Archive for February, 2013
Rand Paul and Others Introduce Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp; Kentucky Senate Passes Similar Hemp Bill | Spread Liberty News
While most are were out celebrating Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts, Kentucky Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, and Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced a piece of groundbreaking legislation regarding industrialized hemp.
FDP-Politiker lässt kritische Links per Anwalt löschen | heise online
Dass es immer wieder Versuche gibt, Einträge in der Wikipedia zu schönen, ist bekannt. Unternehmen strengen sich an, negative Publicity einzudämmen, Politiker wollen sich im viel gelesenen Online-Nachschlagewerk in bestem Licht sehen.
via FDP-Politiker lässt kritische Links per Anwalt löschen | heise online.
How-To plastic bottle green house build guide !
How to construct a Greenhouse using Plastic Water bottles !!
Homesteading Survivalism: What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature.
What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature.
via Homesteading Survivalism: What to refrigerate and what to keep at room temperature..
You’ll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation
Is there really such a thing as “brainwashing,” or “mind control?” What kind of person is susceptible? What exactly is a “cult” and how are followers controlled? How can one recognize an organization that engages in such practices, and should such organizations be held responsible for the damage intentional manipulation can cause?
via You’ll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation.
Leiharbeiter: Amazon nimmt Stellung zu Vorwürfen der ARD – Golem.de
In einer ausführlichen Stellungnahme erklärt sich Amazon zu den Vorwürfen einer ARD-Reportage über die unfaire Behandlung von Leiharbeitern. Dabei kündigt das Unternehmen auch Maßnahmen gegen die kritisierte Security-Firma an.
via Leiharbeiter: Amazon nimmt Stellung zu Vorwürfen der ARD – Golem.de.
Gesetzeslücke: Amazon beschäftigt massenhaft Arbeitslose ohne Vergütung – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Eine Gesetzeslücke macht es möglich: Amazon beschäftigt nach Informationen des SPIEGEL Tausende Arbeitslose, die zuvor eine sogenannte “Maßnahme zur Aktivierung und berufliche Eingliederung” absolvieren müssen. Die Arbeitsagentur spricht von einem Fehler, “der korrigiert werden muss”.
via Gesetzeslücke: Amazon beschäftigt massenhaft Arbeitslose ohne Vergütung – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Lobbyarbeit: EU-Datenschutz-Gesetzentwurf teilweise von Amazon – teltarif.de News
Lobbyplag: Datenjournalisten sagen Lobbyisten den Kampf an
via Lobbyarbeit: EU-Datenschutz-Gesetzentwurf teilweise von Amazon – teltarif.de News.
Amazon ‘used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control’ in Germany – Europe – World – The Independent
Internet giant investigates abuse claims by foreign workers in its German warehouses
Urheberrecht: The Pirate Bay will Musiklobby verklagen – SPIEGEL ONLINE
In Finnland hat ein Verband der Musik- und Filmindustrie The Pirate Bay kopiert. Statt Links auf illegale Kopien gibt es dort allerdings Links auf legale Bezugsquellen. Nun kündigen die Betreiber der echten Piratenseite eine Klage an – ausgerechnet wegen Verletzung von Urheberrechten.
via Urheberrecht: The Pirate Bay will Musiklobby verklagen – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Nach ARD-Bericht über Amazon: Verlag kündigt und rechnet mit Riese ab – Startseite – Rhein-Zeitung
Lindlar – Es ist eine Abrechnung mit Amazon: Ein kleines Verlagshaus verabschiedet sich öffentlichkeitswirksam von dem in die Kritik geratenen Internethändler. Verleger Christopher Schroer, der Werke von gut 30 Autoren und Künstlern im Programm hat, hat nach dem ARD-Bericht alle Geschäftsbeziehungen gekündigt.
via Nach ARD-Bericht über Amazon: Verlag kündigt und rechnet mit Riese ab – Startseite – Rhein-Zeitung.
Frag den Staat
FragDenStaat.at ist ein neues Projekt, also fehlen noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten:
bis jetzt können nur Anfragen an die Bundesministerien und die Landesregierungen gestellt werden.
Mehr kommt bald!
Experten rechnen mit Mikl-Leitner ab – news.ORF.at
Der Oberste Sanitätsrat (OSR) als unabhängiges Beratungsorgan des Gesundheitsministeriums spricht sich zur laufenden Debatte über die Drogensubstitutionstherapie vehement für diese Behandlungsform aus. Die Experten weisen damit den Vorstoß von Innenministerin Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) gegen die Substitutionstherapie eindeutig zurück.
Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes | Video on TED.com
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable gardens, and to change the narrative of food in their community.
via Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes | Video on TED.com.
Flights to Alaska from Europe or Europe to Alaska are a steal from Iceland Air starting May 15, 2013.
My searches on Iceland Air resulted with fares less than 670usd R/T while searches on discount airfare websites such as Orbitz turned up fares from 1900-2300usd for the same period.
Flights from London were ~1100usd with a possible stay in Reykjavik en route. Contact Iceland Air for more details.
This is an excellent opportunity for European travelers to come to Alaska. In the past Lufthansa offered great R/T fares but not in 2013
Contact us in Fairbanks for more details about wildlife tours in Alaska.
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Shamengo pioneer Pierre Calleja has invented something truly remarkable–an algae lamp that absorbs CO2 in the air–at the rate of 1 ton PER YEAR, or what a tree absorbs over its entire lifetime! While development is still needed to make a cost-effective product, the microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.
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Algae Street Lamps Suck Up C02, But How Exactly? | Earthtechling
Editor’s Note: This story, based upon information we’ve been seeing, holds some viability questions as to whether or not the lamps are powered by energy from photosynthesis, or simply C02 scrubbers. As such, we’ve positioned it more as a C02 scrubber, with thoughts on what it might take to evolve into an actual self-powered device.
via Algae Street Lamps Suck Up C02, But How Exactly? | Earthtechling.
Latro Algae Pet Lights Your Way Home Via Your Breath | Earthtechling
We all remember from high school biology that plants use sunshine and CO2 to generate energy through photosynthesis, right? An outrageous new prototype lamp from designer Mike Thompson actually generates electricity from algae the same way, in the form of lighting that requires a bit of daily maintenance, not unlike a bonsai plant or a pet.
via Latro Algae Pet Lights Your Way Home Via Your Breath | Earthtechling.
Stanford researchers find electrical current stemming from plants
Stanford engineers have generated electrical current by tapping into the electron activity in individual algae cells. Photosynthesis excites electrons, which can then be turned into an electrical current using a specially designed gold electrode. This study could be the first step toward carbon-free electricity directly from plants.
via Stanford researchers find electrical current stemming from plants.
Verdeckte Propaganda im Netz – morgenmagazin – ZDFmediathek – ZDF Mediathek
Die Seiten sehen schick aus, sind mit sozialen Netzwerken verlinkt, wirken harmlos. Doch Rechtsradikale nutzen verstärkt das Netz, verpacken ihre Propaganda in vermeintlich unpolitischen Themen.
Verdeckte Propaganda im Netz – morgenmagazin – ZDFmediathek – ZDF Mediathek.
Best Party – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Best Party (Icelandic: Besti flokkurinn) is an Icelandic political party. The party ran in the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, defeating the Independence Party which received 33.6%.[1][2][3]
The founder and chairman of the party is the incumbent Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr.[4] As the party was founded several months after the last Icelandic parliamentary election, it has not yet had the opportunity to compete on the national level. The party’s initial success is seen as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland’s 2008-2011 financial crisis.[5]
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History
The Best Party was founded in late 2009 by Jón Gnarr, an Icelandic actor, comedian and writer. Originally a joke party, it has from the beginning admitted that it will not honour any of its promises given before elections.[6] It claims all other parties are secretly corrupt, so it promises to be openly corrupt. Among its original goals was to satirize common themes in Icelandic politics, partly by mimicking the standard phrases, idioms and jargon used by Icelandic politicians.
However, since its electoral success in Reykjavík in 2010 the Best Party has become much more serious and has shown a genuine interest in governing. It has taken a left-wing stance on many issues. Although Jón identifies himself as an anarchist, the party as a whole is closer to the centre-left.[7]
Since its founding, the Best Party has developed into a full-grown political party with its own independent agenda, which has yet to be identified to an English-speaking audience. The theme song of Besti Flokkurinn is “Simply The Best” by Tina Turner. Prior to the 2010 election, the party published a new version of the song with new, Iceland-specific lyrics. A music video was also made, featuring Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir.[6]
Besti Flokkurinn’s Platform
- To help the households in the country: Family is the best thing in society. Governments need to meet the needs and demands of households. An ironclad shield wall needs to be raised around the households in this country. Icelandic households deserve only the best.
- To improve the quality of life of the Less Fortunate: We want the best of everything for this bunch and therefore offer free access to buses and swimming pools so you can travel around Reykjavik and be clean even if you’re poor or there’s something wrong with you.
