Archive for May 23rd, 2008

Rice Defends Post 9/11 Torture

Published on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Associated Press   by Matthew Lee MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday defended tough interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects approved by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11, saying they were necessary to protect America from new attacks. In her most extensive public [...]

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Exposé on the Journal: Chemicals In Our Food

Bill Moyers Journal May 23, 2008 There may be a potentially dangerous chemical leaching into our food from the containers that we use every day. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and EXPOSÉ: AMERICA’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS examine why, even though studies show that the chemical Bisphenol A can cause cancer and other health problems in lab animals, the [...]

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House Aims At Pentagon ‘Propaganda’ on Iraq War

Published on Friday, May 23, 2008 by The Los Angeles Times House Aims At Pentagon ‘Propaganda’ on Iraq War by James Rainey The House of Representatives moved Thursday to crack down on a Pentagon program that Democrats say planted false and overly optimistic news stories about the Iraq war, using military analysts who appeared regularly [...]

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The Ugliest Election

From the overly decorous Gore team to the bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court, HBO’s enraging docudrama shows the Florida recount like it was. By Gary Kamiya                     Laura Dern as Katherine Harris in “Recount.” May 23, 2008 | “Recount,” director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong’s first-rate docudrama [...]

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Middle Class Sharecropping

                        End of fantasy ride ahead Why Most Families Aren’t Getting By PIERRE TRISTAM / DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 “Test Track” is one of Epcot’s more popular rides, simulating in about two minutes the extremes that GM puts its vehicles through before they’re [...]

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