Monday, June 30, 2008

and so ends the first half of Year 2008...

June 30, 2008—Amind US policy disputes, Qaeda grows in Pakistan NYT A1

--US Advised Iraqi ministry on oil deals NYTA1

--School officials in Terrebone Parish are considering a policy that would require all commencement speeches to be in English. NYT A17 [how will they be able to tell?]

June 29, 2008—They are Jewish and Catholic, Hispanic and Asian, an Alvarez here, a Crowley there, with a Frumkin, a Strabone, an O’Male and who knows what else, all with at least one thing in common: They have semiofficially adopted the middle name Hussein in support of their preferred presidential candidate. NYT A1,A13 [I am Spartaus...]

June 28/29, 2008--With one trading day left in the month, the Dow is now down 10.2% in June, the worst performance for the month of June since 1930. WSJ A8

--June 28, 2008—There’s a 50/50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. SBT A6

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