Tuesday, April 1, 2014

RSN: 1,892 US Veterans Are Thought to Have Committed Suicide Since January 1, 2014, In Memorium: Jonathan Schell (1943 - 2014), et al



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Andy Borowitz | Sheldon Adelson Says No Republican Candidate Worth Buying
Casino billionaire and Republican kingmaker, Sheldon Adelson. (photo: Julie Jacobson/AP)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The casino billionaire and Republican kingmaker Sheldon Adelson met several 2016 G.O.P. candidates available for purchase over the weekend, but decided to buy none of them, Adelson confirmed today."
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1,892 US Veterans Are Thought to Have Committed Suicide Since January 1, 2014
Paul Szoldra, Business Insider
Szoldra reports: "Nearly 1,900 military veterans are thought to have taken their own lives in just 2014 alone, according to an estimate from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America."
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Al Gore | The Costs of Carbon Pollution Are Clear
Al Gore, Reader Supported News
Gore writes: "The atmosphere can no longer be used as an open sewer. The costs of carbon pollution are clear."
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Tom Engelhardt and Christian Appy | In Memorium: Jonathan Schell (1943 - 2014)
Tom Engelhardt, Christian Appy, TomDispatch
Excerpt: "Given the role Vietnam played in his life, in mine, and in this country's, I thought it might be appropriate to look not to his last words, but -- in a sense -- to his first words."
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South Korea Fires Back at North After Artillery Shells Land in Disputed Waters
Tania Branigan, Guardian UK
Branigan reports: "South Korean islanders fled to shelters as their country's forces traded hundreds of artillery shells with the North near a disputed sea boundary on Monday, amid renewed tensions on the Korean peninsula."
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Protesters, Hackers Confront Police in Albuquerque Over Shootings
Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post
Bever writes: "What wasn’t so typical was the work of 'hacktivists' who reportedly sparked the protests, participating on the other side of the mayhem and teargas."
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World Court Orders Halt to Japan's 'Scientific' Whaling
Thomas Escritt, Alister Doyle, Reuters
Escritt and Doyle report: "Judges at the highest U.N. court ordered Japan on Monday to halt whaling in the Antarctic, rejecting its long-held argument that the catch was for scientific purposes and not primarily for human consumption."
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