World News, Ukraine and Russia, China, Australia, Israel and Palestine, Africa; War on Terror, Iraq'd, Islamism, Surveillance and Privacy

World News

• Man sets self afire in Tokyo in apparent protest—Japan slowly turning militant.
• MH370: New evidence of tampering with cockpit systems revealed
• No, North Korea Did NOT Threaten War Over Seth Rogan Movie—"Media reports claiming the DPRK threatened war over a Seth Rogan and James Franco movie are flat out wrong."

Ukraine and Russia

• Putin snarls, but Obama gets the last laugh
• Defying Russia, Ukraine Signs E.U. Trade Pact—"Moscow warned that the signing of the economic agreement, which had set off protests and fighting in Ukraine, would have 'serious consequences.'" NYT
• Ukraine begins military offensive as cease-fire ends

China

• Washington is renaming the street outside China's embassy after jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo — and China is furious National Post
• Chinese president Xi Jinping vows China won't bully other nations
• Hong Kong democracy 'referendum' voting ends
• Hong Kong police arrest democracy protesters at sit-in

Australia

• Australia's right to know is under assault—"Reforms to freedom of information under the last government saw FOI culture flourish. Now the Coalition plans to radically restrict the FOI regime."
• Janet Albrechtsen appointed to ABC and SBS board appointments panel
• Australia's High Court rules PNG immigrant detention camp constitutional—"Australia's highest court has dismissed a challenge to the government's policy of sending asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea, ruling detention at an island immigration camp legal under the country's constitution."
• Australia buys up, enters Asian arms race

Israel and Palestine

• Israeli PM Calls Killers of Three Israeli Teens 'Human Animals'
• Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack
• Israeli troops clash with Palestinians after body of Arab teenager found WaPo

Africa

• African leaders vote to give themselves immunity from war crimes
• Uganda students smuggle pigs into parliament—"Youths and police guards arrested after protest against high unemployment and government corruption."
• Donors slash Mozambique aid over corruption claims

War on Terror

• Obama's crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.
• Supreme Court lets victims' 9/11 suit vs. Saudi Arabia proceed
• Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater—"Not long after the security firm's top manager in Iraq told a State Department investigator 'that he could kill' him, an inquiry was abandoned. Weeks later, the firm's guards killed 17 civilians in Iraq." NYT
• US court revives lawsuit against Abu Ghraib security contractors
• Judge upholds order demanding release of CIA torture accounts—"US government loses attempt to keep accounts of torture of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri secret."
• Army Clears Bergdahl of Any Misconduct During Captivity
• Bill Clinton says GOP is guilty of double standard on Benghazi WaPo
• New TSA fees to make airfare more expensive

Iraq'd

• Obama authorizes 200 more troops for Iraq WaPo
• If You Were An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV
• Laura Ingraham To Republicans: Stop Talking About Iraq Already!
• Dick Cheney Doesn't Want You To Reflect on the Iraq War, So You Know It's a Good Idea To
• Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Rips Dick Cheney: He Isn't Immoral, He's Amoral—Sociopath.
• Nation Editor Tells Bill Kristol To Join Iraqi Army If He Wants War
• alicublog: On Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Blame Game on Iraq—Goldberg: "I supported the war, and I still think the arguments in favor at the time were superior to the arguments against. Alas, the facts on the ground didn't care about the arguments." Facts do have a liberal bias.

Islamism

• Iraq crisis: Isis changes name and declares its territories a new Islamic state with 'restoration of caliphate' in Middle East
• Just what is a 'caliphate' — and why are some Muslims keen to reestablish one?
  
• Christian Iraqis Live in State of Fear of ISIS Terrorists
• Osama Bin Laden's seven rules for terrorists: ISIS will regret not following the al-Qaida leader's advice.
• Britain bans controversial Saudi cleric al-Arifi—""The UK Government makes no apologies for refusing people access to the UK if we believe they represent a threat to our society. Coming here is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert our shared values."
• European Court upholds French full veil ban
• Nigerian man is locked up after saying he is an atheist—"Campaigners call for release of 29-year-old Mubarak Bala, who lives in Kano in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north."
• At least 30 die in Nigeria village attacks—"Churches set alight in attack by suspected Islamist extremists on village close to town from where schoolgirls were kidnapped."

Surveillance and Privacy

• Facebook's Psychological Experiments Connected to Department of Defense Research on Civil Unrest
• Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show—Now Internet monitoring is supposedly legal. WaPo
• New Snowden docs: NSA spies on pretty much everyone abroad—"All the world's a stage for US spies, according to secret American memos."
• Greenwald delays biggest Snowden story yet after new U.S. government claims
• FBI, CIA Use Backdoor Searches To Warrentlessly Spy On Americans' Communications
• ISPs take legal action against GCHQ
• TOR exit nodes now illegal in Austria
• Paypal Freezes ProtonMail Campaign Funds —A Paypal representative "questioned whether ProtonMail is legal and if we have government approval to encrypt emails."

Iraq'd, ISIS, Benghazi; Ukraine and Russia, China; Corruption; Bad Sports, Sterling; Church and State, Trojan Horse, Educamation, Extermists

Iraq'd

• The Case for Doing Nothing in Iraq—"The same people who got us into this mess want America to 'do something.' Ignore them." Politico
• Neocons promised Iraq would be Model of Democracy, Left US Holding the Bag
• FLASHBACK: Remember When Paul Wolfowitz Said Not to Worry About Sectarian Violence in Iraq?—"The former Bush administration official is perhaps the worst person to give advice about the current crisis in Iraq—but that hasn't stopped him from speaking out."
• Media Malpractice: Iraq War Blunderers Keep Getting Invited to Criticize Obama
• Americans poorly served by media on Iraq, Benghazi
• Cheneys reach the bottom of the barrel, drill deeper
• Jay Carney Had The Perfect Response To Dick Cheney On Iraq
• Sorry, George W. Bush, but this whole mess is still your fault—"GOP wants to pin Iraq on Barack Obama. Perhaps they need a simple refresher in the real history of the last decade." Salon
• How the Top Iraqi Terrorist Was Helped by a Bush-Signed Agreement—"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who heads the jihadists threatening Baghdad, was freed from prison under a deal W. struck with Iraq. "
• Gunmen Attack North of Baghdad as Obama Weighs Options for Iraq
• Iraq formally asks US to launch air strikes against rebels
• 5,000 Iranians volunteer to defend Iraq holy sites from ISIL militants
• Saudis give apparent warning to Iran: don't meddle in Iraq
• Jon Stewart blasts John McCain over Iraq foreign policy Salon
• Glenn Beck admits: Liberals got Iraq right Politico

