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Friday, December 16, 2016



FUND DRIVE:



Alan Watts, "Do You Do It or Does It Do You?" Part 2 of 4

(AW) All info: http://www.alanwatts.org





4-6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Newt Gingrich & GOP Can't Wait to Destroy FDR's Legacy...WTF?!

Article: "Gingrich brags that Republicans are coming for everything FDR accomplished" by Ian Millhiser.

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.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Remarks at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.", November 19, 2015 by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Net neutrality" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Meshnet activists rebuilding the internet from scratch" by Hal Hodson.

Article: "Mesh networking" by Wikipedia.

Video: How Fox Brainwashed My Dad.

Documentary: The Brainwashing Of My Dad.

Speech: "Madison Square Garden Speech", President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936. "I should like to have it said of my first Administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second Administration that in it these forces met their master."

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

Speech: "Address at the Democratic State Convention, Syracuse, N.Y.", President Franklin D. Roosevelt, September 29, 1936. "Let me warn you and let me warn the Nation against the smooth evasion which says, "Of course we believe all these things; we believe in social security; ..."

Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, November 8, 1954" by Dwight Eisenhower. "Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

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Did the GOP's Plan to "Drive Satan Out of Power in DC" Backfire?
- Jeff Sharlet, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power

Article: "Dozens of members of Congress met with religious right pastors to drive satan out of power in the Capitol" by Kyle Mantyla.

Law: "Johnson Amendment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's catering worked: Why the Christian Right is head over heels about him becoming president" by Alex Kotch.

Bible: "Matthew 25".

Book: God's Chaos Candidate: Donald J. Trump and the American Unraveling by Lance Wallnau.

Article: "Cyrus the Great in the Bible" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

Article: "Prosperity theology" (prosperity gospel, health and wealth gospel) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anders Behring Breivik" by Wikipedia.


Big Picture Interview: The GOP NC Coup Is Stunning!
- Mike Papantonio, America's Lawyer/Ring of Fire Radio/Law and Disorder

Big Picture Panel: The Goal Of The GOP Is To Tear Down The New Deal...
- Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio/Black Lives Matter DC
- Angela Morabito, StandUnited.org

Big Picture Fact: What Just One Tree Can Do...



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

Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Fund Drive





3-4 Dave Emory, "For the Record #928 - The Trumpenkampfverbande, Part 7: Locker Room Eclipse, Part 2”

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Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-928-the-trumpenkampfverbande-part-7-locker-room-eclipse-part-2/



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

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





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Privatizing the Commons...What Happens Next?
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute

Quote: " True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence..." - State of the Union Message to Congress, Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 11, 1944.

Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia

Article: "United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA)" by Wikipedia

Article: "Panama-United States Trade Promotion Agreement" by Wikipedia

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Article: "Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement" (CAFTA-DR) by Wikipedia. (CAFTA pre January 2004)

Article: "THROWBACK: John Stossel Hosts "Affirmative Action" Bake Sale [VIDEO]" by Liberty Laura.

Book: Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Vol. 1 and 2 by Allan Nevins.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Article: "Kasich signs one abortion bill but vetoes another" by TMN.

Article: "Constitutional law professors to Trump: Respect the Constitution" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Trump selects former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department" by TMN.

Article: "Russia declares Aleppo fight over, UN decries 'complete meltdown of humanity'" by TMN.

Article: "Aleppo: Ceasefire collapses as evacuations stall" by Catherine E. Shoichet, Angela Dewan and Hilary Clarke.

Article: "Democrats say agency told them Trump must give up Washington hotel" by Jill Disis.

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Article: "It's Official, New York Observer Now Propaganda Arm of President-Elect Trump" by Justin Baragona.

Article: "Trump's national security adviser shared secrets without permission, files show" by Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller.


