Financial Checkup: Facebook IPO Falls Flat

Lauren Lyster, Host of Capital Account on RT is on the show for our weekly Financial Checkup. Facebook went public today and the initial public offering was $38 a share and at the close of the market today shares were, $38 a share. The Wall Street Journal created a Zuckerberg Wealth-O-Meter and it was a big party, or was it?

Show & Tell: Death Penalty Cases Under Radar

We told you about the case of Steven Staley, a mentally ill inmate who was going to be forcibly medicated, just so that he could be executed. Luckily, his execution has been stayed. We asked you why these horrific cases go under the radar while the overall approval for the death penalty has reached a historic low in the U.S. Now there's a bill which could bar Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin...

US to Israel: We are Prepared to Attack Iran

An announcement out today that the U.S. is prepared right now to use military force on Iran if it needs to, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. That announcement comes on the heels of a series of meetings scheduled between Iran and six world powers: The United States, France, Russia, China, Britain and Germany. Retired United States Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson joins the show.

The Alyona Show 5/16/12

Michael Hastings is on the show to talk about Pakistan finally being invited to the NATO summit, President Obama issuing a veto threat to the new NDAA and has issued an executive order regarding Yemen, that many argue could stifle free speech all the way here in the U.S. Then, we'll talk to Kevin Zeese about the upcoming NATO summit and how both protesters and police are preparing. And what can...

Shhh US Agrees to Bahrain Arms Deal

While in Washington to attend his son's college graduation, the Bahraini crown prince also met with Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other high ranking Senators. And he left, with an arms deal. The sale has been in the news for a long time but it isn't exactly great timing, considering it was just a few weeks ago the President gav...

Corps Funneling $$ to Universities

Large corporations are coming in and taking the reins on education and research projects by funding Land-grant Universities and in effect choosing what is studied and more importantly what isn't. It's the subject of a new AlterNet article written by Jill Richardson called, "How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education". She joins the show to explain. Twitter: http://t...

Happy Hour: Illegal Music Downloads Help Music Sales

RT Producer Adriana Usero and RT Web Producer Andrew Blake join happy hour to talk about Trayvon Martin's autopsy that showed THC in his system, a new academic paper that shows there's no evidence that unauthorized downloads negatively impact sales, a middle school that asked a student to log into her Facebook so they can see what was on her page, and a new census study that says white babies a...

Tool Time: Head of VA Dems Lobbying for For-Profit Schools

The head of the Democratic Party in Virginia, Brian Moran is tonight's tool time winner. Moren also has a second job as, Executive Vice President for Government Relations and General Counsel of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. Meaning he lobbies for those "For-Profit Colleges." These for-profit colleges are under attack for their costs, the students they ta...

If Romney Wins, Will The Economy Win?

Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal recent article is titled, "It's More Clear Than Ever That If Romney Loses, The Economy Is Going To Implode". He writes, "If Obama wins that there's a good chance that we'll fly off the fiscal cliff, as the political gridlock will see spending cuts kick in, and perhaps even higher taxes." Joe Weisenthal joins the show to explain what he think...

The Alyona Show 5/17/12

Former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson is on the show to discuss the simmering tensions with Iran. Then, on eve of going public, the Facebook backlash is in full force. So we'll talk to the founder of a social networking alternative, one that keeps your personal information safe. Next, Chris Hedges, plaintiff in the suit that caused a Federal Court judge to overturn t...

Happy Hour: Obama a 'metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln' ?!

Alyona Show Producer Sam Knight and Dave Catanese, POLITICO Reporter join happy hour to talk about GOP Super PAC calls Obama a 'Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln', the TSA letting people with fake identities get jobs and Facebook co-founder giving up his citizenship. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

Chris Hedges: NDAA Ruling 'Monumental Decision'

We'll discuss the ruling on the National Defense Authorization Act and talk about it more in-depth with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

Tool Time: Rep. Franks Attacks DC Abortion Rights

Congressman Trent Franks, chair of the house judiciary subcommittee on the constitution is tonight's tool time winner for trying to abuse his authority to restrict a woman's right to choose in a jurisdiction he doesn't represent, Washington DC. In January, Franks introduced the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act that would mandate a maximum two year prison sentence fo...

Facebook Goes Public: What are Alternatives?

