Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

• Foreigners reportedly train Syrian rebels in Afghanistan to use chem weapons – Lavrov, on Russia Today, Oct 11, 2913;
• No compromise: Obama refuses to raise debt ceiling for 6 weeks, on Russia Today, Oct 11, 2913;
• March against Monsanto: Global movement plans 2nd protest, on Russia Today, Oct 11, 2913;
• Brazilian lawmakers press Greenwald for greater detail on Snowden’s NSA leaks, on Russia Today RT, Oct 10, 2013;
• UK intimidation forces Guardian, New York Times into press freedom partnership, on Russia Today RT, August 23, 2013;
• Snowden ‘not the source’ of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian, on Russia Today RT, August 23, 2013;  Continuer la lecture de « Links on my dashboard »

… and inflate security myth for frightened population – Interview with Noam Chomsky, 19.05 min, published on Russia Today RT, Oct 10, 2013.

The United States is not the first superpower to act as if it’s exceptional and will likely not be the last, although US leaders could be squandering a fruitful opportunity for improved international relations, Noam Chomsky said in an interview with RT … //

… (transcript excerpt): ‘Exceptional in its right to use force and violence‘    Continuer la lecture de « All superpowers feel exceptional »

• Video Interview with Noam Chomsky, 29.47 min, published on ZVideo (first on Singularity Webblog), Oct 8, 2013 (also on YouTube as: Noam Chomsky, The Singularity is Science Fiction, uploaded by Nikola Danaylov, Oct 4, 2013);
• Ray Kurzweil on Singularity 1 on 1, 63.38 min, uploaded by Nikola Danaylov, Oct 12, 2012.

Video-Links in French / Liens pour videos en français:

Connexion Age, un website interessant: Continuer la lecture de « Artificial Intelligence »

Published to Russia Today RT, Oct 7, 2013.

The top Republican in the House of Representatives warned President Barack Obama over the weekend that he’s ready to let the United States default — and that the White House is to blame.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that Republicans in his chamber would not immediately honor the White House’s request to raise the US debt ceiling, setting the stage for what would be the first ever federal default in the history of the country.   Continuer la lecture de « Boehner prepares to let the US default »

Published on Intrepid Report, by Nick Egnatz and Jamie Walton, October 7, 2013.

… The confusion the banking class has spread over the nature of money is largely responsible for the inability of our leaders to get it right.

There are basically three types of money:

• “Money as a commodity” Gold and silver coins and paper money backed by 100% gold and silver reserves in the vault.
• “Debt money created by banks”—This is the system we have now and is the cause of the problems we have now. Bills and coins make up only about 2 1/2% of our total money supply. The rest of our money supply is conjured up out of thin air by private banks when they make loans, with a private tax (interest) added on top.   Continuer la lecture de « America needs the NEED Act »

… is at highest for 300m years: Overfishing and pollution are part of the problem, scientists say, warning that mass extinction of species may be inevitable – Published on The Guardian, by Fiona Harvey, Oct 3, 2013.

The oceans are more acidic now than they have been for at least 300m years, due to carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and a mass extinction of key species may already be almost inevitable as a result, leading marine scientists warned on Thursday.

An international audit of the health of the oceans has found that overfishing and pollution are also contributing to the crisis, in a deadly combination of destructive forces that are imperilling marine life, on which billions of people depend for their nutrition and livelihood.  Continuer la lecture de « Ocean Acidification Due To Carbon Emissions »

Published on Real-World Economics Review RWER, issue no 65, by Bryant Chen and Judea Pearl, September 27, 2013.

Abstract:

This report surveys six influential econometric textbooks in terms of their mathematical treatment of causal concepts. It highlights conceptual and notational differences among the authors and points to areas where they deviate significantly from modern standards of causal analysis.  We find that econonometric textbooks vary from complete denial to partial acceptance of the causal content of econometric equations and, uniformly, fail to provide coherent mathematical notation that istinguishes causal from statistical concepts. This survey also provides a panoramic view of the state of causal thinking in econometric education which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been surveyed before … // Continuer la lecture de « Regression and causation: a critical examination of six econometrics textbooks »

Publié dans Presse Citron, par AXEL-CERELOZ, 18 juillet 2013:

Quels sont les sujets autour desquels les contributeurs de Wikipédia se livrent une guerre de l’édition ? Une équipe de l’université d’Oxford a décidé de se pencher sur la question, elle nous livre un top dix de ces sujets controversés … //

… les voilà:  Continuer la lecture de « Top 10 des sujets les plus controversés sur Wikipédia »

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 4, 2013.

