News from under the radar

Black Panthers offer plan for saving Detroit from itself from Campus Progress

Detroit schools offer class in how to work for Walmart by Muriel Kane

Vancouver Olympics protest takes violent turn by Stephen C Webster

Dick Cheney exposes US torture conspiracy from Consortium News

NPR on Drug War’s underbelly: $350m paid to snitches annually from NORML

Insurers enjoy record-breaking profits as they cut 2.7m people from rolls

ZNet proposes participatory socialist International (signed by Chomsky!)

American coup d’etat: ‘Military thinkers’ discuss the unthinkable

Burma/Myanmar releases democracy activist Tin Oo

Student detained for Arabic flash cards from Raw Story

Tom Trancedo hates my mother by Lorenzo Carcaterra from True/Slant

Historic speech by Sen. John Kerry begins: ‘A Salaam Alaikum’ from FDL

The Iraq Veterans Against the War’s antiwar Super Bowl party

Security guards in Seattle do nothing as 15-year old girl beaten

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Blair testifies, Obama gives play-by-play, US clueless

British opposition to Blair

Tony Blair forced to testify on war crimes to Iraq Inquiry by David Swanson

OBAMA

Jobs plan offered to Congress: $5K tax credit for every new hire

Cuts to Fed Govt greenhouse-gas emissions ordered by CS Monitor

Obama helps in play-by-play booth for Duke vs. Georgetown game

Theory behind Obama’s appearance with GOP by Sharon Fisher

POLITICS

Poll: Americans pretty clueless about politics, world from Raw Story

Justice Dept clears torture memo author John Yoo of misconduct

Health deal was reached days before Mass. election, says Sen. Harkin

Not too late to limit or reverse impact of Citizens United v. FEC

RADIO

Prometheus says the clock is ticking on LPFM bill from Radio Ink

Internet, new media support community radio, but problems remain

FCC OKs upping digital radio power from Benton Foundation

Community radio reaches out to Haiti from Prometheus Radio

MEDIA

BitTorrent census: About 99% of files infringe copyright from Ars Technica

Supreme Court decision good for free speech & bottom line, says NAB

Gay dating site’s Super Bowl ad denied by CBS, anti-abortion ad is OK

Laura Flanders on GRIT TV: Citizens United, Iraq, Howard Zinn

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Touch The Sky February 1

The first hour of the Touch the Sky radio show on Boise Community Radio today consists of a full re-broadcast of the latest episode of Quiet Please, produced by Travis Owens. Quiet Please airs Saturday nights at 11pm on RadioBoise.org and this one is so brilliant and effective I decided to showcase Travis’ efforts for a few more ears. Audio of his show will be available here on the Radioactive Gavin blog in the future.

The second hour of the show features the Monopoly Money segment, featuring music by Take. Today’s segment is focused on the NORML contest and the “news” (as revealed by the idiots at News of the World) that Gold Medalist Michael Phelps likes to take bong hits. He has more Gold Medals than there are intelligent people who could be bothered by this. Super Bowl viewers and NFL fans have likely heard Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and punt returner Santonio Holmes smokes herb too. What do you think?

NORML, the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws, is hosting a video competition. Vote by Sunday night February 8th for your favorite 3 videos. I voted for my friend Robert Kam’s video “20 Millionth Marijuana Arrest” as well as

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