“Over the last few weeks there has been a significant interest in the market from large Russian corporations to start using various products in renminbi and other Asian currencies, and to set up accounts in Asian locations,” Pavel Teplukhin, head of Deutsche Bank in Russia, told the Financial Times, which was published in an article on Sunday.
Daily Archives: 9. Juni 2014
General Wesley Clark: Wars Were Planned – Seven Countries In Five Years
Because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, „Sir, you‘ve got to come in and talk to me a second.“ I said, „Well, you‘re too busy.“ He said, „No, no.“ He says, „We‘ve made the decision we‘re going to war with Iraq.“ This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, „We‘re going to war with Iraq? Why?“ He said, „I don‘t know.“ He said, „I guess they don‘t know what else to do.“ So I said, „Well, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?“ He said, „No, no.“
A Brazilian Street Artist Has Created the World Cups First Viral Image
On May 10, Brazilian artist Paulo Ito posted this mural on the doors of a schoolhouse in São Paulo’s Pompeia district. Less than a week later, it has become an international sensation, drawing huge attention on Facebook. It has also taken off in Brazil—a post on the popular Facebook page TV Revolta has been shared and liked more than 40,000 times.*
US deploys stealth B-2 bombers in Europe (VIDEO)
The US Air Force has sent more of its bombers to Europe, deploying two B-2 stealth aircraft as part of a military exercise. On Sunday they joined three B-52 StratoFortress bombers already deployed in Britain.
Brazil countdown: Get me to the World Cup on time!
And if things can get worse, they will. Maintenance crews for LATAM – the biggest airline in South America – are also threatening their own 48-hour strike for the next few days, affecting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. It’s easy to do the subsequent math.
17 Student Groups Pen Open Letters on the Toxicity of Mass Surveillance to Academic Freedom
Students are rising up and fighting to protect our Internet. In response to our call to action, seventeen university groups from across the United States have published open letters about the real chilling effects mass surveillance is having right now on academic freedom and life on campus.
Help the Tor Challenge
Tor is used by political activists, whistleblowers, journalists, domestic violence survivors, and average people around the world who need to shield their identities as they read and write online.
Art Support Machine by Electrosexual
Here is my debut album „Art Support Machine“ it explores the machine as the supreme vision of the human condition.
The album includes the previous singles Lay My Eye and Tempelhof as well as the forthcoming single „Automatic People“ with vocals by Hanin Elias.
Wussten Sie, dass der Bundestag im Jahr nur 22 von 52 Wochhen tagt. also rund sieben Monate Urlaub macht?
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Wussten Sie, dass das gerade nahe der russischen Grenze in Estland gestartete Saber Strike Manöver vom Europakommando des Pentagon teilweise in Deutschland ausgeführt wird?
In Estland, Talling, befindet sich das Cyberkriegs-Zentrum des Nordaltantikpakts.
Hanna Tuulikki – Away With The Birds
During a week long residency in March 2013, as part of Glasgow Tramway‘s Rip It Up season, Tuulikki worked with choreographer Rosalind Masson and film-maker Daniel Warren to explore different methods of intergrating movement and film into a performance/installation of her vocal composition.
Hanna Tuulikki crowdfunding outdoor performance on Hebridean island
Glasgow based vocalist and composer Hanna Tuulikki is crowdfunding two performances of Air Falbh Leis Na H-eòin (Away With The Birds), her composition and choreography work which explores the vocal mimesis of birds in the Gaelic folk tradition.
Tanks, troops, jets: NATO countries launch full-scale war games in Baltic
The two-week exercise is hosted by the three Baltic States, although some parts will be conducted in Germany.
APCERT, OIC-CERT participate in global cyber security drill, CyberSecurity Malaysia announces
(04. März) 20 CSIRT teams from 16 economies (Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, People‘s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam) of the APCERT, three CSIRT teams of the OIC-CERT (Egypt, Pakistan, and Nigeria – Malaysia, Brunei Darulssalam and Indonesia are also the members of OIC-CERT) and a CSIRT from Germany from the EGC participated in the drill.
Pakistan Achieved Leading Position in OIC-CERT Cyber Drill 2014
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Jean-Louis Costes & Saiwil Sexy – France Fasciste
Extrait de l‘album „Batailles Perdues“,
Jean-Louis Costes & Saiwil Sexy
Ukraine, Arab Spring, Cold War II and Price Wars Hardly Disguised
This is the “obtuse” garden where billionaires get too busy and maybe too dumb to really act smartly. The alternative view leaves us with evil bastards who could care less about the environment, people, or even their own legacy. The coming race to capitalize on all the world’s shale natural gas will be something greater than even the California gold rush.
