Today we are absolutely positively taking the weekend off If the world comes to an end there's no need to do a special show If something salvageable is left over we'll think about doing one A drug war rages in parts of Mexico between government agents and drug lords spawning murders and assassinations every week Yet many Americans choose to live in Mexico We'll speak with Allan Wall www allanwall net about his perspective on Mexican and American relations Don Corace is author of the book Government Pirates and he joins as for the third and last installment of our

Last week we talked about the New Great Game in Central Asia Unfortunately there are lot of theories among people we meet about Central Asia but few seem to have grappled with the pervasive nature of the global paradigm shift John begins with an extended boralogue on the nature of this realpolitik which will shove many current ideologies off the table Part of the new paradigm involves warfare unfortunately and a growing number of mercenaries are at work around the world We'll talk to one of them to see what makes this industry tick John Geddes is a career soldier

OK I know we said we were taking time off but you've emailed us for commentary about the latest global conflict So here it is What's all the fuss about Russia and Georgia It's oil Georgia is a strategic fulcrum for oil flow to the west and the latest war has Vladimir Putin's fingerprints all over it First we reach into the SOS program archive grab bag for an interview with Lutz Klevemann in about his book The New Great Game Blood and Oil in Central Asia www newgreatgame com Lutz's predictions are haunting now Then we follow with an

Wow It's quiet Congress isn't in session so we're safe for a while We're doing summertime perspective pieces Two mini-series kick off today The first is the view of where America is headed seen through the eyes of people who grew up in Nazi Germany or behind the Iron Curtain lessons from the past applied today The first guest in the series is Paul Mladjenovic author of Precious Metals Investing for Dummies www supermoneylinks com Paul grew up in communist Croatia He is a passionate advocate for free markets because his family has seen the toll socialism takes on a

It's been years since the Soviets shot down Korean Airlines Flight whose most famous passenger was Congressman Larry McDonald of Georgia Most notable among unanswered questions remains Where did all the people go Bodies were never found and divers found the plane empty Bert Schlossberg from the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL Survivors joins us www rescue org So you've heard the common lore that there's a consensus among scientists about man-made global warming But what do the statistics show Hard to find out because the last survey was done in and there was no consensus then Dr

As promised today's program is Part of the Great Paradigm Shift featuring Warren Brussee author of The Second Great Depression Hopefully we're painting a picture the next - months to help you navigate through the oncoming financial storms Ever wonder why so many pastors seem to be so wussie For the answer we'll dip into the SOS archive grab bag for an interview from featuring Dr Leon Podles author of The Church Impotent The Feminization of Christianity A lot of people email us to say that capitalism is broken or the cause of the widening gap between rich and poor

The great energy and economic paradigm shift approaches with greater velocity than we originally thought still targeting a crisis window from - America and the West will look markedly different when they emerge from the other side of the change This week and next we'll examine in detail what this means for us individually Futurist James Kunstler www kunstler com is the sole guest on this week's program With IndyMac Bank failing last week and more waiting to fall John's extended boralogue chronicles the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis just the first of a series of crises pushing us into the

Well it's summertime and as is our custom we switch to doing longer perspective pieces Despite raging battles between left and right the vector lines of politics and economics are thrusting us into an entirely new global paradigm independently of the ongoing fights Dr Dennis Cuddy Ph D and Carl Teichrib www forcingchange org join us for a spirited round table on the progression of globalism and the transformation of the world's governments In the light of congress approving the latest FISA bill John's boralogue analyzes the consequences of the various assaults on the Bill of Rights in the name

Happy Fourth of July weekend Busy show today How deeply did Marxism penetrate the anti-war movement of the s This movement had a constant undercurrent of Marxist philosophy promoted by radicals against the Democratic Party So how then did that same undercurrent transform the Democratic Party from traditional liberalism into progressive thought David Horowitz from FrontPage Magazine www frontpagemag com guests for the first part of the show In various states legislators are concerned about the federal government's encroachment into areas that are the purvey of state governments and they're beginning to set limits State Representative Charles Key of Oklahoma

A Happy Fourth of July and Happy Canada Day First since America seems totally determined to jump head first into hard core socialism John does an extended boralogue detailing the three steps of socialism how it starts with great moral promise and ends both in moral and economic ruin There was an important Supreme Court decision this week confirming the right to bear arms as an individual not a collective right Larry Pratt from Gun Owners of America www gunowners org joins us to discuss the significance of the decision as well as other gun issues Finally as part of