Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2007

Residency Clause Adds Fuel to Dispute Over US Attorneys

On November 10, 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent a letter to a federal judge in Montana assuring him that the US attorney there, William Mercer, was not violating federal law by spending most of his time in Washington as a senior Justice Department official. That same day, Mercer had a GOP Senate staffer insert into a bill a provision that would change the rules so that federal prosecutors could live outside their districts to serve in other jobs. Congress passed the provision several months later as part of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill, retroactively benefiting Mercer and a handful of other senior Justice Department officials who pull double duty as US attorneys and headquarters officials.

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Generals to President: You've Failed Us

Today, Generals Eaton and Batiste, who led troops in Iraq, expressed outrage at the president's veto of the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207B.shtml

Tenet Battled With the Office of Special Plans

According to Tenet, White House officials tried to prevent the CIA from publishing its own analysis of the relationship between Iraq and al-Qa'ida. A draft report of the CIA analysis of that relationship was sent to the White House in December 2002, resulting in "a series of calls from the White House" that asked the CIA to "revise or withdraw the paper."


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Don't let drilling destroy the Upper Green

Keep the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem GREAT for future generations.

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Das prekäre Leben

Wird Deutschland zum Billiglohn-Sektor mit befristeten Perspektiven? Junge Akademiker zwischen Praktikum und Prekariat.

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Drogerie-Chef Götz Werner erklärt Vollbeschäftigung zur Utopie und fordert ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen

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Democrat Demands White House Student Loan Records

The Democratic head of the US House of Representatives' Education Committee said on Tuesday that investigators probing the Bush administration's management of federal student loan programs had found "serious oversight failures by senior officials."

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Student Loan Probe Expands to Include Alumni Associations

The New York attorney general has broadened his investigation into the student loan industry to discover whether university alumni associations are steering graduates toward a major loan company in exchange for payments from the lender.

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Waxman May Cast Wider Net Into Niger Uranium Probe

Following a subpoena to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a letter to former CIA Director George Tenet last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee may cast an even wider net in its probe into why the administration made false pre-war claims that Iraq was seeking to acquire uranium from Niger.

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Embattled Interior Official Abruptly Resigns Post

Julie MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, submitted her resignation letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, a department spokesman said on Tuesday. MacDonald resigned a week before a House Congressional oversight committee was to hold a hearing on accusations that she violated the Endangered Species Act, censored science and mistreated staff of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Government Watchdog Faces Three Investigations

Johnnie Frazier, the inspector general of the Department of Commerce and watchdog charged with rooting out wrongdoing at the agency, is himself the subject of three separate government investigations into allegations that he misspent his budget and retaliated against employees who raised concerns about his actions.

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Feinstein Proposes Plan to Close Gitmo

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) introduced legislation on Monday that would close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "Guantanamo Bay has become a lightning rod for international condemnation," Feinstein said. "Rather than make the United States safer, the image projected by this facility puts us at greater risk."

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Mast campaigners set for pay-out

CAMPAIGNERS who protested against a mobile phone mast could gain compensation after a report slammed the council.

The findings into the O2 mast in Arnison Avenue said Wycombe District Council (WDC) failed to meet a deadline for its planning application and did not inform residents about what was happening.

People living near the mast, who complained could now be in line for compensation after the report recommended they should be given £550 each.

The O2 telecommunications pole was put up in Arnison Avenue in February 2006 after the mobile phone company used a legal loophole to install the mast when the district council failed to respond within the 56 day deadline.

The mast remained in place for six months before being taken down.

In a report by local government ombudsman Tony Redmond, published last Friday, findings showed that WDC not only failed to meet the deadline for a decision on the mast but also did not tell residents what had happened once it was built.

This led to a number of criticisms to the ombudsman, who investigates complaints of injustice arising from inefficient administration by local authorities.

Complainants who lived near the mast said that they had been left stressed by its installation, the uncertainty over whether it would remain as well as time and trouble in pursuing the matter with WDC.

In the report Mr Redmond said: "It seems to me that the council was at fault because it delayed unreasonably in informing residents what had happened. It was aware on June 23, 2005, that the applicant had deemed consent to erect the mast lawfully at any time.

"It was also aware that a number of residents had objected to the initial application and that the Planning Inspectorate had agreed with its decision to refuse it."

However, Mr Redmond acknowledged that the council had been trying to negotiate with the applicant about the mast. He added: "I welcome the council's proactive attempts to do this. However, it is my view that the council should have notified residents of the situation as soon as it was sure that the applicant had deemed consent as they claimed."

WDC spokesman Catherine Spalton said: "WDC accepts the decision made by the ombudsman and would like to apologise to the residents affected for any distress caused. The council has since carried out a comprehensive review of its systems to ensure that any similar application is dealt with in a timely and accurate manner.

"The telecoms mast has now been removed by the operator."

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The price of remedying the China trade imbalance keeps compounding

China Costs Keep Piling Up

by Thomas I. Palley, TomPaine.com
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Missile Defense: a weapon that doesn't work for a threat that doesn't exist

Again With The Missile Defense?

by William D. Hartung, TomPaine.com
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By his aggressive veto, Bush proves he cannot admit, much less fix, his Iraq blunder

Sealing His Eyes And Ears

by Robert C. Byrd, TomPaine.com
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A Veto Inked in Blood

William Rivers Pitt writes: "Four years after a humiliating strut across the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, four years after declaring major combat operations in Iraq ended and the mission accomplished, four years and more than three thousand dead American soldiers later, four long years to the day, George W. Bush delivered a veto that only ensures more wretched and bloody carnage."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207J.shtml

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Pelosi: Congress Will Not Give the President a Blank Check

Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to President Bush's veto of the Iraq supplemental bill: "Earlier today, the leader and I sent to the president a bill that made a strong commitment to support our men and women in uniform, and a strong commitment to honor our promises to our veterans. This was a bill that was worthy of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. It was a bill that honored and respected the wishes of the American people to have benchmarks, to have guidelines, to have standards for what is happening in Iraq.... The president vetoed the bill outright and, frankly, misrepresented what this legislation does."

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Urgent alert: Help keep whale champion Sara Wan on the California Coastal Commission

Natural Resources Defense Council's

CALIFORNIA ACTIVIST NETWORK SPECIAL ALERT

NRDC's California Activist Network was formed to mobilize and provide action tools to Californians and others concerned with protecting the state's extraordinary wealth of natural treasures and the health of its citizens.


May 2, 2007

Urgent alert for California Activist Network Members: Help keep whale champion Sara Wan on the California Coastal Commission Take action now at http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050107


California's breathtaking coastal waters -- and the gray, humpback and blue whales, dolphins and other marine mammals that make their home there -- are vulnerable to nearly constant threats, from pollution to ear-piercing sonar to oil and gas drilling. That's why we need state leaders who understand the importance of protecting our coast and marine mammals.

Sara Wan is one of California's top crusaders on behalf of whales and other marine mammals. For years she has advocated tirelessly to safeguard coastal resources as a member of the California Coastal Commission, the primary state body charged with coastal management. Commissioner Wan has voted against harmful industrial projects, pushed for the protection of wetlands, improved public access to beaches and demanded that the Navy keep its sonar away from key whale habitat, including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

But this month Commissioner Wan's four-year term is up for review, and state Senator Perata, chair of the Rules Committee, is about to decide whether to reappoint her to the commission for another term. Although NRDC and other environmental organizations have given Commissioner Wan our strongest endorsement, others who don't appreciate her steadfast work to protect the coast from overdevelopment and industrial use that threatens marine life are lobbying hard to have her removed. That's why Senator Perata -- who is expected to make his decision this week -- needs to hear from concerned Californians that Commissioner Wan is the best person for this job and that her record has earned her another term as a champion of our coast.

== What to do == Send a message right away urging Senator Perata to reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission for another term.

== Contact information == You can send a message directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nrdcaction_050107 or use the contact information and sample letter below to send your own message.

Senator Don Perata State Capitol, Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 327-1997
Email: Senator.Perata@sen.ca.gov


== Sample letter ==

Subject: Reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission

Dear Senator Perata and members of the Rules Committee,

I urge you to reappoint Sara Wan to the California Coastal Commission. Our coast and marine life are among our most precious resources, but they are increasingly jeopardized by industrial development, global warming, water pollution and other threats. The Coastal Commission appointment currently before you will help determine whether our coast is vigorously protected in the years to come.

It is crucial that we have state leaders who understand the importance of our coast and of protecting marine mammals. For years, Commissioner Wan has advocated tirelessly to safeguard coastal resources, including whales and other marine life. As a member of the commission, she has been a true champion of our coast, voting against harmful industrial projects, demanding that the Navy keep harmful sonar away from key whale habitat, pushing for the protection of wetlands and improving public access to beaches.

Commissioner Wan has provided unparalleled leadership on the Coastal Commission, and her record has clearly earned her another term. Again, I urge you to reappoint Sara Wan.

Sincerely,

[Your name and address]

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Aufrechterhaltung des internationalen Fangverbotes und Vergabe von kommerziellen Fangquoten für den japanischen Küstenwalfang

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Save America's Wolves Time is running out!

Watch the Video. Save Our Wolves.
http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=Ic2QsI8cldbfI21Kx7D8RQ..

We have just 8 days left to reach our goal of 200,000 signatures to save hundreds of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area and elsewhere in Idaho and Wyoming. Please take action now…
http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=BaQQWL0dtopqiHPRasd6-A..

What’s at Stake

* Idaho officials want to kill more than 80% of the wolves within the state, allowing a wolf to be killed for as little as $9.75.

* Wyoming wants to kill as many as 2/3 of the wolves within its borders.

* Yellowstone wolves, which bring millions of tourist dollars to the area, could be shot on sight if they leave the safety of the park’s borders.

Help spread the word… Forward this message to at least 5 friends.

We have just one week left to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves in the Northern Rockies. Unless we stop them, federal officials could eliminate vital protections for these magnificent animals and spark the biggest wolf massacre in the lower 48 state to occur in decades.

Watch our video online, and then take action to oppose the Bush/Cheney Administration’s proposal to remove protections for wolves, which could lead to the slaughter of wolves in the greater Yellowstone area and the rest of the Northern Rockies.
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Wolves were eliminated from this area in the last century -- trapped, poisoned, hunted and harassed. Their re-introduction to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in the mid-1990s was a major conservation accomplishment.

Now that achievement is at risk as officials in Idaho and Wyoming gear up to kill hundreds of wolves.

In February, officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration proposed removing gray wolves in the Northern Rockies from the Endangered Species List… and turning over management of wolves to Idaho and Wyoming -- two states more concerned with eliminating wolves than managing them.

Lawmakers and anti-wolf extremists in Idaho and Wyoming have already announced plans to kill hundreds of wolves, putting the gray wolf’s future in the American West at risk.

More than 111,000 Defenders supporters have already taken action. Please help us reach our 200,000 signature goal by May 9th.

Help save wolves. Watch this video and take action to prevent the slaughter.
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There are just 8 days remaining in the public comment period on this awful proposal. Please take action now!

Sincerely,

Rodger Schlickeisen,
President
Defenders of Wildlife

© Copyright 2007, Defenders of Wildlife


Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities.

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Bush’s farewell tantrum

Rocky Mountain News
by Paul Campos

05/01/07

Whatever one thought of the original decision to invade Iraq, the political question the nation now faces could not be clearer: Should we ask our troops to continue to fight this war, and our children to pay for it through future tax increases? (The option of paying for it ourselves would require some sacrifice on the part of the average voter, so it never seems to have been considered seriously). The American people have already answered that question, and their answer is ‘No.’ The Republicans lost 30 Congressional seats in last fall’s election, while the Democrats lost none, largely because the American people were voting against the war. Every opinion poll shows that, by large majorities, Americans support the efforts of Democrats to force President Bush to begin withdrawing our troops. … That pressure will only grow. As increasingly panicky Republicans are all too aware, this is still a democracy, which means America will begin to withdraw from Iraq no later than January of 2009, even if bringing this about requires an electoral rout of the Republican Party in November of next year...

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Getting Iraq war funding wrong again

Hawaii Reporter
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

04/30/07

This week, Congress finalized the controversial $124 billion Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill, with the House and Senate both voting in favor of final passage. The majority of my Republican colleagues and I voted against this measure, and the president has vowed to veto the legislation. In this final version, the House leadership retained billions of dollars in pork meant to attract skeptical votes, retained a watered-down version of the problematic ‘benchmarks’ that seek to micromanage the war effort, and continued to play politics with the funding of critical veterans medical and other assistance. In other words, this final version was even worse than the original in almost all respects...

