Sunday, November 8, 2015

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Andy Borowitz | Rand Paul No Longer Most Embarrassing Thing About Kentucky 
Matt Bevin. (photo: Timothy D. Easley/AP) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "In an improbable development that few saw coming, on Tuesday night Senator Rand Paul lost his title as the most embarrassing thing about Kentucky." 
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Is Capitalism Killing White Middle-Aged Americans? 
David Cay Johnston, Al Jazeera America 
Johnston writes: "The death rate among white middle-aged Americans is rising at an alarming rate, even as death rates for all other Americans are falling. The increase is concentrated among whites with meager educations and is 'largely accounted for by increasing death rates from drug and alcohol poisonings, suicide and chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis.'" 
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Hackers Breach FBI-Run Site, Email Account of Top Bureau Official 
Evan Perez, CNN 
Perez writes: "Hackers who breached the AOL email account of CIA Director John Brennan have not only evaded arrest, but now are suspected of another embarrassing set of intrusions, including accessing a sensitive FBI-run law enforcement portal and a private email account of the FBI's No. 2 official." 
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Five Reasons Why TPP Ought to Have You Worried 
Sputnik International 
Excerpt: "Several chapters of the newly-inked Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which was published by countries party to it on November 5, have raised concerns in member countries." 
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Will Rupert Murdoch 'Dumb Down the Science' at National Geographic? 
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch 
Mellino writes: "In September, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox announced the expansion of their 18-year partnership to form National Geographic Partners, a for-profit venture that 21st Century Fox bought for $725 million in exchange for effective control of the National Geographic Society's media brands." 
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Obama Gives Up on Israeli-Palestinian Peace During His Administration 
Ma'an News Agency 
Excerpt: "United States president Barack Obama concluded that a peace treaty or direct talks between Israel and Palestinian leadership would not be carried out in his time left in office, a White House spokesperson said Thursday." 
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The Inside Story of the Activist Campaign That Killed Keystone XL 
Ben Adler, Vox 
Adler writes: "Everyone is talking about President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, but he's not actually the hero of the story. The Keystone decision is the culmination of a startlingly successful grassroots activist campaign that defied the odds and convinced the Obama administration to change course against building a major piece of fossil fuel infrastructure." 
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