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Daily Archives: 15. Oktober 2014
Telus speed claims not based on real-world experience
Real speeds
When CBC looked at actual mobile internet connection speeds across the globe, they told a different story. At an average rate of 7.0 megabits per second, Canada, instead of being nine times faster, was slightly above U.K.’s 6.1 Mbps, according to a second-quarter report by Akamai, a company that monitors web traffic and cloud computing.
ACLU Leader Vanita Gupta Tapped to Lead Civil Rights Division at U.S. Department of Justice
Gupta will also join dozens of highly respected district court and appellate court judges with prior ACLU affiliations – sharing their steadfast commitment to the Constitution’s values and the defense of the civil rights and liberties of all.
Obama to nominate ACLU lawyer to lead Justice Department’s civil rights division
Vanita Gupta, a longtime civil rights lawyer, deputy legal director of the ACLU and director of its Center for Justice, will be appointed acting head of the division Wednesday by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., administration officials said.
Another Attempt to Prostitute Religion in the Service of American Hegemony
It is about whether their pastoral empathy is without borders. It is about forming a nationwide clergy and laity peace and justice movement against America’s “global war on terrorism.”
Serbia Treads Fine Line Between Russia and EU With Parade for Putin
The date, Oct. 20, 1944 became Liberation Day. It was marked initially with military parades, but once Yugoslavia split with Josef Stalin‘s Soviet Union in 1948, these were abandoned in favour of memorials for those killed.
Lord Freud apologises to David Cameron after saying disabled people are ‚not worth‘ the minimum wage
Lord Freud said he was “foolish” to suggest that disabled people should not be entitled to the minimum wage and admitted that his comments could be seen as “offensive”.
The welfare minister offered a “full and unreserved apology” but stopped short of resigning after suggesting people with disabilities are not „worth“ the minimum wage of £6.50 an hour.
Putin: Russia’s isolation is ‘absurd and illusory goal’
“If the main goal is to isolate our country, it’s an absurd and illusory goal. It is obviously impossible to achieve it and the economic health of Europe and the world can be seriously undermined,” Russia’s president said.
Rettet das Bundesheer! (Pressekonferenz des Team Stronach)
Auf Antrag der FPÖ findet am 16. Oktober eine Parlamentssondersitzung zum Kaputtsparen des Bundesheers statt. Neben den Freiheitlichen äußert auch das Team Stronach heftige Kritik am Umgang mit der Landesverteidigung und deponierte bei einer Pressekonferenz vor der Sitzung seine Forderungen an die Bundesregierung. Die Abgeordneten erinnerten auch an die Bundesverfasung, in der neben der immerwährenden Neutralität die darauf basierende umfassende Landesverteidigung festgeschrieben ist. Dass hinter dem systematischen Ruinieren des Heeres die Absicht steht, die Weichen zu Kampfeinsätzen und NATO-Beitritt zu stellen, erkennen hingegen immer mehr Menschen.
Provozierte Turbulenzen in ÖIAG und OMV?
Vor wenigen Monaten unterzeichnete die OMV, Österreichs größtes Unternehmen, anläßlich des Besuchs des russischen Präsidenten in Wien einen Vertrag mit Gazprom über South Stream. Kurz darauf wurde ein „Putin-Freund“ (so die Bezeichnung der Medien) Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Staatsholding ÖIAG, zu der die OMV gehört. Nun wird OMV-Chef Gerhard Roiss, der damals mit Gazprom-Chef Alexej Miller das Abkommen unter Dach und Fach brachte, vorzeitig abgelöst. Die Regierung will die ÖIAG neu ordnen, der sie Mitschuld an Konflikten in der OMV gibt, was auch das Aus für „Putin-Freund“ Siegfried Wolf (Manager eines russischen Konzerns) bedeuten könnte.
Congress Ignores Obama‘s Broad Executive Power Use – Except on Guantanamo
When presidential power is used to extend empire, to spread violence or to bomb sovereign nations, it always seems permissible to Congress and the corporate media. But using presidential power to help people, to close Guantánamo, „dramatically“ upsets the controlling interests in Congress and the media.