ISIS

• ISIS storms across Iraq: What would a jihadist state look like?
• The rules in ISIS' new state: Amputations for stealing and women to stay indoors.
• The ISIS Extremists Causing Havoc in Iraq Are Getting Funds and Recruits From Southeast Asia
• ISIS's Savage Strategy in Iraq—"The brutality currently on display, initiated by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, is more than a carnival of revenge."
• Someone Is Spilling ISIS's Secrets on Twitter

Benghazi

• Obama Administration Won't Send Benghazi Suspect To Gitmo
• Benghazi Suspect Said He Was Moved To Take Revenge For American-Made Video
• Hiding in plain sight: Captured Benghazi suspect an enigma
• Abu Khattala was an unlikely leader before Benghazi attacks — and a loner afterward WaPo
• Harry Reid Slams 'Disgusting,' 'Pathetic' GOP Response To Benghazi Arrest
• 7 Republicans Who Said Obama Wasn't Trying Hard Enough to Bring the Benghazi Attacker to Justice
• GOP's Benghazi humiliation: Capture of suspect upends deranged agenda—"With alleged ringleader now in custody, the Benghazi Select Committee just lost a prized grandstanding opportunity." Salon

Ukraine and Russia

• Tanks and gas politics in eastern Ukraine: The crisis heats up again while the world is distracted by Iraq
• Russia cuts natural gas supply to Ukraine
• Ukraine Says Mysterious Pipeline Explosion Is Not So Mysterious
• Ukraine's Poroshenko 'to order unilateral ceasefire'
• Russia 'using words to destroy meaning', say writers—"Group of authors including two Nobel laureates condemns Russian Federation's 'waves of propaganda' against free expression."

China

• To bolster its claims, China plants islands in disputed waters
• Chinese Hackers Are Practicing How To Blow Up US Pipelines And Shut Down Power Plants
• German security firm finds spyware on Chinese-made smartphone

Corruption

• How Corrupt Is the U.S.? Just Watch 'House of Cards,' China Party Arm Says
• Mayor of Venice resigns after corruption inquiry
• Russia's Former Top Anti-Corruption Cop Commits Suicide During Questioning

Bad Sports

• The Brazil World Cup Could Be The Last True Sports Mega-Event
• World Cup Produces Arrest of Mexican Drug Lord Going to Game
• France cries foul at World Cup "spy drone"—"Quadrocopter buzzed French practice facilities near Sao Paulo, Brazil."
• The Odds of a World Cup in Qatar in 2022 Are Falling
• "Open Wide for Some Soccer!": The Simpsons' Brilliant Parody of the Beautiful Game

Sterling

• Donald Sterling pulls support from Clippers sale, suing NBA again
• Donald Sterling hires 4 private investigators to dig up dirt on NBA heads, owners
• Donald Sterling, New Black Girlfriend Vacation In Palm Springs Following Racism Allegations Against NBA

Church and State

• S. Korean PM Nominee: Japan's Occupation Was 'God's Will'—"A leaked video shows Park's prime minister nominee saying that Japan's occupation and Korea's division were 'God's will.'"
• GOP lawmaker: I'm like Paul the Apostle because God told me to run for Congress
• GOP State Legislator Asks Why America Can't Be More Like Saudi Arabia—"A Republican state legislator miffed about an Arkansas judge's ruling that struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban suggested on a conservative radio show that politicians should emulate Saudi Arabia by basing laws off Christian doctrine...."
• Spain to Deport Pakistani Refugee for Criticizing Islam
• New Facebook Group to Block 'Offensive' Posts Against Religious Figures—Say no to sectarian censorship. FSM forever!

Trojan Horse

• UK PM 'concerned' over Muslim schools row—"Remarks come as education minister prepares to submit report on alleged Birmingham plot by 'Islamic extremists.'"
• Dossier of Trojan horse evidence finally laid bare after leaks and allegations
• Books 'promoting stoning' found at Olive Tree Primary School

Educamation

• Christian homeschoolers accused of running 'concentration camp'
• Allegations of racism surface in Israel's ultra-Orthodox schools
• Tony Abbott spends millions to push God in schools—"The prime minister has allocated $226 million for more chaplains, all while slashing his country's education budget." Salon

Extremists

• Nigerian army arrests 486 alleged Boko Haram members—"Boko Haram, which has killed more than 1,500 people in Nigeria this year, is also the group responsible for abducting more than 200 schoolgirls."
• Saudi minister says beheading, lashings 'cannot be changed'
• Mob torches Christian shops in Egypt ahead of trial
• Alleged kidnappings, murder and a female Christ: The banned religious group that has China worried
• Woman in Sudan sentenced to death for apostasy forced to give birth 'with her legs chained'
• Muslim convert to Christianity sues Tulsa church—"The Tulsa County resident, identified only as John Doe in court papers for his own safety, alleges that because the news of his conversion appeared on the Internet, he was kidnapped on a trip to his native Syria by radical Muslims seeking to enforce Shariah law."
• Provocative Islamic sign that says 'Do not walk your dog here! Muslims don't like dogs' investigated by police

World News, Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, UK and Scotland, China, Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022, MH370; US Politics, Obamanation, Texas, War on Women, Immigrants; Vote Machinations, Campaign Finance Deform, Public-Private Partnerships

World News

• Thai junta pushes 'happiness' project—"Critics say rulers also aim to stifle political dissent." Boston Globe
• Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Icon Of Egypt's 2011 Revolt, Sentenced To 15 Years For Protesting
• Anti-monarchy protests grip Madrid—Spanish lawmakers about to approve abdication.

