TVNL Editor's Comments: Stay Scared...But Not at the Real Dangers!

Last night New York's ancient infrastructure hiccuped...actually it had a violent fit. Thanks to the unusually intense rain fall a steam pipe built before most of you were alive cracked, resulting in a huge explosion in mid town. Of course the news networks have to make sure that even though this was in no way shape of form related to terrorism, your fear of terrorism is kept in the forefront of all your fears!

Let's be real here, terrorism, even the kind perpetrated on us by people within our own government, like 9/11, is so far down the list of threats to Americans that is is hardly worth discussing. More people die each year by slipping the their bathtubs in this country than die of terrorism. When it comes to threats to Americans terrorism does not even make the long list when you examine the things that harm us each day.

The midtown excitement yesterday should have been a reminder of how dangerous our weather systems have become, partly due to the activities, unnecessary activities of human beings. But did CNN and their establishment partners mention this? No. They did however make sure that some “expert” came on to tell us that a terrorist can target the aging infrastructure of our big cities and harm a great deal of Americans.

Maybe CNN, if it were a real news network, would report about the terrorists who are harming us every day by targeting our infrastructure. You know...like big industry and the defense industry. Maybe they could have warned us that rocket fuel is now found in virtually all milk samples taken in this nation. This rocket fuel was not put in our food supply by brown men from caves in Afghanistan...it was placed there by American companies with the approval and silent cooperation by the FDA and Congress.

So next time you see a big steam pipe explode in New York, think milk...not terror! It would be a more logical connection! Think about it! Jesse Richard – Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

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WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

Four U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad bomb: military - Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Wednesday, the military said on Thursday.

U.S. military leaves Aussie for dead - An Australian private security operator was left for dead by American forces after he was seriously wounded during an ambush in southern Iraq.

Roadside blasts kill three US soldiers in Iraq - Three US soldiers were killed in Iraq by roadside bombs while they were on patrol in the capital, the military said on Wednesday.

Mass Graves Dug to Deal With Death Toll - The largest morgue in Diyala province is overflowing daily. Officials told IPS they have had to dig mass graves to dispose of bodies.
TVNL Comment: There you go. Now George W. Bush joins the ranks of world's despots who have the term "mass graves" associated with them!

Soldier who got parents' OK to enlist at 17 killed in Iraq - A teen who got his parents' permission to join the Army at 17 has been killed in the blast of an improvised explosive device in Iraq.

Iraqi river carries grotesque cargo - Five hundred mutilated bodies dumped into the River Tigris have been washed up in two years in the town of Suweira, 100km (62 miles) south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The BBC's Mona Mahmoud and Sebastian Usher have spoken to the community through an Iraqi journalist to find out how they cope.

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

Extension on Subpoenas - The Bush administration has asked for more time to respond to subpoenas from the Senate Judiciary Committee related to the National Security Agency’s program of wiretapping without warrants, and the panel has agreed, said a committee spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler.

White House Had Drug Officials Appear With GOP Candidates - Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said documents obtained by his panel suggest that the appearances by the drug control officials were part of a larger White House effort to politicize the work of federal agencies that "may be more widespread than previously known."

Harriet Miers rejects subpoena compliance deadline, shakes off 'contempt' threats - Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers has again rejected calls from the House Judiciary Committee to comply with a subpoena for her testimony on the firing of 9 US Attorneys in 2006 and 2007. The Committee had set a deadline of 5 PM for Miers to explain how she would comply with the subpoena.

White House Manual for Silencing Critics - Called the “Presidential Advance Manual,” this 103-page document from the Office of Presidential Advance lays out the parameters for how to handle protesters at events.

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#economy

Put-to-Call Ratio at Highest in 12 Years -- Fast Money Folks Not Worried - That is no small thing. The ratio is a key indicator of investor fear that the market will drop. With this kind of information - quite dramatic information - the prudent investor might get out of the market pronto.

Dollar Slumps to Record Low Versus Euro on Bear Stearns Losses - The dollar fell to a record low against the euro and dropped versus the yen after Bear Stearns Cos. reported hedge fund losses, fueling speculation investors will spurn U.S. assets as the economy slows.

9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

Ailing Ground Zero Workers File Suit - Ailing ground zero workers went to court Tuesday to demand that the company overseeing a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund spend the money to pay for their health care.

Another Dubious Osama Tape Appears When The Neo-Cons Need It Most - If Osama Bin Laden really is still alive then the CIA owe him a pay rise for his continued sterling efforts to bail out USS Bush every time the administration is about to capsize, but the reality is that this is just another crude propaganda ploy and the latest installment in a series of hoax terror tapes edited and released by the Neo-Cons at the most politically expedient time.

Calling all New York City residents and supporters of truth! - You can be part of a historic campaign called the NYC 911 Ballot Initiative.

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE… The Final Holdout: 9/11 - But, it seems that lie after lie has become fair game for disclosure, or at least for some discussion at this point. As a result, each day, the American people in larger and larger numbers understand that they have been taken for a terrible and costly ride by the lies they were told by this President and his cohorts. - That is, every lie but one.

CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress

Imprisoned Cunningham outlines depths of corruption to FBI - In two days of prison interviews with federal agents this year, disgraced former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham described a level of corruption on his part more extensive than previously known and dealt a potentially devastating blow to the defense being waged by one of the defense contractors alleged to have bribed him.

DoJ Prevents Voting Section Chief from Testifying - The House Judiciary Committee was set to hold a hearing on the Civil Rights Division's voting rights section tomorrow, but no more. That's because the Justice Department has refused to allow the chief of the section, John Tanner, to testify.

