151018

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151017 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151017.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Chinese "are practiced at the brilliant complexity of British hypocrisy" - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/18/britian-has-made-visionary-choice-to-become-chinas-best-friend-says-xi ha! #china

Prospect of #TTIP already undermining EU food standards, say campaigners - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/18/prospect-ttip-deal-undermining-eu-food-standards-gmos as already happened with neutered #FQD

The British spy: how our national obsession led to Bond and Smiley - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/18/literary-spy-fever-bond-le-carre I fear this is why Brits so tolerant of #GCHQ

Indigenous Canadians take leading role in battle against tar sands pipeline - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/18/canada-indigenous-first-nations-tar-sands-pipeline-oil self-interest, but laudable too #ca

#TTIP is a ‘revolution against international law’, says UN Expert - http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2015/oct/16/ttip-%E2%80%98revolution-against-international-law%E2%80%99-says-un-expert he's right, you know; find out why...

Former Qatari PM tries to use diplomatic immunity to halt torture case - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/18/former-qatari-pm-sheikh-hamad-bin-jassim-bin-jaber-al-thani-diplomatic-immunity denies it, but wants to use immunity; right

The #TPP’s one-way ratchet - http://insidestory.org.au/the-tpps-one-way-ratchet "wrong way to manage our international trade and investment" #AU

Urge Belize to Protect its Marine Parks from Oil and Gas Mining - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/532/311/152/ this would be madness