TBR 240621 - The Half-Truth, the Whole Half-Truth, and Nothing But the Half-Truth*

This week’s radio show reveals the half-truth, the whole half-truth, and nothing but the half-truth in order to get to the whole truth. At the Thunderbolt, we don’t take half measures…

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Sonic Café #394/ The Atomic Wavelength Transference Device

Sonic Café with the Atomic Wavelength Transference Device, that’s the Doughboys, so welcome to the cafe, this episode is fit for King, Queen, Prince or Princess, I’m your ahh court jester Scott Clark and this is episode 394. This time the Sonic Café brings you a music mix pulled from 52 years and includes the Bangles, a great Marvin Gaye instrumental from 1972, the Jayhawks, Jungle, the instantly recognizable sound of saxophonist David Sanborn and many more including another in our series of mash ups, this time from Bill McClintock. Listen for his mix of Freeze Frame from the J Geils band mashed against Detroit Rock City from Kiss. Something he calls Freeze Frame City near the bottom of the hour. We’ve also got standup comedy from the great Gary Gulman, plus an unfortunate ad placement from 80’s. CNN broadcast. Listen for AIDS, uh you can’t buy it, but you can still get it. Ahem. All that plus some other stuff thrown in just for fun from our little café in the great Pacific Northwest, here’s some gritty, funk from 1975 from Betty Davis. This is it, the Sonic Café.

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War within six months if Starmer becomes PM, George Galloway at Workers Party manifesto launch

– 6 Labour MPs secret plan to raise £60 billion. INCREASING inheritance tax INCREASING capital gains tax ’jackpot’ levy on wealth council tax reforms could double bills – Labour’s Secret Plan To Smash The Middle Class By Ensuring Home Owners Can’t Pass On Their House To Their Children – The rise of inheritance tax – I think Labour plans to raise even more from inheritance tax (IHT), despite receipts already being at record levels. – I may be wrong, but I do not expect the removal of IHT exemptions on businesses, including farms. – Housing Crisis: ‘We need one new house to cope with 750,000 annual migrants!’ Nigel Farage, Reform Party, giving a speech in Blackpool – Brexit, immigration. – Armageddon warning as Galloway claims PM Starmer will drag UK into WW3 ‘within six months’ – George Galloway disikes both Sir Keir and Labour, the party for which he was first elected as an MP. George Galloway predicts a war if Keir Starmer is elected as PM – Workers Party candidate Heiko Khoo on why he’s standing f in Putney – The last five years saw the biggest transfer of wealth, from the poor to the rich, in history. – The Putney Debates Public Meetings Come and Debate the Great Questions of our Time In the historic tradition of the 1647 Putney Debates, The Putney Debates 2024 – Keir Starmer on Port Talbot steel works closure so we have to buy arms from the USA. Tata Steel to press on with Port Talbot job cuts despite Labour call for talks In April, – British filmmaker Ken Loach has voiced strong criticism of Sir Keir Starmer and Labour’s handling of disputes, especially those related to allegations of antisemitism. – UK University Tyranny 1: Police trash pastor’s ‘Over 800 babies are murdered in the UK daily & abortion is murder.’ signs. – Pastor Dia Moodley, on how the police handed his possessions to the University to throw away’ when he was arrested for preaching – Some UK Anti-Abortion campaigns – Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) – Right To Life Campaign – Life Campaign: Pregnancy Matters, Life Matters – Hayley’s story: I had not long turned 16 when I had an abortion. It feels like a bad dream – UK University Tyranny 2: Isaac Rose, author of new book ‘The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neo-liberal Metropolis’, – Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) is one of the most corruppt lucrative investments for private equity firms and vulture funds – Norman Finklestein on a solution to the problems in Israel/Palestine, are we witnessing a historic tipping point? Norman – Crispin Blunt MP accuses ministers of potential war crimesthenis arrested the next dayfor rape and child abuse by corrupt police – The week after – Crispin Blunt MP arrested by the Israel lobby Met Police Mafia. Tory MP Crispin Blunt arrested on suspicion of rape – Serbian President, Alexsandar Vucic, on how the train has left the station for war. Serbian president predicts imminent World War III, urges global alert – Putin is ‘a saviour sent by God to stop WW3’, says fan of nuclear war – Vladimir Putin a saviour sent by God to rescue humanity. That was the image projected by Professor Sergei Karaganov – Stoltenberg, NATO Chief, Dutch PM Mark Rutte set to be NATO’s next chief – Disastrous replacement of Civil Defence Act (1948) – with Civil Contingencies Act (2004) leaving the population exposed in a nuclear war. – The Cook Report: Dirty Bomb – acquiring Weapons Grade Plutonium and a SS-20 nuclear weapon on the 1993 Moscow black market. – Miscarriage of justice? Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr murder convictions Child Sex Abuse by US Airmen at Mildenhall and Lakenheath in Suffolk – 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman murders in Soham right next to RAF Lakenheath – Dave Starbuck – Revelation tapes 2003: – 2016: US Airman found guilty and jailed? Lakenheath sergeant gets 47 years for child sex offences 18 June 2016 – The Satanist, by ex-RAF Wing Commander Dennis Wheatley, the story of horrific sexual rites and an East Anglia-based US Airforce Satanic circle – 1970s-80s Southern TV rural crafts journalist Jack Hargreaves ‘Out Of Town’ on neolithic calendar Stone Henge. – How the Druidic priesthood controlled the stone-age population through fear and human sacrifice. – Tim Dews Airborne Pyrotechnics with his nice quiet Grob motor-gliders he uses for aerial displays flying out of a field near Warminster, Wilts https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-195/

