Saturday, December 31, 2011

media monarchy mixtape014: how it ended & the best of 2011


media monarchy mixtape014: how it ended & the best of 2011"living in the shadow of love is all some people can do" on media monarchy's mixtape014: how it ended & the best of 2011 - it's our grand finale release and it features some of my favorite music of the past year from tv on the radio, beastie boys, lupe fiasco, thurston moore, raveonettes, the vaccines, those darlins, sloan, decemberists, fleet foxes & the drums... because it can't be news & politics all the time!

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previous mixtape:
that most harmonious ghost

Friday, December 30, 2011

media monarchy episode245

media monarchy episode245"here comes the jackpot question in advance" on episode245 of media monarchy w/ the year of the dragon, disappointment & danger - ghost threat, poor sales & the heartbreak newspurge review - silent night, deadly night & occult advertising on holy hexes - sopa scud, stratfor plan & santa tracker on cyber/space\war - globesization, gentiles & the security cupcake on food world order + auld lang sounds from the marvelettes, dismemberment plan, the walkmen, bing, ella & much, much more...


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media monarchy on the portland radio authoritymedia monarchy is originally broadcast live on the portland radio authority, zero point radio & revere radio every friday at 10am pacific time...

and a huge thanks to free radio olympia, berkeley liberation radio, ground zero radio, one sky radio & others for rebroadcasting the show...

plus, you can always get podcasts of previous episodes through itunes & radio4all.net + hi-quality mp3s suitable for rebroadcast provided by archive.org & radio23.org ... thank you

previous: episode244

12/29 newspurge: danger! heartbreak dead ahead

9/11 updates:
'extremely loud & incredibly close' could cause flashbacks*

'all-american muslim' to deal with 9/11*
deadline approaching for pending 9/11 lawsuits*
tourists add 9/11 memorial to nyc itinerary*
nyc mayor says work on 9/11 museum has stalled*

biowars/envirohealth:
14,000 US deaths tied to fukushima fallout*
report assails japan response to fukushima*
radioactive pollution in athens, greece from fukushima*
french insurance to file criminal complaint on breast implants*
debate persists on deadly flu made airborne*

drugwar:
new powerful painkiller zohydro has experts worried*

painkiller 10x stronger than vicodin worries addiction experts*
special report: federal forces sully mexico's war on drugs*
video: ron paul in 1988 - drug war in US has racist origins*
mexico's cartels build own national radio system*
sinaloa cartel ok's mexico's newest drug ballads*

murder/mayhem:
'kick ass': crusaders take page, and outfits, from comics*

'kick ass': crusaders take page, and outfits, from comicsjoseph villavisencio; texas a&m lineman killed in car crash*

obamessiah updates:
better than obama: why the establishment is terrified of ron paul*

ron paul disowns extremists' views but not the support*
nytimes attacks ron paul for living in the real world*
iowa gop caucus 2012: ron paul takes the lead*
iowa gop moving vote-count to 'undisclosed location'*
even bachmann's campaign chair wants ron paul to win*
the best republican gaffes of 2011*
top ten political fumbles, gaffes & scandals in 2011*
political prediction for 2012: it's obama-clinton*

oregon oddities:
2011 - the costume party: you didn't need a funny outfit to make news this year, but it sure helped*

'portlandia live' reviewed: fred armisen & carrie brownstein take the stage at hollywood theater as portland's ambassadors to itself*
oregon lineman saves man from choking at beef bowl*

police state updates:
2012: world on the brink*

2012: world on the brinkfbi agents responsible for majority of terrorist plots in US*
some police agencies sold on sponsorship deals*
'angel thunder' in arizona: military rescue personnel experience hands-on emergency training skills*
ny sheriff hawks helicopter's naming rights; logo deals a rarity in filling police budget gaps*

wv worry:
top ten west virginia stories of 2011*

dmv to require more id proof*
good samaritan claims cop brutalized him*
long-time wv broadcaster garry bowers died in morgantown*
video: attorney talks about coming mediation for ubb disaster*

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

oil trades near six-week high on iran threat to crude transport

oil trades near six-week high on iran threat to crude transportfrom businessweek: Oil traded near the highest level in six weeks after Iran threatened to block crude transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, increasing concern that global supplies will be curbed amid shrinking U.S. stockpiles.

Futures were little changed after rising for a sixth day yesterday, the longest run of advances since November 2010. Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency cited Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi as saying the country would bar shipments through the strait if sanctions are imposed on its oil exports. U.S. oil inventories probably dropped for a third week, a Bloomberg News survey showed before an Energy Department report this week.