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Last refuge of the scoundrel

Salon
by Gary Kamiya

05/01/07

Bush supporters have been labeling war critics defeatists, appeasers and surrender monkeys ever since 9/11. Chickenhawk conservatives discovered they could attack even decorated war veterans with impunity, as the shameless smearing of triple amputee Vietnam War vet Max Cleland proved. Who could forget that glorious day when newly elected Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, attacked Rep. John Murtha, a war hero, by saying, ‘Cowards cut and run, Marines never do?’ Congress and the media’s gutless reaction to these attacks is one of the main reasons they rolled over during the run-up to the war in Iraq. But those who live by bogus patriotic fearmongering die by bogus patriotic fearmongering. Having cast its lot irrevocably with Bush, the GOP is now condemned to play out the dismal endgame in Iraq by his all-or-nothing rules. They have no choice but to pretend victory is at hand, attack those who say otherwise, and make up apocalyptic scenarios about what al-Qaida will do to us if we don’t stay the course. The problem is, no one believes any of this anymore — probably not even the people who are saying it...

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The Guantanamo hunger strike

In These Times
by H. Candace Gorman

05/01/07

Guantanamo is in the grips of a hunger strike — an age-old form of protest that marked such world events as the fight for women’s suffrage and Indian and Irish independence. The U.S. military’s response to the hunger strike is not surprising: punitive force-feeding, a dangerous and painful approach. In March I was treated to a grisly demonstration of this procedure at a conference of Guantanamo attorneys in London and Oxford. We also met with members of the British Parliament and ambassadors from our clients’ countries of origin (as well as ambassadors of countries that might be willing to offer asylum to former prisoners). But one of the main topics of the discussion was the current hunger strike, which is only now being discussed in the press. The hunger strike coincided with the fifth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, as well as the opening in late December 2006 of the maximum security complex, Camp 6, constructed by Kellogg, Brown and Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton...

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Scientists sign Endangered Species Act protest

Santa Barbara News-Press

More than three dozen scientists have signed a letter to protest a new Bush administration interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, saying it jeopardizes animals such as wolves and grizzly bears. The new reading of the law proposed by Interior Department Solicitor David Bernhardt would enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect animals and plants only where they are battling for survival. The agency wouldn’t have to protect them where they’re in good shape...

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Help protect civil rights and free speech: urge your representative to vote YES on H.R. 1592

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Take action on forced labour in Bolivia

Thousands of people from the indigenous Guaraní people community are in forced labour on private ranches in southern Bolivia. The new Government is taking some steps to address this problem, but it remains important to keep up the pressure on this important issue.

Please click here http://www.antislavery.org/2007/actioncountry.html to write to the Bolivian Government and the European Commission to raise your concerns. Do send us copies of any replies you receive.

You can read background information on forced labour in Bolivia here http://www.antislavery.org/2007/countrybg.html .

Phone mast turned down

WEALDEN planners have refused permission for an 11 metre high mobile phone mast in Polegate.

Phone company T-Mobile wanted to install the mast in Station Road to improve its coverage in the Polegate area for both 2G and 3G, usage which is currently insufficient.

However, at a meeting of the planning committee at Wealden District Council, councillors refused permission for the mast as they felt the opportunity for mast sharing hadn't been properly investigated as there is already an existing Vodafone site at Polegate train station.

Councillor Andy Long said, "A suitable site owned by another company has been found in another location and whatever the commercial considerations are it is not our concern.

"I think that the council is far too weak in its policy on this and think that we should be stricter on site sharing."

The committee agreed to refuse the mast on grounds of siting and that the possibility of site sharing hadn't been properly explored.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

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COUNCIL GAFFE SEES MOBILE MAST ERECTED

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A Telephone mast has been put up in Llanelli even though planning permission was refused.Council planning officers took too long to tell O2 about the rejection - and the telephone company built the mast regardless.

Swansea Road residents are furious.

Town and county councillor Bill Thomas said: "Residents objected to the plans for a mast in Swansea Road as they were worried it was too close to local schools.

"They went to work one morning and found it there when they came back.

"They are furious and shocked, they feel as if their opinion just doesn't matter to the council."

The telephone company first submitted plans for a 15-metre mast in June, which were rejected by Carmarthenshire Council.

In November, an application was made for a 12.5-metre mast.

Six letters of objection expressed fears it was too close to Penygaer and Ysgol Dewi Sant schools and residential properties.

There were also health and safety concerns.

Carmarthenshire Council's planning department refused the plans, but failed to meet a 56-day deadline to notify O2.

Carmarthenshire Council head of planning Eifion Bowen said: "The application was for prior approval and is unlike ordinary planning applications as approval is deemed to be granted after a 56-day period.

"The agent was informed of this decision during a telephone conversation either on November 30 or the following day, and formal notification was sent out within the 56-day period.

"O2 was of the view that the notice received was incorrectly worded and that the revised notice subsequently sent out was outside the specified period.

"The authority is disappointed the matter progressed in full knowledge of its concerns.

"The authority is reviewing its processes."

O2 community relations manager for Wales Angela Johnson said: "The planning law stipulates that if we do not receive notice in 56 days then we have deemed consent to put a mast up.

"We need the mast there for coverage for the area.

"The masts are very low powered radio transmitters.

"The World Health Organisation has looked at research and come to the conclusion that there is no evidence of any health risk."


Reader comments

So O2's Angela Johnson assures us that the World Health Organisation happy for them to plant their harmful radiation emitting phone masts next to schools and housing. Well lets's see........ The World Health Organisation?s Radiation Health Protection Committee is responsible for the subject of Cellular Technology and Powerlines health effects. This committee?s eight representatives are all mobile phone operator ex employees. The chairman of this committee, Dr Michael Repacholi has recently resigned under a cloud after it was revealed that he received 150,000 dollar a year directly from the cellular phone industry for meetings and travels. This means he broke the rules of the WHO which bars receipt of money directly from the industry. In addition Dr. Repacholi is documented to have invited power industry representatives in order to review scientific work and participate actively in evaluating health standards of electromagnetic fields emitted by power lines. The names of the power line industry representatives are all documented. Dr. Repacholi systematically downplayed and ignored for years many scientific findings with one common ground: the findings which show that the cellular technology is not safe and cannot be freely distributed without a health price for the world population. Dr. Repacholi?s sharp bias threatens world health. He now works for the nuclear industry and was recently seen on a Panorama programme on nuclear power telling viewers that small amounts of radiation does you good!

J Elliott, Swansea

Only Global Unions Can Stop the Race to the Bottom

"At no time in history has there been a greater urgency or opportunity to form real global unions whose goal is to organize tens of millions of workers to win economic and social justice by counterbalancing global corporations on the world stage even as the power of the state declines," says Stephen Lerner.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107LB.shtml

A Global Democratic Movement Is About to Pop

Paul Hawken writes: "I have given nearly one thousand talks about the environment in the past fifteen years, and after every speech a smaller crowd gathered to talk, ask questions, and exchange business cards. The people offering their cards were working on the most salient issues of our day: climate change, poverty, deforestation, peace, water, hunger, conservation, human rights and more. They looked after rivers and bays, educated consumers about sustainable agriculture, retrofitted houses with solar panels, lobbied state legislatures about pollution, fought against corporate-weighted trade policies, worked to green inner cities, or taught children about the environment. Quite simply, they were trying to safeguard nature and ensure justice."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107EC.shtml

UN Facing a Backlash on Emissions Action Plan

This week the world's leading climate change experts will outline highly controversial plans to save the world from global warming. Their proposals - which include a major expansion in nuclear power, the use of GM crops to boost biofuel production, and reliance on unproven technologies, including underground storage of carbon dioxide - will put the UN's climate group on a collision course with a host of environmental groups.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050107EB.shtml

Thousands of Protesters Press for Path to Citizenship

Angry over recent raids and frustrated with Congress, thousands of people protested across the country Tuesday to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Organizers say immigrants feel a sense of urgency to keep immigration reform from getting pushed to the back burner by the 2008 presidential elections.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107T.shtml

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Immigration rally disrupted by police

Video

It was a dramatic and chaotic end to what was otherwise a peaceful day here in Los Angeles. Police started to move and disperse the crowd and fired rubber bullets, dozens of rubber bullets, into the crowd. People went running and fleeing, trying to get out of their way.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/02/immigrant-march-disrupted-by-police/


From Information Clearing House

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LA Police Attack Crowd at Pro-Immigration Rights Rally

One day after several reporters and camera operators were injured while covering an altercation at an immigrant rights rally in MacArthur Park, news organizations condemned the Los Angeles Police Department for its use of batons and riot guns against members of the media, and some said they were considering legal options.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307B.shtml

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The LA police riot - 5/1/07
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/100.html

Invisible Iraqis

"'Mohammed' (not his real name) brought his family to Amman to find medical care for his son, and a life removed from the violence of Baghdad. In his prior life, he earned a living as a truck driver, but here in the city he and his four children live out their time inside the dimly lit room so they won't be arrested as illegal refugees," says Charlie Jackson.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107S.shtml

Democrats Send Iraq Timeline to Bush

Defying veto threats, Democratic Congressional leaders on Tuesday sent President Bush legislation setting timetables for US troop withdrawals from Iraq. Tuesday was the fourth anniversary of his "Mission Accomplished" speech on the war. "The president has put our troops in the middle of a civil war. A change of course is needed," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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Call on Gonzales to resign

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Fears over mast plan

By Jo Lafferty

PLANS to put a mobile phone mast on top of a Redditch office block have been approved, despite some workers' fears that it could affect their health.

Orange has been granted permission to install the mast on top of Grosvenor House, Prospect Hill by Redditch Council officers under delegated powers, meaning the plans did not go before a planning committe.

Several people working for the Redditch Advertiser's advertising department, based on the building's fifth floor, objected to the plans and said they would leave their jobs if the mast went up.

Jane Huxley said: "I'm not prepared to work here. I want to see my children grow up and I don't want to be exposed to any unnecessary risks."

Michelle Buckley said: "They said 50 years ago that cigarettes weren't dangerous- there's not enough research there."

Suzanne Smith said she could not see why people were asked for their opinions on the mast if it going up was a foregone conclusion, while Yvonne Sealey said she did not think it was properly publicised.

A council spokesman explained that Government legislation gives telecommunications operators certain development rights to erect telecommunications equipment without needing to apply for normal planning permission.

For the erection of telecommunication masts under 15m, the telecom operator applies to the local planning authority for Prior Approval' for the siting and appearance of the mast.

As the council has just 56 days to rule on the prior approval, the normal way such applications are dealt with is by officer-delegated powers so that time limits are met.

"Any local planning authority, planning committee (and its officers) must decide any application on its planning merits, not upon the number of public objections to any proposal," the spokesman said.

"A proposal for a telecommunications mast is not an application for planning permission as such."

Any proposal submitted with an International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection certificate is deemed to comply with standards regarding public exposure to emissions, so the council cannot refuse it on health grounds.

"We could possibly object on visual grounds, the question of whether there is a need or whether it could be combined with an existing installation," added the spokesman.

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1368203.mostviewed.fears_over_mast_plan.php

Concerns over Southwick development

AN elderly resident fears a bid to put a mobile phone mast opposite her home will also pave the way for a major housing development nearby.

A plan to build 74 new homes on land at Overhill, north Southwick, was put on hold in February following concerns from residents that they would be overlooked and their own properties could be devalued.

Adur District Council believes the land near, Southwick cemetery, would be suitable for two, three and four-bedroom family homes, a mix of private and affordable housing.

The site is currently used for grazing, but has a 1936 covenant on it, stating the land is for cemetery use only.

Building on it would breach this, as does the current grazing use.

Now Shirley King, who lives in Overhill, says she believes if the T-Mobile mast is put up then the area will be a free-for-all for further development.

Mrs King, a 70-year-old widow, is planning to speak against the 8.5m mobile phone mast application when it goes before Adur council's planning committee on Monday.

But as it is under 15m high, it does not need planning permission unless planners decide otherwise.

Mrs King said: "The mast will be opposite my bungalow and near the access to the land where the council wants to build on.

