Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2007

Are Americans Really 'Better Than That?'

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/12/5794/



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

From Oil Wars to Water Wars

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/12/5775/

Bottled Water Industry Is Detrimental to American Communities
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1212-12.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman

Waterboarding Our Democracy

Robert Scheer from Truthdig writes: "When the CIA destroyed those prisoner interrogation videotapes, was it also destroying the truth about 9/11? After all, according to the 9/11 Commission Report, the basic narrative of what happened on that day-and the definition of the enemy in this war on terror that George W. Bush launched in response to the tragedy-comes from the CIA's account of what those prisoners told their torturers. The commission was never allowed to interview the prisoners, or speak with those who did, and was instead forced to rely on what the CIA was willing to relay."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207H.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=videotapes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer

Russia Begins Arms Treaty Freeze

Jonathan Marcus, reporting for BBC News, writes, "Russia has gone ahead with plans to suspend its participation in one of the key arms control agreements dating from the Cold War."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207F.shtml

Will Iraq's Great Awakening Lead to a Nightmare?

Retired Army Colonel, Douglas Macgregor, writes from Mother Jones: "American casualties in Iraq have declined dramatically over the last 90 days to levels not seen since 2006, and the White House has attributed the decline to the surge of 35-40,000 U.S. combat troops. But a closer look suggests a different explanation."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207E.shtml

New Jersey State Senate Votes to Repeal Death Penalty

From The Independent UK, David Usborne reports, "Opponents of the death penalty in the United States were celebrating a crucial vote in New Jersey yesterday that clears the way for it to become the first state in four decades formally to repeal capital punishment - a reform that could help turn the tide of public opinion across the country."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Death+Penalty+-+Todesstrafe/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Usborne

Managerschelte kommt in Mode

Die Kritik an den Managergehältern ist eine Reaktion auf die gefühlte soziale Ungerechtigkeit in großen Teilen der Bevölkerung.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26829/1.html



Managergehälter reloaded

In 20 Jahren ist das Verhältnis der Bezüge der Vorstände von Dax30-Unternehmen zu den Mitarbeiterlöhnen vom 14-Fachen auf das 44-Fache gestiegen - bei der Deutschen Post auf das 87-Fache und bei Metro gar auf das 140-Fache.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26830/1.html

Grönlands Gletscherschwund hat sich 2007 beschleunigt

Das Eis schmilzt
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/100450



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

Next-up news n°410

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/5a2b8d042c43f254

US intel chief faces grilling amid torture claims

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10554


Informant: John Calvert



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Hayden

Boeing Installs High-Energy Laser On Laser Gunship Aircraft

RAY GUNS
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Installs_High_Energy_Laser_On_Laser_Gunship_Aircraft_999.html


Informant: Kev Hall

McCain has lost touch with reality



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hR2EGpl4o


Informant: shane_digital



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

Evidence From Waterboarding Could Be Used in Military Trials

Josh White reports for The Washington Post, "The top legal adviser for the military trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees told Congress yesterday that he cannot rule out the use of evidence derived from the CIA's aggressive interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, a tactic that simulates drowning."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207N.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+trials
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drowning
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Josh+White

Democrats Call Republicans "Grand Obstructionist Party"

David M. Herszenhorn reports for The New York Times, "With the president warning repeatedly that he will veto any budget package he dislikes and the Democrats short of the 60 votes they need in the Senate, the Republican minority is in an unusually strong bargaining position - and not just in the budget negotiations that are the top priority in Congress these days."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207M.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+M.+Herszenhorn

CIA Destroyed Tapes Despite Court Orders

The Associated Press reports, "The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactics."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207L.shtml



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

Democrats Put Blank Checks Back on Table

Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "In the next two weeks, Democratic leadership in Congress will likely push for a huge, multi-department 'omnibus' spending bill which may include funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. None of the omnibus proposals raised so far have included deadlines for troop withdrawal, igniting strong opposition from progressives in the House."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+funding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maya+Schenwar