- Stop corruption: We promise to stop corruption. We’ll accomplish this by participating in it openly.
- Equality: Everyone deserves the best regardless of who they are and where they come from. We will do our best for everyone so that everyone can be together on the best team.
- Increase transparency: It is best to have everything aboveboard so that the general public knows what is going on. We say we support that.
- Effective democracy: Democracy is pretty good, but an effective democracy is best. That’s why we want it.
- Cancel all debts: We listen to the nation and do as it wishes because the nation knows what’s best for itself.
- Free bus rides for students and cripples: We can offer more free things than any other party because we aren’t going to follow through with it. We could say whatever we want. For example, free flights for women or free cars for people who live in rural areas. It’s all the same.
- Free dental services for children and handicapped people: This is something that is lacking, and we definitely want to take part in promising it.
- Free access to swimming pools for everyone and free towels: This is something that everyone should fall for, and it’s the election promise we’re most proud of.
- Take those responsible for the economic collapse to court: Felt we had to include this.
- Complete equality of the sexes
- Listen more to women and old people: This bunch gets listened to far too little. It’s as if everyone thinks they are just complaining or something. We’re going to change that.[8][9][10]
Election 2010
The party’s first endeavor in politics was to present a list of candidates for the local election in Reykjavík in 2010. Its platform included free towels in all city swimming pools, a polar bear for the city zoo, a Disneyland at Vatnsmýri, the capital’s airport and a drug-free Althing by 2020. The party won six of the 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council.[3] and governs the city alongside the Social Democratic Alliance as the senior coalition partner.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ “Besti flokkurinn stærstur í Reykjavík”. Morgunblaðið. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ “Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins”. Icelandic Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ a b “Best Party wins polls in Iceland’s Reykjavik”. BBC. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ “Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins”. Icelandic Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ “Satiric political party wins council poll in Iceland”, Indo-Asian News Service, May 30, 2010. (accessed 24 January 2012)
- ^ a b Birrell, Ian (24 June 2011). “A joker’s party is serious about saving Iceland from meltdown”. The Guardian Weekly: p. 3.
- ^ “Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected”. New York Times. 25 June 2010.
- ^ Best Party Strategy (Icelandic)
- ^ Buchan, Peter John R., translator. 2010. “Platform: The Best and Brightest,” Harper’s Magazine, August: 20.
- ^ “Icelandic Politics – Just a Bad Joke?”. Raving Ravens. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
External links
- ‘The Best’ party aims to cause upset in Iceland local elections – Telegraph
- Iceland’s Ire Helps Comic’s Campaign Take Fire – WSJ
- BBC (2010-05-30): Best Party wins polls in Iceland’s Reykjavik
ÖDP Bundesverband: ÖDP solidarisiert sich mit den Filmemachern von „Water Makes Money“
Der französische Wasser-Konzern Veolia verklagt seinen ehemaligen Mitarbeiter Jean-Luc Touly und die französische Vertriebsfirma des Films „Water Makes Money“. Der Film beschäftigt sich mit der Privatisierung von Wasser und den dahinter stehenden Machenschaften des Konzerns Veolia. Gerichtstermin ist am morgigen Donnerstag in Paris.
via ÖDP Bundesverband: ÖDP solidarisiert sich mit den Filmemachern von „Water Makes Money“.
14.02.2013: Wasser, Macht, Geld (neues-deutschland.de)
Seit Jahren versucht Veolia, die Ausstrahlung eines konzernkritischen Filmes zu verhindern. Heute beginnt ein weiterer Prozess.
Monitor Water Privatization <<TitanPad: 0PXlMyvHn8
Monitor Water Privatization
ARD Monitor – Geheimoperation Wasser, EU fördert Wasserprivatisierung
The most important political changes are sometimes hidden in the details.
At stake is nothing less than the privatization oof the water supply all over Europe.
If the Commission succeeds,a public good will become an investmet opportunity with prospects for billions of profit in Germany alone.
It is a vicotry of big multilingual corporationswho fought a long time for this privatization.
The consequences for us consumers could be tremendous.
Stefan Stuchlig and Nikolaus Steiner will show us now what we are facing there.
Water is not just H2O, water is life.
Access to water has been declared a human right by the United Nations
In Germany, water normally belongs to the cities and municipalities
so all of us – still!
But that could change soon.
