Progressive Commentary Hour

Progressive Commentary Hour - 08-30-16

A look at US Foreign Policy and American global hegemony through the eyes of the US government’s support of Salafi terrorism and its war on terror

Our guest has a very unique background that is rarely ever heard on a more liberal program.  Dr. Scott Bennett is a US Army Special Operations Officer who specialized in global psychological operations and warfare. He was also a counter-terrorism analyst for one of the nation’s largest defense contractors Booz Allen Hamilton – the same firm Edward Snowden worked at when he released the troves of documents to Glen Greenwald at the Guardian.  Dr. Benett has worked at the highest levels of government – US Special Ops Command, US Central Command, the State Department coordinator for counterterrorism and other federal agencies. From 2003 to 2008 he served in the Bush administration and before that was a research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation.  IN addition, Scott turned whistleblower filing numerous reports to Congress on corruption within the government and military, including international banking funding of Salafi terrorism including ISIS. He was also charged, stood trial and incarcerated in a federal prison where he met whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld who revealed the Swiss banks such as UBS tax evasion operations, and much more that we will discuss.  Scott has written and important book of his experiences and investigations – “Shell Game: A Military Whistleblowing Report About the Betrayal and Coverup by the US Government of the Union Bank of Switzerlan Terrorist Finance Connection to Edward Snowden’s Leaks about Booz Allen Hamilton and US Central Command”  His website is ArmyPsyOp.wix.com/scottbennett where you can find further information, publications, and videos and presentations.

 

 

 

Progressive Commentary Hour - 08.23.16

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

Geoengineering:  heading towards a planetary catastrophe in the years ahead and its unpredictable backlash contributing to global warming

Dane Wigington is  a geoengineering scientist with a background in solar energy who is highly regarded as one of the foremost experts and commentators on stratospheric aerosol geoengineering and solar radiation management.   He is a former employee at Bechtel Power Corporation and worked on the first commercial solar plants in the United States.  As a climate researcher, Dane has been studying the issue of geoengineering and chemtrails for over a decade.  He has appeared  in numerous documentary films and pubic appearances educating the public about he advese effects of weather modification and is featured in Michael Murphy’s documentary “Why in the World are They Spraying.” Dane hosts and is the lead researcher for the iwebsite GeoEngineering Watch. org.  He lives on his wildlife preserve near Lake Shasta in Northern California. And it was through his observations in the change of the forests, atmosphere, biodiversity and health of the land that alerted him to the implications of excessive geoengineering operations in his region.

 

Progressive Commentary Hour

The case of the US government genocide of indigenous Americans

Danny Sheehan is one of our nation’s most important and influential Constitutional and public interest lawyers.  During the past 45 years he has handled such public interest cases as the Pentagon Papers, the Watergate Break In, Iran Contra and the Silkwood murder case.  He has represented victims of he Three Mile Island nuclear disaster and fought against the American Nazi Party on hate crimes. He is the founder of the Christic Institute and the Romero Institute, the latter being a nonprofit public policy center in Santa Cruz California. Danny has his law degree from Harvard University and later returned to study at the Harvard Divinity School.. He is the author of “The People’s Advocate: The Life and Legal History of America’s Most Fearless Public Defense Lawyer,”   And his websites are DanielPSheehan.com   AND   RomeroInstitute.org

Progressive Commentary Hour - 08.09.16

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

The role of NATO in the 21^st century and the serious global problems of conflict it presents

Colonel Lawrence (Larry) Wilkerson is a retired US Army Colonel and the former chief of staff to General Colin Powell while he was Secretary of State.  He is currently a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of  Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Col. Wilkerson started as an assistant to Gen. Powell an 1989, and remained with him through his term in the Bush administration.  He has been an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, the Bush and Cheney White House, including his own preparation of what became of Powell’s infamous 2003 presentation to the UN.  He has had a very distinguished career having been trained in the Army, Marines and Navy.  Col. Wilkerson is a frequent commentator on radio television programs including The Ed Show on MSNBC. He has also been featured in several important documentaries, including “Why We Fight”, “The Israel Lobby”, and “No End in Sight.”  In 2009 he received the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence.

Progressive Commentary Hour - 08.02.16

A look at Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family regime through the eyes of Bill’s former mistress for almost 20 years

Dolly Kyle is former active attorney and currently a novelist and author. She is best known as having been an intimate romantic partner and confidante of Bill Clinton before his marriage to Hillary and during his time in the Governor’s mansion in Arkansas.  Dolly met Bill when she was 11 years old he was 13.  They were sweethearts as teenagers and continued an off and on relationship over the years as they both pursued their individual careers, and ending the relationship when Bill sought the White House in 1991.  Dolly went on to receive a degree and her jurist doctorate in law at Southern Methodist University. She practiced real estate law in Dallas for approximately 20 years and founded the non profit Lawyers for Affordable Housing organization to assist and protect low-income and poorer homeowners. In addition to her novels, Dolly is the author of Hillary the Other Woman – her political memoir and analysis of Hillary Clinton during her decades affair with Bill.  Her website is DollyKyle.com