July 17-20

PACIFICA FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT: http://www.pacifica.org/about_mission.php



“SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!” ON THE WEB

KPFK can be heard streaming live online at http://www.kpfk.org/ and click on ‘Listen Live.’ Times are Pacific Time. Program times for “Something’s Happening!” are approximate but close and “Monday night” is legally Tuesday morning et seq.



WHAT HAPPENED?

Any program information not included in the program guide – guests, websites, contact information, music and comedy breaks, etc. can be found later at http://www.somethingshappening.com and click on ‘what happened?’ Thanks to Sha Tahmasebi for redesigning and maintaining the website.



AUDIO ARCHIVES (under repair and reconstruction)
“Something’s Happening!” is posted for listening on demand for 60 days after broadcast. The programs are (normally) described on the archives so you can spot the program you are interested in. “Something’s Happening!” is not downloadable because many of the programs I play do not belong to me nor to Pacifica, but you can listen any time day or night, weekends and holidays, for 60 days. Just go to http://archive.kpfk.org Be sure to



FUND DRIVE NEWS
The next mini drive is July 11 - 21.
We've also scheduled another 10 day mini-drive in mid to late August
SO WHERE IS THE PROGRESS UNDER THE NEW BOARDS???
The old majority is still pathetically struggling to regain power to continue their destructive plan toward privatization of Pacifica.
The new board majority didn’t arrive with baskets of money, but with progressive values, intelligence, care, experience, dedication and willingness to work. Things HAVE improved, for instance with their aim to cut back on our on-air fundraising – e.g. if you compare 2016 to 2017 fundraising times:

2016:
3 weeks fundraiser in May
5 weeks fundraising in June/July
3 weeks fundraising in August = 77 days

2017:
4 weeks fundraising in May
10 days fundraising in July
10 days fundraising coming in August = 48 days


FOR CAT LOVERS ONLY
We just discovered a major breakthrough to a recurring and scary problem with cats - hairballs. Ever since 'Petromalt' changed their formula flavor from attractive to yucky, we lost the only pleasant and immediate solution to the hacking and choking that can victimize even frequently groomed cats. The 'new and improved' lubrication solution became a type of cruelty. But we just discovered "Hairball Lickstick" which is an appetizing flavor and comes in a roll on form. It's a major relief for our cat and us. The lickstick is sold in many stores and at their website at http://www.petkin.com/Hairball-Lickstick-2-5oz-p/5208.htm (Note: This is not an ad as we are not recompensed in any way and the manufacturer or sellers are not aware of this posting). -- Roy and Diane and 'Boy'



BEHIND THE SCENES "Today in Revisionist History"
http://pacificainexile.org/archives/2420
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ALAN WATTS SUNDAYS
July 16, 8-9am: Probable 1 hour Wattsathon, today only!
From http://www.alanwatts.org





MONDAY NIGHT, JULY 17
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Caroline Myss, "The Sacred Contract of America" Part 3 of 4
Just as every individual possesses a "Sacred Contract"—an obligation to fulfill a divine destiny—so too does every nation hold an agreement made for the planet's highest good. So begins Caroline Myss on her inspirational call to action, 'The Sacred Contract of America.'

In this provocative 4-Part program, she sends you an invitation to reconnect with America's original vision of freedom and power, holding a beacon that illuminates:

How your Sacred Contract is woven into that of your nation—and how to maintain both as a conscious citizen
The Bill of Rights as the seed of global self-esteem
The steps needed to rescue America from its shadow
The 12 major archetypes of America, including the Mystic, the Visionary, the Entrepreneur-Philanthropist, and the Rebel-Warrior—and the return of the historical figures who embodied them
From its inception, Caroline Myss explains, the United States has been a great spiritual experiment—an unprecedented evolutionary step forward for human civilization that is both magnificent in its promise and perilous in its dangers. With 'The Sacred Contract of America,' this modern-day patriot offers you an impassioned guide to actively participate in resurrecting your nation's highest potential.

Session 3 of 4: America's Charism of Soul. The Visionary Reaching for the Stars. Commercialism as a Distortion of the Visionary Impulse. We need to Envision America Anew. The Mystic Searching for Light. Puritanism, Morality, and the Control of Sexuality. The Mystical Renaissance of Our Time. The Rebel-Warrior. The American Civil War and the Call of the Rebel. The Slave-Master. Freedom Must be Managed.
From Sounds True 1 (800) 333-9185, http://www.soundstrue.com/store/the-sacred-contract-of-america-4083.html




"From the Vault," "1984" by George Orwell Part 12 of 13
This week on From the Vault, continuing one of the most important dystopian novels written in modern history, George Orwell's classic ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four.’
The entire book was read on-air by longtime Pacifica morning show host Charles Morgan in 1975. Morgan was joined by legendary voiceover artist June Foray, widely known for her work in Disney and Warner Brothers animated productions - in particular as the voice of Rocky in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon. This week we present part of this thirteen-part quintessential Pacifica recording.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project. Reading produced by Paul Vangelisti. ‘From the Vault’ Produced by Mark Torres.
From Pacifica Radio Archives, 1 (800) 735-0230, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org
NOTE: In this mini-fund drive you can get the entire reading with a $50 pledge!


The Thom Hartmann Program
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TUESDAY NIGHT, JULY 18
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Vaccine Update


Our best of Fund Drive


The Thom Hartmann Program
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JULY 19
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Dave Emory, "For the Record #962: Watergate and the Assassination of President Kennedy, Part 2"

This broadcast continues our review of the profound connections between the Watergate scandal and the assassination of President Kennedy. For purposes of convenience and continuity, we recap an overview of some of these links from the description of FTR #961:

With Watergate being bruited about by our media in conjunction with the “investigations” into Trump and “Russia-gate,” we are taking time to dig into the archives and recap information about one of the factors that underlay the Watergate scandal–the Assassination of JFK.

The first of these programs excerpts The Guns of November, Part 3 (recorded on 11/15/1983) at length. From the description for that program:

Richard Nixon’s political demise came through the Watergate scandal. Nixon initiated the Watergate cover-up because he feared that “the whole Bay of Pigs thing” would come out. In his political memoir The Ends of Power, Nixon aide H.R. Haldeman wrote that the phrase “Bay of Pigs” was a code-word within the Nixon White House for the Kennedy assassination.

The program documents many of the areas of overlap between the Watergate and Kennedy investigations.

Nixon himself was in Dallas on November 22, 1963, as a lawyer for Pepsico (the parent company of Pepsi Cola.) Flying out of Dallas roughly two hours before Kennedy was slain, Nixon told the FBI in February of 1964 that the only time he had been in Dallas in 1963 had been “two days prior to the assassination.” This blatant lie is negated by a wire service interview Nixon gave in Dallas on November 21. Text of the interview ran in the New York Times and other major newspapers.

(A Pepsi Cola executive said that Nixon was present in Dallas at a company meeting when the announcement came that President Kennedy had been killed.)

Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski was selected by Nixon to replace the illegally fired Archibald Cox. Jaworski had previously served as a Warren Commission Counsel, while at the same time serving as director of a CIA domestic funding conduit.

Nixon named former Warren Commission member Gerald Ford to replace Vice President Agnew. Ford then replaced Nixon as President and pardoned him of all crimes he may have committed. . . .

. . . . The program discusses evidentiary tributaries connecting numerous other figures to the both investigations, including Watergate Judge John Sirica and Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis.

To attempt selective erasure of the all-important Watergate tapes, Nixon sought the assistance of Gordon Novel, a veteran intelligence agent, electronics expert, anti-Castro veteran and a figure in Jim Garrison’s investigation in New Orleans. At least one key tape was partially erased (the famous 18 1/2 minute gap), though no culprit was ever identified.

In this second broadcast of the series, we draw on Miscellaneous Archive Show M59–Richard Nixon’s Greatest Hits: Highlights of Richard Nixon’s Political Career. In that program (recorded on 5/1/1994), we reviewed an addendum to the original The Guns of November, Part 3. That addendum–recorded in June of 1972 (the 20th anniversary of the original Watergate break-in)–builds on the information from FTR #961.

After reviewing information about Nixon’s presence in Dallas, Texas on 11/22/1963, the program presents research by the late Penn Jones that maintains that Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover, among others, were present at a gathering at oilman Clint Muchison’s home the evening before the assassination–a meeting Jones felt was a planning session for the JFK assassination.

The bulk of this program is gleaned from Bernard J. Fensterwald’s Coincidence or Conspiracy. (Fensterwald was Watergate Burglar James McCord’s chief defense attorney.)

Among the many links between Watergate and the JFK assassination are the Warren Commission members and counsels who were tabbed by Nixon and/or other figures in the investigation to serve in various capacities:

a) Nixon first selected J. Lee Rankin to serve as Watergate Special Prosecutor. Rankin was subsequently tabbed to review the Watergate tapes and determine which would be released. Rankin was the Warren Commission’s liaison between the commission and both the CIA and the FBI. Rankin was a key proponent of the so-called “Magic Bullet Theory.”
b) Warren Commission counsel Arlen Specter, the author of the “Magic Bullet Theory”–was Nixon’s first choice as his personal defense attorney in the Watergate case.
c) Nixon also attempted to requisition Warren Commission member John J. McCloy as Watergate Special Prosecutor.
d) Former Warren Commission counsel Albert Jenner was Nixon’s first choice to serve as the GOP’s minority counsel before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jenner later withdrew from that position.
e) John Dean selected former Warren Commission counsel Charles Shaffer as his attorney.
f) White House aide John Ehrlichmann tabbed former Warren Commission counsel Joseph Ball to represent him.
g) Nixon’s secretary Rose Marie Woods selected former Warren Commission counsel Charles Rhyne to represent her in a possible investigation of the famous 18 1/2 minute gap in one of the tapes.
h) Nixon Treasury Secretary John Connally’s obstruction of Jim Garrison’s extradition request for Sergio Archacha Smith.

