A round up

Besides the Pakistan flood we had a week where---

Russia agreed to give fuel to Iran for their nuclear reactors. Thanks for easing tensions, Russia.

MOSCOW – Russia announced Friday it will begin the start up next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms


Ten Aid workers targeted by Taliban were killed in Afghanistan. A terrible story.

Ten members of a medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages of northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday.

Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, said one German, one Briton and two Afghans also were a part of the team that made the two-week trip to Nuristan province. They drove to the province, left their vehicles and hiked for hours over mountainous terrain to reach the Parun valley in the province's northwest

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/08/07/aid-workers-killed-afghanistan.html#ixzz0wk6yZoHF


and of course Lil' Kim continues to shoot off his crazy mouth with his north korean rhetoric

North Korea said Sunday that it will "deal a merciless counterblow to the U.S. imperialists" and to South Korean "traitors," in response to word that the United States and South Korea will begin a joint military exercise on Monday

and of course a very stressful week on Wall Street which looks to be more messy (Google "Hindenburg Effect")

Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Pluto are in effect in case you hadn't noticed.