Alternative Visions – US Economy Stalls Again-4th Time in 4 years! – 05.01.15

Dr. Jack Rasmus analyzes US 1st Quarter GDP numbers, where US economic growth flattened out to a mere 0.2%–the fourth such collapse in the US economy in as many years. Is it due to the weather, as some argue? Is there something wrong with US statistics, showing four collapses since 2009 all occurring in the winter? Or are there real economic explanations for why the US economy periodically surges in the summer then stalls out in the winter, as it has since 2011? Will this winter 2015’s stall be followed by another ‘temporary surge’ in growth this summer?

A Bowl of Soul – 05.01.15

Just Got Paid – Johnny Kemp – R&B\New Jack Swing – 1988
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head – Brand Nubian – R&B\Hip Hop – 1998
The People – De La Soul feat. Chuck D – Hip Hop – 2015
My Peace of Heaven – Ten City – R&B\House – 1992
King Kunta – Kendrick Lamar – Funk\Hip Hop – 2015
Get Up Stand Up – Bunny Wailer – Reggae – 1977
Mother Popcorn – James Brown – Funk – 1969
Drifted – Elle – Neo Soul\R&B – 2015
Could This Be Love – Devon Howard – R&B – 2015
Robot Man – Jay & The Techniques – R&B – 1972
If I Ever Lost You – Little Jimmy Scott – R&B – 1963

The Vinyl Experience – 05.01.15

Joni Mitchell: Shadows And Light

Led Zeppelin: In The Light

Billy Squier: In The Dark

Coldplay: Clocks

Kings Of Leon/West LA Choir: Radioactive

Zombies: Time Of The Season

Foo Fighters: Big Me

David Bowie: Blue Jean

The Who: You Better You Bet

The Band: Chest Fever

Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls

The Doors: People Are Strange

Peter Gabriel: Shock the Monkey

Leid Stories – 05.01.15

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Expat Files – 05.01.15

-Today we have a disturbing email from a female public high-school English teacher(in the states) hoping beyond hope that she can last just two more years and get her pension. Then it’s get the hell out of Dodge and down to Latin America.

-It’s not Carnival time, so why are there hundreds of thousands of people marching in the streets of Brazil? Here’s a hint… the Brazilian president’s popularity is at an all-time historic low of 13%. Yes, it’s a political corruption of massive proportions (again) but this time the media and the people have solid goods on the crooks in office. The snakes won’t easily buy or squirm out of this one.