Weekly Watch
Weekly Watch
This is a new project and I would appreciate your thoughts about making the Weekly Watch more useful and pertinent. I hope you all can find something of interest below. Thanks to many of you for the links you contributed. Thanks to JcT for a home, and to Joe for his help and advice. Any great stories that didn't make it? Please add them in the comments below. This is an open thread which means you should chime in with any comment you wish to make.
There is a bias to the news no matter who puts it together. What were the big stories last week? From my view it started with the wikileak release confirming the rigged nomination on the eve of the democratic convention. Then there was the convention and the protests. Overseas Turkey begins to grab power after the coup and build alliances with Russia. Meanwhile there is this constant march of the oligarchs in South America and around the rest of the world. So here's this weeks collection:
In the USA
Leaks and more leaks...
Last weekend was the release of the DNC wikileaks 16 min with Assange from Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuJfX3cO9Q
CBS (Atlanta affiliate) corporate take 4 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoAJtLty0ow
DNC leaks prove they tried to undermine Sanders campaign
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/22/leaked-docs-reveal-dnc-deter...
BUT Russia! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
https://theintercept.com/2016/07/26/russian-intelligence-hack-dnc-nsa-kn...
DWS fired from DNC, but hired as Clinton campaign executive
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/24/mission-accomplished-dnc-cli...
Assange told NBC News on Monday that “ it's what's in the emails that's important, not who hacked them."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wikileaks-julian-assange-no-proof-ha...
More WikiLeaks Releases To Come; Assange Neither Confirms Nor Denies Russian Involvement
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wikileaks-could-release-more-material-us-electi...
RT says Assange has a damning release coming (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB9u9dSQVkc
Complicit media Facebook blocks wikileaks
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/07/25/facebook-wikileaks-links/#gref
Rigged election revealed in the Election Justice report- “Democracy Lost” pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5O9I4XJdSISNzJyaWIxaWpZWnM/view?pref=2...
Link to multiple articles about election fraud
https://electionfraud2016.wordpress.com/
Protest began in Philly over a week ago
Ed Schultz and the fight for $15 by Philly airport workers (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In1AerIEVbU
The People's Platform convention was held last Saturday
https://thepeoplesrevolution.org/
Why a People's Platform 7.5 min from c99's Steven D.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4xd9793dHA
Climate Justice March Sunday 10 min from Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm_jqA-tog
More about the march
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/24/demonstrators-demand-clean-e...
March for your life Monday 10 min from Truthdig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuctMPP7MYc
Another 19 min clip of the rally and march
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9crGh6OEIEc
Abby Martin discusses her arrest/detention (4min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37uh0BcvSXo
Jimmy Dore interviews Bernie or bust hip hop artist (5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o6gjfBrSA4
Jimmy and Debbie (the sane progressive) (5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qOkcexTmTg
Jimmy and Lee Camp (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipmeJP01Qyg
College Democrats rigged for Hillary too (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFPOQX6ds74
Democracy in a cage – protests from the free speech zone by jamess
http://caucus99percent.com/content/thing-now-democratic-free-speech-zones
The Democratic Convention
Bernie spoke to his delegates.
https://theintercept.com/2016/07/26/bernie-sanders-left-delegates-with-n...
Day 1 summary 12 min TYT group discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2_Pdrwv_k
Why Bernie spoke last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpe_V1_JgE
Michele Obama's speech 15 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3PdNWC1Cl4
Bernie's speech 32 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0tVD87cZew
Day 2 summary 30 min TYT group discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxp4XnRRUw
However I thought this 15 min clip more descriptive of day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49feB473FFI
Clinton gets the nomination 6 min from Democracy Now
John Lewis for Clinton, Tulsi for Bernie, Bernie's bother, and finally Bernie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9H19sr8qZo
Interview with Bernie's brother and Cenk 12 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8WbHVaOzo
Walk out of Sanders Delegates 6 min Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kcYBWyiKoc
Bill Clinton's 45 min speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr8frG_OJH4
Analysis of Bill's Speech by Jeff Cohen by Truthdig (7 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UijPfCPXo
Bill Clinton may be the big dog, but here's The World's Largest Dog--Photos And Short Video Clip
Brit Great Dane who's 4ft 1in tall is in the running to be named biggest dog in the world
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-great-dane-whos-4ft-8495137
Day 3 summary 15 min TYT group discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEeaXxEN4IE
Kaine's speech 33 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVL1dX51VE
Zaid Jilani of The Intercept talks about Tim Kaine on Democracy Now (10 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrrkncQcs80
Joe Biden's speech 20 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK8NuU2N_Rc
Obama speech 45 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLp8ylrIk58
The speech was so good even Republicans liked it? TYT analysis 10 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsdWAUr9s7U
Day 4
TYT analysis of the Convention (7 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kWHF3rkrd0
Hillary's acceptance speech about 1 hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq-5JtlnKCo
Analysis of Hillary's speech by Bill Curry (23 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq-5JtlnKCo
Hillary Clinton is the Queen of Chaos
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/29/long-live-the-queen-of-chaos/
Money from lobbies flowing to the DNC
https://theintercept.com/2016/07/29/in-the-hillary-clinton-era-democrats...
Another good convention summary
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/29/she-stoops-to-conquer-notes-from-...
Bernie News
Rolling Stone Interview with Jane Sanders
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/jane-sanders-why-bernie-vo...
The media doesn't get the Sanders movement
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/mainstream-media-may-never-underst...
The Sanders movement beyond the convention
http://billmoyers.com/story/will-bernie-sanders-movement-beyond-dnc/
Where do Sander's voters go? gjohnsit
http://caucus99percent.com/content/poll-where-do-former-sanders-voters-go
If Trump is the price we have to pay to defeat Clintonian neoliberalism – so be it. – Mumia Abu-Jamal
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/19/the-time-is-now-to-defeat-both-tr...
Bob Reich and Chris Hedges 36 min conversation on Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4cXH3Fil8
Jill and the Green Party in Philly
Party rally 17 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5UPd7qz8M
Jimmy Dore with Jill at Philly Green rally 14 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTG67z0yUag
Jill crashes the DNC with Truthdig on day 2 (10.5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWtqd6u-4vE
Jill and Ben Jealous on Democracy Now 27 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPinXurk1M
8 more min of Ben and Jill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pytEBk_SMMo
Jill and Chris Hedges in Philly 40 min
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/live_chris_hedges_jill_stein_speak_...
In other News
Cops mistook Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for crystal meth.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-cop-mistook-doughnu...
Woman surrenders after police send a robot, then tear gas into a Dallas home -- ten days after the Dallas police used a bomb-bearing robot to blow up alleged cop-shooter Micah Johnson.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20160714-woman-surrenders...
After more than five days on the concrete floor of his jail cell, Elliott Williams died naked, cold and alone, unable to move, while jail medical staff watched his slow death on a video camera. (This is a tough read, it will haunt you.)
https://www.readfrontier.com/investigation/judges-order-elliott-williams...
"...Rubio is slated to address an event in Orlando next month that will feature some of the country’s most vehement anti-LGBT activists."
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/marco-rubio-headline-radical-anti-...
Economics
Wikileaks 8.5 min video on the TPP and other trade deals. (one year old)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw7P0RGZQxQ
RT describes the leaked TTIP details (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKDJQp2gns
Capitalism with Wolffe and Hedges (26 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5pJFjppmc
Pathology of the Rich – Chris Hedges and Paul Jay (24 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6unS2JF8TA
Growing the empire is the economic model of the US
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/29/evolution-of-capitalism-escalatio...
Home ownership declining gjohnsit piece
http://caucus99percent.com/content/key-part-american-dream-dying-and-no-...
Could subprime auto loans lead to same economic catastrophe as risky mortgages?
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/could-subprime-auto-loans-lead-to-same-...
Why older Americans are working through their golden years
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-older-americans-a...
Returns for public pensions at a long-time low--could your state's retirement pensions be on the chopping block?
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Personal-Finance/pension-return-retiremen...
Around the world
Turkey and Russia gjohnsit piece
http://caucus99percent.com/content/big-winner-turkeys-coup-putin
Russia pivots toward Turkey (10 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoJaEy45L3c
US-NATO confrontation Real News report (12 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5pqJc5z-U
NATO's Warsaw Communique of July 9th: Preparation for the Crime of War of Aggression Against Russia
https://off-guardian.org/2016/07/24/natos-warsaw-communique-planning-the...
Israeli army's new chief rabbi once gave Jewish soldiers sanction to rape Palestinian women.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/meet-israeli-armys-misogynist-chi...
Record civilian deaths in Afghanistan
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/289083-un-civilian-casualties-in-afgha...
Full UN report
https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/protection_of_civilians...
Abu Ghraib-like images of indigenous children held in Australia cause public outcry and investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/26/abu-ghraib-images...
Looking South
Thanks to Alex Budarin for the following articles.
Cuba faces energy crunch, presumably because low price of oil has severely hurt Venezuela
http://www.latinamericanpost.com/article/cubans-fear-a-return-to-darker-...
http://www.latinamericanpost.com/article/cuban-economy-minister-marino-m...
Good and bad news in Colombia:
FARC will stop imposing its "guerrilla tax" in areas under its control
http://thecolombianpost.com:8081/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic...
But some FARC units reject the peace process and say they will not demobilize
http://thecolombianpost.com:8081/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic...
Peru president rules out pardon for ex-leader Fujimori
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36892762
Bolivia bucks regional economic trend: maintains top growth in S. America despite commodity price falls
http://www.latinamericanpost.com/article/bolivia-maintains-top-growth-in...
Expect to see soldiers around Olympic venues: Armed Forces Patrol Streets in Brazil Before Olympics
http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/armed-forces-patrol-s...
It's supposed to make tourists feel safe. Even though it will look like they are in a war zone.
Brazilian authorities have arrested a group of Brazilians who were allegedly planning a terror attack during the Olympic games. Authorities swear there is no evidence of a second such group.
http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazilian-officials-s...
Brazil's Coup from teleSUR (3 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUE7hKpmcw
Ecuador fights corporate sovereignty (22 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaRtlGsNpM
Clinton emails prove intervention in Venezuela (1 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLhqyopiqQ
Earth Report
The Hottest year ever recorded! http://phys.org/news/2016-05-hottest-year-scientists.html
Large Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
http://blog.ucsusa.org/andrea-basche/theres-nothing-average-about-this-y...
A last request
I think it would be great to build a media team here at c99. Please write me, Lookout, if you have an interest and would like to participate in gathering and organizing news for the Weekly Watch.
Comments
Your Dallas News tough read goes to TOC, check link
Here is a local addition to energy news. I find it puzzling but somewhere I smell a scam. http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2016/07/29/new-cayuga-plan...
A bit of backstory. The on-Cayuga-Lake-coalburning plant, operated for years by New York State Electric and Gas was sold as (i think) part of de-regulation of energy in NY. Sold to a Spanish energy/holding company. The plant became too costly, switch-off coal to gas was proposed and NY refused. The plant was sitting idle, not yet mothballed. Now it has been picked up by a ?local-ish? holding company to save the 70+ jobs and a major tax base. Coal is being delivered 1X/week (a mile-long train) for short burns at peak power times. The train will run there in perpetuity, a salt mine sits adjacent that supplies road salt to points South.
This can act as Sunday Morning, c99-style!
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Correct Dallas News link
should be this:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20160714-woman-surrenders...
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Done
Y'all let me know if other links are broken.
Thanks
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I really like this!
Thank you for this list! Great stuff.
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
I hope it will useful
Thanks
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I would like to see
this Weekly Watch tagged as an Open Thread and set up so that it appears in the upper right column (however that's done).
