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**Jimaz** · October-12-13, 10:35 AM

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Ring of Fire's Weekly Rewind

The top stories from October, week 2!

**Jimaz** · October-14-13, 03:57 PM

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Papantonio: Ogilvy Endorses BP Criminals

Over the years we've talked a lot about the dirty dealings of corporate America -- from the lies of the tobacco and drug industries that cost American lives, all the way to the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. But behind every one of these atrocities was a slick, corporate PR firm that actively tried to convince the public that the companies in these cases were actually the good guys. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about how PR firms try to manipulate public opinion with Brian Young, the managing director of the Corporate Action Network.

**Jimaz** · October-15-13, 12:32 PM

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Pap and Seder: Time To Act On Climate Change

This segment originally aired on the October 14th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The UN just released the 5th IPCC report and they've made it clear that human beings are burning down the planet. It's time for the government to act. Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss the report and what needs to be done about it.

**Jimaz** · October-15-13, 04:56 PM

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Papantonio: Is BP Using Online Trolls To Harass Oil Spill Victims?

BP has employed a host of dirty tricks in order to avoid liability for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. But recently those tactics have reached new lows. Mike Papantonio talks with a whistleblower who has uncovered evidence of BP's newest tricks to harass the victims along the Gulf Coast.

**Jimaz** · October-16-13, 03:50 PM

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Papantonio: Politicos Pilfering Public Pensions

This segment originally aired on the October 13th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. When Enron fell more than a decade ago, the public was shocked to find out that the company had been stealing money from their employees' pension programs. This same scenario is now playing itself out in states across the country. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with author and journalist David Sirota about what's happening.

**Jimaz** · October-16-13, 04:30 PM

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Papantonio: War on Journalists Continues

When President Obama came into office he promised us transparency in all areas of the government. He's failed to deliver on that promise and instead he's shown hostility to the press at every turn. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with newspaper publisher and journalist Rick Outzen.

**Jimaz** · October-16-13, 04:58 PM

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Papantonio: College Cuts Hurting State Economies

This segment originally aired on the October 13th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Budget cuts have forced states to cut back on their funding of public colleges but they've done this without realizing the consequences -- which is typical for Republicans. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with TV and radio host David Pakman about what happens to state economies when college funding dries up.

**Jimaz** · October-17-13, 09:36 AM

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Papantonio: Training The Next Generation of Political Leaders

This segment originally aired on the October 13th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. In order for the progressive movement to survive we have to keep the young generation of Americans politically and socially active. But that's no small task. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with radio host Richard Fowler about how we can train a new generation of young activists.

**Jimaz** · October-18-13, 08:33 AM

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Papantonio: The GOP's New Threshold of Stupid

Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the end of the government shutdown and how the real negotiations have yet to take place between the Republicans and Democrats.

**Jimaz** · October-18-13, 03:58 PM

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Papantonio: Where Are The Young Leaders?

This segment originally aired on the October 13th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The Democratic Party is beginning to suffer from a severe lack of young leaders. As Republicans recruit more and more youthful candidates, they could start taking away a huge chunk of Millenial voters. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this problem with Farron Cousins, executive editor of The Trial Lawyer Magazine.

**Jimaz** · October-18-13, 06:43 PM

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Seder and RFK, Jr.: Crazies Still Doubt Scientific Truth

Ring of Fire hosts Sam Seder and Robert Kennedy, Jr. discuss how insane and dangerous it is for anyone to doubt the facts coming from environmental scientists.

**Jimaz** · October-18-13, 08:27 PM

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Papantonio & Kennedy on Corporate Corruption and Fraud [[FULL)

Mike Papantonio and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discuss the history of Qui Tam [[also known as False Claims or Whistleblower Lawsuits) and how courageous corporate insiders have come forward to expose the rampant corruption of major corporations and how that corruption is helping to undermine our democracy.

**Jimaz** · October-19-13, 08:30 AM

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Ring of Fire's Weekly Rewind

The top videos from October, week 3!

**Jimaz** · October-21-13, 11:30 AM

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Papantonio: The Hijacking of The Republican Party

This segment originally aired on the October 20th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. John Boehner has his hands tied by Tea Party extremists who are willing to burn down our economy for their selfish goals. So why are long-standing GOP politicians willing to bow to the Tea Party? Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with attorneys Dave TeSelle and Howard Nations to help answer that question.

**Jimaz** · October-22-13, 09:31 AM

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Papantonio: The New Republican Southern Strategy

This segment originally aired on the October 20th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Republicans think that they can keep a majority in the House by pandering to old white conservatives in the south -- and they may be right. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with author Ari Berman about the new Republican southern strategy.

