Archiv: extreme bullsh*t


09.11.2024 - 15:49 [ CNN ]

Biden administration to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia’s invasion

(November 8, 2024)

The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly F16 fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems, an official with direct knowledge of the plan told CNN.
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It is not clear whether Donald Trump will keep the policy in place when he takes office in January. Trump has said he hopes to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “within 24 hours” of returning to power.

05.10.2024 - 05:42 [ Times of India ]

Trump says Israel should ‚hit Iran‘s nuclear facilities first‘ days after Biden urges restraint

„Isn‘t that what you‘re supposed to hit? I mean, it‘s the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons,“ he said.

„When they asked him that question, the answer should have been, hit the nuclear first, and worry about the rest later,“ Trump added.

02.10.2024 - 22:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage

Several missiles were also located near the Dead Sea, near where Israeli nuclear facilities are located. It wasn‘t clear whether they were intercepted by Israel or the US, according to the report.

One missile hit in the vicinity of a school in the town of Gedera, with photos of the aftermath showing a massive crater in the ground and major structural damage to the nearby buildings.

30.08.2024 - 13:31 [ ZDF ]

BSW-Wahlkampf in Thüringen : Wagenknecht mit roter Farbe bespritzt

Wagenknecht selbst schrieb nach dem Vorfall auf der Plattform X, dass es ihr wieder gut gehe. „Nur der Schreck steckt mir noch ein bisschen in den Knochen“, so Wagenknecht. Zugleich zeigte sie sich kämpferisch: „Wir lassen uns nicht einschüchtern!“.

26.08.2024 - 20:07 [ CNN ]

Hear RFK Jr.‘s sister‘s response to her brother endorsing Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister and human rights activist Kerry Kennedy joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and shares her reaction to her brother announcing that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump.

04.05.2024 - 16:22 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Dresden: SPD-Europapolitiker bei Angriff schwer verletzt

Minuten vor der Attacke auf Ecke attackierte laut Polizei bereits eine vierköpfige Gruppe einen Wahlkampfhelfer der Grünen ebenfalls beim Plakatieren. Die Täter schlugen und traten ihn, auch der 28-Jährige wurde verletzt. Die Ermittler des Staatsschutzes gehen aufgrund der übereinstimmenden Personenbeschreibungen sowie der zeitlichen und örtlichen Nähe davon aus, dass es sich in beiden Fällen um dieselben Täter handelt.

01.05.2024 - 16:09 [ FOX 11 Los Angeles / Youtube ]

Fight breaks out at UCLA; Fireworks thrown at pro-Palestine tents

Multiple fights broke out in dueling protests between Israel and Palestine protesters.

01.05.2024 - 16:00 [ Daily Bruin ]

Pro-Israel counter-protesters attempt to storm encampment, sparking violence

Fireworks, tear gas and fights broke out just after 10:50 p.m. Tuesday night and continued early Wednesday morning as around 100 pro-Israel counter-protesters attempted to seize the barricade around and storm the ongoing Palestine solidarity encampment in Dickson Plaza.

The chaos comes as Chancellor Gene Block faces criticism for improper handling of the encampment and the same day the university deemed the encampment to be unlawful, threatening students inside with suspension and expulsion. Security and UCPD both retreated as pro-Israel counter-protesters and other groups attacked protesters in the encampment – led by Students for Justice in Palestine and UC Divest Coalition at UCLA – that followed similar ones across the country.

01.05.2024 - 15:55 [ LA Times ]

Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment ‘unlawful’

Just before midnight, a large group of counterdemonstrators, wearing black outfits and white masks, arrived on campus and tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. Campers, some holding lumber and wearing goggles and helmets, rallied to defend the encampment’s perimeter.

21.02.2024 - 15:15 [ AlternatiVeto.net ]

Privacy-oriented X front-end Nitter is shutting down following changes to guest accounts

(29.01.2024)

Although some Nitter instances are currently still operational, it is anticipated they will cease functioning shortly as they expire. This development leaves those who were using Nitter to monitor or follow X/Twitter users without an account with fewer options.