"The new housing is supposed to be for families, so what about the health risks to young children living there?

"I have also discovered that the council has an embargo on any masts on its own land within 50m of a home or school, but obviously this mast wouldn't be on its land."

The council says it has received seven letters of objection from residents in Overhill to the mast but planning officers believe they don't have enough grounds to refuse the application.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2842149&sectionid=470

Eaton Park phone mast battle latest

DOMINIC CHESSUM
02 May 2007 09:39

Families who have battled to stop a mobile phone mast from being built close to a city park today spoke of their disappointment after their fight came to an end.

After months of hard work to stop telecommunications giant 3 putting a 15 metre high phone mast on the corner of Parmenter Road and South Park Avenue, the company has won on appeal.

Families living close to the proposed site had hoped they had seen the last of the application when it was turned down by Norwich City Council in December. But 3 appealed the decision and it has now been overturned.

Mike Nichols, of Sotherton Road, helped lead the campaign against the proposal. He said: “Everybody is very, very surprised. I believe that this was the most objections ever received for a phone mast application. The council rejected it and there were good grounds.

“The only chance we have now is to find something wrong in the appeal acceptance.”

A petition of more than 200 names was collected and sent to the planning inspectorate.

Families cited a number of reasons for their objections.

They were concerned about the possible health risks the mast would pose, being close to homes as well as four schools and a community centre. They were also worried about the visual impact and its impact on the value of their homes. Mr Nichols said: “I think that mast will turn out like asbestos or smoking in the future in terms of the health risks. People here are hugely disappointed.”

The Evening News has been running a Put Masts On Hold campaign, which calls for no more masts to be placed near homes or schools until it is proved they are safe.

Last month the Evening News reported how a scientific study commissioned by telecoms operator T-Mobile had suggested mobile phones cause cancer.

William Comery, corporate affairs manager for Erickson Services which applied for the mast on behalf of 3, said: “The health and safety of mobile phone base stations has been established by the government and other health bodies. A recent World Health Organisation report found no long term or short term health risks.”

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


Are you worried about plans for a mobile phone mast in your area? Contact Dominic Chessum on 01603 772428 or e-mail dominic.chessum@archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/373y8m

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Phone mast battle for Eaton families

DOMINIC CHESSUM
10 May 2007 12:01

Furious families are fighting to stop a mobile phone mast from being moved to outside their homes and have collected more than 250 signatures in protest.

Following a public outcry from people living in Newmarket Road the city council has requested that mobile phone company O2 removes a mast there.

But the telecoms giant has instead applied for permission to put a 17.5 metre mast a short distance away in Eaton Street, to the fury of families living nearby.

Jane Rolph, one of the protesters, said: “We understand the need for technology, and are asking for masts to be placed in a safe zone, 500 metres away from populous areas. We already have two masts within a hundred metres of the proposed site.

“We have a choice to smoke or drink yet in today's health and safety conscious world, how can we have this health risk imposed upon us?

“It is unforgivable that health risks are not being taken into consideration with phone mast sitings.

“Everyone I have spoken to voiced concern for the future.”

The paper has been running a Put Masts On Hold campaign which calls for no more masts to be placed near homes or schools until it is proved they are safe.

A petition against the Eaton Street application has been placed in the local Post Office and has already attracted more than 250 signatures.

Malcolm Fuller, who has run the Post Office as a family business for the past 22 years, said: “I am shocked at the choice of the proposed site particularly as the Post Office, like the rest of Eaton Street, is a conservation area. A 57 foot mast would look totally out of place.

“Nobody wants the mast at all but it is already up and running. People just cannot understand why it is being moved.

“There is always going to be a conflict of interest.”

Heather Harris, who lives near the proposed new site, said: “I am very concerned over the increasing evidence of health risks, especially now that so many studies show links to cancer for people living close to phone masts.

“It's all very worrying. Phone companies should be more responsible in choosing sites that do not affect the community's health. We need councils and Government to support us.”

Jim Stevenson, community relations manager for O2 said: “What we are trying to do is to move a mast which is currently a problem for the local planning authority. We are currently consulting residents on what will be right for the area and what they think.”

Are you fighting proposals for a mobile phone mast in your area? Contact reporter Dominic Chessum on 01603 772428 or email dominic.chessum@archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/335nsu

Child Slavery

Video

Around 8.4 million children around the world are enslaved today. Now, in a remarkable journey across three continents, five of them tell their stories. This documentary is presented by reporter Rageh Omaar.

http://snipurl.com/1izge


From Information Clearing House

FBI outsourced dirty work to secret Ethiopian prisons

While we have been awash in news stories about the firing of U.S. attorneys, Don Imus and the Virginia Tech horror, how many Americans know that the FBI and, to a lesser extent, the CIA have been interrogating suspected terrorists in secret prisons in Ethiopia?

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/01/opinion/guest/50-ethiopian.txt


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nat+Hentoff

The US and its allies allowed Pakistan to clandestinely acquire most of the technology for its nuclear program from abroad

'They sold out the world for an F-16 sale'

The US and its allies allowed Pakistan to clandestinely acquire most of the technology for its nuclear program from abroad, unwittingly facilitating the spread of nuclear weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya over the past several decades.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/They_sold_out_world_for_F16_0426.html


From Information Clearing House

Coalition statement in support of impeachment

A group of prominent Americans gathered at the U.S. Capitol to speak in support of beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/1355/59/



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

How Rumsfeld Micromanaged Torture

http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew05012007.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andrew+Cockburn

Some straight talking: but is anyone in America listening?

According to a recent poll, one in four Iraqis has personally experienced or witnessed the murder of a family member as a result of violence since the US-led invasion.

http://snipurl.com/1izf6



Baghdad up close and personal

Pepe Escobar, is back in Iraq and in the Red Zone - that is, outside "Fortress USA", the Green Zone. This is the first of his unembedded, non-Kevlar-protected, bodyguardless reports.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE02Ak01.html



Everywoman: Iraqi women

Video explores the lives of 4 Iraqi women living under U.S. occupation.
http://snipurl.com/1izf8



Few Iraqi refugees allowed into U.S.

The United States admitted 68 Iraqi refugees in the six months through March, a tiny percentage of those fleeing their homes because of the war, State Department figures show.

http://snipurl.com/1izfl


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pepe+Escobar

U.S. Military wife tells off neocon Kristol

Video

On a C-Span morning call-in show, a military wife took issue with William Kristol's disconnect from the personal strains of military families. Kristol was almost speechless.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17630.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kristol
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons

Bush vetoes troop withdrawal bill

US President George W Bush has vetoed a Congressional bill that would have linked war funding to a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6613141.stm


From Information Clearing House



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

Post Mortem for the Stock Market

By Mike Whitney

The real estate market is crashing faster than anyone had anticipated. Housing prices have fallen in 17 of 20 of the nation's largest cities and the trend lines indicate that the worst is yet to come.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17627.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=real+estate+market
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Whitney

Our freedoms and working conditions were won by the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in their struggle against commercial interests

H a r l a n C o u n t y USA

Video

Least we think that America was built by the starched shirts and expensive suits featured on FOX News and CNN. This documentary will help to remind us that our freedoms and working conditions were not won by U.S. soldiers in foreign lands but through the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in their struggle against commercial interests.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13730.htm

Don't Steal, Don't Lie and Don't Be Lazy

Evo Morales and the New Wave of Democracy in Latin America

Audio Report

Democratically elected with 54% of the vote, he is soft-spoken, honest, mature, humble and trying to balance a history of oligarchic elitism with the growing needs on his people. A new breed of government which has the Bush Administration perplexed and unable to put in their pocket.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17631.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Evo+Morales

Enter the Empire

By Manuel Valenzuela

The wealthiest nation-state the world has ever seen has for the last sixty years been standing atop the upper crust of humankind, basking in the splendor of unfathomable richness, enjoying unprecedented standards of living, accumulating power and control at tremendous speed and becoming, at the expense of the planet and its inhabitants, the latest incarnation of Rome.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17629.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Manuel+Valenzuela

The War Party

Video

Panorama investigates the "neo-conservatives", the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House. They brought us war against Iraq - what do the hawks in Washington have in store for us now?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8581.htm



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

Siemens machte Beschuldigten zum Chef-Aufklärer

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,480483,00.html

MOBILFUNK: Der Hamster ist Zeuge

Im Anhang finden Sie den Mobilfunk-Artikel:
"Der Hamster ist Zeuge", Der Spiegel Nr. 18/30.4.07 S. 154 - 159.

DER SPIEGEL (18/2007) - 30.04.2007 (16434 Zeichen)

Hunderte Bürgerinitiativen kämpfen gegen die Gefahr, die ihrer Meinung nach von Handy-Strahlung ausgeht. Sie werden unterstützt von überraschend vielen Medizinern. Eine praktische Ärztin aus Bamberg stieg zur Schutzpatronin des Widerstands auf.

Link auf diesen Artikel im Archiv: http://service.spiegel.de/digas/find?DID=51373594
http://www.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,15222,00.pdf


Die Anschrift für Leserbriefe an die Spiegel-Redaktion lautet:
leserbriefe@spiegel.de.

M.f.G.
Alfred Tittmann

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02-05-2007


Leserbrief von Dr. Wolf Bergmann 2-05-07

Im Anhang ein Leserbrief von mir zu dem Spiegelartikel.


Wolf Bergmann


Dr. med. Wolf Bergmann Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizin
Homöopathie

Reichsgrafenstr. 28
79102 Freiburg
Tel. 0761 – 55 611 41
Fax 0761 – 50 36 78 17
wolf.bergmann @tele2.de


Herrn Manfred Dworschak
DER SPIEGEL
Redaktion Wissenschaft und Technik
Oberlinden 80
60323 Frankfurt / Main

Freiburg, den 02.05.2007


Betr.: Ihr Artikel „Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge“ (Spiegel 18/07)

Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

als einer der von Ihnen interviewten Ärzte frage ich mich und hiermit Sie:

Wie ist es Ihnen möglich, nach all dem, was Sie wissen, einen solchen Artikel zu schreiben? Oder wissen Sie wirklich so wenig? Oder dürfen Sie nichts wissen? Haben Sie selber als Journalist und Benutzer der Mobilfunktechnologie Angst? Warum sind Sie so ironisch und zynisch? Was ist Ihr Motiv, was Ihr Auftrag und von wem?

Was ich Ihrem Artikel entnehme:

--- Die Interessen der Mobilfunkindustrie sind für Sie unantastbar oder müssen unausgesprochen bleiben oder existieren gar nicht.

--- eine unabhängige, seit über 7 Jahrzehnten etablierte Wissenschaft von reproduzierbaren schädigenden biologischen Wirkungen von Mobilfunkfrequenzen auf lebende Organismen existiert für Sie nicht.

--- Die ärztliche Beobachtung von Menschen, die subjektiv und objektiv unter Mobilfunkbelastung erkranken und unter Entlastung gesunden, existiert für Sie nicht oder zählt nicht wirklich.

--- Die Erfahrungen und Schilderungen von Betroffenen ist für Sie im zu belächelnden Reich des Glaubens angesiedelt.

--- Die von Ihnen flapsig beschriebene Möglichkeit der Projektion von anderen Leiden auf den Mobilfunk und die Möglichkeit der Retraumatisierung von durch Mobilfunk Traumatisierten ist real und ein sehr sehr schwieriges menschliches und wissenschaftlich-ärztliches Problem. Für Betroffene. Und für Behandler, an die es sehr hohe Anforderungen an Ausbildung, Erfahrung, Menschenkenntnis und Einfühlungsvermögen stellt. Sie lassen hinter diesem realen Problem die realen Probleme der schweren und schwersten Gesundheitsschäden durch Mobilfunk verschwinden und leisten damit der Diffamierung von Elektrosensiblen Vorschub ebenso wie der Unterlassung von dringend notwendiger Hilfeleistung und Schutz. Sie dienen damit der Mobilfunkindustrie und einer Verdrängung durch die Konsumenten.

--- Daraus folgend vermisse in Ihrem Artikel menschliche Betroffenheit und Anteilnahme. Im Telefonat mit mir erklärten Sie, weder auf der einen noch der anderen Seite in diesem Konflikt zu stehen. Ich vermisse Ihre journalistische Unabhängigkeit.

