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• Our Political Discussion is Dominated by Lies
• Oceans of Plastic
• Is It Me or My Hormones?
• The Matrix of Creation—It's All in Your Mind

All Story Categories

• Financial, Empire & Elites
• Corporations & Globalization
• Media, Internet & Privacy
• Energy, Peak Oil, Sustainability & Resilience
• Nuclear
• Pollution & Chemicals
• More Environment
• Health
• Food, Nutrition Organics & GMOs
• Agriculture & Gardening
• Biodiversity, Species & Animal Welfare
• Cool & Cosmic
• History & Learning
• Music & Fun

FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

The Real World of Money

Andrew Gause:  The Next Crisis Will Come, and It Will Be Worse — 20 Feb 2013 — Andrew Gause comments on current financial matters, including... Nothing has changed as a result of the crisis of 2008, so there will be another crisis—a worse one. Sequestration will cause the value of the dollar to rise. The recent suppression of gold/silver prices suggests that TPTB are maxed out on their price-suppression tools—and that the suppression can't last. In terms of financial machinations, the stealing is being done right out in the open now.
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Making Contact

BDS and the Effort to End Apartheid in Palestine — 26 Feb 2013— Inspired by the campaign to end South African apartheid, Palestinians are leading an international campaign to put economic and political pressure on Israel by boycotting Israeli products, divesting from Israeli companies, and pushing for international sanctions on Israel. Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti recounts some disturbing details on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and outlines the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
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The Keiser Report

The Stupid Goes All the Way to the Top — 25 Feb 2013 — A UK jury was dismissed by the judge for being too stupid to understand the basic concepts of jury trial. But Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert point out that while the mainstream media mocks the stupid jury, that same media takes financial regulators seriously when they claim to see no evidence of financial crimes. And speaking of stupid, CFTC chairman Gary Gensler was seen on BBC News, seemingly to much of a dullard to understand that the Libor rigging was fraud and not merely some bad boys creating "fiction," as he suggests. ~~ Then Max talks to mathematician and monetary scientist Professor Antal Fekete about the gold basis and permanent backwardation as an indicator for internal bleeding in the monetary system.
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Democracy Now

Obama Administration on Drones and Targeted Killings—First Lies, Then Stonewalling — 27 Feb 2013 — Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs recently revealed that he was initially instructed to deny the existence of the Obama administration's targeted killing program overseas. Even though the administration has since admitted to the existence of the program, it continues to stonewall Congress on releasing the Justice Department memos that explain the program's legal rationale. Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the ACLU, comments.
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Democracy Now

Billionaires for Austerity — 26 Feb 2013 — With $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts—known as "the sequestration"—set to take effect on March 1, a new investigation reveals how billionaire investors, such as Peter Peterson, have helped reshaped the national debate on the economy, the debt, and social spending. Peterson has personally contributed nearly $500 million to advocate that Congress cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while providing tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. John Nichols of The Nation and Lisa Graves of the Center for Media and Democracy discuss.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   19:08

Global Research News Hour

Mike Ruppert on the Significance of the Dorner Story in the Context of the US Police State — 25 Feb 2013 — Former Los Angeles police detective and lifetime truthseeker Mike Ruppert offers insights into the LAPD/Christopher Dorner case. ~~ Richard Gage and Peter Drew discuss an upcoming court case in the UK that could be a breakthrough for the 9/11 truth movement. ~~ Cynthia McKinney talks about her background in the context of the corruption of the US political framework.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

CORPORATIONS & GLOBALIZATION

Food Sleuth Radio

Our Kids' Challenging Consumerist Environment — 14 Feb 2013 — Josh Golin of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood discusses the relentless marketing pressure corporations bring to bear on people in general and especially kids. If they can get them young and keep them, it's a lifetime of profits. He discusses some of the successes his organization has had in getting companies to stop shady marketing practices for child-related products and offers ideas for parents who want to reduce the propaganda stream coming from marketing and media. Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:15

