Patt Morrison for Wednesday, July 14, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:39

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1:41 – 1:58:30

Countdown to Arizona’s SB 1070: Nativism in the U.S.

From the looks of angry protesters on both sides of the law, the latest immigration gridlock in our neighboring state to the east might seem like an historical precedent, but in reality, it’s only the latest development in a long history of nativism within a country made of immigrants, yet fearful of newcomers.  Patt kicks off our immigration series leading up to the scheduled implementation of Arizona’s SB 1070 on July 29^th with historian Peter Schrag, who joins Patt to contextualize the current legal debate and the national push for immigration reform.  From the earliest days of the Republic to the current battle brewing, Schrag frames our modern fight for immigration reform by drawing parallels between the historically race-based arguments for restricting Irish, Jewish, and Chinese immigrants in the past and the contemporary arguments for restricting Latinos and others today. 

 

Guest:

Peter Schrag, retired editorial page editor and columnist for the Sacramento Bee, and “The Nation,” his latest book is “Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America”

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2:06 – 2:30

Are we closer than we realized to an HIV vaccine?

According to two papers recently published in the online edition of the journal Science, U.S. government scientists have discovered three new powerful antibodies one of which is said to neutralize 91% of HIV strains. Where did they find these powerful and valuable little antibodies? Inside the cells of a 60-year-old gay African-American man known as Donor 45. What rights, if any, does Donor 45 have to a synthetic version of his antibodies? Could this be another case of Henrietta Lacks and when there are 30 million people living with HIV/AIDS and millions more being infected each year does ownership play any role at all?

 

Guest:

Dr. Gary Nabel, director of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

Feel free to skate or die just make sure to register your prints with the Sheriff first.

The case has been made again and again for kids to wear elbow pads and helmets while skating at skate parks but is requiring skaters to identify themselves with a scanned thumb print protecting them or a total violation of their privacy? The question has been raised in the city of Poway in northern San Diego where a entry system that requires skateboarders to press a thumb pad on a turnstile before entering the park. Will the skaters agree to register and adhere to the system or is the Poway Skate Park’s scanning system about to be the most sought after of all the world’s most ollie-able objects? 

 

Guests:

Miki Vuckovich, Executive Director Tony Hawk Foundation

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Councilmember Jim Cunningham, Ponway city council

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Jonathan Serviss

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