Serotonin ist ein ziemlich verrücktes Enzym. Es ist etwa 700 Millionen Jahre alt, und man weiß bis heute nicht genau, wie es funktioniert. Serotonin tritt in allen Tieren auf und in vielen Pflanzen. Es gehört zum Leben genauso wie die tierische Zelle. Im Menschen hat Serotinin ziemlich viele WIrkungen, die eigentlich gar nichts miteinander zu tun haben: es reguliert die Verdauung, hemmt die Aggression, senkt den Blutdruck, und und und.

Äh, hallo????????
Stehen jetzt auf einmal alle auf der Seite der BILD?
War es nicht mal so, dass alle vernünftigen Medien die Gegenpartei ergriffen haben, wenn das BILD-WELT-Tag-Team in den Ring gestiegen ist?
Naja. Jetzt nimmer. Jetzt mobbt die BILD unseren Bundespräsidenten auf. Und die Deutschen gehen Prozent für Prozent mehr dazu über, ihn für “untragbar” oder sonstwas zu halten.
Hallo???

na, es gibt nicht nur den papademos, der einer von den guten griechen ist, auch wenn alle sagen, dem wäre in Brüssel die Frittensoße Andalus aus dem Pappbecher geflossen. Geflossen ist nämlich was anderes, und zwar: ALLES. Seit anfang der Zeit und bis zum Ende der Zeit. Sagte jener andere große Grieche, der Heraklit, nämlich. Und hat damit natürlich unrecht, wie, das wissen BILDleser mehr als alle anderen, alle Griechen sowieso ob gestern heute oder morgen.

Nur mal nebenbei, an alle Liberallalas, die meinen, der Markt könne alles besser als der Staat: Fast alle großen Entdecker wurden durch die staatliche “Erpressung” gefördert. Johannes Kepler zum Beispiel. Liberale würden nun wohl triumphalieren, dass Keplers astronomische Modelle samt und sonders grottenfalsch waren.

Hört ihr es? Zum Mitsingen: Ich bin gut! Ich bin be-esser! Ich bin-der be-e-este! Die Tonleiter des Größenwahns, c-fis-a-d’, der letzte Ton etwas schrill. Ein gesundes Verhältnis zum eigenen Über-Ego, das hat wohl auch Hunter S. Thompson gehabt, und zwar bereits in jungen Jahren: In seinem erst spät oder gar nicht veröffentlichen Roman “Prince Jellyfish”, in den man in der “Gonzo Papers Anthology” reinlesen kann, wird Hunters altes Ego “Kemp” auf einer Party vorgestellt mit folgenden Worten: “Der wird einmal die Great American Novel schreiben.” Geht’s auch noch ein bißchen kleiner?

Once upon a time, many years ago (actually, it was April 2006), I participated in a debate on Russia’s energy empire organized by The Economist and The Stockholm Network along with Sebestyn Gorka, Prof. Margot Light, and Dr. Vlad Sobell.  I recall that Prof. Light and Dr. Sobell were assigned the challenge of defending Vladimir [...]

A few weeks ago Russian television viewers were treated to a live broadcast of a visit to the Chebarkul training ground in the Chelyabinskii Region by none other than the Minister of Defence Anatoliy Serdyukov and President and Supreme Commander Dmitry Medvedev.  In addition to a simple photo op of the two men inspecting the troops, [...]

Bei der Frage, welche Themen wichtig sind und welche nicht – worüber Journalisten also berichten sollten oder worüber nicht – sind sich Ratgeber und Experten einig. Es gibt Themen, die sind wichtig, weil sie wichtig sind, aber zu den Sorgen der Leute eigentlich keinen Bezug haben: Die Hungersnot am Horn von Afrika etwa. Dann gibt es Themen, die global gesehen relativ irrelevant sind, aber regional wichtig sein können: Die Sprengsätze an Berliner Bahnen.

Rosneft is planning to pay $1 billion to gain access to Venezuela’s Carabobo 2 block in the southern Orinoco; Russia’s $4 billion loan to the country for defence spending appears to have sweetened the deal.  The European Commission will give Poland €211.1 million to help it construct an LNG terminal.  EU ministers are planning to put [...]

Following the announcement of Putin’s presidential comeback, anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny was one of the first commentators to suggest that the main threat to the seemingly endless continuation of his rule would be Russia’s inter-ethnic tensions.  The Guardian‘s Luke Harding reported on Monday: ‘With no political mechanism for removing Putin from power, Navalny said, another [...]

Wie angekündigt, sollen die Argumente der liberalen Marktbefürworter ernstgenommen werden. Eines ist, dass der Markt immer die Wünsche aller erfüllt. Schaut man sich das private Radio an, fragt man sich aber, ob das wirklich der Fall ist.

In Israel, am Toten Meer, vor einem Ort, dessen überirdische Schönheit niemand vergisst. En Gedi, eine Oase, in der das Leben aus der toten Wüste herausbricht. Im Hostel steht die Luft, die Duschen haben kein kaltes Wasser mehr. Auch in der Nacht drücken 30 Grad, ich sitze vor einem Schachbrett, mir gegenüber ein norwegischer Traveller.

The rumor mill continues to churn over Mikhail Prokhorov’s departure from Right Cause.  Today an article in the Moscow Times quotes a senior party official who claims that the straw that broke the donkey’s, or should we say Vladimir Surkov’s back with regards to the billionaire’s political career, was apparently a desire to invoke the [...]

