links of the day 08/12/2014 (a.m.)

• Plight of Iraq's Yazidis | Reuters.com

• Putin Picks the Worst of All Bad Choices | The Jamestown Foundation

• Russian aid to Ukraine is actually Russian military, social network reveals | EUROMAIDAN PRESS | News and Opinion from Across Ukraine

• Putin announces humanitarian convoy to Ukraine - World News Report

• Five Ways Nuclear Armageddon Was Almost Unleashed | The National Interest

• СТОПТЕРРОР

• Кто на самом деле сливает наших военных? | Информационное объединение

• Who is really betraying our soldiers?  | EUROMAIDAN PRESS | News and Opinion from Across Ukraine

• West Africans fill churches to pray for deliverance from 'devil' Ebola | Reuters

• Prospect Magazine

• Scottish independence: Salmond’s chances for victory are running out | Prospect Magazine

• How marriage can save your life - Macleans.ca

• The end of neighbours

• Mouin Rabbani · Israel mows the lawn · LRB 31 July 2014

• Jenny Diski reviews ‘Cubed’ by Nikil Saval · LRB 31 July 2014

• Mike Kirby · Diary: Discharged · LRB 31 July 2014

• Maritime Security Group Warns of Pirate Tactics Changing as Product Tanker Attacked - Latest industry shipping news from the Handy Shipping Guide

• Dirty cash from organised crime will be used to track down terrorism funding | dailytelegraph.com.au

• As natural disaster threats around the world increase, so do risks to businesses’ customers, supplies - Business Monday - MiamiHerald.com

• The New Sex Report from Iran Says Some Surprising Things | TheBlaze.com

• Glenn Beck Reveals His Goals, Predicts the Future of Television — And Opens Up About His Big Struggle

• Russian strategic long range nuclear bombers “tested” US air defenses, according to reports

• GroundReport.com - Latest World News & Opinions

• US “trained” ISIS fighters a little too well it seems! | News, Terrorism | GroundReport.com – Latest World News & Opinions

• Striking Satellite Photos Show What the Meat Industry Is Really Doing to America - Mic

• Amazon is losing its cool: A brief history of the corporate giant’s public statements - Salon.com

• How One Company Is Building An Internet Connection Through The Arctic Thanks To Climate Change

• The truth about Bitcoin addiction - Salon.com

• Greed destroyed us all: George W. Bush and the real story of the Great Recession - Salon.com

• I spent a day watching AtheistTV — and it was horrifying - Salon.com

• FBI informant led cyberattacks on Turkey’s government The Kernel

• The fall of the FBI’s most-wanted cybercriminal The Kernel

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.