Sunday, October 4, 2015

RSN: Why Bernie and Hillary Must Address America's Dying Nuke Reactors, An Israeli Riot on Palestinian Land, Who's to Blame?, The Undying Evil of the Last Bush Administration





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Charles Pierce | The Undying Evil of the Last Bush Administration 
George W. Bush. (photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals out in California cut the NCAA a big break in its decision regarding the lower court's ruling in O'Bannon v. NCAA, the landmark case that seemed to open the door to a just form of compensation for the people in college athletics who do the actual work. It upheld the ruling, but it also eviscerated the process." 
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Barack Obama Promises Full Probe Into Suspected US Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital 
Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "The US president, Barack Obama, has pledged a full investigation into an apparent US airstrike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people." 
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Gut-Wrenching Letter From an Oregon Teacher to Lawmakers: 'We Need Courage Not Prayers' 
Charles Topher, Addicting Info 
Topher writes: "How many other teachers across the country are faced with this same dilemma? Consider that as the students get younger, keeping them calm and quiet becomes more and more important, yet that much more difficult. Evacuation into what can only be described as a war zone is a terrifying prospect for anyone, never mind a school teacher and her group of innocent and terrified students." 
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All Executions on Hold in Oklahoma Following Last-Minute Stay for Richard Glossip 
Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "Just one day after Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin suddenly halted Richard Glossip's execution, citing last-minute concerns over the state's lethal injection drug protocol, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt sought an indefinite stay on all scheduled executions in the state." 
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From Inside Rikers Island, a Harrowing Look at the Torture of Solitary Confinement 
Hannah K. Gold, The Intercept 
Gold writes: "Within any brutal and isolated institution, new language tends to form, like scar tissue. In the 1990s, Rikers Island - New York City's largest jail, encircled by the East River-was no exception." 
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An Israeli Riot on Palestinian Land, Who's to Blame? 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "Hundreds of Israeli settlers rioted overnight into Friday throughout the occupied West Bank over the shooting death of a settler couple. The crowds set fire to olive trees in the Palestinian village of Burin, and to acres of agricultural land in the town of Huwwara, Ma'an News Agency reported." 
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Harvey Wasserman | Why Bernie and Hillary Must Address America's Dying Nuke Reactors 
Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News 
Wasserman writes: "But as a nation we must now focus on the 99 dying U.S. reactors that threaten us all every day. In terms of our national survival, this is what Sanders and Clinton really must discuss." 
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