Ukraine and Russia

• Britain calls up Dad's Army of spies to watch Russia—"Military intelligence chiefs have been re-recruiting Cold War veterans and retired linguists because of a lack of Russian skills to deal with the Ukraine crisis."
• After Ukraine, U.S. trains more special forces in eastern Europe
• Gas row: Ukraine 'won't fall into Russian gas trap'
• Europe Has Finally Found A Way To Make Russia Hurt Economically In Ukraine Crisis
• EU raises 500 mn euros for Ukraine

Israel and Palestine

• Pope says Israelis, Palestinians must seek peace 'undaunted in dialogue'
• Annexation Plan Sparks Threat to Topple Israel Government—"sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest coalition partner threatened to bring down the government if it tries to annex West Bank settlements following the breakdown of Mideast peace talks."
• Netanyahu Is Facing Heat From All Sides For His Handling Of Palestine Peace Talks

UK and Scotland

• JK Rowling donates £1m to Scotland's anti-independence campaign
• Obama says wants Scotland inside the UK, Britain inside the EU
• Lego asks government to remove Scottish independence images—"Toy manufacturer says it is politically neutral and did not provide photos for press release encouraging Scots to stay in UK."

China

• 2nd China Army Unit Implicated in Online Spying NYT
• Toronto man accused of spying, jailed in China—"A Toronto man living in China says he was wrongfully imprisoned after refusing to spy on Canada."
• Vietnam airs video of Chinese ship sinking fishing boat in South China Sea—In the meantime, Chinese oil rigs are on the move.
• Japan Slams China Over Close Encounter of Jets
• Ancient Chinese maps debunk Beijing's sea claims, says Philippine judge SCMP
• China reaches out to India amid tension with Japan, Vietnam
• Hong Kong must accept Beijing's control, China's Communist Party warns—"Nearly a week after more than 100,000 protesters gathered in Hong Kong to remember the Tiananmen crackdown and call for universal suffrage, Beijing issues controversial white paper reminding the former colony it does not enjoy 'full autonomy.'" Hong Kong protests.

Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022

• Protests and social unrest threaten World Cup kickoff—Police resort to tear gassing protesters.
• Court rules Sao Paulo subway strike 'illegal'—"Workers must pay increased daily fine if they continue action as strike threatens opening game of Brazil World Cup." The union called it off.
• Fifa sponsor demands 'appropriate investigation'—"One of Fifa's main sponsors, Sony, calls for an investigation into the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar."
• Adidas: Qatar 2022 Claims Damaging Sponsors
• Report: Qatar paid $1.7m per vote
• Sepp Blatter launches broadside against the 'racist' British media
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA and the World Cup

MH370

• Missing Malaysia jet MH370: 'Whistleblower fund' set up
• Oil rig worker fired after claiming to have seen burning MH370 plane crash
• Australia has spent far more than Malaysia

US Politics

• Eric Cantor succumbs to tea party challenger Tuesday—"The House Republican leader succumbs to David Brat, a little-known conservative activist." What happened? WaPo
• Eric Cantor and the tea party purge WaPo
• Wendy Davis Caught On Camera Saying Republicans Dislike 'People Who Don't Look Like Them'
• The Big Lobotomy—"How Republicans made Congress stupid."
• Does Fox News Cause Ignorance, or Do Ignorant Viewers Prefer Fox News?—"A new study reveals the gap between the channel's fans and the rest of America."
• Why I'm No Longer a Republican

Obamanation

• Sen. Graham fights for Obama's impeachment—"Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., will fight for Obama's impeachment. Why--he's up for re-election."
• Is Obama a Tyrant or a Weakling?—"His critics can't seem to decide." Politico
• White House Aides: Bergdahl Criticism Is Proxy for GOP's Obama Hatred

Texas

• Texas GOP splits between social conservatives, libertarians
• Young Republicans Reject Current Texas GOP Platform—"Current and former leadership of the state's Young Republican chapters shared with Breitbart Texas their frustrations with the current Texas Republican platform, and ideas for how it should be fixed."
• Chris Matthews rips Texas Republican platform: 'How wide is this infection of hatred?'

War on Women

• Sarah Palin believes she is the only actual victim of the "war on women"—"Palin thinks President Obama 'fired the first shot' in the 'war on women' that she doesn't believe even exists." Salon
• Republicans think touching Glamour magazine makes them female-friendly Salon
• WaPo Editorial Page Goes Neanderthal For Second Time In A Week

Immigrants

• Arizona Official Says Immigrant Kids in Good Care
• Questions surround surge in migrant kids left at border
• Obama vows urgent action as children make perilous illegal journey into U.S.
• McCain: GOP must pass immigration to compete in 2016—"Without immigration reform, the former presidential candidate says, the Republican Party won't win in 2016."
• Supreme Court rules against immigrants over visa eligibility
• Woman Waits In Line For 21 Years To Immigrate Into US, Then Gets Turned Away For Being Too Old
• Opinion: On Legal Immigration, Supreme Court Gets It Wrong

Vote Machinations

• Texas Seen as "Kind of an Electoral Wasteland"
• Judge Orders 3 Early Voting Days Restored in Ohio
• Why Mississippi's voter ID law hurts the poor—"Mississippi's new voter-identification law suppresses those who cannot afford the cost of a photo ID, writes Robert Reich. How is Mississippi's effort to stop voter fraud is actually a step back?"
• Voter Fraud Is Rare, but Myth Is Widespread—"Many people believe voter impersonation and other kinds of election fraud are much more widespread than they really are." NYT
• Tea Party Candidate Creates Fake Organization, Endorses Herself In Ad
• Sen. Cruz Formally Renounces Canadian Citizenship

Campaign Finance Deform

• NC House lawmakers file resolution calling for constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United
• Republican Congressman Demolishes The Supreme Court's Rationale For Killing Campaign Finance Laws
• Don't fear the Koch brothers. Fear an election that caters only to billionaires—"Forget right or left. Dark money in politics means you'll never know which 'independent' candidate's views were on the market."

Public-Private Partnerships

• Va. lawmaker to resign, paving way for jobs for self, daughter, according to associates—"Sen. Philip Puckett's resignation paves the way for Republicans to pass a budget without Medicaid." Was this straight-up bribery? WaPo
• GOP Rep. Acknowledges That Members Expect Donations For Votes
• Greenhouse—"A free browser extension for Chrome and Safari that exposes the role money plays in Congress. Displays on any web page detailed campaign contribution data for every Senator and Representative, including total amount received and breakdown by industry and by size of donation."

