And then came Attorney General Holder’s recent premonition about a new threat: the “homegrown terrorist.” Speaking to ABC news, Holder’s statement signals a decisive shift in the script governing the ongoing campaign:
Daily Archives: 15. April 2013
Putin verspricht Afghanistan Stabilisierungshilfe nach Nato-Abzug
„Wir haben uns darauf geeinigt, diesem Thema auch weiterhin Aufmerksamkeit zu widmen und gemeinsame Schritte abzustimmen“, sagte Putin. „Wir haben unter anderem vor, der afghanischen Staatsführung bei der Stabilisierung der militärpolitischen Situation und bei der Bekämpfung der Drogengefahr, des Terrorismus und Extremismus alle notwenige Hilfe zu erweisen.“
In Defense of Amira Hass
Amira Hass is a reporter for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. She reports on Palestinian affairs in the occupied territories and, over the years, has come to understand the Palestinians’ plight from their own point of view. On 3 April 2013 Hass wrote an op-ed for her newspaper entitled “The Inner Syntax of Palestinian Stone-Throwing,” in which she wrote,
Gitmo Trial Ethics Breaches Called Possible Obama Plan to Close Prison
Colonel Davis believes the embarrassing turn of events is no coincidence. In addition to the growing list of gaffes at Gitmo, he said:
‚Nerf‘ by Les Yeux De La Tête
HEAD Record Label
Gold has worst two-day rout in 30 years, stocks drop
Strategists have cited various reasons for gold‘s slump, including plans by Cyprus to sell excess gold reserves and feared selling from other central banks.
‚L‘Alveare‘ by Le Maschere di Clara
Tutto nasce dal desiderio di elaborare una sorta di „sfogo“ artistico,frutto di studi classici e di una viscerale passione per il rock,cercando di legare due correnti culturali così lontane e allo stesso tempo idealisticamente vicine.
‚Mercurial Rites‘ by Hair Police
Working tirelessly at their craft since 2001, Hair Police are rare survivors of the rapidly dissolving US noise scene. Made up of Mike Connelly (aka Failing Lights), Robert Beatty (aka Three Legged Race) and Trevor Tremaine – the three Midwesterners have amassed quite a catalog between them, but somehow always hit hardest when they fuse their talents and work together. ‘Mercurial Rites’ is the trio’s first proper full-length since 2008’s ‘Certainty of Swarms’, and in typically obstinate form doesn’t even slightly pander to the noise scene’s mass exodus towards the dancefloor.
Pentagon führt keine Drohnen-Medaille ein
Verteidigungsminister Chuck Hagel hat heute bekanntgegeben, dass die Einführung der “Distinguished Warfare Medal” nicht stattfinden wird, die von seinem Amtsvorgänger Leon Panetta Anfang des Jahres vor dem Wechsel im Pentagon beschlossen wurde.
[SOSEP047] Stereograms – Fritto Misto EP
Bass drum. You’ve just finished the usual day studying or getting stressed by your fucking job when the duo Stereograms gives you as gift the med you were looking for. The best possible. The brand new release by the indie netlabel Sostanze Records allows the listener to chill, making him used to its warm sound and then bringing him to the dancefloor. The work is very technical in all the details.
Explosion at Boston Marathon
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Video: Explosions Strike Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day
“There are a lot of people down,” a runner told the AP, after two explosions brought a traumatic end to the world’s oldest annual marathon.
Pipelineistan Geopolitics at Work: Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar.
Construction is nearing completion on a natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Pakistan, a project that portends a huge geopolitical shift. As regional powers strengthen ties in this key energy market, they’re looking to China, and away from the West.
Since the early 2000s, analysts and diplomats across Asia have been dreaming of a future Asian Energy Security Grid.
Explosions rock Boston Marathon finish line; dozens injured
Two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession right next to the Boston Marathon finish line this afternoon, leaving at least dozens of people wounded, some with massive injuries. Multiple people are being evacuated. Blood is staining the sidewalks of Boylston street in the area.
Today‘s the Day: Challenging Human Gene Patents Before the Supreme Court
Today, we‘re headed to the U.S. Supreme Court for oral argument in our challenge to human gene patents.
The Court will decide this central question: are our genes – the basic elements of human biology and the blueprint for our cells, organs, and bodies – patentable? Or does patenting genes extend private property rights over products and laws of nature, in violation of the law?
ISAF-Truppen trugen (zur) Opium-Herstellung in Afghanistan bei – Uno
Die Opiumfelder gedeihen bereits seit drei Jahren in der Provinz Helmand sowie außerhalb. Laut dem UN-Bericht sei es auf die hohen Opium-Preise sowie mangelhafte Versorgung der Bevölkerung mit alternativen Kulturen zurückzuführen.
http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/ORAS_report_2013_phase12.pdf
UK refuses to admit US embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks are genuine
High court hears government will not confirm or deny that documents are authentic in Chagos Islands case
Guantánamo hunger-strike inmates forced to drink dirty water, court hears
Guards at Guantánamo Bay are displaying „deliberate indifference“ to the serious medical needs of hunger strikers, forcing them to drink dirty water in their weakened state, according to court-filed documents.
