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Wednesday 12 February '14 show notes

Feb. 14, 2014 11:05 am

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Ed Haislmaier, Heritage Foundation: How Medicaid failed brain cancer victim
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, NC NAACP: Moral Mondays...where was the media?
Professor David Loye, Darwin in Love: The Rest of the Story: It's Darwin's birthday!

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How Much More Proof Do We Need?

West Virginia is dealing with another coal-related toxic spill, and people are finding out the hard way about the real dangers of fossil fuels. Yesterday, news broke that the West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a coal slurry spill in Kanawha County. Residents are still dealing with the effects of the Freedom Industries' chemical spill that happened a month ago, and now they're learning that a broken pipe at the Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant has spewed more toxic sludge into one of their waterways.

A West Virginia DEP spokesperson told the Charleston Gazette that the slurry spill can be characterized as “significant,” although they say that there is no immediate threat to drinking water. Considering that residents are still feeling the effects of the first spill, and fighting to get complete and accurate information, it's unlikely that they're going to trust risk assessments from state officials.

According to Eco News, the coal slurry contains a chemical called Flomin 110-C, which in turn contains MCHM. That is the same chemical that contaminated the Elk River, which provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginia Residents. This is the third coal-related spill in a single month. How much more evidence do we need before we end our addiction to fossil fuels?

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Need to Know: FL Cuts Off Minority Voters
- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine

Lone Liberal Rumble:
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- Andrew Kloster, The Heritage Foundation

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Media is Distorting Russia
- Stephen Cohen, The Nation Magazine

PLUS, Smart Capitalists say "Raise minimum wage!"
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Tuesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Should felons have voting rights?
- Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research

Article: "Barclays to cut 12,000 jobs, pays bigger bonuses" by Steve Slater and Matt Scuffham.

Article: "Barclays bank made £5.2bn profit despite a scandalous year" by Graham Hiscott.

Article: "Yellen: Federal Reserve stimulus cuts to continue" by BBC.

Article: "Holder: Restore felons' voting rights" by Josh Gerstein.

Article: "Map of State Felony Disfranchisement Laws" by ACLU.

Article: "Matthew Lyon" by Wikipedia.

The Big Picture
- Nate Sweet, The Big Picture producer

Article: "White House considers drone strike on US citizen abroad".

Article: "GOP Throws In The Towel: The End Of Debt Limit Extortion" by Sahil Kapur.

Article: "In Arkansas, ‘Private Option’ Medicaid Plan Could Be Derailed" by Abby Goodnough.

Article: "Holder: Restore felons' voting rights" by Josh Gerstein.

Article: "80,000 people protested in NC this weekend. Here’s why" by Jaime Fuller.

Article: "Climate Impacts on the Winter Tourism Economy in the United States" by Elizabeth Burakowski, Matthew Magnusson.

Article: "Who should we really be pissed off at? Well..." by BitchyPundit.

Article: "Your 2012 Federal Taxpayer Receipt" by White House.

Article: "Add It Up: The Average American Family Pays $6,000 a Year in Subsidies to Big Business" by Paul Buchheit.

Article: "Bid to restore benefits for long-term jobless falls one vote short in Senate" by Dan Roberts.

Article: "Michael Sam's dad tells New York Times he 'couldn't eat' after son told him he was gay" by Nina Mandell.

Article: "Money makes people right-wing, inegalitarian, UK study finds" by University of Warwick.

Article: "Mounting evidence links lead’s toxic effects to criminal behavior".

Article: "15 Things Everyone Would Know If There Were A Liberal Media" by Akadjian.

Article: "50 Signs You Watch Too Much Fox News" by Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario.

Article: "Sugar debate turns sour for food groups" by Scheherazade Daneshkhu.

Article: "Bitcoin crashes again: Is it over for the cryptocurrency?" by Aaron Pressman.

Article: "CO2 growth highest on record" by Sam Carana.

Article: "High methane readings over Greenland" by Sam Carana.

Article: "Coalition seeks $2.10 an hour hike in Michigan minimum wage" by Charles Crumm.

Article: "Petition started to revive part-time legislature" by Anastassios Adamopoulos.

Article: "H-1B Visa Program: Reforms Are Needed to Minimize the Risks and Costs of Current Program" by GAO.

Article: "13th Amendment" (end slavery).

Article: "15th Amendment" (right to vote).

Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008.

Case: "Giles v. Harris", 1903 (voter registration).

Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 separate but equal).

Hour Two: Is this the end of snow?
- Gretchen Bleiler, Olympic Champion/Protect Our Winters (POW)

Article: "The End of Snow?" by Porter Fox.

Article: "Sochi's Role in the Climate Movement" by Kikkan Randall, Alex Deibold.

