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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151008 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151008.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#AU Data regime will see us funding our own surveillance - http://eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=45547 paying for our own punishment: Brazil is with us

"responsible farmers, retailers, manufacturers who work in tobacco" - http://www.pmi.com/eng/media_center/media_kit/Pages/PMI_Comments_on_Trans_Pacific_Partnership_Agreement.aspx what, those who give cancer to people? #TPP

House of Commons Meeting - #TTIP - Giving Up Our Democracy - http://www.meetup.com/GlobalNet21/events/224091886/ October 14

Turnbull hails #TPP as central to Australia's prosperity - http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2015/s4325850.htm but can only speak in vague platitudes about "benefits"

#TPP bad for the environment, green groups say - http://www.smh.com.au/environment/transpacific-partnership-bad-for-the-environment-green-groups-say-20151006-gk2bga.html #ISDS powerful weapon to stop legislation fighting pollution #AU

#TPP: Greens call for greater scrutiny of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/greens-call-for-greater-tpp-scrutiny/6834764 need detailed projections #AU

Winners, losers, sceptics in #TPP - http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/06/06/24/enormous-benefits-from-tpp-ministers easy: 1% are the winners, everyone else loses - not least democracy #AU

"#TPP not a free trade agreement, but an agreement to co-ordinate the management of existing trade relationships" - http://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/even-money-on-transpacific-partnership-win-on-current-form-20151006-gk2jd1.html

"#TPP was of 'enormous benefit' to Australia": platitudes, platitudes - http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/10/06/trade-deal-a-win-for-australia--turnbull.html & he won't be around when truth emerges

Greens call on Government to refer #TPP to Productivity Commission - http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/pr-article/greens-call-on-government-to-refer-trans-pacific-partnership-ag/ if it's such a good deal, why not prove it? #AU

 #TPP digital impact yet to surface - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11526107 #NZ selling out the future for the sake of a few cows...

Medicines #Australia disappointed by #TPP outcomes - https://ajp.com.au/news/medicines-australia-disappointed-by-tpp-outcomes/ people will die for a nugatory increase in profits

Once More: #TPP Agreement Is Not A Free Trade Agreement, It's A Protectionist Anti-Free Trade Agreement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/18053032475/once-more-tpp-agreement-is-not-free-trade-agreement-protectionist-anti-free-trade-agreement.shtml important

Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/mercedes-honda-mazda-mitsubishi-diesel-emissions-row we need some juicy fines to concentrate minds here (v @EliotHiggins)

Australian prime minister runs private e-mail server, uses Confide and Wickr - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/australian-prime-minister-runs-private-e-mail-server-uses-confide-and-wickr/ maybe we should praise tech-savvy PM

here's the chapter of the #China-#Australia Free Trade Agreement with the #ISDS section - http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/chafta/official-documents/Documents/chafta-chapter-9-investment.pdf #ChAFTA

Responses to Software Patents in #India Though Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions - http://techrights.org/2015/10/09/de-facto-monopolies-on-software-india/ #swpats

Oettinger glaubt nicht an Datenschutzabkommen mit USA - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/guenther-oettinger-glaubt-nicht-an-datenschutz-abkommen-mit-usa-a-1057005.html "EU zu wenig gegen den Datenmissbrauch unternommen habe"

Freihandel mit den USA: Alles über das #TTIP-Abkommen - endlich verständlich - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-alles-ueber-freihandelsabkommen-zwischen-usa-und-eu-a-1042658.html

Megaupload Defendants Don’t Need Expert Witnesses, U.S. Argues - https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-defendants-dont-need-expert-witnesses-u-s-argues-151009/ yes, and justice - who needs that, after all?

#TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter, Consolidated Text (Oct. 5th 2015) - https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/ that's hot... (v @claudio)

Biggest anti-#TTIP rally to hit Berlin - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/biggest-anti-ttip-rally-hit-berlin-318380 "600 special buses & five trains will shuttle protestors from every corner"

SeaWorld can't breed orcas in newly approved $100 million tank expansion - http://mashable.com/2015/10/08/seaworld-tank-expansion/ @seaworld needs closing down completely

#BBC apologises for R4 show that mocked climate science - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/07/bbc-apologises-radio-4-show-that-mocked-climate-science not a "lapse", part of pattern of irresponsible journalism

Freedom of information commission not very free with its information - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/09/freedom-of-information-commission-not-very-free-with-its-information start of the attack on UK's FOI

telling the biggest brands that they won't buy unsustainable or unjust tuna - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/not-just-tuna outrageous this is still happening

Leak of Complete, Final #TPP Intellectual Property Text Confirms Would Raise Costs, Put Medicines Out of Reach - https://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=5662

Independent Commission on FOI is calling for evidence on aspects of FOIA 2000 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/independent-commission-on-freedom-of-information-call-for-evidence gutting FOI: pl. write to stop them

International Days of Action against #TPP, #TTIP, #TISA, #CETA - https://www.trade4people.org/

Wikileaks release of #TPP deal text confirms 'freedom of expression' fears - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/09/wikileaks-releases-tpp-intellectual-property-rights-chapter good to see coverage in @guardiannews

Propiedad intelectual en el Tratado Transpacífico: más costos que beneficios - https://www.derechosdigitales.org/9405/la-version-final-del-tpp-retroceso-las-politicas-propiedad-intelectual/ claro #TPP

#Japan's Amari says not willing to renegotiate #TPP trade pact - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-japan-economy-amari-idUSKCN0S30UL20151009 come on, such fun before - why not do it again?