Newstalgia World Week - April 19-23, 2010
The earth stopped shaking in one place this week and erupted in another. Britain is coming to grips with the Parliamentary beauty contest and don't feel bad if you can't pronounce Eyjafjallajokull.
(The Earth doing what it does best)
We start off Monday, April 19 with a CBC The World At Six report on the Volcano in Iceland and the disruption of travel. Also reports of abuses in Canadian Health Care (welcome to our country), the potential for a Canadian Mortgage crisis (just like us) and a look at the Gun Rally in Alexandria Virginia.
(What one version of tense looks like)
To the BBC World Service Global News for April 21. Signs of progress as the ban for air travel throughout Europe is lifted in the wake of the Volcano in Iceland. Also the continuing Thai protests and threatened crackdowns.
(Stranded for days - to some it seemed like the camping trip from hell)
BBC 5Live Story of The Day - April 21. As the ban on air travel is lifted completely, the airlines struggle with getting back to normal and the inevitable game of finger pointing starts. Act of God it seems, ain't good enough anymore - it has to be a bureaucrat.
(oh . . .him again)
ABC Radio National in Australia's AM Program from April 22 features the ongoing saga of sex abuse in the Catholic Church with Pope Benedict somewhere in the middle. Also news on the Australian Health Care Reform story (yes, them too), and an inquiry into the prison death of a notorious Australian crime figure.
(Wounded British soldiers are getting treated about the same as U.S. wounded soldiers - and they don't like it either)
From the BBC Radio 4 Today Program on April 22, the matter of treating wounded soldiers in Britain and how they, like our own wounded troops, are getting ignored by the government.
(Honor killings in India - seemingly the last word you'd use to describe it)
From The BBC World Service program Outlook on April 22, a report on the rise in "honor killings" in India, also a report and interview with New York Times Reporter Elizabeth Rubin, who went to Iraq and Afghanistan to cover the war while pregnant.
(By Round 2 the novelty is starting to wear off)
BBC World Service Newshour devoted almost the entire broadcast of Friday April 23 to the second of three debates being held in Britain for the office of Prime Minister. The novelty is starting to wear off but it still gets punditry rolling. Also a report on the Wall Street reform talks and President Obama's address and comments by Clay Lowery, former member of The Treasury.
("Isn't that cute, they have their own little language"- U.S. reporter
And finally, for our friends in Iceland (or those of you ex-pat's who miss the Mother Tongue), from RAS2 in Reykjavik, a sampling of the days news and an observation on the difficulties the outside Press were having pronouncing the name Eyjafjallajokull to baffled listeners around the world (starting at about 7:35 into it).
What a week - and there's always another one starting up shortly.
without the "blessing" of the U.S.
And would undoubtedly use the Iraqi "NO FLY ZONE" to launch that military strike:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274...
http://dyn.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/inde...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
we have heard they will...they wont....they will...they wont
im pretty sick of all this guessing
how about we wait till the bombs start dropping (they wont)
We search the universe for intelligent life , for what reason ? .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Thanks guys & gals from C&L! I have not heard Icelandic radio for months, since I moved to the US.
one of your friends from Iceland :)
just curious
btw, i love sylvia night....the only good thing to ever come out of eurovision
I use my fathers first name like back home... and my wife keeps hers. Causes total confusion in the bureaucracy anywhere we go!
And Sylvia rulz ;)
if they contact us first , they have bigger weapons than us , no sale ! .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
And that cutie in the hot springs (?) looks sooo inviting...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I really like this segment. I hope this is going to remain a Saturday night ritual. Not many comments but a great roundup. Thanks!
although, not really sure what purpose it serves, other than to muddy the waters a bit
they do have weekly debates between the pm and the minor parties
oh, and if the current polling holds, there will be no clear majority winner
so england will cease to exist and we can all go there for free health care
huzzah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHrl-bV1kE
The Adverts-Great British Mistake
Maggie **** is the reason of the complete fuck up. The reason of BNP, fucking chavs, other buckfast drinking ****s. Racist twats and so on!
Bite my shiny metal ass.
http://www.startalkradio.net/
Back in the news.
Theres a noticeable edited glitch (7:08) when he talks about banks or financial houses sprawling across countries. Theres one point four seconds of absolute edited silence in the mp3 !!!!?
He mentions "greedy bankers" in his opening speech.
So--why aren't Tea Partiers screaming bloody murder about American womens' tech support and IT jobs being outsourced to "honor" killers and dowry murderers in India, Ceylon, and Pakistan? I'd love to see economic sanctions being applied to these countries to stop the murders. Why won't we get sanctions? Because we have Arkansas and New York's Lurleen Wallace running the State Department, and she is a Queen Bee who gives not one damn about American workers, be they female or male.
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