Hillary Clinton in Burma: kisses for Suu Kyi, handshake for the president - BlogPost - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-in-burma-warm-relations-with-suu-kyi-light-up-visit/2011/12/02/gIQAXVOIKO_blog.html - #Burma
Police want to stay out of Occupy story - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-want-to-stay-out-of-occupy-story/2011/11/22/gIQAjy8MzN_story.html?wprss=rss_national
The videos have been viewed millions of times: protesters on a California campus sidewalk being pepper-sprayed by police as they sit motionless, onlookers chanting “the whole world is watching.”
Those images and sounds are now iconic symbols of the relationship between Occupy Wall Street-related protesters and those charged with protecting public safety around them, something law enforcement officials say they want to avoid.
Foreign #hackers targeted U.S. water plant in apparent malicious #cyber_attack, expert says - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/foreign-hackers-broke-into-illinois-water-plant-control-system-industry-expert-says/2011/11/18/gIQAgmTZYN_blog.html
Foreign hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water plant to fail last week, according to a preliminary state report. Experts said the cyber-attack, if confirmed, would be the first known to have damaged one of the systems that supply Americans with water, electricity and other essentials of modern life.
“It was tracked to Russia. It has been in the system for at least two to three months. It has caused damage.
Et en notant que c’était 95 % de pipeau, comme à chaque fois qu’il y a SCADA et Internet dans un même article.
donc en fait c’était pas une cyberattaque, ni même une attaque du tout :
A water-pump failure in Illinois that appeared to be the first foreign cyberattack on a public utility in the United States was in fact caused by a plant contractor traveling in Russia, according to a source familiar with a federal investigation of the incident.
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/water-pump-failure-in-illinois-wasnt-cyberattack-after-all/2011/11/25/gIQACgTewN_story.html
How we can save millions of lives, by Paul Farmer - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-we-can-save-millions-of-lives/2011/11/11/gIQAf1rBWN_story.html
Ten million people — many of them young and most of them poor — will die around the world this year from diseases for which safe, effective and affordable treatments exist. In #Haiti, these are known as “stupid deaths.”
Growing field of ‘smart grid’ technology faces opposition over pricing, privacy - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/growing-field-of-smart-grid-technology-faces-opposition-over-pricing-privacy/2011/11/07/gIQARbH5BN_story.html
l’#électricité intelligente, ça ne marche pas parce … les utilisateurs s’en fichent
Steven Spielberg censored in Lebanon ? - BlogPost - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/steven-spielberg-censored-in-lebanon/2011/11/09/gIQAmQ7j5M_blog.html
Film director Steven Spielberg’s name has been covered up on posters advertising the new Tintin film at a cinema in Lebanon, reports Lebanese site Blog Baladi. The blogger took the following photo at Cinema City in Beirut:
Last year, a U.S. embassy memo released by WikiLeaks revealed that Spielberg had been blacklisted by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office in 2006 after making a $1 million donation to Israel during the conflict with Lebanon. Representatives from 14 Arab states voted to ban all films related to Spielberg or his Righteous Persons Foundation.
Mais vraiment, qu’est-ce qu’ils espèrent : il faudrait que Spielberg donne 1 million de dollars « à Israël » pendant que ce pays est en train de raser toutes les infrastructures du Liban et de massacrer sa population civile, et que tout le monde au Liban trouve super-sympa de continuer à payer pour aller voir ses films ?
Le coup du million de dollars à Israël par Spielberg en 2006, j’étais passé à côté... #cablegate
07DAMASCUS409, ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING : SPIELBERG DESIGNATED - 30 avril 2007
►http://wikileaks.org/cable/2007/04/07DAMASCUS409.html#
The one addition mentioned was film director Steven Spielberg, who was singled out for his USD one million donation to Israel last year during the summer conflict in Lebanon, according to Ajami. The committee banned all films and other products related to Spielberg or his Righteous Persons Foundation, Ajami said. Generic enforcement guidelines given to ALBO members include the banning of DVD imports and airing of Spielberg,s films.