Army Operating Concept (AOC): Win in a complex world 2020 – 2040
TRADOC Pamphlet 525
From the Chief of Staff of the Army
The Army Operating Concept (AOC) describes how future Army forces will prevent conflict, shape security environments, and win wars while operating as part of our Joint Force and working with multiple partners. The AOC guides future force development by identifying first order capabilities that the Army needs to support U.S. policy objectives. It provides the intellectual foundation and framework for learning and for applying what we learn to future
force development under Force 2025 and Beyond.
US Army drafts blueprint for World War III
With US politicians and the American media engaged in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the strategy guiding the latest US war in the Middle East, the United States Army has unveiled a new document entitled the Army Operating Concept (AOC), which provides a “vision of future armed conflict” that has the most ominous implications. It is the latest in a series of documents in which the Pentagon has elaborated the underlying strategy of preventive war that was unveiled in 1992—that is, the use of war as a means of destroying potential geopolitical and economic rivals before they acquire sufficient power to block American domination of the globe.
The document was formally released at this week’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference, an annual event bringing together senior officers and Defense Department officials for a series of speeches and panel discussions, along with a giant trade show mounted by arms manufacturers to show off their latest weapons systems and pursue lucrative Pentagon contracts.
N.S.A.-Kreise und alte Hüte – Hall und Gauck
(7.7.2013) Abhörmethoden und Agenten: die Lauscher der achtziger Jahre in Berlin
1992 wurden sämtliche N.S.A.-Akten vom Bundesinnenministerium in Bonn angefordert und unter hohen Sicherheitsmassnahmen aus Berlin abgeholt – angeblich auf Verlangen Washingtons.
Weder die Regierung in Washington noch die Berliner Regierung hatten und haben ein Interesse darin, die jahrzehntealten Informationen aus den Lauschangriff-Kuppeln publik werden zu lassen.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Counter-Unconventional Warfare White Paper
2) Designate a Lead Organization to Coordinate and Synchronize Efforts. Whole-of-government political warfare efforts must have a designated lead organization to coordinate and synchronize planning and execution to achieve unified action. Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 23 U.S. Security Sector Assistance Policy advocates strengthening allies and partner nations to build their own security capacity. To do that, officials must “foster United States Government policy coherence and interagency collaboration.” Further,
Streik bei der Deutschen Bahn vom 15. Oktober um 14 Uhr bis zum 16. Oktober 2014 um 4 Uhr
Die Deutsche Bahn verweigert der Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer (GDL) immer noch inhaltliche Tarifverhandlungen für das Zugpersonal in der GDL. (..)
GDL-Bundesvorsitzender Claus Weselsky: „Die DB verlangt von uns tatsächlich, dass wir die Füße stillhalten, bis wir gesetzlich abgeschafft werden.“
Heutzutage weiß man,dass Adenauer mit USA Absprachen traf die NSAkten nicht rauszugeben,welche Absprachen haben Sie mit USA? #FragSteinmeier
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Als Sie gegen #StGB202a verstießen,war Ihnen da bewusst,dass sie nur 3Jahre Schweigen müssten und Ihnen dann nichts passiert?#FragSteinmeier
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#FragSteinmeier Was haben #BND und #NSA gegen Sie in der Hand, dass Sie GG-widrige Aktionen wie #Eikonal genehmigen?
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Mache ich mich als Bürger verdächtig, wenn ich verschlüsselte Kommunikationskanäle nutze? #FragSteinmeier
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UK MoD Manual of Security Volumes 1, 2 and 3 Issue 2, JSP-440, RESTRICTED, 2389 pages, 2001
(4.10.2009) This significant, previously unpublished document (classified „RESTRICTED“, 2389 pages), is the UK military protocol for all security and counter-intelligence operations.
NATO Secretary General thanks Patriot crews protecting Turkey
Visiting the Patriot deployment at Gaziantep, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked personnel from the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, host nation Turkey and other Allies on Friday (10 October) for their contribution to reinforcing Turkey‘s air defence.
