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AIRDATE: Monday 12/12/16, 5-6pm Pacific/9-10pm ET
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Tuesdays 7 PM, Sundays 8 AM (PT)
You hear me? We're coming back LIVE tonight and we're excited. So come hear our program so you can respond with a resounding, "I hear ya" for "I hear ya" is the featured phrase of the week.
What have you been hearing lately in terms of our economy, healthcare, political shenanigans, calls for help?
Progress often starts with really hearing, not only each other, but also that "still small voice" from within, to which I often say, "Could you speak a little louder please? I'm hard of (inner) hearing."
Of course it's one thing to hear and another to listen. So, please join us tonight and listen in to our conversation where you'll hear insights as to how we can improve our "lot" along with humor, music and our "delightened characters."
And then, if you have time, we'd like to hear from you. We're listening.
Talk tonight
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This week on "Shadow Politics" our guest will be Stephanie Staie. Ms. Staie is an environmentalist with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California @Santa Barbara who is taking an active role in the Dakota pipeline controversy. With her lineage to the Lakota Sioux, she is requesting people not to support the major banks that are providing financial capital for the pipeline. While the protests have drawn international attention and have been said to be "reshaping the national conversation for any environmental project that would cross the Native American land", there was limited mainstream media coverage of the events in the United States until early September.
When administrators push out/harass/delegitimize veteran teachers, are they virtually destroying the profession?
When teacher unions turn a blind eye to teacher push outs/harassment/defamation, are they destroying the profession even more?
When districts and states forces on their teachers rubber rooms, teacher jails, predatory evaluations, and layoffs, are you turning your back on a time-honored profession?
Is the intrusion of personalized learning and technology into our schools just a step to replacing teachers with machines?
The answer is right before our eyes and Dr. Miller will be enlightening us to the truth behind this "crisis" and how we need to wake up, put the pieces together, and see the big picture.
Please read Nancy's article on the subject -
https://nancyebailey.com/2016/07/24/the-manufactured-shortage-driving-teachers-out-of-the-classroom/
Please tune in on Sunday and join the resistance.
Knowledge is power!
RESISTANCE MATTERS
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE
RESISTANCE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF EXPRESSION OF DEMOCRACY
RESISTANCE IS SURVIVAL
Christopher Vasey is a naturopath and author living in Chamby-Montreux, Switzerland.He studied at a naturopathy school in Paris under the supervision of P.V. Marchesseau and Alain Rousseaux.
In 1979 he started his own practice. Alongside his therapeutic work, he continued his formation by studying the works of famous naturopaths such as Dr. Paul Carton, Herbert Shelton, Robert Masson, R. Jackson, Kneipp, etc. In 1981, he organized his own introductory courses to naturopathy and started teaching in various health-oriented associations (natural medicine therapists, staff of health shops …)
From 1988 onwards, his many books on natural medicine have been published by Editions Jouvence, Geneva, Switzerland. Part of these books are now available in English, published by Inner Traditions, Vermont, USA. Among others "The Acid alkaline Diet", "The Naturopathic Way", "Optimal Detox"...
Some of Christopher Vasey's books are also available in other languages, such as German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese …
Since 1994 he has also written books on spiritual themes. Available in English: "The Secret of the blood" and "Gnomes, Elves, Nixies … a worldwide knowledge".
Christopher Vasey gives lectures regularly in Europe (Switzerland, France, Scandinavia, Iceland …), in the USA and Canada. He takes part in Book Fairs and natural medicine exhibitions, as well in radio programs. He writes for several
nature- and health-oriented magazines and for spiritual publications, among others the "GrailWorld".
Teacher of Wellness, Chiropractor and Author
Dr. Nick Campos is a teacher of universal principles and truths as they pertain to the health, wellness, sex, sexuality, emotion and evolution of body, mind and spirit.
As a healer trained in the art of chiropractic, and as a prominent chiropractic sports physician, he has helped thousands of people overcome physical injury and trauma, allowing them to regain their functional lives. Dr. Campos believes that wellness encompasses more than just the physical body, so his inspired mission is to assist people in navigating through mental, sexual and spiritual challenges, while teaching them tools to empower themselves in every area of their lives.