Tiananmen Square 25th Anniversary; Australia; Russia; Turkey; Nigeria; Religion; Qatar 2022 Corruption; World News; House of Cads; Vote Machinations, Campaign Finance Deform; Racism

Tiananmen Square 25th Anniversary

• Crowds Gather in Hong Kong to Mark 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Killings—"In Beijing and elsewhere in mainland China, a stifling security presence Wednesday on the streets and online appeared to forestall protests." NYT
• Tiananmen Square Tank Man: 25 Years Later, His Memory Lives On
• Chinese dare recall Tiananmen Square massacre
• 'I will not be silenced. I want truth behind Tiananmen'—"Activists say Beijing's battle to bully the families of Tiananmen victims into silence has failed as relatives of those killed during the 1989 crackdown defy Communist Party intimidation to demand justice."
• China's Tiananmen activists: Where are they now?
• Chinese-Australian artist Guo Jian detained ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
• China Blocks Google to Silence Tiananmen Square Discussion—And did LinkedIn engage in self-censorship?
• 25 Years Later, Details Emerge of Army's Chaos Before Tiananmen Square NYT
• Tiananmen square protests and crackdown: 25 years on
• Why Tiananmen still matters

Australia

• Tony Abbott roasted by John Oliver on HBO show Last Week Tonight
• Chris Kenny to receive on-air ABC apology after legal settlement reached—"TV apology will be broadcast at 9pm Wednesday – the same timeslot as a skit last year that depicted the conservative commentator having sex with a dog."
• Australians unfazed by government spying on other countries—"Poll found 70% of Australian adults believe it is acceptable to spy on nations Australia does not have a good relationship with."

Russia

• Russian image has deteriorated - BBC World Service poll
• G7 powers meet without Russia in summit snub over Ukraine
• Documents Show How Russia's Troll Army Hit America

Turkey

• Turkey's Erdogan calls CNN reporter 'agent' for his coverage of protests
• Turkey Unblocks YouTube After 2 Months
• Erdogan to grow more powerful as president, Turkey more polarised

Nigeria

• Protests for kidnapped girls banned in Nigerian capital
• 'Dozens killed' in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria villages
• Nigerian military court-martials 15, including 10 generals, for aiding Boko Haram

Religion

• Pakistan clerics issue stoning death decree—"Ulema Council says so-called 'honour killings' are un-Islamic and sign of ignorance...."
• Sudan backtracks on pledge to free woman sentenced to death for apostasy—"The foreign office said on Saturday that Meriam Ibrahim would be freed within days but now says only Sudan's courts can decide on her fate."
• Mob Torches Christian Shops in Egypt Ahead Trial
• The Indian miracle-buster stuck in Finland—"An Indian man who made his name exposing the 'miraculous' feats of holy men as tricks has fled the country after being accused of blasphemy. Now in self-imposed exile in Finland, he fears jail - or even assassination - if he returns."
• Ministry to remove billboard with Hitler quote

Qatar 2022 Corruption

• Fifa faces calls to quash Qatar World Cup vote after corruption allegations
• Fifa ethics head Michael Garcia won't look at new corruption allegations—"Millions of files raise fresh questions over Qatari bid for the 2022 World Cup, with Garcia's report on the issue due 9 June."
• David Cameron: Fifa members lied to David Beckham, Prince William and I over World Cup bid
• Australia Pulled Into FIFA Corruption Probe
• Qatar 2022: Uefa president Michel Platini says 'corruption scandal' claims are an attempt to tarnish his image over Qatar 2022 support

World News

• Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef ends his TV show—"I'm tired of struggling and worrying about my safety and that of my family."
• Syria parliament speaker: Bashar Assad wins presidential vote in a landslide with 88.7 percent
• Thailand's military threatens to arrest people giving 'Hunger Games' salute WaPo
• Juan Carlos abdication sparks calls for referendum on Spain's monarchy
• Foreign Ministry adopts online "corruption trigger" to prevent aid misuse
• Venice Mayor Orsoni held in Italy corruption inquiry
• Malaysia Airlines plane search: British yachtswoman 'saw MH370 on fire'

House of Cads

• House GOP Backs Tax Breaks That Add $300 Billion To Deficit
• House Vote Aims To Derail DOJ Processing Of Clemency Petitions—"The House of Representatives has voted to prohibit the Justice Department from hiring more attorneys to deal with thousands of backlogged clemency petitions in a bid to block one of the Obama administration's top criminal justice priorities."
• GOP plans to pay for 1 year of highway funds with 10 years of postal service cuts

Vote Machinations

• Study finds strong evidence for discriminatory intent behind voter ID laws WaPo
• 93-year-old black man disenfranchised by Alabama voter ID law
• Alabama Republicans offer $1,000 for information that leads to a felony voter-fraud conviction
• Can turnout save the Democrats in 2014? WaPo
• This computer programmer solved gerrymandering in his spare time—"We could take human error out of the redistricting process entirely. Why don't we?" WaPo
• This Arizona Republican Transformed into a Democrat Named 'Cesar Chazez' for Votes

Campaign Finance Deform

• Reid and McConnell Duel Over Proposed Amendment on Campaign Spending NYT
• Milbank: This is no way to fix the problem of billionaires buying elections—"Cruz isn't defending anybody's liberty; he's championing oligarchy." WaPo
• The 4 Most Ridiculous Arguments Against Getting Money Out of Politics
• West Virginia: Men charged in mine kickback scheme are big Tomblin donors
• Obama to Donors: "I Might Be In a Very Strong Position" To Demand Constitutional Change on Money in Politics
• Don't get campaign finance? Experts recommend watching more Comedy Central.—"A new study shows that watching Colbert made people smarter about super PACs." WaPo

Racism

• Worker records 'racist' supervisor in cotton warehouse—"They're accusing their former supervisor of calling them 'monkeys' and telling them the water fountain and microwave were for white people only."
• Woman 'Hunting Asians' Beats 4-Year-Old With Crowbar in Walmart: Police
• Never Say "I Kill White People Like You" When Asked To Turn Off Your Phone Post-Takeoff
• Blatant Racism in Cheektowaga NY—She digs herself a deeper hole in defending herself.

