What, I wonder, would be the reaction if a Hungarian who had no English, who had never visited the country, were to write an editorial savaging the United Kingdom for not being a real democracy as it has no proper constitution, decrying that the head of state is the result of a coitus, not an election, and the little freedom of speech left is being destroyed by David Cameron through a royal charter (a royal charter, not even the fig leaf of a law, I mean how fascistic and anachronistic can you get?)
Daily Archives: 3. April 2013
ANSAmed – Tomorrow‘s events in the Mediterranean
STANBUL – Prime Minister Erdogan to chair an inaugural meeting of a ‚wise people‘ commission who will be consulted on a peace process with Kurdish militants.
Homeland Security ‚Fusion‘ Center Director: We‘re Not Spying On Americans… Just Anti-Government Americans
You may recall that, last fall, a Congressional investigation completely slammed Homeland Security‘s „Fusion Centers“ — noting that despite DHS insisting that they were critical to „fighting terrorism,“ the actual evidence showed that they had done nothing helpful in the fight against terrorism, but were instead chock full of wasteful (possibly fraudulent) spending… and with an added dose of civil liberties violations (just for fun).
Police officer dies after shooting self in head
Investigators say serious financial problems were behind the suicide.
New Finance and Labour Ministers sworn in
The new Minister of Finance Harris Georgiades and Minster of Labour Zeta Emilianidou were sworn in today, during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in the presence of Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and members of the Cabinet.
Camp Nama: Neue Details des von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika betriebenen FoltergefÀngnisses im Irak
The Guardian hat einen Bericht veröffentlicht, der auf neuen Interviews mit britischen Soldaten beruht, die Folter und Misshandlung irakischer Gefangener in dem von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika betriebenen GefÀngnis Camp Nama nach dem Einmarsch im Jahr 2003 beobachtet haben
Air show lobbyists to buzz Capitol Hill
The move to hire lobbyists is necessary because the freeze on military aircraft demonstrations, such as those conducted by the Air Force‘s Thunderbirds and Navy‘s Blue Angels, „represents a threat to our existence as an industry,“ said John Cudahy, the council‘s president.
How the Pentagon Corrupted Afghanistan
Americaâs post-9/11 conflicts have been wars of corruption, a point surprisingly seldom made in the mainstream media. Keep in mind that George W. Bushâs administration was a monster of privatization. It had its own set of crony corporations, including Halliburton, KBR, Bechtel, and various oil companies, as well as a set of mercenary rent-a-gun outfits like Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy that came into their own in this period.
Madoff Contacts Congress: ‚JPM Was Complicit In My Crime‘
JPM knew all about my Ponzi. Madoff sends info on Ponzi-complicit banks to Congress.
Congressman Who Created The TSA Flips Out Over Waste
The Oversight Committee hearing examines the excessive and wasteful spending in the face of sequestration. Janet Napolitano gets busted, jobs are threatened, Mica gets seriously pissed by the end. Hearing took place March 19.
Bradley Manning‘s Nobel Peace Prize
Whistleblower Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he should receive it.
Please sign this petition to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Revoke Obama‘s Nobel Peace Prize
Today, there are more U.S. troops in Afghanistan than when Obama took office. His presidency has widened the use of drones and other instruments of remote killing in several countries.
Please sign this petition to the Norwegian Nobel Committee:
The Growing Campaign to Revoke Obamaâs Nobel Peace Prize
This week, a challenge has begun with the launch of a petition urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to revoke Obamaâs Peace Prize. By midnight of the first day, nearly 10,000 people had signed. The online petition simply tells the Nobel committee: âI urge you to rescind the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to Barack Obama.â
Deutschlands fĂŒhrende Homophobe war in Donaustauf
Herr Albertin filmt und fotografiert
Dass nicht alle Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer unkritisch an dieser âWahrheitâ interessiert sind, bemerkt der GeschĂ€ftsfĂŒhrer der âKatholische Erwachsenenbildungâ recht frĂŒh. Bereits vor der Veranstaltung filmt und fotografiert Thomas Albertin gezielt vermeintliche âStörerâ. Beraten lĂ€sst er sich dabei von einem Neonazi aus dem Dunstkreis der NPD.
Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (PHOTOS)
Flames have enveloped all floors of the highest building in the North Caucasus, southern Russia. All people have managed to leave the building. The Grozny-city complex in the in Chechen Republic includes luxury apartments and a 5-star hotel.
Neoliberal Overload
According to leaked draft texts, the TPP would also impose investor protections that incentivize offshoring jobs through special benefits for companies â the TPP stifles innovation by requiring internet service providers to police user-activity and treat small-scale individual downloads as large-scale for-profit violators.
Eldorado Gold Says It Wonât Leave Greece
Despite violent protests, Canadaâs Eldorado Gold said it plans to go ahead with work on a gold mine in northern Greece, refuting reports it had given up because of the opposition and difficulty of doing business in Greece.
âThe White Cityâ Nr.1 in den Radio Utopie Musik Charts
FĂŒr die ausgeschiedenen Musiker und Bands auf den letzten drei PlĂ€tzen gibt es nun in den April Charts interessante Neueinsteiger aus der weltweiten Szene der Freien Musik ohne âVerwertungsgesellschaftenâ und Industrie
Chance of Julian Assange going to US
A TOP Swedish judge has conceded it was possible that his government may send Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US if it successfully extradited him over a sex crime investigation.
Supreme court judge Stefan Lindskog, speaking about the legal questions surrounding Mr Assange‘s case at the University of Adelaide last night, said it should never be presumed that a „state, or any part of it, is always good“.
WIKILEAKS RELEASE Austria: 21,801 emails from US intelligence contractor Stratfor
As a side note: You have to admire the Austrians… They‘re like the
„little engine that could“ of imperialism… I mean they are working so
hard at recreating their imperial reach in the Balkans and Central Europe,
even though they are the size of (and equal in terms of geopolitical
importance) to Connecticut. Their efforts are inspirational… like
watching Rudy.
Britische Luftwaffe an Folter in Irak beteiligt
Erneut FolterfÀlle in einem US-GeheimgefÀngnis im Irak: Britische Soldaten sollen sich jahrelang an der Folter irakischer Gefangener beteiligt haben.
Dschibuti: Proteste im Land der MilitÀrbasen
Der Westen unterstĂŒtzt IsmaĂŻl Omar Guelleh nahezu bedingungslos und hat gute GrĂŒnde dafĂŒr: Dschibuti ist trotz seiner geringen GröĂe sowohl fĂŒr die EuropĂ€ische Union als auch fĂŒr die USA nicht nur fĂŒr die Kriege in Afrika von enormer strategischer Bedeutung.
Millionairesâ reign: UKâs rulers âout of touchâ with common folk
Hours later an astonishing 97,000 people signed an online petition on the change.org website calling on Duncan Smith to prove his words. The text challenged him to âlive on this budget for at least one yearâ instead of spending his salary, which is almost 50 times higher.
Sparen in GroĂbritannien- Reich gegen Arm
Am Montag sind verschiedene KĂŒrzungen im Sozialsystem in Kraft getreten, der Nationale Gesundheitsdienst wird neu organisiert, zugleich werden Steuern gesenkt. Weitere KĂŒrzungen folgen im April.
Musikdateien und E-Books- Stillschweigende Enteignung
2009 bemerkten Kindle-Besitzer in den USA, dass ausgerechnet „1984“ von ihren LesegerĂ€ten verschwunden war – Orwells berĂŒhmtes Buch ĂŒber einen totalen Ăberwachungsstaat.
Störsender.TV Episode I: Finanzkasinokapitalismus
Radio Utopie ist spĂ€t dran und entschuldigt sich förmlich. Hier also die am 31. MĂ€rz ins Netz gestellte erste Folge des genossenschaftlich und sozial, Ă€h, Moment Mal, via crowdfunding auf startnext finanzierten unabhĂ€ngigen Fernsehprojekts Störsender.TV als mediale Schutz- und Trutzburg fundamentalistisch-zivilistischem Kabarettismus zur Aufhellung mental verdunkelter gesellschaftlicher ZustĂ€nde. Von und mit Dieter Hildebrandt, den wir als einen der vielen intellektuellen Grafen von Monte Christo dieser Schwachsinnsrepublik gefĂŒhlt 20 Jahre schmerzlich vermisst haben.
Der Anstaltsleiter persönlich: Urban Priol ist verrĂŒckt nach dem Störsender!
„Mir g‘frein uns scho!“ FĂŒr den Störsender wird Urban Priol nicht nur „netzaffin“, er redet freiwillig bayerisch!
Property tax splits coalition ahead of troika visit
As Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partners, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left, prepare to meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday for talks
Macht und Menschenrechte am 04.04.2013 â im Interview mit Jim Tucker zu Bilderberg und mit Marina Spanos zu Zypern
Morgen am 04.04.2013 geht es um 19.00 in der Sendung âMacht und Menschenrechteâauf Radio Jungle Drum (www.jungle-drum.de) um das Bilderberg-Netzwerk. Der amerikanische Journalist Jim Tucker ist den Bilderbergern schon seit 1975 auf der Spur â lange bevor das Netzwerk ins Rampenlicht der alternativen Medien geriet. Vieles davon hat er in seinen âBilderberg Diariesâ (Bilderberg TagebĂŒcher) veröffentlicht. FĂŒr manch einen Politiker ging die Karriere erst nach seinem Bilderberg-Besuch richtig nach oben. Und nicht selten haben Politiker genau die Themen spĂ€ter aufgegriffen, welche auf der Tagesordnung standen, als sie Bilderberg besucht haben. Besonders aktuell sind heute die Bilderberg-Konferenzen 1989 und 2011, in denen es um den Euro ging. Sogar eine der Hauptpersonen der Verfassungsklagen zum ESM werden wir dort wieder sehen……
Muse – Animals
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„Animals“ Video Competition: Gewinner bekannt gegeben
(20.03.) Ihr habt eure Votes abgegeben, die Band hat sich beraten â und wir scheinen uns allesamt einig zu sein:
Die exzellente „Animals“-Version von InĂȘs Freitas und Miguel Mendes (onenessteam) aus Portugal ist der Gewinner der „Animals“ Video Competition in Kooperation mit genero.tv!
Muse â Animals: Winner
The video with the highest votes was also the video Muse had selected as the winner! Congratulations to onenessteam (InĂȘs Freitas and Miguel Mendes) who receive $5,000 and have their video published on Museâs website and their YouTube channel! They also get an invite to one of Museâs summer Stadium shows, where the video will be aired live!
Portuguese duo create video for British rock band Muse
Two Portuguese students have won a global competition to create a music video for a British rock band, for their song âAnimalsâ.
Portuguese government may teeter if court blocks austerity
(28.03.) Portugal is facing a potential political crisis if its constitutional court rejects government austerity measures, risking more euro zone turmoil on top of the Cyprus bailout this month.
Eurozone crisis live: Portuguese government faces no-confidence vote
Prime minister Passos Coelho is expected to survive fourth bid to oust him from power â but vote will destroy consensus in crisis-hit state