Libyan oil exports are to begin within ten days, reports say.  Gazprom is confident that Sakhalin-2 can produce enough fuel to support the expansion of its LNG plant.  The International Monetary Fund has suggested that Russia use current high energy prices to support a restructuring of its economy, and in particular to build a stronger [...]

A group of Russian human rights defenders sign an appeal to the international community to apply pressure on Russia to protect, reinforce, and reform its flawed system of justice.

The Financial Times is reporting that Mikhail Prokhorov’s bank has just gotten the BP treatment: Masked police on Thursday entered the Moscow headquarters of a bank part-owned by a billionaire oligarch and leader of a liberal political party that is contesting elections in December. The masked police drove up to the bank, MFK, in which [...]

In a few days time British Prime Minister David Cameron will be heading to Moscow, on what represents the first contact between a British PM and Vladimir Putin in four years.  It seems that business matters are at the heart of the overture.  Cameron is not coming alone; he will be accompanied by a trade [...]

Year-on-year, complaints about banks violating privacy laws have grown.  Rosneft’s banking unit is set to replace Alfa Bank as the sole payment center for utilities.  The Defense Ministry is canceling $1 billion worth of arms contracts.  Russia stands to lose a lot of business in Libya through its arms, infrastructure and energy contracts, with ‘all [...]

The raid of BP’s offices has continued for a second day: ‘The bailiffs, accompanied by armed men, are searching documents containing key words as broad as “oil and gas”.’  The Exxon-Rosneft tie-up promises many good things for both sides, but ‘it is too early to pop open the champagne’, writes Michael Bohm: the initial BP agreement started with a [...]

The following announcement was recently released by the legal team for Oxus Gold Plc: Oxus Gold plc Commencement of Arbitration Proceedings Oxus Gold plc (Company) refers to its announced intent to commence international arbitration proceedings if settlement cannot be reached with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek Government) over the shareholder interest of [...]

The Miami New Times has published a spectacular profile of Eligio Cedeño, a Venezuelan banker, former political prisoner, and past client of Amsterdam & Peroff. For the first time, the full story of his dramatic exit from unlawful imprisonment at the headquarters of the secret police, as well as the horrific imprisonment of the judge who issued the order setting him against the wishes of the president, is available to the public.

Russia is sending fresh supplies of fuel to Libyan rebels, following hints that Moscow could establish formal relations with them.  All five of the country’s refineries are currently offline ‘due to a lack of crude oil production and damage to facilities’.  A pipeline from Libya’s Mellitah refinery and Italy has been repaired.  Gas is expected [...]

Australian newspaper The National has a summary translation of a column published in Al Hayat: Russia’s less-than-enthusiastic stance on the Arab Spring, and its high tolerance for repressive Arab regimes, raise many questions about Moscow’s real interests in the region, wrote Abdullah Iskandar, managing editor of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat, in a column yesterday. [...]

TODAY: Medvedev sets December election date, may limit winning party seats; Wikileaks releases U.S. cables about Foreign Ministry, fitness; U.S. won’t recognise Abkhaz elections; Putin’s bikers; space station visit postponed; nature reserves project; Khodorkovsky the columnist; anarchist bomb, history lessons. President Dmitry Medvedev has set December 4 as the date for State Duma elections, warning [...]

Gazprom has unveiled first quarter profits of 478.5 billion rubles – or $16.6 billion.  First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov will keep his job at Gazprom despite the Kremlin-sanctioned exodus of state officials from company positions, apparently in order to respect company interests.  Gazprom will be excluded from Iran’s major Azar oil field project in [...]

Sberbank will buy Austrian lender VBI for $850.3 million.  Belarus wants Sberbank to ease the conditions of its $2 billion loan for potash miner Belaruskali, as the country undergoes ‘unprecedented political and economic turmoil’.  The World Wildlife Fund is appealing to the top Swiss court to block construction of Aminona, a luxury alpine resort funded [...]

It’s an odd sight to catch Exxon CEO Rex Tillerman smiling and shaking hands with Vladimir Putin after signing a $500 billion oil exploration deal in Arctic waters (actually, the deal will start with just $3.2b, but Putin enjoys projections).  After all, it wasn’t that long ago when we saw similar photos of BP’s Bob [...]

TODAY: Police downplay attack; Saratov Governor slammed by Putin; controversial charity wins suits; British MP calls for Magnitsky sanctions; indigenous community want rocket compensation; migrants workers brawl; Poltavchenko set to win St. Petersburg post; Putin’s biking extravaganza. Despite numerous complaints, an alleged attack on a group of residents in Bogoyavleniye, including a Kommersant journalist and [...]

The Libyan National Transitional Council is inspecting former contracts with Russia for transparency: ‘The issue of a return to work for Russian companies in Libya is still being considered.’  Rail freight operator Proftrans has been acquired by Brunswick Rail for an undisclosed sum.  Russia is currently working on a rail line near Songbon as part [...]

ExxonMobil has replaced BP as Rosneft’s partner in a $3.2 billion tie-up.  ‘But in contrast to that [abandoned BP] partnership, with its proposed $16 billion share swap, Exxon and Rosneft are not talking about swapping equity. Instead, Exxon is offering Rosneft access to some of its projects in the Gulf of Mexico.’  The tie-up is [...]