In 2007, India invited Japan, Australia and Singapore to join its drills with the US navy in the Bay of Bengal. China saw the exercises as the beginnings of a US-inspired security alliance, similar to NATO in Europe.
Daily Archives: 22. Juli 2015
Elites Use Media as Tool to Suppress Masses, Manipulate Minds â Chomsky
Media creates artificial wants, atomizes people and separates them from one another, making sure regular folks don‘t disturb political elites. Major media corporations turn people „into isolated atoms of consumption, obedient, having the âright‘ opinions which don‘t bother [political elites],“ Chomsky said.
Konsumschwach, aber beschÀftigungsfÀhig
Die Folgen der von Berlin und BrĂŒssel oktroyierten DeregulierungsmaĂnahmen hat jĂŒngst Thomas Maloutas beschrieben, Professor fĂŒr soziale Geographie an der Harokopio UniversitĂ€t in Athen. Maloutas wird mit der Aussage zitiert, Griechenland mĂŒsse eigentlich, da seine Wirtschaft ja „auf … kleinen Einheiten basiert“ – auf SelbstĂ€ndigen und Familienbetrieben -, diese unterstĂŒtzen, um zu verhindern, dass sich „die Wirtschaftsstruktur auflös[t]“. Die erzwungene Deregulierung begĂŒnstige aber eindeutig „die GroĂen gegenĂŒber den Kleinen“, weil sie „gleiche Bedingungen fĂŒr ungleiche Akteure“ festlege; dabei sei sei nicht „unvermeidbar“, sondern „ein politisches Projekt“. Bereits mit der EinfĂŒhrung des Euro sei „die neoliberale Politik in die Peripherie Europas“ vorgedrungen und habe die einheimischen Strukturen zu verĂ€ndern begonnen. Jetzt fĂŒhrten die in Verbindung mit dem „Hilfspaket“ erzwungenen Schritte diese Entwicklung fort. Maloutas warnt vor den absehbaren, bewusst in Kauf genommenen Konsequenzen: „Eine wirtschaftliche Deregulierung ist immer auch eine soziale Deregulierung.“[2] Griechenland erlebe eine „Aushöhlung der gesellschaftlichen Strukturen“.
US drone crashes in Iraq desert, locals pose for selfies (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The Pentagon has confirmed that it has lost a $21-million drone in an Iraqi desert after photos of the crashed UAV surfaced on social media.
TPP‘s Copyright Trap
In the U.S., our public domain is a sorry shadow of what it could be. Since the 20-year retroactive extension went into effect, no published works have entered the public domain through copyright expiration. We can point to the abstract value of the public domain, but we cannot even imagine what might have come of some 17 years of experimentation in precisely the era where creation and publishing tools are more accessible than ever.
We lose the creativity that would take the form of building on top of works in the public domain. We lose access to works that have been orphaned, with no clear owner but a cloud of legal uncertainty that makes preservation too risky.
Trial of Egypt‘s Morsi adjourned due to his poor health
A prison doctor recommended that Morsi not attend the court session on Wednesday as a cautionary measure against any problem he may face due to his „low blood sugar levels.“
French container ship to call at southern Iranian port
An Iranian official says the French CMA CGM shipping company has chosen southern Iranian Shahid Rajaei port as the port of call for its container ships.
[Full] Jon Stewart Talks with Obama for One Last Time; âAdvice for Future President Trump?â
Jon Stewart tells Obama: You donât have much time left to put us all in FEMA camps
Obama Tells Jon Stewart: You ‚Cannot Leave The Show‘
Jon Stewart tonight sat down with President Obama for the last time, talking everything from Iran to Americaâs war mentality to how much the media drives the president crazy.
They bantered a bit about âsenioritisâ and the president said, âI canât believe that youâre leaving before me. In fact, Iâm issuing a new executive order that Jon Stewart cannot leave the show.â
Israel schadet mit seiner wĂŒtenden Ablehnung nur sich selbst – Unser Wochenkommentar zum #IranDeal
(17.Juli 2015)
The Traitor
(18.Januar 1999) A number of officials strongly suspect that the Israelis repackaged much of Pollardâs material and provided it to the Soviet Union in exchange for continued Soviet permission for Jews to emigrate to Israel. Other officials go further, and say there was reason to believe that secret information was exchanged for Jews working in highly sensitive positions in the Soviet Union. A significant percentage of Pollardâs documents, including some that described the techniques the American Navy used to track Soviet submarines around the world, was of practical importance only to the Soviet Union…Tells about Pollard‘s sale of a highly-classified ten-volume signal intelligence „bible“
Jailed spy Pollard on track for November 21 release â unless something goes wrong
Informed sources expressed optimism on Thursday that jailed Israeli spy could be released from prison on November 21 of this year after spending 30 years in jail.
