Daily Archives: 19. Februar 2017


19.02.2017 - 22:43 [ TruthOut ]

Environmental Contamination at US Marine Corps Bases on Okinawa

Since 2002, at least 270 environmental accidents on U.S. Marine Corps bases on Okinawa have contaminated land and local waterways but, until now, almost none of these incidents has been made public. U.S. Marine internal reports highlight serious flaws in training and suggest that the lessons of past accidents have not been effectively implemented. Moreover, recent USMC guidelines order service members not to inform Japanese authorities of accidents deemed „politically sensitive“, raising concerns that many incidents may have gone unreported.

19.02.2017 - 21:48 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

It’s time to unite in defense of users.

Published in the January 2017 edition of Wired Magazine. Text of the ad: To the Technology Community:
Your threat model just changed.

19.02.2017 - 18:20 [ Press TV ]

China special envoy for Syria due in Iran for talks

Special envoy of Chinese government on Syria, Xie Xiaoyan, is to pay an official visit to Iran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on ways to settle the nearly six-year crisis in the Arab country.

19.02.2017 - 16:02 [ Conne Island ]

Conne Island gewinnt Klage gegen Überwachungsmaßnahmen durch Verfassungsschutz

Die Anordnung der Maßnahmen durch die G 10-Kommission des Sächsischen Landtags, deren mehrfache Verlängerungen sowie deren Vollzug waren jedenfalls unverhältnismäßig. Die Richter_innen in Dresden machten in dem Urteil klar, dass es keine ausreichende Begründung für die Überwachung gab und der Verfassungsschutz »der gesetzlichen Intention der Verdeutlichung des gewichtigen Grundrechtseingriffes nicht gerecht [wurde]«, da das LfV nicht in der Lage war, die Erforderlichkeit der Maßnahmen nach dem G 10 zu begründen.

19.02.2017 - 16:01 [ Leipziger Internetzeitung ]

Verfassungsschutz gegen das Gesetz: Überwachung von Conne Island rechtswidrig

Fast zwei Jahre lang öffneten die Schlapphüte die Post, hörten Telefonate mit und suchten staats- und demokratiefeindliche Umtriebe im Conne Island. Pikant auch, dass man sich in den Jahren 1999 und 2000 so ausgiebig mit dem Leipziger Südzipfel befasste, während der NSU in Sachsen abtauchte und sich organisierte. Erst 2014 kamen die Überwachungen ans Licht und nun hat sich der Verfassungsschutz auch noch eine Klatsche vor Gericht abgeholt. Mal wieder steht die Frage im Raum: braucht das noch jemand oder kann das weg?

19.02.2017 - 15:59 [ Techdirt ]

Techdirt Survival Fund: I Support Journalism

As we mentioned last month, we are currently being sued for $15 million by Shiva Ayyadurai, represented by Charles Harder, the lawyer who helped bring down Gawker. We have written, at great length, about Ayyadurai‘s claims and our opinion — backed up by detailed and thorough evidence — that email existed long before Ayyadurai created any software. Once again, we believe the legal claims in the lawsuit are meritless and we intend to fight them and win. Earlier today, we filed a motion to dismiss (along with our memorandum in support) and a special motion to strike under California‘s anti-SLAPP law (along with a memorandum in support). You can see all of those below. I encourage you read through them.

19.02.2017 - 15:44 [ Die Linke im Bundestag ]

Das Finanzwesen ist immer systemrelevant – Teil 2

(12.7.2012) Wir dürfen aber nicht den falschen Schluss ziehen, das Finanzwesen sei grundsätzlich eine Bedrohung für das gesellschaftliche System. Es macht Sinn und ist wünschenswert, dass es Geld und Kredit gibt, dass wir Ersparnisse bilden können und dass es für private und öffentliche Investitionen Finanzierungen gibt. Von daher ist eine Gewährleistung – und notfalls Stützung und Rettung – eines Finanzsystem durch den Staat richtig. Wir müssen aber die Risiken drastisch herunterfahren, die das Finanzsystem grundlegend bedrohen.

