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Daily Archives: 24. September 2014
Minister: Russland wird US-Resolutionsentwurf gegen Terror unterstützen
„Wir werden dieses Dokument befürworten, weil darin auch unsere Prioritäten mit berücksichtigt wurden. Zudem hatte Russland an dem Text der Resolution mitgewirkt“, sagte der Minister.
It’s time to stop the climate scare stories
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi sensibly refuses to attend yet another climate summit – this one called by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York for September 23, under the auspices of the United Nations, which profits handsomely from the much-exaggerated climate scare.
US elites are vulnerable to donor pressure on Israel question
Several recent articles have highlighted the importance of pro-Israel donors in influencing the political discourse at universities, in synagogues, and in U.S. elections. Two pro-Palestinian voices have lost their jobs at campuses in part because of such pressure (Steven Salaita, Bruce Shipman). Here are several stories/incidents that underline the importance of pro-Israel money and even blackmail threats. I’m ranging over several years, but the pattern is clear; and as Lawrence Davidson points out near the end of these items, elites are particularly vulnerable to donor pressure, and elites are crucial to the lobby because Israel has lost the grass-roots. In fact, the battle is now raging inside elite opinion, which makes donors crucial.
FUD: Former FBI Guy Lies, Claiming New Mobile Encryption Would Have Resulted In Dead Kidnap Suspect
Yesterday, we wrote about law enforcement freaking out over the announcements from both Apple and Google that they‘d start encrypting phones by default, better protecting data on those phones from anyone who wants it — whether government/law enforcement or hackers. We noted, oddly, that former FBI guy Ronald Hosko had showed up in articles in both the Washington Post and the WSJ spewing a bunch of FUD about it. In the WSJ:
Syrien ist der siebte mehrheitlich islamische Staat, den der Friedensnobelpreisträger seit 2009 bombardiert. NA? KLINGELTS?! IHR VOLLIDIOTEN
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Ruft doch gleich „THANK YOU, MR. OBAMAAA..“. Wie bescheuert kann man eigentlich sein..?
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Man muss sich mal vorstellen, dass für diese Schwachsinnigen in Damaskus die syrischen Soldaten sterben.
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Exclusive: Syrian minister says U.S.-led strikes going in ‚right direction‘
Syria is still watching all developments with caution, Ali Haidar, minister for national reconciliation, told Reuters on Wednesday after U.S. warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in a second day of attacks.
Überschrift des Tages: SYRIA BECOMES THE 7TH PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRY BOMBED BY 2009 NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE
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Turkey calls for UN safe zones at Syria border
Turkey has requested safe zones in Syria since 2012 from the UN, but could not find the necessary international support.
West Bank settlers exporting dates labelled as ‘Made in Palestine’
Along one of the roads in the city of Ariha in the north of the occupied West Bank, merchants Khaldoun and Hassan regularly receive 30 tons of dates produced in the neighbouring Israeli agricultural settlements, in preparation for their transfer to one of the packaging factories built on the outskirts of the city, Anadolu news agency reported. Inside the factory, about 13 miners are working on “screening” the dates and repackaging them in bags that read “dates of the Holy Land” in both Arabic and English and “Made in Palestine” in order to market them locally, in the Arab states and in Europe.
Schönen Gruß an der Stelle an die Fotoredaktion des ehemaligen Nachrichtenmagazins für die Illustrierung von Andreas Nahles‘ Kanzlerambitionen mit diesem wunderschönen Bild.
HARR HARR HARR
Drone delivery: DHL ‚parcelcopter‘ flies to German isle
Logistics firm DHL is using a drone to fly parcels to the German island of Juist, in what it says is the first time an unmanned aircraft has been authorized to deliver goods in Europe.
Britain‘s Labor leader confirms he forgot vital parts of pre-election speech
Prime Minister David Cameron‘s Conservatives pointed out that Miliband had not mentioned how he would tackle the country‘s sizeable budget deficit or address public concerns about immigration – two of the biggest pre-election issues.
