World-News

Writing for US News & World Report, Marianne Lavelle says, "The concept of the White House throwing out all the bad news at 5 p.m. on a Friday, when it is sure to get minimum press coverage, was immortalized in the great 'Take Out the Trash Day' episode in the first season of The West Wing. Well, the Bush administration's decision on California's climate change program wasn't made on a Friday, but it was after business hours the week before Christmas, about eight hours after President Bush signed into law an energy bill that the administration obviously thinks will give it perfect cover for what it has done."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122307E.shtml

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Cheney accused of blocking Californian bid to cut car fumes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2231965,00.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=energy+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

Tent City in Suburbs Is Cost of Home Crisis

Dana Ford, reporting for Reuters, writes: "Between railroad tracks and beneath the roar of departing planes sits 'tent city,' a terminus for homeless people. It is not, as might be expected, in a blighted city center, but in the once-booming suburbia of Southern California. The noisy, dusty camp sprang up in July with 20 residents and now numbers 200 people, including several children, growing as this region east of Los Angeles has been hit by the US housing crisis."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122307Y.shtml

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Will you have food to eat next year?

from Reason to Freedom
by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

12/18/07

With the economy tanking and the weight of fear hanging over us, the future looks bleak. Right now many Americans are facing the reality of becoming homeless and hunger and malnutrition will most likely become a reality to Americans who thought that impossible for even the poorest among us. You need to take action now. Americans depend on the food they get from the grocery store more than ever before. The unpalatable fact is that food from the local, corporate grocery store is going up in price so rapidly that people who have not shopped for a while are having sticker shock. The price you pay is only one issue, however. That food, and how it is produced, is also causing many of your health problems...

http://www.reasontofreedom.com/will_you_have_food_eat_next_year.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=homeless
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=housing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Melinda+Pillsbury-Foster

Josh Meyer, writing for The Los Angeles Times, reports that according to American intelligence experts, the destruction of CIA videotapes highlights outmoded and weak intelligence gathering techniques that include over-reliance on coercive and abusive measures.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122307Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=videotapes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=intelligence
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Josh+Meyer

By Haydn Lewis

VILLAGERS battling to get a mobile phone mast removed from a North Yorkshire village will have their case raised in Parliament.

Ryedale's Tory MP John Greenway has written to villagers in Sheriff Hutton telling them he will be speaking to the House of Commons in January about a controversial phone mast in the village.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/2ejq3t



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Greenway

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/101027
http://www.medien.diagnose-funk.org/033ea299d21079503/033ea29a1209b7e08.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=RFID
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Datenschutz

A review of classified documents by former members of the Sept. 11 commission shows that the panel made repeated and detailed requests to the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 and 2004 for documents and other information about the interrogation of operatives of Al Qaeda, and were told by a top C.I.A. official that the agency had "produced or made available for review" everything that had been requested.

http://snipurl.com/1vpmb


From Information Clearing House



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

The United Nations has called for immediate action to assist about two million Iraqi children affected by poor nutrition, disease and disrupted education.

http://snipurl.com/1vplq



Fred Thompson: "Iraq War Going Well"

"We saw some of these atrocities I think in the last day or two day, al Qaeda torch hospitals or whatever they call them. That's indicative of what's been happening out there and people are sick and tired of it. And they're coming to our side. Some of the Sunni leadership is coming to our side".

http://snipurl.com/1vpls



Life 'better' under Saddam says vicar of Baghdad

Life was "better" for Christians in Iraq under the regime of Saddam Hussein than it is today, according to the only Anglican vicar working in Baghdad.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3084957.ece


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fred+Thompson

By Gwynne Dyer

As the U.S. dollar fell in value, the price of oil (which is usually calculated in dollars) rose to compensate for it, but there was no comparable adjustment for foreign central banks that had huge amounts of U.S. dollars in their reserves. China, which was sitting on about a trillion U.S. dollars, simply lost several hundred billion as the currency's value fell. So various central banks started wondering if they should diversify their reserves, and some acted on it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18937.htm



Latin America Breaks Free Of The US

By Janette Habel

The US has lost ground in Latin America over the past decade, since the project to develop the Free Trade Area of the Americas flopped and since leftwing governments took power and used it with imagination and vigour. The US continues to try to block such emancipation by promoting more free trade agreements, and increasing military cooperation in the name of the war on terrorism and narcotics and the defence of market democracy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18938.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dollar+fall
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gwynne+Dyer

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

The question to ask is why did Congress approve the Iran Democracy Bill when it means more crack down on the pro-democracy movement?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18940.htm



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

Die Frage, warum Gesellschaften dumme Dinge tun, die zu ihrem Zusammenbruch führen, beantwortet Jared Diamond in seinem Buch „Kollaps“ mit einer katastrophen-induzierenden Stufentheorie. Von Udo Ernst Simonis

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682779ms79



Von der Freiheit zu handeln

Wir sind eine Wissensgesellschaft, und es mangelt uns nicht an den notwendigen Untersuchungsmethoden und den entsprechenden Medien, um uns Jahr für Jahr mit den Klimaveränderungen, den Naturkatastrophen, dem Artensterben, der globalen Erwärmung, der weltweiten Zunahme der Arbeitslosigkeit vertraut zu machen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682780ms79



Anstieg des Meeresspiegels schneller und höher als erwartet?

Ein internationales Team mit Tübinger Geologen legt neue Ergebnisse in „Nature Geoscience“ vor.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682781ms79



Klimaschutz: Korallenriffe essentiell für das Überleben

25 Prozent des Fischreichtums auf einem Prozent der Erdoberfläche. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682796ms79



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bali
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimaschutz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Korallenriff

By MOHAMMED AL A'ALI

A TEMPORARY ban has been imposed on the installation of new mobile phone masts in the Muharraq Governorate until a study into the potential health risks is researched.

Read More...
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=203629&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30278

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4186920967571123147&hl=en
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aoi6hr


Informant: John Calvert



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=WTC

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K3dAnSMzUlo


Informant: sasha karlik

Charles Babington of The Associated Press reports: "Democrats running Congress for the first time in more than a decade faltered at key points this year as they grudgingly passed important bills opposed by many, or even most, of their House members. When Republicans were in charge, they generally avoided a similar fate."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122207E.shtml



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

In "Truth and Consequences," Countdown MSNBC's Keith Olbermann "collects the best of his Special Comments, presented with additional observations and other new material."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122207D.shtml



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

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26926/1.html

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FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics

Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, reports: "The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122207A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Biometrie
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biometrics
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ellen+Nakashima

In this ignoble chapter in the history of U.S. justice, the American military's own uniformed lawyers have stood out for their attempts to uphold the rule of law.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/20/opinion/edattorneys.php


From Information Clearing House

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122107J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=evangelism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold

Citing conversations he had in Israel with officials in Mossad and the Israeli defense establishment, Riedel concluded that "Israel is not going to allow its nuclear monopoly to be threatened."

http://snipurl.com/1vod0



What Will Israel Do?

A unilateral military strike against Iran is much more likely following the latest intel report about Tehran's nuke program.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/81215/


From Information Clearing House



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

Paul Craig Roberts and others talks about the ill health and possible demise of the dollar.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18934.htm



The Butcher's Apron

By Mike Whitney

Why do we keep throwing billions of dollars down a black hole just to maintain this pathetic charade that fools no one? Why not just load up the boxcars with pallets of crisp-new hundred dollar bills and ship them off to Crawford where they end up anyway. Let Bush worry about how to distribute the loot.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18935.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dollar+weak
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Whitney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x626AnWgxYQ


Informant: Frank



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=School+of+the+Americas

Pat Eiding and Ellen Slack for The Philadelphia Daily News write about the historic significance of December as the month that the UN General Assembly adopted in 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes the right to employment and economic well- being. Eiding and Slack write: "Sadly, the US, a nation that prides itself on being a world leader, has not been a leader in the area of workers' rights - that is, the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122107LA.shtml



Union Protests "Atmosphere of Fear" at FreshDirect

Sewell Chan, The New York Times: "Nearly two weeks after FreshDirect let go of scores of immigrant workers, political leaders, labor organizers and other supporters of the workers rallied outside the company's warehouse and headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, this afternoon, accusing the company of ousting the workers to foil a coming unionization vote."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122107LB.shtml


Nightmare Before Christmas

Bob Herbert, writing for The New York Times, says, "I had a conversation the other day with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union. He mentioned a poll of working families that had shown that their belief in that mythical dream that has sustained so many generations for so long is fading faster than sunlight on a December afternoon."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122207F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=trade+unions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Herbert

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2229950520071222


Informant: John Calvert



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

Article by Charley Reese
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese422.html



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

says John Keller

Isolationism vs. Militarism
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/keller20.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=isolationism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=militarism

John M. Regan, Jr., on the subprime crisis and justice.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/regan-j4.html



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

VILLAGERS battling to get a mobile phone mast removed from a North Yorkshire village will have their case raised in parliament.

Ryedale Tory MP John Greenway has written to villagers in Sheriff Hutton telling them he will be speaking to the House of Commons in January about a controversial phone mast in the village.

Read More...
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.1922127.0.mp_to_raise_controversy_over_phone_mast_in_parliament.php