**Jimaz** · October-22-13, 06:02 PM

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Papantonio: Leave the GOP While You Can

John Boehner has his hands tied by Tea Party extremists who are willing to burn down our economy and our federal government for their selfish goals. The entire GOP is being held captive by a small group of extremists and they have turned the party into one of the least popular in modern history. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about this with Charlie Crist, the former governor of Florida.

The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat

**Jimaz** · October-22-13, 07:35 PM

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Ring of Fire 10/20/2013 [[FULL EPISODE)

00:50 - "War on Journalists Continues." Investigative journalist and newspaper publisher Rick Outzen discusses the Obama administration's hostility towards the press.
12:59 - "America Can't Afford The GOP." Richard Eskow from the Campaign for America's Future talks about the price tab of Republican policies.
26:00 - "The Hijacking of The Republican Party." Attorneys Dave Teselle in Denver, Colorado and Howard Nations in Houston, Texas talk about the extremist groups that are pulling the strings for John Boehner.
39:00 - "The New Republican Southern Strategy." Author Ari Berman talks about the GOP's plan to redistrict the South into a permanent Republican majority.
46:11 - "Economic Inequality Linked To Education Deficits." Farron Cousins talks about new reports that link income inequality to the "dumbing down" of American citizens.

**Jimaz** · October-23-13, 09:14 AM

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Papantonio: America Can't Afford The GOP

This segment originally aired on the October 20th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The Republican Party has been pushing policies that are bankrupting America and endangering our economy. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about why America can't afford the disaster that is the GOP with Richard Eskow from the Campaign for America's Future.

**Jimaz** · October-23-13, 06:16 PM

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Papantonio: U.S. Chamber Fighting To Take Away Your Freedom

Prudential took in the lifetime investments of a New York couple in an amount of $23 million dollars. Part inheritance, part investment, and part just hard work on the part of the soon-to-be retired pair. In a series of hustles and churning scams, Prudential lost $22 million of that $23 million. But in the process, Prudential made astronomical investment management fees off the millions of dollars they squandered. No risk to Prudential -- roll the dice, money for nothing.

As if that is not ugly enough, Prudential had the couple sign an arbitration clause when they handed over their $23 million dollars to Prudential to squander away. The arbitration clause is in such tiny fine print that you need a magnifying glass to read it. And it is as long as the work War & Peace.

But most people shouldn't need a lawyer to read routine investment documents with companies like Prudential, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and all the other Wall Street hustlers. At least we didn't need that 10 years ago.

Let me tell you what the fine print of that arbitration clause said in effect: Prudential could assign a doped-up crack addict to steal money from the retiring couple and no jury would ever be permitted to hear about those facts. Prudential could throw their annual Christmas bash with the retirees' $23 million dollars and that couple would never be permitted to even present their case to a jury. Hell, the arbitration scam was so complete that top management could devise a way to steal the couple's #23 million dollars and still they could not present their case to a neutral, unbiased jury of their peers.

The $23 million dollars was not all the couple lost when they signed that arbitration clause. They also lost their right to do anything meaningful about it. The arbitration clause they signed with the soulless villains in this story required that the couple allow Prudential's hand-picked arbitrator panel to decide if they should get their money back.

In other words, Wall Street scammers who work right down the road in the same business, sometimes past and future employees of Prudential, get to decide what caliber of incompetent boobs or what caliber of crooks even that Prudential was when Prudential squandered $22 million dollars worth of the couple's money. And you never know who is trying to have all of you sign an arbitration clause just like the one that ended up disastrously for this couple.

Well, that would be the US Chamber of Commerce, Leadership in the Republican Party and leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is the Wall Street, Big Business, get out of jail free scam:

- Already, 60% of financial institutions force their customers to sign arbitration clauses.
- 95% of all credit card disputes are required to be settled with the card company's hand-picked arbitrators, no matter how much they steal from you with hidden charges, usury interest rates, or just plain thievery and incompetence.

But Democratic and Republican leadership seem unwilling to get in the way of the new transfer of wealth from you to Wall Street.

**Jimaz** · October-24-13, 11:33 AM

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Papantonio: Economic Inequality Linked To Education Deficits

This segment originally aired on the October 20th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. There's an interesting aspect to income inequality that hasn't been talked about -- it's actually making our country dumber. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio explains how that happens with Farron Cousins, executive editor of the Trial Lawyer Magazine.

**Jimaz** · October-24-13, 07:02 PM

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Papantonio: U.S. Chamber Continues Assault On Civil Justice

Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held their annual "tort reform" conference, where they talked about how they can strip away rights from American consumers. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio talks about that conference, and the Chamber's agenda, with Burton LeBlanc, the president of the American Association for Justice.

**Jimaz** · October-25-13, 02:53 PM

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Papantonio: Austerity Measures Are Poison For America

The government shutdown may have officially ended, but the disastrous policies of the Republicans who shut down the government have been destroying jobs and our economy for months. Austerity measures are poison for America. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with journalist David Dayen about how austerity is killing our economy.

