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Gulf Oil Gusher: With last week's appearance by Tony "I want my life back" Hayward at the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce all the Sunday Talkies will be focused on the Belching Petroleum (BP) failed deep-sea well. Guardian UK reports in BP oil spill: Tony Hayward stonewalls Congress, "Hayward, who had been carefully coached by legal and media teams and was testifying under oath, failed to satisfy" sprinkling in memorable tidbits like "I had no prior knowledge" and the ever-popular "I don't recall". See Guardian UK's BP boss Tony Hayward faces Congress - as it happened for a great blow-by-blow account! So Meet the David goes full-out with their "Crisis in the Gulf" with HALEY BARBOUR, ED MARKEY and MARY LANDRIEU. Face the Bob goes with an All-Senate line-up featuring BARBARA BOXER, BILL NELSON, JOESEPH CAO and RICHARD SHELBY. Not to be outdone, State of the Candy gets her own All-Senate line-up with RICHARD LUGAR, DIANE FEINSTEIN, JOE LEIBERMAN and LISA MURKOWSKI. This Jake gets a one-on-one with Rahm Emanuel plus Fake Newser GRETA VAN SUSTERN! Speaking of Faux Snooze, look for SecDef BOB GATES and Minority "leader" bulldog MITCH MCCONNELL. Do check out the BTV Alerts and our regulars Peter B, Scott Horton, Bob Kincaid, Ring of Fire Radio and Max for much more info and news, including info about wikileaks' Julian Assange. See Max below for Glenn Greenwald's article, AntiWar Radio's Greenwald interview and Democracy Now Roundtable discussion for details. The Brick TeeVee team has the garden all finished and all the yard work done so we're going to take in some Interleague Play to see the Tribe @ Pirates at PNC Park! Enjoy your Sunday!

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IMPORTANT! MUST READ! From the Oil Drum! Editors' note for first-time visitors: What follows is a comment from a The Oil Drum reader. To read what The Oil Drum staff members are saying about the Deepwater Horizon Spill, please visit the front page. (Were the US government and BP more forthcoming with information and details, the situation would not be giving rise to so much speculation about what is actually going on in the Gulf. This should be run more like Mission Control at NASA than an exclusive country club function--it is a public matter--transparency, now!) CLICK HERE to read!

FULL COVERAGE of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico CATASTROPHE at BP Oil Spill
»»» Robert Reich @ Democracy NOW! WATCH Fmr. Labor Secretary Robert Reich: US Should Put BP Under Temporary Receivership During Gulf Coast Recovery
»»» Tom Engelhardt @ Democracy NOW! WATCH Tom Engelhardt on "The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s"
»»» Jeremy Scahill @ Democracy NOW! WATCH Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater Owner Erik Prince’s Rumored Move to UAE and Obama Admin’s Expansion of Special Forces Operations Abroad
»»» wikileaks @ Democracy NOW! We speak to Daniel Ellsberg, who’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers has made him perhaps the nation’s most famous whistleblower; Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of the Icelandic Parliament who has collaborated with Wikileaks and drafted a new Icelandic law protecting investigative journalists; and Glenn Greenwald, political and legal blogger for Salon.com. WATCH With Rumored Manhunt for Wikileaks Founder and Arrest of Alleged Leaker of Video Showing Iraq Killings, Obama Admin Escalates Crackdown on Whistleblowers of Classified Information
»»» Spill Roundtable @ Democracy NOW three guests: New Orleans attorney Monique Harden of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights; Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune; and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, widely recognized as one of the world’s most influential energy thinkers. WATCH Roundtable: NOLA Environmental Attorney Monique Harden, Sierra Club Exec Director Michael Brune and Leading Scientist Amory Lovins on the BP Oil Spill and the Way to a Green Energy Future

»»» GRITtv @ www.grittv.org with Laura Flanders
»»» NYU professor Greg Grandin @ GRITtv WATCH Greg Grandin: Beck, BP and Latin America’s Leadership
»»» Brave New Films @ GRITtv Our friends at Brave New Films pulled together this clip looking back at our fight in Afghanistan and asking the question: when will it be clear that we need to get out? WATCH Rethink Afghanistan: Worse Than Vietnam?
»»» NASCAR on TNT The Left Turn League makes right turns too in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma CA's Infineon Raceway! - Coverage begins at 3 pm et
»»» PGA on NBC U.S. Open Final Round live from Pepple Beach. Coverage begins at 3 pm et
»»» MLB on TBS INTERLEAGUE! Mets @ Yankees 1 ET Sun.
»»» MLB on ESPN INTERLEAGUE! Dodgers @ Red Sox 8 pm et

BTV ACTION ALERTS!! _©
Offshore Drilling is Not The Answer: Restore the Moratorium
from Surfrider Foundation (h/t jen)

The tragic and devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder that offshore oil drilling is not the answer.
The Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the ecologically rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico and continues to gush 210,000 gallons of oil into the sea every day. The spill remains unabated and now has the potential to become one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The unfolding catastrophe clearly illustrates that offshore drilling is not safe and new technology is not fool proof.
Tell the Obama Administration new drilling is NOT THE ANSWER. Our coasts and the economy they support cannot withstand anymore!
We are reminded why the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill led to state and federal moratoriums on offshore oil drilling. The tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico makes it clear that it is time once again time to restore those moratoriums.
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IRAQ: 4,406 Military Dead as of June 17, 2010
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The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises
Considering Democracy: 8 Things to ask your Representative

• This Week (ABC) with guest anchor ABC's Jake Tapper
  • Fact Checking ABC's "This Week" at NPR "On the Media" - Jake Tapper, interim host of ABC's "This Week," liked the idea of fact-checking his guests' comments, so he set up a partnership with Politifact, a non-partisan fact-checking organization. Tapper explains that as a host, you can only do so much fact-checking during the interview.
  PROGRAMMING NOTE: Christiane Amanpour Named 'This Week' Anchor - Amanpour starts as 'This Week' anchor in August.
  • White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
  • ROUNDTABLE: Greta Van Susteren of Fox News, George Will, NPR's Michel Martin, and Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations

• Face The Nation (CBS) Host Bob Schiefer
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La.
  • Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
  • Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

• 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • ASSAULT ON PELINDABA - Scott Pelley investigates the boldest assault ever on a facility containing weapons-grade uranium - a still-unsolved crime that could have had calamitous consequences had it been successful. Graham Messick and Michael Karzis are the producers.
  • BERNIE'S BILLIONS - The man in charge of recovering assets from Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff says there is about 18 billion still out there that he hopes to recover for victims of the scam. But it won't be easy. Morley Safer reports. Deirdre Naphin and Katy Textor are the producers

• Meet the Press (NBC) Host David Gregory
  • Meet the Facts at NPR "On the Media" - Last December, NYU professor Jay Rosen proposed something simple yet revolutionary: why don't the Sunday morning chat shows fact check their guests? After "Meet the Press" host David Gregory declined, two college students launched a website to do it for him. One of them, Chas Danner, explains what they're trying to accomplish.
  • Crisis in the Gulf - a special discussion for the full hour
  • Governor Haley Barbour (R) of Mississippi
  • Senator Mary Landrieu (D) of Louisiana
  • Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) of the Energy and Commerce Committee
  • fmr President of Shell Oil Company and author of "Why We Hate the Oil Companies," John Hofmeister
  • Katty Kay of the BBC
  • Exclusive! Ken Feinberg, the man who will implement and administer the $20 billion fund BP established to compensate victims of the disaster.