Unkonventionelle Ansätze zur Energiegewinnung und Aktivierung biologischer Prozesse

http://cropfm.mur.at/resources/freie%20energie/Bericht%20%20E%205001-15.pdf

Professor für Europarecht: EU-Reformvertrag ohne Volksabstimmung ist nichtig

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/3f0d8f262db70427?hl=en

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13. Dezember 2007

LINKE sagt JA zur Europäischen Union, aber NEIN zum Reformvertrag

Zur heutigen Unterzeichnung des EU-Reformvertrages durch die Staats- und Regierungschefs erklärt Lothar Bisky, Vorsitzender der Partei DIE LINKE und Vorsitzender der Partei der Europäischen Linken:

Heute unterzeichnen in Lissabon die Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU-Mitgliedstaaten den Reformvertrag. Sollte er von allen Ländern ratifiziert werden, tritt er in Kraft und wird als Vertrag von Lissabon in die Annalen der Europäischen Union eingehen. Wir sagen NEIN zum Reformvertrag, denn es ist der Reformvertrag der Staats- und Regierungschefs. Um die EU zu stabilisieren, bedarf es mehr als Kosmetik. Die LINKE will kein Europa der Regierenden. Wir wollen ein Europa, in dem Bürgerinnen und Bürger selbstbestimmt leben können. Der neue Vertrag ist nicht geeignet, die Krise der EU zu lösen. Denn die eigentliche Krise der EU und damit der europäischen Integration besteht darin, dass die gegenwärtige und – mit diesem Vertrag – auch die zukünftige Grundausrichtung der EU-Politik weder den Interessen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger noch den Herausforderungen der Globalisierung entspricht. Eine reale Zukunftsfähigkeit für die Europäische Union wird nicht begründet – die markantesten Defizite bisheriger Europapolitik bleiben bestehen. So sollen mit dem Vertrag die Mitgliedstaaten auf den schrittweisen Ausbau ihrer militärischen Kapazitäten verpflichtet werden. Das heißt im Klartext: Aufrüstung! Jeder weiß, das kostet viel Geld, sehr viel Geld. Und Geld, das für Rüstung ausgegeben wird, steht weder für Bildung noch für soziale oder ökologische Zwecke zur Verfügung. Und es fehlt auch zur zivilen Konfliktbewältigung. Die Militarisierung der EU erhält mit diesem Vertrag ihre rechtlichen Grundlagen. Sie ist folglich nicht nur gegen das friedliche Europa, sondern auch gegen das soziale und demokratische Europa gerichtet und steht damit im krassen Gegensatz zu den Interessen der Unionsbürgerinnen und Unionsbürger, die ein friedliches, soziales und demokratisches Europa wollen. Ein friedliches, soziales und demokratisches Europa ist auch Ziel der Politik meiner Partei und der Partei der Europäischen Linken. Wir sagen JA zur europäischen Integration und zur Europäischen Union. Aber wir sagen NEIN zur Militarisierung der EU, zu ihrer neoliberalen Grundausrichtung und zur Aushöhlung der demokratischen Rechte. Wir wollen eine Europäische Union, die eine Politik im Interesse ihrer Bürgerinnen und Bürger macht. Das aber ist nur möglich, wenn die Bürgerinnen und Bürger die EU und Europa selbst gestalten und über die Entwicklungsrichtung entscheiden. Deshalb fordert DIE LINKE, dass grundlegende Entscheidungen in der Europapolitik durch die Bürgerinnen und Bürger zu legitimieren sind. Wie Sie wissen ist aber - mit Ausnahme Irlands - in keinem weiteren EU-Mitgliedstaat ein Referendum vorgesehen. Das ist ein unhaltbarer Zustand! Deshalb hat die Partei der Europäischen Linken eine Unterschriftenkampagne beschlossen, mit der in allen EU-Mitgliedsländern Unterschriften für Referenden zum EU-Reformvertrag gesammelt werden. Insgesamt sind mindestens 1 Million Unterschriften von Unionsbürgerinnen und Unionsbürgern für eine Bürgerinitiative notwendig. Unter dem Motto "Europa mitbestimmen! Referendum jetzt!" hat DIE LINKE heute mit ihrer Unterschriftensammlung für die Durchführung einer Volksabstimmung in Deutschland begonnen.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/linke-sagt-ja-zur-europaeischen-union-aber-nein-zum-reformvertrag/



