Next-up News n°135
rudkla - 2. Dez, 23:04
Samstag, 2. Dezember 2006
Old forest sucks up greenhouse gas, study says
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2006/12/01/news/news09120106.txt
Informant: Teresa Binstock
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Old-Growth Forests May Continue Removing Carbon
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2006/12/oldgrowth_forests_may_continue.asp
Informant: Teresa Binstock
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Old-Growth Forests May Continue Removing Carbon
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2006/12/oldgrowth_forests_may_continue.asp
rudkla - 2. Dez, 22:53
Anti-Terror-Kampf: Fromm würde Folter-Geständnisse nutzen
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID6155526_REF1,00.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Folter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Folter
rudkla - 2. Dez, 22:50
KEITH OLBERMANN PROVES THAT DISSENT HAS AN AUDIENCE
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/45007/
Informant: NHNE
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Olbermann
Informant: NHNE
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Olbermann
rudkla - 2. Dez, 22:46
Stephen Cambone, "Rumsfeld's Enforcer," to Resign
Stephen Cambone, the US Defense Department's top intelligence official and a person known as the "henchman" to outgoing defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, will resign on December 31, the Pentagon said on Friday. Cambone is widely regarded as one of the architects of post-war Iraq planning, which has proved to be disastrous.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206X.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206X.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 22:44
Celebrate International Human Rights Day by standing up for the America we can all believe in
rudkla - 2. Dez, 18:51
Widespread Corruption in Iraq Costs Taxpayers $4 Billion a Year
The Iraqi government is in danger of being brought down by the wholesale smuggling of the nation's oil and other forms of corruption that together represent a "second insurgency", according to a senior US official. Stuart Bowen, who has been in charge of auditing Iraq's faltering reconstruction since 2004, said corruption had reached such levels that it threatened the survival of the state.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206Z.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206Z.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 18:49
Pentagon Seeks Huge Cash Infusion to Continue Funding Wars
The Pentagon is seeking at least $100 billion to continue paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the agency has been using these funds on the broader fight against terrorism, which critics say could be interpreted to cover almost anything.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206Y.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120206Y.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 18:34
Eco-catastrophe: The Cairngorms
Winter is coming again to Britain's largest National Park. But life in the Cairngorms is changing with alarming speed. Rising temperatures are having dramatic effects on flora and fauna.
So is this spectacular region facing its greatest eco-catastrophe since the Ice Age?
Peter Marren reports
Published: 02 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2027399.ece
Informant: binstock
So is this spectacular region facing its greatest eco-catastrophe since the Ice Age?
Peter Marren reports
Published: 02 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2027399.ece
Informant: binstock
rudkla - 2. Dez, 18:22
Scientist warns over GM potato trials
By Louise Hosie,
Scottish Press Association
Published: 02 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2032663.ece
A scientist whose controversial study first ignited fears over genetically modified food warned today the decision to approve trials of blight-resistant potatoes in the UK meant preventing cross-contamination was "almost impossible".
Dr Arpad Pusztai caused an academic uproar when he claimed in 1998 that rats fed on GM potatoes suffered organ damage.
Today the Hungarian-born nutritionist said he was opposed to the approved GM trials in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire, which he described as an "extremely stupid move".
"If these potatoes are going to be grown on a large scale then it is almost impossible to avoid genetic contamination," he said.
"Sooner or later the same gene will get into our common potato.
"There is no demand for genetic modification in this country and it could be the death nail for the potato because it is not going to be bought by the general public."
He added that he felt the Government had approved the trials in order to change the public's negative attitude about genetic modification.
"We are dealing with a very unstable genome which will almost certainly be producing some toxic effects and if they get into our human food chain it will cause a huge calamity," he said.
"I think the general public will have a great deal to say about this and I don't think the local farmers will be overjoyed."
Dr Pusztai, who eats only organic potatoes, said he felt the company planning to grow the potatoes saw Britain as a "soft touch" as the trials would not be allowed in many other EU countries.
"If people agree that they don't want this, then it can be stopped," he said.
"There are very good natural varieties of potatoes and I think doing this is just playing with fire."
Dr Pusztai said his research found GM food could weaken the immune system of rats, stunt their growth and damage their internal organs.
His study was discredited by the Royal Society and he later retired from his job at Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.
A scientist whose controversial study first ignited fears over genetically modified food warned today the decision to approve trials of blight-resistant potatoes in the UK meant preventing cross-contamination was "almost impossible".
Dr Arpad Pusztai caused an academic uproar when he claimed in 1998 that rats fed on GM potatoes suffered organ damage.
Today the Hungarian-born nutritionist said he was opposed to the approved GM trials in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire, which he described as an "extremely stupid move".
"If these potatoes are going to be grown on a large scale then it is almost impossible to avoid genetic contamination," he said.
"Sooner or later the same gene will get into our common potato.
"There is no demand for genetic modification in this country and it could be the death nail for the potato because it is not going to be bought by the general public."
He added that he felt the Government had approved the trials in order to change the public's negative attitude about genetic modification.
"We are dealing with a very unstable genome which will almost certainly be producing some toxic effects and if they get into our human food chain it will cause a huge calamity," he said.
"I think the general public will have a great deal to say about this and I don't think the local farmers will be overjoyed."
Dr Pusztai, who eats only organic potatoes, said he felt the company planning to grow the potatoes saw Britain as a "soft touch" as the trials would not be allowed in many other EU countries.
"If people agree that they don't want this, then it can be stopped," he said.
"There are very good natural varieties of potatoes and I think doing this is just playing with fire."
Dr Pusztai said his research found GM food could weaken the immune system of rats, stunt their growth and damage their internal organs.
His study was discredited by the Royal Society and he later retired from his job at Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.
Informant: binstock
Scottish Press Association
Published: 02 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2032663.ece
A scientist whose controversial study first ignited fears over genetically modified food warned today the decision to approve trials of blight-resistant potatoes in the UK meant preventing cross-contamination was "almost impossible".
Dr Arpad Pusztai caused an academic uproar when he claimed in 1998 that rats fed on GM potatoes suffered organ damage.
Today the Hungarian-born nutritionist said he was opposed to the approved GM trials in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire, which he described as an "extremely stupid move".
"If these potatoes are going to be grown on a large scale then it is almost impossible to avoid genetic contamination," he said.
"Sooner or later the same gene will get into our common potato.
"There is no demand for genetic modification in this country and it could be the death nail for the potato because it is not going to be bought by the general public."
He added that he felt the Government had approved the trials in order to change the public's negative attitude about genetic modification.
"We are dealing with a very unstable genome which will almost certainly be producing some toxic effects and if they get into our human food chain it will cause a huge calamity," he said.
"I think the general public will have a great deal to say about this and I don't think the local farmers will be overjoyed."
Dr Pusztai, who eats only organic potatoes, said he felt the company planning to grow the potatoes saw Britain as a "soft touch" as the trials would not be allowed in many other EU countries.
"If people agree that they don't want this, then it can be stopped," he said.
"There are very good natural varieties of potatoes and I think doing this is just playing with fire."
Dr Pusztai said his research found GM food could weaken the immune system of rats, stunt their growth and damage their internal organs.
His study was discredited by the Royal Society and he later retired from his job at Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.
A scientist whose controversial study first ignited fears over genetically modified food warned today the decision to approve trials of blight-resistant potatoes in the UK meant preventing cross-contamination was "almost impossible".
Dr Arpad Pusztai caused an academic uproar when he claimed in 1998 that rats fed on GM potatoes suffered organ damage.
Today the Hungarian-born nutritionist said he was opposed to the approved GM trials in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire, which he described as an "extremely stupid move".
"If these potatoes are going to be grown on a large scale then it is almost impossible to avoid genetic contamination," he said.
"Sooner or later the same gene will get into our common potato.
"There is no demand for genetic modification in this country and it could be the death nail for the potato because it is not going to be bought by the general public."
He added that he felt the Government had approved the trials in order to change the public's negative attitude about genetic modification.
"We are dealing with a very unstable genome which will almost certainly be producing some toxic effects and if they get into our human food chain it will cause a huge calamity," he said.
"I think the general public will have a great deal to say about this and I don't think the local farmers will be overjoyed."
Dr Pusztai, who eats only organic potatoes, said he felt the company planning to grow the potatoes saw Britain as a "soft touch" as the trials would not be allowed in many other EU countries.
"If people agree that they don't want this, then it can be stopped," he said.
"There are very good natural varieties of potatoes and I think doing this is just playing with fire."
Dr Pusztai said his research found GM food could weaken the immune system of rats, stunt their growth and damage their internal organs.
His study was discredited by the Royal Society and he later retired from his job at Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.
Informant: binstock
rudkla - 2. Dez, 18:20
Olbermann 's Hot News
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:57
Nancy Pelosi: Same Old Same Old?
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:56
United States v. George W. Bush et al: The Grand Jury Testimony
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1201-24.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+de+la+Vega
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+de+la+Vega
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:54
Mainstream-media political journalism is in danger of becoming increasingly irrelevant
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:53
Federal Institute Blasts Paperless Vote Machines
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:51
US manufacturing activity weakens
US manufacturing has weakened sharply in a fresh sign that the world's largest economy is slowing down, according to a key survey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6199978.stm
From Information Clearing House
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6199978.stm
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:43
U.S. legislator warns of Bush plot to merge Canada, the U.S. and Mexico
A U.S. legislator who backs tough anti-immigrant measures and more security at the Canada-U.S. border is warning Americans that President George W. Bush is plotting to integrate the continent.
http://tinyurl.com/yxhebd
A U.S. border security program that photographs and fingerprints visitors from most foreign countries has apprehended just one terrorism-related suspect since its 2004 inception, officials said on Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/y3z2kc
From Information Clearing House
http://tinyurl.com/yxhebd
A U.S. border security program that photographs and fingerprints visitors from most foreign countries has apprehended just one terrorism-related suspect since its 2004 inception, officials said on Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/y3z2kc
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:41
White House Fears ACLU Campaign
Khaled el-Masri, formerly the victim of a CIA kidnapping operation in Macedonia and now the claimant in an international trial against US President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism policies, has finally made it to the USA. He was supposed to visit the country last year, but US authorities turned him back at the airport without further explanation. This time the ACLU took the precaution of applying for Masri's visa.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,451652,00.html
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Masri
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,451652,00.html
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Masri
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:35
U.S. warns of possible Qaeda financial cyber attack
Brian Jenkins, a terrorism expert with the RAND Corp., said that such threats were not unusual.
http://tinyurl.com/yy7u5c
Never Heard of al-CIA-duh Group Threatens Banksters
This is simply more propaganda designed to convince the bovine masses that the internet poses a threat, as the neocon Newt Gingrich declared the other day, and serious measures will need be taken, that is if we value our safety over our liberty.
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=683
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gingrich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocon
http://tinyurl.com/yy7u5c
Never Heard of al-CIA-duh Group Threatens Banksters
This is simply more propaganda designed to convince the bovine masses that the internet poses a threat, as the neocon Newt Gingrich declared the other day, and serious measures will need be taken, that is if we value our safety over our liberty.
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=683
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gingrich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocon
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:32
US pushes for UN vote on Iran sanctions
The United States said Thursday that it might try to force through a United Nations resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its suspect nuclear programme despite objections from Russia and China.
