Mystic Politics

Iran, Israel and the US: The Slide To War

‘According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran is building nuclear weapons that pose an “existential” threat to Israel. But virtually no one believes this, including the bulk of Tel Aviv’s military and intelligence communities. As former Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said recently, Iran “is not an existential” threat to Israel. There is no evidence that Iran is building a bomb and all its facilities are currently under a 24-hour United Nations inspection regime.’

Anonymous takes down government sites in massive anti-ACTA attack

‘Early Friday, several websites owned and operated by the US government were defaced as part of latest protest against online censorship. Anonymous, the elusive hacktivist group known for masterminding similar assaults, is taking credit.’

Secular Humanists to European Union: WTF, dude?

‘Humanist and secularist organizations have accused the European Union of denying them equal treatment compared to the continent’s Christian churches.

“The EU shouldn’t be holding a dialogue with essentially undemocratic organizations,” said David Pollock, president of the Brussels-based European Humanist Federation. “By engaging with the Roman Catholic Church, it’s giving a privileged position in EU councils to a body which doesn’t represent its members and holds views way off the margin of general European opinion.”’

22 EU Countries Ratify ACTA

‘Most member states of the European Union have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, Jan. 26.

ACTA is a global treaty that tries to normalize copyright protection and IP standards. It’s similar to SOPA and PIPA, proposed U.S. laws which have recently been dropped after massive internet protests, but in many ways even more dangerous.’