Daily News Thread 3/30

Tillerson tells frustrated Turks: U.S. faces tough choices in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Thursday that Washington faced difficult choices in the fight against Islamic State in Syria but sought to downplay differences with NATO ally Turkey over support for Kurdish militia fighters.
reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-usa-idUSKBN1710WD

Malaysia releases Kim Jong Nam's body in deal ending spat with North Korea

Malaysia put the body of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a plane to Pyongyang on Thursday, in a deal that secured the release of its citizens there and ended a drawnout diplomatic spat.
reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-kim-release-idUSKBN1711NI

China says 'no such thing' as man-made islands in South China Sea

There was "no such thing" as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday, and reiterated that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes.
reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-idUSKBN1711BR

Jobless Claims in U.S. Declined Less Than Forecast Last Week

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits declined last week by less than forecast, while remaining at levels consistent with a solid labor market, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-30/jobless-claims-in-u-s-declined-less-than-forecast-last-week

Deal to end 'bathroom law' under fire from LGBT people

North Carolina's top Republican legislators and the Democratic governor say they have a deal to end the state's LGBT "bathroom law," which has brought negative national attention and made it harder to attract businesses and sporting events.
apnews.com/411452d402ca47ddb1bd859890cf98ca/Deal-to-end-'bathroom-law'-under-fire-from-LGBT-people

El Salvador says no to gold to become 1st country to ban metal mining

The smallest country in Central America – El Salvador – has approved a law prohibiting all metal mining in an attempt to protect the environment and natural resources. It is the first country in the world to do so.
rt.com/business/382789-salvador-mining-ban-gold/

Angela Merkel derails Theresa May's Brexit plan by rejecting parallel trade talks

Angela Merkel has dealt an instant blow to Theresa May's plan for Brexit by rejecting the PM's plan for trade talks to take place at the same time as Article 50 secession negotiations.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-article-50-angela-merkel-rejects-theresa-may-parallel-talks-a7656506.html

South Africa's Zuma considers stepping down early in deal to oust Gordhan

Jacob Zuma is considering offering to step down next year, at least 12 months before his term as South African president ends, under a deal with opponents in his ruling party that would see Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan leave office now, two senior party sources said.
reuters.com/article/us-safrica-zuma-exclusive-idUSKBN1711CG

60% of Americans believe MSM reports fake news – poll

Six in 10 Americans believe mainstream TV and newspaper media outlets report fake news regularly or occasionally, according to a new poll. Fifty-four percent believe online news websites report fake stories on purpose in order to push an agenda.
rt.com/usa/382830-msm-fake-news-poll/

Ireland must loosen abortion laws: Council of Europe rights commissioner

Ireland must loosen its strict abortion laws and replace them with a regime more respectful to women's rights, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner said on Wednesday.
reuters.com/article/us-ireland-abortion-council-idUSKBN17016M?il=0

Former Brazil house speaker Cunha sentenced to 15 years for graft

Brazil's former speaker of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, was found guilty and sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on corruption charges on Thursday, according to the ruling from a federal court.
reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-cunha-idUSKBN1712DX

Other urls found in this thread:

npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/29/521971468/in-u-s-restaurants-bars-and-food-trucks-modern-slavery-persists
rt.com/op-edge/382811-privacy-us-congress-rights/
theintercept.com/2017/03/30/meet-the-midwestern-contractor-that-appears-hundreds-of-times-in-the-cia-wikileaks-dump/
boingboing.net/2017/03/30/pigs-at-the-trough.html
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/03/trump-cant-save-coal.html
boingboing.net/2017/03/29/rojava.html
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/encryption-wont-stop-your-internet-provider-from-spying-on-you/521208/?utm_source=feed
nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/trump-signals-hell-seek-relatively-modest-changes-to-nafta.html
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/326639-flynn-offers-to-testify-on-russia-ties-in-exchange-for-immunity
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

OP/ED

In U.S. Restaurants, Bars And Food Trucks, 'Modern Slavery' Persists

They come from places like Vietnam, China, Mexico and Guatemala, lured by promises of better-paying jobs and legal immigration. Instead, they're smuggled into the U.S., forced to work around the clock as bussers, wait staff and cooks, and housed in cramped living quarters. For this, they must pay exorbitant fees that become an insurmountable debt, even as their pay is often withheld, stolen or unfairly docked.
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/29/521971468/in-u-s-restaurants-bars-and-food-trucks-modern-slavery-persists

‘Americans are protected from illegal search & seizure, but government ignores the Constitution’

You can’t legally tap into phones, security cameras and private cameras, as the government has apparently been doing. All of that is clearly forbidden by the Bill of Rights, Arvin Vohra, Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, told RT.
rt.com/op-edge/382811-privacy-us-congress-rights/

Meet the Midwestern Contractor That Appears Hundreds of Times in the CIA WikiLeaks Dump

In a suburb of Cincinnati about 30 minutes north of the Ohio River, right down the street from the local Hooters, a little known subsidiary of defense giant Northrop Grumman works on contracts for the Central Intelligence Agency.
theintercept.com/2017/03/30/meet-the-midwestern-contractor-that-appears-hundreds-of-times-in-the-cia-wikileaks-dump/

Verizon mandates pre-installed spyware for all its Android customers

"Appflash" will come pre-installed on all Verizon Android handsets; it's a Google search-bar replacement, but instead of feeding telemetry about your searches, handset, apps and activities to Google, it will send them to Verizon.
boingboing.net/2017/03/30/pigs-at-the-trough.html

Trump Can’t Save Coal

Why Trump isn't bringing coal jobs back.
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/03/trump-cant-save-coal.html

Anarchist bitcoin hacker flies to Syria to join a 4-million person anarchist collective the size of Massachusetts

Amir Taaki is a well-known anarchist bitcoin hacker whose project, Dark Wallet, is meant to create strong anonymity for cryptocurrency transactions; when he discovered that anarchists around the world had gone to Rojava, a district in Kurdish Syria on the Turkish border, to found an anarchist collective with 4,000,000 members "based on principles of local direct democracy, collectivist anarchy, and equality for women," he left his home in the UK to defend it.
boingboing.net/2017/03/29/rojava.html

Encryption Won’t Stop Your Internet Provider From Spying on You

Earlier this month, a lobby group for major internet providers like Comcast and Verizon attacked a set of online-privacy regulations that they believe are too strict. In a filing to the Federal Communication Commission, the group argued that providers should be able to sell customers’ internet history without the customers’ permission, because that information shouldn’t be considered sensitive. Besides, the group contended, web traffic is increasingly encrypted anyway, making it invisible to providers.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/encryption-wont-stop-your-internet-provider-from-spying-on-you/521208/?utm_source=feed

This gunna be gud

Must it.

Which one was that from?

Not on there, but Trump went on twitter and called the Freedom Caucus traitors, said that they need to be voted out of office as soon as possible

kek thats great

Then where are the useful metals like iron going to come from?

Loud scream.webm

Repeal of HB2 but cities are banned from enacting their own legislation regarding wage or LGBT protections until 2020.

Sucks but I guess it's the only way it was gonna get repealed.

This should be huge. The old 'CNN is the bible' folks are dying off or waking up. I wish more non shit news sources would take advantage of this and knock CNN, MSNBC, etc out of the ring.

oh lordy dis gonna be good.

G-globalists b-btfo'd… T-trump will t-take the c-country ba-back from the J-jewish b-bankers

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/trump-signals-hell-seek-relatively-modest-changes-to-nafta.html