Daily Archives: 18. August 2013


18.08.2013 - 22:40 [ Piratenpartei ]

Apothekenskandal: Patienten brauchen Schutz vor dem Handel mit Gesundheitsdaten

Bürgerinnen und Bürger müssen wissen, welche Daten wo und wie gespeichert und verarbeitet werden und selbst darüber bestimmen können«, sagt Sven Schomacker, Generalsekretär der Piratenpartei Deutschland.
Die PIRATEN fordern eine generelle Prüfung der Praxis der Weitergabe von Verschreibungsdaten an Dritte. Ohne belegbaren Nutzen für die Patientinnen und Patienten ist diese nach Ansicht der PIRATEN nicht vertretbar.
»Gesundheitsdaten dürfen nie Ziel wirtschaftlicher Interessen sein. Medizinische Daten sind weitaus sensibler als alles andere«, ergänzt Reinhard Schaffert, Arzt und Themenbeauftragter der Piratenpartei Deutschland für Gesundheitspolitik. »Wenn Pharmaunternehmen die Daten kaufen und einzelnen Patienten zuordnen können, wäre das auch für jedes andere Unternehmen denkbar, um beispielsweise die Medikamente ihrer Arbeitnehmer zu überprüfen und daraus Rückschlüsse auf die Gesundheit zu ziehen. Wir befürchten, das ist nur die Spitze eines Eisberges.«

18.08.2013 - 22:10 [ ETC Group ]

Kickstopper! Putting a Stop to Synthetic Biology Pollution

At the end of April 2013, ETC Group learned that three biohackers from Singularity University in California had mounted a project on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter. It was a plan to carry out the worlds first environmental release of an avowedly Synthetic Biology organism – a glow-in-the dark arabidopsis plant. Shockingly the ‚Glowing Plants‘ kickstarter project promised to mail up to 100 bioengineered seeds to anyone from the United States who gave them $40 online . To date over 4000 people expect to receive syn bio seeds in the post. The seeds, which they said would likely grow into ‚glowing plants‘ (after all, ‘biology is complicated,’ admit the masterminds) would be the viable and reproducing products of ‘Synthetic Biology’ – A field that has never had a deliberate release into the environment before. Even more shockingly they claim that the US Government had agreed not to regulate, assess or monitor this widespread random and nation-wide release of synthetic organisms.

18.08.2013 - 22:07 [ Fox News ]

Santa not swimming: No lake at North Pole, scientist says

Santa’s workshop is safe.

Amid all the frenzy caused by photos that appear to show a lake where one would expect to find the polar ice cap, scientists are just now starting to explain what exactly the images are portraying.

The good news: Santa and his elves don‘t need snorkels. Scientists at the UW Applied Physics Laboratory say that such accumulation of melted water is normal.

18.08.2013 - 21:22 [ Change.org ]

Canadian Government: Help Free Tarek and John

Tarek Loubani, a Canadian emergency physician and John Greyson, a Canadian filmmaker and professor have been arrested by Egyptian authorities. Their families had heard nothing since their arrest. We must pressure our government to demand their freedom. Here‘s how you can help:

18.08.2013 - 20:32 [ UPI ]

Security Industry: General Dynamics names Gen. Mattis to its board

Two retired U.S. military generals and a retired senior official of the Department of Homeland Security have joined private-sector enterprises.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, former head of the U.S. Central Command, was elected to the board of directors of General Dynamics while retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles W. Collier was elected to the board of directors of the Spectrum Group.

James M. Chaparro, the former DHS deputy undersecretary and assistant director of intelligence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joined Strategic Enterprise Solutions Inc. as executive vice president of strategy.

18.08.2013 - 20:14 [ End the Lie ]

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18.08.2013 - 19:21 [ Guardian ]

Glenn Greenwald‘s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours

David Miranda, who lives with Glenn Greenwald, was returning from a trip to Berlin when he was stopped by officers at 8.30am and informed that he was to be questioned under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The controversial law, which applies only at airports, ports and border areas, allows officers to stop, search, question and detain individuals.

The 28-year-old was held for nine hours, the maximum the law allows before officers must release or formally arrest the individual.

18.08.2013 - 18:49 [ Radio Utopie ]

Ausschreibung der TSA für genau 3454000 Patronen

Am 16.August 2013 veröffentlichte die Transportation Security Administration (TSA), eine Behörde des U.S.-Heimatschutzministeriums, die Ausschreibungsunterlagen Nr. HSTS07-13-R-00064 für ihren Jahresbedarf an “Übungsmunition”, mit der Bedingung, dass die Kisten der Patronen (.357 SIG Kaliber, 115 – 130 g) mit einem Haltbarkeitsdatum von drei Jahren ettiketiert sein müssen.

18.08.2013 - 18:21 [ Al Jazeera ]

Tweets from Al Jazeera‘s Rawya Rageh on Egyptian military chief Sisi‘s statements

Def Min Sisi: I tell those who talk abt military‘s takeover of power – honor of protecting ppl‘s will much precious than ruling #Egypt
— Rawya Rageh (@RawyaRageh) August 18, 2013

Def Min Sisi: We‘re more keen on accurate concept of Islam which isn‘t meant as a tool for fear, we‘ll all be accountable to God #Egypt

18.08.2013 - 18:13 [ Al Jazeera ]

Egypt army chief vows to use full force

In more conciliatory language, Sisi said there was „room for everyone“ in Egypt and that his forces would not „conspire“ to take power.

„The will of the Egyptian people is free, their will is free, they can choose whoever they want to rule them, and we are the guardians of this will,“ he said as members of the audience – mostly military and police officers – applauded his comments.

18.08.2013 - 17:50 [ Gouvernment Security News ]

Secret Service buys additional X-ray systems sole source from Smiths Detection

In addition to the X-ray systems from Smiths Detection, the Secret Service indicated that it has also procured from other suppliers digital image management, advanced contents tracking, threat image projection, automatic image transmission, operator training, roller tables, shipping, installation and an extended warranty.

18.08.2013 - 17:49 [ 972mag.com ]

Poverty in the IDF: Thousands jailed for financially-motivated desertion

On Friday, Channel 2 News aired a story of unique importance, offering a glimpse into the world of financial difficulties awaiting Israeli soldiers. A soldier from the notorious Kfir Brigade, which is often accused of brutal treatment of Palestinians, testified that 9 out of 10 soldiers need financial support, and a Knesset report indicated that thousands of soldiers desert yearly for financial reasons.