Daily News Thread 5/29

Hurricane Maria 'killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico'

Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official toll, according to estimates in a Harvard University study.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44294366

North Korea's Kim Yong-chol heads to US for talks

One of North Korea's most senior officials is travelling to New York, as preparations for a planned summit gather pace.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-44286284

Liege shooting: Two police officers and civilian dead in Belgium

A man has shot dead two female police officers and a civilian in the eastern Belgian city of Liège.
bbc.com/news/world-europe-44289404

India, a Key U.S. Ally, Plans to Ignore Trump's Iran Sanctions

President Donald Trump may have ordered the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, but one of Asia’s biggest oil importers – and a key strategic ally of the U.S. – plans on ignoring them.
outline.com/bayW2s

Brazil Trucker Strike Defies Solution as Political Clash Deepens

Brazil’s government declared the end of a devastating truckers’ strike on several occasions over the past week. And yet protests continue for a ninth day and much of Latin America’s largest economy remains strangled.
outline.com/waFHu

AMLO: Privatization in Mexico Will Go to 'Dustbin of History'

But he also praised Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of Mexico's biggest tycoons who has benefited from the state's privatization policies.
telesurtv.net/english/news/AMLO-Privatization-Will-Go-To-The-Dust-Bin-Of-History-20180529-0015.html

Blockade blowback: Qatar bans Saudi imports as it eyes closer economic ties with Turkey, Iran

Qatar’s new ban on Arab products signals that the year-long US-Saudi blockade aimed at keeping Doha in Riyadh’s economic and political orbit has likely backfired, an analyst told RT.
rt.com/news/428155-qatar-import-ban-saudi-arabia-iran/

Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson jailed at Leeds court

Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson has been jailed for potentially prejudicing a court case, it can be reported.
bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-44287640

Starbucks shuts 8,000 US stores for race training

Coffee chain Starbucks has shut all 8,000 company-owned branches in the US for an afternoon to carry out "racial bias" training.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44285234

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nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/fewer-settlements-pharmaceutical-companies-mean-even-less-accountability-execs.html
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apnews.com/043634aa52c8469c84ee4b8812c617c4/The-Latest:-Disney-CEO:-Ending-'Roseanne'-only-thing-to-do
npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/29/615117323/white-house-announces-tariffs-trade-restrictions-to-be-placed-on-china
project-syndicate.org/commentary/opposing-macron-from-the-start-by-yanis-varoufakis-2017-05?barrier=accesspaylog
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OP/ED

Slavoj Žižek: Britain’s royal wedding had an emancipatory subtext

Progressives who are inclined to lash out at the monarchy and have fired their vitriol at the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex may be missing the point.
rt.com/op-ed/428134-royal-wedding-uk-zizek/

China versus the U.S. in the battle over Africa

socialistworker.org/2018/05/29/china-versus-the-us-in-the-battle-over-africa

Do Fewer Settlements by Pharmaceutical Companies Mean Even Less Accountability for Their Execs?

Drug company settlements with the Feds, which never were very tough to begin with, are also becoming less frequent.
nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/fewer-settlements-pharmaceutical-companies-mean-even-less-accountability-execs.html

Links 5/29/18

nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/links-5-29-18.html

A.MLo is NAZTROT G A N G ? ?
да, i think so

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AMLO is a really unique case because there's no way to avoid him. Either he's elected and renationalizes major parts of the economy pissing off Americans in the process or he gets shot/framed for drug trafficking/has a tragic boating accident and a civil war starts. He's here to stay, no matter what.

One of the unsung accomplishments of actually existing socialism is the Cuban Hurricane civil defense program. Come to think of it, Cuba has managed to do a lot of things well, with their exemplary health care, exporting of doctors, and managing to avoid a famine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
INDIA IS VEDABOL
Man the Saudi's fucked this up like you wouldn't believe.

Worst timeline.

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IS IT TIME YET?

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But at least they got paper towels.

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Is Shitaly dead yet?

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Briefly terrified at what he might mean but as usual Zizek hooks you with the clickbait-iest of titles to get his actual point across.
Also as usual, its just a repetition of an argument he's made numerous times in the past, but its a good one (i.e. one i agree with) so i'll let it slip.

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ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after star's racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.

apnews.com/043634aa52c8469c84ee4b8812c617c4/The-Latest:-Disney-CEO:-Ending-'Roseanne'-only-thing-to-do


WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE RACIST BOOMERS?

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She's always been crazy though. I'm surprised they even let her have a twitter when everyone knew this is how it would end.