11.02.2024 - 21:10 [ SSLLabs.com ]

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01.02.2024 - 11:29 [ Middle East Eye ]

War on Gaza: Charity says Egypt intelligence-linked firm charging $5,000 to get aid over border

An international charity with extensive experience in providing emergency aid in wars, famines and earthquakes throughout the Middle East and in Afghanistan is being forced to pay $5,000 a truck to a company linked to Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) to get aid into Gaza.

The charity, which does not want to be named to avoid obstruction to its relief efforts in Gaza, spoke to Middle East Eye in outrage at having to pay what it openly describes as a bribe to a state-linked agent.

30.01.2024 - 11:30 [ Reuters ]

Elon Musk‘s Neuralink implants brain chip in first human

The study uses a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move, Neuralink said previously, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.

30.01.2024 - 11:25 [ Futurism.com ]

Neuralink Is Now Recruiting Human Subjects

(20.09.2023)

It‘s only a tiny incremental step towards Musk‘s sweeping vision for his company‘s brain chip. In 2020, Musk promised Neuralink devices could solve numerous neurological conditions, including addiction or memory loss, or restore movement for people with spinal cord injuries. He‘s even promised that one day, a Neuralink brain chip could allow for human-to-human telepathy.

In short, despite Musk‘s grand ambitions, Neuralink still has a lot of work to do to catch up with its competitors — and isn‘t about to completely revolutionize the field just yet.

20.01.2024 - 04:10 [ Muhammad Shehada / Twitter ]

Israeli students chase their history teacher & yell at him „cancer“ & „son of a whore“ b/c he dared to humanize Gazan & Palestinian civilians Meir Baruchin was fired from his job & jailed in solitary confinement last November for this, but was just reinstated by a labour court

20.01.2024 - 03:22 [ @ireallyhateyou / Twitter ]

Israeli teacher posted on social media, expressing sympathy with Gazans. School fired him and made a police complaint. He was jailed for a few days & media depicted him as Hamas supporter. After charges were dropped, court ordered to take him back to work. This was his welcome:

28.12.2023 - 13:49 [ Electronic Intifada / Twitter ]

„The woman there is an enemy, the baby there is an enemy and the first grader is an enemy,“ says Eliyahu Yossian, Israeli analyst and veteran of Unit 8200, a high-tech spy branch of the Israeli military.

28.12.2023 - 13:33 [ The Grayzone / Twitter ]

What is wrong with Israelis? @MaxBlumenthal takes a searing look at the societal sickness that exploded into the open after October 7, as Israelis of all walks of life took to social media to mock the suffering of Palestinians, flaunted war crimes and clamored for genocide

27.12.2023 - 10:10 [ theHill.com ]

What is Egypt’s peace plan proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war?

He reportedly added Egypt and Qatar would work with all Palestinian factions, including Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, to reach an agreement on the government of experts. (…)

The comprehensive deal would also require Israel to withdraw its military from Gaza and Hamas to halt its rocket fire into Israel.

15.11.2023 - 04:30 [ CNN ]

White House says intelligence shows Hamas using al-Shifa hospital for command node, storing weapons

„hey have stored weapons there and they are prepared to respond to an Israeli military operation against that facility.”

Kirby presented no evidence to back up his statement. Israel has claimed for years that Gaza militants have been building key tunnel infrastructure under the hospital – allegations that doctors in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have always vehemently denied.

02.11.2023 - 16:38 [ B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم / Twitter ]

توثيق: مستوطنون يضرمون النار في محلات تجارية وسيارات على مدخل قرية دير شرف في محافظة نابلس، مقطع فيديو من قبل ساعة.

02.11.2023 - 16:35 [ B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم / Twitter ]

תיעוד: מתנחלים מציתים חנויות ומכוניות בכניסה לכפר דיר שרף באזור שכם, התיעוד מלפני שעה קלה

02.11.2023 - 16:31 [ B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم / Twitter ]

Video: settlers torching shops and cars at the entrance to the village Deir Sharf, Nablus area, a short while ago

(2 hours ago)

02.11.2023 - 16:25 [ Dylan Griffith / Twitter ]

Israeli settlers, with the protection of IDF soldiers throw stones at passing Palestinian cars on the roads outside of Deir Sharaf.

07.09.2023 - 20:15 [ Cambridge.org/ ]

Radiation Warfare: A Review of the Legality of Depleted Uranium Weaponry

Although the subject of media frenzy in the immediate aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the use of depleted uranium ammunition in Iraq 2003 raised little media attention. How could the use of such a controversial weapon in 1991 go largely unnoticed just four years later? Does this lack of global condemnation necessarily lead to the conclusion that the “dictates of the public conscience” have evolved in regard to the use of this previously controversial weapon of war? This article seeks to analyze the legality of the use of depleted uranium ammunition — the main question being whether the existing laws of armed conflict are already sufficient to address any human and environmental concerns.

07.09.2023 - 20:09 [ associated press ]

A look at the uranium-based ammunition the US is sending to Ukraine

Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. The rounds retain some radioactive properties, but they can’t generate a nuclear reaction like a nuclear weapon would, RAND nuclear expert and policy researcher Edward Geist said.

07.08.2023 - 06:13 [ YeniSafak.com ]

Nigerian Armed Forces preparing for occupation of Niger

(05.08.2023)

Nigeria deploys troops to its border for preparation of invasion into Niger. Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, Spokesperson for the Nigerian Ministry of Defense, has stated that no official order has been issued yet, but preparations are ongoing. France, the European Union, the United States, and Senegal have declared their readiness to support military intervention in Niger.

04.08.2023 - 19:50 [ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) / Internationale Atomenergiebehörde ]

IAEA Supporting the Enhancement of Saudi Arabia’s National Nuclear Legal Framework

(11 Jan 2023)

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enacted the nuclear law, developed in cooperation with the IAEA, in 2018,” said Bandar E. M. Alharbi, NRRC’s General Director of Legal Affairs and International Relations. “This three-day national workshop on nuclear law organized by the NRRC, provided a very useful platform for outreach and discussion of several aspects of national nuclear law in correlation with international legal instruments”.

Saudi Arabia is party to all the main instruments adopted under IAEA auspices in the field of nuclear safety and security.

03.08.2023 - 06:50 [ Fox News ]

AI will fuel disturbing ‚build-a-child‘ industry

First, the app lets people envision themselves as parents — potentially encouraging people to pursue, rather than delay, parenthood. As one woman said, „I can actually see myself being [pregnant] at some point.“

On the other hand, new technologies introduce a host of temptations and abuses. As reproductive technology advances, doctors could turn AI-generated images of children into reality. This raises the critical question: What is the purpose of having a child?

26.07.2023 - 15:07 [ CNN ]

Israel’s Supreme Court says it will not block law that limits its power – for now

The so-called reasonableness law, part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to weaken the judiciary, has now entered into force.

26.07.2023 - 14:52 [ israelnationalnews.com ]

Supreme Court won‘t stop first phase of judicial reform

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will discuss the lack of meetings by the Judicial Selection Committee in September.

01.07.2023 - 15:26 [ Business Insider ]

Kagan says the Supreme Court risks becoming ‚a danger to a democratic order‘ after it axed Biden‘s student loan forgiveness plan

Kagan in a scorching dissent argued that the court itself overstepped its bounds and by doing so is barreling to a future where it is the „maker of national policy“ by failing to defer to President Joe Biden and Congress to set the national agenda.

„That is no proper role for a court,“ Kagan wrote. „And it is a danger to a democratic order.“ (…)

The chief justice agreed with Kagan that the case is about a branch of government overstepping its authority, but Roberts remained steadfast in his view that it was the executive branch.

08.06.2023 - 01:00 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Urteil wegen „Billigung des russischen Angriffskriegs“: Vorsicht – eine falsche Meinung kann jetzt kriminell sein

Das Kölner Amtsgericht hat eine 48 Jahre alte Frau wegen „Billigung des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine“ schuldig gesprochen, wie Medien berichten. Die Richterin verurteilte die Frau am Dienstag zu einer Geldstrafe von 30 Tagessätzen zu je 30 Euro. Nach Überzeugung des Gerichts hatte die Ukrainerin am 8. Mai 2022 „bei einer pro-russischen Demonstration“ in Köln den Krieg „für andere wahrnehmbar gutgeheißen und befürwortet“, wie es in der Urteilsbegründung hieß.

Laut Medienberichten hatte die Frau in einem Fernseh-Interview, das in der Verhandlung in Augenschein genommen wurde, gesagt: „Russland ist kein Aggressor“. Zudem habe sie gesagt, das Vorgehen Russlands sei „alternativlos“. Das Gericht war überzeugt, dass die Äußerungen der Frau geeignet seien, „den öffentlichen Frieden zu stören“.

25.05.2023 - 18:48 [ Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation ]

Russian and Belarusian defence ministers sign on non-strategic nuclear weapons

Western nations have basically been waging an undeclared war against Moscow and Minsk, according to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was speaking on 25 May 2023 with his Belarusian colleague Viktor Khrenin. Sergei Shoigu stated, ‚Today we are facing the collective West, which is virtually waging war against our countries‘. (…)

‚In the circumstances of an extremely sharp escalation of threats and activity of NATO joint nuclear missions, we are compelled to take retaliatory measures in the military-nuclear sphere. The deployment of Russian Federation non-strategic nuclear weapons on the territory of the Republic of Belarus has been planned in accordance with the decision of Supreme Commanders-in-Chief of the Russian Federation,‘ Sergei Shoigu stated.

18.05.2023 - 05:48 [ Haaretz ]

Israel‘s Coalition and Opposition Nearing Agreements on Aspects of Judicial Overhaul

Moreover, while decisions by the full cabinet would have immunity from being overturned because the court deemed them unreasonable, decisions by individual ministers would not enjoy such immunity.

Opposition leaders said during the talks that they viewed this as a sensible compromise.

04.05.2023 - 09:30 [ ORF.at ]

Iran beschlagnahmt zweiten Öltanker innerhalb einer Woche

Eine Flotte Hochgeschwindigkeitsboote der Marine der Iranischen Revolutionsgarde (IRGCN) habe die unter der Flagge Panamas fahrende griechische „Niovi“ gestern in der Straße von Hormus aufgebracht, erklärte das US-Militär.

Der Tanker sei ohne Fracht von Dubai nach Fudschaira, einem weiteren Hafen der Vereintigten Arabischen Emirate, unterwegs gewesen.

04.05.2023 - 09:09 [ ORF.at ]

Zehntes Mal in Folge: US-Notenbank Fed erhöht Leitzins erneut

Mit einem erneuten Zinssprung um 0,25 Prozentpunkte liegt dieser nun in der Spanne von 5,0 bis 5,25 Prozent, wie die Federal Reserve am Mittwoch mitteilte. Das ist der höchste Wert seit 2007 – also vor Beginn der weltweiten Finanzkrise.

Damit hat der jüngste Bankenkollaps in den USA – der Zusammenbruch der First Republic Bank – die Fed nicht davon abgehalten, weiter leicht an der Zinsschraube zu drehen.

01.12.2022 - 21:35 [ Alec Karakatsanis / Nitter ]

THREAD. A New York Times article on Eric Adams‘ fascist and illegal plan to arrest „homeless people“ who cops „deem“ to be „mentally ill“ is astonishing for what is missing

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Nor does the article contain a single mention of universal access to preventative health care, of the massive divestment in our society from mental health care, or of the root causes of mental illness.

01.12.2022 - 21:27 [ Reuters ]

Amid homeless crisis, New York to step up forced hospitalization of mentally ill

(29.11.2022)

Adams, speaking from City Hall, said the city had a „moral obligation“ to help New Yorkers struggling to meet their own basic needs because of mental illness, even if those people resisted intervention.

The Democratic mayor has made addressing the city‘s homelessness crisis a top goal of his administration since taking office in January.