Daily Archives: 12. März 2020


12.03.2020 - 22:04 [ Haaretz ]

Gantz: Ready to Discuss Forming Unity Gov‘t With Netanyahu Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Kahol Lavan leader says ’emergency‘ government should ‚include all parts of the house‘ ■ Party officials believe that the health emergency would make it difficult for Gantz to gain legitimacy to promote political moves

12.03.2020 - 22:00 [ Haaretz ]

Twins No More, Trump and Netanyahu Part Ways on Handling Coronavirus Crisis

Trump’s handling of the crisis has undermined public confidence in his presidency and is seen as a potentially major obstacle on his way to reelection; Netanyahu has scored rave reviews even among major critics for his forthrightness and resoluteness: The coronavirus may yet save his moribund political career.

12.03.2020 - 20:28 [ CNN ]

Trump calls coronavirus a ‚foreign virus‘ in Oval Office address

„This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history,“ the President said.

„I am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus.“

12.03.2020 - 20:23 [ HanSolar / Twitter ]

Korean #Coronavirus news : – 99 people out of 102 in a mental hospital infected – 75% of all 763 infected are related to the religious cult #Shincheonji – The district health official in ground zero(Daegu) was secretly a #Shincheonji follower.

(24.02.2020)

You just can‘t make this shit up

12.03.2020 - 20:21 [ BBC ]

Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases

(22.02.2020)

In a statement, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that of the 229 new cases, 95 were related to Daenam Hospital in Cheongdo, which treats the elderly and people with mental health issues. There are now 114 confirmed cases at the hospital – nine staff and 102 patients – it added.

Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said the outbreak had entered „a serious new phase“.

He said most of those diagnosed at the hospital had been inpatients for mental illnesses. Some cases showed „no confirmed epidemiological connections“, meaning it was not clear how they had contracted the virus, he added.

12.03.2020 - 20:18 [ LA Times ]

The mentally ill. The disabled. The elderly. The coronavirus hit hardest where the frail gathered

(08.03.2020)

His lonely death in the early hours of Feb. 19 became a matter of urgent public interest when he was posthumously confirmed to have the novel coronavirus, becoming the first killed by the illness in South Korea. Six others who’d been housed alongside him at the psych ward at the private Cheongdo Daenam Hospital in the country’s southeast, all in their 50s and 60s, also died within days. Of 102 patients in the psych ward, 100 had contracted the deadly virus.

Authorities haven’t determined how the virus made its way into the locked ward,

12.03.2020 - 19:57 [ Yonhap (Südkorea) ]

Virus infections linked to Seoul call center reach at least 105

Authorities have been on alert for group transmissions after Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province have been hit by infections traced to the fringe religious sect Shincheonji. More than 60 percent of the country‘s total infections are linked to the religious sect.

12.03.2020 - 19:52 [ KBS:kr ]

USA beschließen Einreiseverbot für Menschen aus Europa

Alle Reisen aus Europa in die USA würden für 30 Tage ausgesetzt. Die neue Regelung werde am Freitag um Mitternacht in Kraft treten. Je nach den Entwicklungen würde diese angepasst.

Auch deutete er an, die Reisewarnungen für Südkorea und China zu lockern, abhängig von den Entwicklungen in diesen beiden Ländern.

12.03.2020 - 19:49 [ New York Times ]

‘Proselytizing Robots’: Inside South Korean Church at Outbreak’s Center

More than 1.2 million citizens have called for the secretive church to be disbanded. One province asked the public to report church members to a hotline for coronavirus testing. Smartphone apps help identify the church’s 1,100 once-obscure facilities in South Korea, most already plastered with “off-limits” signs by disease-control officials.

12.03.2020 - 19:45 [ Washington Post ]

South Korea orders temporary shutdown of messianic church linked to more than half the country’s coronavirus cases

(23.02.2020)

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the country’s coronavirus crisis has entered a “totally different phase since the mass infection at Shincheonji.” Hundreds of thousands signed a petition calling for the church to be dissolved.

Moon called the temporary shutdown of Shincheonji churches across the country “a fair and inevitable step” to protect the community. He said there was “no intention to limit religious freedom.”

