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TODAY>>the LEADS: Mixed Signals; Energy in FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS; It’s Called “Programming” in THE MEDIA SCRUM
LEADS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Near-Term Extinction Movement Is Embracing the End Times
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-climate-change-stoics
How Global Warming Makes Overcrowded Prisons Even More Dangerous
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/09/climate-change-prisons-cruel-unusual-punishment
How America Became the Most Imprisoned Nation in the World
http://www.vice.com/read/america-incarcerated-0000765-v22n10
Prison phone companies charging “endless” fees to families of inmates
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/10/inmate-calling-companies-sock-prisoners-families-with-endless-fees/
Michigan jail where man died after losing 50 pounds subject to FBI probe
http://fusion.net/story/206273/david-stojcevski-jail-death-macomb-fbi-investigation/
These Are The People Killed By Police In September
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/01/3706973/people-killed-police-september/
Number of Americans Killed by Gun Violence Vs. Terrorism Shows Stark Contrast
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/oregon-college-shooting/americans-killed-gun-violence-vs-terrorism-n437246
Shooting in Oregon: So far in 2015, we’ve had 274 days and 294 mass shootings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/01/2015-274-days-294-mass-shootings-hundreds-dead/
Obama: Mass shootings are ‘something we should politicize’
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/255723-obama-mass-shootings-should-be-politicized
Obama's Empty Gun Control Promise
https://reason.com/blog/2015/10/02/obamas-empty-gun-control-promise
Vatican says Kim Davis' meeting with Pope 'should not be considered a form of support.'
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/kim-davis-pope/index.html
US Sends Mixed Signals on Russia's Syria Strikes
http://news.antiwar.com/2015/10/01/us-sending-mixed-signals-on-russias-strikes-in-syria/
Russian warplanes strike deep inside Islamic State’s heartland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-warplanes-strike-deep-inside-islamic-states-heartland/2015/10/02/ace6dfcc-6866-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205_story.html
Despair, hardship as Iraq cuts off wages in Islamic State cities
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/02/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-salaries-idUSKCN0RW0V620151002
Jobs Report Is Lackluster, Raising Concern on Economy’s Course
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/03/business/economy/jobs-report-hiring-unemployment-wages-fed-rates.html
Participation Rate Crashes To October 1977 Level: Americans Not In The Labor Force Soar By 579,000 To Record 94.6 Million
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-02/participation-rate-crashes-americans-not-labor-force-soar-579000-record-946-million
The Future of Work: The Trouble With Shrinking Governments Worldwide
http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/the-future-of-work-the-trouble-with-shrinking-governments-worldwide
US regulator missed its best chance to catch VW cheating
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/da1eaf5bbab34f2c9369414b14168d9d/us-regulator-missed-its-best-chance-catch-vw-cheating
Nursing Homes Bill Medicare for Maximum Amounts of Care Even When Patients Don’t Need It
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/nursing-homes-bill-medicare-for-maximum-amounts-of-care-even-when-patients-dont-need-it-151002?news=857552
Alabama Makes Photo IDs Mandatory for Voting, Then Shutters DMV Offices in Black Counties
http://commondreams.org/news/2015/10/01/alabama-makes-photo-ids-mandatory-voting-then-shutters-dmv-offices-black-counties
Wyoming Made It Illegal To Take A Photo Of A Polluted Stream. Now They’re Being Sued For It.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/01/3707798/wyoming-data-trespass-lawsuit/
Most of Europe will now be free of genetically-modified crops
http://qz.com/515960/most-of-europe-will-now-be-free-of-genetically-modified-crops/
America is the richest, and most unequal, country
http://fortune.com/2015/09/30/america-wealth-inequality/
POLITICS and FLEAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The GOP's Nativist Summer
https://reason.com/archives/2015/10/02/the-gops-nativist-summer
Trump still leads as Rubio and Fiorina rise
http://today.yougov.com/news/2015/10/01/donald-trump-still-top-smaller-lead/
Jeb Bush’s Remarks About Blacks Echo a Firestorm He Faced as Governor
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/03/us/politics/jeb-bushs-remarks-about-blacks-echo-a-firestorm-he-faced-as-governor.html
Hillary Clinton Lets Big Banks Off the Hook for Financial Crisis
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-02/hillary-clinton-lets-big-banks-off-the-hook-for-financial-crisis
Dem economists attack Elizabeth Warren over Brookings firing
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/255726-dem-economists-attack-warren-over-brookings-firing
Bernie Sanders Is Raking In the Cash, $25 at a Time
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/10/01/Bernie-Sanders-Raking-Cash-25-Time
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
UN to Let Saudis Probe Themselves on Yemen War Crimes
http://news.antiwar.com/2015/10/01/un-to-let-saudis-investigate-themselves-on-yemen-war-crimes/
Netanyahu Stares Down UN for 45 Seconds to Protest ‘Utter Silence’ on Iran
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/netanyahu-stares-down-un-for-45-seconds-to-protest-utter-silence-on-iran/
Insight: How Israel turned a gas bonanza into an antitrust headache
http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/insight-how-israel-turned-gas-bonanza-antitrust-headache
Egypt signs deal with Kuwaiti firm to search for oil in Iraq
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/21378-egypt-signs-deal-with-kuwaiti-firm-to-search-for-oil-in-iraq
Japan to restart second reactor on October 15 under post-Fukushima rules
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/02/national/japan-to-restart-second-reactor-on-october-15-under-post-fukushima-rules/
Miley Cyrus invited to see how wolf cull protects endangered caribou in B.C.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/miley-cyrus-wolf-kill-1.3253613
The Fight Against Uber Is Getting Violent In Brazil
http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/01/the-fight-against-uber-is-getting-violent-in-brazil/
Britain’s Botched Child Abuse Scandal
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/britains-botched-child-abuse-scandal/
The Failure of Refugee Camps
http://bostonreview.net/world/elizabeth-dunn-failure-refugee-camps
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
UN battle looms over finance as nations submit climate plans
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34412647
Institutions worth $2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/22/leonardo-dicaprio-joins-26tn-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement
Solar Energy Sees Eye-Popping Price Drops
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2015/10/151002-solar-energy-sees-eye-popping-price-drops/
Jump on the George Soros coal train
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jump-on-the-george-soros-coal-train-2015-10-02
Why Shell believes coal is vital for a better quality of life
http://fortune.com/video/2015/10/01/why-shell-believes-coal-is-vital-for-a-better-quality-of-life/
Poll: Clean Energy Issues Pretty Popular Among Conservative Base
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/poll-clean-energy-issues-pretty-popular-among-conservative-base_1039764.html
New federal EPA smog standard angers both sides of the issue
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-epa-adopts-stricter-smog-standard-but-disappoints-environmentalists-20151001-story.html
For First Time, EPA Sets Limits on Dumping of Toxic Metal Pollutants by Steam Power Plants
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/for-first-time-epa-sets-limits-on-dumping-of-toxic-metal-pollutants-by-steam-power-plants-151002?news=857548
Tar Sands Mining Moves to Utah
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tar-sands-mining-moves-to-utah/
Eve of Destruction: Bureau of Land Management Sacrifices Native Site to Mining Group
http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/18461/eve-of-destruction-bureau-of-land-management-sacrifices-native-site-to-mini
THE MEDIA SCRUM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
How Primetime TV Influences Perceptions of Police
http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/law-and-order-is-educational-television
How ABC’s ‘The Muppets’ killed Jim Henson’s vision of making the world a kinder place
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/01/abcs-muppets-killed-jim-hensons-vision-making-world-kinder-place-commentary/
Mass Shootings and News Media: A Connection?
http://www.newsweek.com/media-reporters-cover-mass-killings-umpqua-shooting-378866
ODDS, ENDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Ancient Civilization With Perfect Teeth
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/how-the-people-of-pompeii-really-died/408454/
9,000-year-old decapitation victim hints at 'sophisticated' society
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oldest-decapitated-skull-head-south-america-20150923-story.html
Egyptian tomb reveals hidden chambers
http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/10/02/egyptian-tomb-reveals-hidden-chambers?videoId=365802478
Asteroid impact, volcanism were one-two punch for dinosaurs
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-asteroid-impact-volcanism-one-two-dinosaurs.html
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