World-News

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12999.htm


Informant: David Diggins

Why have prominent foreign scholars had their visas to speak or teach in this country denied or revoked? Many, including the academic institutions who invited them, are baffled. Some suspect the application of Section 411 of the Patriot Act, which excludes foreigners who "endorse or espouse terrorist activity."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106P.shtml

The Pentagon has been forced to delay the release of its updated Army Field Manual on Interrogation because of Congressional opposition to several provisions, including one that would allow tougher techniques for unlawful combatants than for traditional prisoners of war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106O.shtml

Popular children's author Patricia Polacco has been censured by McGraw-Hill for her statements critical of President Bush's education reform program, No Child Left Behind.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106N.shtml

Federal prosecutors have begun an investigation into Congressman Jerry Lewis, the Californian who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee, signaling the spread of a San Diego corruption probe.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106L.shtml

The Bush administration is facing pressure both in the United States and overseas to drop its long-standing refusal to talk directly with Iran about its nuclear program, particularly in the wake of the unusual 18-page letter sent this week to President Bush by Iran's president.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106K.shtml

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50150


Informant: ranger116

Congress wants to change the Internet, and major news media have not actively pursued the story. The House and Senate Commerce Committees are promoting new rules governing the manner by which most Americans receive the Web. Congressional passage of new rules is widely anticipated, as is President Bush's signature. Once this happens, the Internet will go out of the hands of the people and into the pockets of big business.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106I.shtml

"The bill, which was passed yesterday by the House and is expected to clear the Senate as early as today, has two main provisions. The first, and dearest to the hearts of President Bush and his allies in Congress, is an extension of the temporary low tax rates on investment income. The top 10 percent of income earners will get almost all of the benefits, and everyone else will get crumbs," according to the New York Times.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106F.shtml

President Vladimir V. Putin, in a blunt response to US criticism of his domestic and foreign policies, declared Wednesday that Russia would boost its military strength to ensure its ability to resist foreign pressure.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106E.shtml

Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani warns, "This situation, if not contained with cool head and if miscalculations continue, can easily turn into a crisis with potentially global ramifications for the rule of law under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and for the economic and security interests of all concerned in the region and beyond. It is high time to cease sensationalism and war mongering, pause and think twice about where we are heading."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106D.shtml

The Bush administration's top procurement official offered his assistance to now-disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff as his lobbying empire began to crumble, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106B.shtml

Thank you for your recent action to demand the immediate release of Shi Tao and the end of censorship by the US Internet giant, Yahoo. Faced with growing public pressure, Yahoo has heard our call - however we still have a long road ahead to ensure that Yahoo fully addresses our demands.

Unfortunately, other US Internet companies like Google and Microsoft have also been assisting the repressive Chinese Government in its effort to limit the rights of their citizens. Amnesty International is concerned about the ways these companies are aiding violations of freedom to information and expression, by actively censoring content on topics such as human rights, political reform, Tiananmen Square and democracy, among others.

Today is Google's annual shareholder meeting and Tony Cruz, AIUSA's Corporate Action Network Coordinator for California, will be there to let the company know that Amnesty International will not stand by and let them violate human rights. Today also marks the start of a global call to action - across the world we are asking concerned citizens and Internet users to send an urgent message, by email, fax, or phone, to demand an end to these abuses.

Take action online! Visit our internet censorship action page http://www.amnestyusa.org/business/takeaction.html to get the full story about what Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are doing in China and find out why their claim that they are only following the law is a weak excuse for abusing human rights in pursuit of profit.

There are several ways you can act. Simply click to email our prepared online letter, or print off a copy and fax it to the number provided. Companies will often work fast to block mass emails from organizations like Amnesty, so it's important to try a variety of avenues. If you are a customer of Google or Microsoft, we recommend also contacting their user support lines, or filling out a complaint form through their website. All of the information you need to do this can be found on our action page.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/business/takeaction.html

If you have questions about internet censorship or any of the issues CAN works on, feel free to contact us anytime at corpaction@aiusa.org

In solidarity,

Amy O'Meara
Corporate Action Network
Amnesty International USA

A message from Eleanor

Primate experimentation in the United States is out of control. In the last ten years the number of primate experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has increased by 76%. Statistics based on data published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveal that primate experimentation in the U.S. has reached an all time high with over 120,000 of our closest relatives suffering and dying in laboratories during the last two years.

Repetition is rampant among NIH-funded projects. Currently 170 National Institutes of Health projects study neural information processing in macaque monkeys. 75 grants fund examinations of cocaine in primates. 70 experiments examine vision in macaque monkeys. These experiments continue for decades wasting millions of tax dollars and victimizing primates for an entire lifetime.

We must all continue to work together to insure continued progress for animals in laboratories.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/930125492

There are over two hundred primate laboratories in the U.S. If we are to change the fate of primates within these many facilities we will need the support of activists across the United States. Please contact us ASAP to get involved in this crucial campaign EPE@etaep.org .

Richter bezweifeln Verhältnismäßigkeit der Maßnahme gegen den Journalisten, der Betrügereien bei der EU nachging.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22655/1.html

Das umstrittene geheime Lauschprogramm der NSA ist weit umfassender, als bislang angenommen, und speichert die Verbindungsdaten fast der gesamten Inlandskommunikation.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22650/1.html

NEWS RELEASE From the office of the South-East England's Green MEP Caroline Lucas

May 11th, 2006

HAMPSHIRE'S

Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas has called on Test Valley Council to block plans to build a ten-metre mobile 'phone mast in a residential area in Chandler's Ford.

Dr Lucas said the proposed mast, which T-Mobile wants to build at Knightwood Road - within 300 metres of 100 homes - could pose dangers for residents' health and should not be sited in such a highly-populated area.

"Research conducted on behalf of the European Parliament has demonstrated that safety guidelines governing the exposure of the public to radiation from mobile 'phone base stations are inadequate," said Dr Lucas.

"In the face of real health risks we should adopt the precautionary principle and stop allowing masts to be built at sites - such as Knightwood Road - which are close to built-up residential areas."

Current Government guidelines allowing masts to be built near homes are based on incomplete research, according to a report by Warwick University Professor Gerard Hyland and commissioned by Dr Lucas for the European Parliament.

By measuring the effects of radiation intensity only - and not the frequency of microwave pulses - the research on which the guidelines are based fails to account for unexplained levels of ill-health, including cancers, in those living in proximity to the masts.

"I hope Test Valley planners will protect local residents by rejecting this application," added Dr Lucas.

"But the planning laws make it very difficult for local authorities to take risks to human health into account when deciding whether to give 'phone operators permission to erect masts - and the Government must review the legislation and day-today guidance to require local councils to adopt the precautionary principle when considering the siting of mobile 'phone masts."

ENDS

Note to Editors: Dr Lucas' objection to the planning application can be found at http://www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk or on request

For more information please contact Ben on 01273 671946, 07973 823358 or ben@greenmeps.org.uk

http://www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk

Ben Duncan Media Officer to Caroline Lucas MEP benduncan@greenmeps.org.uk
01273 671946 (office)


Informant: Eileen O'Connor

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index905.htm


Informant: Martin Greenhut

http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=362


Informant: Kev Hall

The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106Z.shtml

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0511/p09s01-coop.html

Exploiting The U.N.

by Helena Cobban, Christian Science Monitor

The U.S. should be using the U.N. to prevent conflicts -- not to build a coalition for another unwinnable war.

http://www.tompaine.com/

by Eric Lotke, TomPaine.com

The real winners in Medicare's new drug benefit are the industries that lobbied for it.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/11/drugs_for_money.php

by Robert B. Reich, TomPaine.com

Capitol Hill slugs it out this week in the latest battle to preserve a democratic Internet.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/11/war_on_the_web.php

Call for Worldwide June 6, 2006 "NO ARMAGEDDON FOR BUSH" Rallies

Members of the Washington, DC Antiwar Network http://dawndc.net encourage groups worldwide to join us in holding NO ARMAGEDDON FOR BUSH rallies on June 6, 2006 (6/6/6). Publicity is assured because "666" is the "Mark of the Beast," the biblical evil one who brings about Armageddon. Media already have begun noting both the humorous and the serious aspects of this, including law enforcement concerns about "incidents."

Given President George Bush's own Christian fundamentalist beliefs (see below) and his drive for war against "evil" Iran, including probable use of nuclear weapons, it is particularly appropriate to protest war that day. We encourage peace loving activists and people worldwide to rally in creative, fun and attention getting ways to reject the religious/political views of Bush and his cronies that they represent the "good" which must vanquish "evil" using the most deadly of military force.

DC activists already have planned a rally at 6 PM EST in front of the White House in Washington, DC. Our demands are: End U.S. Global Dominance -- World Nuclear Disarmament Now.

To endorse this rally or have your rally listed on our web page http://stopthewarnow.net/protests/6-6-6.html
Email iranworkinggroup@earthlink.net

ADDITIONAL INFO ON GEORGE BUSH'S EVANGELICAL VIEWS AND IRAN WAR PLANS

President George Bush became a “born again” Christian under the tutelage of Billy Graham who teaches the expansion of Israel will lead to the return of the anti-Christ (666), the battle of good and evil at Israel’s valley of Armageddon and the return of Christ. Who can believe Bush’s denials he has made statements like: “'I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for President." and "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.” and "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq…”

Journalist Seymour Hersh wrote in April 2006 that Bush believes only he has the “courage” to bomb and “save” Iran, even if that means through the "nuclear option" against its nuclear facilities. Given Iran's commitment to fighting back against any attack, either conventional or nuclear attacks quickly could spiral into world nuclear war - i.e., armageddon or apocalypse. Just imagine what Russian leaders will feel when they see aircraft and missiles, possibly nuclear armed, approaching just a few hundred miles from Russia's borders. What if lethal radiation from an attack drifts over Russia? Russia still has several thousand nuclear missiles on hair trigger alert pointed at the United States.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Bush's Armageddon Obsession
by Michael Ortiz
Hill
http://www.counterpunch.org/hill1019.html

Bush's Armageddon Obsession,
Revisited by Michael Ortiz
Hill
http://www.counterpunch.org/hill01042003.html

When U.S. Foreign Policy Meets Biblical Prophecy
By Paul S. Boyer
http://www.alternet.org/story/15221/

The Iran Plans: Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?
by Seymour Hersh
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact

Nuke Nightmare: Bush's Drive to Armageddon
by Joel Wendland
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5824

(Possible Iran War Scenario) Four Day War: The Iran/Israel conflagration, a history by Claude Salhani
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_09_13/article.html

LIST OF GROUPS ACTIVELY ORGANIZING VS. IRAN WAR
See http://stopthewarnow.net


Informant: Carol Moore in DC

From ufpj-news

The Free Liberal
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

05/11/06

The burning issue in Washington today is high gas prices, and it won't go away anytime soon. Americans are not happy about paying $3 per gallon at the pump, and they want something done about it. But price controls won't work, and allegations of price gouging and 'windfall profits' amount to nothing more than congressional grandstanding. No government official or politician is fit to define a 'fair' price for gas or a 'fair' profit for oil companies. This is not the Soviet Union. The last thing we need is centralized government planning when it comes to our precious energy supplies...

http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002056.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

USA Today

05/10/06

The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY. The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans -- most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews...

http://tinyurl.com/poz4j


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Aufstallung: Und fertig ist die Vogelgrippe Durch die "vorsorgliche", sogenannte "Aufstallung" von Geflügel sollen die Bestände angeblich vor dem Vogelgrippe-Virus H5N1 geschützt werden - und davor, zu erkranken und zu sterben. Trotzdem leiden und sterben Tiere reihenweise, allerdings nicht an der Vogelgrippe, sondern an der Aufstallung. (...)

hier weiterlesen:
http://www.gerhard-wisnewski.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=205&mode=&order=0&thold=0
Gerhard Wisnewski, 8. April 2006


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

(engl.)