Facebook's stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market tomorrow. So will this be a good investment? Sure, everyone who is anyone is on Facebook now. But things could change and one of the biggest reasons people are leaving Facebook in masse today, is due to concerns about Privacy. If a site developed with all the abilities of Facebook but more privacy guarantees came about would you mak...

GOH: DOJ Affirms Right to Record Police

In Maryland the DOJ is weighing in on a civil suit that stems back to 2010. Maryland resident Christopher Sharp was at the Preakness Stakes when he saw a girl being punched by police for mouthing off. Another camera caught Sharp getting in trouble for recording this incident of police brutality. With the help of the ACLU, Sharp has filed a civil suit against the Baltimore police department and ...

MSM: Indefinite Detention of Americans Blocked

A Federal judge has blocked the ability of the U.S. Government to enforce the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act Section 1021. Essentially what this did is grant the government the power to detain anyone it considered a terrorism suspect, including American citizens. Last night, Judge Katherine Forrest ruled that it violated not one but two amendments to th...

Happy Hour: Man Sues All You Can Eat Buffet

RT Web Producer Andrew Blake and Soren Dayton with New Media Strategies join happy hour to talk about a man who got kicked out of an all-you-can-eat buffet for eating too much, a church in Oregon who is suing a woman after she wrote a negative Good review, a new experimental drug called the 'stay sober pill', Governor Christie and Mayor Booker's spoof video, and Batty 'Birther' movie. Twitter: ...

Tool Time: Obama's Bain Doublespeak

President Obama is tonight's tool time winner for his campaign's hypocritical attack ads. Earlier this week, the Obama campaign released ads attacking Mitt Romney's time as CEO of Bain Capital. Just hours after releasing the ad, his campaign lapped up $2 million at a Manhattan fundraiser held by Tony James, the president of a private equity firm called the Blackstone Group. And in terms of Febr...

Steven Staley's Execution Stayed

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to stay mentally ill inmate Steven Staley's execution until they decided on the next appropriate step of action. Staley's lawyers have been in a constant legal battle with the state over this decision, arguing that it is not only unconstitutional for the state to force Staley to take medication solely for the purpose of execution, but it is clearly une...

Panetta 'Restricts' F22 Flights

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is ordering the Air Force to begin an expedited installation of a backup oxygen system for all F-22s. According to the Pentagon's spokesman, the new backup systems will be installed starting in December, averaging 10 planes per month. But in the meantime, those planes will continue flying so that they can continue their troubleshooting, because they still don't kn...

Monday Hangover: JP Morgan Too Big to Manage

Today, the fallout continues after JP Morgan's whale fail 2 billion dollar loss. 3 of the highest ranking executives with direct ties to investments will resign this week, but not CEO Jamie Dimon. No in fact, Dimon went on Meet the Press this weekend to lay out his defense. Alyona is joined by William Black, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and ...

MSM: Gay Marriage!

There clearly is political motivation behind the timing of President Obama's announcement, before the election, before a big fundraiser at George Clooney's house that's happening tonight. Should the President have just come out and supported gay marriage instead of slowly evolving to accept it politically, of course. And is there still a big problem when, as the President said, you think it sho...

Tim DeChristopher Appeals Conviction

Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher's lawyers are seeking to overturn his conviction, and oral arguments started this morning at the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver. At the heart of the appeal is the fact that the judge who sentenced DeChristopher to prison wouldn't allow him to bring up his intent. Co-founder of Peaceful Uprising Ashley Anderson and Rolling Stone Contributing...

Obama Issues Yemen Exec Order

President Obama has issued a veto threat to the current version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 and it is 8 billion dollars over budget. Then, Pakistan has finally been granted an incredibly belated invitation to the NATO summit in Chicago that kicks off this weekend. And then President Obama has signed another executive order that would give the Treasury Department the autho...

Occupy and Police Prepare for NATO

The NATO summit in Chicago is coming up this weekend and the authorities are gearing up. Chicago police have spent more than 1 million dollars on riot control equipment over the last few months in preparation. And Truthout and the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund have received documents showing there definitely was coordination in monitoring the actions of the protesters, but is this really w...

