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| Pivotal moment in the downfall of American society?: Former White House economist Jared Bernstein with Laura Flanders | |
| Looking to date the downfall of American society, future historians may point to the last two weeks as the pivotal period. Among the signposts: Nobel winning labor economist Peter Diamond withdrawing his name for a governorship at the Federal Reserve; unemployment jagging up, house prices plummeting down. So says former White House economist Jared Bernstein. (It'll require future historians because live-time American pols and pundits were absorbed with Rep. Weiner's you know what.) Like Diamond, Bernstein wanted to make a difference from inside -- but he left the administration this April in order to work more effectively on the nation's priorities. We spoke June 7th at his new perch, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. | |
| Date: 2011-06-12 21:08:54 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Massive Ariz. Wildfire Expected to Enter NM | |
| Published on 10 Jun 2011 by AssociatedPress A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and cabins and forced nearly than 10,000 people to flee was poised to move into New Mexico on Friday. (June 10) | |
| Date: 2011-06-11 06:19:51 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Senator Becomes Lobbyist - Of Course! | |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 7 Jun 2011 MSNBC host Cenk Uygur on former Indiana Senator Evan Bayh accepting a lobbyist job after claiming there was too much money in politics. | |
| Date: 2011-06-11 06:16:53 - Added by: KMC | |
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| No Testicles No Problem | |
| Uploaded by JimmyKimmelLive on 9 Jun 2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live - No Testicles No Problem | |
| Date: 2011-06-11 05:59:52 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 819 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| As Japan Nuclear Crisis Worsens, Citizen Radiation Monitors Call for Greater Evacuation | |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 10 Jun 2011 DemocracyNow.org - Robert Alvarez, former senior policy adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Energy Democracy Now! interviews two experts about the Japanese nuclear crisis including Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action and Robert Alvarez, former senior policy adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. Almost three months after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster in Japan, new radiation | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 23:06:10 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Activists, miners battle for Blair Mountain | |
| Uploaded by RTAmerica on 10 Jun 2011 In 1921, West Virginia coal miners rose up against the coal companies and fought to unionize, battling big coal's paramilitaries in the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. 90 years later, the Battle of Blair Mountain rages on as hundreds of miners, activists and environmentalists march 50 miles to stop the mountaintop removal that they say threatens the water, health and history of Appalachia. But the miners here say coal is everything and that they're also fighting--to survive. | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 22:43:23 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Bill Moyers Discusses Independent Media and Fighting Back Against Unbridled Corporate Greed and Power | |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 8 Jun 2011 DemocracyNow.org - In a special broadcast, Democracy Now! interviews legendary journalist Bill Moyers, a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, a publisher of Newsday, and senior correspondent for CBS News. Public television is where he has made his home, producing many groundbreaking shows and winning more than 30 Emmy Awards. Moyers has just published a new book, "Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues," a collection of interviews from his popular PBS show that aired from 2007 to 2010. Click here to watch part 2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xzFavJGFvM "The greatest thing in politics in my time is the transformation of democracy from a citizens society?all that moral agency of all those people in the civil rights movement who stood up against the weight or authority and acted as agents of change?to a consumer society, where most of us our caught up on that treadmill, trying to get more," Moyers says. In a wide ranging interview, he also discusses the state of the public media infrastructure he helped to establish as part of the Johnson administration. "Public broadcasting, which is a place that treats you a s a citizen instead of a consumer is threatened. We must defend it, we must call it back to its heights. Otherwise we are totally at the mercy of corporate power." This is an excerpt from an extensive interview broadcast on Democracy Now! June 8. To watch the uninterrupted interview, read the transcript or download the podcast, visit http://www.democracynow.org/ | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 22:19:18 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Panetta just another Gates? With former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern | |
| Uploaded by RTAmerica on 9 Jun 2011 As CIA Director Leon Panetta transitions to secretary of defense, what changes can Americans expect out of the Department of Defense? Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern discusses what Panetta can bring on board as he shuffles to the DoD. Many say Panetta supports spending cuts, but McGovern says that, in terms of both defense spending and US wars, Panetta won't stray at all from what Robert Gates did as secretary. | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 20:45:32 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Cenk Uygur Talks To Rachel Maddow About The Republican Attack On Social Security | |
| 10 June, 2011 MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 20:23:08 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 814 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| British Humour: Global Warming Warning | |
| Uploaded by BBCComedy on 10 Jun 2011 Scientists predict that rising sea levels will leave the UK shaped like a penis. Speak to your local MP and let's stop Britain turning into a huge member. | |
| Date: 2011-06-10 10:27:10 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 768 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |