Daily Rambling News

This page is dedicated to bringing you in touch with news and analysis of what's going on in the world today. But, more importanly, we want you to see WHY it's going on.

[dailyramblenews]

Ebola Carriers? Why The Virus Keeps Coming Back

A country is declared Ebola-free. Then the virus flares up again. Doctors now know why.

[dailyramblenews]

[dailyramblenews]

Democrats — And Republicans — Are Growing More Worried Over Climate Change

Last year was the hottest on record, and NASA has declared this past February the most unusually warm month since it began keeping records. People appear to be noticing. Two polls conducted in Marc…

[guardian]

We have a gigantic portions problem

Psychologist Brian Wansink has conducted numerous experiments to prove what common sense might already tell us: Oversized tableware makes us consume bigger portions. The diameter of the dinner plate has dramatically increased in the last 50 years — and food manufacturers keep pushing us to eat more and more and more. 

Can we learn to control our helpings? 

[dailyramblenews]

Israel: A Multiple Front War - Newsweek Middle East

Israel and its supporters resort to legal action to curb the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

[dailyramblenews]

[dailyramblenews]

[npr]

The trials of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray were supposed to have been over by now. It was a year ago Tuesday that the 25-year-old black man died of a severe neck injury sustained in custody.

His death touched off violent protests, and — in a stunning announcement just days later — criminal charges.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said she had heard protesters’ calls for “no justice, no peace.”

But so far, there’s been one hung jury, lots of legal maneuvering and delays.

Now, the city is bracing as the trials are set to begin again, next month.

A Year After Freddie Gray’s Death, Trials Set To Begin (Again)

Photo caption: A mural memorializing Freddie Gray is painted on the wall near the place where he was tackled and arrested last year by police at the Gilmor Homes housing project in Baltimore, Md.

Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

[dailyramblenews]

Women Sweep Redesigns of $5, $10 and $20 Bills

Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the 20, while other prominent women appear on the backs of 5s and 10s.

[npr]

Solitary confinement is what destroyed my son. He was a child being locked up for 23 hours a day for nearly two years. That’s enough to destroy a man’s mind, let alone a child’s.

Venida Browder lost her son twice: First to the lock-up at Rikers Island in New York, and then to suicide. (via npr)

[dailyramblenews]

Treasury Decides To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

The decision caps a public campaign asking for the change and months of deliberation by the Treasury.

[mour-ningdove]

Last week, a barrier that cotained toxic fluids broke in Brazil taking these fluids to one of the most important rivers we have here (Rio Doce). It formed a toxic mud and took over cities nearby, destroying them and killing people. This mud contains metals such as mercury, lead, barium, copper, among others. It’s said there is mud enough to fulfill 20 thousand olympic pools. This river is now officially dead, forever. The whole ecosystem of the area is destroyed. Animals are dead and some species might be extint. The mud keeps going through the river’s course and it’s said it’s gonna get to the seacost, also destroying that area. Another barrier is starting to break and it is 5 times bigger than the first one, which means the damage will be bigger. Cities nearby, such as Governador Valadares, ran out of water system. Mariana, another city, is also going through a hard time. Other cities are said to be destroyed forever. The biggest problem of all is that Brazilian media won’t talk about it. This huge ambiental crime is under Vale’s responsability. Vale is a multinational private mining corporation and they have a huge power over media. Regular brazilian citizenships have no idea of how huge the situation is, as the media makes it seem like it was just a little accident. People are dying, people are suffering, a whole ecossystem is dead. This is the largest ambiental accident in the history of Brazil. We need help to show the world what our media don’t want our people to know.

Guys, we need help. Please, reblog. 

[your-problematic-fave98]

So I looked this up, and this is an actual thing.

[waterboarding-deactivated201511]

@johnnyramonesanticommunistshirt @alexiswasonfire

[en-shaedn]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/13/brazils-slow-motion-environmental-catastrophe-unfolds Here’s an article in English about it. It’s headed toward the Atlantic; this kind of disaster is a nightmare for the people in its way.

[dailyramblenews]

Unfixable: How Obama lost Syria

There may have been a window for the US to act in Syria. Here's how Obama let it close.

[dailyramblenews]

Strangers Probably Aren't Going to Poison Your Kids' Halloween Candy

Have you heard the scary news reports of how people are going to taint kids’ candy with pot now that it’s getting more legal? There’s… no evidence for that. ...

Heads up. If you are reading this, you are too old to go trick-or-treating. 

[dailyramblenews]

Tyler Cowen: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy

A very poor country turned modern economy, China is now facing economic hardship. How did this happen? What led to its astonishing economic growth and what’s...

[dailyramblenews]

How the murder of an NYPD cop triggered criminal-justice reformers’ greatest weakness

Policy is about balancing risks, not eliminating them.

[dailyramblenews]

Study: Food stamps do much more to fight poverty than we thought

Twice as much, in fact.