Talk of the Nation

Presence Vs. Productivity—How Managers View Telecommuting — 27 Feb 2013 — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sparked controversy when she announced an end to that company's telecommuting program. A leaked internal memo emphasized that "physically being together" is important to communication and collaboration within the company. This has raised questions about the benefits of working from home vs. in the office. Experts and callers offer opinions.
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Democracy Now

Selling the White House? Obama-Linked Group Promises Top Donors Access to President — 27 Feb 2013 — The watchdog group Common Cause is calling on President Obama to shut down the outside group Organizing for Action after it was revealed that the group is promising high-end donors access to the White House. According to The New York Times, donors who contribute $500,000 or more will be appointed to the group's national advisory board, which meets four times a year with the president. Additionally, Organizing for Action's 501(c)(4) tax status means it can accept unlimited donations from corporations and individuals without revealing their identity.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   15:55

MEDIA, INTERNET & PRIVACY

Progressive Radio News Hour

Paul Craig Roberts:  Our Political Discussion is Dominated by Lies — 22 Feb 2013 — The manifold crises we face are quietly fostered by corporate-puppet politicians and ignored by the corporate media; and at the same time, the pols, pundits, and marketers distract us with "bread and circuses" and talk about crises that are either manufactured, patently false, or insignificant. Roberts discusses the H1B Visa program, which is clearly suppressing opportunities for qualified jobless American tech workers as well as those trying to hang onto the tech jobs they have; the deepening danger that GMOs pose to our wellbeing, including the rise of a new deadly pathogen that appears to be fostered by GMO animal feed; and how drinking water in the US is at risk from fracking and farming pollution.
Download/Listen   29:34

Corbett Report

Adam Curtis, Establishment Contrarian — 23 Feb 2013— James Corbett offers a critical review of deep-digging documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis, who has done many well known pieces looking into issues such as whether Al Qaeda really exists, the philosophies of the New World Order globalists, and even how marketers have used psychology and propaganda to get consumers to do things that are not in their own best interests. But sometimes Curtis allows style to trump content.
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(GP comment:  Pretty good, except for Corbett's annoying habit of framing anything to do with environmental action as a conspiracy. Enjoying the Fukushima fallout, Mr. Corbett?)

ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

Progressive Commentary Hour

The Madness of King America — 18 Feb 2013— Gary Null and panelists discuss the deep delusions that plague Americans about the true nature of the United States and the multifaceted debt-energy-environmental predicament we find ourselves in. Guests are Dispelling Wetiko author Paul Levy, peak oil/collapse guru Carolyn Baker, and deep-thinker Jim Garrison.
Download/Listen   56:59

Post Carbon Institute

Is Growth the Solution or the Problem? — 18 Feb 2013 — The collapse in economic growth following the global financial crisis has led to millions losing their jobs, their homes and, for some, their prospects for the future. While economists and politicians argue over how to return to sustained growth, Richard Heinberg says they are missing the point. Our obsession with economic growth is the problem, not the solution.
Download/Listen   53:19

NUCLEAR

Fairewinds Energy Education

Fukushima, Two Years In — 24 Feb 2013 — Guest Helen Caldicott joins Maggie and Arnie Gundersen for a discussion about Fukushima two years after the accident. Caldicott says she has been shocked by the Japanese government's treachery in not truthfully informing the Japanese public (and the rest of the world) about the dangers posed by the radiation from Fukushima, now the worst manmade disaster in history.
Download/Listen   22:43

POLLUTION & CHEMICALS

Quirks & Quarks

Oceans of Plastic — 16 Feb 2013 — Plastic appears in myriad products because it so versatile and durable. But that also makes it one of the most persistent and widespread environmental problems on the planet. Plastic waste is everywhere, littering our parks and beaches and mountain trails, filling our garbage dumps—and perhaps most alarmingly, polluting our oceans. Plastic has been found in every single part of the seven seas, from the floor of the Arctic Ocean to the farthest reaches of the Pacific. And it's not going away. Every single piece of plastic that entered our oceans over the past 60 years is still there. Science writer Alanna Mitchell explains how countless microscopic pieces of plastic now blanket our seven seas, disturbing the delicate ecological balance, and inserting uncertainties into a formerly predictable system.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   16:20

