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03/12/2015 Scott Horton Show - Discussion of the conference "The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US? Is It Good for Israel?" at the National Press Club on April 10. Download 03/09/2015 WCSX Detroit, WRIF-FM - Nightcall with Peter Werbe: The Netanyahu Deception. Download 03/06/2015 Mutually Assured Deception: Why Netanyahu's nuclear arsenal is not up for debate in Congress. Leid Stories on PRN Download 03/04/2015 Arab Voices Radio Talk Show - Israel and Netanyahu's visit to the US; nuclear weapons; his recent courtroom victory to release a report on the Israeli H-bomb development program and its nuclear weapons production sites; US support for Israel; US-Israel relations; and more. Download. 03/03/2015 Bill LuMaye Show: 850 WPTF: Netanyahu's Nuclear "Chutzpah." Download 02/23/2015 The Monitor - What ISIS really wants - Jennifer Lowenstein. Israel's Nuclear Program Revealed: Next Steps - Grant F. Smith. Download. 02/16/2015 Flashpoints Radio - Rachel Corrie court verdict, Gareth Porter on Iran's nuclear program, Grant Smith on Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal. Download. 01/29/2015 Scott Horton Show - A poll commissioned by IRmep shows Americans believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be investigated for nuclear weapons tech smuggling before he is allowed to visit the US. Download 12/17/2014 Scott Horton Show - What is the objective of the conference "The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US?" Why hold it at the National Press Club in Washington? How can people attend? When will speakers be announced? What is the website? Download 11/01/2014 Scott Horton Show - IRmep lawsuit spotlights U.S. charities that fund Israel's secret nuclear weapons program. Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses his federal lawsuit demanding the release of a 1987 DoD study on Israel's nuclear weapons program; and why he wants to end the US government's pretense of ignorance about Israel's nukes. (Download) 10/08/2014 Takes On the World with host Jeffrey Blankfort - United Against Nuclear Iran group tries, and fails, to wriggle out of defamation lawsuit. How UANI fits into the larger network of pro-Israel 'affinity groups,' likely link to Treasury's 'terrorist' monitors; why DOJ's Eric Holder wants to quash lawsuit; how UANI's setting up new Committee Against Extremism follows path of pro-Israel orgs reconstituting when cornered, eg., Amer. Zionist Council to AIPAC; AIPAC begetting WINEP (TWI) during the 1984-1985 FBI espionage investigation; how media misreport Israeli espionage cases; how 1963 Sen. Fulbright hearings on Jewish Agency money laundering would be impossible today; new IRmep poll on US aid to Israel. (Download) 09/30/2014 Scott Horton Show: Was IRmep survey finding "Most Americans Say US Gives Too Much Aid to Israel" a "Push Poll" or just detailed enough to get bona fide answers? (Download) 09/16/2014 Scott Horton Show: Why the Justice Department is asking a federal judge to throw out a defamation suit against United Against a Nuclear IRan. (Download) 07/23/2014 Scott Horton Show: What is the Israel lobby? (Download) 06/24/2014 Scott Horton Show: Why the Israeli spy who looted US uranium is celebrated while the US spy who outed him is shunned. (Download) 03/12/2014 Kathleen Wells and Grant F. Smith discuss the recently concluded "National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel 'Special Relationship'" (Download) 03/07/2014 National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel "Special Relationship" - (Audio) Full 8 hr program (Download) 03/05/2014 Scott Horton Show - Upcoming National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel "Special Relationship" (Download) 12/27/2013 Scott Horton Show: Grant F. Smith explains why Americans should not support the AIPAC-fueled insertion of Stanley Fischer into the #2 slot at the Fed. (Download) 12/11/2013 Takes on the World. Jeffrey Blankfort interviews Grant F. Smith about how AIPAC will work behind the scenes to undermine a nuclear deal with Iran that is favored by Americans two to one. (Download) 11/14/2013 Kathleen Wells asks Grant F. Smith why the U.S. government fears releasing a trove of classified files about Israeli espionage against the United States. KCAA radio (Download) 10/23/2013 Scott Horton interviews Grant F. Smith about the immense (and growing) U.S. trove of secrets about Israeli espionage targeting nuclear, economic and national defense infrastructure, the Justice Department's observable reticence to prosecute, and why Americans should simply assume the worst when faced with the wall of secrecy. (Download)
10/04/2013 Bruce Fein and Grant F.
Smith debate whether it is time to celebrate the demise of
neoconservatives' hold on U.S. Middle East policy. Fein reviews the
overwhelming public refusal to approve the Obama administration plan to
attack Syria over alleged chemical weapons use. Smith argues that
despite that recent development, over 70 percent of the neocon policy
manifesto (The Clean Break Plan) has already been implemented. Smith
further details how even as the region becomes a tinderbox awaiting a
spark to inflame U.S. involvement, none of the Israel lobby's
capabilities to legally or illegally fan the U.S. into
while nobody is looking�has been observably diminished. 9/22/2013 Second half of the Roseanne Barr show. Discussion about why AIPAC didn't prevail on shifting U.S. from economic to kinetic warfare against Syria, myths about the origins of AIPAC, the role of money and weapons sales in U.S. aid, whether Americans will pay attention as AIPAC shifts back into its preferred mode of operation: stealth. (Download) 09/20/2013 California public radio Sam Husseini and Grant F. Smith discussed the clandestine Israeli nuclear weapons program. Sam Husseini profiled his video ambush of U.S. officials, the majority of whom deny knowing Israel possesses nuclear weapons. View on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmw0rHZlQKg (Preview) Smith later discusses the Israeli-American networks that have provided funding, technology, nuclear materials and know-how for Israeli nuclear weapons development with impunity under the 1954 Atomic Energy Act, and how this embarrassing history feeds into the current "nuclear ambiguity" policy. Radio station WZYX, hosted by Jeffrey Blankfort and John Sako. (Download) 09/18/2013 KCAA radio host Kathleen Wells invited Smith to discuss the IRmep essay "Five Dirty Tricks AIPAC uses against Congress" (Download) 07/30/2013 What is the difference between U.S. aid to Egypt and Israel? Why is the appointment of Martin Indyk to represent the U.S. in peace negotiations such a terrible move? What are some Arab states doing to avoid civil unrest? Why is Israel a liability rather than an asset on the American foreign policy balance sheet? Peter Lavelle moderates a debate between Grant F. Smith of IRmep in Washington and Charlie Wolf in London. (Download) 05/23/2013 Iraq is on the verge of a sectarian civil war. Did the American-led invasion of Iraq to dislodge one dictator only see another one appear? To what degree is the Syrian civil war impacting Iraq? Is the idea of �democratic Iraq� an oxymoron? CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle with Kelley Vlahos, Grant Smith and Michael O'Hanlon. (Download) 04/15/2013 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss AIPAC's lobbying efforts and reliance on "conspiracy theories" to extract massive aid packages from the United States. (Download) 03/21/2013 KZYX radio host Jeff Blankfort and IRmep's Grant F. Smith on Obama visit to Israel, spies and AIPAC's foreign agency. (Download) 03/1/2013 Grant F Smith of IRmep joined Ryan Dawson of Boiling Frogs to explain new video of a former NASA employee Stewart Nozette selling secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Mossad operative, and the troubling mechanics of Israel lobby immunity. (Download) 02/23/2013 Grant F. Smith, research director of IRmep, briefs several hundred Houston area non-profit and business leaders about why Americans are turning away from Israel and challenging Israel's U.S. lobby. Review of major espionage, propaganda and wealth transfer initiatives. Analysis of new polling data on American public opinion and how the growing chasm between opinion and U.S. policy may be driving a higher score on Transparency International's "perceptions of corruption" index. Recorded on February 23, 2013. (Download) 01/29/2013 The NUMEC Cover-up. Special IRmep presentation held in Parks Township, just north of Apollo, PA about the diversion of weapons-grade uranium to Israel in the 1960s.