Daily Archives: 28. April 2013


28.04.2013 - 23:40 [ Global Research ]

NATO’s Worldwide Expansion in the Post-Cold World Era

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, its name now archaic as most of its members and all of its dozens of partners do not border the Atlantic Ocean, north or south, is well advanced in its U.S.-crafted mission to expand into history’s largest and first international military bloc and an unprecedented threat to world peace.

28.04.2013 - 23:15 [ Bloomberg ]

Iraq Said to Halt Al Jazeera’s License, Closes Jordanian Border

In another sign that unrest is gripping the nation, the Iraqi embassy in Amman informed the Jordanian interior ministry that Iraq will close borders with Jordan tomorrow for 48 hours, citing domestic issues, Jordan’s state-run news service Petra said. The report cited a statement issued by the interior ministry.

28.04.2013 - 20:28 [ Trend ]

FM: Turkey first NATO country to set relations with SCO

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey, which became „dialogue partner“ with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was the first NATO member state establishing such a relation with SCO, Anadolu Agency reported.

28.04.2013 - 18:03 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Wahlprotest als Taktik

Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung bestätigt die Qualität des venezolanischen Wahlsystems. Die Nicht-Anerkennung der Opposition dient der Delegitimierung der Regierung

28.04.2013 - 16:33 [ Beppe Grillo ]

The Monster Club

It’s official. A banker in charge of the Economy, Saccomanni, so that he can save the banks. Alfano, a talking mannequin, with two positions, Under-secretary in the office of the President of the Council and Under-secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Enrico Letta, Captain Findus, the defrosted stock-fish, the nephew of his uncle, the one that Goldman Sachs loves the most, in the role of President of the Council. Lupi, Fantozzi’s niece, gets the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Infrastructure where there are so many tenders flying around as well as the TAV in Val di Susa.

28.04.2013 - 16:28 [ Cyprus Mail ]

‘Dirty money’ claims were just an excuse for bail-in

However, this premise could fall flat on its face if the recently submitted reports by the Council of Europe’s Moneyval and private auditor Deloitte Financial Advisory show Cyprus to be no more or less guilty of AML violations than other EU member states.

In fact, according to Frank, all 27 member states are failing to comply with the EU’s third AML directive from 2005. The European Commission, meanwhile, is currently working on a fourth.

28.04.2013 - 16:23 [ Natural Society ]

Tulsi Plant (Holy Basil) Found to Remove Flouride from Water & Support Pineal Gland Health

With the recent admittance by Harvard University that fluoride was bad for health, and the continuing news that points to fluoride being responsible for depleting brain capacity to causing ADD and ADHD, or even calcifying the pineal gland, (which inhibits important hormonal secretions like Melatonin and Seratonin, and DMT), it is wonderful news that such a simple remedy has been found.

28.04.2013 - 16:22 [ Radio China International ]

Goldmangel in Asien

„Die Investmentbanker der Wallstreet hofften eigentlich, dass die kleinen Anleger, eine unorganisierte Menschenmenge in ihren Augen, aufgrund des plötzlichen Preiseinbruchs ihre Goldbestände in Panik verkaufen. Tatsächlich haben die Menschen eine größere Angst vor den flüssigen Geldmitteln als vor dem Einbruch des Goldpreises.“

28.04.2013 - 16:16 [ The Raw Story ]

MSNBC guest Dave Zirin: Why is Bush not on trial for war crimes?

“I’m a sports writer by trade,” he explained. “That means one of the things I’ve done in the last ten years is get to know the family of Pat Tillman, the story of Pat Tillman, the NFL player turned army ranger who died in an instance of friendly firing in Afghanistan. Pat Tillman who thought the war in Iraq was illegal and I agree with Pat Tillman about that. His family was lied to by the Bush administration about the circumstances surrounding his death, and George W. Bush gave speeches about Pat Tillman and his heroism that were lies.”

28.04.2013 - 15:28 [ Truthout ]

Let a Thousand Militias Bloom

On April 23, Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of the City University of New York, announced that former CIA Director and ret. four-star Gen. David Petraeus was named Visiting Professor of Public Policy at CUNY‘s Macaulay Honors College starting August 1, 2013. Goldstein gushed that Petraeus is a „distinguished leader with extraordinary experience and expertise in international security issues, intelligence matters, and nation-building.“

28.04.2013 - 14:52 [ ACLU ]

Supreme Court Makes the Right Call: ‚Social Sharing‘ of Marijuana Not an Aggravated Felony Under Immigration Laws

In a 7-2 decision this week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the „social sharing of a small amount of marijuana“ does not constitute an „aggravated felony“ under our immigration laws. Although this sounds like a technical issue, the practical impact of this decision is huge. And although the term sounds ominous, this broad category covers crimes that are neither „aggravated“ nor a „felony“ under our criminal laws, including many misdemeanors.