Science Friday

How Wood Smoke is Dirtying Alaska's Air — 22 Feb 2013 — In Fairbanks, Alaska, many residents use wood stoves to heat their homes during the frigid winter months. But smoke created by inefficient wood burners contributes to some of the worst air pollution in the country. Chemistry professor Cathy Cahill of the University of Alaska explains why the wood-smoke problem is particularly bad in Fairbanks and discusses efforts to get people to move to cleaner heating solutions—from installing better-built wood stoves to switching to natural gas..
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   12:11

FSRN

Toxic Fracking Dump in Ohio River Reveals Systemic Pollution Problem — 21 Feb 2013— Cleanup continues on an Ohio river where toxic waste from hydraulic fracturing was intentionally dumped two weeks ago. Ohio's Environmental Protection Agency said tests confirmed that the waste includes hazardous chemicals such as benzene. Ben Lupo, CEO of D&L Energy and owner of Hardrock Excavating, faces charges for dumping more than a quarter million gallons of fracking waste from a storage tank through a hose into a storm water drain.
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Diet Science

Replacement for BPA—BPS—Also a Problem — 18 Feb 2013 — Industry is finally moving away from Bis-Phenol-A (BPA) and its well publicized health risks. It has used a substitute, a sister chemical called Bis-Phenol-S (BPS). Guess what! It's a problem too! Who could have guessed that a nearly-identical compound would also be an endocrine disruptor?!!? Worse still, BPS is active at VERY low concentrations and is found in many common items, including US currency.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:31

All Together Now

Moving Beyond Products that "Don't Do Harm" to Products that Actively Help — 21 Feb 2013 — Michael Braungart, coauthor of Cradle to Cradle: Rethinking the Way We Make Things, discusses how our modern world can move beyond merely "doing less damage" to designing and making products, buildings, and systems that are "eco-effective" and enhance the users' surroundings. Some companies are "getting it" and are successfully selling Cradle-to-Cradle compliant products; but others are stuck in the old pollute-and-profit mentality. In the end, to be sustainable, all outputs must be useful inputs to other natural or industrial processes.
Download/Listen   55:00

Sierra Club Radio

Campaign to Get PVC Out of Kids' Environment — 16 Feb 2013 — Mike Schade from the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice talks about CHEJ's campaign to get PVC plastics out of New York City's schools. Is vinyl the same thing as PVC? What types of products contain PVC? Why is it so bad? What's it doing in schools and children's products?
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MORE ENVIRONMENT

Sierra Club Radio

Is a Zero Waste Lifestyle Possible within the Current Consumer Matrix? — 16 Feb 2013— We all produce a lot of trash, and we all know if we spent more time on composting, recycling, reuse, and better product choices, we could reduce this level of trash considerably. But just how little trash could we get down to? What in our lives would have to change? Amy Korst, author of The Zero Waste Lifestyle, explains how she got down to one shoebox of trash for an entire year.
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NPR

Wisconsin's Scott Walker: "I Am Iron Man" — 25 Feb 2013 — Plagued by a stagnant economy, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is pushing a rewrite of state mining laws to clear the way for a massive open-pit iron mine. Although it's been mostly dormant for more than 50 years, proponents hope reopening the mine will rejuvenate an industry that helped build Wisconsin generations ago. But the proposal's sweeping changes to environmental protections have met fierce opposition.
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Talk of the Nation

Seeking Revenge in the Underworld of Stolen Bikes — 18 Feb 2013 — According to the FBI and the National Bike Registry, the annual value of stolen bikes is as much as $350 million. In 2006, thieves stole writer Patrick Symmes' bike in broad daylight on a crowded, New York City street. This inspired Symmes to set out to catch a bike thief—any bike thief. He tells the tale of GPS trackers, police stakeouts, and undercover stings in what Symmes describes as "the dangerous underworld of vanished bicycles."
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HEALTH

