Ikhwan Survive.. performed by: Kazeboon campaign team
Original music — sound track:
„I Will Survive“ is a hit song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor,
written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
Daily Archives: 17. Mai 2013
New International Coalition to TPP Negotiators: We Demand a Fair Deal for the Internet
The TPP is a trade agreement being negotiated by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States. The changes to copyright required by the TPP would reduce access to information and restrict the ability to innovate, both on and offline.
Die Frauen der Klagemauer
ES GAB einmal einen israelischen Mann, der von Zeit zu Zeit ein Blatt Papier nahm und dieses in die Spalten zwischen die Steine an der Klagemauer (Westmauer) legte und Gott so um Vergünstigungen bat – wie es Juden seit Jahrhunderten taten. Sie glauben, dass die Himmelstore direkt über der Mauer sind und so die Nachricht bzw. Bitte schnell ihr Ziel erreicht.
US-Präsidentenberater Donilon trifft am 22. Mai Russlands Sicherheitsratschef Patruschew
Putin wollte den Antwortbrief von Patruschew nach Washington bringen lassen.
Am Freitag hatte Putins Sprecher Dmitri Peskow aber mitgeteilt, dass die russische Seite es möglicherweise nicht schaffen wird, die Antwortbotschaft bis Patruschews US-Visite vorzubereiten.
US-Außenamt kommentiert Abschiebung eines weiteren CIA-Mitarbeiters aus Russland nicht
Das US-Außenministerium wird laut seinem Sprecher Patrick Ventrell keine Stellung zu Informationen darüber nehmen, dass der CIA-Mitarbeiter Benjamin Dillon im Januar 2013 aus Russland ausgewiesen worden war.
Russia‘s FSB reveals identity of CIA Moscow station chief
The Daily Telegraph has decided not to name the individual because nobody was available for comment at the embassy.
Der futurologische Kongreß
Raumfahrer Ijon Tichy nimmt an einem futurologischen Kongress in der Hauptstadt des Bananenstaates Costricana teil…
Fantastischer Trailer zu The Congress, dem neuen Film von Ari Folman
The Congress ist eine lose Adaption von Stanislaw Lems Sci-Fi-Roman “The Futurological Congress” (“Der futurologische Kongreß”), einer schwarzhumorigen Utopie, in der ein Weltraum-Münchausen an einem Kongress in Costa Rica einige absonderliche Erfahrungen machen muss. Regisseur Folman nutzt den Roman als Fundament und vermischt ihn mit der echten Biografie seiner Hauptdarstellerin Robin Wright, die im Film als sie selbst auftritt.
Cannes 2013: The Congress – review
Ari Folman, director of Waltz with Bashir, mixes live action with animation in an eccentric and ambitious sci-fi drama
Don’t Expand the War on Terror
Even as ground zero burned in those first terrifying days after Sept. 11, Congressional leaders from both parties rejected a Bush administration proposal for an authorization to go to war against all international terrorists. Instead, Congress passed a tailored resolution, the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, against “those who planned, authorized, committed or aided” the Sept. 11 attacks: Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Congress Must Figure Out What Our Government Is Doing In The Name of the AUMF
The hearing made clear that the Obama administration’s long insistence that it is deeply legally restrained under the AUMF is misleading and at a minimum requires much more extensive scrutiny. It also made clear that the SASC’s oversight of the basic legal regime for DOD operations has not been (until yesterday) serious.
Pentagon Spec Ops Chief Sees ’10 to 20′ More Years of War Against al-Qaida
The war in Afghanistan may be winding down. But the Pentagon’s chief of irregular warfare still sees a war against al-Qaida that will last decades, all over the world — a prospect that prompted astonishment and constitutional debate in the Senate.
Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force; Pentagon officials say it ‚serves its purpose‘
Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.
US Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force
Twelve years after Twin Towers fell, US lawmakers question whether law granting president broad powers to target terror still appropriate
Napolitano against the crime of vilipendio
While investigations are going on all over Italy into the 22 people that left a comment about Napolitano on this blog, I’ve discovered that the President is in agreement about the abolition of article 278, laying out the crime of “vilipendio” {public insult} against the President of the Republic.
Israel presses on with 300 new settlement houses in West Bank despite U.S. efforts to restart talks
The approval came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israel’s chief negotiator in Rome.
Israel plans to legalize 4 settler units in occupied West Bank
In a reply to a Supreme Court petition by the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now, the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had adopted measures in recent weeks to legalize retroactively four West Bank settlements
Westerwelle in Israel: Hoffnungsschimmer verdrängt Hilflosigkeit
Er ist bereits zum neunten Mal in seiner fast vierjährigen Amtszeit in Israel. Bedeutende Fortschritte zur Lösung des Konflikts zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern hat es in dieser Zeit nicht gegeben.
Saudi Religious Police: Anyone Using Twitter ‚Has Lost This World And His Afterlife‘
Given the problems that even China is having with controlling such services, it‘s no surprise that other nations are getting nervous. Here‘s a story from the BBC about what Saudi Arabia is doing in an attempt to counter the threat from Twitter:
Argentinien: Ex-Diktator Jorge Rafael Videla gestorben
Während seiner Regierungszeit (1976–1981) und in den darauffolgenden zwei Jahren “verschwanden” ungefähr 30.000 Oppositionelle infolge der repressiven Maßnahmen des Militärregimes
This is not the President Obama we voted for
Candidate Obama promised a different kind of culture in Washington, but it‘s looking similar to the Bush era
Rob Ford in ‚crack cocaine‘ video scandal
This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith. The photo was given to the Toronto Star by the same person who later showed Star reporters a video in which Ford appears to be smoking crack cocaine.
For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine
Well, no. But when I emailed an acquaintance at CNN this afternoon, laying out much the same information I‘ve offered above and asking for discretion and confidentiality lest we screw up a pretty fucking great story about the mayor of the fifth-largest city in North America smoking crack cocaine on camera, he forwarded the email to his producer. The producer, in turn, asked CNN‘s Canada reporter about it. The Canada reporter—and this was a pretty fucking big mistake—called a source who used to work in Ford‘s office. Within 40 minutes, word had gotten back to me that „CNN called Ford‘s office asking about a crack tape.“
Algeria: French troops return to meet resistance fighters
This unprecedented voyage through time and memory was organized by Malika Tazairt, a Parisian-born French-Algerian whose heart beats for the African nation. „It took me two years to prepare this visit, the first of its kind, which has never been held before“, she told ANSAmed.
King of Spain gives up luxury yacht
The boat was donated to the monarch by a business group, but has led to embarrassment as it costs 20,000 euros just to refuel, according to the Spanish media.
Spain: 22 policemen charged for rubber bullets during strike
Twenty two agents with Catalonia‘s anti-riot police have been formally charged with causing serious injuries to a young man during a general strike on March 29, 2012 when they allegedly fired rubber bullets at demonstrators in Barcelona.
Interior Ministry confirms deportation of Catalan Muslim leader for “radical links”
However, Spain‘s National Intelligence Center suspects that Ziani was working for Moroccan intelligence and posed a threat to national security. The Interior Ministry signed off on the deportation order based on his promotion of radical ideology.