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PNN - Fool's Day PLUS-SIZED or FOOLS DAY Plus 1 - on Democracy Round Table

Featuring Donald Trump, Raphael Cruz, Lindsay Graham, Carly Fiorina, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

They will discuss issues as diverse as Nuclear Proliferation, the Failure to Nurture the Family, The Absence of Universal Family Leave, the newly accepted Chief Justice Elizabeth Warren and her impact on the Court since Roberts has stepped down, the new ANTI-Drone Policy that Vice President Biden has recently articulated, the NEW BEE FRIENDLY POLICY at the Department of Agriculture, the repatriation of OFF SHORE FUNDS by the Wall Street Bankers and the Insurance Companies. Apples new FREE IPAD policy, for every little girl and boy, the new NO-TESTING DICTUM just published by the Department of Education and the new DEBT FORGIVENESS POLICY articulated by the BIG BANKS at the behest of little Timmy Geithner formerly chief economic advisor. Also wewil discuss the recently anounced the NEW DEBT FORGIVENESS POLICY articulated by spokesmodels from Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and City Bank.

We will also be joined by these outstanding Progressive Journalists: Gwen Holden Barry producer of "Here Be Monsters" Webcast , Brian Stettan, Anita Stewart of "Challenging the Rhetoric Webcast", Philosophy Professor Wendy Lynn Lee  of Bloomsbury University Pennsylvania, Ruthann Amarteifio of Progress toward Democracy and Diana Hanford Demarest Campaign Manager and former Secretary of the PalmBeach Democratic Party and Amy Tidd Democratic Activist

Rick Spisak

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PNN - Brotherhood of Vulcan

News Director Rick Spisak and Associate Producer Brook Hines brings us the latest on Democratic Politic News

We visit with Florida Representative Mark Pafford at the end of the session, and the end of his term in office will discuss the State of the Florida Legislature. 

Ms Thania Clevenger Civil Rights Director of CAIR Florida talks about the poisonous Islamophobia, propounded by Candidates Cruz and Trump.

Friend of the show Mr. Courtney Horne talks about the Private Prisons and the continued burden of slavery borne especially by African Americans.

Ms Renee Shaker Economic Analyst and special Economic Advisor to PNN will discuss the current economic woes facing the US and Europe this Election Year.

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PNN 3/20/16 - Wavicules (Radiation and/or Organic Life ) 

Battered Beaten and Abandoned... life in 2016

Producer and News Director Rick Spisak along with Associate Producer Brook Hines bring you and your informed friends the UNSPOKEN and the Obscure News... but it remains the News you need to KNOW and the Voices you need to hear!

Brook Hines Associate Producer of PNN will bring us her insightful analysis of Florida and National Democratic Politics

Our Guests : Matthew Schwartz - South Florida Wildlands will update us with news of the Everglades... may not be so "EVER"

Author of "Electronic Silent Spring" and Electromagnetic Activist Katie Singer - will discuss the dangers of Electromagnetic Pollution (WIFI / Microwaves / Cell Phones / Blue Tooth / CRTs / Computers - The Invisible Electomagnetic soup we subject our nervous systems and cell chemistry to every day. [HINT GET A WAY FROM THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FLUX ] from time to time.

Lori Price - CLG  - Lori Price Senior Producer and lead journalist of CLG (Citizens for Legitimate Government will discuss nation news from a Progressive Citizen Activist Perspective

And an excerpt of Senator Sanders speech in Arizona Tuesday night so powerful that NO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTER DARED COVER IT! - Give it a Listen - Your Patriotic Soul, will be nourished by it!

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PNN - RADIOACTIVE PRIVACY

News Director Rick Spisak and Associate Producer Brook Hines bring you another in our series of SHOWS about the Twin Threats of RADIATION and uncontrolled Nuclear Power Plant pollution and the Constitutional Threats to Privacy by one administration after another. We have seen more prosecutions of WHISTLEBLOWERS by the Obama Administration that by all past presidents in American History and ironic legacy for an Administration that had promised the most transparent political processes ever seen.

We will hear a presentation by Dr. Mary Olsen on the special dangers to women and children from Nuclear pollution. We also will hear a speech by Nuclear Engineer  Arnie Gunderson of Faire Winds.

International Privacy Advocate Jacob Applebaum will speak on the issue of censorship and privacy for cyber-citizens.  

 Yannis Varoufakis will address the deeper problems of the both the European & Greek Economics. 

