Daily Archives: 2. Juli 2014


02.07.2014 - 18:55 [ Vimeo ]

Jitter Room, a breakcore movie by Ruby My Dear & Lisa Chabbert

Somewhere in a depopulated countryside, three children carry a stained tarpaulin. Inside it is a corpse. They too are dirty. They are wearing odd costumes. Snot is dripping down their noses…

02.07.2014 - 18:47 [ Ad Noiseam ]

Ad Noiseam Summer 2011 label compilation (free download)

This digital version intends on being an way to check out and discover some sounds you might have missed.

02.07.2014 - 17:57 [ archive.org ]

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I – IV (March 2, 2008)

This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective – dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I‘m very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts.“
Ghosts I-IV is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license.

02.07.2014 - 17:18 [ Süddeutsche ]

„USA, ihr habt den Knall nicht gehört“

Hartmann sagte, man befinde sich in einem gemeinsamen Sicherheitsbündnis und führe Verhandlungen über Freihandelsabkommen. Dadurch könne man Druck ausüben. US-Unternehmen, die nicht garantieren könnten, dass sie Daten deutscher Bürger nicht weitergeben, könnten zum Beispiel die Aufträge entzogen werden. Die USA müssten „so etwas wie tätige Reue“ zeigen.

02.07.2014 - 17:07 [ Fefe ]

Von Mark Twain gibt es ein schönes Zitat: „There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.“

Update: Wer nicht bis zum Ende gelesen hat, für den zitiere ich mal den letzten Satz:

Michael Hartmann sitzt seit 2002 im Bundestag, er ist auch Mitglied im Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium.

Nur falls jemand Fragen hatte, wieso das parlamentarische Kontrollgremium so eine Lachnummer ist (das sind die, die die Geheimdienste „kontrollieren“ sollen). (…)

Update: Angeblich war dieser Hartmann „der engste Vertraute“ von Edathy.

02.07.2014 - 17:02 [ Reuters ]

Japan to decide possible easing of North Korea sanctions on Thursday

North Korea in May agreed to reopen the probe into the status of Japanese abductees. In return, Japan promised to lift travel curbs, restrictions on the amount of money that can be sent or brought to the impoverished North without notifying Japanese authorities, and allow port calls by North Korean ships for humanitarian purposes, when the investigation is launched.

02.07.2014 - 17:01 [ Techdirt ]

Privacy And Civil Liberties Board Mostly Unconcerned About PRISM Or Backbone Tapping By NSA

As expected, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has now issued its analysis of the Section 702 surveillance done by the NSA (and, as revealed earlier this week, passed on to the FBI and CIA). You may recall that, back in January, the PCLOB issued a scathing report about the NSA‘s Section 215 bulk data collection efforts, calling the program both illegal and unconstitutional. In contrast, the report on the 702 program is much more muted — claiming that the program is constitutional, legal and effective as a counterterrorism tool. Like the previous report, this new one is highly readable — and I recommend reading it in its entirety. However, the legal analysis is disappointing compared to the earlier report.

02.07.2014 - 16:58 [ Ansa ]

Germany broke fiscal rules first, Renzi

„If Weber was speaking on behalf of Germany, I remind him that during the last Italian presidency (in 2003), there was a country that was not only allowed flexibility but was also allowed to breach the limits so as to be a country that is growing today,“ he said.

02.07.2014 - 16:56 [ Truthout ]

Privatized Education Steals From the Poor, Gives to the Rich

Free-market capitalists view education in terms of products and profits. The products, to them, are our children. The profits go to savvy businesspeople who use a „freedom to choose“ rallying cry to convince parents that they‘re somehow being cheated by an equal-opportunity public school system.

02.07.2014 - 16:55 [ Truthout ]

The Oligarchy‘s Greed Knows No End: New Tax Cuts for the Rich Proposed in House

However, as BuzzFlash at Truthout detailed in one example yesterday, there are plenty of legal ways for the wealthy and corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. The BuzzFlash commentary focused on the growing trend of US corporations moving their headquarters overseas to countries with lower tax rates, thus officially no longer being US companies.

02.07.2014 - 16:35 [ Ceiberweiber ]

Farbrevolution auch für Russland?

Die USA wollen John F.Tefft als Botschafter nach Russland schicken, einen Karrierediplomaten mit „Farbrevolutions“-Erfahrung von seinen früheren Posten in Georgien und in der Ukraine. Tefft war bereits einmal in Moskau stationiert, als stellvertretender Botschafter von 1996 bis 1999. Es heisst, dass Vorgänger Michael McFaul eher ein Theoretiker war, der von „Change“ sprach, während man Tefft als Praktiker einschätzt, der sich dementsprechend um Veränderungen in Georgien und der Ukraine bemühte. Dies macht ihn für Russland nicht unverdächtig, sodass wohl jede seiner Aktionen genau beobachtet werden wird.

02.07.2014 - 14:35 [ Techdirt ]

EU Publishers Present Their ‚Vision‘ For Copyright: A Permission-Based Internet Where Licensing Is Required For Everything

For too many years, the copyright industries fought hard against the changes being wrought by the rise of the Internet and the epochal shift from analog to digital. Somewhat belatedly, most of those working in these sectors have finally accepted that this is not a passing phase, but a new world that requires new thinking in their businesses, as in many other spheres. A recent attempt to codify that thinking can be found in a publication from the European Publishers Council (EPC). „Copyright Enabled on the Network“ (pdf) — subtitled „From vision to reality: Copyright, technology and practical solutions enabling the media & publishing ecosystem“ — that is refreshingly honest about the group‘s aims:

02.07.2014 - 14:22 [ Techdirt ]

Court Tells DOJ To Cough Up The Other Secret Memos That Justify Killing People By Drone

Last week, we wrote about how the DOJ finally released (a heavily redacted) copy of its memo authorizing drone use for killing Americans (though, some have pointed out that the memo was written well after the US started trying to kill Americans with drones). More importantly, we noted that the memo actually pointed to another secret memo as part of the justification. It‘s secret memo on top of secret memo, all the way down. The ACLU went back to court to see about getting its hands on that other memo, and the court has now ordered the DOJ to cough up any such memos related to killing people with drones. Specifically, the judge has ordered the DOJ to provide: