Reader Supported News | 01 February 15 PM
Andy Borowitz | Romney Incredibly Relieved That He Can Keep All His Houses
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney told supporters on Friday that he was 'incredibly relieved' to be able to keep the approximately five to ten residences he owns across the country."
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Charles Pierce | Oklahoma Shakes: Earthquakes and Their Connection to the Oil Industry
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Who has the worst job in the world? My choice this week is Austin Holland, the state seismologist for the state of Oklahoma. For years, this must have been a very sleepy job, tantamount to having a job studying coastal erosion in Iowa. But then Oklahoma has been on yet another oil and gas binge."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Who has the worst job in the world? My choice this week is Austin Holland, the state seismologist for the state of Oklahoma. For years, this must have been a very sleepy job, tantamount to having a job studying coastal erosion in Iowa. But then Oklahoma has been on yet another oil and gas binge."
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Editor of Major German Newspaper Says He Planted Stories for CIA
Ralph Lopez, Digital Journal
Lopez writes: "Becoming the first credentialed, well-known media insider to step forward and state publicly that he was secretly a 'propagandist,' an editor of a major German daily has said that he personally planted stories for the CIA."
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Ralph Lopez, Digital Journal
Lopez writes: "Becoming the first credentialed, well-known media insider to step forward and state publicly that he was secretly a 'propagandist,' an editor of a major German daily has said that he personally planted stories for the CIA."
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CIA, Israel Plotted Senior Hezbollah Commander's Killing: Report
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "The CIA and Israel's spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bomb attack in Syria, the Washington Post reported."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "The CIA and Israel's spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bomb attack in Syria, the Washington Post reported."
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Trevor Timm | The Government Loves the Policy 'Technology for Me but Not for Thee'
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The NSA's repeated invasions of Americans' privacy replaced drones on the front pages, but that hasn't stopped law enforcement from trying to acquire the technology or the federal government from trying to warn of the vast dangers of civilians doing the same thing."
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Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The NSA's repeated invasions of Americans' privacy replaced drones on the front pages, but that hasn't stopped law enforcement from trying to acquire the technology or the federal government from trying to warn of the vast dangers of civilians doing the same thing."
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Rachel Aviv | Shot by the Police
Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker
Aviv writes: "In Albuquerque, a city of five hundred and fifty thousand, the rate of fatal shootings by police is eight times that of New York City."
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Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker
Aviv writes: "In Albuquerque, a city of five hundred and fifty thousand, the rate of fatal shootings by police is eight times that of New York City."
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405 Wild Bison Slaughtered in Yellowstone National Park So Far This Season
Stephany Seay, EcoWatch
Seay writes: "An estimated 250 wild bison have so far been captured inside Yellowstone's trap since Jan. 15. All have been shipped to slaughter except for five bison who were consigned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for birth control experiments with the chemical pesticide GonaCon."
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Stephany Seay, EcoWatch
Seay writes: "An estimated 250 wild bison have so far been captured inside Yellowstone's trap since Jan. 15. All have been shipped to slaughter except for five bison who were consigned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for birth control experiments with the chemical pesticide GonaCon."
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