We will also here a brief piece on the fallacy of the very minimal impact of what has been called "MetaData" & the American Revolution

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PNN - brings out the Water Issues - so Drink up - Anti-Fracking efforts from Tallahassee, FL to Harrisburg, PA. and more

News Director Rick Spisak and Associate Producer Brook Hines welcome some really exceptional guests. 

Associate Producer Brook Hines will be also bringing her interview with the Florida Policy Institute

Ms Kim Ross of ReThink Energy discusses the recent defeat of the ANTI-FRACKING Bill SB318 in the Forida Legislature.

Jack Paransky will join us to discuss this weeks Sanders March from Jacksonville to Key West.

Then Professor Wendy Lynn Lee of Bloomington University who is Active in the Anti-Fracking Fight and the Human Rights front

Tune in Live 7pm Sunday 3/6/16

What makes a young man decide to walk from Jacksonville to Miami Florida this distance is approximately 350 miles . In Sean LeFloch's case he has been motivated by a passion for the Bernie Sanders campaign for president and he wants to see the rest of Florida #feelTheBern. Join me Thursday, March 3, to listen to my interview with Sean AND to speak directly with Sean live as he finishes his 6th day on the march in Mims, just north of Titusville, Florida.

Also, we will hear the end of my interview with Dr. Gerald Friedman discussing the Bernie Sanders plan for universal healthcare and the analysis of the tax Sanders proposes to pay for it. We heard the first part of the interview last Thursday and will be airing the last part of the interview this week.

PNN - February Fun

News Director Rick Spisak, welcomes Associate Producer Brook Hines who will give us an updates on a variety of Progressive Issues, from Florida and beyond. 

Then we welcome a long time friend of the show, Ms Meredith Ockman a long time progressive leader and Womens Rights Advocate. She has been SE Regional Director for NOW and active in a wide range of Human Rights Fronts. 

We will also have a special guest from N. Florida Progressive Democrat Frank Day long time party activist and progressive leader in the Panhandle.

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This week, we will expose the myths around the Bernie Sanders Tax Plan. Many supporters of the Clinton campaign have asserted that American voters would not support a presidential candidate who proposed to raise their taxes. The Tax Foundation has published a less-that-accurate analysis of this tax plan suggesting that it would cost jobs, GDP, and wages.

Robert Pollin, author of Thoughts on Tax Rates and Revenue Potential for Financial Transaction Tax in U.S. Financial Markets, an analysis of potential revenue and costs of adding a small tax on Wall Street stock and bond transactions, will join us this week to discuss this analysis. 

We will also welcome Deborah Burger, President of the National Nurses United Union, who will discuss the prioritites of her organizations's membership and how they relate to the Sanders Campaign's issues.

We will also feature an interview with Dr. Gerald Friedman, professor of economics at University of Massachusetts, discussing his analysis of Bernie's tax plan to pay for his healthcare proposal.

PNN - News Director Rick Spisak and Associate Producer Brook Hines bring you the voices of tomorrow to you today.

Brook Hines Senior Political Columnist and Associate Producer will talk about her experiences at the Nation Progressive Caucus Conference, she attended as a guest of Congressman and Senate Candidate Alan Grayson.

We will also be joined by longtime Progressive Activist, and father of Awake the State, Ray Seamans who will discuss the contemporary political facing both Florida and democrats in general.

Marty Baum the River Keeper of the Indian River watershed will continue part two of his discussion of the issues facing all Floridians  because of the mismanagement of Lake Okeechobee and the missteps of the Florida Legislature

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Solidarity & Peace

This week we will be joined by Donna Butts of Generations United who will talk about the importance of Social Security, not just to senior citizens, but across the span of generations.

Nancy Altman, founder of Social Security Works will enlighten us about the environment leading to the establishment of her organization. Following Nancy, Social Security Works' executive Director, Alex Lawson, will share some of the challenges confronting America's most popular social program.

The following is an excerpt DailyFinance.com about this Social Security myth:

Myth No. 1: Social Security is going bankrupt 

The biggest misunderstanding out there relates to Social Security's financial challenges. (A Google search for "Social Security bankruptcy" turned up 50 million hits.) But the fact is that Social Security isn't going bankrupt, nor is bankruptcy really possible as the system is currently set up.

 

And from the website of the Naational Committee To Preserve Social Security And Medicare:

Medicare and the President’s Deficit Reduction Plan: Shifting Costs to Seniors

How Cost-Sharing Leads to More Cost-Sharing: A Slippery Slope President Obama’s newest proposal for reducing the federal deficit would slice Medicare reimbursements to drug-makers, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, home health services and teaching hospitals.....   read the rest of the blog

Thursday, Feb 18, from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

 

Rob Abston