Thursday, September 3, 2015

RSN: Huge CEO Pay at US Fossil Fuel Companies Driving Climate Crisis-Report, Disposable People: Obama, the TPP, and the Betrayal of Human Rights



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James O'Keefe Aims at Hillary, Stings Self 
Conservative activist James O'Keefe. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty) 
Olivia Nuzzi, The Daily Beast 
Nuzzi writes: "James O'Keefe assured me it wasn't a joke. Standing at the lectern at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, in a charcoal suit and plaid tie, O'Keefe said he was serious. This was a bombshell. This was criminal." 
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David Swanson | 10 Lessons of the Iran Deal 
David Swanson, World Beyond War 
Swanson writes: "The next time someone tells you a particular country must be attacked as a 'last resort,' ask them politely to please explain why diplomacy was possible with Iran and not in this other case. If the U.S. government is held to that standard, war may quickly become a thing of the past." 
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Aylan's Story: How Desperation Left a 3-Year-Old Boy Washed Up on a Turkish Beach 
Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post 
Moyer writes: "The Kurdish boy who washed up on the beach was identified by Turkish officials as 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi in news reports. He was in one of two boats, Reuters reported, carrying a total of 23 people that set off separately from the Akyarlar area of Turkey's Bodrum peninsula." 
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California Agrees to Move Thousands of Inmates Out of Solitary Confinement 
Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times 
St. John writes: "Ending years of litigation, hunger strikes and contentious debate, California has agreed to move thousands of state prisoners out of solitary confinement under the terms of a landmark lawsuit settlement." 
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Disposable People: Obama, the TPP, and the Betrayal of Human Rights 
Jim Miller, San Diego Free Press 
Miller writes: "Since that time the gaze of the national media has turned elsewhere and, as negotiations have encountered difficulties, the administration has sunk to new lows in its zeal to finish the deal on the TPP." 
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Street Battles Rage as ISIL Inches Deeper Into Damascus
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has battled Syrian rebel forces in a southern district of Damascus, bringing ISIL fighters within about 5km of the centre of the capital." 
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Suzanne Goldenberg | Huge CEO Pay at US Fossil Fuel Companies Driving Climate Crisis-Report 
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK 
Goldenberg writes: "Executive pay at fossil fuel companies rewards corporate behavior that deepens the climate crisis, and offers no incentive to shift towards renewable energy, a Washington thinktank said on Wednesday." 
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