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by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation's great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50 of our country's greatest historical documents, but we did it!.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin308.htm

by Carey Roberts

“This criminalizing of ordinary private behavior and incarceration without due process follows classic police-state practices. Evidence is irrelevant, hearsay is admissible, defendants have no right to confront their accusers, and forced confessions are a common feature.”.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Roberts/carey122.htm

"It is important to understand that [the Fed's] method of restraining inflation does not affect everyone equally. The people who lose their job when the Fed raises interest rates tend to be factory workers, retail clerks, and custodians, not doctors, lawyers, and CEOs. In other words, the Fed controls inflation by forcing the middle class and poor to face higher unemployment and take pay cuts," writes Dean Baker.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106O.shtml

In a new attempt to permanently reduce the estate tax on inherited wealth, House Republican leaders moved on Tuesday to win over crucial Democrats with a tax sweetener for timber companies.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106M.shtml

In a previously undisclosed interview with two investigators for the Pentagon's inspector general, the defense secretary makes clear that he does wars, not defense procurement. As a result, he could not recollect details of what subordinates told him about the tanker lease or what he said to them.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106L.shtml

In Europe for two days, President Bush will lay out a full agenda on Iran, aid to Iraq, and farm subsidies in world trade. But he'll also confront a European public that has such a poor view of America that in some countries, the United States is seen as the biggest threat to global stability today - surpassing Iran.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106K.shtml

By Gareth Tidman

A MOBILE phone giant is trying to remove a covenant which stops development of a beauty spot in Bromley Cross.

Hutchinson 3G has applied for the 1934 agreement to be scrapped or altered to allow its 15-metre phone mast to remain on the land at Hollands Nursery, Darwen Road.

The application was being considered by a planning inspector during a two-day hearing at Bolton Town Hall which was due to finish today. continued...

The covenant was created following an agreement between former landowner Arthur Ashworth and Turton Urban and District Council in a bid to create a permanent green space, free from building and development.

But John Barrett, for Hutchinson 3G, told the hearing that the covenant was a barrier to the proper planning and development of the area.

He said: "This area should be subject to proper development and that requires that people receive mobile phone coverage.

"Mr Arthur's concern was the loss of space to development and to impose a restriction to create a permanent area of land.

"Hutchinson 3G wishes to retain a monopole mast and equipment. It does not have an unacceptable effect on the area in terms of landscape and visual amenity."

Planning permission for the mast was approved on appeal in May, 2004.

Leolin Price, for Bolton Council, which is objecting to the application, was due to finish outlining its case today.

Planning inspector Rod Evans said he would have to decide whether the mast could be classed as a building and was affected by the covenant.

The new Local Government and Communities secretary and Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly had asked to be informed of the outcome of the inquiry, he said Mr Evans is due to announce his decision later in the year.

3:43pm today

Newsquest Media Group A Gannett Company

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.801348.0.fight_to_keep_beauty_spot_phone_mast.php

Daniel Vernet argues that the results in Iraq and Afghanistan undermine the principle of international intervention to impose stability, let alone democracy.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106H.shtml

New Orleans is experiencing what appears to be a near epidemic of depression and post-traumatic stress disorders, one that mental health experts say is of an intensity rarely seen in this country. It is contributing to a suicide rate that state and local officials describe as close to triple what it was before Hurricane Katrina struck and the levees broke 10 months ago.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106F.shtml

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $427.6 billion Pentagon funding bill on Tuesday after rejecting a bid by Democrats to force the Bush administration to get court orders for its domestic surveillance program.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062106D.shtml

Alte Atomkraftwerke: Gabriel wirft Glos Trickserei zugunsten der Atomindustrie vor (21.06.06)

Im Streit um längere Laufzeiten für Atomkraftwerke hat Bundesumweltminister Sigmar Gabriel Bundeswirtschaftminister Michael Glos Trickserei vorgeworfen. Die Absicht, alte Atomkraftwerke in die nächste Legislaturperiode zu retten, sei zwar trickreich, aber keine Begründung für eine Genehmigung, sagte Gabriel der in Hannover erscheinenden "Neuen Presse". Die Übertragung von Laufzeiten sei an eine Ausnahmegenehmigung des Umweltministers geknüpft. "Ein solcher Antrag bedarf einer besonderen Begründung. Die kann ich bisher nicht erkennen", sagte Gabriel.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13856

21.06.06

Die Links-Fraktion wirft der Bundesregierung Sozialabbau und Steuerungerechtigkeit vor. Trotz des Arbeitsplatzabbaus durch große Konzerne sorge die Regierung nicht für gerechte Unternehmenssteuern, kritisierte Links-Fraktionschef Gregor Gysi am Mittwoch in der Generaldebatte des Bundestages. Stattdessen wolle Bundesfinanzminister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) die Körperschaftsteuer von 25 auf 12,5 Prozent halbieren. Dabei sei die Begründung, Deutschland müsse diese Politik aufgrund der internationalen Steuerkonkurrenz betreiben, unzutreffend, unterstrich Gysi. In der EU habe nur die Slowakei geringere Steuern als Deutschland.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13852

21.06.06

Der Vorstandsvorsitzende der gesetzlichen Krankenkasse DAK, Herbert Rebscher, kritisiert die Regierungspläne zur Gesundheitsreform. Der geplante Gesundheitsfonds werde "von den kleinen und mittleren Einkommen bezahlt", sagte Rebscher dem Magazin "stern". Es solle "von unten nach oben umverteilt werden, ohne dass es einer merkt." Rebscher begründete seine Kritik damit, dass "Normalverdiener für ihre paar Miet- oder Zinseinnahmen künftig Abgaben zahlen müssen, weil sie noch unter der Bemessungsgrenze liegen". Gleichzeitig sei absehbar, dass die Arbeitgeber künftig in den Gesundheitsfonds einen festen Prozentsatz ihrer Lohnsumme überweisen werden. "Der Anteil der Arbeitgeber wird nie mehr steigen", kritisierte der Chef der zweitgrößten deutschen Krankenkasse.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=13851

As some of you may be aware, there is a major controversy in the psychological community regarding psychologists' role in Guantanamo and elsewhere.

PsySR has just issued the following statement regarding this issue. Please feel free to distribute it far and wide.

All the best,

Anne


Psychologists Urge Guantanamo Closure

Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) joins many other human rights organizations, and several heads of state, in calling for the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. PsySR extends its call to include any other prisons maintained by the United States of America where prisoners are incarcerated beyond the bounds of international human rights law. We also call upon our fellow psychologists to refrain from participating in any consultation involving “interrogations” in these prisons.

The risks of abuse of power in coercive situations that are masked in secrecy are well documented and Guantanamo Bay prison is yet another example of such situations. Unfortunately, we also have a number of references from reputable sources, including Pentagon officials (NY Times, June 6, 2006), to the involvement of psychologists in these procedures, particularly as part of the so-called “Behavioral Science Consulting Teams” (BSCTs). We urge adherence to the many international human rights conventions, agreements, principles, and laws that can help protect both the practitioner and those who are at risk of having their human rights violated.

We stand with the United Nations when it reminds us in its report on “Situation of Detainees in Guantanamo Bay” (16-2-2006), that, “Indeed, human rights law applies at all times, even during situations of emergency and armed conflicts” (p. 36). In that report there are several references to violations of international standards by mental health professionals--charges which remain unanswered. Many experts, including Robert Jay Lifton and Sephen N. Xenakis recently (Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2006), have cautioned about the dangers of allowing mental health professionals to become involved in interrogations. They write, “We are keenly aware of the dynamic and consequences of medical misbehavior in custodial settings….”

We also stand with the basic creed for psychologists: Do no harm. We applauded when the American Psychological Association made it clear that “Psychologists may never engage in, facilitate, or countenance torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.” We were therefore most distressed to see that the military is planning to “use only psychologists…to help interrogators devise strategies to get information from detainees at places like Guantanamo Bay, Cuba”( NY Times 6-7-2006).

We join those with serious concerns about the practices being used at Guantanamo Bay. Since we cannot know the nature of the “interrogations” being carried out there, given the secrecy surrounding nearly all aspects of the incarceration of these people, there is no way to guarantee its humaneness.

The safest, most principled course of action at this time is for psychologists to refrain from participating in any way in interrogations under these circumstances, to close these prisons, and bring all detainees of all categories back under the umbrella of international human rights laws, treaties, conventions and principles governing their treatment.


Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to using psychological knowledge to build a culture of peace with justice. Born in 1982, PsySR applies the research, knowledge, and practices of psychology to promote durable peace at the community, national and international levels. Its Steering Committee of psychologists leads an organization with members in almost every state of the Union, and in more than 40 countries.

Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 208 I St. NE, Suite B, Washington, DC 20002-4340, (202) 543-5347, (202) 543-5348 fax, psysr@psysr.org, psysr.org


Anne Anderson
Coordinator Psychologists for Social Responsibility
208 I (EYE) St. NE, Suite B Washington, DC 20002-4340
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

Methanhydrat ist nicht die einzige Gefahrenquelle für plötzliche Gasfreisetzungen.
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22935/1.html

Ein Gespräch mit dem Bremer Anwalt und Menschenrechtler Rolf Gössner über die innere Aufrüstung zur Fußball-WM und zum Bush-Besuch.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22937/1.html

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=103320


Informant: Andy

by Robert Reich, TomPaine.com

By raising interest rates, the Fed and other central bankers are fighting the last war.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/21/inflation_jitters.php

by Art Brodsky, TomPaine.com

Big telecom and entertainment companies throw up a smokescreen to mask the goodies they stand to get from Congress.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/21/net_neutrality_diversion.php

The Perfect Stonewall

by David Corn, TomPaine.com
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/21/the_perfect_stonewall.php

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=eBmUgSwrHi7F3AGaT6GZCw..

Mother Jones
by Jeffrey Laurenti

06/20/06

Disdaining such concerns as defeatism, the House Republican leadership described their expansive Iraq mission as integral to the 'global war on terror.' The war's supporters declared they would set no 'arbitrary' date for withdrawal from Iraq, and called on other nations to join the U.S. coalition. That coalition, however, is unraveling. Japan today is rushing to follow Italy out the door, and Korea and even Britain are edging toward the exit. The very link House leaders make between Iraq and counterterrorism is in fact what undermines the struggle against terrorism around the world...

http://tinyurl.com/fvff5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Slate
by John Dickerson

06/20/06

By traditional measurements, Lieberman should still feel confident. He won the endorsement of the state party last month, and Lamont trails by double digits in the polls. However, the polling gap is closing -- Lamont is behind by 40 to 55 percent, but that is an improvement of 21 points in four weeks. And Lamont is winning endorsements from party veterans, including Jim Dean, brother of DNC Chairman Howard Dean. The challenger clearly has the momentum. He's doing so well that Lieberman has had serious discussions with political advisers about quitting the party to run in the general election as an independent. Lieberman enjoys higher poll numbers among Republicans and unaffiliated voters than among Democrats...

http://www.slate.com/id/2144093/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

Christian Science Monitor
by Nick Anderson

06/20/06

Two days after I arrived in southeastern Kentucky, a coal mine explosion killed five men in nearby Harlan County. In the four weeks since the miners died, I have traveled through the coal-field counties in Kentucky and West Virginia. What I see is that coal is not the clean, cheap energy source that the coal industry advertises. The market price of coal may be relatively low, but the cost to the region is high. We are leveling the Appalachian Mountains, burying streams, polluting the water supply, and destroying North America's oldest and most ecologically diverse forests in pursuit of a fleeting supply of electricity. With underground mining, the cost is measured in lives...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0620/p09s01-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Boston Globe
by H.D.S. Greenway

06/20/06

Last week White House operative Karl Rove traveled to New Hampshire to pump up the faithful by telling them that if Democrats had their way, Iraq would have fallen to terrorists. 'When it gets tough, and when it gets difficult, they fall back on that party's old pattern of cutting and running,' said Rove. Never mind that there were no terrorists in a position to take over in Iraq before the US invasion. What struck me about Rove's speech was 'the old pattern of cutting and running' bit. I don't remember that either Democrat Woodrow Wilson, or Franklin Roosevelt, had advocated cutting and running in World Wars I and II. If I remember correctly, a good part of the opposition to Roosevelt's efforts to keep democracy alive in Europe came from the GOP. And wasn't it Dwight D. Eisenhower, the GOP's first successful presidential candidate in 20 years, who campaigned on the promise, 'I will go to Korea' to bring that unpopular war to a close?

http://tinyurl.com/g9afv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Tennessean
by staff

06/20/06

There's a knock on the door, followed by the announcement, 'Open up! Police!' Then comes the anticipation of someone answering the door. That scene is ingrained in the consciousness of Americans familiar with the standards of police work, because it represents the proper way to conduct a search warrant. But what if the cops never knocked? What if they just announced themselves, took a breath, then moved in? That's a case the Supreme Court considered last week, and the court failed miserably, siding with police who had violated a man's constitutional rights by the way they entered his home. The court ruled 5-4 that evidence seized in a search conducted by not even knocking may be used in court. That decision flies in the face of the Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable searches. Over the years, courts have embraced the 'knock-and-announce' procedure as the way to conduct a constitutional search. The 'knock-and-announce' rule is what makes the search reasonable...

http://tinyurl.com/kua8d


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

AlterNet
by George Orwel

06/21/06

Let's just assume that world oil production peaks in about 15 years. What will that mean to us, in concrete terms? It won't mean we'll run out of oil right away. It only means that net oil availability will decline at an annual rate of about 2 percent thereafter, and we should expect that supply will be down by 20 percent by about 2035, when world population will be doubled, along with fuel consumption. This is still speculative and things might turn out differently, including development of new technologies that would make life a little easier, but it's going to a huge problem. It's safe to say that the general progression of events points to a scary future...

http://www.alternet.org/story/37541/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

US News & World Report

06/20/06

World oil prices could double or triple over the current painful $70-per-barrel level if diplomacy failed and military conflict broke out over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Saudi Ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal warned this morning. 'We don't know' what will happen if the United States chooses a military option in Iran, al-Faisal said, but 'if there is military conflict, if bombs are dropped, ships are blown up, oil facilities on our side of the gulf are targeted ... just the idea of somebody firing a missile at an installation somewhere would shoot up the price of oil astronomically'...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060620/20oil.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

CNN

06/20/06

Federal and local police across the country -- as well as some of the nation's best-known companies -- have been gathering Americans' phone records from private data brokers without subpoenas or warrants. These brokers, many of whom market aggressively across the Internet, have broken into customer accounts online, tricked phone companies into revealing information and sometimes acknowledged that their practices violate laws, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press...

