Jeffrey P. Snider – Worse Shape Than I Thought

If the Wall Street Journal meant to reach for reassuring comfort, they fell far short. After spending late summer last year and into the fall proclaiming that manufacturing didn’t matter (12%), the newest round of talking points are “false positives.” In other words, manufacturing and industry does matter, after all, but just “not enough” to tip into full recession. That …

Energy Stew – ReGina Concotelli – 01.22.16

Every year, the Human Design System reveals the unique world-wide themes and characteristics we will have to deal with. There’s much detail and I’ll be talking with ReGina Concotelli, a fellow Human Design Analyst who I often compare notes with.

It’s uncanny how this system can derive so many unique insights through the placement of the planets, the wisdom of the Chinese I’Ching and a chakra template. Most of the time, these charts are used with people’s birth dates and give an accurate rendition of the mechanics of their personalities.

ReGina and I will examine the Human Design chart for this year and it has a lot to say. Every new year, we wait for the chart to show a particular alignment that signifies the start of the Human Design year. This year, the date was January 22nd.

Inside the Chinese Meltdown Rocking Wall Street, Part 2

Controlled Press, Out-of-Control Pollution and Corruption How do we know what we know about China?  Tens of billions of dollars are invested in China’s markets and manufacturing sector based on government-generated statistics whose accuracy is—and should be — widely questioned. Under China’s authoritarian power structure, the media, including the Internet, is tightly controlled. The most professional-appearing media outlets with the …

MILLENNIALS HAVE GOTTEN ROYALLY SCREWED: THAT’S WHY THEY’RE VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS

The newest generation of adults are demonized by older generations, all the while suffering our brave new world CONOR LYNCH In recent years, it seems like a cottage industry of sorts has formed around bashing the Millennial generation as a bunch of narcissistic, lazy, entitled, coddled, uninformed digital junkies who just can’t deal with the real world. Though older generations have always complained about youngsters being in trouble, this animus towards …

Progressive Commentary Hour – 12.01.15 (PART 2)

Gary discusses Israeli and Palestine and the current situation. Also Prof. Norman Pollack joins Gary for the 2nd hour as well.

Prof. Norman Pollack is a professor emeritus of history at Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan. He has a long history of engaging civil rights and anti-war activities over the decades, beginning when he was 15 and campaigning for Henry Wallace and his Progressive Party in 1948. Later he campaigned for Adlai Stevenson in the 50s and supported Martin Luther King. A two time Guggenheim fellow, Prof. Pollack was a major intellectual voice during the late 60s in giving an knowledgeable boost to the New Left and writing on American populism, which became an popular documentary “The Populist Mind”. After receiving his doctorate in American Civilization from Harvard, he taught at Yale and Wayne State before going to Michigan. In his later years he has focused on the history of civil disobedience, socio-political alienation, and the sociology of fascism. Prof. Pollack currently writes for Counterpunch.org, and investigates America’s descent into a new form of neoliberal fascism.

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z – 11.10.15

Topic: Acupuncture, Yoga, Herbs, Massage- Therapies for Mind and Body

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com , interviews Milard K. Roper, L.Ac., LMT. Milard is a licensed Acupuncturist, Massage Therapist, and Herbalist. For many years he has taught Kung Fu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and various Asian Medicine classes and seminars. His passion for these arts and the knowledge behind them come through clearly when he is teaching. Milard has been a yoga practitioner for 15 years and becoming a Yoga instructor was a natural and obvious progression in his life path. Milard has had amazing teachers in various fields, they are a constant source of inspiration and knowledge. He is forever grateful to them. His enthusiasm for life and the balance he has created in his professional and personal life is inspirational to his students, patients, friends and family. Contact: Om Organics Grab & Go Café, 201 East Main St ,Huntington NY 11743 631-673-7020, http://thefunkyom.com/

Maya Gold – Top Ten CEOs’ Pay Is an Annual Raise for Half a Million Workers

America, chief executive pay is now 300 times more than the average worker. That’s a high enough ratio that presidential candidates are taking note on both sides of the aisle. Senator Bernie Sanders listed the statistic in a statementsupporting mandated CEO disclosure of salaries, and CEO Trump himself declared that the numbers were “disgraceful.”   However, even on a topic …