(Download) 01/16/2013 James Corbett interviews Grant F. Smith about the Zionist Organization of America, subject of a special report in the January/February Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. (Download) 11/14/2012 Radio host and Huffington Post blogger Kathleen Wells and Grant F. Smith discuss the history and mechanics of Israel lobby criminal immunity for conventional and nuclear weapons smuggling from the United States. (Download) 10/06/2012 Scott Horton and Grant Smith discuss the curious activities and origins of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). (Download) 09/26/2012 Crosstalk's Peter Lavelle hosts Ruthie Blum, Grant F. Smith and Stephen Zunes to debate the influence of the Israel lobby on U.S. politics. (Download) 09/21/2012 Radio host Kevin Barrett interviewed Grant F. Smith for current IRmep research and analysis about the upcoming elections. (Download) 09/08/2012 Grant F. Smith, Research Director for the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy at IRmep.org, joins us to discuss the secret Israeli espionage program that smuggled nuclear materials out of the United States to help start the Israeli nuclear program in the 1960s. We go over the declassified documents tying Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to the smuggling ring, and explore Smith's book, Divert!: NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the diversion of US weapons grade uranium into the Israeli nuclear weapons program.. (Download) 07/12/2012 Scott Horton interviews Grant F. Smith about how the Milco/Heli/Ministry of Defense nuclear smuggling ring resembles predecessor and successor front company networks targeting the U.S.; the legal process of obtaining the documents which implicated Benjamin Netanyahu in nuclear technology smuggling; and why President Obama will likely have Jonathan Pollard released by February, 2013. (Download) 07/12/2012 WBAI Host Gary Null interviews Grant F. Smith about the July 4 Antiwar article "Netanyahu Worked Inside Nuclear Smuggling Ring." Topics include Israeli smuggling front companies, players in the Israeli Ministry of Defense/Heli/Milco smuggling network, and why Richard Kelly Smyth divulged information about "Project Pinto" and Netanyahu. (Download) 05/27/2012 Host Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio discusses Grant Smith's article �US Charity Secretly Funds Israeli Nukes;� how the Weizmann Institute, posing as a non-profit charity, conducts espionage and fundraising for Israel's nuclear weapons program; why the US government continues pretending that Israel's nukes don't exist; the IRS's tentative ruling on tax-deductible donations to the Weizmann Institute; how the Justice Department's secretive �shutdown� orders on productive FBI investigations violates US obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and why the mainstream media won't discuss the Israeli arsenal. (Download) 04/01/2012 Radio host Shelton Walden of WBAI's "Walden's Pond" interviews Grant F. Smith about the Israeli nuclear weapons program, why US presidents cannot openly talk about it and the diversion of weapons-grade uranium from a plant at Apollo, PA..(Download) 03/01/2012 Scott Horton interviews Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, about the �Occupy AIPAC� counter-summit in Washington, D.C. from March 2-6; his article �The Mossad Has Long Given Marching Orders to AIPAC;� the fine line between a domestic lobby and a foreign-controlled intelligence operation; and how constant talk of �Israel in danger� gets AIPAC's hardcore American donors to open their wallets. (Download) 12/28/2011 Jeffrey Blankfort, host of the KZYX radio program "Takes on the World," interviews Grant F. Smith about the forthcoming book Divert! NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of US Weapons Grade Uranium into the Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program (Download) 10/20/2011 Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C., and Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton discusses Smith's article �Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel's Nuclear Secrets;� the Army Corps of Engineers' $170 million cleanup project at NUMEC, a Pennsylvania nuclear facility that diverted uranium to Israel in the 1960s; why the CIA still won't release documents on NUMEC (and the agency knows plenty about it), even to aid the cleanup effort; the obsolete �strategic ambiguity� policy whereby government officials and the US media feign ignorance or willfully ignore anything about Israel's nuclear program; and how NUMEC fits the profile of a long list of Israeli front companies that smuggled US military assets and nuclear materials. (Download) 9/29/2011 Host Scott Horton and IRmep director Grant F. Smith discuss how over the last two years AIPAC has begun hiding it's distribution curve of large donors, replacing declining public support with cash from a captive non-profit and removing lobbying expenditures from its publicly available IRS filings. Does this signal an AIPAC "reconstitution" within the Israel lobby Rubik's cube? They also discuss Medea Benjamin, Tighe Barry and Smith's interesting visit with the Office of Congressional Ethics to discuss AIPAC-organized congressional junkets to Israel, and the OCE's narrow interpretation of 2007 prohibitions on lobbyist paid travel. They also review the Justice Department's record with whistle blowers and Pakistani Kashmir lobbyists from the Sep/Oct Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Special Report. (Download) 9/21/2011 Grant F. Smith reviews AIPAC's hidden history, violations of IRS regulations, classified information laws and the Foreign Agents Registration Act, as well as three programs designed to raise awareness, accountability and overdue regulation. Presentation panel from the Move Over AIPAC conference on May 21, 2011. (Download) 9/20/2011 Journalist Jeffrey Blankfort analyzes how the "Israel lobby" more resembles a "many storied hotel" where doors to the corridors of power and influence sought by Americans are locked. Review of grassroots tactics to confront members of Congress and educate the public. Presentation panel from the Move Over AIPAC conference on May 21, 2011. (Download) 08/10/2011 Antiwar Radio's Scott Horton interviews Grant F. Smith about his article �Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors?� about the change in AIPAC's donation list in the last few years, why Steven Rosen's defamation lawsuit against AIPAC is revealing new aspects of the organization, and how the documents brought to light could justify indicting the whole lobby for espionage; and the evidence that Rosen used classified information to derail Jesse Jackson's political career. (Download) 07/17/2011 Janet McMahon, Managing Editor - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of "stealth PACs." Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs across America? Why don't any claim affiliation to their creator or use descriptive names? Shouldn't they be consolidated to have reduced total contribution limits like other PACs? How has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee secretly coordinated stealth PACs, and what has been done about it? Presentation panel from the Move Over AIPAC conference on May 21, 2011. (Download) 07/07/2011 Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton podcast an interview with IRmep director Grant F. Smith about his essay, "AIPAC Pushes Hard for War with Iran...But Doesn't Want the Blame." They discuss Keith Weissman's breaking of his media silence to (badly) defend AIPAC, claiming there is no official program for regime change in Iran, how the US forgoes a necessary waiver when sending aid to Israel -- required for all foreign countries with clandestine nuclear programs, how AIPAC uses leverage on domestic US issues (like National Guard base upgrades) to get their way on foreign policy issues, and the difference between Rosen/Weissman/Franklin espionage and Bradley Manning/WikiLeaks whistleblowing.(Download) 05/17/2011 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss President Obama's decision to speak at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington DC�and newly released documents revealing pressures for Ronald Reagan to do the same. They also discuss Move Over AIPAC conference events and direct actions taking place between May 20-24. (Download) 04/22/2011 Sibel Edmonds, Peter B. Collins, and Grant F. Smith discuss a range of illegal Israel lobbying and espionage activities, the dangerous recommendations in the book Start-Up Nation by Senor and Singer, and why the 1985 US-Israel bilateral trade agreement is really a $10 billion/year private-industry funded foreign aid program. Edmonds and Smith also discuss the importance of attending Move Over AIPAC. (Download) 04/06/2011 On April 6, Grant F. Smith presented a comprehensive review of the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement to the Finance and Economics Council at the University of Rochester. Using a slide show of declassified documents and charts, Smith revealed how secret agreements and a joint Israeli embassy/AIPAC covert operation undermined US industries and the trade negotiating process. New quantitative analysis and disclosures reveal the US-Israel trade agreement is actually a $10 billion/year foreign aid program. Smith also discusses how major omissions in Dan Senor and Saul Singer's 2009 Council on Foreign Relations book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle undermine their two major findings: that perpetual conflict gives Israel a comparative advantage and that the US should reinstate conscription in order to match Israel's entrepreneurial output. (Download) 03/29/2011 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle assumptions that conscription based national service and constant warfare are actually competitive advantages. (Download) 02/26/2011 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the Israel lobby's appetite for acquiring and circulating classified US national defense information based on newly released documents from the Rosen v. AIPAC defamation lawsuit. They also discuss why there are so few warranted prosecutions of high ranking Americans committing crimes to advance Israeli interests in the United States. (Download) 02/09/2011 Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss how the NUMEC diversion of 90% enriched (weapons grade) uranium to Israel's Dimona nuclear weapons programs relates to the current drive to free spy Jonathan Pollard. (Download) 01/05/2011 Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the illegal activities underpinning the Rosen v AIPAC defamation lawsuit and newly revealed documents from the case docket. (Download) 12/03/2010 Grant F. Smith discusses how pardoning crimes committed to advance Israeli interests undermines rule of law in the United States. WAMU FM, Washington, DC. (Download) 11/26/2010 Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the rationale behind IRmep's filing with the IRS seeking the retroactive revocation of AIPAC's tax exemption. Broadcast live 11/26/2010 at 6:00 PM on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 93.7 FM San Diego, and 98.5 FM Ridge Crest/China Lake. (Download). 