28.04.2013 - 11:40 [ MadCow Morning News ]

Boston bombers’ uncle married daughter of top CIA official

(26.04.) The uncle of the two suspected Boston bombers in last week’s attack, Ruslan Tsarni, was married to the daughter of former top CIA official Graham Fuller

The discovery that Uncle Ruslan Tsarni had spy connections that go far deeper than had been previously known is ironic, especially since the mainstrean media‘s focus yesterday was on a feverish search to find who might have recruited the Tsarnaev brothers.

28.04.2013 - 08:29 [ Süddeutsche ]

Schäuble will Staaten doppelt für Banken zahlen lassen

(13.04.) Auf dem informellen Treffen der EU-Finanzminister in Dublin forderte er, bevor bei der Schieflage einer Bank der Euro-Rettungsfonds ESM in Anspruch genommen werden könne, müsse nach den Aktionären, Gläubigern, großen Sparern und nationalen Abwicklungsfonds auch der betreffende Staat einspringen. Schäuble will, dass der betreffende Staat 4,5 % des Kapitalbedarfs übernimmt, bevor er überhaupt einen Hilfsantrag für die marode Bank beim ESM stellen darf.

28.04.2013 - 08:12 [ Süddeutsche ]

Parlamentswahl in Island Zum Dank ein Tritt

„Ich war Finanzminister während drei Horrorjahren, ich musste ständig Ausgaben kürzen und Steuern erhöhen. Es war klar, dass das nicht sehr populär ist, aber ich dachte, die Leute würden das besser verstehen. Eigentlich tun sie es auch, und trotzdem sind sie unzufrieden.“

28.04.2013 - 07:00 [ jenapolis ]

Polizei kriminalisiert Treffen in Thüringer Flüchtlingsheimen und belagert das Grünowski

Der Solidaritätsbesuch in Waltershausen wurde den Flüchtlingsaktivisten vom Hausmeister im Blaumann (der sich selbst als „Heimleiter” darstellte!) „verboten” und ein Haus- und Landfriedensbruch konstruiert. Begründet wurde das Verbot mit dem Umstand, dass der Betreiber des Lagers ein privates Unternehmen sei, welches bestimmen dürfe, welcher Besuch erlaubt sei und welcher nicht. Die Foto- und Videodokumentation des Besuches sei unzulässig belehrte der Hausmeister und wurde gegen unseren Kameramann übergriffig.

28.04.2013 - 03:12 [ RIA Novosti ]

India Hopes for Peaceful Solution to China Row

Singh’s statement came a day after Indian Defense Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma told parliament that Chinese soldiers had put up tents some 12 miles into the disputed Himalayan border zone on April 15.

28.04.2013 - 02:54 [ Russia Today ]

Tsarnaevs’ mother ‘on terror watch list’, accuses police of murdering son

The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaev, had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack, according to US officials. The news comes after she accused US police of murdering her son.

The CIA reportedly put Zubeidat on the classified Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database (TIDE) at the same time that her 26-year-old son Tamerlan was added.

28.04.2013 - 02:39 [ Russia Today ]

The Pirate Bay relocates to Iceland after Greenland rejection

Under pressure from international copyright enforcers, The Pirate Bay has relocated to Iceland. The world’s largest file-sharing site moved its servers to Greenland last month but now employs an Icelandic .is domain, which will be harder to take offline.

28.04.2013 - 02:26 [ Land Destroyer ]

NYT: ‚Nowhere in Rebel-Controlled Syria is There a Secular Fighting Force to Speak Of‘

In an astounding admission, the New York Times confirms that the so-called „Syrian opposition“ is entirely run by Al Qaeda and literally states:

Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.

From the beginning, it was clear to geopolitical analysts that the conflict in Syria was not „pro-democracy“ protesters rising up, but rather the fruition of a well-documented conspiracy between the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to arm and direct sectarian extremists affiliated with Al Qaeda against the Syrian government.

28.04.2013 - 01:43 [ Detroit Free Press ]

Fire put out at Marathon refinery in Detroit

A fire that broke out at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Detroit Saturday evening left no one injured but prompted widespread evacuations and raised concerns about safety and environmental hazzards in the area.