Fabriquer des psychopathes… //Pastor says Conn. man convicted of home invasion killings saw demon when he was a teen - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pastor-says-conn-man-convicted-of-home-invasion-killings-saw-demon-when-he-was-a-teen/2011/11/02/gIQAVQUvfM_story.html
A Connecticut man facing a possible death sentence for killing a woman and her two daughters during a fiery home invasion was portrayed Wednesday as a dark and depressed teen who once saw a demon with glowing eyes — and whose ultra-religious parents believed prayer and faith were the best medicine, witnesses testified.
Important Moments in History With Oakland’s Kitty Cop | Mother Jones
►http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/important-moments-world-history-reimagined-kitty-cop
On the morning after a violent crackdown that left a protester—and Navy Marine vet—in critical condition after being hit by a bean bag projectile, the Washington Post chose to illustrate their story about Occupy Oakland with a photo of an Oakland police officer petting a kitten. Was it a metaphor? A somber reflection on human decency? A flickering, 120-watt incandescent light bulb of hope amid the encroaching shadows of oligarchy?
But about that photo. It looked so, so—so familiar. Where had we seen it before?
BlueCoat’s Presence in Syria Finally Uncovered | KheOps
►http://reflets.info/bluecoats-presence-in-syria-finally-uncovered
As the reader probably knows, there has been a release of 54GB of BlueCoat logfiles a few weeks ago, finally leading to several mainstream medias mentioning the case, including BBC, the Washington Post and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. However, I had feedback concerning this log release, notably about the fact that they had been redacted, i.e. that Telecomix removed a part of the information inside them. I am not entering into the debate on whether this was a “good” or a “bad” idea, so let us keep this purely factual : the original log files contain the IP addresses of the (innocent) Syrian Internet subscribers who were visiting Internet websites while being watched by the BlueCoat devices. These IP addresses were all replaced by the fake IP address “0.0.0.0” before the release. This notably allowed BlueCoat to firstly deny the presence of their devices in Syria, by stating that “0.0.0.0” were obviously not Syrian IP addresses and/or that Telecomix could have “invented” these log files. Given
‘Ritual whiplash’ ahead ? Catholics’ Mass liturgy changing. - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ritual-whiplash-ahead-catholics-mass-liturgy-changing/2011/10/25/gIQAzcNRNM_story.html?wprss=rss_on-faith
The new translation changes the majority of sentences in the Mass. The prayers and call-and-response dialogue between the priest and the congregation are different, transforming the dialogue that Catholics under 40 have used in church their entire lives. Some leaders warn that the shift could cause “ritual whiplash” among those accustomed to a worship script so familiar that most recite it from memory.
Italy plans tough new measures against rioters - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/italy-plans-tough-new-measures-against-rioters/2011/10/18/gIQA8hpouL_story.html
Italy’s interior minister, under fire for failing to prevent the worst riots in Rome for years, is to propose reviving a law from the country’s bloody “years of lead” to combat violent protests.
In #Egypt, #corruption cases had an American root - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-egypt-corruption-had-an-american-root/2011/10/07/gIQAApWoyL_story.html
Formed with a $10 million endowment from the U.S. Agency for International Development (#USAID), the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies gathered captains of industry in a small circle — with the president’s son Gamal Mubarak at the center. Over time, members of the group would assume top roles in Egypt’s ruling party and government.
(...)
“It became a crony capitalism,” Magda Kandil, the think tank’s new executive director, said of the privatization program advocated by its founders.
(...)
The privatization saga is a cautionary tale about the power and perils of U.S. foreign aid — most notably the nearly $8 billion that the United States has provided to Egypt since the 1990s to push the country toward economic reforms.
Does impatience make us fat ? - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/does-impatience-make-us-fat/2011/10/10/gIQA1eMnaL_blog.html
A new study suggests that impatience has a lot to do with it. Economists Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel and Patrick McAlvanah combed through historical data on body mass index. They also looked at indicators of impatience for the same population, factoring in preferences on whether they’d want a small prize now or bigger prize later. They controlled for other factors that might come into play, such as demographics and financial characteristics.