World News, Far Right, Ukraine and Russia, Turkey, Israel and Palestine, Middle East, Brazil 2014; US Politics, NJ Pensions, Vote Machinations, Campaign Finance Deform; Racism, Religion; Surveillance and Privacy, Your Rights Online

World News

• South Korea offers $500,000 reward for tips about missing billionaire Sewol ferry owner Yoo Byung-eun
• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Satellite data released after long wait
• France's UMP 'ordered €10m fake invoices' to hide Sarkozy campaign spending

Far Right

• Far-right National Front stuns French elite with EU 'earthquake'
• Greece's Golden Dawn to enter EU Parliament for first time—"Exit polls give the party, which denies it subscribes to neo-Nazi ideology, around a 10 per cent of the Greek vote."
• Farage: UKIP has 'momentum' and is targeting more victories

Ukraine and Russian

• Putin Demands Apology After Prince Charles Compares Him To Hitler—Here's that apology (satire).
• Vladimir Putin Has Been Outplayed by Barack Obama
• Petro Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency—And he'll push for EU integration.
• More than 50 rebels killed as new Ukraine leader unleashes assault
• ISS crew hug, take selfie to say 'No' to politics and Ukraine tension in space

Turkey

• In Turkey's Mine Disaster, Erdogan Turns Tragedy Into Farce
• Image of PM's aide kicking protester stokes anger over Turkey mine fire
• Soma mine inspected, approved by executive's brother-in-law
• 'Someday There Will Be a Massacre'
• Thousands protest at Erdogan German rally

Israel and Palestine

• Pope Francis calls Israeli-Palestinian stalemate unacceptable—"Pope also chose to arrive in West Bank from Jordan rather than via Israel in a symbolic nod towards Palestinian statehood."
• Gaza's Hamas government says ready to step aside
• Israeli authorities 'try to evict dead people' from Arab village
• Israel troops raid Palestinian newspaper offices
• Video footage indicates killed Palestinian youths posed no threat—"Evidence from CCTV above office shows alleged fatal shootings of Nadeem Nawara and Mohammad Salameh by Israeli forces."
• Turkey orders arrests over Gaza flotilla raid—"Court asks Interpol to issue arrest warrants for Israeli military chiefs over deadly 2010 raid on Gaza-bound aid ship."

Middle East

• Iran releases Pharrell Williams fans detained for singing hit song Happy
• Visiting Qatar this summer? Don't wear shorts. WaPo
• Egyptian presidential election extended to third day
• U.S. doctor killed in Pakistan in front of family

Brazil 2014

• A Brazilian Street Artist Has Created the World Cup's First Viral Image
• Soccer Great Pelé Expresses Concern, Disappointment At Brazil's World Cup Preparations
• Brazil anti-World Cup protesters clash with police
• Rio official: Water pollution targets won't be met—"Brazil will not make good on its commitment to clean up Rio de Janeiro's sewage-filled Guanabara Bay by the 2016 Olympic Games, state environmental officials acknowledged in a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press."
• Flipside: Here's Our Favorite World Cup Spot: Nike's "Winner Stays."

US Politics

• How Republicans became the "stupid" party: Turning right, refusing to recognize facts and change—"We once had two centrist liberal parties. Here's the story of how the GOP fringes took over the mainstream." Salon
• Jeb Bush's humiliating plea: I swear I'm smart Salon
• Republicans Bet That Latinos Are Idiots—"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently published an orotund statement predicated on a lie, betting that Hispanic Americans are incapable of distinguishing between fact and fiction."
• Cliven Bundy Abandons The Republican Party
• GOP hopes renewed probes into Benghazi, IRS will fire up conservatives and not annoy centrists
• Young Republicans Split With The GOP On Gay Marriage, Marijuana

NJ Pensions

• We name the political donors whose firms got $14bn of pension cash from New Jersey
• Chris Christie can't afford to pay public teacher pensions… but still hands education megacorp $82m in subsidies
• Christie's pension payment reduction plan sparks lawsuit from CWA

Vote Machinations

• GOPer Suggested Voting Should Be Limited To Property Owners
• Arkansas Voters Complain About Quizzing By Poll Workers Checking IDs
• Voting problems across south could spell trouble for November
• PA: Corbett says he will not appeal voter ID law decision
• FBI agent who focused on political corruption in NC to join state elections agency
• Can Georgia Democrats Make the State Turn Blue Ahead of Schedule?
• Flipside: Massachusetts governor signs early voting bill

Campaign Finance Deform

• RNC files lawsuit to raise unlimited cash
• Someone Just Spent $1.5 Million on a GOP Senate Candidate. We'll Probably Never Know Who.
• David Koch, Donald Trump Lead Wealthy Donors Past Now-Dead Campaign Finance Limit
• Judge Who Halted Walker Dark Money Criminal Probe Attended Koch-Backed Junkets

Racism

• Man accused of slur sues Red Lobster, Franklin waitress
• Miss. Judge Allegedly Struck, Yelled Slur At Mentally Disabled Black Man
• Houston man accused of beating daughter who picked black teen for dance
• Racism on the rise in Britain

Religion

• How American Evangelicals Infected Uganda
• Malaysian Muslim groups call for jihad on Cadbury after pork traces found in chocolate
• Sudanese woman sentenced to death for her Christianity gives birth in prison

Surveillance and Privacy

• John Kerry's Latest Snowden Comments Are Moronic, Offensive, and Dangerous—"No one, fugitive whistleblower or otherwise, should heed Kerry's call to 'trust in the American justice system.'"
• Germany drops NSA prosecution due to lack of evidence—"Data protection officials are bewildered by the German federal prosecutor's decision not to start a criminal investigation into the alleged mass surveillance of German citizens by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)."
• How the US institutionalized surveillance—"Washington's global intelligence network began with the humble file card."
• Brokers use 'billions' of data points to profile Americans—"Are you a financially strapped working mother who smokes? A Jewish retiree with a fondness for Caribbean cruises? Or a Spanish-speaking professional with allergies, a dog and a collection of Elvis memorabilia?" WaPo
• Attempts to stay anonymous on the web will only put the NSA on your trail—"The sobering story of Janet Vertesi's attempts to conceal her pregnancy from the forces of online marketers shows just how Kafkaesque the internet has become."
• Do Personal Computers Come With NSA Surveillance Devices Built-In As Standard?
• China demands halt to 'unscrupulous' US cyber-spying—"Chinese report says US has breached international laws, infringed human rights and put global cyber-security at risk."

