Moody's Microblog
Daily Digest 150723 -
http://moodysmdd.blogspot.it/2015/07/150724.html
yesterday's tweets as a single page
Trials and errors -
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21659743-evidence-base-new-medicines-flawed-time-fix-it-trials-and-errors @TheEconomist
onwhy all clinical data must be available #opendata
Smoking Gun:
#MPAA Emails
Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ
-
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150724/15501631756/smoking-gun-mpaa-emails-reveal-plan-to-run-anti-google-smear-campaign-via-today-show-wsj.shtml #media
HORNET: High-speed
Onion Routing at the Network Layer -
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.05724v1.pdf great
to see this kind of research; more needed #tor
#TPP could
stop sales ban - Key -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11487258 and
that's the least of it... #NZ
In Advance of Latest
Round of #TPP Negotiations,
Concerns Over Intellectual Property Chapter & Access to Medicines
-
http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/in-advance-of-latest-round-of-tpp-negotiations-sen-brown-raises-concerns-over-intellectual-property-chapter-and-access-to-medicines
Issues critical to
NZ’s wellbeing are yet to be addressed — top of the #TPP agenda
is market access for dairy -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11487221
The race to a risky
Trans-Pacific Partnership deal -
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/07/26/the-race-to-a-risky-trans-pacific-partnership-deal/ a
bad deal seen as better than no deal... #TPP
#TPP Protest
at ALP Conference, Melbourne on July 24 as TPP negotiators meet in
Hawaii - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/993 go
go go
Key is trading away
New Zealand land and homes =
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1507/S00457/key-is-trading-away-new-zealand-land-and-homes.htm who
cares about sovereignty? #TPP
TPP meeting 'will
reveal changes to dairy markets' -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/rural/279801/tpp-meeting-%27will-reveal-changes-to-dairy-markets%27 &
just how little #NZ will
get for giving up so much
Labor’s trade
stance is appeasement, not opposition to the #TPP and
#ChAFTA -
http://greens.org.au/node/11832 firmer
line needed... #ISDS
Why cosplay fans
fear the #TPP -
http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Why-cosplay-fans-fear-the-TPP #copyright maximalism
ripping heart out of modern Japanese culture...
Jane Kelsey: Labour
needs to stand firm on #TPP -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11487555 firmer
than firm: resolute #NZ
#TPP enters
final negotiations -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11487675 and
the final sell-out too? #NZ
#NZ Trade
Minister puts up smoke screen on the real issue of ballooning future
medicine cost caused by #TPP -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1507/S00108/issue-of-ballooning-future-medicine-costs.htm
#TTIP isn't
just about privatising healthcare, but fundamentally reshaping it -
https://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/shibley-rahman/247-transparent-nhs-%E2%80%93-or-rise-of-planet-of-apps it's
all about data flows #privacy
Tout ce que vous
devez savoir sur le Partenariat transpacifique -
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/economie/2015/07/24/001-partenariat-transpacifique-negociations-plus-grande-zone-libre-echange-au-monde.shtml #TPP #Canada
Standardisation
process should be open, study shows -
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/standardisation-process-should-be-open-study-shows well,
obvs #openstandards
Bid to Salvage
#TPP by Turning a
Blind Eye to Malaysia’s Trafficked Persons’ Mass Graves Will Only
Fuel Criticism -
http://www.citizen.org/documents/press-release-tpp-malaysia-trafficking-tier-2.pdf
#AU people:
Send the China FTA Inquiry a Message -
http://www.australianunions.org.au/send_jscot_a_message don't
forget there's #ISDS in
there...