One Radio Network

Is It Me or My Hormones? — 26 Feb 2013 — One of the most common and difficult health problems many women (and some men) face today is hormonal imbalance. Symptoms range from depression, cravings, bloating, weight gain, irritability, nightmarish PMS, and even out-of-control rage. Marcelle Pick discusses the many ways the body's delicate balance can be disturbed—including environmental toxins, xenoestrogens and pesticides in food, bad gut flora, food allergies, inflammation, adrenal exhaustion, thyroid imbalance—and how to get a body back on track.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:01:53

Beyond 50

Dr. Gabriel Cousens - Enduring, Radiant Health — 15 Feb 2013— At 70, Gabriel Cousens is the picture of enduring, radiant health. He has cultivated his health through a lifestyle he now shares with audiences around the world. He advocates a good diet, especially avoiding junk food and high-fructose corn syrup, emphasizing organic food, and minimizing consumption of meat. Also important are regular exercise and mind-body work, as well as a good sense of your larger purpose in life.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   46:12

FOOD, NUTRITION, ORGANICS & GMOs

Diet Science

Cows Fed Flaxseed—Guess What Happens Next! — 25 Feb 2013 — The brains in the food-science industry have come up with a new one: feeding dairy cows flax seeds to boost the omega-3 content of the milk. Omega-3 essential fatty acids are good, so neat! ...right? Wrong—and nutritionist Dee McCaffrey explains why.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:41

TUC Radio

Sandor Katz:  The Essential Role of Beneficial Bacteria — 20 Feb 2013— Sandor Katz offers an eloquent defense of the much-maligned microorganisms in our lives, without which our lives would actually not be possible. He briefly reviews the ubiquity of bacteria in nature and spends the majority of the talk discussing the value of fermented foods, from sourdough bread to yogurt to vinegar. He also explains the mystery of why your attempts to use commercial yogurt as a one-time starter for your own yogurt-making efforts are doomed to failure.
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AGRICULTURE & GARDENING

Radio EcoShock

Local and Organic vs. Big and Industrial — 19 Feb 2013 — K. Rashid Nuri discusses the revival of urban agriculture and organic gardening as the solution to the increasing problems of industrial agriculture. Nuri worked for decades in the international food industry and was an adviser to the USDA in the Clinton Administration, but now heads up the Truly Living Well urban farming operation in Atlanta, as well as the Georgia Organic Farmers movement.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   24:00

You Bet Your Garden

How to Use Grow Lights to Foster Healthy Starts — 16 Feb 2013 — Mike McGrath's topics include strategies for growing in too-shady areas; what to do about a tree starting to fall over; how to keep cats from pooping in the garden soil; and dealing with invasive honeysuckle. In the question of the week, Mike covers the ins and outs of how to use grow lights to foster healthy starts.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   52:58

NPR

Wild Bees Are Good For Crops, But Industrial Crops Are Bad For Bees — 01 Mar 2013— Farmers rely on honeybees to pollinate, but scientists are now reporting that honeybees, while convenient, are not necessarily the best pollinators. A collaboration of bee researchers from more than a dozen countries looked at how pollination happens in dozens of different crops, including strawberries, coffee, buckwheat, cherries and watermelons. Even when beekeepers installed honeybee hives in a field, yields usually got a boost when wild, native insects, such as bumblebees or carpenter bees, were also present. But modern chemical-driven monoculture farming is anything but good for wild bee populations
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:25

BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES & ANIMAL WELFARE

Living on Earth

As More Polar Ice Melts, More Polar Bears Starve — 15 Feb 2013 — Polar Bears have long been the poster species for the problem of climate change. As the polar ices becomes less and less each year, the habitat for polar bears and their seal prey shrinks. A new paper in Conservation Letters argues that supplemental feeding may be necessary to prevent polar bear populations from going extinct. Polar bear expert Andrew Derocher explains.
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COOL & COSMIC
(AND POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC!)

