Daily Archives: 8. Januar 2021


08.01.2021 - 21:17 [ Haaretz ]

President Rivlin, Act Now – Before It‘s Too Late

The moment of truth for our future is approaching. What we saw the other day on the steps of the Capitol and inside it is a warning sign. Netanyahu’s readiness to break every rule and law is obvious, and reached a peak at the start of his trial, with that scene in the courthouse that could have come right out of a gangster movie. And in fact, the prosecutor in his trial is already under guard day and night, just like the prosecutors in the trials of organized crime bosses, and for the same reasons.

The trial has begun, and so a new situation is before us.

08.01.2021 - 21:03 [ .wlsam.com ]

Read: Pelosi’s letter on speaking with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs about Trump and the nuclear codes

Preventing an Unhinged President From Using the Nuclear Codes: This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy.

08.01.2021 - 20:54 [ theHill.com ]

Trump says he won‘t attend Biden inauguration

President Trump on Friday said he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a break with more than a century of tradition as he stews over his defeat.

„To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted.

08.01.2021 - 20:29 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Leserbriefe zu „Regierungslogik: Die Corona-Maßnahmen wirken nicht. Also verlängern wir sie. Und die Tagesschau applaudiert“

„Die Menschen die in den engen Wohnungen unserer Städte leben , die Kinder, die Alten, die Künstler, die Musiker und auch alle Nichtgenannten, (Underdogs) sowie die (früheren) und jetzigen Mitarbeiter/innen der Gastwirte und des Einzelhandels. Auch die, die heute früh wieder zur Arbeit fuhren, bzw. fahren durften – in ihre Büros und an die Fließbänder, teilweise in vollen oder auch halbvollen Bussen und Bahnen – Sehr geehrter Herr Müller, ich sehe niemanden sich öffentlich zu positionieren für eine gerechte Lebensweise. (Der Promillebereich zählt nicht) Alle diese Genannten und Nichtgenannten Bürger dieses Landes genießen ihr Deutschland, ihr Land des Glücks und Lobgesangs, welches stetig wechselhaft, aber niemals aufwärts geht, nur ständig munter runter. Verlässt sie 2021 immer noch der Mut? NEIN, es ist ihre Bundesrepublik Deutschland, ihre eigene immer kleiner werdende Welt, in der Jede und Jeder danach strebt das sich der Mühe doch nie als Wert erweist. Sie bleiben auch im Jahr 2021(oder 3021, 4021 falls die Welt noch existiert) jederzeit gefügige, angepasste, obrigkeitshörige, aufopferungswillige, funktionierende, in ständiger Unterwerfung existierende Untertanen dieses Landes.“

08.01.2021 - 20:13 [ Achse des Guten ]

Ausgestoßener der Woche: Alles

Seit dem 1. Januar 2021 wendet die britische Medienaufsichtsbehörde „Office of Communications“ (Ofcom) eine neue, erweiterte Definition von „Hassrede“ an. Vor diesem Datum mussten Rundfunkteilnehmer lediglich sicherstellen, dass ihre Sendungen keine „Aufstachelung zu Hass“ auf der Grundlage von „Rasse, Geschlecht, Religion oder Nationalität“ enthielten.

08.01.2021 - 18:43 [ Spiked ]

The totalitarian hell of lockdown

Debate, dissent and independent thought are not allowed in Covid Britain.

08.01.2021 - 18:41 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Freedom of expression fears grow as tough new Ofcom code classes ‚political opinion‘ in its definition of hate speech

(04.01.2021)

Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith said: ‚We are drifting into a totalitarian ‚woke‘ state where nothing can ever be said for fear that somebody will be offended. It‘s madness, and it‘s driven by a small minority. Most people don‘t care.‘

08.01.2021 - 18:18 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Now police ban SNOWBALLS! Officers threaten to fine people £200 for playing in the snow – after swooping on friends for driving just SEVEN miles to go for a walk in the park – and claiming their cups of tea counted as a picnic

– The West Mercia police force tweeted: ‚There have been two reports of snowballs being thrown last night‘
– Came as friends were surrounded, read their rights and fined £200 each after driving seven miles for a walk
– Derbyshire Police has previously been criticised for using drones to film dog walkers and dying lagoon black
– Priti Patel insisted it‘s ‚right‘ for officers to confront Britons sat on park benches after criticism of their tactics
– Officers in England and Wales have handed out more than 30,000 fines under coronavirus laws since March

08.01.2021 - 18:09 [ Tagesschau.de ]

BioNTech/Pfizer: EU verdoppelt Impfstoff-Bestellung

Er rechne damit, dass die bisher vereinbarten 60 Millionen Impfdosen aus dem deutschen Anteil an EU-Verträgen sowie 30 Millionen aus einer bilateralen Zusatzvereinbarung noch in diesem Jahr ausgeliefert würden, sagt ein Sprecher des Gesundheitsministeriums.

Das Bundesgesundheitsministerium hatte im Dezember mitgeteilt, dass Berlin neben den Bestellungen über die EU national nochmals 30 Millionen Dosen bei Biontech und seinem US-Partner Pfizer geordert habe. Von der Leyen kritisierte das Vorgehen.

