As reported last week in the Wall Street Journal, Google has banned the privacy and security app Disconnect Mobile from the play store. By doing so, Google has shown once again that it cares more about allowing third-parties to monetize the tracking of its users than about allowing those users to ensure their own security and privacy. The banned app, Disconnect Mobile, is designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers on Android (much like EFF‘s Privacy Badger does in Firefox or Chrome). Disconnect released their app in the Android Play Store and Apple‘s App Store a little over a week ago. Google removed the app just five days after it was released, citing Section 4.4 of the Play Store developer distribution agreement.1 This section states that developers agree not to use the Play Store to distribute apps that interfere with or disrupt the services of any third party.
Daily Archives: 2. September 2014
CDU verteidigt Gaucks Russenhetze
Der Vorsitzende des Ausschusses für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten im Europaparlament, Elmar Brok (CDU), hat Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck gegen Kritik an seine warnenden Worte gegen Russland verteidigt. „Russland will die Freiheit eines unabhängigen Landes mit Waffengewalt zerstören“, sagte Brok der „Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung“
Germany’s Merkel Needs To Ask Tough Questions at NATO Summit
MEMORANDUM FOR: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Ukraine and NATO
We the undersigned are longtime veterans of U.S. intelligence. We take the unusual step of writing this open letter to you to ensure that you have an opportunity to be briefed on our views prior to the NATO summit on September 4-5.
Dry spell at Stonehenge reveals secret that has eluded archaeologists
Brown patches of grass left by short hosepipe lead to ‚lightbulb moment‘ that may confirm monument was once a perfect circle
Bundeskanzler Faymann gegen Russland
Unter der verfassungsrechtlichen Neutralität Österreichs versteht Bundeskanzler Werner Faymann (SPÖ), als Handlanger der USA gegen Russland zu agitieren. Als es um die NSA-Affäre ging oder darum, dass die USA Syrien angreifen wollen, zeichnete sich der „neutrale“ Faymann durch Untätigkeit aus. Umso eifriger macht er nun vor dem NATO-Gipfel in Wales Stimmung, was sich unter anderem in Interviews und bei der Sitzung des Parlaments nach der Regierungsumbildung zeigte. Wie sich sein Schweigen zu NSA und Co. in (fehlenden) Presseaussendungen ausdrückte, kommt nun eine Meldung nach der anderen – mal vom Bundespressedienst, mal von der SPÖ oder von der Parlamentskorrespondenz.
Tortured and Raped by Israel, Persecuted by the United States
The judge for Odeh‘s case, US District Judge Paul Borman, recently recused himself from her trial after Deutsch and other attorneys accused him of having lifelong ties to the Israeli government.
Borman had angrily refused to recuse himself, but then it was also discovered that his family had financial ties to the supermarket Odeh was accused of bombing.
So, this is how the US and Israel are reacting . . . they are attacking us by trying to criminalize us. So if they can take down a community icon like Rasmea, then they think they can criminalize the movement as a whole.“
MEMORANDUM FOR: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
We the undersigned are long-time veterans of U.S. intelligence. We take the unusual step of writing this open letter to you to ensure that you have an opportunity to be briefed on our views prior to the NATO summit on September 4-5.
You need to know, for example, that accusations of a major Russian „invasion“ of Ukraine appear not to be supported by reliable intelligence. Rather, the „intelligence“ seems to be of the same dubious, politically „fixed“ kind used 12 years ago to „justify“ the U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
#merkur: Putin-Gespräch mit Barroso soll veröffentlicht werden
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Russen überprüfen Schweizer Armee
Vier Militärinspektoren aus Russland sind zurzeit auf Inspektion bei Truppenverbänden in der Schweiz. Der Zeitpunkt erstaunt angesichts des Ukraine-Konflikts, doch gibt es daran nichts auszusetzen.
