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The 10th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq Is Next Month
02/19/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Good morning- welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Author David Corm writes: "On March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush launched the invasion of Iraq that would lead to a nine-year war resulting in 4,486 dead American troops, 32,226 service members wounded, and over 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians. The tab for the war topped $3 trillion."
Last night on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC program [a documentary based on David Corn's book HUBRIS appeared]( http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/18/1...
Be the first to commentUSF environmentalists demand climate change action at U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Tampa office listen
02/19/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, environment, Sierra Club, climate change, sea level rise, Keystone XL pipeline, Phil Compton
Two dozen students and environmental activists marched on U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Tampa office Tuesday demanding he address climate change. The environmentalists are fed up with Rubio’s reluctance to accept that there is a problem. Activists also want Rubio to switch his position on the Keystone XL pipeline.
The pipeline would carry oil from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada into the U.S. in Nebraska. That’s something environmentalists worry could contaminate land if the pipe were eve...
Be the first to commentFlorida Senate committee puts domestic partner registry bill on hold listen
02/19/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida Senate, domestic partners, domestic partnership registry, LGBT, marriage equality, Steve Kornell, Tampa, St. Petersburg
A bill to extend some rights to domestic partners was put on hold Tuesday in the Florida Senate Children and Families Committee.
During public comment, St. Petersburg City Council member Steve Kornell asked senators to support it.
Some of the Republicans who oppose the domestic partnership registry bill said they support expanding rights, but this bill goes too far and is too similar to marriage.
The bill’s sponsor Senator Elanor Sobel, a Democrat from Hollywood, said she would brin...
Be the first to commentStudents in eight low-income Hillsborough County schools get free dental care listen
02/18/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County Schools, Bryan Elementary, Plant City, dental care, migrant workers, poverty, healthcare
More than 450 students in Hillsborough County have received dental screenings and sealants at no cost to their parents. The new program helps students in eight schools with high poverty levels. It targeted 100 more kids at Bryan Elementary School in Plant City today. Randy Valdez, a dentist and director of Suncoast Community Health Centers said the program is for second graders.
Be the first to comment“Because that’s when they’re at their prime, optimum exposure to decay so we want to cover those first mola...
Attorney David Cobb Wants to Overturn the Sureme Court's Citizen's United Decision
02/18/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: corporate power, Supreme Court, Citizen's United, David Cobb, Move to Amend
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with attorney David Cobb who is a national spokesperson for Move to Amend. Cobb will be speaking tonight at 7PM at the Unitarian Church in downtown St. Petersburg on his group's effort to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen's United decision. Cobb, who is a former green Party presidential candidate, contends that the Citizen's decision held that corporations now have equal politica...
Be the first to commentMarch is Bike Month
02/18/13 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: solar power, solar, nuclear, nuclear power, Bike Month, bicycling, biking
We started today's program with Arnie Gunderson, a nuclear engineer with the nonprofit group Fairewinds, who gave us a little more information about Crystal River and what's next. Arnie talked about what happened that finally shut down the Crystal River Nuclear Power plant and our future options. He felt that solar electric was a good option, but that solar thermal to heat water was a quicker return on investment. Solar thermal central power plants and wind power on our coast lines, connected...
Be the first to commentFlorida Rep. Dennis Baxley says kids will be safer if teachers are armed listen
02/15/13 Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Dennis Baxley, gun free zones, gun control, Sandy Hook Elementary, guns
In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary legislators in states across the country are calling for changes in laws that prohibit guns from being brought on to school campuses.
One Florida lawmaker who has been a vocal advocate for doing away with what he calls “gun free zones” is Representative Dennis Baxley. The Ocala Republican helped sponsor the controversial “Stand Your Ground” ...
6 commentsTampa celebrates Black History silver anniversary listen
02/15/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Black History Month, City of Tampa Black History Committee
Today marked the 25th anniversary of Black History Celebrations in Tampa. The annual ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center was even more festive this year as volunteers honored some of the city’s most accomplished movers of African-American equality.
Every year, the black history committee puts on one heck of a shin dig to honor the culture’s rich history in Tampa. In between lively gospel music, speakers regaled memories of growing up in the African-American communities of Tampa.
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Be the first to commentLocal Effort to Undo Citizen's United; What Happened to America's Middle Class?
02/15/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: corporate power, decline of the middle class, David Cobb, Hedrick Smith
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll speak with David Cobb, the former Green Party presidential candidate who now heads Move To Amend—the effort to turn back the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision. And later we’ll talk with Hedrick Smith, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has written a new book called Who Stole the American Dream? Both of our guests will be making speeches locally in the next few days.
But first one listener comment ab...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell opposed red light cameras
02/15/13 Janelle IrwinLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: red light cameras, Steve Kornell, St. Petersburg, Florida legislature
They snap pictures of cars who may be running a light with a tell tale flash. They're red light cameras.
The idea was to eliminate potentially fatal intersection collisions, but the issue has sparked debate across party lines. Some argue it is a violation of privacy – others that the tickets issued aren’t accurate.
As legislation to overturn a state law that allows the cameras to be used is making its way through Tallahassee, St. Petersburg officials are facing their own backlash over ...
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