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Tune in each week for patriotism, opinions, and analysis to the economic and social woes of our modern society. Rev Joseph is not afraid to speak the truth to power and to mix religion and politics. Rev. Joseph will follow the money to find out how it is used to and against your best interests. Please feel free to contact the good Reverend with you spiritual, political and or economic questions.

The Rev. Joseph show is most likely not what you expect.

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10/19/2011


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Reform The WTO Fair Trade

Heal the bankers

After prayer, Reverend Joseph outlines 5 changes to the WTO that would stop the race to the bottom. With these changes the WTO would stop being a tool for Satan and instead work to raise the living standards of families worldwide. The Reverend also touches upon how the World Bank encourages country to worsen working conditions and some research on smoking pot and driving.

Globalism Destroys America: 10 Reasons Why The World Trade Organization Is Bad For The United States Economy.

Today, 153 nations representing more than 97% of total world trade are members of the WTO. It has been largely responsible for the explosion in world trade that we have witnessed over the past several decades. In fact, world trade is now over 15 times larger than it was 50 years ago. But is this a good thing? No, it is not...

wto: hands off our natural environment!

The present trading system promotes the free movement of goods, services and capital as a goal in itself, rather than ensuring that international trade promotes sustainable and equitable societies. As a result, current and proposed trade rules and agreements as administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO) encourage unsustainable resource use and an inequitable distribution of resources, and can conflict directly with local, national and international environmental laws...

End WTO Job Loss

One in five families have suffered losses of more than 25 percent of their income. This is inescapably a moral issue. We cannot consider ourselves civilized -- never mind Judeo-Christian -- if the rest of us do not respond forcefully to the suffering of our fellow Americans. They have lost their jobs and often their homes, while corporate profits and executive salaries reach obscene levels. This is failed policy!...

Here is What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About

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10/06/2011


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401K Protection Plan

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Don't let politicians and lobbyists have your retirement money. The Good Reverend Joseph explains how companies give your retirement money to lobbyists and Washington politicians and what you can do to stop them. Reverend Joseph also talks a little about the news and encourages you to do good deed

Links from the show:

Open Secrets

Corporate Lobbying With Taxpayer Money

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09/16/2011


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Stop Supporting Bankers - Close Your Bank Account

Heal the bankers

The Reverend calls upon Americans to stop supporting the banks that raise fees, pay unreasonable executive salaries and bonuses, take bail out money, and layoff and outsource jobs. The Rev. encourages the flock to instead open an account with a member owned credit union.

Links from the show:

Big bank execs: What they take home

Subprime Fraud

Big banks hit customers with higher fees

No Government Bailout Required

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04/06/2011


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Economic Justice The Second Bill of Rights

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As our country, the blessed United States Of America, succumbs to the will of the elite. Once again we are redistributing wealth to the privileged and wealthy. The good Reverend Joseph does his best to have President Roosevelt as a Guest. The Reverend looks at the Second Bill Of Rights that President Roosevelt proposed and where we are today.

The Reverend reflects on how Nafta, the WTO, and 401Ks work to undermine America and how the second bills of rights not only address these issues but should be a source of inspiration for all people. Please join Reverend Joseph for prayer and thought.

The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the then President of the United States, during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second "bill of rights". Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." Roosevelt's remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:

* Employment, with a living wage,
* Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies,
* Housing,
* Medical care,
* Education, and,
* Social security

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

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02/24/2011


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The Fall Of The United States and The Chamber

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The Reverend interviews Chet Gardiner about the activities of the Chamber of Commerce and the threat they pose to the United States of America. They discuss the allegations of planting false documents, domestic spying and targeting the children and families of political opponents.

Dear Lord, Please, bring your sword to defeat those that hide in their chamber with Satan and worshiping commerce to destroy the people, the working families of America. Lord, send the Holy Spirit into their hearts so they can see their evil ways and break the chains of Satan that holds them there. In the name of Jesus Christ, our savour, we pray. Amen.

Links from the show:

Chamber Targets Families

Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents

Chamber of Commerce Million Dollar Spying Operation

Stop The Chamber

George Lakoff What Conservatives Really Want

CITIZENS UNITED v . FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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10/15/2010


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Electricity Deregulation and Satan

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Reverend Joseph Discusses the correlation between electricity deregulation and prices with guest Ben Jenkins. The Reverend takes an long hard look at the affect that deregulation had in Texas and California. He also proposes a solution for cheap, reliable electricity that will benefit all (except money changers and influence pedallers).

On the second half of the show the Reverend Joseph takes a look at the news and marks the passing of the our friend the Smoking Chimp as well as your assignment for personal growth.

