Friday News Roundup - Hour 2
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-01/friday-news-roundup-hour-2
Greece’s parliament passed austerity measures meant to keep the country from defaulting next month. The vote cleared the way for another installment of aid. Protests over Europe’s strict austerity measures broke out in Greece and Britian. While Christine Lagarde prepared to become the first woman to head the IMF. An attack on the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul left more than twenty people dead. It raised new concerns about the country’s security. And, Egypt saw the worst violence in its capital since Hosni Mubarak left in February. A panel of journalists joins Diane to talk about the top international news stories of the week.
Guests
Daniel Dombey
U.S. diplomatic correspondent, Financial Times.
Susan Glasser
editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy.
Abderrahim Foukara
Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera Arabic.
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Will the Rehm team continue to ignore the Gaza Flotilla and the US boat to Gaza "The Audacity of Hope" being held up in Greece? Will Diane continue to be silent about a peaceful coalition of human rights activist trying to sail into international waters focused on human rights in Gaza? When will the Rehm show talk about this international coalition and what is happening.
Have former Cia analyst Ray McGovern, Colonel Ann Wright, Hedy Epstein on your program. They are all on the US boat to Gaza.
http://ustogaza.org/
Live contact with the US to Gaza boat "the Audacity of Hope" at the Mondoweiss site. Direct tweets. The boat took off from port and now the Greek Coast Guard is trying to make them turn back.
Live updates
Update: Greek Coast Guard stops US Boat to Gaza as it sets sail to join Freedom Flotilla; Coast Guard: ‘you are forbidden to leave Athens. return to port now’
http://mondoweiss.net/2011/07/us-boat-to-gaza-sets-sail-from-greece-to-j...
ibnezra
5 minutes ago
The coast guard is threatening to board the ship now in the middle of the sea
ibnezra
6 minutes ago
Coast Guard "you are forbidden to leave Athens. return to port now"
ibnezra
7 minutes ago
The coast guard is demanding that we return to port. "we are forbidden to leave" passengers are chanting and screaming at them
ibnezra
9 minutes ago
Blast!!! Didn't get far (but still may). Greeks just intercepted us. Thank you for supporting, I'll try to keep everyone up-to-date...
ibnezra
9 minutes ago
The other ship left. There is only one coast guard ship in front of the US boat right now.
ibnezra
10 minutes ago
The boat is dead in the water. Passengers are protesting with signs and singing.
ibnezra
11 minutes ago
Captain is talking to them. Coast guard is close and about to board the ship
ibnezra
11 minutes ago
Captain is talking to them. Coast guard is close and about to board the ship
myaguarnieri
14 minutes ago
engine cut, surrounded by greek coast guard boats @MaanNewsAgency #freedomflotilla2 they are blocking the us boat to gaza
ibnezra
14 minutes ago
The boat is now stopped. The coast guard is blocking us
kathleen,
I sympathize with your position. I doubt the show will address much in terms of Israel/Palestine. At most they may say the stealing of land, resources, murder and the oppression of the Palestinians is 'complicated.' At most.
Join Amnesty International- that is where I heard an Jewish Israeli woman discuss how Israel oppresses, steals from and murders Palestinians. They have separate roads for Palestinians (she showed us pictures). The IDF routinely targets peaceful protestors (again pictures). The IDF routinely damages Israeli schools and blames Palestinians. The IDF routinely murders women and children (non-combatants). Israeli settlers routinely go into Palestinian farms and cut down olive groves- groves which take 50+ years to recover.
They do this to terrorize their neighbors- not for defense but to drive the Palestinians off of the land.
But, for the Diane Rehms show, it will just be 'complicated.'
Re fracking (and France outlawing it and Diane's personal concerns about it).
Is it a red herring? The real issue appears to be the contamination from the waste water on the surface not being properly dealt with, not so much what happens under ground, where fracking and regular drilling present similar water contamination problems.
I'd be happy to get you in contact with a Shell Oil Company geologist who can speak to the technical issues.
Here is what is happening here in south Texas: http://ozreport.com/15.128#4
You might check this: http://markets.chron.com/chron/news/read?GUID=18850079
It is disheartening to hear the Afghanistan war referred to simply in terms of the 10-12B it costs per month and how 30-40 soldiers are an acceptable loss that won't cause much political push back.
As former 'volunteer' there is no push back as there is no draft.
But was an economic draftee(ok and patriot thingy) from 1982 recession.
Cannot NOT believe NO one dwelling on total debt and benefits. Greek per citizen is $1000 less than US. BUT they have healthcare and SIX weeks vacation(after two years US one week if lucky). SIX WEEKS !!! Healthy with six weeks vacation...
Many of the SMEs appear to me to be either sticking to their pre-approved talking points or SIMPLY lying. Or no longer travel by foot or POV.
But I listen for the moments where you are successful in pinning down a nonresponsive responder.
Love/fear. All boils down to that. Either you live for life(including caring for your ill, young, old, veteran, singleparent, etc) or you can go to hades.
Perfectly clear now... good bye.
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