http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/12/02/d61202131094.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/12/02/d61202131094.htm
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:26
Iraq $100 billion spending bill to test Democrats
The Bush administration is hammering out its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds - a record $100 billion, at least, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originally circulating around the Pentagon.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/16133869.htm
US Air Force seeks $33.4 bln in extra 2007 funds
The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it asked Pentagon officials for $33.4 billion in extra funding for fiscal 2007 to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and costs related to the "longer war on terror."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28248374.htm
U.S. military equipment worth billions wearing out in Iraq, Afghanistan
About 2 billion U.S. dollars' worth of U.S. Army and Marine Corps equipment, from rifles to tanks, is wearing out or being destroyed every month in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/29/content_5409829.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/16133869.htm
US Air Force seeks $33.4 bln in extra 2007 funds
The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it asked Pentagon officials for $33.4 billion in extra funding for fiscal 2007 to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and costs related to the "longer war on terror."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28248374.htm
U.S. military equipment worth billions wearing out in Iraq, Afghanistan
About 2 billion U.S. dollars' worth of U.S. Army and Marine Corps equipment, from rifles to tanks, is wearing out or being destroyed every month in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/29/content_5409829.htm
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:22
1 in every 32 U.S. adults behind bars, on probation or on parole in 2005
The Associated Press
Racial disparities among prisoners persist. In the 25-29 age group, 8.1 percent of black men — about one in 13 — are incarcerated, compared with 2.6 percent of Hispanic men and 1.1 percent of white men. And it's not much different among women. By the end of 2005, black women were more than twice as likely as Hispanics and over three times as likely as white women to be in prison.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15787.htm
Racial disparities among prisoners persist. In the 25-29 age group, 8.1 percent of black men — about one in 13 — are incarcerated, compared with 2.6 percent of Hispanic men and 1.1 percent of white men. And it's not much different among women. By the end of 2005, black women were more than twice as likely as Hispanics and over three times as likely as white women to be in prison.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15787.htm
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:21
New Rules Make Firms Track E-Mails, IMs
By Associated Press
U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15792.htm
U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15792.htm
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:20
U.S. Rates Travelers for Terror Risk
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by U.S. government computers rating the risk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15789.htm
Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by U.S. government computers rating the risk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15789.htm
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:18
Ghosts in the Machine: Encounters With The NSA
By Charles Sullivan
Quite some time ago, I am not sure exactly when, the thought police (National Security Agency) clandestinely moved into my computer. It did so without my permission and in violation of the law, not to mention the Constitution. The prying eyes of government are watching my every move, noting my every keystroke and monitoring my every electronic transmission and telephone conversation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15791.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Sullivan
Quite some time ago, I am not sure exactly when, the thought police (National Security Agency) clandestinely moved into my computer. It did so without my permission and in violation of the law, not to mention the Constitution. The prying eyes of government are watching my every move, noting my every keystroke and monitoring my every electronic transmission and telephone conversation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15791.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Sullivan
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:16
Terrorist case against Denver family ended
By Bruce Finley
A federal judge on Wednesday declared the end of the government's four-year case against a Denver Pakistani-American family once targeted by the FBI as terrorists. Family members whose lives were turned upside down simply wept. "We've lost everything," longtime Colorado restaurateur Abdul Qayyum said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15794.htm
A federal judge on Wednesday declared the end of the government's four-year case against a Denver Pakistani-American family once targeted by the FBI as terrorists. Family members whose lives were turned upside down simply wept. "We've lost everything," longtime Colorado restaurateur Abdul Qayyum said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15794.htm
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:14
Bob Gates & Locking You Up Forever
By Robert Parry
As the next Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates will be in charge of a new star-chamber legal system that can lock up indefinitely “unlawful enemy combatants” and “any person” accused of aiding them. Yet, despite these extraordinary new powers, his confirmation is being treated more like a coronation than a time for tough questions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15790.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unlawful+enemy+combatants
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Parry
As the next Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates will be in charge of a new star-chamber legal system that can lock up indefinitely “unlawful enemy combatants” and “any person” accused of aiding them. Yet, despite these extraordinary new powers, his confirmation is being treated more like a coronation than a time for tough questions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15790.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unlawful+enemy+combatants
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Parry
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:11
Bush is putting NATO at risk by using it to enlist European support for a global resource war
Powderkeg
By Mike Whitney
NATO has been a useful tool for the United States. It’s helped to conceal America’s imperial ambitions behind the mask of US-European solidarity. Now Bush is putting the alliance at risk by using it to enlist European support for a global resource war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15793.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Whitney
By Mike Whitney
NATO has been a useful tool for the United States. It’s helped to conceal America’s imperial ambitions behind the mask of US-European solidarity. Now Bush is putting the alliance at risk by using it to enlist European support for a global resource war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15793.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Whitney
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:08
Still George W Bush is in denial
By Robert Fisk
More than half a million deaths, an army trapped in the largest military debacle since Vietnam, a Middle East policy already buried in the sands of Mesopotamia - and still George W Bush is in denial. How does he do it? How does he persuade himself - as he apparently did in Amman yesterday - that the United States will stay in Iraq "until the job is complete"?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15788.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=until+the+job
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk
More than half a million deaths, an army trapped in the largest military debacle since Vietnam, a Middle East policy already buried in the sands of Mesopotamia - and still George W Bush is in denial. How does he do it? How does he persuade himself - as he apparently did in Amman yesterday - that the United States will stay in Iraq "until the job is complete"?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15788.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=until+the+job
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:05
Suffocating Right to Strike: Federal Judges Block Work Actions at Bankrupt Airlines
From auto parts to carhauling to airlines, employers have used bankruptcies to gut union contracts over the last five years. Now airline union members are beating the drums about another disturbing trend emerging from bankruptcy courts: throwing out unions' right to strike.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106LA.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106LA.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:02
Health Plan Touted as US Model
San Francisco's groundbreaking plan to provide access to affordable medical coverage for an estimated 82,000 uninsured residents is an opportunity to create a system from top to bottom that could serve as a model of basic care for the rest of the nation.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106HB.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106HB.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 10:01
There is Only One Way to End The War in Iraq
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:59
As Pensions and Health Care Benefits Shrink, Life Gets Riskier
As employers and governments cut back on pensions and health insurance, the burden of taking care of ourselves increasingly rests on our own shoulders.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106HA.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106HA.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:51
Calculating and Compensating for One's Own CO2 Production
Companies in France are beginning to make it easier for individuals to understand - and compensate for - their own contributions to global warming.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106EC.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106EC.shtml
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:50
Bush v. Gore 's Movie
In light of yesterday's oral arguments to get the Supreme Court to force the federal government to classify C02 emissions as pollutants and therefore subject to regulation, Alexandra Walker writes, "As bizarre as the Bush administration's aversion to recognizing the causes of global warming seems today, imagine how it will seem to people decades from now, who will be reeling from its effects."
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106EB.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gore
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/120106EB.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gore
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:48
Leahy: Terror Screening Oversight a Must
The incoming Senate Judiciary chairman pledged greater scrutiny Friday of computerized government anti-terrorism screening after learning that millions of Americans who travel internationally have been assigned risk assessments over the last four years without their knowledge.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106T.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leahy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti+terrorism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106T.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leahy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti+terrorism
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:45
Keith Olbermann: "We Fight for Liberty by Having More Liberty and Not Less"
Keith Olbermann responds to Newt Gingrich 's recent comments at the annual Loeb First Amendment Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, where Gingrich stated, "This is a serious long term war and it will inevitably lead us to want to know what is said in every suspect place in the country."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106S.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Olbermann
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gingrich
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106S.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Olbermann
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gingrich
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:43
Powell Says US Should Talk to Iran, Not Attack
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell does not believe the United States will attack Iran and says Washington should speak to Tehran and Syria.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106R.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Powell
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106R.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Powell
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:40
A STORY WE SHOULD ALL KNOW
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/15947
Informant: NHNE
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Masri
Informant: NHNE
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Masri
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:19
TSA's revealing X-ray screening raises privacy concerns
The federal government plans this month to launch the nation's first airport screening system that takes potentially revealing X-ray photos of travelers in an effort to find bombs and other weapons.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-30-tsa-xray_x.htm
From Information Clearing House
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Phoenix Airport to Test X-Ray Screening
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061201/D8LO1JLO2.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-30-tsa-xray_x.htm
From Information Clearing House
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Phoenix Airport to Test X-Ray Screening
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061201/D8LO1JLO2.html
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:15
Software Will Let Users Dodge Government Internet Censorship
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:10
‘Greedy, dishonest’ US visa system
rudkla - 2. Dez, 09:08
Who are these mighty rulers of American medicine?
