THE FLASHLIGHT, March 8-14, 2008
THE FLASHLIGHT
March 8 – 14, 2008
No Peace without Justice, no Justice without the Facts
World Food Crisis
Time 3-11. There is a growing world food crisis because of drought and global warming and because of the use of land to grow crops for fuel.
Iraq
NYT 3-17. Pres. Ahmedinejad of Iran said, “It is not funny that those with 160,000 troops in Iraq accuse us of interference.”
PBS 3-11. Violence has spiked in Iraq in the last three days. People in Baghdad now live in gated communities patrolled by militias or warlords. But there is no reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias. A commentator said there will no full US withdrawal from Iraq in the near future.
On account of the rise in world oil prices Iraq is now able to fund its own reconstruction.
PBS 3-11. Admiral Fallon, the head of US military forces in the Middle East, resigned after only a year in office. He is said to have opposed the use military force against Iran.
CNN 3-13. The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop in Iraq, who had been kidnapped, was found dead near Mosul. Al-Qaeda was blamed.
Israel/Palestine
The Economist, March 8-14. 87% of Arab support more rocket attacks on Israel.
Guardian 3-9. Defying Pres. Olmert, Israeli settlers vow to build eight new settlements on Palestinian land, one for each of the students killed in the latest suicide bombing of the Jerusalem Yeshiva.
NYT 3-10. The government of Israel approved the construction of hundreds of homes in a West Bank settlement and in East Jerusalem. The move occurred a few days before the arrival of US envoy Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser to hold talks with israelis and Palestinians over progress on the 2003 Peace Plan, which called for the cessation of all settlement construction and all Arab violence.
Haaretz 3-10. Vice-President Cheney plans to visit this months Israel and the West Bank in a tour that also includes Oman, Saudia, and Turkey.
BBC 3-10. There has been a sudden decrease in the number of Palestinian rockets sent over Israel. The Israelis have stopped all military operations in Gaza. The State Department condemned illegal settlement building.
US Politics
CNN 3-10. Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, was revealed to have been a customer of a call girl of the Emperor’s Club agency. He was caught accidentally in an FBI investigation of money laundering. He paid out over $80,000 over several months. The girl was identified as Ashley Dupres, a 22 year old high school dropout. She became a call girl when her boyfriend moved out of their Manhattan apartment and she needed money to pay her rent. Her fee is $1000 an hour. For the last engagement Spitzer paid for two hours plus her fare from New York to Washington, the room rent at the Mayflower Hotel, and a down payment on their next date, totaling $4,300..
On 3-13, Spitzer resigned, his wife at his side. David Boies, top US lawyer, doubted that he would be prosecuted, saying that Spitzer needs treatment, not prosecution. He is replaced by the Lt. Gov., David Paterson. Paterson is the first Afro-American and the first blind man to become Governor of New York.
Ashley identifies her occupation as a singer. A commentator said, “There will be a book.”
US Economy
PBS 3-7. The Dow Jones slipped below 12,000 to 11,893.
NYT 3-8. A dismal employment report indicated that a recession is inevitable. A half-million people have lost their jobs. The number of part-time workers and people who have given up looking for work is believed to be high.
CNN 3-13. The world oil price is now $111. a barrel. An
Important contributing cause is the fall in the value of the dollar, in which oil prices are measured.
Presidential Primaries
PBS 3-8. Obama wins Wyoming by a decisive margin.
CNN 3-11. Obama wins Mississippi by a decisive margin.
Polls show Hilary Clinton ahead in Pennsylvania.
Humor
National Public Radio, Prairie Home Companion. Annual jokes program:
If God had wanted us to use the metric system, there would have been ten apostles.
Definition of a transister: a priest dressed like a nun.
What does the show Sixty Minutes have in common with an Irish mother? Both say tik-tik-tik.
Call to a hot-line center in Pakistan: Center: What is wrong?
Caller: I feel suicidal. Center: Can you drive a truck?