Scientist Warns of Ecological Effects Associated with Lawn Care Pesticide Runoff
Pyrethroids are synthetic versions of pyrethrin, a natural insecticide found in certain species of chrysanthemum. It initially was introduced on the market as a ‘safer’ alternative to the highly toxic organophosphates, such as chlorpyrifos and diazinon which were banned for homeowner use in 2001 and 2004, respectively. They are now one of the most popular class of household pesticides, available in the form of powders and sprays to control ants, mosquitoes, fleas, flies, and cockroaches. Pyrethroids are dangerous to aquatic life even at concentrations used to eliminate mosquitoes. Of the varieties of pyrethroids used, befinthrin was most commonly found in previous research conducted by Dr. Weston.
President al-Assad grants general amnesty
The decree also grants amnesty for foreigners who entered Syria with the purpose of joining a terrorist group or committing a terrorist act if they turn themselves in to the authorities within a month of issuing this decree.
Deserters are also granted full amnesty, both those who are inside Syria and abroad and who are not fugitives from justice. Fugitives wanted for other crimes can also benefit from the amnesty if they turn themselves in within three months.
Syrien: Assad kündigt Generalamnestie an
Schon am Freitag und Samstag waren nach Angaben von syrischen Menschenrechtsaktivisten Hunderte Häftlinge aus Gefängnissen in Aleppo und dem Großraum Damaskus entlassen worden. Insgesamt kamen den Aktivisten zufolge 480 Gefangene aus dem Adra-Gefängnis nördlich der Hauptstadt Damaskus frei – darunter 80 Frauen. Alle seien wegen Terrorvorwürfen hinter Gitter gekommen. Am Freitag seien zudem 320 Gefangene in Aleppo freigelassen worden.
Friedensgebet im Vatikan: Papst fordert Mut von Peres und Abbas
„Um Frieden zu schaffen, braucht es Mut“: Papst Franziskus betet gemeinsam mit Palästinenserpräsident Abbas und Israels Staatschef Peres für Frieden im Nahen Osten – dabei entstehen Bilder, die das bisherige Scheitern der Politik noch schwerer hinnehmbar machen.
Lieberman slams Netanyahu‘s lack of leadership
Foreign minister says no cohesion in cabinet, each minister going in his or her own direction.
Herzog to Lapid: It‘s Your Fault Bennett‘s in the Gov‘t
Speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Herzog said, “You are relentlessly transferring millions to the settlements and you talk about peace? You should have thought about that when you dragged your ‘brother’ Naftali Bennett into the government.”
Lapid Slams Annexation Plan, Calls for Resumption of Talks
An agreement with the PA, he claimed, would prevent Israel from being „internationally isolated“, will increase personal safety, will help the economy „and above all – will remove from above our heads the threat of becoming a bi-national state, the only meaning of which is the end of Israel’s existence as a Jewish state and the elimination of Zionism.”
Lapid continued, “In order to resume negotiations, we need to stop discussing the question of what the Palestinians want, or what kind of brokers the Americans are, and focus on another, more important question: What do we want?“
Rights group accuses Israel of war crime in deaths of Palestinian teens
Human Rights Watch says IDF claim it didn‘t use live ammunition on May 15 does not stand up to scrutiny.
European commissioner to Israel: Support Palestinian unity deal
Barroso says ‚Leadership is about making possible what is necessary, and peace is necessary in the region. Security for Israel and a state for the Palestinians are moral imperatives for the international community‘.
New Polls Forecast 30 To 58 Parliamentary Seats For Podemos In Spain’s 2015 General Election
1.2 million Spaniards voted for Podemos in the May 25 European elections, and these are the first polls published since then that attempt to quantify the Podemos effect on the general election vote.
Grillo boosted by local elections in Italy but Renzi party holds
The 5-Star Movement‘s candidate Filippo Nogarin became mayor of Livorno, the Tuscan city where the Italian Communist Party was founded in 1921 and which the left had held virtually unchallenged since World War Two. The party also won Civitavecchia near Rome.
Very interesting results in local government run-offs in Italy. Livorno goes to M5S, Perugia to the centre-right. Both left strongholds.
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Italian left loses key city to anti-establishment party
Filippo Nogarin, a 43-year-old engineer, created a sensation by winning 53 percent of the vote in Sunday‘s partial election run-off against the PD‘s Marco Ruggeri, 39, an employee of state-controlled oil giant Eni who had been considered the favourite.
Italy‘s Renzi“saddened“ by latest corruption scandal
He made no mention of the mayor of Venice Orsoni, who is at the centre of the scandal and from Renzi‘s own Democratic Party. (..)
It has also given the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of former comic Beppe Grillo fresh fuel for its attacks on the mainstream parties, all of which have been caught up in the recent wave of scandals.
How come a neo-con nobody called Douglas Murray from the US-Zionist „Henry Jackson Society“ is never off the BBC ?
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@georgegalloway Renewed my membership this morning GG. We must stop the rise of UKIP #PeaceJusticeEquality #Respect
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The „Trojan horse“ hoax has morphed into an anti-Muslim witch-hunt in Birmingham which risks spreading further. Shame on those responsible
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Are you disenfranchised with the political elite? Or more importantly, you can‘t identify with UKIP?
