President Bush has nominated Michael Baroody — one of Corporate America’s leading anti-consumer henchmen — to head the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) — our top government agency protecting millions of Americans from injury and death from unsafe products.
In a revealing and personal commentary, correspondent Mariana van Zeller goes behind the scenes of “Missionaries of Hate.” From emotional interviews with gay Ugandans to a disturbing encounter with Pastor Martin Ssempa, Mariana opens up about her 10 days of intense shooting for this story. “Vanguard,” airing weekly on Current TV Wednesdays at 10/9c, is a no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Wednesdays at 10:00/9:00c on Current TV current.com VIEW more Vanguard & SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Playlist here… www.youtube.com
May 25 (Bloomberg) — David Guest, lawyer at Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about BP Plc’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the need for more regulation. Earthjustice is suing the Department of Interior’s US Minerals Management Service in behalf of the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network. (Source: Bloomberg)
From the new album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available at www.okgo.net OK Go on Tour www.okgo.net Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( syynlabs.com ) over the course of several months. There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: www.okgo.net OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible.