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

·  Is the Iraq “Surge” (Escalation) the Iran “Build Up” - Has anybody considered the possibility that the reason Bush is moving troops in to Iraq is to position them for a conflict with Iran without drawing suspicion?

·  Sunni bastion sealed off after bloody Baghdad battle - Iraqi troops sealed off a notorious stronghold of Sunni insurgents in central Baghdad following a day of heavy fighting in which at least 50 militants were killed, an official said.

·  Analysis: Bush's new plan not all new - Bush's challenge in Iraq: show what's different now.

·  Iraq admits split in army - Iraqi authorities admitted yesterday to divided loyalties within their security forces, which are widely believed to be infiltrated by Shi’ite militias embroiled in the country’s sectarian killings.
TVNL Comment: Are you paying attention William Kristol? This was your idea!

·  U.S. Is Not Saying Who, or What, Was Hit in Somalia Raid - Two days after the United States launched an airstrike against alleged al-Qaeda terrorists in southern Somalia, U.S. officials declined yesterday to provide details of who, or what, was hit.

·  U.N. wants $60M to help scattered Iraqi refugees - The problem is larger than mere displacement, a U.N. news release states, as women are increasingly forced to resort to prostitution and reports of child labor problems are on the rise.

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

·   Daniel Ellsberg: “Bush is Dangerous. He has to Go!” - Ellsberg said that President George W. Bush and V.P. Dick Cheney have to go. He labeled Bush “dangerous!” He urged activists to push for a two pronged Congressional strategy: First, to cut off all funding for the Iraqi War; and, secondly, to investigate the serial crimes of the Bush-Cheney Gang.

·  Timing of Iraq Intelligence Estimate Questioned - This is the first NIE on Iraq in two and a half years. But it won't be ready until the end of the month, after the President proposes his new Iraq policy. That's leading some to question whether the NIE is being held back, to avoid embarrassing the president.

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

·  Life at America's bottom wage - A glimpse into the lives of people who live at bottom-rung pay rates illustrates why, to supporters of the change, the minimum wage is long overdue for a raise. But it also reveals that such a boost isn't a one-step solution for the challenges that face America's poorest workers.

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

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

·  Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates - TOTAL 1978-2004 Funds to Congressional Candidates: $42,365,498

·  GOP lawmakers join in call for halt to surge plan - A handful of Republican congressmen — including one well-known Jacksonville area lawmaker — are calling for President Bush to back off from his plans to surge the number of troops in Iraq.

·  Senator asks Bush to explain signing statement that gives President authority to open mail without warrant - The following letter, acquired by RAW STORY, was delivered to President Bush Monday, in response to an article published in the NY Daily News which revealed that Bush had written into a "signing statement" that the President could open Americans' mail.

·  Kennedy: "Iraq is George Bush’s Vietnam" - "Today, I am introducing legislation to reclaim the rightful role of Congress and the people’s right to a full voice in the President’s plan to send more troops to Iraq," said the Massachusetts Senator.

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

·  Santorum joins think tank - Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has joined a conservative Washington think tank, where he will found and direct a program called "America's Enemies."
TVNL Comment: As we ask about all think tanks: who funds them? Why do they yield so much influence?

·  Checkpoints to Combat New Orleans Crime - Police plan to set up checkpoints beginning Wednesday to help curb a crime wave that has claimed nine lives since the start of 2007, Mayor Ray Nagin said, stopping short of imposing a curfew on this tourism- dependent city.
TVNL Comment: IS New Orleans the practice stage for a total police state takeover?

·  CIA Blocking Cunningham Investigation - The CIA is refusing to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating the Duke Cunningham scandal, the Wall Street Journal's Scott Paltrow reports today.

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

·   How Richest Fuel Global Warming - but Poorest Suffer Most from It - By the end of tomorrow the average Briton will have caused as much global warning as the typical Kenyan will over the whole of this year, according to a report.

·  Bush lifts ban on oil drilling in Alaska fishery - President Bush lifted a ban Tuesday on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Bristol Bay, an area known for its endangered whales and the world's largest run of sockeye salmon.

·  Chrysler questions climate change - Chrysler's chief economist Van Jolissaint has launched a fierce attack on "quasi-hysterical Europeans" and their "Chicken Little" attitudes to global warming.

·  What’s global warming got to do with it? - We're taking a look at the strange weather around the country lately and re-visiting a topic we covered Friday night that lit up interest and protest among some of our viewers.

·  Over 4.5 Billion people could die from Global Warming-related causes by 2012 - The "hydrate hypothesis" (if validated) spells the rapid onset of runaway catastrophic global warming.

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

·  Olmert expected to face criminal investigation in Bank Leumi sale - The Justice Ministry is expected to announce the opening of a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week. The probe will focus on the state's sale of a controlling interest in Bank Leumi.

·  Europe draws up plan to tackle energy - Worried that an even bigger crisis lies in wait, the European Commission is presenting an energy "road map" that aims to steer the bloc's 490 million people in a different direction.

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

·   Soldier Gets 9 Months for Iraqi Deaths - A 101st Airborne Division soldier who had been charged with murder in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser charge of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to nine months in military jail.
TVNL Comment: Wow, three months in jail for each murder. It seems worth it. I know a few people that I would like to kill. Three months? Piece of cake!

·  Gov't changes student-recruit practices - The Department of Defense has agreed to change the database it uses for military recruitment efforts to better protect the privacy of millions of high school students nationwide, a civil liberties group announced Tuesday.

·  With Iraq Speech, Bush to Pull Away From His Generals - When President Bush goes before the American people tonight to outline his new strategy for Iraq, he will be doing something he has avoided since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003: ordering his top military brass to take action they initially resisted and advised against.

·  Soldier Pleads Guilty in Iraqi Deaths - Graber told the military judge that once the area was secured during the raid, he went back to a helicopter to get a body bag. He said he heard gunshots and saw the three detainees lying on the ground near the house.

·  Weaning the military from the GOP - BURIED IN THE NEWS last week was one of the most potentially significant stories of recent years. The Military Times released its annual poll of active-duty service members, and the results showed something virtually unprecedented: a one-year decline of 10 percentage points in the number of military personnel identifying themselves as Republicans.

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

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

·  The Trial of Saddam: The Shame of America’s Mainstream Media. - I admit my survey is far from complete—and welcome correction—but I have yet to see any recent piece by American reporters about the trial in the mainstream U.S. media that spells out the connections between the U.S. (and other great powers) with the horrific years of Saddam’s reign.

·  Channel 4 imagines Blair on trial for war crimes - Channel 4 television has unveiled details of its new satirical drama in which Prime Minister Tony Blair faces war crimes charges over the Iraq conflict in an imagined, not-too-distant future.

·  Olbermann Responds to Geraldo - When Geraldo Rivera calls you out, you just can't let that stand unchallenged. As expected, Olbermann responded to the ex-"newsman's" verbal attack in last nights

·  Open Letter to Joe Klein - Before I directly address your challenge I want to point out that you lied in your posting today.

·  Snow Falsely Claims That Bush Said ‘Just The Opposite’ Of ‘Mission Accomplished’ - In today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow tried to distance President Bush from his infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech, claiming that Bush said “just the opposite” of “Mission Accomplished”:

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

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

·  MPs condemn government over Guantánamo nine - MPs will today debate the plight of nine British residents believed to be among about 400 terror suspects still held at Guantánamo Bay as the US detention camp nears its fifth anniversary.

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

·  Canadian victim of CIA brainwashing seeks class-action against government - On and off over more than a decade at McGill University's renowned Allan Memorial Institute, Huard says she received massive electroshocks and was fed more than 40 experimental pills a day.

·  CNN/DOBBS: W FULFILLS HIS DAD'S DREAM OFA NEW WORLD ORDER - IN THIS VIDEO CLIP LOU DOBBS PUTS THE BIG FAT SMELLY FISH RIGHT UP ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK AT - THE NEW WORLD ORDER.