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Daily Archives: 15. Januar 2014
I Broke Into an FBI Office and Took Every Document. Here’s Why.
I did it because I believe that each of us is responsible for protecting democracy.
Don‘t leave copyright fix to lobbyists
This week, a broad coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals concerned about digital rights are working together toward one end: to help the public get smart about copyright.
Wind Up from Water Door by Anna Morley
Anna is an Australian multiinstrumentalist/composer based in Berlin, who has a passion for playing too many instruments and applying herself to the inner research of why music makes her feel the way it does.
Asche zu Diamanten
Auch die Farbe des Steins kann hierdurch beeinflusst werden. Beispielsweise werden Menschen, die eine Chemotherapie erfahren mussten, meist zu Diamanten mit helleren Farben. Aber genau wissen wir immer noch nicht, was die Farbe des Steins letztlich bestimmt: Unsere Diamanten sind meist blau wegen der Präsenz von Bor-Rückständen im Körper, aber jede Person verwandelt sich letztlich in einen einzigartigen Diamanten—von kristallklar bis zu fast schwarz.
La voiture de police poulailler
French artist Benedetto Bufalino has humorously transformed a 1970′s police car into a chicken coop. »La voiture de police poulailler« is an old vehicle whose interior has been gutted. Unfortunately, not organic. Organic eggs must come from chickens that live in cage-free environments.
Bei Obamas NSA-‚Reformen’ wird nicht viel herauskommen
Die bezüglich der bevorstehenden Ankündigung Eingeweihten sagen, dass Obama sogar vor den bescheidenen Reformvorschlägen seiner eigenen Überprüfungskommission Halt machen wird, die ihn nominell in der Angelegenheit beraten sollte.
Pesticide corporations bully Kaua‘i
Last Friday, three global pesticide corporations threw the legal equivalent of the kitchen sink at the island of Kaua’i. The suit filed in federal court is the latest in a long stream of corporate bullying that has become commonplace on the island and around the world.
How To Opt Out of Gmail‘s Google Plus Integration
Google recently unveiled a feature that consolidates their products even further. Now you will receive an email in your Gmail inbox if someone sends a message to your Google Plus account, even if they don‘t know your email address.
The Secret Environment Section of Obama‘s Trade Agreement Is a Pile of Empty Promises
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive free trade agreement touted by the Obama Administration, has received steady criticism during its years-long development for being negotiated without public comment. WikiLeaks today released the long-sought environmental chapter of the TPP, which many hoped would provide a silver lining to the secretive agreement.
The US Border Patrol ‚Misplaced‘ the Records for 200 Predator Drone Flig
The new numbers were reported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who has been submitting FOIA requests to the agency about its drone use over the last several years. According to EFF, Customs and Border Patrol released the new data just prior to court hearings scheduled for December 2013. CBP said that it “discovered that it did not release all entries from the daily reports for 2010-2012” when asked to via EFF’s FOIA.
Mass Protests Grow as Military Drags Egypt Back to Dictatorship
to the darkest days of the rule of former dictator Hosni Mubarak or even farther into the abyss.
Did the NSA Kill Hugo Chavez?
Just one year ago, the White House created a special intelligence mission to Venezuela that reported directly to the National Director of Intelligence, above the CIA and 15 other intelligence agencies in the United States. A special mission was completely illegal, with great resources and capabilities.
SNC reacts to claims western intelligence groups visited Syria
Khaled Saleh, spokesman for the National Coalition, said that if the reports were true, it would show a „complete contradiction between the words and actions“ of the Western-led Friends of Syria group.
Da fällt mir ein: Wer war nochmal nicht da, im letzten halben Jahr..? #Bundestag #BND #Merkel #Presse #EUUntertanenrechtsbewegung #etc
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Haben sie euch durch die Gegend gescheucht, Jungs? Haben sie euch Hoffnung gemacht? Ihr armen Kerls, ihr. #BND #Merkel
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No-Spy-Abkommen mit EU-Staaten: BND verhandelt über Anti-Spionage-Pakt für Europa
Die Kanzlerin habe innerhalb der EU eine „Vereinbarung gemeinsamer nachrichtendienstlicher Standards“ gefordert und den BND mit den Verhandlungen beauftragt, erklärte dazu eine Regierungssprecherin auf Anfrage. Es handele sich um einen „laufenden Prozess in vertrauensvollen Gesprächen“. Inzwischen haben mindestens drei solche Runden stattgefunden, die von BND-Vizepräsident Guido Müller geleitet werden.
SZ: Offensichtlich seit einem 1/2 Jahr baggert #BND-Vize Müller im Auftrag Merkels bei d. Briten um ein Abkommen.
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Mir ist, als ob ich es über gewisse Waves wiehern höre, bis nach Berlin, wo sie sich versuchen mühsam zu beherrschen…. #BND #Merkel
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I live in Charleston, WV. We have been w/out WATER for 6 days. The ban has lifted — but would YOU drink this?
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Freedom Industries, Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill, Under Scrutiny
When state inspectors showed up unannounced at Freedom Industries to investigate a licorice odor wafting across West Virginia‘s capital city, company executive Dennis Farrell seemed to brush off any cause for concern.
Officials Don’t Really Know How Dangerous the Chemical Spilled in West Virginia Is
There was no shortage of confusion when news broke in West Virginia on Jan. 9 about a chemical spill that contaminated water for 300,000 people around the state’s capital. Freedom Industries, the company that owned the tank that ruptured, spilling chemicals into the Elk River, didn’t know how the leak occurred or when it happened.
With a trickle, not a flood, West Virginia water restrictions are ending
Sandra Fisher heard the sound of running water in her Charleston, West Virginia, home on Monday for the first time in four days after a chemical leak fouled water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people.
Tension for Letta govt soars as Renzi, Alfano squabble
Alfano hit back on Wednesday.
„We won‘t let anyone dictate the agenda,“ he said on Italian radio. „Arrogance does not go down well with the Italian people“.
After the spat via media, Renzi and Alfano had a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday, ANSA sources said.
Brim with Activists and Journalists
Over the past three Fridays, Egyptian police have arrested over 700 protesters and killed another 27, according to official figures. There was a time when these numbers would have led the news bulletins; now, they‘re buried in half-hearted weekend round-ups.
After 500+ detained during Egypt‘s 2-day referendum, my piece for @ViceUK on the weekly mass arrests in #Egypt:
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Violence against women continues in #Egypt.#AntiCoup Female activist attacked by junta militias. #Coupstitution #VAW
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Syria‘s Assad slams Saudi ideology as ‚threat to world‘
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned during a meeting in Damascus on Wednesday with Iran‘s foreign minister that Saudi Arabia‘s political and religious ideology is „a threat to the world,“ state television reported.
He was referring to Wahhabism, an ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim tradition which is predominant in Saudi Arabia, a key backer of Syria‘s revolt against Assad.
New York, 14 January 2014 – Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Egypt
The Secretary-General is following closely the referendum process in Egypt. He stresses the importance of respect for freedom of assembly and expression, as well as commitment to non-violence. The Secretary-General encourages all Egyptians to ensure that the next phase of the transition is conducted in an inclusive, peaceful, and transparent manner.
The Secretary-General calls on all Egyptians to express their differences without violence. He continues to express the support of the United Nations for an Egyptian-led transition process that adheres to democratic principles and upholds the human rights of all Egyptians.
Salah Salem st. (airport direction) at complete stand still due to MB protest in Heliopolis.
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Interior Ministry: 249 MB supporters arrested for disrupting referendum
The ministry released a statement on Wednesday that security forces have seized firearms and bladed weapons, including four machine guns, three handguns, two birdshot guns, a quantity of live bullets and birdshots, two dagger knives and 54 Molotov cocktail bottles, as well as gas masks, respirators, fireworks and a bag containing wood flocks fitted with screws to impede the movement of cars.
The ministry pointed out that the police forces in coordination with the armed forces dealt with power with all attempts to break the law, or to negatively influence citizens.
Relations b/w #Egypt‘s #Salafist #Nour party & #Sisi regime similar to 1 that #Pakistan‘s @Jamaat_e_Islami had with #Zia regime. @shadihamid
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Ex-Nour MP assaulted by Brotherhood in Giza: Party statement
The Salafist Nour Party says its former MP, Wagdi El-Seify, was assaulted by Brotherhood youth, who also “destroyed” his car, while they were marching in El-Shobak village in Giza on Tuesday afternoon.
