Daily News Thread 4/16

LIVE: Turkey votes on presidential system in key referendum

Live Updates:
hurriyetdailynews.com/live-turkey-votes-on-presidential-system-in-key-referendum.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112061&NewsCatID=338
express.co.uk/news/world/792479/turkey-referendum-erdogan-vote-presidential-powers-executive-presidency

N Korea missile launch fails day after military parade

A North Korean missile has detonated soon after launch, South Korean and US military officials have said, a day after Pyongyang warned the US amid rising tension in the region.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-39612095

Women could be forced to sign up to US military draft by 2018

Women might be forced to sign up with the US military draft by 1 January 2018 if government approves a new proposal from the armed services committee, moving one step closer to ensuring both genders would be subject to serve during war.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/women-could-be-forced-to-sign-up-to-us-military-draft-by-2018-a7028411.html

US Vice-President describes failed North Korean missile launch as 'provocation' after landing in South Korea

Mike Pence has called North Korea's failed missile launch a "provocation" after landing in South Korea for a 10-day tour of Asia.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-pence-north-korea-provocation-missile-launch-failed-speech-us-vice-president-a7685871.html

Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 19

An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according to astronomers.
afp.com/en/news/2265/large-asteroid-hurtle-past-earth-april-19

22 killed in Sri Lanka as massive mound of garbage collapses

The death toll from the collapse of a massive garbage mound near Sri Lanka's capital rose to 22 on Sunday, and activists said some 20 more people could still be buried underneath the debris.
cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka-garbage-dump-collapse-1.4072212

Emma Morano, world's oldest person and last to be born in 1800s, dies aged 117

Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, has died at the age of 117.
independent.co.uk/news/people/worlds-oldest-person-person-emma-morano-dies-aged-117-italy-nineteenth-century-a7685601.html

2,000 people rescued off the coast of Libya so far this weekend

Italian rescue ships have plucked some 2,000 migrants from unseaworthy smugglers' boats off the coast of Libya, with hundreds of them arriving Saturday in southern Italian ports.
cbc.ca/news/world/libya-rescue-1.4072002

Pope Francis uses Easter message to condemn 'vile' Syria attack

Pope Francis has used his Easter address to condemn Saturday's deadly attack on a bus convoy in Syria.
bbc.com/news/world-europe-39613514

Arrests at violent Berkeley Trump protests while tax marches stay calm

Hundreds of self-described anti-fascist protesters and supporters of Donald Trump clashed in Berkeley, California, in sporadic brawls on Saturday.
theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/15/arrests-violent-berkeley-trump-protests-tax-marches

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truthdig.com/report/item/the_nuclear_industry_is_heading_financial_black_hole_20170416/
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trump-bannon-nationalism-white-house/523047/?utm_source=feed
dissentmagazine.org/blog/trump-syria-air-strikes-moab-bombing-for-ratings
itsgoingdown.org/igd-black-bloc-defends-berkeley-trump-supporters-give-nazi-salutes/
ktla.com/2017/04/16/cleveland-police-look-for-man-in-connection-with-fatal-shooting-broadcasted-on-facebook-live/
heavy.com/news/2017/04/stevie-steve-stephens-cleveland-facebook-live-video-shooting-shooter-gunman-killer-photos-pictures-victims/
youtube.com/watch?v=yWPQFuGLwvc
extremetech.com/extreme/239588-starting-2018-china-will-begin-turning-coal-plants-nuclear-reactors
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

OP/ED

The Nuclear Industry Is Heading Into a Financial Black Hole That Threatens Any Future Expansion

Any lingering hope that a worldwide nuclear power renaissance would contribute to combating climate change appears to have been dashed.
truthdig.com/report/item/the_nuclear_industry_is_heading_financial_black_hole_20170416/

Donald Trump's Tilt Toward Convention

As Donald Trump jettisons his “America First” campaign promises at an accelerating pace, the populist nationalist political movement that roared into power with him is beginning to resemble a paper tiger.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trump-bannon-nationalism-white-house/523047/?utm_source=feed

Bombing for Ratings

The pundits cheering last Thursday’s surprise airstrikes on a Syrian base are only fueling Trump’s adventurism.
dissentmagazine.org/blog/trump-syria-air-strikes-moab-bombing-for-ratings

IGD: Black Bloc Defends Berkeley As Trump Supporters Give Nazi Salutes

Clashes erupted in Berkeley, CA today as anarchists and antifascists fought with members of the Alt-Right, neo-Nazis, and Trump supporters. Trump supporters openly carried anti-Semitic signs, fascist symbols, and gave neo-Nazi salutes.
itsgoingdown.org/igd-black-bloc-defends-berkeley-trump-supporters-give-nazi-salutes/

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This is sketchy as fuck right? idk how prisons work there but couldn't they be forced to vote all in favor of erdogan?

"vote yes and we'll let you out early"

HAHA SORRY WE TRICKED YOU

worth noting that tons of alleged PKK members are doing hunger strikes all across Turkish prisons at the moment too

Good for those folks, but merde, is this ever a depressing situation… The more people you save, the more people the smugglers put in those dinky boats, and the less fuel they put in. If this holds the smugglers will eventually end up just chasing people into the sea without any boats.

Smugglers should be droned.

STRAP IN BUCKOS, FULL ACCELERATIONISM

REEEEEEEEEE VOTE NO plz

In other news, Trump is so insecure that anytime people question his actions and policies he goes on a tweet storm