Why do scientists disconnect their door bells? So they can get the Nobel Prize.
March 8 – 14, 2008
No Peace without Justice, no Justice without the Facts
World Food Crisis
Time 3-11. There is a growing world food crisis because of drought and global warming and because of the use of land to grow crops for fuel.
Iraq
NYT 3-17. Pres. Ahmedinejad of Iran said, “It is not funny that those with 160,000 troops in Iraq accuse us of interference.”
PBS 3-11. Violence has spiked in Iraq in the last three days. People in Baghdad now live in gated communities patrolled by militias or warlords. But there is no reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias. A commentator said there will no full US withdrawal from Iraq in the near future.
On account of the rise in world oil prices Iraq is now able to fund its own reconstruction.
PBS 3-11. Admiral Fallon, the head of US military forces in the Middle East, resigned after only a year in office. He is said to have opposed the use military force against Iran.
CNN 3-13. The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop in Iraq, who had been kidnapped, was found dead near Mosul. Al-Qaeda was blamed.
Israel/Palestine
The Economist, March 8-14. 87% of Arab support more rocket attacks on Israel.
Guardian 3-9. Defying Pres. Olmert, Israeli settlers vow to build eight new settlements on Palestinian land, one for each of the students killed in the latest suicide bombing of the Jerusalem Yeshiva.
NYT 3-10. The government of Israel approved the construction of hundreds of homes in a West Bank settlement and in East Jerusalem. The move occurred a few days before the arrival of US envoy Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser to hold talks with israelis and Palestinians over progress on the 2003 Peace Plan, which called for the cessation of all settlement construction and all Arab violence.
Haaretz 3-10. Vice-President Cheney plans to visit this months Israel and the West Bank in a tour that also includes Oman, Saudia, and Turkey.
BBC 3-10. There has been a sudden decrease in the number of Palestinian rockets sent over Israel. The Israelis have stopped all military operations in Gaza. The State Department condemned illegal settlement building.
US Politics
CNN 3-10. Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, was revealed to have been a customer of a call girl of the Emperor’s Club agency. He was caught accidentally in an FBI investigation of money laundering. He paid out over $80,000 over several months. The girl was identified as Ashley Dupres, a 22 year old high school dropout. She became a call girl when her boyfriend moved out of their Manhattan apartment and she needed money to pay her rent. Her fee is $1000 an hour. For the last engagement Spitzer paid for two hours plus her fare from New York to Washington, the room rent at the Mayflower Hotel, and a down payment on their next date, totaling $4,300..
On 3-13, Spitzer resigned, his wife at his side. David Boies, top US lawyer, doubted that he would be prosecuted, saying that Spitzer needs treatment, not prosecution. He is replaced by the Lt. Gov., David Paterson. Paterson is the first Afro-American and the first blind man to become Governor of New York.
Ashley identifies her occupation as a singer. A commentator said, “There will be a book.”
US Economy
PBS 3-7. The Dow Jones slipped below 12,000 to 11,893.
NYT 3-8. A dismal employment report indicated that a recession is inevitable. A half-million people have lost their jobs. The number of part-time workers and people who have given up looking for work is believed to be high.
CNN 3-13. The world oil price is now $111. a barrel. An
Important contributing cause is the fall in the value of the dollar, in which oil prices are measured.
Presidential Primaries
PBS 3-8. Obama wins Wyoming by a decisive margin.
CNN 3-11. Obama wins Mississippi by a decisive margin.
Polls show Hilary Clinton ahead in Pennsylvania.
Humor
National Public Radio, Prairie Home Companion. Annual jokes program:
If God had wanted us to use the metric system, there would have been ten apostles.
Definition of a transister: a priest dressed like a nun.
What does the show Sixty Minutes have in common with an Irish mother? Both say tik-tik-tik.
Call to a hot-line center in Pakistan: Center: What is wrong?
Caller: I feel suicidal. Center: Can you drive a truck?
Why do scientists disconnect their door bells? So they can get the Nobel Prize.
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