11/24/2010 Antiwar Radio discussion of AIPAC's new 260 page court filing in Rosen v AIPAC and how details of interactions with the Israeli embassy and attempts to provoke US-Iran military conflict. (Download). 11/09/2010 Antiwar Radio discussion of newly declassified documents from the US Senate's 1963 investigation of foreign agents following the Israeli false flag �Lavon Affair,� how enforcement of FARA prompted the American Zionist Council to reorganize as a non-registered lobby (now called AIPAC), the hundreds of quashed FBI and DOJ investigations into the Israel lobby's routine lawbreaking, how the biggest scandals involving large numbers of government officials become politically impossible to prosecute, how Israel's real existential threat is the lack of an existential threat and why Israel chooses militaristic isolation instead of participating in open market prosperity in the Mideast. (Download) 10/14/2010 Antiwar radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the Israeli proposal to free spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for a temporary illegal settlement freeze to save the sputtering "peace process." (Download) 09/08/2010 Host Jeffrey Blankfort interviews Grant F. Smith on his public radio program "Takes on the World" about newly unsealed Senate Foreign Relations Committee files investigating the Israel lobby. The documents reveal quarterly $5,000 payments from the Jewish Agency to AIPAC for the lobbying newsletter "Near East Report" and stealth public relations programs to undermine American free speech. The implications of a fifty year effort are discussed in the radio interview. (Download) 8/23/2010 IRmep's Grant F. Smith and Scott Horton of ANTIWAR Radio discuss documents released from the Senate investigation of Israel's covert lobbying and PR campaigns, threats to the continued freedom to practice (out of favor) religions in America, how neoconservatives use their unchallenged talking points in mainstream media to push for war with Iran, the Atlantic magazine's history of promoting Israeli policy objectives and how AIPAC wields power by withholding campaign contributions to wayward politicians. (Download) 07/07/2010 IRmep held a panel discussion at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC titled "Israel's Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future." The following official audio files of "Israel's Nuclear Arsenal" panel presentations are now available for download: Jeffrey Blankfort reviews US positioning toward the NPT review conference call for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons. He recounts first hand experiences with an ADL/Apartheid South Africa intelligence agent targeting US activists. (MP3 3.6 MB) Grant F. Smith explores how collaborating in Israeli "strategic ambiguity" undermines rule of law and governance in the United States. He reviews the NUMEC nuclear diversion case and a new Senate attempt to exonerate those involved. (MP3 6.2 MB)Sasha-Polakow Suransky reviews Apartheid South African sales of yellow-cake uranium to Israel's military establishment and argues that AIPAC positively contributed to US policymaking. (MP3 5.9 MB) John J. Mearsheimer discusses why Israel acquired a nuclear arsenal and the danger it presents to US interests. (MP3 6.2 MB) 07/06/2010 Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio and Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discuss the upcoming International Spy Museum event ""Israel's Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future" and newly released documents about Senator Arlen Specter pressuring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to exonerate NUMEC enriched uranium diversions. Download 05/11/2010 Scott Horton interviews Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C., about the newly declassified 1978 GAO report released by IRmep on 5/10/2010. They cover the diversion of US nuclear material to Israel, marginal investigations and possible cover-ups by the FBI and CIA, prosecutorial immunity for high-profile Americans who commit crimes for Israel's benefit, and billionaire Haim Saban's considerable influence on the Democratic Party. They review new information about why LBJ's political debt to fundraiser Abraham Feinberg (designated by David Ben Gurion as the US funding coordinator for Israel's nuclear weapons program in 1958) probably explained his disdain for the NUMEC investigation and applying nuclear nonproliferation to Israel. Download 04/14/2010 Antiwar radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss Israel's underwhelming representation at the Nuclear Security summit and the 1960s diversion of highly enriched uranium from Pennsylvania to Israel's nuclear weapons program. Download 03/24/2010 Antiwar radio host Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss the illegal settlements "row" between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and vice president Joe Biden, the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act, and Israel lobby groups that are now far out of compliance. Download 02/08/2010 Grant F. Smith sits down with PressTV's Susan Modaress to discuss how arms smuggling, subverting a Justice Department foreign agent registration order and string of presidential pardons generated an assumption of criminal immunity within the Israel lobby. They review new tactics US law enforcement agencies are implementing to stem Israeli commercial espionage operations in the United States and why President Obama can't stop illegal settlements as a minor first step toward Middle East peace. Download 01/11/2010 Grant F. Smith makes the case to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman that the US needs to crack down on US charities laundering tax exempt donations into illegal Israeli settlements. The Diane Rehm Show is produced at WAMU 88.5 and distributed by National Public Radio, NPR Worldwide, and SIRIUS satellite radio. Each week, more than 2.2 million listeners across the country tune in to the program. Download 12/09/2009 Jeffrey Blankfort discusses on KZYX public radio his groundbreaking analysis of a Pew Research poll of Council on Foreign Relations members, which finds them less supportive of current US-Israel relations than the general public. Later in the program Blankfort and Grant Smith discuss findings from the new IRmep book "Spy Trade: How Israel's Lobby Undermines America's Economy" and the current AIPAC drive for economic sanctions and military strikes on Iran. Download 10/07/2009 Grant F. Smith discusses Freedom of Information Act requests under the Obama administration's "presumption of openness" mandate and why the Israel lobby has become "too connected" to be regulated with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio. Download 09/03/2009 Grant F. Smith discusses Steven Rosen's defamation lawsuit against AIPAC, the "everyone else does it" excuse for trafficking in classified information and the DOJ's history of capitulation to the Israel lobby with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio. Download 08/18/2009 - Grant F. Smith confronts the Saban Center's Martin Indyk about how improprieties in negotiating the US-Israel Free Trade Area might affect the willingness of other countries to pact trade deals with Israel. Download 07/23/2009 - PressTV Washington correspondent Jihan Hafiz interviews Grant F. Smith about recent Israeli pharmaceutical violations of the US-Israel Free Trade Area. Download 04/08/2009 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss Steve Rosen's lawsuit against AIPAC, the increasing political stakes in the upcoming Rosen/Weissman espionage trial, the growing political pressure for Barak Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to dismiss the case and the possibility that AIPAC's function as a foreign agent will be openly discussed in court. Download 03/11/2009 Radio Host Ray Hanania interviewed Grant Smith on WJJG Chicago. They discussed an upcoming report about the Impact of AIPAC and the Israeli government's acquisition of business confidential information provided by concerned US industries to the US Trade Representative during trade negotiations. They reviewed ongoing commercial espionage in weapons systems design, pharmaceutical clinical dossiers, and other intellectual property. The US-Israel FTA is the only bilateral FTA producing multi-billion dollar yearly deficits now totaling $71 billion and negative jobs impact of 126,000 manufacturing related jobs. Review measures the Obama administration should take as it begins reevaluating FTAs against the new trade agenda. Download 11/09/2008 Radio host Sherif S. Fam interviewed Grant Smith on WZBC Cambridge, Massachusetts. During the Sunday morning program "This Week in Palestine." They discussed the history of the Israel lobby in presidential cabinets and how Obama's picks will impact Middle East policy. Download 10/25/2008 - Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio interviews Grant Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and author of America's Defense Line: The Justice Department's Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government. They discuss the intrigue behind the AIPAC espionage case, long range patterns of Neocon activity in the Pentagon and the history behind the Logan Act. They also cover corporate media issue framing, the likely continuity of Washington consensus Mideast policy in an Obama administration and AIPAC's imposition of obstacles toward US exports to the wider Mideast. Download 10/08/2008 - Presidential candidates fiercely debate nuclear proliferation in the Middle East�with one caveat: Israel's nuclear weapons. Jeffrey Blankfort of the Pacifica Radio "Takes on the World" program interviews Grant Smith about the new book "America's Defense Line: The Justice Department's Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government". Download (Partial broadcast with listener call-in.) 7/16/2008 - The Bush
administration is reversing its long held position that suspension of
uranium enrichment was the price of Iran's seat at a negotiating table.
