Während alle Augen und Schlagzeilen ganz und gar auf die beiden kaukasischen Bomber in Boston fixiert waren, wurde eine viel verheerendere Katastrophe kaum beachtet, die sich in nächster Nähe abspielte, aber üblicherweise im Innenteil unserer größeren Zeitungen verborgen wird.
Daily Archives: 23. April 2013
ABNORMALCY BIAS
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted.” – Aldous Huxley – Brave New World Revisited
The Icelandic Canary: Four Signs Neoliberalism is (Almost) Dead
Though Margaret Thatcher is no longer among the living, her ideology lives on. That ideology – known today as neoliberalism, “free market fundamentalism” in a phrase coined by George Soros – is strikingly unique. Apart from religious beliefs, is there any example of an ideology that has been so thoroughly disproven yet maintains an aura of respectability?
PHOENIX-LIVE: Urteil des BVerfG zur „Antiterrordatei“ – Mittwoch, 24. April 2013, ab 9.55 Uhr
Im Anschluss zeigt PHOENIX ab ca. 10.30 Uhr das THEMA „Terror weltweit
2. Sinfonie (Mahler)
Ausgehend von einer ausgedehnten Totenfeier endet die Sinfonie in einem triumphalen Auferstehungssatz. Hier vertont Mahler das Gedicht „Auferstehung“ von Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. Der Satz ist mit einer Spieldauer von 38 Minuten der längste Sinfoniesatz Mahlers. Auf Grund des dritten und vierten Satzes gehört die 2. wie die 3. und 4. Sinfonie zu den Wunderhorn-Sinfonien.
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
From the Mondavi Center on the UC Davis campus, the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, and Alumni Chorus present Mahler: Symphony No. 2 („Resurrection“)
“Antiterrordatei”: Morgen verlieren Militärs, Spione und Polizei weltweit eine Daten-Tauschbörse
Morgen verkündet das Bundesverfassungsgericht, schon sechseinhalb Jahren nach Inkrafttreten der beklagten Vollmachten von Militär, Polizei und Geheimdiensten, sein Urteil zur am 1. Dezember 2006 durch den Bundestag beschlossenen gemeinsamen “Antiterrordatei” von Bundeskriminalamt B.K.A., Bundespolizeipräsidium, den 16 Landeskriminalämtern, den 16 Landesämtern des Inlandsgeheimdienstes Verfassungsschutz, dem Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, dem Militärgeheimdienst Militärischer Abschirmdienst M.A.D., dem Auslandsgeheimdienst Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D., dem Finanzgeheimdienst Zollkriminalamt Z.K.A., sowie weiterer Polizeivollzugsbehörden.
The Copyright Lobotomy: How Intellectual Property Makes Us Pretend To Be Stupid
ere are two words that have no business hanging out together: „used MP3s.“ If you know anything about how computers work, that concept is intellectually offensive. Same goes for „ebook lending“, „digital rental“ and a host of other terms that have emerged from the content industries‘ desperate scramble to do the impossible: adapt without changing.
Boston bombing: FBI backlash ‚risks turning US into surveillance state‘
US intelligence veterans are warning that mounting criticism of the FBI for not preventing the Boston bombing risks encouraging infringements of civil liberties, such as routine surveillance of mosques and blanket use of security cameras.
U.S. military chief meets China‘s Xi Jinping
The United States‘ top military officer General Martin Dempsey met Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit aimed at improving the two sides‘ military relations.
Austerity cannot easily be contained – its choking effect is spreading
Even Germany has seen private-sector activity shrink, proving that austerity in the periphery is pulling down all of the eurozone
NATO members express approval of Napolitano‘s re-election
NATO representatives meeting in Brussels on Tuesday expressed their approval of President Giorgio Napolitano‘s re-election, outgoing Italian Premier Mario Monti said.
U.S. ‚very happy‘ about Napolitano says Kerry: ‚I‘m enthusiastic‘ says Secretary of State
The United States is „very happy“ that Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected Italian president to usher in a new government after two months of post-election stalemate, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.
‚Life good in Italy‘ says German minister: Schaeuble suggests reforms not so hard on Southern Europe
Despite the continuing crisis in Italy and Europe-wide austerity measures, Italy still enjoys a high standard of living, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday.