With drastic consequences for Germany
The European Commission wants to start here: in Portugal
Brussels demands that the country will sell its water supply
Here, in Pacos de Ferreira the privatization of water already begun
Against the will of the citizens, as they tell us.
“In the past you could drink the water here.”
“It was good, fresh water!”
“Not anymore!”
“I’m 66 years old and have always drunk the water!”
“Now we will not even drink the water from the public well.”
“Yes, now you’re no longer meant to drink from the pubic water fountain.”
The municipality made a profit when selling it, but only once
now the citizans must live with the consequences
People show us their bills:
And indeed,the monthy amounts are horrendous,
many citizans now have problems paying for their drinking water.
“The consequence of privatization here
in Pacos de Ferreira were devasting.
We had a 400% price increase in a few years
And then again every year 6% price increase.
This is a disaster.
Crisis-hit countries such as Portugal and Greece need money,
therefore the Troika in Brussels is now secretly forcing them to sell their pubic water operators.
In the annex of the Troika contracts that MONTIOR has obtained, one can see:
In Grreece the large waterworks of Athens and Thessaloniki shall be soold.
With Portugal, the annex states
that the privatization of the national water company “Aguas de Portugal”
should be promoted
In Portugal, protests against the privatization are increasing,
because people are afraid of high prices and poor quality.
But the crisis-hit countries are just the beginning.
The EU commision now brings out the big blow.
The new proposal for the concession directive
actually hides the requirement
that the market for water supply should be opened up.
What does that mean?
Heide Rühle, the water expert of the European Greens,
has studed the proposal carefully.
She believes that the Commission is close to achieving its goal – water privatization..
“The concession policy does not make it directy,
does not open the door drectly to privatization of water.
it makes it through the back door.”
“So it opens, step by step, the possibility for private companies
to enter the market,so that the market is opened up.”
He even denies that he wants to privatize the water at all:
the powerful EU Commissioner Barnier says
that his policy would only reorganize the market.
“It’s going tostay the way it is.”
“But why do we need the directive then?”
“Because we need rules.”
“Each German municipality will continue to decide on their water,
but now we give it the opportunity to hand the water over to a private partner.”
So there it is.
The idea of the Commission: water licenses have to be tendered throughout the EU.
But this will benefit private companies
Because with the dumping prices of big corporations,
municipal operators cannot compete.
This, while 82% of Germans want the water supply to be
organized by the cities and municipalities.
Here, cities and municipalities even take back privatizations
For instance Berlin
In 1999, the water company was partially privatized
After mass protests, the city has begun to buy back shares,
an expensiive way,
but the first success for this citizens’ initiatiive.
But the new strategy of the European Commission could negate this idea.
“The new -EU directive will put everything under pressure for privatization.”
“And Berlin’s experience shows that even partial privatization,
called a public-private-partnership (PPP),
in reality only benefits private businesses.”
“They have a guaranteed profit, and we pay.”
For private investors, water is a commodity like electricity or gold.
Becaus water is an object of speculation, water is a commodity.
Analysts estimate the water market in the EU at a 3-digit billions sum.
And they want it: big companies such as Thames Water and Veolia
but also German companies RWE and Gelsenwasser
just waiting for privatization.
Water privatization seldom has the promised effects,
as a study by the University of Barcelona in 2010 confirmed:
there is evidence that after the privatization
in some places the water quality had declined.
But most of all: it doesn’t get cheaper.
Quote: “We do not find any evidence of […] relationship between private production and costs (lowering!!).”
Oliver Hoedeman: Corporate Europe Observatory
“The promises which are always associated with water privatization, <> are barely ever kept.”
“On the contrary,there is tendency to rising prices
and the promised investment into the infrastructure
hardly ever materialize”
Because money for the expensive network building does not match the quick profit.
Examples such as London or Bordeaux show:
pipes are rotting and dirt gets into the drinking water,
forcing the companes to ofton add chlorine, to maintain hygiene.
Why does the EU Commission decide against the will of the European Population?
On what studies is this based?
Who are they talking to behind those windows?
For Example, with the Steering Group.
A group of experts that advises the European Commission on issues of water policy.
The list of participants is amaziing:
it mainly includes representatives from the water industry and related sectors.
“This group is about water quality, which is also important.”
“I didn’t chose this group in person,
but you want me to say
that our expert groups should be more balanced, I agree.”
Christian Ude: President of the German Association of Cities
“It’s really unfortunate that some competition commissioner
only has in mind the needs of his partner from the CEO floors
and not the needs of the population.”
Water – a human right or water – a billion dollar business?
