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Honor our veterans with peace
Veterans Day is about honoring our service men and women, for the patriotic duty of putting their lives on the line to protect and serve our nation. But, one of the most important historical points about this day has been forgotten. Originally, Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, and it commemorated the end of the First World War. This day was established to recognize the peace agreement that our soldiers fought for, not the celebration of endless war. At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, a ceasefire brought an end to a war that killed 20 million people, and wounded many more.
In the years that followed, our entire nation came to a stop at 11 a.m. on this day every year, for two minutes of silence to honor the lives that were lost in World War I, and to recognize the high price that so many paid to bring peace. Today, many Americans celebrate this day with bar-b-ques, or picnics, without ever considering the soldiers who made it possible, or the ones still fighting senseless wars around the globe. Even our media fails to recognize the men and women who are fighting right now in wars that were started over lies, and continue on with no real victory in sight.
Perhaps this Veterans Day we can honor those who served our nation, and those who continue to fight, by bringing them home, and putting an end to perpetual war.
-Thom
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Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice... frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org
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Big Picture Rumble (special edition): - Kris Ullman, Conservative Commentator/Activist. - Sam Sacks, RT Political Commentator - Neal Asbury, Neal Asbury's Truth for America
Everything You Know Is Wrong: Breaking News - Faith Healing...or homicide?- Cameron Stauth, In The Name of God.
Daily Take: Why The Crash of 2016 Will Happen...
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Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Hour Two: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!
Hour Three: 485+ mile ride to protest Keystone just wrapped up in DC- Tom Weis, President-Climate Crisis Solutions Article: " Marcora Law". " Italy's Marcora Law (law 49/85) allows redundant workers to use their accumulated unemployment benefit to capitalise a buyout co-operative. It thus forms part of the welfare bridge from unemployment to self-employment.". |
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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Hour One: Veteran's Day 2013
Hour Two: Vets Issues- Master Sergeant (Ret.) Scotty Neil, Green Beret Foundation
Hour Three: Open Lines
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Nov 11 3-4pm:
MSNBC The Cycle.
Nov 12 6:30-7pm:
CNN Crossfire.
Nov 16 6-9pm: Minneapolis, MN Operating Engineers Hall. Tickets
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Big Picture Rumble - Hey GOP...here's a Healthcare Scandal!
Big Picture Rumble - Fats Now Banned?
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Full Show 11/8/13: Should Trans Fats Be Banned?
Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" discusses whether trans fats should be banned, "60 Minutes'" shoddy reporting and why the GOP continues to sabotage Obamacare while Democrats worked to implement Bush's Medicare Part D plan in 2006. In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks ADHD with psychologist Ellen Littman and psychotherapist Sari Solden.
Thom Hartmann on the News: November 8, 2013
485 Mile Keystone Protest Ride ends in DC
Caller: How can we Educate People on the Economy?
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