You said it, I read it

Alyona takes the time to respond to some of her online viewer comments. We had viewers comment on how Congress says that Pizza is a vegetable. Next, Alyona responds to a viewer who had a problem with last night's Tool Time award which was given to Bill O'Reilly for saying that 'inequality is bull'. Plus more feedback from our viewers.

MSM: What About Yemen

Looks like the Mainstream media decided to skip covering foreign policy today, despite the fact that there was a drone strike in Yemen over the weekend. Oh, but that's right Yemen is a shadow war so we keep that under wraps.

Torture Victims Allowed to Sue Contractors

Should military contractors who engage in torture abroad be immune from prosecution? Should they receive the same protections as the government and therefore, have their wartime activities be beyond review of the courts? Well that's what two corporate defendants have been arguing, but a federal appeals court has decided that lawsuits against them can be revived, and not dismissed on those groun...

Tool Time: Bill O'Reilly, 'Inequality is Bull'

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly is tonight's tool time winner for refusing to admit he's among this country's super elite. The New York Times reported that while the terms weren't disclosed, O'Reilly was believed to earn about $10 million a year before he even signed the new contract. But because he doesn't drink lattes or eat sushi like a snobby East coast intellectual, he wants you to think he's just...

Happy Hour: Obama Confiscates Donors Cell Phones

Lauren Lyster, Host of Capital Account and Lucy Steigerwald, associate editor for Reason magazine and Reason.com join happy hour to talk about two moms chaperoning a high school prom who sprayed Lysol on couples who were dancing too close to each other, George Lucas building low income housing to get revenge on his rich neighbors, and the Obama campaign confiscating donors' cell phones. Twitter...

Americans Elect Fails to get Candidate

Americans Elect is a nonprofit group that had set out to break through the partisan gridlock in Washington, and place a bipartisan team of President and Vice on the ballot. But last night the candidates didn't get enough votes. Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer got the most support, but his nearly 6,000 supporters were still way shy of the needed 10,000. So why do we think that Americans E...

GOH: Pizza is NOT a Vegetable!

Congress last fall let plain cheese pizza be classified as a vegetable because apparently millions of dollars in lobbying cash makes one eighth of a cup of tomato paste equal in nutritional value to a half cup of broccoli. But Representative Jared Polis is fighting back with a campaign to prevent pizza from being counted as a vegetable in school meals. Now, we don't know if Representative Polis...

MSM: TX Executed Innocent Man

Rather on focusing on what's being covered today, let's first think back to last October, when the whole country was focused on Georgia, and the execution of Troy Davis. Even the mainstream media had no trouble shedding light on this case, where a man whose guilt could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, was put to death. Alyona will highlight two more cases which the mainstream media, is ...

You Said It I Read It

In this You Said it I Read it Alyona responds to viewer comments about her attire, and someone is shocked that we have good news to report. Then she responds to a question about the veterans prison in Georgia she did an interview about last week. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

Georgia Prison for Veterans

Well here's an interesting idea....special facilities at our prisons, exclusively for veterans. In what's considered the first of it's kind, a new cell has been announced at the Muscogee County Jail in Georgia, close to Fort Benning. Alyona talks to the man behind this new facility... John Darr the Sheriff of Muscogee County. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.fac...

The Alyona Show 5/7/12

Tonight we'll host our Monday hangover panel, taking a look at the rejection of austerity, elections in France and Greece, protests in Quebec, and how could we forget about Occupy. Then, it turns out the FBI has been lobbying the top tech firms to not oppose a new bill they're pushing to create backdoors so that the government can have more access to your communications for surveillance purpose...

Show & Tell: Crackdown on Civil Disobedience?

We discussed the latest on environmental activist Tim DeChristopher and asked if you think there's been more of a crackdown on civil disobedience in recent years, or if stifling dissent a tradition as old as our country. Now, we spoke about the case of Steven Staley a mentally-ill man who is set to be executed tomorrow in the state of Texas. This after a judge ruled that he could be forcibly gi...

US Moving to Delist MEK?

The Wall Street Journal reported last night that the Obama administration is moving to remove the MEK from the State Department's designated list of terrorist organizations. While State Department officials reportedly say that Hillary Clinton has yet to make any final decision, it seems like vacating Camp Ashraf will be one of the pre-conditions to seal the deal. Reza Marashi, research director...