Brussels has already decided:
water in the future shall belong to the corporations rather than all of us.
Veiled in a European regulation the European commission tries to accomplish the project of a century.
Please take yourself time to read http://titanpad.com/ep/pro-help/#deletionpolicy
PPP-Irrweg – Startseite – Attac Gruppe – Privatisierung
Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) werden in vielen Ländern als Lösung angepriesen, um Infrastrukturprojekte trotz begrenzter öffentlicher Mittel zu finanzieren. Ungeachtet einer Vielzahl an Problemen, die mit PPP einhergehen, bejubeln Banken- und WirtschaftsvertreterInnen sowie leider auch einige PolitikerInnen diese Form der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Staat und Privaten noch immer als Königsweg.
via PPP-Irrweg – Startseite – Attac Gruppe – Privatisierung.
Too Close for Comfort | Animal Welfare Institute
The Sriracha Tiger Zoo, an hour outside of Bangkok, Thailand, is truly an amazing place. Boasting more than 400 tigers, a handful of Asian elephants, piles of crocodiles, camels, snakes and other exotic animals, the zoo has some intriguing, yet troubling exhibits.
900.000 nutzen eigene Quelle – KURIER.at
Die Zahl der privaten Hausbrunnen und Hausquellen ist im EU-Vergleich relativ hoch.
lesen via 900.000 nutzen eigene Quelle – KURIER.at.
Zukunft der Landwirtschaft: Klonfleisch als gefährlicher Türöffner – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de
Das Klonen von Tieren ist in Deutschland verboten. Aber Produkte von Nachkommen geklonter Tiere dürfen ohne Kennzeichnung importiert werden. Das ist erst der Anfang, fürchten Kritiker. Sie warnen vor einer Landwirtschaft in Hand großer Konzerne.
Ökoförderung: Die Schattenseiten des Biobooms – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de
Bioprodukte gibt es mittlerweile in jedem deutschen Supermarkt. Der Umsatz damit ist auf rund 6,6 Milliarden Euro gestiegen. Doch auf der Strecke bleiben ausgerechnet diejenigen, die die biologischen Lebensmittel produzieren.
via Ökoförderung: Die Schattenseiten des Biobooms – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de.
EU-Siegel: Wie sicher sind Biolebensmittel? – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de
Biolabel gibt es fast so viele wie Bioprodukte. Auch die EU vergibt seit 2010 ein Siegel. Bioprodukte, die das grüne Blatt der EU schmücken soll, müssen nach den EU-Richtlinien produziert sein. Wie gut funktioniert das? Vier Fragen und Antworten.
via EU-Siegel: Wie sicher sind Biolebensmittel? – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de.
Agrarsubventionen: Schweine für den Müllcontainer – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de
Agrarwirtschaft – Irrsinn mit System?
in der Sendung am Donnerstag, 14.2. | 22.00 Uhr | SWR Fernsehen
Schweinefleisch ist billiger denn je – auch weil EU, Bund und Länder es hoch subventionieren. Die Folge: Restaurants, Supermärkte und Haushalte werfen rund 30 Prozent des produzierten Schweinefleisches in den Müll. SWR Odysso geht auf Spurensuche.
Außerdem gibt es weitere 4,4 Milliarden Euro für Kühlhäuser, Lagerhaltung, Exporte. Milliarden an Steuermitteln, um eine Überproduktion zu finanzieren. Warum?
lesen via Agrarsubventionen: Schweine für den Müllcontainer – SWR Fernsehen :: Odysso | SWR.de.
#immeraufdieschwachen: Innenministerin Miki-Leitner erhält russische Ehren-StaatsbürgerschaftPiratenpartei Österreichs | Piratenpartei Österreichs
ÖVP fordert Stop des Substitutionsprogramms
ÖVP will “Drogenverdächtige” mit verpfichtenden Haarproben jagen
Veröffentlicht am 14.02.2013
via: http://www.onlineaktivisten.de/
Interview mit Professor Albrecht über die Wandlung des deutschen Rechtsstaats in einen Überwachungsstaat
Pressegesetz: Schränkt der deutsche Staat die Pressefreiheit ein? | Politik | ZEIT ONLINE
Bundesbehörden sollen nicht mehr länger verpflichtet sein, nach den Pressegesetzen Auskunft zu erteilen. Zumindest plant dies das Innenministerium so. Von M. Kotynek
lesen via Pressegesetz: Schränkt der deutsche Staat die Pressefreiheit ein? | Politik | ZEIT ONLINE.
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