Friday, August 7, 2015

RSN: SeaWorld Sees Profits Plunge 84% as Customers Desert Controversial Park, Studies Show Immigrants Make Cities Safer




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Robert Parry | Obama's Pragmatic Appeal for Iran Peace 
President Obama. (photo: AP) 
Robert Parry, Consortium News 
Parry writes: "President Obama defended the Iran nuclear deal and urged Americans to support this initiative for peace, but his choice of American University for the speech invited comparisons with JFK's famous words that 'we all inhabit this small planet' and Obama fell far short of that standard." 
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Trump Clashes With Rivals, Fox Moderators in First GOP Debate 
Jessica Taylor, NPR 
Taylor writes: "On the very first question, Trump refused to promise to back the eventual GOP nominee - unless it's him - and won't rule out launching a third-party bid." 
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Jon Stewart Says Farewell to The Daily Show 
Raya Jalabi, Guardian UK 
Jalabi writes: "Fittingly, the first debate of leading Republican presidential hopefuls ended just moments before Stewart's show aired on Comedy Central, typical fodder for Stewart's acerbic cannon." 
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Bernie Sanders Criticizes Uber for Lack of Regulation 
David McCabe, The Hill 
McCabe writes: "Speaking with Bloomberg, the Democratic presidential contender called the service 'unregulated,' wading into one of the most closely watched economic debates in the nascent 2016 race." 
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US Congressman Calls for Inquiry Into 'Shocking' Detentions at Chicago Police's Homan Square Facility 
Spencer Ackerman and Zach Stafford, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "The frustrated politicians who called for a federal investigation into Chicago's off-the-books police warehouse have renewed calls for the first official inquiry into the facility, as a direct response to what one of them called a 'shocking' new expose of wholesale detentions." 
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Studies Show Immigrants Make Cities Safer 
Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast 
Dickey writes: "Politicians would rather talk about horrifying anecdotes and conventional wisdom than look at the facts: Big cities with big immigrant populations are safer cities." 
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SeaWorld Sees Profits Plunge 84% as Customers Desert Controversial Park 
Rupert Neate, Guardian UK 
Neate writes: "SeaWorld has been in the headlines since the 2013 documentary Blackfish detailed claims that its treatment of orca whales provoked violent behaviour contributing to the deaths of three people." 
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