Daily Archives: 26. Januar 2015


26.01.2015 - 23:22 [ Noam Chomsky / AlterNet ]

WATCH: Chomsky Blasts ‚American Sniper‘ and the Media that Glorifies It

The famed professor draws a disturbing parallel between „Sniper“ and our „global assassination program.“

26.01.2015 - 20:40 [ Radio Utopie ]

Tödliche Polizeigewalt: jetzt betrifft es ihre eigenen Kinder!

Charles M. Blow, Kolumnist der New York Times, stand der realen Gefahr gegenüber, am Wochenende seinen Sohn durch einen Polizeibeamten zu verlieren. Blow schrieb einen Artikel in der New York Times über den Vorfall am Samstag, indem er fragte “was wäre gewesen, wenn mein Sohn in Panik davon gelaufen wäre und der Polizist hätte geschossen? Stand ich kurz davor, ihn zu verlieren?”

26.01.2015 - 17:48 [ Motherboard ]

Illinois Says Rule-Breaking Students Must Give Teachers Their Facebook Passwords

„If your child has an account on a social networking website, e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ask.fm, etc., please be aware that State law requires school authorities to notify you that your child may be asked to provide his or her password for these accounts to school officials in certain circumstances,“ the letter says.

26.01.2015 - 17:31 [ RT ]

Fox News protester commits suicide outside News Corp HQ, reportedly former employee

Kris Lew was preparing to open a coffee-and-food cart, the Cinnamon Snail, nearby around 7:45 am when she “heard two shots—‘Pop. Pop.’—really quick,” she told the Journal. “I know what gunshots sound like…It was a thing where I thought to myself, ‘Those sound exactly like gunshots, but it can’t be, because we’re in Rockefeller Center’.”

26.01.2015 - 17:25 [ campact! ]

Warum Vorratsdatenspeicherung unsere Freiheit einschränkt

Vorratsdatenspeicherung gefährdet die Arbeit in Berufen, für die Vertraulichkeit notwendig ist – also zum Beispiel Ärzt/innen, Jurist/innen, Seelsorger/innen und Journalist/innen sowie alle Menschen, die mit ihnen zu tun haben.
Gleiches gilt für politisch oder unternehmerisch Aktive, die der Vertraulichkeit bedürfen. Dadurch schadet Vorratsdatenspeicherung der freiheitlichen Gesellschaft.
Vorratsdatenspeicherung verstößt gegen das Menschenrecht auf Privatsphäre und informationelle Selbstbestimmung und widerspricht der europäischen Grundrechte-Charta.

26.01.2015 - 17:23 [ Ceiberweiber ]

Deradikalisierung: Ist die Bildungsministerin gut beraten?

Maßnahmen zur Deradikalisierung bei Jugendlichen fallen auch in die Kompetenz von Bildungs- und Frauenministerin Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (SPÖ). Sie vertraut dabei unter anderem auf die Expertise der Soziologin Edit Schlaffer, die „Frauen ohne Grenzen“ und die von Hillary Clinton gelobte Frauen-Antiterrorplattform „Sisters Against Violent Extremism“ gegründet hat.

26.01.2015 - 15:02 [ Fox News ]

‘There will be a price’: Obama team reportedly fuming over Netanyahu visit

The Obama administration reportedly is fuming over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to address Congress in March regarding the Iranian threat, with one unnamed official telling an Israeli newspaper he will pay “a price” for the snub.

House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu — and the Israeli leader accepted – without any involvement from the White House.

26.01.2015 - 14:58 [ New York Times ]

Obama Not Planning to Meet With Israeli Premier

The White House said on Thursday that President Obama would not meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel when he comes here in March to speak to a joint meeting of Congress and to lobby for new sanctions on Iran that Mr. Obama opposes, the latest twist in a dispute that has marked a new low in relations between the two leaders and which now threatens the chances of a nuclear deal with Tehran.

26.01.2015 - 14:56 [ Mondo Weiss ]

‘NYT’ and Matthews warn that Netanyahu speech to Congress could lead US to war

The plans by the Israeli Prime Minister to address both Houses of Congress in March in order to rebut the President’s call for negotiations with Iran is finally drawing the outrage it deserves. It was condemned in the last day by The New York Times, leading pundits, liberal Zionist organizations, and implicitly, in the Israeli press. Some fear that the speech could lead to war– Chris Matthews, Susan Milligan, Jonathan Capehart and the New York Times express this fear.

26.01.2015 - 14:53 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Paul Krugman: Ending Greece’s Nightmare

Hardly has been announced that SYRIZA won the elections and several internet trolls started their poisonous work, also here in this blog. Trolls came out of their caves and rub their hands full of glee and sardonic smiles as their venomous saliva running down their jaws. They set up their clock to tick towards “default” and “Grexit”.

26.01.2015 - 14:51 [ Techdirt ]

The TSA Wants To Read Your Facebook Posts And Check Out Your Purchases Before It Will Approve You For PreCheck

The TSA is disappointed that so few Americans have opted out of its bottle-tossing, package-groping screenings by signing up for its PreCheck program. For a few years now, the TSA has been selling travelers‘ civil liberties back to them, most recently for $85 a head, but it‘s now making a serious push to increase participation. The TSA can‘t do it alone, so it‘s accepting bids on its PreCheck expansion proposal.