Freitag, 9. März 2007

House Creates Global Warming Committee

House Democrats, intent on making climate change a marquee issue, created a special panel Thursday to study and offer recommendations on how to deal with global warming.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907H.shtml

Mystery Around a Journalist's Death in Moscow

Ivan Safronov was found dead last Friday after a fall from the fourth floor of his Moscow apartment. Was it coincidental that the last story he was working on was potentially hugely embarrassing to Moscow?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907G.shtml

Lift the Curtain

Bob Herbert asks: "Why in the world is anyone surprised that the Bush administration has not been taking good care of wounded and disabled American troops? Real-life human needs have never been a priority of this administration. The evidence is everywhere: from the mind-bending encounter with the apocalypse in Baghdad, to the ruined residential neighborhoods in New Orleans, to the anxious families in homes across America who are offering tearful goodbyes to loved ones heading off to yet another pointless tour in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907F.shtml



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Department of Injustice

Paul Krugman writes: "The Gonzales Eight were fired because they wouldn’t go along with the Bush administration’s politicization of justice. But statistical evidence suggests that many other prosecutors decided to protect their jobs or further their careers by doing what the administration wanted them to do: harass Democrats while turning a blind eye to Republican malfeasance."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907D.shtml



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Iraqi Insurgent Attacks Intensifying

US Gen. David Petraeus said the troop buildups outside Baghdad will focus on Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, a growing hotbed for suspected Sunni extremists fleeing the US-Iraqi security operation in Baghdad. But Petraeus stressed that military force alone is "not sufficient" to end the violence in Iraq, and political talks must eventually include some militant groups now opposing the US-backed government.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907C.shtml



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There's Still Time to Rethink Iran

Ray McGovern writes: "More than five years have passed since President Bush labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea the 'axis of evil.' It is imperative that we try to piece together what role US intelligence played in supporting the 'axis' idea and the misguided policies and actions that ensued."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907B.shtml



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Democrats Shift Debate to Iraq Endgame

The new Democratic proposals for Iraq may eventually be weakened or killed, but in one stroke they have transformed a many-sided debate about the conflict into a sharp-edged argument about the endgame. Now, the Democratic mainstream has made its decision and offered the public a choice: follow the president's plan to use US combat troops indefinitely or shift American soldiers to a secondary role and begin withdrawing them.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907A.shtml

Liebesgrüße aus Damaskus

Warum sich Israel und Syrien nicht näher kommen, obwohl beide Seiten das eigentlich wollen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24799/1.html

Zweikampf der Reisenden

George W. Bush tourt durch Lateinamerika - und Hugo Chávez folgt ihm
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24801/1.html

Maulkorb für US-Wissenschaftler

Obgleich das Weiße Haus US-Präsident Bush als altgedienten Klimaschützer geoutet hat, werden noch immer Wissenschaftler in Behörden gehindert, über den Klimawandel zu sprechen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24803/1.html

Iraq: Pulled Out Or Pushed Out

by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com

Both the Democrats and a new Iraqi parliamentary bloc are working to end the occupation, but can anyone overrule Bush?

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Mobilfunkauseinandersetzung in Stuttgart

Anbei Scans der Zeitungsberichte über die Mobilfunkauseinandersetzung in
Stuttgart von dieser Woche.

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/wochenblatt070308.pdf
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/stz070309.pdf


Peter Hensinger
Bismarckinitiative

Court Backs “State Secrets” Claim in Challenge to CIA Kidnapping

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=4K7UjuLMoeVkqymnST4J5w..



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Three Quick Calls to Save Our Cypress

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Guantanamo Is Not a Prison

Karen J. Greenberg writes: "Several weeks ago, I took the infamous media tour of the facilities at Guantanamo.... In the course of my brief stay, thanks to my military handlers, I learned a great deal about Gitmo decorum, as the military would like us to practice it. My escorts told me how best to describe the goings-on at Guantanamo, regardless of what my own eyes and prior knowledge told me.... Those who fail to reproduce the official narrative are not welcome back. 'Tell it the wrong way and you won't be back,' one of our escorts warns me over lunch."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907O.shtml



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Cindy Sheehan: The Flash Point

"Our founders wrote the impeachment clauses into the Constitution to rein in a president who wants to reign and not serve. Comments from the founders on preventing an executive from becoming king-like were very prescient, and were written for precisely the crisis that our country is in now. If the impeachment clauses are not used on this president and vice president, then they will further be rendered meaningless, and every subsequent president should be bowed and scraped to," writes Cindy Sheehan.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907N.shtml

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A Predator Becomes More Dangerous When Wounded

Noam Chomsky begins: "In the energy-rich Middle East, only two countries have failed to subordinate themselves to Washington's basic demands: Iran and Syria. Accordingly, both are enemies, Iran by far the more important. As was the norm during the Cold War, resorting to violence is regularly justified as a reaction to the malign influence of the main enemy, often on the flimsiest of pretexts. Unsurprisingly, as Bush sends more troops to Iraq, tales surface of Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Iraq - a country otherwise free from any foreign interference - on the tacit assumption that Washington rules the world."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907L.shtml



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Democrats Roll Out Iraq Withdrawal Plans in Both Houses

After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling, Senate Democrats emerged Thursday from a closed-door meeting with details of a new Iraq resolution calling for phased withdrawal of US troops beginning within three months.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907K.shtml



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GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham

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

Firepower and freedom

Liberty For All
by David Goree

The brilliant thinkers that wrote our Constitution had it right… They had just fought a war to overthrow an oppressive government, and they had won it by having similar technologies to this oppressive Government and tactics more suitable to the type of war they were fighting. These geniuses wrote the Second Amendment to ensure that this balance continued for the future of this great Nation... (written 03/02; posted 03/08/07)

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=551


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Don’t let Uncle Sam become a computer hacker

Competitive Enterprise Institute
by Achim Schmillen

03/08/07

Do you remember every Web site you visited, every email you sent, and every word you Googled during the last two years? Probably not, but your Internet service provider might—especially if a popular proposal in Washington becomes law. In September, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales called for a law to force Internet service providers (ISPs) to store customer information for one to two years. Rep. Dianne DeGette (D-Colo.) plans to introduce such a “data retention” bill this coming spring...

