Topic: SECURITY - on October 12, 2013 at 5:24:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden says NSA surveillance programmes 'hurt our country'
The National Security Agency whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has said that the mass surveillance programmes used by the US to tap into phone and internet connections around the world is making people less safe.
In short video clips posted by the WikiLeaks website on Friday, Snowden said that the NSA's mass surveillance, which he disclosed before fleeing to Russia, "puts us at risk of coming into conflict with our own government".
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 12, 2013 at 5:22:00 PM CEST
Exploding toilet leaves Brooklyn man with shrapnel wounds, afraid to flush
Riggs and Murtaugh must be having flashbacks in 'Lethal Weapon 2.' Michel Pierre needed 30 stitches to close shrapnel wounds after he flushed the toilet in his Flatbrush apartment and it exploded in his face.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 11, 2013 at 3:52:00 PM CEST
2013 Amsterdam High Times Cannabis Cup: Fires Up November 24
Are you ready for the 2013 Amsterdam High Times Cannabis Cup? First cultivated back in 1987 by Steve Hager, the High Times Cannabis Cup is the EU’s marijuana aficionado main event, fired up each November in Amsterdam…
What are the dates for this year’s Cannabis Cup? The HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup is always held in Amsterdam during the week of Thanksgiving. The 26th Cannabis Cup will be held from November 24-28, 2013.
Where will the music and the expo take place? The expo will take place at Amsterdam Roest, doubling last year’s Expo trade show space. The Historic Roest is located near Central Station in downtown Amsterdam. Night time concerts @ Melkweg.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 11, 2013 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
NY 41×41, Infinite Zoom Illusion Video of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 11, 2013 at 3:49:00 PM CEST
French farming hit by a suicide every two days
Suicide is the third-highest cause of death among French farmers, after cancer and cardio-vascular diseases, a report by the French health institute INVS revealed on Thursday.
In a three year period between 2007 and 2009, 485 farmers took their own lives, which represents a suicide every two days on average. The rate of suicides among farmers is 20 percent higher than among the French population as a whole.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 11, 2013 at 3:47:00 PM CEST
Editors on the NSA files: 'What the Guardian is doing is important for democracy'
On Thursday the Daily Mail described the Guardian as 'The paper that helps Britain's enemies'. We showed that article to many of the world's leading editors. This is what they said
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 11, 2013 at 3:46:00 PM CEST
Freedom of Information
At eight-thirty on the morning of June 21st, Alan Rusbridger, the unflappable editor of the Guardian, Britain’s liberal daily, was in his office, absorbing a lecture from Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron. Accompanying Heywood was Craig Oliver, Cameron’s director of communications. The deputy editor, Paul Johnson, joined them in Rusbridger’s office, overlooking the Regent’s Canal, which runs behind King’s Cross station, in North London. According to Rusbridger, Heywood told him, in a steely voice, “The Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Attorney General, and others in government are extremely concerned about what you’re doing.”
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Topic: NEWS - on October 10, 2013 at 4:54:00 PM CEST
US-Pressefreiheit: Journalisten beklagen Klima der Angst unter Obama
US-Journalisten sehen die Pressefreiheit in ihrem Land in Gefahr. Eine Studie führt Repressalien auf, Überwachung, Strafverfolgung und Blockaden. Seit Richard Nixon habe sich kein Präsident so aggressiv verhalten wie Barack Obama.
Er ist der Prototyp des Whistleblowers: "Deep Throat" versorgte die "Washington Post" mit brisanten Informationen, die den US-Präsidenten Richard Nixon im Watergate-Skandal 1974 das Amt kosteten. Die Identität von "Deep Throat" blieb lange geheim. Nur wenige Eingeweihte wie der US-Journalist Leonard Downie Jr. wussten, dass es sich um den damaligen FBI-Vizechef Mark Felt handelte. Downie ist ehemaliger Chefredakteur der "Washington Post". Nun greift er in einer Pressefreiheitsstudie die Regierung von Barack Obama scharf an: "Die Maßnahmen, um Informationen zu kontrollieren, sind die aggressivsten seit der Nixon-Administration."
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 10, 2013 at 4:00:00 PM CEST
EU kauft Big-Brother-System für das Mittelmeer
Die EU zieht ihre ganz eigene Lehre aus dem Drama von Lampedusa - und kauft ein System zur Überwachung "problematischer Menschenströme". Drohnen und Satelliten sollen Flüchtlinge schneller orten. Als Hilfe zur Seenotrettung ist die Technik aber nicht vorgesehen.
Es war ein kurzer Moment des Glücks auf der Überfahrt in den Tod, so schrieb DER SPIEGEL im Mai 2011. 72 Flüchtlinge drängten sich auf einem Kahn, gerade mal sieben Meter lang, nur zwei Tage nach ihrer Abfahrt aus Tripolis gen Europa, gen der verlockenden Flüchtlingsinsel Lampedusa, waren sie schon in Seenot geraten.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 10, 2013 at 3:59:00 PM CEST
Trippy Video Produces Hallucinogenic Effects
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Topic: WEB - on October 10, 2013 at 3:56:00 PM CEST
MacPaint (1984) online
In 1984, I spent much time at the local computer store playing with MacPaint, the graphics painting program developed by Bill Atkinson and released simultaneously with the Macintosh 128k. It was packaged with MacWrite as a $195 bundle.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 10, 2013 at 3:52:00 PM CEST
Your Ass Isn't Worth It: $1-Million/Roll Gold Toilet Paper
This is the most expensive toilet paper roll in the world. A Quality 3ply toilet paper with 22 carat gold through the roll. As you use the toilet paper 22 carat gold flakes will fall onto the floor and your behind taking you to another level of sophistication.
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