(2014/03/07) Moment of truth (Climate/Keystone XL)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 8 March 2014
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Summary
Edition #806
Moment of truth
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Keystone XL - Time to end the addiction - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-31-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Addiction - Medina
Ch. 4: Act 2: Keystone to America: Bend Over and Take it! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-07-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Making progress - Freedom's Progress
Ch. 6: Act 3: NBC Says Pipeline Decision More Important To Presidential Image Than To Climate Change - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-7-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: We are the many - Makana
Ch. 8: Act 4: Facts Buried, Oil Sands Dug Up & The Environment Pays The Price - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-09-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Ch. 10: Act 5: Van Jones debunks myths behind the Keystone Pipeline on Crossfire - @VanJones68 - Air Date: 02-10-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Bad idea - Goose
Ch. 12: Act 6: Huge Tar Sands Pipeline Protest in Washington - @greennewsreport - Air Date 3-4-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (Remastered) - Morrissey
Ch. 14: Act 7: CPAC Panel on How to Deny Climate Change - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-05-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Living a Lie (feat. James Mercer) - Aimee Mann
Ch. 16: Act 8: Paul Ryan Stuns CNN Host: Keystone XL Will Solve Russian Ukraine Invasion - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-07-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: That's All - Clare and the Reasons
Ch. 18: Act 9: 350.org Campaigns - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 20: Act 10: Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil Part 1 - @MoyersNews - Air Date 2-7-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: Moment of truth - Gentleman
Ch. 22: Act 11: Jack Gerard's American Petroleum Institute - @MarkFiore Animation - Air Date: 02-27-14
Ch. 23: Song 11: The 350 Movement October 24, 2009 - The Day the World Came Together.
Ch. 24: Act 12: Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil Part 2 - @MoyersNews - Air Date 2-7-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Defending Matt's self-identification as 'queer' - Tanya in California
Ch. 26: Trying to get there on trans issues - Jane from Boston
Ch. 27: Don't need to know the details about trans people to defend them - Dan from Milwaukee, WI
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 28: Final comments about my bad, angry day
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Start And Win Campaigns To Protect Our Common Future from 350.org
Additional Activism
”Say No To Corporate Power Grabs: Reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership” from 350.org Campaigns
Sources/further reading:
"Keystone sides rush to meet deadline,” The Hill
"Opportunistic right wingers push nonsense on Keystone XL” from Green News Report (3/06/14)
KeyStone Protest Photography from independent photojournalist Jenna Pope
"Climate Change is The Context of Our Times — interview with Tim DeChristopher" from Acronym TV with Dennis Trainor, Jr
"State Dept's Keystone XL Contractor, ERM Group, Also OK'd Controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska” by Steve Horn at DeSmog Blog
"EPA Moves To Block Massive Alaskan Gold And Copper Mine” by Katie Sheppard
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
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| 0:08.1 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Bestofall last-by-gas with Cubsiday from All In With Chris |
| 0:12.4 | Hayes, the Tom Hartman program, Counter-Spin, The Young Turks, Van Jones, The Green News |
| 0:16.6 | Report, The Majority Report, The David Pakman Show, Moyers & Company, and Animation |
| 0:21.0 | from Mark Fury.com. |
| 0:22.6 | And remember, the withdrawals are the worst part. |
| 0:25.0 | Once you get over that hump, everything starts looking much better. |
| 0:30.0 | If you're watching this right now, odds are close to 100% that you or someone you'd |
| 0:34.3 | love deeply has wrestled with addiction. |
| 0:37.7 | It's a brutal, wrenching thing to watch. |
| 0:39.4 | I've seen it up close. |
| 0:40.9 | You want to grab the person and shake them until they stop, but of course, that doesn't |
| 0:45.4 | work. |
| 0:46.8 | Because when you confront an addict about their addiction, they generally respond in one |
| 0:50.8 | of two ways. |
| 0:52.2 | Some are at a point where they can't even bring themselves to acknowledge that they're |
| 0:56.2 | destroying themselves. |
| 0:57.2 | It's fun when I drink. |
| 0:58.3 | It's not a big deal. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm not hurting anyone. |
| 1:02.4 | Or... |
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