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Superb weekly news round-up, Lookout! /nt
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Thank you for your links dr
The more eyes and approaches the better. I appreciate the links you contributed. I hope we can grow the project to include several c99ers.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I'll keep contributing.
Not sure I can say I'll take on any particular "beat." My interests vary, and, as for many, one thing leads to another as I wander the net.
But I'll collect a list of interesting/important/oddball stuff I run across and pass it on to you.
Do you have a deadline contributors need to meet so that you have time to compose your compilation?
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Please get links to me by Saturday pm
that way I can get them into the Watch. The question I have - Is this the format people want? Would they prefer fewer links and have a best of the week news or is this shotgun approach more useful? Thanks for your ideas.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I like the "shotgun" approach
you have taken, Lookout. And, no, not too many links. The way you have presented things, people can pick and choose what they want to explore as their interests dictate.
I particularly like that you have separated news items / opinion pieces by topic. Such curation can be difficult as many items cover more than one topic. I think you've done an admirable job of sorting this week's collection.
Thanks again.
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Excellent news summary to keep us up to date.
Thank you for your effort. If we come across potential articles during the week, would you prefer the message to have a specific header.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
No need, but...
a one sentence descriptor is nice. Thanks for asking, and I hope you'll participate!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The political compass
Boriscleto had this interesting link in another essay -
https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Wonder where Bernie ends up.
Don't believe everything you think.
Here it is (from the link)
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Assange on Meet the Press this a.m.
for those with TVs who might be interested.
h/t @emptywheel
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
It's already happened.
Basically Chuck Todd wanting him to reveal the sources and him saying they won't. Back and forth and back and forth.
What is the weird lapel pin that Chuck is wearing?
" “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” FDR "
The Assange interview...
on Democracy Now from last week was quite good IMO. It's at the first link of this piece.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Zero Hedge is reporting trouble around the Incirlik air base
amid speculation that some kind of “second coup” may be under way.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-30/turkey-surrounds-blocks-access-...
Has anyone seen anything about this reported in other media?
Edited to add link to a mainstream media report, of which the Zero Hedge item appears to be a repost. Seems to be one of those stories that, when you try to trace it down, ends up leading you to a handful of tweets:
Reports Turkish troops have sealed off Incirlik US/NATO nuclear air base
A US airbase?
http://www.incirlik.af.mil/
All I could find is:
Due to an extended loss of commercial power to the base, supplies, including food, water and fuel were delivered to sustain missions here at Incirlik. (from last week).
More on that story here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/turkey-military-coup/incirlik-air-base-...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Power cut was last week — this seems to be a new development.
See the new info I added via an edit, above.
Sounds like a siege, to me
But who's doing the besieging, and why, are not the least bit clear. Wonder if we'll ever get an unmangled report?
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Obvious reminder: US nuclear weapons stored there.
I can't even speculate on speculations. Incipient headache coming on.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
A Kerry Visit?
or some mucky- d- muck? Seems like I caught a line somewhere about an immanent visit.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I like it - it's a lot - how can one make a searchable
archive out of it?
It is a lot
I tried to group similar stories, but maybe it needs to be a highlights of the news instead of a fire hose of information. I would appreciate your advice on how to make it usable.
Or maybe a grouping of the best stories?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
it's already great to have them at all, no matter how
they are presented or ordered. I like it a lot to have the video links, As to how to make it a searchable archive, I need to learn about it. And it's a lot of work to do it, not a one-man at the side volunteer labor of love on the long run.
My experience of people trying to find something in online archives, is that they get frustrated. A search page as you have it at TOP or here is even not enough for their own stories. Try to find a comment that you have made six years ago. It's a nightmare. And nobody sane would waste the time and nerves to do it. That's why I am curious to learn how others order their links.
