Daily Archives: 5. Oktober 2020
Selective confinement reawakens Vallekas’ ancient spirit of resistance
In contrast, in non-restricted areas, people are free to travel to different neighbourhoods and continue their regular activities. The selective confinement has left many people feeling disappointed and confused. “In the end, it’s a little absurd […] every day, people in the neighbourhood have to leave their neighbourhoods and take public transport to go to do their work in other neighbourhoods that are not confined,” explains Miguel, a local to Vallekas.
Honoured to have written an article for @madridnofrills about what‘s been going on in Vallekas and in Madrid, Spain, during these past few weeks.
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Coronavirus in Marseille: Das Virus der Rebellion
(03.10.2020)
Dass ausgerechnet eine Politikerin der Grünen, die in Deutschland bislang fast alle Corona-Regeln der Regierung mittragen, der Bar- und Restaurantschließung widerspricht, hat mehr mit Emmanuel Macrons bisheriger Corona-Bilanz zu tun als mit dem neuen Erlass. Der Präsident hatte im Frühjahr einen besonders strengen und langen Lockdown verhängt, dennoch hatte Frankreich ähnlich viele Opfer zu beklagen wie das lockerere Schweden.
Neue Welle an Verschärfungen: Weltweit hat Corona Städte fest im Griff
Das Coronavirus hat die Welt weiterhin fest im Griff. Vor allem in den großen Städten sind die Infektionen in den vergangenen Tagen massiv angestiegen. Sowohl New York als auch Paris schlagen Alarm, in Italien wird eine landesweite Maskenpflicht im Freien geplant.
Cuomo Won’t Approve Closing of Businesses in 9 Hard-Hit N.Y.C. Areas
Indeed, the governor also announced that the state would take over supervision of enforcement of mask and social-distancing rules in the hot spot clusters, presumably putting the State Police in charge of New York City Police Department officers.
New York governor moves to close yeshivas – and possibly synagogues
That deadline is a day earlier than Mayor Bill de Blasio had set — and equally irrelevant for the hundreds of Jewish schools in the areas, most of which are closed right now because of the Sukkot holiday.
Cuomo also announced that he would take over efforts to enforce social distancing and mask mandates in New York City areas with rising cases, many of which are home to significant Orthodox populations.
BREAKING: Cuomo sides with de Blasio’s plan to shut down schools in primarily Jewish areas, threatens to ban religious gatherings
NYC To Close Businesses In Parts Of Brooklyn And Queens As Virus Takes Hold Again
After initially leading the nation in positive coronavirus tests, New York City was able to get the virus under control earlier this year through strong messaging on the importance of social distancing and the widespread closures of businesses. But in recent weeks, city officials and residents had been watching the numbers tick back up, particularly in Orthodox Jewish areas.
New York City looking to close some areas seeing coronavirus surge
Over the past two weeks, the number of new cases of the virus has been rising in pockets of the city, predominantly in neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that are home to the city‘s large Orthodox Jewish population.
The revolt against lockdown
Meanwhile, protests have raged again in Madrid, following the imposition of localised measures on particular districts that protesters say are punishing the poor. Comments made by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the president of the Madrid region, suggesting ‘the way of life of immigrants’ was partly to blame for the rises in cases, have also sparked a fierce backlash.
A manifesto signed by various neighbourhood groups denounces the new measures as racist and classist, arguing that they single out the ‘individual behaviours’ of poorer residents for scorn when in all neighbourhoods rules are being broken.
Whispers in Blue and White to dissolve Israeli gov‘t intensify: report
More Blue and White party members are calling to end the collaboration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and dissolve the government, broadcaster Channel 12 reported Sunday.
In an interview with Israel’s public radio Kan, chairwoman of the Knesset’s (Israel Parliament) Internal Affairs and Environment Committee Miki Haimovich said that more people within her party are thinking on such a possibility.
The superpower of the innocent person who is falsely accused.
