Die deutschen Geheimdienste sollen Geräte mit Staatstrojanern hacken, um Kommunikation abzuhören. Das steht im Gesetzentwurf zum Verfassungsschutzrecht, den wir veröffentlichen. In Bundesregierung und SPD gab es lange Diskussionen, jetzt steht dem Gesetz nichts mehr im Weg.
Daily Archives: 18. Juni 2020
Global Wealth 2020—20th Edition: The Future of Wealth Management—A CEO Agenda
Personal financial wealth has soared over the past two
decades—nearly tripling on a global basis from $80.5
trillion at the end of 1999 to $226.4 trillion at the end of 2019.1 (See Exhibit 1.) That trajectory is even more impressive in light of the many economic disruptions that have occurred during this period.
Österreich: Finanzvermögen sprunghaft gestiegen
Knapp 47.000 Dollar-Millionäre (880.000 Euro) zählt BCG in Österreich, sie halten 55 Prozent der Finanzvermögen. Auch weltweit halten die Millionäre mehr als die Hälfte aller Finanzvermögen. Gemessen werden Finanzvermögen der erwachsenen Bevölkerung in Dollar ohne Immobilien und Wertsachen wie Gold.
Britain‘s ‚scientific‘ Covid response is locked in a dangerous lie
This nonsensical concept has proved useful for responsibility-shirking politicians. But the myth of officially-approved scientific truth is not only cynical but dangerous.
It is the main reason why No 10 can’t ditch its most disastrous policy, the two-metre rule. As the Government has spent months pretending to prostrate to the wisdom of Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty, who have both championed two metres, No 10 has found it impossible to quietly drop the moronic regulation: while it dithers over a time-wasting review of the decision, false rumours have even swirled that its two chief scientific advisers could resign in protest.
UK virus-tracing app switches to Google-Apple model
The UK follows Germany, Italy and Denmark among others in switching from a so-called „centralised“ approach to a „decentralised“ one.
The government is expected to confirm the news shortly.
The REAL reason Boris Johnson is so fearful of ditching two-metre rule: Doom-monger advisers led by grim private polls, and the terror of being blamed for a new spike are paralysing the PM, write ANDREW PIERCE and RICHARD KAY
If Boris is to rediscover the vim and vigour that brought him into Downing Street then the role of the new committee examining the distancing rule is crucial. It is being chaired by a civil servant, Simon Case, the new permanent secretary at No 10, who until a month ago was working for Prince William.
A former private secretary to both David Cameron and Theresa May and a one-time director of strategy at GCHQ, Mr Case was brought in to coordinate the Government’s pandemic response – a sure sign that it had not been working well.
The Cambridge-educated mandarin is used to the trickiest of political problems.
Lionel Shriver talks to Allison Pearson: ‚The British people have never more profoundly disappointed me‘
Speaking to The Telegraph‘s Planet Normal podcast – which you can listen to on the audio player above – Shriver told podcast host and Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson she was „dismayed“ with the way Britons have stayed at home without questioning government strategy.
„The British people have never more profoundly disappointed me. It seems so un-British to say, alright then I’ll just roll over and I’ll stay home. I think part of it was being able to feed into the Blitz narrative,“ she said. „The bizarre attachment to being confined to your homes and not making a living and relying on the government…I’m just dismayed.“
British singer Vera Lynn, known as ‚The Forces‘ Sweetheart‘, dies aged 103 | ABC News
The singer who lifted the spirits of the Allies in the Second World War, Vera Lynn, has died.
Her songs, like „We‘ll Meet Again“, stamped themselves in the consciousness of civilians and soldiers alike as the tide of war turned.
Dame Vera Lynn’s death – Queen to send private message of condolence to family of Forces’ Sweetheart
THE Queen is going to send a private message of condolence to the family of Dame Vera Lynn after she passed away today aged 103.
The Forces‘ sweetheart who became a national treasure during World War Two, sang iconic wartime classics We‘ll Meet Again and White Cliffs of Dover which not only inspired the nation but also generations to come.
LIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron visits UK for talks with Boris Johnson
Latest updates as the French president visits the UK to meet Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Pompeo And China‘s Top Diplomat Meet In Hawaii As Relations Worsen
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met China‘s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday, in what Chinese state media said was a constructive exchange of views.
„Wie in Sowjetunion“: Skurrile Reaktion der OAS auf Kritik an Position zu Bolivien-Wahl
Damals hatte die US-nahe Regionalorganisation einen mutmaßlichen Wahlbetrug des damaligen Präsidenten Evo Morales beklagt und damit einen Putsch gegen den linksgerichteten Politiker unterstützt. Die damalige Wahlanalyse der OAS war bei erfahrenen Wahlbeobachtern und Statistikern unmittelbar auf Widerspruch gestoßen.
Nachdem nun die US-Tageszeitung New York Times eine weitere Gegenstudie zur OAS-Analyse veröffentlichte, reagierte die Organisation mit einer skurrilen Pressemitteilung. In 3.200 Worten griff Generalsekretär Luis Almagro die US-Denkfabrik Zentrum für Wirtschafts- und Politstudien (Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR) an.