There’s been a significant decline in inventories,” said Gavin Wendt, a senior resource analyst at Mine Life Pty in Sydney. “If that trend continues, combined with the Iranian situation, it could be significant in driving oil prices even higher.”


geopolitiks:
US continues to arm iran's neighbors*

obama team weighs visa for yemen leader*
cornell chosen to build science school in nyc*
stroke of geniuses: cornell uni & technion-israel institute of technology*
queen visits prince philip in hospital*

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

media/memes: a year of disappointment for hollywood

movie ticket sales hit 16yr low in 2011*
a year of disappointment for hollywood: movie ticket sales hit 16yr low in 2011from nytimes: With five days left in 2011, ticket sales in North America are running about $500 million behind last year - despite higher prices - prompting a round of soul searching by studios trying to determine what went wrong and how best to proceed. Movies are a cyclical business and analysts say that 2010 benefited mightily from holdover sales for “Avatar,” which was released late in 2009 and became one of the most popular movies of all time. A decline of hundreds of millions of dollars is not catastrophic when weighed against the size of the industry. Over all, North American ticket revenue for 2011 is projected to be about $10.1 billion, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office data. That is only a 4.5 percent falloff from 2010. But studio executives are alarmed by the downturn nonetheless, in part because the real picture is worse than the raw revenue numbers suggest.

related media/memes updates:
time magazine's favorite cultural moments of 2011*
'bambi,' 'forrest gump' added to national film registry*
lynn samuels, radio talk show host, dies at 69*
video: in japan, no dispute about no. 1 holiday song*

Saturday, December 24, 2011

#satire: year in review 2011

from theonion.com: This week, The Onion Review takes a look back at some of the most important news stories that shaped our lives in 2011.

Friday, December 23, 2011

media monarchy episode244

media monarchy episode244"mystery is a source of leverage & power" on episode244 of media monarchy w/ last rites, korean war & a false dawn - payroll predictions, neti plots, saab stories & the work on christmas newspurge - pagan celebrations, solstice shrouds & abuse scandal updates on holy hexes - planets, patents & manning up on cyber/space\war - pecan thieves, salt babies & the fanta santa soda on food world order + seasonal sounds by harvey danger, caetano veloso, hawkdogg, sloan & so much more...


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media monarchy on the portland radio authoritymedia monarchy is originally broadcast live on the portland radio authority, zero point radio & revere radio every friday at 10am pacific time...

and a huge thanks to free radio olympia, berkeley liberation radio, ground zero radio, one sky radio & others for rebroadcasting the show...

plus, you can always get podcasts of previous episodes through itunes & radio4all.net + hi-quality mp3s suitable for rebroadcast provided by archive.org & radio23.org ... thank you

previous: episode243

12/22 newspurge: sometimes you have to work on christmas

biowars/envirohealth:
japan pm says fukushima nuclear site finally stabilised*

video: 'statistically meaningful increase' in west coast cancer from fukushima*
philippines sends coffins, flood toll nears 1000 dead; president declares 'state of national calamity'*
river in china turns red; illegal workshop dumps dye in pipe network*
drought has killed up to 10% of texas woodland trees*
congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban*
video: 'brain-eating amoeba' deaths linked to tap water use in neti pots*
video: second death from amoeba prompts louisiana warning*

drugwar:
drug war's focus turns to pharmaceuticals*

drug war's focus turns to pharmaceuticalsfda approves trials of anti-aids vaccine*
video: chicago bears' sam hurd busted in drug distro ring*

media/memes:
from mind control to superstardom:
lady gaga's "marry the night"
*

esoteric meaning of florence + the machine's videos*
britney spears' ex on her new engagement:
"it's fake...she marries her handler...she always has someone controlling her"
*
netflix ceo hastings' yearly stock option allowance cut by half for 2012*
ralph macdonald, of grammy winning 'just the two of us', dies at 67*

murder/mayhem:
5 dead as plane crashes on jersey interstate*

new details emerge in doomed flight that killed 5 in morris county*
debris recovery resumes in crash that killed greenhill managers*
healthy two-headed baby born in brazil*

obamessiah updates:
ron paul could win in iowa, chances of gop nom still slim*

video: ron paul battles media over 'racist' newsletters*

oregon oddities:
nikeleaks: how oregon's top company fights corruption, counterfeiting & croatian smugglers*

nikeleaks cables: explore wikileaks cables about nike*

wv worry:
mothman & the 44th anniversary of silver bridge collapse*

silver bridge tragedy 44yrs later*
flashback: west virginia town remembers silver bridge disaster*

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

signs point to economic rise at end of 2011, but experts see false dawn

signs point to economic rise at end of 2011, but experts see false dawnfrom nytimes: As the fourth quarter draws to a close, a spate of unexpectedly good economic data suggests that it will have some of the fastest and strongest economic growth since the recovery started in 2009, causing a surge in the stock market and cheering economists, investors and policy makers.

