Topic: FUN - on December 31, 2010 at 11:10:00 AM CET
27C3: Fnord-Jahresrückblick 2010 von Atomausstieg bis Zwangsintegration
Auch dieses Jahr werden wir uns wieder bemühen, Euch mit einem Rückblick auf die Fnords des Jahres zu unterhalten.
Im Format einer lockeren Abendshow werden wir die Highlights des Jahres präsentieren, die Meldungen zwischen den Meldungen, die subtilen Sensationen hinter den Schlagzeilen. Kommen Sie, hören Sie, sehen Sie! Lassen Sie sich mitreißen!
Ab 32:30 ist der Ton weg. :-(
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Topic: WAR - on December 23, 2010 at 1:45:00 PM CET
The War You Don't See
is a powerful and timely investigation into the media's role in war, tracing the history of 'embedded' and independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq. As weapons and propaganda become even more sophisticated, the nature of war is developing into an 'electronic battlefield' in which journalists play a key role, and civilians are the victims.
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Topic: NATURE - on December 22, 2010 at 11:58:00 AM CET
Darkest Day in 372 Years
Late Monday night—well, actually, early Tuesday morning—the moon will move into the earth's shadow, causing a lunar eclipse visible to anyone in North America. Even better, it's happening on the Winter Solstice, for the first time since 1638.
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Topic: WEB - on December 21, 2010 at 3:49:00 PM CET
Assange Secret Swedish Police Report Leaked
The 68-page confidential report prepared by Swedish police got leaked which tells the police version on the alleged sexual misconduct by the Julian assange. The Swedish report traces events over a four-day period in August this year when 39-year-old Assange had what he has described as consensual sexual relationships with two Swedish women.
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Topic: Davos - on December 21, 2010 at 3:47:00 PM CET
WikiLeaks founder not on the Davos guest list
World Economic Forum (Wef) President Klaus Schwab said he would invite embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Davos if he could, but he can’t.
“It’s our policy not to invite anyone who is currently the object of a legal complaint,” Schwab said in an interview with the SonntagsZeitung newspaper.
He said the forum, which takes place every January in the Swiss resort of Davos, would still discuss WikiLeaks, the group behind a mass-leak of confidential United States embassy cables that has embarrassed Washington.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 21, 2010 at 9:54:00 AM CET
Happy birthday, Frank Zappa
He would be 70 today if he was still with us (he died on 4 December 1993). To mark the occasion, tonight at 10 p.m. on Concert FM James Gardner discusses the nearly 20 official albums the Zappa Trust has released since his death.
The Internet has enabled other people to release many more unofficial albums – some that were vinyl bootlegs and some that are new to the, ahem, catalogue. Zappa hated this stuff being available, but do we? No, we do not. There is a ton of live stuff and a good place to start is Music Is The Best.
Among its many offerings, Kreega Bondola is a revered bootleg in excellent sound with the excellent 1984 touring band: FZ, Ike Willis and Ray White on guitar/vocals, Scott Thunes on bass, Alan Zavod and Bobby Martin on keyboards/vocals and – nominative determinism! - Chad Wackerman on drums. It is a complete concert performance by one of his best bands so is essential for any fan. (Unfortunately it also has a brief spoken interlude where FZ says something colossally stupidly and nastily sexist.
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Topic: ART - on December 20, 2010 at 3:51:00 PM CET
11 Examples Of Excellent Excrement Art
So you think all art is crap, do you? Well, in a sense you’re right because when it comes to creating art from the heart (or someplace nearby), a medium excrement can be an excellent medium. These 11 poop art masterpieces are guaranteed to get everyone – not just art snobs – turning up their noses.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 19, 2010 at 1:51:00 PM CET
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Topic: WEB - on December 19, 2010 at 1:47:00 PM CET
Wikileaks' Cablegate: the truth is out there
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 17, 2010 at 1:41:00 PM CET
Sharks Wary of Drunk Serbs
Dragan Stevic of Serbia is the new Egyptian hero who killed a large shark which had previously terrorized numerous tourists (injured 4 and killed 1) at the famous Egyptian resort Sarm El Sheikh.
The Serbian hero was too drunk to remember what had happened, though one of his friends who witnessed the incident explained it all for the Belgrade based media.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 14, 2010 at 7:00:00 PM CET
Nach Vertrauensvotum: Proteste gegen Berlusconi eskalieren
„Wenn die Regierung nicht stürzt, ist der Teufel los.“ Demonstranten, die gegen die Unireform der Regierung auf die Straße gingen, hatten schon vor den Vertrauensvoten gegen Italiens Ministerpräsident Berlusconi vor weiteren Protesten gewarnt. Nach Berlusconis Abstimmungserfolg im Senat und im Abgeordnetenhaus eskalierten die Proteste. In Rom kam es zu gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Demonstranten und der Polizei.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 14, 2010 at 5:33:00 PM CET
Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal
This is no ordinary bank: The ATMs are in Latin. Priests use a private entrance. A life-size portrait of Pope Benedict XVI hangs on the wall.
Nevertheless, the Institute for Religious Works is a bank, and it's under harsh new scrutiny in a case involving money-laundering allegations that led police to seize euro23 million ($30 million) in Vatican assets in September. Critics say the case shows that the "Vatican Bank" has never shed its penchant for secrecy and scandal.
The Vatican calls the seizure of assets a "misunderstanding" and expresses optimism it will be quickly cleared up. But court documents show that prosecutors say the Vatican Bank deliberately flouted anti-laundering laws "with the aim of hiding the ownership, destination and origin of the capital." The documents also reveal investigators' suspicions that clergy may have acted as fronts for corrupt businessmen and Mafia.
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