Your Rights Online

• Snowden, Greenwald, Appelbaum, WikiLeaks 'blacklisted' from Stockholm Internet Forum
• Calls for Turkey to remove Internet restrictions
• Thailand: Facebook 'blocked'

Digital Life; Mozilla; Copyfight; Patents; Phones, Haxx0red; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Tesla

Digital Life

• George Takei's take on net neutrality, Edward Snowden and the future of 'Star Trek' WaPo
• The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age
• Russia threatens to disrupt GPS navigation in fight over sanctions
• Why the '90s are literally disappearing from history—"As the 1990s recede from view, their most important cultural artifacts are collecting — and turning into — dust." Salon
• Amazing "Sesame Street" video wants you to get off social media and enjoy the world—"Zachary Levi and Bert sing a perfect tune about putting your tiny screens aside and enjoying a beautiful day

Mozilla

• Mozilla Ditches Plans To Display Ads In A New Tab—It looks liked for a while they weren't going to back down.
• Driven by necessity, Mozilla to enable HTML5 DRM in Firefox—"Browser company fearful that users would follow Netflix to other browsers." EFF weighs in.
• Mozilla Adblock bug can dramatically boost memory usage

Copyfight

• Pols to Ad Networks: Pretend We Passed SOPA, and Never Mind About Violating Antitrust Law
• Music Distributor Claims Right to Monetize JFK Speech—"After uploading part of a JFK speech to YouTube, a TorrentFreak reader had a surprise when a music distribution company filed a complaint, claiming full monetization rights on the clip. Why would they do that to material in the public domain ? With the company involved refusing to respond, TF took a closer look."
• Unconstitutionally Long Copyright Terms Stifle Content Creation, Just Ask Disney
• Led Zeppelin is Officially Getting Sued Over 'Stairway to Heaven'
• Worst of DRM set to infest physical law school casebooks—"Offer from AspenLaw: Pay $200 for a bound book … but you have to give it back."
• The Trans-Pacific Plague: How TPP Spreads the United States' Terrible DRM Policies
• Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to work—And there's no indication of compensation for subscribers. Offline still wins.

Patents

• Amazon's latest patent is sillier than the peanut butter sandwich patent—"Groundbreaking process includes angled lights, elevated platform, white backdrop."
• Ten states pass anti-patent-troll laws, with more to come—"With reform stalled in the Senate, states do what they can—which isn't much."
• Truce time: Apple, Google's Motorola dismiss patent suits against each other—"The two handset vendors agreed to settle existing lawsuits but don't cross-license each other's technology."

Phones

• The Great Smartphone War—"Kurt Eichenwald explores the Korean compan's record of patent infringement and explains why Apple might win the battles but still lose the war."
• Samsung could have bought Android before Google, but instead chose to laugh Andy Rubin out of the boardroom with his offer and the whole 8-person Android team
• This single screenshot shows why iOS is years behind Android in usability
• An Apple Employee Admits That iPhones Often Won't Deliver Texts If You Switch To Android
• Apple Boosts Japanese Market Share After NTT Docomo Sells IPhone
• The evolution of the $150 cellphone—"From flip phones and VGA cameras to LTE and Android"

Haxx0red

• Significant portion of HTTPS Web connections made by forged certificates
• How I bypassed 2-Factor-Authentication on Google, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and many others.
• Cut Microsoft admin rights to mitigate 92% of threats, study shows
• Symantec And Security Starlets Say Anti-Virus Is Dead—"Is anti-virus finally dying? Sort of, say Symantec and its rivals."

Planes

• The Transparent Airfares Act, hiding the true cost of your flight—"A proposed new law that looks likely to pass is supposed to clarify your airfare but only muddles the picture." WaPo
• Game of Thrones: The Designers Behind Business Class—"Creating new airline seats is so complex that moving from conception to installation takes years, and new first-class seating units can cost more than half a million dollars each."
• Airbus tests prototype of electric airplane

Trains

• China Built A Prototype For A Train Capable Of Reaching 1,800 MPH
• Beijing to the US by train: China outlines plans to connect world by high speed rail network
• Catch a train from the sky! How vertical travel could transform your commute
• How a High-Speed Train Could Transform Texas—"Can Texas Central Railway's proposal succeed where others have failed? Maybe."
• This Superheroic Train Keeps New York City's Subway Safe

Automobiles

• Google: Mastering city street driving—It's using big data "to transform intractable problems into solvable chores."
• Volvo's first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Swedish city
• The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You

Tesla

• Tesla Gets Missouri Break as House Lets Direct-Sales Ban Wither—"Tesla Motors Inc. won't be barred from selling its electric cars directly to Missouri customers after the state's legislature adjourned without voting on a bill the company called a 'sneak attack' on its business."
• Tesla now California's top automotive employer
• Tesla Motors Inc. Batteries: Challenge or Opportunity?
• Elon Musk's Gigafactory: It's Tesla's next big move.
• The Oatmeal: What's it like to own a Tesla Model S—Thanks to Imman's post, Musk is showing interest in helping fund the Nikola Tesla museum.

Fat Tuesday; Obamacare; Health Issues; Bad Sports; Corruption, Sochi 2014, World Cup Brazil 2014 and Rio 2016; Qatar 2022; Football Fun; Chess

Fat Tuesday

• UN: More obese in the world than suffering from hunger
• Europeans Are Getting Fatter, Just Like Americans
• I Went to the Nutritionists' Annual Confab. It Was Catered by McDonald's.—"Our national nutrition experts are in bed with Big Food. And we wonder why we're fat."
• Healthy obesity a myth, say researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital—"Obesity brings increased risk regardless of cholesterol, blood glucose and blood pressure readings."
• American man loses almost 400lbs in just over a year with help from UK friend he met randomly on game app
• Video: Sarah Baker on Louie - "So did the fat lady..."

