The Flashlight, July 14-20, 2007
THE FLASHLIGHT, July 14-20, 2007
Iraq
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PBS 7-13. Since 2008, a total of 118 journalists have been killed in Iraq, mostly Iraqis.
CBS 7-15. 74% of Americans think the Iraq War is going badly.
US News
Roman Catholic Class Action Lawsuits
NY Times 7-15. Lawyers for 508 class action plaintiffs about sex abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Los Angeles Arch- diocese have won a settlement of $660 million dollars, the highest since the controversy began in 2002. As a result the Archdiocese will have to sell property and go into debt. According to CBS, the total that the Church has had to pay out in the US on account of such lawsuits is $2 billion dollars.
Economic Inequality
NY Times 7-15. 15,000 families, constituting 1/100th of a percent of US families, each with an annual income of $9.5 million dollars or more, now receive 5% of the national income.
7-19. The Dow Jones Index rose to 14,000.
Security
CNN. 7-17. According to the new National Intelligence Estimate, the threat of Al-Qaida to the US has increased
Japan
NY Times 7-17. An earthquake measured in Japan at 6.8 on the Richter Scale, killed 9 and injured 900. Hundreds of buildings were flattened and thousands of people were homeless.
North Korea
NY Times 7-16. It has been confirmed that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reaction, a response to the arrival of a shipment of fuel oil from North Korea.
Health
CNN. 7-19. 15% of US teenagers are now rated as obese. In order to help those over 250 pounds who have little hope of reducing by diet and exercise, a new form of surgery is being undertaken. Surgeons insert an adjustable elastic band around the entry to the stomach. This is less risky than a gastric bypass just above the entrance to the intestines. The band is tightened by injecting air into it. In the first year the patient, with counseling, can lose 30% of excess weight, with the prospect of eventually losing 50% of excess weight by gradual tightening of the band. This operation costs $15,000 - $20,000.
Cartoon in the New Yorker, 7-21:
“Seven Deadly Virtues”
1. Morning perkiness
2. Un-called for thrift
3. Total honesty
4. Over-seriousness
5. Gossip prudery
6. Guilt mongering
7. Fitness obsession
Iraq
`
PBS 7-13. Since 2008, a total of 118 journalists have been killed in Iraq, mostly Iraqis.
CBS 7-15. 74% of Americans think the Iraq War is going badly.
US News
Roman Catholic Class Action Lawsuits
NY Times 7-15. Lawyers for 508 class action plaintiffs about sex abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Los Angeles Arch- diocese have won a settlement of $660 million dollars, the highest since the controversy began in 2002. As a result the Archdiocese will have to sell property and go into debt. According to CBS, the total that the Church has had to pay out in the US on account of such lawsuits is $2 billion dollars.
Economic Inequality
NY Times 7-15. 15,000 families, constituting 1/100th of a percent of US families, each with an annual income of $9.5 million dollars or more, now receive 5% of the national income.
7-19. The Dow Jones Index rose to 14,000.
Security
CNN. 7-17. According to the new National Intelligence Estimate, the threat of Al-Qaida to the US has increased
Japan
NY Times 7-17. An earthquake measured in Japan at 6.8 on the Richter Scale, killed 9 and injured 900. Hundreds of buildings were flattened and thousands of people were homeless.
North Korea
NY Times 7-16. It has been confirmed that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reaction, a response to the arrival of a shipment of fuel oil from North Korea.
Health
CNN. 7-19. 15% of US teenagers are now rated as obese. In order to help those over 250 pounds who have little hope of reducing by diet and exercise, a new form of surgery is being undertaken. Surgeons insert an adjustable elastic band around the entry to the stomach. This is less risky than a gastric bypass just above the entrance to the intestines. The band is tightened by injecting air into it. In the first year the patient, with counseling, can lose 30% of excess weight, with the prospect of eventually losing 50% of excess weight by gradual tightening of the band. This operation costs $15,000 - $20,000.
Cartoon in the New Yorker, 7-21:
“Seven Deadly Virtues”
1. Morning perkiness
2. Un-called for thrift
3. Total honesty
4. Over-seriousness
5. Gossip prudery
6. Guilt mongering
7. Fitness obsession
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