{"id":8882,"date":"2011-10-31T06:35:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2011-11-03T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T23:12:31","slug":"support-the-brad-blog-with-a-signed-copy-of-greg-palasts-new-book-vultures-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8882","title":{"rendered":"Support The BRAD BLOG With a Signed Copy of Greg Palast&#8217;s New Book: Vultures&#8217; Picnic!"},"content":{"rendered":"[<em><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Thanks, guys! We&#8217;ve now sold out the few copies we had in this premium, but we hope to have another one soon! The support, as always, is greatly appreciated! &#8211; Brad<\/em>]\n<p><center><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/VulturesPicnic_GregPalast_cover.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/GregPalast.com\">Greg Palast<\/a>, investigative journalist, BBC documentary reporter and author of the best-selling books <i>Best Democracy Money Can Buy<\/i> and <i>Armed Madhouse<\/i> has a new book out in November, and he&#8217;s been kind enough to give us a limited number of advanced, <i>signed<\/i> hardcover copies as premiums in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t have a lot of copies, so it&#8217;s first come first serve!<\/p>\n<p>His new book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0525952071\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=tbb-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=0525952071\"><i>VULTURES&#8217; PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Predators<\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tbb-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0525952071&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. It&#8217;s described as &#8220;A tale of oil, sex, shoes, radiation and investigative reporting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a signed copy, please hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/xclick\/business=Brad@BradBlog.com&#038;item_name=Greg+Palast's+'Vultures'+Picnic':+Support+for+The+BRAD+BLOG&#038;item_number=2011\"><b>THIS LINK<\/b><\/a> and make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/xclick\/business=Brad@BradBlog.com&#038;item_name=Greg+Palast's+'Vultures'+Picnic':+Support+for+The+BRAD+BLOG&#038;item_number=2011\">contribution of $50 or more to The BRAD BLOG<\/a> and we&#8217;ll get it out to ya, ASAP!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You can also contribute via snail mail to: <b>Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594, Los Angeles, CA 90028<\/b> &#8212; though I can&#8217;t guarantee we&#8217;ll have enough books by the time your contribution gets here. If it doesn&#8217;t, we&#8217;ve got another premium book offer we&#8217;ll be making available to readers later this month, and you&#8217;ll be the first in line to have one of those instead! (You&#8217;ll just have to wait to find out what it is, but hopefully you&#8217;ll not be disappointed because, ya know, you&#8217;re supporting the work we do here either way! And, believe me, it&#8217;s <i>very much<\/i> needed!)<\/p>\n<p>We <i>hate<\/i> fund raising, are not very good at it, and don&#8217;t do it nearly often enough. So if you can help, please do! We&#8217;ve had a <i>very<\/i> busy summer and, so far, autumn, and <i>really<\/i> need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/xclick\/business=Brad@BradBlog.com&#038;item_name=Greg+Palast's+'Vultures'+Picnic':+Support+for+The+BRAD+BLOG&#038;item_number=2011\"><strong>all of the help you can offer<\/strong><\/a> as we continue to <i>independently<\/i> cover &#8212; with neither corporate nor institutional help &#8212; those things which we believe actually <i>matter<\/i> to all of us. This is especially true as we barrel toward another Presidential Election year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/xclick\/business=Brad@BradBlog.com&#038;item_name=Greg+Palast's+'Vultures'+Picnic':+Support+for+The+BRAD+BLOG&#038;item_number=2011\"><strong>Your support<\/strong><\/a> is largely the <i>only thing<\/i> that allows us to continue doing this work. So thank you very much in advance for whatever help you can offer! And you&#8217;ll even get a helluva book out if it in the bargain if you act fast! &#8212; Brad<\/p>\n<p><i>P.S. If you happen to be in the L.A. area, I&#8217;ll be emceeing Palast&#8217;s appearance at a KPFK\/Pacifica fund raiser on Nov. 16th. If you can make it buy, please do and be sure to say hey! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpfk.org\/eventcal.html?task=view_detail&#038;agid=2321&#038;year=2011&#038;month=11&#038;day=16\">More details here&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATE: Thanks, guys! We&#8217;ve now sold out the few copies we had in this premium, but we hope to have another one soon! 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