Tuesday, July 15, 2014

RSN: How British Spies Seek to Control the Internet, The GOP Self-Destruction Is Complete: Millennials Officially Hate Conservatives


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Glenn Greenwald | How British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
Hacked polls are one way British intelligence seeks to control the internet. (image: The Intercept)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the results of online polls, artificially inflate pageview counts on web sites, 'amplif[y]' sanctioned messages on YouTube, and censor video content judged to be 'extremist.'"
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Israel Accepts Egypt's Cease-Fire Plan, but Hamas Vows to Keep Fighting
Stephanie Burnett, TIME
Burnett writes: "Despite previously acknowledging some 'diplomatic movement,' Hamas rejected Egypt's cease-fire plan for the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday - just moments after Israel accepted the proposal."
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The GOP Self-Destruction Is Complete: Millennials Officially Hate Conservatives
Ana Marie Cox, Guardian UK
Cox writes: "Conservatives are stuck in a perpetual outrage loop. The reappearance of Todd Akin, the horror-movie villain immortality of Sarah Palin, the unseemly celebration of the Hobby Lobby decision - these all speak to a chorus of 'la-la-la-can't-hear-you' loud enough to drown out the voice of an entire generation."
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US Approves Limited Flights for F-35 Fighters
Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Shalal writes: "The F-35, the world's most expensive weapons project with a price tag of about $400 billion, has been grounded since the massive failure of the Pratt & Whitney (UTX.N) engine on a U.S. Air Force F-35 plane at a Florida air base on June 23."
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Is Pope Francis Going to Let Priests Get Married?
Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress
Jenkins writes: "Pope Francis hinted this past weekend that he is working on a solution to priestly celibacy, a move that could signal a possible shift in opinions - if not religious law - around the Catholic church's practice of barring clergy from marrying."
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Storage of Radioactive Spent Fuel Rods Still Haunts Nuclear Industry
Paul Brown, Climate News Network
Brown writes: "Long-term employment is hard to find these days, but one career that can be guaranteed to last a lifetime is dealing with nuclear waste. The problem and how to solve it is becoming critical."
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