151208

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151207 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2015/12/151207.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Commodity crunch: miners slash spending as rout deepens - http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/dec/08/commodity-crunch-mining-shares-oil-chinese-trade-shock-business-live#block-5666a229e4b06e40cff6a31f good to see @bhpbilliton suffering there...

New EU cybersecurity rules neutered by future backdoors and weakened crypto - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/12/new-eu-cybersecurity-rules-neutered-by-future-backdoors-and-weakened-crypto/ what's the point if they break stuff?

Will the European Parliament ask court whether #ISDS is legal? - https://www.vrijschrift.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/192-Will-the-European-Parliament-ask-court-whether-ISDS-is-legal.html they ought to....

Ivory price drop in China signals fall in demand, report says - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/ivory-price-drop-in-china-signals-fall-in-demand-report-says let's hope, time is running out for elephants

AT&T Pretends It Was Just About To Offer A Bunch Of Awesome Services, But Then Net Neutrality Happened - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20151202/10201732972/att-pretends-it-was-just-about-to-offer-bunch-awesome-services-then-net-neutrality-happened.shtml comedians

"If you start charging them at Swedish prices, then all you will get is more piracy" - http://www.politico.eu/article/coming-soon-netflix-on-holidays-commission-regulation-media-geoblocking-eu/ so don't price gouge them...

important: MPs debate #TTIP on Thursday - http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/backbench-business-committee/news-parliament-2015/mps-debate-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership/ pl. write to your MPs before then: https://www.writetothem.com/ makes it easy

Greenpeace exposes sceptics hired to cast doubt on climate science - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/greenpeace-exposes-sceptics-cast-doubt-climate-science nice work by @Greenpeace

Facebook Declares BBC Article About French Political Polls 'Unsafe' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151207/00161333008/facebook-declares-bbc-article-about-french-political-polls-unsafe.shtml uh-huh

Early look at 2015 greenhouse gas emissions is good news if true - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/12/early-look-at-2015-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-good-news-if-true/ let's hope..

House votes overwhelmingly to restrict visa waivers for travelers - http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/262529-house-votes-overwhelmingly-to-restrict-visa-waivers-for-travelers pic says: "#ConfidentAmerica"...not so much