http://tinyurl.com/rg6u2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Die Tonangeber: die Bertelsmann-Stiftung macht sich stark für neoliberale Reformen in Städten und Regionen
http://www.freitag.de/2006/24/06240501.php

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Studiengebühren, Hartz IV oder Lehrerausbildung: die Blaupausen werden entwickelt bei Bertelsmann
http://news.web-hh.de/index.php?id=&rubrik=&lid=24038&such=&user=&site=metainfo

Thousands of New Orleans Public Housing Units to be Destroyed. 200,000+ Low-Income Residents Remain Displaced.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13703.htm

Republicans in Congress have made it clear they're willing to fight for military contractors' right to lie, cheat and defraud taxpayers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13698.htm

The future of law enforcement was launched into the smoggy Los Angeles skies at the weekend in the form of a drone aircraft intended to bring spy-in-the-sky technology to urban policing.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1090864.ece


From Information Clearing House

With a shift of its wing, the Pentagon’s next attack drone goes from long-range endurance flyer to Mach-speed assassin.

http://tinyurl.com/lfnt9


From Information Clearing House

The report, Dimming the Beacon of Freedom: U.S. Violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, documents the U.S. record on human rights in five areas: national security, women's rights, racial justice, immigrants rights and religious freedom.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13710.htm

"These documents are the latest evidence of the desperate and immoral conditions that exist at Guantanamo Bay," American Civil Liberties Union executive director Anthony Romero said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13709.htm



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

Italian investigators are continuing to probe Italy's role in America's anti-terrorist war, particularly the rendition and torture of U.S.-wanted terrorist suspects.

http://www.alternet.org/story/37638



Calipari case: “It is a political crime”

Italy will charge the US soldier who killed the Italian agent in Iraq, as a political crime.

http://tinyurl.com/hvnuc


From Information Clearing House

In a vote of the Disarmament Committee of the United Nations (UN), one and only one nation voted against El Baradei's proposal - George Bush's America.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13704.htm

The current 'coalition of the willing' in Iraq bribed or coerced into joining the invasion, is slowly melting away , leaving the 'opened Iraqi grenade ' in US - UK hands.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13697.htm

Japan ordered the withdrawal of its ground troops from Iraq Tuesday, declaring the humanitarian mission a success and ending a groundbreaking dispatch that tested the limits of its pacifist postwar constitution.

http://tinyurl.com/ft8bz



Australia should follow Japan out of Iraq: ALP

LABOR has called for the immediate withdrawal of Australian troops in southern Iraq following the Japanese Government's decision to to recall its reconstruction taskforce.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19538594-2702,00.html


From Information Clearing House

U.S. soldiers charged with murder in Iraq

The three soldiers are accused of deliberately allowing three men detained during a raid on a former chemical factory to flee so they would have an excuse to shoot them, said a defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13691.htm

US troops were dropped to the ground after the strike. The troops then opened fire at the two farm houses, he added.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13692.htm

Video - 60 Minutes - Windows Media

This new film, written, directed and produced by Nonny de la Peña, details the shocking way that the civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants alike have been infringed upon, curtailed and rolled back since 9/11 and the USA Patriot Act.

Click here to watch.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13176.htm

The Strange Language of Capitalism

By Charles Sullivan

If we treasure anything above our own selfish comfort; if we believe in the ideals of freedom and democracy for people; if we believe in peace and justice, we must not sit by idly and allow these good men to be overthrown or assassinated by illegitimate Plutocratic henchmen. We must take our country back and give it to the people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13707.htm

"Frontline" documentary makes case that Cheney used 9/11 to go to war

Last week's grim milestone of 2,500 American military deaths in Iraq will look even grimmer after tonight's "Frontline" documentary, "The Dark Side."

By Mark Rahner

The damning 90-minute exposé stops short of laying those bodies at Vice President Dick Cheney's feet. But it does finger Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — through more than 40 interviews with CIA veterans, journalists, politicians and others — as the ones who ignored, suppressed and manipulated intelligence after the 9/11 attacks to lead us into war with a country that had nothing to do with our attackers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13695.htm

The New York Times says: "The United States Supreme Court issued a decision on wetlands yesterday whose main virtue is that it could have been much worse.... Still, the signs are ominous. Right now, Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote in the case, is all that appears to stand in the way of gutting critical environmental protections."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062006EC.shtml

According to a 2000 report by the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, at least a quarter of the houses within 500 feet of the United States coast may be lost to rising seas by 2060. There were 350,000 of these houses when the report was written, but today there are far more.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062006EB.shtml

An economist questions the drive for growth at any cost, and offers some hope for change. Martin Weiss says: "The population explosion is beyond control. It has emerged as the single most powerful, immutable force on Earth, driving geopolitical change, stimulating economic growth and generating global inflation."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062006EA.shtml

"Frontline" delivers a devastating look tonight at the efforts of Vice President Dick Cheney to gain control of the war on terror after 9/11. In doing so, the show purports, he compromised the integrity of America's intelligence system.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006T.shtml

Seeking a Better Debate

Will Pitt says: "An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that the invasion of Iraq was a colossal mistake, and further believe that a withdrawal of our forces is absolutely necessary. Anyone observing what took place in Congress last week cannot deny that the Republican majority has no intention of seeing those desires brought to fruition."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006R.shtml

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/peaceteam/index.php

As the Senate today debates a resolution to start bringing our troops home from Iraq, this would be a great time to tell them that only those with the COURAGE to take a stand for national sanity deserve to get re-elected. No matter how many lies they tell to the American people about how great things are going in Iraq, a leaked cable communication from our own embassy reveals they are telling THEMSELVES that the situation is growing increasingly worse.

Voters For Peace are sponsoring a peace pledge which says:

"I will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign."

And when you submit the action page at the new Peace Team site above you can add your name to the tens of thousands signing the peace pledge right now, AND you can send a personal message to all your members of Congress at once calling on them to bring our troops home now.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/peaceteam/index.php

Vice president Cheney, who is in fact the acting dictator for all matters of real policy decisions, was just quoted at a press conference saying "I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence we've encountered."

Leaving aside that just a year ago he tried to lull us into thinking the insurgency was in it's "last throes", this is the same administration that tried to tell us that nobody could have anticipated that the levies in New Orleans would be breached, when in fact they did. And this is the same administration that tried to tell us that nobody could have anticipated terrorists flying planes into buildings, when in fact they DID!

But of course EVERYBODY with the integrity to tell the the truth to the American public about any of these things they have systematically driven out of government. And anybody outside of government who would dare to speak the truth is ruthlessly smeared by a corporate media controlled by their campaign contributor cronies.

But people are speaking out. More and more every day. And you can too, by signing the peace pledge and telling your members of Congress that not a single additional one of our brave servicemen and women shall die for the Bush administration's premediated knowing lies.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/4693/


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From ufpj-news

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0620-27.htm



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

„Nein, das Ende der Fahnenstange ist noch nicht erreicht. Nachdem Hartz I–IV – gemessen an den Zumutungen – so gemütlich eingeführt werden konnten, bereiten Sabine Christiansen & Co. ideologisch das Terrain vor für Hartz V. Jürgen Karasch wagt für uns den Blick aus dem Inneren der Bundesagentur für Arbeit zurück und in die Zukunft…“ Artikel von Jürgen Karasch http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/karasch.html


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Juni 2006

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/etc/synopsis.html


Informant: NHNE

FERGUS SHEPPARD

MEDIA CORRESPONDENT

MOBILE-phone users who spend most of their waking hours glued to a handset may have to call a therapist after a university study found they were as addictive as smoking and junk food.

The heaviest mobile users even display the typical signs of "cold turkey" drug withdrawal - anxiety, restlessness and even panic - when parted from their phones.

The psychological cost of excessive mobile phone use was highlighted in a study published yesterday by Queensland University in Australia.

Diana James, the academic who led the study, said: "Mobile phone addiction is going to surpass internet addiction because at least you can walk away from your computer.

"Our dependency on mobiles means most people are never without them. The fact that handsets are carried around all day and provide instant pleasure means the risk of addiction is on a par with snacking on junk food and even smoking."

The Queensland study analysed people under 45 to establish the emotional, psychological, financial and social impact of their use of mobiles. It found some suffered low self-esteem if they were not free to receive calls and text messages and the phone appeared to be a kind of "security blanket" which improved feelings of self-worth. Other users appeared "obsessive" in their need to be near a mobile phone and became deeply agitated when parted from it.

In a few cases, large amounts of texting led to the physical symptoms of repetitive stress injury as well as the psychological issues, the report found.

Ms James said: "Like substance abuse, excessive use of mobile phones can lead to personal problems. People who use their phone heavily may be addicted - it depends on the impact it has on their day-to-day life. Is their phone costing them more than money in terms of emotional, social and physical stress?"

Britain's love affair with the mobile phone is now virtually universal, with 80 per cent of the population owning at least one. Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog, says the average Scot makes about 21 mobile phone calls a week and sends about 29 text messages. However, heavy use among office workers and younger people - particularly when it comes to texting - can send that tally far higher.

A 19-year-old from Paisley last year became what was thought to be the first person in Scotland to be treated for text addition. The teenager, whose name was not made public, spent £4,500 on text messaging in a year and at one point was sending approximately 700 texts a week. He received counselling at the Renfrewshire Council on Alcohol Trust in Paisley.

Philip Irvine, a project leader at the trust who treated the youth, described excessive mobile phone use as similar to a gambling addiction, in that users frequently become dependent to bolster their self-esteem.

"If a person is using a mobile phone to make themselves feel better, or it is actually impinging on their life - they are not going to work, or they are spending more money than they can afford - then I would certainly say they've got a problem," he said.

While texting in moderation remains comparatively cheap, financial problems with mobile phone bills have become an issue due to the soaring popularity of ringtone services. In many cases, people have been unaware that buying a single ringtone often means signing up to a subscription service costing £3 a week plus the cost of reverse-charge text messages. Missing a call sparks feeling of dread

FRANSINA Nuuyuni's dependence on her mobile phone extends to taking the odd call while in the toilet.

The 25-year-old, from Edinburgh, admits to spending about £120 a month on phone charges and calls.

Ms Nuuyuni, a receptionist who works for a Dalkeith-based property company, admits to using her mobile phone at least once an hour for calls or texts throughout the week and said her usage increases at the weekend.

The thought of being parted from her Nokia provokes feelings of dread.

"It would make me very awkward and anxious - as though I might miss out on something," she said. "I can't stand the thought of missing a call."

While Ms Nuuyuni admits to cooking while on the mobile phone, several rooms in her house remain off limits, for now.

"I don't take the mobile into the shower or the bath with me, although I do leave it behind the bathroom door so that I can hear it if it rings," she said.

Her main mobile phone vice is texting, a practice she occasionally suffers for.

"I love texting and sometimes get a sore thumb from texting so much," she said.

However, the office worker regards herself as a symptom of an era driven by technology rather than a victim of it - and is determined to keep up.

Ms Nuuyuni got her first mobile phone eight years ago and upgrades her handset every two years.

"It's important to keep up with new technology if it makes life easier," she said.

"I'm going to upgrade my phone next month so that I can get one with a camera and video on it."

Ms Nuuyuni admits that one consequence of upgrading to a new handset is that she will probably spend "even longer" on the mobile phone than before.

©2006 Scotsman.com

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=674072006

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Are cell phones addictive?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2254079/

Are cell phone microwaves addictive?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3530982/

Alarm

20.06.2006

In der aktuellen Ausgabe des P.M. Magazins schlagen Psychologen Alarm: Immer mehr Handynutzer zeigen Suchtsymptome. Verlieren wir langsam aber sicher die Kontrolle über das mobile Leben?

Einer neuen Umfrage aus den USA zufolge kann ein knappes Drittel der Handybesitzer nicht mehr "ohne" leben. Mehr als die Hälfte lässt das Gerät immer eingeschaltet. Teilnehmer einer aktuellen Studie der australischen Uni Brisbane fühlten sich ohne Handy sogar, "als würde eines meiner Glieder fehlen". Studienautorin Diana James warnt vor finanziellen Problemen, kaputten Beziehungen und sogar Rechtschreibschwächen. In Südkorea, wo praktisch jeder ein Mobiltelefon besitzt, hat eine Studie bereits 2003 eindeutige Suchtsymptome bei Handynutzern festgestellt. Medienabhängigkeit: Es ist nicht nur das Handy

Macht das Handy tatsächlich süchtig - wie Alkohol oder Zigaretten? Psychologen sprechen lieber von "Medienabhängigkeit". Seit dem vergangenen Jahr häufen sich die Fälle von Handypatienten, beobachten Psychologen. "Schlagartig kamen Kinder mit Handyproblemen in die Therapie", berichtet Diplompsychologin Simone Trautsch, "vorher war das kein Thema." Werner Platz, Leiter der psychiatrischen Ambulanz des Berliner Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikums und Spezialist für Onlinesucht, betreut erstmals auch zwei Patienten mit einem ungesunden Verhältnis zum Handy. "Die Dunkelziffer ist viel höher", vermutet Platz. Problem: Abstinenz für Berufstätige fast unmöglich

Weil man heute jedoch nicht mehr um Handy und Internet herumkommt, ergibt sich für die Therapie medienabhängiger Patienten ein Problem: "Sie können nicht auf völligen Verzicht hinarbeiten wie etwa beim Alkohol", erklärt Psychiater Platz. "Verringerung ist das Ziel - und souveräner Umgang mit dem Gerät." Platz schließt mit seinen Patienten Abkommen, jede Woche weniger Zeit mit dem Handy zu verbringen.

© 2005 by i12 AG

http://www.call-magazin.de/handy_und_mobile_data/news/Droge_Handy_Suchttendenzen_nehmen_zuid_18951.html

A civil rights attorney convicted of aiding terrorists last year wants the federal government to reveal whether any warrantless or illegal electronic surveillance was conducted on her or anyone involved in her case. In a court petition filed Monday, Lynne Stewart contends that such an inquiry is necessary to determine whether government surveillance compromised her case.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006H.shtml

1000 pages of Pentagon documents concerned with the prison at Guantanamo Bay and obtained by the ACLU through the Freedom of Information Act were released yesterday. They confirm, says the ACLU, "the desperate and immoral conditions" that obtain at the offshore prison.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006G.shtml



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

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright criticized the US invasion of Iraq, saying Monday it had encouraged Iran and North Korea to push ahead with their nuclear programs. Albright, who served under President Clinton, said, "The message out of Iraq is that if you don't have nuclear weapons, you get invaded. If you do have nuclear weapons, you don't get invaded."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006F.shtml

