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Friday, June 03, 2016


3-4 Alan Watts, "Thusness" Part 2 of 5
All Info: http://www.alanwatts.org


4-5 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"

Caroline- honoring Wizard Bernie Sanders and hosting Music Wizard-Mage, John Densmore,

http://johndensmore.com/ then Satire Wizard Lee Camp

www.leecamp.net all available www.kpfa.org

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


4:30 – 5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



Be sure to check out our newest video: RESTORATION - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners / Visit GreenWorldRising.org to check out all the videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners

Need to Know: The Brazil Coup... Secrets Revealed
- Dr. Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research (C.E.P.R.)/Just Foreign Policy/FAILED: What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy      

Screwed: DNC Vetoes Sanders' Choice for Platform Committee
- Chuck Rocha, Solidarity Strategies     
PLUS, The Danger Zone for Environmentalists...
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel    
Best of the Rest: The Time for Renewables is Now!
- Alex Doukas, Oil Change International    
PLUS, Greenpeace Says No to GOP Pressure... #ExxonKnew
- Naomi Ages, Greenpeace USA   

Daily Take: The Mainstream Media's Climate Malpractice



VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6RApdenE-s


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Thursday, June 02, 2016

3-4 Dave Emory, "For the Record FTR #891 How Might Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty Have Viewed Edward Snowden? (The Foxes Aren't Guarding the Henhouse, They ARE the Henhouse, Part 2: Update on the Adventures of Eddie the Friendly Spook)

Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-891-how-might-colonel-l-fletcher-prouty-have-viewed-edward-snowden-the-foxes-arent-guarding-the-henhouse-they-are-the-henhouse-part-2-update-on-the-adventures-of-eddie-the-friendly-spook/

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


4-4:45 Lila Garrett "Connect the Dots" Election Special Rebroadcast (from last Monday)
"Connect the Dots" is on KPFK every Monday, 7am. This show from May 23.

This program can be downloaded for free at KPFK Audio Archives http://archive.kpfk.org/


4:45--6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Trump On Social Security: His Nose is Growing...
- Alex Lawson, Social Security Works

Book: The America We Deserve (2000) by Donald Trump with Dave Shiflett.

Article: "Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob?" by David Cay Johnston.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "Reporters grill Donald Trump during testy press conference: 'You seem to be resistant to this kind of scrutiny'" by Maxwell Tani.

Article: "Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group" by David A. Fahrenthold.

Article: "Former Trump University employees allege fraud in class action lawsuit" by TMN.

Article: "8 things to know about Obama's Indiana visit" by Maureen Groppe.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Article: "Quick Morning News - Trump University: 'Lie & Scheme' - June 1, 2016" by Victoria Jones.





Best of the Rest of the News

Article: "Dow-DuPont Merger Will Cripple Farmers and Food Sovereignty, Groups Warn" by Nika Knight.

Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Stop Them From Eating My Town" (In Praise of Inefficiency) by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Congress Finally Approves Medical Marijuana for Veterans" by Mike Adams.

Article: "The Media Is Ignoring The Most Important Part Of Stephen Hawking's Comments On Trump" by Emily Atkin.

Article: "Monopoly (game)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congress Finally Approves Medical Marijuana for Veterans" by Mike Adams.



Donald Trump Rally...What REALLY Happened
- Martin Eder, Activist San Diego/KNSJ 89.1 FM

Tweet: ".@SanDiegoPD- Fantastic job on handling the thugs who tried to disrupt our very peaceful and well attended rally. Greatly appreciated!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "" by .

Article: "Pro-Trump, anti-Trump groups clash in San Diego" by Jeremy Diamond.

Article: "Protesters clash with police outside Donald Trump rally in San Diego" by Nicky Woolf and Rory Carroll.

Article: "Barrio Logan residents complain about 'martial law' during Trump protest" by City News Service.

Article: "Senate Looks To Cut Defense Spending By Taking Money Out Of Troops' Pockets" by Laurel Raymond.

Book: We the People: A Call to Take Back America by Thom Hartmann, illustrated by Neil Cohn.



Article: "Prince Edward Island" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Silvio Berlusconi" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Made in USA" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did Japan rename a town 'Usa' so it could identify its products as 'Made in USA'?" by David Mikkelson.

Article: "Usa, Ōita" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cost of living" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Warren Files Bill To Give Seniors A 3.9% Cola In 2016" by Al Norman.

Article: "MSNBC's year of standing up straight" by Hadas Gold.

Article: "Pentagon 2016 Budget Includes Pay Raise, More BAH Cuts, Tricare Merger" by Brendan McGarry.

Article: "FALSE: Bernie Sanders Dodged the Draft" by Kim LaCapria.

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Wednesday, June 1


3:00-4:30 Rick Hanson PhD "The Neurodharma of Love"
Session 2 of 4: 'Befriending Yourself'
From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com Rick Hanson's Website: http://www.rickhanson.net/


4:30-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



The Libertarian Party is Anti-Tribe and Anti-American...

Book: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junge.

Book: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger.

Video: The Perfect Storm.

Article: "Those With Multiple Tours of War Overseas Struggle at Home" by Benedict Carey.

Article: "Letter to Peter Collinson" by Benjamin Franklin, May 09, 1753.



Why America Should Have a Universal Basic Income
- Dr. Jim Pugh, Universal Income Project

Article: "Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaire Koch Brothers" by Brendan DeMelle.

Article: "Mincome



" (Canada) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Universal basic income goes to public vote in Switzerland" by Matt Payton.

Article: "Will Switzerland give every adult $2,500 a month?" by Ivana Kottasova.

Article: "Universal basic income: Money for nothing" by John Thornhill and Ralph Atkins.



How Can We Save the USPS From the GOP?
- George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom

Article: "The Truth About The Post Office's Financial Mess" by Lori Ann LaRocco, 24 Oct 2011.

Law: "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA)".

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8: ...To establish Post Offices and post Roads;...

Article: "China is hitting its climate targets years ahead of schedule" by Lauri Myllyvirta.

Speech: "Address Announcing the Second New Deal" by Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936.

Article: "TV networks are ready to give Hillary Clinton a premature victory " by Shaun King.

Lawsuit: "Dodge v. Ford Motor Company", Mich. 1919.



Best of the Rest: The Real Danger of Brexit
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown

PLUS, Would America Be Better w/Basic Income?
- Dr. Jim Pugh, Universal Income Project

Daily Take: Libertarians Want to Make a Fool Out of You Again...

VIDEO:

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

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016



Memorial Music Intro: ‘Il Silenzio’ Melissa Venema with Andre Rieu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEL3NJSHIk



3-4:30 Thich Nhat Hanh "Body and Mind are One: A Training in Mindfulness" part 2 of 6
From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com Thich Nhat Hanh website: http://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/


4:30-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



How Arizona Became the Koch Brothers' Personal Free Market Sandbox
- Alex Kotch PhD, Independent Reporter

Article: "The Koch Brothers Are Using This State as Their Right-Wing Laboratory" by Alex Kotch.

Article: "Charles Koch's Disturbing High School Economics Project Teaches 'Sacrificing Lives for Profits'" by Alex Kotch.

Article: "The Danger of American Fascism" by Vice President Henry A. Wallace, 9 April 1944.

Progressive Politics, Bernie Sanders, the Convention & More...
- Former State Senator Nina Turner (D-OH, 25th District)

Article: "Let's troll Bernie and Hillary supporters systematically" by Anonymous.

Article: "BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats" by Bethania Palma Markus.


Conversations with Great Minds:
- John Kenneth White, What Happened to the Republican Party?: And What It Means for American Presidential Politics/Catholic University of America

Video: - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT



Conversations with Great Minds:
- Former State Senator Nina Turner (D-OH, 25th District)/Bernie Sanders Campaign

Video - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT



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

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Friday, May 27, 2016



3-3:45 Alan Watts, "Thusness" Part 1 of 5

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





3:45 – 5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program



What Do People Do On Social Media That Makes You Crazy? (Thom Reveals His Pet Peeves Too!)

Article: "Why Is Clinton Disliked?" by David Brooks.

Article: "Spending A Lot of Time On Social Media? You Might Be Depressed" by Caitlin Gallagher.

Book: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger.

FaceBook: "What do people do on Social Media that make you crazy? I'm revealing my "crazy" -Thom" by Thom Hartmann.



How Do You Feel About Elizabeth Warren As VP With Either Bernie Or Hillary?

Article: "US companies' cash pile hits $1.7tn" by Eric Platt.

Quote: "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub" by Grover Norquist.

Book: Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank.

Speech: "1888 Grover Cleveland State Of The Union Address" (iron heel).

Article: "Apple hires former Tesla engineer to boost car effort" by Tim Bradshaw.

Article: "Bernie Sanders to hold a rally in Bakersfield Saturday" by The Bakersfield Californian.

