Daily Archives: 23. März 2020
BIRX: „99% of all the mortality coming out of Europe, in general, is over 50 and pre-existing conditions.“
Dr Birx just said that the majority of people who are dying in Italy have „Three or more“ preexisting conditions. Wow
Live: Trump, AG Barr hold briefing with the Coronavirus Task Force
Expected live at 5:30 p.m. ET: The Coronavirus Task Force holds a daily briefing at the White House.
Trump itching to scale back social distancing after 15 day-period, aides say
„The President is right, the cure can‘t be worse than the disease, and we‘re going to have to make some difficult tradeoffs,“ Trump‘s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday on Fox News. „I spoke with the President about this very subject late last evening, so we‘ll be looking at a number of different things. Let‘s give it another week.“
Assanges Auslieferung, Eskalation des US-Terrorkriegs
Netzwerke eines ansteckenden Mutes, die durch Wellen von Whistleblowern entstanden, begannen die Verschwörung der Regierung aufzulösen. Das wiederbelebte Herz der Demokratie inspiriert uns jetzt dazu, uns auf Gerechtigkeit hin zu bewegen, unsere eigene Bedeutung zu erkennen und einander in die Augen zu schauen, wenn wir zu dem werden, was wir sein sollen – zu den Bewegern und Gestaltern unserer eigenen Geschichte. Nur durch den Mut jedes Einzelnen, die Angst zu überwinden und diesem entfesselten Terror entgegenzutreten, können wir diesen Krieg beenden und diejenigen befreien, die ihre Freiheit geopfert haben, damit wir alle frei sein können.
Didn’t take long for the High Court to get back to Edelstein and now they’re not “requesting” any more. They’re ordering him in a 19-page ruling to let the vote for his replacement go ahead by Wednesday + accusing him of undermining democracy.
Crazy turn of events.
High Court rules Edelstein must allow vote for new Speaker
The High Court ruled in a unanimous decision Monday that Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein must convene the Knesset no later than Wednesday, to elect his replacement.
Bundestag soll bereits mit einem Viertel der Mitglieder beschlussfähig sein
Bisher ist der Bundestag nur beschlussfähig, wenn „mehr als die Hälfte seiner Mitglieder im Sitzungssaal anwesend sind“. So steht es in der Geschäftsordnung.
Eine Ausgangssperre nur für Ältere?
Ungarn – Corona-Notstand: Orbán plant die Selbstermächtigung
Die ungarische Regierung will sich vom Parlament die Möglichkeit geben lassen, auf unbegrenzte Zeit via Verordnung zu regieren – ohne dabei an Gesetze gebunden zu sein
Unweit von uns nutzt ein autoritärer Staat die aktuelle Lage gerade aus. Das ist das absolute worst case Szenario. Deshalb sind wir so erpicht darauf, gerade jetzt auf unsere Grundrechte zu achten!
After Week-long Paralysis, Knesset Approves Forming Crucial Panel
The right-wing bloc aligned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boycotted the vote, excluding Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein who abstained and Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Gallant, who attended as a representative of the government, but did not participate in the vote.
The composition of the arrangements committee will give the center-left bloc a one seat advantage with 9 members, relative to the right-wing bloc’s eight members.
Israel: Edelstein poised to answer High Court as Likud members call to defy ruling
Israel’s High Court of Justice approved Knesset (Israel‘s Parliament) Speaker Yuli Edelstein‘s request to submit his answer today at 9 pm (local time) regarding whether he will convene a parliamentary vote for his replacement.
Israel: Supreme Court hears petition on replacing Knesset Speaker Edelstein
Throughout Israel’s 72-year existence, the Knesset Speaker had only been replaced once a new government was sworn in. Thus, replacing Edelstein before a government is formed would represent an unprecedented move, even with a majority vote.
Israel‘s top court orders parliament to clarify speaker vote
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the country‘s parliament to reconvene for the selection of a new speaker, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he tries to steer the country through the coronavirus crisis and fend off a looming corruption trial.