Lobby-Gruppe TechNet, die Google, Yahoo und Microsoft repräsentiert, befürwortet CISPA
Die Lobby-Organisation TechNet, zu deren Mitgliedern u.a. Dell, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Intel, Yahoo und Apple zählen, schickte nun einen Brief an den Geheimdienstausschuss des Repräsentantenhauses und lobte die Mitglieder des Ausschusses für ihre Arbeit an CISPA.
About 4,000 Greek civil servants to lose jobs this year as part of troika deal
About 4,000 civil servants will lose their jobs this year and from 10,000 to 11,000 next year, according to the agreement reached between the government and the troika.
Scandal! Greece turns ‘fakelaki’-bribes legal through law provision
Unprecedented! Greece passed a law that legalizes the bribes asked by doctors and civil servants. These bribes are commonly called ‘fakelaki’ (little envelope) as the citizens tend to hand them over in an envelope.
Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the “Room for discussion” of the Study Association SEFA and the Faculty of Economics and Business, Amsterdam,15 April 2013
As regards the banking union in particular, a first and important step has been made with the decision to create the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), the responsibility for which has been assigned to the ECB in the last Ecofin. I am confident that the SSM’s euro area perspective will make a significant contribution to safeguarding financial stability in the monetary union.
Italian parliament to meet Thursday on presidential election
Italian House Speaker Laura Boldrini on Monday convened parliament and representatives of the nation‘s regional governments to meet on Thursday, April 18, to start electing a new president of Italy.
Watch: Motorists, passersby ignore man‘s cries for help after accident
A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a speeding truck in Jaipur on Sunday. While the woman‘s husband and son escaped with minor injuries, their cries for help were ignored by the passersby and motorists and car drivers.
Jaipur: Callous city ignores accident victims, mother and child bleed to death
A woman and her eight-month-old daughter were killed when a truck mowed them down while they were riding pillion on a motorcycle in Jaipur on Monday, police said. Her husband and son had a miraculous escape.
Nach verkündeter Normalität Bomben für Somalia
Die Tinte auf dem Papier des U.N.O.-Sicherheitsrats zur Lockerung des Waffenembargos für Somalia und der Ruf des Angebots aus Washington, den Mangel an Waffen bereitwillig zu beheben ist kaum verhallt schon kommt es Sponntag, den 14.April 2013 zu mehreren verheerenden Anschlägen und Schiessereien in der von der Friedensmission der Afrikanischen Union mit 18000 Soldaten bestens bewachten Hauptstadt Mogadischu vor Gerichtsgebäuden und in der Nähe des Flughafens, bei dem dreissig Menschen nach Angaben der Regierung ihr Leben verloren.
Eric Margolis – Korea: eines der fünf strategisch bedeutendsten Länder der Welt
Korea, so schrieb vor einem Jahrhundert der berühmte deutsche Experte für Geopolitik Baron Haushofer, sei eines der fünf strategisch bedeutendsten Gebiete der Welt. Das ist auch heute noch so, wo China, Russland, Japan und die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika um Einfluss auf der Halbinsel und in den sie umgebenden Gewässern konkurrieren.
Gitmo Is Killing Me
I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.
Obama, Guantánamo, and the enduring national shame
One of the most powerful Op-eds ever published in the NYT, by a Yemeni detainee, underscores the president‘s role in this travesty
Drones should be banned from private use, says Google‘s Eric Schmidt
In an extended interview with the Guardian, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google and an adviser to Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign, warned of the potential of new technology to „democratise the ability to fight war“, and said drones could soon be used to harass and spy on neighbours.
Eric Schmidt calls for drone regulation to keep neighbors from spying on you
Google may be one of the world‘s largest collectors of information, but Eric Schmidt thinks people would be uncomfortable with drone surveillance by their neighbors — and that this discomfort will spur tighter regulation. In an interview with The Guardian (available for subscribers only),
Russische Kriegsschiffe üben im nördlichen Mittelmeer
Die Sowjetunion hatte ein aus 30 bis 50 Schiffen bestehendes Geschwader im Mittelmeer unterhalten, das im syrischen Hafen Tartus seinen Stützpunkt hatte, aber auch Häfen in Ägypten, Algerien und Libyen nutzte. Das Geschwader, das im Kalten Krieg der 6. Flotte der US Navy gegenüberstand, wurde am 31. Dezember 1992, ein Jahr nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion, aufgelöst.
Energy: Noble considers pipeline from Israel to Turkey
US energy firm Noble Energy has stated that the company has already started to work on possibilities to launch an energy project between Turkey and Israel
Rosneft Offers to Buy 21% of Italy‘s Saras for EUR273.5 Million
Russian state-owned oil giant OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) Monday said it offered to buy a combined 21% stake in refinery Saras SpA (SRS.MI) for a total 273.5 million euros ($358.3 million), as Russian companies expand into the ailing Italian refining market.