Poll: Majority of Democratic voters support cutting police funding
Fifty-two percent of Democratic voters approve of cutting police funding, according to the recent survey, while 78 percent of Republican voters and 70 percent of independent voters disapprove of the measure.
Apparent nooses found hanging from trees at Oakland lake spur debate, hate-crime probe
But later on Wednesday, the Oakland Police Department issued a statement suggesting that the five apparent nooses discovered near Lake Merritt could be part of an exercise routine or equipment.
Some neighbors expressed skepticism at that suggestion, and Schaaf noted that even if they were used for that purpose, it did not “remove nor excuse their tortuous and terrorizing effects.”
Editorial: Two Black men hanging from trees in Southern California? Leave no stone unturned investigating
The body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found June 10 in a tree near Palmdale City Hall. Officials quickly labeled it a suicide, but protesters to their credit immediately demanded a deeper investigation. So did Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
How likely is it that a man would hang himself from a tree? It is not unheard of, but it is hardly reassuring to note that two weeks earlier the body of 38-year-old Malcolm Harsch was found hanging from a tree in Victorville, a desert city at the opposite end of the storied Pearblossom Highway from Palmdale.
Everyone meet Tony Timpa. He called 911 for help, and ended up on the ground being choked to death by Dallas police. We mainly hear about black people, but they‘ll kill your white ass too. The officers laughed as Tony died.
(15.06.2020)
What is excited delirium? The pseudo condition used to defend some cases of police brutality explained – and what happened to Tony Timpa
(10.06.2020)
With Black Lives Matter demonstrations pulling racial injustice and police brutality into sharp focus under horrifying circumstances, similar cases of excessive force from the past are being put under scrutiny once again
As George Floyd Died, Officer Wondered About “Excited Delirium”
(04.06.2020)
Now experts say the controversial diagnosis may become part of the police defense.
Eliot Engel Down by Double Digits in New Poll
House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel’s three-decade tenure in Congress may be coming to an end.
According to new polling from Data for Progress, middle school principal and progressive congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman has cracked open a 10-point lead in his primary bid to unseat Eliot Engel, the 16-term incumbent in New York’s 16th district.
Things Are Not Going Well for Amy McGrath
McGrath faces a robust challenge from Charles Booker, the youngest Black legislator in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Booker has run to her left, and while McGrath holds a major fundraising advantage, Booker is gaining significant momentum ahead of the primary on June 23.
“It’s Just a Raw Power Struggle”: Progressives and Moderates Square Off in War Over Primarying Incumbents
(10.06.2020)
Progressives see hypocrisy rooted—not in principle or policy—but in maintaining power. “It’s almost like all the rules are thrown out the window if you’re not coming from the left,” progressive strategist Rebecca Katz told me.
A Bitter Election. Accusations of Fraud. And Now Second Thoughts.
A close look at Bolivian election data suggests an initial analysis by the O.A.S. that raised questions of vote-rigging — and helped force out a president — was flawed.
Press Release on Disinformation Campaign Regarding the Role of the OAS in the Bolivian Elections
In other words, the statistical study conducted by the OAS did not seek to validate or challenge the results, but rather to identify abnormal or suspicious behavior in the trends, in order to guide the work of the other audit teams, which found incontrovertible evidence of manipulation of the election: secret computer servers with the capacity to modify the results, and adulterated tally sheets. Therefore, the General Secretariat of the OAS continues to stand behind the statistical analysis carried out, understanding that its usefulness was only of an instrumental nature within the overall review of the elections.
The New York Times Admits Key Falsehoods That Drove Last Year’s Coup in Bolivia: Falsehoods Peddled by the U.S., Its Media, and the Times
Once he fled, Bolivia’s first-ever president from the country’s Indigenous population was replaced by a little-known, white, far-right senator, Jeanine Áñez, from the country’s minority European-descendent, Christian, wealthy region. Her new, unelected government promptly massacred dozens of Indigenous protesters and then vested the responsible soldiers with immunity. Seven months later, Áñez predictably continues to rule Bolivia as “interim president” despite never having run for president, let alone having been democratically elected.
Turns out it‘s a lot harder to win political contests when you can‘t simply drop explosives on your opponent‘s family from a billion dollar fighter jet high in the sky.
Will Germany Be Bombing Afghanistan With Israeli Drones?
Israel’s drone deals with Germany began in 2009, when it first leased drones to the German army for use in Afghanistan. Seven years later there was a similar transaction, this time to operate the drones in Mali.
Willkie Sues Defense Agencies For Info On Taliban Payments
(yesterday)
International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has sued U.S. defense agencies for records of protection payments that government contractors in Afghanistan allegedly made to the Taliban, saying the agencies have failed to hand over the requested documents.
In five separate lawsuits filed in a D.C. federal court Tuesday, Willkie accuses the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Drug Enforcement Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency of failing to fulfill the firm‘s Freedom Of Information Act requests for documents that allegedly show eight Afghanistan reconstruction companies paid the …
Besatzungsmächte bezahlen „Taliban“: der Gespenster-Krieg entlarvt sich.
(22. Oktober 2009)
Hamid Karzai im Februar 2004 (2):
„Was Terrorismus angeht, was die Taliban angeht, glauben wir fest, mit Beweisen, dass sie besiegt sind. Sie sind weg..Wir sehen kein Wiedererstarken der Taliban. Die Taliban-Bewegung existiert nicht mehr.“
Man muss sich diesbezüglich vor Augen halten, was alles vor der Invasion Afghanistans (und in der Zeit nach Kriegsbeginn am 11.September 2001) erzählt und behauptet worden war. Die Regierung Chinas sah sich nach einer Kampagne in den US-Informationsmedien (damals noch mehrheitlich TV, Radio und Druckzeitungen) genötigt zu erklären, dass man nicht auf Seiten des Taliban-Regimes stehe und dieses auch nicht unterstütze. (3)
Die isralische Geheimdienst-Webseite „Debka Files“ behauptete allen Ernstes am 5.Oktober 2001 hätten 3.000 chinesische Soldaten die Grenze nach Afghanistan überschritten – zur Unterstützung der Taliban und Osama Bin Ladens. Rechte und reaktionäre Nachrichtenmedien machten daraus dann gleich 15.000 chinesische Soldaten, welche als „ethnische Muslime“ an der Seite ihrer Glaubensbrüder gegen das Abendland kämpfen würden. Russland, Vietnam und das Fass Hugo Chavez wurden gleich mitaufgemacht. (4)
Jetzt, bald 8 Jahre später, tauchen endlich Meldungen über Waffen des deutschen Militärs und der deutschen Bundespolizei auf Schwarzmärkten in Afghanistan und Pakistan auf (5). Bis heute ist in Deutschland jeder in den Bundestagsparteien zu dumm oder zu feige die Frage zu stellen, woher irgendwelche Milizen in den Bergen eines zentralasiatischen Landes (die ja 8 Jahre nach der Invasion angeblich wieder mal kurz vor der Machtübernahme stehen) eigentlich ihre Waffen und Munition bekommen. Und nicht nur das: Transportmittel, Infrastruktur, Nahrung, Unterkunft und nicht zuletzt die Informationen über Militärbewegungen des Gegners. Von einer Luftwaffe der Taliban wagt sogar die Nato nicht zu reden, von Satelliten-Unterstützung ganz zu schweigen. Trotzdem ist dieser seit 8 Jahren mal existierende, dann wieder nicht existierende, aber schier unersetzliche Gegner in einem sonst der Bevölkerung nicht mehr zu vermittelnden Krieg scheinbar bestens informiert darüber wann, wo, wie und wieviele Nato-Soldaten sich durch die Besatzungszone bewegen.
Afghanistan: Der unsichtbare Krieg
Vor zwei Jahren konnte SIGAR zum Beispiel noch detailliert aufgezeigen, welche Gebiete in Afghanistan von den Aufständischen und nicht von der Regierung kontrolliert werden. Diese Daten werden laut SIGAR nicht mehr von der NATO und dem US-Militär erhoben und ihnen zur Verfügung gestellt. Ebenso wenig wie Daten, die zeigen, wie viele Angriffe von Aufständischen es in Afghanistan in jüngster Zeit gegeben hatte. Diese Informationen gelten neuerdings als geheim, kritisiert SIGAR. Begründung des Militärs: Die Verhandlungen und das Abkommen mit den Taliban.
UN-Bericht zu Afghanistan: Kampf gegen Korruption steckt fest
Afghanistans Bemühungen gegen Korruption werden auch auf internationaler Ebene genau beobachtet. Denn nach vier Jahren soll in diesem Jahr eine Geberkonferenz in Genf zusammenkommen. Das Interesse der Spender habe nachgelassen, stellt Unama fest. Es sei möglich, dass Afghanistan künftig „mehr mit weniger“ tun müsse.
Everyone seems to think the censorship movement won‘t come for them. If you think for yourself, it eventually will.
If you‘re convinced by the media voices that you follow that you‘re a courageous #Resistance fighter engaged in an historically momentous battle against Literal Hitler, then you believe that anything done to your enemies – censorship, imprisonment, etc. – is moral and just:
Zensur in der Corona-Debatte
Die Freiheit des Wortes wird hierzulande sehr hochgehalten: Zumindest in der Theorie wird diese Freiheit des offenen Meinungsaustauschs als wichtiges Abgrenzungsmerkmal „des Westens“ gegenüber „den Autokratien“ dieser Welt genutzt. Die Corona-Episode ist ein harter Praxistest für diese permanent beschworene Philosophie. Das Ergebnis ist niederschmetternd: Noch immer verbunden mit den Phrasen von der hierzulande praktizierten Meinungsfreiheit erhielten in den vergangenen Wochen zahlreiche unbequeme Stimmen entweder keinen angemessenen Raum oder sie wurden im Nachhinein verunglimpft.