Monatsarchive: Februar 2020

Nevada caucuses

New York Times: “Senator Sanders believes in an inflexible, ideological revolution that leaves out most Democrats, not to mention most Americans,” Mr. Buttigieg said, adding that Mr. Sanders wanted to “reorder the economy in ways most Democrats, not to mention … Weiterlesen

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Eno on Assange

Brian Eno @dark_shark at #DontExtraditeAssange "We are being groomed for a future in which we stop protesting about: assassination by droneimprisonment without chargemurdered activiststortureviolent acts on peaceful demonstrationsjournalists denied access"#FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/rUOqAMfkwf — Assange Edits 🎬 (@AssangeEdits) February 23, 2020

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Geschwister Scholl

Spiegel: Ihre letzte Botschaft galt den Eltern: 1943 wurden Hans und Sophie Scholl hingerichtet. Hinter den berühmten Geschwistern stand eine Familie, die sich immer wieder gegen den Krieg und Hitler gestellt hatte – und sie unterstützte die Widerstandskämpfer bis zuletzt.

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Stone guilty of lying

BBC: Roger Stone: ‚Disgusted‘ judge jails Trump ally What was Stone convicted of? Stone was found guilty of lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his attempts to contact Wikileaks, the website that released damaging emails about Mr Trump’s 2016 … Weiterlesen

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US lawmakers hear

BBC: Russia meddling to help Trump win re-election, US lawmakers hear US intelligence agencies have warned that Russia is attempting to help President Donald Trump get re-elected in November, US media report. … US intelligence officials say Russia interfered in … Weiterlesen

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Holding hands against 9mm slugs

It’s not enough to just hold hands of course: it’s important to be silent and look serious as well. It’s the silence which makes this effective. This is a 9mm handgun. It’s a CZ, a Czech gun. It’s a nice … Weiterlesen

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Defining feature of postmodern capitalism

The defining feature of ‚postmodern‘ capitalism is the direct commodification of our experience itself: what we are buying on the market are less and less products (material objects) that we want to own, and more and more ‚life-experiences‘ — experiences … Weiterlesen

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Tragedy

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Žižek on American late night comedians

In fifteenth-century Russia, when it was occupied by Mongols, a farmer and his wife walk along a dusty country road. A Mongol warrior on horseback stops at their side and tells the farmer that he will now rape his wife. … Weiterlesen

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Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence

New York Times: President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany who quickly antagonized the establishment after arriving in Berlin in 2018, to be the acting director of national intelligence overseeing the nation’s 17 spy agencies. By … Weiterlesen

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Disgrace

BBC: Children facing uncertain future, experts warn No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. A child flourishing and futures profile: a new … Weiterlesen

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The true danger

In the last few years, troubles in our global-capitalist paradise have exploded at four levels, with four figures of the enemy: the renewed fundamentalist-terrorist threat (the declaration of war against ISIS, Boko Haram …); geo-political tensions with and between non-European … Weiterlesen

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