Details! @meinardus-Interview im @DLF #Ägypten – Wirtschaftliche Stabilität vor Menschenrechten
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Salafi #Nour Party holds rally in Kafr al-Dawar in support of the constitution #Egypt
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Die Verbotenen von Nasr City
Ägypten bejubelt das Militär und das erfolgreiche Referendum. Ganz Ägypten? Nein, die Muslimbrüder erleben schlimme Tage. Unsere Autorin hat Mursi-Anhänger begleitet.
Seid ihr am 25. Januar in Berlin dabei und fordert Freiheit und soziale Gerechtigkeit für #Ägypten? Wir hoffen es!
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Abdel Rahman, college student from Sohag; was arrested, beaten & killed by police during #AntiCoup protest yesterday
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Officers allegedly tortured dozens of detainees to force confessions & extract info regarding the organisers of protests. #Egypt #pt
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Fort Hood unit to deploy to Egypt this week
The task force will replace National Guard units from North Carolina and Puerto Rico, serving as the headquarters company for the U.S. 1st Support Battalion.
Ägypten: Beduinen töten auf dem Sinai sieben mutmassliche Terroristen
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@_Rya_ Ich hätte da Ägypten/Sinai an 1.Stelle gesetzt, aber Sklaverei, Kidnapping, Organraub inkl Abschlachten, ist wohl nicht so schlimm.
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„8 of the worst countries for black people to travel“
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Am I misreading or does SSCI report undercut NYT. See Finding #14:
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Looks like #Egypt‘s Embassy in DC is using my data on reported #Sinai attacks for their Fact Sheet.
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Porcellum, unconstitutional, but not too much
Basically we are asking a Parliament that has been elected with a system that has been declared largely illegitimate, to tell us what the next electoral system should be like. Does that make sense to you?
The Rise and Fall of Global Newspaper Coverage of Global Warming and Climate Change
Joe Romm of ThinkProgess/Climate presented a graph yesterday that showed the dwindling newspaper coverage of global warming and climate change. See his post Silence of the Lambs: Climate Coverage Drops At Major U.S. Newspapers, Flatlines on TV. The graph was produced by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado. See their webpage here. U.S. Newspaper coverage of global warming and climate change peaked in 2006 and 2007 with the release of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and the IPCC/Gore nomination and award of the Nobel Peace Prize. Coverage has been declining ever since.
M5S presents no-confidence motion against De Girolamo
The wiretaps stemmed from an investigation into health sector appointments and contracts in which the 38-year-old minister is not being probed.
Nevertheless, De Girolamo has been accused of improper interference by some, and the furore is increasing the turmoil Premier Enrico Letta‘s left-right coalition government is enduring.
UK to investigate possible SAS role in Golden Temple attack
Prime Minister David Cameron ordered the review after an opposition Labour party lawmaker asked the government to disclose whether the papers were genuine and whether Britain had any role in the attack on Sikhism‘s holiest shrine.
Britain says no evidence yet of SAS role in Golden Temple attack
„I would note that so far there has not been any evidence to contradict the insistence by senior Indian army commanders responsible at the time that the responsibility for this was planned and carried out solely by the Indian Army,“ Cameron told parliament.
Italy in running for 20-mn-euro EU anti-terrorism ‚hub‘
The European Commission is allocating 20 million euros over 2014-2020 for the creation of a new European “hub“ against terrorism, that will monitor, study and coordinate anti-terrorism efforts, sources close to the European Commission (EC) said on Wednesday.
Protection for London‘s banks at heart of UK‘s EU reform plans, says Osborne
George Osborne speaking at the Open Europe conference in London.
Kerry says undeterred by Israeli criticism of peace push
A Palestinian man shouts slogans as others wave flags during a protest against U.S Secretary of State John Kerry‘s proposed framework agreement, addressing core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 15, 2014.
Turkey reassured that NATO shield not designed for Israel
Turkey has accepted assurances a planned NATO missile defense system in which it is playing a part is not designed to protect Israel as well, the alliance‘s deputy secretary-general said on Wednesday.
Sanders Calls for Limits on NSA Surveillance
The National Security Agency director, responding to an inquiry by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), did not rule out collecting intelligence on members of Congress.