THE HEADLINES

Mali children in a refugee camp (Credit:William Lloyd-George/IPS)

“OUR SITUATION IS NOT EASY-WITH NO ONE HELPING US.”

(IPS News)

A refugee in southern Mali from civil strife in the north of the country voices this complaint.  The World Food Programme is attempting to address the situation in a recent addition to African scenes of humanitarian crisis; but the help is slow in being delivered and there is a recognition that attention must be paid not only to the refugees in the south but to the destruction of lives and  infrastructure in the north.

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U.S. IS FACILITATING THE DEVOLUTION OF HONDURAS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED NARCO-STATE.

(The Nation)

An article in Nation magazine describes the brutal ascendancy of a military coup which the U.S. first encouraged in 2009 with faint criticism but then came to embrace the regime with vital financial and technical assistance.  Under the guise of assistance to the goverment of Honduras in its “war on drugs” the U.S. has reverted to the “death squad” era of the Reagan administration: helping to prop up a system of rampant corruption in which officials from the cop on the beat to the pooh-bah in the palace are themselves major drug dealers.

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THIS FALL LOOK FOR AN OCTOBER NON-SURPRISE TO PROPEL THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.

(Asia Times)

Pepe Escobar casts a skeptic eye at plans of movie director Kathryn Bigelow  to follow up on her Hurt Lockerapologia for the Iraq war with yet another “action-thriller” featuring the spine-tingling operation that killed Osama bin Laden.  Her research for the movie has given her unheard of access to the files of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon. The chief action figure of the operation will apparently be President Barack Obama.  Did we mention that the movie is slated to  be released in mid-October—just in time to help burnish the warrior credentials of Obama?

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 IAN’S PIZZA IS BACK IN “BUSINESS” IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.

(Madison.com)

The local pizzeria served free slices for the tens of thousands of demonstrations a year ago against the anti-union policies of Governor Scott Walker.  Now the same demonstrators cry “we’re b-a-a-c-k”! and Ian’s is once again serving them up to hungry protestors who demand not only a roll-back of those policies but also the recall of the Governor himself.

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SUPPLY AND DEMAND WORKS AGAINST RENTERS IN ORLANDO AREA.

(Orlando Sentinel)

Relatively few developers have moved to construct new apartments for people in an area experiencing continued population growth.  The result is near-capacity occupancy rates for existing apartments and an average monthly rental that exceeds $800.

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Quote of the day…

This is a community that treats everyone with dignity. We are a city that celebrates our diversity as a strength.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn as the city begins to operate a domestic register to provide some marital rights to unmarried couples both straight and gay.

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