Show & Tell: BofA Shareholders

Throughout the week we've told you about the Bank of America shareholders meeting, where there were efforts made to ban the company from making political contributions. We asked if you think shareholders of other companies should speak up and stop their political spending. Now, we have been covering the case of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher and we want to know, do you think there's b...

Happy Hour: Ron Paul, No New Primaries

Alyona is joined by Alyona Show producer Jenny Churchill and Michelle Selesky the Communications Director of GOPAC. They discuss New Jersey giving people tickets for texting while walking, Ron Paul won't be competing in any new primaries, and Peter King doesn't want to meet with the Colombian prostitute at the center of the secret service scandal. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Fa...

Google & NSA Relationship Under Wraps

If the biggest internet company and the biggest surveillance agency work together do you think we, the public, have a right to know? Well the courts don't think so. Alyona talks to activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Trevor Timm about the NSA and Google's secret relationship. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

Tool Time: Liberals "Shredding" NYPD?

Last week, Democratic Congressman Rush Holt introduced an amendment to a Justice Department's appropriations bill that would have withdrawn federal funds from law enforcement agencies that violate the bill of rights. But the amendment failed, with Republicans largely voting against it and Democrats largely voting for it. How dare someone try to force agencies to abide by the constitution. Twitt...

MSM: BofA 'Extraordinary' Protest

Today in North Carolina, Bank of America was holding its annual shareholder meeting and as we discussed on yesterday's show, protesters were planning to come out in large numbers, and today, they followed through. The mainstream media didn't bother to mention that the city manager had decided to call this shareholder meeting an extraordinary event. That means that it applies under an ordinance ...

MSM: Corp Profits up 16.4% From 2010

We found out today that the Fortune 500 companies generated a total of $824.5 billion in earnings last year. That's up 16.4% over 2010. And the companies are also gaining exceptional returns on their capital; the 500 achieved a return-on-equity of 14.3%, far above the historical norm of 12%. Plus CEO's keep increasing their pay in fact, last year it increased by 15%. Many of the largest corpora...

The Alyona Show 5/11/12

On this episode we have our Financial Check up with Lauren Lyster, host of the Capitol Account here on RT. And today JP Morgan and their 2 billion dollar loss are our topic. Then, are corporations being allowed to kill people? That's what our guest tonight argues, when it comes to what they put into the food that we eat. Then, a in Georgia a new facility is opening up at a county jail exclusive...

MSM: Over 200k to Lose Unemployment Benefits

While the media was busy obsessing about Obama's fundraiser they totally missed the fact hundreds of thousands of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits. In 8 states, this weekend, 230 thousand Americans will lose their unemployment benefits. Nearly 100 thousand of those workers, coming from the State of California alone. So why did the media totally ignore it?

TOOL TIME: GOP Defies Logic, Protects Defense

Tonight our Tool Time award goes to the Republican Party, for supporting wasteful defense spending while moaning about the deficit. Yesterday, the GOP dominated House passed Ryan's bill, which leaves the Pentagon untouched while slashing $310 billion from medicare, medicaid, food stamps and other welfare programs.

Financial Checkup: JP Morgan Loses 2 Billion

Yesterday, it was officially announced that JP Morgan had lost 2 billion dollars in one quarter on a bad and risky bet. CEO Jamie Dimon admitted that the bank had "egg on its face" but also insisted that even had the Volcker Rule been in place, this particular bet, would have still been allowed. So while on one hand this will up the push for more regulation, what do we say when the ma...

Officers to be Charged in Kelly Thomas Case

Today we have an update on the brutal killing of Kelly Thomas. After a three day preliminary hearing for accused officers Manuel Ramos and Corporal Jay Cicinelli, the Orange County Superior Court Judge has ordered them to stand trial. But that's not all the news from this case today, the District Attorney says that he hasn't ruled out filing more charges against the other officers who are clear...

The Alyona Show 5/3/12

We'll talk about the National Day of Reason; it was created to counter the National Day of Prayer which is also today. Then, Ron Paul is still in the race and he's racking up delegates. Not enough to beat Romney but maybe enough to cause some trouble at the Republican National Convention. Then the he said she said between Google and the FCC continues, so who's really responsible for trying to k...

Does Deregulation let Corps Kill You?

