Register and sign up for our FREE daily email newsletter!
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/newsletter/newsletter-info
Latest News-at-a-Glance - Courtesy of TvNewsLIES.org
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance
_________________________________________________________________________
Savage Loses Advertisers
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 14:38
A group of seven Mississippi talk radio stations owned by Telesouth
Communications has dropped Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio
program over comments the host made last week suggesting that nearly
every child with autism was “a brat” of inattentive parents. “Michael
Savage’s comments about autistic children were beyond inexcusable and
are unacceptable,” the station group said in a statement posted Tuesday
on its Web site, supertalkms.com.
More...
TVNL Comment: Why has Savage not lost his JOB, not just some advertisers?
_________________________________________________________________________
House Panel To Hold First Hearing On "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 14:33
The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on whether to
repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on Wednesday. It will be the first
congressional review of the controversial policy since it was adopted in
1993.
Opponents of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" say they plan to ride on the
current change in perceptions about homo***uals in order to repeal the
law under a new administration.
More...
_________________________________________________________________________
Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 14:31
Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that
they will spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.
The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco will kill up to a
billion people in the 21st century, most of them in poor and
middle-income countries.
More...
_________________________________________________________________________
Key Benazir Bhutto assassination witness shot dead
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 12:34
The bodyguard of Benazir Bhutto, who was to be a key witness in an
investigation into her assassination, has been shot dead.
Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister's security
chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by
shooting as he left his house in the southern ****t city of Karachi on
Tuesday.
More...
_________________________________________________________________________
Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 11:58
A tiny rectangle superimposed on the vast expanse of the Sahara captures
the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe's carbon
emissions by harnessing the fierce power of the desert sun.
More...
_________________________________________________________________________
Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:40
The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as
an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran's uranium
reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said
yesterday.
More...
TVNL Comment: Snowcroft and Brezezinski both warned Bush against
invading Iraq. He didn't listen then. He will not listen now.
_________________________________________________________________________
After 60 years, black officers rare
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:16
Sixty years after President Truman desegregated the military, senior
black officers are still rare, particularly among the highest ranks.
The dearth of blacks in high-ranking positions gives younger
African-American soldiers few mentors of their own race. And as the
overall percentage of blacks in the service falls, particularly in
combat careers that lead to top posts, the situation seems unlikely to
change.
More...
_________________________________________________________________________
New Jersey to require organ donation decision
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:11
In five years, New Jersey residents seeking driver's licenses will have
to decide whether they want to become organ donors under a new
first-of-its kind law.
The names of residents who want to be organ donors will be maintained in
a state registry, while those who decide against organ donation will
have to acknowledge reviewing information about it.
More...
____________________________________________
TvnewsLIES.org is a non profit gateway to the real news updated
throughout the day.
|