Improved surveillance, takedown of opposition websites for “illegal content” and paid pro-government commentators are among the increasingly sophisticated tools used by authorities to restrict internet freedom, a new report claims … //

… Many countries are also moving from technological to legal solutions in their battle against freedom of expression.   Continuer la lecture de « Internet freedom on decline worldwide as governments tighten grip – report »

Published on Left Foot Forward, by YIGAL SHTAYIM, October 2, 2013.

… The group we created, ‘Marak Levinsky’ (Levinsky Soup), embedded itself more deeply into Israeli society and the mass media than the ‘Group of 400’, which has since been almost forgotten. The Marak Levinsky venture has become an emblem for social initiatives which empower citizens to stand up and do something. For more than 500 days we have managed daily shifts in the park to distribute food and clothing for hundreds of refugees who were unemployed and arrived from prison (where they were held after crossing the border into Israel) with few clothes and sometimes barefoot or only with flip-flops.  Continuer la lecture de « The formal political process isn’t always the best way to effect social change »

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 1, 2013. Download the full report, 21 pdf-pages.

A tiny wealthy male elite is behind most of the biggest contributions to the 2012 election cycle in the US, a new study shows. The report comes just as the US Supreme Court considers whether it should strip a ceiling on political donations. In a case the Supreme Court will begin hearing next Thursday, Shaun McCutcheon, a wealthy donor backed by the Republican National Committee, is challenging this aggregate limit on how much an individual may donate overall to candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) over an election cycle.  Continuer la lecture de « US: Tiny white elite dominates US political donor landscape – study »

• Heute Show vom 27.09.2013, ZDF HD, 34.40 min, von HD Mediathek am 28. September 2013 hochgeladen;
• Deutschland hat sich verwählt, das dicke Ende kommt (hoffentlich) nach, auf KOPP online, von Thomas Mehner, 26. September 2013;
• Nach der Wahl, Die Qual der Wahl: phoenix Runde am 24.09.2013, 44.53 min, von phoenix am 25. September 2013 hochgeladen;
• Markus Lanz, 24.09.2013: u.a. mit Wolfgang Kubicki, Ulrich Pleitgen, Jörg Quoos [HD], 75.45 min, con HD Mediathek am 25. September 2013 hochgeladen;
• Reichtums-Uhr / Schulden-Uhr für Deutschland: siehe Linke Zeitung / Newsticker, in der rechten Kolonne;
• See also: If Elections Could Change Things, They’d Be Illegal, May 9, 2012;
• and: The Rotten Heart of Europe, June 7, 2012

Comment:

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Martin Hesse and Christoph Pauly, Sept 30, 2013 (Photo Gallery).

The European Central Bank wants to impose rigid tests on financial companies in the euro zone before it assumes its new supervisory role. But even before the tests are set to begin, the ECB is already tangling with policymakers … //

… We Will Not Make the Test Soft:   Continuer la lecture de « Last Opportunity: ECB and Politicians at Odds Over Stress Tests, Part 1 »

Aus Schweiz Magazin, Editor, 8. August 2013.

Die Katze ist in der Schweiz Haustier Nummer eins, doch was viele nicht wissen: Tausende Streunerkatzen vegetieren auf unseren Strassen dahin und führen ein erbarmungswürdiges Leben. Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Katze am 8. August weist die Tierschutzorganisation VIER PFOTEN auf das Leid der Streunerkatzen in der Schweiz hin. Sie führt aus diesem Grund im Oktober eine Katzenkastrations-Aktion in Poschiavo durch.   Continuer la lecture de « Internationaler Tag der Katze »

Video, 14.35 min, and text excerpt, published on GR.TV resp. Global Research.ca, by Mother Agnes Mariam (a Carmelite nun) and James Corbett, Sept. 9, 2013.

Same in german / gleiche Geschichte als Text auf Deutsch: Der schrecklichste False Flag der Geschichte, auf Alles Schall und Rauch, von  Continuer la lecture de « Mother Agnes Mariam: Exposing the Syrian Chemical Hoax »