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Broadcast 632

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Michael Shuman — "Keeping the Culture of Small Towns"

Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, often for generations. This all began to change in the middle of the last century, as many of the items in the Sears Catalogue became available in towns and cities across the nation for consumers to feel and touch. But, it wasn’t until approximately 25 years ago when Wal-Mart, Target and other big-box stores appeared nationwide in small communities, to the detriment of locally-owned businesses and the social and economic benefits those businesses provided to their communities. Michael Shuman, an attorney and an economist, is the author of, “The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition.” This book addresses the issues and problems of locally owned businesses and how they can successfully compete with the big-box stores owned by corporations foreign to the region. We began our conversation, which occurred on January 21, 2008, when I asked Michael Shuman to describe how a corporation comes into being, as a basis to understand some of the problems of locally owned businesses in competition with the big box stores. The book he recommends is, “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work,” by John Gottman.

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The Shortwave Report 06/21/24

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. France 24, NHK Japan, and Germany.

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Redwood Wonk_06192024

Eric Kirk and David Frank discuss the politics of the day.

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Celt In A Twist June 23 2024

From ROS to MSR, it's an hour exploring County Downs and Swansea Towns, Galicia to the Lowlands Of Holland. With debuts from The Derina Harvey Band, Tau & The Drones of Praise and a tribute to the author of Frankenstein (sort of). For 20 years and counting, you've got yer Celt In A Twist​.

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World Beat Canada Radio June 22 2024

Aggressive, progressive and impressive mix of global beats from Africa, Japan, India and Italy with debuts from WITCH, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Kevin Finseth & Asli Maj, Kiltro and Captain Planet. For your ears only on World Beat Canada Radio!

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Overcoming Colonialism and Rediscovering Indigeneity: A National Indigenous Peoples Day Special

This episode of the Global |Research News Hour is dedicated to June 21, labelled National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada. This episode attempts to give voice to the Indigenous people in our community and help them establish their own mechanisms in cultural practices to make it back to their non-colonized identities, and rescue their language, their knowledge and their culture from the brink of extinction, On the show this week, is a knowledge keeper by the name of Wally Chartrand, who graciously shared the teachings he had received over the course of his life, including a common one about Sweet-grass. But this talk also references the attempts to impose cultural amnesia on a people and the positive sense of retrieving ancient ways and finally coming back home. The host this week is an Indigenous associate of mine, who goes by the spiritual name of White Thunderbird.

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June should be declared a Black Music month.

Norman Richmond tells of the many black artists and activists who advocated and organized over the years to establish a month in which black music is celebrated and promoted.

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Commentary June 17, 2024

So long as the U.S. is allowed to control the Gaza peace process, that process is doomed to fail.

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The Repository_154

The Repository is an oubliette of musique concrete, nocturnal emanations and audio oddities. An hour of strange music, spoken word musical mash ups of questionable taste. All material is royalty-free, public domain or Creative Commons. This show makes perfect late-night fare. Please let us know if you are broadcasting this show. Our host, Jack Bailey will give your radio station a shout out! Email us at kzzh@accesshumboldt.net.

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Recovery Radio for 06-20-24

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Electronic Intifada Newscast 19 June 2024

The EIectronic Intifada Newscast is a segment of the Electronic Intifada’s weekly video livestream, packaged specifically for radio. The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world. Founded in 2001, The Electronic Intifada has won awards and earned widespread recognition for publishing original, high-quality news and analysis, and first-person accounts and reviews. The Electronic Intifada’s writers and reporters include Palestinians and others living inside Palestine and everywhere else that news about Palestine and Palestinians is made. For more information, check out: https://electronicintifada.net/

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Between the Lines for June 19, 2024

Israel's New Air War in the West Bank Kills Rising Number of Palestinian Children; Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects; SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 1043

Expanding on our "letter" shows we have decided to start spelling words....this week we present our "EAR" show...songs with titles starting in E A and R. Who knows, you might see spot run on our show yet!

