World-News

In an editorial, The New York Times writes: "Congress is finally ready to stand up to the Bush administration and for those courageous federal workers who dare to reveal waste and abuse in government. The Senate has passed strong reforms to the 1989 whistle-blower protection law, counteracting the gag orders, retaliatory investigations and other harassments that have become shamefully standard practice during the last seven years."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707D.shtml

Laurie Kellman, reporting for The Associated Press, writes: "The House was quiet as a mouse the day after Christmas. But across the Capitol, the Senate was operating in an unusually efficient manner in its ongoing power struggle with President Bush."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707C.shtml



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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1227-02.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waiver
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Environmental+Protection+Agency

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6007/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6015/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/27/6010/



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Retired four-star General Zinni calls global warming a serious security threat.
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=723&thisview=item



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

Either we bury capitalism or capitalism will bury us.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26939/1.html



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

Eine aktuelle US-Studie stellt fest: Je mehr Geld in den Strafvollzug gesteckt wird, um so mehr Strafgefangene werden frisch eingeliefert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26902/1.html

How Safe Are Cell Phones?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/80966
http://www.newsweek.com/id/80966/output/comments



USA: Zeitschrift "Newsweek" berichtet über die Sicherheit von Mobiltelefonen

"Immer mehr Amerikaner geben ihre Festnetzanschlüsse zu Gunsten von Mobiltelefonen auf, aber neue Untersuchungen deuten darauf hin, dass es gesundheitliche Risiken im Zusammenhang mit einem Langzeitgebrauch von schnurlosen Telefonen geben könnte."


Aus: FGF-Infoline vom 20.12.2007
Der Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V. (FGF), gehören alle deutschen Mobilfunkbetreiber an.

Steven Rosenfeld reports for AlterNet, "A new effort to ensure the 2008 presidential election is held using verifiable paper ballots and random audits to ensure accurate vote counts is underway in Congress."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707N.shtml



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Walter Pincus reports for The Washington Post, "The latest estimate of the growing costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worldwide battle against terrorism -- nearly $15 billion a month -- came last week from one of the Senate's leading proponents of a continued US military presence in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707M.shtml



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Michael Isikoff reports for Newsweek: "J. William Leonard learned the hard way the perils of questioning Vice President Dick Cheney. The veteran National Archives official challenged claims by the Office of Vice President (OVP) to be exempt from federal rules governing classified information. His efforts touched off a firestorm - and a counter-strike by Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington, who tried to wipe out Leonard's job."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122707J.shtml



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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/terkedilmis-at-esek-barinagi-foca

Please sign and pass along. These animals need help.

Earle

Tennessean

12/24/07

A vocal group of voters who want more tangible voting records gained more ammunition with a report out this month that urges backing up electronic ballots with a paper trail. But the $25 million endeavor isn’t likely to take place before the 2008 presidential election as some have hoped, said state Coordinator of Elections Brook Thompson. Thompson wants to wait until federal guidelines for voting machines come down before making the big-ticket buy. ‘We need the time and money to do that,’ Thompson said. ‘To completely change out our systems may cause more problems than the potential problems you’re trying to solve’...

http://tinyurl.com/3d8ead


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=2008+election
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Please help the Kucinich campaign reach voters in New Hampshire

http://www.call4dennis.com/index.cfm?FTUUID=0

The New Hampshire Primary is less than two weeks away. Please help us reach voters in New Hampshire to remind them of Dennis' message and encourage them to vote for him. You can do this from your home by offering to phone a small number of New Hampshire voters. We have a Virtual Phone Bank that will send you a list of voters and a script. If you are interested, please click here: http://www.call4dennis.com/index.cfm?FTUUID=0

This is very important work and we need your help - and so does our country.

Thank you, The Kucinich Campaign Team


Help Ron Paul too!


Informant: Lloyd Kinder



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

THE US economy could be heading into its blackest year since the Great Depression as estimates of losses from the housing slump and sub-prime mortgage implosion reach unprecedented levels.

http://snipurl.com/1vumo



Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans

Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and prompting warnings of worse to come.

http://snipurl.com/1vump



October Home Prices Fall by Record 6.7%

Home prices fell in October by a record amount. The Case-Schiller 10 City Composite index fell by 6.7% versus October 2006, according to S&P/Case-Shiller. It the 10th consecutive month of negative annual returns and the 23rd consecutive month of decelerating returns.

http://snipurl.com/1vumq


From Information Clearing House



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

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
http://snipurl.com/1vums


From Information Clearing House

43 per cent of respondents believe the United States government seeks the complete destruction of Russia, while 42 per cent disagree.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29452



Russia Successfully Tests New ICBM

Russia's military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads - a weapon intended to replace aging Soviet-era missiles.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071225/D8TOLIN80.html


From Information Clearing House



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

In the wake of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate's finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Israel must prove Iran is cheating without being accused of trying to push the United States into war.

http://snipurl.com/1vumb


From Information Clearing House



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

Close family members of U.S. troops are split on whether the Iraq invasion was a mistake, and 55 percent disapprove of President Bush's job performance, according to USA TODAY/Gallup polls focusing on immediate relatives of service members.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/72467.php


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+families

68 per cent of respondents oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, and 69 per cent call for a withdrawal of all or some U.S. troops from the country.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29447


From Information Clearing House



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

By David Edwards

News that British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons had been jailed in Sudan after allowing her pupils to call a teddy bear Mohammed fed straight into the UK media's hate factory and its "war for civilisation".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18952.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+for+civilisation

Few Americans understand that all government action is inherently coercive. If nothing else, government action requires taxes. If taxes were freely paid, they wouldn't be called taxes, they'd be called donations. If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18951.htm



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

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18950.htm



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi

Matthew D. LaPlante, The Salt Lake Tribune, says, "It's no secret that the current, frenetic pace of extended duty and war-related deployments have been tough on military members and their families. But an analysis of Pentagon data shows the suffering has not been shared equally."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matthew+D.+LaPlante

http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=76142117615387275


Informant: Teresa Binstock



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

http://tinyurl.com/yow8uu



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wittner/wittner32.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=nuclear+weapons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/wittner
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lawrence+S.+Wittner

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-freedman/ron-paul-real-conservati_b_78248.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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

http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts229.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy/murphy130.html



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

Amy Goodman writes for Truthdig: "On December 18, the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission met in Washington, DC, and, by a three to two vote, passed new regulations that would allow more media consolidation. This, despite the US public's increasing concern over the nation's media being controlled by a few giant corporations."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607H.shtml



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

Klaus Marre, writing for The Hill, reports: "Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean (R), a co-chairman of the commission investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, criticized the CIA Monday for impeding the panel's work."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=videotapes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thomas+Kean
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klaus+Marre

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3095435.ece


Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/bf66c0882e7cd7a4?hl=en

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Ron Paul gaining, Neocons weakened
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=729&thisview=item

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Trilateral Commission: World Shadow Government
http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/nwo/enemies-without/trilateral-commission-world-shadow-government/

The Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission
http://www.mega.nu/ampp/bilderberg.html


Informant: John Fitz



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Estulin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gore+Vidal

By Nic Fildes

Published: 24 December 2007

Snazzy new mobile phones like the iPhone and other must-have electronic gadgets, such as the latest laptops and iPod models, will fill many stockings this Christmas. But disposing of the older devices will not be at the forefront of most people's minds.

Around 11,000 tons of unused phones already sit dormant in drawers across the UK, and that figure is likely to rise this Christmas as people upgrade to better devices. Factoring in old laptops, games consoles and portable music players, the environmental implications of celebrating Christmas with a new digital toy start to look ominous, as most of the older electronic products will end up in landfill sites, leaking dangerous chemicals into the earth.

Read More...
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3280480.ece


Informant: Mark G.

by Deanna Spingola

Part 6

U.S. foreign policy consistently thwarted any independence movements in Southeast Asia by claiming that it endangered our "national security." Meanwhile they backed governments and armies that engaged in profitable drug trafficking. In addition to U.S. interference in Viet Nam as early as 1945, top brass at the Pentagon suggested that soldiers and bombers be sent to western Laos in 1959. Secret military plans stated that the U.S. government was prepared to use nuclear weapons for these military operations. Perhaps this is the reason the U.S. refused to sign the Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Thermo-Nuclear Weapons in 1961......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Spingola/deanna82.htm



The Power Elite Playbook: Killing the Competitors

by Deanna Spingola

Part 7

Communism was created and is controlled by the gluttonous Power Elite. Russia, because it was a treasure trove of untapped oil resources, needed a revolution (a political coup). The Czar and his family were murdered; it was planned and financed by the Schiffs, the Warburgs and the Rothschilds who directed the activities of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. The Power Elite have, through their machinations, secretly sponsors a majority of the world's tyrants. The autocrats Hitler and Mussolini were financed during the 1920-1930s by international bankers, including the.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Spingola/deanna83.htm



The Power Elite Playbook Part 1-7 http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/40b3dcda83000941?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=power+elite
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=The+Power+Elite+Playbook
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The editors of The New York Times write, "It has been nearly a year since the United States attorneys scandal broke, and much has changed. Many people at the center of the scandal have fled Washington, and new laws and rules have been put in place making it harder to use prosecutors' offices to win elections. Much, however, remains to be done, starting with a full investigation into the misconduct that may have occurred - something the American people have been denied."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607O.shtml



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

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_2006/122607M.shtml

Craig Unger, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, garnered national attention with his previous book, "House of Bush, House of Saud." In "The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future," Unger turns his attention to neoconservative officials and theorists. Truthout's Jason Leopold recently sat down with Unger and discussed the influence of the religious right on our current government.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Craig+Unger
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Tennessean
by Rev. David Harkness

12/25/07

In an insightful article in the Dec. 16 Tennessean … authors Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye spoke a universal truth that has echoed down through the corridors of history with a power that challenges us as Americans to take a serious look at the dangerous course we have been following for the past six years. This truth has not only been spoken by numerous heroes of the higher human self, but also demonstrated in their lives, some literally losing their lives to defend the efficacy of the truth. … How we, as a nation, have deviated so far from this truth by practicing the principle that military power will provide the solution for all our insecurities, and by the demonstration of most of our presidential candidates that saving our lives is the utmost issue of importance. And all because the elevation of this issue to the highest pinnacle of our value system has been sold to the American people in the past six years...

http://tinyurl.com/yvckr2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Richard+Armitage

No Force, No Fraud
by Bob Smith

12/22/07

SWAT teams and raids, originally limited to situations when police expected to face serious armed conflict, have become commonly used to serve search warrants, usually where drug activities are suspected. Most police departments are now equipped and staffed with SWAT capabilities. Such raids often employ officers in full battle gear, often with black hoods, and they strike with little or no warning or identification. They employ flash grenades, which sometimes ignite fires or seriously stun people inside the building. They smash doors and rush in with huge bluster and noise, brandishing semi-automatic weapons, manhandling anyone they find, and often tear up the house seeking evidence. Some 47 innocent people have been killed during such raids, and another 22 non-violent offenders have been killed. 15 police officers have been killed … at least one by shots from other police...

http://tinyurl.com/3xod8d


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Smith

Fox News

12/25/07

San Francisco Republicans reaching out to voters in overwhelmingly Democratic Bay Area districts may sound like a losing strategy for GOP presidential candidates. But supporters of White House hopeful Ron Paul say they know better. They’re taking advantage of a rule change in February’s California GOP primary under which the previous ‘winner-take-all’ system has been replaced by one that awards three primary delegates for every congressional district a candidate wins — no matter how many or how few Republicans live there. … Democratic strongholds in Berkeley, Santa Cruz and Oakland may be fertile ground for second-tier Republican candidates who can’t compete with rivals’ money and organization in traditionally conservative enclaves like San Diego or Orange County. In San Francisco, for example, volunteers need to reach only a couple thousand Republicans to win the district and pick up three delegate votes...

http://tinyurl.com/32g9gf


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/240.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon

"There is nothing left to the Monroe Doctrine.," lamented Chang, suggesting that the Bush administration is "abandon[ing] Latin America to Iran and that country's terrorist allies".

http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=88


From Information Clearing House



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

A doomsday war between nuclear-armed adversaries Iran and Israel would kill up to 28 million Iranians and destroy their nation, but the Jewish state might survive, according to a prestigious US think tank.

http://snipurl.com/1vsyr


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

By Cindy Sheehan

So many families marked 2007 as the year that their families were destroyed by the Bush-Pelosi pas de deux of violence and pain.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18946.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2007/12/ron-paul-smearbund-hates-what-it-cant.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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