Make up categories under which to sort articles and videos and usually you end up with five people suggesting five different categories for the same stories. Same is true for key words. People forget how many stories would have to ordered under more than one category. The work balloons quickly. The Library of Congress has over 350 000 subject categories. Add confusions over different spelling in different languages of names.
Then think about all the people who search for something, but they don't know exactly anymore when it was, where it was, on which occasion or what the exact name of a person was etc. I wished I had a good answer. I am searching for solutions myself.
It's something I like to do in the future, but I like to learn how it's professionally done.
Found Jill's speech at the people's convention
runs about 35 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4GmPqB3iI
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I like it, Lookout
Good job!
Thanks!
“We may not be able to change the system, but we can make the system irrelevant in our lives and in the lives of those around us.”—John Beckett
Thank you, Lookout, for this excellent and comprehensive
first edition of Weekly Watch--you outdid yourself!
There's no such thing as 'too much news,' IMO--so, it depends on how much work it is on you, as to whether or not you should cut back on the volume of articles/videos. (And, from the looks of it, you probably spent quite a chunk of your time, turning this essay/newsletter out.)
I like the format--a lot. If the purpose is to share 'news' stories that folks may have missed, or that are truly newsworthy--you've definitely achieved that. Of course, there's no reason that you can't experiment with the formatting, if you have the time, and the inclination. I'm certainly always willing to put in my 2 Cents, if asked.
Again, 'thank you.'
Mollie
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Thanks for your contributions
I'll plug away and appreciate the feed back. Glad you like this first effort.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
One view of US post-Dem convention
By a Canadian-American, a short, pithy look at US:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/29/my-fellow-americans-we-are-fools/
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Another suggestion, or two
I don't know where the banners for the morning Open Threads, The Evening Blues, and The Evening Greens came from, but I think this Weekly Watch is deserving of its own distinctive banner.
Also, since there is *so* much material provided (a good thing!), might it be possible to keep it up inthe upper right corner for longer than the customary 16-18 hours. I don't know whether this is a good suggestion or not. Consider it something to . . . consider.
Finally, mimi's comments about the "search-ability" of things reminded me of something that has frustrated me for quite some time about c99p OTs, EBs, etc. - everyone seems to be using their own preferred date format, e.g., 6-30-16, 07/31/2016, etc.
Don't care to be a hobgoblin of consistency asking everyone to use the same date format (although . . .), but I do think you, Lookout, might give some thought to what format might be best. I discovered back in the dark ages of desktop PCs that the best way to organize my files by date was using the format 2016.07.31. It's unconventional formatting for Americans, but it does properly organize files in chronological order by year, month, and day.
Just some ideas. Again, good job, Lookout, very good job indeed!
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Excellent in all respects and thanks
I prefer straight simple chronological order, earliest at the top, and lots of links and stories. That way tells a story of the week (and more as time goes on) and brings up possible temporal connections. Some sites don't have time stamps, but most do.
I agree it should be pinned and a new essay created each week. And we should be posting stories.
I follow a lot of news on many more "obscure" sites... I generally post them on my FB timeline...
Thanks for the follow-up on Abbey Martin... and the economic news from Bolivia.
From the Light House.
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Online Censorship
So Facebook was
censoring"accidentally deleting" links to Wikileaks in the hours after the story first broke and users were posting what they were finding in Zuckerberg's Garden. Hmm.At about the same time, #DNCLeaks was trending on Twitter at #3, although I saw tweets exulting that it had it #1 right before . . . it was no longer trending at all. In fact, that hashtag no longer brought up any new tweets, just as if no one was using it anymore. Eventually, Wikileaks got a new hashtag #DNCLeak going, but that hashtag never trended at all. Huh.
Now, I've run across a story about who really won the DNC (hint: it wasn't Clinton), which is interesting enough in itself, but what I found really interesting was the Editor's note at the end of the article.
Go ahead, read, or scan, the article, but do check out the Editor's note, follow the instructions and see what results you get.
https://off-guardian.org/2016/07/31/independents-and-jill-stein-won-the-...
Only connect. - E.M. Forster