Dr. Nick Campos goes above and beyond to offer wellness in so many forms and flavors. He is innovative, creative, brilliant and motivated to offer each life he touches a greater quality of health and life.
His upcoming book “Seeking The Self Through Meditation” is also a course that has taken off like crazy. He teaches at corporations, on-site employee trainings, yoga studios, small and large groups, medical facilities, doctors, patients and seniors transitioning to the end-of-life. He even teaches students in high school and college. He is available, and you should book him soon!
FB – drnickcampos
Twitter - drnickcampos
Lawyer
STEVEN DRUCKER is a public interest attorney who founded the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting technologies that foster human and environmental health and addressing the problems of those that do not. As executive director of the Alliance, he organized a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that forced it to divulge its files on genetically engineered (GE) foods. This revealed that politically appointed administrators had covered up the extensive warnings of their own scientists about the unusual risks of these foods, lied about the facts, and then ushered these novel products onto the market in violation of explicit mandates of federal food safety law. In organizing the suit, he assembled an unprecedented coalition of eminent scientists and religious leaders to stand with the Alliance as co-plaintiffs – the first time scientists had sued a federal administrative agency on the grounds that one of its policies is scientifically unsound.
He is a prominent commentator on the risks of GE foods, has been featured in numerous articles in newspapers and magazines on five continents, and has appeared on many nationally broadcast television and radio programs (such as NPR’s The Connection and The Cleveland City Club; various BBC interviews; and Australia’s equivalent of The Today Show). He’s been a featured speaker at symposia at the British House of Commons and the National Congress of Brazil and at press conferences sponsored by the Brazilian Medical Association, the Swedish Consumers Association, and concerned members of the European Parliament.
He has served on the food safety panels at conferences conducted by the National Research Council and the FDA; given lectures at numerous universities (including the Biological Laboratories at Harvard, Tel Aviv University, and the University of Copenhagen); and met with government officials world-wide, including the UK’s Environmental Minister and the heads of food safety for France, Ireland, and Australia. He also conferred at the White House Executive Offices with an interagency task force of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality.
On invitation, he published articles about GE food in The Congressional Quarterly Researcher; Pacific World, a leading ecological magazine in New Zealand; and The Parliament Magazine, an influential Brussels-based journal covering EU policy issues. In May 2004, The Financial Times published his comment on GE food and the deceptions of the U.S. government.
He has extensive academic background in the history and philosophy of science and in human development and ethics – and has lectured extensively in these fields at universities and for professional groups, including presentations at the Center for Moral Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an institute of the American Bar Association. He co-authored the introductory and final chapters of Higher Stages of Human Development, published by Oxford University Press, and wrote a chapter on ethical development for Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood, published by Rowman and Littlefield.
He majored in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, received a special award for “Outstanding Accomplishment” in that field, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, and graduated with “Great Distinction in General Scholarship.” He also received his Juris Doctor from U.C. Berkeley and was elected to both the Law Review and the Order of the Coif (the legal honor society).
ABOUT Altered Genes Twisted Truth by Steven Drucker
This book uncovers the biggest scientific fraud of our age. It tells the fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world's food supply came into being, how it advanced by consistently violating the protocols of science, and how for more than three decades, hundreds of eminent biologists and esteemed institutions have systematically contorted the truth in order to conceal the unique risks of its products–and get them onto our dinner plates.
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth provides a graphic account of how this elaborate fraud was crafted and how it not only deceived the general public, but Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Barack Obama and a host of other astute and influential individuals as well. The book also exposes how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was induced to become a key accomplice--and how it has broken the law and repeatedly lied in order to usher genetically engineered foods onto the market without the safety testing that's required by federal statute. As a result, for fifteen years America's families have been regularly ingesting a group of novel products that the FDA's own scientific staff had previously determined to be unduly hazardous to human health.