Alyona talks to Michele Simon the President, Eat Drink Politics And author of "Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back" According to her, "we have deregulated every single aspect of corporate behavior, so that killing people, is perfectly legal". Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheA...

97% of Lockheed's Sales Come From Govt.

This week Goldman Sachs put out an list of companies that get 20 percent or more of their sales from the government. the names on the list aren't shocking, but the percentages are. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

Happy Hour: Trayvon Hoodie Target Sells Out

Alyona is joined by Matt and Peter Slutsky on tonight's Happy Hour. They discuss the Trayvon hoodie shooting range target, a woman goes on a racist rant at a town meeting, KSM's red beard being classified, apparently the Mayan's didn't think we were all going to die, a teacher uses a "cone of shame" and a town in going bankrupt supporting an NHL team. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Th...

The Alyona Show 5/8/12

We'll take a look at the debate over government secrecy versus the need to inform the public, as it relates to counterterrorism operations, specifically digging into this latest foiled plot, coming out of Yemen. Then, as Bank of America shareholders held their annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, a first of its kind resolution was presented, to see if shareholders will say no to bank fu...

Fireside: Yemen Drone Strikes Have Consequences

Looking back at the terror plot in Yemen this week the President wasn't surprised that extremists were trying to kill civilians. But as the CIA increases Drone strikes in Yemen, we have to take an honest look at how our policies which lead to civilian deaths can backfire. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

You said it, I read it

Alyona takes the time to read some of her online viewer responses. First, a viewer comments on our interview from yesterday with former banker William Cohen about shareholders taking on Bank of America from both inside and outside their shareholders meeting in Charlotte today. Next, Alyona responds to a viewer who has taken issue with a phrase Alyona has used a couple of times on the show recen...

The Alyona Show 5/10/12

We'll get an update on the case of TimDeChristopher, the environmental activist serving jail time for bidding on landat an auction, to take a stand. He had an appeal hearing today and we'll getall the updates. Then, Steven Clemons joins us to talk Afghanistan, the latestplot in Yemen, and European elections and how they might affect U.S. foreignpolicy. Next, security researcher Jacob Applebaum ...

Happy Hour: TIME Magazine, BOOBS!

RT's Andrew Blake and Jim Hanson, militaryblogger at Blackfive.net join happy hour to talk about the controversial breastfeedingTime Magazine cover, new stats showing the NYPD made more stops of young blackmen then the total number of young black men in NY, German police only using 85bullets in 2011, and how the U.S. military taught officers to use 'Hiroshima'tactics for 'total war' on Islam. T...

Tool Time: TSA 'Terror Baby' Crackdown

Our tool time award goes to the TSA foractually detaining an eighteen month old for questioning. And given this latestincident, it's not surprising that Congress members are proposing to scale backthe TSA. Senator Rand Paul's office even announced last week that it's draftinglegislation to scrap the agency entirely.

Jacob Appelbaum: TOR Project, Fight for Anonymity

We often talk about the increasing attemptsby the government to threaten internet freedom and privacy, and create new waysto monitor what you do and say online. But there's also a large push out thereto help internet users retain their anonymity, and even monitor how much meddlingthere is on your computer's network connection. And it turns out one of thepeople behind these tools, has himself be...

Tool Time: Gay Marriage Will Lead to White Extinction?!

The Brunstetters live in North Carolina, where the state is engaged in a heated same-sex marriage argument over proposed Amendment 1 that was backed by Republican state lawmaker Peter Brunstetter. Earlier this week Brunstetter's wife was outside of an early-voting location where she was saying, "The reason my husband wrote Amendment 1 was because the Caucasian race is diminishing and we ne...

The Alyona Show 5/4/12

We'll take a look at the jobs numbers that are out for the month of April. We'll get into the nitty gritty on our Financial Check-up with Lauren Lyster, host of the Capitol Account on RT. Then, the President said he still wants the Dream Act signed, but how much more time does he really have? We'll take a look at Republican Senator Marco Rubio's version of the Dream Act, and how immigrants are ...

Public Dissaproves of 10 yr. Afghanistan Pact

New polls are showing a less than enthused populace when it comes to our war in Afghanistan. An AP/GFK poll showed that support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low and is on par with support for the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. A Monitor/TIPP poll showed that 63% of respondents disapprove of the description of the deal that will include a U.S. troop presence and billions of dollars ...