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Top secret: we’re wiretapping you

Wired
by Ryan Singel

03/05/07

It could be a scene from Kafka or Brazil. Imagine a government agency, in a bureaucratic foul-up, accidentally gives you a copy of a document marked ‘top secret.’ And it contains a log of some of your private phone calls. You read it and ponder it and wonder what it all means. Then, two months later, the FBI shows up at your door, demands the document back and orders you to forget you ever saw it. By all accounts, that’s what happened to Washington D.C. attorney Wendell Belew in August 2004...

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The tragic case of Jose Padilla

CounterPunch
by Elaine Cassel

03/08/07

Last week, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled that American citizen Jose Padilla, who is now facing terrorism charges in Miami, Florida, is competent to stand trial. In order to put the competence issue in context, it is necessary to review the long and unprecedented history of the U.S. government’s cases against Jose Padilla. Cases involving Padilla have been before federal courts in New York, South Carolina, and now Florida, and back and forth to the U.S. Supreme Court on three occasions...

http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel03082007.html


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Justice officials will be asked to testify in firings

Knoxville News Sentinel

03/08/07

The Senate Judiciary Committee will ask several Justice Department officials to testify about the firing of eight federal prosecutors and could issue subpoenas if they refuse, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday. Schumer, D-N.Y., said the committee will discuss today whether to authorize subpoenas if necessary...

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Military force alone won’t solve Iraq woes

MSNBC

03/08/07

Military force alone is ‘not sufficient’ to end the violence in Iraq and political talks must eventually include some militant groups now opposing the U.S.-backed government, the new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday. ‘This is critical,’ U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said in his first news conference since taking over command last month. He noted that such political negotiations ‘will determine in the long run the success of this effort’...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17515918/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

DoJ report critical of FBI Patriot Act abuse

Topeka Capital-Journal

03/08/07

A blistering Justice Department report accuses the FBI of underreporting its use of the Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in terrorism cases, according to officials familiar with its findings. The report, to be released Friday, also says the FBI failed to send follow-up subpoenas to telecommunications firms that were told to expect them, according to several government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report by the Justice Department’s inspector general had not yet been released...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Report Says FBI Violated Patriot Act Guidelines

The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot Act when its agents took advantage of a new provision allowing the FBI to obtain phone and financial records without a court order, according to a report to be made public Friday by the Justice Department's inspector general.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907J.shtml

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Justice Dept.: FBI Misused Patriot Act

By LARA JAKES JORDAN

The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17264.htm

McCain to NYC: give war a chance

New York Daily News

03/09/07

Sen. John McCain made a fund-raising foray onto Rudy Giuliani’s home turf last night, reiterating his support for sending more troops to Iraq but conceding Americans may get fed up with the war. Tickets for the Republican presidential hopeful’s ‘Exchange of Ideas’ forum at midtown’s Hudson Theatre went for $2,300 and $1,000 a pop. Supporters could also watch online and submit questions to McCain for a $100 donation. McCain said he supports President Bush’s plan to boost the U.S. troop level in Iraq. ‘This is our last shot, my friends; this is our last chance,’ he said. But he added a variety of indicators will show ‘within months’ whether that strategy is working. If it is not, he said, other options would have to be considered...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/503801p-424875c.html


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The Last Wild Hunt: Deep-sea Fisheries Scrape Bottom Of The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070218130829.htm


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Waxman Asks Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress

Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he wants Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify before his committee about his investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson's identity. Plame-Wilson, Waxman's office said, has agreed to testify before Congress on March 16.

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Mietobergrenzen: Willkür ohne Gnade!

In vielen Städten und Kommunen sind zum Jahreswechsel klamm heimlich die Hartz-IV Mietobergrenzen angepasst worden, was soviel heißt: Es wurde gekürzt und das trotz steigender Mieten und Nebenkosten.

Wen verwundert es, dass beim ständigen Wehklagen über die explodierenden Kosten, die Kommunen und Städte handeln, dies aber lieber nicht an die große Glocke hängen.

Wie auch im Kreis Wesel, der nun seit dem 15. Januar die Wohnungsbezuschussung für ALG II-Bezieher auf einen Einheitssatz von 6,09 Euro pro Quadratmeter inklusive Nebenkosten festgelegt hat, ist bundesweit diese Neufestsetzung stillschweigend vollzogen worden.

Ob dies so im Sinne des Gesetzgebers ist, welcher im § 22 SGB II von einer Übernahme von angemessenen Unterkunftskosten spricht, wird mit Sicherheit so manche Sozialgerichte in Zukunft beschäftigten.

Bedenklich aber ist die Festlegung der Mietobergrenzen incl. Nebenkosten. Dabei hat man wohl außer acht gelassen, dass die Mietnebenkosten nicht unweigerlich an den m²-Zahlen der Wohnungsgrößen gebunden sind.

Mietnebenkosten oder auch Betriebskosten werden in der Regel wie folgt abgerechnet.

- "Verteilerschlüssel (Berechnung nach Wohnungsgröße oder Anzahl der Wohnungsnutzer),"

Der Verteilerschlüssel wird in den meisten Fällen nur über die Anzahl der Wohnungsnutzer abgerechnet, wodurch es, durch die willkürliche Festlegung der Mietobergrenze, schnell zu Lasten der Mieter kommen kann bzw. das neuer Wohnraum für Leistungsbezieher als unangemessen betrachtet wird und somit eine Verweigerung zur Anmietung oder Aufforderung zur Kostensenkung oder Umzug kommen kann.

Für 6,09 Euro incl. Nebenkosten für 45 m² würde sich eine Mietübernahme in Höhe von 274,05 Euro ergeben. Da durchschnittlich 80,- Euro an Nebenkosten anfallen, Tendenz steigend, entsteht so eine Kaltmiete von ca. 194,05 Euro für 45 m² oder einer Nettokaltmiete von 4,31 Euro / m². Für dieses Geld wird sich mit Sicherheit weder im Kreis Wesel - noch in anderen Kreisen, entsprechend adäquater Wohnraum zu finden sein.

Aber dies wäre sogar der rechnerisch günstigste Fall. Katastrophal wird es allerdings wenn nur ein Apartment von 35 m² angemietet wurde. Vom Kreis erhält der Mieter nun 213,15 Euro. Nach abzüglich 80,- Euro Nebenkosten (denn wir erinnern uns an den Verteilerschlüssel, der an der Anzahl der Wohnungsnutzer gemessen wird) verbleiben für den Mieter noch 133,15 Euro oder 3,80 Euro / m². Utopisch wer zu diesem Preis noch eine Unterkunft findet.