By the time this gripping story comes to a close, it will be clear that the degradation of science it documents has not only been unsavory but unprecedented--and that in no other instance have so many scientists so seriously subverted the standards they were trained to uphold, misled so many people, and imposed such magnitude of risk on both human health and the health of the environment.
Educator, author, researcher, lecturer focusing on the history, origins and foundational concepts related to commerce.
I have to admit…there are a couple of important life concepts that took me awhile to understand. First, many of the things we encounter in our lives are not always what they initially appear to be. And second, discovering the truth about something doesn’t always happen quickly or easily. Based on personal experience, and many years of observation, these two concepts seem to apply equally to things out in the world as well as people and situations close to home. Understanding these concepts has played a big part in my growth as an individual and as an educator.
After graduating from college with a degree in psychology – with little hope of getting a paying job – I supported myself and my family by working as a carpenter in the construction industry. For the most part, I enjoyed the work I was doing, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had another “true calling”. Over time, I began to notice that in my daily interactions with the world of commerce there were many inconsistencies and contradictions. Eventually, I found myself drawn to studying the history, origins and foundational concepts related to commerce. I began to understand that the commercial world we deal with every day is often not what it appears to be. And like many things in life that take time and effort to fully understand, at a certain point it became clear to me that my life’s work would focus on helping other people understand the truth about how commerce really works.
Rap Artist; Song Writer
With humble beginnings performing soulful renditions of “Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog” on the school playground, Michael Wansley developed an affinity for music at an early age, performing wherever he could for anyone who would listen. As he worked towards his degree in music education, the newly nicknamed “Wanz” started his first band, Central Connection, eventually performing as a savvy stage man in groups such as The Ghetto Monks and Life Ring — soon sharing the stage with artists like Joe Williams, Bobby McFerrin, and Dizzy Gillepsie.
It was only a matter of time before Wanz grabbed the national spotlight.
Last summer, rising hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis recruited Wanz for a hook on their song about shopping for second-hand clothes, a humble and forward-thinking track against the traditionally flashy hip-hop status quo. Partly thanks to Wanz’s unforgettable hook, “Thrift Shop” quickly climbed the Billboard charts before landing at number one and holding that spot for six weeks total, certifying the single as six-times platinum in the United States.
Wanz now tours the world with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, charming fans from all walks of life with his captivating vocals and unparalleled stage presence. Recent performances include Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Ellen, and festivals such as South by Southwest and Bonnaroo, among others.
Currently, Wanz is putting the final touches on a solo EP, which is due out this summer. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Teddy Pendergrass and Bill Withers, Wanz blends pensive lyrics with tight, soulful grooves on his debut solo effort, producing a fresh sound that will capture your ears and stimulate your mind
Musicians
THE MCMAINS BROTHERS (JIM, MOOSE & MICK)
The McMains Brothers, (Moose and Jim, who are twins) are sons of Philip D. McMains and Helen Muir Ware.
Moose and Jim had a band in Paris that was signed to CBS in France, known as Les Irresistibles when they were just 16. On of their hit songs was “My Year In a Day.” Later, together with their younger brother Mick, they have been singing and playing together in various bands of various names.
The currently write songs and sing under their real name, The McMains Brothers.
Mick was born in Washington D.C. and immediately moved to Vietnam where he spent his baby years. Then it was off to Europe, 2 years in Vienna followed by 5 years in Paris. It was in Paris that Mick began a life long study of music having the good fortune to take piano lessons from Russian-born Madame Friedenson who herself was a protégé of the great Nadia Boulanger. After his dad retired from the USIS (information gathering), the family moved to Southern California where his older brothers – both excellent musicians – were at USC. It was in SoCal that Mick started playing the guitar in earnest, finding an excellent teacher in Long Beach by the name of Horace Hatchett. Hatchett had studied with the legend Charlie Christian.