How long will I have to convince liberals that Palestinians matter?
For several weeks now, I have been trying to write an article on the necessity of boycotting G4S, an act relevant to both the Palestinian liberation movement and the Black Lives Matter movement. Sitting at an intersection of oppressive infrastructure by Zionism and white supremacy, G4S owns hundreds of the private prisons where a disproportionate number of Black Americans are incarcerated and alarming numbers of Palestinian children are tortured and held in solitary confinement by Israel.
U.S. House Speaker Boehner: House will do ‚everything possible‘ to block Iran nuclear deal
In April, Boehner reportedly acknowledged during an off-the-record event before a Republican Jewish audience that the Republican party does not have enough votes to overcome a veto of any resolution disapproving the nuclear deal.
Tsiprasâ new challenge: voting of second set of âprior actionsâ amid SYRIZA rebels and anti-austerity protests
The bill is however expected to pass as three opposition parties said that they would back it.
Saudi King Salman to visit Washington in the fall: Carter
Saudi Arabia‘s King Salman is expected to visit Washington in the fall, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters after his meeting with the monarch.
Bundesgesundheitsminister Hermann Gröhe: Gleichberechtigung der Beitragsberechnung in der GKV
Als SelbststĂ€ndiger muss man in der gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung MindestbeitrĂ€ge von rund 360 Euro/ Monat zahlen, weil ein fiktives Einkommen von ĂŒber 2.000 Euro unterstellt wird â auch wenn man tatsĂ€chlich deutlich weniger verdient, etwa weil man aufgrund familiĂ€rer Verpflichtungen nur Teilzeit-selbststĂ€ndig ist oder wegen des Alters keine Aussicht mehr auf einen Angestelltenjob besteht.
Das ist nicht nur eine krasse Ungleichbehandlung gegenĂŒber Angestellten, sondern nimmt vielen SelbstĂ€ndigen mit niedrigem Gewinn den Spielraum fĂŒr eine ausreichende Altersvorsorge. Hunderttausende haben aufgrund von BeitragsrĂŒckstĂ€nden keinen Versicherungsschutz und sind in eine Schuldenfalle geraten. Hartz IV fĂŒr diese Menschen ist nicht nur keine Lösung, sondern schlicht, einfach und ergreifend menschenverachtend!
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika geben öffentlich bekannt, dass sie China nicht öffentlich die Schuld am OPM-Hack geben werden
Regierungsvertreter sagen auch âprivatâ (wiederum in einer Zeitung mit groĂer Reichweite), dass sie wegen des Hacks Sanktionen gegen China verhĂ€ngen könnten, wobei sie allerdings nicht öffentlich sagen wĂŒrden, dass die Sanktionen mit dem Hack zusammenhĂ€ngen, obwohl sie das gerade buchstĂ€blich gesagt haben.
DIE GRIECHENLAND-KRISE (III): Das ânĂ€chste Lehman Brothersâ â die Entstaatlichung der Staaten
(27.MĂ€rz 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 Ăbernahme 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 schĂŒtzen das neue (eventuell aus ehemaligen Staaten zusammengebastelte) Imperium mit entsprechenden autoritĂ€r-totalitĂ€ren Strukturen, Einsatz des MilitĂ€rs zur Kontrolle der entmachteten und verfassungslosen Bevölkerung, sowie natĂŒrlich stĂ€ndiger Spannungsfall durch innere und Ă€ussere KriegfĂŒhrung â zur âSicherheitâ.
Griechenland: Ăkonomen fordern Insolvenzpflicht fĂŒr Pleitestaaten
Demnach sollte die EuropĂ€ische WĂ€hrungsunion neu organisiert werden. Es reiche nicht aus, wenn BrĂŒssel versuche, die Haushalte der Mitgliedstaaten strenger zu uÌberwachen, heiĂt es in dem Beitrag.
Fuest und Linnemann fordern Reformen, „die sicherstellen, dass das Bankensystem nicht instabil wird, wenn ein Staat seine Anleihen nicht zurĂŒckzahlt“.
âKeinen Bock, auf den Link zu drĂŒckenâ
Also wenn mich einer im âWĂŒrgegriffâ hĂ€tte, wĂŒrde ich ja in die Hand beiĂen.
Sandra Bland‘s Arrest
(15.Juli) Sandra „Sandy“ Bland is arrested on University Drive in Waller County, TX.
*I am not the original video-grapher but have decided to upload and share this video that I came across on social media, so that the truth to this terrible situation can be found!*
My sympathies and condolences to the family and friends who initially wanted privacy.
You Need to Speak Up For Internet Security. Right Now.
TThey are among thousands of people whose computers and mobile devices were infected with âsurveillance softwareâ made and sold to governments and law enforcement agencies by the recently-hacked Hacking Team. Such targeted surveillance can lead to beatings, imprisonment, torture and often death. It can also bring harm to the victimâs family and friends, and anyone who communicated with the victim online or over the phone.
Video of Sandra Bland‘s arrest ignites firestorm of reactions
(Video)
Der gewaltsame Tod der Sandra Bland
Anlass: ein nicht gesetzter Blinker, als die junge Frau die Fahrbahn wechselte, um den Polizeiwagen vorbeifahren zu lassen.
Invasion of privacy: Pakistan govt asked to discard current surveillance system
The report says that âPakistanâs intelligence agencies have abused their communications surveillance powers, including by spying on opposition politicians and Supreme Court judges. Widespread internet monitoring and censorship has also been used to target journalists, lawyers and activists.
Exclusive Details on an Email Hastings Sent Hours Before Death
(21.Juni 2013)
Journalist Michael Hastings, Autor von âThe Runaway Generalâ, tödlich verunglĂŒckt
(Juni 2013) Unerbittlich stellte der hartnĂ€ckige Reporter Philippe Reines, Mitarbeiter der Ex-Aussenministerin Hillary Clinton, Fragen zu den AnschlĂ€gen in Benghazi, die Reines per Email mit Bezeichnungen wie âFuck Offâ, âHave a good lifeâ oder âunmitigated assholeâ quittierte (ausfĂŒhrlicher Email-Verkehr zwischen Reines und Hastings vom 23.September 2012).
Hastings fĂŒhrte ein Interview mit Julian Assange in Grossbritannien, schrieb ĂŒber psychologische KriegsfĂŒhrung oder die militĂ€rischen DrohneneinsĂ€tze der U.S.A.
Journalist Michael Hastings Dies in Fiery Crash / Hollywood RAW FOOTAGE
Veröffentlicht am 18.06.2013
Written by City News Service – Journalist Michael Hastings, whose blunt Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal led to the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, died today in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to the magazine and a website for which he worked. Officials with the Los Angeles County coroner‘s office could not
immediately confirm if the 33-year-old Hastings was the person who died around 4:25 a.m. when a car smashed into a tree and caught fire on Highland Avenue near Melrose Avenue in the Hancock Park area. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation, but a cameraman at the scene said the vehicle, a Mercedes, was being driven at a high rate of speed when the crash occurred. The car‘s engine ended up 200 feet away from the
collision site, he said.
RĂ€tselhafter Unfalltod eines EnthĂŒllungsreporters
(20.Juni 2013) Der 33-JĂ€hrige saĂ Medienberichten zufolge alleine im Auto, als er aus zunĂ€chst unbekannter Ursache die Kontrolle ĂŒber das Fahrzeug verlor, die Leitplanke durchbrach und gegen einen Baum raste.
Jeep Hack Shows Why the DMCA Must Get Out of the Way of Vehicle Security Research
Security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have once again exposed automobile security flaws that allow attackers to take over a vehicleâs crucial systems. In their latest work, they learned how an attacker could remotely control a car over the Internet.
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
(23.Februar 2011) The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in „psychological operations“ to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned â and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the HighwayâWith Me in It
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
Though I hadnât touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back through the in-seat climate control system. Next the radio switched to the local hip hop station and began blaring Skee-lo at full volume. I spun the control knob left and hit the power button, to no avail. Then the windshield wipers turned on, and wiper fluid blurred the glass.
Greek bailout vote to test Syriza party rebellion
Greece‘s leftist government urged disgruntled lawmakers on Wednesday to back reforms required for talks on a rescue deal to start, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced his second major test in parliament in a week.
Griechenland: Finanzminister Tsakalotos auf Stimmenfang im Parlament
Das Votum gilt auch als Test dafĂŒr, wie gut MinisterprĂ€sident Alexis Tsipras seine Partei im Griff hat.
Das griechische Parlament soll am Abend ĂŒber das zweite und vorerst letzte Reformpaket entscheiden. Diesmal geht es um Reformen im Bereich der Justiz und der Banken.
Israel set to approve first settlement housing construction in over a year
The Civil Administration in the West Bank is set to grant permits for the construction of a total of 906 new housing units on Thursday, the first such approval in a year.