Levin: Malaysia
Upgrade in Annual Trafficking Report “Extremely Concerning” -
http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/press-release/levin-malaysia-upgrade-annual-trafficking-report-%E2%80%9Cextremely-concerning%E2%80%9D worse:
shameful #TPP
Japanese farmers
urge government to protect key items before #TPP talks
-
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/27/business/japanese-farmers-urge-government-to-protect-key-items-before-tpp-talks/ good
luck with that
CWA: Malaysia’s
Upgraded Ranking Shows Obama Administration Cares More About
#TPP Than Human
Trafficking -
http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_malaysias_upgraded_ranking_shows_obama_administration_cares_more_about_
The Return Of The
Ugly German -
http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/07/the-return-of-the-ugly-german/ good
analysis #euro
Minimum damages
payments for copyright violations eyed under #TPP -
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150727p2g00m0bu032000c.html more
copyright maximalist insanity #japan
Obama administration
manipulates human rights report to “fast track” Malaysia’s
participation in #TPP -
See more at:
http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2015-07-obama-administration-manipulates-human-rights-report-2
Happy Birthday
Copyright Bombshell: New Evidence Warner Music Previously Hid Shows
Song Is Public Domain -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150727/16042931768/happy-birthday-copyright-bombshell-new-evidence-warner-music-previously-hid-shows-song-is-public-domain.shtml wow
Feds face blowback
over Malaysia human trafficking upgrade -
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/249321-feds-face-blowback-over-malaysia-trafficking-upgrade too
right #TPP
NZMA calls again for
independent health assessment of #TPP -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1507/S00275/nzma-calls-again-for-independent-health-assessment-of-tppa.htm which
they won't get, of course
Decision Time On
Biologics Exclusivity: Eight Years Is No Compromise -
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/07/27/decision-time-on-biologics-exclusivity-eight-years-is-no-compromise/ good
analysis #TPP
#TPP pressure
on #Canada, but US
is super-star in agriculture subsidies -
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/tpp-pressures-canada-on-ag-subsidies America
the hypocrite
#TiSA –
the new trade deal being kept under wraps -
http://leftfootforward.org/2015/07/tisa-the-new-trade-deal-being-kept-under-wraps/ regulations
cannot be ‘more burdensome than necessary'
'We said Pharmac and
its purchasing model had to be protected' - Little -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11488237 we'll
see #TPP #NZ
US Decision on
People Trafficking in Malaysia “Manipulated” -
http://www.ituc-csi.org/us-decision-on-people-trafficking yes,
by greed #TPP
Bees are fighting
for survival, threatened by disease, climate change and pesticides
including neonicotinoids -
https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/save-bees-this-autumn
US criticised for
taking Malaysia off trafficking blacklist -
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33685073 #TPP
#TPP’s
Reckless Proposals For Damages Will Have Negative Impact On Future
Reform Of IPR Regimes -
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/07/28/the-tpps-reckless-proposals-for-damages-will-have-negative-impact-on-future-reform-of-ipr-regimes/ copyright
insanity
Canadian dairy
farmers head to Maui in last ditch effort against #TPP -
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-dairy-farmers-head-to-maui-in-last-ditch-effort-against-tpp/article25729069/ get
ready to be sold down the river
#CAFTA’s
Decade of Empty Promises Haunts the #TPP -
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2015/07/caftas-decade-of-empty-promises-haunts-the-tpp.html history
shows free trade agreements fail to deliver on promises
Gestion de l’offre:
les agriculteurs doutent malgré les promesses -
http://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/446145/partenariat-transpacifique-gestion-de-l-offre-les-agriculteurs-doutent-malgre-les-promesses #TPP #canada
#TPP trade
talks peak as Canada eyes election timing -
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trans-pacific-partnership-trade-talks-peak-as-canada-eyes-election-timing-1.3168092 getting
interesting
#TPP Undermines
User Control and That's Disastrous for Accessibility -
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/tpp-undermines-user-control-and-thats-disastrous-accessibility
#TPP negotiators
must fix the most damaging trade agreement ever for global health -
http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/tpp-negotiators-must-fix-most-damaging-trade-agreement-ever awful
USTR proposals in
#TPP are in
conflict with U.S. Supreme Court decisions on State Sovereign
Immunity - http://keionline.org/node/2293 #awkward
Groups demand
rejection of anti-climate provision in Customs Bill - See more at:
http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2015-07-groups-demand-rejection-of-anti-climate-provision-in-customs-bill just
absurd
Ambassador Froman,
Don’t Let #TPP Restrict
Access to Affordable Medicine -
http://blog.aarp.org/2015/07/27/ambassador-froman-dont-let-the-trans-pacific-partnership-restrict-access-to-affordable-medicine/
UNAIDS calls on
trade negotiators to uphold governments’ commitments to public
health and access to medicines -
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2015/july/20150728_trips_plus #TPP
Ongoing judicial
review against the Health Research Authority -
http://www.alltrials.net/news/ongoing-judicial-review-against-the-health-research-authority/ goes
well - great news
Issues Mount as
Negotiators Gather to Wrap Up #TPP -
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/business/international/issues-mount-as-negotiators-gather-to-wrap-up-trans-pacific-trade-pact.html?_r=1 here
come the dirty deals
Companies are
pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into lobbying for #TPP deal
-
http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-corporate-lobbying-expense-jumps-as-us-trade-debate-rages-2015-7?r=US&IR=T#ixzz3hGGXwJLi guess
who benefits?
