This autumn the US is voting on the congress. All seems to point towards a shift in favour of the Democrats. In order to stemm this development the US government, as ever so often, will try to make these elections more nationalistic.

By proclaiming the recent events (Irak, Middle East, Sept 11 as well as the arrest of several ALLEGED terrorists) to actually be part of WW3 the republicans will try to stand out as the strategic administration "whom you do not change". Nobody questions actions and decisions taken during wartime.

"Wenn man das einmal als Krieg bezeichnen und anerkennen würde, würde auch die Zurückhaltung einbrechen. In einem Krieg könne man schließlich fragen, wer gewinnen soll."

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23136/1.html

Ufo-Sichtung über Zürich Wiedikon

"Etwa 50 seltsame, funkelnde und regelmässig blinkende gelbe Sterne schwebten und stiegen in den Himmel.» So beschreibt Paul Webber seine seltsame Beobachtung. Noch mehr Leute meldeten laut Stadtpolizei die Flugobjekte am Nachthimmel."

Bei einer Wohnungseinweihung am letzten Samstag an der Gertrudstrasse entdeckten Paul Webber und andere Gäste die rätselhaften Objekte. «Wir haben keine Ahnung, was das war – Ballons mit Wunderkerzen dran vielleicht? Oder eben Ufos», sagt Webber.

http://www.20min.ch/news/zuerich/story/10620874

Last week saw two new insurance companies emerge in Sweden. As the names Tankafritt.nu (Swedish, "download freely") and Delaut.se (Swedish, "share") implies, the purpose is to let people download and upload freely, without worrying about persecution by various antipiracy groups.

For just 113 danish kroner (15.15 € / 19.29 US$ / 10.47 £) a year you can join tankafritt.nu's service in sweden, and if you recieve a compensation demand, the company pays. Additionally you recieve a t-shirt with the text "I was convicted of filesharing and all I got was a lousy t-shirt". According to the spokesperson for tankafritt.nu there are plans for expansion:

- We have plans for Denmark aswell. For now we are examining the legal grounds to see if it is possible, says Magnus Bråth, 29-year old owner of tankafritt.nu to the danish news agency Ritzau. It is important that we do not break the local law.

http://www.propiracy.org