Air Cascadia

Normal 0 Hanford is the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere.  In 1855 tribes such as the Cayuse signed a meaningless treaty with the United States government that granted them the right to hunt, gather and graze livestock on  reservations in what would... Read more

Normal 0 Listeners will know the name Walter Tamosaitis fairly well by now.   Dr.Tamosaitis is the  senior executive who lost his job at the Hanford vitrification plant for his thankless role as Whistleblower.  He has has filed a retaliation complaint against URS, the m... Read more

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Normal 0 With slightly more dignity than we exited Vietnam via helicopter from the roof of the US embassy in Saigon, the US officially declared Victory and left Iraq.  Well, in part.  This week the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division,  was the final U.S. combat ... Read more

These items didn’t make the cut this morning.  But they are none the less details of daily life that will look large in the lens of the future. Politics meets poultry.  And the two are going to get to know one another well in coming years as more people struggle to feed fam... Read more

Normal 0 Around Oregon – and the rest of the nation, apparently - “Honest Abe” Lincoln’s face has been showing up  on  $100 bills.  But as most Americans who handle paper money on a regular basis know, Benjamin Franklin’s face is supposed to be on the 100’s – that’s why... Read more

Normal 0 Ever thought about undertaking an act of civil disobedience on behalf of our animal friends?  Think again, and while you’re at it, think about the Animal Terrorism Act.  That’s right.  There’s a federal law on the books under which you might be charged terroris... Read more

"Israel agrees to Join U.N. Investigation into Gaza Flottilla Attack"  That's the mainstream media headline.  Well of course Israel agrees;  after all, what's PR for if not to bury the bodies and where better to bury them than in the Magic Mountain of approved news wires?  ... Read more

Normal 0 When Katrina happened, when the earthquake hit Haiti, when the Deepwater Horizon permanently poisoned the Gulf of Mexico  global media machine went into full alert.  The world received daily - even hourly - updates on the futile efforts to plug the thing.  It w... Read more

Air Cascadia is on break until Tuesday. Flashpoints will air beginnning at 10AM today. Read more