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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161022 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161022.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#CETA: Pittella calls for a swift compromise - http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=47416b017a&e=78e1c0c8ff @TheProgressives still utterly clueless on #CETA's deep problems

#Japan: stop the #whale slaughter - hours left - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stop_the_whales_slaughter_loc/ "creation of the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary" #IWC

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161021 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161021.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Tory health minister calls #Brexit vote 'a terrible mistake' - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/22/lord-prior-tory-health-minister-brexit-vote-terrible-mistake politicians gradually finding courage to speak out

Unauthorised communication to the public in an online environment as a criminal offence in the UK? - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/10/unauthorised-communication-to-public-in.html looks v bad #UK

#CETA: A way out of European self-dwarfism - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/opinion/ceta-a-way-out-of-european-self-dwarfism/ this "CETA or we are doomed" is absurd: the future is better deals

#Brexit: leading banks set to pull out of UK early next year - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/22/leading-banks-set-to-pull-out-of-brexit-uk & so it begins...

161021

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161020 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161020.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#China's Manufacturers Now Producing Copies Before Original Products Are Even Launched - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161019/08195235836/chinas-manufacturers-now-producing-copies-before-original-products-are-even-launched.shtml #shenzhen leads the way

Canada-EU trade negotiations still gridlocked as horse trading continues [Updated] - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/ceta-signing-scuppered-belgium-regional-governments/ #Wallonia stands strong #CETA

Peruvians Face Riot Police as They March Against the #TPP - http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Peruvians-Face-Riot-Police-as-They-March-Against-the-TPP-20161012-0017.html pushback in #peru

Polish woman jeered at for saying she no longer feels welcome in Britain - http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/polish-woman-brexit-booed-uk/ #brexiters shame us daily

#CETA deal on the brink of collapse as Canada admits defeat - http://waronwant.org/media/ceta-deal-brink-collapse-canada-admits-defeat interesting times...

EU-Canada trade deal in meltdown as Canadian minister walks out - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/21/eu-canada-ceta-trade-deal-meltdown-canadian-minister-walks-out #awkward #ISDS #CETA

Opposition walk out ahead of Diet committee deliberation on #TPP - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/21/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-party-members-walk-ahead-diet-committee-deliberation-tpp/ "ruling parties could steamroll approval" #japan

Onshore windfarms more popular than thought, UK poll finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/20/onshore-windfarms-more-popular-than-thought-uk-poll-finds so much for the sovereignty of the people

161020

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161019 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161019.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Schulz makes a plea to back #CETA - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/schulz-makes-a-plea-to-back-eu-canada-trade-deal/ selling out again; but he does raise EU-Vietnam FTA, which must also be stopped

New feud may set back #Japan's #TPP vote - http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/New-feud-may-set-back-Japan-s-TPP-vote well, that's a pity...not

Facebook bans 'offensive' Swedish breast cancer awareness video - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/20/facebook-bans-swedish-breast-cancer-awareness-video-for-being-offensive shame on you,@facebook

Comment l’AECG Canada-Union Européenne va miner la démocratie - http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/10/14/comment-laecg-canada-union-europeenne-va-miner-la-democratie/ #CETA

Montaigne Institute warns EU against abandoning #TTIP - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/montaigne-institute-warns-the-eu-against-abandoning-ttip/ notice how there is nothing for the public in this defence

#TTIP: the impact on the Greek democracy, economy and society - http://www.bilaterals.org/?ttip-the-impact-on-the-greek #greece

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161018 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161018.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK hard #Brexit pullout risks big fall in GDP and trade gridlock at ports - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/18/theresa-may-given-stark-warning-about-leaving-customs-union?CMP=share_btn_tw well, imagine that

Outrage over actor Rahama Sadau's hug highlights #Nigeria's divisions - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/rahama-sadau-ban-nigeria-religious-divides-rap-video-i-love-you-classiq these people are pathetic

I hate Trump and Farage. But on free trade they have a point - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/19/free-trade-broken-idea-elites-deals-ceta-ttip-economic people finally wake up to dangers of #CETA & #TTIP

World's mammals being eaten into extinction, report warns - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/19/worlds-mammals-being-eaten-into-extinction-report-warns so depressing

#Bulgaria and #Romania maintain reservations on #CETA - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/bulgaria-and-romania-maintain-reservations-on-ceta/ not just Belgium unhappy

.@FedEx: Please Stop Transporting Captive Dolphins for Human Entertainment - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/846/385/391/ if you don't, time for a boycott?