Fascism Is Dead, Long Live Dictatorship
It’s important for me to be precise, because I know the mechanisms of thought enforcement in my political camp, which will want to turn my words into support for Netanyahu. I firmly oppose the lockdown, but the fact that Israel is enforcing it by using the army doesn’t make the paratroopers’ presence at checkpoints proof that “the dictatorship is already here.” Certainly no more than the curfew in Spain and the soldiers patrolling the streets there were proof of Franco’s return.
Damit sie wissen, was sie tun: Ökonomen messen Corona-Schäden
In Krisenzeiten ist es für Entscheidungsträger besonders wichtig, möglichst schnell ein Bild vom Wirtschaftsgeschehen zu haben. Die Corona-Pandemie erhöhte den Druck, dem nachzukommen: „Dass wir Ökonomen uns so zeitnah mit dem realen Wirtschaftsgeschehen auseinandersetzen, ist ganz neu“, sagt Sellner und betont, wie wenig Forschung in dem Bereich erst vorliegt.
Corona als Religion
Wir glauben an Corona wie an einen „Gott“: an etwas, das von außen kommt, das ungleich viel mächtiger ist als wir selbst und das uns Gebote auferlegt, die wir treu zu befolgen haben, und dass wir dann dafür, dass wir sie treu befolgen, belohnt werden. Diejenigen, die die Gebote nicht befolgen, behandeln wir wie eine religiöse Sekte die Häretiker behandelt: Wir grenzen sie aus; wir ächten sie; wir nennen sie Sünder („Corona Sünder“). Wir legen ihnen Strafen auf.
Ergänzende Informationen zur „Aktion Einflussagenten erkennen und benennen“
Die Beschäftigung von Einflussagenten in Kombination mit der Nutzung von Instrumenten der Meinungsmache erweist sich immer mehr als Top-Kombination zur Durchsetzung von wirtschaftlichen und politischen Interessen. Diese Erkenntnis führt dazu, dass die NachDenkSeiten über beide Phänomene immer wieder aufklären.
Mike Pompeo shortens Asia trip as Trump falls ill, but will visit Japan
In Tokyo on Tuesday, Pompeo and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will have a meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia and India in a move that is seen as a counter to China‘s growing assertiveness in the region.
Federalist‘s Sean Davis: CIA Director Haspel Personally Blocking Declassification Of Documents That Will Reveal Truth About Russiagate
„Unfortunately those releases and declassifications according to multiple sources I‘ve talked to are being blocked by CIA director Gina Haspel who herself was the main link between Washington and London,“ Davis said. „As the London station chief from John Brennan‘s CIA during the 2016 election. Recall, it was London where Christopher Steele was doing all this work. And I‘m told that it was Gina Haspel personally who is blocking a continued declassification of these documents that will show the American people the truth of what actually happened.“
Lawmaker From Gantz‘s Party: More ‚Thinking of Quitting Netanyahu Government‘
Israeli lawmaker Miki Haimovich, a member of Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz‘s Kahol Lavan party, said on Sunday evening that there is a growing group in Kahol Lavan that is considering dismantling the partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gantz Knows the Premiership Is Lost and Now His Party Is Raising the Stakes
Passing legislation to keep protests away from Netanyahu‘s residence in Jerusalem, to which Gantz‘s party didn‘t oppose, was the last of too many straws, bringing Kahol Lavan to its limit
President Trump could return to WH ‚as early as tomorrow‘ if conditions continue to improve, doctors say
Garibaldi said the president feels well Sunday and the team plans to have him eat and be up and about as much as possible to be mobile, and „if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the White House where he can continue his treatment course.“
Verschlüsselungserpresser legen nun große Konzerne lahm
Der Mutterkonzern Merit hatte die unterschiedlichen IT-Systeme seiner Tochterfirmen – die CMA CMG ist davon die größte – während der letzten Jahre vereinheitlicht. Man war überall auf Citrix-Equipment umgestiegen, diese Systeme galten bis zum Auftauchen einer im Grunde unfassbaren Sicherheitslücke zum Jahreswechsel als grundsolide und sehr sicher. Bis sich herumsprach, dass beim Login mit dem Benutzernamen „Nobody“ kein Passwort abgefragt wurde.