19.02.2017 - 15:42 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Greek actor threatens to commit suicide if his pension undergo further cuts

Greek Actor Dinos Karydis warned that he would committee suicide, should his pension undergo further cuts. On his social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter, Karydis uploaded a macabre picture of himself lying on a bed and looking like sleeping or unconscious. He wrote:

“If my pension undergoes further gut on 28/2, I have two boxes of [note: name of the drug]. With a glass of water I will take them all and I apologize. You know why…”

19.02.2017 - 15:31 [ Reuters ]

Leftist vies with ex-banker in nail-biter Ecuador presidency vote

Lenin Moreno, 63, a disabled former vice president, needs 40 percent of valid votes and a 10 percentage point difference with his nearest rival to avoid a second round on April 2 and continue a decade of left-wing rule in the Andean country.

He looked close in an early February poll, with an estimated 38.6 percent of valid votes versus 25.7 percent for his nearest challenger Guillermo Lasso, a 61-year-old former president of Banco de Guayaquil, according to pollster Cedatos.

19.02.2017 - 12:04 [ Radio Utopie ]

Trumps Schweden-Attentat

Und jetzt regen sich gerade die Medien über Donald Trump wie aufgequollene Schwämme auf, die als Helfershelfer dafür sorgen, dass immer mehr Überwachungs- und Kontrollgesetze durch diese Berichterstattung verabschiedet werden.

19.02.2017 - 11:28 [ Ansa.it ]

No faith terrorist says pope: Christian, Jewish, Islamic terrorism don‘t exist

Pope Francis said Friday „no people is criminal and no religion is terrorist“ while „Christian terrorism doesn‘t exist, not Jewish or Islamic“.
Speaking in a message to the meeting of popular movements at Modesto in California, Francis said „facing terror with love, we work for peace“ and that entails „real humanity which resists the dehumanisation manifest in forms of indifference, hypocrisy and intolerance“.

19.02.2017 - 11:16 [ TeleSUR ]

Ecuador Votes

The election will determine the fate of the Citizens‘ Revolution which created 10 years of „the world‘s most inclusive“ growth.

19.02.2017 - 11:16 [ Blick.ch ]

Trump erfindet Attentat in Schweden

«Schaut was in Deutschland passiert ist», schrie Trump. «Schaut, was gestern Abend in Schweden passiert ist … Schweden … Wer hätte das gedacht, Schweden? Sie haben die Fremden in grossen Massen aufgenommen und jetzt haben sie dort Probleme, von denen sie nie dachten, dass sie möglich wären. Schaut, was in Brüssel passiert, schaut was in der ganzen Welt passiert», sagte Trump.

Einziges Problem: In Schweden gab es keinen Vorfall mit Flüchtlingen. Kein Attentat. Keinen Terror-Anschlag.

19.02.2017 - 10:43 [ Law Enforcement Leaders ]

A Crime & Justice Agenda for the New Administration

Foreword by Law Enforcement Leaders co-chairs, Ronal Serpas and David Brown. Serpas is the former Police Superintendent of New Orleans, Louisiana, Nashville, Tennessee and the Washington State Patrol. Brown is the former Police Chief of Dallas, Texas.

* White House Photo above by Francisco Diez from New Jersey, USA CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

19.02.2017 - 10:41 [ Techdirt ]

Nation‘s Police Chiefs Disagree With Trump‘s New Tough On Crime Executive Orders

„We urge the Administration and Congress to carefully consider new crime policies, and adopt and support those that fight crime effectively. Decades of experience have convinced us of a sobering reality: today’s crime policies, which too often rely only on jail and prison, are simply ineffective in preserving public safety. We need not use arrest, conviction, and prison as the default response for every broken law. For many nonviolent and first-time offenders, prison is not only unnecessary from a public safety standpoint, it also endangers our communities.“

19.02.2017 - 10:31 [ CNN ]

DHS memos describe aggressive new immigration, border enforcement policies

The Department of Homeland Security is set to release guidance on President Donald Trump‘s immigration and border security executive orders that has sweeping implications for undocumented immigrants in the United States and those seeking to enter in the future.
The memos from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to agency chiefs, obtained by CNN, are the first step to putting Trump‘s aggressive immigration policies in place, with provisions that could make substantial changes to how immigration laws are enforced.

19.02.2017 - 06:46 [ Bandcamp ]

Intranquillité by Marc Sarrazy

Marc Sarrazy Toulouse, France
released January 16, 2017
Marc SARRAZY : piano, compositions
Laurent ROCHELLE : bass clarinet, soprano sax, compositions
Notice to the curious!