And, yet, the memo is being passed around and used by the supporters of the surveillance state to protest the releasing of any details from the Senate Intelligence Committee‘s CIA torture report:
Daily Archives: 13. August 2014
Deflation alarm as prices drop in many big cities
Istat added that prices fell 0.1% in July with respect to June.
West and Russia must increase pressure on Armenia, German MP says
Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for South Caucasus in the German Bundestag Johannes Kahrs made a statement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for „Hauptstadt INSIDER“ publication, the Azerbaijan-Europe society said on Aug. 11.
Kommentar Linke und die Kriegsfrage: Jenseits der Rechthaberei
Eigentlich verfügt Gregor Gysi über ein untrügliches Gespür, was der Linkspartei zumutbar ist. Er ist ein Virtuose des Konsens, der zusammenhält, was nicht unbedingt zusammengehört: sozialdemokratische Realos und linke Fundis zum Beispiel. Anscheinend hat nun sein Radarsystem versagt: Von Ausnahmen wie Jan Korte abgesehen, steht die Partei von rechts bis links gegen die große Integrationsfigur. Das ist neu.
Britain ‚discussed‘ US request to build Guantanamo-style prison on Diego Garcia after September 11 attacks, officials say
The US Senate was expected to release a report on Bush-era torture and rendition programmes last week, but the controversial document is back in limbo after senior Democrats criticised excessive censorship of the report and vowed to fight the redactions made by the CIA.
Genel confident of big rise in piped oil exports from Kurdistan
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President Barzani: Kurdistan Independence Referendum in Months
(2. Juli) ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A referendum to decide on independence for the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq “is a question of months,” Kurdish President Massoud Barzani told the BBC in an interview.
“I cannot fix a date right now but it’s a question of months,” Barzani said about a referendum, adding it was up to the Kurdish parliament to decide on the date.
Officials: Pentagon considering rescue mission for Iraqis trapped on mountain
The troops will work with State Department officials and USAID to develop plans to help the Yazidi people, a religious minority displaced on Sinjar Mountain.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel formally announced the deployment in remarks to Marines at Camp Pendleton, California.
„This is not a combat boots on the ground kind of operation,“ Hagel said.
At Google we want our products to be fast and reliable, and that requires a great network infrastructure, whether it‘s for the more than a billion Android users or developers building products on Google Cloud Platform.
And sometimes the fastest path requires going through an ocean. That’s why we’re investing in FASTER, a new undersea cable that will connect major West Coast cities in the US to two coastal locations in Japan with a design capacity of 60 Tbps (that‘s about ten million times faster than your cable modem).
A Global Consortium to Build New Trans-Pacific Cable System „FASTER“
The six-company consortium is comprised of China Mobile International, China Telecom Global, Global Transit, Google, KDDI and SingTel. The name FASTER was adopted to represent the cable system’s purpose of rapidly serving surging traffic demands.
Google ist Teil eines Konsortiums für ein neues Glasfaserkabel zwischen den USA und Japan.
KDDI ist auch aus China, Global Transit aus Malaysia. Mit anderen Worten: außer Google arbeitet da keine US-Firma mit. Das sieht fast aus, als wolle Google mal so einen richtig großen Stinkefinger in Richtung NSA schicken.
Can I just confirm that any issues we have are neither the Thing nor Nazi related. You do not have to nuke us from space, just to be sure.
(6. August)
Halley Research Station Picture Gallery:
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All in good health and spirits though – and the Sun‘s coming back next week! (not the paper, that would be crap)
(6. August)
Power-down at British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station – Statement
(6. August) On Wednesday 30 July 2014 a major technical issue resulted in the station losing its electrical and heating supply for 19 hours. All 13 station staff are safe and in good health.
Thousands are here in Boston to protest #HPBigData2014‘s participation in and profiteering from Israeli crimes.
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H-P tech conference in Boston draws campaign showing its role in Gaza massacre
(11. August) Hewlett-Packard is having a big conference in Boston and activists are mobilizing a thunderclap campaign to dramatize the company’s complicity in occupation and massacre in Palestine. They are urging folks to tweet at the hashtag #HPBigData2014.
Imran Khans supporters to march on Islamabad after new ballot rigging claims against prime minister
Dissident cleric Tahirul Qadri, one of the country‘s most popular religious leaders, announced his supporters would join the protests.
Pakistan‘s government and military leadership have promised to stop the marchers reaching the capital. Protesters will be met with thousands of troops and roads blocked with truck containers, officials warned.
Mr Sharif has denounced the planned demonstrations as a threat to the country‘s fragile democracy.
Tough Hillary Clinton says ‘dreadful’ pictures of dead women and children make it hard to get at truth– Hamas is to blame
Yes, Goldberg gets sick access, and why? Because the former Israeli corporal is the living embodiment of the Israel lobby in American politics: Jewish leaders read him closely, they trust him. And any ambitious Democratic politician, say Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, who wants to kiss the tuchus of the Israel lobby can do so readily by sitting down across from him and performing in such a manner that Goldberg will proclaim “masterful,” as he does of Hillary’s mind.
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: A Resounding Success Exposing American Media’s Ignorance of Emerging Africa
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit convened by President Barack Obama last week is evidence of the growing importance of Africa in the global stage and the realization by the Obama administration that there are gains for the United States in deeper involvement in the continent. For a president who has been criticized for apparent disengagement in global affairs, this summit was important and could signify a turning point in U.S.-Africa relations.
Long march: PTI warns govt against arresting Imran Khan
He said the PTI had arranged four big public gatherings and 100 workers’ conventions since it started its protest campaign in April. “We remained peaceful and no damage was done to public or private property,” Chaudhry said.
Renzi calls Obama about Iraq and more
(11. August) As well, they discussed Africa following Renzi‘s mission to Mozambique, Congo and Angola in July and ahead of a US-Africa summit in the American capital on Tuesday, officials said.
Recording Industry Exec Says It‘s Not Censorship To Block Sites He Doesn‘t Like
We see this kind of claim every so often, but usually not from a high-ranking legacy entertainment industry executive. However, TorrentFreak has the story of how the CEO of IFPI in Austria (IFPI is basically the international RIAA), Franz Medwenitsch, claiming that blocking websites like the Pirate Bay isn‘t censorship, because how can it be censorship to block stuff that he doesn‘t like?
Maradona accepts pope‘s invite to peace match
Former Argentina great Diego Maradona has announced that he has accepted an invitation from his compatriot Pope Francis to attend a charity soccer game, the Interreligious Match for Peace, in Rome next month.
NYPD Officer Chokes Man To Death; Cops Blame Cellphone Recordings And People ‚Feeling They Have More Rights‘
In the wake of Eric Garner‘s death via cop chokehold, the NYPD is coming under all sorts of additional scrutiny. This is in addition to the appointed oversight ordered by Judge Scheindlin after finding that elements of its infamous stop-and-frisk program were unconstitutional. Scott Greenfield has a very stark recounting of the incident, as well as a recording of Eric Garner‘s last moments. (Here‘s additional footage, which includes the officer who applied the lethal chokehold waving at the camera, as well as several officers gamely pretending Garner is simply passed out.)
Imran Khan says he is against military rule in Pakistan
Former Pakistani cricketing hero Imran Khan on Monday tried to play down the suspicion that he was paving way for a military takeover through his anti-government protests and said martial law is not a solution to the country‘s problems.
The chief of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) said he would never support military rule in the country.
Tel Aviv – banned rally for Gaza
Although police cancelled the permit for a protest in Tel Aviv on 9 August 2014 against Israel‘s assault on Gaza, some radical activists showed up anyways, as did a group of pro-war counter-protesters.