Daily Archives: 26. September 2013


26.09.2013 - 19:34 [ CommonDreams ]

Wall St. Assholes and the ‚Triple-Fucking‘ of the American Worker

In his latest feature-length piece for Rolling Stone magazine, the eloquently foul-mouthed financial reporter Matt Taibbi takes a close look at what he terms the „improbable triple-fucking of ordinary people“ by exploring how Wall Street financiers and hedge fund barons have managed to convince those who control state workers‘ pensions to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds to hedge fund billionaires while simultaneously demanding huge cuts to the earned benefits of current and retired public employees.

26.09.2013 - 19:01 [ Mondoweiss ]

AIPAC gears up for war with Obama

Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani have spoken. And they are on the same page. By that I mean not they agree about the issues dividing the two countries but that they are both ready to move forward, to test each other and see if an agreement is possible.

As tentative as all this is, it is a major breakthrough – as anyone who has paid even a little attention over the past 34 years knows.

26.09.2013 - 18:43 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Time to Speak Up Against the NSA’s Mass Spying

On the weekend of October 26 — the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA PATRIOT Act — thousands of people from across the political spectrum will unite in Washington, D.C. to take a stand against unconstitutional surveillance. Please join EFF in D.C. for a day of grassroots training and citizen lobbying on October 25th and a historic rally and petition delivery on October 26th.

26.09.2013 - 15:51 [ Youtube ]

Glenn Beck Program: Muslim Al Qaeda Leader In Syria Photographed Inside U.S. Aid Tent

Glenn Beck Program: Muslim Al Qaeda Leader In Syria Photographed Inside U.S. Aid Tent — Glenn Beck shows a photo of an Islamic Al Qaeda leader fighting inside Syria against secular forces. Beck pulled out a photo that has been circulating the internet that seems to show Commander Muhajireen Kavkaz wa Sham, a leader of an Al-Queda linked group, inside a USAID tent.

26.09.2013 - 14:29 [ Ansa ]

President ‚disturbed‘ by Forza Italia‘s quit threat

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Thursday that he considered „institutionally disturbing“ the threat made Wednesday by lawmakers in Silvio Berlusconi‘s Forza Italia (FI) party to quit en masse if the ex-premier is stripped of his parliamentary seat after the supreme court upheld a tax-fraud conviction against him.