Laut Mietspiegel ist Wohnraum am Beispiel Wesel in der Kathegorie II - Normale Wohnlage:

"Die meisten Wohnungen innerhalb des Stadtgebietes liegen in normalen Wohnlagen. Solche Wohngebiete sind zumeist dicht bebaut und weisen keine außergewöhnlichen Beeinträchtigungen durch Lärm oder Geruch auf. Bei starkem Verkehrsaufkommen müssen genügend Freiräume vorhanden sein, die diesen Nachteil ausgleichen."

... für eine Grundmiete ohne Betriebskosten von Wohnungen bis 50 m² mit Heizung/Bad/WC und Isolierverglasung (wir wollen ja den Klimaschutz nicht vergessen) ab den Jahrgängen 1948 und aufwärts NICHT unter 4,26 Euro /m² zu bekommen!

Der Sozialticker rät daher allen Betroffenen gegen die Bescheide, welche sich an der neuen Mietobergrenze orientieren, Widerspruch einzulegen und durch die Sozialgerichte entscheiden zu lassen und ob diese Praxis der Regelsatzkürzung, was dieses für viele Mieter bedeutet, in letzter Instanz rechtens ist.

Kosteneinsparungen sind sicherlich sinnvoll, nur sollten sich die Städte und Kommunen diesbezüglich mehr an ihre eigenen Verwaltungskosten halten, statt Leistungsempfängern immer weiter und tiefer in die Tasche zu greifen.

Es darf nicht sein, das Obdachlosigkeit durch solche Maßnahmen gefördert wird. Auch darf es nicht sein, solche Grenzen festzulegen, ohne entsprechenden Wohnraum von Seiten der Städte und Kommunen bereitzustellen. Obdachlosenunterkünfte kosten dem deutschen Steuerzahler ein vielfaches mehr, als das was an Mietobergrenzen Leistungsempfängern zugebilligt wird - nur das wird gerne verschwiegen.

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SUPERREICHEN-RANKING VON "FORBES"

Nie zuvor haben die Reichen der Welt ihr Vermögen so vermehrt wie im vergangenen Jahr. Das enthüllt die neue "Forbes"-Liste der Milliardäre - zusammen besitzen die Krösusse jetzt 3.500.000.000.000 Dollar...

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,470730,00.html

Chemical Agency Ties Under Review

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has begun a review of ties between a federal health center that evaluates the risks of chemicals to reproductive health and a consulting firm funded by companies that produce chemicals linked to reproductive disorders.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807HA.shtml

Iraq's Civil War Leaves Women Marginalized and at Risk

Iraq's sectarian war, which followed decades of repression and economic sanctions, has left the country's women marginalized, afraid and prey to increasingly radical ideological factions. As activists around the world mark International Women's Day, war-weary women in Iraq face worsening conditions.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807WA.shtml

"Corporate Hippies" Seek Their Bliss in a New Environmental Economy

The job market for people seeking careers focused on the environment is expanding. Students still gravitate toward nongovernmental organizations, advocacy groups and government, but a large plurality of the current generation are looking to financial firms, small businesses and even corporations for employment.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807LA.shtml

The Carbon Folly: Policymakers' Favorite Global Warming Fix Isn't Working

Emissions trading, also called carbon trading, is being expanded in the European Union and Japan. The notion that emissions trading is going to make a significant dent in global warming is deeply flawed, say experts. Current emissions-trading schemes have proved to be little more than a shell game, allowing polluters in the developed world to shift the burden of making cuts onto factories in the developing world.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807EC.shtml

Climate Legislation: Four Major Bills Battle for Congress' Support

The concern over climate change has prompted a flurry of legislative activity on Capitol Hill, with four major bills (soon to be five) vying for support and votes. But it remains unclear how far lawmakers are willing to go in restricting US industry, and whether President Bush might veto a bill.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807EB.shtml

Are US Farm Subsidies Causing Global Starvation?

There are roughly 30,000 cotton growers in America who receive billions of our US tax dollars every year through government subsidies. Critics charge this generous financial support may be ruining the livelihoods of tens of millions of cotton growers in the poorest parts of the world.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807U.shtml

Bush Faces Clash of Agendas in Latin America

As the Bush administration prepares for a five-nation tour in South America, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will be leading a protest against him in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Mr. Bush arrives across the Rio de la Plata in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday night.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807T.shtml

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Bush faces widespread opposition in Latin America

CNN

03/08/07

Experts in Latin American affairs are saying they aren’t surprised at the negative reaction President Bush is receiving as he begins a seven-day tour through the region to push for an ethanol alliance with Brazil. ‘His real challenge, however, is that there is an enormous rejection of U.S. foreign policy in the world and America,’ said Arturo Valenzuela, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University...

http://tinyurl.com/25p9xf



Brazilians protest upcoming Bush visit

ABC News

03/08/07

Police clashed Thursday with students, environmentalists and left-leaning Brazilians protesting a visit by President Bush and his push for an ethanol energy alliance with Latin America’s largest nation. Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Sao Paulo after more than 6,000 people held a largely peaceful march, sending hundreds of demonstrators fleeing and ducking into businesses to avoid the gas...

http://tinyurl.com/yv9wtz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Clashes Mar Bush's Latin America Tour

Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo on Thursday, as thousands protested a visit by President Bush aimed at winning friends in Latin America. Protesters called Bush, who arrived late on Thursday on the first leg of a five-nation regional tour, a warmonger and planet polluter.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907M.shtml

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Brazil Police Battle Bush Protesters

Police and anti-Bush protesters also clashed in Colombia, where Bush is scheduled to visit on Sunday.

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From Information Clearing House

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Angry Crowds Protest Bush During Latin American Tour

Some arrived clutching banners telling "Mr. Butcher" to go home. Others brought effigies of "The Warlord".

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007G.shtml



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Senate Republicans Deliver Sharp Criticism of Gonzales

Senior Senate Republicans today delivered scathing criticism of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for his handling of the firing of eight US attorneys, joining Democrats in chagrin that the prosecutors were dismissed without adequate explanation.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807S.shtml



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Next-up News n°204

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Valerie Plame to Testify Before Congress

From Amy Sasser

Date: Mar 8, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: Valerie Plame to Testify Before Congress

The Honorable
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Special Counsel Office of Special Counsel Bond
Federal Building
1400 New York Avenue NV/ Ninth Floor Washington, DC 20530

http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070308134201-02108.pdf

Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:

"I commend you on your professional and thorough investigation into the disclosure of Valerie Plame'Wilson's identity as a covert CIA agent. It is apparent that you followed the facts where they led and served the interests ofjustice and the American people.

By necessity, your investigation had a narrow legal focus: 'Were any federal criminal statutes violated by White House officials? Your investigation, however, has raised broader questions of national significance. I am writing to invite you to meet to discuss how the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is the principal oversight committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, can become informed of your views about these broader issues.

The identity of undercover CIA operatives is supposed to be one of the most closely guarded national security secrets. There are a host of adminishative requirements designed to safeguard this type of information from disclosure. Yet the trial proceedings raise questions about whether senior White House officials, including the Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove, complied with the requirements governing the handling of classified information. They also raise questions about whether the White House took appropriate remedial action following the leak and whether the existing requirements are sufficient to protect against future leaks. Your perspective on these matters is important.

After the verdict was announced yesterday, one juror expressed the view that former Chief of Staff to the Vice President Lewis "Scooter" Libby was only a "fall guy." This juror's views encapsulated questions that many in Congress and the public have about whether the ultimate responsibility for the outing of Ms. V/ilson rests with more senior officials in the White House. This is another area where you have a unique perspective.

I recognize that as a federal prosecutor, you are constrained by the rules of grand jury secrecy. But you undoubtedly recognize that Congress has a responsibility to examine the policy and accountability questions that your investigation has raised. As a result of your investigation, you have a singular understanding of the facts and their implications that bear directly on the issues before Congress.

I respectfully request that you meet with me and the Committee's Ranking Member, Tom Davis, to discuss the possibility of testifying before the Committee and other means by which you can inform the Committee about your views and the insights you obtained during the course of your investigation.

I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you.

Sincerely,

Henry A. Waxman
Chairman
cc: Tom Davis
Ranking Minority Member"



On 3/8/07, Alfons wrote:

Valerie Plame to Testify Before Congress
LAURIE KELLMAN | AP |
March 8, 2007 06:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON — Valerie Plame, the CIA operative exposed after her husband criticized President Bush's march to war, will testify next week before lawmakers probing how the White House dealt with her identity, the chairman of the panel said Thursday.

Also invited to testify March 16 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is Patrick Fitzgerald, who this week won conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of obstruction and perjury in the case, said Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Waxman said Plame has accepted the invitation and Fitzgerald has not responded. In a letter to the prosecutor, Waxman proposed a meeting with ranking Republican Tom Davis of Virginia to discuss the terms of any testimony.

The hearing will be the first public forum at which Plame has agreed to answer questions. At a news conference in July announcing a lawsuit against Libby and other Bush administration officials, Plame read a short statement but did not respond to questions.

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Memos Tell Officials How to Discuss Climate

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


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Memos Tell Government Officials Not to Discuss Climate Change

Internal memorandums circulated in the Alaskan division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service appear to require government biologists or other employees traveling in countries around the Arctic not to discuss climate change, polar bears or sea ice if they are not designated to do so.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807EA.shtml

Homeland Security revives supersnoop Computer System

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070308-124323-4382r.htm


Informant: ranger116

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Homeland Security revives supersnoop

Homeland Security officials are testing a supersnoop computer system that sifts through personal information on U.S. citizens to detect possible terrorist attacks, prompting concerns from lawmakers who have called for investigations.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070308-124323-4382r.htm


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security

Mike Lupica on the Libby trial and Iraq war

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/503304p-424406c.html


Informant: Mitchel Cohen

From ufpj-news



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

Unterschriftenaktion gegen "Handy-Unterricht"

An alle Aktiven Mobilfunkkritiker (Opfer),

Bitte unterstützen Sie die Unterschriftenaktion zahlreich. Sie ist wegen großen Interesse bis Ende März 2007 verlängert worden. Bitte leiten Sie die Aktion an Schulen und Interessierte weiter.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Gertraud Griebl


Liebe Mitstreiter für eine lebenswerte Zukunft,

in der Anlage senden wir einen (etwas längeren) Brief mit, der primär an das "Landesamt für Umwelt" in Augsburg geht.

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/brief_an_bayerisches_umweltlandesamt_maerz_2007.doc

Ein Herr Dr.-Ing. Eger dieses LfU hatte vor ca. zwei Wochen vor einer Schulklasse eines Augsburger Gymnasiums im Rahmen seines "Handy-Unterrichts" geäußert, dass es "keinerlei Hinweise auf eine biologisch schädigende Wirkung von Handys" gebe. Zusammen mit anderen Initiativen wollen wir diesen Satz nicht unkommentiert stehen lassen. Unser Antwortschreiben - das wir gemeinsam verfasst haben, geht an alle für die Bildung maßgeblichen Stellen

- Landesamt für Umwelt (Augsburg)
- Bundesgesundheitsministerium (Ulla Schmidt)
- Bayer. Minist. für Umwelt und Gesundheit (Werner Schnappauf)
- Bayer. Kultusministerium (Siegfried Schneider)
- Bundesbildungsministerium (Annette Schavan)
- Bundesministerium für Familie (Ursula von der Leyen)

Wir bitten nun um Folgendes:

Wer dieses Schreiben mit unterzeichnen will, möge bitte - möglichst umgehend - folgendes mitteilen:

Name, Vorname, Beruf, Wohnort

Der Beruf spielt nur deshalb eine Rolle, weil wir zeigen wollen, dass die Besorgnis über diese Fehlinformationen wirklich quer durch alle Bevölkerungsschichten geht.

Mit der Hoffnung auf möglichst viele, die mit unterzeichnen (im Rahmen der "Initiative für eine strahlungsarme Zukunft").