UK Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee fails to understand #CETA's problems, waves it through - http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/european-scrutiny-committee/meeting-summary-201516/oral/41281.html no surprise

Your dynamic IP address is now protected personal data under EU law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/eu-dynamic-static-ip-personal-data/ as is your static one... #privacy

EU-Canada trade deal still delayed by Belgian regional parliament - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/eu-canada-free-trade-deal-delayed-belgium-ceta #ISDS rightly main sticking point for #CETA

Brazilian politician who led Rousseff impeachment arrested on corruption charges - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/eduardo-cunha-arrested-corruption-charges-brazil you can't make this stuff up #br

Law may be needed to preserve the rights of Irish in UK after #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/19/law-may-be-needed-preserve-rights-irish-uk-after-brexit more complications... #ie

Compromising in the Caucasus - http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/compromising-in-the-caucasus/ let's hope #nagornokarabakh #am #az

The Case for the #TPP: Responding to the Critics - https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/the-case-the-tpp-responding-the-critics all old, discredited claims, incredibly weak

UNESCO recommends halt to #Bangladesh coal plant - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2016-10-unesco-recommends-halt-to-bangladesh-coal-plant so will the U.S. Ex-Im Bank just arrogantly ignore that?

161018

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161017 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/10/161017.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Donald Trump's dark warning that dead will rise from the voter rolls - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/18/donald-trump-rejects-election-result-before-the-votes-have-been-counted whoa, this will end well....

Tobacco Carve-Out From #ISDS Starts To Spread: Another Nail In The Coffin Of Corporate Sovereignty - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161014/09071935797/tobacco-carve-out-isds-starts-to-spread-another-nail-coffin-corporate-sovereignty.shtml #TPP #TTIP

The great #CETA swindle - https://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2016/10/great-ceta-swindle great, detailed analysis of the lies being put about by @EU_Commission and its supporters

Why the #IoT security nightmare could be a dream for #Ubuntu - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/10/ubuntu-snap-packaging-internet-of-things-security/ making security a snap

EU struggles to keep Canada trade deal on track - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/18/eu-struggles-to-keep-canada-trade-deal-on-track poor reporting: no mention of massive popular rejection of #CETA

CETA: A significant shift from democratic governance - http://www.policynote.ca/ceta-a-significant-shift-in-democratic-governance/ why #CETA must not pass...

#CETA: Paul Magnette refuse la deadline de l’Europe - http://www.lesoir.be/1345903/article/economie/2016-10-18/ceta-paul-magnette-refuse-deadline-l-europe bravo,@paulmagnette...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161016 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/10/161016.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Calls for UK to rejoin EU 'should be treason', urges Tory petition - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/17/call-to-keep-uk-in-eu-should-be-treason-urges-tory-councillors-petition #brexit

British spooks’ secret citizen data slurp broke ECHR rules, says tribunal - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/british-spies-bulk-personal-datasets-broke-echr-rules/ imminent #IPBill makes everything legal

"our next release which will be #Ubuntu 17.04, is hereby code named the ‘Zesty Zapus’." - http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1512

The truth about trade - http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/16/the-truth-about-trade/UWtu8jpAo8LTsTFlffaZ0K/story.html "powerful companies are misusing #ISDS to try to scare governments" #TPP

Open letter to the parliament of Wallonia and Belgian voters on the proposed CETA & its #ISDS - https://gusvanharten.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/canadian-academics-open-letter-on-the-ceta-and-wallonia.pdf #CA

Sign the petition urging UK minister George Eustice to protect #whales - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/whales

Prosecute South Herefordshire Hunt for throwing live Foxcubs to packs of hungry dogs - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/585/334/658/ sick people

Judge rejects riot charges for journalist Amy Goodman after oil pipeline protest - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/17/amy-goodman-north-dakota-oil-access-pipeline-protest-arrest-riot wise judge

Highland Clearances - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/10/highland-clearances/ let's hope @ukhomeoffice's bullying makes #canada think twice about signing trade deal with UK

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2109365-whales-dung-is-the-real-reason-we-need-to-stop-hunting-them/ whales boost fish stocks, rather than depleting them