• State of the Union With Candy Crowley (CNN)
  At 9 AM ET, Candy talks to the power players: politicians, business leaders and international newsmakers who will make Monday morning's headlines. At NOON ET, Candy wraps it all up with fresh interviews and the best of the earlier hours.
  • Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
  • Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska

• HEAD ON RADIO with Bob Kincaid
  
  Headon Radio with Bob Kincaid 6 PM Eastern, 3 PM Pacific, 2300 GMT. Duration: 3 hrs. To be part of the conversation on Head-on Radio, call toll-free (877) 443-2366, or use our Liberal community line at 304-658-3333. Email: bob [at] headonradio [dot] com.
  Tuesday Interview with Sandra Steingraber! Tuesday June 15, 2010 (mp3)Sandra Steingraber is author of the book and movie "Livng Downstream". Amen to White Rose Society for the podcasts! Head On Radio needs our help! Donate HERE!

• The Peter B. Collins Show PODCAST!
  
  Listen at PeterBCollins.com!
  The Peter B. Collins Show covers American news and politics from the Left Coast. Veteran talk radio personality Peter B. Collins, based in San Francisco, delivers fresh interviews, commentary and analysis on a range of important topics, with views and voices you don’t often find in the corporate media. We are taking YOUR calls! Call 1-888-5-PETER-B toll free, that’s 1-888-573-8372 & Press 1 to leave a general comment.
  • Info on Podcast #141 Published on 14 June 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- Developing, Update: SC Senate Primary Results Challenged. Brad Friedman of Bradblog updates us on the developing story of possible election fraud in the 6/8 US Senate primary in South Carolina, where unknown Alvin Greene showed as the winner with 59% of the Democratic votes. The alleged loser, Judge Vic Rawl, announced today (6/14) that he is challenging the election results and made one of the clearest allegations from a candidate that electronic voting machines are a prime suspect.
  • Info on Podcast #142 Published on 15 June 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- The Internets: Social Network Bill of Rights, Legalize online gambling? Two reports on the web: first, attorney Lisa Borodkin reports from the conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy in San Jose. Borodkin and USC law professor Jack Lerner have proposed a bill of rights for social media; she discusses the real lack of privacy and control by users over Facebook and other sites, how most people are clueless about their exposure online, and that operators take advantage of user ignorance.
  More podcasts at PeterBCollins.com!

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://ringoffireradio.com and http://goleft.tv/ hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender
  Ring of Fire is now syndicated by Westwood One. Stay tuned for more info.
  Ring of Fire Radio - GoLeft TV - Robert F. Kennedy, Mike Papantonio, David Bender - Politics, Commentary, and News.
  This Week on Ring of Fire - posted June 18th, 2010
  • This week on Ring of Fire Radio, Ed Schultz, the host of MSNBC’s The Ed Show will be here to tell us how he helped America overcome the conventional wisdom that liberal radio wasn’t viable, and became one of the pioneers of liberal media – Which he talks about in his new book “Killer Politics: How Big Money and Bad Politics Are Destroying the Great American Middle Class.”
  • Cenk Uygur from the Young Turks will be joining us to talk about the protest he led last week in Washington to convince the Treasury Department to force Goldman Sachs to return billions of dollars worth of bailout money that the company actually claimed they didn’t need.
  • Russell Mokhiber from the corporate Crime Reporter will be here to tell us about the possibility of prosecuting Don Blankenship and other executives from Massey Coal for the mine collapse earlier this year that claimed the lives of 29 men.
  • Thomas Kennedy Lowenstein, activist and author of the terrific new novel, "The Ghost Detective" (and a New Orleans resident), will join David to talk about the news of the week from the Gulf and Tony Hayward’s shocking lack of memory and accountability.
  • And our friend Thom Hartman will step back into the Ring with a completely updated version of his prescient and tremendously important book, “Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People” – And How You Can Fight Back.” Buy this book and give it to EVERYONE you know!
  • And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, Daily Beast correspondent Rick Outzen will be here to give us an update on the oil washing ashore all along the Gulf Coast.
  • VIDEO! Papantonio: Republicans & Limbaugh Love BP - BP CEO Tony Hayward appeared before Congress today to tell Congressional leaders why his company has failed so badly in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, and whether or not BP allowed the accident to occur by cutting corners on safety measures. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews to give us the truth that Mr. Hayward was incapable of delivering today.
  • VIDEO! Papantonio: BP’s $20 Billion Down Payment - President Obama addressed the nation last night to discuss the oil spill and the government’s role in the ongoing issue. Unfortunately, most progressives believe that he failed at taking a stand and showing real leadership on the spill. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to tell us what Obama should be doing about the crisis.
  • And as always, we’ll be looking at all the news that the corporate-controlled media refuses to cover. And if you want to see the revolving door that has been uncovered between BP and the government, click here!
  • Join our blog at www.ringoffireradio.com. You can now SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST by clicking on the “Podcast” tab at the top of the Ring of Fire blog. Please help support progressive radio by signing up!
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio with David Bender: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm (4 pm on XM 167) featuring The PAP Attack! "We’ll bring you the stories that the mainstream media didn’t feel like reporting this week."

• On the Edge with Max Keiser Podcasts and more @ MaxKeiser.com!
  
  WHO IS MAX KEISER? Max Keiser is a financial expert, Prediction Markets analyst, inventor and filmmaker. He is the creator of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) the first Prediction Market. Max Keiser co-hosts “The Truth About Markets” on ResonanceFM 104.4 in London. He also produces and presents documentary films covering markets and finance for Al Jazeera’s “People & Power” series. Max Keiser started his career on Wall Street in 1983. He is the creator of KarmaBanque a site that enables activists to challenge corporate power.
  • Is Blackwater’s Christian Crusading Erik Prince Moving to No Extradition UAE? Stacy Summary: Erik Prince moving to Dubai? I don’t think Abu Dhabi is his style . . . certainly not a good place for operating a Crusade.
  • Glenn Greenwald on the strange & consequential case of Manning, Lamo & Wikileaks Stacy Summary: Okay, can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this story of Bradley Manning, Adrian Lamo and Wikileaks. READ The strange and consequential case of Bradley Manning, Adrian Lamo and WikiLeaks (Salon).
  • [OTE58] On the Edge with David DeGraw & Economic Death Squad Leader, Timothy Geithner Stacy Summary: Will upload the parts as they become available. Guest today is David DeGraw (here is his new site) to talk about his new report on financial terrorism. Also discussed is how the appearance of economic death squad leader, Timothy Geithner, at the head of the NY Fed should have been a warning sign.
  • [KR51] Keiser Report – Markets! Scandals! Bloodlust! Collapse! Stacy Summary: Today’s guest is Mike Ruppert. We talk about his film, Collapse, out on DVD today.
  • [KR52] Ready! Fire! Aim! Keiser Report on Economic Warfare 101 Stacy Summary: We look at the latest scandals of filling black holes of debt with austerity plans and imperial plans. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Cedric de Serigny of the School of Economic Warfare in Paris about rating agencies and financial terrorism.
  • [1138] The Truth About Markets – New Zealand – 16 June 2010 Stacy Summary: The Truth About Markets, New Zealand! Download show HERE (mp3)

