Daily Archives: 2. November 2020


02.11.2020 - 20:55 [ Haaretz ]

AG Bars Netanyahu From Handling Matters in Legal System, Law Enforcement While on Trial

The opinion states that Netanyahu cannot make decisions regarding appointments to the legal system or law enforcment. Netanyahu must also be barred from making decisions regarding witnesses, other defendants or engaging in legislation that could affect the proceedings against him, Mendelblit wrote.

Furthermore, Netanyahu cannot interfere in several areas under the jurisdiction of the Communications Ministry.

02.11.2020 - 20:42 [ Joe Biden / Youtube ]

Vice President Joe Biden is LIVE at Canvass Kickoff in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Joe Biden is in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to thank some of our incredible volunteers for all their hard work.

02.11.2020 - 17:10 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Glenn Greenwald verlässt ‚The Intercept‘: „CIA und Deep State sind die Helden der ‚liberalen Linken’“

Das Phänomen, dass sich als „links“ einordnende Journalisten gemeinsam mit dubiosen Geheimdienst-Mitarbeitern Enthüllungen über Biden sabotieren, erklärt Greenwald in dem Interview folgendermaßen, und er weist dabei auf die Gefahren dieser Koalition hin:

„Die CIA hat sich vom ersten Tag an dem Ziel verschrieben, die Trump-Regierung zu sabotieren. Aus diesem Grund wurden die CIA und die Akteure des Deep State zu Helden der „liberalen Linken“. Die Unterstützer der Demokratischen Partei sind nun in einer starken Verbindung mit Neocons, Bush-Cheney-Mitarbeitern, der CIA, dem Silicon Valley und der Wall Street. Diese starke Machtgruppe – gemeinsam mit den Medien des Mainstreams – wird bei einem Wahlsieg mindestens einen Teil der Macht erringen, wenn nicht die ganze Macht.“

02.11.2020 - 15:38 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

How Vallance‘s secret blood-curdling press briefing on looming lockdown – an hour BEFORE Boris agreed to it – lit the fuse on Nov 5th shutdown that could blow up our economy

– Boris Johnson announced England-wide lockdown after weeks insisting he would stick to his local ‚Tiers‘
– The PM summoned a dramatic press conference Saturday night after details of the U-turn idea were leaked
– Sir Patrick Vallance gave blood-curdling briefing about the situation on Friday before ministers made decision
– More details were then leaked overnight before the wider Cabinet had been gathered, forcing the PM‘s hand
Mr Johnson is set to use a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon to say there is ‚no alternative‘

02.11.2020 - 15:33 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Apocalyptic forecast of 4,000 coronavirus deaths a day could be FIVE TIMES too high and had already been proved wrong when government revealed it at weekend

– Sir Patrick Vallance presented worst-case scenario in Saturday‘s briefing when lockdown was confirmed
– But it has emerged it was based on forecasts made weeks ago and since updated to give lower estimates
– Oxford‘s Carl Heneghan said he was ‚concerned‘ at officials‘ choice to use old data which could be misleading
– Tory MPs accused SAGE, of which Vallance is chair, of ‚cherry-picking‘ figures and not giving full picture
– England will be thrust into a second lockdown from Thursday, pending a vote in Parliament on Wednesday

02.11.2020 - 15:29 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Rüstung in Zeiten der Pandemie

Heute, ziemlich genau ein halbes Jahr später, können die besorgten Rüstungsfans aufatmen – nicht nur kamen die meisten europäischen Militärbudgets bislang weitgehend ungeschoren davon, in einer ganzen Reihe von Ländern schießen sie sogar ganz ungeachtet der aktuellen Krise regelrecht durch die Decke.

02.11.2020 - 15:26 [ CBS News ]

2020 Election Live Updates: Trump and Biden make last-minute appeals on eve of election

On the eve of Election Day, both campaigns will be making their last-minute appeals to voters in swing states. President Trump is set to hold rallies in North Carolina and Michigan, as well as Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of unrest this summer, and Joe Biden‘s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Biden, meanwhile, will be barnstorming the critically important state of Pennsylvania with Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff. The campaign said Sunday that Biden will also be traveling to Cleveland on Monday.