"Though hardly mentioned in mainstream media, this week the Pentagon released notification that three more American soldiers have died in Iraq, bringing the American death toll to 2,500. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow glibly dismissed the tragic milestone saying, 'It's a number and anytime we reach one of these 500 benchmarks, people want something.' To him and the administration, the 2,500 dead and 130,000 Americans currently serving in Iraq are just numbers. If the administration truly believes this war can be reduced to mere numbers, perhaps we should consider some statistics left out of Mr. Snow's arrogant, insensitive and inflammatory remarks," writes Charlie Anderson.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006C.shtml

A group of Muslim and Arab-Americans, frustrated by what they say is the climate of suspicion and fear that dogs their re-entry into the United States from trips abroad, sued the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI yesterday, demanding that the courts protect their civil rights.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006O.shtml

As the threat of a giant US military operation in Ramadi lingers and sporadic clashes plague the city daily, residents struggle to cope, both inside and outside the sealed city.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006L.shtml



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

David Safavian, a former Bush administration official accused of covering up assistance he provided to Republican influence-peddler Jack Abramoff, was found guilty on four counts of obstruction and making false statements.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062006Q.shtml

http://www.prweek.com/us/news/open/free/blogs/564483
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen/1


Informant: Allan Rubin

From ufpj-news

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RFK Jr. plans suit over 2004 election

RAW STORY

Published: Monday June 19, 2006

Robert Kennedy Junior told PR Week that he is considering litigation against people responsible for what he says was a stolen 2004 election.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/RFK_Jr._plans_suit_over_2004_0619.html


Informant: Gary the Grouch

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/061406.html


Informant: NHNE

http://news.web-hh.de/index.php?id=&rubrik=&lid=24088&such=&user=&site=metainfo

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Für die EU-Kommission geht es auch ohne Parlament

Um schnell ein neues Abkommen zur Weitergabe der Flugpassagierdaten an die USA durchzusetzen, will die EU-Kommission nun das Parlament überspringen und dem Ministerrat die Entscheidung übergeben.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22932/1.html

The Diabetic Association questions the Human Safety of GM'ed Corn... see the link for multiple sources of latest information on the GM Debate and compare these articles to the Monsanto 'Propaganda Sheet'... all included to make it easy!

http://tjh.elequity.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=622

by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com

One provocative view: Bush can win the conflict, and the rest of us will be the losers.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/20/iraqs_uncomfortable_realities.php

Pay Raise Politics

by Jared Bernstein, TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/20/pay_raise_politics.php

Proteste gegen Ein-Euro-Jobs > Aktionen bei der AWO, Caritas… Gegen
1-Euro-Job-Anbieter

Berlin: Solidarität mit Überflüssigen

„Im Rechtsstreit der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Berlin gegen die Überflüssigen hat sich jetzt der Betriebsrat mit den Überflüssigen solidarisiert. Für ihren Teil des Hausrechts über die Betriebratsräume wurde kein Strafantrag wegen Hausfriedensbruch gestellt. Vielmehr erklären die GewerkschafterInnen ihr Verständnis für die Aktion. Die Überflüssigen quasi als willkommen BesucherInnen…“ Artikel von Tatjana Kunkel vom 20.06.2006 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2006/06/150561.shtml

Aus dem Text: „…Am Mittwoch stehen die Überflüssigen wieder mal vor Gericht. Der Vorsitzende der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Berlin, Hans Nisblé, ein SPD-Mann, hatte Anzeige gegen die Überflüssigen erstattet. (…) Am morgigen Mittwoch [21.6.] soll nun wieder ein Versuch unternommen werden, die Überflüssigen einzuschüchtern. Ab 9:45 Uhr wird in Berlin Moabit eine Richterin über die Rechtmäßigkeit der SPD, Überflüssige wegräumen zu lassen und über die Legitimität von Widerstand gegen die Agenda 2010 entscheiden…“

Meldung in letzter Sekunde: Der Prozeßtermin wurde heute auf einen unbestimmten Termin verschoben!


Perspektiven der Proteste

Vom Protest zur Revolte?

„Vielen mag der Unterschied zwischen Protest und Revolte marginal erscheinen und dennoch ist er nicht zu unterschätzen: in der Art der Protestformen (Unterschriftenlisten und Demonstrationen vs. Besetzungen, Regelverletzungen und Verweigerung), in ihren Zielsetzungen und – meist dadurch bedingt – auch in ihrer Wirksamkeit. Bezogen auf die aktuellen Widerstandsbewegungen gegen die Hartz-Gesetze und die Agenda 2010 liegt ihr momentan zu konstatierendes Scheitern m.E. in genau diesem Unterschied, den ich im Folgenden an einigen Beispiel aufzeigen möchte…“ Artikel von Mag Wompel http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/protestwompel.html

Es handelt sich um einen – exklusiven – Auszug aus dem Buch „Klassen und Kämpfe“, herausgegeben von der jour fixe initiative berlin. Das Buch, gerade erschienen im Unrast-Verlag Münster (ISBN 3-89771-438-8), beinhaltet u.a. Beiträge von Sergio Bologna, Daniel Bensaïd, Moishe Postone. Siehe weitere Informationen und Bestellmöglichkeit beim Verlag http://www.unrast-verlag.de/unrast,2,200,13.html


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Juni 2006

„Der neue Kapitalismus zerstört neben Arbeitsplätzen auch Lebensentwürfe und gesellschaftliche Voraussetzungen der Demokratie. Das ist die Bilanz von Louis Uchitelle, Barbara Ehrenreich und Richard Sennett. «Vor vierzig Jahren gab es eine stillschweigende Übereinkunft», sagt Joel Rogers, Professor für Politologie, Recht und Soziologie an der University of Wisconsin, «jeder, der zur Schule geht, seine Mitmenschen nicht auf offener Strasse angreift und hart arbeitet, kann es zu etwas bringen.» Einen ähnlich nostalgischen Blick werfen heute viele liberale Intellektuelle auf die US-amerikanische Hochkonjunktur der sechziger Jahre. In Wirklichkeit war auch damals die gesellschaftliche Integration nicht allumfassend, sondern blieb für etliche Minderheiten ein amerikanischer Traum. Doch heute ist es die grosse Mehrheit der Bevölkerung, die erfährt: Bildung, Wohlverhalten und Fleiss allein führen nicht zum Aufstieg, ja diese Bürgertugenden garantieren nicht einmal eine sichere mittelständische Existenz…“ Artikel von Lotta Suter in der schweizerischen WOZ vom 15.06.2006 http://www.woz.ch/artikel/2006/nr24/wissen/13479.html


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Juni 2006

Die EU-Grundrechte-Charta und die Verfassungsdebatte

Bewertungen

Essbares Grünzeug. Mit einer No-logo-Verfassung ein Kerneuropa stärken

„Die "Denkpause", die Kommissionspräsident Barroso vor gut einem Jahr nach dem französischen "Non" und dem niederländischen "Nee" zum EU-Verfassungsvertrag verordnet hatte, wird abgebrochen. Kanzlerin Merkel und Präsident Chirac haben vom pausierenden Denken genug: Wenn Deutschland Anfang 2007 die Ratspräsidentschaft übernimmt, soll ein neuer Verfassungsentwurf ausgearbeitet werden, der dann 2008 - wenn Frankreich dem Rat vorsteht - verabschiedet werden soll. Als was?...“ Artikel von Elmar Altvater in Freitag Nr. 24 vom 16.06.2006 http://www.freitag.de/2006/24/06240101.php


