Topic: Tree Man

Senate confirmation hearings for Tracy Stone-Manning, nominee for the Bureau of Land Management, focused on her involvement in a 1989 tree-spiking incident in Idaho. Senator Jim Risch explained that tree spiking is a lethal tactic designed to destroy sawmill equipment and injure workers. Stone-Manning admitted to typing and mailing a letter for the group responsible, leading to accusations of eco-terrorism and perjury.

The Detroit Health Department is offering free pizza parties to school classes that sign up for H1N1 vaccinations, a move criticized as predatory medical marketing to children. In Pennsylvania, professional-grade music videos are being used in theaters to promote flu shots to teenagers. Additionally, the story of "Tree Man" Didi Kuswara is being used as a gruesome propaganda tool to encourage HPV vaccinations by linking his condition to the virus.