Impfung allein gegen Polio machtlos

Seit seiner Geburt ist Shan-e-Ali 15 Mal gegen die Kinderlähmung (Polio) geimpft worden, seine Chancen, an diesem Leiden zu erkranken waren also eigentlich gering. Trotzdem ist der Anderthalbjährige heute von der Hüfte ab gelähmt. "Wir haben keine einzige Impfung verpasst", sagt Shan-e-Alis Mutter Shannu. Interessanterweise waren alle Betroffenen die sich in den letzten Jahren in Indien mit Polio infiziert hatten, geimpft worden. Der Polio - Impfstoff soll gegen drei Erreger wirken: P1, P2 und P3. Im Jahre 2005 wurden in Indien 66 neue Polio - Fälle entdeckt, 62 davon waren mit dem P1 - Erreger infiziert worden. Darauf hin führte die Regierung einen Einfach - Impfstoff ein, der nur gegen das P1 effektiv war - dennoch wurden 2006 bisher schon 16 neue Polio - Fälle entdeckt. In allen Fällen war der Erreger wiederum das P1. "Wir brauchen einen zweiteiligen Zugang," sagt Professor Ritu Priya. "Impfung und besseres sanitäre Verhältnisse, bessere Ernährung und sauberes Trinkwasser. Nur mit der Impfung allein lässt sich die Polio nicht besiegen". Denn die meisten Poliofälle stammen aus den Regionen Uttar Pradesh und Bihar. Das ist ein eindeutiger Hinweis darauf, dass die Wirksamkeit eines Impfstoffs immer in Frage gestellt werden muss, wenn nicht gleichzeitig sanitäre Ujmstände und die Ernährung verändert werden. Zusammenfassung in Deutsch: Axel Berendes

ganzen Artikel lesen (engl.): http://www/ibnlive.com/article.php?id=7992&section_id=3
CNN-IBN, 8. April 2006

Kommentar: Fast kommt man sich ein wenig wie im realen Sozialismus vor: Hier wie dort geht Planerfüllung über alles. In den Entwicklungsländern bedeutet dies, dass es zum Teil immer wieder die gleichen Kinder sind, die von den jährlichen Polioimpfaktionen "heimgesucht" werden. Dadurch können einzelne Kinder bis zu 15 oder vielleicht auch mehr Impfungen (immerhin ist Shan-e-Ali erst anderthalb) erhalten. Dies ist auch aus schulmedizinischer Sicht völlig sinnlos und erhöht natürlich das Nebenwirkungsrisiko enorm. Die Impfung von Kindern ohne jede Berücksichtigung der individuellen Situation, eine der "Todsünden" der modernen Medizin, trifft hier auf das verzweifelte Bemühen der WHO und ihrer Organe, ihren jährlichen Plan um jeden Preis zu erfüllen und so gegenüber der Weltöffentlichkeit mit reiner Weste dazustehen. Die Kinder bleiben dabei auf der Strecke, wie das Beispiel von Shan-e-Ali zeigt.


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Newcastle (pte/12.04.2006/06:10) - Wissenschaftler der Newcastle University in Australien http://www.newcastle.edu.au haben in der jüngsten Ausgabe des Public Library of Science Medicine http://medicine.plosjournals.org vor den Praktiken der Pharmaunternehmen gewarnt, wonach Krankheiten erfunden werden, um mehr Produkte zu verkaufen. Konkret kritisieren die Experten etwa den Umgang der Pharmahersteller mit der Menopause als gefährlich. Sie warnen davor, dass gesunde Menschen durch Medikamente in ihrer Gesundheit geschädigt werden, in dem Zustände als Krankheiten beschrieben werden, die gar keine sind. Dieser Umstand wird als Disease mongering http://www.diseasemongering.org bezeichnet. Die Pharmaindustrie hingegen winkt ab und bestreitet diese Tatsachen. (...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.pressetext.de/pte.mc?pte=060412001
Pressetext Austria, 12. April 2006


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Impfen im Fernsehen: Ein Redakteur berichtet

Eine persönliche Erfahrung von Michael Houben

"Eigentlich wollte ich eine Sendung über Kinderkrankheiten machen und dabei auch entsprechende Impfungen thematisieren. Doch die Redaktionskonferenz fand vor allem den Aspekt des Impfens spannend. In den Buchläden häuft sich Literatur, in der seine Erfolge angezweifelt und es als potentiell schädlich dargestellt wird. Ich erhielt den Auftrag eine Sendung über diese Impfkritik zu gestalten: Was hat es damit auf sich? Hält die Kritik einer wissenschaftlichen Überprüfung stand? Was kann man dem Patienten raten? Ich begann mir die Argumente gegen das Impfen anzuschauen, las entsprechende Bücher, recherchierte im Internet und fand erst einmal folgende vier Ansatzpunkte. (...)"

hier weiterlesen (sehr spannend!): http://www.wissenschafts-pressekonferenz.de/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WPKCMS.woa/wa/bericht?documentId=LSTX11392
(Herbst 2004, die besagte Sendung lief am 20. Sept. 2004 im WDR)


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Seehofer rechnet mit Vogelgrippe auf Jahre - gegen jetzige Impfung

Berlin (dpa) - Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Horst Seehofer (CSU) rechnet mit einer jahrelangen Belastung durch die Vogelgrippe.
(...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D52667 DPA, 06.04.2006



Vogelgrippe: Seltene Ehrlichkeit

Forscher: Vogelgrippe erinnert an Bedeutung von Infektionsforschung

Tübingen (dpa/lsw) - Allem Ärger zum Trotz hat die Vogelgrippe auch ihr Gutes: "Sie ruft uns ins Gedächtnis, wie wichtig die Erforschung von Infektionskrankheiten ist", sagte der Tübinger Mikrobiologe Andreas Peschel in einem dpa-Gespräch. Es sei zu hoffen, dass künftig mehr Forschungsgelder in diesen Bereich fließen.
(...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D51411 DPA, 11.03.2006



Psychologe: Angst vor Vogelgrippe weniger verbreitet als angenommen

Würzburg (dpa) - Die Angst vor der Vogelgrippe ist in der Bevölkerung nach Expertenansicht deutlich geringer ausgeprägt als gemeinhin angenommen. "Bei uns haben sich nur sehr wenige Leute gemeldet, die tatsächlich starke Angst vor der Krankheit haben", sagte der Psychologe und Angstforscher Georg Alpers von der Universität Würzburg der dpa.
(...) Medienberichte über Panik, Hysterie und psychotische Zustände - gerade zu Beginn der Vogelgrippe-Ausbreitung - seien übertrieben gewesen. "Das sind auch völlig falsche Begriffe. Sie haben nichts zu tun mit diesen Gesundheitsängsten." (...)

ganzen Artikel lesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D52713 DPA, 9. April 2006



Umfrage: Große Mehrheit hat keine Angst vor Vogelgrippevirus

Allensbach (dpa) - Eine große Mehrheit der Bundesbürger hat einer Umfrage zufolge keine Angst vor einer Ansteckung mit dem Vogelgrippevirus. 72 Prozent sagen, sie fühlten sich nicht persönlich gefährdet. 20 Prozent jedoch glauben an diese Gefahr. Das geht aus einer Meinungsumfrage des Instituts für Demoskopie in Allensbach hervor, die am Donnerstag veröffentlicht wurde. (...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D52200 DPA, 23.03.2006

Kommentar: Die Verursacher der Vogelgrippe-Panikseuche müssen sich also fragen, ob das Ganze den Aufwand wert war. Obwohl, wenn man bedenkt, wie viele Milliarden Dollar und Euro bereits weltweit in die In- dustrie geflossen sind, die von dieser Panikmache leben...


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

(...) (openPR) - Eine erschreckende Bilanz zeigt die vom Zentralverband europäischer Laufentenhalter ZEL unter Hobbyhaltern im deutschsprachigen Raum durchgeführte Umfrage zur Aufstallung 2005.
11% des Geflügels starb demnach im letzten Herbst an den Auswirkungen der Vogelgrippe.

Der tödliche Feind hieß jedoch nicht H5N1, sondern Trittin und Schnappauf. Pathogen war nicht der H5N1-Virus, sondern die Anordnung der Stallpflicht für Geflügel: der Entzug von 98% des Auslaufs und der Bademöglichkeit. Die Tiere, auf zwei Prozent ihrer gewohnten Auslauffläche zusammengepfercht und überwiegend ohne die für Wasservögel so wichtige und von der EU-Kommission postulierte Bademöglichkeit, wurden in der ungewohnten Enge von Artgenossen totgepickt, starben durch Stress und Krankheit oder wurden aus Platzmangel geschlachtet. (...)

ganzen Artikel lesen: http://openpr.de/news/74926.html
Siehe auch: http://www.zel-eu.de/?Vogelgrippe_Umfrage Zentralverband europäischer Laufentenhalter, 23. Jan. 2006



Vogelgrippe: "vermutlich", "möglicherweise" "vielleicht"

Vogelgrippe bei Nutztieren vermutlich durch Wildvögel ausgelöst

Leipzig/Wermsdorf (dpa) - Der erste Vogelgrippe-Fall bei Nutztieren in Deutschland ist vermutlich auf eine Einschleppung des Virus durch Wildvögel zurückzuführen. Dies teilte das sächsische Sozialministerium am Montag unter Berufung auf einen Zwischenbericht des Friedrich-Loeffler-Institutes mit. (...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D52743 DPA, 10. April 2006

Kommentar: Ist eigentlich überflüssig. Achten Sie bei allen Pressemeldungen einfach darauf, wie wenig man über die Vogelgrippe sicher weiß.


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

USA: Eltern autistischer Kinder demonstrieren gegen Quecksilber

Eine Kundgebung gegen Autismus in Washington D.C. hat auch mehrere Eltern betroffener Kinder aus der Hauptstadt der USA aktiviert. Sie forderten mehr Forschung, um herauszufinden, ob das Quecksilber, das man in Impfstoffen ihrer Kinder gefunden hatte, ihre Töchter und Söhne zu Autisten gemacht haben könnte. Etwa 1.000 Ärzte und betroffene Eltern marschierten beim "Mercury Generation March" durch die Straßen von Washington, um die Regierung auf sich aufmerksam zu machen. Über Jahre hatten alle Forschungsergebnisse darauf hingewiesen, das Autismus eine genetisch bedingte Störung darstellt. Aber wie die Beteiligten glauben, entwickelt sich die Verhaltensstörung als Reaktion auf ein bekanntes Gift, das in den meisten Impfstoffen enthalten ist. Diese Zusammenhänge sind von einigen Studie belegt worden. Allerdings können Eltern betroffener Kinder zur Zeit noch wenig unternehmen, wenn sie das Quecksilber als Ursache für die Erkrankung ihrer Kinder halten. "FDA und CDC (zwei führende Gesundheitsbehörden der amerikanischen Bundesregierung) machen es Wissenschaftlern sehr schwer, an die Fakten zu kommen und unseren Kindern zu helfen", so eine Mutter eines autistischen Kindes. FDA und CDC bestreiten alle Verdunklungsvorwürfe. Zur Zeit leidet in den USA eines von 166 Kindern an Autismus. Zusammenfassung in Deutsch: Axel Berendes

ganzen Artikel lesen (engl.): http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/2591361.html WCAV, VA, April 6, 2006

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In den USA tobt ein Kampf um Quecksilber in Impfstoffen

Anmerkung von Barbara Loe Fisher: "Quecksilber ist ein Nervengift. In zahlreichen Ländern der Erde wird das Quecksilber aus Giftstoff aus Trinkwasser und Luft ent- fernt, da es das Gehirn schädigen kann. Jede Regierung, jeder Politiker, jede medizinische und wissenschaftliche Organisation, jeder Arzt in der Regierung und ebenfalls in der WHO sollte für das Verbot eintreten, Quecksilber in den Körper von Babies zu injizieren. Mehr noch: Es sollte generell verboten sein, Gifte welcher Art auch immer unseren Kindern aus welchen Gründe auch immer zu injizieren."

Der Kampf um das Quecksilber in Impfstoffen

In der Debatte über den Einsatz des quecksilberhaltigen Konservierungsmittels Thimerosal in Impfstoffen für Kinder sind die Fronten geklärt. Während die Gesetzgeber aus 20 Bundesstaaten ein Verbot von Quecksilber in Impfstoffen befürworten, treffen sie auf den Widerstand einflussreicher Organisationen, unter ihnen auch Gruppen, die erhebliche Spenden von der Pharmaindustrie und der "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) erhalten.

An der Spitze der Thimerosal - Befürworter marschiert unter anderem die American Academy of Pediatrics, ein Zusammenschluss von 60.000 Kinderärzten, nach deren Ansicht es keinen Beweis dafür gibt, dass die geringen Quecksilberkonzentrationen in den Impfstoffen schädlich sein könnten. Und sie befürchten, das ein Verbot von Quecksilber in Impfstoffen, wie es einige Bundesstaaten bereits ausgesprochen haben, könnte das öffentliche Vertrauen in Impfungen und Impfstoffe unterminieren und so dazu führen, dass mehr Patienten auf Impfungen verzichten.

Interessanterweise hatte die Academy noch 2001 in ihrer Hauszeitschrift "Pediatrics" gewarnt: "Quecksilber wirkt in allen Formen toxisch auf Kinder und Föten und es sollten Anstrengungen unternommen werden, um die Belastung für Schwangere und Kleinkinder ebenso auf ein notwendiges Minimum zu beschränken, wie für die restliche Bevölkerung. Wie ein ehemaliger Präsident der American Academy of Pediatrics zugab, ist das Verhalten der Agency paradox. Aber er ist auch der Meinung, dass die wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse keine Änderung der Gesetze und ein Verbot von Thimerosal rechtfertigen.