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

RON PAUL: THE REVOLUTION BEGINS



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URAmKHGAVfk


Informant: shane_digital



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

Clinton and Giuliani would grab even more power than Bush

Cato Institute
by David Boaz

12/11/07

The latest news from presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani illustrates their very different views of power and the presidency. Clinton, always eager to wield power on behalf of her vision of the public good, has just endorsed new government mandates on health care and energy along with a $50 billion spending program for global AIDS. Meanwhile, revelations about Giuliani’s secretive use of New York City police and his refusal to allow the city comptroller to audit his security spending reflect his lifelong affinity for using and abusing power...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8837


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Boaz

Iran’s phantom nukes

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

12/10/07

The latest assessment of Iran’s nuclear ambitions is a stunning development. Two years ago the Bush administration touted intelligence alleged to show that Iran was developing such weapons. Only several weeks ago Bush warned that if Iran were not stopped, World War III would follow. This week he said he did not know about the new National Intelligence Estimate when he made that chilling statement, although the estimate had already been written. Administration spokesmen say Bush was aware there was new information about Iran’s activity but didn’t ask for details. Whether that is true or false, it is typical of this government...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0712b.asp



The boy who cried WMD

In These Times
by Sanhita SinhaRoy

12/11/07

There goes the Axis of Evil. On Dec. 3, news broke that 16 U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded that Iran had halted its nuclear arms efforts in 2003. You would think the report — known as the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) — would give Bush pause in his push for another war. You’d be wrong. At a Dec. 4 White House press conference, Bush said, ‘Iran is dangerous, and the NIE doesn’t do anything to change my opinion about the danger Iran poses to the world. Quite the contrary.’ For years the Bush administration and its neoconservative buddies have been ratcheting the rhetoric against Iran...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3444/the_boy_who_cried_wmd/



The GOP’s Iran option is off the table

Salon
by Juan Cole

12/11/07

For Republicans, the beauty of Iran as a campaign issue was that it involved a regime whose minions had regularly chanted ‘death to America’ for decades, a regime that is actively hostile to the U.S. ally Israel, that had at least at some point been involved in international terrorism, and that — above all — was suspected of aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Americans had despised the Shiite clerical regime ever since Khomeini’s regime took U.S. embassy personnel hostage, and ayatollahs with nukes was a national nightmare. Indeed, the ongoing threat of a nuclear-armed Iran had the potential for bolstering those Americans motivated by issues of national security, thereby rescuing the politically sinking Republicans. Americans are not now going to fall in love with Iran, and suspicions may linger about Tehran’s civilian nuclear energy research program. But voters are unlikely to take very seriously the idea that a poor, weak country of 70 million — one lacking much of an air force and with no weapons of mass destruction — is the most important problem that the United States faces. And if Iran is not the most important problem, then surely healthcare, the economy and getting out of Iraq are...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/11/iran_08/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=National+Intelligence+Estimate
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Juan+Cole

Did you know this about Kucinich?

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/140dfc560ef90d2f?hl=en



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

Labor Department Accused of Union Sabotage

The Washington Post's Elizabeth Williamson writes: "Political operatives in the Department of Labor are using federal reporting requirements to undermine trade unions and conduct a 'political misinformation campaign' against them, a report released yesterday charges."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121107LA.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=trade+unions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+Williamson

Tower dressed as tree receives planners' OK

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/91abb336b7349bdc

Saving and Restoring Forests Saves Far More Carbon Emissions than Biofuels

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/a92faaad95213c4e?hl=en

Restoring Life On A Dying Planet
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/615716896006ce8?hl=en

Plant trees, lots of them, you can never plant enough!
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3515163/



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

Ominous Arctic melt worries experts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_sc/arctic_melt

Arctic Update: Resilient Bears, Shrinking Ice
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/arctic-update-resilient-bears-vanishing-ice/


Informant: Teresa Binstock



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

Waves of concern over radio mast health risks addressed

http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/Waves-of-concern-over-radio.3566576.jp


Surely the object of such an investigation was to report to the people!

Sylvia

Morgan Stanley issues full US recession alert

Morgan Stanley has issued a full recession alert for the US economy, warning of a sharp slowdown in business investment and a "perfect storm" for consumers as the housing slump spreads.

http://snipurl.com/1v4qu



The coming recession: Not an accident

The downward slide triggered by belated recognition of the subprime mortgage fiasco has a long way to go - and it's going. Recession is certain, and, despite the entire chorus of economists, bankers and government officials to the contrary, a depression such as that of the 1930s is possible.

http://www.jamesclayfuller.com/2007/12/recession-not-accident.html



Washington Mutual to close 190 offices

The nation's largest savings and loan, said Monday that problems in the mortgage and credit markets are forcing it to close offices, lay off more than 3,000 workers and set aside up to $1.6 billion for loan losses in its fourth quarter.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/11/BUB6TRQ84.DTL&tsp=1



UBS to write down $10 bn in subprime assets

Swiss bank UBS, which has been severely battered by the US subprime mortgage crisis, has announced a fresh writedown of USD 10 billion. Reversing its earlier guidance, UBS said it is expecting a loss in the fourth quarter, and may even show a loss for 2007 as a whole.

http://snipurl.com/1v4qz


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recession
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=housing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=depression

The case against torture

A group of 49 retired admirals and generals who want to meet with all the presidential candidates to discuss why they believe the United States cannot engage in torture.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07344/840476-84.stm


From Information Clearing House



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

Chaplain describes 'horror' of Guantanamo Bay

A Muslim chaplain who visited Omar Deghayes in Guantanamo Bay has spoken of his horror at the conditions there.

http://snipurl.com/1v4qq



How I Fought to Survive Guantánamo

By Patrick Barkham

For nearly six years, British resident Omar Deghayes was imprisoned in Guantánamo and subjected to such brutal torture that he lost the sight in one eye. But far from being broken, he fought back to retain his dignity and his sanity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24468.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The defiance of Omar Deghayes

LewRockwell.Com

by William Norman Grigg

02/03/10

Prior to being scooped up by Pakistani bounty hunters and sold to the U.S. government, Deghayes had been a peaceful, unassuming man, an entrepreneur who was devoted to his religion and studying to become a lawyer. He had done nothing to merit his imprisonment, let alone the constant, dehumanizing mistreatment he suffered from the moment he was stuffed, hooded and shackled, into a military transport plane bound for the former Soviet air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, where he was imprisoned before being sent to Gitmo. The partial blinding he suffered — he never regained the vision in his right eye — was retaliation for his persistent defiance. When guards would assault him, Deghayes would fight back — as hard as he could, however he could, for as long as he could...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w128.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Deghayes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gitmo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Barkham
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/grigg

Christians in Basra told not to celebrate

The Christian archbishop of Basra on Tuesday canceled the celebration of Christmas in that southern city to protest the deaths of a brother and sister, both Christians, as bombings and mayhem struck at cities throughout Iraq.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2178/story/824599.html


From Information Clearing House

Soldier says Army sergeant shot unarmed Iraqi

A Fort Hood military tribunal heard testimony today that an Army sergeant kicked and shot an Iraqi insurgent as he lay bleeding from nearly two dozen gunshot wounds.

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7483453&nav=menu73_2_12



Take No Prisoners

U.S. Marines execute an Iraqi to the cheers of fellow marines.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm


From Information Clearing House

Tired of Promises: Vicenza, Italy, Demands Action Against New U.S. Military Base

By Stephanie Westbrook

They left Vicenza just after midnight and drove through the night to arrive in Rome on Sunday morning; six buses carrying the women and men of the Presidio Permanente No Dal Molin, the movement against the new U.S. military base in this northern Italian city.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18867.htm



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

The Terror Within

By Angie Riedel

There is more terror here at home than there is anywhere else in the industrial so-called civilized world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18869.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Angie+Riedel

Dershowitz on Waterboarding

A blatant expansion of state power

By Mike Whitney

An article by Dershowitz appeared on op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal on Novemeber 7, 2007, titled "Democrats and Waterboarding". In that article Dershowitz makes a spirited defense of waterboarding, going so far as to say that (he believes) the Democrats "will lose the presidential race if it defines itself as soft on terror."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18863.htm



Another proud moment in US history: Waterboarding OK'ed at the top

The CIA's waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday as agency director Gen. Michael Hayden prepared for questioning by congressional panels about the destruction of videotapes of terror suspect interrogations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_go_co/cia_videotapes


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dershowitz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Hayden
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=state+power
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Whitney

Will Liberty Succumb to Federalist Society Ideology?

