THE FLASHLIGHT, December 6-12, 2008
THE FLASHLIGHT
No Peace without Justice, no Justice without the Facts
December 6-12, 2008
Mary K. Matossian, Editor, 9-M
US Economy
NYTimes 12-6. The US lost 533,000 jobs in November, the worst monthly loss since December, 1974.
Some 300,000 people applied for the 3,300 jobs in the incoming Obama Administration.
NY 12-7. Obama promised the largest public works program since the superhighway program a half century ago. He promised to reduce energy use and the gas emissions causing global warming. CBS 60 Minutes. He also promised to elevate science in his administration and to schedule scientific lectures for the nation. He hopes to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011.
NYTimes 12-12. A $14 billion bill to bait out the auto industry failed to come up for consideration when a Republican minority voted against it (52 to 35). The Republicans wanted to make steep cuts in the pay and benefits, bringing them down to the levels now in effect among non-union workers in the US, paid by Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. [Many of the US plants of these Japanese manufacturers are located in Republican controlled states in the South. A bankruptcy judge could reduce wages in American car companies and eliminate their legacy costs.]
Bloomberg 12-12. Global stocks and the dollar fell sharply.
US Politics
NYTimes 12-7. Obama picked Gen. Eric Shinseki, a Japanese American, as Secretary for Veterans Affairs. This appointment served to correct the wrong done to the General by the Bush Administration when he argued for more troops to be used in the invasion of Iraq.
PBS 12-9. After a five-year investigation of corruption in Illinois politics, the FBI accused Governor Governor Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama, in addition to many other political payoffs. The Illinois legislature met to consider legislation to hold a special election to select the Senate replacement.
NYTimes 12-11. As Secretary of Energy, Obama picked Dr. Stephen Chu, a Nobel winning physicist, currently Director of the Lawrence National Laboratory in Berkeley. He js expected to make drastic reductions in global warming gas emissions, and to build a more efficient national energy system.
Pakistan / India
` NYTimes 12-8. Pakistan has established that there have been tiies between its Inter-Services Intelligence organization and the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba [Army of the Pure].
Bloomberg 12-10. The Zardari Government arrested two operations leaders of Lashkar. They are expected to be tried in Pakistan.
Greece
PBS 12-9. Young men rioted in Greece for three days against the Conservative government of Kostas Karamanlis. They demanded an immediate election. Unemployment in Greece is high. 12-11. The protesters attacked police stations.
World Health
PBS 12-9. An increase in smoking in China, Japan, and Russia has caused an increase in cancer. It will be the number one killer by 2010.
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No Peace without Justice, no Justice without the Facts
December 6-12, 2008
Mary K. Matossian, Editor, 9-M
US Economy
NYTimes 12-6. The US lost 533,000 jobs in November, the worst monthly loss since December, 1974.
Some 300,000 people applied for the 3,300 jobs in the incoming Obama Administration.
NY 12-7. Obama promised the largest public works program since the superhighway program a half century ago. He promised to reduce energy use and the gas emissions causing global warming. CBS 60 Minutes. He also promised to elevate science in his administration and to schedule scientific lectures for the nation. He hopes to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011.
NYTimes 12-12. A $14 billion bill to bait out the auto industry failed to come up for consideration when a Republican minority voted against it (52 to 35). The Republicans wanted to make steep cuts in the pay and benefits, bringing them down to the levels now in effect among non-union workers in the US, paid by Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. [Many of the US plants of these Japanese manufacturers are located in Republican controlled states in the South. A bankruptcy judge could reduce wages in American car companies and eliminate their legacy costs.]
Bloomberg 12-12. Global stocks and the dollar fell sharply.
US Politics
NYTimes 12-7. Obama picked Gen. Eric Shinseki, a Japanese American, as Secretary for Veterans Affairs. This appointment served to correct the wrong done to the General by the Bush Administration when he argued for more troops to be used in the invasion of Iraq.
PBS 12-9. After a five-year investigation of corruption in Illinois politics, the FBI accused Governor Governor Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama, in addition to many other political payoffs. The Illinois legislature met to consider legislation to hold a special election to select the Senate replacement.
NYTimes 12-11. As Secretary of Energy, Obama picked Dr. Stephen Chu, a Nobel winning physicist, currently Director of the Lawrence National Laboratory in Berkeley. He js expected to make drastic reductions in global warming gas emissions, and to build a more efficient national energy system.
Pakistan / India
` NYTimes 12-8. Pakistan has established that there have been tiies between its Inter-Services Intelligence organization and the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba [Army of the Pure].
Bloomberg 12-10. The Zardari Government arrested two operations leaders of Lashkar. They are expected to be tried in Pakistan.
Greece
PBS 12-9. Young men rioted in Greece for three days against the Conservative government of Kostas Karamanlis. They demanded an immediate election. Unemployment in Greece is high. 12-11. The protesters attacked police stations.
World Health
PBS 12-9. An increase in smoking in China, Japan, and Russia has caused an increase in cancer. It will be the number one killer by 2010.
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