Zudem befürchtet er (vermutlich zu Recht) Auswirkungen eines solchen Verbotes auf die Impfprogamme in der Dritten Welt. Die WHO versorgt Kinder in der Drittem Welt haufenweise mit quecksilberhaltigen Impfstoffen und könnte vor einem Kosten- und Versorgungsproblem stehen, wenn man die Herstellung dieser Stoffe verböte. "Würden wir quecksilberhaltige Impfstoffe in den USA verbieten", so fürchtet er, "würde es sehr viel schwerer fallen, zu erklären, warum die Bewohner anderer Nationen diese Impfstoffe einsetzen sollten. Vermutlich aber gibt es für die Haltung der American Academy of Pediatrics eine ganz andere Erklärung: Denn im letzten Jahr erhielt die Academy aus dem großen Topf der Pharmaindustrie mit 68,2 Milli- onen Dollars die schöne Summe von 1.540.000 Dollars. Hauptspender waren die Impfstoffgiganten Merck & Co., GlaxoSmithKline und Sanofi Pateur Inc. Dazu kamen weitere 1,55 Millionen Dolllars, die die A- cademy für "verschiedene Gesundheitsprogramme" voM CDC erhalten hatte.

Ähnlich erfolgreich zeigte sich die zweite Speerspitze der Thimerosal - Befürworter. Die "Immunisation Action Coalition" unterhält Webseiten und versendet Newsletter, in denen für Impfungen geworben wird. Aber für Kritikern der Anti-Quecksilber-Gesetze liefert die Coalition strategische Ratschläge und Infomaterial. "Wir verunsichern die Bürger ohne Anlass über sehr sichere Impfstoffe," so die Leiterin der Gruppe, Diane Peterson. UN dafür erhielt die Immunisation Action Coalition im letzten Jahr vom CDC 628.000 Euro - das sind etwa 42 % des 1,5 Millionen - Budgets. Zu den weiteren Förderern der Coalition - sie werden stolz auf der Webseite genannt - gehören alte Bekannte: Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, die Chiron Corporation und Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

"Wir versuchen, Quecksilber aus der Umwelt zu eliminieren", sagt Marylin Rasmussen, Senatorin des Staates Washington und Antragsteller eines Thimerosal - Gesetzes, das im letzen Monat verabschiedet wurde. "Warum sollte wir es dann in Babies injizieren? Da sollten wir uns schon etwas besseres einfallen lassen." Nun ja, wie sagt schon der Volksmund: Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing. Oder - für unsere amerikanischen Freunde: "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Übersetzung und Zusammenfassung: Axel Berendes

ganzen Artikel lesen (engl.): http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vaccine10apr10,0,7550821,full.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2006

Weitere Meldungen: CDC "enttäuscht" über Zeitungsanzeige (engl.) http://www.impfkritik.de/forum/showthread.php?t=774

Parents Charge CDC Manipulated IOM Study http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191167,00.html

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Guillain-Barré Syndrom nach Meningokokken-Impfung

Im Oktober 2005 berichtete der Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) des Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) über Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Meningokokkenimpfstoff Menactra und dem Gullain-Barré Syndrom (GBS). Das GBS ist eine schwere neurologische Erkrankung, bei der es zur Entzündung und Entmarkung peripherer Nerven kommt. Zum Zeitpunkt der ersten Meldung waren dem amerikanischen Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) 5 Fälle eines bestätigten GBS bekannt, bis zum Februar 2006 erhöhte sich die Zahl der Erkrankten um weitere 4 Fälle. Trotz dieser offensichtlichen Probleme empfiehlt das CDC weiter den Einsatz des Impfstoffs bei allen Personen, für die eine Meningokokkenimpfung indiziert ist, auch die 4 aktuellen Fälle haben an dieser Einschätzung nicht geändert. Zusammenfassung in Deutsch: Axel Berendes

Ganzen Artikel lesen (engl.): http://iier.isciii.es/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5513a2.htm
MMWR, 7. April 2006


Aus: impf-report Newsletter Nr. 17/2006

Kinderärzte fordern nationales Impfkonzept

KÖLN (ddp.vwd). Angesichts einer Häufung von Masern-Erkrankungen in Deutschland fordert der Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte
(BVKJ) ein nationales Impfkonzept.

(...) Dabei solle auch über eine Impfpflicht vor Aufnahme in Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen wie Schulen und Kindergärten nachgedacht werden, wie dies etwa in den USA und Kanada der Fall sei, sagte Hartmann. (...)

ganzen Artikel lesen: Ärzte Zeitung, 07.04.2006 http://www.aerztezeitung.de/docs/2006/04/07/065a0407.asp?cat=/medizin/impfen

Kommentar: Seit Jahren wird der BVKJ nicht müde, bei jeder Gelegenheit (die sie mit Hilfe ihres Presseverteilers oft selber schaffen) eine Entmündigung der Eltern in der Impffrage zu fordern. Damit einhergehend werden systematisch die Gefahren von Komplikationen bei Kinderkrankheiten wie Masern aufgebauscht und die Risiken der Impfung verharmlost. Impfkritische Kreise halten diesen Verband für den verlängerten Arm der Marketing-Abteilungen der Impfstoffhersteller.



Landtag fordert Impf-Pflicht für Kinder

Schwerin (dpa/mv) - Der Schweriner Landtag hat sich für die Einführung von Pflichtimpfungen für Kinder ausgesprochen. (...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.krankenkassen.de/frameset.php?page=%2Fdpa.php%3Fid%3D52672 DPA, 06.04.2006

Kommentar: Offenbar ist in manchen Neuen Bundesländern das Erbe des totalitären DDR-Regimes selbst in den Köpfen der demokratisch gewählten Volksvertreter noch nicht überwunden (in der DDR gab es eine Impfpflicht).


Aus: impf-report Newsletter Nr. 17/2006

Über den Masernausbruch in der Ukraine (z.T. engl.)

Measles outbreak in the Ukraine, 2005-2006 An increase in the number of measles cases has been reported from Ukraine to the World Health Organization (WHO) since February 2005. By the end of February 2006, 19 673 cases of measles had been re- ported; 17 281 (88%) occurred during January and February 2006.
(...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/060309.asp#1

Kommentar: Seit Februar 2005 wurden in der Ukraine also 19.673 Masernfälle gemeldet. Davon 17.281 (88 %) im Januar und Februar 2006.

Die Auswertung von 7136 Fällen, bei denen die Angaben relativ voll- ständig vorlagen, ergab:

- 84 % waren älter als 15 Jahre
- 16 % waren älter als 30 Jahre
- 7 % waren unter 5 Jahre
- 53 % wurden im Krankenhaus behandelt - es traten mindestens 2 Todesfälle auf
- bei 33 % war der Impfstatus unbekannt
- 15 % waren ungeimpft
- 16 % waren einmal geimpft
- 36 % waren zweimal geimpft

Von den Fällen ab 15 Jahre:
48 % keine Impfung oder aber Impfstatus unbekannt
22 % waren einmal geimpft
30 % waren zweimal geimpft

Von den Fällen von 1 bis 4 Jahre:
53 % waren ungeimpft
42 % waren einmal geimpft
6 % unbekannter Impfstatus


Was mir dazu auffällt:

--> 1. Die hohe Hospitalisierungsrate von 53 %. Hat es das jemals VOR der Impfära gegeben? Kann diese hohe Rate allein mit der Masernpanikmache und sich daraus ergebenden "vorsorglichen" Einlieferungen erklärt werden?

--> 2. Bei den Fällen ab 15 Jahren wird nicht zwischen "ungeimpft" und "Impfstatus unbekannt" unterschieden. Hier liegt möglicherweise der Hase im Pfeffer!

--> 3. Durchimpfungsrate und Wirkungsgrad
52 % waren mindestens einmal geimpft, 15 % ungeimpft. Wenn das Verhältnis bei den Kindern mit unbekanntem Impfstatus ebenso aussieht, wäre das eine Durchimpfungsrate von 78 %. Gehe ich aber davon aus, das Kinder mit unbekanntem Impfstatus wohl eher medizinisch "unterversorgt" sind, und schätze das Verhältnis der Ungeimpften zu Geimpften auf 2:1, dann läge die Durchimpfungsrate bei 52+22=74%. Dabei habe ich die Impfversager der einmal Geimpften mal vernachlässigt. Leider findet sich in dem Artikel keine konkrete Angabe über die allgemeine Durchimpfungsrate. Mal angenommen, diese läge ebenfalls bei 74 %, wäre der Wirkungsgrad der Impfung gleich null. Aber natürlich gibt es hier zu viele Unbekannte, um das mit Sicherheit behaupten zu können

--> 4. "Wir wissen zwar nicht, was es war, aber an der Wirkungslosigkeit des Impfstoffs hat es nicht gelegen" In der "Diskussion" wird der grundsätzliche Nutzen des verwendeten Impfstoffs nicht in Frage gestellt. Zudem wird auch die Möglichkeit einer Verschiebung der Erkrankung in höhere Altersstufen gar nicht diskutiert, nur von der Möglichkeit einer "verkürzten" Wirkung gesprochen und damit regelmäßigen Boosterimpfungen das Wort geredet.

Ganz nach dem Motto: "Wenn die Impfungen ihre Nutzlosigkeit offenbaren, müssen wir eben noch mehr impfen".


Aus: impf-report Newsletter Nr. 17/2006

MÜNCHEN (sto). Eine höhere Durchimpfungsrate hat nach Angaben des Bayerischen Gesundheitsministeriums offensichtlich dazu beigetragen, dass sich in diesem Winter deutlich weniger Menschen mit Influenzaviren infiziert haben als in den Jahren zuvor. (...)

hier weiterlesen: http://www.aerztezeitung.de/docs/2006/04/05/063a0804.asp?cat=/medizin/impfen Ärzte Zeitung, 05.04.2006

Kommentar: Die Behauptung, die erhöhte Durchimpfungsrate habe eine Senkung der Erkrankungszahlen bewirkt, habe ich erwartet. Wie jedoch schon mehrmals zugegeben wurde, war der Impfstoff auch aus schulmedizinischer Sicht in seiner Zusammensetzung und Wirkung nicht optimal, da in unseren Breiten hauptsächlich ein Influenza B Virus zirkulierte, das jedoch im Impfstoff gar nicht enthalten war. Aber warten wir mal ab, welche Horrortodeszahlen das RKI zu Beginn der nächsten Grippesaison nachträglich propagieren wird.


Aus: impf-report Newsletter Nr. 17/2006

USCountVotes.net is excited to announce that we have begun testing our public election document archival system, the first step to ensuring a fair and transparent election process for every American. We're hoping that you will join us in testing the new election data upload and management system for elections data, including voter registration and elections results data with a free account at http://www.USCountVotes.net .

USCountVotes documents and analysis are freely and publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection. Not one county in America today publicly releases or monitors its own detailed vote count data broken out by precinct and by vote type (absentee, early, overseas, military, provisional, and Election Day) that would reveal probable vote miscounts. See http://www.uscountvotes.org/ucvAnalysis/US/election_officials/ElectionArchive_advice.pdf

The National Election Data Archive's current system is its first rudimentary tool that can be immediately used to publish detailed election data from ongoing primary elections for independent analysts. In the absence of independent audits of voter verified paper ballots, detailed vote count data analysis is the only way to alert the public when probable vote count errors have occurred and provide court-worthy evidence in time to contest elections and obtain hand counts or re-elections.

Here's what we're looking for:

We're looking for volunteers around the country that want to obtain their local detailed elections data to sign up at http://www.USCountVotes.net/login.php . The accounts are free, and the assistance you'll provide is invaluable. An account at USCountVotes.net allows a user to upload documents for public archiving for analysis by anyone who is interested.

So register, sign in, request permission to upload elections data, upload data, and let us know how you like the system and what we can do to improve it. For security purposes, we must approve you to upload data and require typing in random characters when you log in.

We're also looking for volunteer archival administrators to insure that documents uploaded for each state are valid and correctly sourced through our site's document management system.

In addition to users who obtain and upload local election data from over 3300 separate local election offices, we need help with open records laws research. Each state has its own relevant open records laws, so letters requesting detailed elections data are required to be specifically tailored to the local laws. We're looking for someone to help organize research the specific formats of open records request letters for each state, so that we can publicly provide the open records letters that each states' volunteers will need. (See http://www.uscountvotes.net/public/ucv_select_info.php )

If you'd like to make a donation, it would be greatly appreciated. ( http://www.uscountvotes.org/fairelection/donate.html ) Donations would allow us to undertake new development programs and improve the site to better allow you to ensure the continuation of Democracy in America. For $2,000/month to pay for a programmer, we could finish the election archive project in time for the 2006 November general election including:

1. a similar public archive system for statistical analysis of election results by volunteer statisticians

2. parsing the election documents to standardize the information and allow for easier analytical consistency for any location in the country

3. enable upload of web pages by simply specifying the URL (right now volunteers must create a single file from a web page and upload it)

4. backup of all archived docs to servers at another Internet location

5. statistical programming to automate and publish statistical analysis of the election data

The National Election Data Archive is creating a standard, free resource for anyone interested in elections and voting. Please donate to this project so that our new programmer can commit enough hours to finishing it in time for the November 2006 general election. http://www.uscountvotes.org/fairelection/donate.html

I want to personally thank all the generous patriots who made donations for Ron Baiman and I to attend the upcoming May AAPOR.org
(American Association of Public Opinion Researchers) conference in order to rebut the arguments by the Election Science Institute and Mitofsky et al. that the exit polls do not show evidence of vote fraud; and to present the academic work that Ron and I performed regarding the Ohio exit polls. (See http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/exit-polls/Ohio2004-US-future.pdf and http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/OH/Ohio-Exit-Polls-2004.pdf and http://www.uscountvotes.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit-Poll-Analysis.pdf
Your generous donations did amount to more than needed to attend. However, we then paid a reasonable $700 in programming fees to roll out our public election data document archive system, and so still fell a little short for next week's conference. Ron and I have been working on papers and a slide presentation for the AAPOR conference which will be publicly released afterwards.


Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
National Election Data Archive
Dedicated to Accurately Counting Elections

A report on writer James Howard Kunstler, who says that the biggest obstacle to getting our petro-dependent society to change its wasteful ways is a collective insanity, found in the "worship of unearned riches, which is based on a very stark idea, the idea that you can get something for nothing."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051006EC.shtml

Wildland firefighters called on Congress today to defeat HR 4200, a controversial logging bill headed to a vote in the House of Representatives soon, saying it fails to address the urgent needs of both wildland firefighters and rural communities.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051006EB.shtml

It's Only $300 Billion

Sunstein asks, "If we can fund the war in Iraq, why can't we fund the Kyoto Protocol?" Analysts projected the cost of fully complying with Kyoto to be $325 billion over many decades, yet we have already spent more than $300 billion on the Iraq war.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051006EA.shtml

Russian president Vladimir Putin took a swipe at the United States in his state of the nation address Wednesday, bristling at being lectured by Vice President Dick Cheney and comparing Washington to a wolf who "eats without listening."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006R.shtml

Urteil zum Thema „Eingliederungsvereinbarung“

Das Sozialgericht Hamburg beschloss unter dem Aktenzeichen S 56 AS 10/06 ER am 27.01.06: „Weigert sich der Hilfeempfänger wegen unzumutbaren oder rechtswidrigen Regelungen eine Eingliederungsvereinbarung abzuschließen - wobei eine unzumutbare Regelung ausreicht - dann liegt ein "wichtiger Grund" vor und eine Sanktion ist deshalb unzulässig.“ Das Urteil entbehrt nicht einem gewissen Charme, denn das Gericht stellt eindeutig fest, „dass den §§ 15, 31 SGB II der gesetzgeberische Wille zugrunde liegt, dass über den Inhalt der Eingliederungsvereinbarung zwischen dem Leistungsträger und dem Hilfebedürftigen tatsächlich verhandelt wird und nicht eine einseitige Vorgabe durch den Leistungsträger erfolgt (…). Dies ändert jedoch nichts daran, dass die Sanktionen des § 31 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 1a) SGB II ausschließlich an ein in allen Punkten rechtmäßiges Vertragsangebot geknüpft werden können…“ Das Urteil in der Entscheidungsdatenbank bei Tacheles e.V. http://tinyurl.com/ek2ly

Aus: LabourNet, 11. Mai 2006

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Hartz IV > Eingliederungsvereinbarung

Beispiel Ergänzung EinV

„Eine Eingliederungsvereinbarung muss unterschrieben werden, da sonst eine Sanktion/Kürzung droht und die EinV als Verwaltungsakt erlassen wird. Dagegen lässt sich dann allerdings Widerspruch einlegen. Wir empfehlen:

1. Gut vorbereitet zum Gespräch gehen, ggf. - falls überraschend – Termin verschieben lassen.

2. EinV nicht vor Ort unterschreiben, mitnehmen, kopieren. Ggf. Ergänzung lt. folgenden Mustern anfertigen.

3. EinV unterschreiben unter Hinzufügung des Satzes: „Da diese EinV nicht in allen Punkten den Inhalten unseres Gespräches gerecht wird und m.E. einige für eine Eingliederung wichtige Punkte fehlen, habe ich mir erlaubt, das in beiliegendem Schreiben festzuhalten. Ich betrachte das Schreiben damit als Teil der Eingliederungsvereinbarung und unterschreibe die Eingliederungsvereinbarung unter Einbeziehung dieses Zusatzes.“…“

Empfehlungen und Musterschreiben von Unabhängige Sozialberatung Bochum - Beratungs- und Beschwerdestelle für Erwerbslose (pdf)

http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/einglied_bo.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 16. August 2006

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Widerspruchs-Annex zur Eingliederungsvereinbarung

Es ist ein Text, der je nach Situation oder Inhalt der Zwangsvereinbarung verändert oder übernommen werden kann. Der Anex wurde im Erwerbslosenausschuss in ver.di Ostwürttemberg/Ulm neutralisiert und diejenigen, die es sich zutrauen mit dem Arbeitsamt oder Argen aufzunehmen, verwenden ihn als variable Vorlage.

Annex zur Eingliederungsvereinbarung (Word-Datei-Vordruck, mit persönlichen Daten auffüllbar) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/eingliedannex1.doc

Vorbehalt zur Unterschrift unter eine Eingliederungsvereinbarung
(Word-Datei, auf die letzte Seite der Zwangsvereinbarung unter die Unterschrift aufdrucken!) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/eingliedannex2.doc

Siehe dazu auch:

Die Würde des Menschen ist antastbar!

Flugblatt des Erwerbslosenausschusses in ver.di Ostwürttemberg-Ulm, zur Entwürdigung durch Eingliederungsvereinbarungen (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/eingliedwuerde.pdf

»Drohung mit Sanktionen meist rechtswidrig«

Erwerbslose haben das Recht auf Bedenkzeit vor Unterzeichnen eines Eingliederungsvertrags. Ein Gespräch mit Harald Thomé, Gründungsmitglied von Tacheles e.V. in Wuppertal, von Jana Frielinghaus in junge Welt vom
30.10.06 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/10-30/046.php


Aus: LabourNet, 7. November 2006

Begriff der eheähnlichen Gemeinschaft im Zweiten Buch Sozialgesetzbuch“

Antwort auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Katja Kipping vom 9.5.06 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/ehe_anfrage.pdf


Urteil des Landessozialgerichts Berlin-Brandenburg zu eheähnlicher Gemeinschaft

„Im Regelfall besteht jedenfalls bei einer Dauer des Zusammenlebens von bis zu einem Jahr – von besonderen Umständen (etwa der gemeinsamen Sorge um Kinder) abgesehen – regelmäßig kein Grund für die Annahme einer eheähnlichen Gemeinschaft als Verantwortungs- und Einstehensgemeinschaft im Sinne der verfassungsgerichtlichen Rechtsprechung…“ Landessozialgericht Berlin-Brandenburg 18.01.06 L 5 B 1362/05 AS ER http://www.my-sozialberatung.de/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/my-sozialberatung.de/entscheidungen&localparams=1&db=entscheidungen&cmd=list&range=0,100&Freigabe==1&cmd=all&Id=304


Eheähnlich oder nicht? – Noch bestimmen Sie das selbst!

BAG-SHI-Flugblatt http://www.alg-2.info/info/eheaehnliche_gemeinschaft/view


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Mai 2006

„Hartz-IV-"Optimierungsgesetz" heute im Bundestag: Arbeitslose werden strenger auf Arbeitswillen geprüft und bestraft. Kleiner Aufstand in der SPD-Fraktion. Müntefering: "Wer nicht arbeitet, soll auch nicht essen." Hat er seinen Bebel gelesen?...“ Artikel von Ulrike Winkelmann in der taz vom 11.5.2006 http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/05/11/a0101.1/text


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Mai 2006



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

The hype over bird flu pandemic has greatly profited the drug industry with little sign of an effective vaccine or cure.

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WTBFP.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Vaccination+-+Impfen/

A billion people currently live in slums and more than a billion people are informal workers, struggling for survival. They range from street vendors to day laborers to nannies to prostitutes to people who sell their organs [for transplant]. These are staggering figures, even more so since our children and grandchildren will witness the final build-out of the human race.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=82655


From Information Clearing House



The Imperial City and the City of Slums

In Humanity's Ground Zero, Part 1 of the latest Tomdispatch interview, Mike Davis took up the slumification of the planet - the phenomenal (and little noted) expansion of cities, especially in the global south, that are gaining people by the minute and shedding jobs just as fast. Now, Davis turns to the exchanges of planning and violence between the slum city and the imperial one, between the Pentagon and groups from the periphery intent on disruption and, often, damage - and also to the possibilities that the city, even the slum city, holds for our future.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051206O.shtml

We speak with James Carroll - one of Boston's best-known writers - about his new book, "House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power." In it, Carroll examines the growth of the military industrial complex since World War II and his personal connection to the Pentagon. Real audio and transcript.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12994.htm

http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics/Nightmare/nightmare.html


From Information Clearing House

In an unexpectedly belligerent state of the nation address on Russian TV, the Russian president accused the US of putting its own interests before its democratic ideals, and compared the country to a voracious wolf.

http://tinyurl.com/jhlfz



Putin calls for defence boost

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has called for a massive boost to Moscow's defence spending to bring it into line with other nuclear powers.

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1635648.htm


From Information Clearing House

The Human Cost of War exhibit highlighting lives that will be lost if Congress does not take action to end the war in Iraq.

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0510-03.htm


From Information Clearing House

Contrary to the myth played and promoted by the Western so-called “Left” and “Right” and the corprorate media that the “US failed [in Iraq] because of poor planning” and “incompetence,” the U.S. planned the war and the occupation (military and economic) of Iraq months before the illegal invasion took place. The U.S. failed in Iraq for the following reasons...

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12995.htm

Video: Errol Morris's Oscar-winning 2003 documentary

This brilliant work by director Morris is the stuff of life. And death. It arouses the most basic moral and immoral questions of being human through an enormously complex and yet simple man, Robert Strange McNamara. It seems no coincidence, his middle name, as we get to know him in all his cleverness and contradictions. Morris subtly illuminates, literally through McNamara's eyes, what it means to have power over life and death.

Watch it here. Real Video
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12990.htm

Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time of institutionalized racism and war. His influential writings shine light on and bring voice to factory workers, immigrant laborers, African Americans, Native Americans and the working poor.

Click here to view. Windows Media
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12987.htm

MOBILE phone mast fears doubled this week when residents heard a mobile company submitted not one but two planning applications.
Vodaphone wants to put a 3G mast around 16 metres high on Willingdon Golf Club course.

Neighbours, some suffering from cancer and many fearing the associated health risks of living near a mast, had already written more than 80 letters of objection, but got a shock this week when they saw two proposals.

But it is understood that the company is hoping one of the two will be approved by Eastbourne Borough Council, not both.

Objectors now face the battle of collecting petitions once again to meet the specifics of both mast applications.

They take the form of a pole mast and a tree mast, the latter aiming to fit in with the wooded surroundings

Naomi Markwick, of Millbrook Gardens, has been leading the collection of written objections from her road, Colwood Crescent, plus Hill Road and others to submit to the borough council.

She said, "The tree mast is totally the wrong sort of species of tree for the area so the attempt to make the thing fit in would fail."

The site is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Mrs Markwick said, "There's quite a lot of rare wildlife there and it backs on to ancient woodland and such areas in Britain are few and far between."

The prospect of a second mast plan brought the main issue to the forefront again — objectors feel the health risks are overwhelming.

Mrs Markwick said, "There is a baby with leukaemia who is living next to the site and a number of people with cancer. I myself have a high risk of cancer because members of my family have had cancer and there are other people with immune problems."

Geoffrey Mears, of Downs Avenue, said, "We believe these masts are very dangerous.

"They are extremely hazardous to health."

Mr Mears and others quote anti-phone mast website Mastsanity.co.uk, the main national organisation opposing the insensitive siting of mobile phone and Tetra masts in the UK.

Mr Mears said, "These masts are being planned to go right at the back of a residential area so there will be a lot of people at risk.

"The original application was for one and now that's two the concern has doubled."

He said if the masts are situated on the golf course, it will devalue property in surrounding roads and cause stress to homeowners, "But this is nothing compared to the health risks," he added.

Formal written opposition to the plans must be with EBC planning department before the deadline on May 20.

11 May 2006

All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.

http://www.eastbournetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=488&ArticleID=1495594

Check out this Online V-Doc. "The Death of The Internet" http://www.coanews.org/netfreedom

We need get this out to as many people as possible- I'm not very technical but I believe at the url provided above you can get html code that lets you embed the video in blogs/websites etc...

-see the short description below…


The Death of The Internet?

Major telecommunications companies are spending millions lobbing the U.S. congress to make the Internet into a private network. In political lingo this means abandoning what is called "Net Neutrality". In common sense terms it's about the government withdrawing our right to Internet Freedom, it's about the Death of The Internet. This V-Doc. (viral documentary) is about the current threat to Internet Freedom and how we can hold on to the open Internet and our right to communicate.

