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Santa Came Through - December Goal Made!!
Here are the preliminary numbers from December
$43,747 (382 donations) from online donations - no premium/ thank you gift
$6,945 from phone donation
$237,246 from the fund drive
$682 from Text-to-pledge
$14,777 in Car donations
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(We need to bring in $3 million this year for operations & Pacifica debt. payments)
ALSO: I shall be taking another week off, thanks to Buzz who will be held prisoner in Master Control until Friday morning to engineer, announce, and help produce.
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January 5, "Art, Philosophy, and Self-Improvement"
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MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 6, 2020
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH OLD RADIO NIGHT!!
12-3 Bobb Lynes & Barbara Sunday, 'Don't Touch That Dial!'
They will play "Alice Faye, Phil Harris,' 'Mr. Keen: Tracer of Lost Persons,' 'Suspense,' and 'Screen Director's Playhouse.'
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3-4 Lux Radio Theater
Continuing our broadcast of all existent Lux programs from 1936 to 1955 in order of broadcast times.
"Madame Sans-Gene" (12-14-36) with Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, and Claude Rains.
Jean Harlow plays an ex-washerwoman among the high society of Napoleonic France.
4- 5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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12-1 Gary Null, "Progressive Commentary Hour 12.17.19
'America's Plague of Gardasil Injuries'
Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD
Progressive Radio Network, December 17, 2019
The history of the Gardasil vaccine illustrates the lack of oversight on the part of our health authorities when it comes to reviewing the pharmaceutical industry's testing of vaccines for efficacy and safety. Before receiving FDA approval, the HPV vaccine Gardasil was tested on fewer than 1,200 girls. Subsequent trials included many more participants. However, in the early trials only 27% of the enrolled girls were actually administered the complete three-vaccine series. Another remarkable misstep in the trials was that no girls under age 15 participated, despite the fact that the vast majority girls given the vaccine today are under that age. Nevertheless, the vaccine was fast tracked by the FDA in 2006. Rushing this vaccine through the regulatory hurdles is an example of gross negligence. Seventeen girls died before and after the trial; nevertheless without any compelling evidence the CDC states none of these deaths were due to the vaccine.
In 2014, approximately 60% of all American girls and 42% of American boys aged 13-17 received at least one HPV shot. Merck's shameful methodology during Garadsil's pre- and post-licensure trials was reviewed in a 2012 analysis by scientists at the University of British Columbia and published in the journal Current Pharmaceutical Design. The research team didn't mince words in their assessment of the flawed trials:
"We carried out a systematic review of HPV vaccine pre- and post-licensure trials to assess the evidence of their effectiveness and safety. We found that HPV vaccine clinical trials design, and data interpretation of both efficacy and safety outcomes, were largely inadequate. Additionally, we note evidence of selective reporting of results from clinical trials (i.e., exclusion of vaccine efficacy figures related to study subgroups in which efficacy might be lower or even negative from peer-reviewed publications). Given this, the widespread optimism regarding HPV vaccine's long-term benefits appears to rest on a number of unproven assumptions (or such which are at odds with factual evidence) and significant misinterpretation of available data."
Early doubts about the FDA's approval of Gardasil came from an unlikely source, Dr. Diane Harper, a consultant for Merck and a chief scientist overseeing the clinical trials to evaluate Gardasil's safety and efficacy. After receiving FDA approval, Dr. Harper publicly questioned Gardasil's efficacy and public health value compared to the successes in preventing HPV infections from conventional PAP smears. Among her concerns was that no data showed that Gardasil remains effective after 5 years. A truly effective HPV vaccine, on the other hand, would need to be efficacious for 15 years in order to prevent cervical cancer. And that too is misleading. The median age for early diagnosis for cervical cancer is age 50 and cervical cancer's median age for death is 58. And cervical cancer only represents less than 3 percent of all cancers and representing approximately one one hundredth of the US population. Yet, the CDC is targeting children who have negligible risk cervical cancer. And now the vaccine is being administered to boys with zero risk of dying. After factoring for the profit boon Merck receives from Gardasil, $2.3 billion annually, we believe the motive for the government forcing a vaccine that will have little efficacy in reducing of cervical cancer rates has little to do with protecting public health.