Kreml erwägt Bruch der Beziehungen zur US-Agentur Ketchum
Wie das US-Magazin „Forbes“ am Dienstag unter Berufung auf den Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow berichtete…
Russische Justiz arretiert Moskauer Immobile von ukrainischem Milliardär Kolomoiski
Kolomoiski, Großunternehmer und Gouverneur des ostukrainischen Gebietes Dnepropetrowsk, wurde wiederholt beschuldigt, die nationalistische Gruppierung „Rechter Sektor“ zu sponsern. Laut Medienberichten soll Kolomoiski auch mehrere bewaffnete Formationen finanzieren, die an der Sonderoperation im Donezbecken teilnehmen.
The Future of Guantánamo
The A.U.M.F. is the foundation of the war in Afghanistan, where combat operations are officially ending this year. The government is bracing for a new wave of habeas corpus challenges after December, contending that detainees must be sent home, and it will argue that the broader armed conflict against Al Qaeda and its associated forces continues.
Perpetual war, indefinite detention, and torture: The U.S. and Israel’s shared values
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed shortly after 9/11, authorizes the President of the United States „to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons“ who „planned, authorized, committed, or aided“ the 9/11 terrorist attacks „or harbored such organizations or persons.“ This bill gives the United States wide power to wage perpetual war around the world against alleged terrorist groups.
When the Obama administration entered office, it not only kept the AUMF in place, but expanded the bill‘s scope to continue the global war on terror. The Obama administration interprets the AUMF to include „associated forces“ – essentially co-belligerents – of al-Qaeda, even though the bill does not include those words.
Israel, a state of armed robbery
The Israeli regime is based on grabbing land and nurturing the apparatus that secures the plunder — the army, in the local argot.
Online crowdfunding bid made to pay legal bills of man charged with George Galloway assault
Neil Masterson, 39, a former manager at the BBC, pleaded not guilty at Hammersmith magistrates court this afternoon over two charges of „religiously aggravated assault“ against the MP and a bystander who were attacked in North London.
Why the silence over the assault on George Galloway?
Last Friday evening a British MP suffered a vicious assault on a London street. George Galloway, a 61-year-old, six-times-elected politician was beaten up for three minutes by a brutal and determined assailant in broad daylight, and was admitted to hospital as a result.
There are grounds for assuming that the motive was political, and the assault occurred due to Galloway’s criticism of Israeli actions in the Middle East.
EXCLUSIVE: MP George Galloway‘s FIRST interview after he was beaten in broad daylight in London
George Galloway, British MP and the supporter of Palestine was attacked by a man, dressed in a Israeli Force T-shirt. Despite the pain, Galloway spoke to Anissa Naouai ‚In The Now‘.
Libyan Military Plane Crashes in Benghazi
A Libyan fighter jet engaged in paramilitary attacks on Extremists in the restive eastern city of Benghazi crashed and exploded Tuesday after its pilot ejected safely, a military source and a witness said.
Naftali Bennett, not Netanyahu is the leader of Israel‘s Right, poll finds
39 percent of respondents said the Bayit Yehudi leader best represents views of the Right versus 28 percent who selected Netanyahu.
Military Training Plane Crashes in Central Java, No Casualties Reported
An Air Force training aircraft crashed in a rice field in the Sukoharjo district of Central Java on Tuesday as it was trying to perform an emergency landing, local officials said.
Germany backs Frontex Plus
Germany backed the replacement for Italy‘s 11th-month Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) search-and-rescue programme, Frontex Plus, as a fresh wave of migrants hit Italian shores Tuesday.
Germany is important partner of Azerbaijan in EU – Speaker
Germany is one of the most important partners of Azerbaijan in the European Union (EU), said the speaker of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) Oktay Asadov at a meeting with a German delegation.
Azerbaijani president congratulates president-elect of Council of EU
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the newly-elected President of the Council of the European Union (EU), Donald Tusk on Sept.1 on the occasion of his election to this post.
1st LD: Yemeni military plane crashes on landing, killing pilot
(27.8.2014) A Yemeni jet trainer aircraft crashed and exploded Wednesday as it was landing at a local airport in the southern province of Taiz, killing the pilot inside, a military source told Xinhua.
Ukrainian Civilian Plane Crashes in Algeria
(30.8.2014) Earlier this month, an Air Algeria flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers crashed in Mali, likely due to bad weather, while in February a military plane flying from Tamanrasset en route to Constsantine also went down in the mountains.
