Monday 2 June 2014

140602


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140601 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/140601_1.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

UK announces Yuan clearing Bank in London - http://thebricspost.com/uk-announces-yuan-clearing-bank-in-london/ straws in the wind.. #china

King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicating - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27662301 wow (v @africatechie)#spain

#Australia experiences its hottest two years on record - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/02/australia-experiences-its-hottest-two-years-on-record just the weather, isn't it, Mr Abbott...?

Interview with Steve Pettifer, computer scientist and developer of Utopia Documents - http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/interview-with-steve-pettifer-computer.html soon to be #opensource #oa


#TTIP: Talks get ‘technical’ as negotiators push harder issues to 2015 - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/-90.html good summary (v @DrRimmer#TAFTA



Dangerous Pesticides Are Showing Up More & More in Our Urine and Breast Milk - http://www.alternet.org/food/dangerous-pesticides-are-showing-more-and-more-our-urine-and-breast-milk more research needed here #glyphosate

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Reporter Over Identity of Source - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/james-risen-faces-jail-time-for-refusing-to-identify-a-confidential-source.html awful news (v @AdV007 @brenno)#whistleblower

MT @EU_TTIP_team we meet civil society organisations to discuss #TTIP  http://europa.eu/!gk43Pc >>redefining industry as civil soc. again...

Deal or no deal? EU-Canada trade deal falters at final hurdle - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/02/us-eu-canada-trade-idUSKBN0ED14P20140602 #ISDS big sticking point (v @CETAWatch)#CETA

US House passes bill banning 'Buy American' waivers for TPP, #TTIP - http://teamsternation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/us-house-passes-bill-banning-buy.html big if it passes: seriously screws up EU demands

here's where EC redefined corporate lobbyists as 'civil society' to pretend to be transparent in TAFTA/#TTIP before - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140115/03324325881/eu-commission-redefines-corporate-lobbyists-as-civil-society-to-pretend-to-be-transparent-taftattip.shtml

MT @EU_TTIP_team treffen wir mit Vertretern der Zivilgesellschaft um #TTIP zu diskutieren. http://europa.eu/!gk43Pc >>meistens mit Lobbyisten

MT @EU_TTIP_team nous rencontrons avec la société civile sur le #TTIPhttp://europa.eu/!gk43Pc >> non: la plupart sont des lobbyistes

Verizon Begs To Be Classified Under Title II For Subsidies; Screams About Parade Of Horribles Any Other Time - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140531/06534827423/verizon-begs-to-be-classified-under-title-ii-subsidies-screams-about-parade-horribles-any-other-time.shtml

Supreme Court Unanimously Smacks Down CAFC Two More Times - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140602/07395427437/supreme-court-smacks-down-cafc-two-more-times-unanimously.shtml NB this won't happen with EU #UPC - nothing to rein it in

The EPA’s new plan is a huge boon for clean energy and efficiency companies - http://gigaom.com/2014/06/02/the-epas-new-plan-is-a-huge-boon-for-clean-energy-efficiency-companies/ hope so, it's about time...

‘Appalling service’ provided by Healthcare at Home leaves patients without drugs - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/06/02/appalling-service-provided-by-healthcare-at-home-leaves-patients-without-drugs/ #privatisation (v @Spinwatch)


European Commission attempting to block citizens' requests via AsktheEU.org - http://www.access-info.org/en/european-union/577-ec-blocking-requests EC behaving badly again

#Canada acts to protect public interest, EU declines: unfinished #CETA is a bad sign for #TTIP - http://ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/CETA%20ISDS%20TTIP-85.html (v @hawkins_carole)

10 reasons to be worried about the trojan treaties - http://newint.org/features/2014/05/01/trojan-treaties/ that's #TAFTA/#TTIP and #TPP (v @hawkins_carole)

Trademark Holder Sends Cease-And-Desist To Zazzle Over Products Using 3,000-Year-Old Greek Letter - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140531/09022627424/trademark-holder-sends-cease-and-desist-to-zazzle-over-products-using-3000-year-old-greek-letter.shtml

Stop Secret Contracts - http://stopsecretcontracts.org/ "We call for open information about public sector contracts, to strengthen public scrutiny"

#TPP no longer about free trade - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/05/30/commentary/japan-commentary/tpp-no-longer-about-free-trade/ "not a free trade system that gives broad-ranging benefits to people" #japan


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