rudkla - 2. Dez, 08:59
Why Not Invade Vietnam Too?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger110.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hornberger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hornberger
rudkla - 2. Dez, 08:55
Apocalypse soon: on Bush, Bible, and bombing
http://www.sobran.com/columns/2006/061117.shtml
Informant: Lew Rockwell
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=sobran
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Apocalypse
Informant: Lew Rockwell
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=sobran
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Apocalypse
rudkla - 2. Dez, 08:48
James Webb ’s Fight Against Political Correctness
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo117.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dilorenzo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Webb
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=political+correctness
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dilorenzo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Webb
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=political+correctness
rudkla - 2. Dez, 08:45
Freitag, 1. Dezember 2006
Seehofer will offenbar den jährlichen Waldschadensbericht abschaffen
01.12.06
Nach Darstellung des Deutschen Naturschutzrings (DNR) will Bundesminister Horst Seehofer den jährlichen Waldschadensbericht abschaffen. Der Dachverband reagierte gemeinsam mit zahlreichen weiteren Verbänden mit einem Protestschreiben. "Durch Totschweigen wird der kranke deutsche Wald nicht gesunden", kritisierte DNR-Generalsekretär Helmut Röscheisen.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14864
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seehofer
Nach Darstellung des Deutschen Naturschutzrings (DNR) will Bundesminister Horst Seehofer den jährlichen Waldschadensbericht abschaffen. Der Dachverband reagierte gemeinsam mit zahlreichen weiteren Verbänden mit einem Protestschreiben. "Durch Totschweigen wird der kranke deutsche Wald nicht gesunden", kritisierte DNR-Generalsekretär Helmut Röscheisen.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14864
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seehofer
rudkla - 1. Dez, 23:02
Rechtswidrige Gewalt: Ranghohe Politiker in die Anti-Terror-Datei?
01.12.06
Der Vorsitzende der Linksfraktion, Oskar Lafontaine, kritisierte am Freitag die geplante Anti-Terror-Datei. "Wir weisen darauf hin, dass nach dem im Gesetzentwurf enthaltenen Terrorismusbegriff auch Mitglieder des Bundestags, der Präsident der USA, George Bush, und der britische Premierminister, Tony Blair, in die Datei aufgenommen werden müssten. Es handele sich bei ihnen um Personen, die - so stehe es im Gesetz - "rechtswidrig Gewalt als Mittel zur Durchsetzung international ausgerichteter politischer oder religiöser Belange anwenden oder eine solche Gewaltanwendung unterstützen". Der Jugoslawienkrieg sei ein Bruch des Völkerrechts "ebenso wie die Kriegführung bis zum heutigen Tage in Afghanistan" gegen das Völkerrecht verstoße.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14867
Der Vorsitzende der Linksfraktion, Oskar Lafontaine, kritisierte am Freitag die geplante Anti-Terror-Datei. "Wir weisen darauf hin, dass nach dem im Gesetzentwurf enthaltenen Terrorismusbegriff auch Mitglieder des Bundestags, der Präsident der USA, George Bush, und der britische Premierminister, Tony Blair, in die Datei aufgenommen werden müssten. Es handele sich bei ihnen um Personen, die - so stehe es im Gesetz - "rechtswidrig Gewalt als Mittel zur Durchsetzung international ausgerichteter politischer oder religiöser Belange anwenden oder eine solche Gewaltanwendung unterstützen". Der Jugoslawienkrieg sei ein Bruch des Völkerrechts "ebenso wie die Kriegführung bis zum heutigen Tage in Afghanistan" gegen das Völkerrecht verstoße.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14867
rudkla - 1. Dez, 23:01
Grüne kritisieren Geheimdiplomatie zu EU-Verfassung
01.12.06
Die Grünen werfen der Bundesregierung vor, bei der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft im ersten Halbjahr 2007 die EU-Verfassung auf dem "Weg der Geheimdiplomatie" retten zu wollen. "Europa braucht Öffentlichkeit und mehr Transparenz", sagte der Grünen-Abgeordnete Rainder Steenblock am Freitag in einer europapolitischen Debatte des Bundestages. Der Versuch, hinter verschlossenen Türen Lösungen für die EU-Verfassung zu erarbeiten, müsse scheitern.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14866
Die Grünen werfen der Bundesregierung vor, bei der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft im ersten Halbjahr 2007 die EU-Verfassung auf dem "Weg der Geheimdiplomatie" retten zu wollen. "Europa braucht Öffentlichkeit und mehr Transparenz", sagte der Grünen-Abgeordnete Rainder Steenblock am Freitag in einer europapolitischen Debatte des Bundestages. Der Versuch, hinter verschlossenen Türen Lösungen für die EU-Verfassung zu erarbeiten, müsse scheitern.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14866
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:59
"Nun wird der Bock zum Gärtner": Vattenfall-Chef Josefsson wird Klimaschutzbeauftragter der Bundesregierung
01.12.06
Politik wird heute vielfach auch mit Ankündigungen, Symbolen und mit dem Einsetzen von Kommissionen und Sonderbeauftragten gemacht. Bemerkenswert ist eine aktuelle Personalie. So will sich die Bundesregierung in der Umweltpolitik künftig von zwei Klimaschutzbeauftragten unterstützt lassen. Sie sollen die Bundesregierung insbesondere während Deutschlands EU- und G8-Vorsitz im kommenden Jahr beraten, heißt es. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) und Umweltminister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) stellten die Sonderbeauftragten am Freitag in Berlin der Öffentlichkeit vor: Bei den Beauftragten handelt es sich um den Direktor des Potsdamer Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, und um den Chef des Energie- und Atomkonzerns Vattenfall, Lars Josefsson. "Nun wird der Bock zum Gärtner", kommentierte der ostdeutsche Umweltverband Grüne Liga.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14863
Politik wird heute vielfach auch mit Ankündigungen, Symbolen und mit dem Einsetzen von Kommissionen und Sonderbeauftragten gemacht. Bemerkenswert ist eine aktuelle Personalie. So will sich die Bundesregierung in der Umweltpolitik künftig von zwei Klimaschutzbeauftragten unterstützt lassen. Sie sollen die Bundesregierung insbesondere während Deutschlands EU- und G8-Vorsitz im kommenden Jahr beraten, heißt es. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) und Umweltminister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) stellten die Sonderbeauftragten am Freitag in Berlin der Öffentlichkeit vor: Bei den Beauftragten handelt es sich um den Direktor des Potsdamer Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, und um den Chef des Energie- und Atomkonzerns Vattenfall, Lars Josefsson. "Nun wird der Bock zum Gärtner", kommentierte der ostdeutsche Umweltverband Grüne Liga.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14863
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:57
Dodd Proposes Restoring Rights for Terrorism Suspects
Christopher Dodd, Connecticut's senior US senator, has proposed revamping the newly authorized military commissions to restore habeas corpus protections for terrorism suspects, as well as to curb executive interpretation.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106G.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+commissions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=habeas+corpus