MSM: Chen vs. Shaye

The story of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng has been one of the biggest stories of the week for the mainstream media. It all happened the same week that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travelled to China. And a reason to bring this up again is not only the extensive coverage that's been given to Chen Guancheng, but also, because yesterday was ...

The Alyona Show 5/9/12

Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds is on the show to tell us her story, the resistance she faced, the intimidation as well as the silencing placed upon her by the government's state secrets privilege. Then, Twitter is fighting against the courts, and in support of one of their users. The Occupier whose tweets are in question, will join us to breakdown the whole story, and tell us what it feels like to...

MSM: FBI 'Busted' Another Terror Plot

Not only were there marches around the world celebrating May Day yesterday, but the Occupy movement also called for a national general strike and day of action. Conveniently, on the same day we saw the mainstream media going crazy over the arrest of five suspects planning a "terrorist" plot where they planned to blow up the Ohio Bridge. What's interesting in the way the mainstream med...

Obama 'Ends' Afghan War

President Obama met with the troops in Afghanistan, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Hamid Karzai and then gave a speech directed towards American voters. The President said that the war began and will end in Afghanistan. But is the plan he laid out really an end or just a middle ground? Retired LTC Anthony Shaffer joins the show to discuss. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyona...

Twitter Defends User Against Subpoena

Twitter has decided to fight the court on the behalf of one of their users, Malcolm Harris. He's one of hundreds of people who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy Wall Street march last October. Many of the protestors arrested decided to make deals with the prosecution, but not Harris who issued a plea of not guilty. Prosecution decided that in order to make a case against Har...

Happy Hour: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage

RT's Jenny Churchill and Kristine Frazao join happy hour to talk about President Obama endorsing same sex marriage, an inmate who's gaining a lot of support on the ballot in West Virginia, F-22 pilots that changed their minds and will now by flying and start-ups taking to the water to keep from government regulation. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com...

GOH: Court Rules Against IL Wiretapping Law

In the past we've discussed how three states, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois, all have laws in place that ban you from filming police officers. But there's been a growing opposition in Illinois to reverse that law, even though it has been in place since the 60s. Under their eavesdropping law, people are prohibited from recording audio of public conversations without consent of everyone i...

Tool Time: Mourdock's Idea of 'Bipartisanship'

Richard Mourdock, Indiana's state treasurer, defeated 36 year incumbent Dick Lugar last night to win the GOP nomination for this November's election. Mourdock was backed by the same financial sector lobbyists that have dominated Capitol Hill for decades. According to Lee Fang, Lugar upset Wall Street by opposing its bid to delay limits placed on fees that banks can charge for credit card swipe ...

The Alyona Show 5/2/12

We'll take a look at the President's speech last night in Afghanistan, and the strategic agreement that was signed. Is it really ending the war, as the President says, or just a half way effort to appease critics on all sides? Then, actions taking place across the country yesterday as part of May Day Occupy protests were for the most part peaceful, but media coverage focused on vandalism and an...

Sibel Edmonds, '1st Amend is Conditional'

Sibel Edmonds has called the most classified woman in US history. But now, after a long battle with government secrecy, the full story has finally been written. She faced a nearly yearlong FBI campaign to prevent its publication. She joins the show to tell us about her memoir, "Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story". Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://ww...

Happy Hour: Principle gets Fake Facebook acct to Spy on Kids

RT's Lauren Lyster, and Jake Brewer, Chief Strategy Officer at Fission strategy join happy hour to talk about a school principal that created a fake Facebook account to spy on students, a woman who's suing South West because the airline told her she was too fat to fly, a Chinese school giving students IV drips to help them cram for exams. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: h...

Tool Time: Obama Meeting with Karzai like Appeasing Hilter?!

Congressman Allen West while on a radio show spoke about President Obama's policy towards Afghanistan and he boiled down negotiations with the Taliban to appeasing Hitler. The Congressman saw it fit to compare the Taliban to a regime bent on racial domination and global empire. According to Republicans like Congressman West, or Mitt Romney, if you enter into negotiations to avoid war and uncove...

Corruption adds '14 dollars' to tank of gas?

