To-Do List: Isaac Heads for Gulf Coast; U.S. Arms Sales Boom
Source: www.newyorker.com - Monday, August 27, 2012
To know: Thousands of Gulf Coast residents in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi were told to leave their homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac on Tuesday or Wednesday; Isaac is currently set on the same trajectory that Hurricane Katrina followed … In Afghanistan, the Taliban beheaded seventeen people for having a party with music and dancing … German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked that her cabinet officials “weigh their words” when discussing Greece leaving the euro, a sign of her determination to keep the eurozone intact …. U.S. weapons sales hit a record high in 2011 : $66.3 billion, triple the amount from 2010 and making up seventy-five per cent of the global arms market … The band Lynyrd Skynyrd has cancelled their outdoor concert for the Republican National Convention due to Tropical Storm Isaac. To read: The New York Times ’ s Adam Nagourney writes about the factions within the Republican Party: Mitt Romney arrives here this week to accept his nomination from the increasingly disparate coalition of factions known as the Republican Party, confronting the challenge of unifying them behind him and—should he win—exerting his own authority over a party that is in many ways still forging a post-Bush identity. In interviews, Republican leaders said they were united and energized by the prospect of defeating President Obama and enacting bedrock Republican principles: shrinking the government and reducing spending andGraphic Raw Video: Victims outside Empire State Building shooting – New York Post