But how genuine is the move toward a face-to-face between Undersecretary
of State Burns and Iran's
Javier Solana. Why now? Is it a strategic
shift or policy realignment? And what about the impact on fall
elections? Grant Smith talks to Radio France Internationale.
Download (Foreign Language
Broadcast) 2/24/2008 - The Todd Feinburg Show. Many Americans question the source of Israel's strong political influence in this country. An answer, at least in part, may be offered in Grant Smith's new book, "Foreign Agents - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal." A criminal trial against two AIPAC executives will commence this spring, and Smith suggests that Americans will learn more as it unfolds about how Israel lobbyists violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act in their attempts to influence American foreign policy. Download 1/25/2008 - IRmep Policy Podcast. Neoconservatives of the "Project for a New American Century" wanted more US GDP dedicated to military spending and war. They've gotten their wish, but at what cost to the economy? Also, how the US media responds to the Sibel Edmonds question, and the futility of asking the Israel lobby to recognize itself. Download. 1/18/2008 - IRmep Policy Podcast. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Norman Podhoretz pulled out all the stops to urge the Bush Administration to attack Iran in the autumn of 2007. The National Intelligence Estimate stopped their initiative, but for how long? Download. 1/11/08 - IRmep Policy Podcast. An incident at Hormuz Straits, the Bush visit to Palestine, and the real cost of US-Israel trade. MP3 Download. 12/18/07 - INN World News host Leonard Charles discusses the history of AIPAC and likelihood that the case will never go to trial with Grant Smith. MP3 Download. 11/21/07 - PressTV Book Review "Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee" Martin Short, a British author and producer, Tim Llewellyn the BBC's Middle East correspondent for nearly a decade, and Abe Haim, of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine sat down to discuss the book "Foreign Agents". MP3 Download. 08/17/07 - WBAI Book Review "Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee" On August 19, Grant Smith discussed upcoming book "Foreign Agents" on WBAI's "Walden's Pond" with radio host Shelton Walden. MP3 Download. 02/23/07 - "Visa Denied: The Opportunity Cost of Discriminatory Visa Policies" On February 23, Grant Smith discussed the newly released report "Visa Denied: How Anti-Arab Visa Policies Destroy US Exports, Jobs and Higher Education on Viewpoint with James Zogby MP3 Download 01/25/07 - "The Opportunity Cost of Under Resourced US Visa Processing" On January 25, Grant Smith discussed the newly released report "Visa Denied: How Anti-Arab Visa Policies Destroy US Exports, Jobs and Higher Education. Download 10/18/06 - "Special Interest Policymakers and Neoconservative Dogma"
Grant Smith appeared with Jeffrey Blankfort on Takes on the World the
daunting problem of special interest
policymakers thwarting US national interests. Smith reviews chapters
of the book "Deadly Dogma". MP3
Download 08/23/06 - Book Review: "Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America" Grant Smith appeared with author and WYZX Radio host Jeffrey Blankfort to discuss findings in "Deadly Dogma" and how the neoconservative influence continues to damage US Middle East policy. MP3 Download 08/15/06 - Book Review: "Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America. Grant Smith appeared with WBAI Radio host Shelton Walden to discuss his new book and how the IRmep's Center for Policy and Law Enforcement is educating US attorneys about FARA, Espionage Act and Wire Fraud prosecution strategies. MP3 Download 08/14/06 - UN Ceasefire Resolution 1701 Grant Smith appeared on WWRL Radio with Dr. Ron Daniels to discuss the UN Ceasefire resolution and new information revealing the attacks on Lebanon as a "dry run" for future attacks on Iran. MP3 Download 08/11/06 - Neocon Clean Break plan Update Grant Smith appeared on the LinkTV show Viewpoint to discuss IRmep's book "Neocon Middle East Policy: the 'Clean Break' Plan Damage Assessment." (Available at http://www.irmep.org/cbda.htm) Other topics included legal violations of key neoconservative policymakers, flaws in core policy, and how rejection of international law has also diminished respect for domestic US law. MP3 Download 11/21/2005 - Law enforcement briefing at the Russell Senate Office Building "US Charitable Contributions, Illegal Settlements, and Suicide Terrorism. MP3 Download 11/10/05 - Neocon Clean Break plan or Beirut Declaration? 9/11Grant Smith
appeared on the Jim Greenfield 8/15/05 - The Gaza Withdrawal and Mythologies of the 1967 Arab Israeli War. Was the 1967 Arab Israeli war inevitable? What is the true refugee status of Palestinians? What do the data say about how to really confront suicide terrorism? Grant Smith clears up common misconceptions in a debate with Armstrong Williams. MP3 Download |
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New Delhi, Nov 27: Zee News Tuesday night vehemently denied all allegations of extortion levelled against it and described the arrests of two of its senior journalists as a "crude and direct attack on the freedom of the press".
Sudhir Chaudhary, head of Zee News, and Samir Ahluwalia, head of Zee Business, were arrested by Crime Branch of Delhi Police Tuesday following the registration of an extortion case about 45 days ago on a complaint by Congress MP Naveen Jindal's company.
The channel accused the Jindal Steel and Power Limited, owned by Congress MP Naveen Jindal, of "using state machinery, controlled by the Congress party both at the centre and Delhi, to muzzle voices of dissent and interfere with the legitimate rights of the Media to divert attention and cloud its illegalities and misdeeds which these editors in the channel sought to highlight in public interest , highlighting the corruption in the coal gate scam after being indicted by CAG, and being investigated by the CBI."
In a statement, the company said: "After over 65 years of independence, now the present Congress−led government is pushing media not to say the truth and gag its mouth. It is practically Emergency revisited in India today on Nov 27, 2012 (this will be known as another black day in Indian History).
"While the matter is sub−judice before the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay, to circumvent the judicial process and the orders of the Hon'ble Mumbai High Court, the Delhi police at the behest of its Congress MP orchestrated arrests of two Senior Editors of Zee News Channel, Sh Samir Ahluwalia and Sh Sudhir Chowdhary, on the basis of a fraudulent and contrived complaint filed on behalf of his company Jindal Steel and Power Limited.
"The arrests have been made to sensationalize the issue and lend a cover to the coal−gate scam and in particular to favour of Shri Naveen Jindal, Congress MP and his company M/S Jindal Steel and Power Limited."
"This is a crude and direct attack on the freedom of the Press."
"The FIR registered against the two Editors and others, is nothing but a clever attempt to divert attention from its own role in the scam. The channel vehemently denies all allegations levelled against it.
The channel strongly condemns the arbitrary and illegal action of Delhi Police in arresting its two editors and for initiating a malicious, illegal and motivated prosecution. We wish to reiterate that no offence has been committed by members of staff," the statement said.


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The Un-Men | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics and Vertigo |
First appearance | Swamp Thing #1 (Nov. 1972) (cameo) Swamp Thing #2 (Jan. 1973) (full) |
Created by | Len Wein Berni Wrightson |
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Species | "Synthetic men," reconstructed and reanimated from the dead |
The Un-Men are a group of fictional characters in the DC/Vertigo Comics universe. Created by the writer/artist team of Len Wein and Berni Wrightson, the Un-Men made their first appearance in 1972, in the first and second issues of the original Swamp Thing comic book series. The characters made subsequent appearances in later issues of Swamp Thing and its successor series, Saga of the Swamp Thing, and in the 1994 five-issue Vertigo miniseries, American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men. In August 2007, Vertigo (DC's "mature readers line") launched The Un-Men, a monthly comic book series chronicling the further exploits of these characters. Thirteen issues of that title were published.
Appearances in Swamp Thing comics[edit]
As described in Swamp Thing #2 the Un-Men are "synthetic men" created by the evil sorcerer/scientist Anton Arcane in his mountain castle in the Balkans. In that story arc, Arcane dispatches a group of these deformed creatures to Louisiana to capture the Swamp Thing. Obsessed with obtaining immortality, the elderly and ailing Arcane intends to transfer his mind and soul into the Swamp Thing's indestructible plant body. Arcane explains to the captive plant creature that the Un-Men "are the result of my first experimentations — crude, but totally dedicated to me." Unsuitable for Arcane's body-switching schemes, the Un-Men mindlessly serve their "master" as obedient henchmen. At the end of the story arc, the Swamp Thing chases Arcane to the top of his castle tower, and the old man plunges to his death. His loyal Un-Men jump after him like lemmings, presumably to their deaths as well.