Every president gets their fair share of fingers pointed at them when gas prices go up, despite admitting that it's not actually within this one man's ability to determine how much you pay at the pump. The truth is speculation goes a long way in affecting the price you pay. And the even bigger truth is that lobbyists help keep it that way. Republic Report's Lee Fang discusses who's behind the c...

VIDEO RELEASED: Cops Beat Homeless Man to Death

Two police officers charged with the death of a schizophrenic homeless man, Kelly Thomas in Fullerton California were in court today. It's a story we first told you about last July, where eyewitnesses saw first-hand the brutal beating of Thomas outside of a bus station. But now there's new evidence in the case against the officers, and it provides more audio and visual details about what exactl...

Can Shareholders take on BofA?

As Bank of America shareholders were gathering for their annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina today when protesters came prepared to make their thoughts known outside. Inside the meeting, for the first time ever, a resolution was presented by Trillium Asset Management to bar Bank of America from making political contributions from the company's treasury funds. So if the courts and Congre...

Beware of 'Anonymous US Officials'?

Another terror plot has been foiled this one coming from Yemen, in what you could call an underwear bomber 2.0 approach. The information we know came from anonymous officials. And the entire episode has started a firestorm of debate over how information gets released to the public, and what kind. So, once again we see the contradictions in national security claims, versus leaks for political pu...

Show & Tell: Atheists to Rival Religious Right?

We asked if you think the power of atheists as a group is strong enough to influence public debate, and rival the religious right. We talked about the latest effort to hold Bank of America accountable to its shareholders, from within. For the first time, a resolution will be introduced at the shareholder meeting to ban the company from making political contributions. If you can't depend on Cong...

MSM: F-22 Raptor Fail

This weekend, 60 Minutes actually got two Air Force pilots, who have refused to continue flying the F-22 Raptor to sit down with them, and talk about it. Both of these men have gone to Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who is himself an Air Force pilot to gain protection under the Military Whistleblower Act. But in order to really put this into perspective, which 60 Minutes didn't talk ab...

Tool Time: Climate Change is for Unambombers...?

The Heartland Institute is tonight's tool time for putting out insane ads attacking the theory of climate change. The Heartland Institute is a deep pocketed conservative organization that counts Koch industries, Phillip Morris and Microsoft among its well-heeled donors. The Institute is funding a school curriculum to question the theory that carbon emissions have caused global warming and recen...

Monday Hangover: OBL Raid 1-yr. Anniversary

The White House is all about pimping the one year anniversary since the Osama Bin Laden raid in Pakistan. It's not only becoming a campaign tactic, the press is also taking part with quite a few reviews of Obama's military prowess out there, and leaks of documents from Osama Bin Laden's compound. Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings and Ret. LTC Anthony Shaffer join the show. Twitter: http://twitte...

Are Conservatives Scared Stupid?

A recent study from researches at University College London discovered that "greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala". That's a part of your brain structure that's activated during states of fear and anxiety. So looking at the various faux threats that are floating around out there, the growing alarmism and the success of right wing media like F...

Tool Time: McChrystal's 'Off The Record' lectures at Yale

Instead of pressuring Stanley McChrystal to be more open about the Pat Tillman case, and the role he played with torture squads in Iraq, Yale student and faculty representatives sat on their hands. Yale College Democrats withdrew their sponsorship of a Tillman Story screening when it emerged that the general would join Yale's faculty. And yesterday in a NYT profile of McChrystal's Yale experien...

Happy Hour: Did farts kill the dinosaurs?

Alyona Show Producers Jenny Churchill and Sam Knight join happy hour to talk about the Washington Post considering a move towards slide shows, a new study that says dinosaurs may have caused extinction with their farts, and Joe Biden coming out in support of gay marriage. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow

KSM Protests GITMO military commission

This past weekend Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four others who are the alleged masterminds of 9/11 were arraigned at Guantanamo Bay. The arraignment lasted almost 13 hours because of the defendants' peaceful protests during the arraignment. According to several reports, the defendants wanted to protest the conditions where they were detained, as well as facing trial via a military commission, rath...

FBI Seeks Backdoor Access to YOU!

CNET's Declan McCullagh had reported that the FBI has been lobbying top internet companies like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Facebook to not oppose a proposal that would force them to provide backdoors for government surveillance. And the FBI's general counsel office has drafted a proposed law to amend the 1994 law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. But can they do it...