02.11.2020 - 14:49 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Proteste in El Salvador gegen Militarisierung der Grenzregion zu Honduras

Nayib Bukele, der Präsident des Landes, reagierte und beschuldigte die Unterzeichner, für „Drogenhändler und -schmuggler“ zu arbeiten. Er befahl außerdem, das Gebiet noch stärker zu militarisieren.

02.11.2020 - 14:29 [ ZDF ]

Kritik an US-Wahlen – Nur eingeschränkte Wahlbeobachtung möglich

18 US-Bundesstaaten lassen keine Wahlbeobachter zu: Diese Einschränkungen kritisiert der Chef der OSZE-Wahlbeobachter im ZDF. Auch der Swing State Florida ist betroffen.

02.11.2020 - 14:21 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Wahlen auf Parteitagen: Irgendwie online zum CDU-Chef?

Es hat schon mehrere Online-Parteitage gegeben – im Mai bei den Grünen und Ende September bei der CSU. Allerdings wurden dabei keine Parteivorstände gewählt. Denn bislang war die herrschende Meinung, dass das deutsche Parteiengesetz das nicht zulässt. Einige Experten sind sogar der Ansicht, dass eine Grundgesetzänderung nötig wäre.

02.11.2020 - 12:47 [ Axios ]

Scoop: Biden may keep Warren, Sanders out of Cabinet

Joe Biden’s team is considering an informal ban on naming Democratic U.S. senators to the Cabinet if he wins — which would effectively block Elizabeth Warren for Treasury or Bernie Sanders for Labor — people familiar with the discussions tell Axios.

02.11.2020 - 12:45 [ Alex Thompson, covering 2020 for Politico / Twitter ]

.@HansNichols reports that the Biden team is considering an „informal ban“ of all senators from the cabinet. The upshot: a way of saying no to both Warren and Bernie.

02.11.2020 - 12:10 [ Matt Stoller / Twitter ]

I‘m noticing increasing hatred towards Substack, as if independent reporting creates distrust. It‘s a bizarre authoritarian strain, last seen in the mid-2000s dismissal of ‚bloggers‘ who didn‘t like the war in Iraq. Blogger ethics panel!

02.11.2020 - 11:49 [ Greenwald.substack.com ]

The Aftermath Of My Move Back To Independent Journalism

(31.10.2020)

The last twenty-hours have been exhilarating. I had no idea what to expect when I decided to leave The Intercept and move my journalism here, but the outpouring of support — both words of encouragement from readers and those subscribing and supporting my work here — has been beyond what I can describe and it is incredibly gratifying and appreciated. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed and reached out.

02.11.2020 - 11:28 [ Oliver Stone / Twitter ]

(2/3) @ggreenwald & I don’t support the #Republicans, but we’re sick and tired of the irrational #censorship going on in America. This sordid affair is groundbreaking. Never before has there been this kind of 4-year marriage of #DemocraticParty to the intelligence agencies.

02.11.2020 - 11:19 [ Chris Hedges / Twitter ]

Chris Hedges and Matt Taibbi examine how the press and the major tech platforms function as a propaganda and censorship bureau on behalf of the Democratic Party and the Biden campaign.

02.11.2020 - 11:09 [ Greenwald.substack.com ]

Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept

(29.10.2020)

All of these new materials, the authenticity of which has never been disputed by Hunter Biden or the Biden campaign, raise important questions about whether the former Vice President and current front-running presidential candidate was aware of efforts by his son to peddle influence with the Vice President for profit, and also whether the Vice President ever took actions in his official capacity with the intention, at least in part, of benefitting his son‘s business associates. But in the two weeks since the Post published its initial story, a union of the nation‘s most powerful entities, including its news media, have taken extraordinary steps to obscure and bury these questions rather than try to provide answers to them.