By Paul Craig Roberts

The US Supreme Court has taken up the issue whether the executive branch can detain people indefinitely merely by declaring them to be suspected terrorists or illegal enemy combatants.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18862.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=enemy+combatants
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Supreme+Court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts

URGENT ALERT: Climate-Wrecking at Bali

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/f25da8bf69b45ecf?hl=en

Stop UN support for the occupation of Iraq

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/ed66c183be3de026?hl=en



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

How Free Are We Really?

by Selwyn Duke

So how free are we really? The most relevant answer is that we're not as free as we were 20 years ago, not nearly as free as we were 50 years ago, and we'll be even less free 20 years hence. That is, unless we free ourselves from our legislate-society-to-perfection mentality.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Duke/selwyn76.htm



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

Pentagon moving to operationalize AFRICOM air capacity

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6908/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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

VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE IS NOT AN AGENCY, ISOO TOLD

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6909/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Steven+Aftergood

How we were almost lied into war, again

http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12030


Informant: Lew Rockwell



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin

On the Torturable and the Untorturable

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt307.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greg+Grandin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tom+Engelhardt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/engelhardt

The Mirage of the Mortgage Fix

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/mortgage-fix-mirage.html



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

Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2007

Next-up news n°408

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/browse_thread/thread/533b06aee3461151

Hunger Problem Challenges US

Patrik Jonsson, reporting for The Christian Science Monitor, writes, "This week, Congress considers new food stamp rules that would allow people to receive more aid."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121107H.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+stamp

Death Squads, Disappearances and Torture From Latin America to Iraq

Greg Grandin, writing for TomDispatch.com, says, "Throughout the second half of the Cold War, Washington's anti-communist allies killed more than 300,000 civilians, many of whom were simply desaparecido - 'disappeared.' Like rendition, disappearances can't be carried out without a synchronized, sophisticated, and increasingly transnational infrastructure."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121107F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=death+squads
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=disappearances
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greg+Grandin

Appeals Court Says Some Patriot Act Provisions Unconstitutional

Keith St. Clair, reporting for The Fresno Bee, writes, "A federal appeals court ruled Monday that some portions of the US Patriot Act that govern dealings with foreign terrorist organizations are unconstitutional because the language is too vague to be understood by a person of ordinary intelligence."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121107B.shtml

Congressman Wexler Calls for Dick Cheney Impeachment Hearings



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wncBOEmOYeE

Wexler urges hearings on Cheney trial
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10552


Informant: John Calvert



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

Groups Demand Action on Poverty and Climate

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1211-10.htm

Spinning Yarns of 'Good News'

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5768/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pierre+Tristam

Beyond the Point of No Return

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5773/

The Real Answer to Climate Change Is to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5771/

US Threatens To Undermine Funding For Climate Change Adaptation
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1211-13.htm

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“It Is Time to Make Peace With the Planet”

Al Gore Accepts 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/11/it_is_time_to_make_peace


Informant: John Calvert



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Al+Gore
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ross+Gelbspan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Monbiot

Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5753/



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

Democrats Accuse White House of Cooking Climate-Change Testimony

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5761/

Iraq Rejects Permanent US Bases

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/11/5759/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases

Kucinich Says He's Preparing 50-Page Bush Articles of Impeachment

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29305


Informant: John Calvert



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

AWOL Military Justice

Morris D. Davis writes for the Los Angeles Times: "I was the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Oct. 4, the day I concluded that full, fair and open trials were not possible under the current system. I resigned on that day because I felt that the system had become deeply politicized and that I could no longer do my job effectively or responsibly."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121107M.shtml



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

Preisschub bei Energie, Lebensmitteln und soziale Gerechtigkeit?