In recent weeks, a broad range of data - like reports on new residential construction and small business confidence - have beaten analysts’ expectations. Initial claims for jobless benefits, often an early indicator of where the labor market is headed, have dropped to their lowest level since May 2008. And prominent economics groups say the economy is growing three to four times as quickly as it was early in the year, at an annual pace of about 3.7 percent.

But the good news also comes with a significant caveat. Many forecasters say the recent uptick probably does not represent the long-awaited start to a strong, sustainable recovery. Much of the current strength is caused by temporary factors. And economists expect growth to slow in the first half of 2012 to an annual pace of about 1.5 to 2 percent.

Even that estimate could be optimistic if Washington lawmakers fail to extend aid for the long-term unemployed and a payroll tax cut for the United States’ 160 million wage earners.

At stake is about $150 billion, the bulk of which would go to middle-class families and the unemployed. If Congress does not pass the measures, economists say, it would significantly weaken growth from already-damped levels anticipated early in the new year.


related econocrash updates:
getting worse: 40 ways america is in decline*

economy contributes to slowest population growth rate since 1940s*
video: automaker saab files for bankruptcy in sweden*

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

police state updates: contracts, stockpiles & predictions

company lobbied for ndaa, gets $23m contract for equipment*
company lobbied for ndaa, gets $23m contract for equipmentfrom the intel hub: According to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has given the government the power to indefinitely detain American citizens. Surefire LLC openly lobbied for the House version of the NDAA, a bill many have claimed has effectively ended the Bill of Rights, months after receiving the 23 million dollar contact from the DOD. Why would this company be receiving a contract which could outfit at least 30,000 troops with new and updated night raid equipment when the U.S. is supposedly pulling troops out of Iraq and, to a smaller extent, Afghanistan? Why has this same company gone on to lobby for a bill that has turned the United States into a war zone?

related updates:
n. dakota police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear*

video: louisiana state officials call for troops on streets*
gerald celente's dire predictions for 2012*

Sunday, December 18, 2011

kim jong il is dead, long live kim jong un!

north korea's longtime leader & cult of personality dead at 69*
north korea's longtime leader & cult of personality dead at 69from cnn: North Korea's longtime leader Kim Jong Il, the embodiment of the reclusive state where his cult of personality is deeply entrenched, has died. He was believed to be 69. Regarded as one of the world's most-repressive leaders, Kim Jong Il always cut a slightly bizarre figure. His diminutive stature and characteristically bouffant hair have been parodied by some in the West. "He's a mysterious person -- I think by design," said Han S. Park, director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the University of Georgia and a frequent visitor to North Korea. "Mystery is a source of leverage and power. It's maintaining uncertainty." But for the citizens of his Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim was well regarded.

young heir faces uncertain transition in north korea
from nytimes: With the abrupt death of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, the fate of his isolated, nuclear-armed regime has dropped into the hands of his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, who is such an unknown that the world did not even know for sure what he looked like until last year. But the biggest enigma may be whether the younger Mr. Kim will be able to hold onto power in this last bastion of hard-line Communism, much less prevent its impoverished economy from collapsing.

north korea's neighbors on alert, west hopes for opening
from reuters: North Korea's neighbors and its old enemy the United States appealed for stability on Monday after the death of leader Kim Jong-il plunged one of the world's most heavily militarized regions into fresh uncertainty. China and Russia offered condolences and support for their ally's new leaders, while Western states expressed hope that a change in leadership could ease North Korea out of decades of extreme isolation and better the lives of its suffering people... South Korea, still technically at war with the North, put its military on alert after the news of the death, Yonhap news agency said, and President Lee Myung-bak convened its National Security Council.

israel hopes death of n. korea leader will damage ties with iran
from haaretz: The death of Kim Jong Il raises the possibility that the alliance between North Korea and Iran will flag, just as their third partner, Syria, is also weakening.

