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AFP reportage et vidéo: EHS "La Drôme offre à la France son premier abri anti-ondes"
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS_Refuge_Zone.php#2

16. Oktober 2009

Zum Internationalen Tag gegen Armut und Ausgrenzung am 17. Oktober erklärt Katja Kipping, stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE:

In Deutschland leben über 18 Prozent der Bevölkerung in Armut. Durch Hartz IV und die anderen Grundsicherungen werden Menschen tagtäglich aus dem gesellschaftlichen Leben ausgegrenzt. Die Armutsrisikoschwelle, nach der derzeit seriösesten Datenquelle, dem Sozio-ökonomischen Panel des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, lag im Jahr 2006 bei 891 Euro für Alleinstehende. Der durchschnittliche Hartz-IV-Satz liegt bei 649 Euro mit Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung (KdU). Diese Armutssätze können bei einem "Fehlverhalten" des Leistungsbeziehenden sogar bis zur 100 Prozent durch Sanktionen gekürzt werden. Das Recht auf Existenz und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe muss auch in Deutschland als Grundrecht geachtet werden. Armut und Ausgrenzung gehören abgeschafft. DIE LINKE fordert eine Anhebung der Regelleistung bei Hartz IV und anderen Grundsicherungen auf 500 Euro und verbesserte Leistungen für die Wohnkosten. Ebenso tritt DIE LINKE für die Abschaffung aller Sanktionen bei Hartz IV ein und unterstützt die Petition zur ersatzlosen Streichung des Sanktionsparagrafen 31 unter http://www.sanktionen-weg.de. Hartz IV muss weg – ohne Wenn und Aber.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/fuer-eine-welt-ohne-armut-und-ausgrenzung-auch-in-deutschland/



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Reason
by Steve Chapman

10/15/09

Watching Washington policymakers in action, I sometimes think they make mistakes because of unrealistic goals, flawed thinking, blind obedience to party, or dubious information. And sometimes I think they make mistakes because they are — how to put this? — clinically insane. There is no other way to explain what is going on at the Federal Housing Administration, which provides federal guarantees for home mortgages. Given the collapse in real estate prices, the weak economy, and the epidemic of foreclosures, banks are acting with more caution than before. They now commonly require home buyers to make down payments of 20 percent to qualify for a loan. But the FHA often requires only 3.5 percent...

http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/15/mortgage-madness-again


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Campaign For Liberty
by John Browne

10/15/09

Earlier this year, I predicted that the 2009 rally in U.S. stocks could bring the Dow Jones Index as high as 10,000. It looks like that level has been achieved. If, at this point, the index reverses course, I would have made a fairly good prediction. However, it is important to get beyond the charts and look at the fundamentals. The furious six-month rally in the stock market has certainly not been mirrored by the economy as a whole. Instead, the country remains in recession, with unemployment continuing to rise and corporate earnings continuing to decline...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=276


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.

http://snipurl.com/sj4vz


From Information Clearing House



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The United States is offering $7.5 billion to Pakistan for development - but only 15 percent of Pakistanis support accepting it, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey released Wednesday.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1014/p90s01-wosc.html



If fired, Haqqani threatens to unveil 'reams' of Pakistan's secrets

The Pakistan Embassy in Washington continues to convey a wrong picture to American officials and politicians on the uproar in Pakistan over the condescending language in the Kerry-Lugar bill.

http://snipurl.com/sj4lu


From Information Clearing House

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The reverse-Midas effect

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

10/16/09

U.S. actions in [central Asia] could be fairly evaluated as exhibiting a reverse-Midas touch: everything we get involved in generates a backlash — ‘blowback’ — in direct proportion to its visibility. Thus we are presently on a course that will eventually end in bringing about the very scenario we fear: a full-scale Islamist insurgency in Pakistan that threatens to topple the government and possibly come into possession of the country’s nuclear arsenal. The idea that we can intervene covertly, with sufficient subtlety to avoid a confrontation with the government — and nationalist elements in the military and the general population — is a foolish dream that ought to be summarily abandoned. How much money have we poured into the Pakistani rat hole — and to what effect? Our every effort boomerangs in our faces, mocking our purportedly noble intentions and underscoring our essential powerlessness in that wild region at the top of the world...

http://tinyurl.com/yh56faz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kerry+Lugar
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Two missiles, fired by pilotless US aircraft, hit a suspected militant training center in Dandikhel village of North Waziristan tribal agency, security officials told KUNA.

http://snipurl.com/sj4kg


From Information Clearing House



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Sein Sohn soll einen renommierten politischen Posten bekommen.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31315/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sarkozys

Bill Moyers Journal: "Barack Obama was elected on a message of change, promising a new era of diplomacy and international cooperation - but can the president deliver a new vision of America?"

http://www.truthout.org/10150910



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Robert Naiman, Truthout: "General McChrystal says that if President Obama does not approve 40,000 more US troops for Afghanistan, and approve them right away, 'our mission' - whatever that is - will likely 'fail' - whatever that is. But even if President Obama were to approve General McChrystal's request, the 40,000 troops wouldn't arrive in time to significantly affect the 12-month window McChrystal says will be decisive."

http://www.truthout.org/10150912

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45,000 More U.S. Troops To Afghanistan

By BBC Newsnight

The Obama administration had told the British government that it will soon announce a substantial boost to its Afghanistan force and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Britain will send a further 500 soldiers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23727.htm



Fighting the Taliban

What, Exactly, is Being Fought in Afghanistan?

