World-News

In an editorial, The New York Times writes: "Congress is finally ready to stand up to the Bush administration and for those courageous federal workers who dare to reveal waste and abuse in government. The Senate has passed strong reforms to the 1989 whistle-blower protection law, counteracting the gag orders, retaliatory investigations and other harassments that have become shamefully standard practice during the last seven years."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707D.shtml

Laurie Kellman, reporting for The Associated Press, writes: "The House was quiet as a mouse the day after Christmas. But across the Capitol, the Senate was operating in an unusually efficient manner in its ongoing power struggle with President Bush."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707C.shtml



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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1227-02.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6007/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6015/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6010/



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Retired four-star General Zinni calls global warming a serious security threat.
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=723&thisview=item



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Either we bury capitalism or capitalism will bury us.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26939/1.html



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Eine aktuelle US-Studie stellt fest: Je mehr Geld in den Strafvollzug gesteckt wird, um so mehr Strafgefangene werden frisch eingeliefert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26902/1.html

How Safe Are Cell Phones?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/80966
http://www.newsweek.com/id/80966/output/comments



USA: Zeitschrift "Newsweek" berichtet über die Sicherheit von Mobiltelefonen

"Immer mehr Amerikaner geben ihre Festnetzanschlüsse zu Gunsten von Mobiltelefonen auf, aber neue Untersuchungen deuten darauf hin, dass es gesundheitliche Risiken im Zusammenhang mit einem Langzeitgebrauch von schnurlosen Telefonen geben könnte."


Aus: FGF-Infoline vom 20.12.2007
Der Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V. (FGF), gehören alle deutschen Mobilfunkbetreiber an.

Steven Rosenfeld reports for AlterNet, "A new effort to ensure the 2008 presidential election is held using verifiable paper ballots and random audits to ensure accurate vote counts is underway in Congress."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707N.shtml



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Walter Pincus reports for The Washington Post, "The latest estimate of the growing costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worldwide battle against terrorism -- nearly $15 billion a month -- came last week from one of the Senate's leading proponents of a continued US military presence in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707M.shtml



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Michael Isikoff reports for Newsweek: "J. William Leonard learned the hard way the perils of questioning Vice President Dick Cheney. The veteran National Archives official challenged claims by the Office of Vice President (OVP) to be exempt from federal rules governing classified information. His efforts touched off a firestorm - and a counter-strike by Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington, who tried to wipe out Leonard's job."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707J.shtml



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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Hilfe-fuer-Esel-Pferde-Projekt-in-Foca
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/terkedilmis-at-esek-barinagi-foca

Please sign and pass along. These animals need help.

Earle

Tennessean

12/24/07

A vocal group of voters who want more tangible voting records gained more ammunition with a report out this month that urges backing up electronic ballots with a paper trail. But the $25 million endeavor isn’t likely to take place before the 2008 presidential election as some have hoped, said state Coordinator of Elections Brook Thompson. Thompson wants to wait until federal guidelines for voting machines come down before making the big-ticket buy. ‘We need the time and money to do that,’ Thompson said. ‘To completely change out our systems may cause more problems than the potential problems you’re trying to solve’...

http://tinyurl.com/3d8ead


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Please help the Kucinich campaign reach voters in New Hampshire

http://www.call4dennis.com/index.cfm?FTUUID=0

The New Hampshire Primary is less than two weeks away. Please help us reach voters in New Hampshire to remind them of Dennis' message and encourage them to vote for him. You can do this from your home by offering to phone a small number of New Hampshire voters. We have a Virtual Phone Bank that will send you a list of voters and a script. If you are interested, please click here: http://www.call4dennis.com/index.cfm?FTUUID=0

This is very important work and we need your help - and so does our country.

Thank you, The Kucinich Campaign Team


Help Ron Paul too!


Informant: Lloyd Kinder



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THE US economy could be heading into its blackest year since the Great Depression as estimates of losses from the housing slump and sub-prime mortgage implosion reach unprecedented levels.

http://snipurl.com/1vumo



Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans

Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and prompting warnings of worse to come.

http://snipurl.com/1vump



October Home Prices Fall by Record 6.7%

Home prices fell in October by a record amount. The Case-Schiller 10 City Composite index fell by 6.7% versus October 2006, according to S&P/Case-Shiller. It the 10th consecutive month of negative annual returns and the 23rd consecutive month of decelerating returns.

http://snipurl.com/1vumq


From Information Clearing House



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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
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From Information Clearing House

43 per cent of respondents believe the United States government seeks the complete destruction of Russia, while 42 per cent disagree.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29452



Russia Successfully Tests New ICBM

Russia's military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads - a weapon intended to replace aging Soviet-era missiles.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071225/D8TOLIN80.html


From Information Clearing House



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In the wake of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate's finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Israel must prove Iran is cheating without being accused of trying to push the United States into war.

http://snipurl.com/1vumb


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
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Close family members of U.S. troops are split on whether the Iraq invasion was a mistake, and 55 percent disapprove of President Bush's job performance, according to USA TODAY/Gallup polls focusing on immediate relatives of service members.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/72467.php


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+families

68 per cent of respondents oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, and 69 per cent call for a withdrawal of all or some U.S. troops from the country.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29447


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw

By David Edwards

News that British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons had been jailed in Sudan after allowing her pupils to call a teddy bear Mohammed fed straight into the UK media's hate factory and its "war for civilisation".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18952.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+for+civilisation

Few Americans understand that all government action is inherently coercive. If nothing else, government action requires taxes. If taxes were freely paid, they wouldn't be called taxes, they'd be called donations. If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18951.htm



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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18950.htm



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Matthew D. LaPlante, The Salt Lake Tribune, says, "It's no secret that the current, frenetic pace of extended duty and war-related deployments have been tough on military members and their families. But an analysis of Pentagon data shows the suffering has not been shared equally."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matthew+D.+LaPlante

http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=76142117615387275


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=energy+crisis

http://tinyurl.com/yow8uu



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wittner/wittner32.html



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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-freedman/ron-paul-real-conservati_b_78248.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts229.html



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