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

In Mississippi, Ruling Is Seen as Racial Split - A federal court ruling in June that forces voters to register by party could return Mississippi to the days of racially polarized politics, as many white Democrats warn that thousands of white voters will now opt definitively for the Republican Party.

US Preparing Domestic Clampdown? - It states that because of "growing popular unrest in the United States, caused by the prolonged war in Iraq .coupled with obvious Congressional inaction," the U.S. military has drawn up plans for combating domestic U.S. civil insurrections. This is not a theoretical study but a very specific one.

Bush Government to Poor Voters: We Don't Want You to Vote - The Justice Department is pressuring 10 states to purge their voter rolls, while states are ignoring laws to help low-income Americans register to vote.

FBI Records Show Gonzales Knew About Years of Chronic NSL Problems - Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) show years of chronic problems with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's use of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information and that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has long been aware of these problems.

Bush critics receive additional charge in criminal case - Two DuPage County residents who were charged in May for disorderly conduct after hanging a protest banner on a bridge above the I-355 tollway now are facing additional misdemeanor charges of reckless conduct and unauthorized display of a sign on a highway.

FDA spending millions on bonuses - The Food and Drug Administration is taking heat for giving employees some sizeable bonuses while Congress presses it to spend more on food and drug safety.

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

Meat is murder on the environment - A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.

America the Beautiful's Germ Warfare Rash - Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration has spent at least $44 billion on biological "defense" without ever making made a true needs assessment.

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

Taliban growing stronger in Afghanistan: report - The report, by the House of Commons Defence Committee, highlighted a series of concerns, from a lack of training for Afghan police and armed forces to an unclear policy on eradicating the country's vast opium poppy fields.

Castro challenges Bush for area hearts and minds - Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday scoffed at Bush administration efforts to ease social problems in Latin America, boasting his poor country could run circles around the United States in health and education aid.

UK expels four Russian diplomats - The UK is to expel four Russian diplomats in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite the prime suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

VA Head Quits Amid Scrutiny on Vets Care - VA Secretary Jim Nicholson abruptly resigned Tuesday after months of the Bush administration struggling to defend charges of shoddy treatment for veterans injured in the Iraq war.

Over 100,000 US Vietnam Vet Suicides To Date! - This accurate accounting gives us persepective on the cost of current and future wars.

Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles - Officials at Marine headquarters in Quantico, Va., shelved the request for 1,169 vehicles. Fifteen months passed before a second request reached the Joint Chiefs and was approved. Those vehicles finally began trickling into Anbar in February, two years after the original request. Because of the delay, the Marines are investigating how its urgent-need requests are handled.
TVNL Comment: This is because nobody in the administration was going to make money on this deal.

EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial

Time to Get Angry, America - The video above illustrates how the U.S. government lied to its citizens.
TVNL Comment: It's way way way past the time Americans should have gotten angry!

Impeach Now - Or Face the End of Constitutional Democracy - Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran.

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

The Post to say farewell Dec. 31 - The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post - afternoon daily newspapers serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for more than a century - will cease publication on Dec. 31, 2007, the newspaper's owners announced today.

Andrea Koppel Leaving CNN - ABC-turning-CNNer Jessica Yellin will replace her on Capitol Hill,

Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal -- Questions Bush's 'Mental Stability' - The Pittsburgh newspaper owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife yesterday called the Bush administration's plans to stay the course in Iraq a "prescription for American suicide."

Reverse the Surge: More Newspapers Call for Iraq Withdrawal - Perhaps other papers had discussions or plans in the works for weeks, but it appears that The New York Times' editorial last Sunday calling for the start of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq may have inspired some major metros to follow a similar line since.
TVNL Comment: They should have issued public apologies for lying to the public and letting the war start in the first place.

HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

Hail The Wondrous Banana - After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Al Mezan condemns the closure of Rafah crossing - The international community must not politicize human suffering - Over a month after the complete closure of Rafah Crossing, the suffering of some 6,000 Palestinians waiting at Egypt's border with Gaza continues. Hundreds others have been waiting inside Gazato access healthcare, education and other services abroad. Some 20 people have died at the Crossing so far.

White House threatens to veto children's health insurance legislation - The Bush administration said that senior advisers would recommend the president veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children's health insurance.

Virginia pain doctor sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison - A doctor whose technique of prescribing massive doses of opiates placed him in the midst of a national debate on the treatment of chronic pain was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Friday on federal drug charges.
TVNL Comment: Another reason to hate the corporation called America.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

From My Lai to Mesopotamia: When Atrocities become an "Accepted Technique" - This month's Nation made it clear (again) how short the forty year road is from My Lai to Iraq. What was as shocking as the horrific acts perpetrated by U.S., servicemen (and women) described, was that it was impossible to find anyone who was surprised. Revolted, appalled, deeply shamed, but not surprised. Fairly or not, the perception of America's armed forces (with Britain not excluded either) is largely that of purveyors of lawless depravity.

Israel denies medical treatment for Palestinians - Physicians for Human Rights has highlighted recent human rights abuses, including the case of a 25-year-old Palestinian man who lost both of his legs after being denied entry to Israel for medical treatment.

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

LA Church to Pay $600M for Clergy Abuse - Attorneys for the archdiocese and the plaintiffs are expected to announce the deal Monday, the day the first of more than 500 clergy abuse cases was scheduled for jury selection, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the settlement had not been made public.

Preacher admits sex abuse, avoids jail - An unordained preacher who pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges of first-degree sodomy in the repeated sexual abuse of three children will not serve any time in prison.