The only way the telecommunications companies will be successful is if we fail to raise awareness about this situation. If people find out that we are about to lose our Internet Freedom there is no way they will allow congress to do this. http://www.coanews.org/netfreedom

This congressional decision will set a monumental precedent, and thus, impact not just U.S. citizens, but citizens all over world.

The Video can be downloaded/ftp here: http://www.archive.org/details/netfreedom

Let raise some awarenesss!

Nick

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/4453/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/domestic.spying.ap/index.html

No surprise here, though the absurdity would give Kafka a laugh...

Loring

Due to my concerns over all that is already going wrong and what more will go wrong a while back I wrote to numerous government officials and one televangelist. I wrote about the National I.D., Concentration Camps, New World Order, Wars, Nuclear Bombs. However, none of those men have done anything to address those serious dangers. The government officals are paid a nice salary with tax dollars and thus are supposed to represent the citizens. The televangelist makes a good income from television. While he speaks of the serious dangers, he doesn't take any actions to address the serious dangers. Why are all of these men so accepting of the serious dangers?

It appears to me that unless something is done soon to turn the situation around we are on the brink of a World Nuclear War from what I read within one to three months. Perhaps those men are so content and not trying to stop such worse case scenario because they don't really mind that happening and they have access to bomb shelters. Most people don't have access to bomb shelters. I don't like a society's leaders to be content with serious dangers.

Of course most government officials and religious leaders are men and they have been doing a terrible job about every serious danger in this society. It all makes me wish for a government with women as leaders of government and religion.

You can see the letters I wrote to them at the link below. I've described my worries and given them wise advice about how to solve the serious societal problems that seem to be what the treacherous and murderous powers that be are upset about.

Please copy and paste this message into a blank e-mail form and mail it to people on your personal and business e-mail mailing lists. The more people that know more details the better. I have some interesting photos on the website.

http://www.wisdomstore.us/wise-reforms-writings.0.html.0.html

Sincerely,

Deborah Reid
Founder and Director Wisdom for Courts, Laws and Society
P. O. Box 15352
Durham, NC 27704
e-mail: deborahgailreid@yahoo.com

Medien gegen Iran: Der Versuch der westlichen Medien, die gewohnte Tonlage kolonialistischer Arroganz beizubehalten, klingt zunehmend nach Pfeifen im Walde der journalistischen Truppen, die zwar bereits das dumpfe Gefühl erfasst hat, dass man sich vergallopiert hat, ohne sich jedoch dies eingestehen zu wollen oder zu können.

Immer fadenscheiniger wirkt die Fassade der kolonialistischen Medienfront gegenüber denen, deren Unterwerfung sie (bzw. ihre Führung) einfordern, die ihnen aber dennoch die Gefolgschaft verweigern. In normalen Zeiten hätte man den Rebellen sicher längst die Züchtigung mit chirurgischer Uranmunition verabreicht, die ansonsten auf dergleichen dreiste Gehorsamsverweigerung steht.

Nun erweist sich allerdings, dass die eigene Führung unpässlich ist, um das erforderliche Exempel zu statuieren und das wütende Kläffen gegenüber dem ungebührlichen Verhalten des entlaufenen und als vogelfrei erklärten entlaufenen Sklaven folgenlos bleibt.

Dabei haben Blätter wie der Spiegel und die Süddeutsche schon lange nicht mehr dem Führer des Imperiums so vorauseilend sekundiert: die Letztere rollte erst jüngst dem zum Showdown bereiten Cowboy aus dem Weißen Haus den roten Teppich aus, damit dieser endlich den lang ersehnten Kreuzzug gegen die Kultur der Barbaren antreten könnte. Nicht umsonst ließ sie für diesen Zweck Daniel Goldhagen auf dem Titel ihres Wochenendmagazins die Kriegsfanfaren gegen die unbotmäßigen Ungläubigen jenseits der Grenzen von Juden-, Christentum und westlichem Neoliberalismus blasen.

Und der Spiegel nimmt dem Herrn des Reiches die Mühe der Antwort auf den frechen Herausforderer ab, und schickt die Post an den Absender zurück: "Falscher Inhalt, falsche Adresse".

Aber auch die Süddeutsche lässt nicht locker: im Interview mit dem Iran-Forscher Pohly wird unter anderem die Anmaßung des iranischen Präsidenten konstatiert, der es sich herausnahm, mit dem Herrn des Westens auf gleicher Augenhöhe kommunizieren zu wollen. Wie kann der es sich erlauben, dem Führer der westlichen Supermacht mögliches Fehlverhalten zu unterstellen, anstatt das zu tun, was von ihm erwartet wird: seine Sünden, sein Rebellentum gegenüber den Herrn der Welt einzugestehen, zu bereuen, und alsdann zu einem Haufen Schmutz zusammenzuschrumpfen ?

Manch ein Zeitgenosse äußerte bei Gelegenheit die Ansicht, die Zeiten des Kolonialismus und der großen Imperien seien längst vergangen. Die Rhetorik der Leitmedien des Westens belehrt uns derzeit eines Besseren. Wenn auch - möglicherweise hat man in den Chefredaktionen den Schuss noch nicht gehört, der grundlegendere Änderungen signalisierte: hier waren die Kollegen bei der Financial Times offenbar hellhöriger. Thomas Klau konstatiert hier am 4.5. das Ende des westlichen Machtmonopols.

Eine Zeitung aus dem Zentrum des neuen Schwergewichts im asiatischen Osten, die Asia Times bekundet im Unterschied zu ihren westlichen Redaktionskollegen Unverständnis über den Mangel an Bereitschaft in Washington, den Faden aufzunehmen, und mit den Iranern zu kommunizieren.

Möglicherweise wird man aber doch noch bei Gelegenheit auch im Westen zur Kenntnis nehmen, dass die SCO, die im Begriff ist, sich als Gegengewicht zur NATO zu formieren und an der bisher außer Russland und China die zentralasiatischen Staaten beteiligt sind, nicht nur Pakistan und Indien, sondern auch dem Iran die Aufnahme offeriert hat, die bei der kommenden Konferenz beschlossen werden könnte.

Link zum Beitrag / Hintergrundinfo oder Pressehinweis: http://www.hh-online.com?lid=23965 und http://links.net-hh.de?lid=23965


Infopool / metainfo hamburg http://www.hh-online.com

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/132939/1/4536

United for Peace and Justice

ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545 |

We Will Not Kill: International Conscientious Objectors Speak Out!

Thursday, May 11th 2006
7pm-9pm

Bringing together conscientious objectors from South Korea, Colombia, Israel, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and the United States, this panel and discussion will explore the potential of conscientious objection as a strategy for building a global anti-war movement.

Friends Meeting House
15 Rutherford Place Manhattan

Directions: Corner of 15th Street and Rutherford Place, facing Stuyvesant Park. Rutherford Place is a short street between Second and Third Avenues, which runs from 15th to 17th Streets. By subway, take a 4, 5, 6, N, R, or L train to Union Square/14th Street and walk 3 blocks east and 1 block uptown.

This public event is part of Operation Refuse War: A Week of Action Uniting Resisters in Celebration of International Conscientious Objectors Day, May 11-16 2006, in New York City and Washington DC. For more information, check out http://www.operationrefusewar.org .

Sponsoring organizations include: The War Resisters League, War Resisters International American Friends Service Committee Youth and Militarism Program, the Center on Conscience & War, Iraq Veterans Against the War - NYC Chapter, the Washington Peace Center, the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, Veterans For Peace, Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild, Fellowship of Reconciliation: Disarmament Program, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO), and Student Peace Action Network (SPAN) (list in formation).

For more information and to register for the conference in Washington DC, check out http://www.operationrefusewar.org .


Informant: Martin Greenhut

http://www.regenwald.org/protestaktion.php?id=68

Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde des Regenwaldes,

die Tagaeri-Taromenane gehören zu den letzten Indianergruppen in Ecuador, die jeden Kontakt mit der Außenwelt vermeiden. Sie leben isoliert auf traditionelle Weise in ihren Regenwäldern am Yasuní-Nationalpark im Amazonasgebiet. Nach Presseberichten wurden Ende April 2006 bis zu 30 Tagaeri-Taromenane im Auftrag von Holzfällern ermordet. Weil der Staat den Indigenen praktisch keinen Schutz bietet und ihre Rechte weit gehend ignoriert, brauchen sie unsere Hilfe und internationalen Druck auf die Regierung. Schreiben Sie noch heute an Präsident Dr. Alfredo Palacio González!

Weitere Informationen und einen Musterbrief finden Sie auf unserer Homepage unter http://www.regenwald.org

Es gibt auch gute Nachrichten aus Ecuador: Fast zwei Jahre anhaltender Widerstand haben den brasilianischen Ölkonzern Petrobras in die Knie gezwungen: Das Unternehmen verzichtet darauf, eine Straße in den Yasuni Nationalpark zu bauen. Indigene, die noch traditionell im Park leben, sowie Umweltgruppen aus der ganzen Welt hatten gegen den Straßenbau protestiert. Allein von unserer Homepage wurden tausende Emails an den brasilianischen Präsidenten Lula, die ecuadorianische Regierung und Petrobras verschickt. Zudem hatte Rettet den Regenwald 5000 Dollar Soforthilfe für die Huaorani zur Verfügung gestellt und damit ihren Protestmarsch nach Quito im Sommer 2005 mit finanziert.

Bitte leiten Sie diese Email an möglichst viele Freunde und Bekannte weiter, wenn diese damit einverstanden sind!

Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung und herzliche Grüße.

Ihr Reinhard Behrend
Vorsitzender Rettet den Regenwald e. V.
Friedhofsweg 28
22337 Hamburg
Tel. 040 - 4103804
Fax: 040 - 4500144
info@regenwald.org

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/05/03/LI2006050300853.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock

RSPB warns
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article363100.ece


Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/10166/print

STRIDER wrote:
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 07:51:42 +0200
From: Halliburton Emergency Products Development Unit epdu@halliburtoncontracts.com
Subject: HALLIBURTON SOLVES GLOBAL WARMING

May 9, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: EPDU@halliburtoncontracts.com
Photos: http://www.halliburtoncontracts.com/EPDU/

HALLIBURTON SOLVES GLOBAL WARMING

SurvivaBalls save managers from abrupt climate change

An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible.

"The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way," said Fred Wolf, a Halliburton representative who spoke today at the Catastrophic Loss conference held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. "This technology is the only rational response to abrupt climate change," he said to an attentive and appreciative audience.

Most scientists believe global warming is certain to cause an accelerating onslaught of hurricanes, floods, droughts, tornadoes, etc. and that a world-destroying disaster is increasingly possible. For example, Arctic melt has slowed the Gulf Stream by 30% in just the last decade; if the Gulf Stream stops, Europe will suddenly become just as cold as Alaska. Global heat and flooding events are also increasingly possible.

In order to head off such catastrophic scenarios, scientists agree we must reduce our carbon emissions by 70% within the next few years. Doing that would seriously undermine corporate profits, however, and so a more forward-thinking solution is needed.

At today's conference, Wolf and a colleague demonstrated three SurvivaBall mockups, and described how the units will sustainably protect managers from natural or cultural disturbances of any intensity or duration. The devices - looking like huge inflatable orbs - will include sophisticated communications systems, nutrient gathering capacities, onboard medical facilities, and a daunting defense infrastructure to ensure that the corporate mission will not go unfulfilled even when most human life is rendered impossible by catastrophes or the consequent epidemics and armed conflicts.

"It's essentially a gated community for one," said Wolf.

Dr. Northrop Goody, the head of Halliburton's Emergency Products Development Unit, showed diagrams and videos describing the SurvivaBall's many features. "Much as amoebas link up into slime molds when threatened, SurvivaBalls also fulfill a community function. After all, people need people," noted Goody as he showed an artist's rendition of numerous SurvivaBalls linking up to form a managerial aggregate with functional differentiation, metaphorically dancing through the streets of Houston, Texas.

The conference attendees peppered the duo with questions. One asked how the device would fare against terrorism, another whether the array of embedded technologies might make the unit too cumbersome; a third brought up the issue of the unit's cost feasibility. Wolf and Goody assured the audience that these problems and others were being addressed.

"The SurvivaBall builds on Halliburton's reputation as a disaster and conflict industry innovator," said Wolf. "Just as the Black Plague led to the Renaissance and the Great Deluge gave Noah a monopoly of the animals, so tomorrow's catastrophes could well lead to good - and industry must be ready to seize that good."

Goody also noted that Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society was set to employ the SurvivaBall as part of its Corporate Sustenance (R) program. Another of Cousteau's CSR programs involves accepting a generous sponsorship from the Dow Chemical Corporation, whose general shareholder meeting is May 11.

Please visit http://www.halliburtoncontracts.com/EPDU/ for photos, video, and text of today's presentation.

# 30 #

-- Peace!

*STRIDER*

Authors include: Derrick Jensen, John Zerzan, Robert Jensen, Marilyn Buck, Jeff Luers, Robert Thaxton, Russ Redner, Ashanti Alston, Kazi Toure, Fred Hampton Jr., Sara Olson, John Wade, Marti Kheel, Richard Kahn, Ann Hansen, Rosalie Little Thunder, and many more.

Eds. Steven Best, and Anthony J. Nocella, II

ITEM OVERVIEW

Global warming, acid rain, deforestation, air and water pollution are but a few of the overwhelming indicators that the earth's health is worsening. For decades, environmental groups have been resisting the destructive trends set by industry and government, but as the social and political climate has changed, popular protest movements have become less and less effective. As the earth's situation worsens, those opposing its destruction have out of necessity become increasingly militant. Corporate and federal properties have been vandalized, set ablaze-even bombed-and the government is meeting this new brand of environmental militance with an increasingly heavy hand.

Whether you're drawn by frustration with environmental strategies that, to date, have been ineffective against this growing ecological crisis, or simply by curiosity (Who are these people? Why are they doing this? What do they hope to gain?), Igniting a Revolution offers a fascinating and compelling look at the emerging movement of revolutionary environmentalism.

Includes essays by Marilyn Buck, Robert Jensen, John Zerzan, Ashanti Alston, Jeffrey "Free" Luers, Derrick Jensen, Ann Hansen, and a preface by Bron Taylor.

"This volume will interest any reader who wishes to hear directly from some of the leading intellectuals, activists and prisoners involved in these movements. The insights gained by listening directly to these voices...can hardly be overestimated"—Bron Taylor, from the preface. "There's no way that anyone can agree with everything laid out in this collection. But there is no way, either, that we can afford to ignore these varied voices, because the one sure path to destruction is that of business as usual."—Joel Kovel, The Enemy of Nature

"As we face unprecedented ecological crises, along with growing political violence and state repression, revolutionary enivronmentalists claim that another world is possible. This book promises important insights into radical alternativesw and principled resistance"—John Sorenson

"Can extralegal means justify an end? The future of terrestrial life itself may depend on whether or not serious debate on that very point is put back on the public agenda. Igniting a Revolution threatens to do just that."—Chris Hannah, Propagandhi


Informant: Anthony J. Nocella II

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0510-17.htm



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

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0510-22.htm



CIA Nominee Hayden: The Perfect Bushman
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0510-34.htm




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

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19038583-7583,00.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060515fa_fact


Informant: Lew Rockwell

Ever hear of the yes men?
go to http://theyesmen.org

Identity theft
Small-time criminals impersonate honest people in order to steal their money. Targets are ordinary folks whose ID numbers fell into the wrong hands.

Identity correction
Honest people impersonate big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.

The yes men
The Yes Men have impersonated some of the world's most powerful criminals at conferences, on the web, and on television, in order to correct their identities. They currently have hundreds of thousands of job openings. Sign up today!

And don't miss the movie!
http://theyesmen.org/movie/

See also "the yes men" at /RENEGADE/ -
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=8124


Peace!

*STRIDER*

Hillary Clinton: Who's Party?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infowarsnews/message/889

An American territory with close to four million inhabitants has suspended all payments. Parts of public services have been shelved; schools have been closed, and close to 100,000 people have stopped working in the last week. Yet the situation barely provokes any response in the United States: no official reaction, very limited media coverage...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006H.shtml

In an interview with Khatchig Mouradian, Chomsky explains: "The general principle is that anything that places US actions in a questionable light is omitted, with very rare exceptions. So if you blame something on an enemy, then you can discuss it, and Syria, right now, is the official enemy. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the charges against Syria are wrong. It just means that everything else is omitted."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006E.shtml

Some Democrats say that Kavanaugh, 41, is too closely tied to GOP politics - and too unwilling to answer questions - to deserve a lifetime appointment to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006C.shtml

Hillary & Rupert

Jeff Cohen writes: "By having Murdoch host her fundraiser, Hillary Clinton seems to be signaling to Murdoch that while Democratic Party activists have mobilized in recent years against media conglomeration and policies that favor and subsidize media giants, those are not concerns of hers."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006B.shtml



Hillary, Rupert, and the Culture of Corruption
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0510-20.htm

Scott Peterson writes: "For 27 years, the rhetorical swordplay between the US and Iran has been unrelenting. Iran portrays its latest thrust in the ongoing row with the West, an unprecedented letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush, as a 'new diplomatic opening.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006A.shtml

John Edwards has fired up crowds at union rallies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston as part of a campaign to raise wages and benefits for hotel workers. At a union rally in Chicago, he said, "The best anti-poverty strategy is a strong labor movement."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006P.shtml

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002803.htm


Informant: ranger116

President Bush's selection of General Michael V. Hayden to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency sets the stage for new wrangling with the Pentagon, which is rapidly expanding its own global spying and terrorist-tracking operations, both long considered CIA roles.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006N.shtml

"Trifft deutsche Unternehmen": Deutsch-Iranische Handelskammer lehnt Sanktionen gegen Teheran ab (10.05.06)

Der Geschäftsführer der Deutsch-Iranischen Handelskammer, Michael Tockuss, bezweifelt, dass Wirtschaftssanktionen Iran dazu bewegen können, von seinem Atomprogramm abzulassen. "Ich halte es für sehr fraglich, ob sie helfen, die politische Position Irans im Atomstreit zu verändern", sagte er der "Financial Times Deutschland". Die iranische Wirtschaft sei "krisenerprobt und lebt seit Jahren mit einseitigen Sanktionen der USA".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13569

Over 1600 sheep apparently died this month in India after ingesting genetically engineered (GE) cotton. The massive deaths occurred after several days of grazing in fields where Monsanto’s Bt and herbicide resistant spliced varieties of cotton were planted. Scientists from India's Centre for Sustainable Agriculture are calling on the government to launch a study into the impacts of GE cotton toxins.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_387.cfm

France’s top judicial court has denied Monsanto's requests to grow test plots of genetically engineered corn in two locations. The court says the biotech corporation has not provided enough details about where these experimental field trials would be located. Monsanto has responded by saying that despite the court ruling, the corporation will continue testing genetically engineered crops in France. "We'll continue our experiments, but we might have to change a bit the way we ask for licenses in the future," said Yann Fichet, director of external relations for Monsanto France.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_406.cfm

BIRD FLU SCARE HITS U.S. - IN A MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE

Last night, ABC aired a movie entitled "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America". The film portrayed a worse-case scenario outbreak where millions of people die within the first few weeks of an avian flu pandemic. The network advertised the film as being based on fact and stated it was "one step ahead of the headlines." A coalition of public interest organizations, including the Organic Consumers Association have called on ABC to take a step back from sensationalism and present its viewers with factual information on the spread of such diseases. A letter written by the coalition to Anne Sweeney, the President of Disney-ABC, states "The role of large industrial-scale poultry operations – where up to hundreds of thousands of birds can be housed indoors in cramped conditions – is not being examined by most of the media or by government officials charged with preventing the spread of the virus. Such facilities not only provide prime conditions for the mutation and spread of the virus between birds, but also rely heavily on genetically similar birds not likely to be resistant to disease."


From Organic Bytes #81



VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS & THE BIRD FLU PANDEMIC

The White House is advising the public to stockpile food and water to prepare for a potential bird flu pandemic. The Bush Administration's report states that since the pandemic could kill as many as two million Americans, massive taxpayer subsidies must be handed over to the pharmaceutical industry to develop a magic bullet vaccine. Meanwhile, according to Wall Street analysts, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has already pocketed million dollars off of his investments in the company Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the world’s most popular influenza remedy. On the other hand, the United Nations global coordinator on Avian Influenza is considering a more holistic approach to dealing with a potential outbreak. The result is a series of reports, including one entitled, "The Pivotal Role for Natural Products in Countering an Avian Influenza Pandemic". The report, authored by four leading scientists and doctors in the fields of nutritional medicine and health, focuses on the key nutrients zinc, vitamin C, and vitamin A as primary supplemental medicines to strengthen peoples’ immunes systems to fight off the flu. According to the report's lead author, "Following an extensive review of over 250 peer reviewed studies, we believe that the protocols developed here can help to buy time and fill the gap between the outbreak of a pandemic and the months or years required for development and manufacture of effective vaccines."

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_407.cfm

DESPITE BIG SODA PR, COMPANIES WON'T BE LEAVING SCHOOLS

Last week, big soda producers like Coca-Cola and Pepsi sucked up volumes of positive press after announcing that they were removing soda pop from U.S. schools. The beverage companies seemed to be finally responding to pressure from parents across the nation concerned about junk foods and beverages in schools and childhood obesity. A closer look at the actual statements of the soda giants, however, reveals that no actual implementation of these policies is planned. In fact, according to the American Beverage Association, an industry trade group representing soda companies, the so-called new policy is completely voluntary, and first requires that individual school districts actually request to have soda machines removed. Susan Neely, president of the American Beverage Association said: "This is a voluntary policy, but I think schools will want to follow it." Because school districts already have the power to add or remove vending machines from schools, last week's policy announcement from the soda industry amounts to nothing more than another deceptive, albeit clever PR campaign.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_404.cfm

ALERT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, no doubt hoping to limit public controversy, has announced a very short public comment period (ends May 12, 2006) on proposed new federal regulations that will weaken organic standards. USDA’s proposed amendments, supported by grocery store chains and large food corporations, will allow so-called organic dairy feedlots to continuously import calves from conventional farms—where the calves have been weaned on blood, dosed with antibiotics, and fed genetically engineered grains and slaughterhouse waste. USDA’s new rules will also allow over 500 artificial (synthetic) substances in organic processed foods without prior scrutiny and review by the National Organic Standards Board. USDA’s latest efforts are basically an attempt to codify last fall’s controversial “Sneak Attack” in Congress, when industry players and the Organic Trade Association convinced the Republican Party majority to attach a last minute rider to the 2006 Agricultural Appropriations Bill. Take action now and tell the USDA to back off on lowering standards!

http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm



ALERT: FREE THOUSANDS OF AMERICA’S ORGANIC COWS FROM INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT

The USDA is also seeking public comments on revisions it has made to the National Organic Program regarding pasture access for organic dairy cattle. Two of the largest organic dairy companies in the nation, Horizon Organic (a subsidiary of Dean Foods), a supplier to Wal-Mart and many health food stores; and Aurora Organic, a supplier of private brand name organic milk to Costco, Safeway, Giant, Wild Oats and others, are purchasing the majority of their milk from so-called organic feedlot dairies where the cows are kept in intensive confinement, with little or no access to pasture. Together, Horizon and Aurora control nearly 65% of the organic dairy market. Recent scientific studies have shown that humanely raised, grass-fed dairy and beef are qualitatively better for human health and the environment. Take action to close the loopholes in organic standards that currently allow factory farm dairies to call their products “organic.”

http://www.organicconsumers.org/nosb2.htm



HORIZON AND AURORA BANNED IN CO-OPS

One month ago, after a poll of our members, the Organic Consumers Association called on consumers to boycott dairy companies like Horizon and Aurora for their practice of raising "organic" cattle on intensive confinement feedlots. A number of natural food stores and co-ops across the U.S. are beginning to respond to concerned consumers and removing suspect dairy products from their stores. The Wedge Co-op in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the second largest co-op in the U.S., no longer carries Horizon products. In Colorado, the Boulder Co-op Market, has also discontinued stocking Horizon products. Amy Wyatt, Assistant General Manager for the Co-op, says, "Based on our concerns regarding Horizon's practices, we didn't feel that continuing to carry this company's products was consistent with our mission and values.” Dean Foods, Horizon’s parent company, is also starting to come under fire for abandoning U.S. organic soybean farmers and importing cheap soybeans from China, where organic standards are dubious, and farm labor wages and conditions are abysmal. Dean Foods now controls the nation’s largest organic soymilk brand, Silk, as well as the largest organic tofu brand, White Wave.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_400.cfm



PROTEST STARBUCKS:

Frankenbucks National Week of Action June 19th-25th Despite years of grassroots pressure, Starbucks continues to serve milk from cows that are injected with Monsanto’s controversial genetically engineered recombinant bovine growth hormone, also known as rBGH or rBST. Virtually every industrial country, except for the United States, has banned the use of rBGH. Milk produced from cows injected with rBGH poses serious hazards to human health, including increased risks for cancer. The time has come to kick rBGH off the market, once and for all. If Starbucks, a major buyer of milk, were to ban rBGH dairy products in its coffee beverages other major corporations would likely do the same. Join OCA and allies June 19-25, to protest or leaflet at Starbucks cafes in your neighborhood. Help us reach our goal of 300 actions!

