his family farm in “Gaining Ground” and “Growing Tomorrow” www.forrestpritchard.com ; and we also critique the corporate media with Jim Naureckas of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. http://www.fair.org Also heard on KPFK Saturdays, 10am

http://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com





4:30-6 The Thom Hartmann Program Fundraising - Dave Emory, "For the Record #859 – Because They Can: Update on Technocratic Fascism” // Naomi Klein "Transitioning to Climate Justice"







The best of the rest of the news....

Article: "South Carolina sheriff fires deputy seen manhandling teenage girl in video" by Alan Yuhas.

Article: "Sheriff Pulls The Ultimate 'But He Has A Black Friend' Defense Of Spring Valley High Deputy" by Matt Ferner.

Article: "FBI director tells police chiefs they can learn from Black Lives Matter hashtag" by Wesley Lowery.

Article: "Experts Continue To Debunk Right-Wing Media's "Ferguson Effect" Myth " by Cristina Lopez & Brennan Suen.

Article: "Jason Chaffetz Offers Bill to Impeach IRS Commissioner" by Joel Gehrke.

Speech: "A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. "An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""

Article: "Charles Koch's Frankenstein Problem: He Created the Tea Party Monster - and Now He's Horrified With the Results" by Sean Illing.

Article: "Club for Growth and Koch nurtured Freedom Caucus" by Isaac Arnsdorf.



GOP & the New Speaker Could Kill our Social Safety Net
- Gayle Trotter

Article: "The real reason everyone should care about the next Speaker" by Gayle Trotter.

Article: "US banks hit out at collateral rules on derivatives trade" by Joe Rennison and Ben McLannahan.

Article: "Video Shows Officer Flipping Student in South Carolina, Prompting Inquiry" by Richard Fausset and Ashley Southall.



Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/27" by Victoria Jones.

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

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Thursday, October 29, 2015



FUNDRAISING



12:30-1:30 Dave Emory, "For the Record #859 – Because They Can: Update on Technocratic Fascism”



Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-859-because-they-can-update-on-technocratic-fascism/



Dave's website: http://www.spitfirelist.com



ALSO: Pterrafractyl and other expert listeners are making a huge contribution, updating the website with information on many subjects that Dave doesn't have time to cover in the programs. Comments Line: comments that come in -- are a major and continuously updated source of information. Only a tiny fraction of this will ever make it into the program--it is simply too voluminous. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpitfireListComments





2-3:15 Naomi Klein "Transitioning to Climate Justice"

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





3:30-4:30 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

With Forrest Pritchard, Jim Naureckas

Ralph talks to Forrest Pritchard about how he saved his family farm in “Gaining Ground” and “Growing Tomorrow” www.forrestpritchard.com ; and we also critique the corporate media with Jim Naureckas of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. http://www.fair.org Also heard on KPFK Saturdays, 10am

http://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com





4:30-6 The Thom Hartmann Program Fundraising - Dave Emory, "For the Record #859 – Because They Can: Update on Technocratic Fascism” // Naomi Klein "Transitioning to Climate Justice"







The best of the rest of the news....

Article: "South Carolina sheriff fires deputy seen manhandling teenage girl in video" by Alan Yuhas.

Article: "Sheriff Pulls The Ultimate 'But He Has A Black Friend' Defense Of Spring Valley High Deputy" by Matt Ferner.

Article: "FBI director tells police chiefs they can learn from Black Lives Matter hashtag" by Wesley Lowery.

Article: "Experts Continue To Debunk Right-Wing Media's "Ferguson Effect" Myth " by Cristina Lopez & Brennan Suen.

Article: "Jason Chaffetz Offers Bill to Impeach IRS Commissioner" by Joel Gehrke.

Speech: "A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. "An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""

Article: "Charles Koch's Frankenstein Problem: He Created the Tea Party Monster - and Now He's Horrified With the Results" by Sean Illing.

Article: "Club for Growth and Koch nurtured Freedom Caucus" by Isaac Arnsdorf.



GOP & the New Speaker Could Kill our Social Safety Net
- Gayle Trotter

Article: "The real reason everyone should care about the next Speaker" by Gayle Trotter.

Article: "US banks hit out at collateral rules on derivatives trade" by Joe Rennison and Ben McLannahan.

Article: "Video Shows Officer Flipping Student in South Carolina, Prompting Inquiry" by Richard Fausset and Ashley Southall.



Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/27" by Victoria Jones.

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

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015



12-1:30 Vaccine Update

Videos of Robert Kennedy Jr., William Thompson CDC whistleblower video at http://vaccineimpact.com/2015/u-s-citizens-march-on-cdc-headquarters-in-atlanta-to-protest-vaccine-science-corruption/



Video of Mike Papantonio on Obama’s FDA nomination http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/bernie-slams-obama%E2%80%99s-fda-pick





1:30-4 Marc Ian Barasch "The Healing Path"

Originally from Sounds True but not in current catalog. He has a book by this title, used copies available on amazon.com





4-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Hey Feds...Keep Your Hands Off My Medical Pot
- Judge Jim Gray, Superior Court Judge (ret'd)/Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (L.E.A.P.)



