Dave McGowan -Dave's Web
11/25/09 Latest “Send In the Clowns” with Meria & Dave McGowan. The Moon story continues getting more implausible as we go along; the moon documentaries on Netflix; “Moon Machines”, 6 part Science Channel series; astronaut Jim Lovell on lunar module construction of thin flimsy materials; How could it be pressurized? Were the modules packed? clean room and moon dust; Apollo 13 – 3 astronauts in the space for 2? 4 days straight? Playtex space suits – Intl. Latex Corp (correction: Jane Russell and the bra, not Rosalind); Mercury 7; NASA created in 1958, few years to the Moon? mission control – wasn’t computers you saw- Jack Garman; All control equipment ran off 1 mainframe computer (laptop capacity); Ship had the computing power of a digital watch; John Houbolt – dropped out of history; 3 layers of Reynolds wrap; and more “stuff”.
Keith McHenry-Food Not Bombs
11/11/09 Meria interviews Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs and Indymedia. A HERO, yet called a terrorist group? For feeding the hungry and being anti-war? Middletown, Ct arrests after 10 yrs of feeding the poor; sharing vegan/vegetarian meals around the world to homeless, protesters, etc; homes not jail project; Seattle WTO protest; non violent social change; sharing food without a permit! Bechtel,Chevron, BOA vs. Food not Bombs; infiltration by FBI; 3 strikes law used against him; why such a threat to the govt? who’s profits are they threatening; clear cutting of Redwoods in Calif; economic crash – govt can use food as social control; exploitation of animals as well as people; murdering the homeless; do laws help or hurt? 25,000 a day dead from starvation; pre-9/11/01 phone wiretapped; co-intel-pro still alive; corporate intell agencies; chapters around the world; awards won worldwide – yet called “America’s most hardcore terrorist group”. Black is white, up is down indeed. Call 1-800-884-1136 to volunteer.