--- Sie beteiligen sich als Journalist eines weit verbreiteten Magazins an der Verbreitung und Verharmlosung einer Technologie, die über Resonanzphänomene tief in biologische Regelkreise als permanenter Störsender eingreift und technische Information zu biologischer Desinformation werden läßt. Auf diese Weise werden Sie selbst Teil einer gewollten Desinformationskampagne und fördern gesundheitsschädliche Gewohnheit, Verdrängung und Resignation. Möglicherweise ungewollt.

--- Falls Sie sich nicht in Ihrem persönlichen Bereich ganz anders verhalten als aus Ihrem Artikel zu schließen ist, schaden Sie Ihrer eigenen Gesundheit.

--- Das Wissen über diese Zusammenhänge ist da und steht Ihnen zur Verfügung. Die Erfahrungen dazu ebenfalls. Wenn Sie den Mut haben hinzuschauen, haben Sie reichlich Möglichkeit dazu. Das erfordert allerdings u.a. kritisches und unabhängiges Hinsehen und etwas Civilcourage.

--- Davon wünsche ich Ihnen sehr viel mehr, als ich in Ihrem Artikel erkennen kann.

Über eine Antwort würde ich mich sehr freuen.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen



Dr. Bergmann an Spiegel
30-05-07
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/dr_bergmann_an_spiegel.htm



Fwd: Spiegelartikel

Lieber Herr Dr. Bergmann,

schade, dass es dieser Dworschak immer wieder schafft, sich in das Vertrauen ehlicher Leute zu schleichen, mit dem Ziel, das Vertrauen gründlich zu missbrauchen. Auch ich darf mich als sein Opfer fühlen und kann als Spiegel-Geschädigter aus leidvoller Erfahrung einige Beiträge beisteuern.

Dworschak hatte sich 2001 in eine Televorlesung eingeschlichen, die ich gerade mit der TU Berlin abhielt. Er wollte über den Inhalt berichten, aber in dem veröffentlichten Beitrag fand sich nichts dergleichen, gerade so, als hätte er schon vorher das Manuskript fertig gehabt. Er wollte es mir auch vor der Drucklegung faxen, aber an seine Versprechungen von gestern kann sich ein Spiegelreporter nicht mehr erinnern! Statt dessen schnüffelte er in den Unterlagen der zufällig neben ihm sitzenden Studenten und notierte heimlich dessen Handy-Nummer. Ohne zu fragen, ob es dem Studenten recht ist, bekam der nach der Vorlesung einen Anruf von Dworschak. Er wollte den Studenten dazu animieren, Schlechtes über mich und meine Vorlesung zu sagen. Er hatte aber keinen Erfolg. Stattdessen hat der Student mir alles geplaudert und seine Empörung über den Spiegel-Redakteur zum Ausdruck gebracht. Danach versuchte er das damalige Dekanat und Rektorat aufzumischen, immer auf der Suche nach Material, um es gegen mich verwenden zu können (1).

Tatsächlich hatte Dworschak eine Vorlage und die hat ihm ein führendes Mitglied der GWUP-Sekte zukommen lassen. Der Ghostwriter hinter dem Reporter gibt sich als Mathematikprofessor der TU Darmstadt aus. Tatsächlich aber existiert dort namentlich kein solcher. "Das muss ein Betrüger sein", hatte mir der Dekan der TU erklärt. Da der Betrüger auch schon zusammen mit einem ehemaligen Kollegen namens Bruhn auf der Seite der TU publiziert hatte wurde bei Bruhn nachgefragt, wer dieser Betrüger sei. Daraufhin hat Bruhn gesagt: er sei es selber!

Fazit: beim Spiegel darf jeder Betrüger zu Wort kommen, wenn die Story am Ende nach dem Geschmack der Redaktion ist. Über ihr Opfer hat sich von denen noch keiner Gedanken gemacht. Immerhin hatte der Spiegel erreicht, dass meine Televorlesung vorübergehend gestoppt worden war und die Skalarwellenforschung für viele Jahre nahezu zum Erliegen gekommen war. Es konnten sogar Zweifler generiert werden, die tatsächlich den Gerüchten von diesem Bruhn Glauben schenkten, in meinen Herleitungen seien Fehler - Fehler, die in Wirklichkeit von Bruhn selber stammen und von ihm kunstvoll in meine Herleitungen eingebaut wurden.

Kurzum, der Spiegel war vorübergehend erfolgreich, Zweifel an meiner Skalarwellenforschung zu generieren, um von meinem Argument abzulenken, dass Mobilfunksender, Handys wie Funkmasten, eine ungenehmigte Strahlung abgeben, für die gar keine Grenzwerte existieren. Meine Gegner verschafften sich Luft, indem sie kurzerhand behaupteten, es gäbe keine Skalarwellen, was gleichbedeutend ist mit dem Leugnen des Antennenrauschens, das jeder kennt. Mit diesem Scheinargument wurde der Antrag auf Erforschung des Skalarwellenanteils in der Strahlenschutzkommission abgelehnt.

Hand in Hand mit Bruhn hat dieser die allgemein anerkannte Definition einer Skalarwelle (gerichtete Ausbreitung skalarer Größen) umdefiniert in eine Bruhnsche Skalarwelle (ungerichtete = skalare Welle), die es in der Tat nicht geben kann und seine Kreation als Beweis hergenommen, dass es keine Skalarwellen gibt. Das ahnungslose Volk hat diesem Ringschluss ein Stück weit Glauben geschenkt. Gemerkt hat den Betrug erst die Staatsanwaltschaft Konstanz, nachdem sie auf Anweisung, mich mit Hilfe des Gerichts zu stoppen, sich plötzlich damit konfrontiert sah, dass sie wegen der biologischen Wirksamkeit und Gefährlichkeit von Skalarwellen aktiv geworden war, die es doch gar nicht geben darf! In der Folge der dpa-Meldung (2) "Handys darf man nicht anfassen!" sind in meinem Umfeld erstaunlich viele Personen ausgewechselt worden, vom Staatsanwalt über den Rektor, Prorektor, Dekan, Prodekan bis zum Kanzler meiner Hochschule.

Die zweiseitige Spiegel-Reportage über mich und meine Arbeit war so zu einer Voraussetzung geworden, um den Mobilfunk mindestens 4 Jahre unbehelligt weiter ausbauen zu können. Von daher gesehen ist sich Dworschak in seiner öffentlichen Meinungsmache tatsächlich treu geblieben. Aber die Spur verbrannter Erde, die diese Reporter hinter sich her ziehen, wird immer breiter ...

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Konstantin Meyl

Prof. Dr. Konstantin Meyl, Hochschule Furtwangen University Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, D-78120 Furtwangen, Tel.: 0-7723-920-2231 Mail: meyl @hs-furtwangen.de, Internet: http://www.Meyl.eu

PS 1: M. Dworschak: Schwarzwälder Kopernikus, Spiegel-Artikel vom 21.5.01, S. 198-199, http://service.spiegel.de/digas/servlet/find/DID=19237596

PS 2: Mobiltelefone darf man nicht anfassen, Weltweit erstmalig wird Elektrosmog durch deutsche Justiz anerkannt! Staatsanwaltschaft Konstanz widerspricht der offiziellen Meinung der FH Furtwangen, http://omega.twoday.net/stories/639038/

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3-05-2007

Leserbriefe zum Spiegel Artikel “Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge” Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30-04-2007

Gerhard Kampschulte 2-05-07

Zu Ihrem Artikel fällt mir nur ein, was hat der Spiegel dafür kassiert von den Mobilfunkbetreibern und seiner Propagandaabteilung IZMF. Hier werden Millionen von Menschen die unter Mobilfunk leiden für bekloppt erklärt. Es kann nur heißen, keinen Spiegel mehr zu kaufen für diese Menschen. Es ist eine Unverschämtheit des Spiegel Reporters, Menschen die unter Mobilfunk leiden, lächerlich zu machen, Wissenschaftler und Ärzte auf die Seite von Spinnern zu stellen. Es liegen genug Beweise vor, die für die Schädlichkeit des Mobilfunks sprechen, diese werden aber von der Politik und den Betreibern nicht anerkannt. Hier wird der Gewinn der Mobilfunk-Lobby höher eingeschätzt als die Gesundheit der Menschen. Mit zum teil kriminellen Methoden sind die Menschen mobilfunksüchtig gemacht worden. Sittenwidrige Verträge sind gang und gebe. Die Warnungen des Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz für die Benutzung der Handys durch Kinder werden völlig ignoriert. Jedes andere Produkt mit diesen Nebenwirkungen, wäre schon längst vom Markt verschwunden aber hier geht es um 50 Milliarden Euro. Dem Spiegel sind die Gelder für die Werbung von Mobilfunkbetreibern und Handyherstellern wichtiger als die Vorsorge für die Menschen. Grenzwerte die nichts mit Vorsorge zu tun haben sondern als Planungssicherheit und Schutz vor Regress für die Industrie dienen, werden als Schutzschild benutzt. Der Spiegel ist auf ein tiefes Niveau gesunken das bestimmten Blättern mit den großen Buchstaben sehr nahe kommt.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen

Ute u. Gerhard Kampschulte



Alfred Tittmann 3-05-2007

DER SPIEGEL
c/o Herrn Manfred Dworschak
Redaktion Wissenschaft und Technik
Oberlinden 80
60323 Frankfurt / Main
leserbriefe@spiegel.de


3. Mai 2007

Leserbrief zu “Mobilfunk. Der Hamster ist Zeuge.“ Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30.04.2007 S. 154 - 159.


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

mit Ihrer unausgewogenen Interpretation haben Sie leider die komplexe Thematik verfehlt. Schade, dass man als langjähriger Spiegelleser den Eindruck gewinnen muss, dass Ihre Recherchen von einer Instrumentalisierung der Mobilfunklobby geprägt sein könnten. Jedenfalls sind Ihre Ausführungen von einem investigativen Journalismus weit entfernt und leider auch der Sachlage entsprechend nicht dienlich.

Tausende von Bürgerinitiativen, nahezu über 2000 Ärzte in “Ärzte-Appellen“, stützend auf zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Studien mit warnenden konsistenten Hinweisen und vorliegende ernstzunehmende Kasuistiken fordern zu Präventionsmaßnahmen auf.

Ihre Recherche gegenüber Betroffenen und Engagierten ist tendenziös zynisch angelegt.

Während immer mehr Elektrosensible von dem Krankheitsbild “Mikrowellensyndrom“ durch den Einfluss von elektromagnetischen Feldern gesundheitliche Belastungen erfahren, wird das betroffene “Klientel“ Ihrerseits mit sarkastischen Äußerungen gewürdigt.

Dass industrieabhängige Forschung in vielen Fällen von einer wissenschaftlichen Evidenz weit entfernt ist, belegt die Vergangenheit. (Radar, Contergan, Asbest, Rauchen usw).

Siehe Studie einer Schweizer Forschungsgruppe der Institute für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin an den Universitäten Basel und Bern (Huss et al.2006), welche im September 2007 veröffentlicht wurde.

Wenn Wissenschaftler und Journalisten sich von der Industrie manipulieren lassen, muss man sich über eine unausgewogene Berichterstattung und der Ignoranz realer wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse nicht wundern.

Ihre Aussage, “dass Mobilfunkgegner zur endzeitlosen Kulturkritik neigen würden“ ist völlig absurd und belegt Ihre oberflächlich Recherche.

Ihre Bewertung gegenüber den “vereinzelten Fachwissenschaftlern“, welche lt. Ihrer Aussage auf der Seite der Mobilfunkkritiker stehen, wobei für diese sozusagen als Lohn ein dankbares Publikum gewährleistet ist strotz von Häme und Diffamierung.

Statt Betroffene in die Schublade der Hypochonder zu schieben, hätten Sie Ihren Bericht einmal unter den Aspekt der Prävention stellen sollen. Vorsorge ist zu treffen, wenn aufgrund tatsächlicher Anhaltspunkte eine Schadensmöglichkeit zu vermuten ist, ein Kausalitätsnachweis aber gerade (noch) nicht geführt werden kann, also bei zumindest potentiellen, nicht voll nachweisbaren Risiken, die einen “Anfangs- oder Gefahrenverdacht“ begründen. (EG Leitlinie 2.02.2000 Ziff 5)

Die amtlich betriebene Verharmlosung der Risiken (die “organisierte Unverantwortlichkeit“, wie es der Soziologe Beck treffend ausdrückte) verstößt gegen den Vorsorgeauftrag in den Artikeln 2 Abs. 2 und 20a des Grundgesetzes sowie Artikel 174 des EG-Vertrages.

Allein die auffallende Häufung von Krankheitsfällen im Umfeld von Sendeanlagen sind zur Vorsorge Anlass genug!

Es ist betrüblich feststellen zu müssen, dass einerseits Ihr Bericht inkompetent ist, andererseits sich der Spiegel damit m. E. bei der Mobilfunkthematik der “Großwetterlage“ gebeugt hat und dass die kritische Kompetenz, die ich bisher so sehr an Ihrem Magazin schätzte, aufgegeben wurde.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Alfred Tittmann
Kettelerstrasse 3
63486 Bruchköbel



Betr. Spiegel Bericht -- "Mobilfunk- Der Hamster ist Zeuge" -- Spiegel Nr. 18 v. 30.04.07


Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

im Anhang finden Sie ein Schreiben an die Geschäftsleitung des Spiegel Verlages.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/at_spiegel_3_05_07.rtf


M.f.G.
Alfred Tittmann

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HLV INFO 44/AT

4-05-2007

Astrid Peter 3-05-07:

"Der Hamster ist Zeuge", Der Spiegel Nr. 18


Leserbrief

Mobilfunkgeschädigte brauchen keine Wissenschaftler, um zu beweisen, was sie seit Jahren erleiden müssen. Und es gibt Tausende von ihnen. Ich mache mir Sorgen um die vielen unwissenden Menschen, denen vielleicht irreparable Schäden zugefügt werden, weil der momentane Erkenntnisstand mit den tatsächlichen Ereignissen nicht Schritt hält. Und ich warte auf den Tag, an dem elektrosensible Menschen ihr Recht beanspruchen können, in dieser Welt unversehrt leben zu können.

Astrid Peter, Kahl

Und noch eine Randnotiz: Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Pressefreiheit sprach tagesschau.de mit Lutz Tillmanns vom Deutschen Presserat: Tillmanns: "Wenn es um Inhalte geht, wächst zunehmend die Einflussnahme von PR auf den Journalismus. Da gibt es einen großen Graubereich und immer mehr Beschwerden".



Leserbrief an den SPIEGEL

Zum Artikel Ausgabe 18/2007 “Der Hamster ist Zeuge” von Manfred Dworschak

Ihr Artikel wird vom Anfang bis zum Ende durch billigen Zynismus und Verhöhnung Mobilfunk-Kranker getragen. Sie bedienen sich vordergründiger Effekthascherei und erhoffen sich journalistischen Erfolg durch kollektives Schenkelklatschen. Aber nur weil Sie offensichtlich nicht in der Lage sind (oder sein wollen), die einfachsten Journalismus-Grundregeln anzuwenden: Saubere Recherche. Es gibt aber eine zweite mögliche Ursache für Ihre Entgleisung: Auch Sie sind nur ein Opfer von SPIEGEL-internen Strategen, die aus dem Kniefall vor dem Lobbyismus der milliardenschweren Mobilfunkindustrie eine arrogante “Bericht”-Erstattung verlangen. Die Werbeeinnahmen von Handy & Co. tun auch Ihrem Blatt gut. Oder etwa nicht?

Jürgen Groschupp
1. Vorstand u. Sprecher
Mobilfunk Bürgerforum e.V.

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HLV INFO 46/AT

12-05-2007

Anbei erhalten Sie ein Schreiben von der Kompetenzinitiative an die Redaktion des Spiegels betr. des Artikels "Mobilfunk - der Hamster ist Zeuge" vom 30.04.07 .

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/spiegel_journalismus_0704.pdf

Auf die Weitergabe der dazugehörenden Anlagen
(Spiegelbericht sowie dem Bericht "Vom Teufel bezahlt" im Deutschen Ärzteblatt Heft 12 v. 23.03.07 ) verzichtet der HLV in seiner heutigen Ausgabe wegen höherem Datentransfer und weil bereits solche Anlagen verbreitet wurden.

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Mobilfunkgegner sind eingebildete Kranke: Ab in die Therapie
Der Spiegel (30.4.07):

Häme bei Mobilfunkfreaks, Entsetzen bei anderen, nicht nur Mobilfunkgegnern: Wie wird im Spiegel Meinung gemacht?

Dazu drei beeindruckende Stellungnahmen:

Prof. Karl Richter / Dr. Scheiner / Dr. Kern: „Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/KompSpiegel0704.pdf

Caro Wenzel, Journalistin (Stuttgart): „Der Spiegel-Artikel über Mobilfunk und der Pressekodex des Deutschen Presserates“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/SpiegelWenzel.pdf

Philippe Ressing, Journalist und Mitglied der Bürgerinitiative Burgholzhof: „Der Spiegel-Artikel zu Mobilfunk – oder wie mache ich Stimmung gegen Mobilfunkkritiker“
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/presse/SpiegelRessing.pdf


Aus: Kurzmittteilung Nr.7 der Bürgerinitiative gegen den Mobilfunkmast Bismarckstr.57, Stuttgart

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HLV INFO 53/AT

28-05-2007

Diskurs mit Spiegel hält an!

Nachfolgend erhalten Sie einen Dialog zwischen der Kompetenzinitiative und dem Spiegel.

Wir hatten Ihnen in dieser Angelegenheit bereits mit unserer HLV INFO 46/AT v.12.05.07 das Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative v. 12.05.07 an den Spiegel zur Kenntnis gebracht.

In der Anlage ein erneutes Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative v. 20.05.07 an den Redakteur Manfred Dworschak.


HLV Redaktion
AT


Volker Hartenstein, MdL a.D.
26-05-07

Liebe Gründungsmitglieder unserer Kompetenzinitiative,

hier geben wir Ihnen und einigen interessierten Journalisten den gegenwärtige Stand der Auseinandersetzung mit dem 'Spiegel'. Alle Texte sind für die Weiterverbreitung freigegeben. Sie werden auch auf unserer Homepage http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de eingestellt. Wir haben beschlossen, die Auseinandersetzung mit den Medien zu einem in einer ganzen Reihe von Projektthemen zu machen, auf die wir uns weiter konzentrieren.

Das gilt für das Gebiet industriefinanzierter Ärzteschulungen ganz analog. Auch da setzt sich die heftige Auseinandersetzung fort.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen
K. Hecht, M. Kern, K. Richter und H.-Chr. Scheiner


To: "Manfred Dworschak"
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

Dank für Ihre Mail-Antwort auf unseren offenen Brief. U. E. macht er Ihren Umgang mit dem Stand der Forschung, mit Bürgern und der Funktion der Medien in der Demokratie nicht überzeugender. Für eine seriöse Berichterstattung wäre mehr denn je erforderlich auch zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, was derzeit ebenso in zahlreichen anderen europäischen und aussereuropäischen Ländern an elektromagnetischen Schädigungen von Menschen, Tieren und Pflanzen diskutiert wird.

Wir setzen den kritischen Dialog mit Ihnen und dem 'Spiegel' deshalb mit einem weiteren offenen Brief fort, der Ihnen und der Chefredaktion anbei als Datei, parallel aber auch per Post zugeht.

Vom Systemkritiker zum Mitmacher?
http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de/033ea299230d69701/033ea2992e09a3308/033ea299380da1601.html


Wir machen die Auseinandersetzung u. a. auf unserer kürzlich eröffneten Homepage http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de zugänglich, die kontinuierlich über unser Programm und unsere Arbeit informieren soll. Wir fänden es aber auch sinnvoll, wenn Sie den um sich greifenden Widerstand gegen diese Art von Berichterstattung auch den "Spiegel"-Lesern zugänglich machen - als Gegendarstellung aus der Sicht einer großen Zahl industrieunabhängiger Ärzte und Forscher sowie der noch größeren Zahl von betroffenen Menschen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
gez. K. Hecht, M. Kern, K. Richter und H.-Chr. Scheiner


----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfred Dworschak"
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:29 PM
Subject: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"

- Nachrichtlich an die Chefredaktion zur Kenntnis -

Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Kern, sehr geehrter Herr Prof. Dr. Richter,

Sie haben mich in Ihrem Schreiben vom 7.5. an die Chefredaktion der Ignoranz bezichtigt unter anderem gegenüber "einer unabhängigen internationalen Forschung, die elektromagnetische Schädigungen auch von Pflanzen und Tieren verlässlich nachgewiesen hat - z. T. sogar mit staatlichen Fördermitteln (ein Beispiel anbei)".

Erlauben Sie mir, dass ich dazu eine Richtigstellung anbringe. Ich habe in vielen Fällen die Belege überprüft, die Mobilfunkkritiker mir vorgelegt haben - so auch in diesem. Das Ergebnis wird Sie interessieren. Der von Ihnen als Beispiel beigefügte Projektbericht "Studies on the Effects of Radio-Frequency Fields on Conifers" ist noch nicht einmal aus Sicht seiner Autoren ein Beleg für irgendwas. Prof. Dr. Alexander Lerchl schreibt dazu:

"Die wenige cm hohen Keimlinge (von 'Bäumen' zu reden ist sicherlich falsch) wurden zusammen mit den Anzuchttöpfchen exponiert. Auffallend war ein höherer Wasserbedarf der exponierten Pflanzen. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass die Pflanzen möglicherweise indirekt, und zwar durch thermische Wirkungen auf die Anzuchterde, zu Schaden kamen (Wasserstress, Nährstoffmangel etc.). Die Exposition der Erde, in der Bäume in der Natur stehen, findet so wie in dem Experiment geschehen nicht statt. Auch die in der Umwelt vorhandenen wesentlich geringeren Feldstärken lassen keinesfalls den Schluss zu, dass die Experimente an Keimlingen unter den geschilderten Versuchsbedingungen für relevante Expositionen von Bäumen Schäden oder ursächliche Zusammenhänge vermuten lassen."

Einfacher gesagt: Mobilfunkstrahlung kann feuchte Erde in sehr kleinen Töpfchen ein wenig erwärmen (die "thermische Wirkung", die niemand bestreitet). Das kann auf Dauer wegen erhöhter Verdunstung zu Wassermangel bei den Keimlingen führen. Bäume im wahren Leben draußen betrifft das aber nicht, weil die Wurzeln von der Strahlung gar nicht erreicht werden; die Eindringtiefe der Funkwellen beträgt nur wenige Zentimeter.

Ich weiß nicht mehr, wieviele verlässliche Beweise für die Schädlichkeit des Mobilfunks ich bereits präsentiert bekam, die sich allesamt schon nach ein bißchen Nachforschung in nichts auflösten. Sie sollten wirklich einmal Argumente vorlegen; andernfalls überdenken Sie bitte Ihre Anschuldigungen.

Mit freundlichem Gruß,

Manfred Dworschak
DER SPIEGEL Redaktion
Wissenschaft & Technik
Oberlindau 80
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Tel 069-971268-22
Manfred_Dworschak@spiegel.de

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HLV INFO 54/AT

29-05-2007

Diskurs mit Spiegel

3. Schreiben der Kompetenzinitiative an Spiegel


Herrn Manfred Dworschak

To: Manfred Dworschak
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Offener Brief der "Kompetenzinitiative"


Sehr geehrter Herr Dworschak,

hier Ihnen und dem "Spiegel" unser 3. offener Brief, der Ihre kurze Email vom 23. 5. beantwortet (im Text wiedergegeben). Die postalische Sendung folgt.

Dass wir den Dialog nicht wunschgemäß privatisieren, hat eine ganze Reihe von Gründen:

1. Es geht um allgemeinere Fehlleistungen des heutigen Journalismus, die wir nicht länger hinnehmen wollen.

2. Wir wollen das System "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" durchleuchten, von dem Funktionäre der Mobilfunkindustrie sprechen und das im soeben entlarvten Projekt "Rauchen und Gesundheit" eine unrühmliche Parallele hat. Und wir wollen fragen, wie weit der deutsche Journalismus an diesem Projekt "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit", das nach dem Stand unserer Erkenntnis ein Projekt "Mobilfunk und Krankheit" verschleiert, mitwirkt.

3. Wir beobachten, dass nicht nur übergebene Dokumente, sondern auch Leserbriefe der Betroffenen ignoriert und unterdrückt wurden und werden.

