World-News

The National Park Service took a giant step in September towards further commercialization of the natural resources in our National Parks. Specifically, the Park Service released an environmental impact statement that could clear the way for corporations to "bioprospect" for microorganisms and other wildlife in national parks like Yellowstone. If the Park Service gets its way, corporations will be allowed to mine, exploit, patent, and profit from the lands and wildlife that we are all supposed to be stewarding.

Learn more and take action: http://www.ParksNotForSale.org

John Nichols writes, "After losing the House and the Senate in the November 7 election, Republicans have been talking about how to create a new and more appealing public image for the Congressional party that has suffered from its association with corruption scandals, crude policies and divisive statements."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111606P.shtml

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Trent Lott's Redemption Song; Coverage of Minority Whip Election Ignores Racist Ties
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1117-05.htm

Jonathan Coopersmith writes: "In all the heated words about the Iraq war, we've heard little or nothing about paying for it. Regardless of how you feel about the war, you must concede that it is going to cost us all dearly."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111606L.shtml

The Global Network's "War from Space?" video produced by Eric Herter is now available on-line. Click on link below:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6515526620862018423


Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652 Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 729-0517
http://www.space4peace.org
globalnet @mindspring.com
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (our blog)

Murat Kurnaz, the German-born Turk known as the Bremen Taliban, has spoken publicly about the alleged torture he suffered at the hands of the US military in Guantanamo Bay.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111606E.shtml

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Former Prisoner Tells of Torture at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1116-02.htm



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

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Bush "plans to renominate a controversial list of judges - some of whom may be unacceptable even to a few Republican senators." Those nominated reportedly include Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nominee William G. Myers III and others whom the Senate has repeatedly sent back to the president.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111606C.shtml

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Bush To Renominate Blocked Judicial Candidates
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1115-20.htm

Nov 16, 6:07 pm

A new mobile phone mast installed on a Killybegs hotel is causing concern among locals who fear it may pose a health risk.

An existing O2 mast was erected on the roof of the Bayview hotel some years ago but the 3G network have added a second mast in recent months which hasn't yet been activated.

Locals have requested a meeting with local councillors to air their views on the matter.

Killybegs' based councillor, Thomas Pringle doesn't feel the second mast is exempt from planning regulations as the applicant is claiming.

http://www.oceanfm.ie/onair/donegalnews.php?articleid=000003782

Auf der Suche nach dem "unbekannten Terroristen"

US-Heimatschutzministerium will von allen in die USA Einreisenden zehn Fingerabdrücke nehmen und sie mit allen verfügbaren Datenbanken abgleichen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23993/1.html Das

MORETON Town Council has voted to fight plans by telecom giant O2 to site a 50ft mast in Evenlode Road.

They are objecting to the proposal on the grounds that there was no proven need for it.

Cllr Rod Hooper told Monday's meeting of the council that the area was well served already by masts at Todenham, Longborough, and Icocmb.

"There are so many towers around here already," he said. "I think O2 should negotiate with other telecoms providers in the area and share masts.

"People are often worried about the health issue involved with masts and if it was above a school I would be concerned. But in this case there are several masts within reach of Moreton and it's time they all got together and said it's time to start using the existing ones."

Cllr Josie Burford said O2 had not made its case for having the mast.

Town council planning committee chairman Jenny Harris said she thought the proposal fell within planning guidelines, but council members voted to object to the mast by four votes to two.

Gloucestershire County Council, which owns the land described as Evenlode Road Barns, where the mast would be sited, is in favour of the O2 proposal.

Nik Peregrine, county council property services spokeman, said: "The proposal to build a mobile phone mast at Evenlode Road does not conflict with county council policy on the location of masts, as it is not near any schools or residential areas. As such we have given our consent for the mast to go ahead, subject to the approval of the town council."

O2 head of community relations for Gloucestershire Angela Johnson said: "The mast, a slimline monopole, is urgently needed for coverage and capacity in the area. We only build masts where there is an absolute necessity for them, and this site is in the optimum position to fit into our existing network."

© Copyright 2001-2006 Newsquest Media Group

http://tinyurl.com/yjgu5y

The Media's Iraq Offensive

by Norman Solomon, TomPaine.com

Most of the D.C. press corps has been at pains to portray withdrawal of U.S. troops as unrealistic.

http://ga3.org/ct/Md20pgF1EmEH/

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The New Media Offensive for the Iraq War
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1116-34.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon

Blow Up This Nuclear Deal
http://ga3.org/ct/M120pgF1EmET/

A Way Out Of Iraq
http://ga3.org/ct/Ad20pgF1EmEQ/

Election reform has tended to be a partisan issue, with Democrats arguing for reform and Republicans resisting it. It shouldn’t be. Congressional Democrats should make fixing this country’s broken system of elections a top priority, and Republicans should join them.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111606Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

16. November 2006

Helmut Scholz, Mitglied des Parteivorstandes und politischer Koordinator im Sekretariat des Vorstandes der Partei der Europäischen Linken, erklärt zum Verlauf des UN-Klimagipfels in Nairobi:

Heute gehen die Verhandlungen zum Klimaschutz in die letzte und heiße Phase. Die Linkspartei.PDS und die Europäische Linke fordern, die letzten Tage des Gipfels zu nutzen, um konkrete Vereinbarungen für einen wirksamen Klimaschutz auch über 2012 hinaus zu treffen. Die Weltöffentlichkeit hat begriffen, dass der "point of no return" erreicht ist. Das erwartet sie auch von den Teilnehmern des UN-Gipfels. Um so alarmierender ist, dass sich die Politik der von Experten aufgezeigten Notwendigkeit des verstärkten und nachhaltigen Klimaschutzes noch immer real verweigert. Betrifft doch der Klimawandel nahezu alle Aspekte des menschlichen Lebens: Frieden in Ländern und zwischen den Staaten, Ernährungssicherheit, Arbeitsplätze und Gesundheit, ländliche Räume. Statt konkreter Maßnahmen vor Ort begnügt sich Politik wieder weitgehend mit Absichtserklärungen und Schönwetter-Reden: der britische Premier Tony Blair hat - offensichtlich unter dem Eindruck des Stern-Reports - die Reduzierung von Kohlendioxid um 60 % für Großbritannien und das Jahr 2020 angekündigt, Frankreichs Jaques Chirac hat gar von einer Verringerung um 75 % gesprochen. Sigmar Gabriel verkündete 40% Reduzierung im Vergleich zu 1990. Noch-UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan hat den unterstützenswerten Vorschlag einer weltweiten Kohlendioxid-Steuer vorgetragen, um Folgen des Klimawandels in den ärmeren Regionen der Welt aufzufangen. Und: Klimaschutz bedarf mehr konkreter Einigungen und gesetzlicher Implementierungen als deklaratorischen Bekenntnissen - es kommt auf den politischen Willen zur Ausgestaltung von weit reichenden Klimaschutzvereinbarungen an, auch gegen die Interessen der Lobby der Großindustrie. Die Bundesrepublik und die EU haben hierbei eine große Verantwortung - die Linkspartei.PDS bekräftigt ihre Forderungen an die Bundesregierung: endlich einen entschiedenen und höchst anspruchsvollen Beitrag zur Durchsetzung einer aktiven Rolle der EU in der seit Montreal 2005 bestehenden und konkret mandatierten Arbeitsgruppe zur Verringerung der Emissionen in Industrieländern im Sinne eines gemeinschaftlichen und konsequenten Eintritts für einen fortschrittlichen und weit reichenden Klimaschutz. Dazu gehört entsprechende Weichen hin zu einer energiepolitischen Kehrtwende in Richtung alternativer und erneuerbarer Energien zu stellen und durch die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft durchzusetzen, dass der Aktionsplan Energiepolitik der Europäischen Kommission die aus dem Klimawandel resultierenden Zusammenhänge aufzeigt und eine verbindliche Gegensteuerung vornimmt.

Wir fordern von Bundesumweltminister Sigmar Gabriel:

* innerhalb der Regierungsparteien und dem Rat der Umwelt-Minister konkrete und von der Öffentlichkeit kontrollierbare Maßnahmen der EU für eine energiepolitische Kehrtwende zu vereinbaren; spätestens auf der Juni - EU - Ratstagung ist von den Staats- und Regierungschefs eine Bilanz vorzulegen und ein eindeutiges Votum über weitergehende Schritte abzugeben;

* wirtschaftliche und beschäftigungspolitische Vorstellungen zum Ausbau der gesamten Potentials an erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland zur verbindlichen öffentlichen Debatte vorlegen;

* am Ausstieg aus der Atomkraft festzuhalten;

* die gleiche Zuteilung von Emissionsrechten je Kilowattstunde Strom unabhängig vom Energieträger zu gewährleisten;

* die Versteigerung von Emissionsrechten möglich zu machen.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=34527

A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to install a mobile phone mast at an Edinburgh synagogue has won planning permission.

Three antennas and a transmission dish will be added to the existing mobile phone equipment at the listed Salisbury Road building.

The planning application for the equipment, which was made by T-Mobile, attracted opposition from neighbouring residents, who claimed it would be detrimental to the Blacket conservation area.

The council received eight objection letters from neighbours and one from the Blacket Association.

One objector wrote: "I wish to object to the application on the grounds of the equipment being unsightly, potentially damaging to the local amenity, with the Blacket conservation area to the south and most importantly on the grounds of a potential health hazard through radiation."

Another nearby resident said: "I am very concerned on the health impact from mobile phone airwaves."

But the council's planning officers ruled that the new antennas and transmission dish would not bring about any significant change to the area as there is already mobile phone equipment in place. Councillors agreed to grant planning permission.

Last updated: 16-Nov-06 12:08 GMT

©2006 Scotsman.com

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1698002006

The American Conservative
by Daniel Larison

In traditional Christianity, the motif of liberation and deliverance is a strong one -- so strong that the story of Israel's freedom from bondage in Egypt and the spiritual liberation of humanity from sin through Christ's death and resurrection can easily become confused with ideas of earthly, political liberty from which they are clearly and sharply distinct. We have seen this sort of conflation of spiritual and earthly emancipation in the liberation theology of Latin American Catholics, who give their preaching of the Gospel a steady dose of Marxism and vague endorsements of revolutionary violence, but lately here in America we have started to see a similar blurring of the lines between Christian spiritual liberty and political liberty, the latter of which assuredly has its historical roots in the lands and traditions of Christian civilization. The latest proponent of the idea of a divinely bestowed 'universal freedom' has been none other than President George W. Bush... (for publication 11/20/06)

http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/article1.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

ISIS Press Release 15/11/06

Foods derived from genetically modified animals are likely to be contaminated by potent vaccines, immune regulators, and growth hormones, as well as nucleic acids, viruses, and bacteria that have the potential to create pathogens and to trigger cancer

Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

Heritable versus non-heritable modifications

The Codex Alimentarius Commission of the United Nations is preparing guidelines for safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA animals [1], which is a sure sign that GM animal food is coming to our table.

Codex distinguishes between heritable and non-heritable genetic modification of food animals. Heritable genetic modification involves genetic changes that persist in sperm and egg while non-heritable modification involves the introduction of modified genes such as vaccines into the somatic tissue of animals. Codex asks: “Are there specific food safety questions (e.g. with regard to types of vectors) that should be considered relative to the assessment of safety of food from animals containing heritable versus non- heritable traits?”

We present an overview of heritable and non-heritable modifications, which are not as distinct as Codex thinks, and point to risks that have not been seriously considered. This article is base on a report we submitted to Codex [2], Genetically Modified Food Animals Coming , which contains all the detailed references.

Heritable modifications

Heritable alteration or genetic modification (GM) of food animals has been achieved since the early 1980s, mostly by injecting naked DNA. Between 1 and 20 million copies of the transgene (gene to be integrated into the animal genome) are injected into the embryo pronucleus (the nucleus before fertilization) or into the egg cytoplasm, with at most about one percent of injected embryos becoming transgenic animals. The transgenes integrate randomly, though rare instances of homologous recombination with host genes may occur.

A number of different vectors have been used to deliver transgenes in animals. Transposons (mobile genetic units capable of transferring genes) are not widely used in vertebrates. Lentivirus (lenti-, Latin for “slow”), a genus of slow viruses of the Retroviridae family characterized by a long incubation period, can deliver a significant amount of genetic information into the DNA of the host cell, and are among the most efficient gene delivery vectors. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus), and FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus) are all examples of lentiviruses that have been used successfully with farm animals such as chicken, pig and cow. They are about 50 times more efficient than DNA injection at producing transgenic animals. One problem encountered is that the long terminal repeats of the integration vector interfere with the inserted gene's promoter. Homologous recombination has been used to produce specific gene “knock outs” by replacing an active gene with an inactive one. “Knock in” refers to the integration of a foreign gene at a specific target, disrupting the target gene by inserting the transgene.

Transgenes are designed according to rules that result in gene expression in the host animal, such as the presence of at least one intron, exclusion of GC rich regions, particularly CpG rich motifs. Gene sequences called insulators are often included; these contain transcription enhancers and enhancer blockers to avoid cross talk with adjacent genes, and chromosome openers that modify histones to allow the transcription machinery to be expressed. Finally, RNAi may be used to inactivate specific genes either as heritable transgenes or as non-heritable gene treatments. A vector based on HIV dramatically increased the efficiency of producing transgenic animals, thereby greatly reducing cost. Foetal fibroblast cells can be modified and then cloned to produce transgenic animals.

A novel approach was to transfect germ cell tissue in neonatal testis by electroporation, which was then grafted onto the backs of nude mice (nude mice are immune deficient and tolerate grafts from mammalian tissues). The nude mice, previously castrated, produced mature transgenic sperm that functioned well in in vitro fertilization to produce transgenic farm animals. The technique has been used successfully in cattle, pigs and even humans (though without producing an actual human as yet). The technique is promoted for humans as a means of allowing men requiring irradiation cancer treatment to set aside viable sperm for in vitro fertilization .

Read the rest of this article here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GM-Food-Animals.php

"The fact that military means do not achieve empowering ends has been clear to me ever since I witnessed my native country of Iran ravaged during an eight-year war with Iraq - a factor leading my parents to make the difficult decision to leave Iran. Now, decades later, I am witnessing firsthand the stark realities of George W. Bush's campaign to spread democracy by gunpoint throughout the Middle East. My work with a legal aid organization for refugees in Egypt frequently takes me to the waiting room of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' office in Cairo - where I have noticed an interesting change in recent months," says Parastou Hassouri.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111506WB.shtml

Scientists have called for a worldwide ban on deep-sea trawling following a major UN-backed report on the damage it is causing to vulnerable deep-sea corals.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111506EC.shtml

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Right now, the United Nations is considering a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. While the White House is supporting deep-sea protection, Spain http://www.email.greenpeace.org/iekfcg_aeyturj.html and Canada http://www.email.greenpeace.org/iekfct_aeyturj.html are trying to block the deal.

According to the World Conservation Union, Spain is responsible for 40 percent of the high seas bottom trawl catch. Meanwhile, Canada has no high seas bottom trawl fleet and their Minister has admitted bottom trawling is destructive - but is opposing a moratorium anyway.

On the Ocean Defenders side is the USA, Australia, Germany, Brazil, India, South Africa, Palau and a host of other countries. The UN will make a final decision by November 23rd.

Things we need you to do TODAY:

1. Click here to send a message to Spanish officials.
http://www.email.greenpeace.org/mkvnxs_aeyturj.html

2. Click here to contact Canadian officials.
http://www.email.greenpeace.org/ugamjd_aeyturj.html

3. Send this ridiculous video to everyone you know.
http://www.email.greenpeace.org/znbmfp_aeyturj.html


For the oceans,
Karen Sack, Greenpeace Policy Advisor



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In a thinly veiled attack on the US and Australia, the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, said today that a "frightening lack of leadership" was hindering the fight against global warming.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111506EB.shtml

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AS CLIMATE CHANGES, CAN WE?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701229.html


Informant: NHNE

For the past 27 years, Project Censored, a program based at Sonoma State University, in Rohnert Park, California, has compiled a list of the top 25 underreported stories from around the country. This year's list, arranged and reviewed by approximately 200 students and faculty, again contains stories that, for whatever reason, were deemed unfit for American eyes by the mainstream media. We disagree.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506U.shtml

Citing the disputed vote in a Florida congressional district, a Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday urged Congress to approve his measure requiring a paper trail for electronic voting.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506T.shtml

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Congressmen Urge That Voting Machines Provide a 'Paper Trail'
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1116-03.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election

"It never got down to actual book-burning, but the Republican choke-hold on government would clearly have taken us there," writes Kelpie Wilson. "In August, under the guise of fiscal responsibility, the Bush Environmental Protection Agency began closing most of its research libraries, both to the public and to its own staff."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506R.shtml

Iran attempted to swap weapons for use by Islamic radicals in Somalia for uranium, the U.N. Security Council was told Wednesday.

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20061115-105137-8700r.htm


From Information Clearing House

The United States or other countries will one day be forced to consider pre-emptive action if Iran and North Korea continue to seek nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. government official said on Tuesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15617.htm

Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has said she opposes the idea of including Iran and Syria in talks to curb the violence in Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/y5lycw


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice

By Sibel Edmonds



Foreign influence, that most baneful foe of our republican government, has its tentacles entrenched in almost all major decision making and policy producing bodies of the U.S. government machine. It does so not secretly, since its self-serving activities are advocated and legitimized by highly positioned parties that reap the benefits that come in the form of financial gain and positions of power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15621.htm



Whistleblowers: Who Are They?

By Peter Rost

After blowing the whistle on fraud, 90 percent of the whistleblowers were fired or demoted, 27 percent faced lawsuits, 26 percent had to seek psychiatric or physical care, 25 percent suffered alcohol abuse, 17 percent lost their homes, 15 percent got divorced, 10 percent attempted suicide, and 8 percent were bankrupted. But in spite of all this, only 16 percent said that they wouldn’t blow the whistle again.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15622.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sibel+Edmonds
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sibel+Edmonds
http://www.justacitizen.com/

By Scott Ritter

The political astuteness of the decision by President Bush to replace Rumsfeld with Gates has escaped notice by many Democrats, who seem inclined simply to gloat over the demise of their archenemy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15623.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Ritter

Videobotschaft von Bürgerrechtsorganisationen fordert Verhinderung einer Totalprotokollierung der Telekommunikation. Schon über 700 Protestbriefe von Bürgern. Regierung plant Identifizierungspflicht für Emailnutzer und faktisches Verbot von Anonymisierungsdiensten. Pressemitteilung samt Video des Arbeitskreises Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom 15.11.2006
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=55



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

Noch weniger Steuern von Unternehmen

„Zehn Milliarden Euro im Jahr wird uns die Unternehmenssteuerreform wahrscheinlich kosten. Die Hälfte der Mehreinnahmen aus der Mehrwertsteuererhöhung. Mehr Investitionen und Beschäftigung bringt das nicht. Wir brauchen öffentliche Zukunftsinvestitionen statt Steuergeschenke…“ ver.di-Wirtschaftspolitische Informationen vom November 2006 (pdf)

http://wipo.verdi.de/wirtschaftspolitische_informationen/data/06_04_Unternehmensbesteuerung.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 16. November 2006

Am Mittwoch, 15.1.06, stimmten nur max. 150 der anwesenden 635 Europaabgeordneten gegen den Rats-Entwurf der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie. Es wird erwartet, dass der Rat die Vorlage im Dezember beschließt. Danach haben die Mitgliedstaaten drei Jahre Zeit, die Richtlinie rechtlich umzusetzen. In Kraft treten dürfte die Dienstleistungsrichtlinie damit frühestens im Dezember 2009. Siehe dazu:

Dienstleistungsrichtlinie nimmt letzte Hürde

Pressebericht des Europäischen Parlaments vom 15.11.2006 http://www.europarl.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/quartal2006_4/PM_061115_1

Legislative Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Gemeinsamen Standpunkt des Rates im Hinblick auf den Erlass der Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über Dienstleistungen im Binnenmarkt (10003/4/2006 – C6-0270/2006 – 2004/0001(COD)) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2006-0490+0+DOC+XML+V0//DE&language=DE

Dienstleistungsrichtlinie: Angst vor dem polnischen Klempner

„Sie hat tausende Gewerkschafter auf die Straße getrieben. Sie galt als Vorlage für Lohndumping, für den Durchmarsch des „polnischen Klempners“ in Westeuropa und trug zur Ablehnung der EU-Verfassung in Frankreich bei: die Dienstleistungsrichtlinie. Jetzt hat das europäische Parlament sie verabschiedet…“ WELT.de/AP-Meldung vom 15.11.2006 http://www.welt.de/data/2006/11/15/1111687.html

Verrat an sozialem Europa

„Die heutige Abstimmung über die Dienstleistungsrichtlinie beendet eines der schäbigsten Kapitel, an denen das Europaparlament mitgewirkt hat. Mit einer großen Mehrheit aus Konservativen, Liberalen und Sozialdemokraten wurde die Dienstleistungsrichtlinie ohne Änderungen durchgewinkt. (…) Entscheidend war der gemeinsame Schulterschluss der neoliberalen Parlamentsmehrheit mit den Großkonzernen, die unermüdlich für die Bolkestein-Richtlinie getrommelt haben und nun am Ziel angelangt sind. Dem Europäischen Gerichtshof, der für seine konzernfreundlichen Entscheidungen bekannt ist, wird es jetzt überlassen, mit seinen Interpretationen das neoliberale Werk zu vollenden…“ Pressemitteilung von Sahra Wagenknecht vom 15.11.2006 http://www.sahrawagenknecht.de/de/html/verrat_an_sozialem_europa.php

Beschluss des EU-Parlaments zur Dienstleistungsrichtlinie lässt vieles offen

ver.di-Stellungnahme vom 16.11.06 zur Entscheidung des EU-Parlaments http://international.verdi.de/europapolitik/dienstleistungen_im_binnenmarkt/zur_entscheidung_vom_15._november_2006


Aus: LabourNet, 16. November 2006

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Diktat des Profits

„Bis Ende 2009 mußten alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten die Europäische
Dienstleistungsrichtlinie in nationales Recht umsetzen – marktradikale
Prinzipien erhalten mit ihr Gesetzesrang…“ Artikel von Christine Wicht in
junge Welt vom 07.01.2010 http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/01-07/017.php


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Januar 2010



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

HLV INFO 118/AT

16-11-2006

Krifteler zeigen wenig Interesse am Thema Mobilfunkantennen
http://www.rhein-main.net/sixcms/list.php?page=fnp2_news_article&id=3333851


HLV Kommentar:

Ignoranz vorhandener Wissenschaft!

Bei Frau Dr. Caroline Herr vom Umwelt- und Hygieneinstitut Gießen handelt es sich um die Dame, welche im Auftrage der IZMF (Mobilfunkbetreiberorganisation “Informationszentrum Mobilfunk e.V. Berlin“ auf Bundesebene Vorträge hält und für die Verharmlosung des Gefährdungspotentials, Negierung vorhandener warnender Studien und Bagatellisierung solcher, die sie erwähnt, bekannt ist. Sie wird für diese Agitation bezahlt!

Sie ist auch diejenige, die auf den Ärzte-Fortbildungsseminaren

3.05.06 Aschaffenburg
19.05.06 Karlsruhe
31.05.06 Jena
13.09.06 Würzburg
20.09.06 Stuttgart
27.09.06 Regensburg
11.10.06 Ulm
15.11.06 Freiburg

welche von der IZMF finanziert und mit den jeweiligen Landesärztekammern organisiert wurden, die instrumentalisierten Botschaften im Sinne der Betreiber verkündet.

Dabei wird übrigens die Prävention ins Lächerliche gezogen, Studieninhalte wie die der Naila-, der Reflex und der TNO-Studie werden bewusst falsch interpretiert.

Vorliegende Berichte von Teilnehmern dieser Veranstaltung bestätigen, dass es sich um Verharmlosungs- und Verdummungsschauveranstaltungen für uninformierte Ärzte handelt. Hier wird kein Wissen geschafft, vorhandenes Wissen wird zerredet, verleugnet, Autoren werden diffamiert. Wie Frau Dr. Caroline Herr, eine Mitarbeiterin von Prof. Dr. Eikmann, ihr Vorgesetzter vom Umwelt- und Hygieneinstitut in Gießen, ihre Interpretationen mit dem von ihr geleisteten hippokratischen Eid in Einklang bringt, bleibt wohl ihr Geheimnis. Eikmann ist auch derjenige, welcher mit Herr im bekannten Pamphlet versucht hatte, den “Freiburger Appell“ vor ca. zwei Jahren zu diffamieren und die ca. dort heute 1300 beteiligten Ärzte mit angeblicher Inkompetenz diskreditierte.

Prävention ist für Betroffene, welche unter den Neuro-Vegetativen-Störungen und diversen Krebserkrankungen leiden insofern lt. Frau Herr nicht erforderlich, weil es ihrer Auffassung nach hierzu keinerlei konsistenten Hinweise bzw. Studien gäbe, die dies begründen könnten!

Wer sich für diese beiden Protagonisten interessiert sollte einmal folgende Links aufsuchen:

http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/hygiene/pdf/herr.PDF
Hier finden Sie die Vita der Dame und auf Seite 9 unter “Eingeworbene Drittmittel“ zwei Forschungsaufträge von T-Mobile Deutschland zu 32100 € + 22500€ !!!

http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/hygiene/pdf/Jahresbericht_2004.pdf
auf Seite 12 unter Punkt 5 finden Sie die Kommissionen und Arbeitsgruppen, in denen man tätig ist. (Landesärztekammern, Bundesärztekammer, Umweltabteilung des Bundes, des Landes Hessens usw.)

http://www.uniklinikum-giessen.de/hygiene/pdf/publikation2005.pdf

Spätestens nach Kenntnisnahme dieser Infos weiß wohl jedermann, wessen Interessen wahrgenommen werden!

HLV Redaktion
Alfred Tittmann

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Mediziner demonstrieren gegen industriegesteuerte Mobilfunk-Fortbildung

Pressemitteilung 14.11.2006

Am Mittwoch, den 15.11. ab 17.45 Uhr werden Freiburger Mediziner mit Transparenten und Flugblättern vor dem Solar-Info-Center (SIC), Emmy-Noether-Str. 2, gegen lobbyistische Ärzteweiterbildung demonstrieren. Anlass ist das im SIC stattfindende Seminar zum Thema "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit". Dieses wird vom Informationszentrum für Mobilfunk e. V. (IZMF), einer Einrichtung der Mobilfunkindustrie, geleitet. Die Landesärztekammer belohnt die Teilnahme von Ärzten an dieser Veranstaltung mit zwei Fortbildungspunkten. Mit ihrem Protest wollen Mediziner und Patienten erreichen, dass die Schulung durch die Mobilfunk-Industrie deutlich als solche gekennzeichnet wird. Die Landesärztekammer wird aufgefordert, ausschließlich unabhängige Gesundheitsforschung - und aufklärung zu fördern.

Über 1000 Ärzte aus ganz Deutschland, verbunden durch den Freiburger Appell und den Bamberger Appell, fordern seit langem, dass Gesundheitsaufklärung und -schulung zum Thema Mobilfunk nicht der Industrie überlassen werden darf. "Stellen Sie sich einmal vor, die Tabakindustrie würde medizinisch geschulte, bezahlte Auftragsreferenten auf die Ärzteschaft ansetzen, mit dem alleinigen Ziel, die Ärzte über die Unbedenklichkeit des Rauchens aufzuklären." beschreibt Dr. Mutter von der Universitätsklinik Freiburg die Situation. In ihrem Appell beschreiben die Mediziner die derzeitige Lage als untragbar: obwohl das durch hochfrequente elektromagnetische Strahlung induzierte Mikrowellensyndrom bereits seit den 1930er Jahren beschrieben ist und seit den frühen 1990er Jahren mobilfunkbedingt verstärkt auftritt, werden Patienten oftmals nicht adäquat behandelt, weil es Medizinern an Wissen durch neutrale Schulung fehlt. Die Ergebnisse unabhängiger seriöser Forschungen und die Evidenz zu beobachtender Erkrankungen im Zusammenhang mit Mikrowellenbelastung sind so klar und alarmierend, dass sofortiger Handlungsbedarf besteht.

Weitere Infos unter: http://www.mediziner-warnen-vor-mobilfunk.de

Ab Donnerstag Vormittag (16.11.2006) finden Sie Pressefotos auf
http://www.mediziner-warnen-vor-mobilfunk.de

Für Fragen, auch vor Ort, steht Ihnen Dr. Bergmann zur Verfügung.

Dr. Wolf Bergmann
Tel.: 0761- 5561141
wolf.bergmann @tele2.de

Weitere Ansprechpartner:

Dr. Barbara Dohmen
Tel.: 07763-5860

Dr. Klaus Dold
Tel.: 07721 908686

Praxis f.Naturheilverfahren
Iliane Zenzinger
Tel.: 0761-67500


Nachricht von Ulrich Weiner

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HLV INFO 120/AT

20-11-2006

IZMF 17-11-06

Erfolgreiche Lehrerfortbildung in Berlin
http://www.izmf.de/html/de/17484.html

IZMF unterstützt Fachtagung für Ärzte
Weitere Infos: http://www.izmf.de


HLV Kommentar:

Und wieder erneut wurden Lehrer/Ärzte im Sinne der Betreiber “genordet“.

Bei der “Kinder- und Jugendärzte – Fortbildungsveranstaltung“ in Bad Orb hat die Expertin aus Gießen Frau Dr. Caroline Herr erneut ihre Verharmlosungskampagne fortgesetzt. Diese Dame agiert auf Bundesebene für die Betreiber und teilweise auch für Kommunen – mit Halbwahrheiten und falschen Interpretationen werden vorhandene Studien sozusagen ad absurdum dargestellt und die betreffenden Wissenschaftler diskriminiert und bis zur Lächerlichkeit diffamiert.

Der HLV hatte bezüglich der Ärzte-Fortbildungsveranstaltungen in Aschaffenburg, Karlsruhe, Jena, Würzburg, Stuttgart, Regensburg, Ulm und Freiburg berichtet. Fast überall wurden die Veranstaltungen aus Ärztekreisen wegen einseitiger Darstellung der Thematik massiv kritisiert.

Die personelle Verquickung von Prof. Dr. Eikmann, (Vorgesetzter von Frau Dr. Caroline Herr, beide am Umwelt- und Hygiene-Institut in Gießen tätig) zur Landesärztekammer Hessen in Frankfurt erklärt auch die Instrumentalisierung der LÄK bezüglich der Zertifizierung der Veranstaltung in Bad Orb.

Eine weitere Kostprobe ihrer Verdummungsstrategie konnten Besucher bei der am 13.11.2006 in Kriftel/Hessen stattgefundenen Bürgerversammlung erleben, wo sie nach gleichem Schema wie bei den Ärzteveranstaltungen das Gefährdungspotential bagatellisierte.

Fazit:

Auch wenn Frau Dr. Caroline Herr nicht mehr ernst genommen werden kann und flächendeckend kritisiert wird, ist der Flurschaden, den sie anrichtet, desaströs!

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Risikodiskussion Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1267805/

Ärzte und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/408385/

Ärzteappelle gegen Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1064751/

Ärztekammern und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1104181/



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

16. November 2006

Zu den jüngsten Äußerungen von Bundesarbeitsminister Müntefering zu einem gesetzlichen Mindestlohn in Deutschland erklärt die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Linkspartei.PDS, Katja Kipping:

Längeres Arbeitslosengeld I für ältere Arbeitslose will Minister Franz Müntefering nicht, Überschüsse der Arbeitagentur steckt er nicht in Maßnahmen für Arbeitslose. Mit der Agenda 2010 seines Ex-Kanzlers Schröder hat auch Müntefering dafür gesorgt, dass Flächentarifverträge aufgeweicht werden, eine Lohnspirale nach unten allein schon auf nationaler Ebene in Gang gesetzt wurde. Jetzt nun warnt er vor Lohndumping durch die verabschiedete EU-Dienstleistungsrichtlinie und spricht sich für einen tariflichen und gesetzlichen Mindestlohn zum Schutz deutscher Arbeitnehmer aus. Dieser Schlingerkurs zwischen unsozial und besorgt, zwischen SPD-Linker und CDU-Rechter, ist nicht mehr nachvollziehbar. Franz Münteferings feines Gespür für die Lage hat ihn offensichtlich noch nicht verlassen und so hängt er seine Aussagen in den Wind der koalitionspolitischen Ränkespiele. Sein Bestreben zielt nicht auf bessere Verhältnisse für Arbeitslose und Arbeitnehmerinnen. Es wäre falsch den zu schelten, der eine gute Idee hat und so freut es natürlich, dass Müntefering sich essenziellen Forderungen anschließt, die die Linkspartei.PDS seit langem vertritt. Wenn er morgen nicht wieder anders denken würde. Wie dem auch sei, wir bleiben unseren Forderungen treu: Deutschland braucht einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn von 8 Euro, Europa braucht einheitliche Sozialstandards, die Lohndumping und sozialen Kahlschlag verhindern.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=34519

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1115-04.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wal-Mart

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1115-33.htm

When It's Democratic
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1115-29.htm

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Time Now For Democrats to "Put Up"

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

One thing we can anticipate without risk of misjudgment is that the Democratic-controlled Congress will work hand-in-glove with President George W. Bush in further opening the floodgates of illegal immigration. Amnesty for illegals is now an absolute certainty. The North American Union is a certainty. The NAFTA super highway is a certainty......

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin332.htm

ROHRBACH

Swisscom und Orange wollen auch die Mobilfunk-Antenne in Rohrbach auf UMTS aufrüsten. Anwohner, die bereits beim Bau der Antenne im Jahr 2000 Widerstand leisteten, wollen sich auch diesmal wehren.

«Wir werden wahrscheinlich wieder Einsprache machen», sagt Hans-Rudolf Minder. Er wohnt zwar in Huttwil, doch er besitzt eine Liegenschaft in der Umgebung der Antenne auf dem Sagiareal in Rohrbach. «Und auch meine Mutter wohnt in der Nähe.»

Wehren will sich Minder gegen den Ausbau der Antenne auf die UMTS-Technik. Orange hat diesen im Amtsanzeiger publiziert. Heute sendet die Anlage bloss für die GSM-Netze von Orange und Swisscom. Gemäss Auskunft der Orange-Medienstelle wird die Antenne für beide Telecom-Anbieter ausgebaut.

Laut Baupublikation verdoppelt sich die Leistung der Anlage – und damit die theoretische Kapazität fürs Telefonieren – gut. Die zusätzlichen Antennen können auf dem bestehenden, 35 Meter hohen Mast montiert werden.

Noch nie willkommen

In Rohrbach war die Mobilfunktechnologie, wenigstens was die Sendeanlagen betrifft, noch nie willkommen. Bereits 1999 wehrten sich Anwohner gegen ein Baugesuch von Orange für das Silo der Landi. Auch die Gemeinde äusserte damals Bedenken und leistete den 66 Unterzeichnern Schützenhilfe.

Orange zog darauf ihr Gesuch zurück und gleiste ein neues Projekt auf dem Industrieareal Sagi auf. Obschon dort sogar drei Einsprachen mit zusammen 230 Unterschriften eingereicht wurden, bewilligte der Regierungsstatthalter die Anlage von Orange. Er begründete dies damit, dass die Grenzwerte eingehalten würden und das Vorhaben zonenkonform sei.

Drei Jahre später wollte auch Swisscom eine Natel-Antenne bauen – gemäss Auskunft von Gemeindeschreiber Andreas Appenzeller zuerst auf einem Industriegebäude auf der Allmend. Der Gemeinderat verlangte erfolgreich eine Koordination der beiden Anlagen, worauf Swisscom auf dem bestehenden Mast Platz fand.

Minder wehrte sich auch gegen diese Erweiterung, allerdings mit «bedeutend weniger Energie», wie er festhält: Hatten er und seine Mitstreiter 2000 noch 213 der 230 Unterschriften gesammelt, so enthielt seine Eingabe diesmal bloss neun Unterschriften.

Auch beim aktuellen Baugesuch hält Orange fest, dass die bestehenden Grenzwerte deutlich eingehalten werden. Der Kreis der Einspracheberechtigten hat gemäss den gleichen Unterlagen einen Radius von 1078 Metern. Dieser bestreicht neben ganz Rohrbach auch Teile von Auswil.

Gemeinderat will Stellung nehmen

Wieweit er diesmal gegen den Ausbau weibeln will, hat Minder noch nicht entschieden. «Wir haben noch etwas Zeit», stellt er fest und verweist auf die Einsprachefrist, die bis am 1. Dezember dauert. Auch der Gemeinderat hat sich gemäss Gemeindeschreiber Appenzeller noch nicht mit dem Geschäft befasst und demnach noch keine Stellung genommen.

In Lotzwil, wo die drei Anbieter Orange, Swisscom und Sunrise im August einen Ausbau der Antenne auf dem Silo publizierten, wehrten sich die Einwohner mit 330 Unterschriften im Rahmen des Baugesuches und einer Petition mit 640 Unterschriften. Dieses Gesuch ist noch nicht entschieden. (mz/ufl)

http://www.szonline.ch/pages/index.cfm?dom=30&id=101406069&rub=100004742&arub=100001712&nrub=0

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Widerstand gegen Mobilfunkantenne

Dienstag, 1. Mai 2007

affolternonline.ch vom 24.04.2007

Nachdem die Gemeinde erfolgreich gegen einen gemeinsamen Sendemast von SBB und Privaten rekurriert hatte, wollen die Mobilfunkanbieter erneut einen Masten errichten...

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/033ea298b81479d03/index.html#033ea299230183303

Urge Congress to Stop Federal Agencies from Testing on Animals

Governmental agencies kill millions of animals a year in product and substance safety tests even though more practical humane alternatives are already available and in use for these procedures. Please "Take Action" to ask your members of Congress to introduce legislation requiring governmental agencies to replace animal tests with humane non-animal methods that are more reliable and cost-effective.

Take Action!
http://ga0.org/campaign/humanetesting/wegkiwg2lt5kttx?

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The REAL truth behind animal testing... and its negative impact on human health

A message from Jakki

Original Message

Important animal testing article...please read, note it and get the word out to all who come to Care2!!!

Thanks a bunch!!! hugs...mary


Original Message

I'd like you to please note this story and pass it along to your friends. I'm trying to help educate the poor schmucks out there who think animal testing has a place in the world. Thanks much!!

http://www.care2.com/news/member/682651244/257132

Rebecca

http://www.furkills.org/feature_061115.shtml

One Week Left to Plan for Fur Free Friday

Join IDA in Speaking Out for Animals on November 24th

This November 24th, in the peaceful spirit of the holiday season, thousands of activists around the U.S. will join together for a non-violent demonstration against the cruel fur industry. Fur Free Friday 2006 will officially mark the twentieth anniversary of this event that takes place every year on the day after Thanksgiving. Targeting stores that sell fur, animal rights activists gather to inform the public about the blood, suffering and death that goes into every fur garment.

IDA and local organizers are coordinating 17 Fur Free Friday activities in 13 states (as well as one in France), offering a comprehensive listing of events to participate in. We strongly urge you to use your voice to help animals this holiday season by taking part in this national day of action.

If you've never participated in a Fur Free Friday activity before, now's your chance! Speaking up on behalf of animals is not as hard as it seems. If you're nervous or hesitant, just remember that over 40 million animals a year are counting on your help. These innocent victims of the fur trade -- mink, fox, raccoon and other wild species -- are treated like mere lifeless commodities, raw materials to be exploited for profit. Each individual who raises her voice in these animals' defense can help stop the senseless slaughter.

Peace Action does outstanding work lobbying Congress to work for peace. They help make the peace movement felt in the Capitol.

I hope you'll take a moment to sign their petition to Congress to prevent an attack on Iran.

http://democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/Peaceact/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=358


Bob Fertik

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1948057,00.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

Informant: rafeswhiterose



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wasfi
http://tinyurl.com/yg4p3n

After years of denials, the CIA has formally acknowledged the existence of two classified documents governing aggressive interrogation and detention policies for terrorism suspects, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. But CIA lawyers say the documents - memos from President Bush and the Justice Department - are still so sensitive that no portion can be released to the public.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506Z.shtml

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CIA Finally Acknowledges Existence of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad

"Confusion about whether such a presidential order existed certainly led to the torture and abuse scandal that embarrassed America. With a new Congress and renewed subpoena power, we now need to look up the chain of command."

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/27382prs20061114.html



CIA pressed on torture guidelines

THE CIA has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including one signed by the US President, George Bush, that it used as guidelines in the interrogation and imprisonment of terrorist suspects.

http://tinyurl.com/y9hk2n



White House seeks dismissal of CIA leak suit

The Bush administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and others for alleged involvement in disclosing her employment as a clandestine CIA operative.

http://tinyurl.com/yadpvo


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=24521



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Michael T. Klare writes: "There are many reasons why President George W. Bush might have wanted to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Robert M. Gates: To distance himself from the current military disaster in Iraq, to make the adoption of a new Iraqi strategy easier, to prevent further disunity within the military, or to clear the path for a revival of Republican fortunes in the 2008 elections." He continues, "...on a deeper level, the move can also be read as signaling a momentous shift in America's global posture - from imperial offense to imperial defense."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506N.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial

Warrantless wiretaps that the government says are necessary to fight terrorism pose a threat to American democracy, the American Civil Liberties Union said in court papers filed Tuesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506L.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warrantless+wiretaps

Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who was elected Senate Majority Leader yesterday, said last night that President Bush still has not grasped the urgent need to change course in Iraq. Reid vowed to press quickly for phased troop withdrawals, a more international approach to Iraq's problems, and a rebuilding of the depleted US military.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506K.shtml

Jason Leopold reports that the Senate voted Tuesday in favor of keeping open a federal agency that monitored taxpayer-funded reconstruction efforts in Iraq, a month after the Republican majority in both houses of Congress quietly passed legislation signed into law by President Bush to close down the agency.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506J.shtml

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


Informant: Jennifer Van Bergen

From ufpj-news

Steueroasen am Starnberger See: Bundesregierung lehnt offenbar bessere Prüfung von Einkommensmillionären ab (15.11.06)

Einkommensmillionäre werden von den Finanzämtern nur unzureichend geprüft. Der Bundesrechnungshof kritisierte in seinem am Dienstag vorgelegten Jahresbericht, dass im Bundesdurchschnitt jährlich nur 15 Prozent der Einkommensmillionäre Außenprüfungen über sich ergehen lassen müssen. Dadurch gingen dem Fiskus erhebliche Steuereinnahmen verloren, betonte Rechnungshof-Präsident Dieter Engels. Als viel zu gering erachtet der Bundesrechnungshof auch die Quote von zwei Prozent bei Umsatzsteuer-Sonderprüfungen von Unternehmen. Rechnerisch sei damit eine Firma nur alle 50 Jahre an der Reihe. Die Steuergewerkschaft wirft Bayern und anderen Ländern jetzt "eine stillschweigende Tolerierung von Steueroasen für gutbetuchte Bürger" vor. Die Bundesregierung lehnt effektivere Kontrollen der Millionäre offenbar ab.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14744

Larry Johnson writes that one critical dilemma we confront in Iraq is the burden of our status as the Superpower. "All people in the region - Sunnis, Shia, Kurds, and Persians - assume that we have a secret plan that we are pursuing unilaterally. The majority of these folks cannot accept that the sectarian violence unleashed in Iraq is a consequence of US incompetence. They assume that the rising sectarian violence is something we want because we are a Superpower. By virtue of our status as a Superpower it is inconceivable that we would allow such violence unless it suited our 'hidden' purposes."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506D.shtml

Truthout's UK Correspondent Chris Floyd writes that in a season already notable for the official demonization of British Muslims, the new assault twisted the screws even tighter. It is obvious that Blair has been badly stung by his American partner's rejection at the polls, which makes his own fanatical devotion to Bush and the bloodsoaked folly in Iraq look even more absurd. His frenzied waving of the terror flag is, in part, Blair's panicked response to the political diminishment of the Washington regime that has been a mainstay of his own power.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111506A.shtml

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ccr/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2702


Informant: Christopher Christie



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
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nlnews@archant.co.uk

15 November 2006

ANTI-mobile phone mast campaigners in Muswell Hill are claiming a plan to build a new mast should not go ahead because it would be illegal.

Mobile operator, O2, is planning to replace an unused mast on top of the old BT Exchange in Grand Avenue with a new one.

The company, along with Haringey Council, claims that because there is already a mast there they do not need to get planning permission for a new one.

But Richard Buxton, a lawyer for Muswell Hill Against the Masts (MHAM), insists the council has got it wrong.

He says the previous mast should have been removed long ago and fresh planning permission sought for a new one. He has written to the planning department.

A spokeswoman for MHAM said: "O2 argues that it is erecting on an existing mast which is unused and therefore does not need planning permission. Protesters say under planning regulations, the old mast should have been removed and that planning permission would therefore be required for a new mast."

The head of MHAM, Sarah Purdey, has also protested to Councillor Gideon Bull, head of the scrutiny review which was looking into the issue, who pledged to take a tough stance on it.

A spokesman for Haringey Council said:

"We have fully complied with planning regulations and government guidance in this case. We will be replying separately to Mr Buxton."

An O2 spokesman said: "There was a mast there before so all we are doing is replacing one with the other. It's no big deal. It's smaller than the previous one.

"I can assure the people there that there is no problem and no danger at all from the mast.

Copyright © 2006 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/veqbm

Mobile phone operator Hutchison 3G has received a hostile reponse to plans to put a new mast at "the gateway" to Kenilworth.

The company hopes to erect a 12.5m aerial capable of transmitting picture and video signals on the grass verge outside the De Montfort Hotel.
It needs the mast to improve reception in the town centre but claims opposition from businesses is the reason for placing sites near pavements and not on top of buildings.

The company considered 29 sites, including outside the Bear and Ragged Staff pub and the Shell garage, both in Warwick Road.

Plans by rival operator O2 for a mast in Abbey End were recently refused planning permission.

And a 13-page consultation document from Hutchison received short shrift from Kenilworth Town Council planning committee on November 9.

Coun Michael Coker said he could not understand why the firm had admitted the mast would look out of place at other sites in the town centre but decided outside the De Montfort Hotel would be acceptable.

He added: "We are hoping to have a civic centre on the other side of the road, we are hoping the De Montfort will renovate itself. This is the last place we want another intrusion."

Coun Pat Ryan said: "It is a very big structure to have right in the gateway to the town and will intrude very much into the Abbey End area.

"The reason for the problem is that no business is happy to have these things on its building.

"The intensity of microwave radiation from these aerials are much higher than from previous generations.

"This raises the question of whether we are willing to countenance them on the public highway where people are walking past."

Coun Doug Golby (Lib Dem, Park Hill) said he understood the business community had a need for the masts, but Coun George Illingworth (Con, Abbey) told the meeting the only demand was from "kids sending photos to each other."

He added: "Of all the sites they could have picked, this is the worst."

And Coun Alison Tyler (Lib Dem, Park Hill) said: "If they have struggled hard to find a site, they haven't struggled hard enough."

No one from Hutchison was available for comment when the Weekly News went to press.

15 November 2006

All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.

http://www.kenilworthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=698&ArticleID=1878871

Sind Merkel und Jung Angriffskrieger? http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23976/1.html

Still Not Necessarily The News

Fake news is everywhere, including your local TV news station. Film at 11!
http://ga3.org/ct/6720pgF1mzyx/

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Probe of Non-News News Sought
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1115-07.htm

Energy For Change
http://ga3.org/ct/bp20pgF1mzy2/

by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com

Forget about the center; push progressive ideology and crush the opposition.
http://ga3.org/ct/b720pgF1mzyN/

nlnews@archant.co.uk

15 November 2006

A MOBILE phone mast has been hidden in the tower at Hornsey Town Hall for the past four years, it has been revealed.

The mast, operated by O2, brings in an estimated £10,000 a year for Haringey Council, but residents are angry that they didn't know it was there.

Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, described the installation of the mast as "underhand".

She said: "I would have thought the council would have wanted to make sure that people were aware of this, given the amount of concern there is about mobile phone mast dangers. But I am surprised that they have acted in such an underhand way."

Haringey Council insisted that permission for the mast was dealt with in the proper manner, but residents are angry that the council did not allow the information to become common knowledge.

Details of the mast were announced at a meeting of the Hornsey Historical Society last week, where those in charge of guiding the development of the listed building were invited to discuss plans for the landmark.

It was there that Chris Warburton, chairman of the Hornsey Town Hall Partnership Board (CPB), told the audience that the mast was there.

Sue Hessel, of Haslemere Road Residents' Association, said: "Mr Warburton was as pleased as punch when he revealed the fact that they have now got a mobile phone mast in the town hall.

"It was as if it hadn't occurred to him that people might be concerned about this.

"They should have jolly well consulted about this."

Mrs Hessel pointed to the housing development planned for the town hall site, where around 140 new homes are planned.

She said: "This will be the largest housing development in Crouch End since Chettle Court. Surely people will be concerned that there will be a mast right on their doorstep."

Kit Greveson, of Crouch End for People - which is opposed to the CPB plans - described the mobile mast as "skulduggery".

She said: "Was anyone consulted about this? Are we to applaud this piece of skuldugerry and deceit.

"Haven't we been banging on all over the borough about the potential health risks of these modern pieces of development?"`

A spokesman for Haringey Council said that planning permission was granted in September 2002. He added: "The application was notified in the normal way, and complies with Government guidelines that councils have to follow when considering proposals of this type."

The money raised by the mobile phone mast may go into developing the town hall.

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15 November 2006

A PETITION is being gathered against plans for a mobile phone mast in a Muswell Hill church.

Mast installation company QS4 wants permission to put a mobile phone mast in the tower of St Peter-le-Poer, Albion Avenue.

But the proposal has angered many residents.

Anne Shepherd, who lives in nearby George Crescent, said: "I think it is appalling that the church can sell the neighbourhood off down this route for 30 pieces of silver. My bedroom window is 40 yards from the church and I am not having it."

A drop-in session was held at the church hall last week for people to view the plans and talk to QS4 representatives.

Reverend Bruce Bridgewood, of St Peter-le-Poer, said: "Of course there are legitimate concerns. Every time a mobile phone mast is put up anywhere people will say there's a health risk but they're all over the place as we know.

"The local authority can put one up at the end of the road without consultation and you're stuck with it. There are arguments on both sides and that is part of the reason for public consultation."

A spokesman for Barnet Council said it had not yet received a formal application to put a mast there.

Petitions are available to sign in shops at 79 and 131 Colney Hatch Lane.

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Mother Jones
by Bill McKibben

11/06/06

Ten percent of a two-year-old's nouns are brand names; by the time an American child heads to school, he or she can recognize hundreds of logos. Disney is now putting its cartoon characters on fresh fruit, arguing (perhaps correctly) that it's the only way to get kids to eat it. If that's the world we're born into, is it any wonder we want corporations to solve our biggest problems as well? Isn't it a parent's job to protect us? And besides, who else has the capital and the power to do what needs to be done in the face of a crisis like global warming? Any sign that corporations might be willing to take on the job is greeted with an enthusiasm that borders on delusion.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/11/hype_vs_hope.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The American Conservative
by Jeffrey Hart

"Eisenhower, a thoroughgoing realist, was one of the most successful presidents of the 20th century. So was the prudential Reagan, wary of using military force. Nixon would have been a good secretary of state, but emotionally wounded and suspicious, he was not suited to the presidency. Yet he, too, with Henry Kissinger, was a realist. George W. Bush represents a huge swing away from such traditional conservative Republicanism. But the conservative movement in America has followed him, evacuating prudence and realism for ideology and folly... (for publication 11/20/06)

http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/article.html


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The Weekly Standard
by Tod Lindberg

for publication 11/20/06

Pathetic Republicans, who can save you now? With all due respect to Ming the Merciless and all due deference to Sen. John McCain's pending arrival on a Hawk-man rocket cycle in 2008, the answer is that Republicans can, and are going to have to, save themselves. To do that, what's required is frank acknowledgment that the national majority that brought them to congressional power in 1994 is a thing of the past -- no longer there, or no longer theirs...

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Strike the Root
by Kevin Van Horn

11/14/06

By January 1, 2025, every American who is determined to live free shall do so. Those who are content with their chains are welcome to keep them, but we who must be free will have our own centerless legal system and free institutions that are not subject to the State. Let's start talking in more detail about how to achieve this goal, using Nonviolent Struggle...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/horn/horn2.html


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AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

11/15/06

This election was all about accountability – and that means someone must be held accountable. That's one front in the war on the War Party, but only one of three. The other two must target funding for military operations in Iraq and preparations for war with Iran. The conventional wisdom, given voice by Borger and her 'centrist' clones, both in Congress and among the punditocracy, is that a Democratic move to cut off Iraq war funding is out of the question, a political non-starter, and could only set up the Democrats for disaster in '08. Yet this is precisely the kind of sharp fillip our gridlocked system needs to free itself up long enough to actually do something about our failed policy in Iraq...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10017


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Tennessean

11/14/06

Religious conservatives' interjection of their view of Bible-based values into American civic and political life is leading to an erosion of constitutional protections for everyone, according to Barry Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Lynn is being criticized by some conservative Christian leaders for trying to 'bully' churches away from participation in civic affairs. But Lynn, in town today to speak about the recent election and promote his new book, Piety & Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom, says he believes in a government that leaves decisions about God and faith in the hands of individuals, not the state...

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Amarillo Globe News

11/14/06

More Americans rank Iraq as the top priority of the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but nearly three out of five say the party does not have a plan to deal with the war. In the aftermath of an anti-Republican wave, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed lingering uncertainty about the country's direction and the ability of Democrats and President Bush to work together. Underscoring the country's political divisions, Democrats expressed more confidence and optimism than Republicans...

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USA Today

11/14/06

An environmental group has sued to block logging on 50,000 acres of private timberland, arguing the state's population of northern spotted owls has been reduced by half since the 1990s. The Seattle Audubon Society sued last week in federal court, asking U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman to bar logging on private timberlands west of the Cascades...

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Klamath Falls Herald and News

11/14/06

Environmentalists sued the Bush administration Tuesday for failing to produce a report on global warming's impact on the country's environment, economy and public health. The plaintiffs claim the government must complete such a report every four years under the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The plaintiffs say the last report was due in November 2004...

http://tinyurl.com/w29m7


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KERRY BACKS GLOBAL WARMING SUIT
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/programs/policy/energy/Sen-Kerry-statement.pdf

CNN

11/14/06

Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist known for lavishing politicians with football tickets or whisking them away on exotic golf junkets, will start life Wednesday with a new identity: federal inmate No. 27593-112. Abramoff is to report to federal prison to begin serving a nearly six-year prison sentence for a fraudulent deal to buy a fleet of casino ships in Florida. He also is awaiting sentencing for corrupting government officials and their staff members...

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Her name doesn't show on any official list of American military deaths in the Iraq war, by hostile or non-hostile fire, who died in that country or in hospitals in Europe or back home in the USA. But Iraq killed her just as certainly. She is Jeanne "Linda" Michel, a Navy medic. She came home last month to her husband and three kids (ages 11, 5 and 4), delighted to be back in her suburban home of Clifton Park.... Two weeks after she got home, she shot and killed herself.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111406WA.shtml

As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, incoming leaders are planning to insert labor and environmental protections into pending trade treaties and to demand that the Bush administration adopt similar measures in future pacts it negotiates, congressional aides and government officials said yesterday.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111406LA.shtml

Global warming could stoke ferocious wildfires that will be more difficult and costly to fight and might drastically alter the environment in parts of the world, some scientists warn.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111406EB.shtml

"The weakening of George W. Bush, in short, has opened the door for an alumnus of the Iran/Contra scandal, Robert Gates, to gain control of the Pentagon - his nomination, as yet, has met with little Congressional resistance. This process was managed by James Baker, whose Carlyle Group made billions off the Iraq occupation and whose fealty to the American people has all too often taken a back seat to the needs and desires of the royal family of Saudi Arabia. These two, along with Hamilton, have been instrumental in crafting, by way of the Iraq Survey Group, what by all accounts will soon be America's foreign policy lynchpin in Iraq and the Middle East as a whole," according to William Rivers Pitt.

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Nearly three quarters of all bird species in northeast Australia and more than a third in Europe could become extinct unless efforts to stop global warming are stepped up, a report says.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1787976.htm?enviro


From Information Clearing House

Election Issues

Ohio 's 2006 vote count now includes a higher percentage of uncounted ballots than in 2004, and a statistically impossible swing to the Republicans.

http://freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/2250


From Information Clearing House



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In late April last year, while I was out at the hair salon, my husband phoned to tell me that two Department of Homeland Security agents had arrived at my home in Santa Barbara, Calif., to serve me with a subpoena.

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From Information Clearing House

The current version of the Military Commissions redefines an "unlawful enemy combatant" (UEC) so broadly that it could include anyone who organizes a march against the war in Iraq.

http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=zQrItml3Gv&Content=845


From Information Clearing House



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Abuses carried out under the CIA's secret programme of extraordinary rendition are to be investigated by one of the Senate's most powerful committees, it emerged today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1947647,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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The complaint requests that the German Federal Prosecutor open an investigation - and ultimately, a criminal prosecution - looking into the responsibility of high-ranking U.S. officials for authorizing war crimes in the name of the so-called "War on Terror.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/14/1517243


From Information Clearing House

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Help Support Investigation into Rumsfeld War Crimes

By clicking on the link here http://tinyurl.com/ylodb2 , you can send a letter to the German Prosecutor and show your support for justice for torture victims and accountability for perpetrators.


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Even if Russia and China had been willing to endorse robust sanctions, it is unlikely that such measures would convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons or dismantle its nuclear facilities. Sanctions have a poor record of getting regimes to abandon high-priority policies, and North Korea's nuclear program clearly falls in that category.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6767


From Information Clearing House

According to recent reports received by Western intelligence agencies, the Iranians are training senior al-Qa'eda operatives in Teheran to take over the organisation when bin Laden is no longer leader.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/14/wiran214.xml



War pimp alert: Iranians Training Qaeda Terrorists to Attack Our GIs

The Iranian government has been providing a safe haven for fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror group since they were forced to flee Afghanistan in late 2001.

http://www.nysun.com/article/43442?access=701719


From Information Clearing House

The neo-conservatives (neocons) who gave us the "cakewalk" prediction for Iraq before the war are now plugging "a walk in the park" in Iran -- i.e., a U.S. bombing campaign to consign the mullahs' nuclear ambitions to oblivion, or at least to retard the advent of an Iranian bomb for a few years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15606.htm



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Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Iraq Study Group that Iran was a 'strategic threat' to the Middle East that had to be confronted with the choice of helping to secure peace 'or face isolation', his spokesman said.

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/11/14/afx3173419.html


From Information Clearing House

The cut-and-run stage hasn't yet arrived. But it's close.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15609.htm

The US president has renewed his objection to any timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after discussing the situation there with a bipartisan commission.

http://tinyurl.com/yhsgwa



Commission improbable

What chance Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1947003,00.html



Premature US Exit From Iraq Will Boost Terrorists, Says Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that the premature exit of the United States from Iraq will be seen as a victory for international terrorists and added that "Iraq will become a haven for terrorists".

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"Iraq Is Not Winnable": What happens next in the Middle East?

SPIEGEL spoke to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, to find out. A widely respected foreign policy expert, Haass warns that the Middle East could become dangerous for years to come.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,447763,00.html



"We Will not Be Able to Survive Much Longer"

An interview with Iraq's health minister
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,448290,00.html



From Information Clearing House



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By Matt Apuzzo

The Bush administration said Monday that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have no right to challenge their detentions in civilian courts and that lawsuits by hundreds of detainees should be dismissed.

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By Patrick J. Buchanan

As the Democrats have now captured Congress, they assume co-responsibility for the retreat from Mesopotamia. Which is as it should be.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15614.htm

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5289/


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From ufpj-news

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1114-25.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1114-22.htm

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The case for impeaching Bush
http://www.brasscheck.com/videos/iraq/iraqwar17.html


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Cheney, Libby ask dismissal of civil complaint
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15720396/


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A message from Debs

Original Message:

Global warming is the most serious environmental issue facing the planet today. If we don't act now, scientists warn of devastating consequences.

Please join me in sending an urgent message to the incoming Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Time is running out and we need to make sure 2007 is the year for meaningful global warming action. Send an email today!

http://action.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/congress_gwaction2?rk=ypLsN_515XEiW

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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON



http://www.thelastoutpost.com/site/1362/default.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/2tveey
http://www.apfn.org/APFN/MOON.HTM

Source: http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=106128

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Moon Landing A Fake or Fact?
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/dec1f22e99021674?hl=en

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Mobile phone company Vodafone has been given permission to install a mast near two areas where children play.

The firm's proposal to site the mast on a grass verge along Elmer Road close to two grassed areas was given the go-ahead by a planning inspector.

William Cunningham overturned Arun District Council's refusal of the plans. He said the 12m high mast's location close to, but outside, the open space meant that it could be installed.

He also said it was not insensitive to site the structure opposite the mid-19th century St Nicholas Church because the church was not a listed building.

Bognor Regis Civic Society deputy chairman Hugh Coster, who opposed the plans, said: "I am particularly angry about this decision. It would seem to me that it is entirely illogical.

"The inspector has failed to take account of a number of important factors. Vodafone already have a mast in this village and the fact they want to put up another one takes no account of mast sharing, which is what mobile phone companies are supposed to do nowadays."

Full report in the November 9 issue of the Bognor Regis Observer

15 November 2006

All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.

http://www.chichestertoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=450&ArticleID=1868921

http://www.questionsforcandidates.org/node/1499


Informant: Scott Munson

[While some politicians scream about illegal logging many if not most are aiding and abetting the theft & destruction of America's forest and "commonwealth." For instance, the federal govt under Clinton fired its "Timber Theft Task Force" for fingering Weyerhaeuser as the biggest thief of national forest trees, while Oregon under Gov Goldschmidt fired most of its Dept of Forestry law enforcement agents (like many other states, yielding to the corrupt power of the dishonest & destructive timber industry and its Crimes Against Nature, and by extension, Crimes Against Humanity. TGH]

Illicit logging incenses lawmakers

Two valuable black cherry trees felled despite Legislature order halting action

By JOHN F. BONFATTI News Staff Reporter
10/10/2006

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20061010/1047966.asp?PFVer=Story


Informant: Scott Munson

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dumping8oct08,0,4957760.story?coll=la-home-headlines


Informant: Scott Munson

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/10/06/ed.letters.1006.p1.php

"Half of the manmade carbon emissions released into the atmosphere come from deforestation," according to Nigel Sizer of the World Resources Institute.

In case you didn't catch that, let me repeat: "Half of the manmade carbon emissions ... come from deforestation."

Any serious attempt to limit the severity of the climate crisis involves not only restricting carbon dioxide emissions (essential), but also protecting and preserving the forests that store and absorb carbon - effectively cleaning up our mess free of charge.

In the United States, our first major step toward combating climate change should be placing our 643 million acres of public lands off limits to the corporate extraction industries, corrupt government agencies and bought-and-sold politicians colluding to ravage our living life-support system: our forests.

JOSH SCHLOSSBERG

Eugene


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http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt240.html



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Forwarded by
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/111406.html


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ROAD TO 2008
http://www.roadto2008.org/officialsite/

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Fixing the 2008 election

Tom Paine
by Jonah Goldman & Tova Wang

11/14/06

The mainstream media in its instant analysis has proclaimed the election system worked surprisingly well in 2006. While it is true that no single catastrophe of election administration grabbed headlines this year, it is quite dangerous to suggest that the problems voters encountered on Election Day were not serious. As over 25,000 callers from across the country to the 866-OUR-VOTE voter information and protection hotline confirm, these problems led to thousands of eligible Americans being denied the opportunity to cast a ballot. There's a sense that the book is already closed on the 2006 election. But despite the nation's attention now turning to the seismic political shift in Washington, several House races remain undecided. ... While the case should not be overstated, it is critical that as we immediately enter the 2008 presidential election cycle, we undertake a more honest assessment of what happened in this election...

http://tinyurl.com/ve7aa


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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15003314/


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