Unterschriftenliste
http://omega-news.de/ini_unterschriftenliste.rtf


Liebe Grüße von

Roland Greißl (Fuchstaler Initiative) und
Anke Kern (Arbeitskreis "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" Kempten)

Bitte alle Mitunterzeichner melden unter:
Anke.E.Kern @web.de
Tel. 0831/5208244


Elektrosmog im Klassenzimmer: Schulversagen durch Mobilfunk-Strahlung?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1870495/

Schule & Handys, Handymasten, Funk-Lan, DECT
http://www.salzburg.gv.at/schule_und_elektromagnetische_strahlungen.doc

Strahlen sind Störsender für Lebewesen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3425161/


Nachricht von Fam. Griebl aus Riedertsham

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Schulprojekt Mobilfunk
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3326859/

Handy-Verbot an Schulen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1677088/



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarzm%C3%BCller

Donnerstag, 8. März 2007

Health worries over WiFi

Thursday 8th March 2007
BBC1 London News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/default.stm

On the right of the page you will see VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS NEWS BULLETINS

Click on:

Health worries over WiFi
http://tinyurl.com/237pe5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm

Comments and feedback to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4030000/newsid_4032600/4032695.stm

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Dear London News

First of all congratulations on covering the wifi issue. It is particularly concerning since the government are behind a drive to have this technology in all our primary and secondary schools. Over half are reported to already have these systems.

There are safe alternative solutions such as Home Plug (where the internet can be accessed through the mains) or floor boxes which can be put in classrooms and portable laptops simply plugged in and out as required.

Sweden officially recognise electrical hypersensitivity and estimate that up to 5% of the population are sensitive to the radiation emitted by wifi and other devices. This would mean in a class of 30 children that at least one child in each class would be immediately affected in the form of headaches, dizziness, concentration problems, etc Apart from this being unacceptable, this is not even considering the longer term effects of a high risk of cancer and leukaemia already shown up in research. (such as the REFLEX study and others)

I note that in your piece Dr Clark said measurements should be taken in schools! We know what the emission levels from Wifi are. We know they are below the 'guidelines' set by the UK. However we also know, and the HPA will not acknowledge, that these ICNIRP 'guidelines' are set to prevent heating of body tissue over a very short time period. (6 minutes). There are no guidelines to prevent other 'biological' effects (other than heating) that may occur from long term exposure and at lower exposures.

The pulsed microwave radiation emitted from the Wifi transmitters (access points) is still over billions of times higher than the natural background levels that there used to be just 15 years ago! Scientists are saying our bodies do not have repair mechanisms to cope with this new form of radiation now in our environment.

The Wifi transmitters are on all day in our schools. What are we doing to our children?

Yours

Sarah Purdy


ICNIRP guidelines for exposure from electromagnetic radiation
http://www.icnirp.de/documents/emfgdl.pdf

From the paragraph entitled "Basis for Limiting Exposure" (page 3)

"Induction of cancer from long-term EMF exposure was not considered to be established, and so these guidelines are based on short-term immediate health effects such as stimulation of peripheral nerves and muscles, shocks and burns caused by touching conducting objects and elevated tissue temperatures resulting from absorption of energy during exposure to EMF.

In the case of potential long term effects of exposure, such as an increased risk of cancer, ICNIRP concluded that available data are insufficient to provide a basis for setting exposure restrictions, although epidemiological research has provided suggestive, but unconvincing evidence of an association between possible carcinogenic effects and exposure levels of
50/60 HZ, magnetic flux densities substantially lower than these guidelines."

NB. By short term, they mean 6 minutes exposure.

Source: Federal Gazette Nr. 43 dated 03 March 1992, ­ Publications of the Federal Radiation Protection Commission, Germany, Volume 24, Page 6

Specific effects which are not related to heating have been described in the scientific literature for approximately 15 years. If a high frequency radiation is amplitude modulated with another frequency, field effects can occur, which do not exist under unmodulated radiation.

These manifest mostly as changes in the permeability of the cell membranes.

For example, it has been found that with high frequency radiation with a frequency of 147 MHz which was modulated with frequencies between 6 and 20 Hz, the calcium efflux from cell cultures was significantly (by 10 ­ 20%) increased for certain frequencies. Generally, a complex dependency of these effects on intensity and frequency has been observed, showing that certain frequency windows are particularly active. These membrane effects have been replicated many times, so that their existence has become accepted scientific knowledge.

It needs to be noted that the SAR values used in some studies were lower than 0.01 W/kg, and therefore significantly below the threshold of thermally relevant intensities.



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi

Zeroing In on Bush-Cheney

Robert Parry writes: "Criminal trials – especially relating to national security scandals – are an imperfect way of learning the larger truth. As with the four-count conviction of former White House aide I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, the charges are often structured narrowly to avoid long battles over classified secrets or inherent presidential powers. But even limited trials can offer important glimpses into the inner workings of an administration, especially one as secretive as George W. Bush’s. Though Libby was convicted only on perjury and obstruction charges, there should be little doubt what the full picture looks like."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Libby
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Parry

Bush Administration Loses Some Spin Control in Washington

If President Bush ever thought things couldn't get any worse, he might want to reconsider. After six years of setting the national agenda with help from a compliant Congress, Bush is losing control of events in Washington. The new reality hit home Tuesday on multiple fronts.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807E.shtml

Iran in Congress's Sights

David Swanson writes: "The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs is prepared to follow in Dick Cheney's footsteps and shoot a friend in the face. I just sat through a hearing on Iran, and there is apparently universal bipartisan agreement in the committee that Iranians feel kindly toward Americans and welcome them as friends, and that Iranians should be brutally punished by the toughest economic sanctions possible. This simple truth went unstated: sanctions kill. Who remembers this exchange on your television a decade back?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807C.shtml



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

Selbstverpflichtungen in der Kritik: Rückkehr zur Ordnungspolitik?

In Politik und Verbänden vollzieht sich hinsichtlich ihrer umweltpolitischen Forderungen ein Wandel. Noch vor Jahren plädierten fast alle einhellig für mehr "marktwirtschaftliche Instrumente" in der Umweltpolitik, für mehr Kooperationen mit der Wirtschaft und für freiwillige Selbstverpflichtungen der Industrie. Ge- und Verbote waren megaout, die Umweltverbände wollten sich modern geben. In der jüngeren Vergangenheit ist hier eine Kehrtwende zu beobachten. Es hagelt zunehmend heftige Kritik an freiwilligen Selbstverpflichtungen und dergleichen. Selbst vom Bundespräsidenten war solches zu hören. Die Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) fordert nun radikal: "Es muss endlich Schluss sein mit Selbstverpflichtungen, jahrelangen Lippenbekenntnissen und Absichtserklärungen." Es zeigt sich, dass auch die Forderungen der Umweltverbände konjunkturellen Zyklen unterliegen. Scheinbar folgen sie vielfach der öffentlichen Stimmung.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15493

Delight for Avoch residents as mast plan is scrapped

By Shirley Hastings
Published: 09 March, 2007

BLACK Isle residents who feared they could soon be living with a mobile phone mast near their homes breathed a huge sigh of relief this week at news the plans have been shelved.