Wrightson depicted the Un-Men as hideously deformed humanoid creatures, no two of whom were alike. It's not entirely clear how Arcane constructed his Un-Men, but several of them are made of stitched-together body parts, like Frankenstein's monster. The resulting creatures sport all manner and class of bodily aberration: multiple heads, extra limbs, and even partial animal anatomies.
The two most distinctive Un-Men were Ophidian, a talking snake creature with 10 pairs of legs and hypnotic powers, and Cranius, Arcane's major domo and the leader of the Un-Men. Described as "the living brain," Cranius is an oversized brain with a human face that is grafted onto a large human hand. Cranius uses his fingers for locomotion. In later appearances, Cranius is shown to have telepathic powers. The Un-Men and Arcane returned in issue #10 to further harass the Swamp Thing, in the last issue to be illustrated by Wrightson.
The Un-Men made their next appearance in the second Swamp Thing comic-book series, Saga of the Swamp Thing, launched by DC in 1982 to capitalize on Wes Craven's Swamp Thing movie adaptation. In issues #17-19, Arcane again returns with a cadre of Un-Men. Writer Martin Pasko and artists Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben retconned the earlier storyline: In the new version, slave ghosts turned the Un-Men against their maker. As Arcane explains, the Un-Men "buried each part of my dismembered body in a separate grave, then vanished, never to be seen again."
Other Un-Men later exhumed Arcane's body parts, and rebuilt his artificial body. He then created a second-generation group of insectoid Un-Men in various colors and shapes: caterpillars, centipedes, praying mantises, winged moths, wasps and other pests, usually with human-like heads. At the end of this story arc, Arcane is eaten by his own Un-Men, defeated for the third time, and the second at the hands of his own creations.
Saga of the Swamp Thing #82-83 explored Arcane's early history as a battlefield medic for the German Army during World War I. The young Arcane is shown stitching together the body parts of dead soldiers in a series of unauthorized necromantic experiments. The same story arc delves into Arcane's World War II-era activities. As a trusted aid of Hitler, the middle-aged Arcane, headquartered at a slaughterhouse, has successfully created his first Un-Men. He calls them prototypes "cobbled together from whatever body parts I could get my hands on." Boasting that they are "infinitely adaptable," Arcane reveals that he plans to build an Un-Men army of obedient, "perfect soldiers" who "never complain and always follow orders." But before he can muster his Un-Men army, Allied bombs destroy the slaughterhouse, and, presumably, the Un-Men.
Although Arcane would more than occasionally return from the grave to stalk the Swamp Thing, the Un-Men would not return for another decade. Their next appearance was in #136-138, in a story arc that had Arcane returning to earth from Hell and demonically possessing the preserved body of the late General Sunderland, the defense contractor who had frozen and vivisected the Swamp Thing a decade earlier in Alan Moore's celebrated story, "The Anatomy Lesson". Neither Cranius nor any of the insectoid Un-Men appear in this arc. Rather, Arcane is shown creating a new group of Un-Men, most notably the psychic Dr. Polygon, a purple man with nine or so faces on his head. Multiple ogre-like Un-Men are shown at Sunderland Corp. headquarters in Washington. At the end of this arc, Sunderland's daughter, Connie, turns against Arcane and blows up the Sunderland facility, Arcane, and, presumably, most of the Un-Men.
American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men miniseries[edit]
In 1994, Vertigo published a five-issue miniseries, American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men, written by Dave Louapre and illustrated by Vince Locke. American Freak focused on a completely new set of characters, described as the offspring of the original Arcane Un-Men. The miniseries also introduced a number of continuity errors into the Un-Men mythology. In American Freak, it is revealed that in 1969 a U.S. army special tactics team captured 13 "horribly disfigured" creatures, "definitely not human", hardly even animal, "deep in the Louisiana swamp." If this plot point is intended to represent events occurring after the mutilation of Arcane by his Un-Men (as depicted in v. 1 #10), the date and number of Un-Men is incorrect. In Louapre's story, the military guards, rather than Arcane, dubbed these creatures "Un-Men."
The plot of American Freak revolves around the second-generation son of two of these "horribly disfigured creatures," a 23-year-old man named Damien Kane. Per this miniseries, the Army conducted painful, inhumane experiments on the captive Un-Men, toward the goal of "mating" them and then producing a "serum" that would eliminate deformity in the offspring. The serum proved unstable and all the offspring except for Damien Kane died. Kane developed normally until he turned 23 years of age, at which time (the beginning of this miniseries) he began to horribly mutate. The story follows Kane's painful transformation into a freak, and his escape with the assistance of a telepathic, first-generation Un-Man named Crassus. Crassus tricks Kane into traveling with him to Romania, promising the boy that Arcane might be able to help reverse the mutation. Of course, it's a trick: Crassus knows that Arcane is no longer in his castle fortress. Crassus's secret goal is to make Kane rescue a gaggle of other next generation Un-Men from the clutches of a depraved millionaire who forces them to perform in a private sideshow.
Through some form of prophecy that is never explained, the next-generation Un-Men recognize Kane as "the One" they have long expected to deliver them from captivity. Kane reluctantly helps his cousins revolt and slaughter their tormentors. The Un-Men then board a private jet for America, where they proceed to set the captive, cryogenically frozen original Un-Men free. Army soldiers and guns are involved, and ultimately Kane's love interest, a bald, legless and psychic second-generation Un-Woman named Scylla, is mowed down with bullets. The original Un-Men — mute and apparently mentally retarded — toss themselves into a vat of acid. Meanwhile, Crassus vanishes into the darkness of the swamp.
The military experiments are exposed, and Kane and his fellow survivors become celebrities, gracing the cover of LIFE magazine and appearing on TV talk shows. An embarrassed federal government grants them their own reservation settlement (on a former nuclear testing site) and goth teens pay homage to the freaks at the camp perimeter. Ironically, the Un-Men have become caged curiosities yet again. At the end of issue 5, Kane has mutated into an endomorph, a veiny elder statesman narrating his tale from a private cave high above the new Un-Men encampment.
Monthly series[edit]
A monthly series, written by John Whalen and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne, premiered in August 2007 and saw a 13-issue run. The first story arc takes place more than a decade after the founding of the Un-Men reservation in American Freak. Damien Kane has apparently died and his reservation has been taken over by a coterie of Arcane's original Un-Men, led by Cranius. Under the control of Cranius, the reservation has been transformed into Aberrance U.S.A., a freak-themed tourist attraction that is equal parts Disneyland, Las Vegas, and carnival sideshow. The private police force and staff who control Aberrance are next-generation Un-Men created by Cranius. When a "natural-born" performing freak (i.e., not an Un-Man) from Aberrance is murdered, Agent Kilcrop of the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.), which continues to oversee the one-time H-bomb test site, is called in to investigate.
Kilcrop, an African-American albino, believes that his superiors at the D.O.E. picked him for the assignment because they consider him to be their "house freak." Kilcrop suspects that Cranius and company may be involved in a coverup of the missing performer's death. Facing the resistance of the Cranius et al., but gaining the unanticipated aid of Niko Parish, a stunningly beautiful "Un-Woman" angel-girl lacking an arm (Cranius modeled her transformation on the famous "Winged Victory of Samothrace" statue), Kilcrop uncovers a conspiracy in a town divided by the Un-Men and the "gaffs," natural-born freaks marginalized as second-class citizens by the custom-built Un-Men. The term "gaff" is a play on the real-life carnival colloquialism for "faked freaks," such as sawdust-stuffed "Fiji Mermaids" and other phony sideshow attractions. The artificially enhanced Un-Men apparently consider the natural-born freaks of Aberrance to be "fakes," i.e., "pretenders" and "nature's accidents" who pale in comparison to the Promethean creations of Anton Arcane and the next-generation Un-Men built by Arcane's first lieutenant, Cranius.
