Daily Archives: 2. Februar 2013


02.02.2013 - 21:31 [ antikrieg.com ]

Gerade zurück aus dem Mittleren Osten – und ich mache mir große Sorgen

Diese Region steht immer unter Spannung, aber gerade jetzt beginnen sich eine Reihe von separaten Konflikten zu überschneiden. Wir sehen, dass der Mittlere Osten, Nordafrika und die Sahara von Revolutionen und Gegenrevolutionen hin- und hergeworfen werden. Die alten Kolonialmächte Frankreich und Britannien sowie die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika versuchen, die Herrschaft in der Region wieder an sich zu reißen.

02.02.2013 - 21:18 [ U-T San Diego ]

MONSANTO PARTNERS WITH SYNTHETIC GENOMICS

Monsanto Corp. has acquired part of a La Jolla agricultural biotech in a deal that gives the St. Louis food giant a presence in San Diego for the first time.

02.02.2013 - 21:09 [ Open Market ]

The New National Identification System Is Coming

“Maybe we should just brand all the babies.” With this joke, Ronald Reagan swatted down a national identification card — or an enhanced Social Security card — proposed by his attorney general in 1981. For more than three decades since, attempts to implement the proposal have all met with failure, but now national ID is back, and it’s worse than ever.

02.02.2013 - 20:16 [ Demand Progress ]

Bin Laden Is Dead. Will The Patriot Act Live On?

Osama Bin Laden is dead, but will the Patriot Act live on? The Patriot Act was enacted as a supposedly temporary measure in the wake of 9-11. With Bin Laden‘s passing, the era of the Patriot Act, of spying on Americans who aren‘t suspected of crimes, of heavy-handed abuse of our dearly held civil liberties, must come to an end.

02.02.2013 - 19:55 [ The Sidney Morning Herald ]

US veterans would welcome sceptical Hagel

Around New York, veterans of Iraq following the hearings see Hagel‘s scepticism about the war and the surge as vital qualities in a secretary of defence.

02.02.2013 - 19:51 [ The Sidney Morning Herald ]

9/11 Explosive Evidence

More than 1,700 architects and engineers believe it was not planes that brought down the Twin Towers but a controlled explosive demolition. With testimony from 43 experts, they soberly present forensic evidence from architects, structural engineers, metallurgists, physicists and explosive experts. Their findings are startling and suggest serious errors and omissions in the official investigations by the 9/11 Commission.

02.02.2013 - 19:50 [ Adam Curtis / BBC ]

Here we go again on Al Qaeda´s Merry go round

But behind these fears is an incredibly simplified – almost fictional – vision of the world. It possesses the minds of many western politicians, journalists and associated think tank „experts“. And at its heart is a kind of filter that wipes away anything complex about power and the struggles for power in African countries – and replaces that with a simple picture of the world as divided between goodies (us in the west) and dangerous frightening baddies who are out to destroy us.

It‘s both blind and arrogant. And it‘s terribly dangerous.

02.02.2013 - 18:25 [ Der Standard ]

Internet-Initiative fordert `umfassendes Recht auf Information`

Einen „gläsernern Staat“ wünschte sich eine Initiative, die seit kurzem im Internet Unterstützungsunterschriften sammelt:

02.02.2013 - 18:02 [ Süddeutsche ]

Privater Staats-Trojaner

(17.01.) Weil das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) mit der Entwicklung eines eigenen Staatstrojaners zu langsam ist, testet die Behörde derzeit ein Programm des umstrittenen Herstellers Gamma. Dies bestätigte ein Sprecher des BKA der SZ.

02.02.2013 - 17:46 [ Russia Today ]

Russia opposes humanitarian corridor in Syria, citing int‘l air intervention fears

Lavrov, however, expressed doubts about the right of the US to decide the legitimacy of the Syrian government: „We have many questions as to the policies of our western colleagues. Can you justify terror methods for the purposes of regime change? Can you fight same enemies in one conflict if you ally with them in another? How do you make sure the illegally supplied weapons don‘t turn against yourself?”

02.02.2013 - 17:11 [ Reuters ]

Biden raises possibility of direct U.S.-Iran talks

The United States is ready to hold direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contacts that many see as crucial to easing an international dispute over Tehran‘s nuclear program.

02.02.2013 - 16:56 [ ZDNet ]

Millionenzahlung: Google einigt sich mit französischen Verlegern

Der Suchkonzern bringt 60 Millionen Euro in einen Technologiefonds ein, der umgestaltende Innovationen im Digital Publishing fördern soll.