In a weekend post on Google’s security blog, software engineer Steven Carstensen said the company has received “several credible reports and confirmed with our own research that Google’s Domain Name System (DNS) service has been intercepted by most Turkish ISPs (Internet Service Providers).”
Daily Archives: 31. März 2014
Bundeswehr soll ihre Finger von unseren Kindern lassen!
Doch wird bei diesem Besuch deutlich mehr vermittelt, als das Abbauen von Vorurteilen. „Es wird ganz klar für eine Kriegslogik und somit fürs Töten und Sterben geworben“, stellt Kati Grund von der Linksjugend [`solid] Thüringen fest. Seit der Abschaffung der Wehrpflicht und den ausbleibenden Rekrut*innen habe die Armee starke Probleme ihre Stärke zu halten. „Andernorts verurteilt man Kindersoldaten, und in Thüringen werden Kinder durch die Bundeswehr gezielt umworben – siehe das 13jährige Mädchen, das auf Pressebildern zu sehen ist“, so Grund weiter. Dies überschreite die Grenze des Erträglichen.
EMEA corporate ratings resistant to sanctions against Russia
„We believe most companies would find ways to mitigate even the worse-case scenario of a complete halt in their Russian sales and cash flows should the Ukraine crisis result in wide-ranging measures,“ according to the statement. „They could, for instance, cut dividends and capex, forgo M&A or conserve cash.“
Antworten auf Kleine Anfragen zeigen: Aufklärung in Sachen Edathy und BKA muss zwingend weitergehen
Die Antworten der Bundesregierung auf unsere jüngsten Kleinen Anfragen haben es in sich. Sie zeigen: BKA-Präsident Ziercke und die Bundesregierung haben scheinbar versucht, zu verheimlichen und zu vertuschen, wo es nur irgendwie geht. Trotz mehrfacher Sitzungen und wiederholter direkter Nachfragen wurden den Abgeordneten ganz zentrale Informationen vorenthalten.
An dieser Stelle dokumentieren wir, bevor wir uns an diesem Mittwoch erneut mit der Aufklärung im Rahmen der nächsten Innenausschusssitzung beschäftigen, die Antworten der Bundesregierung auf unsere Kleinen Anfragen, so dass sich jede und jeder gerne selbst ein Bild über die Auskunftspraxis der Bundesregierung machen kann.
Im Sinne der Transparenz für alle Interessierten hier die Antworten auf grüne kleinen Anfragen zu #Edathy #BKA
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Ziercke, die Vierte – und warum fragte das BKA erst Mitte März 2014 wichtige Infos aus seiner Datenbank zum Fall #Edathy ab? Morgen @welt
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Lawrow und Steinmeier erörtern Lage in Ukraine und Transnistrien
„In Fortsetzung eines Telefonats von Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, das am Montag stattfand, diskutierten Lawrow und Steinmeier über Möglichkeiten für die Beilegung der Krise in der Ukraine unter Teilnahme der internationalen Gemeinschaft“, hieß es in der Mitteilung.
Lawrow und Fabius erörtern Situation in der Ukraine
Details des Gesprächs lagen zunächst nicht vor.
Sources: US could free Pollard in deal to save peace talks
He is a person who is convicted of espionage and is serving his sentence, and I don‘t have any update on his situation,“ White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters when asked whether Pollard‘s release was something that could be offered as an incentive to Israel.
Opposition leader meets with Jordanian king to discuss peace
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor) met Jordan‘s King Abdullah II in Amman on Monday to discuss the peace process.
„There is an opportunity that won‘t repeat itself to reach an arrangement in the Middle East, and a formula must be found to stop the talks from blowing up,“ Abdullah said.
Russia has no intention to send troops into Ukraine – Lavrov
There is no intention in Moscow to send its troops into eastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Hopefully, the growing understanding in the West of Russia’s position will allow for a de-escalation of the tension, he added.
The Kerry-Lavrov chess match
by Pepe Escobar
The key problem is that Washington immovably considers the present Kiev set up – also known as the Khaganate of Nulands, as in State Department Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nulands – as legitimate. Moscow sees them as a bunch of putschists and fascists. And Washington still refuses to press Kiev to accept a federal system – thus allowing, among other things, Russian as an official second language.
36% Of American Workers Have Savings Of Less Than $1,000
I believe things will get worse for both retirees and workers by the end of this decade. Let me explain why…
Agentur Rossija Segodnja bietet sich als Alternative zu westlichen Mainstream-Medien an
Die neue russische Nachrichtenagentur „Rossija Segodnja“, die aus der Fusion der RIA Novosti mit dem Auslandshörfunk Stimme Russlands entsteht, wird laut ihrer Chefredakteurin Margarita Simonjan aus russischer Sicht über die Weltgeschehnisse informieren und so dem medialen Mainstream des Westens entgegentreten.
Ukraine-Krise: Gebietsverwaltung Donezk fordert vom Parlament Dezentralisierung der Macht
Laut Plänen der Gebietsverwaltung soll die Werchowna Rada zu einem Zweikammer-Parlament werden, dessen Oberhaus die Interessen der Regionen wahrnehmen wird. Zudem soll die Oberste Rada die Durchführung regionaler Referenden per Gesetz genehmigen. In diesem Zusammenhang sprach sich die Gebietsverwaltung Donezk für die schnellstmögliche Einberufung der Konstituierenden Versammlung aus.
Telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
Mr Putin and Ms Merkel discussed various aspects of the situation in Ukraine, including possibilities for international efforts to help restore stability. The President said it was important for Ukraine to carry out constitutional reform aimed at protecting the lawful interests of people in all Ukrainian regions.
Mr Putin and Ms Merkel also exchanged views on the situation in Trans-Dniester. Mr Putin noted the need for effective measures to end what amounts to an external blockade of the region and to find a fair and comprehensive solution to the Trans-Dniester problem.