• ANTIWAR RADIO with Scott Horton
  LIVE (9-11am Pacific, 12pm - 2pm Eastern) Plenty of archives too!
  Listen at Antiwar Radio
  • Scott Horton interviews Philip Weiss (mp3) 20:47 June 15, 2010. Investigative journalist Philip Weiss discusses the isolation of neoconservatives due to Israel’s bad behavior, Senator Charles Schumer’s odd justification for the Gaza blockade, why Hamas can and should be negotiated with.
  • Scott Horton interviews Kelley B. Vlahos (mp3) 18:45 June 16, 2010. Featured Antiwar.com columnist Kelley B. Vlahos discusses her coverage of the mainstream Democratic interventionist CNAS conference, the unprecedented politicization of military policy, public relations stunts disguised as war strategy initiatives and why think tanks that function only as echo chambers are not part of the reality-based community.
  • Scott Horton interviews Gareth Porter (mp3) 28:49 June 16, 2010. Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the impending “Iraq 2006 moment” Gen. McChrystal faces in Afghanistan, the political “fix” discussed at the June CNAS conference: Republican pressure on Obama to scrap the 2011 withdrawal timetable, the dogged American determination to continue unwinnable wars and the difference between Iran’s NPT comprehensive safeguards obligations and its temporary voluntary compliance with the much-ballyhooed Additional Protocol and code 3.1.
  • Scott Horton interviews Robert Parry (mp3) 29:04 June 17, 2010. Robert Parry, founder of ConsortiumNews.com, discusses the mainstream media’s persecution of journalist Gary Webb for daring to investigate the CIA/contra 1980s drug trafficking connection, how the empowered right wing media and associated personal-attack groups have created a generation of self-censoring and timid journalists, alternative media that can contest conventional wisdom but can’t compete with the MSM budget-wise and the recent hit pieces on classified documents leaker SPC. Bradley Manning.
  • Scott Horton interviews Jason Ditz (mp3) 18:15 June 17, 2010. Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the lies and half truths in Israel’s propaganda campaign against the Gaza aid flotilla, the media’s narrative change from “Israel attacks aid ship” to “Terrorists ambush Israeli soldiers,” how outlandish Israeli accusations capture media attention while rebuttals are mostly ignored, military censorship of news stories in Israel proper and evidence that the Gaza blockade is intended as collective punishment and not to “keep the weapons out.”
  • Scott Horton interviews Glenn Greenwald (mp3) 29:25 June 18, 2010. Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com blogger and former constitutional lawyer, discusses the SCOTUS decision not to hear the case of Canadian rendition/torture victim Maher Arar, the triumph of John Yoo’s theory of nearly unlimited executive power and the defeat of constitutional judicial oversight, how the Obama administration continues the Bush legacy of avoiding governmental accountability, how Wikileaks fills the government watchdog role abdicated by the overly deferential press corps and the resemblance of character attacks on Daniel Ellsberg and SPC Bradley Manning
  More interviews at Antiwar Radio!

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  • Sec. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
  • Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R) Kentucky / Minority Leader

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Brick TeeVee Mixed Bag Sunday!

Your Guest List for Sunday's Talking Head News Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media PLUS reports from the best lib/prog media! If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have please share below. DEBUNK HERE! Throw Bricks!
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Mixed Bag Sunday: So much crap, so little time! North Korea, Afghanistan, jobless "recovery", Greece, Spain, the IMF, Austerity Measures everywhere, the Kwazy (mostly untrue) Angst about the deficit, teabagger primary victories on faulty vote counting machines, fallout from the illegal Israel actions against the humanitarian aid flotilla and Helen Thomas! Oh and that Bloviating Perjurers (BP) massive oil gusher threatening the entire Gulf of Mexico where there are no oil plumes, gushing at the rate of a Valdez every THREE DAYS since it started April 20th (see below). Face the Bob seems to be the place to start with Gulf State "Small Gummint" Guvnors CHARLIE CRIST (I-FL), HALEY BARBOUR (R-MS) and BOB RILEY (R-AL) plus Chief Government Bloviator U.S. Coast Guard Admiral THAD ALLEN. Riley also cries about Big Government on State of Candy, joining Small Government teabagger MIKE PENCE (R-IN) to "battle" House Majority Whip (aka Blue Dog) JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC). Meet the David goes with top WH Dissembler DAVID AXELROD while This Jake gets Dem Apologists JOHN KERRY and STENY HOYER. Throw bricks at BILL GATES for giving us Windows ME and Vista and the worst $259 India tech support the world has ever seen! Then watch ROBERT RIECH tell George Will he's "short" in the critical thinking department during the roundtable segment! To get serious info check Peter B with JASON LEOPOLD, Scott Horton AntiWar Radio with the REAL SCOTT HORTON, DANIEL ELSBERG and GARETH PORTER, Max Keiser with MICHAEL HUDSON and VINCENT FERNANDO, Ring of Fire Radio plus our BTV alerts. We leave you with Glenn Greenwald The Democratic Party and Blanche Lincoln who points out, "Tuesday night in Lincoln's narrow victory, brightly illuminates what the Democratic Party establishment is. Lincoln is supposedly one of those "centrist"/conservative/corporatist Senators who thwarts the good-hearted progressive agenda of the President and the Party. She repeatedly joined with Republicans to support the extremist Bush/Cheney Terrorism agenda (from the the Protect America Act to the Iraq War and virtually everything in between), serves the corporate interests that run Washington as loyally as any member of Congress, and even threatened to join the GOP in filibustering health care reform if it contained the public option which Obama claimed he wanted. Obama loyalists constantly point to the Blanche Lincolns of the world to justify why the Party scorns the values of their voters: Obama can't do anything about these bad Democratic Senators; it's not his fault if he doesn't have the votes, they insist. Lincoln's 12-year record in the Senate is so awful that she has severely alienated virtually every important Democratic constituency group -- other than the large corporate interests that fund and control the Party...In other words, Obama exploited the trust that African-American voters place in him to tell them something that is just absurd: that Blanche Lincoln, one of the most corporatist members of Congress, works for their interests. Bill Clinton did the same with the Arkansas voters who still trust him. " while Brad Freidman of BradBlog notes in Fears 'Come to Full Flower' in Garland County, AR, Polling Place Closure Fiasco "Garland Election Commissioner Charles Tapp had unilaterally (without the vote of his two other commissioners) decided to reduce the number of polling locations from 42 during the general primary on May 18th, to just 2 for today's run-off primary. The decision is expected to most drastically affect Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who did exceptionally well in the county during the general Democratic primary in his now-very-tight race against incumbent U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln. After Tapp had announced that an additional polling place would be opened last Saturday for early voting to ease the expected crowds today, he changed his mind at the last moment, and "hundreds of voters" are said to have shown up on Saturday, without being allowed to vote. Today, long lines and parking problems are being reported at the county's only two open polling places, after 12,000 had cast votes in the general primary on May 8th...Max Brantley at the Arkansas Times calls it a "cluster#@%*":" Get more info with Brad on Peter B Collins below! We hope your Victory Gardens are flourishing! We will have the last plantings in this week as we concoct yet another barrier to the wildlife that ate most of last year's crop! Enjoy yer Sunday!

