Saturday 26 July 2014

140726

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140725 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/07/140725.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Brandis ties NGO funding to non-advocacy - http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2014/07/26/brandis-ties-ngo-funding-non-advocacy/1406296800 blatant attempt to stifle dissent (v @charliepick @Asher_Wolf)#AU

.@Nestle wants to lock up its control over Fryeburg’s water until 2057 - http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/poland-springs-nestle-fryeburg/ epetition helping to stop them #commons

#China begins shutting down coal-power polluters - http://thebricspost.com/china-begins-shutting-coal-power-polluters/ welcome

Senator Wyden Toying With The Idea Of Releasing The Senate's CIA #Torture Report - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/15314728010/senator-wyden-toying-with-idea-releasing-senates-cia-torture-report.shtml we'll get it one way or another..

Drought-Stricken Southwest Has Lost a 'Shocking' Amount of Its Precious Groundwater - http://mashable.com/2014/07/25/the-southwest-is-rapidly-depleting-its-groundwater-study-shows/ means things will get worse

 Moving to #LibreOffice saves Toulouse 1 million - https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/moving-libreoffice-saves-toulouse-1-million another wise move, saving plenty #opensource

Pirate Bay Founder’s Religious Rights Spark New Complaint - http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founders-religious-rights-spark-new-complaint-140726/ that's the Church of #Kopimism in case you were wondering

Met worse than Murdoch - http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/07/met-worse-than-murdoch/ "undercover Met officers spied on family of Jean Charles De Menezes after they murdered him"

 A New Wave of Wacko Evangelicals Swept GOP Primaries—and Could Win Several Seats in Washington - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/new-wave-wacko-evangelicals-swept-gop-primaries-and-could-win-several-seats lucky America

"business model of internalizing profits & dumping their labor costs on society" - http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/how-all-us-are-paying-heavy-price-corporate-greed business, not gov., the parasite

How the Public Is Using Internet to Score Major Victories Against Corporate Food Giants - http://www.alternet.org/food/food-fights-online see? epetitions can work


#Mars lawyers slam tobacco plain packaging - http://www.cityam.com/1406214295/mars-lawyers-slam-tobacco-plain-packaging … they know they're next for warnings about excessive #sugar content

Report: Germany to reject EU-Canada trade deal - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/report-germany-to-reject-eu-canada-trade-deal/article19795900/#dashboard/follows/ pretty big if confirmed; #TTIP#TAFTA also affected #ISDS

Canada-EU free trade deal to be rejected by Germany, says report - http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-eu-free-trade-deal-to-be-rejected-by-germany-says-report-1.2718981 more on the same #CETA

The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with Israel - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9740044/The-cowardice-at-the-heart-of-our-relationship-with-Israel.html from 2012, but an interesting analysis of UK Tories

German SMEs reject #ISDS - another reason it's dead - http://www.bvmw.de/politik/europa.html (v @dozykraut)#TAFTA #TTIP

Selbst der Bundesverband für mittelständische Wirtschaft sagt No2ISDS! - http://berliner-wassertisch.info/bundesverband-mittelstaendische-wirtschaft-bvmw-lehnt-isds-ab/ only the big corps want it - says it all

.@techdirt "went from profitable to unprofitable as a result of the SOPA fight", & could do with a little help now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/16014828011/home-stretch-supporting-our-net-neutrality-reporting.shtml

Mother could be forced to pay damages to child for drinking during pregnancy - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/26/pregnancy-mother-forced-pay-child-damages-drinking not sure that will help much...

In Pictures, Palestinians Visit Ravaged #Gaza Areas During Cease-Fire - http://mashable.com/2014/07/26/palestinians-visit-gaza-ceasefire/ heart-breaking stuff...


#NHS manager redundancy payouts total £1.6bn since 2010 - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/26/nhs-managers-redundancy-payments-total 4000 re-hired - utter government incompetence



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