Inflation als Mittel der Umverteilung
http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=30927

Penguins now threatened by global warming

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/11/eapeng111.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/11/eapeng111.xml#comments


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Eccleston

WiFi in public libraries in Paris: Moratorium

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/5f15a0481228cba4



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

Einsatz von ALG II-Beziehern nach SGB II § 16 Abs. 3 im städtischen Ordnungsdienst zur Bürgerüberwachung

„Wie die Wochenzeit „AugsburgerExtra“ (im Folgenden „AE“) in ihrer Ausgabe Nr.47 vom 21.11.2007 unter der Überschrift „Hotline für die Sicherheit – Ein Anruf, dann kommt der ‚Cop’“ meldet, soll der sog. „städtische Ordnungsdienst“ mit 20 Ein-Euro-Kräften (von insgesamt nur 28 Einsatzkräften) fortgesetzt werden, obwohl dieser wegen seiner rüden Methoden gegen Augsburger BürgerInnen bereits in die Kritik geraten ist. Gegen die Fortsetzung dieses „Hilfspolizisten“-Konzeptes mit Arbeitslosen, protestiere ich hiermit auf das Schärfste und fordere die Verantwortlichen auf, es umgehend zu beenden…“ Protest von Armin Kammrad an den Oberbürgermeister und Leitung ARGE der Stadt Augsburg vom 02.12.2007 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/euroaugsburg.pdf


Polizeieinsatz gegen Hartz 4 GegnerInnen

„Hartz 4 - Kritik löste bei der Hamburger ARGE - Eimsbüttel Panikartige Reaktion aus und bestellten gleich die Polizei. Dabei wurde ein Mitstreiter vorläufig verhaftet…“ Bericht von Tom vom 10.12.2007 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2007/12/202073.shtml


Rüdiger S. im Hungerstreik gegen 1-Euro-Job und die Leistungskürzung

Plädoyer gegen Hartz IV. Hintergrund: Auch den Winter 07/08 verbringe ich in meinem Badezimmer.

Offener Brief von Rüdiger Steinbeck an das Sozialgericht Hildesheim vom
26.11.2007 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/ruedigers2.html


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Dezember 2007



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rüdiger+Steinbeck

Finanzkapitalismus: Geldgier in Reinkultur

Insektenbefall bei ver.di

Broschüre „Finanzkapitalismus – Geldgier in Reinkultur!“ vom Bereich Wirtschaftspolitik beim BuVo: entfernen!

„Der Bundesjugendvorstand (BJV) beschließt, die für die Broschüre „Finanzkapitalismus – Geldgier in Reinkultur!“ Verantwortlichen aufzufordern, diese sofort aus dem Sortiment und dem Internet zu entfernen. Weiterhin werden die Verantwortlichen aufgefordert eine neue Broschüre frei von verkürzter Kapitalismuskritik und antisemitischen Karikaturen zu entwickeln. Der Antrag wird an den Bundesvorstand und den Gewerkschaftsrat weitergeleitet…“ Beschluss des ver.di-Bundesjugendvorstandes vom 30.11.-2.12.2007 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/real/insekten_bjv.pdf

Aus dem Text der Begründung: „Wir meinen, dass Gewerkschaften heute dringender denn je kapitalistische Entwicklung als einen Prozess der selbst verursachten „Sachzwänge“ kritisieren müssen – und auch die Diskussion um gesellschaftliche Alternativen vorantreiben sollten! Doch das bedeutet gerade nicht die Ursache allen Elends bei „fremden“ Konkurrenten oder den „anonymen Finanzinvestoren“ zu suchen! Gewerkschaften müssen aufklären, wie jeder „Standort“ mit all den negativen Erscheinungen wie Lohnsenkungsprogrammen auf die verschärfte Konkurrenz am Weltmarkt reagiert und genau dadurch den Zwang zur intensivierten Ausbeutung reproduziert und den Unterbietungswettbewerb weiter verstärkt!..“


