Forget Madoff. Wall St. is the giant Ponzi scheme. The CDS/CDO asteroid set to strike Earth in 2009. Then Michael Byron on surviving the Crunch. Alex's food storage audio blog. Bit of music and fun.

Forget Madoff. Wall St. is the giant Ponzi scheme. The CDS/CDO asteroid set to strike Earth in 2009. Then Michael Byron on surviving the Crunch. Alex's food storage audio blog. Bit of music and fun.

IF YOU USE THIS, PLEASE DROP US A LINE vincenteirene@gmail.com

2 DVD VIDEO VERSION AVAILABLE FOR DONATION TO WBAI RADIO. TOTAL NEARLY 3 AND HALF HOURS. CALL 973-378-5516 AND LEAVE NAME AND NUMBER

A musical mix including some xmas-oreinted material and some non-holiday material. Includes classic GWB "The Night Before Christmas," some world, hard rock, prog rock and general craziness

How many wars have been declared, not for democracy or for 'weapons of mass destruction', but for corporate advantage, and attainment of great wealth. Blagojevich may be an S.O.B., but he's an all-American S.O.B., with his like in every legislature, and most government offices in the land. He's the American way.

1- Terra Incognita, E. Bradfield. 2- Night Vigil, E. Jepsen. 3- Around Town--Winter Sports. 4a-Winter Solstice, T. Ruano. 4b-Winter Solstice, S. Billings. 5- Alaska Poetry, E. Bradfield. 6- Winter Memories, Anne-Marije Rook.

The McGuinty government says it's going to reduce greenhouse gases and develop sources of renewable energy. At the same time, the Ontario Power Authority is implementing a strategy to revamp old nuclear energy plants and build more new ones. Shawn-Patrick Stensil is an energy and climate change campaigner with Greenpeace Canada. He wrote the report "Better Never Than Late: The Climate Fall-Out of Ontario's Nuclear Electricity Plan".

The Red Cross, Oxfam and the United Nations Secretary General are among the many voices calling for an end to Israel's 18-month long siege of Gaza, saying that it's a humanitarian disaster for the people living there. Reem Abdul Qadir is a member of Health Professionals Against the Siege of Gaza. We spoke with her about the consequences of the siege for the physical and mental development of children living in the territory.

An occupation at the Republic Doors and Windows plant in Chicago has won workers there a settlement worth $1.75 million. Workers will get 60 days pay, health insurance and accrued vacation. What's more, their union has formed a new foundation, Windows of Opportunity, devoted to reopening the factory.

Joan Seidl curated a fascinating multi-media exhibition examining the long and decidedly unnatural history of Vancouver's premier natural attraction.

Prostitution has been legalized in Australia. The law was changed in the opposite direction in Sweden. Sheila Jefferys and Gunilla Ekberg share their perspectives on the effects of these two differing legal strategies.

Pivot Legal Society advocates for the marginalized citizens of Vancouver, particular those living in the city's downtown eastside. When a private security guard approached them saying he'd quit his job because he was being asked to violate the rights of poor people, they decided to find out more. Their new report "Security Before Justice" is the result of those investigations. We talk with one of the authors Darcie Bennett.

Jean Charest got a majority government. The Parti Quebecois replaces the Action Democratique du Quebec and Quebec Solidaire won its first seat. For an analysis of what all this means for progressives in Quebec, we speak with Andrea Levy, a member of the Canadian Dimension editorial board.

CONVERSATION WITH MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST, MORRIGAN PHILLIPS. INTERVIEW FOCUSES ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUES. WORLD BANK, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, & WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION EXEMPLIFY THE COLONIAL POLITICAL & ECONOMIC INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF BANKING, TRADE, & FINANCE. IMPACTS TO MOTHER EARTH, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S POOR ARE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.

Check out this edition of Midnight Soulstice for a taste of new funk being produced by bands from around the world. The 60s and 70s might be the beginning of funk and soul music but these band are keeping it alive for the world to enjoy. Check out the set list at wrir.org under the Midnight Soulstice archive for 12/19/08.