Kilcrop learns that a subset of the local gaffs have formed a religious cult around the late Damien Kane, founder of Aberrance and a figure romanticized by locals as a "freak's tribune." Although Kane himself was a second-generation Un-Man, his compassion for all the freaks of Aberrance—natural and enhanced—has made him a kind of latter-day saint in the eyes of the oppressed gaffs. That gaffs believe that Kane will return to avenge the hostile takeover of Aberrance by Cranius and the other original Un-Men. Over the course of the first five-issue story arc, it is revealed that Damien Kane is still alive—more or less—having mutated into an endomorphic mass of "Kaneflesh," a living and apparently sentient organism that Cranius has trapped and locked away in a hidden laboratory behind his office. Cranius has been secretly using the Kaneflesh—which has remarkable regenerative properties—to create the radical body modifications of his next-generation Un-Men, including Niko's winged enhancements. Unknown to Cranius, however, the Kaneflesh transplantations (Cranius calls the cellular extract "Compound K") have given Damien Kane limited telepathic control of these new Un-Men. In the course of the story arc, Kilcrop discovers that the captive Kane has been telepathically directing Cranius's next-generation Un-Men to murder the original Un-Men who seized control of Aberrance. This is Kane's vengeance for Cranius's subversion of the original utopian vision of a freak's sanctuary. The Kaneflesh escapes from Cranius's lab and attacks Cranius on the rooftop of the Un-Men corporate headquarters. Kilcrop destroys the angry creature, saving Cranius in the process. At the end of the story arc, Cranius hints to Kilcrop that the federal agent has a deeper connection to the Un-Men than he now realizes. Kilcrop is baffled by this suggestion, and, like readers of this comic, he will have to wait for a future issue for that mystery to be resolved.
After the events of the Kaneflesh storyline, Cranius intercedes with the government—which is secretly funding the Un-Men's freak-building experiments—and has Agent Kilcrop reassigned to become permanent chief of security in Aberrance. Kilcrop accepts the assignment only after Niko—with whom he has become enamored—urges him to take the job. Eventually it is revealed that Kilcrop was a circus performer who entered violent staged matches against his (non-albino) brother, has a past with Cranius, and one of the heads of the Aberrance "inseminated" himself so he could have an heir.
Shortly after Kilcrop settles his attrites with Cranius about his past (Cranius as a sign of goodwill restored his father's corpse as a barely functional zombie to wound up his frustrations on it), a new blow falls on Kilcrop life. Doctor Sunderland, a beauty-obsessed scientist comes to Aberrance to aid Cranius in restoring the Compound K, in exchange for a cadre of insectoid, bestial Un-Men to sell as living weaponry. Cranius accept, offering Janus Sr. new offspring for the necessary stem cell research. Niko, the only one able to tell Kilcrop of the plot, is shushed under the threat of revealing her past before Aberrance: a wanted felon for killing her abusive father.
The insectoid Un-Men are freed in Aberrance, showing the ability to "infect" over beings. Kilcrop is able to contain the skirmish, but during the revolt several guards are killed, Janus Sr. has his head frozen into liquid nitrogen by Cranius in self-defence, and Niko Parish is turned in an almost mindless humanoid Praying Mantis, not before being able to profess her love for Kilcrop.
Agent Kilcrop allows the D.O.E. to put him on trial for his inability to contain the rebellion, he's stripped from his role and disgraced in the F.B.I. ranks, considered a "person of interest". Aberrance is shut down, and Kilcrop aids Cranius into finding a cure able to give Niko her human self back.
Since Vertigo cancelled the issue, the plotline about Niko Parish and the still-living Un-Men and gaffs of Aberrance is likely to stay unresolved.
The New 52[edit]
In The New 52, the Un-Men were seen accompanying Felix Faust, the Rotlings, and the rotted heroes and villains in the attack upon the Red Kingdom.[1] The Un-Men later engage Swamp Thing and the forces of The Green outside of Anton Arcane's castle.[2]
- Crassus - One of the original members of the Un-Men.
- Damien Kane -
- Patchwork Man -
In other media[edit]
- In the Swamp Thing animated series and toy line, there were five Un-Men, humans who are temporary mutated by Arcane's Transducer machine. The three Un-Men under Arcane include Dr. Deemo (a bokor mutated into a snake), Skinman (a zombie mutated into a bat), and Weed Killer (an plant exterminator mutated into a leech/centipede monster). The two other Un-Men, being one-time only, were Arcane (a spider-like monster) and Bayou Jack (exposed to Arcane's tranducer serum and mutated into a mantis-like Un-Man), the later with the Transducer playset.[3]
- The 1989 film The Return of Swamp Thing featured several creatures genetically engineered by Arcane's team of scientists, including a leech-man and a scientist who becomes a giant-brained monster. They are not referred to by name as Un-Men.
See also[edit]
- ^ Animal Man Vol. 2 #14
- ^ Animal Man Vol. 2 #17
- ^ Swamp Thing
External links[edit]
- American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men at the Comic Book DB
- The Un-Men at the Comic Book DB
- Unofficial Un-Men Biography
- American Freak Title Index
- Un-Men at DC Comics Wiki
- Mike Hawthorne blog - Art from Vertigo's The Un-Men
- Cranius Design Sketch - Character sketch by Mike Hawthorne
- Anatomy of a Cover - Tomer Hanuka's Un-Men cover art
- Roots of the Swamp Thing—Containing a complete history of the Un-Men
- Getting Freaky with Vertigo's Un-Men, interview with John Whalen and Mike Hawthorne, Comic Book Resources, November 8, 2006
- Unearthing Un-Men: Mike Hawthorne on His Vertigo Series, Newsarama, November 8, 2006
- Talking About The Un-Men With Mike Hawthorne, Newsarama, September 14, 2007
- Un-Mentionable Dialogue, interview with John Whalen, Comics Bulletin, April 14, 2008


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New Giro director promises to 'respect' riders; Washington prologue idea on hold
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Oct. 12, 2011
- Updated Apr. 25, 2012 at 2:28 PM EDT
New Giro d'Italia race director Michele Acquarone says the 2012 edition of the Italian tour will be "more respectful" to the riders and said plans to take the Giro to the United States are on hold.
Acquarone, who takes over the head of the Italia tour following the departure of Angelo Zomegnan, said the Giro will focus on expanding its base in Europe before trying to cross the Atlantic.
"It's a dream to bring the Giro to America, because I believe in global sport," Acquarone told VeloNews. "I call it a dream because it is a dream. Right now, the Giro will not go to D.C., not to China. First, we have to do a good Giro for the racers and the fans."
Efforts to bring the Giro to Washington, D.C., was a pet project of Zomegnan, who was forced out of his role as Giro director following the controversial 2011 edition of the race that saw long transfers, brutal stages and the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt.
Plans gained steam during the 2010 Giro, when D.C. officials visited the Giro during the start in Amsterdam. Zomegnan and D.C. leaders were close to a deal, but the plan has since stalled.
A new D.C. mayor, intent on reducing costs on the city's budget, and Zomegnan's exit from the Giro's top spot have put the brakes on ambitious plans to make the Giro the first grand tour to start in North America.
Instead, Acquarone said the Giro will focus on its European base in the coming years. The 2012 edition is set to start in Denmark, marking what will be the most-northern departure for a grand tour.
He said worries about jet lag are a major hurdle in trying to bring the Giro to such far-flung places as D.C. or even China.
"I would like to touch all the European countries," he said. "We would like to take the Giro show every two or three years to other countries and grow the Giro."
For next year's edition, Acquarone promised fewer transfers and less extreme demands.
"We will take care of the riders. We want them in top shape," he told VeloNews and another reporter during a visit to the Tour of Beijing last week. "We will have a more balanced race."
Under Zomegnan's watch, the Giro grew in statue and prestige, but his routes were largely criticized as too difficult with too many long, post-stage transfers between host cities.
Acquarone promised the new race leadership will build on Zomegnan's legacy, but with a more human touch to the demands of three weeks of racing.
"It's in our DNA to have a tough Giro," he said. "We will have shorter transfers. Riders will have more chances to recover after a hard stage, with an easier stage after a hard stage."
Acquarone comes from a marketing background and has worked at RCS MediaGroup for more than a decade, including eight years promoting Gazzetta dello Sport.
Acquarone admits that he is "still learning" about cycling and suggested that he is going to work as part of a team, a managing style that will be a marked contrast to Zomegnan's "take-it-or-leave-it" approach.
Acquarone reconfirmed the 2012 Giro will include a stage that crosses the Mortirolo and ends atop the Stelvio for just the fourth time in Giro history.
"We asked our fans on Facebook about their favorite climbs in the Giro and they said the Mortirolo and the Stelvio," he said. "So we said why not have both of them in the same stage?"
Some details of the 2012 were leaked this week and the official route will be unveiled Sunday in Milan.
