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Radio Free Keene News 2012-05-23

Ian — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:50:51 +0000

Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.

Topics covered include the Keene police getting away with murder and activist response to Joe Biden’s visit to Keene. Here’s the archive:

You can add Radio Free Keene News to your podcast client via this RSS feed.

Julian Heicklen Expatriates

Free Concord — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:15:50 +0000

News has broken today that fully informed jury activist Julian Heicklen has fled the country to avoid a pending warrant out of Santa Ana, California, where he is wanted yet again for distributing educational fliers on the rights of jurors. On May 22, Julian is said to have been granted Israeli citizenship at customs. It is unclear whether the eighty year old pamphleteering pioneer plans on returning to the United States. Freedoms Phoenix has the story.

http://freedomsphoenix.com/Article/112245-2012-05-23-julian-heicklen-flees-united-states.htm

Kelly and Graham Kicked off Keene State College Campus for Speaking Out at Biden Event

Ian — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:26:00 +0000

Video from inside the event to come, but for now, here’s Ridley’s point of view from outside:

Pending: Coverage from the NATO Protests in Chicago

Free Concord — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:29:54 +0000

After a 27 hour journey with activists from around Massachusetts and New Hampshire, early yesterday morning we arrived in the windy city. Expending almost every battery for the recording devices that I own, there is now upwards of 14 gigabytes of video, image, and audio files waiting to be processed. Throughout the day I filmed scenes from a scheduled rally in Daley plaza (where a cell phone jamming device was being used), an unpermitted march throughout downtown Chicago, and an evening assembly in Grant park. The Chicago Tribune has published photos from Friday’s festivities. Today crowds are expected to continue swelling. Here’s a juxtaposition preview of some of the coverage you’ll soon be seeing at Free Concord. The first image was a much more common sight than the second.

This post originally published at freeconcord.org.

Radio Free Keene News 2012-05-12

Ian — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:43:48 +0000

Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.

Topics covered include the imprisoning of Derrick J and Beau and a man smoking cannabis legally in the state house. Here’s the archive:

You can add Radio Free Keene News to your podcast client via this RSS feed. Please note, this is a new feed, so update your podcast clients appropriately. As you may have noticed, we’re now hosting RFKN on Soundcloud.

KSC TV Reports on the BEARCAT

Ian — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:53:52 +0000

KSC TV’s excellent report about the BEARCAT assault truck coming to Keene, NH. Yes, this is being posted late, but I just saw it for the first time:

Irvin Rosenfeld Lights Up in the State House Smoking Lounge

Free Concord — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:11:25 +0000

From freeconcord.org:

Yesterday, a much more pleasant aroma than usual lingered through the smoking parlor of the New Hampshire state house. While legislators coughed on tobacco fumes, Irvin Rosenfeld puffed his medicine under the lights of WMUR news cameras. As one of the few surviving participants in a federal medicinal cannabis study, Irvin is given 9 ounces of cannabis in pre-rolled joints per month. The cannabis is grown at the University of Mississippi under the control of the federal government. Along with the cannabis, Irvin also possesses immunity from any US drug laws which would otherwise criminalize him.

Since childhood, Irvin has been struck with Multiple Congenital Cartilaginous Exostoses, a bone disorder that causes tumors to form in his joints. Without using any other medicines, Irvin has not had tumor growth since he began using cannabis, which he has been doing regularly for 30 years.

The purpose of Irvin’s visit to the state was to clear up misconceptions about medicinal cannabis and to meet with legislators who are still on the fence. At the end of the attached video, you can see interactions with Rep. Al Baldasaro and Sen. Gary Lambert, both former opponents of medicinal cannabis legislation. Biker Bill has coverage of the press conference prior to the discussion in the smoking lounge, and WMUR did a piece on the visit that aired last night as well.

Click here to view the embedded video.

My Affidavit To The NH Senate

Bradley Jardis — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:39:19 +0000

Here is the sworn statement I’ve submitted to the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee about what I believe is blatant abuse of Part II, Article 73-a by select judges in the New Hampshire Judicial Branch.

To those of you reading this in law enforcement: The complaint for False Reports to Law Enforcement only has to allege knowingly, but you could even prove purposefully. The Judge stopped, turned around, and stated unequivocally “that’s a criminal offense.“ He made darn sure the bailiffs arrested Ademo.

Could he have felt threatened? Sure. Was it a criminal offense? Absolutely not.

Would someone please arrest Judge Burke already?

Medea Benjamin Dragged From Press Conference During Drone Killings Monologue

Free Concord — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:54:14 +0000

It’s a surprise to learn that Medea Benjamin was allowed into a press conference marking the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s mysterious execution. ‘Counterterrorism Advisor’ John Brennan spoke about US military operations overseas, including the use of drones to kill suspected combatants, at the April 30 event at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in DC. Medea (whom you may remember from the Jefferson Dance Party) stood and interrupted the official’s speech and spoke out on behalf of innocent victims of increasingly advanced US militarism. The venue was reasonable enough to not ask that she be arrested after police dragged her from the room. Linked you can read Medea’s account of the event, and see the courageous interruption below:

Click here to view the embedded video.

NH News

Today Dave Ridley published an illustrated weekly audio broadcast from Ron Paul on the current state of US foreign intervention. He makes note of the fact that suicide rates among combat veterans are higher than rates of combat fatalities. He goes on to cite how Joseph Stiglitz, chief economist for the World Bank (and a Keynesian, nonetheless) wrote a 2008 article, The True Cost of the Iraq War, and discusses how broken window economic strategies are bleeding the market.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Time Warner Confirms “Wideband” Now Available in Keene

Ian — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:40:32 +0000

Just got off the phone with their business division earlier. Residential customers should already be receiving bandwidth boosts and wideband speed packages are now available, with speeds up to 50mbps down and 5mbps up. Further detail here. Rumor also has it that Verizon will have 4G in Keene by the end of 2012.