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Archive for July, 2011


Summary: Ten signs the U.S. has entered a double-dip recession. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 31, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that July 2010, with 63 dead, became the deadliest month of the then nearly 9-year-old Afghanistan war for U.S. forces, surpassing the previous record of 60, set in in June 2010.



Summary: A suicide attacker killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar Gah when he detonated a car bomb in the heart of a city that was recently handed over to Afghan security forces. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 30, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the results of a July 2010 KSTP/SurveyUSA poll showed Republican Michele Bachmann with a significant lead of 9 points over Democrat Tarryl Clark, with 8 points combined for Independence Party candidate Bob Anderson and unaffiliated independent Aubrey Immelman, and 5 percent undecided.


Jul 29th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 29, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Tea Party groups in Missouri were furious that national tea party figurehead Rep. Michele Bachmann endorsed Rep. Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate in Missouri.



Summary: In one of the most intriguing subplots of the 2012 GOP nominating contest, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty have begun trading jabs in Iowa. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 28, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the federal government delivered a stinging blow against The People, granting an injunction against key provisions of Arizona’s new immigration law, enacted to counter the federal government’s dereliction of duty in securing the border and enforcing the law of the land.



Summary: Analysis by the Pew Research Center of data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) shows that the wealth gap between whites and blacks and Hispanics has widened dramatically during the recession, with whites on average 20 times wealthier than minorities. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 27, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.



Summary: As Washington dithers over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, investor confidence is flowing away, with bond rating agencies and investors losing confidence that debt issued by a dysfunctional government is a risk-free bet that deserves a top-notch credit rating. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 26, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that a six-year archive of classified military documents released on the Internet by WikiLeaks offered an unvarnished picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal of the war.



Summary: The bomb attack and shooting spree that killed 76 people in Norway on Friday, July 22, 2011 is refocusing attention on the threat of violent right-wing extremism and domestic terrorist attacks in the U.S. inspired by heated political rhetoric. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 25, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that two U.S. Navy personnel had gone missing in action in Afghanistan. According to a Taliban spokesman, one sailor was killed in a brief firefight and the other captured.



Summary: The terrorist attack by Norwegian Christian fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo and at the youth camp on Utoya Island raises the specter of violent right-wing domestic extremism in Europe and echoes glimmers of an equivalent trend in the United States. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 24, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Rep. Michele Bachmann said if Republicans win control of the House of Representatives in the November 2010 midterm election, “all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another” to “expose all the nonsense that is going on.”


Jul 23rd, 2011

Summary: With Michele Bachmann continuing her rise in GOP presidential primary polls, she’s become a target for attracks by elements in the Republican mainstream. The Daily Caller reports that Bachmann suffers from severe stress-induced migraine headaches that occur once a week on average and can “incapacitate” her for days at time. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 23, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that North Korea threatened to launch a “sacred war” against the United States and South Korea at “any time necessary,” based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to so-called “reckless” military exercises by the allies.


Jul 22nd, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 22, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that a car bomb outside a Shiite mosque near Baqouba, Iraq, killed 15 people — the third deadly attack in the region in as many days — while a U.S. soldier was killed in a separate bombing in the same province. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Taliban claimed it shot down a helicopter that crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. service members.