I think that at least a contributing factor is the lack of direction
by Progressives/Radicals and the Working Class. The Ruling Class has
succeeded in castrating the Left. Currently we are just wandering in
the desert, ball less and befuddled.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/4/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess you and I have been brain washed by the Russians and that's why we
find RT very acceptable. At least, that would be the opinion of all these
hysterical Russia haters these days. On Truthdig, they posted a portion of a
Ssunday morning program from KPFK on which Robert Scheer was interviewed.
Bob Scheer, very smart, very much left of center, who always sounds
reasonable on the audio bits and pieces I've heard on the website and on
his podcast, has just about lost it. Perhaps he has an antipathy to the
person who hosts the program, or perhaps he couldn't abide the stereotypical
assumptions behind the questions, most of which had to do with the purported
sinister connections between the Trump campaign, Putin, and allegations that
Russia interfered with the election. So he was furious enough to be unable
to answer the questions because he had to point out all the unproven
assumptions behind the questions. He began listing all of the elections in
other countries which our CIA overturned since 1948. When the host began
listing people in the Trump administration who'd received money from Russian
companies, he pointed out which countries have given money to the Clinton
Foundation, and on and on. The host talked about the wealth of the people
who Trump has appointed, and Scheer began naming the Goldman Sacks people
that Bill Clinton and Obama appointed. I agree with him. Trump is horrible.
The people who surround him are horrible. But the Liberals and Progressives
are choosing a terrible path for attempting to remove him from the
Presidency. They may end up causing a nuclear holocaust in their attempts.
Miriam
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As far as I'm concerned, RT TV is as good listening quality as CNN or FOX.
But I only listen to Chris Hedges, Thom Hartman and Redacted Tonight.
Sometimes I run across an economist who broadcasts out of London...I never
remember his name, but he's a funny guy, and his straight man is a woman.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/4/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And the most amazing thing about RT is that people, almost everyone
who comments on it and defends its right to exist, says something
about its poor quality. I don't know a thing about its quality aside
from On Contact which is Chris Hedges' TV interview program, and I
think that not only are his interviews good, but the introductions
made by the RT commentator are also good. They seem a lot more
accurate than the commentators I hear on NPR. So what does that say about
me, or RT?
Miriam
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Miriam,
As the noose tightens around our free internet access,I fear that we
may eventually lose many of our reliable sources of information. I
also wonder how long RT-TV will continue being able to broadcast in
the Free Air of the good old US of A.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/2/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You know that I've been collecting podcasts on my second generation
stream.
Of the 200 listed on the stream in the category of news and current
events, there was something called Crone News, (which I downloaded
and which very occasionally has information about drone attacks and
the financing of drones and I think, comes from Great Britain), The
Pacifica Evening News, and The Real News Network podcasts. These are
the only alternative news sources listed. I found the rest, including
Democracy Now, by typing them in to a search. And I found a number
of them. But the other day on Flashpoints, Richard Bernstein played a
podcast from The Electronic Infitada. That's a Palestinian website
that gives news about Israel/Palestine. Today I did a search for it.
It isn't available. The Stream uses something called oo Tunes which,
I suppose, is a replica of I Tunes. I've also been unable to find The
Empire File with Abby Martin and they don't have the audio of RT's On
Contact. Very interesting since they have the audio from a whole
bunch of TV programs and Web TV. If I ever feel motivated, I'll look
for Clearing The Fog which is Margaret Flowers and someone, can't
remember offhand who. But apparently, the Russians and the
Palestinians are forbidden.
Miriam