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Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag

Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for...
Democracy Now!
http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible study, along with three former South Carolina governors and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. 

Espn First Take, Friday 10th July 2015
Max - ESPN First Take
Freddie Coleman, Kate Fagan and Will Cain debate a variety of topics from the NBA offseason and whether Tom Brady and Greg Hardy should have their suspensions reduced.

0:20 What do you think of DeAndre Jordan ?
11:00 Can Lebron James win the title with this team ?
18:28 Should it be about the rings or the money ?
28:00 How much pressure is Roger Goodell under ?
35:30 How should the league regulate players on the offseason
42:25 How should Greg Hardy's suspension be handled ?
54:20 How many more years will Lebron James stay with Cleveland ?
1:03:45 What rookie will not live up to the hype ?
1:06:20 What rookie with exceed expectations ?
1:08:00 What rookie will get dunked on first ?
1:09:37 What rookie will win MVP first ?
1:11:25 What rookie will win a title first ?
1:13:20 What do we make of this ?
1:22:05 Is Serena Williams the most dominant sports star ? 

Mother of Eric Garner Praises New York’s Appointment of Special Prosecutor to Probe Police Killings
Mother of Eric Garner Praises New York’s Appointment of Special Pro...
Democracy Now!
http://democracynow.org - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians, making New York the first state to do so. Cuomo’s move came a day after mothers of New Yorkers killed by police rallied outside his New York City office demanding he fulfill his promise to appoint the special prosecutor if state lawmakers did not take action. We speak to Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died almost exactly one year ago, on July 17, after police pulled him to the ground in a chokehold and piled on top of him while he said, "I can’t breathe," at least 11 times. A grand jury declined to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who put Garner in the chokehold. The prosecutor in the case, Daniel Donovan, was recently elected to Congress.

"A Hostage Situation": Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic "No" Vote
"A Hostage Situation": Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days...
Democracy Now!
http://democracynow.org - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has submitted a bailout proposal which includes harsh austerity measures just days after the Greek people overwhelmingly rejected such measures in a historic referendum. The proposal submitted to Greece’s creditors reportedly includes tax increases, pension cuts, a reduction in military spending, and the privatization of public assets. It comes after Tsipras himself had urged the Greek people to reject creditors’ demands for further austerity. In exchange for the reforms, Greece would receive a three-year, $59 billion bailout package. Germany meanwhile appears to be yielding to demands to provide at least some measure of debt relief to Greece. European officials have expressed approval for the Greek offer ahead of a key meeting of European finance ministers on Saturday. 

Is China Moving Toward a Gold Standard? Peter Schiff on the Chinese Market Crash
Is China Moving Toward a Gold Standard? Peter Schiff on the Chinese...
ReasonTV
"Just like most of the products Americans buy are made in China, most of the economic problems the Chinese have are made in America," says investment guru and radio host Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. "The Chinese have decided to peg their currency to the dollar and so they have imported our monetary policy."

But as Schiff explained to Reason's Matt Welch, that may be changing. China's recent market woes may force China to change its monetary policy and Schiff believes the Chinese government is laying the groundwork to back its currency by gold.

"Quietly they have been increasing thier ownership of gold," says Schiff. "They want to untether their currency from the dollar but they don't want it to be backed by nothing."

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