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106G.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+commissions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=habeas+corpus
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:54
Socialist Senator to Push Congress From Left
From pressing for hearings on Iraq to probing no-bid contracts awarded to Halliburton, America's first socialist senator aims to give Congress a hard tilt to the left. Bernie Sanders, a 16-year veteran of the House of Representatives who swept 65 percent of the vote in Vermont running as an independent in the November 7 elections, says Congress owes voters an exhaustive probe into the White House.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106E.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106E.shtml
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:53
Outcry Over Congressional Pensions for Convicted Members
The new Democratic leadership faces pressure to end taxpayer-funded pensions to misbehaving members of Congress. Over 20 civic organizations claiming to have millions of members sent a letter to the new Democratic leadership demanding that they immediately pass a law taking away pensions from members of Congress who've been convicted of a felony.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106D.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106D.shtml
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:52
The question of the wiretap program's constitutionality is now making its way through the courts
A Crack in the Stone Wall
"The question of the wiretap program's constitutionality is now making its way through the courts and should ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. Congress should not be satisfied with Mr. Fine's very limited investigation. It should mount its own independent inquiry into how the war on terror, and American civil liberties, are being affected by an eavesdropping program about which we have been told so little," says the New York Times.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106C.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wiretap
"The question of the wiretap program's constitutionality is now making its way through the courts and should ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. Congress should not be satisfied with Mr. Fine's very limited investigation. It should mount its own independent inquiry into how the war on terror, and American civil liberties, are being affected by an eavesdropping program about which we have been told so little," says the New York Times.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106C.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wiretap
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:50
The Move To Label All Civil Disobedience "Terrorism"
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:43
Ten Years of Defending Free Speech Online
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:41
National Security Letters Gag Patriot Act Debate
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:39
The Challenge to Illegal NSA Spying
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:35
Dollar Fall Is Catalyst For Predatory Global Government
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:31
Von CAPPS 2 zum Automated Targeting System (ATS)
US-Regierung bewertet das Risikopotenzial aller Ein- und Ausreisenden
Von CAPPS 2 zum Automated Targeting System (ATS): Vom US-Kongress beanstandete Überwachungsprogramme werden, auch mit der bereitwilligen Zulieferung der Flugdaten europäischer Reisender, unter anderem Namen weitergeführt.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24116/1.html
Von CAPPS 2 zum Automated Targeting System (ATS): Vom US-Kongress beanstandete Überwachungsprogramme werden, auch mit der bereitwilligen Zulieferung der Flugdaten europäischer Reisender, unter anderem Namen weitergeführt.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24116/1.html
rudkla - 1. Dez, 22:28
The new Congress should push for a coherent approach to human rights, development and trade
Trading Human Rights
http://ga3.org/ct/3120pgF1QzEv/
http://ga3.org/ct/3120pgF1QzEv/
rudkla - 1. Dez, 19:01
Bush, Maliki and That Memo
The editors of the New York Times write: "President Bush's news conference yesterday with Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq had an even greater than usual sense of unreality about it, with Mr. Bush insisting that Mr. Maliki is 'the right guy for Iraq' and that American troops will stay 'until the job is complete,' while Mr. Maliki asserted that his country is a democracy and he is not a captive of Shiite militias."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106L.shtml
Talks on Iraq Produce No Major Shift
President Bush and Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, met yesterday for the first time since sectarian killings in Iraq surged to record levels, but offered no new blueprint for quelling the chaos, thwarting the hopes of those pushing for a dramatic shift in US policy.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106M.shtml
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Bush is irrelevant
The Price of Liberty
by Michael Gaddy
12/06
President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki met in Jordan to discuss the steadily deteriorating situation in Iraq; neither has faced the reality that as far as controlling future events in Iraq are concerned, both are irrelevant. Bush, like many other factional leaders in Iraq, has his own militia, arguably no longer the largest, but is in the unenviable position of being the one all the others see as occupiers and targets of opportunity. Prime Minister al-Maliki has nothing but his status as a puppet for the most hated entity currently involved in the debacle that is Iraq. In reality, Bush lost whatever control of events he had in Iraq somewhere between 'Mission Accomplished' and 'Bring Them On'...
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/12/11/gaddy.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maliki
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106L.shtml
Talks on Iraq Produce No Major Shift
President Bush and Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, met yesterday for the first time since sectarian killings in Iraq surged to record levels, but offered no new blueprint for quelling the chaos, thwarting the hopes of those pushing for a dramatic shift in US policy.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106M.shtml
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Bush is irrelevant
The Price of Liberty
by Michael Gaddy
12/06
President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki met in Jordan to discuss the steadily deteriorating situation in Iraq; neither has faced the reality that as far as controlling future events in Iraq are concerned, both are irrelevant. Bush, like many other factional leaders in Iraq, has his own militia, arguably no longer the largest, but is in the unenviable position of being the one all the others see as occupiers and targets of opportunity. Prime Minister al-Maliki has nothing but his status as a puppet for the most hated entity currently involved in the debacle that is Iraq. In reality, Bush lost whatever control of events he had in Iraq somewhere between 'Mission Accomplished' and 'Bring Them On'...
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/12/11/gaddy.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maliki
rudkla - 1. Dez, 18:55
Agents Rank American Travelers for Threat
Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106K.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106K.shtml
rudkla - 1. Dez, 18:54
Pullout-Pullback Battle Looms
Jason Leopold reports: "President Bush outright rejected calls for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq Thursday, setting the stage for what will likely be a bitter showdown between the White House and the new Democratic leadership in both houses of Congress, who insist that the cornerstone of US policy in Iraq going forward must include a firm timetable by the administration for when US soldiers will return home."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106J.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106J.shtml
rudkla - 1. Dez, 18:53
Security of Electronic Voting Is Condemned by Federal Agency
Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout the Washington region and much of the country "cannot be made secure," according to draft recommendations issued this week by a federal agency that advises the US Election Assistance Commission. The assessment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, one of the government's premier research centers, is the most sweeping condemnation of such voting systems by a federal agency.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106Z.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=electronic+voting
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120106Z.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=electronic+voting
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election
rudkla - 1. Dez, 15:19
The Sum of All Fears - Contain yourself
Hawaii Reporter
by James Jay Carafano and Robert Quartel
11/28/06
In Tom Clancy’s 'The Sum of All Fears,' terrorists obtain a nuclear bomb, ship it to Baltimore and detonate it. Policymakers in Washington want to make sure that piece of fiction doesn’t become fact. Some politicians want to require inspectors to look inside each container before it’s shipped to U.S. ports. Supposedly, this would prevent terrorists from smuggling in a weapon of mass destruction or a 'dirty' bomb (a large, conventional explosive laced with radiological material). But in reality, we’d be wasting our time and money...
http://tinyurl.com/y5konv
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by James Jay Carafano and Robert Quartel
11/28/06
In Tom Clancy’s 'The Sum of All Fears,' terrorists obtain a nuclear bomb, ship it to Baltimore and detonate it. Policymakers in Washington want to make sure that piece of fiction doesn’t become fact. Some politicians want to require inspectors to look inside each container before it’s shipped to U.S. ports. Supposedly, this would prevent terrorists from smuggling in a weapon of mass destruction or a 'dirty' bomb (a large, conventional explosive laced with radiological material). But in reality, we’d be wasting our time and money...
http://tinyurl.com/y5konv
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 15:09
Congress should go slow on net neutrality
Heartland Institute
by Alfred E. Kahn
12/01/06
The advocates of network neutrality have become distressingly, stridently apocalyptic, rallying all good liberals against (the following is a fair composite quote): 'Those with the deepest pockets ... corporations, special-interest groups, major advertisers, and especially the billion-dollar telephone and cable companies that now dominate the business of providing broadband connections to the public--who want to control what you read, see, or hear online would be able to pay the new fees, while little-guy sites could be shut out.' Now wait just a minute...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20209
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Alfred E. Kahn
12/01/06
The advocates of network neutrality have become distressingly, stridently apocalyptic, rallying all good liberals against (the following is a fair composite quote): 'Those with the deepest pockets ... corporations, special-interest groups, major advertisers, and especially the billion-dollar telephone and cable companies that now dominate the business of providing broadband connections to the public--who want to control what you read, see, or hear online would be able to pay the new fees, while little-guy sites could be shut out.' Now wait just a minute...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20209
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 15:07
If it's not civil war in Iraq, it may be worse
Orange County Register
by staff
11/30/06
Semantics aside, nearly two dozen militias roam Baghdad, and the government is impotent As one expert put it to us Wednesday, the postponed meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is 'like dancing on the decks of the Titanic as the ship is going down.' If Larry Diamond, a scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University who worked in Iraq as an official of the Coalition Provisional Authority, was exaggerating, it wasn't by much. ... And if the real events are uncertain and indicate instability, consider the lack of agreement regarding the words being used to describe them. The administration has termed 'terrorists' what others call 'insurgents.' Some major news outlets are calling the chaos and violence afflicting Iraq today a 'civil war,' while the president says not so...
http://tinyurl.com/yfjxjz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by staff
11/30/06
Semantics aside, nearly two dozen militias roam Baghdad, and the government is impotent As one expert put it to us Wednesday, the postponed meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is 'like dancing on the decks of the Titanic as the ship is going down.' If Larry Diamond, a scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University who worked in Iraq as an official of the Coalition Provisional Authority, was exaggerating, it wasn't by much. ... And if the real events are uncertain and indicate instability, consider the lack of agreement regarding the words being used to describe them. The administration has termed 'terrorists' what others call 'insurgents.' Some major news outlets are calling the chaos and violence afflicting Iraq today a 'civil war,' while the president says not so...
http://tinyurl.com/yfjxjz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 15:04
America's shrinking global prestige
Boston Globe
by Nikolas Gvosdev & Ray Takeyh
11/30/06
The 'transformational presidency' of George W. Bush was supposed to reinvigorate America's global leadership and enhance its ability to project power throughout the world. Instead, debilitated by the quagmire in Iraq, America is increasingly disrespected by its adversaries and mistrusted by its allies. Gone are the days when the United States could almost single-handedly cut a recalcitrant country off from the global economy or raise a truly multinational coalition to take military action against a rogue state. How has such a reversal taken place, especially after the outpouring of support following 9/11?
http://tinyurl.com/yllp3y
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Nikolas Gvosdev & Ray Takeyh
11/30/06
The 'transformational presidency' of George W. Bush was supposed to reinvigorate America's global leadership and enhance its ability to project power throughout the world. Instead, debilitated by the quagmire in Iraq, America is increasingly disrespected by its adversaries and mistrusted by its allies. Gone are the days when the United States could almost single-handedly cut a recalcitrant country off from the global economy or raise a truly multinational coalition to take military action against a rogue state. How has such a reversal taken place, especially after the outpouring of support following 9/11?
http://tinyurl.com/yllp3y
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 15:02
Government quietly rates millions of travelers for terrorism potential
Kenai Peninsula Clarion
11/30/06
Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years. The scores are assigned to people entering and leaving the United States after computers assess their travel records, including where they are from, how they paid for tickets, their motor vehicle records, past one-way travel, seating preference and what kind of meal they ordered...
http://tinyurl.com/ycstp9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
11/30/06
Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years. The scores are assigned to people entering and leaving the United States after computers assess their travel records, including where they are from, how they paid for tickets, their motor vehicle records, past one-way travel, seating preference and what kind of meal they ordered...
http://tinyurl.com/ycstp9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 14:56
College to fight phone mast plan
Campaigners are to go into battle again over plans for a mobile phone mast close to Preston College and two secondary schools.
In June the college joined forces with locals to get a bid for an 11.8m mast thrown out by Preston Council planners.
But mobile phone giant Orange has submitted a revised application to erect a mast on land off St Vincent's Road in Fulwood, near Archbishop Temple CE High School and Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College.
The only significant amendments are that the mast will be of different design and sited 50cm to the right of the previous application.
Planning officials, who have recieved 19 objections to the new application, will consider the proposal in January.
A spokesman for Preston College said: "We are objecting to the mast again, due to its proposed location being in close proximity to the college and the health risk this poses to our staff, students and residents."
A local mother-of-two, who did not wish to be named, said said: "No matter how many reports Orange throw at us saying it is safe, they are not going to convince me there is no risk at all."
Orange spokesman Duncan McGraw insisted a mast was necessary for the area after the company was ordered to take a mast off the roof of nearby Sharoe Green Hospital.
He added: "We understand the concerns of residents, but we can assure them radiation levels are 1000s of times lower than international guidelines."
Omega read "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/
01 December 2006
All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.
http://www.lep.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=73&ArticleID=1909359
In June the college joined forces with locals to get a bid for an 11.8m mast thrown out by Preston Council planners.
But mobile phone giant Orange has submitted a revised application to erect a mast on land off St Vincent's Road in Fulwood, near Archbishop Temple CE High School and Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College.
The only significant amendments are that the mast will be of different design and sited 50cm to the right of the previous application.
Planning officials, who have recieved 19 objections to the new application, will consider the proposal in January.
A spokesman for Preston College said: "We are objecting to the mast again, due to its proposed location being in close proximity to the college and the health risk this poses to our staff, students and residents."
A local mother-of-two, who did not wish to be named, said said: "No matter how many reports Orange throw at us saying it is safe, they are not going to convince me there is no risk at all."
Orange spokesman Duncan McGraw insisted a mast was necessary for the area after the company was ordered to take a mast off the roof of nearby Sharoe Green Hospital.
He added: "We understand the concerns of residents, but we can assure them radiation levels are 1000s of times lower than international guidelines."
Omega read "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/
01 December 2006
All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.
http://www.lep.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=73&ArticleID=1909359
rudkla - 1. Dez, 14:49
HOW WILL WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH
rudkla - 1. Dez, 11:18
List of legislative recommendations to ensure the integrity of our democracy
FYI, the list of legislative recommendations to ensure the integrity of our democracy has been slightly revised today.
I want to thank the folks of the Open Voting Consortium discussion list and to several other wonderful election integrity activists for helping to reword and add details to my original 13 recommendations and to add two new recommendations to bring the number up to 15.
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/EI-FederalLegislationProposal.pdf
The revisions include the addition of a few details in the "Public Election Records" recommendation, a couple of details and reference to an ACM study in the "Prohibit Practices that Disenfranchise Voters" recommendation, and various small edits to improve clarity.
Next we'll create a list of experts who would be able to assist Congress with specific details of the 15 recommendation.
Here is the final version of our legislative recommendations to ensure the integrity of our democracy:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/EI-FederalLegislationProposal.pdf
I'm glad it's done.
Thank you all for your help spreading the word and for pushing crucial election integrity legislation through this upcoming Congressional session!
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kathy+Dopp
I want to thank the folks of the Open Voting Consortium discussion list and to several other wonderful election integrity activists for helping to reword and add details to my original 13 recommendations and to add two new recommendations to bring the number up to 15.
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/EI-FederalLegislationProposal.pdf
The revisions include the addition of a few details in the "Public Election Records" recommendation, a couple of details and reference to an ACM study in the "Prohibit Practices that Disenfranchise Voters" recommendation, and various small edits to improve clarity.
Next we'll create a list of experts who would be able to assist Congress with specific details of the 15 recommendation.
Here is the final version of our legislative recommendations to ensure the integrity of our democracy:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/EI-FederalLegislationProposal.pdf
I'm glad it's done.
Thank you all for your help spreading the word and for pushing crucial election integrity legislation through this upcoming Congressional session!
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kathy+Dopp
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:58
Gadget addiction ruins families
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:56
Why Is the Media Not Serving the Public Interest?
Public opinion polls unanimously show that trust in mainstream media - the institution most responsible for keeping us all informed and aware - is at an all-time low. How did we get here, and more importantly, how can we repair the damage?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113006U.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113006U.shtml
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:48
Exploration In Social Inequality
In 1974, when income inequality was at its lowest point, the top 10 percent of U.S. households had incomes 31 times that of the poorest 10 percent and four times greater than median-income households. Twenty years later, these numbers had inflated to 55 times the poorest and six times the median.
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/strat.html
From Information Clearing House
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/strat.html
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:40
Bush can’t designate groups as terrorists, executive order establishing power was unconstitutional
A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutional and vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15941646/
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=executive+order
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15941646/
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=executive+order
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:36
1,245 Secret CIA Flights Revealed by European Parliament
The Parliament's draft report concludes "member states had knowledge of the programme of extraordinary rendition and secret prisons."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/1245_secret_cia.html
The case of Mohammed El Zari and Ahmed Agiza
Violations of fundamental human rights by Sweden confirmed
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGEUR420012006
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+CIA+flights
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rendition
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/1245_secret_cia.html
The case of Mohammed El Zari and Ahmed Agiza
Violations of fundamental human rights by Sweden confirmed
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGEUR420012006
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+CIA+flights
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rendition
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:30
Chubais links ex-PM Gaidar mystery ailment to journalist, ex-spy death
Russia's electricity giant head and architect of the 1990s reforms said the mystery illness of his reformer colleague was linked to the recent killings of an investigative journalist and an ex-spy.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061129/56157431.html
Doctors suspect ex-PM was poisoned
Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who is gravely ill, believe he was poisoned, an aide said today.
http://tinyurl.com/ylendg
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Litvinenko
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Politkovskaya
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061129/56157431.html
Doctors suspect ex-PM was poisoned
Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who is gravely ill, believe he was poisoned, an aide said today.
http://tinyurl.com/ylendg
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Litvinenko
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Politkovskaya
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:27
Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy
Perilous Power is a dialogue about U.S. policy in the Middle East between two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world: Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar.
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=11512§ionID=11
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Noam+Chomsky
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=11512§ionID=11
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Noam+Chomsky
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:24
LEV fordert Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung vor Errichtung von Mobilfunkmasten
„Jeder Geräteschuppen benötigt in Deutschland eine Genehmigung. Tausende Mobilfunkmaste werden jedoch ohne Auflagen aufgestellt. Dabei ist der Wissenschaft seit langem bekannt, dass die von den Mobilfunkantennen ausgehende Strahlung besonders kleinen Kindern gefährlich werden kann. Trotz mehrfacher Aufforderung hält sich die Saarländische Landesregierung mit einer Stellungnahme zurück“, so der Vorsitzende der Landeselternvertretung (LEV) Grundschulen im Saarland, Jörg Dammann.
Die LEV fordert erneut im Vorfeld der Montage einer Mobilfunkantenne eine Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVP) und eine 2 Kilometer Sicherheitszone zwischen Antennenstandort, Grundschulen und Kindergärten.
Bereits am 29. September 2006 wurde die saarländische Landesregierung wegen der Problematik angeschrieben und um Stellungnahme gebeten. Gleich vier Ministerien (Umwelt, Gesundheit, Familien und Wirtschaft) wurden mit dem Thema konfrontiert. Eine Antwort blieb jedoch bis heute aus. Ein weiteres Schreiben an Ministerpräsident Peter Müller blieb ebenfalls unbeantwortet.
Da Informationsbedarf bestand, hatten die Eltern eine eigene Aufklärungskampagne zu dem Thema gestartet. Zudem hat der LEV-Vorsitzende die zuständigen Bundesminister kontaktiert und ebenfalls um Stellungnahme gebeten.
http://saarland.uebergebuehr.de/de/aktuell/news/meldung/ansicht/2006/12/lev-fordert-umweltvertraeglichkeitspruefung-vor-errichtung-von-mobilfunkmasten/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Landeselternvertretung
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Landeselternvertretung
Die LEV fordert erneut im Vorfeld der Montage einer Mobilfunkantenne eine Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVP) und eine 2 Kilometer Sicherheitszone zwischen Antennenstandort, Grundschulen und Kindergärten.
Bereits am 29. September 2006 wurde die saarländische Landesregierung wegen der Problematik angeschrieben und um Stellungnahme gebeten. Gleich vier Ministerien (Umwelt, Gesundheit, Familien und Wirtschaft) wurden mit dem Thema konfrontiert. Eine Antwort blieb jedoch bis heute aus. Ein weiteres Schreiben an Ministerpräsident Peter Müller blieb ebenfalls unbeantwortet.
Da Informationsbedarf bestand, hatten die Eltern eine eigene Aufklärungskampagne zu dem Thema gestartet. Zudem hat der LEV-Vorsitzende die zuständigen Bundesminister kontaktiert und ebenfalls um Stellungnahme gebeten.
http://saarland.uebergebuehr.de/de/aktuell/news/meldung/ansicht/2006/12/lev-fordert-umweltvertraeglichkeitspruefung-vor-errichtung-von-mobilfunkmasten/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Landeselternvertretung
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Landeselternvertretung
rudkla - 1. Dez, 09:10
Indicting Bush
http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt243.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tom+Engelhardt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+de+la+Vega
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tom+Engelhardt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+de+la+Vega
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:59
Would more troops turn the war in Iraq in our favor?
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:56
Paying for Their Own Liberation
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:53
Does Anybody Really Know Where the Money Comes From? Does Anybody Really Care?
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:52
Pentagon is Exaggerating China's Nuclear Capability to Justify Buying New Generation of U.S. Weapons
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:46
Robert Gates is Rumsfeld Lite; Hadley—Just Lite
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1130-21.htm
Don’t Just Ask Gates Questions; Dig Deep
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1130-22.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
Don’t Just Ask Gates Questions; Dig Deep
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1130-22.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:34
Bush Seems Determined to Stay the Course
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1130-05.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stay+the+course
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stay+the+course
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:33
Spying Won't Deter Us, Peace Groups Say
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:32
Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1130-01.htm
Text Of Secret U.S. Security Adviser’s Iraq Memo
classified secret
Following is the text of a Nov. 8 memorandum prepared for cabinet-level officials by Stephen J. Hadley, the national security adviser, and his aides on the National Security Council. The five-page document, classified secret, was read and transcribed by The New York Times.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15780.htm
Text Of Secret U.S. Security Adviser’s Iraq Memo
classified secret
Following is the text of a Nov. 8 memorandum prepared for cabinet-level officials by Stephen J. Hadley, the national security adviser, and his aides on the National Security Council. The five-page document, classified secret, was read and transcribed by The New York Times.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15780.htm
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:31
Mystery of a Huge Undervote Festers in Florida District
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1130-03.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=vote
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=election
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:28
Al Gore: 'We are facing a massive assault on our liberties'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/midterms2006/story/0,,1939916,00.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gore
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gore
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:21
ROSS ICE SHELF COULD 'COLLAPSE QUICKLY'
news.com.au
November 29, 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20840754-23109,00.html
Scientists working in Antarctica fear the Ross Ice Shelf, an ice platform the size of France, could collapse quickly and trigger a rapid rise in sea levels.
A research team drilling in the frozen continent has recovered three million years of climate history, New Zealand newspaper The Press reported today.
An analysis of sea floor samples near Scott Base suggested the Ross Ice Shelf had collapsed before, probably suddenly.
Scientist Tim Naish said the sediment record gave crucial evidence about how the Ross Ice Shelf would react to climate change.
"If the past is any indication of the future, then the ice shelf will collapse," he told the newspaper.
"If the ice shelf goes, then what about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet? What we've learnt from the Antarctic Peninsula is when once buttressing ice sheets go, the glaciers feeding them move faster and that's the thing that isn't so cheery."
Antarctica stores 90 per cent of the world's water, with the the West Antarctic Ice Sheet holding an estimated 30 million cu km.
In January, British Antarctic Survey researchers predicted that its collapse would make sea levels rise by at least 5m, with other estimates predicting a rise of up to 17m.
Mr Naish, a sedimentologist with the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, said the team was retrieving a detailed history of the ice shelf.
"We know from the Larsen Ice Shelf (which collapsed on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2002) that they go extremely quickly," he said.
Informant: NHNE
November 29, 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20840754-23109,00.html
Scientists working in Antarctica fear the Ross Ice Shelf, an ice platform the size of France, could collapse quickly and trigger a rapid rise in sea levels.
A research team drilling in the frozen continent has recovered three million years of climate history, New Zealand newspaper The Press reported today.
An analysis of sea floor samples near Scott Base suggested the Ross Ice Shelf had collapsed before, probably suddenly.
Scientist Tim Naish said the sediment record gave crucial evidence about how the Ross Ice Shelf would react to climate change.
"If the past is any indication of the future, then the ice shelf will collapse," he told the newspaper.
"If the ice shelf goes, then what about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet? What we've learnt from the Antarctic Peninsula is when once buttressing ice sheets go, the glaciers feeding them move faster and that's the thing that isn't so cheery."
Antarctica stores 90 per cent of the world's water, with the the West Antarctic Ice Sheet holding an estimated 30 million cu km.
In January, British Antarctic Survey researchers predicted that its collapse would make sea levels rise by at least 5m, with other estimates predicting a rise of up to 17m.
Mr Naish, a sedimentologist with the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, said the team was retrieving a detailed history of the ice shelf.
"We know from the Larsen Ice Shelf (which collapsed on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2002) that they go extremely quickly," he said.
Informant: NHNE
rudkla - 1. Dez, 08:17