The announcement from Orange ended months of worry for residents living near the Knockmuir site, in Avoch, where the controversial mast had been proposed.

The company’s original proposals could have seen a 10-metre pole, telecommunications equipment and landscaping on the site.

However, the plans provoked fears about the mast’s impact on public health and the landscape. Other worries included it worsening visibility at a junction at Knockmuir/Killen Road.

In a letter to Avoch and Killen Community Council, which opposed the plans, Orange explained that following a review of its coverage, it decided to join forces with rival company Vodafone to create a combined network of mast stations. As a result of this it will no longer be pressing forward with its plans for Avoch.

A spokesman for the company said, “In the medium term is it likely that only sites capable of accommodating combined Orange and Vodafone coverage via shared antennae will be progressed. Over the long term, it is envisaged that both operators will work to fully integrate network infrastructure.”

He explained this would reduce the necessity of new base station sites, and allow the removal of redundant equipment where both operators currently have capacity and are able to make provision.

“As a result, Orange will no longer be progressing the proposal to physically develop a base station in the Avoch area, although requirements are subject to on-going review.”

At a public meeting held back on June last, attended by 35 villagers, mostly from Knockmuir View and houses nearest the site, Orange gave assurances it would re-open negotiations with Broadlands for a site on its land at Arkendeith.

This site was favoured by the community but negotiations never reached an agreement.

Commenting on the news that plans had been shelved, community council chairman Martin Gill, said he was pleased for villagers who objected to the plan, which had caused them months of worry.

“Whilst we all want good reception on our mobile phones, the siting of masts is a difficult issue,” he said. “In this case, we felt the proposed mast was too close to houses and intrusive to the landscape. The community council favoured an earlier plan for a mast at Arkendeith, but Orange was unable to come to an agreement with Broadland.”

s.hastings @rsjournal.co.uk

All content copyright 2007 Scottish Provincial Press Ltd.

http://tinyurl.com/25m43k

Weltagrarpolitik ist Neokolonialismus

Ernährungssouveränität als Gegenkonzept
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24768/1.html



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

Keep the pressure on Denmark!

http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/take-action/denmark



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

Fight Climate Change, Not Wars for Oil!

http://www.nowarnowarming.org/


Informant: Ted Glick

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wars+for+oil

The War Money Can Be Stopped

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/19384


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



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

Deeply Imperfect Abuse

The State Department's annual human rights report left out one well-known violator.
http://ga3.org/ct/0720pgF1AXPL/

Informations-Abend Mobilfunk

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/plakat_07_03_14_bh.pdf

Mittwoch 14.3.07 19:00 Uhr:
Bad Herrenalb, Ev. Gemeindehaus, Im Kloster 39

Vorträge:

Prof. Dr. Klaus Kniep, Heilbronn, Mobilfunk - Pro und Kontra.
Prof. Kniep ist stellvertretender Hauptgeschäftsführer der IHK Heilbronn-Franken, Lehrbeauftragter der FH Heilbronn, renommierter Fachanwalt u.a. für Bau- und Verwaltungsrecht. Er hat zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen u.a. zu Mobilfunk gemacht.

Dr. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam, Bamberg, Ergebnisse ärztlicher Erhebungen an 220 Mobilfunkstandorten.
Dr. Waldmann-Selsam ist praktizierende Ärztin, sie war Mit-Initiatorin des Bamberger Appells und sie erhebt und veröffentlicht Kasuistiken.

Im Anschluss an die Vorträge ist Zeit für Fragen und Diskussion vorgesehen.

Der Eintritt ist frei.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Ruth Wolfstieg
Bürgerinitiative gegen Mobilfunkanlagen im Wohngebiet von Neusatz
und unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft
Sprecher: Rainer Günther
Hindenburgstr. 33/1
76332 Bad Herrenalb
Fon/Fax: 07083-525054
BI @wolfstieg.net



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Sibel Edmonds needs your help: 30 Groups calling for new hearings

http://lukery.dailykos.com/


Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

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Whistling Freedom

by Tom Devine, TomPaine.com

Without whistleblower protections, government integrity is just a slogan.
http://ga3.org/ct/pd20pgF1AXPM/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sibel+Edmonds

Democrats to Unveil Troop Withdrawal Plan

In a direct challenge to President Bush, House Democrats are advancing legislation requiring the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807L.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+withdrawal

Guantanamo Trials Begin Without a Lawyer or Reporter in Sight

The Bush administration plans to begin secret proceedings against fourteen "high-value" terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. The military tribunals, scheduled to begin tomorrow, will take place behind closed doors and away from the scrutiny of the media. None of the suspects will be able to have a lawyer present.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807N.shtml



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

The Gonzales Eight

"It already seemed clear that the Bush administration's purge had trampled on prosecutorial independence," writes the New York Times. "Now Congress and the Justice Department need to investigate possible ethics violations, and perhaps illegality. Two of the fired prosecutors testified that they had been dismissed after resisting what they suspected were importunings to use their offices to help Republicans win elections. A third described what may have been a threat of retaliation if he talked publicly about his firing."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807M.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
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Bush's New US Attorney a Criminal?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807K.shtml

Thomas Gottschalk verhöhnt Hartz IV Empfänger

Thomas Gottschalk verhöhnte in der ZDF Show "Wetten dass..." Hartz IV Empfänger: "Bierdosen, das sind doch Hartz-IV-Stelzen."

In der am Samstag ausgestrahlten ZDF Show: "Wetten dass...??" hat der Entertainer und Showmaster, Thomas Gottschalk, bei der Wette des "Bierdosenstapelns", Hartz IV Empfänger indirekt als Säufer betitelt. Thomas Gottschalk hatte gesagt, dass die Bierdosenstapel eines Wettkandidaten auch "Hartz-IV-Stelzen" genannt werden können. Gottschalk wörtlich: "Bierdosen, das sind doch Hartz-IV-Stelzen." Das Lachen des Publikums verstummte bei so manchem Fernsehzuschauer. Bei solchen "Scherzen" kann sogar ein Kurt Beck noch etwas lernen, der vor einiger Zeit einem Erwerbslosen riet, "er solle sich ersteinmal waschen und rasieren."

