Monatsarchive: Februar 2020

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →