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Daily Archives: 26. Juli 2015
How the U.S. is training China’s military – while inching toward conflict
Despite tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea, the two nations’ militaries train together at a very high level. Current “mil-mil” engagements are robust, with China participating in the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2014, which is hosted biannually by the U.S. Pacific Command. The drills allowed China to learn a great deal about U.S. tactics, techniques and procedures (in military shorthand, “TTPs”).
US arms sales to Manama concern Bahrain Center for Human Rights
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has expressed concern about a decision by Washington to remove a ban on arms sales to Manama, which continues crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Police say gunmen kill local US Embassy employee in Pakistan
Pakistani mourners carry the casket of Iqbal Baig, a local employee of the U.S. Embassy after his funeral prayers in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Police say gunmen have killed Baig, though a motive for the attack is still unclear. Baig was killed early Sunday morning at his home.
The Passage – tattoo [from enflame 1983/2003]
from the 2003 reissue of ‚enflame‘, the fourth/final lp by manchester band the passage.
joe mckechnie, andy wilson, dick witts
with the horns & harp of geoffrey snowden, ian daykin, rachel barrett whiting, paul mundle & eira jones.
all of the passage lp‘s were reissued by ltm records in 2003.
The Passage – Troops Out (45 version)
Troops Out [single version]
Released 1981 / Night & Day ampm 22:00
US Authorities Seize `Narco Sub´ with 8 Tons of Cocaine
(24.Juli) Reports show that smugglers have made increasing use of home-made submarines or semi-submersibles to evade radar and sonar detection.
Krise! Südeuropa verliert das Vertrauen ins System
Was klingt wie eine Absage an Demokratie und sozial einigermaßen ausbalancierte Marktwirtschaft dürfte freilich eher eine zunehmende Abwendung von den Versprechungen der real existierenden Politik und von einem Krisenkapitalismus sein, in dem autoritär gegen gewählte Regierungen durchgesetzte und (…)dem neoliberalen Austeritätsdogma unterworfene »Anpassungsprogramme« die Lebenschancen von immer mehr Menschen untergraben.
Creditors expected in Greece by Sunday night: government source
Representatives from Greece´s international creditors are expected to arrive in Athens by Sunday night to start talks on a huge new international bailout for the crisis-hit country, a Greek government source said Saturday.
Dark Pion Particles May Explain Universe´s Invisible Matter
Dark matter is the mysterious stuff that cosmologists think makes up some 85 percent of all the matter in the universe. A new theory says dark matter might resemble a known particle. If true, that would open up a window onto an invisible, dark matter version of physics.
What happens when policy is made by corporations? Your privacy is seen as a barrier to economic growth
(12.Juli) One overlooked aspect of the emerging legal architecture that they enact is that, barring a Greece-like rebellion from the citizens, Europe will eventually sacrifice its strong and much-cherished commitment to data protection. This protectionist stance – aimed, above all, at protecting citizens from excessive corporate and state intrusion – is increasingly at odds with the “grab everything” mentality of contemporary capitalism.
Emerging market currencies crash on Fed fears and China slump
(24.Juli) The currencies of Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey have all crashed to multi-year lows as investors flee emerging markets and commodity prices crumble.
Is Capitalism A Good Thing?
`Those who made the laws have apparently supposed, that every deficiency of payment is the crime of the debtor. But the truth is, that the creditor always shares the act, and often more than shares the guilt, of improper trust. It seldom happens that any man imprisons another but for debts which he suffered to be contracted in hope of advantage for himself, and for bargains in which he proportioned his profit to his own opinion of the hazard; and there is no reason why one should punish the other for a contract in which both concurred.´
Greece crisis: The wider lesson is that it´s time to abandon this failed experiment in currencies
It is time for the euro to be basically broken up, with the Dutch and Finns sticking with the Germans and everyone else devaluing and restructuring. Maybe we could all have a vote on that?
DER TERRORKRIEG: Seine Logik
(10.April 2015) Im zweiten Teil unserer Artikelserie beleuchten wir die Kriegslogik des „war on terror“. Diese ist im Kontext der Militärbewegungen, Interventionen, Spannungsfälle und Attentate im weltweiten Krieg seit 2001 insgesamt zu sehen, ist also als Blaupause einer Analyse der „Kriege im Krieg“ in diversen Staaten und Regionen vielfältig anwendbar. Verweise auf Quellen dienen lediglich als exemplarische Beispiele eines weltweit registrierbaren Musters.