related geopolitiks/warwhores updates:
syria death toll mounts despite peace moves*

nato blames 'bad maps' for drone strike that killed 24 pakistani troops*
US jets enter iranian airspace, oil depot bombed*
update: don't trust the media*
video: iran announces military exercise after panetta refuses to rule out attack*
US formally declares end of iraq war; baghdad explosions kill at least 63*
iraq's garbage holds reminders of a US massacre*
8 soldiers charged in death of new york pvt. danny chen in afghanistan*
owners launch lawsuit after bomb-sniffing dogs bound for afghanistan are left to die at US airport*
world leaders bid farewell to vaclav havel*
world leaders pay respects to czech playwright, president*

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

media monarchy episode243

media monarchy episode243"when the lights go on again, when the boys are home again" on episode243 of media monarchy w/ heads held high, paranoid anxiety, selling access & newspurge lights - shower scenes & a scandalous giveaway on holy hexes - takedown sprees & drone rustlers in cyber/space\war - nano tech & girl hunter on food world order + music by sloan, billie jo spears, vaughn monroe & more...


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media monarchy on the portland radio authoritymedia monarchy is originally broadcast live on the portland radio authority, zero point radio & revere radio every friday at 10am pacific time...

and a huge thanks to free radio olympia, berkeley liberation radio, ground zero radio, one sky radio & others for rebroadcasting the show...

plus, you can always get podcasts of previous episodes through itunes & radio4all.net + hi-quality mp3s suitable for rebroadcast provided by archive.org & radio23.org ... thank you

previous: episode242

Thursday, December 15, 2011

interview w/ morgan lesko of wikiworldorder.com


interview w/ morgan lesko of wikiworldorder.comthis special interview episode features an in-studio conversation with morgan lesko of wiki world order as he escapes to portlandia for a brief respite from occupying uc davis. as the movement reaches its fourth month, we fret about the future but accentuate the positives of 2012 and beyond.

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12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again

9/11 updates:
9/11 year in review: nyc marks 10th anniversary*

proposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memoriesproposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memories*
korea's 9/11 twin towers: what were they thinking?*
sandra bullock used 9/11 memories for new drama*

biowars/envirohealth:
fema kicks off 'resolve to be ready' 2012 campaign*

hydrofracking in ny may be derailed by contamination in wy*
congressman at nrc hearing: fukushima is worst nuclear disaster in world history*
hearing exposes disarray at nuclear agency*
could fukushima have a china syndrome?*
video: fukushima safety level not safe*
video: canada leaves kyoto climate protocol, draws critique*

drugwar:
violence beats 'results' of mexico's 5yr drug war*

'fast and furious' death: slain atf agent's family speaks out*
fda committee recommends approval of adasuve or bipolar & schizophrenia*

geopolitiks:
iran demands US apology for drone flight*

bye, bye england? snp plans closer scandinavian ties after independence*
israel steps up efforts to stop illegal immigration from africa*
did the pentagon help strangle the arab spring?*

history/mystery:
'carlos the jackal' convicted for 1980s french terrorist attacks*

'carlos the jackal' convicted for 1980s french terrorist attacksfrance hands 'carlos the jackal' another life prison term*

murder/mayhem:
copycat effect:
virginia tech's garuda again?
*

woman dies in freak nyc elevator accident*
prosecutor among 3 shot at minnesota courthouse; suspect evidently defendant in case*
belgian gunman, long in trouble with law, killed before rampage*
florence attack, same day as belgium attack, by the author of 'the key of chaos'*
los angeles cop who staged shooting may serve only fraction of sentence*
video: ntsb recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving*

oregon oddities:
mysterious toolbox explosion kills oregon man*

2 portland-area men sentenced to more than 20yrs for sex abuse of medford teen*
fred thompson, oregon state freshman, dead of apparent heart attack at 19*
coquille woman confesses in letters to 'snapping' and beating 86yr-old neighbor to death with shovel*
crooked deputy permanently calls prison home, after murdering pregnant woman*
portland man sentenced to 6yrs in prison for exposing himself - again and again*

police state updates:
time magazine calls the protester person of the year*

time magazine calls the protester person of the yearoccupy portland shuts down 2 terminals*
occupy portland protest locked out of downtown building*
occupy shutdown costly for oakland port*
house, senate negotiators agree on defense bill*
40 members of congress protest 'indefinite detention' bill*
pentagon spending bill includes sweeping detention measures*
house passes defense bill on detainees, iran, pakistan*
cfr & the 'grand area' of the american empire*

wv worry:
lawmakers pass marcellus shale bill*

manchin gives coal as gift to fellow senator*
woman accused of taking $1.2m from casino*
dozens of soldiers return home to wv*