The Vinyl Experience – 12.25.15

VE102 Xmas

Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)

Stiff Little Fingers: White Christmas

Pogues: Fairytale Of New York

Vandals: Oi To The World

Jeff Beck: Greensleeves

Jethro Tull: Christmas Song

B.B. King: Christmas Celebration

Mighty Mighty Bosstones: This Time Of Year

The Killers: A Great Big Sled

Pretenders: 2,000 Miles

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Christmas Song

Smashing Pumpkins: Christmastime

Chris Cornell: Ave Maria

Sting: I Saw Three Ships

Jon Bon Jovi: Blue Christmas

Weezer: We Wish You A Merry Christmas

REM: Deck The Halls

Clyde McPhatter/Drifters: White Christmas

Beatles: Christmas Time Is Here Again

Matt Agorist – Anonymous Takes #OpISIS To A New Level – By Stopping An Actual Terror Attack

The primary ‘Anonymous’ account behind the hacktivist collective’s “Operation ISIS” is claiming to have stopped a terrorist attack in Italy. They claim that they are also working to stop others. As the Independent reports, “In this month we are working in silence,” a now-deleted tweet that was posted on Christmas Day read. “We have already foiled one attack, Isis against Italy, we …

Thanks, Climate Change. Extreme Weather Wreaking Havoc Across Globe

This year, the natural phenomenon known as El Niño is making the effects of man-made climate change worse, according to experts. And in reverse, climate change is exacerbating El Niño. As Common Dreamsreported earlier this year, temporary warming of surface waters in the Pacific, known as El Niño, drives dramatic shifts in rainfall, temperature, and wind patterns worldwide, and can last for months or …

Gilbert Doctorow – The Obsessive Putin-Bashing

The U.S. establishment writers on Russia are one and all “presstitutes” and when you put their writings together, back to back, in 40 pages or so as Johnson’s Russia List has so kindly done in its Christmas Eve issue, the result is an astounding propaganda barrage. For those of you in the general public who are, likely as not, unfamiliar …

Thomas Lodi – Why green juice is better than water

When we search for life on another planet, what we are actually looking for is water. If there is life anywhere “out-there”, there must be water. No water, no life – it’s that simple and yet, that profound. It has been said that “water is the new gold” because it is actually safer to eat out of your toilet than the ocean.  …

LOA Today – 12.24.15

Will Christmas ever come? Will I get what I want for Christmas? Those are the questions that countless children wonder about every year. When they become adults, they wonder the same thing about the Law of Attraction. They wonder if the thing they’re trying to manifest will ever come.
We call this week’s show, “Waiting For Christmas”.

Leid Stories – 12.24.15

It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday!’ A Whole Day Early!
The Grinch steals tomorrow, but “Free Your Mind Friday” won’t be among his Christmas loot. It’s “Free Your Mind Thursday” on Leid Stories—the gift of gab a whole day early!
Add your distinctive flavor to this tasty intellectual soup. Call in (888-874-4888) and dish on the issues of the day.

Medea Benjamin – Yemen Crisis: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance

After almost a year of civil war, the conflicting forces in Yemen sat down on December 15 in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the prospect of finding a political solution to the conflict that has been raging since March 2015. While this is a necessary step towards ending the violence that has killed thousands, crippled infrastructure and led to a critical …