Big Picture Interview: Will Trump Put in Tariffs?
- Alan Tonelson, RealityChek/The Race to the Bottom

Big Picture Fact: One Place the Poorest Comes Out Ahead

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



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

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016



3-3:15 Vaccination Update

“NVIC Calls 21st Century Cures Act “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” and Urges Presidential Veto to Protect Public Health”

National Vaccine Information Center: http://www.nvic.org





3:15-3:45 CANCER CONTROL SOCIETY CONVENTION 2015 SPEAKERS:

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3:15-3:45 Thomas Naegele DO, “ The Dr. Brodie Therapy” Update

Dr. Naegele can be reached at his office in Sparks, Nevada by e-mail at tanman@swcp.com (which is best) or by phone at 775-762-7159 (second best).

He will speak on The Dr. Brodie Therapy – Update, (Includes Therapies that have been developed for over 40 years by the Famous late Douglas Brodie, M.D. from the Reno, Nevada area.)







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Can Trump Be Blackmailed?

Article: "How Donald Trump's Business Ties Are Already Jeopardizing U.S. Interests" by Kurt Eichenwald.

Article: "2008 Mumbai attacks" by Wikipedia.



How Are You Preparing for a Trump Presidency?

Article: "Tell us: how are you preparing for the Trump presidency?" by Guardian.

Video: Reagan's Impromptu Speech at 1976 GOP Convention.



Who Really Won in Michigan?
- Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Article: "Crosscheck Is Not Just Crooked, It's Criminal" by Greg Palast.

Article: "The No-BS Inside Guide to the Presidential Recount" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Voter Purges Alter U.S. Political Map" (CrossCheck) by Greg Palast.

Article: "Federal judge blocks Stein's Pennsylvania recount push" by Eric Bradner.

Article: "Michigan Halts Election Recount, Effectively Ending Bid" by Byron Tau.

Article: "Donald Trump's election victory in Wisconsin confirmed after recount" by Charlotte England.

Site: 18MR.

Video: Greg Palast hand delivers a 50,000 signature petition to the Department of Justice.

Video: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Event: 19:30-21:30 EST: "Baltimore, MD: Best Democracy Money Can Buy Screening" with Greg Palast.

Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.

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

Site: Brand New Congress.

Site: "Eastern Panhandle Independent Community (EPIC) Radio".

Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.

Article: "The Bell Curve" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 (separate but equal).

TV: "Timeless: "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"".



Leading Russian Scholar Warns of New McCarthyism
- Professor Stephen Cohen, The Nation/Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives

Article: "Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War" by Stephen F. Cohen.

Article: "Russia's Hand in America's Election" by NY Times.

Article: "The Tainted Election" by Paul Krugman.

Article: "McCarthyism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "McCain: Tillerson relationship with Putin a 'matter of concern'" by Rebecca Morin. "Vladimir Putin is a thug, a bully and a murderer, and anybody else who describes him as anything else is lying."

Site: The Intercept.

Site: "Seymour M. Hersh".

Site: Consortiumnews.

Article: "Afghanistan Is All Ready To Be Donald Trump's First Foreign Policy Disaster" by David Wood.


Big Picture: Trump's Business Ties are a Giant Bull's Eye for Terrorists

Big Picture Panel: Is Trump a Target for Blackmail?
- Writer/Producer/Filmmaker/Activist Agunda Okeyo
- Bryan Pruitt, RedState

Big Picture Interview: America's Most Pressing Economic Problem Exposed!
- Alan Collinge, StudentLoanJustice.org/TheStudent Loan Scam

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



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

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Fund Drive

3-4 Joseph M. Marshall III, "Living the Lakota Way: Learning from the Land, the Spirits, and Our Ancestors"
Part 6 (conclusion) The Heartbeat of Grandmother Earth. The earth as property; the earth as a relative. The planet Earth as a living thing. The earth's heartbeat. The different races of humankind. We cannot conquer the earth. The Pow-Wow. From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.comhttp://www.soundstrue.com/store/living-the-lakota-way-2770.html


4-6 The Thom Hartmann Program




Big Picture Interview: The Coming War on China
- John Pilger, Award Winning Veteran Journalist & Documentary Filmmaker

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



Did Trump Just Announce that China Is Our New Adversary? And what that means....

Article: "Fiorina, reportedly considered for national intelligence director, calls China 'most important adversary'" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Bipartisan Electors Ask James Clapper: Release Facts on Outside Interference in U.S. Election" by Christine Pelosi.