08.01.2021 - 17:02 [ ORF.at ]

CoV-Unterausschuss startete mit Anträgen an Ministerien

Einberufen wurde das Gremium von SPÖ und NEOS. Formell handelt es sich beim „kleinen U-Ausschuss“ um einen Unterausschuss des Rechnungshof-Ausschusses. Einen solchen kann auch die parlamentarische Minderheit einberufen – und dies haben SPÖ und NEOS getan, weil es keinen CoV-Kontrollausschuss gibt.

08.01.2021 - 16:56 [ ORF.at ]

CoV: Polizei untersagt drei von vier Demos

Drei Demonstrationen von Gegnern der Corona-Maßnahmen am Wochenende in Wien sind untersagt worden. Stattfinden darf hingegen ein „Spiritueller Neujahrsrundgang für ein segensreiches glückliches Neujahr“.

08.01.2021 - 10:29 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

100,000 Britons abroad face scramble to find a covid test or risk being stranded as government rules travellers will be BANNED from entering UK without a negative test – within DAYS

It is expected to cause a scramble for return flights as around 100,000 Brits are currently away in hotspots such as Dubai and the Maldives.

Ministers agreed the strict measures last night amid growing pressure to tighten borders – but have not confirmed a start date, although it is expected to be next week.

08.01.2021 - 10:15 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Covid crackdown Britain: Drivers are turned away from beauty spots while police question parents with pushchairs about where they are going and FOUR cops surround man outside Tube station

– Scotland Yard revealed that officers will be told to stop civilians in the street and ask why they are not at home
– MailOnline witnessed patrols out in force in Hammersmith today stopping Tube travellers and drivers
– Police in Derbyshire stopped people outside National Trust property including a woman desperate for the loo
– Officers in Birmingham City Center questioned a couple with pushchair to ask what business they had in town
– Priti Patel backs police to demand answers about why public are out with a ‚stay at home‘ order in place
– This includes approaching people in parks, drivers out and about and going to homes if they are very noisy
– Police arrested 28 demonstrators for flouting restrictions and fined four men £800 for driving to McDonald‘s

08.01.2021 - 10:01 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Three people are charged with assaulting police after officers entered family‘s home ‚after being told too many people were inside‘

She said: ‚My house. That is bullying. This is my house. Get out of my house. I did not ask you in here.‘

A young boy can be seen in the video as the woman‘s daughter said: ‚Just stop it mum‘.

Two women, aged 18 and 48, and a 43-year-old man were charged in connection with assaulting police officers and threatening and abusive behaviour, according to Police Scotland.

08.01.2021 - 09:16 [ CNN ]

Capitol Police officer on life support after pro-Trump riot, union official says

Papathanasiou told WUSA — a local Washington, DC, television news station — that the officer died. Later Thursday, the Capitol Police released a statement stating no officers had died as a result of Wednesday‘s riot.

Papathanasiou retracted his statement to WUSA and told CNN the officer was still on life support.
„He had a stroke. I think he‘s on life support. We‘ve got some misinformation on that. He‘s on life support from what I‘m hearing,“ Papathanasiou told CNN.

08.01.2021 - 09:15 [ New York Times ]

Capitol Police Officer Dies From Injuries in Pro-Trump Rampage

Officer Brian D. Sicknick died at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Capitol Police said in a statement. He had been with the agency since 2008.

Mr. Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday and “was injured while physically engaging with protesters,” the agency’s statement said, although officials didn’t immediately elaborate on the nature of his injuries or how he interacted with the crowd. After sustaining the injuries, Mr. Sicknick returned to his division office, collapsed, and was taken to the hospital.

08.01.2021 - 08:10 [ The Atlantic / Youtube ]

Original Pearl Harbor News Footage

Featuring footage from the U.S. Navy, this newsreel depicts the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

08.01.2021 - 07:57 [ Keith Clasgens / Twitter ]

I know our news is censored, but did the protesters blow up all of DC and kill 2,403 politicians, and I missed it? Didn’t think so. Nowhere close to Pearl Harbor.

08.01.2021 - 07:47 [ Aaron Rupar / Twitter ]

Chuck Schumer compares today to Pearl Harbor

(07.01.2021)

08.01.2021 - 07:24 [ Glenn Greenwald / Twitter ]

Secret, due-process-free no-fly lists were one of the worst post-9/11 civil liberties abuses — I reported on them often. Stunning to see calls from Congress for people to be put on them revived in this climate. I hope people realize what‘s happening:

08.01.2021 - 07:09 [ Newsweek ]

House Homeland Security Committee Chair Calls for Capitol Rioters to Be Put on No-Fly List

The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security has called for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the FBI to ban those involved in Wednesday‘s insurrection that breached the U.S. Capitol building from flying on airplanes.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) issued a statement Thursday urging the agencies to add the „violent perpetrators involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol“ to the no-fly list.

08.01.2021 - 06:43 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Biden Says Rioters Who Stormed Capitol Were Domestic Terrorists

President-elect says Trump supporters who attacked legislative complex were insurrectionists, not protesters.