Media Roots Radio- TSA, Bush’s Book, Flotilla Attack and Interview with Dr. Paul Larudee by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – On this week’s episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie and Abby Martin talk about the new TSA procedures and privacy violations, Bush’s book tour and the media giving him a pass, and analyze the WhatTheFuckHasObamaDoneSoFar website. On the second half … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Two important news stories this past week illuminate a trend toward the crumbling privacy rights of the public, while corporations are expanding their rights to trump those of living, breathing American citizens. Back in September, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration’s Internet Wiretapping Proposal was Met with Silence. Last week, the story continues with the … Read More
Media Roots Radio Episode 2 by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – In this edition of Media Roots radio Robbie and Abby Martin discuss pharmaceutical drugs, the co-opting of the tea party from the neo-conservatives, and go after “liberal” commentators like Jon Stewart and Bill Maher that frame the debate in a destructive way. We also break down the true threat … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Recently, I remembered a little known video by physicist and 9/11 researcher David Chandler, tackling the statistics on the ongoing “War on Terror”. Here it is. I borrowed the title from a salty comment by David in his own Youtube thread. On 9/11, according to the official death toll, 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died. Since then, … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Follow the money and you will always find the truth. U.S. Marine Major General Smedley Butler, one of only 19 people to be twice awarded the Medal of Honor, wrote War is a Racket in 1935: “War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It … Read More