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

FULL COVERAGE of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico CATASTROPHE at BP Oil Spill
»»» Tim Dickinson @ Democracy NOW! In his most recent article 'The Spill, the Scandal, and the President' Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson writes, "Though George W. Bush paved the way for the catastrophe, it was Obama who gave BP the green light to drill." Dickinson explores how Interior Secretary Ken Salazar kept in place the oil industry-friendly environmental guidelines that Bush had implemented and ultimately let BP, an oil company with the worst safety record, to get away with murder. WATCH Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson on the Inside Story of How Obama Let the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Company Get Away with Murder.
»»» Jeff Biggers @ Democracy NOW! The United Mine Workers of America and families of victims killed in the West Virginia coal mine explosion recently filed suit in federal court to open up the federal investigation. We speak to journalist Jeff Biggers. WATCH Mine Workers Union and Families Sue to Open Federal Probe into Deadly Massey Coal Mine Explosion
»»» Scientist Ira Leifer @ Democracy NOW! Researcher in the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a member of the government’s Flow Rate Technical Group Ira Leifer says the oil may be gushing out at a rate of more than 100,000 barrels a day, a number that BP once called its worst-case scenario. WATCH Scientist: BP Well Could Be Leaking 100,000 Barrels of Oil a Day
»»» Illegal torture @ Democracy NOW! A new report from Physicians for Human Rights accuses the Bush administration of conducting illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on prisoners in CIA custody. WATCH Experiments in Torture: Medical Group Accuses CIA of Carrying Out Illegal Human Experimentation
»»» Mavi Marmara video @ Democracy NOW In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we bring you a sneak preview of previously unseen raw footage from the Mavi Marmara that will be formally released at a press conference at the United Nations later in the day. WATCH EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla

»»» GRITtv @ www.grittv.org with Laura Flanders
»»» The F Word @ GRITtv Most notably businesswomen -- Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman the latest incarnation of a familiar breed - the faux feminist populist. You go girl -- the slogan was already snagged by Sarah Palin. WATCH The F Word: The Pain Of FauxFeminist Populism
»»» Bernie Sanders @ GRITtv Instead of cutting services in the name of some myth of austerity, Sanders suggests cutting tax loopholes and subsidies to oil companies in a new bill he just put forth in the Senate. The money we take in making oil companies pay their fair share could pay for extending unemployment benefits and health care. Meanwhile, Sanders also tells us about his home state's plan to push toward a single-payer health care system, lowering costs and providing true universal care for all. He thinks they can do it. WATCH Bernie Sanders: Taxing Oil To Pay For Health Care
»»» "Cost of War" @ GRITtv Najla Said and Karen Malpede join us in studio to discuss the play, the role of theater in communicating between people, and why they felt compelled to produce this project. WATCH Prophecy: The Human Cost of War
»»» NASCAR on TNT Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at the Michigan International Speedway! - Coverage begins at 1 pm et
»»» MLB on TBS INTERLEAGUE! Rookie Phenom Pitcher Stephen Strasburg and Nationals visit Indians and David Huff, 1 ET Sun.
»»» MLB on ESPN INTERLEAGUE! White Sox @ Cubs 8 pm et

BTV ACTION ALERTS!! _©
Offshore Drilling is Not The Answer: Restore the Moratorium
from Surfrider Foundation (h/t jen)

The tragic and devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder that offshore oil drilling is not the answer.
The Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the ecologically rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico and continues to gush 210,000 gallons of oil into the sea every day. The spill remains unabated and now has the potential to become one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The unfolding catastrophe clearly illustrates that offshore drilling is not safe and new technology is not fool proof.
Tell the Obama Administration new drilling is NOT THE ANSWER. Our coasts and the economy they support cannot withstand anymore!
We are reminded why the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill led to state and federal moratoriums on offshore oil drilling. The tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico makes it clear that it is time once again time to restore those moratoriums.
GO HERE NOW!
MOVE TO AMEND
MOVE TO AMEND.ORG --
SIGN HERE NOW!
Also visit Rep Alan Grayson's site www.savedemocracy.net

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©
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The essential guide for watching government propaganda
IRAQ: 4,405 Military Dead as of June 11, 2010
AFGHANISTAN: 1,114 Military Dead as of June 11, 2010
The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises
Considering Democracy: 8 Things to ask your Representative

• This Week (ABC) with guest anchor ABC's Jake Tapper
  • Fact Checking ABC's "This Week" at NPR "On the Media" - Jake Tapper, interim host of ABC's "This Week," liked the idea of fact-checking his guests' comments, so he set up a partnership with Politifact, a non-partisan fact-checking organization. Tapper explains that as a host, you can only do so much fact-checking during the interview.
  PROGRAMMING NOTE: Christiane Amanpour Named 'This Week' Anchor - Amanpour starts as 'This Week' anchor in August.
  • House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry
  • Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates
  • ROUNDTABLE: George Will, Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and former Republican Congressman Tom Davis

• Face The Nation (CBS) Host Bob Schiefer
  • Florida Governor Charlie Crist
  • Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour
  • Alabama Governor Bob Riley
  • U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen

• 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • CYBER WAR - Could foreign hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the world's infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nation’s military arsenal, to create havoc? They already have. Steve Kroft reports. Graham Messick is the producer.
  • THE GREAT EXPLORER - Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic, the Bismarck and the PT 109 and now 60 MINUTES cameras are there for his latest discovery, 1,500 feet down in the Aegean Sea off Turkey. Lara Logan reports. Max McClellan is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT

• Meet the Press (NBC) Host David Gregory
  • Meet the Facts at NPR "On the Media" - Last December, NYU professor Jay Rosen proposed something simple yet revolutionary: why don't the Sunday morning chat shows fact check their guests? After "Meet the Press" host David Gregory declined, two college students launched a website to do it for him. One of them, Chas Danner, explains what they're trying to accomplish.
  • President Obama's Senior Adviser, David Axelrod.
  • ROUNDTABLE: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Carly Fiorina, & Democratic Congresswoman from Florida and Vice Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Presidential Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Politico's Roger Simon, and NBC News' Chuck Todd.

• State of the Union With Candy Crowley (CNN)
  At 9 AM ET, Candy talks to the power players: politicians, business leaders and international newsmakers who will make Monday morning's headlines. At NOON ET, Candy wraps it all up with fresh interviews and the best of the earlier hours.
  • Gov. Bob Riley (R-Alabama)
  • House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Indiana)
  • House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-South Carolina)
  • the Economist's Greg Ip
  • former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

• HEAD ON RADIO with Bob Kincaid
  
  Headon Radio with Bob Kincaid 6 PM Eastern, 3 PM Pacific, 2300 GMT. Duration: 3 hrs. To be part of the conversation on Head-on Radio, call toll-free (877) 443-2366, or use our Liberal community line at 304-658-3333. Email: bob [at] headonradio [dot] com.
  Bob Kincaid at the America's Future Now Conference in Washington DC! Monday June 7, 2010 (mp3)Bob James joins Bob Kincaid LIVE from DC! Amen to White Rose Society for the podcasts!

• The Peter B. Collins Show PODCAST!
  
  Listen at PeterBCollins.com!
  The Peter B. Collins Show covers American news and politics from the Left Coast. Veteran talk radio personality Peter B. Collins, based in San Francisco, delivers fresh interviews, commentary and analysis on a range of important topics, with views and voices you don’t often find in the corporate media. We are taking YOUR calls! Call 1-888-5-PETER-B toll free, that’s 1-888-573-8372 & Press 1 to leave a general comment.
  • Info on Podcast #139 Published on 09 June 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- Jason Leopold exposes human medical experiments on detainees. Leopold is a regular contributor to the PBC Show, and an editor at Truthout.org. His chilling report is based on a study just released by Physicians for Human Rights. The medical experiments were linked to the legal memos from Yoo and Bybee trying to re-define torture and game the Geneva conventions.
  • Info on Podcast #140 Published on 11 June 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- Super Tuesday Electile Dysfunction. Journalist Brad Friedman of Bradblog reports on election irregularities in the June 8 primary elections, and delivers an excloo to the PBC Show: the largest private voting company in America now….is a Canadian company that does not have clear ownership of some of its key software. Brad details his own painful experience trying to vote in L.A. on an electronic device intended for the blind–which malfunctioned in numerous ways over 2+ hours as poll workers tried to get it to work properly–and failing. Brad also raises important questions about Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s alleged victory in Arkansas, where Garland County reduced the number of polling places from more than 40 in the primary to only 2 in the runoff, suppressing turnout in a very tight race. Friedman recaps the Supreme Court action that guts Arizona’s clean election system, without even holding a hearing. And birther Orly Taitz is the focus of several jokes: thanks for being there for us, Orly!
  More podcasts at PeterBCollins.com!

