Auf dem Eich- und Inselplatz plant die Stadt aufs Neue die Errichtung von kalten Einkaufszentren, einem Parkhaus und einem Uni-Campus. Wir wollen Lebensfreude statt Einkaufszentren – Subkultur statt Konsumtempel.
Eine Stadt, die zum Verweilen, zum Dialog, zu Kultur und Politik einlädt und diese nicht aus der Innenstadt verdrängt.
So wird es nach den Ausbauplänen von CDU/FDP/OB Orosz auf der Königsbrücker Straße bald sein. Fußgänger, Kinder auf ihren Rädern, Kinderwagen, Rollstühle, Anlieferer … alles drängt sich auf extrem schmalen Fußwegen um Auslagen, Café-Stühle, DVB-Masten, Wartehäuschen. Die Zahl Autoparkplätze wird mehr als halbiert. Fahrradparkplätze: keine vorgesehen! Und dabei guckt man dann auf einen bis zu 23 Meter beiten Straßenzug.
Heute trafen sich der israelische Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu und Präsident Obama, und im Interesse der Aufrechterhaltung seines guten Verhältnisses zu Israel liess Präsident Obama dem Treffen eine Erklärung folgen, in der er mit einer militärischen Aktion gegen den Iran drohte.
Ask any policymaker in the White House or Congress, what’s more important than human rights? Their response: “Our government, of course.”
Disclosure of secrets has been in the air these last few months. We‘ve witnessed a remarkable stream of revelations about the National Security Agency‘s vast and invasive surveillance apparatus, followed by government disclosures concerning hidden intelligence programs and the secret court opinions that authorized them.
Did the troll build the bridge?
Naw, he‘s just a bully
He set up shop there
When he saw opportunity
The system was set up
So that he could use his brute
Force to make you do
What he wanted you to do
The two countries severed diplomatic relations in 1980, shortly after Iranians took US Embassy officials hostage following the Islamic Revolution. There have been no direct flights since the fallout, but US census statistics reveal that there are nearly 500,000 Iranian expats living in the country.
While the White House has at times expressed support for the “dialogue” ongoing with respect to the NSA’s abuse of privacy, they likewise seem outraged by every new leak, saying that informing the public of just how violated they are is itself a major crime.
„Today everyone’s telling me that there aren’t the right number of people to change the Porcellum electoral law and thus it’s only possible to make some slight corrections (associated with the possible intervention of the Constitutional Court) and thus risk making the current electoral law even worse. I don’t know whether that’s true, but certainly this line of reasoning is OK for today. On 28 May, the conditions for doing this were all there and if it wasn’t done it’s because Letta, Franceschini, Finocchiaro and the PD’s top brass didn’t want to. Consequently, and I fear I’m not wrong, we’ll be going into new elections with this law or with one even worse, without having managed to achieve something that all Italians would expect: that they can chose the people to represent them. And we are the main ones responsible for this situation. This has to be said.”
Roberto Giachetti, PD, Vice President of the Lower House
(22.04) In the wiretaps, former interior minister Nicola Mancino appears to have discussed with a senior official the possibility of getting Italy‘s chief anti-mafia prosecutor to intervene in his case according to extracts from a transcript of a phone-call he made to Napolitano that was leaked to Italian media last July.
Palermo prosecutors refused to destroy the wiretaps, prompting Italy‘s Attorney General to lodge a case with the Constitutional Court on 30 July 2012 claiming they had „harmed the prerogatives of the head of state“ by authorising the phonetaps and refusing to destroy them.
„How can people who don‘t ensure (my) political survival be trusted“,“ said Berlusconi in the letter, which was however written before rifts in his party brought it to the verge of meltdown Tuesday.
As Silvio Berlusconi causes chaos by telling his ministers to quit, there is a despairing sense that this crisis will decide nothing
“Blackmail, protection for night entertainment establishments, illegal carrying of weapons, even women trafficking for the purpose of prostitution”: a thick file containing information about the illegal activities of detained Golden Dawn MP Giorgos Lagos has been allegedly compiled by Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP) and thus before the ‘lawmaker’ was elected in the Greek Parliament on June 2012 elections at the Piraeus II constituency..
Andreas T. will am Wochenende von dem Mord in einer Zeitung gelesen haben; die Tat wurde am Donnerstag verübt, also nur wenige Tage davor. Andreas T. will geglaubt haben, er sei schon am Mittwoch in dem Laden gewesen.
Deputies in Buchanan County can use a remote control to send a shock straight into an offender‘s extremities, at a range of 100 yards.
„It‘ll be used for court appearances, special court appearances, transport from other states if we have to fly with the inmates,“ Capt. Hovey said. „You can put them on them so you don‘t have to have them cuffed and shackled on an airplane.“
Stun-Cuffs can send 80,000 volts straight into an arm or a leg; and all inmates who require them will be told just how powerful they are before they‘re strapped on.
(01.September 2009) Frank Steinmeier ist aber kein mutiger Verlierer. Er kriegt es anscheinend nicht mal mehr mit, was er da redet, geschweige denn was er da tut. Als Kollege Franz Münteferings, Vorsitzender eines politischen Ein-Mann-Bestattungsunternehmens mit immerhin noch 500.000 Kunden, macht er im Augenblick so ein bisschen auf Saalsprecher; es wird verkündet die versprochene Vorstellung fange erst am nächsten Tag an, aber man solle doch einfach an die leere Leinwand gucken und sich was einbilden. Es hat tatsächlich den Anschein, als hätte die SPD von Helmut Schmidt gelernt. Heute könnte man sagen: “Wer Visionen hat, soll zum Arzt gehen und sich dagegen dann die SPD verschreiben lassen.”
Auf den billigen Plätzen gilt es wieder einmal Sitz zu machen und die Schauze zu halten. Ab und zu dringt ein leises Wimmern durch die Reihen, was schnell unterdrückt wird.
Warten auf den Tauchgang.
(16.05.2009) Oskar Lafontaine „und seine Sache“ haben den Höhepunkt überschritten, sagte Müntefering der „Berliner Zeitung“. Indirekt warb er um weitere Überläufer, unterschied aber zwischen Linkspartei-Mitgliedern aus West- und Ostdeutschland. „Ich nehme doch nicht freiwillig diese WASG-Leute. Das sind Parteienfrikassierer.“
Der Linkenchef glaubt zudem, dass eine neuerliche Große Koalition »zu einer existenziellen Probe« für die Partei würde.
Dear Mr. Netanyahu,
We — the members of the Coalition Tag Meir (Bright Tag) comprising non-profit organizations from all sections of Israeli society working to counter Jewish terrorism and violence against Palestinians, Israelis working for human rights and even IDF officers — turn to you concerning the Price Tag attacks that have, to our distress, been continuing for over two years.