One Radio Network

The Matrix of Creation—It's All in Your Mind — 19 Feb 2013 — Gerald O'Donnell is a remote viewer with a deep understanding of how things really work in the universe. He reviews how our physical world is manifested; how we attract things that we fear; how to deal with potential manifestation of negative thoughts; understanding our relationship to others, especially a partner in love; understanding how dreams work. He explains why The Shift is on and what it will mean.
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(GP comment:  Must-listening!)

C-Realm Podcast

Larry Lowe & Paul Von Ward on Gods, Genes, and Consciousness — 18 Feb 2013— Guest Host Larry Lowe and Paul Von Ward explore how contact with "advanced beings"—extraterrestrials, essentially—may have altered (or even spawned) humanity. Von Ward explains how the theory that advanced beings had overt contact with humanity and helped reboot our civilization after a planetary-level catastrophic event that occurred around 11,500 BC. He points out how the religions of the last few thousand years re-framed the concept of super-powerful beings into a universal, mythical God of the cosmos. The discussion then delves into the understanding of humanity as a genetically modified organism and finally into how all of this sets the stage for understanding consciousness as a pervasive artifact of nature and how the individual human node of consciousness is a means for the universe to know itself.
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Clif's Wujo

Clif High on Russian, DA-14 and Companions — 15 Feb 2013 — Clif High relates some eyewitness accounts of the damage caused by the large meteorite that exploded over Russia in mid-February. He also discusses the "companions" of DA-14 (the much-noted near-miss asteroid). It may turn out that the Russian meteor is just one of many such occurrences as gravity waves skew the track of DA-14's companions towards earth. These MAY be related to the predicted Global Coastal Event, but the data are not clear.
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Clif's Wujo

Clif High on Russian Meteor and the FarSight Experiment — 20 Feb 2013 — Courtney Brown has declared his remote viewing experiment to be concluded, saying that the Russian meteor event means we're on a different timeline. Clif High disagrees with Brown's analysis. Clif also discusses gold/silver price manipulations and clarifies his attitude towards Foster Gamble and Thrive.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   54:26

HISTORY & LEARNING

MUSIC & FUN

Mellow Madness

Harvey's Old School Birthday Jam — This is a very nice set of pop/funk/soul from the late '60s through early '80s. Top tracks include... "Another Star" by Stevie Wonder, "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals, "Electric Boogie" by Marcia Griffiths, "Blame it On the Boogie" by The Jacksons, "Baby, Now That I Found You" by The Foundations, "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey, "Keep It Comin Love" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Up in Here" by The Bar Kays, "Natural High" by Bloodstone, "One Night Tan" by Heatwave, "Party Train" by The Gap Band, "Can You Do the Boogie" by The Whispers.
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Pop Goes the World

Sweet and Tender Hooligans — In a tribute to The Smiths and the effect they had on '80s music, Enzo plays a decent set of Smithsish tunes. I'm not much of a Smiths fan, but there are certainly some good tracks here, including ..."Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" by The Smiths, "This Charming Man" (cover) by Stars, "Ask Me John" by The Ocean Blue, "At The Indie Disco" by The Divine Comedy, "Timeless Melody" by The La's, "My Finest Hour" by The Sundays, "Lover Lover Lover" by Ian McCulloch, "The Gentle Sound" by The Railway Children, "Your Existential Past" by The Spent Poets, "Good Thing" by The Woodentops, "The Lover's Rights" by The Rosebuds, "Pantomine Horse" by Suede.
Download/Listen   2:00:00

The New Breakfast Snob

Don't Wake the Vultures — This is about 40% skippable, IMO, but there is some good stuff, including: Bubble Puppy - "Hot Smoke and Sassafras" // Stevie Wonder - "All Day Sucker" // Ben Reel - "Sweet Victory" // The Kinks - "Apeman" // Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken" // James Blood Ulmer - "Love Dance" // Wishbone Ash - "Blind Eye" // The Temptations - "Plastic Man" // Caravan - "Golf Girl" ... as well as a couple of nice '40s tunes from the Andrews Sisters.
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