       
State Cents / kWatt-hour Deregulated
North Dakota 7.58 no
Idaho 7.89 No
Washington 7.89 No
Kentucky 8.07 No
Missouri 8.24 No
Nebraska 8.3 No
Wyoming 8.44 No
South Dakota 8.47 No
West Virginia 8.48 No
Utah 8.51 No
Tennessee 8.72 No
Montana 8.78 Yes
Oregon 8.79 Yes
Oklahoma 8.8 Yes
Louisiana 8.87 No
Indiana 8.99 No
Arkansas 9.02 Yes
Mississippi 9.65 No
Kansas 9.66 No
Iowa 9.67 No
Georgia 9.8 No
Minnesota 9.93 No
North Carolina 10 No
South Carolina 10.07 No
New Mexico 10.29 Yes
virginia 10.42 Yes
Alabama 10.43 No
Arizona 10.65 Yes
Ohio 10.95 Yes
Colorado 11.01 No
Florida 11.14 No
Illinois 11.16 Yes
Texas 11.95 Yes
Michigan 12.15 Yes
Wisconsin 12.29 No
Pennsylvania 12.58 Yes
Nevada 12.64 Yes
Delaware 13.59 Yes
Maryland 14.57 Yes
California 15.16 Yes
Vermont 15.35 No
Massachusetts 15.39 Yes
Maine 15.44 Yes
New Hampshire 15.96 Yes
Rhode Island 16 Yes
New Jersey 16.11 Yes
New York 18.31 Yes
Connecticut 19.42 Yes
     

 Source for spreadsheet

Average Retail Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State

Energy Deregulated States in the United States

Other links mentioned in show

Electricity deregulation in Texas

The California electricity crisis

Enron : Before passage of the deregulation law, there had been only one Stage 3 rolling blackout declared. Following passage, California had a total of 38 blackouts defined as Stage 3 rolling blackouts, until federal regulators intervened in June 2001. These blackouts occurred mainly as a result of a poorly designed market system that was manipulated by traders and marketers. Enron traders were revealed as intentionally encouraging the removal of power from the market during California's energy crisis by encouraging suppliers to shut down plants to perform unnecessary maintenance, as documented in recordings made at the time.

Ninth Circuit Decision Limits Freedom of the Press

Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52

 

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09/05/2010


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Money Changer of the Year Award -- History Of Money Changers -- IMF vs Hugo Chavez

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Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple.

In this episode the Reverend  present the "Money Changer of the Year Award". He examines how banks manipulates withdraws to produces extreme fees and profits at the expense of the depositor. The second half of the show Rev. Joseph looks at the history of the money changers from the lord Jesus Christ throwing them out of the temple to Hugo Chavez challenging the money changers of the IMF. Finally in your homework assignment for personal growth the Rev. ask you to help break the chains of the money changers by helping out a person in need.

Wells Fargo spent $1.29M lobbying government in 2Q

Wells Fargo Ordered to Repay $200 Million in Excessive Bank Fees

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07/28/2010


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Water in the Desert

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Tempe Town Lake Photo:Titoxd

This episode of the Reverend Joseph show starts off with an interview with Dave Ewoldt, candidate  for the Arizona State Senate. Dave Ewoldt talks about the problems facing Arizona include water issues. The first half of the show concludes with frank talk about recent damn breaks. The Tempe (Arizona) Town lake that was filled with Colorado river water between two balloon dams in the desert is particularity scrutinized.

The second half of the show The reverend Joseph exposes the health care dollars wasted on advertising, how to know you drink too much and your writing assignment for personal growth.

Dave Ewoldt

Tempe Town Lake (Arizona)

PITCHING PRIVATE MEDICARE PLANS

Man disguised as Darth Vader robs bank

Drunken man is surprised crocodile bit him

 

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07/18/2010


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Thou Shalt Not Feed The Hungry



Teachings of Jesus

 Reverend Joseph takes a look at "No Feed" laws that make it illegal to feed the hungry. Discusses how the laws are an attack on the homeless, the freedom of religion, free speech and God himself. The second half of the show Reverend Joseph follows up on for-profit educational institutions and the problems associated with them. Finally a movie review and your homework assignment.

Good deed might cost you $300

Saving the Homeless from Food

Food Sharing PDF

For-profit colleges and the threat

Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington



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07/01/2010


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Ronald Reagan and the BP Oil Spill



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In this episode the good reverend takes a look at the connection between the failed policies of Ronald Reagan and why they led to the BP oil spill. Rev. Joseph talks about a plan in 1977 that could have prevented the BP oil disaster. The second half of the show Rev. Joesph Show examines $1,448,380 apology to BP from Rep. Joe Barton and how to buy an apology from a member of congress. As well as some off beat news and homework for you spiritual growth.

