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In The News: In the ‘Rush To Recess’ on Capitol Hill a flock of bills are coming up in the next few weeks… The ‘Must-Pass’ Appropriations bill for one… More.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are going to withdraw the last of the ’surge troops’ in Iraq within 2 week, and they will most likely be sent to Afghanistan… Where 2000 French NATO troops are landing soon. More.

Israel swaps 191 assorted Middle Eastern bodies in return for 5 live and 2 dead Israeli soldiers. Details.

There has been a subpoena issued by congress for documents related to the Valerie Plame ‘yellow cake outing’. More.

There are now 4121 dead American soldiers in our ongoing invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Buffalo’s Choice:

US slips down development index
Asian males in the US were found to have the highest human development index score and were expected to live 14 years longer than African-American males, who had the lowest human development index rating.

African-Americans had a shorter lifespan than the average American did in the late 1970s.

More US babies die in their first year than in most other rich countries

The report further breaks down its findings into the US’s 436 Congressional districts.

The 20th district, around Fresno, California, was ranked last - with people earning one-third as much as residents of the top-ranked US district,- in Manhattan, New York.

The US north-east has the highest overall ranking because people there earn more, are more highly-educated and have the second highest life expectancy.

West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama are four of the five bottom states on the index. Mississippi is ranked lowest.

Among other findings:

* Of the world’s richest nations, the US has the most children (15%) living in poverty
* Of the OECD nations, the US has the most people in prison - as a percentage and in absolute numbers
* 25% of 15-year-old students performed at or below the lowest level in an international maths test - worse than Canada, France, Germany and Japan

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[After the commentary, comedian Robert G. Lee reflects on his schooling, courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG radio Freedom California]

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[July 17 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: It’s A Travus T! - My Annual Rant About The American Educational System… The Catholic Church Has Changed More In The Last 100 Years

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