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TODAY>>the LEADS: Brinksmanship; Poison Kills in PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER; The NYTimes' Mea Culpa in The MEDIA SCRUM
LEADS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Is the 1 Percent That Different From the Rest of Us?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/07/27/myles_little_s_1_percent_privilege_in_a_time_of_global_inequality_looks.html
Three in Five Americans Have Experienced Poverty-Level Incomes
http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/three-in-five-americans-have-experienced-poverty-level-incomes
U.S. Economic Confidence Index Continues Downward, at -14
http://www.gallup.com/poll/184361/economic-confidence-index-continues-downward.aspx
Global stocks rebound, ignoring decline in Chinese markets
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/us-markets-global-idUSKCN0Q201H20150728
Chinese stocks destroy $39.8B in U.S. wealth
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2015/07/27/chinese-stocks-us-wealth/30738321/
Top Analyst Says China Market Resembles 1929 U.S. Crash
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/demark-sees-14-china-plunge-as-stocks-mirror-1929-u-s-crash
FBI Accuses Chinese Government of Out-of-Control Economic Espionage
http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/fbi-accuses-chinese-government-of-out-of-control-economic-espionage-150726?news=857052
No Room for National Sovereignty in the Economics of the Future
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13233256/1/no-room-for-national-sovereignty-in-the-economics-of-the-future.html
Hedge funds tell Puerto Rico: lay off teachers and close schools to pay us back
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/28/hedge-funds-puerto-rico-close-schools-fire-teachers-pay-us-back
U.S. paves way for Malaysia TPP entry after upgrading its human trafficking situation
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/28/business/u-s-paves-way-malaysia-tpp-entry-upgrading-human-trafficking-situation/
U.S. Navy investigates report of cancer cluster at Guantanamo
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/us-usa-navy-cancer-idUSKCN0Q129H20150728
US Plans for More Troops, Jets in Turkey
http://www.defensenews.com/story/military/2015/07/27/us-turkey-deal-additional-troops-fighter-jet-islamic-state/30744857/
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan calls off peace process with Kurds
http://www.dw.com/en/turkish-president-tayyip-erdogan-calls-off-peace-process-with-kurds/a-18611407
Iran Halts Aid to Hamas Because of Saudi Links
http://news.antiwar.com/2015/07/27/iran-halts-military-aid-to-hamas-because-of-saudi-rapprochement/
CNN/ORC poll: Majority wants Congress to reject Iran deal
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/obama-approval-iran-economy/
North Korea: If Provoked, Would Fight U.S. Until ‘There Would Be No One Left’
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-if-provoked-would-fight-us-until-there-would-be-no-one-left-357559
As Sandra Bland Is Laid to Rest in Chicago, the #BlackLivesMatter Movement Finds Itself Under Surveillance by Homeland Security
http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/07/27/as-sandra-bland-is-laid-to-rest-in-chicago-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-finds-itself-under-surveillance-by-homeland-security/
Planned Parenthood Sting Video #3: ‘Human Capital.’ Episode 1. [CONTENT WARNING]
http://www.redstate.com/2015/07/28/planned-parenthood-center-for-medical-progress-abortion-baby-harvesting-human-capital/
We were hacked: Planned Parenthood
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-plannedparenthood-hacking-idUSKCN0Q124J20150727
Twitter’s Right-Wing Civil War
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/28/twitter-s-right-wing-civil-war.html
NFL Team Adds First Female Coach
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2015/07/27/3684965/nfl-team-adds-first-female-coach/
Boy Scouts' Ban on Gay Adults Lifted
http://www.advocate.com/boy-scouts-america/2015/07/27/boy-scouts-ban-gay-adults-lifted
Musk, Hawking, Wozniak call for ban on autonomous weapons and military AI
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/musk-hawking-wozniak-call-for-ban-on-autonomous-weaponry-and-military-ai/
Cyborg Soothsayers of the High-Tech Hogwash Emporia
http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/cyborg-soothsayers
POLITICS and FLEAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mike Huckabee Won't Apologize: 'I Have Stood at That Oven Door'
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/mike-huckabee-won-t-apologize-i-have-stood-at-that-oven-door-20150727
Donald Trump's lawyer threatens reporter over ex-wife's allegations: 'You cannot rape your spouse'