In addition, Dr. Harper estimated that every American 11 year old girl would have to be vaccinated for the next 60 years in order to have any measurable effect on rates of cervical cancer. Gardasil's efficacy in protecting against HPV infection has also been criticized due to the fact that it originally only targeted four of the more than one hundred HPV strains in circulation. In 2014, the FDA approved Gardasil-9, which supposedly protects against nine strains. Scientists from the University of Texas presented research at the 2015 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research revealing that vaccinated women were at a significantly higher risk to become infected with HPV strains not contained in the vaccine when compared to unvaccinated women. Another study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrated the ineffective nature of Gardasil in women with existing HPV infections. The authors concluded that Gardasil offers no benefit to women recovering from HPV during a 12-month period. The research team stated that they "see no reason to believe that there is therapeutic benefit of the vaccine elsewhere because the biological effect of vaccination among already infected women is not expected to vary by population." In fact, a paper out of the University of California at Berkeley and appearing in the October 2013 issue of Molecular Cytogenetics came to public attention last year to suggest that cervical cancer may not be caused by the human papilloma virus. If the theory is correct then the HPV vaccines do not prevent cervical cancer and are utterly useless. ...
Given the high rate of recovery for people with HPV infections, the widespread use of the vaccine is highly suspect. Even the National Cancer Institute has stated that "[m]ost high-risk HPV infections occur without any symptoms, go away within 1 to 2 years, and do not cause cancer." In fact, 90% of all cases of HPV disappear within 2 years. Cervical cancer is highly curable when detected early. The regular use of pap smears have helped decrease the incidence of cervical cancer in the United States by over 50% since the 1970s. Examining health data from Finland and the UK , Dr. Harper and her colleagues concluded that HPV vaccinations give a false sense of security to many young women and girls who in turn opt out of regular pap smear tests. According to Dr. Harper, this trend has resulted in exponential increases in recent HPV rates.
Even more alarming, Gardasil has gained notoriety as one of the most dangerous vaccines for its serious life-threatening adverse effects. The National Vaccine Information Center, a watch-dog organization investigating vaccine injury trends and federal policies, reported that ...
"After the original Gardasil vaccine was licensed for 11-12 year old girls and young women, thousands of adverse reaction reports were filed for: sudden collapse with unconsciousness within 24 hours, seizures, muscle pain and weakness, disabling fatigue, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), facial paralysis brain inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, blood clots, premature ovarian failure, optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis, strokes, heart and other serious health problems, including death.23 Similar reports have been filed for the Gardasil-9 vaccine..."
Furthermore, the push to mandate the HPV vaccine ignores the statistics in other nations that clearly show an increase in cervical cancer since the introduction of the vaccine. The vaccine was introduced in Australia and the UK in 2006 and 2008 respectively; in both nations, cancer rates have increased substantially. Back in 2006, the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee warned that the vaccine might increase the risk of cervical lesions and cancer. That warning has come true; a VARBPAC report estimates a 44 percent greater likelihood of cervical lesions among Gardasil recipients.
Today as more states are removing religious-based vaccine exemptions and mandating compliance to the CDC's vaccine schedule for all school children, including those attending private schools, we should be deeply worried that efforts to include Gardasil in the mandated schedule will get passed in state legislative bodies. As we have seen this is one of the mostly poorly studied vaccines now being administered to tens of millions of boys and girls, adolescents and young women across the nation. It is one of the most dangerous and scientifically unsound experiments ever launched upon the American public en masse. Fortunately, efforts by groups such as Robert Kennedy's Children's Health Defense are proceeding to drag Merck into the courtroom for medical research misconduct in order to get its HPV vaccine fast tracked. Given Gardasil's enormous health risks to children, it is incumbent for parents and individuals to educate themselves about the heinous deceptions behind this vaccine and support efforts to have it removed from the market.
