Poor old Russell Brand still wants to launch his 'revolution'...
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Simon MurphyHe's the self-styled revolutionary who backed Ed Miliband at the Election and advocates the overthrow of 'corporate tyranny'.
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Gaza: Children in crisis
• http://www.middleeasteye.net, Hilary WiseMona Samouni was 10-years-old when she lost her home, her parents and 19 other relatives, after they were crushed before her eyes in one of the bombing raids of Israel's Operation Cast Lead in 2009.
Follow the Money
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin RaimondoWhy Argentina is in the War Party's sights
Russell Brand back on the Revolution bandwagon
• http://www.nzherald.co.nzHe's the self-styled revolutionary who backed Ed Miliband at the Election and advocates the overthrow of "corporate tyranny".
Researchers find new insight into who drew the Nazca Lines
• http://www.sciencealert.com,Spoiler: Still not aliens.
New Cafe Chain Allows Customers To Pay What They Want For Salvaged Food
• http://www.trueactivist.comcafeThe Real Junk Food Project is a chain of cafes that allows customers to pay whatever they want, for well-prepared food that would have otherwise been sent to the landfill.
Spooky Quantum Action Might Hold the Universe Together
• http://www.wired.comBrian Swingle was a graduate student studying the physics of matter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he decided to take a few classes in string theory to round out his education--"because, why not?" he recalled
Michael Gove to proceed with Tories' plans to scrap human rights act
• http://www.theguardian.comNewly appointed justice secretary to follow through with pledge which would remove European court of human rights' leverage over UK's supreme court
Clean Sweep by UK Conservatives Masks Huge Rifts
• MIKE SHEDLOCKThe UK results are in. The pollsters could not have been more wrong. The expected result was a close vote and a hung parliament. Instead, Labour and the Liberal Democrats got pounded. Here are the Final Tallies from the Guardian.
Nigel Farage Resigns As Leader Of UKIP 5-8-15
• https://www.youtube.com, Sky NewsThis is a sad day for Britain.
Britain's Political Circus
• antiwar.comUKIP and the Scottish nationalists are the new ringmasters
Progress 59 spacecraft burns up over Pacific
• http://www.gizmag.com, By David SzondyThe unmanned Progress 59 (M-27M) cargo spacecraft has burned up somewhere over the central Pacific ocean.
A German grocery store found a way to eliminate food packaging
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley Lutzgrocery store in Germany operates without food packaging that later turns into garbage.
Wells Fargo Bank Sued By The City Of Los Angeles
• http://www.trueactivist.comThis week, the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo bank for opening up unwanted accounts for customers without their permission.
Court Rules That NSA Phone Data Collection Is Illegal
• http://www.trueactivist.comThis week, a federal appeals court ruled that the controversial NSA spy program which collects phone records is actually illegal.
British PM David Cameron confounds polls to win second term
• http://www.theguardian.comOpposition Labour leader Ed Miliband left reeling by scale of defeat as David Cameron's Conservative party looks set to return to office with majority government
A pilot is about to spend five days alone over the Pacific in a solar airplane
• http://www.theverge.comEarly next week -- assuming the weather holds -- a lone man will be drifting across the Pacific Ocean for days on end, floating slowly and deliberately from the eastern edge of China all the way to Hawaii.
TRANSGENIC COWS MIGHT HELP STRUGGLING FARMERS IN AFRICA
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rachel FobarA BABOON GENE COULD GIVE CATTLE A FIGHTING CHANCE AGAINST A DEADLY DISEASE
RUSSIAN CARGO SPACECRAFT WILL BURN UP DURING REENTRY TODAY
• http://www.popsci.com, By Loren GrushBUT WHERE IS UNCERTAIN
GERMANY IS THE TELL-TALE HEART OF AMERICA'S DRONE WAR
• https://firstlook.org, BY JEREMY SCAHILLThis is a joint investigation with the German news magazine Der Spiegel.
GHOSTS OF IGUALA
• https://firstlook.org, BY RYAN DEVEREAUXMEXICO: CASE UNRAVELS IN DISAPPEARANCE OF 43 STUDENTS
How the UK election could affect the global war on drugs
• http://www.globalpost.com, Ioan GrilloBritain's top two politicians try to avoid talking about drugs. It tends to embarrass them.
Elon Musk hails 'crazy' response to Tesla battery launch
• http://www.theguardian.comTesla Motors made more than 1,000 cars per production week in the first quarter of 2015 and its stock spiked more than 2% on the news in after-hours trading, but investors wanted to talk about the company's new Powerpack and Powerwall batteries.
Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battle
• http://www.theguardian.comLeaked email describes programme 'to solicit pro-copyright academic research papers', but group says it won't influence experts' findings
The 2016 presidential election could be brought to you by drones
• http://www.theguardian.comCNN gains approval from FAA to explore how drones can be safely used in populated areas are dramatic images from presidential campaign trail to follow?
NSA phone surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden ruled illegal
• http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/07/nsaThe US court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision that clears the way for a full legal challenge against the National Security Agency.
Russia's Progress spacecraft set to crash to Earth within 24 hours
• News LinkScientists say only 20-40% of uncrewed cargo vessel likely to survive heat of re-entry and risk of people being hit is smaller than being hit by lightning
'Jade Helm' military exercise causing political firestorm in Texas, western states
• http://www.foxnews.comA massive military exercise planned in states across the American West has touched off a political firestorm, with several top Texas officials now questioning the military's plans-
LONDON (AP) -- As Britain's political leaders spent a final day campaigning Wednesday,
• http://hosted.ap.orgLONDON (AP) -- As Britain's political leaders spent a final day campaigning Wednesday, the election race drew to a bumpy close for the U.K. Independence Party, which suspended a candidate for saying he would shoot his Conservative opponent.
Bitcoin Startup LazyPay Competes In Virgin Mobile's Pitch To Rich Competition
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comBitcoin startup LazyPay has a chance to win a share of the £1,000,000 in prize money for the winner of Virgin Mobile's Pitch To Rich competition.
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