Friday, October 3, 2014

RSN: Official Washington's Syrian 'Fantasy', Megabanks Have the Federal Prison System Locked Up,




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Zimmerman Family Values
George Zimmerman in court. (photo: unknown)
Amanda Robb, GQ
Robb writes: "Until his little brother, George, shot and killed an unarmed black teenager on the sidewalk of a Florida gated community more than two years ago, Robert Zimmerman Jr. was "the family fuckup.""
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Robert Parry | Official Washington's Syrian 'Fantasy'
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "It is perhaps not news that the U.S. government bases wars on illusions, such as the nonexistent WMD in Iraq, but it is rare when there is a broad consensus before the conflict begins that a war's success rests on a "fantasy" like the chimera of "moderate" Syrian rebels."
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Megabanks Have the Federal Prison System Locked Up
Daniel Wagner, Center for Public Integrity
Wagner writes: "For the 790 federal prisoners incarcerated at MCC, Bank of America controls the provision of money transfers, e-messaging and some telephone services."
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UN Report: Daesh (ISIS) Commits Systematic Violations That Amount to War Crimes
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Nebehay reports: "Islamic State insurgents in Iraq have carried out mass executions, abducted women and girls as sex slaves, and used child soldiers in what may amount to systematic war crimes that demand prosecution."
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How Struggling Kentucky Miners View the Country's Most Expensive Senate Race
Luke Mullins, Yahoo! News
Mullins reports: "The 59-year-old engineer began working in eastern Kentucky's coal fields 38 years ago, like his father and grandfather before him."
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California Becomes First U.S. State to Ban Plastic Bags
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "California became the first US state Tuesday to ban single-use plastic bags, as Governor Jerry Brown signed the measure into law."
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Greenpeace Director | Forests Need Laws, Not Loopholes
Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace Blogs
Naidoo writes: "Sitting in the towering United Nation’s building on New York’s east side, it might be hard for world leaders to picture a destroyed forest, but I know just how depressing the site is."
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