The People's Record

The People’s Record Daily News Update

October 25, 2012 

Here are some stories you may not otherwise hear about today: 

• The United Nations has announced that a subsection of the UN Human Rights Council is going to begin investigating the Obama administration’s drone strikes & extrajudicial killings. In related news:

On Wednesday, the Post revealed that the kill-list unearthed earlier this year is being updated to be included in a greater “disposition matrix” that helps the White House figure out how to carry clandestine strikes on insurgence and when and where they may require the help from outside agencies from allied nations.

• CNN has retracted a story posted on their website that questioned whether hormones drive women voter’s decision making or not after widespread backlash. 
• Several hundred health industry workers protested outside of the Irish Health Department yesterday against the neoliberal austerity programs of privatization, budget cuts and outsourcing. 
• A plan to bring two of the most dangerous technologies used in America today, side by side, in one Pennsylvania community is under way. The community will have to live with the dangers of a nuclear plant and a fracking site within a mile from each other. I guess the energy companies can save money by buying off all of the elected official in one area all at once. 
• Julian Assange says he will not leave the Ecuadorian embassy until the United States ends its “investigation” and campaign of harassment against him. 
• After being arrested at a Senata workers protest over lost jobs, Rev. Jesse Jackson has now been released. 

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