The President's Proposed Energy Policy
President Reagan cut the renewable energy R&D budget 85%
Americas Energy Policy The past 30 Years
Blocked efforts to extend the wind power tax credit
Republican Joe Barton apologizes to BP
Republican Joe Barton received $1,448,380 from oil and gas industry

Woman ticketed for picking up wrong dog poop
Mentos and Coke Zero propel vehicle

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06/10/2010


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Education and the Wicked

Socrates

Reverend Joseph takes aim at educational institutions that exploit the poor and destitute. The second half includes great reverends in history. He educates you about the Rev. Sylvester Graham.Rev Joseph tells the sory of Clarence Earl Gideon.  As well as encouraging you to have a BBQ to feed the hungry.

For-profit college ripoff

Sylvester Graham

Sylvester Graham2

Clarence Earl Gideon

 

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06/03/2010


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Economic Development

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This episode of the Reverend Joseph show deals with corporate give aways and the economic cost of them to tax payers and workers.  The Reverend mostly focuses on a better solution and Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington as an example.  The second half of the show deals with the oil spill and gives you your homework assignment.

Spring training exodus from Tucson

Pike Place Market Faqs

Pike Place Market Wikipedia

Petroleum

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Oil_spill_in_Alaska_closes_800_miles_of_pipeline

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Head_of_US_Minerals_Management_Service_resigns_following_BP_oil_spill_response

 

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05/25/2010


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Money and Politics

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Rev Joseph talks about the corrisive effects of campaign contributions.  He proposes changes to how we pay for our political campaigns in America.  He talks about publically banks and how they compare to commercial banks.  Finally, you will get your homework assignment for personal growth.

http://www.opensecrets.org/

Publicly Owned Banks

New Student Lending Law

Fatty foods may be just as addictive as heroin and cocaine

 

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05/18/2010


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Prostitutes and Lobbyist

Money Changers lobbyist

The Reverend compares lobbyist and  prostitutes, talks about bearing false witness, influence peddling and usury rates.The second half of the show, the Reverend comments on the news and gives you your homework assignment for personal growth. He also talks a bit about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

 Links from the  show:

Tucson Payday Lending

Tucson payday lending 2

Usury Scripture

Healthcare Deal

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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Know the world, Know your history

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April 26: Richard Hakluyt div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RichardHakluyt-BristolCathedral-stainedglasswindow.jpg" class="image" title="English writer Richard Hakluyt pictured in a stained glass window in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral"img alt="English writer Richard Hakluyt pictured in a stained glass window in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/RichardHakluyt-BristolCathedral-stainedglasswindow.jpg/100px-RichardHakluyt-BristolCathedral-stainedglasswindow.jpg" width="100" height="119" //a/div pba href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hakluyt" title="Richard Hakluyt"Richard Hakluyt/a/b (c. 1552 – 1616) was an a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"English/a writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people" title="English people"English/a through his works, notably iDivers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America/i (1582) and iThe Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation/i (1589–1600). Educated at a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School"Westminster School/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford"Christ Church, Oxford/a, between 1583 and 1588 Hakluyt was a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplain" title="Chaplain"chaplain/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary#Origin" title="Secretary"secretary/a to Sir a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stafford_of_Grafton" title="Edward Stafford of Grafton" class="mw-redirect"Edward Stafford/a, English a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador"ambassador/a at the French court. An a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination" title="Ordination"ordained/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest#Anglican_or_Episcopalian" title="Priest"priest/a, Hakluyt held important positions at a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral"Bristol Cathedral/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey"Westminster Abbey/a and was personal chaplain to a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury"Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/a, principal a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)"Secretary of State/a to a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" title="Elizabeth I of England"Elizabeth#160;I/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England" title="James I of England" class="mw-redirect"James#160;I/a. He was the chief promoter of a petition to span class="nowrap"James I/span for a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent"letters patent/a to colonize a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia"Virginia/a, which were granted to the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company" title="London Company"London Company/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Company" title="Plymouth Company"Plymouth Company/a (referred to collectively as the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company" title="Virginia Company"Virginia Company/a) in 1606. (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hakluyt" title="Richard Hakluyt"bmore.../b/a)/p