With everything else held constant, the researchers found that impatient individuals are more likely to be obese than people who are good at waiting. Here’s how the two BMI distributions match up
Ça m’a fait penser à ►http://www.envrak.fr/carnets/le-test-du-chamallow (dont je croyais avoir référencé ou favorisé un compte rendu quelque part ici mais j’ai pas trouvé)
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/conservatives-launch-we-are-the-53-percent-to-criticize-99-percenters/2011/10/10/gIQA70omaL_blog.html
The overriding message is that the protesters have failed to take personal responsibility, blaming their economic troubles on others. “Suck it up you whiners. I am the 53 percent subsidizing you so you can hang out on Wall Street and complain,” writes Erickson, in the Tumblr’s inaugural post. “I don’t blame Wall Street because it doesn’t matter what Wall Street or anyone else does. I am responsible for my own destiny. I will succeed or fail because of me and me ALONE,” writes another contributor, who describes himself as a Marine Corps veteran.
WHO’s price tag for fighting ‘noncommunicable diseases’ : $11.4 billion a year - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/whos-price-tag-for-fighting-noncommunicable-diseases-114-billion-a-year/2011/09/18/gIQAzMiidK_story.html
les maladies non transmissibles étaient en débat à l’#OMS ; au final ça n’a pas donné grand chose… #santé
U.S. seeks to redraw Iraq training plan - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-seeks-to-redraw-iraq-training-plan/2011/10/08/gIQAvlwMWL_story.html
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta stipulated Thursday that any remaining U.S. troops must have immunity. A State Department official said Saturday that while Iraq is not likely to budge on its resistance to military immunity, there are other paths to continuing the U.S. training mission in the country.
Top #Secret! More Than 4.2M People Have Security Clearance - That’s almost double previous estimates
►http://www.newser.com/story/129129/more-than-42m-people-have-security-clearance.html
A whopping 4.2 million people have access to classified government information, according to a new government report. That’s a far cry from the 2.4 million estimate the Government Accountability Office came up with just two years ago, and, the Washington Post points out, it’s just over a million shy of the total population of the greater #Washington, DC, area.
The Pundits and the Dominionists | #Religion Dispatches
►http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/julieingersoll/5021/the_pundits_and_the_dominionists
The increase in coverage of the religious right’s longterm strategy to transform American culture has led to a number of responses charging “leftists” with fearmongering and with generalizing from a few obscure examples to the wide-ranging religiously oriented conservatives. Michael Gerson writes about what he calls “An unholy war on the Tea Party” at the Washington Post:
“So it becomes necessary to stretch the case a bit. Perry admittedly doesn’t attend a Dominionist church or make Dominionist arguments, but he once allowed himself to be prayed for by some suspicious characters. Bachmann once attended a school that had a law review that said some disturbing things. She assisted a professor who once spoke at a convention that included some alarming people.”
Granted some of the coverage generalizes inappropriately, and much of it shows a lack of real understanding about the teachings of Reconstructionists, theonomists or (the new catchphrase) “dominionists.” But Perry has done much more than “once allowing himself to be prayed for,” and Bachmann didn’t just “once” attend that school. She still establishes her credentials based on her work there. Her mentor didn’t “once” speak at a Reconstructionist conference, he’s a regular integral part of their work. And as Sarah Posner showed in her piece on Oral Roberts University, Bachmann was steeped in the teaching that American law has a biblical foundation. Gerson distorts the situation as much as those he is criticizing.
Are Muslim Americans being radicalized in U.S. prisons? - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/are-muslim-americans-being-radicalized-in-us-prisons/2011/06/14/AGUDlaUH_blog.html
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, thinks Muslim Americans are being radicalized in U.S. prisons, and he’s promised a “deliberate and thoughtful examination of the issue” during a hearing on Wednesday.
To which detractors say: impossible.
As was the case with his March hearing on the radicalization of Muslim Americans, the detractors are accusing the congressman of scare-mongering. They see this week’s hearing as being rooted in no more than Islamophobia.
But as King told Fox News on Monday, there’s “absolutely nothing wrong” with inmates converting to Islam. “The problem,” he said, “is when you get radical Muslims. You get radical chaplains who then radicalize them and turn them toward terrorism or turn them toward violence.”
Blacks less likely than whites to get NIH grants, study finds - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/blacks-less-likely-than-whites-to-get-nih-grants-study-finds/2011/08/15/gIQAJqoyNJ_story.html
Even after the researchers accounted for other factors that could help explain the discrepancy, such as differences in scientists’ education and training, black applicants were still about 10 percentage points less likely than whites to get NIH funding, the researchers reported. About 27 percent of white applicants’ requests were successful, compared with only about 17 percent of blacks’.