Lives at stake if
#TPP means meds
price rise -
http://ajp.com.au/news/lives-at-stake-if-trans-pacific-partnership-means-meds-price-rise/ and
it does
Govt warned
#TPP could put
lives at risk -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/280022/govt-warned-tpp-could-put-lives-at-risk guaranteed
'#TPP proves a
bitter pill' -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/279970/%27tpp-proves-a-bitter-pill%27 in
all senses
#TPP:
Key admits medicine costs will rise -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/279879/tpp-key-admits-medicine-costs-will-rise oh
well, look at that... #NZ
cancer specialist
warns #TPP will
delay medicines -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/279978/cancer-specialist-warns-tpp-will-delay-medicines &
that means cancer patient will die, purely because of greed #NZ
Bee-harming
pesticide firms took part in key meeting on their ban -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/29/bee-harming-pesticide-firms-took-part-key-meeting-ban which
UK K government then tried to hide...
Trade should trump
health concerns in hormone disruptor debate, US tells EU -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/trade-should-trump-health-concerns-hormone-disruptor-debate-us-tells US
will use #TTIP to
make it happen
BBC forced out team
behind Savile exposé, says ex-Newsnight journalist -
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/29/bbc-savile-expose-newsnight-meirion-jones why
@bbc is a shadow of former self
Harper Says Canada
‘Cannot Be Left Out’ of #TPP
-
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-29/harper-says-canada-cannot-be-left-out-of-pacific-trade-deal fatal
admission: means he has to accept what is offered
#TPP:
Australia considers 'modified' #ISDS clause
-
http://www.afr.com/news/tpp-australia-considers-modified-isds-clause-20150729-gimll1 lawyers
will find a way around it...just bin it completely
#TPP edging
closer to being finalised -
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4283403.htm #AU
#TPP documents
suggest clampdown on SOEs -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/201764442 another
ratchet that only allows more privatisation
Pacific partners may
discuss currency rules along with trade deal -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/29/trade-tpp-currency-idUSL1N10909I20150729 but
not part of #TPP, not
binding
#TPP leak:
sweeping restrictions on SOEs, more worries for Labour - See more at:
http://livenews.co.nz/2015/07/30/tppa-leak-sweeping-restrictions-on-soes-more-worries-for-labour/ #NZ
Stop #TISA the
secret trade agreement -
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_tisa_en_auchde/ avaaz
petition; 350K signatures so far...
#TPP Robb
faces pressure on sugar, medicines -
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/trans-pacific-partnership-robb-faces-pressure-on-sugar-medicines/story-fn59niix-1227459276021 shaping
up to be a bad deal for #australia...
#TPP leak
reveals sweeping restrictions agreed on SOEs -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1507/S00296/tppa-leak-reveals-sweeping-restrictions-agreed-on-soes.htm
Harper government
hopes #TPP deal
is signed before election campaign kickoff -
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Harper+government+hopes+deal+signed+before+election+campaign/11252223/story.html I
bet he does... #canada
Could #TPP become
Key’s most embarrassing moment? -
http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/could-tpp-become-keys-most-embarrassing-moment "NZ
has yet to secure additional access 4 agricultural exports"
#TPP deal
inadequate for NZ dairy -
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/70684535/us-dairy-industry-to-gain-most--from-tpp-deal of
course, you're being taken for suckers, #NZ
#TPP:
Secrecy and costs threaten benefits -
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/secrecy-and-costs-threaten-benefits-in-momentous-trade-deal-20150729-gimu7u.html "placing
foreign corporate interests above domestic ones." #AU
#TPP pone
en riesgo el acceso a medicamentos en los países menos desarrollados
-
http://www.saludyfarmacos.org/lang/es/boletin-farmacos/boletines/ago2014/ago2014585/ and
how...
The Māori Party
stands firmly opposed to the #TPP -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1507/S00525/the-maori-party-stands-firmly-opposed-to-the-tppa.htm very
wise #NZ
Open source leader
'livid' at #TPP software
patent capitulation p
http://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-leader-livid-at-tppa-software-patent-capitulation/ staggeringly
antidemocratic move #NZ
World Bank rejects
energy industry notion that coal can cure poverty -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/world-bank-rejects-energy-industry-notion-coal-can-cure-poverty-316705 just
bin this stupid idea #dirtycoal
EU automakers set to
win lion’s share of TTIP gains -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/european-automakers-set-win-lions-share-ttip-gains-316692 of
course: #TTIP =
Atlantic Car Trade Agreement (#ACTA)
UK restricts
dissident artist Ai Weiwei's stay over his “criminal record” in
China - http://boingboing.net/2015/07/29/ai-weiwei.html UK
is just painfully risible
The Road to
LibreOffice 5.0 -
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/07/29/the-road-to-libreoffice-5-0/?
the story so far #opensource
Malaysia will not
sign #TPP in
Hawaii, says Mustapa -
http://english.astroawani.com/business-news/malaysia-will-not-sign-tppa-hawaii-says-mustapa-67635 others
should follow suit
Key on #TPP:
'Things are progressing along' -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/video.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=152902 suggests
not as fast as people there hoped
Gordon Campbell on
D-Day for dairy at the #TPP -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1507/S00177/gordon-campbell-on-d-day-for-dairy-at-the-tpp.htm "has
been far more about cementing US corporate advantage in place"
Environmentalists,
union members protest #TPP being
negotiated at Maui resort -
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/07/30/environmentalists-unions-protest-pacific-trade-pact-in-maui nice
pic
#Canada under
pressure to scrap farm marketing boards for #TPP:
not keen on committing it before Oct polls -
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/canada-under-pressure-scrap-farm-marketing-boards-tpp-not-keen-committing-it-oct-polls-1458035 ouch
Tories hoping for
#TPP deal before
campaign launch -
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/tories-hoping-for-trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-before-campaign-launch I
bet they are... #canada
Communication
Workers Union backs Corbyn as antidote to Blairite 'virus' -
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/30/communication-workers-union-backs-corbyn-as-antidote-to-blairite-virus well
said: enough toxins for the UK
US Chamber of
Commerce is in Big #Tobacco’s
thrall -
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/7/us-chamber-of-commerce-is-in-big-tobaccos-thrall.html ISDS
" one most sought after by Big Tobacco": same for #TTIP
#TPP leaks
show Canada Post & CBC up for trade -
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-soe-minister/ will
#BBC & other
EU government TV stations fall victim to #TTIP?
UN paid millions to
aviation firm since learning of sex attack on girl -
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/30/united-nations-utair-congo-sexual-attack digraceful:
all involved should be fired
Athletes at Rio
Olympics to compete in 'basically raw sewage' -
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/30/athletes-at-rio-olympics-to-compete-in-basically-raw-sewage-study-reveals who
will top medal table for illnesses?
Now USTR Has
Fast Track, Hollywood Ramps Up Demands While USTR Brushes Off Public
Interest Group Concerns -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150729/22185031795/now-that-ustr-has-fast-track-hollywood-ramps-up-demands-while-ustr-brushes-off-public-interest-group-concerns.shtml #TPP
Letter from 18 pro
fast track Dems on lack of enforcement, environment -
http://blumenauer.house.gov/images/pdf/072915_letter_TPP.pdf #TPP
#TPP Threatens
Access to Affordable Medications for People Around the World -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-neas/tpp-threatens-access-to-affordable-medications-for-people_b_7899190.html disgraceful
DA Claims He'll
Charge Drone Operators Near Wildfires For Murder -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150730/06324831799/da-claims-hell-charge-drone-operators-near-wildfires-murder.shtml whoa
#Canada Under
Pressure as Pacific Trade Talks Slow Over Dairy -
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/canada-under-pressure-as-pacific-trade-talks-slow-over-dairy won't
somebody think of the cows? #TPP
Farage accused of
launching '#Ukip front operation' to run EU no campaign -
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/30/nigel-farage-accused-of-launching-ukip-front-operation-to-run-eu-no-campaign this
lot are even worse than Westminster
Open source leader
'livid' at #TPP software
patent capitulation -
http://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-leader-livid-at-tppa-software-patent-capitulation/ staggeringly
antidemocratic - pl. RT widely #NZ
Editorial:
#TPP without
dairy access will be hollow -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11489474
nothing on the table "that allows me to recommend #TPP"
#NZ
#TPP:
anada fighting hard to keep a regulated dairy market -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201764614/canada-fighting-hard-to-keep-a-regulated-dairy-market good
luck with that...
Pharmaceutical
Provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Threaten Drug Access and
Affordability =
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2015/07/30/118290/pharmaceutical-provisions-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership-threaten-drug-access-and-affordability/ #TPP
#TPP implications
for PHARMAC raise serious concerns -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1507/S00126/tppa-implications-for-pharmac-raise-serious-concerns.htm "Multiple
Sclerosis Society of #NZ is
extremely concerned"
Dairy Deal
"Disastrous" As #TPP Talks
Near End -
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/70707583/dairy-deal-disastrous-as-tpp-talks-near-end "It
could be a backwards step for #NZ dairy
industry": don't do it
What could possibly
go wrong with the #TPP?
-
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11489469 excellent
(snarky) analysis of all bad stuff already agreed by #NZ
#TPP
to impose new rules on Australia Post, NBN -
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/trans-pacific-partnership-to-impose-new-rules-on-australia-post-nbn-20150730-ginuor.html say
bye-bye to democracy, #Australia...
#AU should
reject US Congress Members’ demand to rewrite Australian laws even
after #TPP is
signed and legislated -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1507/S00188/australia-should-reject-demand-to-rewrite-australian-laws.htm
#TPP could
change the story of a rising China and a declining America -
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/tpp-could-change-the-story-of-a-rising-china-and-a-declining-america-20150730-ginnwq.html no,
just entrenches corporations as lawmakers
#TPP comes
with high price -
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/07/pacific-rim-free-trade-deal-high-price-150729064048268.html what
the destruction of #pharmac will
mean: lives lost #NZ
#NZ Govt
trading away health costs for what? -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11489984 not
even a bag of magic beans... #TPP
Trade deal threatens
affordable healthcare for millions, experts say -
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/30/millions-risk-losing-access-to-healthcare--experts-say.html but
hey, profits before people, you know #TPP
Secrecy of
#TPP documents
heads to court -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1507/S00317/secrecy-of-tppa-documents-heads-to-court.htm bit
late, alas...
#TPP may
force #NZ to
amend software patent law -
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/70723808/tpp-may-force-new-zealand-to-amend-software-patent-law "Foreign
Affairs and Trade Ministry won't say"; a "yes", then
'Modified version'
of investor clause no fix in TPP -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-31/gleeson-tienhaara-crunch-time-for-isds-in-tpp-agreement/6663398 good
analysis: "safeguards" just won't work: bin #ISDS now
#AU
CAFTA’s 10th
anniversary spotlights TPP’s threat 2 affordable life-saving drugs
-
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/249512-caftas-10th-anniversary-spotlights-tpps-threat-to-affordable #CAFTA was
a disaster; #TPP will
be
After publishing
secret spy docs, German news site investigated for treason -
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/07/after-publishing-secret-spy-docs-german-news-site-investigated-for-treason/ appalling
attack on press freedom #de
TPP: Former WTO head
Pascal Lamy says #TPP benefits
'modest' -
http://www.afr.com/news/economy/trade/tpp-former-wto-head-pascal-lamy-says-tpp-benefits-modest-20150731-ginvxn but
costs disproportionately high for public
Japan's
#TPP benefits
limited as U.S. mulls taking 20 years to remove vehicle tariffs -
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150731p2a00m0na007000c.html walk
away, walk away...
Never, perhaps, has
contrast been as great between debate on changing #NZ flag
and on #TPP negotiations
-
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/280135/irony-in-tpp-vs-flag-debate gd
point
Japan says #TPP is
not a place to negotiate currencies -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/31/japan-economy-aso-idUSL3N10B06Y20150731?irpc=932
Japan's Amari:
Intellectual property not yet worked out at TPP -
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Q509320150731?irpc=932 after
all, #copyright still
has a finite term...
