Daily Archives: 24. September 2016


24.09.2016 - 20:32 [ Al Jazeera ]

Honduras: Blood and the Water

So why was she killed? And what makes Honduras one of the most dangerous countries in the world for activists?

Fault Lines travels to Honduras to investigate the reasons behind the murder of Berta Caceres and to examine what is fuelling the war against land rights defenders and environmental activists.

24.09.2016 - 20:29 [ Dana Frank / The New York Times ]

End U.S. Support for the Thugs of Honduras

Rather than continue to shore up a repressive government by paying for its thugs, the United States should suspend all police and military aid to Honduras immediately, including funds for training and equipment. And instead of promoting cosmetic reforms as cover for the security forces’ abuses, the Obama administration should address the demands of Hondurans for a truly independent, United Nations-backed commission on corruption and impunity.

24.09.2016 - 20:20 [ Portal 21amerika.de ]

Anwohner in Honduras lehnen Wasserkraftwerk und Tagebau ab

Die Gemeinden sehen sich durch extraktivistische Projekte in ihrer Existenz bedroht. In den Bergen von Opalaca entspringt der Fluss Gualcarque, der der Volksgruppe der Lenca als heilig gilt. Im März 2016 ist die Menschenrechtsverteidigerin Berta Cáceres aufgrund ihres Kampfes gegen den Bau des Wasserkraftwerkes Agua Zarca am Gualcarque ermordet worden. Bisher haben ähnliche Großprojekte zur Vernichtung von Anbauflächen und der Zerstörung des sozialen Zusammenhalts in den betroffenen Gemeinden geführt.

24.09.2016 - 16:37 [ Japan Times ]

Finding the right answer to China’s THAAD dilemma

Thus, it was little surprise in July when South Korea and the United States jointly announced that they would deploy the U.S. defense system Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) by the end of next year to enhance South Korea’s capability to meet North Korea’s threat. U.S. leaders have emphasized to their Chinese counterparts that the decision to deploy THAAD was made “directly in response to the threat posed by North Korea in its nuclear and missile programs” and was ” purely a defensive measure … not aimed at any other party other than North Korea … nor capable of threatening China’s security interests.”

24.09.2016 - 16:32 [ Reuters ]

Brazil Supreme Court OKs probe into allegations citing Temer

Brazil‘s Supreme Court on Friday approved a preliminary investigation into plea bargain deal allegations from former Transpetro head Sergio Machado that President Michel Temer had solicited campaign donations in 2012 that had illicit origin.

24.09.2016 - 16:09 [ National Geographic ]

Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can‘t Keep Up

Australia has tended to move particularly fast due to its unique geology. Corrections have been made to its latitude and longitude four times over the past 50 years, the Times reports. The last adjustment there, in 1994, was about 656 feet.

The next adjustment is said to be due by the end of this year, on the order of 4.9 feet.

24.09.2016 - 15:19 [ Pepe Escobar / Information Clearing House ]

The US Road Map To Balkanize Syria

Forget about those endless meetings between Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry; forget about Russia’s drive to prevent chaos from reigning in Syria; forget about the possibility of a real ceasefire being implemented and respected by US jihad proxies.

24.09.2016 - 11:53 [ The Washington Post ]

U.S. forces are using white phosphorus munitions in Iraq but it’s unclear exactly how

U.S. forces are using white phosphorus munitions in their fight against the Islamic State based on pictures and videos posted online by the Pentagon, but it is unclear exactly how the controversial armament is being employed.

White phosphorus shells are intended to make smoke screens or signals for advancing troops. When launched against soldiers and civilians, however, the munition can cause severe burn wounds that can be dangerous for medical personnel treating the injured.

24.09.2016 - 08:37 [ Radio Utopie ]

Die real existierende „Linke“ bietet keine Alternative zum Euro-Kapitalismus. Sie ist dessen Teil.

(4.8.2012) Realistisch betrachtet hat der Kapitalismus nach dem Fall des einen geostrategischen Konkurrenten, der Sowjetunion und ihres Einflussbereichs, seit 1990/91 über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahrzehnten seine bisher extremste Form entwickelt: den Euro-Kapitalismus. Dieser strebt nicht mehr die – durch die Alternative eines Konkurrenzsystems erforderliche – gebremste Ausbeutung des Menschen durch den Menschen an, sondern vielmehr dessen uneingeschränkte. Sogar die Staaten selbst, vom Kapital früher noch als zweckdienliche Mechanismen erachtet, sind dem System der Euro-Währung erklärtermaßen im Weg („Der Euro ist Europa“). Das Euro-System repräsentiert den in dieser Form historisch einmaligen Feldversuch einer winzigen internationalen Geldelite und ihrer sie bedienenden Kräfte, alle Hemmungen, Hindernisse und Schutzmauern zwischen den Kapitalinteressen und den Menschen aus dem Weg zu räumen: parlamentarische Demokratie, Gewaltenteilung, Rechtssysteme, Verfassungen, schließlich die Staaten selbst.

