150921

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150920 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/150920.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Nuclear plant project a step closer as Osborne makes £2bn guarantee - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/21/nuclear-plant-project-osbornes-commits-2bn-guarantee UK gov pig-headed in the face of the facts...

John Key: #TPP will be 'best we can do' - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11516583 as expected, he's preparing for the sell-out... #NZ

Does the Commission’s new proposal mark the end of #ISDS? - http://ttip2015.eu/blog-detail/blog/ICS%20first%20analysis.html nope; excellent, detailed analysis why

Do the Commission’s reform proposals for #ISDS really solve the problem? - https://stop-ttip.org/blog/do-the-commissions-reform-proposals-for-isds-really-solve-the-problem/ nope again; useful tabular analysis



"No 10 did not recognise any of the allegations" - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/21/david-cameron-pig-head-lord-ashcroft-unofficial-biography-drug-taking-claims this "non-recognition" has become standard non-denial denial

EU commission #ISDS proposal a threat to democracy and civil rights - https://blog.ffii.org/eu-commission-isds-proposal-a-threat-to-democracy-and-civil-rights/ another important analysis

VW Accused Of Using Software To Fool Emissions Tests: Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150920/03163032307/vw-accused-using-software-to-fool-emissions-tests-welcome-to-internet-cheating-things.shtml

Lipstick on the TTIP pig - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/gus-fagan/lipstick-on-ttip-pig further useful analysis of the #TTIP & #CETA mess, and why they must go

France confirms that Google must remove search results globally, or face big fines - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/france-confirms-that-google-must-remove-search-results-globally-or-face-big-fines/ things are getting heavy

German minister tells Volkswagen to clear up emissions scandal - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/21/volkswagen-shares-plunge-claims-falsified-emissions-data-us-epa getting pretty serious now... #vw

OECD: leading countries spend $200bn a year subsidising fossil fuels - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/21/oecd-nations-200bn-subsidisies-fossil-fuels-climate-change paying for our own destruction...clever

#India joins war on #crypto, wants everyone to keep plaintext copies of all encrypted data for 90 days - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/india-joins-war-on-crypto-wants-everyone-to-keep-plaintext-copies-of-all-encrypted-data-for-90-days/ bonkers

26,000 Canadian jobs at risk as #TPP auto talks resume, Unifor says - http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/26000-canadian-jobs-at-risk-as-tpp-auto-talks-resume-unifor-says-154792/ but hey, getting any agreement more important

An #ISDS Carve-Out to Support Action on Climate Change - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2663504 "to identify language for an ISDS carve-out"

Company Acquires Rights To Drug Used By AIDS/Cancer Patients; Raises Per Pill Price From Under $14 To $750 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150919/20520132300/company-acquires-rights-to-drug-used-aidscancer-patients-immediately-raises-per-pill-price-under-14-to-750.shtml lovely

#VW scandal shows well why corporations cannot be trusted to have any control of regulatory mechanisms, as #TTIP intends: they will cheat