Anti-Apec protests take place in Manila Large protests are taking place on the streets on the Philippine capital, Manila, where leaders are attending the Apec regional trade summit. Hundreds of people from indigenous, student and labour groups clashed with police, who deployed water cannon. The summit has been overshadowed by territorial disputes over China’s activities …
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Nov 18 2015
More Odds or Onions
Can you pick The Onion without hovering your mouse over the links? Another easy one with a 50 / 50 shot at being correct. GOP Warns Refugees Likely To Be Driven To Terrorism By Way America Would Treat Them CHARLESTON, SC—Declaring that opening the nation’s doors to displaced Syrians posed a major security threat, GOP …
Nov 18 2015
The Despicable Attack on Privacy Using the Paris Attack
Not surprising that after the failure of the intelligence to uncover the plot to kill and wound hundreds of people in Paris that the irrational finger pointing by blood thirsty, civil liberties hating neo-cons would begin. Of course, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is the prime target. The “Snowden Fault Game,” as Glenn Greenwald names it, …
Nov 18 2015
Six In The Morning Wednesday November 18
Paris attacks: Police in deadly swoop on apartment in northern suburb Armed police have raided a flat in the north Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation linked to Friday’s attacks. A woman blew herself up with a suicide belt, a prosecutor says. Some reports suggested two suspects died. Several explosions and gunfire were …
Nov 18 2015
Death in Plain Sight
The mass shootings in Littleton, Newtown, and the Washington, DC Navy Yard have become a rallying cry for gun control in the United States. Yet, on average, every day across the country at least three women are killed by intimate partners, the majority shot to death. Guns and domestic violence are a lethal combination in …
Nov 17 2015
Six In The Morning Tuesday November 17
Russia confirms plane which crashed over Sinai was bombed in ‘terror act’ Explosive traces have been found on the wreckage Adam Withnall @adamwithnall Russian security officials have confirmed that the plane which crashed over Sinai at the end of October was brought down by a bomb, after explosive traces were found on the wreckage. Improvised explosives …
Nov 16 2015
Six In The Morning Monday November 16
Paris attacks: French police launch raids as military strikes Isis in Syria Counter-terrorism raids are carried out at four locations in France as jets bomb Isis sites in the group’s stronghold of Raqqa Read the latest updates here Ben Doherty, Jon Henley in Paris and Ian Traynor in Molenbeek Monday 16 November 2015 06.20 GMT France’s …
Nov 15 2015
The Russian plane crash and the battle of narratives
We examine the conflicting media reports of the Russian plane disaster in Egypt; plus, the rise of automated journalism. When a Russian-operated airline went down in Sinai on October 31, killing all 224 on board, it drew together Russia, the UK and Egypt in what has now become a battle over the airwaves to contain …
Nov 15 2015
The Breakfast Club (Apportez sur le stupide)
I only took one semester of french and all I remember is my excuse for missing my mid term je suis malade. Google translate says Apportez sur le stupide means Bring on the stupid. My advice: Don’t turn on the tv machine for at least another month or witness the tragedy of a Tsunami of Stupid …
Nov 15 2015
Six In The Morning Sunday November 15
Paris attacker named as Omar Ismaïl Mostefai as investigation continues Isis attacks ‘carried out by three coordinated teams of gunmen’ Belgian police make several arrests after Brussels raids 352 injured, 99 critically, in attack that left 129 dead Seven terrorists killed, six by detonating suicide vests Interactive: how the attacks unfolded The aftermath: read …
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