A.M. Links: Turkish Trade Unions Hold Strike in Wake of Mine Disaster, Pentagon Has Zombie Plan, Edward Norton or Jared Leto Could Play Snowden in Movie

  • Turkish trade unions, who blame privatization for making mine
    working conditions more dangerous, are holding a one-day strike in
    the wake of the recent mine explosion
    in Soma, which resulted in the deaths of 282 people.
  • Senate Republicans say that they will pass
    immigration reform
    in the next two years if they manage to take
    back the Senate in November.
  • Four crew members, including the captain, of the
    South Korean ferry
    that sank last month have been charged with
    murder. Most of the 284 people killed in the incident were school
    children.
  • The Pentagon has a plan for the
    zombie apocalypse
    .
  • The latest exit polls from the Indian election suggest that
    Hindu nationalist
    Narendra Modi
    will be India’s next prime minister.
  • According to Glenn Greenwald both
    Edward Norton and Jared Leto
    have been mentioned as actors who
    may play Edward Snowden in a movie about the NSA whistle-blower.
    Sony Pictures has bought the rights to Greenwald’s latest book
    No Place to Hide.
  • These are my last A.M. links. On Monday I am starting a new job
    at the Cato Institute. So long Reasonoids, it has been a pleasure.
    I will be sure to check back in from time to time to read the
    comments.

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