Daily Archives: 16. November 2015


16.11.2015 - 21:32 [ Bundesverfassungsgericht ]

Mündliche Verhandlung in Sachen „Minderheiten- und Oppositionsrechte“ am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2016, 10.00 Uh

Pressemitteilung Nr. 83/2015 vom 12. November 2015

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvE 4/14

Der Zweite Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts verhandelt am

Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2016, 10.00 Uhr,
im Sitzungssaal des Bundesverfassungsgerichts,
Schlossbezirk 3, 76131 Karlsruhe

über ein Organstreitverfahren der Fraktion DIE LINKE im Deutschen Bundestag (Antragstellerin) zum verfassungsrechtlich gebotenen Umfang von Minderheiten- und Oppositionsrechten im Deutschen Bundestag (Antragsgegner).

16.11.2015 - 19:32 [ RT ]

Putin auf G20-Gipfel: IS wird von 40 Ländern finanziert, darunter auch G20-Mitglieder

„Ich habe unseren Kollegen Fotos gezeigt, Luft- und Satellitenaufnahmen, die das Ausmaß des illegalen Handels mit Erdöl und Erdölprodukten deutlich zeigen. Die Tanker-Kolonne erstreckt sich über Dutzende Kilometer, so dass sie sich aus einer Höhe von 4.000 bis 5.000 Metern über den ganzen Horizont erstrecken.“

16.11.2015 - 19:30 [ RT ]

Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members

“I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them,” Putin told the journalists.

Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the illegal oil trade by IS.

„I’ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products,“ he said.

“The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond the horizon,“ Putin added, comparing the convoy to gas and oil pipeline systems.

16.11.2015 - 19:14 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Theocratic Israel

In a rabbinical court, elderly long bearded rabbis sit under the seal of the State of Israel and act with the authority of the State. Their rulings are enforced by the police. And these male judges surely lack higher education.

16.11.2015 - 18:56 [ Fefe ]

Des einen Freud, des anderen Leid: Da freut sich der Cameron über die Anschläge in Paris, kann er doch seine eigenen Polizeistaat-Gesetze dadurch beschleunigt installieren.

(…)

16.11.2015 - 18:56 [ Kreml ]

Informal meeting of BRICS leaders

It is fitting that the G20 summit agenda ties in well with the issues the BRICS countries see as priorities for their work. These priorities include developing a genuinely open global economy, expanding and diversifying trade, transport, and technology exchanges, and reforming the global financial and currency system, including by giving the developing countries a bigger role in the IMF.

The Economic Partnership Strategy through to 2020, which the BRICS countries adopted at the summit in Ufa, aims to achieve precisely these objectives. I believe that this strategy’s comprehensive implementation will strengthen the BRICS economies’ complementarity, and enable us to make broader use of common resources and reserves to increase goods and investment flows.

The full-format launch of the New Development Bank BRICS and the Currency Reserve Pool with total funds of $200 billion will help to make the global financial system more effective and reliable.

16.11.2015 - 16:55 [ Washington Post ]

TOP SECRET AMERICA: National Security Inc.

(20.7.2010) Such coziness worries other officials who believe the post-9/11 defense-intelligence-corporate relationship has become, as one senior military intelligence officer described it, a „self-licking ice cream cone.“

Another official, a longtime conservative staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, described it as „a living, breathing organism“ impossible to control or curtail.

16.11.2015 - 16:40 [ U.S. Government Publishing Office Home Page ]

Hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, August 16 and 17, 2004

(15./17.August 2004) The following five exercise hijack events included a suicide crash into a high-value target. Synopses of exercise results are not available. They were discarded in accordance with DOD directives.

Exercise Name: Vigilant Guardian 01-1
Exercise Date: 23 Oct 00
Participants: HQ NORAD/Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR)/Sectors
Scenario: Weapons of Mass Destruction directed at the United Nations–an individual steals a Federal Express aircraft and plans a suicide attack on the United Nations Building in New York City.
Synopsis of actions: Conducted an interception, exercised command and control and coordinated with external agencies.