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Fruit Flies, Diamonds, and Sleep

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The Watergate Scandal

Join Dan in the lounge with special guests as they explore the infamous break-in at the Watergate hotel that brought down a United States President.

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Three foods that will absolutely wreck your car engine

Join Dan in the lounge today as he talks with Ron, Jaimelyn, and the Professor about The Watergate scandal, fruit flies and sleep, diamonds on mercury, a complex “slip and fall” scam, and a new way to fight childhood obesity. Of course, they also play a round of “Fact Checkin’ Time”.

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Ray McGovern: The Dangers of Misreading Putin on Ukraine

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Former San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin, Pt. 1

If you look at the data, you'll probably notice that traditional incarceration-focused criminal justice approaches are both extremely expensive and terribly ineffective. But, defying logic, they continue to be fairly popular. And when bold thinkers try to advance more sensible approaches, they sometimes get knocked down. In 2020, just days after Chesa Boudin's narrow election to become San Francisco's District Attorney (running on a platform of progressive reform), deep-pocketed out-of-state interests began the process of recalling him. The recall was successful, and in July of 2022 Boudin was unseated. His replacement, appointed by Mayor London Breed, was a member of his own prosecutorial team, Brooke Jenkins, who happened to have been one of the local leaders of the recall campaign. This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome Chesa Boudin to the show for the first part of a two-part, far-ranging conversation to discuss his unique childhood with two incarcerated parents, evidenced-based approaches to criminal justice, and the bitter fight that nipped his promising tenure in the bud.

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Israel is an Apartheid State (There's no way to spin this), Richard Falk and Ilan Pappe. Plus Ann Wright, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

Ann Wright on Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, and the attack on the Al Awda, by Israeli soldiers in international waters. Historian and Author Ilan Pappe on Israel's Genocidal Assaults on Gaza, and the Israeli “Jewish Nation State” Basic Law. Richard Falk gives another perspective on the new basic law declaring Israel the Nation-State of the Jewish People.

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U of T is seeking an injunction, the student encampment is seeking justice

As the days of student occupation at U of Toronto go by, the support and respect for their campaign for disclosure and divestment from Israeli institutions grows in strength. Faculty and organized campus workers have committed themselves to solidarity.

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Pride Is A Party & global LGBTQ news!

Caroline Kingsbury takes queer music and family to “Our House”; Pakistan authorities send a queer bar applicant to a psychiatric hospital, Chinese cops arrest a gay Taiwanese photographer for peddling “obscene” images of gay men’s lives, a U.S. federal judge strikes down Florida’s harsh restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare, but another federal judge blocks the Biden’s administration’s queer-inclusive anti-bias in education protections, a Massachusetts bully is stripped of his anti-trans T-shirt, and U.S. Justice Samuel Alito’s wife dreams of an anti-Pride “Shame” flag. Those stories and more this week when you discover “This Way Out”, the international LGBTQ radio magazine.

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If Music Could Talk - June 16 2024

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Episode 573: Doing Prison Time

SUDS Episode – Join us on a flavorful journey as we explore the world of IPAs from Prison City Brewing in Auburn, New York. From hazy IPAs to New England IPAs, and even a double IPA, we have a lineup that will tantalize your taste buds and challenge your palate. Let's dive into the rich history and unique character of Prison City Brewing, where every sip unveils layers of craftsmanship and passion.

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America's non-existent red lines on Gaza

With the Nusseirat Camp massacre and Israel's barbaric assault on Rafah, it is plain to see that the American Government's talk of "red lines" were lies from the start. The Empire continues to support Apartheid to the hilt.

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WINGS #10-24 Parliament Women Lead

The International Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an organization currently comprising 180 of the 190 national parliaments currently functioning in the world. One of their activities is ranking countries by the percentage of women in their legislative bodies. As of April 24, 2024, Rwanda still held the top spot, followed by Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico - Australia was in 32nd place - Canada, 65th. The US was tied with Iraq for 72nd place. These percentages have a lot to do with the countries' electoral systems - as Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Irish Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee explain. New Zealand was ranked in 16th place for percentage of women in Parliament, and Ireland [103rd] one hundred and third. But even at just 37%, Irish women have influence in Parliament. The two women politicians explain the special barriers that women in politics so often face, and the how and why of examples of legislative successes from their respective countries.

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Ambiance Congo: June 16, 2024

Congolese popular music.

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