Article: "McCain, Graham, Schumer, Reed Joint Statement on Reports That Russia Interfered with the 2016 Election".

Article: "Bruno Latour" by Wikipedia.

Book: We Have Never Been Modern by Bruno Latour.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Gaia hypothesis" by James Lovelock.

Site: The Coming War On China.

Article: "Beijing 'seriously concerned' by Trump's One China remarks" by AFP.

Article: "Cuban missile crisis" by Wikipedia.



Big Picture Progressive Roundtable: What Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Will Mean to America....
- Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
- Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party



Big Picture Interview: Lynching By Laptop?
- Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Big Picture Fact: Here's How Many Nuclear Bombs Are Lost At Sea...

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



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

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Friday, December 09, 2016



3-4 Alan Watts, "Do You Do It or Does It Do You?" Part 1 of 4 "

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





(Caroline Casey’s “Visionary Activist Show” will be back after the fund drive. Catch the show at http://www.coyotenetworknews.com or at

https://kpfa.org/program/the-visionary-activist-show/ )



4 – 6 The Thom Hartmann Program



Trump Appoints Foxes to Watch Henhouse

Tweet: "Trump to appoint dingo to watch baby." by LOLGOP.

Tweet: "Trump appoints flesh-eating bacteria to lead Department of Flesh." by LOLGOP.

Article: "Carrier union leader receives threats after Trump smears him on Twitter" by Aaron Rupar.

Article: "They Thought They Were Free" (book review, Nov. 6, 2005) by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer.

Article: "Trump's Likely Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases" by Noam Scheiber and Maggie Haberman.

Article: "Trump to tap vocal EPA opponent to head the EPA" by Samantha Page.

Article: "Congressional Progressive Caucus Members Call for Scrutiny of Trump's Crony Cabinet" by Congressional Progressive Caucus.



FDR: "We are steering on a steady course toward economic oligarchy...if we are not there already."

Speech: "Commonwealth Club Address", 23 Sept 1932 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Speech: "Thom Hartmann: The Crash of 2016" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: Thom Hartmann: The Crash of 2016.

Site: Thomas Jefferson, The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 12 vols. [1904].

Article: "Donald Trump named as Time magazine's person of the year" by Jasper Jackson.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Hey Time, I Fixed It For You" by EarlG.

Article: "Final Senate Seat to Be Settled in Louisiana Dec. 10 Runoff" by Melinda Deslatte.

Site: Foster Campbell for the United States Senate.

Article: "Donald Trump's Baton Rouge rally a boon for John Kennedy" by Richard Rainey.

Article: "Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations" by Valerie Volcovici.

Quote: " I hope we shall take warning from the example and crush in it's birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and to bid defiance to the laws of their country." - Thomas Jefferson to George Logan, 12 November 1816.

Article: "How Did Donald Trump Get a $110K SAG Pension?" by Jonathan Handel.

Article: "Anti-union bills pass Michigan House of Representatives" by Kathleen Gray.

Article: "Oil pipeline shut down after 'significant spill' into creek in western N.D." by Amy Dalrymple.

Article: "Billionaire Bunkers: Beyond the Panic Room, Home Security Goes Sci-Fi" by Morgan Brennan.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Trump will tap fast food CEO as Labor Secretary: Report" by TMN.

Article: "Raymond J. Donovan" (U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Reagan) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Miner fight stalls as shutdown looms" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Trump in Twitter war with Indiana union boss" by TMN.

Article: "RNC official: Carrier union boss 'should be grateful' for deal" by Mark Hensch.

Article: "The CEO of United Technologies just let slip an unintended consequence of the Trump-Carrier jobs deal" by Matt Turner.

Article: "Philippines' Duterte gets Trump White House invite during 'animated' call" by Martin Petty and David Brunnstrom.

Article: "Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign" by Felipe Villamor.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman



Will Congress Finally Help Fix #FlintWaterCrisis?
- Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI, 5th District)

Article: "Congressman Dan Kildee Urges Action on Flint Before End of 114th Congress" by Congressman Dan Kildee.