Article: "US Ski Team Member Andrew Newell & 105 Winter Olympians Call For Climate Action" by POW.

Article: "Federal court strikes down FCC net neutrality rules" by Adi Robertson.

Article: "New Keystone XL Pipeline Application - public comment period will close on March 7, 2014.

Speech: "A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. "An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""

Article: "Open Letter to Rutgers President Barchi--don't honor Condoleezza Rice!" by lladutke.

The good: "Chris Kluwe: Calling Gay Football Player A 'Distraction' Is Code For Intolerance" by Catherine Thompson.

The bad: James Taranto: "Wall Street Journal Columnist: Victims Of Sexual Assault Need To Take Their Share Of Blame, Too" by Tom Kludt.

The very, very ugly: Gary James: "Restaurant Refuses to Serve ‘F*ggots,’ Trolled Online as ‘Best Place for Hot Man Sex’" by Josh Feldman.

Article: "Poll: 'Duck Dynasty' Star Would Oust Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu" by Dylan Scott.

Video: Large Scale Structure of the Universe.

Case: "The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act".

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "TRNS News Notes — 2/11/14" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes — 2/12/15" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission" by Dwayne Brown.

Article: "Obama says U.S. will deal harshly with violators of Iran sanctions" by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland.

Article: "Obama Says U.S. No Closer to Military Action in Syria Crisis" by Phil Mattingly and Margaret Talev.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Book: Self Empowerment: Nine Things the 19th Century Can Teach Us About Living in the 21st by B. Anne Gehman and Ellen Ratner.

Hour Three: Moral Mondays...where was the media?
- Caitlin Swain, Advancement Project

Article: "15 Photos From The Massive Progressive Protest You Didn’t Hear About This Weekend" by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Article: "Incoming winter storm could mimic 1987 heavy snow event" by Rick Grow.

Article: "First snowfall projection: 5-14 inches for metro region, less southern Maryland" by Jason Samenow.

Article: "Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan", February 26, 1997.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.

Quote: "Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom." Nelson Mandela.

Article: "Colbert and Paul Krugman Settle the Obamacare CBO Report Score Once and for All" by Matt Wilstein.

Book: How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev.

Article: "Canadian Oilsands Staff Fired, Reportedly Replaced With Foreign Workers" by CP.

Article: "Debate on public-private deal for U.S. 36 renovations, tolls heats up" by Will C. Holden.

Book: How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America by Karen Brodkin.

Case: "Bush v. Gore", 2000.

Article: "The Threat Of Defaulting On U.S. Debt And Other Crises Have Cost 750,000 Jobs" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "Despite $93 Billion in Profits, Big Oil Demands Continued Tax Breaks" by Daniel J. Weiss and Miranda Peterson.

Article: "Walmart’s Labor Practices Backfire" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "RadCast radiation readings - February 11, 2014" by .

Article: "50,000 Wind Energy Supporters Call on Incoming Senate Committee Leader to Extend Tax Credit" by Brandon Baker.

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Hour One: How Medicaid failed brain cancer victim
- Ed Haislmaier, Heritage Foundation

Hour Two: Moral Mondays...where was the media?
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, NC NAACP.

Hour Three: It's Darwin's birthday!
- Professor David Loye, Darwin in Love: The Rest of the Story.

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Another Chemical Spill in WV?

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Is this the end of snow and winter sports?

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Olympic politics in Sochi...

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Big Picture Rumble - Lack of coverage of the Moral Mondays?

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Big Picture Rumble - Madison's worst nightmares have come true

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Should the U.S. be able to kill citizens with drones?

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Rated XXX - Bigfoot Erotica....

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When Conservatives Embraced Big Government

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Killing by cell phone?

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80,000 March in NC...where was the media?

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Conversations with Great Minds P1 - Sam Polk - Working on Wall Street was not worth it

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Full Show 2/11/14: Another Chemical Spill in West Virginia

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Tonight's "Politics Panel" discusses whether the Obama administration should assassinate American citizens via drone, Congress' vote to raise the debt ceiling and what Saturday's massive moral march protest in Raleigh means. Thom talks climate change and the future of outdoor winter sports with Powder Magazine's Porter Fox, the latest from Sochi with RT Correspondent Paul Scott and the latest news on the new chemical spill in West Virginia. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how Montana and Oregon have said no to corporate tax loopholes.

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Moral Mondays...Where was the Media?

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Is it the end of snow?

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Just How Much of out Taxes go to Corporate Welfare?

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Caller: Felon Voter Bans are Unconstitutional!

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Caller: I'm a Former Felon and I Need to Vote!

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Should Felons Have Voting Rights?

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