Thursday, September 17, 2015

RSN: Arctic Warming Produces Mosquito Swarms Large Enough to Kill Baby Caribou, Once Again: There Is No ‘War on Cops.’ And Those Who Claim Otherwise Are Playing a Dangerous Game.




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Glenn Greenwald | Arrest of 14-Year-Old Student for Making a Clock: The Fruits of Sustained Fear-Mongering and Anti-Muslim Animus 
MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, poses for a photo at his home in Irving, Tex. On Sept. 15. Mohamed was arrested and interrogated by Irving Police officers after bringing a homemade clock to school. (photo: Vernon Bryant/Dallas Morning News) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "What happened in Irving, Texas yesterday to a 14-year-old Muslim high school freshman is highly illustrative of the rotted fruit of the US's sustained climate of cultivated anti-Muslim fear and demonization." 
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US Hands Court Force-Feeding Videos From Guantánamo Bay 
Lauren Walker, Newsweek 
Walker writes: "The Justice Department handed a Washington, D.C. court eight redacted video tapes on August 31 showing the force feeding of a detainee at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay." 
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Charles Pierce | Illinois to Sick State Workers: Good Luck 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "Right now, as is the case in several states, Illinois has no state budget because the state legislature and the governor can't get together on one. The governor now proposes to stiff state workers who have the misfortune to get sick or injured while he and the legislature snipe at each other." 
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Once Again: There Is No ‘War on Cops.’ And Those Who Claim Otherwise Are Playing a Dangerous Game. 
Radley Balko, The Washington Post 
Balko writes: "2015 is shaping up to be the second safest year for police ever, after 2013." 
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Seattle Teachers, School District Reach Agreement to End Strike 
Mike Rosenberg, Reuters 
Rosenberg writes: "The union said it secured pay raises totaling 9.5 percent over three years, after originally asking for 18 percent earlier this month. That is on top of a state-approved, 4.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment." 
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Hungary Repels Refugees at Serbian Border With Tear Gas, Water Cannons 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "Hungarian police used tear gas and water cannons on hundreds of refugees who broke through a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia on Wednesday, while asylum-seekers prevented from moving through Hungary increasingly began taking a longer route into Western Europe through Croatia." 
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Arctic Warming Produces Mosquito Swarms Large Enough to Kill Baby Caribou 
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch 
Mellino writes: "Some Alaskans joke that mosquitoes are 'Alaska's state bird,' but the pesky insects are becoming no joke." 
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