Kein Plan B, kein Plan C

Elisabeth Gauthier von der Stiftung "Espaces Marx" in Paris über die EU-Verfassung als Herausforderung für Kommunikation, Kosmetik und Pädagogik. Interview von Steffen Vogel und Lutz Herden mit Elisabeth Gauthier, erschienen in Freitag Nr. 23 vom 09.06.2006 http://www.freitag.de/2006/23/06230702.php


Alles auf Anfang

Willem Bos, Sprecher des "Komitees Verfassung Nein" in Amsterdam, über Verfassungsfragen, offizielle Denkpausen und anhaltende Sinnkrisen Interview von Steffen Vogel und Lutz Herden mit Willem Bos, erschienen in Freitag vom 26.5.06 http://www.freitag.de/2006/21/06210801.php


Das europäische Selbstverständnis im 21. Jahrhundert

„Die Ablehnung der EU-Verfassung durch die Franzosen hat nicht nur in Frankreich eine lebhafte Debatte ausgelöst. Auch deutsche Philosophen und Schriftsteller haben sich eingemischt. Während die liberale Lesart behauptet, ökonomische Freiheit vertrüge sich nicht mit sozialer Absicherung, fordern Gegner der EU-Verfassung einklagbare soziale Rechte…“ Eine Sendung von Gerhard Klas in SWR2 Wissen vom 8.6.2006 (mp3) http://mp3.swr.de/swr2/wissen/podcast/swr2_wissen_20060608_sozial_oder_neoliberal.6444m.mp3


Welches Europa?

„Zwischen Profit und Protest: Das europäische Selbstverständnis im 21. Jahrhundert"

Europa braucht eine institutionelle Erneuerung«, sagte Bundeskanzlerin Merkel bei ihrem Treffen mit Jacques Chirac am 6. Juni in Rheinsberg. Unter der deutschen Ratspräsidentschaft in der ersten Jahreshälfte 2007, da sei sie sich mit ihrem französischen Kollegen einig, müßte der Verfassungsvertrag wieder auf die politische Tagesordnung…“ Artikel von Gerhard Klas in der jungen Welt vom 12.06.2006 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/06-12/011.php


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Juni 2006

Bürgerrechtliche Beobachtungen im Rahmen der Fußball-WM 2006: Ein Festival der vorbeugenden Gefahrenabwehr - Ein internationales Sportfest unter Freunden?

Pressemitteilung des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie vom 19. Juni 2006 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/ub_showarticle.php?articleID=200

Aus dem Text: „…Im Zusammenhang unserer Beobachtungen am 14. Juni 2006 in Dortmund sind wir erschreckt über das Ausmaß vorbeugender Ingewahrsamnahmen. Bei der "weitaus überwiegende(n) Anzahl" der Festgenommenen geschah dies "vorbeugend" (vgl. Presseerklärung der Staatsanwaltschaft Dortmund und der Polizei Dortmund). Jede Festnahme stellt einen schwerwiegenden Grundrechtseingriff dar, der nicht mit bloßen Vermutungen begründet werden darf. Erneut wollen wir uns vor Ort einen Eindruck verschaffen, wie es im Spiele-Alltag um die bürgerlichen Grundrechte bestellt ist. Wir werden uns mit einer Gruppe von Beobachtern und Beobachterinnen am 20. Juni 2006 vor, während und nach dem Spiel Schweden - England in Köln aufhalten und gegebenenfalls das polizeiliche Eingreifen beobachten…“


WM-Tickets absurd

„Die "Personalisierung" der Fußball-WM-Tickets ist eine Farce. Unter dem Deckmantel der "erhöhten Sicherheit" wurden tausende von Fans erfasst, ein schwunghafter Handel von Adressen und Ticket-Tauschbörsen hat Geld, Energie und vor allem unendlich viel Zeit gefressen ohne sichtbaren Erfolg für die Fans - im Gegenteil. Die "Nachrichten aus Fifa-Absurdistan" haben wir hier gesammelt…“ Nachrichtensammlung bei FoeBuD e.V. http://www.foebud.org/rfid/wm-tickets-absurd


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Juni 2006

The Price of Liberty
by Lady Liberty

06/06/

I don't know too many people who actually like to clean. I do it largely because I can't stand the results if I don't. Cleaning is boring, messy, dirty, and oftentimes tiring. It can also be a bigger job than we think when we first determine to take it on. Worst of all, it's all too often thankless. But again, consider the results of your failure to clean, and I expect you'll go get your vacuum cleaner and do what you must. There are another couple of houses besides yours and mine that could use a good cleaning. Whether we like it or not, we're responsible for them almost as much as we are for our own homes. I'm referring, of course, to both Houses of Congress...

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/06/19/ladylib.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber

06/19/06

The Bush administration is suffocating under the punishing weight of the catastrophic failures of its policies in every area, and it can only be saved by another major crisis, even an entirely invented one. They hope that such a crisis will serve to unite the country behind them once again, at least to the extent required to save them from the equivalent of political death...

http://tinyurl.com/mo25c


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

06/16/06

In 1985, Wilson Goode became the first U.S. mayor to bomb his own city. In an effort to rid a West Philadelphia neighborhood of a ragtag, violent, back-to-nature organization called Move, which had engaged in a shootout with police, Goode ordered explosives dropped on the Move house from a helicopter. The whole block of row houses burned, 61 homes in all. Eleven people were killed, five of them children. Some 250 people lost their homes. Goode came in for universal condemnation and ridicule. Too bad for him he didn't drop his bomb in a foreign country and call it war...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0606f.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Review: Money Driven Medicine, part 2
Medical Freedom Channel
by Steve Trinward

06/19/06

(Note: This is an attempt to do justice to a very valuable book on what went wrong with healthcare, without trying to review the work based on only a partial reading. Each section deals with several chapters of the book. Part One can be found in the archives, here.) http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/2485

The issue of 'profitability' in the arena of health and wellness is addressed meticulously and respectfully in Chapters 3 and 4 of Money Driven Medicine http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006076533X/rationalrev08-20 , Maggie Mahar’s objective and well-researched volume about how 'healthcare' turned into the monster it has become. First she tackles the 'for-profit' realm, asking if it truly represents 'A Flaw in the Business Model' or whether the idea of profit-making healthcare can ever really operate properly...

http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/2769


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Liberty For All
by Garry Reed

06/20/06

Sunday is my day to knock back in the recline-o-matic, sip on a glass of sun tea, and lazily browse the local gazette. All was tranquil until I sipped and reclined my way to an editorial page offering by Neal Gabler (Senior Fellow at the Norman Lear Center at USC) entitled 'Mr. Businessman goes to Washington.' That's when I nearly inhaled an ice cube. There are two great myths about government, asserts the Senior Fellow. Myth one: government is inefficient, bloated and wasteful. Myth two: politicians are more interested in serving themselves than serving the good of the nation...

http://www.libertyforall.net/2006/may23/myth.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Strike the Root
by Jim Davies

06/18/06

So the main task to be completed in my opinion is to so educate every member of society one by one as to convince him that a zero government society is the only kind consistent with his human nature and the only one that will maximize his pleasure in life; and that must be done by reason. So the two obstacles to surmount are the vast numbers involved, and the ugly fact that most people have been so well indoctrinated that they are barely open to reason; they live rather by myth, prejudice and superstition...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/61/davies/davies8.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

Although on the surface, things have been going well lately for President Bush on Iraq -- the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the installing at long last of a permanent government in Iraq, and a vote of support in the U.S. House of Representatives for the President's Iraq policy -- it is easy to forget that even if the United States wins the war in Iraq, it loses. Even if the Bush administration eventually creates, in the words of the House resolution, a 'sovereign, free, secure and united Iraq,' the big winner there will be Iran...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1752


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Free Market News Network
by Michael Cloud

06/19/06

'Never' and 'Always.' Too often, too many of us over-claim and over-promise when we make the case against Big Government -- and the case for freedom. When criticizing Big Government, you might claim: 'Government never works.' 'Welfare never helps.' 'Drug Prohibition never succeeds.' When justifying liberty, you might assert: 'The marketplace always gives us better goods at lower prices.' 'Private enterprise always brings out the best in people.' 'Free men and women are always tolerant and generous.' You want to tell people how destructive Big Government is. And declare the virtues and blessings of freedom. But attaching the words 'never' and 'always' to the results of Big Government and freedom may well cripple or kill your case...

http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/232/5356/2006-06-19.asp?nid=5356&wid=232


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The Price of Liberty
by L. Reichard White

06/06

Now they're going to protect us by tapping our phones and reading our E-mail. Right. And "The check's in the mail," "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" - - And "SURE I'll respect you in the morning." As the Senate Judiciciary Committee hearings on Bush's NSA plan to tap your phone, read your e-mail, secretely sneak into your house and bug your computer, etc. sink impotently into the sunset, there are a few things you might want to consider...

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/06/19/white.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Christian Science Monitor

06/19/06

Jennifer Avilez says her parents, both from Mexico, worked hard their whole lives to get her into a good school. So when she walked out of that school in late March to protest an immigration bill passed by the House, she did it for all those who hadn't achieved as much. 'Other people need to have the same chance as they did,' she says. 'This country was started by immigrants, after all.' But her protest came to a halt when she was arrested and accused of criminal behavior by the local police. The case against Jennifer, a student who takes AP courses at Stony Point High School in Round Rock, Texas, is one of hundreds like it that pit students' free-speech rights against local rules against truancy...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0619/p03s03-ussc.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Independent [UK]

06/19/06

The Government faces a test of its new anti-terror legislation after deciding to proceed with charges against a pensioner arrested while protesting at an American communications base. Seven weeks after becoming one of the first individuals arrested under a little-noticed clause in the Serious Organized Crime and Police Act, Helen John, 68, of Keighley, west Yorkshire, was charged yesterday with criminal trespass and bailed to appear next week before magistrates in Harrogate, north Yorkshire. Mrs John and a fellow peace campaigner, Sylvia Boyes, 62, were arrested on 2 April while crossing the sentry line at Menwith Hill, the US communications base in the Yorkshire Dales...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1090871.ece


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Think Progress

06/19/06

The U.S. Senate is one vote away from passing a constitutional amendment that would criminalize desecration of the U.S. flag. If successful, it will mark the first time in 214 years that the Bill of Rights has been restricted by a constitutional amendment, and will place the United States among a select group of nations that have banned flag desecration, including Cuba, China, Iran, and Iraq under Saddam Hussein"... [editor's note: The authors of the article seem to have forgotten that any such amendment must also be ratified by the states. Not that I doubt that will happen, mind you -- congressional idiocy tends to be contagious - TLK]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/19/flag-burning/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Raw Story

06/19/06

A new report claims that a 'shadow government' of federal contractors has exploded in size over the last five years. The document, compiled at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and distributed to RAW STORY, indicates that procurement spending increased by over $175 billion between 2000 and 2005, making federal contracts the fastest growing component of federal discretionary spending...

http://tinyurl.com/rzg3y


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Rockford Register Star

06/19/06

The U.S. military suspended a pretrial hearing Monday at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base for a Canadian detainee accused of killing a U.S. Green Beret, saying base security personnel must first help investigate the recent deaths of three detainees. Two Saudis and a Yemeni hanged themselves in their cells on June 10, according to the military. Their bodies were flown aboard a commercial charter jet Friday from the U.S. base in Cuba to Yemen and Saudi Arabia. They were the first reported detainee deaths at the prison since it opened in January 2002...

http://tinyurl.com/lgx9j


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

Washington Examiner

06/19/06

President Bush told Iran on Monday that nations worldwide won't back down from their demand that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment. 'Iran's leaders have a clear choice. We hope they will accept our offer and voluntarily suspend these activities so we can work out an agreement that will bring Iran real benefits,' Bush said a day before leaving for Vienna, Austria, where he will talk with European Union officials who are leading efforts to resolve the nuclear dispute...

http://tinyurl.com/rz8qz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

USA Today

06/19/06

Italian prosecutors requested the indictment of a U.S. soldier Monday in the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad -- a case that saw the agent mourned as a national hero. Authorities were seeking the indictment on charges of murder and attempted murder, said one of the prosecutors, who asked that his name not be used because a new law in Italy allows only the chief prosecutor to speak to the media. The fatal shooting of Nicola Calipari on March 4, 2005, angered Italians, already largely opposed to the war in Iraq...

http://tinyurl.com/gfs7v


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

To Catch a Crook?
by Lynn Stuter

As chaos and violence become more frequent in America, the result of the humanist philosophy undergirding political, government and social institutions, people are coming more and more into contact with law enforcement which people errantly believe, in the face of the quiet transformation of America to systems governance, is there.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter93.htm

by Nancy Levant

As we are responsible for the current condition of our nation, we have a lot of soul searching to do. Our landslide votes, which were cast by the unethical influence of what we now realize is a completely controlled media, created the monster that we now call “government.” Our American dreams, way of life, our primary religion.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy46.htm

Chicago Makes History: After months of campaigning by The HSUS and other organizations, the Chicago City Council voted to ban the sale of foie gras in the city. Foie gras is cruelly produced by force-feeding ducks and geese unnatural amounts of food through a pipe thrust down their throats, which can cause severe injuries, organ rupture, and even death. We applaud the Aldermen of Chicago for seeing this abusive product will no longer be tolerated in the Windy City.

https://community.hsus.org/ct/711FRl41hzIa/

From the campuses of Google and AOL to those of Ohio State University and Dartmouth, our No Battery Eggs campaign has saved hundreds of thousands of hens from lives of misery in battery cages. Read more about the companies and schools our Factory Farming Campaign is working with to free hens from cages.

https://community.hsus.org/ct/Id1FRl41hzWC/

Congressmen Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) have introduced a bill that would require producers supplying animal products to the federal government to comply with minimal animal welfare standards. Please ask your representative to co-sponsor and support H.B. 5557, the Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act. It will only take a minute or two, but could make a real difference in the lives of millions of animals.

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2006_stewardship_act

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Moby Makes Music for Animals: Internationally renowned and Grammy-nominated musician Moby has long advocated for the improved treatment of animals raised for meat, eggs, and milk. The HSUS is proud to introduce to you his powerful video on farm animals, their conditions on industrialized factory farms
https://community.hsus.org/ct/Wp1FRl41hzWZ/, and what each one of us can do to help reduce their suffering.
https://community.hsus.org/ct/Ip1FRl41hzIq/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/30/AR2006053001429.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock

Image de la semaine / Picture of the week
http://www.next-up.org/divers/image_semaine1.php

The Bush administration's tactics, often cloaked as reform measures, in reality aim to bring UN agencies like the WHO more in line with US commercial and political interests. At the WHO, at least, that process has come at the expense of the UN agency's stated mission, commitments and, perhaps most significant, its global credibility as an impartial and apolitical actor.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/061906HA.shtml

Helicopters flew over the Iraqi town of Ramadi and warplanes could be heard overhead as US troops hunted down insurgents in the rebel stronghold on Monday, a Reuters witness said. Shops were shuttered and most residents stayed home, fearing a US offensive on the scale of the one that inflicted heavy destruction and loss of life in nearby Falluja in 2004.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061906T.shtml



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

Jun 20, 2006
Serena Willoughby,
Staff Writer

The possibility of a power generation facility being built in Aurora and the proposed Holland transformer were up for debate at Aurora town hall last Wednesday.

Presenters included Dr. Magda Havas an expert on EMFs (electro-magnetic fields) and Ian Munro, a local electrical engineer who has served on several resident advisory committees and is an expert on the Ontario Power Authority.

Dr. Havas presented her research that included interviews with people who've experienced heightened sensitivity to EMFs, which has caused a range of symptoms from headaches, to increased instances of attention deficit disorder and some forms of childhood cancer, she said.

EMFs are invisible lines of force created whenever electricity is generated, such as through power lines, cellphones, computers and appliances.

She showed video footage that depicted the physical reactions of people who suffer from the effects of electromagnetic fields, given off by household items such as computers, TVs, microwaves and cordless phones.

Dr. Havas recommends monitoring EMF levels in your home by having an expert test them, using equalizing devices and by simply staying away from them.

However, some medical experts have called Dr. Havas' work inconclusive.

While Health Canada recognizes the existence of studies linking EMFs and childhood cancer, it calls evidence "very weak".

After an evaluation of scientific data, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified EMF magnetic fields as "possibly carcinogenic" to humans based on studies of childhood cancer.

Mr. Munro's presentation at the meeting consisted of an overview of what is being done to make sure there is a regular supply of energy to Aurora.

He pointed out the last report released by the Ontario Power Authority called for local power generation in York Region to meet power needs beyond 2011.

The Holland transformer, in the last stages of the environmental assessment process will meet power needs up until that point.

Aurora Councillor Phyllis Morris, who organized the meeting, pointed out the need for early consultation in Aurora, if a local generation facility is being planned.

"We can't leave it till the last minute, it's already 2006, we need early public consultation about this," she said.

© Copyright York Region Newspaper Group

http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/Newscentre/Era_Banner/Aurora/story/3555846p-4108558c.html

A small update about an important survey showing the U.S. continues to have a serious problem with its image following its unilateral international policies. Also time to update you on two activities where the Boycott Bush network was invited during the World Peace Forum starting this week in Canada.

1. Survey

In a recent world survey carried out in 15 countries this spring and released on June 13, 2006, the Pew Research Center has found out that good will towards the United States declined in many countries over the past year, except in China, Britain, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Majorities in Japan, Nigeria, Britain and India have positive views of the U.S.

Pew Research Center
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=252 (newsrelease)
http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=27 (summary)
http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/252.pdf (complete survey 62 pages)

Article in International Herald Tribune June 13th 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/13/news/pew1.php

Interesting input for our work and for the World Peace Forum.

2. World Peace Forum

Two Boycott Bush workshops where we will participate during the World Peace Forum in Vancouver and Victoria (Canada) next week.

WORLD PEACE FORUM: BOYCOTTING FOR PEACE & JUSTICE WORKSHOP. Tuesday June 27. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at UBC location PURPOSE of WORKSHOP: To provide information about boycotts, their background, how to increase the effectiveness in future and past successes. This is intended to be an activist workshop, so involved participants can talk about strategies & networking & exchanging data. For the first 40 minutes we will have introductions & the 2 resource people will each speak about 10-15 minutes on their own campaigns. Then we will have discussion & questions so the resource people will be able to elaborate on aspects that are unknown & important to attendees. We hope by the end that everyone will have a solid basis of understanding about boycotts, their value and future action plans.


BOYCOTTING FOR PEACE & JUSTICE WORKSHOP. VICTORIA. June 28. 7:30pm to 9:30pm at UVIC Graduate Student Building meeting room. We will be the only resource network at this event - so organizers will briefly provide background on Boycott COKE & summarize any action suggestions that came out of Vancouver workshop. The rest of the meeting we will do a presentation for 20 minutes and then again we will try to build up strategies and action plans. We will also get resource material to distribute as in Vancouver.

With many thanks to Theresa Wolfwood from the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation to have arranged for both workshops. This will also offer us the opportunity to table our action and campaign proposal during several seminars, workshops and meetings bringing together thousands of peace campaigners. www.worldpeaceforum.ca

Keep us updated about your work concerning the boycott in you part of the world.

With kind regards,

Pol D'Huyvetter

Voor Moeder Aarde vzw, lid van Friends of the Earth International K. Maria Hendrikaplein 5
9000 Gent - Belgium
Tel +32-9-242 87 04 Skype "poltanner" GSM +32 495 28 02 59
Fax +32-9-242 87 51
mailto: pol@motherearth.org
http://www.moederaarde.be

In case you haven't noticed, modern American politics is marked by vicious partisanship, with the great bulk of the viciousness coming from the right. It's clear that the Republican plan for the 2006 election is, once again, to question Democrats' patriotism.

Audio and transcript
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13680.htm

http://www.thecatsdream.com/blog/2006/06/darkness-and-light.htm


From Information Clearing House

8 Minute Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13687.htm

Europeans remain deeply suspicious of US foreign policy in spite of President George W. Bush's concerted attempts since the start of his second term to improve transatlantic relations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13685.htm

The hostile policy of the Bush administration toward Iran, with sanctions imposed and the threat of possible military action, is based solely on suspicion.

http://tinyurl.com/s35zb


From Information Clearing House

Bush warned Iran of "progressively stronger political and economic sanctions" if Tehran refuses to freeze sensitive nuclear activities in return for talks.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19528436-23109,00.html


From Information Clearing House

To accomplish its goals, the “Out of Iraq” Caucus will work with other Congressional Caucuses and national organizations to hold hearings, press conferences and town hall meeting to educate the American people and pressure the Administration to conclude the war in Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/p5w2y


From Information Clearing House

Helicopters flew over the Iraqi town of Ramadi and warplanes could be heard overhead.

http://newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?search=Ramadi&x=0&y=0&name=



SOS Ramadi

The first heavy attack on Ramadi by the American and Iraqi forces was launched last Friday, the 9th of June. Ramadi is the capital of the Anbar province and is situated about 100 km west of Baghdad, on the Euphrates.

http://www.brusselstribunal.org/SosRamadi.htm


From Information Clearing House



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

By Mike Whitney

The media gobbled up Bush’s photo-op with their customary zeal. The visit was yet another successful Rove-coup that probably nudged Bush’s approval ratings upward, but achieved nothing substantive. The pictures of smiley-faced politicians glad-handing and chest-thumping appeared on the front pages of every newspaper in the country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13690.htm

4 minute video

"He's in New Hampshire. He's making a political speech. He’s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside-saying stay the course. That’s not a plan!"

Click here to watch Windows media and transcript
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13686.htm

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/4687/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/312/5780/1580

The U.S. government decided to strip several climate instruments off a suite of polar-orbiting satellites intended to provide the next generation of weather and climate-monitoring data for military, civilian, and scientific users.

Science http://www.sciencemag.org .
19 June 2006.

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Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0619-24.htm



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

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0619-04.htm

Pro-whaling Nations Plot Diplomatic Coup
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2187688/

Japanese Whaling A Barbaric Spectacle
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2210437/