Mick has Co-Produced 2 startling CDs for the art ensemble known as dj monkey. Acting also came natural to Mick. He can be seen in the horror classic Hard Rock Zombies. He’s the piano-playing Zombie on the left. Mick has played on all the main stages in and around Los Angeles, also touring Europe as a bassist for punk rock band The Generators. A 2-year stint as lead singer for Earl Slick’s NYC brought Mick into the heights of rock royalty sharing the stage with luminaries like Joe Walsh (Eagles), Ray Manzarek (Doors) Earl Slick (Bowie)… and later he was found touring Japan and the Pacific Northwest with 80’s power-pop icon John Wicks of The Records.
Contact info:
Email: mick@mickmcmains.com
Human Rights Activist/Politician/Comissioner
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY bio
After serving in the Georgia Legislature, in 1992, McKinney won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first African-American woman from Georgia in the U.S. Congress. She was the first Member of Congress to demand an investigation of the events of 9/11/2001. McKinney was criticized and as a result, she was defeated in 2002; however, she ran again and was re-elected in 2004.
In 2005, McKinney was a vocal critic of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Cynthia introduced legislation to release documents related to the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tupac Shakur. She was the first Member of Congress to file articles of impeachment against George W. Bush; and she voted against every war-funding bill put before her. In 2008, Cynthia McKinney won the Green Party nomination and ran for U.S. President.
In December 2008, Cynthia made international headlines when her boat was rammed by the Israeli military as she was attempting to deliver medical supplies to Gaza. In 2009, Cynthia attempted to reach Gaza again, this time armed with crayons, coloring books, and school supplies. Her boat was overtaken in international waters by the Israeli military and she was kidnapped to Israel. Cynthia spent 7 days in an Israeli prison. Finally, Cynthia entered Gaza by land in July 2009 with George Galloway's Viva Palestina.
Cynthia completed a cross-country bicycle ride with Bike4Peace 2010. In August 2011, Cynthia visited 21 cities to end the bombing of Libya. More recently, Cynthia participated in Malaysia’s Perdana Peace Organization and served as a Juror on the Bertrand Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
In 2015, Cynthia completed her dissertation on the transformational leadership of Hugo Chavez and was awarded a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change.
Cynthia currently possesses technical proficiency in the French language, but because Cynthia’s current research interest centers on Asia, Eurasia, and the U.S., she is now learning Chinese.
Cynthia is a member of the Working Group for the Great Caribbean Studies, Latin America Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), The Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and The International Leadership Association (ILA).
Cynthia has two books to her credit and several Chapters that she has authored in the books of others.Mahathir Mohamad’s efforts to “criminalize war.” She has appeared in Kuala Lumpur several times, declaring that city the Peace Capital of the World. She recently reported on her experience in Libya in the “Arab Uprising” Conference organized by the Perdana Global Peace Foundation and served as an official observer at the historic Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal that, on 22 November 2011, found former President George W. Bush and former Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of the crime of aggression and other crimes against the state and people of Iraq.
ABOUT 'Ain't Nothing Like Freedom'
Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember through ash. She discovered legislators who passed laws without reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned individuals shilling for the white status quo. She excoriated government lassitude over Hurricane Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical Congressional briefing on 9/11, introducing counter-testimony of scholars, investigators, former intelligence agents.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she held Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military contractors and missing billions in the Pentagon's budget. Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of NORAD air defenses on 9/11. She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town halls and hearings, led protests, showed up while others played along to get along, took the side of the people against the will of the Party. And when she got too truth seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail of achievements mostly won singlehandedly. But McKinney rose again like a Phoenix, answering the call to run as 2008 Green Party candidate for President, challenging the corrupt two-party stranglehold on American democracy.
Then it was on to the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, to be seized on the high seas and imprisoned in Israel. On to Tripoli, to serve as witness to the NATO terror bombing of Libya. On to Malaysia to serve on the War Crimes Commission... Often introduced as the Sojourner Truth, the Harriet Tubman of our age, McKinney reflects here on the Biblical figures of Esther, Deborah and Naomi. This is the Cynthia McKinney saga as it stands to date--what she saw, what she learned, and how she fought for change.
Healer,Teacher, Founder Spiritual Energy Dynamics






