SOLAR TARIFFS & PUERTO RICO concern us today in Solartopia. Trump’s insane, absurd and downright silly duties on solar panels will cost about 23,000 jobs and do nothing to promote domestic manufacturing. We talk with solar expert SCOTT SKLAR who knows all about it. We then discuss the horror show in Puerto Rico with long-time activist JOEL SEGAL, who’s been …
Leid Stories—Trump Targets Haitians for Deportation; Are There Any Men Who Have Been; More Notes on the Sex-Scandal Tsunami—11.21.17
Download this episode (right click and save) As many as 60,000 Haitians given shelter in the United States after an earthquake devastated their country in 2010 must return to Haiti by July 22, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday. This is in keeping with provisions of the Temporary Protected Status program under which they were allowed into the United …
Expat Files – 08.03.17
#1- Tips on buying and selling items in Latin America: If you buy or sell an item using Latin classifieds, newspaper ads, internet sites like www.olx.com or any sort of Latin Craigslist clone or whatever method, don’t be surprised if you find most of the sales will take place in a Walmart, MacDonald’s or some other “borrowed” parking lot. It’s an odd but …
Expat Files – 07.28.17
#1- Pollution in Latin Cities. How bad is it and what are governments and locals people doing about it, if anything. #2- More good reasons why its not a good idea to live in a medium to large sized Latin city (or in any big US city for that matter). #3-Latin America has a continuous baby boom that’s mostly …
Meria Heller – News of Planet of the Apes – 04.02.17
3/30/17 News of Planet of the Apes, with Meria. Nunes the storyteller; need an independent investigation;US ups wars and war dead;N.C. repeals bathroom bill;Fukushima radiation poisoning the world; latest trump horror bills;Westinghouse bankrupt;Fed.Court halts trump muslim ban indefinitely;Mexico trumps trump; tourism takes a beating under trump’s “ameriKKKa”; Phoenix makes huge deal with Mexico;trump vs. Republicans;leaders ripped off charities and towns;Ivanka in WH; 15 felonies for phony PP video makers;Brexit;no coal jobs coming back; no internet privacy-activists respond;DNC resignations;Dakota pipeline flows;More troops to Iraq,Yemen & Afghanistan;Sessions vs. sanctuary cities; lawsuit against Sessions;Bridgegate sentences;Iowa’s new ridiculous abortion bill;Canada moves to legalize cannabis;Kushner & Russia ties (lost big deal with China); trump created 35 jobs, destroyed thousands;trump/Russia/Mobs/FBI (must read); Russian protests; and more insanity.
HENRY GIROUX – Democracy in Exile and the Curse of Totalitarianism
With his white supremacist ideology and racist contempt for Muslims on full display, President Trump has issued an executive order banning all Syrians and people from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States. In doing so, he has not only made visible, and without apology, his embrace of the frenzied lawlessness of authoritarianism, he has also put into …
The Gary Null Show – 01.31.17
Today on a speical episode of The Gary Null Show, Gary covers a deep commentary on the topics going on in today’s world with Donald Trumo and the deporting. Gary plays a insightful audio clip by Ben Swann titled. Opportunistically Outraged? Protesters who are furious that Donald Trump wants to deport 3 million immigrants but silent as President Obama has actually done it. “Let that sink in, President Obama has deported more immigrants than every President of the 20th century combined. In the first half of the program Gary covers the latest in health and healing talking about working out, green tea benefits and how to live a longer life.
PAUL STREET – The Empire Has No Clothes
Harsh realities have long mocked United States “elites’” ritual description of their nation state as a benevolent beacon and agent of freedom, democracy, and justice at home and abroad. The mythology doesn’t square with stark disparities and oppressions inflicted by the nation’s unelected and interrelated dictatorships of money, class, race, and empire. The many dark truths about America behind the …
Robert Reich – Six reasons why Trump’s wall is even dumber than most of his other ideas
At his turbulent news event last Wednesday (I won’t dignify it by calling it a news conference), Trump reiterated that he will build a wall along the Mexican border. “It’s not a fence. It’s a wall,” he said, and “Mexico will pay for the wall.” Here are 6 reasons why Trump’s wall is an even dumber idea than most of …
Expat Files – 12.30.16
#1- Driving your car from the US to Latin America(or not): Though its not normally recommended that you drive down, just in case you’re the adventurous type and want to roll the dice, here are a few tips … #2- Tips on buying a car in Latin America: mostly what NOT to do. #3 -Mexico’s complicated rules of car ownership …