12.03.2020 - 19:23 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Bennett, Liberman, Deri call for emergency unity government

„Unite now, fight later,“ Bennett said at a Tel Aviv press conference in which he proposed passing a bill to freeze the current political situation for six months.
Liberman suggested a government of only Likud and Blue and White to deal with the coronavirus on Thursday in an interview with the Russian-language Channel 9.

12.03.2020 - 19:21 [ Fox News ]

Netanyahu’s request to delay trial rejected as Israeli president urges unity

(11.03.2020)

Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is desperate to remain in office because installing a new government would give him an important political boost and potentially allow him to legislate his way out of the legal quagmire.

His opponent, Benny Gantz, refused to sit with him in government and appears poised to push for legislation in the incoming parliament that would bar anyone indicted for a crime from leading a government – in effect disqualifying Netanyahu from his position.

12.03.2020 - 19:04 [ i24news.tv ]

Israel: Labor party chief approves Gantz-led minority gov‘t with Joint List support

Peretz said that he was still in touch with Orly Levy-Abekasis and was hoping to come to an accord regarding the steps to be taken in the future.

12.03.2020 - 18:57 [ i24news.tv ]

Israel: Too early to dismiss minority gov‘t, Blue and White‘s Ya‘alon says

However, one of the Labor-Gesher-Meretz faction heads announced earlier that she would not back a minority government. Orly Levy-Abecassis also said she was pulling her party out of the left-wing alliance.

12.03.2020 - 18:47 [ Haaretz ]

The Israeli Legislator Blocking a Center-left Government Must Resign

Levi-Abekasis decided on her own to opt for a political renewal and move from the right to the left. Naturally, her move triggered much suspicion, but she, Peretz and their partners dismissed these misgivings with disdain, even alleging anti-Mizrahi racism against anyone doubting that Levi-Abekasis had ideologically abandoned the right. After many efforts at convincing people, and based on the promises by the Labor-Gesher-Meretz alliance, people voted for the union she had joined.

Levi-Abekasis has the right to regret her transition.

12.03.2020 - 18:42 [ Haaretz ]

The ‚Leftist‘ Who‘s Ruining Gantz‘s Chance to Form a Government

But Orli Levi-Abekasis, a balloon inflated with self-importance, someone devoid of ideology, with no electoral clout, a deceiving scoundrel, robbed the center-left bloc’s voters of this rare opportunity, probably triggering a fourth election.

12.03.2020 - 15:09 [ Fiorella Isabel / Twitter ]

In case we didn’t see this look at these numbers. And the time stamp. This is reminiscent of 2016. If they can do this without any sort of accountability, guess what? They’ll keep doing it. It’s long been time to call for recounts and investigations. #ElectionIntegrity

Note also how at the bottom they go from 1,344,469 vote totals to 1,072,844. Which is obviously not possible. @MichiganDems you’ve been exposed.

12.03.2020 - 13:41 [ New York Times ]

Trial of Programmer Accused in C.I.A. Leak Ends in Hung Jury

Prosecutors were careful to avoid details about specific operations. During cross-examination, Ms. Shroff asked one C.I.A. witness: “Do you recall a time when the C.I.A. covertly tried to read Angela Merkel’s emails?” referring to the German chancellor.

The government objected, and the judge stopped the witness from answering.

12.03.2020 - 13:09 [ SparrowMedia.net ]

Statement From Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team: Ms. Manning is Recovering in Hospital, Scheduled to Appear in Court Friday

Writing in a 2019 letter to Judge Trenga, Ms. Manning said: “I object to this grand jury … as an effort to frighten journalists and publishers, who serve a crucial public good. I have had these values since I was a child, and I’ve had years of confinement to reflect on them. For much of that time, I depended for survival on my values, my decisions, and my conscience. I will not abandon them now.”

12.03.2020 - 13:04 [ Gizmodo ]

Chelsea Manning Attempted Suicide in Jail, Is Recovering, Lawyers Say

Imprisoned activist and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning attempted suicide on Wednesday in the Alexandria, Virginia, jail where she’s been held for a year following her refusal to testify before a federal grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.

Manning’s legal team confirmed the incident in an statement to Gizmodo.

12.03.2020 - 13:01 [ DailyDot.com ]

What Chelsea Manning teaches us about the U.S. military’s mental health crisis

(17.01.2017)

In Iraq, a sign hung above the desks of the targeting analysts in the intelligence shop where Manning worked: “If you think for one second you can come in here and bug us with sissy shit you might want to rethink your pathetic life.”

