Thursday, October 9, 2014

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Andy Borowitz | Man Infected With Ebola Through Casual Contact With Cable News
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "An Ohio man has become infected with misinformation about the Ebola virus through casual contact with cable news, the Centers for Disease Control has confirmed."
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Kathy Kelly | 'Silence Is Complicity': Challenging Drone Warfare in US Court
Kathy Kelly, Voices For Creative Non Violence
Kelly writes: "Kathy Kelly and Georgia Walker appeared before Judge Matt Whitworth in Jefferson City, MO, federal court on a charge of criminal trespass to a military facility. The charge was based on their participation , at Whiteman Air Force Base, in a June 1st 2014 rally protesting drone warfare."
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Secretly Buying Access to a Governor
The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "Addicted to each other's power and money, the political parties and their corporate donors are constantly trying to enlarge their relationship out of sight of the American public."
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Pinkwashing: Fracking Company Teams Up With Susan G. Komen to 'End Breast Cancer Forever'
Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch
Steingraber writes: "Susan G. Komen hands out pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness, and Baker Hughes fracks. So, there you have it: a pink, fracking, drill head."
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Scott Walker Administration Decides $7.25 Is a Living Wage Without Talking to Workers Who Say it Isn't
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress
Covert writes: "In September, 100 workers filed a complaint with the administration of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) claiming that the minimum wage is so low that it violates a state statute. On Monday, Walker's administration rejected the complaint without contacting any of the workers."
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The Plot Against Public Education: How Millionaires and Billionaires Are Ruining Our Schools.
Bob Herbert, Politico
Herbert writes: "There was very little media coverage of this experiment gone terribly wrong. A billionaire had had an idea. Many thousands had danced to his tune. It hadn't worked out. C'est la vie."
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Sweden Is Now Recycling 99 Percent of Its Trash. Here's How.
Live Free Live Natural
Excerpt: "The Scandinavian nation of Sweden has set a new precedent in the world of recycling its trash, with a near zero waste amount of 99 percent. Sweden was already ahead of the game back in 2012, when they were recycling 96 percent of their trash, but the three percent jump in just two years is quite impressive."
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