Article: "Congress strikes deal on water bill with Flint aid" by Melanie Zanona.

Article: "Flint water crisis: charges against low-level state workers draw scrutiny" by Ryan Felton.

Article: "House passes water bill with Flint aid, drought relief" by Melanie Zanona.



Article: "The RNC Is Hosting Its Christmas Party This Year At Donald Trump's Hotel" by Sam Stein.

Article: "Gillibrand says she won't vote for Mattis waiver" by Elana Schor.

Site: War on Domestic Terrorism.


Big Picture Politics Panel: Wage Hating Burger Czar As Labor Secretary?
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel
- Angela Morabito, StandUnited.org

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

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

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Thursday, December 08, 2016





3-4 Dave Emory, "For the Record #927 -- The Trumpenkampfverbande, Part 6: Locker Room Eclipse”



Detailed, annotated written description for this program available at: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-927-the-trumpenkampfverbande-part-6-locker-room-eclipse/



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





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Hour One: Is Trump About to Start the 2nd GOP Great Depression & WW3?

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

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "On 75th anniversary, U.S. veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor" by Dana Feldman and Hugh Gentry.

Quote: "December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, 8 December 1941.

Video: Stockman: I see a 'fiscal blood bath' ahead.

Article: "Dems Raise Alarms About Keeping Government Open" by Michael McAuliff, Matt Fuller.

Article: "Congress faces Friday budget deadline; GOP hopes for stopgap measure to fund Trump's early months" by lizbirge.

Article: "Dems: GOP already undermining Trump's 'Buy America' promise" by Susan Crabtree.

Book: The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed by David Stockman.

Event: "Dec 7 - Good Jobs Nation Rally with Bernie Sanders, Keith Ellison, Danny Glover - Washington DC".




Hour Two: Should Trump Continue to Use Taxpayer's Money to Bribe Companies to Stay Here?
- Steve Beaman

Book: The American Dream Under Fire by Steve Beaman.

CD: "The Path to Prosperity: Financial Literacy For The 21st Century (Audio CD Library)" by Steve Beaman.

Article: "AP Explains: How Trump plans to punish firms that leave US" by Paul Wiseman.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Article: "Ohio passes 'heartbeat' abortion bill; leader cites Trump's election" by Max Blau, Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley and Jason Hanna.

Article: "Retired Gen. John Kelly picked to head the Department of Homeland Security" by TMN.

Article: "Trump picks longstanding friend of Beijing Terry Branstad as US ambassador to China" by DW.

Article: "White nationalist's speech at Texas A&M draws protesters and supporters" by Regina Holmes.

Article: "Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel announces 2018 U.S. Senate run for Sherrod Brown's seat" by Andrew J. Tobias.

Article: "Majority says Trump does not need to sell off his businesses: poll" by TMN.

Article: "Obamacare Repeal Without 'Replace' Doubles Uninsured To 59 Million" by Bruce Japsen.



Why higher taxes can HELP the overall economy...

Article: "Here's What Science Says About the Brains of Democrats and Republicans" by Dylan Goldstein.

Article: "Congressional Progressive Caucus Members Call for Scrutiny of Trump's Crony Cabinet" by Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.

Book: "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

Article: "Schumer new leader of Senate Democrats, Sanders & Warren on board" by RT.

Article: "Sharecropping" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Indentured servant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Final Senate Seat to Be Settled in Louisiana Dec. 10 Runoff" by Melinda Deslatte.

Site: Foster Campbell for the United States Senate.

Article: "Stockholm syndrome " by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tariffs in United States history" by Wikipedia.


Big Picture: Is Donald Trump The Master Of BS?

Big Picture Interview: Should a Climate Denier Be Head of the EPA?!
- Robert Kennedy Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance

Big Picture Politics Panel: Sanders Holds Trump's Feet to the Fire Again...
- Alex Pfeiffer, The Daily Caller
- Steve Beaman, Society To Advance Financial Education (SAFE Financial)/The American Dream Under Fire: How Progressive Values Threaten Our Financial Future

Big Picture Fact: The Price of Solar Hits An All Time Low!!

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



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