Ausschnitt aus der BPK vom 27. Juli 2015
Daily Archives: 27. Juli 2015
Weiß eigentlich jemand sicher, dass dieser Terroranschlag in der Türkei ISIS war? Antwort: *tumbleweed* *crickets*. :-)
Update: Wieso sich diese Frage stellt (Ctrl-F undeclared)
Sounds of War: Navy Warplanes Producing Deadly Noise Around US Bases
„This is a public health emergency that is literally killing people.“
Transparenz unerwünscht – nicht nur in der Tagespolitik
Schon die TTIP-Verhandlungen zeigen: Transparenz ist ein seltenes Gut. Aber Österreich scheint ein harter Fall von Undurchsichtigkeit zu sein. Denn man sieht immer erst nach einer geraumen Zeit, was sich hinter den verschlossenen Türen unserer Politik abspielt, sei es die Telekom, Buwog oder Hypo. Doch warum zieht es sich wie ein roter Faden durch alle Ebenen?
Grenzstreit mit Slowenien: Kroatien steigt aus Schiedsverfahren aus
Das Gespräch zwischen dem slowenischen Richter im Schiedsgericht Jernej Sekolec und der Vertreterin der slowenischen Regierung in der Causa, der Diplomatin Simona Drenik, offenbarte, dass Sekolec Drenik über vertrauliche Gespräche zwischen den Richtern informierte und ihr sagte, dass das Gericht 75 Prozent der strittigen Gewässer Slowenien zusprechen werde. Eigentlich dürften die beiden nicht einmal über den Fall sprechen. Doch nun wurde ersichtlich, dass der slowenische Richter versuchte, das Verfahren zu manipulieren.
Stop CISA: Join EFF in a Week of Action Opposing Broad „Cybersecurity“ Surveillance Legislation
How do you kill a zombie bill like CISA? Grassroots action. That‘s why EFF and over a dozen other groups are asking you to join us in a Week of Action to Stop CISA. The Senate is likely to vote on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) in the coming weeks, and only you can help us stop it.
Federal Judge Orders Justice Dept. to Stop Shortchanging Drug Company Whistleblower
Ryan “provided not only the spark for the investigation, but … nurtured the flame at the darkest times when the possibility of a favorable outcome seemed most remote,” Kelly wrote. “Peggy Ryan wore a wire, risked her career, and invested 9 years of her life in this fight. Her lawyers had millions of dollars tied up in this litigation. Nothing would have happened if a whistleblower had not stood up, spoken up, and lawyered up.”
Justice Department Tries to Limit Inspectors General Access to Government Documents
“Congress meant what it said when it authorized Inspectors General to independently access ‘all’ documents necessary to conduct effective oversight,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said. “Without such access, our office’s ability to conduct its work will be significantly impaired, and it will be more difficult for us to detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse, and to protect taxpayer dollars. We look forward to working with the Congress and the Justice Department to promptly remedy this serious situation.”
Lord Sewel quits as Lords deputy speaker after drug claims
Lord Sewel is facing a police inquiry after quitting as House of Lords deputy speaker over a video allegedly showing him taking drugs with prostitutes. Lords Speaker Baroness D‘Souza said he had also quit as chairman of the Lords privileges and conduct committee in the wake of the Sun on Sunday‘s story. The footage showed him snorting powder from a woman‘s breasts with a £5 note.
Major Flaw In Android Phones Would Let Hackers In With Just A Text
In this attack, the target would not need to goof up — open an attachment or download a file that‘s corrupt. The malicious code would take over instantly, the moment you receive a text message.
„This happens even before the sound that you‘ve received a message has even occurred,“ says Joshua Drake, security researcher with Zimperium and co-author of Android Hacker‘s Handbook. „That‘s what makes it so dangerous. [It] could be absolutely silent. You may not even see anything.“
Here‘s how the attack would work: The bad guy creates a short video, hides the malware inside it and texts it to your number. As soon as it‘s received by the phone, Drake says, „it does its initial processing, which triggers the vulnerability.“
Google‘s upcoming „now on tap“ feature will let smartphone users ask a question within an app like Spotify.
All Tech Considered
How Personal Should A Personal Assistant Get? Google And Apple Disagree
Biometrics are increasingly replacing the password for user identification.