Exercise Name: Vigilant Guardian 01-1
Exercise Date: 16 Oct 00
Participants: HQ NORAD/Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center/CONR/
Canadian NORAD Region/Sectors
Scenario: Due to recent arrests involving illegal drug trafficking in Maine, an individual steals a Federal Express plane and plans a suicide attack into the United Nations Building in New York City.
Synopsis of actions: Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 99-3
Exercise Dates: 5 Jun 00
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: Learjet hijacked maintaining tight formation with Canadair airliner, loaded with explosives. Learjet planned to crash into the White House.
Synopsis of actions: Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 00-1
Exercise Dates: 5 Jun 00
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: Communist party faction hijacks aircraft bound from western to eastern United States. High explosives on board. Intends to crash into the Statue of Liberty.
Synopsis of actions: Cross-sector hand over. Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists. Federal Aviation Administration requested assistance.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 00-1
Exercise Date: 6 Nov 99
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: China Air from Los Angeles to JFK airport hijacked east of Colorado Springs by five terrorists. If not intercepted, intends to crash into United Nations building.
Synopsis of actions: Cross-sector hand over. Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

16.11.2015 - 16:33 [ TruthDig ]

Spain Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Senior Israeli Officials

Spanish national court judge Jose de la Mata ordered the police and civil guard to notify him if Mr Netanyahu and the six other individuals enter the country, the Latin American Herald Tribune reports. Their actions could see the reopening of a case against them concerning the Freedom Flotilla attack of 2010.

The other men named in the issue are former defense minister Ehud Barak, former foreign minister Avigdor Leiberman, former minister of strategic affairs Moshe Yaalon, former interior minister Eli Yishai, minister without portfolio Benny Begin and vice admiral Maron Eliezer, who was in charge of the attack.

16.11.2015 - 16:11 [ Fefe ]

Ich weiß nicht, ob ihr euch daran erinnert, dass am Morgen des 11. September 2001 mehrere Militärübungen liefen, die unter anderem die Flugsicherheit und Luftabwehr betrafen.

Und dass es am 7.7.2003 zeitgleich zu dem Terroranschlag in London auch eine Terrorabwehr-Übung gab.

Nun, auch zeitgleich zu den Pariser Terroranschlägen gab es anscheinend eine SAMU-Übung, das ist der französische medizinischer Notfallhilfsdienst.

16.11.2015 - 16:10 [ Jonathan Cook - The Blog from Nazareth ]

Shot woman: Israeli police alter story again

Let’s be clear: the main reason the police have repeatedly revised their account of the events of Oct 9 is because the visual evidence has conclusively refuted their claims. They have been forced to back-pedal.

Without the video, Israa would have been charged with, and probably convicted of, terrorism offences. In line with threats from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she would also have risked being stripped of her citizenship.

16.11.2015 - 16:08 [ Süddeutsche ]

Deutsche Waffenexporte: In Jemen kämpfen Soldaten von Deutschlands Panzerkunden Katar

(12.11.2015) Dessen Sprecher Martin Schäfer hatte am 23. Oktober in der Bundespressekonferenz gesagt, Katar sei Teil einer Koalition, die sich militärisch am Konflikt in Jemen beteilige. Er betonte jedoch: „Katar hat sich aber von Anfang bis zum heutigen Tag nicht aktiv an Kampfhandlungen im Jemen oder mit dem Jemen beteiligt“.

16.11.2015 - 16:05 [ Reuters ]

Obama rules out U.S. troops on the ground to fight Islamic State

„There will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward but the strategy that we put forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work,“ Obama told reporters. „But … it is going to take time.“

„It is not just my view, but the view of my closest military and civilian advisers, that (boots on the ground) would be a mistake,“ the U.S. president added.

16.11.2015 - 16:04 [ Watts Up With That? ]

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders: Climate Change is STILL the Number One Security Threat

In the aftermath of the horrific events in Paris, you would think some politicians might have been jolted into reconnecting with reality, regarding the relative dangers posed by climate change vs terrorism. But a few politicians seem to be clinging to the ridiculous view, that climate change is somehow more of a threat, than well organised homicidal maniacs.

