On Thursday night, the capital of the smallest state in the union adopted a wide-ranging police reform measure with national and historic implications. The Providence City Council voted 13-1 to adopt the Providence Community-Police Relations Act, which had generated controversy for the very same reason that it was ultimately adopted: it protects a sweeping array of civil rights and civil liberties (including digital rights championed by EFF) from various kinds of violations by police officers, all in a single measure.
Daily Archives: 3. Juni 2017
In Malta wird gewählt
Die Wahllokale in Malta schliessen am Samstagabend um 22.00 Uhr (MESZ). Mit dem Ergebnis wird am Sonntag gerechnet.
Manchester, Berlin, Paris, Nice, London, New York: Passports and IDs Mysteriously Discovered in the Wake of Terror Attacks
This article reviews the “mysterious” phenomenon of IDs and Passports of terror suspects routinely discovered (often in the rubble) in the wake of a terrorist attack.
In most cases the alleged suspect was known to the authorities.
Is there a pattern? The ID papers of the suspect are often left behind, discovered by police in the wake of a terrorist attack.
According to government and media reports, the suspects are without exception linked to an Al Qaeda affiliated entity.
None of these terror suspects survived. Dead men do not talk.
In the case of the tragic events in Manchester, the bankcard of the alleged suicide bomber Salman Abedi was found in his pocket in the wake of the explosion.
Home by Mechanitis
Unperceived Records Germany
released May 5, 2017
The Line to Three by Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield
Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield UK
released May 31, 2017
Terror in Britain: What did the Prime Minister Know?
(31.Mai) The Manchester atrocity lifts the rock of British foreign policy to reveal its Faustian alliance with extreme Islam, especially the sect known as Wahhabism or Salafism, whose principal custodian and banker is the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Britain‘s biggest weapons customer.
FCC Turns Itself into a Deregulatory Agency
Spearheaded by Ajit Pai — the Trump-appointed FCC chairman and former lawyer for Verizon — the 2-1 vote is the first step in dismantling the Open Internet Order. The lone FCC Democrat, Mignon Clyburn, was overruled by Pai and fellow commissioner Michael O’Reilly.
Average Gulf government deficit exceeds 11% of GDP
Its latest Middle East research note said Oman was hardest hit with a deficit exceeding 20 percent of GDP last year while Kuwait coped best with the oil price slump, resulting in a deficit of 3.6 percent of GDP.
Chinese banks told to report overseas cash withdrawals on daily basis
China’s foreign exchange administration issued a notice requiring banks to report every cash withdrawal made outside its borders, and every overseas card transaction valued over 1,000 yuan ($147).
Gazprom and Sovcomflot discuss future cooperation in marine transportation and works on major oil & gas projects
Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee, and Sergey Frank, President and CEO of SCF Group (Sovcomflot), held a working meeting during the recent XXI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
The parties discussed ongoing and prospective projects, as well as cooperation in the area of marine transportation, and the servicing of major oil & gas projects on the continental shelf.
STM 223 – Constantine
Constantine Skourlis is an Athenian composer, whose music stands between the heaviness of metallic drone and the graceful otherworldly beauty of classical minimalism. Apart from his more conventional musical endeavours, Constantine has also composed scores for a few contemporary dance performances including “and we are not at the same place” shown at Athenus & Epidaurus Festival 2017 and “Matter” at Beton 7 art space. Moreover, he was commissioned by Michael Kakogiannis foundation to score silent movies “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” by Rex Ingram and “Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis” by Walter Ruttman for the silent movie festival of the foundation.
Tracklist
$cam (Blackened Grindcore) by HEATHEN BEAST (Kolkata, India)
Heathen Beast India
released June 1, 2017
Gritty Official Video!
„Soll verwandt sein mit einer Person sein, die wegen Terrorverdacht in Haft sitzt“
Rock am Ring als Versuchslabor für Rückkehr der Sippenhaft
Bayern-Minister: „Verfassungsschutz soll auch Kinder beobachten“
Im Normalfall beobachte der bayrische Verfassungsschutz keine Kinder, sagte er. „Aber wenn es einen konkreten Hinweis gibt, dass im Umfeld einer islamistischen Gruppe ein Zwölfjähriger unterwegs ist, müssen wir den auch beobachten können.“
Kuckuck! Hier oben!
Die Logik hinter dieser Gesichtserkennung ähnelt ein wenig dem Nutzertracking, das bei der Onlinewerbung längst schon die entscheidende Währung ist.
Real-Supermärkte bald mit Gesichtsanalyse
Der Hamburger Datenschutzbeauftragte Johannes Caspar fordert laut Spiegel Online…
Kommentar zur absehbaren Situation des Versammlungsrechts in Hamburg
(2.Juni) Der G20 wirft blaue Schatten voraus. Die werden zu blauen Zonen, wo die Demokratie einfach abgeschaltet wird.
Afghanistan is sliding into anarchy
More and more American analysts are asking what purpose will be served by dispatching a few thousand extra troops to Afghanistan. Read a frank assessment by an American colonel who served in Afghanistan – Time for a (different kind of) change in Afghanistan.
