June 10
Saudis Dropped from UN’s Human Rights Abusers List After Threats to Withhold Funding, Oil Giant Shell to Leave 10 Countries, Arizona Could Be Without Water in a Decade, and More Picks
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Arizona Could Be Out of Water in Six Years (Jeff C.)
Prolonged drought and a rapidly expanding population are pushing Arizona’s water system to its limit.
UN Dropped Saudi Arabia from List of Human Rights Violators After Threats to Withhold Funding (Dan)
Think the UN is just a consortium of countries with bribes and bad deals in dark, smoke-filled rooms? You were…right.
Dr. Jill Stein: The Draconian Things Donald Trump Talks About, We Actually See Hillary Clinton Doing (Trevin)
Stein makes the case for third parties by pointing out similarities between the two candidates, and how the majority of their supporters don’t really believe in them: “Right now we have an election where even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don’t support Hillary, they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don’t support him, they just oppose Hillary.”
Shell to Quit 10 Countries, Sell Assets (Jeff C.)
In yet another sign that the oil industry’s yield costs far more to produce than world demand is willing to pay, Royal Dutch Shell said in a statement that up to 10% of its oil and gas production were tagged for disposal. The energy behemoth plans to exit five-to-ten countries over the next two years.
Florida AG Asked Trump for Donation Before Nixing Fraud Case (Trevin)
The suit was dropped after a group backing the re-election campaign of Attorney General Pam Bondi received a $25,000 check from a Trump family foundation, citing “insufficient grounds to proceed.”
France’s Socialist Technocrat (Dan)
France’s president Francois Hollande has low favorability amongst his own Socialist party as well as the general public. Emmanuel Marcon, a former Rothschild banker and product of the elite, thus sees an opening to become the next candidate on the Socialist ticket. Another reminder of the topsy-turvy year in politics.