**Jimaz** · October-25-13, 03:18 PM

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Papantonio: Sweatshop Capitalism Comes To America

For the first time in world history, the 10 highest paid CEOs in the US all received more than $100 million a year in direct compensation, and two of them took home billion dollar paychecks.

Understand, all that is after Americans went through all that public drama and soul-searching where they were holding public media events and shareholder meetings asking that those ridiculous rhetorical questions, like, is the system broken? Should management really be making 600 to 800 dollars for every one dollar an hour that a worker makes? As double digit increases every year for top management takes place, double digit decreases in compensation benefits for America's workers continue.

In fact, when more than 2,259 U.S. CEOs' compensation was analyzed, even the small to average size businesses were increasing CEO compensation at a rate of about 9% a year. But that was far from what the average worker was experiencing.

Huge blocks of stock options, stock grant bonanza-caliber bonuses and compensation windfalls of every kind for top management continues to help the US move toward an economic picture that looks more and more like a sweatshop, third world banana Republic for the American worker.

Obliterate unions and you are halfway there. Nullify regulations that protect workers and you are a little closer. Devise ways to avoid paying overtime, create a system where you simply don't pay health insurance, or retirement compensation. Fire your workers that have been with you the longest because you are paying them too much, and they are too close to having retirement benefits. Require that your employees work at least 30 minutes off the clock.

Shave a dollar a week or two dollars a week off workers' checks with a sophisticated computerized program that is barely noticeable. Do that with 2 thousand employees to where it looks like real money. Have your employees buy into an Enron-style stock capital raise and then go bankrupt. And at the same time, pay your top management millions in bonuses right before that bankruptcy. All that is called sweatshop capitalism and it appears to be here to stay in the U.S.

Just 10 years ago, we thought sweatshop capitalism was what the U.S. would engage in, in developing third world countries. We expected sweatshop capitalism in places like Asia or South America or Saipan. We outsourced the most disgusting qualities of US capitalism. But what if they don't have to outsource it anymore? What if they can accomplish worker victimization right here in the U.S. and never leave home?

In past decades the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has had the goal of shipping jobs overseas to break American labor. Completely refashion the world of worker benefits in America. Early on, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dreamed of the day where a CEO could make $100 million dollars and a key, vital worker would gladly settle for $30 thousand a year with no benefits at all.

Go back and look at the history and you'll see that part of the U.S. Chamber's talking points to the behemoth corporations they speak for. Part of their talking points was that outsourcing would create job scarcity in the U.S. and force American workers to settle for whatever terms they could get in America's new job market.

Workers would be afraid to organize. Unions would be an idea of the past.

The American worker would take on the qualities of an abused wife, willing to be beat black and blue just to hold onto her pathetic, no count husband.

**Jimaz** · October-25-13, 08:29 PM

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Papantonio: Obamacare Lies Could Cost Lives

Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show on MSNBC alongside Stephanie Miller and Jesse LaGreca to discuss the filthy lies coming from right wingers like Sean Hannity -- lies that are keeping people in need from obtaining healthcare.

**Jimaz** · October-26-13, 03:25 PM

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Papantonio: Obamacare Website Glitch Overreaction?

Republicans are jumping all over the fact that the federal government's healthcare website has been having problems -- they consider this to be proof that Obamacare is a failure. But there's more to the story than just a few website glitches. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio speaks with journalist and author Joshua Holland about what's going on.

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Papantonio: Ogilvy Endorses BP Criminals

Pap and Seder: Time To Act On Climate Change

Papantonio: Is BP Using Online Trolls To Harass Oil Spill Victims?

Papantonio: Politicos Pilfering Public Pensions

Papantonio: War on Journalists Continues

Papantonio: College Cuts Hurting State Economies

Papantonio: Training The Next Generation of Political Leaders

Papantonio: The GOP's New Threshold of Stupid

Papantonio: Where Are The Young Leaders?

Seder and RFK, Jr.: Crazies Still Doubt Scientific Truth

Papantonio & Kennedy on Corporate Corruption and Fraud [[FULL)

Ring of Fire's Weekly Rewind

Papantonio: The Hijacking of The Republican Party

Papantonio: The New Republican Southern Strategy

Papantonio: Leave the GOP While You Can

Ring of Fire 10/20/2013 [[FULL EPISODE)

Papantonio: America Can't Afford The GOP

Papantonio: U.S. Chamber Fighting To Take Away Your Freedom

Papantonio: Economic Inequality Linked To Education Deficits

Papantonio: U.S. Chamber Continues Assault On Civil Justice

Papantonio: Austerity Measures Are Poison For America

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