Author: Richard Eskow

Rumble: Is Trump & the GOP Practicing Climate Terrorism? – The Big Picture

Rumble: Is Trump & the GOP Practicing Climate Terrorism? – The Big Picture

Posted by | Sep 26, 2016 | , , , , , |

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Anya Parampil, RT America & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. According to a new report from “Oil Change International” – “The potential carbon emissions from the oil, gas, and coal in the world’s currently operating fields and mines would take us beyond 2 degrees C of warming. The reserves in currently operating oil and gas fields alone, even with no coal, would take the world beyond 1.5 degree Celsius.” Bill McKibben wrote in The New Republic that “if our goal is to keep the Earth’s temperature from rising more than two degrees...

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FDA Approves Drug That Doesn’t Work; BUT Big Pharma Will Make $2 Billion On It

FDA Approves Drug That Doesn’t Work; BUT Big Pharma Will Make $2 Billion On It

Posted by | Sep 20, 2016 | , , , , |

FDA Chief Dr. Robert Califf approved a muscular dystrophy drug this week against the findings of his own administration and the analysis of independent reviewers. But his ties to big Pharma run deep, so he went ahead and approved this completely ineffective drug anyway. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: If you needed any evidence as to how dysfunctional the United States Food and Drug Administration truly is, then look at what happened yesterday with this Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug produced by Sarepta Therapeutics. Now independent reviewers who submitted information to the...

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PBS: Mike Papantonio Discusses ‘Law and Disorder’ and What Inspired the Legal Thriller

PBS: Mike Papantonio Discusses ‘Law and Disorder’ and What Inspired the Legal Thriller

Posted by | Sep 19, 2016 | , , , |

Mike Papantonio joins PBS’s Conversations with Jeff Weeks to discuss his new legal thriller Law and Disorder. Papantonio goes into the legal and political overtones of the book, as well as the ways in which good fiction can teach us something about the world around us. Preorder Law and Disorder today. Transcription of the above video: Jeff: Mike Papantonio has authored several books, his latest a novel entitled Law and Disorder, a suspenseful story that draws on Papantonio’s extensive legal career. We welcome Mike Papantonio to this edition of Conversations. Thank you for joining us. Mike: Good to be...

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Ben Carson Forgets His Luggage, Runs Off During Live CNN Interview – The Majority Report

Ben Carson Forgets His Luggage, Runs Off During Live CNN Interview – The Majority Report

Posted by | Sep 7, 2016 | , , , , |

In this Majority Report clip, the venerable Dr. Ben Carson is doing something he’s been doing for quite some time now, which is talking to the press on live television. He realizes that he’s forgotten his luggage in a car nearby or left it somewhere (who knows), and he stops the interview midsentence and runs off to check on it/find it, whatever. The reporter does his best to keep the segment going by pointing to Ben Carson’s childhood home and some neighbors, and just as things seem to be getting on track, Ben Carson comes right back to the...

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