Todays News in 100 Words or Less

Keystone is Political Oil Spill

The Keystone Pipeline project that was supposed to bring oil from the Alberta, Canada to Texan refineries has become a sticky situation. Build or not? Obama has decided to sit on it.

Advocates argue job creation stable and safe source of oil. This will allow US to wean itself from Opec and be politically stronger in Middle East negations

Those against are worried of environmental impact. Extracting the oil is resource intensive and dirtier.

Agar of Newstalk1010 asks, how is shipping oil on massive tankers, then trucking it across the country any more environmentally friendly or any bit less risky?

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Why do we care about Syria?

If this map doesn’t tell you why Syria is still in the news, then read on. OIL. That and some typical political unrest, corruption a-la-Middle-East style. People missing, people being killed, suppressed, revolts. etc. Y’kno, the uje. 

UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, passed a message onto the Pres. of Syria saying, “Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing your people.” 

I wonder if he said that in a tweet… 

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Kim Jong fell Ill

The North Korean Dictator who goes by Dear Leader is now going by dearly departed. In his reign he was seen not wearing his pajama uniform only a handful of times, and was successful at suppressing his people thoroughly. Kim developed nuclear weapons that rustled a few feathers. There was a big hubabaloo about it a few years back, even rumors of war, when they were successfully testing their nukes. As it turned out, waiting out his death was a better idea. Hopefully, a lesson too.

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Arab is to Spring as Russian is to Winter

When Bullies Become President (read in Russian accent). 95 words

Russian Democracy sucks. There are no checks and balances. Essentially, Russia elects a dictator. That dictator is limited by their constitution, but can still issue decrees. Putin has been manipulating the system. In his first term he lengthened how long a term is. After his terms, he set himself up as PM (VP) for his puppet President. He has been in power for 18yrs, and may be for another 6. Unless, the perturbed protesting people can put Putin out. Putin is beginning to respond to his critics, starting with a twitter war vs. Senator McCain. 

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Who is Newt Gingrich?? (66 Words)

Political Profile: Newt Gingrich

How does someone named after a salamander become a potential presidential candidate? 

Who’s Newt and what does he stand for? Idk? I fell asleep reading his webpage. I hope he’s more interesting than his page suggests. His webpage was so boring and non-interactive that I gave up reading it. I’m guessing he won’t be mobilizing the youth vote.

But doesn’t he just look so presidential?

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Corporate Corruption News Short: Siemens Bad Seed

Siemens Singing Don’t cry for me Argentina (85 Words)

Massive Fail, Siemens Caught Bribing Argentinean Government Officials. Siemens, the company that used to make phones people actually bought, spent millions on bribes to gain a contract to make ID’s for every citizen in Argentina. The government changed and Siemens lost the contract. Siemens tried to recover it’s money by charging cancellation fees. Siemens even used bribes to suppress evidence that they were bribing officials. In the end they pleaded guilty in Argentina and are now being tried in the US because they used American bank accounts and had meetings in New York. 

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News Shorts: China Relations

Myanmar Paranoia - The Chill War?

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The Chinese are becoming uneasy about US developing friendly relations with China’s neighbor, Myanmar (Burma). Myanmar is becoming increasingly more democratic and freedoms and quality of life are potentially improving for the people. There is an optimism there that has been lacking for decades. The former democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest for decades, is now free and helping to reestablish democracy. The Chinese who supported the communist dictatorship are uneasy. US says there’s nothing to worry about.