Türkei: Tote durch Bombenanschlag in Diyarbakır
Zu dem Anschlag bekannte sich zunächst niemand. Die türkischen Behörden teilten mit, „Terroristen“ seien für die Tat verantwortlich. Der Begriff wird in der Türkei üblicherweise für kurdische Rebellen benutzt.
Türkei geht in den Zweifrontenkrieg
War der Krieg in Syrien und im Irak mit all seinen Verflechtungen nicht bisher schon kompliziert genug, so ist er seit der Nacht auf Samstag um eine Nuance festgefahrener.
Turkish PM had a phone talk with the Prime Minister of Great Britain
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutolgu had a phone talk with the Prime Minister of Great Britain David Cameron, Anadolu reported.
The Prime Ministers discussed current situation in Turkey.
Defense Ministry internal report: Land at village slated for demolition privately owned by Palestinians
Sussia, the Palestinian village in which structures are slated for demolition, sits on private Palestinian land owned by local people, according to a document of the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration obtained by Haaretz.
Hundreds Protest Forced Transfer and Destruction of Palestinian Village of Susiya
Over 500 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya on Friday, July 24, to protest its imminent demolition and the forced transfer of its residents. Among the demonstrators: members of “Combatants for Peace,” “Rabbis for Human Rights,” and Hadash-Communist Party of Israel.
Israeli forces kill West Bank man, 53, when he rushes to aid of sons during night raid
Israeli forces shot and killed a 53-year-old Palestinian and injured his two sons during an arrest raid in the town of Beit Ummar in northern Hebron early Thursday, witnesses said. Falah Hammad Abu Maria is the 17th Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this year, three of whom have been killed since the beginning of this month.
Tempelberg in Jerusalem: Israelische Polizei dringt in Al-Aksa-Moschee ein
Auf dem Tempelberg, den die Araber Al-Haram Al-Scharif (Edles Heiligtum) nennen, stehen der islamische Felsendom und die Al-Aksa-Moschee, das drittwichtigste islamische Heiligtum nach Mekka und Medina. Die bloße Anwesenheit von Israelis auf dem Tempelberg wird von den Palästinensern als Provokation betrachtet.
Ärger über „Invasion“ von Saudi-König: Auch Bürgermeisterin protestiert
Weit über 100.000 Menschen sprachen sich bereits gegen das gelinde gesagt selbstbewusste Auftreten der Saudis in der Gegend zwischen Nizza und Cannes aus. So wurden etwa ohne Genehmigung in einen öffentlichen Strand Betonfundamente eingegossen, damit Salman und seine Entourage per – gerade in Bau befindlichem – Aufzug ohne Stufensteigen bis ans Meer kommen. Ohnehin wurde der Strand für die Dauer des Aufenthaltes für „Normalsterbliche“ gesperrt.
Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai by three months
The measure was first introduced after 33 security personnel were killed in an attack in late October at a checkpoint in northern Sinai. It was extended three months in January and again in April.
Bailout talks in Athens: Greek Govt puzzled about where to hide 100 Troikans & Legionaries
Greece has submitted an official request to the International Monetary Fund for a new loan as it seeks a huge third bailout from its creditors, the finance ministry said.
“We would like to inform you that we are seeking a new loan facility from the International Monetary Fund,” Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos wrote in a letter to Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF.
Story to Watch: The Brits Eye the BRICS
But the more interesting question is why Cameron wants to leave the EU: according to this news source, in broad strokes, he believes Great Britain never should have had to leave India, which it used to run. Updated to 2015 that means he thinks it should have close economic ties with the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and the SCO (The Shanghai Cooperation Agreement, that includes most of the countries of Central and East Asia), which held a joint summit last week in a town in southern Russia that no one outside of Eurasia had ever heard of, Ufa. („Uffa“, with the accent on the ‚u‘ is Italian for fed up“.)
Ambient Jazz & Modern Classical by Adam Kvasnica
This is very special mix. Ambient, Deep Jazz and Modern Classical. Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment!