Thursday 2 February '12 show notes
Feb. 4, 2012 7:08 amBy SueN- If you're Cold Naked and Hungry - an IPO isn't going to help you!
- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear. San Onofre Nuke plant radiation leak...a warning of things to come?
- Paul Sherman, Institute for Justice. SuperPACs and the people who love them.
- Geeky Science rocks! Should Sugar Be Regulated As Toxin?
- Nusrat Choudhury.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Paul Fontaine: Icelandic politics. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 5:08 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, Thom Hartmann here with you live from Reykjavik, Iceland. And we’ve been having some, I think fascinating and in some cases arcane in the minutia. But on the other hand, I just find it all amazing what’s going on here. And with me, I’m very, very pleased to have with me, Paul Fontaine. He’s a journalist with the Reykjavik Grapevine. And that website is Grapevine.is, ".is" is the domain here in Iceland.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Egill Helgason: Icelandic politics. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 4:48 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, Thom Hartmann here with you, broadcasting live from Reykjavik, Iceland. And with us a commentator, you know our last guest was a reporter. And kind of giving us the news. Let’s get into some commentary, some thoughts on the news. Egill Helgason is with us.
Daily Topics - Friday February 3rd, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 9:50 amBy shawnt56Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Hour Two: Exposing big $ corruption in politics - Lee Fang, United Republic
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson: Icelandic economics. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 8:21 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, Thom Hartmann here with you in Reykjavik, Iceland. And I am pleased to have with me, an esteemed journalist for the State Broadcasting service, which is RUV.
Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson: Yeah, RUV.
Thom Hartmann: Gunnar Jónsson, and Gunnar, welcome to the program.
Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson: Thank you.
How ALEC is turning our Democracy into a Corporatocracy...
Feb. 3, 2012 8:17 amBy louisehartmannOur democracy is screwed. It’s been long speculated that Republican state lawmakers are taking their orders from the shadowy right-wing think tank funded by the Koch Brothers and known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – and now there’s proof. It was discovered in Florida – when Republican State Representative Rachel Burgin introduced legislation in the state House back in November that - oops - still in
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Birgitta Jónsdóttir: State of Icelandic democracy, Internet. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 7:44 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, from Reykjavik, Iceland. Thom Hartmann here with you. And I am very pleased and honored to have with me in the studio, and I have mangled every Icelandic name and I know it. Birgitta Jónsdóttir?
Birgitta Jónsdóttir: Yeah, it’s pretty good.
Thom Hartmann: Pretty close? I didn’t win the competition for the most mangled name?
Birgitta Jónsdóttir: No, no. I think they did that in the Bradley Manning pretrials.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Stefnir Húni Kristjánsson: Icelandic politics. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 4:40 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, Thom Hartmann here with you live in Reykjavik, Iceland. And with me in the studio, Stefnir, and I know I’m mangling this, Kristjánsson? Do you want to say your name correctly?
Stefnir Húni Kristjánsson: Stefnir Kristjánsson.
Thom Hartmann: Thank you very much. Stefnir? Oh with a …
Stefnir Húni Kristjánsson: Yes with a little R.
Thom Hartmann: Stefnir. And you’re the chairman of Isafold, which is a libertarian party?
Transcript: Thom Hartmann & Gunnlaugur Snær Ólafsson: Icelandic Conservative politics. January 9, 2012
Feb. 3, 2012 2:55 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back, Thom Hartmann broadcasting live from Reykjavik, Iceland. And with me in the studio right now is Gulli Ólafsson, who is the Chairman of the Conservative Society in Iceland? Do I have that right?
Gunnlaugur Snær Ólafsson: That is correct.
Thom Hartmann: And thank you very much for joining us today. What is the Conservative Party? How do you define yourself? Where did the Conservative Party come from?