Israel wields ‘significant US domestic power’ to foil peace process — NY Review of Books
The latest New York Review of Books contains an excellent analysis of the failed peace process by Nathan Thrall: “Israel and the U.S.: The Delusions of Our Diplomacy.” The thrust of the piece (which will be no surprise to those who read Rashid Khalidi’s book) is that the US perpetuates the conflict even as it insists on mediating it because it fails to pressure Israel to allow the creation of even a “small, poor, and strategically inconsequential Palestinian state.”
Obama Administration Has Put Media Leakers In Jail For Nearly 50 Times As Long As All Other Administrations In History
The Obama administration has put folks who leaked info to the media in jail for 526 months as compared to 24 months for all other Presidents combined. Admittedly, 420 of those months went to Chelsea Manning, but even if you take that out, we‘re still talking 106 months for other leakers in cases from this one administration vs. 24 months for all other administrations.
‚I am not fighting against al-Qa’ida… it’s not our problem‘, says West’s last hope in Syria
(2. April) The rebel leader touted as the West’s last hope to stem the tide of extreme jihadist groups in Syria has said he will not fight against al-Qa’ida, and openly admits to battling alongside them.
Speaking from a safe house on the outskirts of the Turkish town of Antakya, Jamal Maarouf, the leader of the Syrian Revolutionary Front (SRF) told The Independent that the fight against al-Qa’ida was “not our problem” and admitted his fighters conduct joint operations with Jabhat al-Nusra – the official al-Qa’ida branch in Syria.
Syria: What is a moderate rebel?
Western politicians of all persuasions would have you believe that a moderate rebel is ‚someone that we can do business with‘, which is a rather vacuous idea, since you can only ever measure how moderate a person is when they are actually in a position to wield power. On the path to success, people and groups (particularly in the Middle East) are likely to say whatever it takes to get external support.
France Will Keep Sending Arms to Syrian Fighters
Hollande confirmed last August that France delivers weapons to Syrian rebels who face both the troops of the dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State group.
Jetzt: @LaurentFabius nimmt als 1.französischer Außenminister an einer Sitzung des Bundeskabinetts teil. @RegSprecher
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Renzi talks ISIS and Ebola with Obama
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi discussed ISIS, Ebola, Libya and Ukraine in a conference call Wednesday with US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, Renzi‘s office said.
Military leaders gather to discuss ISIL strategy
(15. Oktober)
Fight against ISIL now ‚Operation Inherent Resolve‘
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‘Operation Enduring Contradiction’
(14. Oktober) We are gathering together a coalition of Sunni Muslims to fight ISIS, but Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have been supporting the export of fanatical Islam for years. NATO ally Turkey has been letting foreign fighters cross into Syria to fight for ISIS, and keeping Kurds in so they can’t fight against ISIS. When vice president Biden pointed out these contradictions to Harvard students recently, he had to make formal apologies to our allies, thereby contradicting himself.
Operations in Iraq And Syria Finally to Get a Name
(3. Oktober) The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that „Operation Inherent Resolve“ had been proposed but rejected for the fight against the Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria.
Turkey plans to create domestic search system
TUBİTAK was founded in 1963. Currently, TUBİTAK is working on a project of a new unmanned reconnaissance vehicle similar with American drone „Global Hawk“.
Russian lawmakers angry Kiev declares pro-Nazi force creation date as national holiday
Many Russian legislators are deeply angered by Kiev’s decision to declare October 14, the day when the pro-Nazi Ukrainian Insurgent Army was created during World War II in 1942, as Defender of the Nation Day and a public holiday. The UIA gained notoriety as an active collaborator with the Nazi force of occupation and participant in many WW II massacres of civilian population. Members of both houses of the Russian parliament interpreted this move as Kiev’s official confirmation of its commitment to Nazi ideas.