Financial Checkup: Nothing Good in April Jobs Numbers

Tonight on our weekly Financial Checkup we'll talk about the jobs numbers that were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the month of April. We'll also talk about the role the Fed plays in Obama's story. And hear about some more whining coming from Wall Street when it comes to the President's policies, turns out that if he wants the donations, they want a speech. Twitter: http://twitt...

Monday Hangover: France & Greece Reject Austerity

Elections in France have resulted in Sarkozy being kicked out, and the Socialist candidate, promising the end to austerity, being voted in. Elections in Greece are putting the bailout in jeopardy and bringing in hardcore right-wingers also, in rejection of austerity? Student protesters in Quebec are calling for free tuition. So we're definitely seeing a shift in the public mood but how are we s...

You said it, I read it

Alyona takes the time to respond to some of her online viewer comments. First is from a viewer who commented on our Mainstream Miss about the FBI taking down another self-created "terror plot". Next we have a comment in response to our Skit poking fun at the Obama Campaign's slogan for 2012 "Forward". Plus more comments from our viewers. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAly...

MSM: John Yoo Gets Off the Hook for Torture

UCSD student Daniel Chong spent five days in a cell, handcuffed, no food or water and is now suing the DEA for what happened to him for 20 million dollars. The lawsuit says that his treatment constitutes torture under both international and domestic law. Alyonajuxtaposes this case with another torture case. Jose Padilla, the American citizen who was held in isolation at a military brig for more...

The Alyona Show 5/1/12

We'll talk May Day and Occupy. Actions are taking place across the country, as part of Occupy's general strike while the international worker's holiday is being marked around the world. We'll host a panel on labor, Occupy, and the way forward. And RT's Andrew Blake will fill us on in the protests in New York today and what happened on the ground. Then, we've been talking a lot about drones but ...

Rubio's DREAM Act, More like 'Nightmare Act'

President Obama has pandered once again to the Hispanic vote promising that he wants to sign a Dream Act into law, and "has his pens all ready". But how much longer can the estimated 1 million dreamers out there, looking for a path to citizenship, wait? All while Republican Senator Marco Rubio is pushing his own version of the Dream Act. So how will this fight carry out into the gener...

Mozilla Comes Out Against CISPA

We had a sign of hope today when we learned that search engine Mozilla has come out against CISPA. Now keep in mind Mozilla was one of the most outspoken critics of SOPA and PIPA and they took part in the blackout back in January, which ultimately stopped the legislation from becoming law. And now that we know where Mozilla stands, we're hoping this will continue the trend of tech companies cal...

ICE Seizes first, investigates later

When it comes to copyright infringement, the RIAA and Homeland Security's ICE department have been working side by side to take down the pirates. The RIAA tells the feds who they think are in the wrong; the feds investigate, and then determine if they have the right to seize the domain for that site. But that's not exactly the case. We'll give you an example of where they seized first, and then...

MSM: Drone Summit v. WHCD

Today the mainstream media decided to fill some air time reminiscing and replaying all the hilarious jokes that were made at what they like to call, the "nerd prom". But aside from the White House Correspondents Dinner, the first international Drone Summit was held here in Washington, DC this weekend. At the Summit people actually spoke about the civilian victims of drone strikes, the...

Student Loans: Where to Find 6 Billion?

In a rare moment on Capitol Hill, it looks like both democrats and republicans agree that we should extend the student loan interest rates for at least one more year. But they're at odds over deciding where the government will find 6 billion dollars so that students can breathe a sigh of relief and both sides have very different proposals.

MSM: CISPA

During our show last night, the House ended up rushing a vote on the damaging piece of legislation, CISPA and it passed. It still has to go to the Senate; the White House has already issued a veto threat but that doesn't mean that things won't change. So here you have an incredibly crazy piece of legislation, one that allows private companies, under the blanket term of a cyber-security threat, ...

The Alyona Show 4/30/12

We'll have our Monday Hangover Panel talking about the one year anniversary since Osama Bin Laden's death, what documents are and are not leaked and ask why bragging about who you killed is a campaign strategy. Then, tomorrow is May Day and it's also a big day of action for Occupy as they call for a general strike. We'll find out what we can expect. Also thanks to a war of words between Google ...