Monday 16 May 2016

160516


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160515 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/05/160515.html yesterday's tweets as a single page


April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/16/april-third-month-in-row-to-break-global-temperature-records dire; I hope the denialists are happy

.@FT:#TTIP has missed its political moment - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/466ebdd4-fb3f-11e5-8f41-df5bda8beb40.html "most likely looming scenario is of the talks entering a deep freeze"

Duterte vows to kill criminals and reintroduce hanging in Philippines - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/16/duterte-vows-to-kill-criminals-and-reintroduce-hanging-in-philippines dark times everywhere...

Pirate Party set to be kingmaker in next Icelandic parliament—polls - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/05/icelandic-pirate-party-snowden-whistleblowers/ could they hold balance of power? #immi #is

#TTIP: Jeremy Corbyn says the best way to fight the controversial trade deal is to stay in Europe - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ttip-corbyn-says-uk-must-fight-trade-deal-as-part-of-europe-a7032116.html

#TTIP must die so the West can live - http://www.bilaterals.org/?ttip-must-die-so-the-west-can-live intriguing analysis

#Snowden Archive - The SidToday Files - https://theintercept.com/snowden-sidtoday/ #NSA internal newsletter; good to see files being released like this

#TPP worst trade deal ever for access to medicines - http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/key-latin-american-countries-must-reject-harmful-tpp-agreement-will-keep-medicine-prices think what that means in terms of lives lost unnecessarily

Unions say Colombia's not enforcing U.S. trade deal labor standards - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-colombia-trade-labor-idUSKCN0Y71G8 same likely to happen with #TPP


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