02.11.2020 - 11:00 [ Greenwald.substack.com ]

My Resignation From The Intercept

(29.10.2020)

I had no objection to their disagreement with my views of what this Biden evidence shows: as a last-ditch attempt to avoid being censored, I encouraged them to air their disagreements with me by writing their own articles that critique my perspectives and letting readers decide who is right, the way any confident and healthy media outlet would. But modern media outlets do not air dissent; they quash it. So censorship of my article, rather than engagement with it, was the path these Biden-supporting editors chose.

The censored article will be published on this page shortly (it is now published here, and the emails with Intercept editors showing the censorship are here). My letter of intent to resign, which I sent this morning to First Look Media’s President Michael Bloom, is published below.

02.11.2020 - 10:54 [ CNN ]

Glenn Greenwald is quitting The Intercept, claiming editors ‚censored‘ his article about Joe Biden

(29.10.2020)

Greenwald said in his resignation announcement that he will continue to publish on the Substack, which he heralded as a place where journalists „have come in order to practice journalism free of the increasingly repressive climate that is engulfing national mainstream media outlets across the country.“
On Thursday afternoon, he published on Substack the article and the email exchange he had with his editors about it.

02.11.2020 - 10:47 [ Cllr Glenn Thompson - Westoe - South Tyneside / Twitter ]

Biden if elected, would quickly issue a „declaration of support for the European Union“ and „European integration“. I have issues with Trump, but crikey the UK and the world need him to win next week!!

(01.11.2020)

02.11.2020 - 10:35 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Biden set to focus on EU at expense of ‘special relationship’

The Sunday Telegraph can disclose, as advisers to the presidential hopeful revealed that he plans to focus on rebuilding America‘s relations with the European Union.

One influential foreign policy adviser to Mr Biden told an audience in Germany last week that, if elected, the former vice-president would quickly issue a „declaration of support for the European Union“ and „European integration“.

02.11.2020 - 09:44 [ ZDF ]

US-Wahlkampf – Trump: Europäische Lockdowns sind drakonisch

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat die europäischen Lockdowns als „drakonisch“ bezeichnet. Er schließt einen Lockdown, trotz steigender Infektionszahlen, für die USA aus.

02.11.2020 - 07:15 [ Bild / Twitter ]

Corona-News im Live-Ticker – Polizei löst Kindergeburtstag mit 100 Gästen auf

02.11.2020 - 07:01 [ BZ Berlin B.Z. / Twitter ]

Spahn: Es kommen „Monate der Einschränkungen und des Verzichts“

02.11.2020 - 06:58 [ ORF.at ]

Teil-Lockdown in Deutschland hat begonnen

Seit heute sind in allen deutschen Bundesländern entsprechende Verordnungen in Kraft. Bundesweit müssen Gastronomie, Kultur und Freizeiteinrichtungen weitestgehend schließen. Auch für persönliche Treffen gelten strengere Regeln: In den meisten Bundesländern dürfen nur noch zwei Haushalte zusammenkommen – teils gilt das sogar für Treffen im privaten Raum.

02.11.2020 - 01:46 [ NDR ]

Atommüll: Frachter erreicht Nordenham frühestens Montag

Die „Pacific Grebe“ habe noch vor dem Auslaufen das Positionserkennungssystem Automatic Identification System (AIS) abgeschaltet. Damit sei das Schiff vom öffentlichen Radar verschwunden, teilte das Protestbündnis mit. Weil das ein Verstoß gegen internationales Seerecht sei, haben die Atomkraftgegner den Eigner des Schiffes angezeigt.

02.11.2020 - 01:16 [ ORF ]

COVID-19 bremst boomende Gesichtserkennungbranche

Die Coronavirus-Pandemie hat die boomende Gesichtserkennungsbranche kalt erwischt. Alle aktuellen Systeme produzieren bei Maskenträgern Fehlerraten, die sie unbrauchbar machen. Das gilt für Authentifizierungsysteme, etwa von Smartphones oder am Flughafen, ganz besonders aber für Videoüberwachungsysteme mit Gesichtserkennung. Auf absehbare Zeit sind alle bestehenden solchen Überwachungsinstallationen obsolet.