Monatsarchive: März 2019

Guardian: The United States has announced it will revoke or deny visas to members of the International Criminal Court involved in investigating the actions of US troops in Afghanistan or other countries. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Burke, who is Labor’s spokesman for citizenship and multiculturalism, said rules around banning people who could be seen as supporting terrorism should be applied to all extremist ideologies. “If someone wants to come to Australia and we know that … Weiterlesen →

I’m impressed with how many media outlets are putting scare quotes around ‚manifesto‘ today, summarizing and reacting to a piece of writing while failing to provide a link so readers can come to any sort of informed understanding of their … Weiterlesen →

Thousands of students and others at Invalidenplatz this morning. The S-Bahn and Straßenbahn were full of kids on the way over, and soon after our Straßenbahn arrived the police closed down Invalidenstraße. Lots of posters, many in English, addressing adults … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Forty people been killed and 20 injured in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, which occurred during afternoon prayers. Three people – one of them an Australian-born man – are in custody. It was described as “a … Weiterlesen →

Schloß Fürstenstein is a baroque castle which was part of the Riese complex. Some of this you might not believe if you saw it in Indiana Jones or some other movie, or Doom or such computer game. Because the majority … Weiterlesen →

Spiegel: Die Golanhöhen gelten laut Uno als von Israel besetzt. An diese Wortwahl hielten sich bislang auch die USA in ihrem jährlichen Menschenrechtsbericht. Jetzt ist nur von israelisch kontrollierten Gebieten die Rede. Das US-Außenministerium hat seine übliche Terminologie für die … Weiterlesen →

Note to self: add „Wejście obok“ to the list of Polish phrases (because otherwise you could look kind of stupid). Orange Alternative dwarf. There are dwarves all over Wrocław.

Guardian: Fox News’ three top shows, hosted by Carlson, Sean Hannity and Ingraham, are among the most-watched programs in cable news. Carlson’s show averages 525,000 viewers a night aged between 25 and 54, figures that walk over ratings for CNN and MSNBC … Weiterlesen →