All Tech Considered
Biometrics May Ditch The Password, But Not The Hackers
iPhone
All Tech Considered
The Security Cracks In Your Smartphone
The messaging app Hangouts instantly processes videos, to keep them ready in the phone‘s gallery. That way the user doesn‘t have to waste time looking. But, Drake says, this setup invites the malware right in.
U.N. hopes to boost aid to Aden as Yemen frontline moves north
Johannes van der Klaauw said he saw bodies lying in the street and whole districts damaged or destroyed, but the battle between the Houthi militia and local fighters backed by a Saudi-led air campaign had moved north.
Moody’s on Greek banks law: Big deposits of over €100K at risk of bail-in
Greece’s new bank-failure law puts uninsured depositors at risk because it ranks them below state claims in an insolvency or resolution, Moody’s Investors Service said on Monday. The law is “credit negative” for bondholders and uninsured depositors because of the limits on using public funds for bank resolution and because of the burden-sharing for all unsecured creditors starting next year, Moody’s said.
Obama Begins East Africa Tour with Economic and Military Talks in Nairobi
(25.Juli) The president’s militarized reception stood in stark contrast to the sentimental accounts of the US media, which celebrated the event as a return to “Obama’s ancestral homeland.” In reality, the US president arrived in Kenya with a mercenary agenda aimed at shoring up US domination over the strategic East African nation.
Ron Paul – Brauchen wir wieder Internierungslager?
Es ist wahrscheinlich so gut wie unvermeidlich, dass die Kriegsfalken ihre Wut nach innen richten werden, gegen Amerikaner, die die Nase voll haben von den endlosen und kostspieligen Kriegen.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off Alaska coast
The Aleutian Islands run along the trench of the same name and comprise the northern part of the so-called Pacific Rim of Fire, an area of frequent seismic activity.
Porn websites visited 250,000 times on parliament computers
Attempts to access more than 42,000 sites classed as pornographic were made during April alone last year, totaling more than 1,300 each day.
The Freedom of Information request by the Daily Express found the second most active month was October 2014, where there were more than 30,000 attempts to access porn sites. The figures don’t show which sites were accessed or how long was spent on the pages. The findings add to the previous total of 350,000 in 2013.
Universities are using data analytics to assess a students mental health and much more
Currently there are 150 universities in the U.S. using „Skyfactor“ which monitors and assesses a students tests scores. Schools are also assessing how „COOPERATIVE“ your parents are!
For-profit juvenile detention facility ´a disgrace to Florida´, says grand jury
Jurors say Florida institution operated by controversial G4S security firm behind London Olympics is dilapidated and unsanitary while staff is undertrained
Terror concerns head Obama‘s Ethiopia trip
Obama, who arrived in neighbouring Kenya on Friday, is expected to leave for Ethiopia‘s capital Addis Ababa late on Sunday for a two-day visit, where he will also be the first US leader to address the African Union, the 54-member continental bloc.
In case you missed it, Kenya and Ethiopia are just cogs in Obama’s grand Africa plan—and he could be the winner
It is also a key ally on terror, and retains long-standing ties with the US, which go back to the John F. Kennedy-backed airlifts of the 1960s that saw hundreds of students benefit from American scholarships. Many of them came back to occupy key positions in the post-independent government, and went on to shape the country’s capitalist leanings.
Ethiopia’s economy may be statist, but it has consistently chalked up double growth figures, and is a major player regionally as the host of the African Union, and also in security initiatives such as stabilising South Sudan and Somalia.
But for all their geopolitical and market importance it will the first time a sitting US president has visited either of the two countries.
PsyOp 211 by black ops
Although Un Chien Andalou is a silent film, during the original screening, Buñuel played a sequence of phonograph records which he switched manually while keeping his pockets full of stones with which to pelt anticipated hecklers.
Israel Exploits Syrian Chaos As Part Of Long-Term Energy Independence Plan
Afek oil and gas company, whose investors include Dick Cheney some of world’s wealthiest individuals, is already beginning exploratory drilling in the Israeli-occupied portion of Syria.
Hungary wants increase in investments in Macedonia
`Macedonia and Hungary are very close both in political and economic terms. Hungary is the fifth-largest investor in Macedonia, but also a great supporter of the country‘s Euro-Atlantic integration´, said Magyar.
Oxford-Ökonom: EU auf „Bananenschale“ der Einheitswährung ausgerutscht
„In den letzten Jahren wurde offensichtlich, dass die ‚bestehende Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion‘ ein kostspieliger Misserfolg war – sowohl aus wirtschaftlicher als auch aus politischer Sicht.“
Ukraine´s biggest thermal power plant hit by Kiev forces´ shelling
`At night on July 27, the energy blocks 1,3 and 4 were stopped in emergency,´ the press service said. „The shell damaged the electric parts of energy blocks 1, 2 and 3. Open distributing equipment has been damaged greatly. The staff is safe.“
Willkommen in der Postdemokratie
In der gegenwärtigen Krise blättert der demokratische Lack an der zunehmend stotternden kapitalistischen Verwertungsmaschine ab, während der barbarische Kern kapitalistischer Vergesellschaftung – die totale Konkurrenz in allen Gesellschaftssphären – immer brutaler und deutlicher zutage tritt. Das Härte predigende Deutschland ist somit letztendlich das Subjekt, das diese autoritären und barbarischen Krisentendenzen auf europäischer Ebene exekutiert.
Elektromaidan: Schlacht um kaspisches Öl fängt neu an
Parallel zur eskalierenden Krise in der Ukraine und zur Beteiligung an mehreren Kriegen in Nordafrika und im Nahen Osten forcieren die USA ihre politischen und wirtschaftlichen Einflussbestrebungen auch im Kaspischen Raum.
Eurokrise: Am Bohren dicker Bretter kommen wir nicht vorbei
(10.Mai 2013) (10.Mai 2013) Der Euro ist trotz seiner Konstruktionsfehler historische Realität. Er ist letztendlich das Ergebnis eines langen Integrationsprozesses, dem die jahrhundertelange Erfahrung von Kriegen zwischen Nationalstaaten zugrunde lag. Dummerweise hat sich jedoch kein „politischer Euro“, sondern der „unpolitische Euro“ der neoliberalen Monetaristen durchgesetzt: „Eine Währungsunion mit allen Freiheiten des Kapitalverkehrs, doch ohne die zum Funktionieren erforderliche gesellschaftliche Legitimierung und die politische Regulierung“, so Elmar Altvater.
„Früher wollten alle Parteien eine europäische Verfassung. Heute ist es nur noch Die Linke.“
(10.Februar 2014) Der Alternativentwurf des linken Flügels von „Die Linke“ zum Wahlprogramm für die Wahl eines seit seiner Schaffung als „parlamentarische Versammlung“ der westeuropäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft E.W.G. vor 35 Jahren machtlosen, aber nicht witzlosen „Europaparlaments“ liest sich wirklich gut. Geht runter wie deutsches Olivenöl.
Aber dann das, nett eingepackt unter Tand und Schmuck unter die bekannt genetisch versauten nationalistischen UreinwohnerInnen, die sich (so die Gerüchte) naturgemäß – und das schon immer – danach sehnen wenigstens von Funktionären ihrer Wahl verarscht zu werden:
„Früher wollten alle Parteien eine europäische Verfassung. Heute ist es nur noch Die Linke.“
Privatisierungsplan: Österreich will griechische Bahn – aber nur geschenkt
„Wir werden da einen Blick drauf werfen. Nur: Ich kenne die griechische Bahn ganz gut. Ich habe mit Verwunderung die Werte gesehen, die man glaubt, erlösen zu können“, sagte Kern. „Sollten wir uns die griechische Bahn ernsthaft ansehen, würde ich völlig ausschließen, einen positiven Kaufpreis zu bezahlen“, sagte der Manager.
Einigung mit Athen hebt Stimmung in deutschen Chefetagen
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Krieg gegen Kurden, Aleviten und Linke
Die AKP versuche, die Türkei in einen `Bürgerkrieg´ zu stürzen, erklärte heute der Vorsitzende der linken kurdischen HDP, die im Juni die Zehn-Prozent-Hürde bei den türkischen Parlamentswahlen genommen hatte und so eine absolute Mehrheit der neoliberal-islamistischen AKP verhinderte.
#Eurogroup celebrations as #greece is finally crushed. The most shameful image seen in #europe for more than 70 yrs?
(21.Juli)