Friday, July 24, 2015

RSN: Earth's Most Famous Climate Scientist Issues Bombshell Sea Level Warning, In Victory for Monsanto, US House Passes Bill Banning State GMO Labeling Laws, The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That No One Used





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Marc Ash | Loretta Lynch Plays It Safe in Charleston 
Cudell Rec Center, Cleveland: A makeshift memorial marks the place where Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice on November 22, 2014. (photo: Creative Commons) 
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News 
Ash writes: "Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday that federal hate-crimes charges have been filed against accused mass-murderer Dylann Storm Roof in the June killing of nine parishioners, including the church's pastor, State Senator Clementa Pinckney, at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was a politically safe decision." 
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Shooter at Louisiana Movie Theater Kills 2 People, Injures 9, Before Taking His Own Life 
Ashley Cusick, Sarah Kaplan and J. Freedom du Lac, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "A lone gunman, described by police as a 'drifter' from Alabama, opened fire on a movie theater here Thursday night, killing at least two people and injuring nine others before killing himself, police said." 
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Sandra Bland Becomes the Latest Victim of the 'Marijuana Smear' 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "The allegation that Bland used pot shortly before her death, moreover, fits a pattern in high-profile cases involving the questionable death of a black man or woman that has become so common that it is practically a cliche." 
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In Victory for Monsanto, US House Passes Bill Banning State GMO Labeling Laws 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The House of Representatives passed a controversial bill Thursday that bans mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and allows companies to deceive consumers about the nature of products, critics say." 
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Why Disability and Poverty Still Go Hand in Hand 25 Years After Landmark Law 
Pam Fessler, NPR 
Fessler writes: "If you have a disability in the U.S., you're twice as likely to be poor as someone without a disability. You're also far more likely to be unemployed. And that gap has widened in the 25 years since the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted." 
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The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That No One Used 
Megan McCloskey, ProPublica 
McCloskey writes: "In its latest report, the inspector general found that the U.S. military continued to build a $14.7 million warehouse after it knew it wasn't needed, echoing an earlier investigation into an unused $25 million HQ." 
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Earth's Most Famous Climate Scientist Issues Bombshell Sea Level Warning 
Eric Holthaus, Slate 
Holthaus writes: "In what may prove to be a turning point for political action on climate change, a breathtaking new study casts extreme doubt about the near-term stability of global sea levels." 
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