Frattini, NATO candidate, ‚to assume Council of State role‘
The role at Italy‘s highest administrative tribunal, said Frattini on a visit to Belgrade, would entail „evaluating procedures of the government, something I very much enjoy“.
Italy‘s center-left leader denies party about to split
The PD is divided over whether to join forces with its center-right rival Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who says a „grand coalition“ is the only way to break the political impasse caused by February‘s inconclusive national vote.
Renzi under fire as centre-left infighting escalates
Finocchiaro says Florence mayor will never be statesman
Chinese man sets himself on fire in front of shop in Faenza
The man‘s motives are still not clear, but police believe the act may be related to the economic crisis that has struck the clothing industry.
ANSAmed – Weekly Diary for April 15-21
NOUAKCHOTT (MAURITANIA) – Visit by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ahead of the 5+5 Group meeting of 10 EU and Maghreb countries.
Athens: a jobless, an unpaid worker: two men commit suicide on a single day
Saturday morning in Vrilissia, short after 11 o’ clock: a man walks on the street. Suddenly he hides himself in the bushes. Flames arise from the green, screams are to be heard.
Heart Attacks Spike in Greece
A new study reports a 29% increase in heart attacks in Greece since the onset of the country’s economic woes.
Troika gives Greece ‘green light’ to disbursement of €2.8 bn bailout tranche
Greece’s international lenders, representatives form EU, IMF and ECB gave the green light for the rapid disbursement of the 2.8 billion euro bailout tranche, after negotiations with the government that lasted several days.
Kuwaiti opposition leader jailed for 5 years for criticizing emir
A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a prominent opposition politician to five years behind bars for remarks deemed critical of the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state, which he made half a year ago at a public rally.
Venezuela: Hauchdünner Vorsprung für Maduro
Amtierender Übergangspräsident der sozialistischen Partei knapp im Amt bestätigt. Opposition knüpft Anerkennung des Ergebnisses an Neuauszählung
Live-Ticker zu den Wahlen in Venezuela
Mo, 15:11 h ++ Die Website des venezolanischen Wahlrats (CNE) ist seit Stunden nicht erreichbar. Am Sonntag und in der vergangenen Nacht war die Internetpräsenz das Ziel von Hackerangriffen gewesen. Vizepräsident Jorge Arreaza spricht von 45.000 Angriffsversuchen „aus dem Ausland“.
Chavez heir Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela vote by slim margin as opposition cries foul
Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of the election to succeed his late mentor Hugo Chavez by a razor-thin margin late Sunday, but his rival refused to concede defeat.
Impfkritischer Apotheker mit Courage
Er will sich nicht den Mund verbieten lassen. Thomas Bauer, der Inhaber der Klosterapotheke in Freising nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund und berichtet frei heraus, was er von Schutzimpfungen hält
Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters attend Glasgow march against Trident
POLITICIANS and trade unionists attended the rally which is part of a weekend of protests against nuclear weapons.
Grillo pulls out of M5S‘s online presidential primary
Beppe Grillo on Monday pulled his name from his 5-Star Movement‘s (M5S) shortlist for an online vote to be its Italian presidential candidate.
Streit über Platzvergabe: Münchner Gericht verschiebt NSU-Prozess
Der Beginn des Prozesses gegen die mutmaßliche Rechtsterroristin Beate Zschäpe ist nach SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Informationen geplatzt. Das Oberlandesgericht München hat den Auftakt auf den 6. Mai verlegt. Grund ist der Streit über die Presseplätze, die Akkreditierung beginnt nun von vorn.
Grauzone – Eisbaer
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Rede des Kanzlerkandidaten der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands Peer Steinbrück auf dem außerordentlichen SPD-Bundesparteitag am 14. April 2013 in Augsburg
In diesem Verständnis gab und gibt es nur eine einzige Vernunft, nämlich den Eigennutz, und es existiert nur ein Sozialcharakter, der rationale Egoist, wie ein kluger Journalist in einer Besprechung des Buches Ego des Mitherausgebers der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, Frank Schirrmacher, es beschreibt. Wohin das geführt hat, wissen wir alle. Es hat in die größte Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise seit 1929/1930 geführt: genau dieses Denken, diese Vorstellung, eines rationalen Egoisten, der Maximierung von
Eigennutz. (..)
Ich füge selbstkritisch hinzu: Auch wir Sozialdemokraten haben uns diesem Denken vielleicht nicht genügend entgegengestemmt.
German Man Got Caught Allegedly Trying To Sneak A Half-Ton Of Gold And Silver Out Of Greece
Customs officials subsequently found 15 lbs. of gold and about $400,000 in banknotes.
Greece reaches agreement with troika, bailout tranche expected within days
The head of the International Monetary Fund’s representation in the troika, Poul Thomsen, said that Greece might receive the money it is expecting by the end of the week.
Ideal – Keine Heimat
Besonders bekannt wurden ihre Stücke Blaue Augen, Berlin, Eiszeit und Monotonie.