No, there's 31 days left. Either that or he's killed and the lower half of Mexico starts shooting the military on their streets.

tbh it's a stupid controversy but it proves a larger point: the TV media have stopped being able to make money and self perpetuate. Rosanne was making money off an increasingly aging TV audience and ABC nuked it because of racism. Regardless of your opinion on this it shows that TV won't make it another decade because they keep pissing on their remaining audience.

I can't see how this is a bad thing. With how much boomers are getting thrown under the bus culturally, it wouldn't be a surprise for them to all have a massive die-off from protesting everything they view as problematic to them.

There is one man who can Italy, neigh Europe. Strong, smart, hard. I didn't even say his name but you know who it is.

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I think this analysis is wrong. You have to remember ABC and the like air on PUBLIC airwaves FOR FREE.
Yes the show made money, but regardless with social media her twitter outbursts jeopardizes the ENTIRE COMPANY. People have already effectively boycotted Rush Limbaugh, and AM Radio is an empty parking lot in the mass media world.
She could have gotten the public to call for the de privatization of TV airwaves if they had let her show continue.

Yes sweetie we know :)

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*notices dandruff on your shoulders*
lemme get that for you sweetie :^)

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Guarantee even that is a conservative estimate considering Puerto Rico STILL doesn't have power

It's not a bad thing at all, just making an observation. As they circle the drain they're going to completely self destruct as they try fighting their own users. This never works.

Again that works to my point. TV viewers actively working to deplatform financially successful shows blows due to perceived slights another hole in the business model. Also just because it's free to view, doesn't mean it's free to broadcast. The broader trend of affiliate studios closing down screws over the three networks as TV markets gradually condense into major cities and consolidate into one or two companies. Just as what's happened with commercial radio.

I heard ad buys for the second season were abysmal, so this is a win for ABC.

IVPITER NO

Thanks, based NewsAnon!

Quando il gioco si fa duro, i duri cominciano a giocare.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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Si Mexico puede uncuckarse [?], nosotros podemos tambien. EU = NAFTA

Salut, I V P I T E R! Comment ça va? Comment va Mamoudou Gassama, le Spiderman malien?

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White House Announces Tariffs, Trade Restrictions To Be Placed On China

npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/29/615117323/white-house-announces-tariffs-trade-restrictions-to-be-placed-on-china


WE TRADE WAR NOW!

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I made a reply to this post that just vanished, ffs.

project-syndicate.org/commentary/opposing-macron-from-the-start-by-yanis-varoufakis-2017-05?barrier=accesspaylog
Varoufakis is Lenin with sex appeal, all is proceeding according to plan.

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It's like the touch of a king: the king touches you, god gives citizenship.

I thought the war was off, what is this madman doing?

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C'est fantastique! Is this what they call French touch? Why can't HE rejuvenate Brigitte though?

We also thought the talks with the DPRK were off but who the fuck knows anymore.

Papa Varou is the only one that can make the left ==S E X Y== again. He's got game because he knows his game theory.

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only works on individual lines

Fuck! I know! It was on the same line though!
Polite sage.

Well, yes, but… let me rephrase it: I'm pretty sure can have red text across multiple lines, but you can't have anything else on those lines. The =='s have to be at the beginning and the end.

user, thank you very much! Now I actually got it. It doesn't explain that in the faqqin' FAQ and I had to learn it the hard way. Fair enough!

Don't tell me you thought Trump would pass up a stupid fight he couldn't possibly win?

Besides the fact that his ZTE offer was not a thing China was ever going to accept his entire party and Schumer came out against him trying to renege on trade. The trade war is go and it's going to go full throttle over the next six months.

This is about the time you'll see the stock market hiccup, probably around early September when investors see all the red on their Q2 balance sheets and realize the weak holiday season they're walking into. When Q4 ends next January you'll see everyone panic and faith in the system collapse.

most of the island has power


ODIO AL GRINGO Y SUS LAMBEBOTAS HIJOS DE PUTA

Trump already got his Jakarta resort bailout and Ivanka's trademarks, so he doesn't give a shit what happens now. He'll be sitting pretty as the nation burns.

if only the blue states burn Trump will get off fine. All he has to do is give some marginal improvement to rust belt states

The rust belt can rot in their opioid poverty for all he cares.

Thanks to the tax cut, all a trade war will do is push companies further into automation.

so? That still means slightly more jobs coming home and thus a net benefit.

No, it means more layoffs.

Steel making has become more refined and automated in the recent years, meaning it's "return" will just be a minor blip that won't matter shit when the Wal-Mart down the street is laying off a ton of workers.

someone has to build the machines, american steel foundries getting any new investment and new tech at all would be a plus

Slightly more jobs in the steel industry, which come at the cost of higher steel prices, which among other things will impact the much bigger automobile industry.

HOLA SENIOR!

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