April 25: Harry Chauvel div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Chauvel_J00503.jpg" class="image" title="Harry Chauvel at Maribyrnong camp during the Citizen Military Force (CMF) in 1923"img alt="Harry Chauvel at Maribyrnong camp during the Citizen Military Force (CMF) in 1923" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Harry_Chauvel_J00503.jpg/100px-Harry_Chauvel_J00503.jpg" width="100" height="126" //a/div pba href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chauvel" title="Harry Chauvel"Harry Chauvel/a/b (1865–1945) was a senior officer of the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="First Australian Imperial Force"Australian Imperial Force/a who fought at a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" title="Gallipoli Campaign"Gallipoli/a and in the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_theatre_of_World_War_I" title="Middle Eastern theatre of World War I"Middle East/a during the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" title="First World War" class="mw-redirect"First World War/a. He was the first Australian to attain the rank of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(Australia)" title="Lieutenant General (Australia)" class="mw-redirect"lieutenant general/a and later a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(Australia)" title="General (Australia)"general/a, and the first to lead a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps" title="Corps"corps/a. The son of a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grazier" class="extiw" title="wikt:grazier"grazier/a, Chauvel was commissioned in 1886 as a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(land)" title="Captain (land)" class="mw-redirect"captain/a in a unit organised by his father. After seeing service during the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Australian_shearers%27_strike" title="1891 Australian shearers' strike"1891 Australian shearers' strike/a, he became a regular officer in 1896, and commanded a company of the Queensland Mounted Infantry in the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War"Boer War/a. He commanded of the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Light_Horse_Brigade" title="1st Light Horse Brigade"1st Light Horse Brigade/a and later the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Division_(Australia)" title="1st Division (Australia)"1st Division/a at Gallipoli. In March 1916, Chauvel became commander of the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Mounted_Division" title="Anzac Mounted Division" class="mw-redirect"Anzac Mounted Division/a. He won victories at a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Romani" title="Battle of Romani"Romani/a and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba" title="Battle of Magdhaba"Magdhaba/a, and nearly won the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Gaza" title="First Battle of Gaza"First Battle of Gaza/a. At a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917)" title="Battle of Beersheba (1917)"Beersheba/a in October 1917, his light horse captured the town and its vital water supply in one of history's last great cavalry charges. By September 1918, Chauvel was able to effect a secret redeployment of three of his mounted divisions and launch a surprise attack on the enemy that won the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(1918)" title="Battle of Megiddo (1918)"Battle of Megiddo/a. After the war, Chauvel was appointed Inspector General, the Army's most senior post. (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chauvel" title="Harry Chauvel"bmore.../b/a)/p

April 24: Iguanodon div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iguanodon_Dinopark.jpg" class="image" title="Sculpture of an Iguanodon, displayed in Germany"img alt="Sculpture of an Iguanodon, displayed in Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Iguanodon_Dinopark.jpg/100px-Iguanodon_Dinopark.jpg" width="100" height="75" //a/div piba href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodon" title="Iguanodon"Iguanodon/a/b/i is a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus"genus/a of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopod" title="Ornithopod"ornithopod/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur"dinosaur/a that lived roughly halfway between the first of the swift a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipedalism" title="Bipedalism"bipedal/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsilophodont" title="Hypsilophodont"hypsilophodontids/a and the ornithopods' culmination in the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrosaurid" title="Hadrosaurid"duck-billed/a dinosaurs. Many species of Iguanodon have been named, dating from the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmeridgian" title="Kimmeridgian"Kimmeridgian/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_(stratigraphy)" title="Stage (stratigraphy)"age/a of the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Jurassic" title="Late Jurassic"Late Jurassic/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Period/Age" title="Period/Age" class="mw-redirect"Period/a to the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenomanian" title="Cenomanian"Cenomanian/a age of the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Cretaceous" title="Late Cretaceous"Late Cretaceous/a Period from a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia"Asia/a, a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"Europe/a, and a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America"North America/a. However, research in the first decade of the 21st century suggests that there is only one well-substantiated species named iI. bernissartensis/i, that lived from the late a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barremian" title="Barremian"Barremian/a to the earliest a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptian" title="Aptian"Aptian/a ages (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Cretaceous" title="Early Cretaceous"Early Cretaceous/a) in a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"Belgium/a, between about 126 and 125#160;million years ago. Iguanodon's most distinctive features were its large thumb spikes, which were possibly used for defence against a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation" title="Predation"predators/a, combined with long prehensile fifth fingers able to forage for food. Named in 1825 by a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"English/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist" title="Geologist"geologist/a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Mantell" title="Gideon Mantell"Gideon Mantell/a, Iguanodon was the second dinosaur formally named, after a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalosaurus" title="Megalosaurus"Megalosaurus/a. A large, bulky a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivory" title="Herbivory" class="mw-redirect"herbivore/a, Iguanodon is a member of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodont" title="Iguanodont"Iguanodontia/a, along with the duck-billed a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrosaurid" title="Hadrosaurid"hadrosaurs/a. (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodon" title="Iguanodon"bmore.../b/a)/p