4. Wir stellen in allem fest, dass sich der so diagnostizierte 'Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden' schneller bewahrheitet als vorausgesehen. Denn wo Ihr Artikel bereits bis in unsere 'Rechtspflege' hinein genutzt wird, um potenzielle Gutachter abzuwerten und die Klagen von Bürgern abzubügeln, generieren Ihre Einkünfte auch sehr konkrete materielle Schädigungen von Bürgern.

Sie werden vom 'Fall Kind' in Dresden, um den es uns dabei geht, noch hören, sobald die laufende Etappe des Prozesses abgeschlossen ist und gedeutet werden kann.

Warum durchleuchten Sie nicht die deutsche Justiz, die gegenwärtig mit ihrer Kritiklosigkeit, ja Bestechlichkeit von sich reden macht? Wo sind die Zeiten demokratischer Gewaltenteilung und eines funktionierenden Schutzes der Bürger- und Menschenrechte durch die Medien geblieben?

Falls wir jedenfalls einen Fonds einrichten müssten, um Opfern dieses Systems "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" zu helfen, werden wir den öffentlichen Spendenaufruf bis hinein in Zeitungen auch an den "Spiegel", einige Vertreter der deutschen Justiz sowie die politisch Zuständigen und Verantwortlichen richten.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Prof. Dr. Karl Richter, gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Karl Hecht, Dr. med. Markus Kern und Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Scheiner

s. pdf-Anlage
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/spiegel_dworschak_3._brief.pdf
Überlegungen zu www.kompetenzinitiative.de

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Spiegel in der Kritik

Überlegungen zu http://www.kompetenzinitiative.de

Lieber Herr Richter,

auch anderswo ist der Spiegel bzw. sein Chefredakteur in die Kritik geraten, z.B. hier http://www.validome.org/blog/news/Item-18
http://spiegelkritik.de/warum/
http://www.watchberlin.de/vipo/portal/watchberlin_video_62828?pg=0

Letzteres ist ein schönes Beispiel für Internetfernsehen, welches mehr und mehr vor allem von der jungen Öffentlichkeit wahrgenommen werden und welches unzensiert veröffentlicht wird. Sollten wir vielleicht ähnliches für unsere Anliegen planen - also eine ähnlich attraktiv aufgemachte Nutzung der Internetmedienwelt?


Herzliche Grüsse
Dr. Angelika Schrodt

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Hamster haben keine Handys
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3796241/

Journalismus im Dienst der Herrschenden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3774824/

Spiegel in der Kritik
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3789538/

Warum wir den Pressekodex mehr denn je brauchen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3979426/

Ärzte-Appelle gegen Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1064751/



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Wimax, die neue Strahlengefahr

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

Wi-Fi on Radio 4 and Worldwide

Wednesday 25th April 2007, 7.40am

David Dean on World Today Radio 4 speaking about WiFi.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/wifi.mp3

If anyone wants to e-mail them their views then the address is

worldtoday@bbc.co.uk



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

Eco-Whistleblower Laws Now Off-Limits To Federal Employees

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0501-07.htm

Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/895/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina+Vanden+Heuvel

Mission Accomplished: And The Lies Go On

And The Lies Go On
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/882/

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Mission Accomplished?

Voice your outrage at the President's insistence on ignoring the will of the American people at
http://www.dccc.org/r/61385/482695/

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'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' BY THE NUMBERS

Think Progress has a 'Mission Accomplished' By The Numbers chart comparing war stats from May 1, 2003 and today.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3040.shtml



RANSOM FOR CORPSES

I feel like it's time for all news outlets to adopt the uniform practice of starting each horror story from Iraq with "Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse..."

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3039.shtml



THE CLOCK TICKS FOR THEE (IN BAGHDAD AND WASHINGTON)

'It had taken much thought and planning that wartime May Day four years ago when George W. Bush co-piloted a Naval jet onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln,' writes Tom Engelhardt. 'This White House has plunged Iraq and the world into the geopolitical equivalent of a blood-and-gore exploitation film that simply won't end. Call that Mission Accomplished!'

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3036.shtml

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Here’s what our mission accomplished

Boston Globe
by Derrick Z. Jackson

05/02/07

This is four years after President Bush staged one of the gaudiest self-congratulations in American history. He landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a jet fighter, popped out in a flight jumpsuit and proclaimed major combat operations to be over in Iraq under the now-infamous banner, ‘Mission Accomplished.’ It is four years after Bush said, ‘We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost.’ Bush’s cause is so lost that 71 percent of Americans disagree with his handling of Iraq in the latest New York Times/CBS poll and 64 percent say Bush should set a timetable for troop withdrawal in 2008...

http://tinyurl.com/26kxww


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mission+accomplished
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Barry+Lando
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Derrick+Z.+Jackson

Alberto Gonzales' Safety Net

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/892/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+Holtzman

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/876/

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Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/sc_nm/globalwarming_ice_dc


Informant: Harlan Girard

Blair's Bloody Legacy: Iraq

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/881/

Security Cameras and HQ Squads: Wal-Mart's Union-Busting Tactics

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/877/



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

Price Tag for War in Iraq on Track to Top $500 Billion

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/894/

Glaciers (Al Gore got it right)

http://tamino.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/glaciers-al-gore-got-it-right/


Informant: NHNE



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Inconvenient+Truth
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LAST WILD BISON HARASSED BY GOVERNMENT DURING CALVING SEASON

http://buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/press0607/pressreleases0607/050107.html


Informant: smileycoyote



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Electromagnetic fields not a worker hazard?

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=emf+work
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=emf+work

Symbology Used in Secret Societies

by Gianni DeVincent Hayes, Ph.D.

Symbols and signs, which are used as a means of communication among society members, also serve to represent a thought­called ideograms­and behave in a manner that allows all members to know who belongs to which societies. Freemasonry is perhaps the best example of a society that employs symbols as well as physical contact signals, such as specific handshakes or hand formations as seen in the sign of the Diablo.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Hayes/gianni22.htm

Senators Bribed by BIG Pharma vs. Senators Not Bought Off

by Byron Richards, CCN

As the Senate continues to debate the Big Pharma-friendly sweeping reform of the FDA a new problem for Big Pharma’s prize Senators has erupted and quickly turned into confrontation on the floor of the Senate. At stake is at least 10 billion dollars per year in exorbitant Big Pharma profits. In one corner is Big Pharma-puppet Orrin Hatch (R-UT), representing the Kennedy/Enzi drug cartel. In the other corner is a majority of Senators lead by Byron Dorgan (D-ND).......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron25.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Pharma
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Bush vetoes bill, Dems posture as deal to continue Iraq

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6143/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Please Stop the Tiger Trade

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/549656012


From Lamargo P.

Dienstag, 1. Mai 2007

STOP SUBSIDIZING CRIMES AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA

Resist Canadian Church-and-State-subsidized Genocide

PETITION: STOP SUBSIDIZING CRIMES AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA

Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust

The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples by Church and State in Canada

http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org/index.html

To: Government of Canada, Revenue Canada
STOP SUBSIDIZING CRIMES AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA!

CANCEL THE CHARITABLE, TAX-FREE STATUS OF THE MAINLINE CANADIAN CHURCHES

WHICH ARE GUILTY OF THE GENOCIDE OF NATIVE PEOPLES.

http://www.petitiononline.com/watergod/petition.html

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http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/1075/59/


From BMutiny T.

Petition to Stop the Capture of 80 Wild Dolphins from the Waters of Panama

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/363299497


From Bette M.

Pentagon Study Says Oil Reliance Strains Military

A new study ordered by the Pentagon warns that the rising cost and dwindling supply of oil - the lifeblood of fighter jets, warships and tanks - will make the US military's ability to respond to hot spots around the world "unsustainable in the long term."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107E.shtml

Bill Moyers Talks With Jon Stewart

Bill Moyers talks with comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," about how faking the news can reveal more of the truth than all of the Sunday-morning talk shows put together.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107C.shtml



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

US Cites 91 Percent Rise in Terrorist Acts in Iraq

The number of terrorism incidents in Iraq - and the resulting deaths, injuries and kidnappings - skyrocketed from 2005 to 2006, according to statistics released by US counterterrorism officials yesterday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107B.shtml

Venezuela Pulls Control From Big Oil

President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last remaining privately-run oil fields on Tuesday, intensifying a decisive struggle with Big Oil over one of the world's most lucrative deposits.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107A.shtml

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Venezuela Pulling Out of IMF, World Bank
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/01/890/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chavez
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7200 Unterschriften gegen Geldgeschenke an Politiker

E i n l ad u n g

ödp reicht am Freitag (4.5.) Petition zur Änderung des Abgeordnetengesetzes im Landtag ein

7200 Unterschriften gegen Geldgeschenke an Politiker:

„Abgeordnete sollen wie Richter, Polizisten und andere Beamte keine Geldgeschenke annehmen dürfen!“

Was für Exekutive und Judikative gilt, muss erst recht auch für die Legislative gelten: ein kategorisches Verbot, Geldgeschenke anzunehmen. Das fordert die bayerische ödp in ihrer am 30. April abgeschlossenen landesweiten Petitionsaktion. Die Unterschriften werden am kommenden Freitag, 4. Mai im Landtag eingereicht.

„Die ödp will erreichen, dass Abgeordnete wie Richter, Polizisten und andere Beamte keine Geldgeschenke annehmen dürfen. Außerdem soll der Landtag den Anstoß zu einer Bundesratsinitiative Bayerns geben, um Parteispenden juristischer Personen (Konzerne und Verbände) zu verbieten“, so ödp-Landesvorsitzender Bernhard Suttner. Derzeit dürfen Landtagsabgeordnete nach den geltenden Verhaltensregeln Geldgeschenke bis zu einer Höhe von 10.000 Euro annehmen, ohne dass dies überhaupt veröffentlicht werden muss. Nach Art. 115 der Bayerischen Verfassung (Petitionsrecht) muss sich nun der Landtag mit der ödp-Initiative befassen.

Gerne stellen wir Ihnen diese Aktion für politische Kultur näher vor und laden Sie daher herzlich ein zum

Pressegespräch mit dem ödp-Landesvorsitzenden Bernhard Suttner am Freitag, 4. Mai 2007 um 12.00 Uhr im Biergarten des Hofbräukellers (Landtagsstammtisch), Innere Wiener Str. 19, München.

Unmittelbar davor werden die Unterschriften im Landtag übergeben. Die genauen Übergabemodalitäten teilen wir Ihnen noch rechtzeitig mit.

Weitere Infos entnehmen Sie bitte den aktionsbegleitenden Internetseiten http://www.gekaufte-politik.de. Dort finden Sie u. a. das Petitionsformular und Auflistungen der Konzernspenden an CSU, SPD, FDP und Grüne.

Wir würden uns freuen, eine/n Vertreter/in Ihrer Redaktion begrüßen zu dürfen.