Weiter: http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/gottschalk0344e198e90a9c801.php



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The four unspeakable truths

Slate
by Jacob Weisberg

03/07/07

When it comes to Iraq, there are two kinds of presidential candidates. The disciplined ones, like Hillary Clinton, carefully avoid acknowledging reality. The more candid, like John McCain and Barack Obama, sometimes blurt out the truth, but quickly apologize. For many presidential aspirants, the first unspeakable truth is simply that the war was a mistake...

http://www.slate.com/id/2161385/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
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The battle over fired US attorneys

Christian Science Monitor

03/07/07

The Bush administration’s controversial firing of eight US attorneys sets up a major clash between the White House and the new Congress, as Democrats step up efforts to rein in new presidential powers. At issue is whether the Justice Department’s decision to replace these top federal prosecutors was a political purge and, if so, what Congress can do about it. As a start, lawmakers are revisiting a last-minute provision added to last year’s reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act at the request of the Justice Department. It gives the president authority to replace a US attorney without going back to the Senate for confirmation...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0308/p01s01-uspo.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fired+US+attorneys

Handy: Segen oder Fluch?

HLV INFO 24/AT

8-03-2007

Einsporn 5-03-07

Vortrag zum Stammtisch am 02. April 2007, 15.30 Uhr, Kleeblatt Bischofsheim

Es gilt das gesprochene Wort !

„Handy – Segen oder Fluch?“

Dipl.-Ing. Otto Einsporn VDI, 63477 Maintal

s. rtf- Dateianlage
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/handy_segen_und_fluch.rtf

Der HLV gibt diesen Kurzvortrag im Einverständnis mit Herrn Einsporn gerne zur weiteren Verwendung bekannt – vielleicht kann er einigen nützliche Informationen bieten.



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Ökonomisierte Verfassung: über den Abbau von Grundrechten und Demokratie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit

Rede von Eckart Spoo, Publizist, Mitherausgeber und verantwortlicher Redakteur der Zweiwochenschrift Ossietzky, aus Anlaß der Verleihung des Erich-Mühsam-Preises 2007 an das Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie, Lübeck, 4.März 2007, dokumentiert in Junge Welt vom 08.03.2007 http://www.jungewelt.de/2007/03-08/023.php


Gefahr im Überfluss. Soziale Kontrolle und sozialer Ausschluss im 21. Jahrhundert.

Artikel von Tobias Singelnstein und Peer Stolle in Jungle World vom 28. Februar 2007 http://www.jungle-world.com/seiten/2007/09/9476.php


Aus: LabourNet, 8. März 2007

Konkurrenz und Klassenkampf: Sparen, lernen, mobben

„Haben Sie schon einen Vertrag für die private Altersvorsorge abgeschlossen? Wenn nicht, ist es allerhöchste Zeit, denn die Regierung hat beschlossen, dass Sie auch noch für etwas anderes sparen müssen: für die Bildung….“ Artikel von Jörn Schulz in der Jungle World vom 21. Februar 2007 http://www.jungle-world.com/seiten/2007/08/9393.php


Aus: LabourNet, 8. März 2007

Uni-Misere: wie an deutschen Hochschulen für 1 Euro geforscht und ohne Lohn gelehrt wird

„Die großen Zielvorgaben klingen zweifelsohne gut: Elite-Unis, Exzellenzinitiative, Leuchttürme der Wissenschaft – damit will die Politik die Forschung in Deutschland international konkurrenzfähig machen. Über die Qualität der Lehre an deutschen Hochschulen spricht man besser nicht. Kein Wunder, denn dort sind die Bedingungen nicht elitär, sondern prekär. Da lehren Privatdozenten, die ohne Vergütung Seminare anbieten müssen, um ihre Lehrbefugnis aufrecht zu erhalten und da betreuen Lehrbeauftragte Studenten, die immer mehr Anteile des Pflichtlehrangebotes übernehmen und gratis oder für ein paar hundert Euro ein ganzes Semester unterrichten….“ Text zum Beitrag von Eva Müller, Frank Konopatzki in der MONITOR-Sendung Nr. 559 am 1. März 2007 http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/beitrag.phtml?bid=867&sid=160


Aus: LabourNet, 8. März 2007

As Biofuels Boom, Will More Go Hungry?

Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuels gold rush could be a money-spinner for several poor countries, but some experts warn people may go hungry as food prices rise.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030707HA.shtml



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

Bush Embarks on Ethanol Diplomacy to Rebuff Chavez

US President George W. Bush visits Latin America this week to try to improve his reputation and influence in a region where anti-American voices like Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are on the rise. Bush is expected to cozy up to moderate leftists like Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, hoping to woo him with a much-touted plan to cooperate on the production of biofuels like ethanol.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030707EA.shtml



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House Democrats Say Consensus Is Forming on US Troop Withdrawal

House Democrats have pushed back consideration of the budget resolution and the Iraq supplemental spending bill because they haven't been able to resolve differences between those who want to mandate a clear date for withdrawal from Iraq and those who don't. But leaders are still saying they expect a floor vote before the Easter recess, and they are stressing that they have reached consensus in some key areas.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=US+troop+withdrawal

Why Cheney Lost It When Joe Wilson Spoke Out

"Testimony at the Libby trial showed a vice president obsessed with retaliating against former ambassador Joseph Wilson for writing, in the New York Times op-ed section on July 6, 2003, that intelligence had been 'twisted' to justify attacking Iraq. How to explain why the normally stoic, phlegmatic Cheney went off the deep end?" asks Ray McGovern.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707R.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joseph+Wilson
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Next-up News n°203

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/next_up_news_n203.htm

Phone mast fears at new school site

08 March 2007 | 11:00

ANNIE DAVIDSON

Myland County Primary School headteacher David Young said he was surprised that after 10 years of waiting people were given only a week’s notice for such an important meeting.

FEARS have been voiced that a new primary school in north Colchester is being built close to a radio mast.

A public meeting held to discuss the new school was also the subject of criticism after parents and other interested parties were only given a week's notice about the meeting.

The new school on the former Turner Village Hospital site would have spaces for 210 pupils and open in September 2009.

Figures compiled by the county council forecast the area will be lacking 281 school places by the year 2011 and many of those will be in the catchment areas served by Myland Primary School and North Primary School.

A new school has been in the pipeline for the area for ten years.

The meeting on Tuesday night at Myland Primary School heard how a radio mast in the grounds of Colchester General Hospital was close to the proposed school site.