Military plane crashes in Turkey (UPDATE)
(2.9.2014) A military plane F-16 has crashed in Turkey‘s Diyarbakir province while landing, the country‘s Sabah newspaper reported Sept.2.
The airport of the Diyarbakir province has been temporarily closed due to the incident.
Authorities comb Va. mountain area for missing pilot after Guard F-15 crash
(27.08.2014) Moments before the crash, reportedly shortly after 9 a.m., the pilot radioed a distress call to notify air traffic controllers in the Washington, D.C., area that something was wrong with the plane, Keefe said.
Italian fighter jet crash causes woodland fires after mid-air collision
(19.08.2014) Two Italian Tornado fighter jets yesterday collided over eastern Italy during a training mission, crashing into a wooded area which then caught fire.
Prague to comment on new EU sanctions – PM
He also confirmed that the Czech government had received the draft new sanctions today and would debate the mandate for Czech negotiators on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Entwaffnung, Föderalisierung und Konstitutionalisierung leicht gemacht
(19. April 2014) 1. eigenständige Organisation von Referenden für mehr Autonomie, nicht Sezession, in den entsprechenden Gebieten der Ukraine. Dazu Festlegung eines Referendum-Termins (man hört da bereits etwas vom 11. Mai) unter Einbeziehung von Wahlbeobachtern der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa O.S.Z.E.
2. in Erwägung der Option Waffen verschwinden zu lassen und im Falle des Einmarsches von Putsch-Truppen auch wieder hervor holen zu können: sofortiger Abzug aus den Verwaltungsgebäuden der eigenen Gebiete und Übergabe an lokale Beamte und Polizei.
3. Ausarbeitung eines eigenen Verfassungsvorschlages für die gesamte Ukraine, mit der Forderung diese dann in der gesamten Ukraine zur Abstimmung zu stellen; gleichzeitig die Anerkennung der eigenen Autonomie bzw der entsprechenden Referenden in den eigenen Gebieten in jedem Falle zur nichtverhandelbaren Bedingung machen.
4. Erklärung der Teilnahme an der ukrainischen Präsidentenwahl und der längst überfälligen Unterstützung des unabhängigen und glaubwürdigen Kandidaten für die Präsidentschaft der – Sie haben es jetzt verstanden – gesamten Ukraine, Oleg Tsarov (auch geschrieben Oleg Zarjow, Oleh Tsarev), der leider immer noch nicht auf englisch veröffentlicht (Twitter, Facebook) ..
5. Einfach abwarten. Keinen Mist bauen.
Pro-Russia Rebels Say They Will Settle For Autonomy In Ukraine
(1. September) Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine are no longer demanding full independence, telling negotiators in Belarus that they will respect Ukraine‘s sovereignty in exchange for autonomy.
Die “Neurussland”-Falle
(28. Juni) Dem Putsch in Kiew folgt nach alter imperialistischer Offensivstrategie ein schleichender Putsch in Moskau. Anders sind die haarsträubenden, selbstschädigenden Fehler der Politik in der Russischen Föderation ebensowenig zu erklären wie der Ablauf des Umsturzes in der Ukraine und der nachfolgende Ausbruch des für keine Seite gewinnbaren Krieges, schon gar nicht durch oder gegen die Russische Föderation. Gerade diese kann dabei nur verlieren.
Anzunehmen ist, dass dies – neben der Zerschlagung und nachfolgenden Plünderung der nach dem Putsch hilflosen, entsouveränisierten Ukraine – von Anfang der Plan war: Die Russische Föderation moralisch und politisch auf das gleiche Niveau wie den seit bald 13 Jahren einen weitweiten Terrorkrieg exekutierenden Westblock herabsinken, mit assoziierten autoritären Staaten verschmelzen und in den gewünschten gegnerischen und ebenso niederwertigen imperialen Block Eurasien mutieren zu lassen.
Das entlastet jetzt endlich auch die Russische Föderation, weil die so aus der gestellten Neurussland-Falle entkommt
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