Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150105 -
http://moodysmdd.blogspot.fi/2015/01/150105.html yesterday's
tweets as a single Web page
The State of Play in Vattenfall v.
Germany II -
http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/state-of-play-vattenfall-vs-germany-II-leaving-german-public-dark-en.pdf discovering
the huge pain of #ISDS the
hard way (v @fifarahman)#TTIP
Cornish pasty ‘threatened by EU-US
trade deal' -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11326494/Cornish-pasty-threatened-by-EU-US-trade-deal.html the
@Telegraph is worried about #TTIP's
impact (v @MarietjeSchaake)
UK loaned £1.7bn to foreign fossil
fuel projects despite pledge -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/06/uk-loaned-17bn-to-foreign-fossil-fuel-projects-despite-pledge this
is insane
Global Moves To Give Corporations Yet
More Legal Weapons By Strengthening Laws Protecting #TradeSecrets -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141231/07522829558/global-moves-to-give-corporations-yet-more-legal-weapons-strengthening-laws-protecting-trade-secrets.shtml v
worrying
re #TradeSecrets:
note that #TPP has
section on this, #TTIP is
likely to; also there is EU Directive, US bills...part of concerted
push
Austerity Killing You? How About a
Trade Deal? -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/austerity-killing-you-how_b_6414534.html?utm_hp_ref=tw #TTIP is
"handy way of changing the subject" (v @loraenvt)
"#TTIP was designed by
corporations to weaken labor & government -- and would do just
about nothing to get Europe out of its austerity trap"
#TTIP "intended
to promote further #deregulation of
economic, financial, health, labor, safety, privacy, &
environmental protections"
New Threat to #Openness in
the EU: #TradeSecrets Directive
-
http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/trade-secrets-3592593/ don't
let them sneak this through: it's awful
Does Cheap Access Encourage Science?
Evidence from the WWII Book Replication Program -
http://infojustice.org/archives/33739 interesting
Do Not Zoom -
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/ I
repeat: if you value your sense of self-worth, do not click on this
picture...
More hospitals declare critical
incidents as demand surges -
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/06/hospitals-struggling-demand-cancel-operations-major-incidents #NHS meltdown
heating up...
Johnson: it’s a disaster that some UK
citizens don’t speak English -
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/06/boris-johnson-multi-culty-balkanisation-uk-english-speaking-nhs it's
a disaster politicians so quick to demonise
Plummeting
oil price casts shadow over #fracking's
future -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/06/oil-price-casts-shadow-over-frackings-future oh,
isn't that just a pity...?
Irish Water Ltd and #TTIP -
http://www.fliuch.org/5835/interesting-letter-to-village-magazine-on-irish-water-ltd-and-ttip has
#Ireland really
thought through what #ISDS could
do here? I doubt it (v @greentak)
Devs Of Chrome Extension That Finds
Cheaper Textbook Prices Receives Legal Threats From Major Textbook
Supplier -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150103/10533729588/developers-chrome-extension-that-finds-cheaper-textbook-prices-receives-legal-threats-major-textbook-supplier.shtml
UK public must wake up to risks of
#CCTV, says
#surveillance commissioner
-
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-surveillance-commissioner-risk-cctv-public-transparent &
he should know...
"#TTIP’s goal is to unleash
power of the transatlantic economy" -
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/2015-ttip-conclusion-critical-by-carl-bildt-and-javier-solana-2015-01 0.05%
extra GDP/yr unleashes nothing (v @jonworth)
The Largest, Most Disastrous Trade Deal
You've Never Heard Of -
http://www.alternet.org/robert-reich-largest-most-disastrous-trade-deal-youve-never-heard he
means #TPP, but
#TTIP is bigger,
just as bad
Keystone Pipeline Means Costlier
Gas -
http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/01/06/keystone-pipeline-means-costlier-gas/ important
point, skated over by #KXL proponents
Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War
to Stop You From Putting #Solar Panels
on Your Home -
http://www.alternet.org/environment/koch-and-wal-marts-attempt-kill-solar-panels incredible
selfishness
Tell @kfc & Yum! Brands to do
the right thing, and adopt a comprehensive deforestation-free palm
oil policy. - http://action.sumofus.org/a/kfc-palm-oil/
Institute for Open Leadership kicks off
next week - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/44672 #cc
Open Source Virtual Reality -
http://www.osvr.com/ "This
OSVR ecosystem is fully open-source"
Pittella, Katainen proposes to dictate
to EU member states -
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=cb49ccbac3&e=78e1c0c8ff "this
plan could be the end of the Juncker´s Commission"
Bernie Sanders' Brutal Letter On
Obama's Trade Pact Foreshadows 2016 Democratic Clash -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/05/bernie-sanders-michael-froman-tpp_n_6419874.html #TPP #FTA
Maryland Politician Says Local Paper
Can't Use His Name Without Permission -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150106/07302329607/maryland-politician-says-local-paper-cant-use-his-name-without-permission.shtml uh-huh...
Why the Trans-Pacific partnership
agreement is a pending disaster -
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Tax-VOX/2015/0106/Why-the-Trans-Pacific-partnership-agreement-is-a-pending-disaster good
summary of where trade deals went wrong #TPP
Stopping the Biggest Corporate Power
Grab in Years -
http://fpif.org/stopping-biggest-corporate-power-grab-years/ mostly
about #TPP, applies to
#TAFTA/#TTIP too
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