Poll shows rampant voter disaffection in Italy
„M5S absolutely 1st place,“ Grillo posted on Twitter, referring to a survey that showed M5S gaining 5.2% to reach current voter support of 29.1%. Grillo cited a poll conducted by EMG and broadcast by television channel La7 and others.
11.05.2013 Praxis presents Datacide @ Subversiv Berlin
BREAKCORE EXPERIMENTAL HARDCORE
NO RACISM, NO SEXISM, NO NATIONALISM, NO STARS
The War on Libya: A Grand Display of NATO’s Lynch Mob Mentality
Review of Maximilian Forte’s powerful new book, “Slouching Toward Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa” (now available to order from Global Research). This book presents a withering indictment of liberal humanitarianism and its collusion in imperialist designs on Africa, as seen in NATO’s Libya campaign of 2011.
Viele ‚News‘ werden seit 2010 automatisch durch Algorithmen geschrieben
Vielleicht sollte man für Nachrichten deshalb zukünftig eine Art Nährwerttabelle einführen, wie sie bei Lebensmitteln angewandt wird, in der angegeben wird, welchen prozentualen Anteil an der Nachricht ein Mensch produziert und welchen Anteil eine Maschine geliefert hat und wie sich der entsprechende Algorithmus zusammensetzt…
Vielleicht heisst es ja zukünftig unter jeder Meldung: Diese Nachricht enthält folgende Bestandteile: Algorithmussuche nach Thementrends (65%), menschliche Arbeit (12%), Googleergebnisse (10%), Unsinn (5%), Wahrheitsgehalt (3%), Wasser, Zucker, Konservierungsstoff: E250…
Syrien bittet Russland um Hilfe im „Informationskrieg“ gegen den Westen
„Dutzende Nachrichtenagenturen und Fernsehsender nehmen an dem Krieg gegen uns teil“, sagte der syrische Informationsminister Omran Al-Zoubi während seines Moskau-Besuchs am Dienstag. Die syrischen Sender hingegen seien von den Übertragungssatelliten abgeschnitten.
Passaparola – A Country without sovereignty – Stefania Limiti
Hello and welcome to all the friends of Beppe Grillo’s Blog. My name is Stefania Limiti and I’m a journalist and author of a number of investigatory articles exploring the darkest years of our Republic, namely the years of the strategy of tension.
SEL to oppose left-right govt
The key ally of the riven centre-left Democratic Party (PD), Left Ecology and Freedom (SEL), repeated Tuesday it would join the opposition if the PD teamed up with centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi‘s People of Freedom (PdL) party in a left-right administration
Amato says has not been called by Napolitano: Two-time premier favourite to get mandate to form new govt
„No one has telephoned me,“ Amato told reporters.
Brennan ‘Suspected’ Teenage Awlaki ‘Had Been Killed Intentionally’
But second, this account seems to depict Brennan and President Obama as unsure of the motivations behind drone strikes carried out by JSOC. That would mean the JSOC teams waging drone warfare have run totally amok, and even the Obama administration’s dangerously insufficient internal oversight processes aren’t enough to stop rogue strikes on innocent people from happening.
50,000 join rally to save Stafford Hospital (video)
MORE than 50,000 campaigners took part in a march to stop a scandal-hit hospital being downgraded.
Staff at Stafford Hospital along with community leaders and residents waved banners as they made their way from the Market Square to the Weston Road complex.
Protesters rally against P-6 at City Hall
At a press conference on Tuesday, Montreal Anti-capitalist Convergence (CLAC) spokespeople stood alongside representatives from some of the 62 organizations that have signed its declaration to oppose P-6, a municipal bylaw that institutes fines for protesters wearing masks or other face coverings and declaring all protests illegal if their route is not pre-approved by the police. The organizations each took their turn to express why they were opposed to the law.
Qld students rally against university cuts
ALMOST a hundred university students and teachers have rallied in Brisbane against the federal government‘s proposed $2.3 billion cuts to higher education.
Napolitano may give premier mandate ‚within hours‘
„Be ready for things to move very, very fast,“ Pisicchio told reporters.