The current speaker, Yuli Edelstein of Netanyahu‘s Likud party, suspended the parliament‘s activities last week, citing procedural issues and restrictions on large gatherings due to the virus.
NATO receives first AGS mobile exploitation station
„Radar images will be acquired by the RQ-4D Phoenix remotely piloted aircraft and received via a direct or satellite broadband connection. In addition, data from all interoperable command, control, ISR systems operated by NATO and its member states can be received and evaluated
Pompeo leaves Kabul, no word on political power-sharing deal
But as his plane took off from Kabul, there was still no announcement on whether he‘d worked out a solution to Afghanistan’s political impasse.
Navy hospital ship deploying Monday to Los Angeles
“#USNSMercy will be getting underway #TODAY in support of the nation’s #COVID19 response efforts. As announced by @realDonaldTrump, the ship will head to Los Angeles,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday tweeted Monday.
Psychoanalyzing the Coronavirus: This Is What Happens to Our Mind Under a Mortal Threat
On Monday I emerged from two weeks in home quarantine after having returned from a brief seminar I gave at the Psychoanalytic Institute in Berlin. As the child of second generation Holocaust survivors, associations tinged with black humor come to mind – it figures that my journey to Germany would lead to me being stuck in a “ghetto.” But it’s no joke. Rather, it’s a persecution fantasy surfacing from the depths of the unconscious and sparking a stream of thoughts about what becomes the fate of the human mind when it is under mortal threat.
Former member of Israel-backed militia killed in Lebanon
The Lebanese-American man, Amer Fakhoury, had been jailed in Lebanon since September and charged with murder and torture of prisoners at the same SLA-run prison — charges he denied. A Lebanese judge ordered him released last week, saying more than 10 years had passed since the alleged crimes.
U.S. officials confirmed Fakhoury was aboard a U.S. Marine V-22 Osprey seen taking off from the U.S. Embassy compound northeast of Beirut on Thursday.
Mike Pompeo lands in Afghanistan to salvage Taliban treaty
Pompeo will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival, ex-Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who also proclaimed himself president after results of the September vote were published with a months-long delay.
The Kabul-Taliban prisoner swap, which is one of the steps outlined in the Doha agreement will allegedly be at the top of the agenda,
Hundreds protest in front of Knesset, calling on speaker to resign
Edelstein, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s ruling Likud party, last week suspended parliamentary activities, preventing the newly elected legislature from choosing a new speaker and forming committees critical to the country‘s fight against coronavirus.
Lawmakers arrive at first session of Israeli #Knesset greeted by protesters demanding to replace speakers of the parliament @YuliEdelstein . @Likud_Party say if he is replaced they will scuttle unity government .
Coronavirus Crisis Accelerates Israel’s Slide Into Erdogan-style Authoritarianism
Monday is an important test for Israeli democracy. The Knesset is due to resume its deliberations amidst the political crisis and the spread of the coronavirus.
If the Knesset chairman Yuri Edelstein, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political hatchetmen from Likud, continue with their delay tactics to prevent the legislative branch performing its duty, Israel will win the dubious title of the only „parliamentary democracy“ to fail to recognize the results of its last democratic general election and to be governed by an inoperative parliament.
Netanyahu Has Hijacked Israel‘s Coronavirus Response, Sidelining Top Health Experts
He said Bar Siman Tov, who as the ministry’s director general should be leading this process, is instead collaborating with Netanyahu and stifling anyone opposed to Netanyahu’s approach.
Since Bar Siman Tov has no medical training, the ministry’s top medical authority is its deputy director general, Prof. Itamar Grotto. Its other key official is Dr. Boaz Lev, a former director general at the ministry who now heads its epidemic task force.
But anyone talking to these two men in recent days has had trouble getting clear answers. The reason, according to Health Ministry sources, is that they don’t know the answers because the decisions are being made without them.