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Thom's blog
All Hell is Breaking Loose in Europe
The streets of Madrid resembled a war zone on Tuesday, as thousands of demonstrators surrounded the Spanish Parliament demanding the government resign. There were several arrests and injuries as riot police clashed with the demonstrators.
Spain is under immense pressure from banksters to slash government spending and pay down its deficit, but those most affected by this sort of austerity like public sector workers aren’t having it. And already, Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the Eurozone, which will only get worse with more austerity.
Demonstrators called for a national referendum to let the Spanish people – and not technocrats – decide their own fate when it comes to paying the nation’s debts. To make matters worse, the Catalonia region of Spain called for an early election at the end of November – which could be a vote for independence from Spain altogether as the region runs into its own financial problems.
Meanwhile on the other side of Europe, workers in Greece are on strike today to protests another round of spending cuts under consideration by the Greek government. Public employees, teachers, medics, lawyers, and even bankers walked off their jobs and took to the streets to protest salary and pension cuts.
It’s the first such strike since the new Conservative government took power in June. Organizers of the strike were expecting upwards of a million people in the streets of Athens. Austerity is literally ripping nations apart in Europe – and it’ll do the same thing here in the United States if Republicans win big in November.
-Thom
(Do you think the same will happen in the USA? Tell us here.)
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Kurt Eichenwald, Contributing Editor-Vanity Fair / Author-“500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Candidate's debate...no 3rd parties allowed- Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian VP Candidate
Lone Liberal Rumble:- Judson Phillips, Attorney / Associate Director-TheTeaParty.net / Founder-Tea Party Nation - Marc Harrold, Libertarian Commentator / Attorney / Author.
Conversations with Great Minds - Kurt Eichenwald, Contributing Editor-Vanity Fair & former reporter-NY Times / Author-“500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
Daily Take: How can you plan a revolution when Big Brother is watching?
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Tuesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: GOP Ralph Reed anti-Obamacare push poll
Hour Two: October Surprises in politics - what will be 2012's October Surprise?
Talk Radio News Segment:- Sam Trudeau, calling from the U.N.
Hour Three: NFL scab referees and the return of TV bloopers- Dave Zirin, Sports Editor-The Nation Magazine
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: How can you plan a revolution when Big Brother is watching?
Hour Two: Why does Drudge always have different polling than anyone else?
"Taking Our Country Back": Running against 16 term incumbent, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA, 10th District)- Kristin Cabral
Hour Three: China trade, taxes, update on Citizens United in Ohio, negative ads- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Conservatives and Libertarians continue to push the "big lie" about our social safety nets...I'll challenge Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine...
Plus, Geeky Science Rocks...can you smell the pyschopath in the room?
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Thom's Poll
Is the right wing media distorting polls to later accuse Obama of stealing election?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
1st they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win...
Is the NFL showing Americans the importance of unions?
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Pythogenicously Ugly!
Terminator trading should be banned
Massive protest in Spain - Hell No! on austerity to Spain's Parliament
Roseanne Barr says nationalize the banks, just like Iceland, to fix economy
Is the religious right Mitt's secret weapon to win?
Top GOP Strategist says "Comrade" President Obama is Hitler...
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 9/25/12: The Obama/Hitler Comparison
Thom discusses the latest "survey" from the right comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler. Also discussed: third party candidates with Actress and Presidential candidate Roseanne Barr, the latest uprising in Spain over austerity measures and the NFL referee lockout. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at how money is not the only way to change politics.
Thom Hartmann on the News - September 25, 2012
Religious Right - Romney's Secret Weapon?
The thing about Charter schools
NFL scab referees and the anti-union owners
History of the 'October surprise'
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