NSA-Zusammenarbeit: Der Befehl kam aus dem Kanzleramt
Das Bundeskanzleramt wusste all die Jahre bescheid: Steinmeiner hatte als damaliger Kanzleramts-Chef seine Unterschrift unter ein folgenreiches Abkommen mit den USA gesetzt. Normalerweise müssten bei solchen wichtigen Abkommen die Geheimdienst-Kontrolleure im Bundestag informiert werden. Doch das ist offensichtlich nicht geschehen. Das G10-Gremium des Bundestages, dessen Aufgabe die Überwachung der Überwacher bei BND und Co. ist, wurde nicht eingeweiht. Erst im Zuge des NSA-Untersuchungsausschusses kam diese Zusammenarbeit ans Licht. Unter dem Decknamen “Eikonal” hat der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) massenhaft Daten an einem der wichtigsten Internet-Knotenpunkte in Deutschland abgefangen und an die NSA weitergeleitet. Steinmeier hat bisher den Presseberichten und Aussagen im NSA-Untersuchungsausschuss nicht widersprochen. Er versucht es auszusitzen.
Selbstkontrolle: Gründung des Söldner-Aufsichtsvereins ‘ICoC Association’
(24. September 2013) Privatisierung des Krieges: Verlagerung des öffentlich wahrgenommenen Kriegseinsatzes durch reguläre Armeen zu im Verborgenen agierenden Schattenarmeen – Kriege ausserhalb jeglicher parlamentarischer Kontrolle.
Am Donnerstag, den 19.September 2013 trafen sich in Genf in der Schweiz führende Vertreter der Sicherheitsindustrie, Mitglieder aus Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft sowie Regierungsvertreter teilnehmender Staaten zur Gründung eines lange vorbereiteten internationalen Aufsichtsgremiums über militärische private Auftragnehmer – der ICoC Association. Die wichtigsten Staaten, die hinter diesem Projekt stehen, sind die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, das Vereinigte Königreich, die (eigentlich neutrale) Schweiz und Australien.
Let contractors fight the Islamic State, Blackwater founder Erik Prince says
As the fight against the Islamic State unfolds, the take of Erik Prince, the founder of the former private security firm Blackwater, is straightforward: If the United States is unwilling to send in ground troops, “let the private sector finish the job.”
Bikers v ISIS? Dutch motorcycle gang gets green light to fight Islamic State
Three members of the infamous Dutch biker gang “No Surrender” reportedly journeyed to Iraq and Syria last week in order to fight alongside Kurdish troops and against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Now, commenting on the legality of that move, the Dutch public prosecutor said Tuesday they are allowed to do so.
“Joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it’s no longer forbidden,” the prosecutor’s spokesman, Wim de Bruin
Help break the blockade and clothe Gaza’s children this winter
104,000 Palestinians were made homeless in Gaza this summer and even though governments around the world just pledged $5.4 Billion USD to rebuild Gaza, they will still be homeless this winter. Why? Two reasons: the Government of Israel has yet to allow-in cement and steel and, even if you start today, construction won’t finish before the rains begin. So what happens to homeless families, homeless children when the cold comes?
They will need warm clothes and shoes and blankets — so that’s where we start.
Asia-Europe Meeting: Gipfeltreffen
Kernstück des regionalen Dialogs sind die Gipfeltreffen, auf denen die Regierungs- und Staatschefs aller Mitgliedsstaaten zusammentreffen. Sie finden alle zwei Jahre abwechselnd in Asien und Europa statt. Die bisherigen Treffen wurden ausgerichtet in Bangkok (Thailand; 1996), London (Großbritannien; 1998), Seoul (Südkorea; 2000), Kopenhagen (Dänemark; 2002), Hanoi (Vietnam; 2004), Helsinki (Finnland; 2006), Peking (VR China; 2008), Brüssel (Belgien; 2010) und Vientiane (Laos; 2012).
Das nächste Gipfeltreffen findet am 16. und 17. Oktober 2014 in Mailand (Italien) statt.
Telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the Ukrainian side’s initiative. The two leaders discussed possible measures for assisting in the peaceful settlement of the situation in southeast Ukraine.
The two presidents confirmed their readiness to continue exchange of opinions, including on the gas issue, on the sidelines of the ASEM Summit in Milan on October 16-17.
Telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
(14. Oktober) The two leaders exchanged views on preparations for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which is to take place on October 16-17, 2014 in Milan, and on forthcoming contacts in various formats.
Putin to meet Renzi, Napolitano in Milan: Russian president will also meet Merkel
Putin will also meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, and perhaps British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Kremlin said.
Russische Banken entdecken chinesischen Kapitalmarkt
Immer mehr russische Banken besorgen sich Darlehen in China, weil die westlichen Kapitalmärkte faktisch geschlossen sind, schreibt die „Rossijskaja Gaseta“ am Mittwoch.
DIE GRIECHENLAND-KRISE (III): Das “nächste Lehman Brothers” – die Entstaatlichung der Staaten
(27. März 2010) Der Vergleich des Staates Griechenland mit der Bank Lehman Brothers durch Ifo-Leiter Sinn macht die ganze Denkweise der Neokonservativen Agenda deutlich: Verstaatlichung verschuldeter Banken, Entstaatlichung verschuldeter Staaten. Es folgt die Übernahme durch die Banken, ein Systemwechsel zum Staatskapitalismus, in denen es keinen Unterschied mehr zwischen Banken und Staat gibt, mit der Aussnahme, dass nur noch Staaten pleite gehen und verschwinden können. Flankierende Massnahmen schützen das neue (eventuell aus ehemaligen Staaten zusammengebastelte) Imperium mit entsprechenden autoritär-totalitären Strukturen, Einsatz des Militärs zur Kontrolle der entmachteten und verfassungslosen Bevölkerung, sowie natürlich ständiger Spannungsfall durch innere und äussere Kriegführung – zur “Sicherheit”.
Die in George Orwell´s Welt von 1984 vor Beginn der Handlung erfolgte Revolution von oben – ein Staatsstreich.
Erstmals seit 1959 rutscht Italien in die #Deflation. Ein wirtschaftliches und politisches Warnsignal! #Wirtschaft
(28. August)
Griechenland kommt nicht aus der Deflation
(11. September) Im August fielen die Verbraucherpreise im Vergleich zum Vorjahresmonat um durchschnittlich 0,3 Prozent.
Linke-Spitze bekennt sich zum Euro
(15. Juni 2013) Die rund 550 Delegierten debattierten am Samstag in Dresden über ihr Programm für die Bundestagswahl. Die Endabstimmung war für den späten Abend geplant. Die Euro-Frage gehört zu den wenigen strittigen Punkten.
briefing durch schäuble, iwf headquarter, washington dc. zinsen, deflation, reformen in frankreich & italien usw.
(12. Oktober)
Stocks nosedive as Wall Street briefly touches 8-month lows
Oil futures took back some territory after Tuesday‘s huge loss, which saw the Nov. contract slump $3.90 to close at $81.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract was up 30 cents at $82.14 on Wednesday.
+++ Athens Stock Exchange in Free Fall: Losses of -9.64%
The free fall seems to be hard to stop and at 3:50 pm, the General Index shows losses of -9.64%! Ten minutes earlier the losses were at -9.88%!
Und jetzt steigt der Dax binnen 25 Minuten um 100 Punkte – verrückte Börsenwelt:
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#BörseFrankfurt: Dax stürzt auf Jahrestief.
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“The financial crisis is only partly financial but mainly an energy problem”
(27. September) Lars Schall: Maarten, you have co-written a book recently with your friend Oskar Slingerland, The Misunderstood Crisis with the sub-title It’s the energy stupid. Why the title?
Maarten van Mourik: Because we have this financial crisis and everybody goes on and on about how we have to get out of this subprime crisis and everything that happened to the banks, but we believe that the crisis is only partly financial and mainly due to an energy problem and more in particular to the problem of having access to cheap and profitable oil.
LS: Yes, let’s discuss that in more detail, but first: How important is oil?
MvM: Oil is very important. People give different estimates that it might amount somewhere between 30 or 60 percent of global GDP, but basically oil is everywhere and roundabout 95 percent of our transportation needs are covered by oil, and then obviously just look at your clothes that you’re wearing, it’s oil.