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://ringoffireradio.com and http://goleft.tv/ hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender
  Ring of Fire is now syndicated by Westwood One. Stay tuned for more info.
  Ring of Fire Radio - GoLeft TV - Robert F. Kennedy, Mike Papantonio, David Bender - Politics, Commentary, and News.
  This Week on Ring of Fire - posted June 11th, 2010
  • This week on Ring of Fire Radio, David Bender is on the road, but we’ll check in with him later on to get some insight and analysis into this week’s primary elections.
  • Our good friend Sam Seder will be back on the air with us again to talk about some of the biggest news stories that made headlines this past week, and some of the big news that never saw the light of day.
  • We’ll also check in with blogger David DeGraw, who has uncovered some evidence that indicates that the flash crash of the stock market that occurred back in May might have actually been the work of the financial tricksters at Goldman Sachs.
  • We’ll also be talking with Congressman Tom Perriello about his fight to close the tax loopholes that US corporations have been abusing for decades
  • And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, Daily Beast correspondent Rick Outzen and Cook Inletkeeper Bob Shavelson will be here to give us an update on the oil washing ashore all along the Gulf Coast, and the possible health effects we could start seeing in the near future.
  • VIDEO! RFK, Jr. Discusses Health Effects of Oil Spill - While most of the news reports on BP’s oil geyser in the Gulf of Mexico have focused on the environmental impact of the oil, very few are talking about an equally serious issue, which is the impact this oil is going to have on human health. And to complicate the matter, BP is dumping dangerous dispersant chemicals on the oil that have been banned in other areas of the world because they can be even deadlier than the oil. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. talks about some of the potential impacts we could witness as a result of this oil spill with Dr. Riki Ott, one of the leading experts on the impact of oil spills on human health.
  • VIDEO! Fighting Corporate Campaign Influence - When the Supreme Court issued their ruling earlier this year in the Citizens’ United case, they opened the floodgates for corporate money to finally have complete control over our election process. Luckily, there are still a few members of congress willing to fight for us, and now legislation has been introduced that would force corporations to disclose what they pay for. For example, if Exxon wants to run a smear campaign against a Democratic Senator, that ad must clearly state that Exxon paid it for. That’s just one of the many items featured in legislation proposed by Congressman Chris Van Hollen, and he recently spoke to Mike Papantonio about how he’s working to undo the damage caused by our Supreme Court.
  • And as always, we’ll be looking at all the news that the corporate-controlled media refuses to cover. And if you want to see the revolving door that has been uncovered between BP and the government, click here!
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• On the Edge with Max Keiser Podcasts and more @ MaxKeiser.com!
  
  WHO IS MAX KEISER? Max Keiser is a financial expert, Prediction Markets analyst, inventor and filmmaker. He is the creator of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) the first Prediction Market. Max Keiser co-hosts “The Truth About Markets” on ResonanceFM 104.4 in London. He also produces and presents documentary films covering markets and finance for Al Jazeera’s “People & Power” series. Max Keiser started his career on Wall Street in 1983. He is the creator of KarmaBanque a site that enables activists to challenge corporate power.
  • Max & Stacy News: “Truth About Markets: USA” Show Debuts on GCN June 26th Stacy Summary: Genesis Communications Network (GCN), home of the “Alex Jones Show” begins syndicating a new Max & Stacy “Truth About Markets: USA” show on June 26th. This new show will build on “TAM: London” and “TAM: New Zealand” bringing radio listeners the views and opinions of Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert. For 7 years, Max & Stacy have been recommending listeners to buy gold and to view the global markets as a corrupt racket run by bank and government insiders.
  • Pressure Mounts for Financial Terrorist Goldman Sachs. Will The Wolf Pack Attack? MAX says: Who will declare bankruptcy first; Eco(logic) Terrorist British Petroleum or Eco(nomic) Terrorist Goldman Sachs? “Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s $2 billion Hudson Mezzanine collateralized debt obligation, sold in 2006, is the target of a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.” “In a separate case, Goldman Sachs was sued by Australian hedge fund Basis Capital for $1 billion. In the suit, filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court, Basis claims it was forced into insolvency after buying mortgage-linked securities that the firm created and one of its executives termed “one shi**y deal.” READ Goldman Sachs Hudson CDO Said to Be Target of Second SEC Probe.
  • [OTE58] On the Edge with David DeGraw & Economic Death Squad Leader, Timothy Geithner Stacy Summary: Will upload the parts as they become available. Guest today is David DeGraw (here is his new site) to talk about his new report on financial terrorism. Also discussed is how the appearance of economic death squad leader, Timothy Geithner, at the head of the NY Fed should have been a warning sign.
  • [KR49] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! And Michael Hudson! Stacy Summary: In this episode, we look at the scandals of financial wiseguys that ‘know nothing,’ including famed ‘value investor,’ Warren Buffett who says he knows nothing about his investments and nothing about how ratings contributed to the housing bubble. In the second half of the show, Max interviews economist Michael Hudson about the Latvian economy and real liberal economics.
  • [KR50] Keiser Report – Sucking Gold & Slurping Silver with Freddie, Fannie & Confucius Stacy Summary: We look at “sucking gold and slurping silver” with Goldman Sachs in China and at banks refusing to buy back their toxic loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Vincent Fernando of Business Insider about debt deflation, wage inflation and austerity measures.
  • [1135] Pilot Episode 1 – Truth About Markets – USA Stacy Summary: Here is a test pilot episode for our Truth About Markets USA. It begins airing live on GCN from Saturday, 26 June. Artwork and more goodies coming soon. Download show HERE (mp3)
  • [1136] The Truth About Markets USA – Pilot Episode 2 – 11 June 2010 Stacy Summary: Here is a second pilot episode; I just saw a draft of some of the artwork for the program . . . looking awesome! Download show HERE (mp3)
  • [1137] Truth About Iraq’s Water Problems – London – 12 June 2010 Stacy Summary: Here it is. In this episode we refer to this article which I believe I first read in the Herald Tribune.. . . Download show HERE (mp3)

