RSN: The Catholic Irish Babies Scandal: It Gets Much Worse

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FOCUS | The Catholic Irish Babies Scandal: It Gets Much Worse

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon
Williams writes: "It gets worse. One week after revelations of how over the span of 35 years, a County Galway home for unwed mothers cavalierly disposed of the bodies of nearly 800 babies and toddlers on a site that held a septic tank, new reports are leveling a whole different set of charges about what happened to the children of those Irish homes."
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RSN: Mass Grave of Dead Babies in Ireland Used as Guinea Pigs for Pharmaceutical Company Burroughs Wellcome

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Charles Pierce | The DEA Is Really Starting to Look Ridiculous

Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: “It really is time for someone to throw a bucket of cold water on the Drug Enforcement Agency. I know that, in the immortal words of Governor William J. LePetomaine, they are trying to protect their phony baloney jobs and all, but time marches on, and so do all of us, and they really should knock this stuff off before they really start looking ridiculous.”
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Mass Grave of Dead Babies in Ireland Used as Guinea Pigs for Pharmaceutical Company
Harriet Arkell, Neil Michael, The Daily Mail
Excerpt: “Scientists secretly vaccinated more than 2,000 children in religious-run homes in suspected illegal drug trials, it emerged today. Old medical records show that 2,051 children and babies in Irish care homes were given a one-shot diphtheria vaccine for international drugs giant Burroughs Wellcome between 1930 and 1936.”
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Islamic Prayers to Be Held at Vatican for First Time in History
Al Arabyia News
Excerpt: “For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, in a move by Pope Francis to usher in peace between Israelis and Palestinians.”
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US Admits to Supplying Lethal Aid to Syrian Rebels
Haaretz
Excerpt: “Washington is providing both ‘lethal and non-lethal’ support to members of the Syrian opposition, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on Friday, according to Saudi-owned TV channel al-Arabiya.”
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US Pledges Millions More in Aid to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia
Reuters
Excerpt: “The United States pledged millions of dollars in additional aid to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on Saturday, deepening American support to the Western-leaning countries on Russia's border.”
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Facebook Caves to Pakistani Government Censorship of Left-Wing Websites
Declan Walsh, Salman Masood, The New York Times
Excerpt: “Facebook said on Friday that it had blocked users in Pakistan from access to the pages of a popular Pakistani rock band and several left-wing political pages, drawing sharp criticism from free-speech activists who accused the American company of caving in to government censors.”
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Wikipedia Founder: UK Needs US-Style First Amendment Law to Protect Whistleblowers
Kevin Rawlinson, Mark Townsend, Guardian UK
Excerpt: “Britain should introduce its own constitution with an enshrined right to freedom of speech similar to that of the US to ensure that whistleblowers can come forward, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said.”
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RSN: Nearly 800 Dead Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland, Major Companies Distance Themselves From US Chamber Campaign Against Obama's Climate Plan, et al

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Bill Simpich | State Secret: The Framing of Lee Oswald

Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News
Simpich writes: "My new book, State Secret: Wiretapping in Mexico City, Double Agents, and the Framing of Lee Oswald, tells the story of a Soviet defector who returned to the United States and how he was closely watched over the final four years of his life."
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Charles Pierce | The Bergdahl Chronicles: Murky Is as Murky Does
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The end of the day yesterday was enlivened by the news that several of the soldiers currently calumnizing Bowe Bergdahl were being prepped for the job by several ratfckers of the Republican kind, including a famous Twitter commando who once was tasked with keeping John Bolton's meds on schedule."
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The Top 5 Claims That Defenders of the NSA Have to Stop Making to Remain Credible
Cindy Cohn, Nadia Kayyali, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Excerpt: "If you hear any one of these in the future, you can tell yourself straight up: 'this person isn't credible,' and look elsewhere for current information about the NSA spying. And if these are still in your talking points (you know who you are) it's time to retire them if you want to remain credible. And next time, the talking points should stand the test of time."
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Amy Davidson | Bowe Bergdahl and the Guantánamo Paradox
Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Davidson writes: "Want to be more sure that the people now at Guantánamo stay prisoners for an extended period of time? Then convict them of something; give them a sentence."
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Protesters Frack David Cameron's Home
Steven Swinford, Miranda Prynne, Telegraph.co.uk
Excerpt: "Environmental protesters this morning targeted David Cameron's home as the government unveiled new powers to enable fracking to take place under people's properties."
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Nearly 800 Dead Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing fresh accusations of child abuse after a researcher found records for 796 young children allegedly buried in a mass grave beside a former orphanage for the children of unwed mothers."
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Major Companies Distance Themselves From US Chamber Campaign Against Obama's Climate Plan
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Israel writes: "Leading climate-friendly members of Chamber don't want to be associated with its anti-climate report. Several member companies, contacted by ThinkProgress, declined to endorse the Chamber's efforts against the administration's move to address a direct cause of climate change."
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