Monday, May 11, 2015

news digest for 11may15

Parents marched in protest in Mexico City on Mother's Day for their missing children.
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On Thursday the US Second District Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Government had gone too far in bulk collection of consumer data. Congress will have to act by the end of the month to extend, repeal or modify the guts of the Patriot Act from the early days of the war on terror. Particularly Section 215. Here's a synopsis from Wired magazine. And an 8 minute audio overview from On The Media.

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It was a shattering election Friday May 8th for many in the UK. Blue are Tories that took Parliament with a majority. Scottish National Party is in yellow. A watershed event as Labour had been expected to do much better.
This cartoon seems to capture the mood:

The same day there were massive protests in Sana'a, Yemen:
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It's tornado season in middle America. Hard hit this year were Texas and Oklahoma. Here's one in Halstead, Kansas.
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There was pig diving in China. Of course there was.
Tom Hanks was in Venice for Ron Howard's new movie.

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In Baltimore two weeks ago, a few blocks from the tear gas and protests.

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A Martian sunset.

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