• ANTIWAR RADIO with Scott Horton
  LIVE (9-11am Pacific, 12pm - 2pm Eastern) Plenty of archives too!
  Listen at Antiwar Radio
  • Scott Horton interviews Dean Ahmad(mp3) 23:56 June 5, 2010. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, founder of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, discusses his remembrance of better times in Palestine, Israeli apologists who have long departed the reality-based community, how the Ottoman Empire functioned as a sanctuary for Jews persecuted in Europe, the land (not religious) dispute at the core of Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the seeming inability of pro-Israel Americans to differentiate facts from propaganda.
  • Scott Horton interviews Nick Baumann (mp3) 17:32 June 8, 2010. Nick Baumann, assistant editor at Mother Jones, discusses the Physicians for Human Rights study that alleges prisoners in CIA custody were used as guinea pigs, how experimentation with torture combinations was meant to bolster the legality and effectiveness of “enhanced” interrogations, the close collaboration of doctors and psychologists with CIA torturers, revised prisoner experimentation rules in the 2006 Military Commissions Act and how government-perpetrated barbarism seems to be the new normal.
  • Scott Horton interviews Gareth Porter (mp3) 28:54 June 8, 2010. Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the CIA drone operators who believe their own jobs are counterproductive, how the Obama administration caters to domestic public opinion by extending policies that sound tough even though they are ineffective, US intelligence gathering on Iran that focuses on worst-case scenarios rather than plausible outcomes and why US military expansionism can’t keep pace with the newly radicalized populations it creates.
  • Scott Horton interviews Jason Ditz (mp3) 16:17 June 8, 2010 Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the reports emerging from flotilla activists released from Israeli custody, why the fleeting nature of media news cycles may defeat efforts to debunk Israel’s propaganda blitz and the missing-in-action official US government response to the killing of Furkan Dogan.
  • Scott Horton interviews The Other Scott Horton (mp3) 42:47 June 9, 2010. The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses Israel’s failure to uphold the mark of a (somewhat) benevolent state: a high threshold for using deadly force against civilians, Israel’s purposeful destruction of Gaza’s economy to encourage deserters, the ignoble end of Helen Thomas’s estimable career in journalism, the “good faith” defense for CIA torturers dreamed up by Dick Cheney and justified by the OLC “torture memos,” the junk science used by doctors and psychologists to quantify acceptable pain levels inflicted on prisoners, the US departure from precedents set by Nuremberg war crimes prosecutions, a possible “Guantanamo suicides” link to CIA torture experimentation at Camp “No” and the likely existence of more CIA “interrogation” videos.
  • Scott Horton interviews Daniel Ellsberg (mp3) 33:12 June 9, 2010. Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses Specialist Bradley Manning’s arrest for passing classified information to Wikileaks, the unfortunate negative connotations of the “whistleblower” moniker, how Obama has decriminalized torture, 260,000 possible sources of embarrassment for the State Department and the Obama administration’s eager prosecution of whistleblowers.
  More interviews at Antiwar Radio!

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  • Amb. Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the United Nations

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D-Day: Wiki explains, "The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 AM British Double Summer Time (UTC+2)". Back then there were the Good Guys (the Allies) and the Bad Guys (the Axis of Germany, Italy and Japan). Today, it seems, there are no "good" guys or "bad" guys on one side or the other. Instead there are transnational actors that do whatever they want whenever they want. Take transnational actor BP who can dictate to the FAA and the U.S Coast Guard and each and every State along the Gulf Coast who gets access and who doesn't. Or perhaps transnational "banks" like JPMC, Goldman-Sachs and others who can CRUSH entire economies at will. Of course we're told that al Qaeiouda are the "bad" actors, "Threats to America and our allies" while transnationals rape, pillage and plunder everywhere they go, leaving pollution and economic decimation in their wake with absolutely no responsibility to clean up the messes they've left. From the old uranium mines in Utah and the old asbestos mines in Montana to the Exxon Valdez, Chevron's pollution in Ecuador, Massey mountaintop destruction, GE's Hudson River PCB contamination and so many more examples of Corporations Gone Wild, the earth and its peoples are left scarred and the companies responsible for the damages get off the hook free and clear of ANY restitution or reparations. Those responsibilities are left to the citizens and their governments to pay for while the Corporations get to keep all their ill-gotten gain. CASE IN POINT: U.S. Supreme Court orders reduction in Exxon Valdez award: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a fractured ruling, said punitive damages are allowed in a lawsuit over the 1989 Valdez oil spill but that lower courts should reduce the $2.5 billion award. Justice David Souter, in the court's majority opinion, said the punitive damages award should be brought into line with $287 million in compensatory damages awarded against Exxon in the lawsuit. "The award here should be limited to an amount equal to compensatory damages," Souter wrote. The case before the court was brought separately by a class of 32,677 fishermen and other interests that had business disrupted by the oil spill. The case has been in litigation for 13 years, a timeframe in which the plaintiffs allege 20% of those eligible for damages have died. The transnationals know they only need to LITIGATE, LITIGATE, LITIGATE, look for technicalities and APPEAL how THEY were wronged, with their armies of attorneys and lobbyists. By the way, the $287M Exxon was "fined" from this SCOTUS ruling dwarfs Exxon shatters profit records: Oil giant makes corporate history by booking $11.7 billion in quarterly profit; earns $1,300 a second in 2007. So even if they LOST in the SCOTUS the $2.5B they were originally ordered to pay STILL would have left them with $9.2B profit from ONE QUARTER! (FYI, both of these articles and their figures are from early 2008). And in an ongoing case Filmmaker's Battle With Chevron Gains Support of The New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Dow Jones, AP, Hearst, Gannett and The Washington Post: Chevron's attempt to view more than 600 hours of private video outtakes from celebrated filmmaker Joe Berlinger is now being opposed by The New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, Dow Jones, the Associated Press, the Hearst Newspapers, the Daily News, and the Gannett Company, according to court papers filed this week by one of the nation's leading First Amendment lawyers. In a "friend of the court" brief filed Tuesday, Abrams wrote that the amount of footage Chevron is seeking from Berlinger appears to be "the largest amount of film outtakes in American history" subject to a subpoena. "Never before … has a court confronted with the journalist's privilege approved production of a body of work approaching the elephantine amount of material at issue here," Abrams wrote in the brief. "Chevron's attempt to see the film footage is a sideshow designed to delay a trial where thousands of indigenous people are seeking relief for an environmental catastrophe created by Chevron," said Ilan Maazel, who represents the plaintiffs. DELAY. STALL. DENY. Look for technicalities. APPEAL. Chevron also had this case MOVED to Ecuador thinking it might have an easier time in an Ecuador Court! See War Paint and Lawyers: Rainforest Indians versus Big Oil at GregPalast.com and CRUDE: The REAL Price of Oil for the back story. Now sit back and watch over these next weeks, months and years how Brilliant Pathologists (BP) will swarm, squirm, wrangle and bend the legal systems in the U.S. in much the same way Exxon and Chevron have done. Meanwhile don't look for Billionaire Profiteer Tony "I want my life back" Hayward on any show this Sunday, who will tell the WH Limo to pick up his lap dog ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN for meet-n-greets on Fake Snooze, Face the Bob, State of the Candy and This Jake. Throw bricks at LIZ CHENEY on This Jake while yer at it and all the other thugs you see. Lastly, we have no words for the illegal actions by Israel against the Free Palestine Aid Flotilla. Please see much more coverage below but we can add this item from Consortium News Gaza Boat Activists Deny Israeli Story By Dennis Bernstein and Jesse Strauss. "With a bloody raid on the “Freedom Flotilla,” Israel has demonstrated, once again, its willingness to kill innocents in order to sustain its punishing blockade on the Gaza strip, even when doing so raises more and more questions about nuclear-armed Israel’s national sanity." You can find our letter to Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and more HERE.