Die Geister, die sie rufen

„Nachdem vor zweieinhalb Jahren die IG Metall die deutsche Wirtschaft von blutsaugenden Mücken aus Amerika bedroht sah (siehe KONKRET 6/05), ruft nun die Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft Verdi das Finanzkapital in Form der Heuschrecke zum Grundübel des Kapitalismus aus. Mit vorhersehbaren Folgen…“ Artikel von Lothar Galow-Bergemann für konkret 12/2007 http://www.streifzuege.org/texte_andere/str_autor_galow__konkret_071206_heuschrecken.html


Verschärfung der Harz IV-Einkommensverordnung

Entwurf der beabsichtigten Neufassung der ALG II - VO, welche zum
1.1.2008 wirksam werden soll (pdf) http://www.harald-thome.de/media/files/Gesetzestexte%20SGB%20II%20+%20VO/Optimierungsgesetz/entwurf__alg__ii__sozialgeld__vo_1_.pdf


Bravo Herr Scholz! Glückwunsch Herr Brandner! Verschärfung der Harz IV-Einkommensverordnung pünktlich zum Amtsantritt

„Kaum ist die neue Spitze im Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
(BMAS) mit Minister Olaf Scholz und Staatssekretär Klaus Brandner besetzt, da folgt auch schon die erste sozialpolitische Provokation mit einer Ohrfeige für Hartz IV-Betroffene. Stein des Anstoßes ist der Entwurf der neuen Verordnung zur Anrechnung von Einkommen und Vermögen beim Arbeitslosengeld II, die bereits zum Januar 2008 in Kraft treten soll…“ Pressemitteilung von Tacheles e.V. zur neuen ALG II -VO vom 11.12.07 (pdf) http://www.harald-thome.de/media/files/Arbeitsmaterialien/Tacheles_PM_KH_Bravo_111207.pdf


Neue Verordnungen zum ALG II werden von der Regierung durchgepeitscht

„Die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Erwerbslosen- und Sozialhilfeinitiativen (BAG-SHI) e.V. kritisiert, dass die Bundesregierung beabsichtigt, weitreichende Änderungen im SGB II auf dem Verordnungswege durchzusetzen…“ Pressemitteilung vom 11.12.2007 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/alos/adalg2vo.html


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Dezember 2007

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Insektenbefall bei ver.di

Die Geister, die sie rufen...Verdi und die Heuschrecken

Mitschnitt des Interviews mit Lothar Galow-Bergemann im Radio Corax Leipzig/Halle vom 11.12.2007 http://freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=20110


Aus: LabourNet, 13. Dezember 2007

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Entgegnung auf die Stellungnahme der KollegInnen des Bereichs Wirtschaftspolitik beim ver.di Bundesvorstand

„die Kritik der Finanzkapital AG beim ver.di Bezirk Stuttgart an der „ver.di-Heuschreckenbroschüre“ ist auf erfreulich große Resonanz gestoßen. Wir haben - besonders innerhalb von ver.di - weit mehr an Zustimmung erfahren, als wir uns das vorher vorstellen konnten. Wir werden zu Interviews gebeten und zu Diskussionsveranstaltungen eingeladen. Es ist gut, dass sich jetzt auch die VerfasserInnen der Broschüre der öffentlichen Diskussion stellen. Ich verstehe ihre Stellungnahme als Beitrag zu einer dringend notwendigen Diskussion, die in- und außerhalb der Gewerkschaften geführt werden muss und möchte im Folgenden einige Punkte benennen, um die sich die weitere Diskussion aus meiner Sicht drehen sollte…“ Entgegnung von Lothar Galow-Bergemann vom 7.1.08 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/real/insekten_adwipo.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 8. Januar 2008

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Insektenbefall bei ver.di

"Heuschrecken-Debatte" nun auch Thema auf offizieller ver.di-Diskussionsseite „verdi-Perspektiven“

Die Debatte innerhalb von ver.di um die Bewertung der Finanzmärkte und die Verwendung der "Heuschrecken"-Metapher geht weiter. Jetzt wurde die Diskussion auch auf der offiziellen ver.di-Diskussionsseite - ver.di Perspektiven - eröffnet. Siehe http://perspektiven.verdi.de/debatte_um_finanzmaerkte


Aus: LabourNet, 25. Februar 2008



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Heuschrecken
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URGENT/VITAL: Revised SWI Health Survey - Mail-in Version

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/c6b4dd9b56c77713

The correct mailing address for the SWI ES Health Survey is:

P O Box 49747 London N20 0XR UK

The post office has been delivering all surveys even those with the incorrect mailing address.

