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Crippling austerity is making things worse for Europe
Each month that goes by in Europe, the continent’s economy gets worse and worse, thanks to crippling austerity measures. The number of unemployed people in the 17-nation Eurozone hit a record high after the month of July – with new data showing 88,000 more people lost their jobs that month. That brings the total amount of unemployed to over 18 million people – the highest ever recorded. The unemployment rate in the Eurozone remained at 11.3% - more than three points higher than the United States
Unlike in Europe – the United States passed a stimulus package in 2009 – that according to the CBO created as many as 2 million jobs. Republicans say the stimulus is a failure and it never should have been passed. They also say austerity is the solution to our economic woes. But clearly, they’re not paying attention to what’s happening in Europe.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Craig Unger, Journalist /Author, latest is "Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Conversations with Great Minds - Craig Unger, Journalist /Author, latest is "Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power" 
Daily Take: Bailouts...BAIN vs. Pain of suicidal homeowners
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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) will be here 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...
Hour Two: Mitt Romney's speech at the RNC, plus Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: The Big Lie
 Romney-Ryan wrong for women- Sandra Fluke, lawyer and women's rights activist
Quote: "in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily" - " Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.
"Role of oil, natural gas, and energy policy in the upcoming election"- Marty Durbin, American Petroleum Institute (API)
Hour Two: Paul "Lyin" Ryan- David Bender, Writer & Broadcaster / Progressive Strategist & activist / Author of several books including, "Stand and Be Counted"
From September 10 there will be a new Progressive Voices channel on TuneIn radio which will include the Thom Hartmann Program and a new David Bender show.
Latest anti-Obama smear campaign..."2016: Obama's America"- Dinesh D'Souza, Author of numerous books, including "Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream" the basis for the documentary "2016: Obama's America"
 Miniter says be afraid..."a second Obama term would lead to a nuclear Iran"- Richard "Rich" Miniter, Conservative journalist-Forbes / terrorism expert / Author of several books, latest "Leading From Behind"
 Hour Three: Ryan, healthcare- Congresswoman U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th Congressional District)
 Romney/Ryan and medicare- Ernest Istook, former 7 term House member from Oklahoma City. Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and host of the new network show Istook Live!
Entitlements = economic slavery- Rev. C.L. Bryant, Baptist minister & Tea Party Member / former president-NAACP's Garland, Texas Chapter / Filmmaker-"Runaway Slave"
Article: " Blog" by Mark Taylor-Canfield on Salon.
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
The RNC convention is behind us and now it's on to Charlotte for the Democratic convention...we'll have all the news from the convention floor...
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Thom's Poll
Is the U.S. economy becoming like the austerity ravaged Eurozone?
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RNC - heavy on criticism, nothing on solutions
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Paul Ryan's lies
Sandra Fluke - Ryan/Romney bad for women!
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