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1-2 The Gary Null Show - 12.17.19
The power and role of imagination necessary to survive in the future we are headed towards
Rob Hopkins is an environmental and social activist in the UK and the co-founder of the Transition movement started in 2005, a grassroots community project that is now international with the aim to increase community and local self-sufficiency to reduce the potential effects of climate change catastrophes, peak oil and economic instability. For the past 15 years Rob has focused his energies on finding create ways to address global challenges. There are now 167 transition cities and towns in the US, the latest being Kingston NY. Rob holds a degree in environmental resource management and a doctorate from Plymouth University. He has received many awards for his activism, a couple honorary doctorates and has been recognized as one of the UK top radical visionaries and environmentalists. He is the author of several books, including the 'Transition Handbook' and the 'Transition Companion.' Rob's latest is "From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want." His websites are TransitionNetwork.org and RobHopkins.net
FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD: https://prn.fm/gary-null-show-12-17-19/
2-3 The Gary Null Show - 12.26.19
The Gary Null Show is here to inform you on the best news in health, healing, the environment. Intermittent fasting: live 'fast,' live longer? Researchers look at the impact of medical foods in Alzheimer's patients, Antioxidant supplementation associated with tinnitus symptom improvement, Study: A Diet High In Animal Protein Associated With A 75 Percent Increased Risk Of Early Death, 'Shopping addiction' can cause harm, and it's moved online, Intake of vitamin D and calcium, sun exposure, and risk of breast cancer, Supplement Recently Discovered To Help PTSD Better Than SSRIs
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3-4 The Gary Null Show - 'End of Year Trends Review - A Look at 2020 '- 01.02.20
Gerald Celente is one of today's pioneers in trend strategy and identifying the developments of change occurring in our world. He founded the Trends Research Institute in Kingston NY and is the publisher of the Trends Journal that has been in publication since 1980. Gerald has since become one of the nation's most sought after diagnosticians and forecasters. He is also the host of the weekly show "Trends This Week," heard every Wednesday at 8 am Pacific Time on the Progressive Radio Network. More information can be found on the Institute's website TrendsResearch.com
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4-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 8, 2020
12-1 Dave Emory, "For the Record #1096 Fascism: 2019 World Tour, Part 6 (Azov on Our Mind, Part 2) "
We have covered the origin, activities and expansion of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov Battalion in numerous programs. Part of the Ukrainain armed forces, this Nazi unit:
1.-Has spawned a civil militia which achieved police powers in many Ukrainian cities. ". . . . But Ukraine observers and rights groups are sounding the alarm, because this was not a typical commencement, and the men are not police officers. They are far-right ultranationalists from the Azov movement, a controversial group with a military wing that has openly accepted self-avowed neo-Nazis, and a civil and political faction that has demonstrated intolerance toward minority groups. . . ."
2.-Has as its spokesman Roman Zvarych. In the 1980's, Zvarych was the personal secretary to Jaroslav Stetzko, the wartime head of the Nazi collaborationist government in Ukraine. Stetzko implemented Nazi ethnic cleansing in Ukraine during World War II.
3.-Wields influence with in the Ministry of the Interior through Vadim Troyan, the former deputy commander of Azov who is now deputy minister of the interior. " . . . . The deputy minister of the Interior-which controls the National Police-is Vadim Troyan, a veteran of Azov and Patriot of Ukraine. . . . Today, he's deputy of the department running US-trained law enforcement in the entire nation. Earlier this month, RFE reported on National Police leadership admiring Stepan Bandera-a Nazi collaborator and Fascist whose troops participated in the Holocaust-on social media. The fact that Ukraine's police is peppered with far-right supporters explains why neo-Nazis operate with impunity on the streets. . . ."
4.-Gets arms and training from the U.S., despite official restrictions on such activity. " . . . . The research group Bellingcat proved that Azov had already received access to American grenade launchers, while a Daily Beast investigation showed that US trainers are unable to prevent aid from reaching white supremacists. And Azov itself had proudly posted a video of the unit welcoming NATO representatives. . . ."
5.-Is fulfilling their strategy of networking with Nazi and fascist elements abroad, including the U.S. " . . .
6.-Is networking with members of a group called RAM, some of whom were arrested by the FBI upon their return from Europe. violence.
7.-Is utilizing Ukraine's visa-free status with the EU to network with other European fascist groups. " . . . . 'Their English has gotten better,' Hrytsenko said, referring to Azov members behind the group's Western outreach. . . .
8.-Is looking to connect with more "respectable" European right-wing groups than they have in the past, this as a possible vehicle for Ukraine's entry into the EU. " . . . . 9.-Was awarded the job of election monitoring by the Ukrainian government in their recent elections. " . . . . They are the ultranationalist National Militia, street vigilantes with roots in the battle-tested Azov Battalion that emerged to defend Ukraine against Russia-backed separatists but was also accused of possible war crimes and neo-Nazi sympathies. Yet despite the controversy surrounding it, the National Militia was granted permission by the Central Election Commission to officially monitor Ukraine's presidential election on March 31. . . ."
In this program, we note the operations and positioning of the Azov milieu both in Ukraine and globally...
Concluding the broadcast, we "dolly [the camera] out" and begin an in-depth examination of the Azov international milieu. Embracing "lone wolf" fascists around the world, as well as networking with fascist organizations and combatants who have joined the war in Ukraine's Eastern provinces, Azov is recapitulating the "Intermarium" concept, minted by Polish head of state Josef Pilsudski in the period between the World Wars. Working with Croatians aligned with the "Neo-Ustachi' milieu we have covered in many past programs, Azov is seeking to develop a nascent Eastern and Central European alliance of fascist and reactionary elements.
Of particular interest is the significance of the Ukrainian and Croatian fascist alliance, which will be explored at greater length in future programs.
For a complete, annotated, written description of this program go to:
http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-1096-fascism-2019-world-tour-part-6-azov-on-our-mind-part-2/
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1-2:15 Norman Solomon "Corporate Power vs. Progressive Populism"
A conversation with Norman Solomon
Moderator: David Dayen
Recorded November 17th, Los Angeles
Norman Solomon: A famed activist, journalist and author of a dozen
books including 'War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning
Us to Death,' he's co-founder and national coordinator of
RootsAction.org, now with 1.2 million active supporters online in the
United States.
Does democracy always have to capitulate to corporate bullying? Old
maxim strictly tells us we must stand up to bullies, for when we give in
to bullying it doesn't stop the bullying. The relentless push for
privatization is actually code word for wanton corporate outsourcing, a
depleted tax base, financial collapse and the inevitable struggle to
survive. Norman, a stalwart of true progressivism never bends like a
sapling to the politically driven corporate windbags, to survive the
seduction to corporate mind games, we must listen to Norman's clarion
call warning of the dangers to democracy of unchallenged corporate
power.
Norman was elected as a Bernie Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic
National Convention, where he was the coordinator of the independent
Bernie Delegates Network. His current work for RootsAction includes the
Biden Fact Squad project.
Moderator David Dayen is the executive editor of 'The American Prospect. '
His work has appeared in The Intercept, The New Republic, HuffPost, The
Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and more. His first book, 'Chain
of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great
Foreclosure Fraud,' winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize, was
released by The New Press in 2016
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2:15-2:45 Chris Hedges, "On Contact"
Initially heard on KPFK Sundays, 12:30pm
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2:45-3:45 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Initially heard on KPFK Mondays 2 pm
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3:45-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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THURSDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 9, 2020
12-1 Alan Watts, "Veil of Thoughts" Part 4 of 5
"Despite its marvelous achievements in many domains, the thinking process falls short of being able to penetrate its own veil to reach direct knowledge of the Self. This is directly clear to psychotherapists who have long known that merely 'cerebral investigation' does not illuminate the 'Unconscious.' But our strategies for self-knowledge seem always to get in their own way and somehow we have to creep up on the quarry without making a sound." (AW)
All info: http://www.alanwatts.org
1-2 Ram Dass: "Soul Land"
Last month, the Sounds True community was saddened to hear of the passing of Ram Dass, one of the great lights of American spiritual inquiry. Born Richard Alpert, Ram Dass (meaning "servant of God") rose to the forefront of psychedelic exploration and the movement toward Eastern philosophy in the 1960s and '70s. He wrote the all-time classic Be Here Now in addition to many other published works, including Sounds True's 'Walking Each Other Home.' This special edition of 'Insights at the Edge' presents an interview between Tami Simon and Ram Dass from 2012 (after his stroke). During this conversation, Ram Dass and Tami discuss a deeper exploration of the self and the individual soul. They talk about experiencing the guru Maharaj-ji living on through the bodies and teachings of his students. Finally, Ram Dass considers the everyday experience of the atman-what he calls "the mega soul" beyond all others.
(NOTE: Ram Dass had suffered a stroke, had greatly recovered but still spoke haltingly.)
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2:00-3:00 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"
The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey.
From KPFA. Caroline's Website: http://www.coyotenetworknews.com
3-3:30 Science Fiction Break
3:40-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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