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Daily Archives: 9. September 2013
Israel‘s secret intel unit spawns high-tech tycoons
IBM announced in August that it‘s buying Trusteer, a privately owned Israeli cloud-based cybersecurity software provider whose customers include many of the largest banks in the United States and Britain.
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. But the Financial Times reported that IBM, which will form a cybersecurity software laboratory in Israel with more than 200 researchers from both companies, is believed to be forking up $800 million-$1 billion for Trusteer.
Obama: Strike ‚Absolutely‘ on Hold if Syria Abandons Chemical Weapons
„I consider this a modestly positive development,“ Obama told ABC News‘ Diane Sawyer in an interview at the White House when asked whether Syria‘s apparent willingness to relinquish control of its chemical weapons would prevent a U.S. strike.
The Financial Crisis and the Second Great Depression Myth
All knowledgeable DC types know that the TARP and Fed bailout of Wall Street banks five years ago saved us from a second Great Depression. Like most things known by knowledgeable Washington types, this is not true.
Three Major Flaws in the Official Case for Bombing Syria
The report contains false claims easily disproven by open sources, logical fallacies, and verifiable misreporting of intelligence.
Three major flaws stand out:
America‘s Christians mobilize against Syria strike ahead of Hill votes
American Christian organizations across the political spectrum are mobilizing their networks nationwide to urge Congress to oppose authorization for a U.S. strike in Syria.
The advocacy arms of the Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran and Catholic churches are among the groups in the United States urging members to contact their representatives in DC to urge a no vote on the resolution next week.
Stonehenge was built on solstice axis, dig confirms
English Heritage says it has discovered a „missing piece in the jigsaw“ in our understanding of Stonehenge, England‘s greatest prehistoric site. Excavations along the ancient processional route to the monument have confirmed the theory that it was built along an ice age landform that happened to be on the solstice axis, according to Professor Mike Parker Pearson, a leading expert on Stonehenge.
TOMORROW: NSA to Release FISA Court Opinions to ACLU
Last week, an impressive array of individuals and organizations filed briefs in support of the ACLU‘s challenge to the massive surveillance program under which the NSA keeps a record of every phone call made or received in the United States. You can read their briefs—including those from the National Rifle Association and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner—here. A federal court in New York will hear oral argument in our lawsuit on November 1.
Clashes erupt as police fire tear gas at massive Pinochet victims march in Chile
A march honoring Pinochet victims in Santiago, Chile, was disrupted after hooded youths infiltrated some 30,000 demonstrators, inciting violence. RT’s Spanish channel crew was caught in the chaos as police fired tear gas.
Cyanide pollution fears: Thousands of Romanians protest ‘biggest in Europe’ gold mine
Some 15,000 people, including students and young parents, rallied across the country on Sunday in the eighth day of protests against a draft law issued by the leftist government, which would allow a Canadian miner to dig for gold and silver in the small town of Rosia Montana in Transylvania, northern Romania.
Kerry Proves Obama Administration Wants War, No Matter What
According to Kerry’s spokeswoman, he was “making a rhetorical argument about the impossibility and unlikelihood of Assad turning over chemical weapons he has denied he used.” Assad “cannot be trusted to turn over chemical weapons,” she added, despite Russian assurances.
The (farcical) emperor is naked
It‘s as if Dick Cheney had never left the building; paperboy Barack is Dick Cheney with a “human“ face. The only good outcome in this multi-sorrowful tale is that the real “international community“, all around the world, has seen the naked Emperor in all its (farcical) glory.
Defending the Whales and Dolphins around the Faroe Islands
On the edge of North-West Europe there are also regular drive hunts of whales and dolphins just as needless but arguably more barbaric and even more merciless in our very own ‘Taiji of the North’ – The Faroe Islands.
Generalsekretär der Arabischen Liga: Nach US-Eingreifen in Syrien wird Nahost explodieren
Wie er hervorhob, wäre es falsch, die Resultate der jüngsten AL-Tagung auf der Außenministerebene als Bekundung einer Unterstützung für solches Eingreifen auszulegen.
„Die jüngsten Erklärungen der Arabischen Liga, in der wir vom Uno-Sicherheitsrat gefordert haben, sich einzumischen und adäquate Maßnahmen in Bezug auf Syrien einzuleiten, dürfen nicht als unsere Zustimmung für einen Schlag gegen Syrien zu verstehen“, sagte er.
Museum Identifies New Van Gogh Painting in Amsterdam
The date of the painting has been identified as July 4, 1888. In a letter van Gogh wrote to his brother the next day, he seemed to have described the scene: “Yesterday, at sunset, I was on a stony heath where very small, twisted oaks grow, in the background a ruin on the hill, and wheat fields in the valley. It was romantic, it couldn’t be more so, à la Monticello, the sun was pouring its very yellow rays over the bushes and the ground, absolutely a shower of gold. And all the lines were beautiful; the whole scene had charming nobility.”
USA TODAY Poll: Opposition to Syrian airstrikes surges
By more than 2-1, 63%-28%, those surveyed Wednesday through Sunday say they are against U.S. military action against the Syrian regime for its reported use of chemical weapons against civilians. In the past week, support has declined by a percentage point and opposition has swelled by 15 points, compared with a previous Pew Research poll.
Syria crisis: Maaloula resident talks to BBC‘s Jeremy Bowen
Antoinette Nassrallah said she didn‘t know if she would ever return after rebels „stole everything“.
She said the United States should stop sending weaponry to the rebels, and that any military action against Syria would be based on a „big lie“.
Paul Craig Roberts – Warum versuchen Obama und Kerry so verzweifelt, einen neuen Krieg zu beginnen?
Warum bemüht sich das obama-Regime so verzweifelt, ein Kriegsverbrechen zu begehen, trotz der Warnungen, die der Narr im Weissen Haus vor zwei Tagen von den wichtigsten Ländern der Erde bekommen hat? Welches mächtige Interesse drängt das Weisse Haus, ausserhalb des Gesetzes zu handeln, ausserhalb des Willens des amerikanischen Volkes, ausserhalb der Warnungen der Weltgemeinschaft?
Mal sehen was die #USA jetzt wieder für Gründe für einen Militärschlag suchen, nachdem #Syrien der Chemiewaffen- Übergabe zugestimmt hat!?
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Überraschende Wende Syrien stimmt Chemiewaffen-Kontrollen zu
http://t.co/NC9FAftmpC
Al-Moallem: Syria welcomes Russia‘s proposal to prevent U.S. aggression
Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister , Walid al-Moallem, announced that the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the proposal of the Russian leadership based on the commitment of the Syrian leadership to ensuring the safety of its citizens and the security of its territories and based on confidence in the Russian leadership which is seeking to prevent U.S. aggression in the Syrian people.
Russland: Syrien soll C-Waffen unter internationale Kontrolle stellen
„Wenn eine internationale Kontrolle über die chemischen Waffen die Angriffe verhindern kann, dann schalten wir uns unverzüglich in die Arbeit mit Damaskus ein“, sagte der russische Außenminister Sergej Lawrow am Montag.
Some U.S. Military Officers Not Happy With Syrian War Prep
At the Pentagon, they call it “shaping the battlefield.” It’s shorthand for taking steps, military and otherwise, before launching an attack. In the long drumbeat of war prior to a possible attack on Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons last month, the Obama Administration — starting with the President himself — has fumbled this critical prewar phase.
Syrien-Krieg: Entführte Europäer klagen über Folter durch Assad-Gegner
Piccinin und Quirico waren im April über die libanesische Grenze nach Syrien gekommen und kurz darauf von den Regimegegnern gekidnappt worden.
Russische KP bemüht um Nobelpreis-Entzug für Obama
Die Leitung der Kommunistischen Partei Russlands (KPRF) befürwortet den Entzug des Nobelfriedenspreises von Barack Obama und will den russischen Physiker Schores Aljorow, Nobelpreisträger und Kommunist, hinsichtlich der Prozedur der Aberkennung dieser Auszeichnung des US-Präsidenten konsultieren.
U.S.-Bürger zu McCain: ‚Ich würde Sie wegen Hochverrats verhaften‘
Und McCain, Sie und der Rest der Staats- und Regierungschefs sind für Ihre Handlungen verantwortlich. Es ist schade, dass jemand wie ich kein Amt inne hat um Sie zur Verantwortung zu ziehen. Denn wenn ich in einer Position der Macht oder Autorität wäre, ich hätte Sie alle verhaftet und wegen Hochverrats gegen mein Land verurteilt.”
Der Auftritt des Bürgers im Rathaus von Prescott wurde gefilmt und auf Youtube gestellt:
John Kerry gives Syria week to hand over chemical weapons or face attack
„But under any circumstances, the Assad regime is the Assad regime, and the regime issues orders, and we have regime members giving these instructions and engaging in these preparations with results going directly to President Assad.