Several German states admit to use of controversial spy software

Three additional German states have admitted to deploying spyware in order to investigate serious criminal offenses, according to regional media sources.
The interior ministers of the states of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony said that regional police had used the software within the parameters of the law. In Lower Saxony, the software has been in use for two years, according to the public broadcaster NDR.
Authorities in Brandenburg, meanwhile, told the daily Berliner Morgenpost that they are currently using the spyware in a single, on-going investigation. Baden-Württemberg has also used such software to investigate "individual cases," according to the Badische Zeitung.
Officials in the southern German state of Bavaria were the first to confirm late Monday that their agencies have been using a spyware program since 2009. It remains unclear whether all four states had been using the same software or not.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said in a statement that they had acted within the law, and he promised a review of the software's use. Computer security experts and German politicians say such software is likely in violation of the German constitution.
A hacker group accused the German government on Saturday of developing and using the software to spy on its own citizens. Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger called on the federal and state governments to launch a joint investigation into the matter.
"Trying to play down or trivialize the matter won't do," said Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger while at the same time warning against blanket judgments. "The citizen, in both the public and private spheres, must be protected from snooping through strict state control mechanisms."
Germany's Interior Ministry said Monday no such program was being used at a federal level...

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Germany spyware: Minister calls for probe of state use

The View from North Korea

Unprecedented demos are taking place in the United States these days in protest against exploitation and oppression by capital, shaking all fabrics of society.
The first demo kicked off in Wall Street on Sept. 17. It has been going on for three consecutive weeks.
The demonstrators put up slogan "Let's Occupy Wall Street".
Young Americans formed a mainstream of the ranks of demonstrators at first. But they were joined by people from all walks of life who varied in their ages including day laborers, poor and unemployed Americans as well as employees of companies and housewives.
Their actions included marches, sit-in strikes, occupation of bridges and various other forms of protests and non-stop protests at night.
These actions spilled over to different parts of the U.S. including Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco all of a sudden.
It was reported that organizations were inaugurated in 146 cities of 46 states and the capital city as of Tuesday to supervise demos.
The waves of demo which swept the U.S. recently is an expression of the grievances against the mounting social contradiction resulting from the worsening unemployment and the widening gap between the poor and the rich due to the serious economic crisis.
It also reflects the public opinion critical of the authorities and the exploiting classes who drove the country into such serious phase.
Foreign media predict that demos will go on and spill over to large-scale protests and create something unprecedented in the future.
Such protests as what is happening in the U.S. are expected to take place in other capitalist countries.
It was reported that slogan "Let's Occupy Melbourne!" has already appeared in Australia and "Let's Occupy Toronto Stock Market!" in Canada and organizations were formed in Japan, Germany and other countries to stage demos under the slogan "Let's Occupy!
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The 'New' Egypt

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Wow. Here's the #ISSWorld presentation file of Digitask, explaining how the R2D2 / #0zapftis Governmental trojan works: bit.ly/omtsKQ

About 100 arrested as police break up Occupy Boston protest camp

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Leaked internal Citibank report: 'The World is dividing into two blocs-The Plutonomy and the rest' box.net/shared/9if6v2h…

Climate Change and the End of Australia

Want to know what global warming has in store for us? Just go to Australia, where rivers are drying up, reefs are dying, and fires and floods are ravaging the continent

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...and yet still there are fugtards out here who say there is no proof of global warming...

Luke Davies: Interferon Psalms

Luke Davies discusses his new collection of poems Interferon Psalms.
Luke Davies is best known as the novelist and then screenwriter behind Candy, the harrowing tale of suburban heroin addiction that dazzled literary and film critics alike. But well before that, Davies was an accomplished poet. His previous collections of poetry include Absolute Event Horizon, Running With Light and Totem, which won the 2005 South Australian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 2004, the Age's Poetry Book of the Year Award and the overall Age Book of the Year Award.
Interferon Psalms is his latest book of poems and is described as the 'shadow companion' of the upbeat, optimistic Totem. Loneliness and pain, both physical and emotional, are among its themes, and the poet often invokes the language of religious liturgy to address them. But although it explores complex and serious issues, there are plenty of playful moments.
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#OccupyBoston (Livestream)

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Crackdowns coming in Atlanta and Boston? Tweets say reporters in latter asked to leave for "safety" (i.e. not be there to report?).

Occupy_Boston Occupy Boston 

When media is told that they can't be there, one more First Amendment right is squashed: freedom of the press.

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Do 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Represent Your Views of the Economy?

65% of Fox News viewers say 'YES'!!!

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 68.58%  (129,063 votes)

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#SteveWorkers says: iPlay PHONE STORY, an educational game by Molleindustria bit.ly/mU09nF Banned from the App Store!

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Prince - Montreux Jazz Festival 18 Juli 2009

01. Prince Introduces The Band
02. When I Lay My Hands On U
03. Stratus
04. All Shoop Up
05. Peach
06. Spanish Castle Magic
07. When You Where Mine


08. Little Red Corvette
09. Somewhere Here On Earth
10. She Spoke 2 Me
11. Eye Love U, But Eye Dont Trust You Anymore
12. Love Like Jazz
13. All The Critics Love U In Montreux


14. In a Large Room With No Light
15. Purple Rain

Massive Attack VS Burial - Four Walls

Tracklisting:
A. Massive Attack vs. Burial - Four Walls  (11.57)
B. Massive Attack vs. Burial – Paradise Circus   (12.32)
The subject of prolonged rumour and intense speculation, Inhale Gold and The Vinyl Factory are proud to present Massive Attack’s long awaited collaboration with Burial, Four Walls / Paradise Circus. 
These new Burial mixes of previously unreleased Massive Attack track 'Four Walls' and Heligoland favourite 'Paradise Circus' are available exclusively as limited vinyl edition of only 1000 copies worldwide.
Pressed on heavyweight 180g 12” vinyl housed in a stunning, hand numbered, gold glitter screen-printed sleeve designed by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja (3D), this edition has been crafted by The Vinyl Factory, and is sure to become a highly coveted collectors item.
As you’d expect from these two acts these are no ordinary remixes and Burial has completely rebuilt both tracks in his own unique style providing a masterclass in production.
At around 12 minutes each, both 'Four Walls' and 'Paradise Circus' have been given the time and space to evolve and develop going way beyond the scope of normal remixes, with the end result two highly original, in every sense of the word, pieces of music.
 
Product Details:

* Both tracks exclusive to this limited edition
* 1000 copies worldwide
* Artwork by Robert Del Naja
* Screen-printed cover with gold glitter
* 180-gram heavyweight vinyl
* Each edition hand numbered
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