16.11.2015 - 16:03 [ RT ]

Deutschlands „Engagement“ in der Welt: Mehr Soldaten für Afghanistan und mehr Waffenexporte

Trotz der Flüchtlingskrise führt die Bundesregierung ihren bisherigen außenpolitischen Kurs unbeeindruckt fort. Das Afghanistan-Mandat der Bundeswehr soll nicht nur verlängert werden, auch wird die Zahl der Soldaten am Hindukusch aufgestockt. Aktuelle Zahlen belegen zudem, dass Deutschland im ersten Halbjahr 2015 fast so viele Waffen exportiert hat, wie im gesamten Vorjahr, viele davon in Krisengebiete.

16.11.2015 - 12:11 [ Computerworld ]

Microsoft sets up data centers in Germany amid US surveillance concerns

The data centers, located in Magdeburg and Frankfurt am Main, will be unusual in that control over the data will not be with Microsoft but with Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, which will be acting as a data trustee for Microsoft‘s customers‘ data.

16.11.2015 - 12:09 [ Bundesministerium für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz ]

Telekommunikations-Überwachungsverordnung – TKÜV

„Telekommunikations-Überwachungsverordnung vom 3. November 2005 (BGBl. I S. 3136), die zuletzt durch Artikel 4 des Gesetzes vom 25. Dezember 2008 (BGBl. I S. 3083) geändert worden ist“

16.11.2015 - 11:05 [ Radio Utopie ]

Frankreich und Deutschland brauchen die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung

(7.5.2012) Frankreich und Deutschland sind sich eng verbunden. Für die Franzosen und Deutschen ist das ist einer von vielen guten Gründen ihre Republiken zu erhalten und nicht zu zerstören. Alle, die das anders sehen, müssen ihre Motive öffentlich darstellen und erläutern, was sie nicht können und deshalb jede Öffentlichkeit scheuen und genauso zerstören wollen wie diese beiden Demokratien, allen voran das Weltinformationsnetz Internet.

Ein Zentralstaat, mithin ein Imperium über die Länder Europas, wäre ein Gefahr für jeden einzelnen ihrer Bürger und weit darüber hinaus (man denke nur kurz an die 2008 von Merkel und Sarkozy aus dem Nichts erfundene Mittelmeerunion und was seitdem in dieser passierte). Frankreich und Deutschland brauchen, zu ihrem eigenen Besten, für ihr Gemeinwohl, die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung. Ebenso brauchen die 27 Demokratien im Staatenbund „Europäische Union“ die 27-Staaten-Lösung. Und entweder die „Entscheider“ entscheiden so, oder sie sind sehr bald keine „Entscheider“ mehr.

Es gibt in dieser Frage weder irgendetwas zu diskutieren, noch zu verhandeln.

16.11.2015 - 11:02 [ Heise.de ]

Im Kampf gegen das Böse aus dem Cyberspace sollen alle Kräfte gebündelt werden

(18.6.2011) So etwa lautet die Begründung der Bundesregierung für die Einrichtung des „Nationalen Cyber-Abwehrzentrum“ beim Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI). Dort werden, ähnlich wie bereits im Berliner Terror-Abwehrzentrum, BKA, Bundespolizei, Verfassungsschutz und BND in einem Bürogebäude zusammen sitzen. Natürlich unter strikter Beachtung des Trennungsgebots zwischen Polizei und Gemeindiensten.

16.11.2015 - 08:50 [ Yonhap (Korea) ]

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Pyongyang this week

Ban‘s visit to Pyongyang will be the first time in his capacity as U.N. chief, the source told Yonhap News Agency without providing exact dates of the trip. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the trip has not been formally announced.

It was also unclear whether Ban asked to make the trip or Pyongyang invited him.

16.11.2015 - 03:02 [ Bandcamp ]

Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe ft. Bang on a Can All-Stars & Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Haunting, poignant and relentlessly physical, Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields is a lovingly detailed oratorio about turn-of-the-20th-century Pennsylvania coal miners, and a fitting recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music. NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga describes the piece as “…almost a public history project and a music project at the same time,” which hints at the work’s universal appeal.