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/28/donald-trump-lawyer-threatens-reporter
Bloomberg: Donald Trump is overstating his wealth by more than $7 billion
http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-donald-trump-wealth-net-worth-2015-7
Billionaire brothers give Cruz super PAC $15 million
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/25/politics/ted-cruz-wilks-brothers/index.html
DNC retreats, lifts ban on money from lobbyists and PACs
http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/07/24/dnc-retreats-lifts-ban-on-money-from-lobbyists-and-pacs/
Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Realizes
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-27/hillary-clinton-s-bernie-sanders-problem-is-bigger-than-anyone-realizes
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Libya trial: Gaddafi son sentenced to death over war crimes
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33688391
Saudi-led raid on Yemen plant appears unlawful: Rights Watch
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/us-yemen-security-hrw-idUSKCN0Q21B720150728
Mexico Investigation Unearths More Mass Graves, but Still No Answers
http://commondreams.org/news/2015/07/27/mexico-investigation-unearths-more-mass-graves-still-no-answers
Indian state's ban on cattle slaughter is driving farmers to ruin
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-cattle-20150727-story.html
Philippine church takes lead on Francis' environmental encyclical
http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/philippine-church-takes-lead-francis-environmental-encyclical
This crazy Ukrainian election shows the country has a ways to go toward reform
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6622364/2015/07/27/ukraine-election-district-205
Murder, Poisoning, Raids: It’s Election Season in Russia
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-23/murder-poisoning-police-raids-it-s-election-season-in-russia
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What Alaska’s terrifying wildfire season says about climate change
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/26/alaskas-terrifying-wildfire-season-and-what-it-says-about-climate-change/
Michigan-made pesticide Zequanox adds muscle to war on zebra mussels
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2015/07/zequanox_zebra_quagga_mussel_p.html
PPO-resistant pigweeds confirmed in Arkansas, Tennessee
http://deltafarmpress.com/weed-control/ppo-resistant-pigweeds-confirmed-arkansas-tennessee
Pesticide drift threatens organic farms
http://netnebraska.org/article/news/984283/pesticide-drift-threatens-organic-farms
Pesticide found in 70 percent of Massachusetts’ honey samples
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/pesticide-found-in-70-percent-of-massachusetts-honey-samples/
'Beepocalypse Not': Alec lobbyists abuzz in defense of pesticides amid die-offs
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/25/beepocalypse-bee-die-offs-alec
New Report Reveals Corporate-Funded Hydra Head Blocking U.S. Renewable Energy
http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/07/27/energy-and-policy-institute-report-fossil-fuel-utilities-blocking-us-renewable-energy
THE MEDIA SCRUM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Why you can’t trust journalism
http://fusion.net/story/173383/science-cant-trust-journalism/
A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next?
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/a-clinton-story-fraught-with-inaccuracies-how-it-happened-and-what-next/
A Terrorism Expert’s Secret Relationship with the FBI
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/27/doogie-huckster-terrorism-experts-secret-relationship-fbi/
Jon Stewart's secret White House visits
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/jon-stewarts-secret-white-house-visits-000178
The Problem with David Brooks
http://bostonreview.net/made-america/claude-s-fischer-problem-david-brooks
ODDS, ENDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What Gives Bugs Bunny His Lasting Power?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-gives-bugs-bunny-his-lasting-power-180956070/
Loneliness and Too Much TV are Bad for the Brains of the Elderly
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/loneliness-and-too-much-tv-are-bad-for-the-brains-of-the-elderly-150728?news=857066
Here’s Art ‘Therapy’ To Help You Stop Checking Your Phone
http://observer.com/2015/07/institute-for-new-feeling-may-bring-new-feelings-sure-but-why/
You Can Finally Play 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' in Virtual Reality
http://www.popsci.com/now-you-can-play-rock-paper-scissors-virtual-reality
Doomed to Obesity
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/07/24/the-obesity-epidemic-isnt-going-anywhere
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