Putin, Gabriel und Schröder: Dinner mit einem alten Bekannten
Die Ukraine, Syrien und andere Krisen waren die Themen: Außenminister Gabriel hat in St. Petersburg ein Vieraugengespräch mit Kremlchef Putin geführt. Beim anschließenden Abendessen trafen sie einen alten Bekannten.
Offenbar Anschlag in Kabul: Viele Tote bei Explosionen auf Trauerfeier
Die Explosionen fanden während der Beerdigung von Mohammad Salem Isedjar statt, dem Sohn des stellvertretenden Senatspräsidenten. Er war bei einer Demonstration im Kabuler Diplomatenviertel von afghanischen Sicherheitskräften getötet worden.
Warum Krieg nicht den Terrorismus befördert
Die u.a. von „Labour“-Parteiführer Jeremy Corbyn und „Die Linke“-Parteiführerin Sahra Wagenknecht behauptete Formel, Krieg befördere oder erzeuge Terrorismus oder sei selbst Terrorismus, ist grundfalsch und bedient stattdessen selbst den Terrorkrieg, seine Logik und dessen Kontinuität. Hier soll plausibel und verständlich erläutert werden, warum das so ist.
Guten Morgen liebe Rock am Ring Fans.
Wir danken Euch nochmals für Euer unglaublich diszipliniertes Verhalten und die vorbildliche Kooperation. Wir sind voller Zuversicht, dass das Festival nach Abschluss der polizeilichen Ermittlungen heute wieder aufgenommen werden kann.
Wir halten Euch auf dem Laufenden.
Euer Rock am Ring Team
Trump Administration Returns Copies of Report on C.I.A. Torture to Congress
Senators, spies and a president spent years in a pitched battle over how the history is told of one of the most controversial chapters of America’s campaign against terrorism, the detention and interrogation of prisoners in secret C.I.A. jails.
But recent moves by the Trump administration have increased the likelihood that much of what is known about the macabre humiliations that unfolded in those jails around the world will remain hidden from public view.
Seoul begrüßt neue UN-Sanktion gegen Pjöngjang
Seoul ruft darin Nordkorea auf, weitere Provokationen, die sich gegen den Frieden auf der koreanischen Halbinsel und in Nordostasien richteten, zu unterlassen und der Forderung der Völkergemeinschaft zur Denuklearisierung mit Dialog und Taten nachzukommen.
Neuer Geheimdienstchef nimmt Arbeit auf
Suh nahm unmittelbar die Arbeit auf und wies die Behörde an, das Beschaffen von Inlandsinformationen gänzlich zu stoppen. Es handelt sich um ein Wahlversprechen des neuen Präsidenten.
Auf Anweisung des neuen Leiters sei das System zum 1. Juni abgeschafft worden, nach dem Geheimdienstbeamte in Ministerien, Regierungsinstitutionen, Medienanstalten und weiteren Organisationen Informationen sammeln, teilte der Geheimdienst mit.
Why We‘re Suing the FBI for Records About Best Buy Geek Squad Informants
Sending your computer to Best Buy for repairs shouldn’t require you to surrender your Fourth Amendment rights. But that’s apparently what’s been happening when customers send their computers to a Geek Squad repair facility in Kentucky.
More UK Police Put Cash Down for IMSI Catchers
While the US has seen a vibrant and relatively transparent debate around so-called IMSI catchers—devices that can indiscriminately sweep up texts, calls and other mobile phone data in a given area—the UK government has remained consistently tight-lipped about its use of the tools.
Judge Disagrees With NYPD Claims Its LRAD Sound Cannon Isn’t A Weapon
“This is force, and the kind which could be used excessively,” Judge Robert Sweet wrote in a decision. Sweet threw out some of the claims, but allowed the lawsuit to proceed, and strongly suggested that those blasted with the LRAD seem to have a case.
Der nächste Bundesinnenminister für Überwachung von Kindern. Werden demnächst Berichte in Kitas erstellt?
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Herrmann will Überwachung von Kindern ermöglichen
Der CSU-Spitzenkandidat will die Altersgrenze für die Überwachung durch den Verfassungsschutz abschaffen. Auch Kinder im islamistischen Umfeld sollen beobachtet werden.
Greece approves $8bn Chinese-backed resort project outside Athens
State minister Alekos Flabouraris said on Friday that the leftist administration’s privatisation agency had given the go-ahead to a consortium of Abu Dhabi and Chinese investors backed by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun, which owns 12% of the British holiday company Thomas Cook, to turn the site into a major resort.
Defense minister cancels trip after Turkish helicopter crash
Işık had been due to visit Singapore on Friday for an Asia security summit before travelling to Malaysia and Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.
Around 30 defense ministers, including U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis are due to attend the Singapore meeting.
PM to Saldivar: ‘Stop using Coast Guard boats!’
Prime Minister, Dean Barrow has said that the Minister of Defence, John Saldivar must stop using the coast guard vessels, gifted by the US government, for transporting his privately-owned Bandits basketball team, relatives, and fans to San Pedro for games.