There has never been a more important time to join The Respect Party.
Bundesregierung hält an Vorratsdaten fest
Am 12. Juni beginnt die Verhandlung über die Zukunft der Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Österreich vor dem Verfassungsgerichtshof (VfGH). Heute ergingen die Ladungen an die drei klagenden Parteien Michael Seitlinger, die Kärntner Landesregierung und Christoph Tschohl zur mündlichen Verhandlung im Juni.
IuK-Kommission
(13. Juni 2013) Es gibt parlamentarische Gremien, die eher selten im Licht der Öffentlichkeit stehen – und doch enorm wichtig sind. Dazu zählen die fünf Kommissionen des Ältestenrates. Sie unterstützen den Ältestenrat des Parlaments darin, die vielfältigen inneren Angelegenheiten des Bundestages zu regeln. Im Rahmen der Arbeit in der IuK-Komission setzen wir uns für die Verwendung neuer Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken im Bundestag ein. Als Grüne konnten wir hier in der vergangenen Legislatur wichtige Neuerungen durchsetzen. So ist es zum Beispiel nun möglich, Abgeordneten verschlüsselte Mails zu schicken, was vor allem für Hinweisgeber, so genannte „Whistleblower“ eine wichtige Neuerung ist.
An für sich richtig: aber DANN #VDS BEFREIUNG FÜR ALLE ANDEREN AUCH, CAPICHE?!
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Und dann hat der auch noch irgendwelche „KOMMISSIONEN“! Eine davon, die „IuK-Kommission“, dealt grad d. #VDS Befreiung für Abgeordnete aus.
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Und dann hat der auch noch irgendwelche „KOMMISSIONEN“!! Eine davon, die „IuK-Kommission“, dealt grad d. #VDS Befreiung für Abgeordneten aus
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Dieser Kack-Ältestenrat. Wer kennt den? Das ist der „Ober-Bundestag“, in dem die Parteien eh alles ausdealen.
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Surfende Abgeordnete: Bundestag will Daten nur noch sieben Tage speichern
(05. Juni) Die Obleute der sogenannten IuK-Kommission einigten sich auf eine Änderung der bestehenden Regeln. So sollen die Verbindungsdaten von Abgeordneten und ihren Mitarbeitern statt drei Monate künftig nur noch sieben Tage gespeichert werden. Zudem sollen die Parlamentarier mehr Mitsprache dabei bekommen, wie lange Sicherheitskopien ihrer E-Mails und Dateien aufbewahrt werden. Dies geht aus einer Vorlage für den Ältestenrat hervor, die SPIEGEL ONLINE vorliegt.
#VDS: Fall Edathy: Unmut über interne Vorratsdatenspeicherung im Bundestag..
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Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Maas blockiert deutschen Alleingang
Bundesjustizminister Heiko Maas hat Forderungen aus der Union nach einem nationalen Alleingang bei der Vorratsdatenspeicherung eine Absage erteilt. „Bevor nicht eine europäische Richtlinie vorliegt, werden wir in Deutschland kein Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung vorlegen“, sagte der SPD-Politiker zu Spiegel Online.
Nigeria‘s ex-central bank governor takes throne as Muslim monarch
Sanusi, who regularly railed against the government‘s record on corruption, was suspended from his post at the bank in February by President Goodluck Jonathan in a decision that alarmed international investors.
Artist suspends real clouds in the middle of the room
That‘s not photoshop; that‘s an actual cloud hovering inside an actual room. Artist Berndnaut Smilde merges art and science to create small man-made clouds that exist — albeit for just a moment — indoors.
„Unhaltbarer Zustand“: Käßmann fordert Ende der deutschen Rüstungsproduktion
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Is One of the Objectives of All Alarmists to Be a Source of Misinformation?
Near the end of the June 3rd post The 2014/15 El Niño – Part 10 – June 2014 Update – Still Waiting for the Feedbacks, I discussed that misinformation about the developing El Niño would the topic of an upcoming post. Part 10 was cross posted at WattsUpWithThat a day later. We’ve already had misinformation as the topic for the second post in that series (see The 2014/15 El Niño – Part 2 – The Alarmist Misinformation (BS) Begins) and there has been enough fuel since then for another post.
13-jähriger Terrorkrieg: Obama will Ende 2014 über Kriegsvollmacht aus 2001 “reden”
Stehen Terrorkrieg und Orwellsche Totalüberwachung vor dem Aus?
Secrecy is a Cancer on Our Democracy
In our 2011 ACLU report on secrecy „Drastic Measures Required,“ my co-author Mike German and I wrote that „American democracy has a disease, and it‘s called secrecy.“ Government secrecy, we wrote, „is growing like a cancer in our democracy.“