The deadline for all submissions is 14th December 2007.


Sarah

Plan for phone mast near hospital

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/f91a5422976ffbaa



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mast+hospital

Workers' Rights and Human Rights

In the Winona Daily News, Russell Hess says, "It's International Human Rights Week, the 59th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121007LB.shtml

CIA Spy Calls Waterboarding Necessary But Torture

Coming in From the Cold
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3978231&page=1


Informant: John Johnson



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

Torture Tapes Were Destroyed To Prevent Prosecution

'Well-Informed' Source Tells CBS That Torture Tapes Were Destroyed To Prevent Prosecution

In a memo to CIA employees, Director Michael Hayden claimed that the videotapes were destroyed because they "posed a serious security risk".

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/08/cbs-source-tapes/



What The CIA Torture Tapes Would Have Shown

We learned that in 2005, despite earlier warnings from Congress, the White House, and the Justice Department, the CIA destroyed two videotaped interrogations of al-Qaeda operatives who had been captured shortly after 9/11. Why?

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_12/012662.php


From Information Clearing House

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Hayden to Testify About CIA Videotapes

The Associated Press reports, "CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden faces two days of testimony behind closed doors at the Senate and House intelligence committees to answer questions about his agency's destruction of videotaped interrogations of terrorist suspects."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121107K.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture+tapes
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Hayden

Russia breaks U.S anti-defence barriers

Rocket force officials confirmed the test was part of a trial of new equipment that can pierce anti-missile defences.

http://snipurl.com/1v2ji


From Information Clearing House

Rice Fails to Convince Lavrov on Iran

After seeing Rice, Lavrov told reporters: "It fully confirms the information that we have: that there is no military element in their nuclear program. We hope very much that these negotiations with Iran will continue."

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/12/10/016.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lavrov

Kucinich: Iraq War Funding Deal Is Immoral

"It is immoral for Congress to make a deal to keep this war going. It is immoral to keep a war going that is based on lies. And it is immoral to make a deal to claim legislative victories unrelated to the war while at the same time spending money to keep the war going," Kucinich said.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29282


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+funding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich

Trust is Dead

By Phil Hoskins

This experiment in government we like to call democracy depends upon a certain level of trust, not only of government and elected officials, but maybe more importantly among the people themselves. After many years under attack, we can now declare trust dead.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18861.htm

How can we bring world peace?

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/3841a033c7f756ae?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

Bush's Destruction of Torture Tapes is Another Impeachable Offense

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/570714279b3d9c36?hl=en



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

Handy-Ortung jetzt in allen Netzen

http://www.chip.de/news/c1_news_29790025.html?tid1=9226&tid2=0

TrackYourKid: Handy-Ortung im Großstadtdschungel
http://tinyurl.com/2v23gn

Handy-Peilung: Künftig ohne Richter erlaubt
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3858&Alias=wzo&cob=316019

Neues österreichisches Polizeigesetz erlaubt Handy-Peilung
http://www.baz.ch/news/index.cfm?ObjectID=B49E99D5-1422-0CEF-706FBBD62DA02703

Kritik an neuem Sicherheitspolizeigesetz
http://www.vn.vol.at/2007-12-07/Aufmacher.html

Handy-Abhörung beschlossen
http://tinyurl.com/2x5mtj

Weltweite Handy Ortung via GSM oder GPS
http://www.pressebox.de/pressemeldungen/dialogs-software-gmbh-1/boxid-141495.html

Jedes Handy lässt sich orten
http://www.pressemeldungen.at/23775/xoniocom-jedes-handy-lasst-sich-orten/

Was verrät mein Handy?
http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/wr/2008/6/2/news-52047894/detail.html



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A Blow to the Neocon 'Fifth Column'

http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis94.html

Bombed If You Do, Bombed If You Don't
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul429.html

NIE vs. LIE
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese420.html



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