The mast serves the emergency services as well as mobile phone technology and one parent claimed it was “exceptionally close to the school site.”

A spokeswoman for Essex County Council said: “Following on from the public meeting on Tuesday night concerns have been raised by someone about a radio mast.

“We are checking whether that radio mast would impact on the proposed school site at all.

“We are now checking on the intensity of the radio waves from the mast rather than the distance from the school.

“As part of the consultation process we will be feeding back any information to the local community.”

Myland Primary School headteacher David Young also said he found it “surprising that after ten years of waiting we are given a week's notice for such an important issue.”

But the county council spokeswoman said that the meeting had been advertised in the local press and the official consultation document had been delivered to local homes with the meeting details, as well as it being advertised with parish councils.

She added that updates would be put on the county council's website and another meeting would be held before the consultation period ended on April 11.

Internet Links: http://www.essexcc.gov.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional Ltd. All rights reserved.

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MoveOn Calls on Congress to Stop Escalation into Iran

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0307-03.htm

How Does an Era End?

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0307-32.htm



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Congress's Upcoming "Free" Trade Brawl: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0307-31.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Sirota

Limited Options and Endless Possibilities

Ted Rall
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0307-21.htm

4 Years After Invasion, Many Iraqis Look Back With Longing

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0307-05.htm

Talk Floats of A Possible Scooter Libby Pardon by Bush

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0307-02.htm

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Why Libby's Pardon Is a Slam Dunk

Frank Rich writes: "Even by Washington's standards, few debates have been more fatuous or wasted more energy than the frenzied speculation over whether President Bush will or will not pardon Scooter Libby. Of course he will."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031107B.shtml



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

Vermont: 36 Towns Call For Impeachment Probe of President

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0307-01.htm



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

IDA Continues Opposition to Barbaric Canadian Seal Slaughter

Annual marine mammal massacre only weeks away
http://ga0.org/campaign/canadaseals



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=seal+slaughter

Rally at Texas State Capital a Resounding Success

by Devvy Kidd

Everyone: Get on the phone (forget e-mails; Congress critters get about 300,000 a month) and call your federal house member and demand they pass HCR 40 to stop this major thrust to destroy a sovereign America. Alert: Montana Just Says NO! to The Security and Prosperity Partnership. In a land slide vote of 94 to 5 a resolution opposing the SPP has passed the House in the State of Montana......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd254.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=HCR+40
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Security+and+Prosperity+Partnership
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com%2FDevvy

Beim Mobilfunk in die Offensive gehen

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, werte Mitstreiter und Mitstreiterinnen,

Anbei die nachfolgende PM im heutigen HANAUER ANZEIGER.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/beim_mobilfunk_in_die_offensive_gehen.pdf
[ http://www.rhein-main.net/sixcms/list.php?page=fnp2_news_article&id=3560121 ]

Im Gegensatz zu vielen Hauptverantwortlichen auch hiesiger Kommunen hat der Landrat die Situation bezüglich der Einflussnahme bei der Mobilfunkthematik erkannt und mahnt zu Recht an, dass die Stadt- und Gemeindeverantwortlichen von ihrer Planungshoheit Gebrauch machen sollten.

Allerdings ist die vom Landrat Herrn Erich Pipa angeführte "Freiwillige Selbstverpflichtung" zwischen den Kommunen und Betreibern keine verlässliche Garantie dafür, dass die Betreiber von dieser Vereinbarung Gebrauch machen. In vielen bekannten Fällen wurde hier auf eklatanteste Weise dagegen verstoßen. Außerdem ist der Passus, "soweit dies wirtschaftlich vertretbar ist" ein typischer Gummiparagraph.

Die BI Bruchköbel ImoWoB e.V. hatte von Anfang an den Gebrauch der Planungshoheit eingefordert und zugleich auch immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, dass Planungshoheit auch Planungspflicht für die Hauptamtlichen bedeutet!!!

Wenn ich mich an die endlosen Dialoge und Diskurse erinnere, die alleine die ImoWoB e.V. seit 2001 mit unseren Hauptverantwortlichen - den Bürgermeistern Ermold, Roth und Ersten Stadtrat Dziony - hat führen müssen, bis es nach vielen Jahren zur Auftragsvergabe eines neutralen Planungskonzeptes gekommen ist, dann kann man nur das Fazit ziehen, dass die Verantwortlichen über Jahre die Problematik einfach ausgesessen haben. Dabei ist nicht vergessen, dass kritische, unbescholtene Bürger, die von ihren Grundrechten Gebrauch gemacht haben, lange Zeit in perfider Form diskreditiert und diffamiert wurden.

Es ist gut, dass nunmehr, auch sozusagen Gemeinde- und Städteübergreifend, der einzig richtige praktikable Lösungsweg aufgezeichnet wurde.

M.f.G.
Alfred Tittmann

Protest over phone mast plan

More than 100 campaigners fighting plans for a new mobile phone mast near two Shrewsbury schools are to hold a demonstration at the proposed site.

They will protest against phone giant O2’s plans to site the 41ft antenna next to the junction of Copthorne Park and Copthorne Road.

More than 100 demonstrators are expected at the rally at 3.15pm on Friday. Leading campaigners will also meet with O2 managers and MP Daniel Kawczynski to urge the company to relocate the mast.

They say it is too close to homes and Woodfield County Infant and St George’s Junior schools.

A spokesman for the protesters said today: “We are hoping to get some of the councillors along on Friday as well as children and their parents. There seems to be growing support now for what we are doing.

“We are trying to get as many people as possible on Friday. We will also be meeting O2 and Daniel Kawczynski. I would like for O2 to meet with all of the campaigners face to face.

“There will be a lot of people standing at the mast site with signs saying Say No To O2 which is our campaign.

“We are also trying to get together a formal committee and have started a petition. I am sure we can stop this ma- st going up.”

Councillors rejected the scheme but O2 won a planning appeal last month.

O2 says it has made a significant financial commitment to the site. It claims there is no evidence masts are harmful and it would provide better coverage.

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/science.html


Anti-mast campaigners will meet tomorrow at Woodfield County Infant School, at 7.30pm.

Protesters have also set up an e-mail address for people to share concerns: no-phonemast @hotmail.co.uk

© 2007 - all rights reserved

http://www.shropshirestar.co.uk/2007/03/protest-over-phone-mast-plan/

Armstrong Moon Video Update: Is This An Experiment?

http://www.rense.com/general75/tib.htm


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