Obamacare

• Insurance Execs Shut Down GOP's Latest Search For Bad Obamacare News—"House Republicans spent Wednesday morning grilling insurance industry executives in a follow-up to their now-thoroughly debunked study on how many Obamacare enrollees have paid their premiums."
• Obamacare saved consumers billions, new report finds
• Insurer to cut prices under ObamaCare
• Krugman: Inventing a Failure—"Republicans' response to health reform's success is to close their eyes and sling bad statistics." NYT
• This Was The Week The GOP's Anti-Obamacare Circus Came Crashing Down
• GOP goes quiet on ObamaCare
• GOP Blatantly Manipulates Obamacare News Footage
• Hospitals Report Big Drop in Uninsured Admissions in Blue States—"The fact that Medicaid expansion benefits the poor, benefits hospitals, probably benefits state finances, and is all but free to participating states—well, it's just not enough. Demonstrating their tribal opposition to all things Obama is far more important."
• Massachusetts "Romneycare" site killed after rejecting Obamacare transplant—"Original health exchange site too expensive to fix after CGI failed in ACA upgrade."
• Obamacare's insurance expansion is working, in one chart

Health Issues

• Saudi Arabia finds another 18 MERS cases as disease spreads
• Deadly MERS virus infects second patient in U.S.—"Officials confirmed the presence of a second case in Florida, unrelated to the first." Salon
• Deadly Illness in Nicaragua Baffles Experts

Bad Sports

• Grudge Match—Tyson vs. King—"The former heavyweight champion of the world and the world's most notorious boxing promoter are battling in court over millions of dollars."
• Suspects in nearly fatal beating at Dodger Stadium admit guilt
• Maker of Five-Toed Running Glove-Shoe Things is Paying Big to Settle Suit Over "Unsubstantiated" Health Claims

Corruption

• Soccer match fixing: How soccer's powers that be infiltrated an international conspiracy
• Famed poker star Phil Ivey sued by Borgata for almost $10 million over alleged playing card scam
• Cracks force closure of Allen's $60M Eagle Stadium

Sochi 2014

• Figure skating 'fix' accusation gains momentum as winner pictured hugging judge
• Dominica's Fake Ski Team Scammed The Olympics And The Press
• Sochi Olympic protestor Gazaryan wins environmental 'Nobel,' but ambivalent about its impact

World Cup Brazil 2014 and Rio 2016

• Brazilians rage against greed, corruption ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics
• IOC chiefs 'make secret plea' to use London 2012 venues as Rio 2016 Olympic Games fall behind schedule
• Olympic Official Calls Rio Preparation The 'Worst I Have Ever Experienced"
• Fifth Brazilian World Cup construction worker dies after falling 25ft while installing seats
• World Cup 2014 construction in Brazil marred by corruption, waste
• FIFA official says World Cup soccer fans will have hard time in Brazil
• Brazil: Police warn visitors, 'Don't scream if robbed'

Qatar 2022

• Qatar World Cup 2022 investigation: former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and family paid millions
• More Than 900 Workers Have Already Died Building Qatar's World Cup Infrastructure—"The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don't improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off."
• Deadspin: The Organizers Of The Qatar World Cup Are Very Mad At Us

Football Fun

• A Guide to American Football—"The amazing British video that explains America's favorite game."
• Catching Randy Moss—"For seven years, one Minnesota Vikings super fan caught Randy Moss in the stands during Moss' end-zone celebration. Syd Davy, aka 100% Cheese Free tells his story."
• What if all 32 NFL team logos were fat?

Chess

• Chess 2: The Sequel - How a street fightin' man fixed the world's most famous game
• Man fatally beaten and stabbed in chess match row
• Taxidermy chess: Play with rooks and dead rodents—Creepily fun? Reminded me of Mouse Guard.

War on Terror, FBI, Drones, Military, Benghazi, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and Palestine; Nigeria; Russia, Ukraine; World News; NSA Spying, Surveillance and Privacy, Facebook

War on Terror

• 60 words—"This hour we pull apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. We examine how just 60 words of legal language have blurred the line between war and peace."
• Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement—"Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War."
• Tony Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes – not just judged by history—"Boris Johnson is right, Blair is 'eel-like' – but if the Chilcot inquiry is published soon, he might not wriggle off the hook."
• Senate to Reconsider Iraq, Afghanistan War Authorizations
• Generals Want CIA Torture Report Declassified
• Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder—"US court indicts ex-security guard over alleged role in death of one of a number of civilians killed in city in 2007."
• House committee earmarks $69M for new secret prison—"Some members of Congress have added $69 million for a new secret prison at Guantánamo — even though the Pentagon hasn't asked for it. Construction is not certain." Emphasis mine.
• Cops dead from 9/11 illnesses outnumber officers who died in attacks

FBI

• This American Refused to Become an FBI Informant. Then the Government Made His Family's Life Hell.
• Boston Marathon bombing suspect's lawyers say FBI violated his rights
• Man arrested in F.B.I. sting found dead in federal custody
• FBI wants easier process to hack suspects computers—"Proposed rule would allow bureau to obtain warrants to target computers concealed in unknown locations." WaPo

Drones

• Obama court nominee wrote memos authorizing drone attacks on Americans—"ACLU: Nominee formed 'legal foundation' for US drone targeted killing program."
• Japan in Depth / U.S. drone missions to monitor Chinese, N. Korean activities
• Every Country Will Have Armed Drones Within Ten Years
• Our Drone Wars Are Just Beginning—"After 13 years, robot attacks are still escalating."
• Drones banned from Yosemite, other parks
• Deploying Drones for News Gathering in El Salvador
• A Drone Almost Crashed Into An U.S. Airliner In March
• Spy Plane Fries Air Traffic Control Computers, Shuts Down LAX

Military

• The Real Winner of the Afghan War Is This Shady Military Contractor—"The State Department paid out $4 billion to rebuild Afghanistan. Some $2.5 billion of that went to a single firm with a bad, bad past."
• F-35 jets fail to beat Chinese and Russian radars
• US Navy Orders 10 Virginia-class Submarines at a Record Cost of $17.6 Billion—These subs will probably be more useful than those tanks.