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Placement Test and Open House ~ Enrollment Information The Notre Dame High School community welcomed Our Lady of Fatima on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. ND ALUMNA GREETS ROYALS IN THE NEW YEAR: Elisha Crawford Joyce, 1991 NDHS alumna, inspired the Royals with her story of trials and tribulations that brought her to where she is today. Elisha was featured on Foodfighters in the summer of 2014. (Elisha is pictured to the far right-4th to the last person in the first row.) Chorus students, led by Mrs. Cruz-San Nicolas, spread Christmas cheer by caroling at Macy's on December 15, 2014. The Royal carolers also performed at the Government House earlier that evening. Members of the Class of 2016 perform with their homeroom teacher, Mr. Tan, for the Christmas showcase. Seniors from Miss Palmares' homeroom perform The Most Wonderful Day of the Year. ROYALS' PHOTOS SELECTED FOR CALENDAR The Royal family would like to congratulate three seniors whose photos have been selected for the annual Bank of Guam Calendar Contest. Their entries were chosen from participating high school students from all of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands for their 2015 calendar. According to Jacqueline A. Marati, Senior Vice President and Marketing Administrator, around 25,000 copies are printed and distributed throughout the island. This year's theme is "Our People, Our Island, Our Home: A young adult's view of our island communities, our environment, our people and culture." Kristin Fausto's picture entitled "Island Tree-Hugger" was selected for the month of February. Kimberly Murphy's photo entitled "Family Tradition" was selected for the month of June. O COME, O COME EMMANUEL HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE ROYALS INTERACT CLUB INDUCTS 42 NEW MEMBERS NÅ'I GRASIA For the month of November and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Royals wanted to give thanks beyond one day out of the year. Spearheaded by the Student Council, special assemblies entitled "Nå'i Grasia" are just one way the Royal Family could honor and recognize those in our community who are doing their part to better our island. The first Nå'i Grasia honoree was Officer Paul Tapao of the Guam Police
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island home a safer place. The second assembly honored those who dedicate their time and energy to
local charities and businesses. Honorees included Ms. Sallie Agsalud,
head nurse and activities coordinator of St. Dominic's Senior Care
Center, Ms. Diana Calvo, director of Catholic Social Services, Ms.
Vanessa Estella and Ms. Kara Sexton from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Guam, Mr. Victor Camacho from the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Ms. Sara
Pleadwell, Class of 1991, and Ms. Monique Genereux, Class of 1998, from
MoSa's HotBox and MoSa's Joint, and Ms. Joyce Crisostomo, Class of 1976,
from Cars Plus. Students offer prayers and blessings to Nå'i Grasia honorees. During the week of Veterans Day, the Royal family welcomed members of
the Military Order of the Purple Heart as well as two men currently
serving as United States Marines. Royals personally thank members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. INTERACTORS SPRUCE UP BUS STOP On Saturday, November 1, 2014, members of the NDHS Interact Club revitalized a bus stop in Windward Hills, Yona. LUJAN REPRESENTS IN GUAM YOUTH CONGRESS Tihu Lujan, senior, was sworn in as a member of the 30th Guam Youth Congress on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at the Guam Legislature. The ceremony was officiated by Judge Robert Torres and was attended by island dignitaries, families and friends, and school administrators of the members. NDHS Youth Congress Representative Lujan was voted as the Chairman of the Committee on Economic Development, Labor, and Tourism. NOTRE DAME CELEBRATES FOUNDATION DAY On October 24, 2014, we celebrate the efforts of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who have transformed the world through education. Junior Brian Barcinas leads the student body in prayer during a service honoring our foundress and School Sisters of Notre Dame on October 21, 2014. BANK OF GUAM PRESENTS GET SMART ABOUT CREDIT DAY Representatives from the Bank of Guam visited the Notre Dame campus on October 16, 2014, and educated the seniors on the importance of having good credit. ND alumni Mariah Mafnas ('00), left, and Yolanda Muna Padrones ('90) were part of the visiting Bank of Guam team. The Class of 2015 embarked on a pilgrimage to churches in central and northern Guam on October 15, 2014. Students had the opportunity to educate their peers through group presentations on that particular parish. The Royal family would like to thank all those who welcomed the senior class into their churches. NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL INSTALLS STUDENT LEADERS Student Council officers, elected by their peers, held their installation ceremony on Thursday, October 9, 2014. Congratulations to our Royal student leaders and their advisors, Miss Santos and Mrs. Walsh! ROYALS ATTEND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES Five Notre Dame High School students attended the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) and the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) in June 2014. The NSLC provides students with the opportunity to "experience life on a college campus, develop essential leadership skills, and explore a future career through exciting simulations, exclusive site visits and interactive meetings with renowned leaders in their chosen field." Juniors Theana Lynn Aromin, Keleko Fejeran, and Charis Manibusan attended the NSLC focus on Medicine and Health Care at the University of California at Berkeley. Shelby Perez, junior, attended the NSLC focus on Mastering Leadership at American University in Washington, D.C. Maria Chafauros, sophomore, attended the NYLC Envision Program in Washington D.C. The NYLC summer program gave attendees the opportunity to "explore interests, enlarge [students'] perspective and hone the skills [they] need to become an influential leader in the 21st century." Theana Lynn Aromin shares pictures and her experiences with the student body. ROYALS PRAY FOR PEACE Notre Dame High School came together as a family and held their annual Peace Prayer Service on September 11, 2014 to pray for peace throughout the world and for the lives lost in tragedies such as 9/11. During this service, students offered their prayers in different ways. The Art and Chorus class presented a performance and slideshow. The Spanish and Japanese classes recited prayers in their respective languages. Spanish teacher, Señor Sablan, lights a candle during prayer. Art and chorus students perform "Let It Be" by the Beatles and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by the Byrds. REPLAYIT Do you have photos you'd like to share with the yearbook staff? Submit it with ReplayIt and have a chance to see your photos published in your yearbook! ROYALS GET SPIRITED Notre Dame students had the opportunity to display their spirit and creativity through various theme days during Spirit Week. Themes included Emoji Monday, Traditional Tuesday, Walt Disney Wednesday, Howdy Doody Thursday, and Flashback Friday. Big Sister Shelby Perez, top, and Little Sister Olivia Ferguson get to know each other better during Traditional Tuesday festivities. ROYAL FAMILY THANKS DONORS We would like to give a special Royal welcome to all new students! Welcome to our new faculty Mr. Goden, Ms. Crisostomo, Ms. Palmares, and Ms. Willter. ROYALS TO CELEBRATE NEW HOME FIELD The Notre Dame High School community will open the 2014-2015 school year with a new athletic field through the kindness of prominent local businessman Al Ysrael and the Ysrael Family. Construction of the Ysrael Athletic Field is underway and completion will take place this August. Additional donors of the field include, Duenas and Associates, John and Ray Camacho of Dirt Doktor, Tom D. Perez, Perez Brothers, and Hawaiian Rock Products. During Notre Dame's accreditation process in 2011, the accreditation team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA) recommended the creation of a multipurpose sports field on which the Notre Dame Physical Education students and athletes may practice and compete. Aside from being cost effective for NDHS, a playing field constructed on school property will provide a sense of ownership, give the students a home field advantage, and most importantly, boost school spirit and pride within the students of Notre Dame. 2014 IIAAG Paddling Season - Race Series 1st Place - Manhoben Lalahi (JV Boys); 1st Place - Manhoben Mix (JV division); 2nd place - Manhoben Famalao'an (JV girls); 2nd place - Sotteru Mix (Varsity); 3rd place - Sottera Famalao'an (Varsity girls) KUAM's 2014 Hope for Tomorrow Honor Awardee Congratulations, Jason Liu! Congratulations to Michaela Sablan and Amyra Tamayo! Aloysius Dela Rojo - 2nd place - Guam History Day Competition Individual Paper Category Congratulations to the Boys Soccer Team, Coach Casilao, and Coach Denuyo!
The Royals participated in the kick-off activities sponsored by the
Catholic Schools Office. They took part in the WalkFest on Saturday,
January 24. Student representatives were a part of the choir for the CSW
mass and attended the liturgy, along with other Catholic School
students on Sunday, January 25.
Jolee Bernardo's photo entitled "In My Mother's Arms" was selected for the month of October.
Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, President and Chair of the Board, and William D. Leon Guerrero, Vice Chairman of the Board, of Bank of Guam presented certificates and monetary prizes to the winning students.