Site: Real Clear Politics - Election 2016.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones



Time To Hold Exxon Mobile Accountable for Climate Change Cover-Up
- Farron Cousins, Ring of Fire/Trial Lawyer Magazine

Article: "Hold Exxon accountable for climate change coverup" by Ed Fallon.

Article: "ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote to Ignore Climate Change Completely" by Alissa Walker.

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

Article: "After Taking Verizon Cash, Hillary Joins the Verizon Picket Line" by Jim Swift.

Article: "Secret Service takes on new credentialing role for conventions" by Hadas Gold.

Article: "My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn't listen" by Claudia Black-Kalinsky.

Article: "Exxon: The Road Not Taken" by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer.

Book: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759.

Speech: "Crisis of Confidence" by Jimmy Carter, July 15, 1979.

Article: "Jimmy Carter's Solar Panel Returns To DC" by Kate Sheppard.

Site: "Democracy Spring".

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



Conversations with Great Minds:
- Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging/Vanity Fair





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Thursday, May 26, 2016






3-4 Dave Emory, "For the Record #890 Tracking from the Far Right: Update on the Adventures of Eddie the Friendly Spook”






Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-890-tracking-from-the-far-right-update-on-the-adventures-of-eddie-the-friendly-spook/






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










4-5 John Kiriakou ” The War on Whistleblowers”


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














5--6 The Thom Hartmann Program






Conversations with Great Minds:
- Jim Hightower, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow 

Video: http://conversationswithgreatminds.com/video/great-minds-p1-jim-hightower-populism-different-progressivism






Best of the Rest: Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz Getting Dropped?
- Michael Winship, Moyers & Company/Writers Guild of America East      

PLUS, The Koch Bros Right Wing Lab....
- Alex Kotch PhD, Independent Reporter  


Daily Take: Did the Fossil Fuel Industry Bring Us to the Point of No Return?


Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AontXpf2pKc


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






5:55 KPFK Community Calendar


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

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016



3-3:30 Health Update (Fluoridation)

“Our Daily Dose” - film by Jeremy Seifert

Film at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mUUrZJaHPU



Basic historical articles on fluoridation ignored for years

‘Fluoride, Teeth and the Atomic Bomb’

http://fluoridealert.org/articles/wastenot414/



‘Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy?’

http://www.whale.to/a/griffiths.html





3:30-4:45 Rich Hanson, PhD “The Neurodharma of Love: Rewire Your Brain for Healthy Relationships”

Part 1 of 4: “The Foundations of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity”

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





4:45-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Election 2016...Democracy is Messy and That's a Good Thing!
- Stephanie Miller, The Stephanie Miller Show  

A

rticle: "BUSTED: Trump-loving comment trolls pose as Sanders and Clinton supporters to divide Democrats" by Bethania Palma Markus.

Events: "Sexy Liberal Tour".



What Happened to the Democratic Party?
- Thomas Frank, Listen Liberal  

Book: Pity The Billionaire by Thomas Frank.

Book: The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank.

Book: What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank.

Law: "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act", 2010.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999) (Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999).

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Article: "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" (CFPB) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Credit Default Swap - CDS" by Investopedia.



How Do We Take the Election Back From the Media?
- Jeff Cohen, Ithaca College/F.A.I.R./Roots Action/Cable News Confidential      

E

vent: D.C., May 23-26: "Breaking Through Power: A Historic Civic Mobilization".

Video: Community Organizing, Morning Session - Ralph Nader, May 23, 2016.

Video: Community Organizing, Afternoon Session - Ralph Nader, May 23, 2016.

Article: "Love Canal" by Wikipedia.

Site: Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Article: "All Three Networks Ignored Bernie Sanders' Speech Tuesday Night, 'Standing By For Trump'" by Ryan Grim, 03/15/2016.

Article: "CBS CEO: "For Us, Economically, Donald's Place in This Election Is a Good Thing"" by Lee Fang.

Article: "The average age of Fox News viewers is 68 and a majority of them are politically conservative and white" by Alexandra Klausner.

Article: "Old News: The Impact of the Aging Viewership on Bill O'Reilly and Fox News" by Trevor LaFauci.

TV: NPR: All Things Considered.

TV: NPR: Morning Edition.

Site: Democracy Now!

Site: The Young Turks.

Site: The Nation.

Site: Common Dreams

Site: Alternet

Site: TruthOut

Site: Truthdig

Article: "Facebook changes algorithms but denies allegations of anti-conservative bias" by Telegraph

Book: The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance by Kirstin Downey.

Video: Black Protests vs. White Riots.

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



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