The original version of his speech showed he had intended to touch on both questions.
Number of visits of Israeli officials to Azerbaijan increases, Israeli ambassador says
A lot of people in the U.S. appreciate what Azerbaijan is doing, Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rafael Harpaz told Trend on Sept.23.
He added that Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Elin Suleymanov also did a wonderful job.
German foreign ministry responds to Azerbaijan’s diplomatic note
Germany‘s position on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is unchanged. The country considers Nagorno-Karabakh as an integral part of Azerbaijan’s territory, Acting Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend Sept. 24.
Is The UK Government Trying To Sneak Through Its Own Corporate Sovereignty Rules?
As their name suggests, corporate sovereignty chapters in trade deals are problematic in part because they place corporations on the same level as nations, allowing the former to sue the latter in special tribunals outside national courts. What‘s particularly troubling is that companies are now claiming that basic democratic functions, like passing laws promoting health, should be considered a form of „expropriation“, because future corporate profits are reduced. That effectively turns investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) into a downward regulatory ratchet that makes it very difficult — or at least very expensive — to bring in any new regulations that reduce profits for some business sector.
Yemen deal vital for national consensus: Iran SNSC
A landmark peace deal between the Yemeni government and Ansarullah fighters will be instrumental in the establishment of national consensus in the country, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says.
Jordanian court clears radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada of terror charges
Jordanian state security court on Wednesday threw out terrorism charges against radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, a onetime confidant of Osama bin Laden who had lately emerged as a critic of the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State.
Wie frei ist Österreich?
Auf den ersten Blick mag das Thema der Parlaments-Sondersitzung wie „Kraut und Rüben“ wirken, so eine Kritik. Das Team Stronach wollte jedoch von der Bundesregierung wissen, ob Österreich frei oder fremdbestimmt ist. Als Beispiel dafür wurden die Verhandlungen zum TTIP, die Sanktionen gegen Russland und die Brüssler Bürokratie genannt.
Operation Keep That War Industry Paid
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Goodbye #linke: Gysi und Liebich drängen zu Auslandseinsätzen der Bundeswehr
(4. April)
Auslandseinsätze denkbar: Außenpolitik-Obmann Liebich rüttelt an der pazifistischen Grundfeste der Linken
(23. Januar)
Texas Textbook MASSACRE: ‚Ultraconservatives‘ Approve Radical Changes To State Education Curriculum
A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.
Riesenskandal in Brüssel: Wettbewerbskommission bricht Grundpfeiler der EU – Steuergelder an Atomlobby
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„Das war erst der Anfang“ titelt die FAZ. Türkei denkt über Eintritt in Krieg nach … #Syrien #Irak
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Auch wird von „individuals“ gesprochen und nicht von „their citizens“. D.h. Staaten bekämen das Recht in ANDEREN Staaten zu intervenieren.
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… allerdings nicht im entscheidenden Abschnitt 21. Es fehlt weiterhin der Verweis auf das „international law“.
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Der Resolutionsentwurf wurde übrigens bereits nachgebessert, was die immer bizarrer werdende Medwedew-Ausgabe von Ria Novosti hier ankündigt
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UN-Vollversammlung: Moskau will keine politischen Scharmützel mit dem Westen
Laut Quellen haben Moskau und Peking keine Einwände gegen diese Initiative Washingtons, auch wenn der entsprechende Resolutionsentwurf nachgebessert werden soll.
Analyse zur U.N.-Resolution: Politik von Terrorkrieg und Verbrannter Erde
(22. September) Der vorliegende Entwurf der Resolution, die übermorgen im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen beschlossen werden soll (Radio Utopie berichtete), repräsentiert nichts anderes als ein Ende des Völkerrechts und einen Bruch mit der Weltordnung nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Offensichtlich ist Mr. Spiegel Mr. Pink. Wer also wissen will, welche UNO-Resolution Mr. Pink „vorliegt“: wir schrieben vorgestern darüber.
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