This week's Bill Moyers NOW - Inside the Pentagon, Chuck Spinney, more...

[Wonk]

Encore presentation (aka re-run) but worth watching if you missed it the first time.

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html

This week on NOW:

At a time when more is being budgeted for U.S. defense than for education, transportation, the environment, and agriculture combined, NOW with Bill Moyers goes inside the labyrinthine workings of this iconic symbol of American military might. The encore presentation exposes how the Pentagon may be failing us during a crucial time for national security. NOW profiles Chuck Spinney, who left the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation after working in the Pentagon for almost three decades. During his tenure Spinney repeatedly challenged military officials and lawmakers to make better use of the hundreds of billions of dollars in spending to secure a strong defense. Chuck Spinney is uniquely qualified to lead the way through what has been called the most complicated bureaucracy ever created.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/spinney.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/defensedollars.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/defensemap.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/defensesites.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/defenseaccount.html

Photographer Lori Grinker shares the indelible images of war. Taken aboard the USNS Comfort, a floating hospital that was stationed in the Gulf to treat coalition forces and injured Iraqis, her photos are a poignant and honest reminder of the deep human suffering of war. In her own words Grinker recounts the stories of her subjects, some of the more than 650 wounded that were treated aboard the ship and of the doctors and nurses who worked to salvage bodies and lives. Grinker says, "It's quite upsetting to see what the war machine does to these human beings. And that's what the pictures represent for me, the human cost of war."
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/grinker.html

Check your local listings
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[Warpy]

1. The local PBS station has preempted it

..for the last couple of weeks for their fundraising, preferring to show bland musical fare for the over 60 crowd.

Musn't make them THINK now, must we?

[Wonk]

3. Quicktime video here (from the August broadcast)

148 M

transcript (also from August)
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript230_full.html

on edit: Tonight's intro was different. Maybe some other parts of tonight's program will be different as well.

2nd edit: It's almost the same, but some other parts of tonight's broadcast have been re-edited to bring them up to date.

[MrMonk]

2. If you watch NOW on WNET (Ch. 13 New York)

Be aware that the show time is moved up to 8:30 (from 9:00) on this Wednesday and next.

[Wonk]

4. Time zone kick

[proud patriot]

5. 3 hours til the show for the west coast

Thanks for the heads up wonk

[oasis]

6. kick

[oasis]

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