Saudi beheading fuels backlash in Indonesia - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/saudi-beheading-fuels-backlash-in-indonesia/2011/07/17/gIQAc7OU3I_story.html
The beheading of Ruyati binti Satubi — executed in June for the killing of an allegedly abusive Saudi employer — stirred such revulsion here that even the most strictly observant Indonesian Muslims now ask how the guardians of Islam’s most sacred sites can be so heedless of their faith’s call for compassion.
At least 20 Indonesians, nearly all women, are on death row in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Jury rules in favor of Blackwater in lawsuit that alleged fraud, overbilling of State Dept. - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jury-rules-in-favor-of-blackwater-in-lawsuit-that-alleged-fraud-overbilling-of-state-dept/2011/08/05/gIQAHomBxI_story.html
A jury ruled Friday in favor of the security firm once known as Blackwater, rejecting two former employees’ claims that the company overbilled the State Department for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
[...]
Many of the allegations in the lawsuit, first filed in 2008, were tossed out by the judge before they even got to the jury, including a claim that Blackwater billed the government for prostitutes. Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III said there was not enough evidence to support the claim.
[...]
Burke was barred from presenting much of the evidence she sought to put in front of the jury. She had hoped to present testimony about an alleged threat a Blackwater employee made to State Department auditors. But Ellis barred the testimony because he said there was no evidence that the confrontation between the two men had anything to do with the auditors’ work.
[...]
While the jury rejected the lawsuit’s claims of fraud and overbilling, a 2009 State Department audit found that Blackwater overbilled the State Department by as much as $55 million on a contract that produced roughly $1 billion in revenue.
Assez rigolo, le traitement de cette info par le WaPo, qui insère dans son article des éléments mettant en doute les conclusions du jury.
Japan’s A-bomb survivors turn against nuclear energy - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/in-a-switch-japans-a-bomb-survivors-turn-against-nuclear-energy/2011/08/04/gIQALjBzvI_story.html
pour la première fois les hibakusha (survivants de Hiroshima/Nagasaki) demandent la fin du #nucléaire civil
Japan’s nationwide survivors’ group never rallied against nuclear-generated energy as such, perhaps because many saw a redemptive justice in using it peacefully. Reactors could power the country’s economy, they hoped, by harnessing the same force that once caused so much damage. (...) the group called for first time for the “elimination of nuclear power generation.”
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：EDITORIAL: We must leave nuclear power behind us - English
►http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108060188.html
Can mankind live with nuclear power? This summer, 66 years after an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, we are once again faced with this momentous and difficult question.
U.S. plans to provide Iraq with wiretapping system - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-plans-to-provide-iraq-with-wiretapping-system/2011/07/26/gIQAGexvjI_story.html
The United States is planning to provide the Iraqi government with a wiretapping system to eavesdrop on cellular calls and messages “to assist in combating criminal organizations and insurgencies,” according to a U.S. Air Force contract solicitation.
The proposed system would allow Iraqi officials to monitor and store voice calls, data transmissions and text messages and would be installed with the acquiescence of the three current cellular communications providers in Iraq, according to documents accompanying the solicitation.
C’est soit une formidable idée, soit une idée désastreuse.
House GOP leaders delay vote on debt plan - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/boehner-other-gop-leaders-ramp-up-pressure-on-republicans-to-pass-debt-plan/2011/07/28/gIQARD5veI_story.html
Two lawmakers — Reps. Jeff Duncan and Mick Mulvaney — left the office and went into a nearby chapel, telling reporters they were praying over the matter and for their leadership.
Rep. Tim Scott (S.C.), a liaison to leadership for the freshmen class, said he was still opposed to the legislation. He added that leaders have told him they are on the brink of securing the 217 votes needed, but still just short.
“I hear three votes, four votes, it’s very close. They’re only a handful away,” he said.
Scott then joined Duncan and Mulvaney in the chapel. About 45 minutes later, they emerged and headed downstairs to the first-floor offices of House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), where Boehner,Cantor and McCarthy were waiting.
Pendant 45 minutes, donc : « Seigneur, Éloigne de moi la tentation d’augmenter du plafond de la dette ».