Does Budget Deal Gut Social Security?
- Alex Lawson, Social Security Works

Article: "Congress and White House Reach Tentative Budget Deal" by David M. Herszenhorn.

Article: "Morning Plum: A temporary outbreak of sanity in Washington" by Greg Sargent.



House 'Science' Committee Witch Hunt...Worse Than Benghazi
- Dr. Michael Mann, Penn State University/Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition)

Book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann.

Article: "US Congressman subpo" by Scott K. Johnson.

Article: "The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee" by David Roberts.

CD: "Light Side: The Dark Side" by Dick Gregory.



The Story of an Absolutely Mad Black Woman http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/story-absolutely-angry-black-woman



China - U.S. flash point?

Article: "U.S. Navy Ship Passes Reclaimed Island In South China Sea" by Loree Lewis.

Article: "National Palace Museum" (Taiwan) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "Sheriff calls in FBI after deputy caught violently arresting a female high school student (VIDEO)" by Jen Hayden.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.



Best of the Rest: Argentina Votes
- Greg Palast, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits/Vultures and Vote Rustlers



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

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Fund Drive



INTRO MUSIC: Fats Domino, ‘I’m Walkin’’



12:30-2 Pema Chodron, “Walking the Walk: Putting the Teachings into Practice when It Matters Most” Session 3 of 4: ‘Developing Freedom from Fixed Mind’

From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com Pema’s website: http://www.pemachodronfoundation.org





2:15-3:30 Jose' Luis Stevens, PhD and Lena Stevens, "The Power Path Training: Living the Secrets of the Inner Shaman" Session 5 of 6: ‘Relationship with the Masculine and Feminine’

From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com Stevens’ website: http://www.thepowerpath.com (71)



OUTRO MUSIC: The Beatles, ‘We Can Work It Out’ from “Yesterday and Today” LP



The Thom Hartmann Program



The Koch-heads in Congress...

Article: "What is the House Freedom Caucus, and who's in it?" by Drew DeSilver.

Article: "Export-Import Bank of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Against Nature" by Timothy Egan.

Article: "The Export-Import Bank's Top Foreign Buyers" by Veronique de Rugy, Diane Katz.

Article: "Club for Growth and Koch nurtured Freedom Caucus" by Isaac Arnsdorf.



What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Article: "Lady Gaga and the Life of Passion" by David Brooks.

Article: "Scott Walker signs bill limiting Doe probes as records are released" by Patrick Marley.

Article: "Scandal-Plagued Vitter Makes It To Runoff For Louisiana Governor" by Melinda Deslatte.

Article: "Ben Carson opposes abortion for rape victims while comparing them to 'slave owners'" by David Edwards.



Is It Time To Ban Tipping?
- Saru Jayaraman, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

Article: "Why Tipping Is Wrong" by Saru Jayaraman.

Article: "Here's What Really Happens When A Restaurant Bans Tipping" by Joseph Erbentraut.

Article: "NYTimes

Weighs-In on Tipped Minimum Wage Fight

" by ROC United.

Article: "Pullman Porters: from Servitude to Civil Rights".

Article: "Say Hello to Thom Hartmann Thread .... He reads and uses DU as a source everyday." by Botany.

Article: "'I'm sorry': Historic moment Tony Blair FINALLY apologises for Iraq War and admits in TV interview the conflict caused the rise of ISIS" by Simon Walters and Glen Owen and Martin Beckford and Daniel Bates.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones .

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/26"

Obamacare Is Back In Court...AGAIN?!
- Tim Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation

Article: "Obamacare Foes Head To Supreme Court... Again" by Mark Sherman.

Article: "Bad news for retirees: No Social Security cost-of-living increase, higher medical costs for many" by Lisa Rein.

Quote: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." - Abraham Lincoln, December 3, 1861.

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

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Friday, October 23, 2015



12-12:30 Fund Drive



12:30-1:30 Alan Watts "Time and the Future" Part 2 of 4

From MEA, Box 303, Olema, CA 94950. 1 (866) 492-8446. http://www.alanwattsrecordings.com



MUSIC SEGUES:

Judy Collins and others “Strangers Again” CD

Wah! ‘Heart Sutra’ from “Best of Wah!” CD



1:30-3:30 Fund drive programming



3:30-4:30 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"

Bioneers Talk part 1

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





4-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Full show from “The Big Picture” Thom Hartmann TV show

Including Hillary Clinton hearing, Ryan speakership, Mike Papantonio on Obama appointments, Siegelman case, Bernie vs. Wall St. Jol.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/full-show-102215-wsj-attacks-bernie%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cradical%E2%80%9D-ideas



Seniors Deserve a Raise!
- Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District),

Site: "Congressman With Guts".

Site: Trade Treachery.

Article: "Cost of living" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Seniors Deserve a Raise Act" by Alan Grayson.

Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.

Article: "Alan Grayson Files Ethics Complaint Against McCarthy, Gowdy Over Benghazi" by Caitlin MacNeal.

Video: Gung Ho (2/10) Movie CLIP - Is a Frog's Ass Watertight? (1986) HD .

Article: "McConnell's Last Stand: He Wants Medicare, Social Security Cuts to Raise Debt Limit" by Rob Garver.



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