It's just that the people who define themselves as liberals and progressives
are just human beings, born and bread in America, having absorbed our culture,
and like people who are politically to the right of them, they want power and
they are as easily confused and manipulated as everyone else.
Miriam
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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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Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 5:59 PM
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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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Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 12:07 PM
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unavailable.
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