12.03.2020 - 12:38 [ Rand Paul, US Senator / Twitter ]

We must have reform and stop abusing the rights of Americans.

12.03.2020 - 12:22 [ Thomas Massie, Abgeordneter im US Repräsentantenhaus / Twitter ]

I just left the floor where I spoke out against the Patriot Act/FISA Reauthorization. Video below:

(11.03.2020)

12.03.2020 - 12:05 [ Ibrahim Naber, @welt -Investigation / Twitter ]

Aus dem Innenausschuss zu #Hanau: – R. wurde eine Stunde vor der Tat wegen Falschparkens kontrolliert – Todesfahrt dauerte 12 Minuten – 3 Waffen gefunden, R. besaß europ. Waffenschein – Ermittlungsverfahren des FBI zur USA-Reise von R. in 2018 | @welt

(27.02.2020)

12.03.2020 - 11:50 [ Silke Bunners / Twitter ]

Hier der Vollständigkeit halber der Redeausschnitt zur politischen Rolle der #GEZ-Medien, für den der AfD-Abgeordnete ⁦@MdLFernandes ⁩ heute von der Plenarsitzung ausgeschlossen wurde. Machen Sie sich einfach Ihr eigenes Bild.

12.03.2020 - 11:46 [ FOCUS Online Politik / Twitter ]

Im Landtag von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – „Menschenverachtende Unterstellung“: AfD-Politiker wegen Hanau-Äußerung aus Sitzung ausgeschlossen

12.03.2020 - 11:26 [ ntv Nachrichten / Twitter ]

Militäraktionen mit Zustimmung: US-Kongress weist Trump in die Schranken

12.03.2020 - 11:15 [ The Hill ]

House passes measure limiting Trump‘s ability to take military action against Iran

In a largely party-line 227-186 vote, the House approved the resolution that would direct the president to “terminate the use of United States Armed Forces for hostilities against” Iran unless Congress specifically authorizes it. Six Republicans voted for the measure.

The Senate passed the resolution in a 55-45 vote last month, with eight Republicans siding with Democrats to support it. Neither chamber of Congress is expected to have the votes to override Trump’s likely veto.

12.03.2020 - 11:13 [ The Hill ]

Paul, Lee urging Trump to kill House FISA deal

Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are working to kill a House deal to reauthorize expiring intelligence programs and reform the surveillance court, throwing up an eleventh hour roadblock to the agreement.

12.03.2020 - 05:20 [ NDR ]

Flug unter Huntebrücke – erlaubt oder nicht?

Bei einem waghalsigen Manöver hat ein Marinehubschrauber die Huntebrücke bei Oldenburg unterflogen. Die Übung wird regelmäßig durchgeführt. Ist das erlaubt?

12.03.2020 - 03:22 [ junge Welt ]

Chile: 30 Jahre nach Pinochet

Piñera, dessen zweite Amtszeit am Mittwoch vor zwei Jahren begann, sieht sich seit Oktober 2019 einer Massenbewegung gegenüber, die ein Ende des Neoliberalismus sowie eine neue Verfassung fordert. Das aktuelle Grundgesetz gilt in großen Teilen als Erbe der Pinochet-Diktatur.

12.03.2020 - 03:11 [ teleSUR ]

Ecuador: Citizens Reject Economic Decisions to Please the IMF

After the decisions announced by President Lenin Moreno on Tuesday night, thousands of Ecuadorian citizens used social media to express their outrage at a set of „brutal economic decisions“, popularly known as „Paquetazo“, which are aimed to favor the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agenda in this South American country.

12.03.2020 - 00:06 [ Plain Ol' Johnny Graz / Twitter ]

Dear Bernie: Now‘s the time to say FUCK THIS SHIT and run as an independent. NOW. If you had done this in 2016, you‘d be running for your second term. The Dems will NEVER let you win, and we can‘t wait another 4 years. Sincerely, The „US“ is #NotMeUs

(February 4th, 2020)

12.03.2020 - 00:03 [ The Hill / Youtube ]

Cenk Uygur suggests establishment will replace failing Biden at convention

The host and founder of The Young Turks Cenk Uygur explains how the establishment and mainstream media has rigged the election for Joe Biden.