Program Highlights Include:

1.The Nixon White House’s interest in the assassination attempt on George Wallace, which eliminated the Alabama Governor as a possible third-party threat to Nixon’s so-called “Southern Strategy.” Exactly who shot Wallace remains a mystery, but it was most assuredly NOT Arthur Bremer.
2. Two long-time Nixon friends and political associates’ sponsorship of the family of Sirhan Sirhan into the United States. Sirhan did NOT kill Robert F. Kennedy, however the creation of the false cover story to set up the patsy is important. Nixon, of course, won the 1968 election, after Robert Kennedy’s murder eliminated him as a front runner.
3. The role of former Lockheed director of security James Golden as chief of security for Nixon’s 1968 campaign. Many researchers of the RFK assassination believe that the actual shooter of Robert Kennedy was American Nazi Thane Eugene Caesar, who was employed at Lockheed’s Burbank facility, in an area involved with the U-2 spy plane project. (Oswald was also involved with the U-2.)
4. A veritable trove of Warren Commission letter and memoranda pertaining to the above figures involved in the Warren Commission and tabbed by the Nixon team for roles in Watergate that were missing from the National Archives.

For a detailed, annotated description of this program go to: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-962-watergate-and-the-assassination-of-president-kennedy-part-2/

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Dave Emory’s entire life­time of work is avail­able on a flash drive. The new drive is a 32-gigabyte drive that is current as of the programs and articles posted by early 2016. Link: http://www.kfjc.org/donate/index.php
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L. Fletcher Prouty: excerpts from "Understanding Special Operations and Their Impact on the Vietnam War Era"
$200 thank-you gift for the last remaining new books in existence which were pledged for but not paid.



The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Nick Brana joins us to discuss his efforts to “Draft Bernie for a People’s Party;” and economist Ben Zipperer explains how, contrary to conventional wisdom, raising the minimum wage will not result in significant job loss.
Nick Brana was the National Political Outreach Coordinator on Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign through the 2016 Democratic National Convention and went on to become a founding member of “Our Revolution.” He is the founder and director at “Draft Bernie for a People’s Party.”

“The American people are progressive, and they’re ready for political change. And representatives in Washington of both parties – the Democrats and Republicans – do not represent what it is that the American people want to see. And so that’s kind of the starting intellectual foundation for this.” Nick Brana founder of “Draft Bernie for a People’s Party.”

Ben Zipperer is an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. His areas of expertise include the minimum wage, inequality, and low-wage labor markets. Prior to that, Dr. Zipperer was research economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He is a senior research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a research associate at the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley.

The skeptics of minimum wage increases have been consistently shown to be wrong by very careful economic research… minimum wages – at least the kinds typically passed in the United States – tend to do their job. And what I mean by that is they tend to raise the wages of low wage workers and give them higher income; and they do so with very little to no negative costs in terms of employment losses.” Ben Zipperer economist at the Economic Policy Institute

Initially heard on KPFK Saturdays, 10am
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The Thom Hartmann Program
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THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 20
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Alan Watts, "A Philosophy of War" Part 4 (conclusion)
"The highest adepts of Japanese Bushido, (The way of the warrior) came through the sheer logic of their craft to what was called the 'no-sword' school of swordsmanship, following Lao-tzu's idea that 'the best soldier is not soldierly, the best fighter is not ferocious.' An application of this logic to conflicts of all kinds, including modern military strategy. (Pentagon please note)" (AW)
All info: http://www.alanwatts.org


Jack Gariss, "Bio-Meditation"
"Spectrum of Relaxation" Part 3 (conclusion)



Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"
Caroline welcomes the return of Terry Tempest Williams whose “The Hour of the Land” is just now available in paperback w ps addressing the current war on life dire threat to our National Parks. Strength derived from protecting Beauty will see us through. Terry Tempest Williams website: http://coyoteclan.com/ And ‘The Hour of Land’ book details
From KPFA. Caroline's Website: http://www.coyotenetworknews.com



The Thom Hartmann Program
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That's All Folks!



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