The two leaders agreed to continue close bilateral contacts at various levels on all of these issues.
Meeting with Sberbank CEO and Chairman of the Board German Gref
Mr Gref said that once amendments to the law are passed, it will take two to six months to organise the Russian-based processing centres that will provide a full range of payment, clearing and processing services for all card transactions. A processing centre has already been established, a Russian-made chip, manufactured by Russian company Sitronics, has been developed and certified, the needed identification protocols have been developed, and standards that are compatible with international payment systems are ready.
Dropbox kauft Berliner Startup und schließt es
Dropbox lässt sich den sozialen E-Book-Reader Readmill Network aus Berlin acht Millionen US-Dollar kosten. Das Startup wurde geschlossen.
Details Show MIT Employees Gleefully Helped With Prosecution And Persecution Of Aaron Swartz
Last summer, MIT tried (weakly) to defend what it called its „neutral“ stance on Aaron Swartz, allowing the case to proceed even though the only party that had a legitimate claim to „harm,“ JSTOR, had come out almost immediately after Swartz‘s indictment to say that it did not support the prosecution. Around the same time, we noted that MIT was in the midst of a legal fight to block the release of Swartz‘s Secret Service file. Some found this effort a bit odd — but the reasons are now becoming clear. An investigative report by the Boston Globe, scouring 7,000 pages of discovery documents in the case, found that some employees at MIT appeared to gleefully support going after Swartz with all of the powers of the DOJ.
Apple, Google, Adobe And Intel Have To Face The Music Over Collusive Hiring Practices
It‘s been nearly five years since we wrote about a DOJ investigation into collusive activity between a number of technology giants, in which the companies basically agreed not to poach employees from one another in an effort to keep salaries and employee turnover down. As the details have come out over the years, they‘ve looked worse and worse, with Steve Jobs acting as sort of a ring leader — or really more of a mob boss — threatening retaliation (via patent infringement lawsuits) against companies that didn‘t obey the „rules.“ It‘s one thing to want to be careful about hiring practices to avoid angering a partner, but it‘s quite another to set up an official agreed-upon policy between a bunch of companies not to go after certain employees.
An attorney asks: Are Climate Skeptics Legally Liable for Criminal Negligence?
The background on this is that three sides exist in the climate change argument: one, the warmists, those who fervently believe that man’s activities by
burning fossil fuels will drive up the Earth’s temperature and cause all manner of horrible happenings; two, the skeptics, those who understand that the science simply does not support the warmists’ view, that any increase in global temperature is related to natural cycles but not to man’s fossil fuel consumption; and three, lukewarmers, those whose views fall in between the warmists and the skeptics. Disclosure: my own view after long and careful study and based on engineering, science, and mathematics, is that of a confirmed skeptic with a full understanding that carbon dioxide, CO2, does indeed absorb and emit thermal radiant energy.
Despite IPCC doom report, this dataset of datasets shows no warming this millennium
Our dataset-of-datasets graph averages the monthly anomalies for the three terrestrial and two satellite temperature records. It shows there has still been no global warming this millennium. Over 13 years 2 months, the trend is zero.
Greek pharmacists launch open-end strike as of Mar 26/2014
Hardly had Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis “solved” the problems with the doctors working at National Health Care system, he opened a new confrontation front, this time with the pharmacists. The country’s pharmacists oppose the government’s liberalization reforms and started an open-end strike as of March 26th 2014.
ARTE – Welt ohne Menschen (Dokumentation)
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Consortium Wants Standards for ‘Internet of Things’
“I don’t think anything this big has been tried before” in terms of sweeping industrial cooperation, said William Ruh, vice president of G.E.’s global software center. “This is how we will make machines, people and data work together.”
Wearables: Intelligentes Pflaster verteilt Arzneimittel
Südkoreanische Forscher haben ein Pflaster entwickelt, das Vitaldaten des Trägers überwacht und Medikamente bei Bedarf freisetzt.
Nach Kino.to-Urteil: Constantin Film will Netzsperren: Nachdem der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) letzte Woch…
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Lacher des Tages: „BND-Chef Schindler verspricht mehr Transparenz“
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Iran‘s Supreme Leader pardons 920 prisoners: IRNA
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Monday to pardon or reduce the sentences of 920 people, the official IRNA news agency reported, in a customary gesture to mark the anniversary of the Islamic Republic.
Police bans protests and gatherings in dowtown Athens / Apr 1-2/2014
General director of Attica Police banned gatherings and protests in downtown Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1st and 2nd 2014, due to the informal Eurogroup meeting and Ecofin in Zappeio. Invoking the presence of important political figures and senior officials, Greek police bans any protest and demonstrations
Greek police ban protests during EU meetings in Athens
Demonstrators will be banned from rallying or marching in the center of the capital, including around parliament in Syntagma Square, the focus of often violent protests against austerity measures imposed under the country‘s bailout plans.
The Observatory – Accidentagram-rehearsal jam 10Apr13
A really rough alternative arrangement of Accidentagram….
BULLETIN 7: Widersetzt Euch dem Luzifer-Effekt
(21. März 2013) Der Chicagoer Journalist Robert C. Koehler verwies in seinem auch auf Radio Utopie veröffentlichten Artikel “Luzifer kontrollieren” über die Aufarbeitung des nun seit über elf Jahren andauernden Krieges mitsamt seiner Kerker, Folterkeller und neuen Inquisition auf den vom Journalisten Philip Zimbardo geprägten Begriff “Luzifer-Effekt” – die sadistische Korrumpierung von Individuen, wenn ihnen überwältigende Macht über andere gegeben wird, die sich nicht wehren können und denen keiner zu Hilfe kommen kann.