Thursday 8 December '11 show notes

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Thursday 8 December '11 show notes

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Krista Rand, Unemployed college grad from Concord, NH (27yrs old) Masters in Civil & Environmental Engineering. Can't find a job...marching on Boehner's office.
Judge Susan Carbon, Director of the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Sexual assault against younger women and the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Les Rayburn, Conservative Commentator. TSA Violates Seniors at Terminal.
Geeky Science rocks! Jesus Sightings: Why Some People See The Face Of God In Their Pizza.
Mark Taylor-Canfield, Occupy Seattle. Occupy Seattle Civil Rights Lawsuit update.
William L. McComb, Liz Claiborne, Inc. Time to Talk Day.
Craig Shirley, Author-“December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World”. Should the GOP fear OWS?
Sharon Stapel, New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP). Domestic violence often unreported by LGBTQ community.
Bumper Music:
- We're The 99, Richard Duguay & Paula Tiberius.
- Hallelujah Corporations, Stanza XXI.
- Protection, Donna Summer (audio).
- Science Rocks!, Rock Chick & Science Geek.
- Walk Away, Kelly Clarkson.
- High School Never Ends Bowling For Soup.
- Occupation Fight Song, Lake Dolores.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.

Thom's blog

Republicans want power not jobs...

Republicans in the House yesterday passed legislation giving themselves even more power. The “Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act” – or REINS Act – gives either chamber of Congress complete veto power over new regulations put in place by White House executive orders.

The bill most helps corporate polluters – as Republicans would be able to shoot down new environmental regulations that keep our children and environment safe – and to hell with the balance of power that’s supposed to exist in our government. The ironic thing about this legislation is that President Obama has enacted far fewer regulations than the George W. Bush – but there was no outcry about over-regulation during Bush's presidency.

So while Republicans pass legislation that won’t create a single job – and won’t even pass the Senate – the clock is ticking on middle class Americans who face a $1,000 tax hike at the end of the year unless House Republicans agree to extend the payroll tax cut.

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Congressman Ted Deutch: Occupied Amendment & Saving American Democracy Amendment (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Need to Know: Occupied Amendment & Saving American Democracy Amendment
- Congressman Ted Deutch(D-FL, 19th District)

Screwed: GOP...now sabotaging Consumer Protection Agency
- Ian Millhiser, Center for American Progress

The Best of the Rest of the News...

99inDC end up occupying a jail cell!
- Rev. CJ Hawking, Arise Chicago

- Krista Rand, Unemployed college grad from Concord, NH (27yrs old) Masters in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Is Europe planning to bring back the old currencies?
- Professor Costas Panayotakis, New York City College of Technology at CUNY

Geeky Science Rock: Why people see God... in pizza?!

Daily Take: Republicans want power not jobs

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The Daily Stack

Hour One: can't find a job...marching on Boehner's office
- Krista Rand, Unemployed college grad from Concord, NH (27yrs old) Masters in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Article: "Undermining the Executive Branch" (REINS Act).

Article: "My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan" by Patrick Meighan.

Article: "Occupy protesters block K Street; 62 arrested" by Andrea Noble and Meredith Somers.

Twitter: "Thom Hartmann".

Article: "Bernie Sanders Proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United" by Jason Easley.

Sexual assault against younger women and the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act
- Judge Susan Carbon, Director of the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

Article: "Violence Against Women Act"(1994).

Event: "It's Time to Talk Day", December 8, 2011.

Article: "Crapo, Leahy introduce bipartisan bill to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act" by Joe Newby.

Hour Two: TSA Violates Seniors at Terminal
- Les Rayburn, Conservative Commentator

Article: "Ruth Sherman, 88, says she was strip-searched at JFK Airport just like Lenore Zimmerman, 85 ‘I went on the flight and my eyes were crying all the time,’ Florida woman tells Daily News" by Tracy Connor & Christina Boyle.

Geeky Science rocks!

Geeky Science alert: "Jesus Sightings: Why Some People See The Face Of God In Their Pizza " by David Moye.

Article: "Claim: Collection of anecdotes about honesty includes real quotes from President Harry S. Truman." by Snopes.

Book: "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell.

Occupy Seattle Civil Rights Lawsuit update
- Mark Taylor-Canfield, Occupy Seattle

Article: "Class Action Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court on Behalf of Occupy Seattle Protesters" by Mark Taylor Canfield.

Article: "US District Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order In Occupy Seattle Civil Rights Lawsuit" by Mark Taylor Canfield.

Article: "Police SWAT Team Raids Occupy Seattle Media Black Out" by Mark Taylor Canfield.

Time to Talk Day
- William L. McComb, Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Hour Three: Why is Mitch McConnell afraid of the popular vote?
- Scott Keyes, Think Progress

Book: "The History of England, as Well Ecclesiastical as Civil" by Paul de Rapin-Thoyras.

Book: "The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" by Thomas Jefferson.

Book: "Works of Cornelius Tacitus. Includes Agricola, The Annals, A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Germania and The Histories" by Cornelius Tacitus.

Article: "Sen. McConnell Claims Electing The President By Popular Vote Is A ‘Genuine Threat To Our Country’" by Scott Keyes.

Article: "Mitch McConnell: We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’" by Ian Millhiser.

Should the GOP fear OWS?
- Craig Shirley, Author-“December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World”

Book: "December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World" by Craig Shirley.

Article: "Up the establishment" by Craig Shirley, 10/18/2011.

Article: "Top GOP Strategist Admits He’s ‘Scared’ Of Occupy Wall Street Because It’s ‘Having An Impact’" by Zaid Jilani.

The good: Scott Holcomb: "In Response To Proposal To Drug-Test Welfare Recipients, GA State Rep. Introduces Bill To Drug-Test State Lawmakers" by Scott Keyes.

The bad: "On The Road, Newt Gingrich Needs Two Loos" by Smoking Gun.

The very, very ugly: "Carlson: "Maybe Christmas Won't Be A Federal Holiday Coming Up If It Continues Down This Path"" by Media Matters.

Article: "The Story of Seattle's Hooverville" by Jesse Jackson, 1938.

Excerpt: "The Story of Seattle's Hooverville" by Jesse Jackson, 1938.

Article: "Virginia Tech shootings: Two killed, suspect at large" by Stephen Ceasar and Rene Lynch.

Site: "The Organic Wine Company".

Domestic violence often unreported by LGBTQ community
- Sharon Stapel, New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP)

Article: "REINS Act To Transform Washington Business Operations, Davis Says" by Janie Amaya.

Article: "Banks Prep for Life After Euro" by David Enrich, Deborah Ball and Alistair Macdonald.

Article: "State Income Tax Avoided By 68 Large Profitable U.S. Companies In Recent Years: Study" by Bonnie Kavoussi.

Article: "Warren leads in Massachusetts Senate race" by Reuters.

Article: "Crossroads GPS Launches New Ads — Accuses Elizabeth Warren Of Liking Wall Street!" by Eric Kleefeld.

Article: "At Climate Talks, a Familiar Standoff Between U.S. and China" by John M. Broder.

Crazy alert: "Islamic Cleric Says Women Should Not be Allowed to Eat Bananas and Cucumbers" by Kathy Jones.

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