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»»» Free Palestine Flotilla @ Democracy NOW! WATCH As Obama Refuses to Condemn Flotilla Assault, Survivors Recount Shootings, Beatings Aboard Mavi Marmara.
»»» USS Liberty Survivor Joe Meadors @ Democracy NOW! WATCH 43 Years After Surviving Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, US Veteran Joe Meadors Seized by Israeli Forces on Gaza Aid Flotilla
»»» Huwaida Arraf, Retired Army Col. Ann Wright @ Democracy NOW! WATCH Flotilla Passengers Huwaida Arraf of Free Gaza Movement and Retired Army Col. Ann Wright Respond to Israeli Claims on Deadly Assault
»»» Ed Peck @ Democracy NOW! Former US Ambassador Edward Peck was on the Gaza aid flotilla that came under attack by Israeli forces. At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded. Peck says Israel’s explanation for the attack is "twisting the truth" and is "as full of holes as a window screen." WATCH Israel’s Explanation for Deadly Gaza Aid Attack "Full of Holes as a Window Screen"–Former US Ambassador Edward Peck
»»» Democracy NOW! in Gulf! Over the past several days, Democracy Now! traveled across the bayous and towns of coastal Louisiana meeting the people on the front lines of the onrush of BP’s oil slick. WATCH On Front Lines of BP Oil Spill: Democracy Now! Travels Across Coastal Louisiana

»»» GRITtv @ www.grittv.org with Laura Flanders
»»» The F Word @ GRITtv A picture's worth a thousand words, but what those words are depends a whole lot in American media, at least, on pre-existing official attitudes. Take the picture of Neda Agha-Soltan -- last year, she became the face of Iranian resistance after a YouTube clip circulated showing the young protestor’s tragic death. Yet the video from the activists on the Freedom Flotilla has been described as a weapon, worthy of attack. WATCH The F Word: Flotilla Video as a Weapon
»»» AZ Immigration law protest @ GRITtv While the world focused on the Freedom Flotilla and the BP oil still pouring into the Gulf, activists from around the U.S. converged in Arizona to protest the state's recent anti-immigrant legislation this past weekend. Recent GRITtv guest Marco Amador was there and sent us this report. WATCH Thousands Protest SB 1070 in Arizona
»»» Jeff Biggers, Stephanie Pistello, Jim Shultz @ GRITtv WATCH Coal Free Future, Still Alive in Gaza, and Jim Shultz
»»» Tennis on NBC French Open: Women’s and Men’s Finals! Coverage begins at 8 am et (no MTP)
»»» NASCAR on FOX Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 at Pocono Raceway! The Left Turn League gets to make 600 left turns on the 2.5 mile tri-oval! - Coverage begins at 1 pm et
»»» MLB on TBS Burnett and Yanks head north to face Jays, 1 ET Sun.
»»» MLB on ESPN Brewers @ Cardinals 8 pm et

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The tragic and devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder that offshore oil drilling is not the answer.
The Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the ecologically rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico and continues to gush 210,000 gallons of oil into the sea every day. The spill remains unabated and now has the potential to become one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The unfolding catastrophe clearly illustrates that offshore drilling is not safe and new technology is not fool proof.
Tell the Obama Administration new drilling is NOT THE ANSWER. Our coasts and the economy they support cannot withstand anymore!
We are reminded why the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill led to state and federal moratoriums on offshore oil drilling. The tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico makes it clear that it is time once again time to restore those moratoriums.
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• This Week (ABC) with guest anchor ABC's Jake Tapper
  • Fact Checking ABC's "This Week" at NPR "On the Media" - Jake Tapper, interim host of ABC's "This Week," liked the idea of fact-checking his guests' comments, so he set up a partnership with Politifact, a non-partisan fact-checking organization. Tapper explains that as a host, you can only do so much fact-checking during the interview.
  PROGRAMMING NOTE: Christiane Amanpour Named 'This Week' Anchor - Amanpour starts as 'This Week' anchor in August.
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  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry
  • National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn
  • ROUNDTABLE: George Will, Markos Moulitsas, Arianna Huffington and Liz Cheney

• Face The Nation (CBS) Host Bob Schiefer
  • Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard, National Incident Commander
  • Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
  • Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News Investigative Correspondent
  • Dan Balz, Washington Post
  • Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent

• 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • THE SWINDLER - To understand how Bernard Madoff could have done what he did, listen to so-called "mini-Madoff" Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier tell Steve Kroft in his first television interview how he scammed $400 million. Ira Rosen is the producer.
  • THE CASE AGAINST NADA PROUTY - Former FBI and CIA terrorism fighter Nada Prouty was herself accused of aiding terrorism, but in her first interview, she denies she was anything other than a patriot. Scott Pelley investigates her case. Graham Messick is the producer.

• Meet the Press (NBC) Host David Gregory
  • Meet the Facts at NPR "On the Media" - Last December, NYU professor Jay Rosen proposed something simple yet revolutionary: why don't the Sunday morning chat shows fact check their guests? After "Meet the Press" host David Gregory declined, two college students launched a website to do it for him. One of them, Chas Danner, explains what they're trying to accomplish.
  • Meet the Press will not air this Sunday, June 6, due to coverage of the French Open

• State of the Union With Candy Crowley (CNN)
  At 9 AM ET, Candy talks to the power players: politicians, business leaders and international newsmakers who will make Monday morning's headlines. At NOON ET, Candy wraps it all up with fresh interviews and the best of the earlier hours.
  • Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Gov. Charlie Crist, I-Fla.
  • Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, D-Ark.
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.

• HEAD ON RADIO with Bob Kincaid
  
  Headon Radio with Bob Kincaid 6 PM Eastern, 3 PM Pacific, 2300 GMT. Duration: 3 hrs. To be part of the conversation on Head-on Radio, call toll-free (877) 443-2366, or use our Liberal community line at 304-658-3333. Email: bob [at] headonradio [dot] com.
  Prayer Meetin' Wednesday! Wednesday June 6, 2010 (mp3) High Pope Brother Bob from the Cathedral of Commen Sense! Amen for White Rose Society for the podcasts!

• The Peter B. Collins Show PODCAST!
  
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  The Peter B. Collins Show covers American news and politics from the Left Coast. Veteran talk radio personality Peter B. Collins, based in San Francisco, delivers fresh interviews, commentary and analysis on a range of important topics, with views and voices you don’t often find in the corporate media. We are taking YOUR calls! Call 1-888-5-PETER-B toll free, that’s 1-888-573-8372 & Press 1 to leave a general comment.
  • Info on Podcast #137 Published on 04 June 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- Jeffrey Kaye on immigration. Kaye is the former correspondent for the PBS Newshour and author of Moving Millions: How Coyote Capitalism Fuels Global Immigration. The book takes a thoughtful look at the complex set of factors that cause people to cross borders for work, the history of waves of migration and American xenophobia, starting with the anti-Chinese actions dating to the late 1800’s. You’ll hear Meg Whitman’s anti-immigrant screed in the current California governor’s race (with a bad cameo from former Gov. Pete Wilson), a discussion of H1-B visas and their abuse by US corporations, and the recent legislation in Arizona. Kaye offers history, economics and context for the so-called “debate” on immigration in the US today, along with rational analysis–all the things that are missing from the mainstream media’s coverage.
  • Info on Podcast #136 Published on 24 May 2010 by admin in Podcast Info -- California Special! PBC was asked by listener Ethan Knox to comment on the June 8 primary election. While he does not explicitly endorse candidates or tell you how to vote, your over-opinionated humble host is quite willing to tell you how he’s going to vote: Republican. That’s right, as an independent (decline-to-state) voter in California, Mr. Collins will be voting against the mega-wealthy corporate tools, Meg Whitman and Carlyfornication Fiorina. This podcast covers the races for governor, statewide constitutional offices, Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, and 5 ballot measures, including 2 insidious initiatives openly written and promoted by corporations. And PBC apologizes for the reduced podcast schedule as he leaves for a week’s vacation; he pledges to deliver more podcasts starting in June.
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  This Week on Ring of Fire - posted June 4th, 2010
  • This week on Ring of Fire Radio, Joe Brewer from the Cognitive Policy Works institute will be here to tell us how the GOP manipulates people’s emotions, causing them to feel disgusted and repulsed by words like “liberal” and “healthcare reform.”
  • Our friend Stephanie Miller will step into the Ring to talk about how Republicans in Fox clothing aren’t doing as well as they like to pretend.
  • Congressman Michael Capuano will brief us on his legislative efforts to rein in the influence of big money on the political process and to create a system of real shareholder accountability for these “Corporations Gone Wild!”
  • And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, Casi Callaway from the Mobile Baykeepers will be joining us to talk about the dangerous oil plumes hiding beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico that could potentially create hundreds of square miles of new dead zones in the Gulf.
  • VIDEO! Papantonio: Let’s Start BP Prosecutions Attorney General Eric Holder was on the Gulf Coast to meet with State Attorney Generals about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But can we trust an AG who worked at one of the biggest corporate defense firms in the world? Mike Papantonio says no, and he recently went on The Thom Hartmann Program to tell us why, as well as to discuss the latest developments in the case.
  • And as always, we’ll be looking at all the news that the corporate-controlled media refuses to cover. And if you want to see the revolving door that has been uncovered between BP and the government, click here!
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• On the Edge with Max Keiser Podcasts and more @ MaxKeiser.com!
  
