Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel described Zaid as an important leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansaruallh movement.
Daily Archives: 28. Oktober 2020
Algerian president transferred to Germany for medical checks
It stated that Tebboune will undergo „in-depth physical examination“ in Germany on the recommendation of his doctors.
Parlament in Bolivien will Putsch-Regierung wegen Massakern anklagen
Kommissionsbericht: Einsatz von tödlichen Schusswaffen zweifelsfrei geklärt, Projektile ausschließlich von Polizei und Militär benutzt
The tyranny of data has put us at the mercy of a new Covid priesthood
In the days before Big Data, when the amount of information available to policy makers would have been fairly small and the consequences of locking down the economy unacceptable, the response was entirely different. The flu pandemic of 1968 affected millions and killed thousands but there was no suggestion that the country should be placed in a deep freeze while it was suppressed.
#Corona Drostens Antwort: Ausnahmezustand für immer
(12.10.2020)
via @welt
Faschismus im Gewand der Demokratie
Aus aktuellem Anlass möchte ich Sie auf 3 Vorgänge aufmerksam machen: 1. versuchter Totschlag im Namen des demokratischen Staates. 2. Berufsverbot und Gesinnungsschnüffelei im Gewand eines sich demokratisch gebärdenden Hochschulprofessors. 3. Zensur einer wichtigen Internetseite. YouTube schaltet KenFM ab.
Bund-Länder-Beschlüsse: Das sind die Corona-Regeln im November
Die Maßnahmen sollen am 2. November in Kraft treten – und vorerst bis Monatsende gelten. Die Hoffnung dahinter: Zu Weihnachten sollen sich dann Familien und Freunde wieder treffen können.
Linke sagt Parteitag ab
Die Linke muss turnusmäßig eine neue Parteiführung wählen. Das bisherige Vorsitzendenden-Duo aus Katja Kipping und Bernd Riexinger tritt nach acht Jahren im Amt nicht erneut an.
„Alles kann diskutiert werden“
Kanzlerin Merkel und die Ministerpräsidenten der Länder stehen unter Druck, auf die rasant steigenden Infektionszahlen zu reagieren. Dazu ZDF-Korrespondentin Shakuntula Banerjee.
The Election That Could Break America
The Interregnum comprises 79 days, carefully bounded by law. Among them are “the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December,” this year December 14, when the electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots for president; “the 3d day of January,” when the newly elected Congress is seated; and “the sixth day of January,” when the House and Senate meet jointly for a formal count of the electoral vote. In most modern elections these have been pro forma milestones, irrelevant to the outcome. This year, they may not be.
“Our Constitution does not secure the peaceful transition of power, but rather presupposes it,” the legal scholar Lawrence Douglas wrote in a recent book titled simply Will He Go?
What if a state can’t agree which presidential candidate won?
(27.10.2020)
For the 2020 election, the states have until Dec. 8 — six days before the electoral college must meet — to count votes and settle all election disputes.
Voters‘ Guide To Election Security In The 2020 Presidential Campaign
(September 27, 2020)
This year may feature the most turnout ever, according to some projections, and combined with an expected surge in mailed ballots could mean that Americans don‘t get a definitive result on election night.
The Legal Fight Awaiting Us After the Election
(September 21, 2020)
There does seem to be general agreement on one provision of the 1887 act: the “safe harbor” clause. It provides that, if a state submits its final tally in the Presidential contest by six days before the meeting of the Electoral College, that decision is “conclusive” and thus free from legal challenge. This year, the safe-harbor deadline is December 8th; the Electoral College meets in each state capitol on December 14th.
It is unclear, however, what will happen if a slow vote count puts a state in jeopardy of missing the deadline.
How Rutherford B. Hayes could impact this year‘s presidential election
(September 3, 2020)
More than at any time since 2000, the possibility that states could have problems meeting crucial December deadlines for their electoral totals hangs in the air. The sheer challenge of tallying mail-in ballots during a pandemic could delay final results, as could litigation in swing states with narrow margins between candidates.
„Irakkriegstagebücher“ nach zehn Jahren: Wahrheit ist Verrat
Der Zweck des Journalismus ist es, Wahrheit – insbesondere unbequeme Wahrheit – aufzudecken und zum Wohle der Gesellschaft zu veröffentlichen. In einer freien Gesellschaft müssen wir über die kriminellen Handlungen informiert werden, die von den Regierungen im Namen des Volkes begangen werden. Im Laufe der Geschichte haben Journalisten immer wieder aufgedeckt, auf welch vielfältige Weise Regierungen lügen, betrügen und stehlen – und welche großen Anstrengungen sie unternehmen, damit das Volk nichts davon erfährt.
Große Journalisten wie Seymour Hersh, der uns über die Tragödie des Massakers von Mai Lai und die Schrecken, die im irakischen Gefängnis von Abu Ghraib stattfanden, berichtete, sind unverzichtbar.
‚Iraq War Diaries‘ At Ten Years: Truth is Treason
The purpose of journalism is to uncover truth – especially uncomfortable truth – and to publish it for the benefit of society. In a free society, we must be informed of the criminal acts carried out by governments in the name of the people. Throughout history, journalists have uncovered the many ways governments lie, cheat, and steal – and the great lengths they will go to keep the people from finding out.
All in-person meetings suspended at UN New York headquarters due to COVID-19 infections
Diplomats said people who attended Thursday‘s meeting were being tested for COVID-19, and an in-person meeting on Syria planned for Tuesday was instead held virtually.