Urban Mangold

Landesgeschäftsführer
ödp-Landesgeschäftsstelle Bayern
Tel. 0851/931131

Devisenreserven landen in Investmentfonds

Morgan Stanley-Ökonom ortet 500 Milliarden USD an offiziellen Währungsreserven, die jährlich statt in Staatsanleihen in riskante Anlageformen wie Aktien oder Rohstoffquellen investiert werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25184/1.html

Gipfel des Verdrängens

Der europäisch-amerikanische Gipfel in Washington endete mit leeren Phrasen. Offensichtlich wollte EU-Europa vor dem G-8-Gipfel in Heiligendamm keinen Konflikt provozieren.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25185/1.html



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Betrayal Accomplished

One Iraq War veteran remembers how the "Mission Accomplished" banner became a mockery.

http://tellusthemission.org/
http://ga3.org/ct/n120pgF1xRYs/

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Bush's Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Tom Engelhardt writes: "This White House has plunged Iraq and the world into the geopolitical equivalent of a blood-and-gore exploitation film that simply won't end. Call that 'Mission Accomplished!'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107D.shtml



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While Congress voted for war …

CounterPunch
by Kevin Zeese

04/30/07

While the Senate was voting 51-46 to approve $95 billion more in war funding, in a bill that included a loophole ridden withdrawal plan, inside the Hart Senate office building more than 75 anti-war demonstrators participated in a dramatic demonstration. … The demonstration was dramatic because anti-war activists are getting angrier at the congress and the president for extending the war rather than ending it. A wide range of groups came together to support the Hart demonstration and the various influences in the anti-war movement — military families, vets, peace activists among them — were seen in the action...

http://www.counterpunch.org/zeese04302007.html



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Missile defense obsession lessens US security

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

04/30/07

President Bush’s plan to deploy missile defenses in Central Europe will reduce U.S. security, not enhance it. Installing radar for tracking incoming missiles in the Czech Republic and anti-missile interceptors in Poland could do more harm than good. Ostensibly, the European radar and interceptors are aimed at the future threat of nuclear-armed Iranian missiles. But Russia suspects — perhaps with good reason — that the real purpose of the deployments is to cement the security guarantees the United States has given to the two former Russian allies. In addition, Russia fears, also with justification, that the missile defenses could be augmented someday and used against Russian missiles...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1961



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Nothing compares to what’s under way today

Gone
Mother Jones
by Julia Whitty

04/25/07

Scientists recognize that species continually disappear at a background extinction rate estimated at about one species per million species per year, with new species replacing the lost in a sustainable fashion. Occasional mass extinctions convulse this orderly norm, followed by excruciatingly slow recoveries as new species emerge from the remaining gene pool until the world is once again repopulated by a different catalog of flora and fauna. From what we understand so far, five great extinction events have reshaped Earth in cataclysmic ways in the past 439 million years …. Today we’re living through the sixth great extinction, sometimes known as the Holocene extinction event. We carried its seeds with us 50,000 years ago as we migrated beyond Africa with Stone Age blades, darts, and harpoons, entering pristine Ice Age ecosystems and changing them forever by wiping out at least some of the unique megafauna of the times, including, perhaps, the saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths. When the ice retreated, we terminated the long and biologically rich epoch sometimes called the Edenic period with assaults from our newest weapons: hoes, scythes, cattle, goats, pigs. But as harmful as our forebears may have been, nothing compares to what’s under way today...

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/05/gone.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Animal Extinction: The Greatest Threat To Mankind
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2494659.ece


Informant: NHNE



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Imams’ airline case: Clash of rights, prejudice, security

Christian Science Monitor
by Alexandra Marks

04/30/07

In this age of global terrorism, some cherished American values — like the right to pray, and say what you think — are clashing in unprecedented ways. Take the controversy over six imams who were removed from a US Airways flight last October, and their recent decision to sue for discrimination — not just the airline and its employees, but also some passengers who complained about their preflight behavior. At the heart of the controversy are Americans’ concern about terrorism, ignorance about Islam, and constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and speech. In the middle are the airlines, which are charged with the difficult task of sorting out legitimate complaints about unusual behavior from those based on prejudice and fear of people’s appearance — and to do it in a short period when dealing with a particular flight...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0501/p01s02-usju.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Hedging disaster

The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner

04/30/07

This past week, even jaded observers of Wall Street were startled to learn that last year’s top hedge fund manager, James Simons of Renaissance Technologies, made $1.7 billion in 2006. Alpha Magazine reported that the top 25 hedge fund earners garnered an average of $570 million in 2006, up from $362 million in 2005. The burgeoning hedge fund and private equity industries are both a cause and a symptom of a dangerously lopsided America. Because they are private (not listed on stock exchanges or offering shares to the public), these funds do not have to disclose their inner workings to regulators or to the public. Yet these unregulated funds are increasingly buying and selling some of our largest corporations, stripping assets, piling on debt, leaving employees and subsequent buyers to dig out of a deep hole...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12734



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Duck and cover

In These Times
by William D. Hartung & Frida Berrigan

04/30/07

Only days before the fifth anniversary of September 11, President George W. Bush addressed military officers in Washington to warn that nuclear-armed terrorists could ‘blackmail the free world and spread their ideologies of hate and raise a moral threat to America.’ This alarmist vision was accompanied by the White House’s release of ‘A National Strategy for Combating Terrorism,’ which painted a picture of a ‘troubling potential WMD terrorism nexus emanating from Tehran.’ The administration is building the case for war against Iran — a job made easier by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent announcement that Iran can now enrich uranium on an industrial scale — despite the fact that many Iran-watchers and nuclear experts consider their claims of enrichment capacity to be an overblown boast...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3133/duck_and_cover/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy

Reason
by Christopher Preble

05/01/07

The Iraq war is the issue of greatest concern for Democratic primary and caucus voters, especially among the young people and first-time donors flocking to Obama. Clinton’s recent struggles can be tied directly to her vote for war in October 2002, and to her ambivalence on the war effort as it has degenerated. Asked how her views toward the war have evolved over the past four years, Sen. Clinton has explained that she is not sorry for voting as she did; she only regrets ‘the way the president used the authority.’ Her response sheds some light on how she would use the military as commander-in-chief, and it suggests that she has learned little from America’s unfortunate experience in Iraq...

http://www.reason.com/news/show/119946.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The sham of the Padilla trial

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

04/30/07

Jury selection in the Jose Padilla case is now under way in federal district court in Miami, but the trial is nothing more than a sham. Why? Because no matter how the jury rules, Padilla is almost certain to remain incarcerated for a long time. If Padilla is convicted by the jury, the judge will likely sentence him to serve much of the rest of his life in a federal penitentiary for having conspired to violate federal criminal laws against terrorism. On the other hand, if Padilla is acquitted, the U.S. military is likely to exercise its post-9/11-acquired power to declare Americans (and foreigners) ‘enemy combatants’ in the war on terror and throw Padilla back into a military dungeon. That is where he was before the government, as part of a clever legal maneuver that was obviously designed to avoid Supreme Court review of Padilla’s request for habeas-corpus relief, converted him from an ‘enemy combatant’ in the war on terror to a federal-court criminal defendant charged with violating federal terrorism laws...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0704p.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Civilization in free-fall

LewRockwell.Com
by Butler Shaffer

Our civilization is experiencing more than a ’slow social suicide,’ but is more in a state of free-fall. A vibrant society is one that encourages the production of life-sustaining values — which include a respect for the inviolability of the lives and property interests of one another, a condition that becomes synonymous with peace. America, however, is a nation in a constant state of war, not only with the rest of the world, but with itself. What condition that people-pushers are quick to identify as a ’social problem,’ does not carry with it proposed legislation to forcibly restrict how others are to live their lives? For reasons largely explainable as a reaction to the increased decentralization that threatens the institutional order, our formal systems — as well as those who take direction from them — are becoming increasingly sociopathic.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer154.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Rice says president won't let Congress set Iraq benchmarks

Boston Globe

04/30/07

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that President Bush will reject any attempt by Congress to require the Iraqi government to meet benchmarks as a condition for US troops remaining in Iraq, in a blow to emerging efforts to craft a compromise war-funding bill. Bush, who plans this week to veto a measure that would require a troop withdrawal to begin by this fall, wants a bill that gives American officials complete flexibility in conducting military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq, Rice said. ‘What we don’t want to do … is to tie our own hands so that we cannot act creatively and flexibly to support the very policies in Iraq that we’re trying to enforce,’ she said on ABC’s This Week...

http://tinyurl.com/2yg32k


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Rachel's News #904

http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=2605

Obama the Interventionist

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042702027.html

In the Sunday, April 29th issue of The Washington Post, Robert Kagan, co-founder of neo-conservative "Project For A New American Century," used his bully pulpit at the paper to heap lavish praise upon Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama for a speech on U.S. foreign policy that the latter delivered to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs late last week.

Kagan, a prominent "neo-con", noted many of Senator Obama's positions on U.S. foreign policy, for whatever minor disagreements he has with them, are not much different from what he supports: bigger defense budgets, increasing the size of the military, an endless "war on terrorism," and "pre-emptive military action" to defend "our vital interests."

Sincerely,
Duane J. Roberts



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Families' fears over city Wi-Fi

KIM BRISCOE
30 April 2007 10:12

The city's pioneering wireless network was introduced by “stealth”, according to families who say they were given no choice over having transmitters near their homes.

The criticism comes as a national debate rages over concerns that the wireless technology may pose a health risk. Wi-Fi networks emit radiation in the same way as mobile phones and masts, and campaigners are calling for comprehensive research to be undertaken into the impact they have on health.

The transmitters, installed in Norwich city centre as part of the £1.1m Norfolk OpenLink project launched in August last year, are rated at 0.1 watts. This is reasonably low compared to the average mobile handset, which emits radiation pulses up to 2W.

Norfolk County Councillor Andrew Boswell, who has been contacted by several families worried about the proximity of transmitters to their homes, said people have a choice about owning a mobile phone - but not about the siting of Wi-Fi transmitters.

“The residents were very concerned for all sorts of reasons and not knowing what the health risks were,” said Mr Boswell.

“The transmitters aren't very powerful, but if we get a full-blown scheme the power will be increased, and Ofcom could potentially allow them up to 10W. I think they should do the consultation they should have done in the first place and wherever a transmitter is they should make it clear to the residents they have put the transmitter there and speak with them about their concerns and reassure them. They have been very cavalier in the way they have carried out this project in respect of people's health.”

Norwich is one of the first places in the country to have a free Wi-Fi service, with more than 200 aerials attached to lampposts providing coverage so people can log on to the internet through laptops anywhere in the city.

Ann Carey, project director for Norfolk Openlink, said: “It is important to stress from the outset that the project complies with all current health and safety standards.

“We certainly would not have implemented the project if there had been any proven risk on the safety of Wi-Fi and presently there is no guidance from the Department of Health and other professional bodies that says Wi-Fi is unsafe. We gained formal approval from cabinet before proceeding with the project and have also kept members of the county council updated throughout the process. Members could have scrutinised the proposals, but did not do so.”

Recent research has shown radiation from mobiles and masts could be linked to cancer in people living nearby.

It is believed the Professional Association of Teachers will this week write to Education Secretary Alan Johnson to demand an official inquiry because of its own concerns over Wi-Fi.

The networks are banned in Salzburg in Austria, while Stowe School, in Buckinghamshire, removed Wi-Fi from part of its buildings after a teacher developed headaches and nausea.

Last November, Dr Ian Gibson, a long-time supporter of the Evening News Put Masts On Hold campaign and a cancer expert, said he wanted more research to be done on wireless technology after some schools elsewhere in the county ditched their wireless networks.

Children warned over laptop computers:

Children should be discouraged from putting their laptops on their lap when using wireless internet connections because of potential health risks - an expert has warned.

Professor Lawrie Challis, who heads the committee on mobile phone safety research, said youngsters should be monitored as public concern continues over emissions from wi-fi networks.

He said children should be kept a safe distance from the embedded antennas on wi-fi enabled laptops until more research is carried out.

“With a desktop computer, the transmitter will be in the tower,” he said. “This might be perhaps 20cms from your leg and the exposure would then be around one per cent of that from a mobile phone.”

But he said if a laptop was placed straight on the lap when using wi-fi, people could be around 2cm from the transmitter, and receiving comparable exposure to that from a mobile phone.

“Since we advise that children should be discouraged from using mobile phones, we should also discourage children from placing their laptop on their lap when they are using wi-fi,” he said.

In 2005 the Health Protection Agency (HPA) published a report - Mobile Phones and Health 2004 - which supported the need for future research of all new technologies including wi-fi.

The organisation said in a statement: “Wi-fi devices are of very low power much lower than mobile phones. The HPA and (our chairman) Sir William Stewart have always pressed for more research into these new technologies.”

What do you think of the city's Wi-Fi network? Write to Evening News Letters, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RE, or e-mail eveningnewsletters@archant.co.uk or visit http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/forum

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

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US to Unveil Five-Year Offshore Drilling Plan

The US Interior Department will unveil on Monday its official plan for oil and natural gas drilling in federal waters through 2012. The department's Minerals Management Service, which oversees offshore federal lands, said that the "multi-year program would significantly increase the nation's domestic energy supplies while protecting the coastal and marine environments."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/043007EC.shtml



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Pacific Whale Decline "a Mystery"

Researchers with the conservation group Earthwatch found that grey whales are arriving malnourished at their breeding grounds off the Mexican coast. Scientists are not sure whether the current decline is climate-related or part of a natural predator-prey cycle.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/043007EA.shtml



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Take action today to prevent a water diversion project through the important Daurian wetlands area

The River Ran Through It - Take action today to prevent a water diversion project through the important Daurian wetlands area. Our sources on the ground tell us construction on the site has already begun without properly assessing the environmental impacts. Write a letter to the leaders of the Chinese and Russian governments urging them to protect these wetlands.

http://tinyurl.com/35d2vm

Taking Back the Arctic

The federal government has made a series of bad decisions concerning Alaska's Arctic over the last few months (years, really) but communities are standing up to take back the Arctic from Oil Companies. New legislation is being proposed to reinstate the protected status of Bristol Bay and Native Alaskans are refusing to be quieted by Big Oil's empty promises.

http://tinyurl.com/3chb5s



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Impeach Actions Last Week

What none of these videos say, of course, is that Kucinich and other peaceniks and impeachers are starting to make it clear: Bomb Iran and you WILL be impeached!


