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Hey folks! Glad it’s Thursday as I finished two exams today. The weekend should be refreshing.

International Politics

Overall

– A new report from the United Nations blamed the Islamic State of committing war crimes based on testimony from more than 500 witnesses

Middle East

– There is no doubt Saudi Arabia is satisfied with the ISIL as it is fulfilling a job of creating instability in Iraq and Syria

– According to one Iraqi official, the ISIL crisis has not brought unity among the Kurdish government in the north and the national government

– Noam Chomsky: “Keeping Gaza in a Stranglehold”

– The Palestinian Authority threatened to go to the International Criminal Court if Israel does not leave Palestinian territory

– The mayor of Jerusalem affirmed construction of settlements in the city without any hesitation

Asia and Oceania

– According to one U.S. general, deaths by Taliban forces among Afghan soldiers and police were increasing despite retaking provinces and cities under their control

– An interview with journalist John Pilger on his experience as a reporter in Vietnam, and why there’s still relevant to talk about the war violence

– The top official in Hong Kong refuses to step down but is open to talks with demonstrators, China told the U.S. not to interfere

Africa

– Glenn Greenwald: “After feigning love for Egyptian democracy, the U.S. is back to openly supporting tyranny”

Europe 

– Pew: While 65 percent of Turks report the media has a bad effect on society, nearly nine in 10 admit they use it constantly

– Speaking of Turkey, the country’s parliament allowed for troops to go into Syria and Iraq to fight the ISIL. Iran cautioned the country to not add tension to the region.

– The ceasefire in Ukraine weakened with the death of Red Cross worker in Donetsk

Latin America, Caribbean and Canada

– Mark Weisbrot: “Why Dilma Rousseff Could Still Win Brazil’s Election”

Surveillance Planet

– James Bamford blew the whistle in the 1970s on the abuse of power the NSA. What led him to do so in his own words

– Lawyers representing celebrities involved with the leaked nude photos sued Google for “blatantly unethical behavior.”

– Customers of JPMorgan Chase, which total around 76 million, were told by the bank hackers may have taken their information

Financial Matters

– It is not just not just in the U.S. where people underestimate the huge wealth gap as a new study found this to exist everywhere

Politics US

Washington USA

– Part two of three with Phil Donahue on the corporate media’s role as a gatekeeper of the elites

– A new poll found 53 percent of Americans believe there is an “extreme risk” of a terrorist attack in the U.S.; Thanks U.S. media and government! Motivating people for all the wrong reasons since 1776!

Anytown USA

– Ever wonder what the police department in Ferguson, Mo., follow for their code of conduct. Wonder no more as journalists Jason Leopold and Alice Speri present their findings here.

– Part one of two with Professor Ray Winbush on the parallels between violence in Baltimore, Md., and throughout the nation

– While groups like CopWatch are formed to check on police abuse, police officers sometimes harass and intimidate them

– It seems the Koch brothers will continue to create someone like, or specifically someone with the power of, Scott Walker in Wisconsin throughout the U.S. to advance their agenda

– The wife of a mayor who shot her husband after fighting with their son victim of domestic violence was, according to her lawyer

We Don’t Need No Education

– Gallup: Students who majored in business report the least interest in what they are doing

– Amy Goodman: “A Force More Powerful in Jefferson County, Colo.”

Health, Hunger and Homelessness

– In the two days after a patient in Dallas, Texas, was sent home due to a hospital’s mistake, health officials worry more than 80 people were exposed to Ebola. Four people were already quarantined as a result of exposure.

– No medical waste company in Dallas wants to take the victim’s towels and clothes, which worries health officials.

– Also, that very man may be charged by Liberia for lying about his health to government officials

– Meanwhile, five people are infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone

– A new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found deaths in the U.S. due to heroin overdose doubled in the past two years

The Second Sex

– Russell Wilson, the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, pens a piece on domestic violence in the NFL and what steps can be taken for players going forward

Planet Earth

– A new study found reducing meat consumption means nothing if there is still a constant consumption of dairy

– Scientists predict the ice in Greenland will melt quicker than previously thought

– With a neoliberal controlling India, the environment will be one victim of the new policies implemented

– Our method of getting food is currently failing and a new method reform is needed to divert us from the path to destruction

Mixed Bag

– Americans for Prosperity, a group backed by the Koch brothers, sent a misleading pamplet on registering to vote to citizens in North Carolina . They even sent it to a cat.

– A new study says the decline in ability to of smell foreshadows death; and new research found curiosity can lead to better learning skills

Break Time

– Overkill [Men at Work]