#Canada's
dairy hardball could slow TPP talks: New Zealand envoy -
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-s-dairy-hardball-could-slow-tpp-talks-new-zealand-envoy-1.2495563 #NZ should
do the same
#Canada's
Demands Delaying TPP Deal, Says New Zealand Envoy -
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/07/30/canada-tpp-deal-new-zealand_n_7908448.html #NZ in
a hurry to sell out its public?
Green groups express
'major concern' over Tory policies in letter to Cameron -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/31/green-groups-express-major-concern-over-tory-policies-in-letter-to-cameron smug
Tories say: "go recycle yourself"
EU steps up PR
campaign to overcome #TTIP hostility
-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3176089/EU-steps-PR-campaign-overcome-U-S-trade-deal-hostility.html 'cos
it's all about PR, isn't it, not about democracy at all?
Contrary To What
You've Heard, #TPP Will
Undermine US Law - Including Supreme Court Decisions -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150729/23003431797/contrary-to-what-youve-heard-tpp-will-undermine-us-law-including-supreme-court-decisions.shtml don't
patriots care?
Zimbabwe seeking
extradition of Cecil the lion's killer from U.S. -
http://mashable.com/2015/07/31/zimbabwe-extradition-cecil-lion/ I'm
sure the law-loving US will hand him over
#EU published
revised #TTIP services
offer -
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/july/tradoc_153669.pdf;
revised proposal for services chapter -
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/july/tradoc_153670.pdf
Yes, German
Authorities Are Pushing Treason Charges Against @Netzpolitik For
Publishing Surveillance Plans -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150730/16425131805/yes-german-authorities-are-pushing-treason-charges-against-netzpolitik-publishing-surveillance-plans.shtml
German "treason"
investigation against @netzpolitik put on hold for now -
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/generalbundesanwalt-stoppt-ermittlungen-gegen-netzpolitik-13728725.html but
not dead yet(v https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TheBlackBoxSL/about)
#TPP chases
elusive final deal in tough talks -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/31/us-trade-tpp-idUSKCN0Q500120150731 disgusting
that #tobacco still
has anything to do with this
#TPP Trade
Negotiators Reach Environmental Accord -
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/business/tpp-trade-talks-us-pacific-nations.html?_r=1 …
but seems it lacks binding enforcement = chocolate teapot
US has yet to pursue
trade remedies against countries already obliged to environmental
enforcement under existing trade accord" #TPP
Courting Unions,
Hillary Clinton Says She Didn't Work on #TPP -
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-30/courting-unions-clinton-says-she-didn-t-work-on-trans-pacific-partnership oh,
TPP already toxic?
Magistrates resign
over court charges that encourage innocent to plead guilty -
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/jul/31/magistrates-resign-court-charges-encourage-innocent-plead-guilty they
have decency - unlike UK gov
Windows 10:
Microsoft faces criticism over privacy -
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/31/windows-10-microsoft-faces-criticism-over-privacy-default-settings come
on: privacy is so Windows 3.1...
#TPP could
seriously hurt Canadian interests -
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/a-deal-we-cant-or-must-refuse-320244271.html but
Harper seems to think a bad deal better than no deal... #ca
Facebook’s
Internet.org numbers just aren’t adding up -
https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2015/07/31/facebooks-internet.org-numbers-just-arent-adding-up "undermines
security and privacy"
U.S. Bends on Patent
Data as Dairy Vexes #TPP -
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-31/u-s-bends-on-patent-data-as-dairy-vexes-pacific-trade-talks must
bend on tobacco too...
Climate models are
even more accurate than you thought -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/jul/31/climate-models-are-even-more-accurate-than-you-thought despite
what deluded denialists would have us think
Andrew Robb tells US
it's now or never for #TPP deal
-
http://www.afr.com/news/economy/trade/andrew-robb-tells-us-its-now-or-never-for-tpp-deal-20150731-giogqs definitely
never...
The story of
AllTrials -
http://www.alltrials.net/news/the-story-of-the-campaign-thats-changing-the-world/ great
intro to important campaign #opendata #clinicaltrials
Fight against
#netneutrality focuses
on definition of Internet access -
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/isps-net-neutrality-rules-are-illegal-because-internet-access-uses-computers/ what
idiots these ISPs are
