Are we on the verge of seeing a mass extinction in Earth’s oceans? That’s what a group of top ocean scientists warn in a new report released this week by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean. Because of pollution and global warming – the oceans are losing oxygen and becoming more acidic – threatening to trigger a mass extinction not seen in over 50 million years – when half of all the life in the oceans was wiped out.

Scientist Daniel Laffoley – a co-author of the report – said, “We now face losing marine species and entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, within a single generation…and we are also probably the last generation that has enough time to deal with the problems."

We all have to realize soon that we can’t live above and beyond our environment anymore – if [the ocean] dies – then we die too.

-Thom

(Will we save it in time? Tell us here.)

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Quote: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of the moneyed corporations, which dare already challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country. " -- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President, architect and author (1743-1826).

Hour One: Law suit challenging Michigan's Emergency Manager law filed today William Goodman, Attorney, President Board of Directors w/Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice

Article: "Lawsuit seeks injunction on Emergency Manager law. Plaintiff: ‘This is not democracy, this is dictatorship'" by Eartha Jane Melzer.

Article: "Magna Carta" by British Library.

Article: "Habeas Corpus" by British Library.

Site: Salem International.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Book: " What Would Jefferson Do?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Max Baucus 'Cares Deeply' About Your Views on Health Care" by Susie Madrak, May 06, 2009.

Article: "How Libby, Montana, Got Medicare for All" by Kay Tillow.

Video: "Thom Hartmann & Gov. Howard Dean - Dean's so-called anti-white rant & $1 healthcare".

Article: "CREW accuses David Vitter of 'bribery'" by Dan Berman.

Crazy alert: "Amish sexter busted for buggy sex invite to girl" by Elizabeth Flock.

Hour Two: What is the problem with the U.S. Supreme Court? Thom challenges Ken Klukowski of The American Civil Rights Union...

Book: "Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America" by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski.

Article: "The problem with the Republican Party" by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Article: "14th Amendment".

Article: "GOPer’s Ad Depicts Chinese Army Marching On Capitol, Thanks To ‘Obama’s Debt Ceiling’ (VIDEO)" by Eric Kleefeld.

Article: "Donald Trump Says He Would Threaten to Tax China 25%, 01 Apr 2011.

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Greatest Spiritual Secret of the Century" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann - now in paperback!

Talk Radio News Segment: Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "New Report Highlights Rising Debt" by TRNS.

Article: "Mayors meeting in Baltimore pass resolution to redirect war spending to domestic priorities" by AP.

Article: "The Baz File: Obama To Begin Withdrawing Troops From Afghanistan" by Ken Bazinet.

Article: "House Likely Won't Support Libya Resolution, Says Boehner" by Eric Rice.

Article: "Sen McConnell Offers Up 2012 Republican Election Slogan" by Corey Boles.

Article: "Poll: Congressional Approval At 8 Percent" by TRNS.

Article: "Mitt Romney Struggles to Find Non-$100 Bill in Wallet" by Jim Newell.

Article: "Pawlenty All In For Iowa, Which Some Say Doesn’t Matter" by Robin M.

Article: "Rep. Michele Bachmann leads, according to latest Zogby poll".

Hour Three: Referendum to abolish corporate personhood Macon Cowles, City Councilman-Boulder, CO / environmental & civil rights attorney

Article: "Boulder council to take up 'corporate personhood' referendum" by Heath Urie.

Article: "Bike to Work day".

Article: "The Powell Memo or Manifesto".

The good: "Barred From Unionizing, Walmart Workers Form New Group To Fight For Better Conditions" by Marie Diamond.

The bad: "Santorum: Poor History Scores A Result Of ‘Conscious Effort’ By ‘The Left’ To Keep Students Uninformed" by Judd Legum.

The very, very ugly: "The Koch brothers' campaign to kill social security" by Robert Greenwald.

Article: "Hardly Simple Task: HST Voting Confuses" by Tyler Harbottle.

Article: "The Federalist Papers" (Federalist 10).

Site: "Plum TV".

Letter: "Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane", 6 Sept. 1819 "The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist, and shape into any form they please."

Book: "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx.

Article: "Greece confidence vote calms some investors, yet default worries remain" by AP.

Article: "32 Corporations Spent More On Compensation For Top Executives In 2010 Than They Paid In Income Taxes" by Pat Garofalo.

Article: "Marine life facing mass extinction, report says" by Thair Shaikh, CNN.

Article: "Hunger Among Seniors" by Bernie Sanders.

Coming up Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program

Hour Two: Are right wing voter id laws an invasion of privacy, a threat to democracy or both? - Thom debates Dan Gainor, Business and Media Institute

Plus, Geeky science rocks... why does the Earth have a spreading waistline?

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