Click here to leaflet Starbucks or for more information
http://organicconsumers.org/Starbucks/

A message from Eleanor

Original Message:

Thank You, Anita (Sponsor) These are all her well written words.... PLEASE SIGN ! CROSS-POST WIDELY, FORWARD, ETC... KEEP THIS CIRCULATING. PLEASE SIGN...... I Care,

K. C.


STOP LIVE DOG BURNING TESTS IN CHINA
Target: National Anti-Vivisection Society
Sponsor: Anita Solomon
NEW May 9th/10th
STOP LIVE DOG BURNING TESTS IN CHINA http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/454118246

Animal Defenders International (ADI) and our sister group, The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAV are launching a campaign to shame the Chinese Government into halting cruel tests involving burning of dogs. Tim Phillips, Campaigns Director for ADI says: “These are perhaps the cruelest experiments we have ever uncovered, these dogs must have been in almost unimaginable agony. Worse still, these animals suffered and died in vain, there are ways of conducting this research without animals, and dogs are simply a bad research model for human beings."

This petition will help to enhance and support the campaign to put an end to Chinese Torture on Animals. It will be forwarded to the Chinese Government. STOP LIVE DOG BURNING TESTS IN CHINA

The horrific series of experiments in which dogs are being burned alive took place at the Third Military Medical University at Chongqing, China. The experiments appeared in the Chinese scientific journal: ŒZhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi. NAVS and ADI have uncovered three experiments published since 1999 and believe the programme of research continues. The 3 experiments involved:-

1. 37 dogs burned with napalm - The pain of napalm is so excruciating that people have died from the pain alone. The pain felt by the dogs would have been unbearable. The dogs were then kept alive with their agonizing burns for three days. 72hours of hell.

2. 26 dogs were burned so severely that their brains swelled - In order to determine the value of scanning equipment in diagnosing brain swelling due to excess water (oedema) following burns, dogs were inflicted with third degree skin burns, over half of their bodies. Yet, scanning techniques such as MRI cause little or no suffering to people so it is difficult to understand why the information could not have been derived from studies of burns patients.

3. 24 dogs were deliberately scalded and suffered steam inhalation injuries – 24 mongrel dogs were used in an experiment in which 40% of their total body surface area was deliberately scalded, giving them third degree burns, and they were left alive for up to two days. Some of the dogs died from shock within 36 hours.

ANIMALS DO NOT NEED TO SUFFER! MODERN NON-ANIMAL METHODS ARE AVAILABLE!

Löcher im Containment
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22613/1.html

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/sfl-sgcol10may10,0,5162832.column


Informant: David Diggins

A message from Ruth:

Signed 10. May! - Greetings from Doris and her husband Lars, too!

Dear friends who care about our earth. Judge for yourself if you want to take action. In the Valle de San Felix, the purest water in Chile runs from 2 rivers, fed by 2 glaciers. Water is a most precious resource, and wars will be fought for it. Indigenous farmers use the water, there is no unemployment, and they provide the second largest source of income for the area. Under the glaciers has been found a huge deposit of gold, silver and other minerals. To get at these, it would be necessary to break, to destroy the glaciers - something never conceived of in the history of the world – and to make 2 huge holes, each as big as a whole mountain, one for extraction and one for the mine's rubbish tip. The project is called PASCUA LAMA. The company is called Barrick Gold. The operation is planned by a multi-national company, one of whose members is George Bush Senior. The Chilean Government has approved the project to start this year, 2006. The only reason it hasn't started yet is because the farmers have got a temporary stay of execution. If they destroy the glaciers, they will not just destroy the source of specially pure water, but they will permanently contaminate the 2 rivers so they will never again be fit for human or animal consumption because of the use of cyanide and sulphuric acid in the extraction process. Every last gramme of gold will go abroad to the multinational company and not one will be left with the people whose land it is. They will only be left with the poisoned water and the resulting illnesses. The farmers have been fighting a long time for their land, but have been forbidden to make a TV appeal by a ban from the Ministry of the Interior. Their only hope now of putting brakes on this project is to get help from international justice. The world must know what is happening in Chile. The only place to start changing the world is from here. We ask you to circulate this message amongst your friends in the following way. Please copy this text, paste it into a new email adding your signature and send it to everyone in your address book. Please will the
100th person to receive and sign the petition send it to noapascualama@yahoo.ca to be forwarded to the Chilean government. No to Pascua Lama Open-cast mine in the Andean Cordillera on the Chilean-Argentine frontier. We ask the Chilean Government not to authorize the Pascua Lama project to protect the whole of 3 glaciers, the purity of the water of the San Felix Valley and El Transito, the quality of the agricultural land of the region of Atacama, the quality of life of the Diaguita people and of the whole population of the region.

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http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/90494

Subject: Gold-mining Co. wants to destroy Glaciers!

Message: We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:
Say “No” to the project “Pascua-Lama”.

Target: John McDonough, Vicepresident, Barrick

Say “No” to the project “Pascua-Lama”. A project of the transnational enterprise Barrick Gold, is a clear menace to some glaciers in a region of Los Andes. Some of the actions are move three glaciers in the frontier between Chile and Argentina, to extract 547 tons of gold.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/946839131

This will poison whole eco-systems!

The Jewelers of America are putting pressure on gold-mining companies to use ecologically safer methods of extraction. Tiffany ran a full-page ad in the NY Times asking them to. No response from the big conglomerates so far! Go to I think it's GreenKarat for more info.

Please sign this petition! This is the beginning of a whole movement to rein in the destructive gold-mining business. Buy your gold jewelry second-hand; or, have old gold jewelry melted down and re-fashioned! Until the mining industry CLEANS UP ITS ACT! It takes an average of 3 tons of usually-toxic waste -- to make just one gold wedding ring!

by John Prados, TomPaine.com

Is Bush's pick to replace Porter Goss a move toward military domination over intelligence gathering?

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/10/curtains_for_the_cia.php

by Dean Baker, TomPaine.com

The GOP's latest round of tax cuts confirms the nanny state has been turned on its head: the poor now subsidize the rich.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/10/the_welfare_kings.php

"It is only when more people in the US begin to fathom the totality of the destruction in Iraq," writes Dahr Jamail, "that one may expect to hear the public outcry and uprising necessary to end the occupation and bring to justice the war criminals responsible for these conditions. Until that happens, make no mistake: all of us participate in a new Iraq, our hands dyed in the blood of innocents."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051006Z.shtml

Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Paul B. Trescott

05/09/06

There is a predictable annual ritual which begins when the Census Bureau releases its estimates that roughly one eighth of Americans live in poverty, and that this proportion has been relatively invariant in recent years despite the steady rise of per capita real incomes. This is followed by predictable rant by the anti-free-market crowd who lament the presence of an alarming number of children in poverty (a legitimate concern) and declaim that 'the system' must be seriously flawed and who advocate more heroic interventions to alleviate this condition. There follows a pro-free-market backlash which points out that a large proportion of the 'poor' own cars, color TV, air conditioning, and that compared to residents of mud huts in rural Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, or Brazil, the American poor aren't very poor...

http://www.mises.org/story/2140


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Wired

05/09/06

Former National Security Agency director Bobby Ray Inman lashed out at the Bush administration Monday night over its continued use of warrantless domestic wiretaps, making him one of the highest-ranking former intelligence officials to criticize the program in public, analysts say. 'This activity is not authorized,' Inman said, as part of a panel discussion on eavesdropping that was sponsored by The New York Public Library. The Bush administration 'need(s) to get away from the idea that they can continue doing it'...

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70855-0.html?tw=wn_index_2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Los Angeles Times

05/09/06

Some American troops in Iraq have been their 'own worst enemy,' unintentionally creating new insurgents by treating the Iraqi people in a heavy-handed or insensitive manner, according to the U.S. commander in charge of day-to-day military operations. Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, in a weekend training session with troops and in an interview afterward, said he found a need to reemphasize to soldiers that they must use reasonable force and treat the Iraqi culture with respect, in part because the insurgency has persisted and grown. 'We have to understand that the way we treat Iraqis has a direct effect on the number of insurgents that we are fighting,' Chiarelli said in the interview with The Times after the seminar with about three dozen soldiers and Marines at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad. 'For every one that I kill, I create almost 10 more'...

http://tinyurl.com/kmgez


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Detroit Free Press

05/09/06

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's abrupt dismissal of a letter from Iran's president might only strengthen hardline attitudes and mistrust of America, some Iranians warned Tuesday. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began a high-profile visit to a key Muslim country, Indonesia, a former top Iranian official said Rice's response will give new justification to those who oppose ties with the U.S. Iran's former ambassador to France, Sadeq Kharrazi, said the letter -- the first from an Iranian head of state to an American president in 27 years -- 'could have been a turning point in relations.' But he said Rice squandered the opportunity with what he called a 'hasty reaction'...

http://tinyurl.com/psuon


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

10. Mai 2006

Bestehende Ungerechtigkeiten werden durch die heute vom Bundeskabinett beschlossenen Änderungen im Steuerrecht verstärkt. Dazu erklärt Angelika Gramkow, Mitglied des Parteivorstandes:

Während auf der einen Seite den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern schamlos in die Tasche gegriffen wird, bleibt die Reichensteuer nur Kosmetik und ist ihren Namen nicht wert. Vor allem Eltern mit Kindern in der Ausbildung und Berufspendler werden erneut belastet. So sollen Pendler Fahrkosten zwischen Wohnung und Arbeitsstätte erst ab dem 21. Entfernungskilometer steuerlich geltend machen dürfen. Das betrifft vor allem Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer in solchen Flächen- und Pendlerländern wie Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Und wer sonst immer laut tönt, Familien mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zu unterstützen, der darf sich nicht am Kindergeld vergreifen. Sozial gerechter wären die Wiedereinführung der Vermögenssteuer und eine Reform der Erbschaftssteuer, die insbesondere die Ländereinnahmen stärken würden. Darüber hinaus müsste der in der Vergangenheit drastisch reduzierte Spitzensteuersatz wieder deutlich angehoben werden. Allein die Rücknahme der jüngsten Absenkung um 3 auf 42 Prozent würde sofort 3,3 Mrd. Euro in die öffentlichen Haushalte spülen.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=32703

A message from Lyn

Original Message:

I just finished writing another petition. This time I'm trying to save the BUFFALO and BISON from extinction at Yellowstone since the Governor Schweitzer issued a request to shoot all of them. More than 300 have been killed to date and we don't want them to be an endangerred species. With Endangerred Species Day, May 11th right around the corner will you help sign this so much needed petition now? They deserve to be here as much as you and I. It's a great place to bring kids . They can watch these wild animals in their natural habitats and learn while they're doing this too.

LET THE BUFFALO and BISON ROAM! LET THE BISON ROAM - IN YELLOWSTONE" petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/152494961

130.000 Unterstützer für Importstopp

Liebe Tierfreundin, lieber Tierfreund,

noch immer dürfen Katzen- und Hundefelle in die EU und einzelne europäische Staaten importiert werden. Deshalb startete VIER PFOTEN International im August letzten Jahres die Online-Kampagne für ein Einfuhrverbot von Katzen- und Hundefellen. Auf der Internetseite http://www.importstop.org haben Tierfreunde die Möglichkeit, sich zu informieren und für dieses Einfuhrverbot einzutreten.

Im Dezember 2005 riefen wir unsere Förderer und Unterstützer in Deutschland zusätzlich zu einer Unterschriftenaktion auf. Bis heute sind 130.000 Unterschriften eingegangen. Diese enorm hohe Zahl ist für uns ein klares Signal: Es bestärkt uns, unsere politische Arbeit zu diesem Thema auf nationaler Ebene vehement fortzuführen.

Das Gewicht dieser Unterschriften wird VIER PFOTEN in Berlin deutlich machen. Am 17. Mai 2006 wird unsere Geschäftsführerin Dr. Marlene Wartenberg dem zuständigen Bundesminister Horst Seehofer diese Unterschriften überreichen. Zeitnah wird auch ein Antrag im Bundestag zum Importstopp von Katzen- und Hundefellen beraten.

Wir werden Ihnen von der Übergabe der Unterschriften und dem Stand der politischen Diskussion zu diesem Thema berichten.

Wir danken Ihnen für Ihr bisheriges Engagement und hoffen, dass Sie auch weiterhin die Arbeit von VIER PFOTEN unterstützen.


Liebe Grüße

Beate Schüler
VIER PFOTEN - Stiftung für Tierschutz

http://tinyurl.com/o3f2e



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

Schicksal ALG II - Das Amt ist in Zahlungsverzug

„"Was ist das denn? Das habe ich ja noch nie gesehen", meinte die Kassiererin im Supermarkt und musterte erstaunt das Papier mit dem Aufdruck: Wertgutschein Deutschland, "damit wollen Sie bezahlen?" Als sie aufsah, sah sie wie der Kundin vor Scham die Tränen übers Gesicht liefen. Eine Szene aus der Serie: Was man als Hartz-IV-Empfänger ertragen muss, ohne selbst etwas falsch gemacht zu haben…“ Artikel von Heike Stüben in Kieler Nachrichten vom 10.05.2006 http://www.kn-online.de/news/archiv/?id=1858018


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Mai 2006

Auf am 3. Juni nach Berlin!
http://tinyurl.com/g6e3j
http://tinyurl.com/zd3lv

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SGB II – Optimierungsgesetz

Zitat des Tages – weil es nun auch der DGB gemerkt hat (und Hartz IV verbessern möchte): "Mit dem SGB-II-Optimierungsgesetz wird Hartz IV keinen Deut besser. Die Bundesregierung setzt auf verschärfte Kontrollen und Kürzungen, ohne die Arbeitsförderung zu verbessern. Damit wird das Prinzip Fördern und Fordern' immer mehr zu einer Blaupause für Sozialabbau…“ Die stellvertretende DGB-Vorsitzende Ursula Engelen-Kefer in der DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 09.05.2006: „Engelen-Kefer für Generalrevision bei Hartz IV“ http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=2770


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Mai 2006

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"Durchpeitschen": Linksfraktion kritisiert Beratung zu "Hartz IV"-Optimierungsgesetz (10.05.06)

Die Linksfraktion kritisiert die geplante Parlamentsberatung über das so genannte "Hartz IV-Optimierungsgesetz". Der Parlamentarische Geschäftsführer der Linksfraktion, Ulrich Maurer, verwies am Dienstag in Berlin darauf, dass der Gesetzentwurf der Regierungskoalition nach dem Willen der großen Koalition erst am Donnerstagabend nach 20.00 Uhr in erster Lesung im Parlament diskutiert werden solle. Damit finde die Debatte "faktisch unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit statt", sagte Maurer. Die "in dem Gesetz verankerte Sozialschnüffelei" solle offensichtlich "im Vorübergehen durchgepeitscht" werden.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13577

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Aktionen 2006

Aufruf zu einem NRW–Treffen am 24.05.2006 in Dortmund

LabourNet Germany und die Montagsdemo Dortmund laden Montagsdemos, Sozialforen, Agenturschluß und andere Initativen, zum Erfahrungsaustausch ein. Dieses erste Treffen soll NRW zusammen führen, damit in Zukunft Aktionen und Demos in NRW größer gestaltet werden können. Kurzfristig geht es um die Vorbereitung von Aktionen gegen das Hartz IV-„Optimierungsgesetz“. Siehe die Einladung mit Ortsbeschreibung und Anreise (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/2006/nrwaufruf.pdf

Siehe dazu auch den Aufruf zu Dezentrale bundesweite Proteste während der WM von BAG-SHI e.V. und Tacheles e.V. und Labournet Germany (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/wmdezentral.pdf

Übersicht über regionale Anti-Hartz-&-Co-Bündnisse http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/regionen.html ist aktualisiert worden!


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Mai 2006

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Optimierungsgesetz bringt ein Optimum an Repression und Sanktion

Presseerklärung des Erwerbslosenausschusses ver.di Südbaden zu der geplanten 2. Nachbesserung des SGB II (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/sgb2opti_evsb.pdf


Risiko Wohngemeinschaft

Hartz IV-Optimierungsgesetz. Paare und Wohngemeinschaften müssen sich zukünftig vor der Arbeitsagentur rechtfertigen. Artikel von Maria Wersig in Freitag vom 12.5.06 http://www.freitag.de/2006/19/06190401.php


Aus: LabourNet, 16. Mai 2006

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Änderungsantrag der CDU/CSU- und SPD-Fraktion: Die Optimierung wird optimiert

Mit dem Änderungsantrag der CDU/CSU- und SPD-Fraktion (Auschussdrucksache 16 (11) 275) vom 30.5.06 (pdf) http://www.arbeitnehmerkammer.de/sozialpolitik/doku/04_gesetze/gesetzgebung/2006/2006_05_09_sgbii_fortentwicklung_aenderungsantraege.pdf
wird das so genannte Fortentwicklungsgesetz zu Hartz (BT-Drs. 16/1410) nochmals verschärft: 1. Es sollen wieder die Erreichbarkeitsanordnungen eingeführt werden (Residenzpflicht). 2. Bei "wiederholter Pflichtverletzung" werden nunmehr alle Leistungen (auch KdU) um 100 % gekürzt … Das Gesetz mit den Änderungen soll heute durch die Ausschüsse und am Donnerstag (1.6.) durchs Bundestags-Plenum gepeitscht werden.


„DGB fordert Nachbesserungen bei Hartz IV“

Stellungnahme des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (DGB) zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes der Fraktionen CDU/CSU und SPD zur Fortentwicklung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende (pdf) http://www.dgb.de/themen/themen_a_z/abisz_doks/s/stgn_arbeitssuchende.pdf/

Aus dem Text: „…Mit dem Gesetzentwurf soll das Gesetz weiter optimiert werden. Dies ist auch dringend notwendig. Aber die Lösungsansätze im Gesetzentwurf zielen vor allem darauf, die Verwaltungspraxis zu straffen, den Leistungsmissbrauch zu bekämpfen und das Zusammenwirken des SGB II mit anderen Rechts- und Leistungssystemen zu verbessern. Hierdurch sollen dauerhaft 1,4 Mrd. Euro eingespart werden. Doch dies allein reicht nicht um die entstanden Schwierigkeiten zu beheben….“


Stellungnahme der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Erwerbslosen- und Sozialhilfeinitiativen zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Fortentwicklung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende (Stand 8.5.2006) vom 24.05.2006 (pdf) http://www.bag-shi.de/info_mat/downloads/stellungnahmen/bag-stellungnahme-fortentwg.pdf


Alle (weiteren) Entwürfe und Stellungnahmen gibt es nun auf einer Sonderseite der Arbeitnehmerkammer http://www.arbeitnehmerkammer.de/sozialpolitik/doku/04_gesetze/gesetzgebung/2006/2006_05_09_sgbii_fortentwicklung.htm


Arbeitsuchende unter Generalverdacht

“Die Bundesregierung hat den "Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Fortentwicklung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende" beschlossen, der von den Koalitionsfraktionen in den Deutschen Bundestag eingebracht worden ist (Bundestags-Drucksache 16/1410) und bereits am 1. August 2006 in Kraft treten soll. Ein wesentliches Ziel des Entwurfs ist es, die stark gestiegenen Kosten der Hartz-IV-Reform durch eine verstärkte Kontrolle aller Arbeitsuchenden nennenswert zu begrenzen. Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI) hat mit Schreiben vom 18. Mai 2006 gegenüber dem Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestages Stellung genommen und auf die datenschutzrechtlichen Probleme hingewiesen. Die Datenschutzbeauftragten unterstützen nachdrücklich die in der Stellungnahme des BfDI enthaltenen Forderungen…“ Gemeinsame Erklärung des Bundesbeauftragten und der Landesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz der Länder Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein und Thüringen vom 26. Mai 2006 http://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/presse/20060526-arbeitssuchende.htm


Aus: LabourNet, 31. Mai 2006



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

Poor and minority women have long worked in the paid labor force. During the last four decades, middle class women have joined them, but American society has done precious little to restructure the workplace or family life. The result? Working moms get treated to brunch or dinner on Mother's Day, but are burdened and exhausted the rest of the year.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050906WA.shtml



The Forward March of Women Halted?

To what extent have the movements for women's emancipation that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s achieved their ambitions? Fred Halliday draws up a balance sheet.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050906WB.shtml

While many residents were awaiting rescue from rooftops or wading through toxic floodwaters, it was business as usual in the world of money, power and government inside the Washington beltway, as revealed by more than 900 pages of ex-FEMA head Michael Brown's e-mail communications.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906S.shtml

An Open Letter to Richard Cohen

In an open letter to Washington Post writer Richard Cohen, Will Pitt tells Cohen he needs to develop a thicker skin. Americans have a right, he says, to be angry with mainstream journalists for neglecting their duty to tell the truth in the run-up to the Iraq invasion.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906R.shtml

The Irish Examiner reports that parents of pupils at St Mary's National School in Waterford who are opposed to a mobile phone mast close to the school convened a meeting on Tuesday night to discuss their next move. Local Fianna Fail senator Brendan Kenneally has raised his concerns over the development. He has urged Ballygunner GAA club to take down a mobile phone mast sited beside the school.

http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9685843.html

The survey found activities such as farming and logging helped raise the levels of nitrogen and phosphorous in the water.

http://tinyurl.com/gmt6h


From Information Clearing House

Reports of falling sales and investors stuck with properties they can't sell are just the beginning. Property owners should worry; so should their lenders.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P149596.asp?Printer


From Information Clearing House

A $2.7 trillion budget plan pending before the House would raise the federal debt ceiling to nearly $10 trillion, less than two months after Congress last raised the federal government's borrowing limit.

http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6846


From Information Clearing House

America may be the world's superpower, but its survival rate for newborn babies ranks near the bottom among modern nations, better only than Latvia.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/3850137.html


From Information Clearing House

Who Else Was Bribed With Limos, Cash and Prostitutes?

The newest scandal involves allegations that multiple members of Congress and high-ranking CIA officials were bribed with free limo rides1, hospitality suites at hotels in Washington, and prostitutes to induce them to steer federal contracts to undeserving businesses.

http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=20766


From Information Clearing House

One can find hundreds of white separatist towns throughout the United States, though they are not considered as such.

http://www.counterpunch.org/reed05082006.html


From Information Clearing House

UN Committee Against Torture Hears Report on How Police Tortured Over 135 African-American Men Inside Chicago Jails.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/09/1415210


From Information Clearing House

Actions in the real world all too often reinforce the maxim of Thucydides that "The strong do as they can, while the weak suffer what they must" — which is not only indisputably unjust, but at the present stage of human civilisation, a literal threat to the survival of the species.

http://tinyurl.com/fudq6


From Information Clearing House

Kucinich wrote, "Any military deployment to Iran would constitute an urgent matter of national significance. I urge you to report immediately to Congress on all activities involving American forces in Iran."

http://tinyurl.com/gq8cs


From Information Clearing House

Ahmadinejad defined Russia as an ally and the relations between Tehran and Moscow – as “friendly and constantly developing”.

http://tinyurl.com/fqe4v


From Information Clearing House

"We must get out of our political foxholes and be willing to clearly and specifically point out what a strategic error the Iraq invasion has been,'' Feingold, D-Wis., told a National Press Club audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5809944,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/roberts050806.html


From Information Clearing House

One in three Iraqi children is malnourished and underweight, according to a report released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12981.htm

By Nolan K. Anderson

Why are we Americans not afraid as we watch our freedoms evaporate - not concerned - not interested in stopping the erosion of the rights that our forefathers fought and died to achieve? Why is it so hard to understand that the way we deal with enemy prisoners today will be the way our government will deal with Americans when the time comes to "re-define" the "enemy.

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We the People’: Don't Want To Hear It!

Give us liberty to live in denial

By Don Nash

We don’t want to hear about dying and death. We don’t want to hear about ethnic cleansing. We don’t want to hear about detention or torture and we don’t want to hear about atrocity. We don’t want to hear about napalm or uranium be it depleted or otherwise. We don’t want to hear about terrorists, even when the terrorists are our own creation. Remember 9/11 and Flight 93 and give us a rousing myth we can cherish.


From Information Clearing House

Mr George Bush,

President of the United States of America

For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena -- which are being constantly debated, specially in political forums and amongst university students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to discuss some of the contradictions and questions, in the hopes that it might bring about an opportunity to redress them.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ketty Apostolou
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: 4th Int. Workshop on EMFs/ New deadline


Dear colleagues,

The Organizing Committee of the 4th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields would like to inform you that there is a change in the deadline for abstracts and papers submission. The new deadline is May 30th 2006 and for the submission of papers is July 30th.

The reason for this change is that many participants were asked to the Organizing Committee to move it at least one month forward.

Additional information concerning the Workshop can be found in our web site: http://imm.demokritos.gr/bioeffects or http://www.telecomlab.gr/bioeffects If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact directly the Workshop secretariat:

Ms Ketty Apostolou
E-mail: conf2006@imm.demokritos.gr
The Organizing Committee of the 4th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields


Informant: Sianette Kwee

Shuffling Spies Around

"Gen. Michael Hayden's background is far from what would seem to be required as director of the CIA," writes the editorial board of the New York Times.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906N.shtml

Career appointees at the Department of Agriculture were stunned last week to receive emailed instructions that include Bush administration "talking points" - saying things such as "President Bush has a clear strategy for victory in Iraq" - for every speech they give for the department.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906P.shtml

"President Bush apparently still wants people to believe that their only options are ending up with nothing from the government in old age or relying on financial markets," writes the editorial board of the New York Times.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906M.shtml

Five months after news of the NSA's warrantless spying program broke, and after we've learned numerous details of the program's extent, a Portland, Oregon, attorney may have finally obtained hard evidence of illegal wiretaps by the government.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906L.shtml

Ignoring opposition from Congress, President Bush nominated General Michael V. Hayden on Monday to be the next CIA director, setting the stage for a confirmation struggle that is certain to focus on Hayden's military background and his role in a controversial domestic eavesdropping operation.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906J.shtml