Path: news.ccsf.jp!shiino.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!jpix!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post02.iad01!news.cv.net!not-for-mail Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:46:10 -0400 From: Reggie User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.activism.peacefire,alt.peace,fj.soc.war-and-peace,humanityquest.peace Subject: Military Propaganda Pushed Me off TV! tvnl news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 503 Message-ID: <481742c4$0$11602$607ed4bc@cv.net> Organization: Optimum Online NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.185.3.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.soc.war-and-peace:693 LATEST NEWS-AT-A-GLANCE FROM TVNEWSLIES.ORG http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance ________________________________________________________________________________ *** Military Propaganda Pushed Me off TV Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:26 In the fall of 2002, week after week in debates televised on MSNBC, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers - no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debates were terminated. There was no room for me after MSNBC launched "Countdown: Iraq" - a daily one-hour show that seemed more keen on glamorizing a potential war than scrutinizing or debating it. "Countdown: Iraq" featured retired colonels and generals, sometimes resembling boys with war toys as they used props, maps and glitzy graphics to spin invasion scenarios. They reminded me of pumped-up ex-football players doing pre-game analysis and diagramming plays. It was excruciating to be sidelined at MSNBC, watching so many non-debates in which myth and misinformation were served up unchallenged. More... ________________________________________________________________________________ White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:11 The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger - often secret - role, congressional investigators say in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The administration's decision to give the Defense Department and other agencies an early role in the process adds to years of delay in acting on harmful chemicals and jeopardizes the program's credibility, the Government Accountability Office concluded. More... ________________________________________________________________________________ Behind the Run on Rice Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:08 Instead, what's driving the price of rice so high are widespread worries about food inflation in many rice-growing nations. "In poorer nations, a large share of people's earnings is spent on food, and big price increases in other kinds of food are harming consumers," Childs says. So to protect their supplies of rice—a staple food in much of the world—several countries have imposed export bans or sharp limits. That has led to a sharp reduction of rice available for trade in the global market. In 2007, India and Vietnam, two of the world's biggest rice exporters, reduced their rice shipments. Since then, Cambodia, Egypt, and Brazil have all halted rice exports. And many observers worry that Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, might jump on the bandwagon. More... ______________________________________________________________________________ Ex-Prosecutor Tells of Push by Pentagon on Detainees Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:52 GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The former chief prosecutor here took the witness stand on Monday on behalf of a detainee and testified that top Pentagon officials had pressured him in deciding which cases to prosecute and what evidence to use. The prosecutor, Col. Morris D. Davis of the Air Force, testified that Pentagon officials had interfered with his work for political reasons and told him that charges against well-known detainees “could have real strategic political value” and that there could be no acquittals. More... ________________________________________________________________________________ Rise in health coverage charted Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:42 When couples divorce, Daly said, parents are required to provide "reasonable" medical coverage for dependent children. Current regulations don't define "reasonable," Daly said, and for some individuals, paying for coverage sometimes means they can't pay rent, child care or other bills. "Even if a person is paying 65 percent of their income, that's still considered reasonable," he said. More... Officials: 8 killed, 67 wounded in Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:41 BAGHDAD (AP) - A senior government official was assassinated in Baghdad on Tuesday as clashes between Shiite militants and U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital's Sadr City district left eight other people dead, officials said. The violence in the embattled area appeared to be a continuation of heavy fighting over the weekend in which about 45 militants and four U.S. soldiers have died. More... ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GM to cut 1 shift each from 4 truck factories, lay off 3,500 Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:21 General Motors Corp. said Monday it plans to cut one shift at four North American factories that make pickup trucks and big sport utility vehicles, laying off about 3,500 workers. More... ______________________________________________________________________________ Conservatives Increasingly Tuned Out Everything Except Fox News Between 1998-2006 Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:15 Hollander also notes that conservatives “dramatically dropped news sources that they perceive as being biased against their position.” Evidently, this included C-SPAN, which also saw a dramatic drop in conservative viewers. More... ______________________________________________________________________________ Former workers accuse employees of improper activity, including the stealing of weapons, artwork and gold Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:10 KBR employees working in Iraq stole weapons, artwork and even gold to make spurs for cowboy boots, two former company workers told Senate Democrats on Monday. Warren said the supervisor reminded her she had signed a confidentiality agreement and then threatened her by suggesting an American woman "wouldn't last very long on the streets of Baghdad." More... ______________________________________________________________________________ More Articles... * Legislation aims to jack soldiers' 'off time' reading materials * Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president * Election Day in Florida May Look Familiar * Former Guantanamo prosecutor says trials tainted ________________________________________________________________________________ TvnewsLIES.org is a non profit gateway to the real news. What's the truth worth? http://tvnewslies.org/donate/