Thursday 4 August '11 show notes

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Thursday 4 August '11 show notes

Aug. 5, 2011 7:42 pm

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Gregory Conko, Competitive Enterprise Institute. With more people dying from poisonous food, shouldn't we beef up FDA regulations?
Professor James Gilligan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University. Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others.
Geeky Science rocks! Earth once had 2 moons.
Lisa Graves, Executive Director-Center for Media and Democracy. Exposed...what is ALEC up to now?
Deputy Mayor Jessica King, Democratic candidate for WI State Senate District 18.
Bumper Music:
- Too Much Food Jason Mraz.
- Protection, Donna Summer (audio).
- Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane.
- Science Rocks!, Rock Chick & Science Geek.
- Birthday, Beatles.
- Black Horse & The Cherry Tree, KT Tunstall.
- If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time), Willie Nelson.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- I'm taking my country back, Tony Stampley, Honky Tonkers for Truth (video) (lyrics).

Thom's blog

Can you afford food tasters to make sure what we’re about to eat is actually safe?

People who eat food are screwed. Giant, transnational agribusiness corporation Cargill announced yesterday that it is recalling 36 million pounds of contaminated ground turkey – that has killed at least one person and sickened 76 others across 26 states. Cargill is just now announcing the recall even though the outbreak started back in March. Coincidentally – back in June – House Republicans passed legislation that gutted the federal food safety budget – slashing $87 million from the FDA – and another $35 million from the USDA’s food safety inspection programs.

As Republican Congressman Jack Kingston said in defending the bill, “the food supply in America is very safe because the private sector polices itself.” Right – go tell that to the family of the person who died or the scores sickened from Cargill’s contaminated turkey. Or tell it to the other 50 MILLION Americans who get sick from food-borne illness every year – or the 3,000 other Americans who die every year because of contaminated food.

Unlike millionaires and billionaires who fund the Republican Party and push for libertarian legislation that does away with food safety – the rest of us can’t afford food tasters to make sure what we’re about to eat is actually safe.

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Stock market plunges (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Screwed: Stock market plunges - Max Wolff, Economist

Need to Know: NATCA to Congress: "Get back to Washington DC and fund the FAA!" - Paul Rinaldi, President - National Air Traffic Controllers Association

The Best of the Rest of the News...

ALEC...Exposed in New Orleans - Lee Fang, Reporter / Blogger - Think Progress

Talking turkey about food safety - Seton Motley, Conservative Commentator / President-Less Government

Daily Take: Get ready America...congressional "hostage taking" and "do nothing" is the new normal

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." -- Thomas Jefferson.

Hour One: With more people dying from poisonous food, shouldn't we beef up FDA regulations? Gregory Conko, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Article: "Cargill Turkey Recall: Meat Giant Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak" by Mary Clare Jalonick.

Article: "Food Fumble: China can't regulate away its safety problems." by Steven M. Dickinson.

Article: "Delta's Greed Helps Shut Down The FAA" by Dave Johnson.

Article: "Eric Cantor Defends Airlines Pocketing Taxes During FAA Shutdown: ‘That’s What Business Does’" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Site: "Concord Project".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - the importance of precinct committee members ".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - how you become a precinct committee member".

Article: "US government department criticised for failing to collect oil revenues" by Suzanne Goldenberg.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Article: "Messages To The World by Osama bin Laden - Thom Hartmann's "Independent Thinker" Book of the Month Review".

Video: "Giant Sucking Sound - Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate".

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

Site: "San Francisco Free Help Charts".

Hour Two: Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others Professor James Gilligan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University.

Book: "Why Some Politicians are More Dangerous to Your Health than Others" by James Gilligan.

Article: "Beware of dangerous politicians" by Steven Levingston.

Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Site: "The Equality Trust".

Geeky Science rocks!

Geeky Science alert: "A striking idea: 2 moons became one" by Seth Borenstein.

Article: "Iraq revives, doubles plan to procure U.S. F-16s ".

Book: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair.

Twilight Zone alert: "Swede admits home-made atom experiment was 'crazy'" by BBC.

Talk Radio News Segment: Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "LaHood Demands Congress Return To Washington, Reauthorize FAA" by Benny Martinez.

Article: "How Safe Is It When Airline Inspectors Have To Pay Their Own Way?" by Kenneth R. Bazinet.

Article: "White House: Congress Must Pass FAA Extension" by Andy Wiltrout.

Article: "Geithner staying, for now: White House: Treasury chief to remain in post for ‘foreseeable future’: Carney" by Robert Schroeder.

Article: "Virginia Tech Lifts Campus Lockdown" by Aaron Katersky and Jessica Hopper.

Article: "Happy 91st Birthday, Helen Thomas" by Peterr.

Article: "Obama’s 50th Birthday: A Private Celebration" by Carol E. Lee.

Article: "Obama Plans To Hit The Road In August Bus Tour" by TRNS.

Site: "Aden Forecast".

Article: "Congress Poised To Pass Trade Agreements" by TRNS.

Article: "Pelosi: Dems Focused On Jobs, GOP Is Not" by Elianna Mintz.

Hour Three: Exposed...what is ALEC up to now? Lisa Graves, Executive Director-Center for Media and Democracy

Site: "ALEC Exposed".

Article: "ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection " by Lisa Graves.

Article: "Minnesota bills traced to controversial corporate group ALEC" by Jon Collins.

Article: "ALEC Exposed: Warming Up to Climate Change" by Jill Richardson.

Book: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

Crazy alert: "‘I now pronounce you husband and wife,’ said the computer (video)" by Frank Yonkof.

Article: "Pelosi: No Lines In The Sand On Super Committee Deficit Cuts" by Brian Beutler.

The good: "Alan Simpson Calls For Investigation Into Grover Norquist: ‘Who Is He Slave To?’" by Frances Martel.

The bad: "Eric Cantor Defends Airlines Pocketing Taxes During FAA Shutdown: ‘That’s What Business Does’" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

The very, very ugly: "Gaffney Wonders If Norwegian Terrorist’s Manifesto Was A ‘False Flag Operation’ Intended To ‘Suppress Criticism’ Of Sharia" by Scott Keyes.

Site: "Americans Elect 2012".

Book: "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War" by Joe Bageant.

Taking Our Country Back: running for WI State Senate against Republican Randy Hopper Deputy Mayor Jessica King, Oshkosh Deputy Mayor, Democratic candidate for WI State Senate District 18

Article: "Hopper, King steadfast as recall election nears".

Article: "Wisc. Dems accuse AFP of election tampering" by David Catanese.

Article: "Koch Joins Wellpoint to Help Fight Wisconsin Recalls in Battle With Labor" by Jonathan D. Salant.

Article: "New Reporting Rules on Multiple Sales of Guns Near Border" by Charles Savage.

Article: "Obama Nominates Top Advisor To Tea Party Senator As U.S. Attorney" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Iowa’s GOP Governor Vetoes Tax Break For The Poor Because It Didn’t Lower Corporate Taxes" by Marie Diamond.

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