(All now visible) photos of all events at http://www.carolmoore.net/photos/dcpeaceprotests2007.html

(1) Kucinich Impeachment Press Conference 4-25-07 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kphMB2ZgepI

(2) Getting Rowdy for Peace At Congress April 25-26, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tllh2PpsV1Y
More good footage at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2767817879115628415&q=whynotnews

Yup, includes me videotaping my FIRST real arrest! Shot my mouth off just when they started busting people. One reason I don't try to get arrested is I'm always too broke to pay that cash fine they make you pay to avoid spending the night in jail! Help me repay the loan someone gave me for my $50 fine! Buy a couple Peace or IMPEACH buttons -- or a dozen -- at http://radicalbuttons.com

(3) Spelling Out IMPEACH on National Mall 4-28-07 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBitQc6285s
Includes my song "The People Want Peace (but the leaders want war)"


Carol Moore in DC
http://carolmoore.net/
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http://stopthewarnow.net
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Arctic ice retreating more quickly than computer models project

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=97166140


Informant: NHNE

Are You Kidding Me?

Gold Star Mother Amy Branham responds to a "Today Show" interview with Laura Bush: "I promise you, Laura, there is absolutely no way you and George have suffered even close to the suffering of the military families, the soldiers, the people of Iraq have suffered. You could not unless you sent one of your beloved children or other family members into the war. You are so far removed from it that I don't think you have the capacity for understanding what the true suffering of the war in Iraq is. Don't get me wrong: I believe that you, as a woman and a mother, probably do have some empathy for the suffering. But you do not understand. Not even close."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107P.shtml



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Ethics Committee Examines Renzi's Finances

The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may be probing the activities of Representative Rick Renzi (R-Arizona). A senior ethics aide pulled all of Renzi's annual financial disclosure records from 2003 to 2006, according to records available at the House's Legislative Resource Center.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107N.shtml



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Police Preparing for 100,000 Marchers in LA

Officially organized to celebrate the May 1 International Workers' Day, marches are planned in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside, and at least 75 other cities nationwide. The largest expected march, organized by the March 25 Coalition, is scheduled to head for Los Angeles City Hall beginning at 10:00 AM. The coalition is calling for a boycott of work, school, and all consumer activity. Los Angeles police will be on maximum deployment, with at least 1,000 officers set to check in at 6:00 AM.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107M.shtml

Price Tag for War in Iraq to Top $500 Billion

The bitter fight over the latest Iraq spending bill has all but obscured a sobering fact: The war will soon cost more than $500 billion. That's about ten times more than the Bush administration anticipated before the war started four years ago, and no one can predict how high the tab will go.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050107J.shtml

BECTA Wi-fi Report "Suppressed"

http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=110



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Sick Sony Goat Stunt Backfires

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Industry/A4Q7C3S3?page=5


Informant: Jodda Mitchell

Wolfowitz Resignation Deal in the Works

Behind the scenes of the gladiatorial battle that will take place between Paul Wolfowitz and the World Bank Board today are efforts by his lawyer, Robert Bennett, and the Bank staff to negotiate terms of Wolfowitz's departure.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002098.php


From Information Clearing House



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14 people were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building

14 people were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building, for unlawful assembly while protesting to stop the war in Iraq and calling for impeachment.

http://snipurl.com/1iuf3


From Information Clearing House

Blueprint for Dictatorship

America is headed for a military dictatorship - and recent legislation makes this all but inevitable.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10895


From Information Clearing House



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Clinton and Obama Raiding Donors Who Backed Bush

In the first quarter of this year, more than 150 former Bush donors pitched in for Mrs. Clinton's campaign, while a similar number anted up for Mr. Obama, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data.

http://www.nysun.com/article/53420


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Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain

German lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck says that he will refile a war crimes complaint against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Spain with the help of Spanish counterparts after the German Federal Prosecutor's office Friday rejected a bid to prosecute the suit in Germany under that country's universal jurisdiction law.

http://snipurl.com/1iuel



New trouble for Rumsfeld in Spain

Together with Spanish colleagues, the German lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck wants to press charges against Rumsfeld and 13 other high-ranking U.S. officials in Spain because of alleged human and civil rights violations,

http://snipurl.com/1j92n


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George Galloway: "What Happened To Iraq Is About To Happen To Iran"

Video - Galloway speaks on Iraq and Iran
http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/1337/1/



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U.S. report: Iran remains biggest gov't supporter of terrorism

Manufacturing Consent For War

Iran continues to be the biggest supporter of terrorism around the world, with elements of its government supporting extremist groups throughout the Middle East, particularly in Iraq, the United States State Department says.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/854124.html



Iran Receives A Last Warning

The EU accused Iran of ignoring the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and called on the international community to apply the sanctions dictated by the UN.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_26244-Iran-Receives-A-Last-Warning.html



Russia's foreign ministry slams U.S. policy

Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for what it called over-reliance on force and warned Washington against military action against Iran.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17816660/


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Accounting for Iraq's Oil Revenue

A May 2006 study of oil production and export figures by Platt's Oilgram News, an industry magazine, showed that up to $3 billion a year is unaccounted for.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14427
http://www.consumersforpeace.org/news_abboud_toxic_bob_waiting.html



War Is A Racket

A speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm


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Ex-CIA analyst: Forged 'yellowcake' memo 'leads right back to' Cheney

Appearing on MSNBC's Tucker Carlson show, Ray McGovern who served in the CIA for twenty-seven years, said, "the [forged] memo leads right back to the doorstep of the Vice President of the United States."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/ExCIA_analyst_Forged_yellowcake_memo_leads_0430.html


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Something About "Liberation"

By Layla Anwar

Never, at least not to my knowledge, has a "liberation" produced so much human filth... Never has a "liberation" managed to generate so many death mercenaries and contractors being paid up to 5'000 dollars a day with the sole aim of exterminating...and "pacifying".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17625.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mercenaries+contractors

The accursed: Widows of Iraq's torn-apart society

By Hala Jaber

"I shouted and beat my breast and yanked my hair in the street but no one could do anything. A few minutes later we heard shots. I knew they [Ali and Ahmad] were dead," she said. "

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17626.htm

Watch the press conference on impeachment with Dennis Kucinich, Cindy Sheehan, Daniel Ellsberg, David Swanson, John Nichols, Chris Hedges, Debra Sweet & others in front of the U.S. Capitol on April 25th

http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/video/april25.wmv

video by Barry Student

http://www.impeach07.org

WHAT: Coalition statement in support of impeachment
WHEN: 12:00 Noon ET, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
WHERE: The Cannon House Office Building Outdoor Terrace, Washington D.C.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich put impeachment of the Vice President on the table.

1. A group of prominent Americans gathered at the U.S. Capitol to speak in support of beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney. Among them were mayors, including Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City and John Shields of Nyack, NY; state legislators including Washington State Senator Eric Oemig; city council members, including Dave Meserve of Arcata, CA; and former government officials, including Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers; David MacMichael, a former analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and a member of the steering committee of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; and retired Army Colonel Ann Wright, a career diplomat who quit in protest the day the war began.

Also participating were authors, journalists, poets, and playwrights, including Chris Hedges, Justin Frank, Mark Kurlansky, John Nichols, David Lindorff, Gerald Stern, and Ann Marie Macari; actors, producers, and photographers, including Eunice Wong, and Kathy Chalfant, leading anti-war voices, including Andy Shallal, Cindy Sheehan, Tina Richards, Medea Benjamin, Bob Fertik, David Swanson, Debra Sweet, Kevin Zeese, Michael Berg, Carlos Arredondo, and Elaine Brower; and organizer of the national day of impeachment events coming up on April 28th Jacob Park.


Kucinich Has Introduced Articles of Impeachment Against Vice President Richard Cheney

Congressman Dennis Kucinich has acted. Here are his Articles of Impeachment and supporting materials.

It's time now for us to follow through by asking the rest of Congress to get on board with the American public, and by letting the media know where we stand.

http://www.impeachcheney.org

Ask your Congress Member to support impeachment proceedings against Vice President Cheney: http://tinyurl.com/yttnxq

Ask members of the House Judiciary Committee and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead, follow, or get out of the way: http://tinyurl.com/2ar8ch

Tell the media that you support Congressman Dennis Kucinich's proposal to begin impeachment proceedings: http://tinyurl.com/2cag7t

Learn more at: http://www.impeachcheney.org


Informant: Frank



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

Woolsey, Waters, Lee Write to Pelosi

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/21968


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lynn+Woolsey
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Barbara+Lee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maxine+Waters
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi

Wi-Fi Isn't the New Asbestos?

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

Senator Mike Gravel at SC Debates April/26/07



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gMlHv2lDqA&mode=related&search=

Excellent job by Sen. Gravel in the recent South Carolina debate. He takes on the whole Congress and the military industrial complex.


From the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+industrial+complex
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Gravel

YOUR FREEDOM TO PURCHASE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS IS TO BE WIPED OUT UNLESS YOU ACT NOW!

YOUR FREEDOM TO PURCHASE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS IS TO BE WIPED OUT BY VOICE VOTE MONDAY APRIL 30th UNLESS YOU ACT NOW!!! SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS + TOTAL DETAILS FOLLOW

http://www.realityzone.com/april302007.html


Jack Topel

Thank Murtha for Talking Impeachment

http://tinyurl.com/3dchcj



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

Progressive Democrats of America: Another Historic Step On Impeachment

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0430-01.htm



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

BLM Suicide Underscores Bureaucratic Inhumanity

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0430-03.htm

Greenpeace Energy [R]evolution Shows Direction at Climate Crossroads

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0430-07.htm

It will be an uphill battle to bring back honesty and professionalism to the analysis process

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/864/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern

The Iraq War Is Over: It Is The Moment for Democrats To Show Real Leadership

If President Bush’s Veto Is Not Challenged Tomorrow, Thousands of Iraqis and Hundreds of US Troops Are Certain to Perish.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/858/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gary+Younge

Why There Was No Exit Plan

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/853/

Australia, US Behave Tyrannically, Says Ex-PM

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/871/

US Democrats Raise Prospect of Bush's Impeachment Over Iraq

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/869/



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

Some Analysts See Iraq War Eclipsing Toll from Vietnam

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/856/

'Epidemic' of sleep deprivation spreads among busy Britons

A sleep related article and perhaps an opportunity for comment about EMF?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=451760&in_page_id=1770


Informant: Mark G.



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=sleep+disturbance
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=sleep+disturbance

Congressional GOP Say They'll 'Switch Sides' If "Surge" Fails

http://tinyurl.com/29ju2e


Informant: Andrea Ball



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

Fox News Crowns Giuliani as GOP King

by Cliff Kincaid

The popularity of presidential candidates in opinion polls at this stage of the campaign is almost completely a function of name-recognition or how much media coverage they have already received or purchased from the liberal media. Yet that is one of the unfair criteria that Fox News will use to select the Republican presidential candidates for a May 15 debate in South Carolina. The arrangement could prevent a true conservative from emerging as a “serious candidate” in the GOP......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff146.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/Kincaid

Will Texas Capitulate?

by Lynn Stuter

State governments and state agencies are nothing more than implementers of federal mandates accepted through voluntary application for federal discretionary grants. Taxpayers could save themselves a lot of money by doing away with state legislative bodies and state government and moving to a regional governance structure under the auspices of the federal government......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter100.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/Stuter

Is Psychiatry Scientific and Dangerous?

by Dr. James Howenstine, MD.

This is laughable but it has serious consequences. When a child is diagnosed with depression the child is often placed on a potent SSRI drug. The manufacturer of one of the leading SSRI drug knew for many years that the drug caused loss of the ability to control violent behavior thus increasing violence toward self (suicide) and others (mass murders). This information was covered up because it would have hurt sales of the drug. Nearly every teen involved in the Columbine and Red Lake mass murders was taking an SSRI drug......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james58.htm



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