TGR-RE: August 13, 2010

This week’s broadcast includes:

The myth of the social security systems financial shortfall,
Governments go to extremes as the downturn wears on,
Google-Verizon deal: the end of the internet as we know it,
US and Vietnam in controversial nuclear negotiations,
GM crop escapes into the American wild,
Jeffrey Goldberg pushes for war with Iraq – er, make that Iran,
Ahmadinejad invites Obama to debate,
Obama drops 2009 pledge to withdraw combat troops from Iraq,
Federal help possible as Oakland police cope with recent violence, layoffs ,
Going organic: The siege on Gaza,
Commodity prices soar as spectre of food inflation is back,
UN committee: Israel violates housing rights, denies Palestinians water,
Mexico drug violence has killed 28,000 since 2006,
Moscow deaths double amid smog to 700 people a day,
Air strike kills Afghans’ hours after Petraeus warning.