  WHO IS MAX KEISER? Max Keiser is a financial expert, Prediction Markets analyst, inventor and filmmaker. He is the creator of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) the first Prediction Market. Max Keiser co-hosts “The Truth About Markets” on ResonanceFM 104.4 in London. He also produces and presents documentary films covering markets and finance for Al Jazeera’s “People & Power” series. Max Keiser started his career on Wall Street in 1983. He is the creator of KarmaBanque a site that enables activists to challenge corporate power.
  • Tribalism, Aggression & A Plague Upon the World Stacy Summary:Some opinion pieces that might make this Friday night even hotter than it already is (here in Paris anyway) . . . READ Glenn Greenwald on Tribalism (Salon) AND Paul Craig Roberts on The Plague Upon the World (GlobalResearch.ca)
  • Flotilla Death Toll May Rise As Six Activists Still Missing; Autopsies Show The 9 Dead Activists Shot at Close Range, 5 Of Them in the Back, 48 Other Activists Have Gunshot Wounds Stacy Summary: More info about the flotilla massacre. Robert Fisk on the truth about Israeli propaganda. The Economist on what Israel bans from entering the Gaza Ghetto. Congressman Sherman wants to charge American flotilla members under The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, says Gazans better fed than those in many US cities. Neo-cons threaten Obama with Israeli strikes on Iran if he condemns Israeli ’shot in the back of the head’ self-defence moves.
  • Silver Down 20 Cents, Now if You Could Only Find Somewhere to Buy It . . . [UPDATED] Stacy Summary: Via Zerohedge, silver down as the US mint runs out of silver. Alas, and lol, I guess you can only buy paper silver at these knock down prices . . . . **UPDATE** – From DailyReckoning – US Mint Sold 190,000 one ounce gold American Eagles for May, most in any month since January 1999
  • Max Keiser on Dutch Radio – 25 May 2010 Stacy Summary: Took awhile to find this online, but here is a recent interview Max gave with Micha Kat for Dutch radio. It’s all a bunch of Dutch until about 20 minutes in when they begin speaking English with Max. And here is an article the host wrote following the appearance (in Dutch). Download show at link above.
  • [OTE57] On the Edge with Paul Craig Roberts Stacy Summary: Paul Craig Roberts, author of new book, How the Economy Was Lost, on outsourcing, libertarians, Israel and the BP oil spill.
  • [KR47] Keiser Report on Toxic Twins – Oil Spill & Cash Crisis Stacy Summary: This episode, we compare the BP offshore toxic oil spill crisis to the toxic derivatives spill polluting global financial system. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Heidi Moore of Slate’s TheBigMoney.com about movie futures, financial innovation and financial reform.
  • [KR48] Flotilla Hashtag, Free Towels & Mini Max! Stacy Summary: We look at the scandals of “hashtag” propaganda; the revolution of free towels from the Best Party; and trillion dollar wars and security tabs beyond rational explanation. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Edward Harrison of CreditWritedowns.com about China-US as the most worrisome global hotspot, social outrage and rising up in Europe and around the world, and whether or not there is a gold bubble.
  • [1132] Truth About Markets – Christchurch, NZ – 01 June 2010 Stacy Summary: 98.5 FM, Christchurch, New Zealand. Chat time. Download show HERE (mp3)
  • [1133] The Truth About Markets – London – 05 June 2010 Stacy Summary: Here it is! Hope you are having a good evening . . . Download show HERE (mp3)

• ANTIWAR RADIO with Scott Horton
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  • Scott Horton interviews Jeremy Scahill (mp3) 10:32 June 5, 2010. Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, discusses the few voices of dissent against Israeli apologists for the flotilla attack in US mainstream media, fast and furious IDF press releases that shift the discussion to Hamas and away from the collective punishment of Gaza civilians, the US government’s choice to defend Israel instead of US citizens and the removal of any doubt that Israel has become a pariah state.
  • Scott Horton interviews Eric Garris (mp3) 20:48 June 2, 2010. Eric Garris, founder and director of Antiwar.com, discusses the highly restrictive Gaza blockade that subjects 1.5 million residents to collective punishment for electing Hamas, Israel’s surprisingly violent attack on the aid flotilla after allowing half of the previous attempts to pass through, the timid official US response (amid a chorus of international condemnation) to Israel’s killing of humanitarian aid volunteers and why Israel has likely lost its key alliance with Turkey.
  • Scott Horton interviews Eric Margolis (mp3) 21:22 June 3, 2010. Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the indications that US military action in Pakistan will soon escalate beyond drone missile strikes, the ignorance and arrogance of American strategists and policy makers, Israel’s hard working (and busy) propaganda machine and how the US government’s continued willingness to apologize for Israel increases the risk of another 9/11.
  • Scott Horton interviews Ray McGovern (mp3) 10:11 June 4, 2010. Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, LBJ’s personal intervention that stopped the Navy from responding to the Liberty distress call and the two most likely explanations for the attack: Israel’s desire to assault the Golan Heights without US foreknowledge and to cover up the execution of Egyptian prisoners of war.
  • Scott Horton interviews Craig and Cindy Corrie (mp3) 44:03 June 4, 2010. Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of peace activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, discuss Rachel’s enthusiastic work on behalf of Palestinian victims of occupation, witnessing firsthand the destructive effects of Operation “Cast Lead,” how Israeli checkpoints fracture communities and prevent a functional Palestinian society, why Israel shouldn’t be trusted to conduct a real investigation of its own crimes and how Rachel’s legacy continues through (among other things) the Rachel Corrie Foundation and the stage play “My Name is Rachel Corrie.”
  • Scott Horton interviews Alan Grayson (mp3) 23:29 June 4, 2010. Florida Congressman Alan Grayson discusses his “War Is Making You Poor” bill that seeks to limit war spending and cut income taxes, how ending war spending on Afghanistan would free up enough money to eliminate federal taxes on income under 35k/year, why Israel’s blockade of Gaza is simply to keep Hamas from obtaining weapons and why the link between unconditional US support for Israel and 9/11 isn’t worth commenting on.
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