Charted by Congress in 1958, the
Military Order of the Purple Heart is composed of military men and women
who received the Purple Heart Medal for wounds suffered in combat.
Rafiel Warfield and Sergeant Christopher Henderson of the United States
Marines were also honored for their continuing service, with special
recognition to their work done for the Toys for Tots program.
The conference attendees presented their conference experiences to Notre Dame community at a school wide assembly in September. The presentation peaked the interests of their peers and encouraged them to participate in the program. While most attendees are nominated by their teachers to attend the conference, the programs are open to students who express interest.
Theana Lynn Aromin
Keleko Fejeran
Charis Manibusan
Shelby Perez
Maria Charfauros
The Boys Soccer Team participated in the 2014 Fair Play Cup Philippine Soccer Tournament in Manila, Philippines from April 13 - 17 and brought home the 3rd place trophy.The team members showcased their skills, talents, and sportsmanship internationally.
Perez places 3rd for the AFCEA Marianas Science Fair
Congratulations to Shelby Perez for her 3rd place win at the First Annual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Science Fair. Her project was about the Rhino Beetle Infestation.
SAIPAN SETTSU TOURNAMENT - MARCH 2014 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM 2nd Place Winners of the University of Guam Titration Group Competition March 11, 2014
Kneeling: Casey, Agnes, Caley, and Destiny. Standing: Coach Sablan, Mr. San Nicolas, Demie, Kimberly, Corina, Kamalin, Bryanika, and Coach Pelkey.
Vance, Andrea, Addie, and Nicole receive their 2nd place trophy. Not shown is their coach, Mr. Sablan.
Academically Prepared
The Notre Dame High School Royals took home first and second place in the 2nd Annual Harold Dean Gillham Bridge Design Competition held at the University of Guam on March 1, 2014. Participants were challenged to build bridges using only 15 pieces of balsa wood and 2/3 oz. of wood glue. First place for "Highest Load Applied" went to Jessey Mendiola, Elisabeth Castro, and Christian Champaco, seniors, while second place for "Strength-to-Weight Ratio" was awarded to Jason Liu, Nathan Camacho, and Vandric Castro, also seniors. The other Notre Dame team that participated included Amanda Cruz, senior, James Javelosa, and Andrea Tarusan, both juniors.
From left: Mark Mendiola, Executive Director, UOG Endowment Foundation; Paul Baron, Pacific Business Group Manager, GHD, Inc.; Jessey Mendiola; Elisabeth Castro; Christian Champaco; and Terangue "Tiger" Gillham, President, GK2 Inc. From left: Mark Mendiola, Executive Director, UOG Endowment Foundation; Paul Baron, Pacific Business Group Manager, GHD, Inc.; Nathan Camacho; Jason Liu; Vandric Castro; and Terangue "Tiger" Gillham, President, GK2 Inc.
Spiritually Oriented and Globally Concerned
Dame High School celebrated Thanksgiving Mass with Father Felixberto Leon
Guerrero as its presider on November 26, 2013. Students presented their gifts
of canned goods which were collected as part of the Archdiocesan Annual
Thanksgiving Food and Fund Drive, while the offertory was collected for the
Haiyan victims in the Philippines. As part of the Royal Thanksgiving Celebration,
Notre Dame remembered all students, graduates, faculty, staff, and
administrators who have been called to rest throughout the past 45 years,
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Texas Instruments Incorporated engages in the design, manufacture, sale of semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Analog, Embedded Processing, Wireless, and Other. Texas Instruments has a market cap of $46.4 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 25.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 37.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Texas Instruments a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 18 rate it a hold.
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Ownership: | Privately owned |
Activation: | 10/1981 |
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ARTCC: | Chicago Center (ZAU) |
FSS: | Kankakee FSS (IKK) |
Wind Indicator: | Lighted |
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Length: | 2300 feet |
Width: | 70 feet |
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Published on May 24th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
6Tax Breaks for Solar Companies Could Create 200,000 US Jobs
May 24th, 2010 by Zachary Shahan
A new report just released by the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) shows that extending the Treasury Grant Program (TGP) by two years, combined with new tax breaks for equipment manufacturers, would increase investement in the solar industry by $48 billion, creating 207,000 additional jobs by 2016.
The TGP is part of the US stimulus package of early 2009. It gives solar project owners a cash grant in lieu of a tax credit.The program is set to expire in December if not extended.
The new report by SEIA finds that if the TGP is extended to include projects that begin construction before the end of 2012, it will increase investment in solar projects by $21 billion and create 67,000 solar jobs.
Additionally, if solar equipment producers become eligible for a new manufacturing investment tax credit (MITC), another $22 billion in investment could be generated and 158,000 additional jobs could be created by 2016.
The MITC is in line with the original goals of the federal stimulus package and would help to turn those goals into reality. "The tax credits for renewable equipment manufacturers were originally launched alongside the TGP scheme, but, to date, solar equipment firms have not been covered by the credits," Danny Bradbury of Business Green reports.
In total, $48 billion more would be invested in the solar industry and 207,000 new jobs would be created if these actions are taken, according to SEIA.
Additionally, this would create a net benefit for the federal budget.
"When comparing 2010 and 2016 in terms of government stimulus, increased employment and the unemployment alternative, we find that in five years the saved unemployment benefits and additional tax revenue are higher than the government stimulus for all three scenarios," the report concludes.
Hopefully, legislators will stick to their goal of encouraging solar power, stimilating the economy and creating jobs. For your part, give your representatives in Congress a call and encourage them to keep supporting solar jobs and the economy.
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore Castan Sommer (Shrewsbury, Mass.) netted a shorthanded goal, but the Holy Cross men's hockey team fell to No. 9 Quinnipiac, 4-2, at the Hart Center on Friday evening in non-conference action in front of a sold out crowd. With the loss, the Crusaders drop to 0-4-0 overall, while the Bobcats advance to 5-1-0 overall.
The first period brought no success to either team. The Bobcats took six shots on junior goaltender Matt Ginn (Lindsay, Ontario), but Ginn came up with six big saves. The Crusader defense blocked 10 shots during the first period.
In the second period the Crusaders came out hungry. Sophomore Tim Driscoll (Hingham, Mass.) struck first in the game at 2:16. Driscoll netted his first of the season on a pass from linemate sophomore Matt Vidal (Manorville, N.Y.). Vidal received the puck from fellow sophomore Jake Bolton (Ellington, Conn.), who tallied his third point of the season and became the team's leading scorer. Six minutes later, on a penalty kill, freshman Logan Smith (Littleton, Colo.) fired a shot from just outside the faceoff circle that was redirected by sophomore Brett Lubanski (Farmington Hills, Mich.). However, Bobcat goalie Michael Garteig came up with the save. On the rebound, Sommer shot the puck from outside the crease beating Garteig glove side to bring the Crusaders up 2-0. The Bobcats' Travis St. Denis responded with a goal of his own at 11:36 to make it a one goal game.
At 8:20 in the third period the Bobcats' Kellen Jones tied the score. Jones received the puck from teammate Devon Toews and scored on his own rebound. Quinnipiac took the lead at 15:07 when Sam Anas netted a goal from outside the crease on the stick side of Ginn. Their final goal came with 0:37 left in the game when St. Denis netted his second of the night.
Ginn tallied 18 saves on the night while Garteig came out with 11. Of their 74 total shots, Quinnipiac could only manage to get 22 on target, largely because of the Crusader defense. The Crusader defense blocked a total of 25 shots during the night, led by sophomore Joe McNamara (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) with six blocked shots, junior Nilan Nagy (Canonsburg, Pa.) with four, and sophomores Bolton and Ben Kaplan (Burlington, Vt.) with three each. Neither team could convert a power play opportunity. The Crusaders went 0-for-3 on their attempts, while the Bobcats went 0-for-7.
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Martin Freeman Joins "Captain America: Civil War" Cast
Start Time: 09:00PM End Time: 11:30PM
Join Koyama Press, Oily Comics and Space Face Books at Bergen Street Comics (470 Bergen St., Brooklyn) on Nov. 8 and 9th. Michael DeForge (Lose #4), Patrick Kyle (Black Mass) and Jane Mai (Sunday in the Park with Boys) are up first on Thursday celebrating the release of their new books. The Oily Gang Party is on Friday. Fight at 9pm sharp both nights.
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