Benghazi

• Why There Is No Cure for the GOP's Benghazi Fever—"The latest outbreak of Benghazi-mania on the right shows the virus is only growing more resistant to reason."
• Center Ring at the Republican Circus—"House Republicans don't have time to pass a serious jobs bill or reform immigration, but they are happy to go all-out in whipping up their party's base." NYT
• GOP Hypocrisy: Outraged Over Benghazi, Silent on Iraq
• Forget about Obamacare. Benghazi is the Republican Party's new favorite 2014 buzzword. WaPo
• Warren: Benghazi Committee Chair 'Gives Oversight A Bad Name'
• Laura Ingraham Demonstrates How To Make Anything About Benghazi
• GOP's Benghazi Investigator Has 3 New Questions ... That Have Already Been Answered
• Congressman Warns New Benghazi Committee Could Cost 'Tens Of Millions'
• Former Bush Official Bashes Republicans for Obsessing over Benghazi While Ignoring Cheney's War Crimes
• CBS News Asked Nexis To Delete Transcript Of Discredited Benghazi Report
• Former CBS News Correspondent: 60 Minutes Botched Benghazi Report Demands An Independent Outside Review
• Jon Stewart's brilliant takedown of right-wing's hypocritical Benghazi "outrage"

Afghanistan

• How the US Created the Afghan War—and Then Lost It—"Driven by the idée fixe that the world was rigidly divided into terrorist and non-terrorist camps, Washington allied with Afghan warlords and strongmen."
• U.S. general: Corruption, not Taliban, the worst threat to Afghanistan
• A precarious time for Afghan women—Women in Afghanistan fear the freedoms they've gained since the toppling of the Taliban are in danger as U.S. troops leave."

Pakistan

• Lawyer for Pakistan doctor jailed over bin Laden hunt quits amid threats—"The lawyer defending a Pakistani doctor jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden is quitting the case because of death threats and alleged U.S. interference in the trial, the lawyer said Saturday."
• Lawyers: Man Jailed for Nine Years Is Innocent, Railroaded in Bush's War on Terror—"The case of Hamid Hayat was emblematic of zealous prosecutors building flimsy cases during a time of national panic."
• Pakistan frees FBI agent on bail

Israel and Palestine

• Israeli ministers approve bid to block Palestinian prisoner releases
• Calls to class far-right Jewish settlers as terrorists after Israeli soldiers attacked—"Senior ministers Tzipi Livni and Yitzhak Aharonovitch condemn 'price-tag' attacks as author Amos Oz calls militants neo-Nazis."
• US officials: Even if Israel doesn't like it, Palestinians will get state

Nigeria

• Nigeria refused help to search for kidnapped girls—Now they've accepted an Israeli offer.
• Boko Haram releases new video, says schoolgirls have converted to Islam
• Girl who escaped Boko Haram abduction speaks publicly about ordeal

Russia

• Russian law bans swearing in arts and media
• Russia Declares War On Bloggers With Sweeping New Censorship Law
• Russia hangs adults-only rating on The Sims 4—"The Russian Federation has placed an 18+ rating on the upcoming release of The Sims 4, marking the game as 'prohibited for children' due to a controversial law restricting the promotion of same-sex relationships to minors."

Ukraine

• Polls close in eastern Ukraine amid allegations of fraud and double-voting
• Reports: 100,000 'yes' ballots for referendum intercepted in Sloviansk
• Ukraine crisis: rebels claim sovereignty vote victory—"Ukraine's interim president calls referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk a 'propaganda farce without any legal basis' after organisers say 89 per cent voted in favour."
• Self-rule referendums 'a farce'
• EU says won't recognise result of east Ukraine vote

World News

• How a Single Tweet Could Land a Japanese Nuclear Activist in Jail
• Neo-Nazis spark first church alarm since WWII
• Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment
• South Korea says North Korea must "disappear" soon

NSA Spying

• House Committee axes NSA bulk phone metadata collection—"Measure removes phone metadata records from NSA control, leaves them with telcos."
• Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers—"The NSA has been covertly implanting interception tools in US servers heading overseas – even though the US government has warned against using Chinese technology for the same reasons, says Glenn Greenwald, in an extract from his new book about the Snowden affair, No Place to Hide."
• 'We Kill People Based on Metadata'—"A bill to rein in NSA spying on Americans's metadata is an important first step, but it addresses only one part of the NSA's surveillance activities."
• Intelligence employees, current and past, barred from citing news leaks—"Order comes amid steady stream of disclosures from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden."
• EFF: The Way the NSA Uses Section 702 is Deeply Troubling. Here's Why.
• Former NSA Chief Defends Stockpiling Software Flaws for Spying
• German NSA investigative panel to allow Snowden to testify—"NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is to testify before a German panel investigating the activities of the spy agency. However, the panel has not yet determined whether he may travel to Berlin for the hearing."
• The NSA and Snowden: Securing the All-Seeing Eye—"How good security at the NSA could have stopped him."

Surveillance and Privacy

• John McCain: Americans Should Accept Big Brother
• Israeli spying on US at 'alarming level'
• Whisper CEO Crashes and Burns Over Questions About Gwyneth Paltrow
• Snapchat deceived customers, U.S. federal watchdog says—"'Some things didn't get the attention they should have' during app's development, Snapchat admits."
• Anti-surveillance mask lets you pass as someone else
• California Senate approves smartphone 'kill-switch' bill—"After failing in the state Senate two weeks ago, a bill requiring that device makers include antitheft software on phones sold in the state passes muster."

Facebook

• Is the government checking you out on Facebook?
• After Facebook Deal, Moves App Changes Privacy Policy WSJ
• Confused by Facebook privacy settings? So is the Supreme Court. WaPo
• Inside Facebook's brilliant plan to hog your data—"Facebook's 'Anonymous Login' is about neither anonymity nor logging in. It's about creating scarcity in the market for user data."
• Facebook defends new privacy policy on its activity tracker Moves—"According to the social network, 'sharing' data is not the same as 'commingling' it."
• Facebook Must Again Face User Fraud Claims Over Data
• Why There's No Such Thing As A Private Facebook Chat