By M. Reza Pirbhai

Washington insiders do not mention that the Taliban's "harsh form of oppression on women and others," which everyone from Madeleine Albright to Hillary Clinton have argued provides cause for war, is not a concern when relations with 'Wahhabi' Saudi Arabia are pursued.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23728.htm



'I'm here to understand what you mean by Taliban'

When we say we must fight the Taliban or must defeat them, what does it mean? I'm here to understand what you mean when you say Taliban. Do you mean a militant? Do you mean an ideology? Exactly what is it that is being fought?

http://snipurl.com/sj4l2


From Information Clearing House

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Five facts about Afghanistan

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

10/14/09

The corridors of power in the nation’s capital are abuzz with the complexities of the situation in Afghanistan. If only we send 40,000 more troops, say the military brass, the U.S. could have some hope of turning the situation around and preventing Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists yet again. Vice President Joe Biden has apparently suggested keeping the number of forces the same but shifting the U.S. mission more toward training the Afghan security forces and conducting Special Forces raids and drone attacks against al-Qaeda. Instead, a few simple facts on the ground in Afghanistan point to a third alternative...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2637



Why the Taliban has tripled in size

CounterPunch
by Brian Downing

10/15/09

The Afghan insurgency, we are repeatedly told, is based on intimidation and violence. This is true in parts of the country, but dubious in others. Indeed, seeing any insurgency as resting mainly on force is wrong and it will lead to wrong responses. Insurgencies develop when a non-government group builds rapport with at least parts of the populace. This was the case in Malaya, the Philippines, Algeria, and South Vietnam. And it is the case in Afghanistan...

http://counterpunch.org/downing10152009.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/15-10



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/15-0

Public Citizen: Wall Street Mocks America; Compensation Estimates Highlight Need for Reforms
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/15-6

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The Banks Have Learned They Can Do Anything

Marie-Noelle Lienemann, David Cayla and Paul Quiles, Liberation: "If bank profits had any connection to the activity of the real economy, it would be good news. Instead, with unemployment growing (the American private sector destroyed another 250,000 more jobs in September), companies are not investing and households strangled by debt are legion. In such a context, in which banking practices have not changed, it is illusory to hope, as the government does, for lending that would be likely to relaunch production and consumption to resume."

http://www.truthout.org/1015095



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/15-1

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Largely Open Arctic Seas in Summer within Ten Years

New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687166ms178



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/mercola8.1.1.html

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DR. OZ, READ THIS ONE
http://nomorefakenews.com/index.php

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VACCINES AND GLOBAL GOVERNMENT
http://tinyurl.com/ylolktk

H1N1 Vaccine Packages’ Inserts
http://fluscam.com/
http://fluscam.com/Vaccine_Package_Inserts.html

I already saw news spots where this FLUARIX nasal stuff is being administered to children... excerpt from:
http://fluscam.com/Vaccine_Package_Inserts_files/FLUARIX_2009LatestPackageInsert_us_fluarix.pdf

SWINE FLU PANDEMIC 2009: Alternative Media Reports on the Global Genocide
http://fluscam.com/SWINE_FLU_MEDIA_CENTRAL,_2009.html

OPERATION H1N1: Vaccine Liberty or Death
http://www.deborahdupre.com/operationh1n1vaccine.html


Informant: sasha karlik

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Swine Flu Vaccine Propaganda In NY Times' Lessons For 6th Graders

Nine "myths" about H1N1 vaccine are not myths at all

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Oct 16, 2009

The New York Times has produced a detailed lesson plan for students in grades 6-12 that pushes the H1N1 flu vaccine and sets about debunking what the editors describe as “myths” surrounding the swine flu shot.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/swine-flu-vaccine-propaganda-in-ny-times-lessons-for-6th-graders.html



Doctors Confirm Flu Shot Disabled Woman As Carrey & McCarthy Lend Support

Woman who took vaccine can now barely walk or talk

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, October 16, 2009

Doctors have confirmed that a seasonal flu vaccine led to a Virginia woman becoming severely disabled as actors Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy offered their support through their Generation Rescue charity, an organization attempting to raise awareness about the link between vaccines and autism.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/doctors-confirm-flu-shot-disabled-woman-as-carrey-mccarthy-lend-support.html



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Oct 15 2009 by Naomi Corrigan, Evening Gazette

WORRIED parents are calling for wireless broadband to be removed from their
children¹s school.

Read More...
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2009/10/15/wireless-worries-84229-24932831/



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The Province

15 Oct 2009

Cables to connect devices may soon become a thing of the past, suggests an announcement Wednesday by the international body governing Wi-Fi. Cameras, printers, laptops, projectors, video-game consoles, music players — virtually any device capable of a...

http://www.6717000.com/newsArticle-6273.html



I guess the people that are planning to implement this (total wireless) have never bothered to study the health effects of microwave radiation.

The future law suits and criminal trials should be quite interesting!


Martin Weatherall
http://www.weepinitiative.org

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