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This Day in History
Militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants; Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated; Soviet troops move in to crush the Hungarian Revolution in Eastern Europe; Baseball hall-of-famer Cy Young dies; Rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Buddha
Breakfast News
US union sues ITV-owned production company in health insurance dispute
A US writers’ union is suing the American reality show production company owned by UK television network ITV in a dispute over health insurance.
The Writers Guild of America has a court date for early next year with ITV production company Kirkstall Road alleging the production company scrapped existing health insurance coverage in favor of a plan so poor no one agreed to use it.
Theresa May unveils surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims
New surveillance powers will be given to the police and security services, allowing them to access records tracking every UK citizen’s use of the internet without any need for any judicial check, under the provisions of the draft investigatory powers bill unveiled by Theresa May.
Greece Relocates First Refugees To Luxembourg In EU Plan
Greece relocated six asylum-seeking families to Luxembourg on Wednesday, the first such transfer from its soil under an European Union plan to ease the burden on nations inundated by an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
France Opens Compensation Fund For Jews Deported During Holocaust
Holocaust survivors and family members in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere can now apply for compensation from a $60 million fund for those deported to Nazi camps by France’s state rail company SNCF.
The application period for the French-funded, U.S.-administered program opened Tuesday. The money will be available for survivors of deportations, or spouses or family members of deportees who have since died.
Must Read Blog Posts
420,000 Kentuckians May Have Just Had Their Healthcare Voted Away Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
A DOJ Lawsuit Against Exxon, a “Slam Dunk” to Win, Would Threaten Investors and Possibly Executives Gaius Publius, naked capitalism
House Passes DHS ‘Insider Threat’ Program Bill That Could Impact Whistleblowers Kevin Gosztola, ShadoeProof
Corporate Coup: Arbitration Clauses Deny Justice To Consumers Dan Wright, ShadowProof
Small-bore reform won’t cut it: Joseph Stiglitz says it’s time to “rewrite the rules” of the U.S. economy Elias Isquith, Salon
Legislators Introduce Bill That Would Turn DOJ’s Stingray Policies Into US Law Tin Cushing, Techdirt
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Bon jour, mes amis. It’s the morning after another off year election. Not much good happened. I think Amanda Marcotte best summed up the results.
These are not the only nuts: Tea Party governors and anti-LGBT statutes win when we stupidly stay home