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Friday 26 October '12 show notes

Aug. 26, 2013 4:28 am

By SueN

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): "Brunch With Bernie"
Former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (Gov. Sebelius is currently serving as the Secretary of Health & Human Services): 11 days to election day...why this election is so important to women
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday

Thom's blog

Meet Mike White...

The latest CEO to threaten his employees if Mitt Romney loses. White is the owner of the industrial equipment firm Rite-Hite – and he recently sent an email to his 1,400 employees cautioning them that should Barack Obama win a second term, then he will have to drop the company’s contributions to employee retirement funds. He also warned there is a “good chance” employees will also lose their healthcare should President Obama win.

Ever since Mitt Romney was caught telling the National Federation of Independent Businesses to tell their employees who they should vote, several CEOs have done just that – including the Koch brothers. And if it works, then this will be just the beginning when it comes to politicking in the workplace. Expect day-long seminars in the future with employers campaigning on behalf of political candidates and feeding their workers misinformation about who they should vote for.

This is the rise of the corporatocracy – as corporate CEOs receive their marching orders from bought-off corporate politicians – and then turn their workers into foot soldiers to campaign and vote on behalf of the interests of the oligarchs. Yet another consequence of post-Citizens United America.

Go to MoveToAmend.org.

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Fred Kaufman, Harper's, Author "Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Conversations with Great Minds - Fred Kaufman, Contributing Editor-Harper's / Food Journalist / Author of 6 books including his latest "Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food"

The Big Picture Rumble:
- Brian Darling, The Daily Caller / Townhall.com

- Liz Chadderdon, Democratic Strategist / The Chadderdon Group

- Anthony Holm, Republican Strategist / Author "52 Reasons Not to Vote for Obama"

Daily Take: Mission: Accomplished....what a Romney win means for SCOTUS

Free excerpt, read book for free at Truthout, buy the book!

The Daily Stack

Quote: "Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak." -- Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) (1944-2002...died 10 years ago today in a plane crash).

Hour One: Sensata threatening & arresting workers
- Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers

Article: "Sensata: The Reason Romney's Wrong for America" by Leo W. Gerard.

Article: "WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser" by David Corn.

Article: "Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines" by politicol.

Article: "Mr. President, Finish by Highlighting Sensata" by David Shuster.

Sensata threatening & arresting workers
- Joanne Penniston, Sensata worker who was arrested yesterday

Article: "Sensata Workers File NLRB Charges; Update: Jesse Jackson Arrested at Solidarity Protest" by Sarah Cobarrubias.

Article: "Republican Party Rape Advisory Chart" by Brainwrap.

Article: "DNC: Romney's Sole TV Endorsement for Senate Is "Divine Rape" Candidate Mourdock" by Mark Karlin.

Article: "Mandel says Richard Mourdock is a 'class act'" by Alan Johnson.

Article: "Indiana Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock: Pregnancy From Rape ‘Something God Intended’" by Chris Good.

Article: "The Cause of Life Can’t be Severed from the Cause of Freedom" by Paul Ryan.

Article: "Amid Cutbacks, Greek Doctors Offer Message to Poor: You Are Not Alone" by Liz Alderman.

Article: "Mitt Romney: The Great Deformer" by David Stockman.

Article: "The Three Worst Tax Proposals On State Ballots This Election" by Greg Noth.

Hour Two: We already have a bill of rights and Dec of Indep.

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

Article: "Six Reasons Why Supermajority Requirements to Raise Taxes Are a Bad Idea" by Michael Leachman, Nicholas Johnson, and Dylan Grundman.

Article: "24 Fees Mitt Romney Tried To Raise In Massachusetts" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Geeky Science Rocks...- Your Dog Watches You and Interprets Your Behavior.

Article: "Your Dog Watches You and Interprets Your Behavior" by Stanley Coren, Ph.D., F.R.S.C.

Article: "Beluga whale 'makes human-like sounds'" by BBC.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "World Without End (TV miniseries)" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Calls

Article: "James O'Keefe Video Prompts Jim Moran's Son To Resign From Campaign" by AP.

The good: Criminal Justice Experts: "NYPD Oversight, Independent Inspector General Eyed At Panel Discussion At John Jay College Of Criminal Justice " by Jennifer Peltz.

The bad: "Donald Trump wants Barack Obama to publish his college and passport records but won't reveal his own" by Adam Gabbatt.

The very, very ugly: Republicans in Congress: "As Foodborne Illnesses Skyrocket, GOP Slashes Funds For Food Safety" by Amanda Peterson Beadle.

Series: "The Men Who Built America" by History Channel.

Article: "Genesis 2:7".

Colin Powell endorses President Obama
- (former) Secretary Richard Danzig, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton / advisor to President Barack Obama's campaign / Chairman-Center for a New American Security (national security think tank)

Article: "Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president" by CBS.

Article: "Colin Powell On Romney: ‘I Have Concerns About His Views On Foreign Policy’" by Ben Armbruster.

Article: "Transcript of the Third Obama & Romney Presidential Debate".

Article: "U.S. says Iran behind cyber attack in Saudi Arabia" by AFP.

Article: "Abbott, other Texas officials warn international election observers not to mess with Texas".

Article: "Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza" by Greg Palast.

Article: "U.S. sues BofA for $1B, alleging ‘brazen’ mortgage fraud".

Article: "Sudan accuses Israel of bombing military factory, talks of “inside job”".

Article: "WikiLeaks releases new US military documents" by AFP.

Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Follow Bernie:

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Hour Two: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!

Hour Three: 11 days to election day...why this election is so important to women
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius

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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET

Remember reading about "feudal lords" in your high school history books? Well guess what...they're ba-aaack...a new bill about to become law in Pennsylvania could require workers to pay taxes to their bosses for the privilege of having a job...I'm not kidding...really! I'll challenge conservative Peter Ferrara of the Carlson Center for Public Policy on this one..

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