Daily Topics - Thursday August 13th, 2015
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Our newest video is here! Watch RESTORATION - plus check out CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners
Hour One: Black Lives Matter Ambush Bush
Hour Two: Colorado Mine Spill...Privatizing Profits, Socializing Clean Ups
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Is Elizabeth Warren even allowed to endorse primary candidates? As a precinct committee member, I just received an e-mail form the state party reminding us (that is, party officers) not to play favorites or endorse anyone during the primary stage. Maybe things are different at the presidential level.
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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The refusal of Superfund designation mystifies me. It's pure short-sightedness.
If I were a land investor, I'd think that it might be a good idea to buy land soon after the designation so I can get it cheap, and since the designation means that the place will be cleaned up, the value of the land will go up.
When it comes to tourism, what tourist is going to know that a neighboring area is a Superfund site? Even if they do, the knowledge that the site is being cleaned up would make them check back every couple years, on a place that they otherwise want to visit.