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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160801 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160802.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Mexican rape victim, 13, refused access to abortion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/mexican-victim-13-refused-access-to-abortion horrific: "judge downgrades crime to ‘sexual coercion’" #mx

"It’s time to bring BACK the famous dark blue UK passport" - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1537388/its-time-to-bring-back-the-famous-dark-blue-uk-passport-as-a-symbol-of-our-independence-after-brexit/ Sun continues to incite its bigoted and idiot readers

"if a company so much as tweets a congratulations to an Olympic athlete, that could cost the athlete their medals" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160730/00341435112/how-olympics-bullshit-ban-tweeting-about-olympics-is-harming-olympic-athletes.shtml

A challenge to publishers to justify embargo periods - https://fossilsandshit.com/2016/08/02/a-challenge-to-publishers-to-justify-embargo-periods/ accepting embargoes was a huge mistake #ZeroEmbargoesNow #ZEN

Russian Orthodox church head backs Ivan the Terrible sculpture - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/russian-orthodox-church-head-backs-ivan-the-terrible-sculpture you can't make this stuff up - talk about symbolism

Miller, Trott Urge President Against Forcing Lame-Duck #TPP Vote - https://candicemiller.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/miller-trott-urge-president-against-forcing-lame-duck-tpp-vote if it quacks like a duck, it's probably a dog...

Erdoğan: west is supporting terrorism against Turkey - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/the-west-is-supporting-terrorism-against-turkey-claims-erdogank at least he's making it easy for west to tell him to get lost