Die geforderte „Abgabe“, die Aufgabe der eigenen Souveränität, die Erzwingung einer „politischer Union“ von Staaten, mit dem erklärten Ziel das Währungssystem zu „retten“ was sie dazu zwingen soll, das ist der epische, historische Nullpunkt aller darin verwickelten Akteure und Parteien.

24.09.2016 - 08:32 [ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger ]

Ex-Fraktionschef Gregor Gysi soll Vorsitzender der Europäischen Linken werden

(2.6.2016) Der ehemalige Vorsitzende der Linksfraktion im Bundestag, Gregor Gysi, soll nach dem Willen der Führung der Linkspartei Vorsitzender der Europäischen Linken werden. Das berichtet die „Frankfurter Rundschau“ unter Berufung auf führende Parteikreise. Demnach machten sich die Parteivorsitzenden Katja Kipping und Bernd Riexinger für eine solche Lösung stark.

24.09.2016 - 08:17 [ Rolling Stone ]

Why Aren‘t Democrats Freaking Out Over Clinton‘s Poll Numbers?

The number of Americans who believe Clinton will be the next president dropped 20 points in recent weeks, according to a new Reuters poll. Trump is up in Iowa and Florida, within the margin of error in Virginia and Nevada, and nearly tied in once-safe Michigan. And even though an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll Wednesday found Clinton up six, one of FiveThirtyEight‘s polling gurus wrote that „Hillary Clinton‘s chances of winning the White House are still near an all-time low.“

24.09.2016 - 08:09 [ Washington Post ]

Trump backs Ted Cruz’s Internet domain crusade

(22.9.2016) Trump announced Wednesday that he supports a GOP-led push to delay a planned end to the U.S. government’s role managing a group that oversees Internet domain names. Cruz (R-Tex.) has been leading the charge to maintain U.S. control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as part of a short-term government spending bill that must pass before Sept. 30 to prevent a government shutdown.

24.09.2016 - 08:07 [ National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) / U.S. Handelsministerium ]

Update on the IANA Transition

(16.8.2016) Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling

Two months ago, we passed an important milestone in a nearly 20-year effort to privatize the Internet domain name system (DNS). We announced on June 9 that the transition proposal developed by the Internet multistakeholder community meets the criteria we outlined in March 2014 when we declared our intent to transition NTIA‘s stewardship role related to the DNS. While this was a significant moment in this journey, we said in June that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which currently operates the IANA functions under a contract with NTIA, still had work to do to implement key action items called for in the transition plan.

On Friday, ICANN informed NTIA that it has completed or will complete all the necessary tasks called for in the transition proposal by the end of the contract term. NTIA has thoroughly reviewed the report. We informed ICANN today that based on that review and barring any significant impediment, NTIA intends to allow the IANA functions contract to expire as of October 1.

24.09.2016 - 08:04 [ Zdnet ]

USA übergeben am 1. Oktober DNS-Kontrolle an ICANN

(19.8.2016) Die US-Regierung gibt Ende September die Kontrolle über das Domain Name System (DNS) ab. Das hat das US-Handelsministerium in einem Blogeintrag angekündigt. Ab dem 1. Oktober ist die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) für das für die Namensauflösung in IP-basierten Netzwerken genutzte System verantwortlich.

24.09.2016 - 07:59 [ Washington Post ]

Ted Cruz has made an obscure Internet agency his first post-presidential crusade

(15.9.2016) The U.S. government is scheduled to transfer its authority over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to the international community on Oct. 1.

But the Texas senator and former presidential candidate is crusading to use the government funding bill to block the Obama administration’s plans over fears it could give foreign governments greater control over the Internet.

24.09.2016 - 07:56 [ Fefe ]

Lacher des Tages: Die Geheimdienstkuschler vom „Focus“ verbreiten die Agitprop-Legende,

..dass nicht die Amis Merkel abgehört haben und das zu Wikileaks geleakt ist, sondern dass die Russen Merkel abgehört haben, das mit täuschend echt aussehendem Ami-Berichtformat an ihre Kumpels von Wikileaks gegeben haben, um die armen, ritterlichen, unschuldigen, für das Gute kämpfenden, rechtschaffenen Amerikaner anzuschwärzen. Sozusagen eine Dolchstoßlegende 2.0.

24.09.2016 - 07:54 [ Techdirt ]

Cop To Court: This Normal Behavior I Literally Observe All The Time Is Suspicious Behavior Justifying A Traffic Stop

No one likes to lose a drug bust, but offering up an argument that basically amounts to „the lack of suspicious behavior made me suspicious“ is even worse than the government‘s routine insistence that driving from state to state on paved highways is suspicious because criminals often travel from state to state on paved highways.