Newz of the World

NEWZ019 No more love from Hitler

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:54:48 +0000

Another exciting week full of NEWZ has passed and it is your beloved newz team that again comes together to discuss, explain and complain about what the world has coming to.

This week we take a look at most recent events in space exploration by commercial endeavors, discuss the latest development of the crisis in Syria, discuss penis paintings of South African prime ministers and talk about the EU pretending that white is black and natural gas is a “green”.

Finally we discuss the fact that Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf copyright is about to expire and what Germany does about that.

NEWZ018 The Intrepid Reporter

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:46:02 +0000

As Newz marches on, Tim and Mark suffer the effects of a heatwave and a hoarse throat.

In other newz: The US Senate won’t give Pakistan part of its $1 Billion. The perplexing math of the Lord’s Resistance Army. A breakdown of the student protests in Quebec. Juan Cole’s Egyptian election analysis. And a France update about presidents, partners, cyclists and journalists.

We end by shamelessly plugging our recent talks at re:publica 12.

NEWZ017 It’s A Spire!

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:21:59 +0000

So it us again after Mark’s trip to Berlin to see and speak at re:publica 12 we are finally where we belong: in front of our screen reading the Newz to you.

Among those this week: the arrest of Sea Shepherd mastermind Captain Paul Watson in Germany; victims of NATO attacks on Libya speaking up; the Netherlands being the first to bring net neutrality to law in Europe; the arrest of one of the leaders of Joseph Kony’s LRA.

To sum it up we ramble a bit more about building sizes and measurement styles around the world.

NEWZ016 Royal Family of Fascism

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:35:27 +0000

It’s our 1st of May Newz of the World so Tim and Mark are setting fire to the latest headlines and throwing around world events.

We start with the re-awakening of the occupy movement that is being called for in 125 cities around the world.

Over in France we are days away from the second round of presidential elections, which reminds us of LePen stories from previous French elections.

Afghanistan and the US have signed an agreement for activities after 2014.

As the first few episodes of Julian Assange’s new show are out, we talk about the good, bad and the weird of this non-aligned style program.

Lastly a listener suggestion regarding EU maritime regulation.

NEWZ015 We could really use a government now

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:34:58 +0000

Photo by UggBoy♥UggGirl

This week Charles Taylor goes down for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone while back in Liberia a nation gets confirmation on what it already knew.

Greg Palast has evidence that BP execs destroyed evidence showing they knew the Deepwater Horizon could blow.

The ruling coalition of the Netherlands has fallen, now we can enjoy some temporary government action.

Sending your data to the cloud? – Greenpeace has set their sites on data centers powered by dirty energy.

Mark is pleased to see the One World Trade Center will become the tallest building in New York this coming week.

Underwater cable-mania continues, we look at two new maps and why they are cool. Tim reveals his curiosity for the infamous Pitcairn Island, where the internet just got boosted up to 512kbps (actually in June officially).

NEWZ014 Mutually Assured Destruction

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:53:10 +0000

We keep coming back to certain topics but continually bring up new ones too but more than anything we appreciate alert listeners who not only find the errors but also report them. So we put in some feedback in as it allows us to talk more about North Korea, our most favorite dictatorship.

Apart from that we ramble on about the UN and Syria on their never ending quest to find common ground and we report on India’s successful embarking into the cold war of the 21st century.

We take a closer look at recent and upcoming developments around Africa’s Internet connectivity and recommend others join the debate around Cory Doctorow’s comments on the “war on computing”.

NEWZ013 Rockets and Pipelines

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:49:10 +0000

This week North Korea is back on the newz list as their rocket hits the sea and the boy-president makes his first speech.

Then we go to US politics where Santorum has announced he’s out of money so Romney can be the candidate for the Republican party.

The big stories for this week come from Africa where along the border between Sudan and South Sudan, an oil dispute is raging. While in Malawi the continent’s second-ever female president,Joyce Banda, was sworn in. Over in the west there is more bad news this week as Guinea-Bissau’s executive branch has been arrested by a military coup.

Back in Germany the pirate party is once again turning heads and making headlines, what will become of this rising star of party politics?

NEWZ012 Kissing International Ass

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:26:51 +0000

photo by ajoh198 on flickr. (cc)

We kick off this week’s newz with an attempt at understanding the different parties and elements involved in the recent coup in Mali.

From there its back to Syria where the former UN Secretary General has struck a peace deal that has yet to be respected by either side.

Meanwhile its a new day in Burma, thats what many are thinking as Aung San Suu Kyi’s party makes significant gains in the recent election.

Paypal rolls out another weapon in their arsenal of alternative financial tools, this time its about swiping.

And to round out the week, the admittedly pathetic but mildly amusing Consumerist award for worst American company.

NEWZ011 May Contain Traces of Ethics

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:05:38 +0000

: Photo by FairPhone

This week Tim and Mark poke around the internet to try and understand what is happening with religion and Cuba following the Pope’s visit. While back in Europa, Lithuania has made a new deal with a Hitachi to build a “next generation” nuclear plant – oddly inspiring an idea to visit Stendal.

The Chinese company ZTE recently made big sale to Iran for some internet surveillance equipment, as we look at some other names that have sold or almost sold similar items to the Ayatollahs.

A new documentary about Occupy has been released on Al Jazeera, one year since this global phenomenon, we reflect on the images and actions, as well as the possible legacy.

Following up on last week’s Foxconn-Mike Daisy debacle, the second most powerful Tim in the world is visiting the production facilities, while we share some slightly more informed opinions one week later.

In a related story we get an update about the FairPhone project, to hear what the latest is from the quest to build more ethical mobile devices.

Note: Tims audio track contains some annoying clicks we couldn’t get rid of during editing. We apologize for the inconveniences.

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NEWZ010 Ding Dong The Pope Is Dead

newz@metaebene.me (Metaebene Personal Media) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:09:57 +0000

To kick off another hair-raising week of news we start off with Mark reporting this week from Tbilisi, Georgia about what the latest newz is from the old republic.

In the latest dispatches from North Korea, nuclear inspectors are invited to visit, but the young leader also plans to launch a satellite to celebrate his father.

The Australian government, meanwhile, makes a bold move introducing a big new tax on all mining companies.

Mike Daisy might have a sweet boy’s name, but this week we learned his apple story was not big in terms of truthiness.

Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Christian Church died this week. An interesting man, with an impressive life, and fantastic headgear.

In keeping with our commitment to newz updates, we also bring you an update on MegaKim, as well as uncle Kony and the 2012 campaign.

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