Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008

The secondary effects from mobile phone antennas is repudiated with reference to the threshold value

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/ba0fdfed467ac6a2

From Mona Nilsson:

Today I have this article in the largest Swedish evening papers internet site. It demands: create a register for side-effects of mobile phone antennas as for drugs.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/article1735944.ab


Informant: Iris Atzmon

Ignoring Reality, Bush Declares Broadband Mission Accomplished

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0131-07.htm

Plan to Keep More Troops in Iraq Another Betrayal

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0131-10.htm



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Bush's Latest Signing Statement Is Grounds for Impeachment

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0131-12.htm



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War without end

A War Without End or Oversight
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6752/

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Bush Calls on France for Help

War without end

By Paul Craig Roberts

War funding supports Bush's aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and his continuing efforts to occupy both countries in order to turn them into puppet states.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19335.htm



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Iraq of '08 Eerily Like Vietnam of '68

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6767/

After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton Charity

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6771/



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UN: Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6751/



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Survey: Iraq Conflict Has Killed a Million Iraqis

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6768/

US flouts human rights with secret prisons, torture: HRW

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_flouts_human_rights_with_secret__01312008.html


Informant: Romi Elnagar



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Der Luftkrieg im Irak und in Afghanistan

Eher unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit werden immer mehr Luftangriffe geflogen, wobei die Drohnen eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27180/1.html

The Next Steps to Stop Bush's Assault on Free Speech

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/2139f0d5c98037b6?hl=en



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Ron Paul Cheated Again During CNN "Debate"

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/013108_cheated_again.htm



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Bush Seeks Surplus via Medicare Cuts

New York Times's reporter Robert Pear reports: "in his new budget, to be unveiled Monday, President Bush will call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare, far exceeding what he proposed last year, and he will again seek major savings in Medicaid, according to administration officials and budget documents. Over all, the 2009 budget is likely to be the first $3 trillion spending request by a president."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013108P.shtml



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NYT's Reporter Claims Rove Influenced 9/11 Commission Report

Max Holland, of Washington Decoded, reports: "in a revelation bound to cast a pall over the 9/11 Commission, Philip Shenon will report in a forthcoming book that the panel's executive director, Philip Zelikow, engaged in 'surreptitious' communications with presidential adviser Karl Rove and other Bush administration officials during the commission's 20-month investigation into the 9/11 attacks. In what's termed an 'investigation of the investigation,' Shenon purports to tell the story of the commission from start to finish. The book's critical revelations, however, revolve almost entirely around the figure of Philip Zelikow, a University of Virginia professor and director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs prior to his service as the commission's executive director. Shenon delivers a blistering account of Zelikow's role and leadership, and an implicit criticism of the commissioners for appointing Zelikow in the first place-and then allowing him to stay on after his myriad conflicts-of-interest were revealed under oath."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013108N.shtml



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Romney Accuses McCain of "Dirty Tricks"

Liz Sidoti, of The Associated Press, reports: "Republican Mitt Romney accused John McCain of using dirty tricks by suggesting the former Massachusetts governor wanted a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, in a spirited debate Wednesday night that underscored the intensity of their presidential rivalry. Coming 24 hours after McCain defeated him in Florida, Romney vented his frustrations over the Arizona senator's claims from last weekend."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013108L.shtml



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Telecom Group Key Player in Immunity Battle

Truthout's Matt Renner reports: "a think tank with close ties to the telecommunication industry has been working with a key Democrat in the Senate on a domestic surveillance bill that would provide telecommunications companies with retroactive immunity for possibly violating federal law by spying on American citizens at the behest of the Bush administration. Third Way, a non-profit [so-called] 'progressive' think tank that is funded and controlled by hedge fund managers, corporate lawyers and business executives has advised Sen. Jay Rockefeller on a domestic surveillance bill that includes immunity for telecommunications companies with which Third Way board members have close ties."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013108J.shtml



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Cell Tower Threat Near Harbin Hot Springs

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/lake-county-record-bee/TPCM3B2HVP9H6PT55

Begin forwarded message:

From: Angela Flynn
Date: January 27, 2008 5:13:29 PM PST
To: CDD@co.lake.ca.us, georgineh@co.lake.ca.us
Cc: reception@harbin.org, elke@harbin.org, ewilson@record-bee.com
Subject: Proposed US Cellular Tower to be located on Diamond D Ranch near Harbin Hot Springs

Dear Lake County Planning Commissioners, Planning Department and Board of Supervisors,

I write to you regarding the proposed US Cellular tower that would be located on Diamond D Ranch near Harbin Springs Road. Please add this testimony to the public docket on this item.

I live about 200 feet from a cell tower. The electromagnetic radiation (emr) emissions from the antennas cause a subtle stress to my body all of the time and I have difficulty sleeping. Recently when the power went out everyone was leaving downtown and this tower must have had increased emissions as the level of emissions is tied to usage. This increased level of emissions caused me to feel even worse ill health effects. My head and eyes felt an uncomfortable pressure and I found it hard to concentrate. It took me a week to recover from this.

I became aware of this issue because I took a training where I was 60 feet from and at the same height as cellular antennas. I found I was experiencing a full body muscle ache and my joints felt literally fried. They were what I can only describe as creaky. It is a sensation I had never felt prior or since. After going to this location 2 days a week for 3 weeks I had a severe reaction. My short term memory was gone and I could not and did not sleep for four days/nights. I did some research and found these to be symptomatic of exposure to wireless emissions. It took over a month and a lot of natural supplements, changes in my diet and exercise to get back to my normal very healthy self. When I mentioned my symptoms to the instructors of my training they told me that many of the other people there had similar symptoms. It has become evident to me that many people are suffering harm from wireless emissions without knowing the cause of this harm.

I was a guest at Harbin Hot Springs over the holidays. It was my first visit and I had a most lovely time. It truly is a refuge from our every busier and increasingly polluted world. I discovered while there that the subtle stress I experience from living so close to a cell tower went away. I found I could meditate and sleep soundly through the night without taking any sleeping aids. The installation of cellular antennas in the vicinity of Harbin Hot Springs will diminish the attraction the resort has for me and many other potential guests and this will cause a loss of property value to the owners.

According to the Telecommunication's Act of 1996 the perceived loss of property value is a valid reason to deny a cellular antenna application. As the proximity of cellular antennas to Harbin Hot Springs will cause a loss of perceived property value to the resort the Planning Department should deny this application.

Many people today are being harmed by the huge increase in exposure to emr due to wireless communication devices. However most people do not realize the cause for the harm. I happened to know the cell towers were there when I had my extreme exposure. If I had not I would never have known what damaged me. I put myself in that location of extreme exposure because I did not believe cell tower antennas emissions could cause me harm. I was clearly wrong.

Our government only takes into account the thermal effect from this non-ionizing radiation. The limits they have set are to protect people from literally getting burned by the microwave frequency radio waves emitted by the antennas. While our government does not believe that emr can have non-thermal bio effects, there is an ever growing body of evidence that demonstrates that it does. The BioInitiative (Publ. 08/07) reviews 2,000 such studies (www.bioinititiative.org) and I hereby submit it to the Lake County Planning Department, Commissioners and Board of Supervisors.

The emr from wireless devices non thermal bio effects is due to the radiation causing the electrons in our cells to twist thereby changing their polarization. This interferes with cellular function. If you understand how MRI works, it is a similar phenomenon. However MRI is used in very controlled situations for short durations. Radiation from cellular antennas is a constant exposure to the people who live and work nearby. The fact that this radiation is pulsed and travels through us in multiple directions compounds the problem. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 did not take this harmful effect into account for the levels they have set as safe. It is now up to our local governing bodies to step in and take the necessary action to protect their constituents.

Sincerely submitted,

Angela Flynn
204 Gault Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831-469-44399

No American should be able to ignore the law without consequences, not even a president

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Economic stimulus package: macabre waltz into the abyss

by Devvy Kidd

On January 23, 2008, I went in search of a tent city located in Ontario, California, about a 45-minute drive (depending on traffic) East of LA. While I had an approximate idea of the location, West end of the Ontario Airport, I knew I would have to do a little bit of searching. It didn't take long. The stench of human waste and garbage was so over powering, I picked it up a half mile away........

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd338.htm



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Europa-Recht gegen Arbeiterinteressen

Eine kritische Analyse der EU-Rechtsetzung

„Anlässlich der aktuellen Billiglohnstrategie von Nokia, werden auch kritische Fragen bezüglich der Europapolitik in Brüssel laut. Leider beschränkt sich die Kritik bisher zu einseitig auf die EU-Subventionspolitik. Welche Rolle das herrschende EU-Recht grundsätzlich spielt, und wie es besonders aus gewerkschaftlicher Sicht zu werten ist, wird noch viel zu wenig in den Mittelpunkt der Auseinandersetzung gestellt. Ich nehme dies zum Anlass, hier einmal etwas grundsätzlicher den Inhalt der EU-Rechtsetzung zu untersuchen. Aufgrund zweier jüngerer Entscheidungen des Europäischen Gerichtshofes zum Streikrecht, gebe ich dabei diesem für die Gewerkschaft besonders existenziellem Recht einen besonderen Stellenwert…“ Artikel von Armin Kammrad vom 27.01.2008 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/sopo/kammrad.pdf

Aus dem Text: „…Was die herrschende Politik mit solchen Statements letztlich zum Ausdruck bringt, ist die Aufgabe jeglicher sozialen Orientierung und aller Grundrechte, sofern sie den Renditeerwartungen, dem „gemeinsamen Markt“, im Wege stehen. (…) Die EU kennt keine Sozialverpflichtung des Eigentums mehr, sondern nur Freiheiten, welche – wie schon beim „alten“ Adam Smith – den (sozialen) „Rest“ irgendwie und irgendwann von selbst erledigen sollen. (…) Dieses undemokratische Konstrukt eines für alle EU-Mitgliedsländer bindenden Vertrages mit dem, der einzelstaatlichen Rechtsetzung, vorgelagerten EU-Recht, findet in großen Teilen der Gewerkschaft zwar keine Zustimmung, allerdings werden oft Erwartungen an die EU-Institutionen formuliert, die aus gewerkschaftlicher Sicht, eigentlich fragwürdig sind. (…) Schauen wir uns kurz noch die Gegenseite von Streikrecht und Streikfreiheit, das Kapital, an. So betont Art. 16 ausdrücklich: Die „unternehmerische Freiheit wird nach dem Gemeinschaftsrecht und den einzelstaatlichen Rechtsvorschriften und Gepflogenheiten anerkannt.“ Wichtig in diesem Zusammenhang ist jedoch, dass eine Handlung, „die darauf abzielt, die in der Charta anerkannten Rechte und Freiheiten abzuschaffen oder sie stärker einzuschränken, als dies in der Charta vorgesehen ist“ nach Art. 54 untersagt ist. (…) Die rechtlich garantierte Niederlassungs-, Dienstleistungs- und Kapitalfreiheit, welche repressiv im Sinne eines Verbots formuliert ist, wird definitiv zum Eingriff in das Streikrecht herangezogen. (…) Der europäischen Kapitalfreiheit steht also ein Verbot europäischer Streikfreiheit gegenüber, was die eine Seite stärkt, die andere jedoch zugleich schwächt. „Streikrecht“ bedeutet nach EU-Verständnis nur das Recht im nationalen Rahmen Tarifauseinandersetzungen zu führen, ein europäisches – also europaweites – Streikrecht existiert nicht. (…) Es besteht somit die Gefahr von Betriebsvereinbarungen zu ungunsten der Beschäftigten, was zwar bereits im deutschen Betriebsverfassungsgesetz angelegt ist, auf EU-Ebene, wegen des Verbots „diskriminierender“ Maßnahme gegen das frei agierende Kapital, jedoch nur die Regel sein kann. Standortsicherungsverträge durch Lohnverzicht und höhere Ausbeutung
(besonders durch unbezahlte Mehrarbeit), sind nahe liegendes und gewolltes Resultat der EU-Rechtsetzung. (…) Die Gewerkschaften müssen weit mehr als bisher ihr Recht setzen. Es kommt nicht primär darauf an, dass Arbeitskämpfe von der EU akzeptiert werden, sondern dass die EU-Rechtsetzung möglichst massenhaft mit einem von ihrem Verständnis abweichenden Rechtsverständnis konfrontiert wird…“


Aus: LabourNet, 31. Januar 2008

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Kapital muss unter Kontrolle!
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/5e98023f5b096763?hl=en



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Research suggests fluoride is being used as a mind-control agent to dumb-down the masses

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Armutszeugnis für Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Bundesregierung

31. Januar 2008

Zur Situation auf dem Arbeitsmarkt im Januar 2008 erklärt Bundesgeschäftsführer Dietmar Bartsch:

Obwohl die Zahl der Arbeitslosen dank witterungsbedingter Hilfestellung im Januar nur um 253000 angestiegen ist, besteht kein Anlass zum Jubeln. 3,65 Millionen Arbeitslose sind ein Armutszeugnis für die Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Bundesregierung und die klare Aufforderung, endlich mehr für die Bekämpfung der Massenarbeitslosigkeit zu tun. Wir freuen uns über jeden, der Arbeit gefunden hat. Die heute verkündeten Zahlen sind aber kein Grund dafür, dass die Regierung erneut "ihren" Aufschwung feiert. Denn der viel und gern zitierte Aufschwung kommt zwar bei Managern und Aktionären, nicht aber bei Arbeitnehmern, Arbeitslosen, Rentnern und Familien mit Kindern an. Nach wie vor gibt es ein starkes Ost-West-Gefälle. In den neuen Bundesländern ist die Arbeitslosenquote mit 14,9 Prozent erneut doppelt so hoch wie in den alten Bundesländern mit 7,1 Prozent. Darüber hinaus kann ich mich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, dass die Bundesregierung und Bundesagentur alles dafür tun, um die Statistik zu schönen. Minijobs, so genannte Aufstocker, das im vergangenen Winter eingeführte Saisonkurzarbeitergeld u.a.m. sind Instrumente, um real existierende Arbeitlose aus der Statistik zu entfernen. Ich fordere die Bundesagentur für Arbeit auf, mehr Phantasie auf die Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen als auf die Verschleierung der Arbeitslosenzahlen zu verwenden. Es wird Zeit, dass die Bundesregierung wirksame Maßnahmen gegen die gigantische Umverteilung von Steuergeldern über die so genannte Lohnaufstockung beschließt. Mehr als eine Million dieser "Aufstocker" können von dem Lohn für ihre Arbeit nicht leben und erhalten zusätzlich Leistungen nach dem Hartz-IV-Gesetz. Das ist völlig inakzeptabel. DIE LINKE bleibt bei ihren Forderungen: gesetzlicher Mindestlohn von 8 Euro plus und mehr Geld für öffentliche Beschäftigung. Zur Situation auf dem Ausbildungsmarkt: Es ist gut, wenn die Ausbildungsplatzlücke kleiner wird. Für einen guten Start ins Leben trägt die Gesellschaft aber die Verantwortung dafür, dass jeder junge Mensch einen Ausbildungsplatz erhalten kann. Deshalb halten wir an unserer Forderung nach einer Ausbildungsplatzabgabe fest.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/armutszeugnis-fuer-arbeitsmarktpolitik-der-bundesregierung/

How anti-terror laws threaten free speech

CounterPunch
by Joanne Mariner

01/30/08

Restrictions of all sorts have multiplied in the heightened security environment of the last six-and-a-half years, so it should be no surprise that, around the world, legal restrictions on speech have tightened. Since 2001, there has been a clear trend toward prohibiting speech perceived as supporting terrorism, and toward barring the dissemination of materials–including books, videos, and other forms of written and graphic communication–that are believed to be of use for terrorist activity...

http://counterpunch.org/mariner01302008.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Understanding US foreign policy

http://fredoneverything.net/ParanoidDelusional.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Soldier suicides reach record level

MSNBC

01/30/08

Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington Post. Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than in 2006. At the same time, the number of attempted suicides or self-inflicted injuries in the Army has jumped sixfold since the Iraq war began. Last year, about 2,100 soldiers injured themselves or attempted suicide, compared with about 350 in 2002, according to the U.S. Army Medical Command Suicide Prevention Action Plan...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22923548/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US Army Suicides Highest in 2007

David Morgan, of Reuters: "The US Army on Thursday said suicides among active duty troops in 2007 had reached the highest level on record, due partly to the stress caused by deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army announced that 115 soldiers, including 22 National Guard and Army Reserve troops, killed themselves last year. That marked a 12.7 percent rise from the 102 suicides recorded in 2006. There were 85 Army suicides in 2005."

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-army-suicides-highest-2007



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It's Time To Now Put Bush Impeachment On The Table Too

Impeach Bush Action Page: http://www.usalone.com/impeach_george_bush.php (anyone can use this link)

Facebook Version: http://apps.facebook.com/fb_voices/action.php?qnum=pnum788 (for this link must be a member of Facebook and logged in.)

In particular, if you are a member of any Facebook groups, please look for the "Add to Groups" link on the action page to request that they add the action page above to their new ready to go action page group add-on.

Now that there are voices on the House Judiciary Committee strongly advocating for meaningful Cheney impeachment hearings, it is high time to add George Bush to the crescendo.

Just because Dick Cheney is calling the the shots as the acting president, that does not absolve George Bush. Indeed it makes him a constitutional co-conspirator.

Last week the non-profit Center for Public Integrity released an exhaustive study documenting a compelling pattern of false public statements, 935 of them, that "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses." And Bush topped the list with more lies than any other administration figure.

And just yesterday, after having already once rejected H.R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, with an unconstitutional pocket veto (because Congress did not submit to ALL his demands), he then attached a signing statement to the revised bill (H.R. 4986) declaring that he would disregard many other sections of the bill altogether.

The words "out of control" do not even begin to capture the depth of contempt that George Bush has for the entire rest of our Constitutional government and its people.

The New Impeach Both!!! Cap Is Here

Many of you have asked for us to put out a cap to express your position on BOTH Cheney and Bush impeachment, and we heard you. It is orange, just like many of you had requested. It has three exclamation marks, just like many of you had suggested. And if you make a donation of any amount we will send you one for no extra charge, not even shipping.

Impeach Both!!! Caps: http://www.usalone.com/impeach_both_cap.php

All the previous Cheney impeachment caps have been shipped out. Altogether, we put out 20,000 of those, a large proportion for no charge at all, asking the question if Cheney should be impeached. Now you can get the cap with the answer to that question . . . Impeach Both!!!

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.

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Ron Paul Slams Republican Warmongers



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



Pat Buchanan on the John McCain Platform



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Dd-yg2A4E&funny=true


Informant: shane_digital



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Next-up news n°462

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/9b23b9809e41b9a3?hl=en

America is manipulated by Big Pharma and numbed out to basic

http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/29/antidepressants/


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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Disposing of Unwanted Dictators

http://www.lewrockwell.com/chartier/chartier96.html

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The Dictator and His Permanent Bases

Bush tries one-man rule again.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2248965,00.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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The Paradox of Ron Paul

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heath-calvert/the-paradox-of-ron-paul_b_84148.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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Weather and the Fall of the Roman Empire

Tim Case on what happened to them, and what could happen to us.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/case/case23.html



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Ron Paul 2008: How to win the ground war

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FEMA Accused of Twisting Science in Report on Trailer Danger

According to CNN, "Representative Nick Lampson (D-Texas) said Tuesday that Federal Emergency Management Agency tried to control the outcome of a scientific study on formaldehyde in trailers used to house victims of Hurricane Katrina."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013008HA.shtml



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Australian Plan: Buy Forests to Help Environment

Katharine Murphy, Brisbane Times AU, says that "Australians could buy a stake in the protection of endangered tropical forests under a groundbreaking scheme being devised by former Australian of the Year Tim Flannery."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013008EB.shtml



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Climate Plans by New York, Florida Prod US on Global Accord

Bloomberg's Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Adam Satariano report: "President George W. Bush is pressing allies in Europe for a global warming agreement based on voluntary targets for pollution reduction. State officials in the US have already left him behind."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013008EA.shtml



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Government Waste

This Friday on PBS, "Bill Moyers Journal examines waste and abuse of power in Washington with a look at the investigations being conducted by Congress's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008U.shtml



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Empire State Building car zap mystery

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Biden: Mukasey Stance on Torture "Shocks My Conscience"



http://youtube.com/watch?v=QFHgzH5SBZc


Informant: Romi Elnagar

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Democrats Grill Mukasey

Manu Raju, of The Hill, reports: "Attorney General Mukasey told Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) that the method by which to measure when a tough interrogation technique is needed should fall under a 'shocks-the-conscience' standard. That standard essentially is a 'balancing test' between the 'heinousness of doing it, the cruelty of doing it' versus the value of the information the detainee might divulge. 'You're the first person I've ever heard say what you just said,' Biden said. 'Matter of fact, it shocks my conscience.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013108M.shtml



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Opponents warn against radiation from U.S. radar base in Czech Republic

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/31/content_7531514.htm

Vermont Lawmakers: Bring the Guard Home Now

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10842


Informant: John Calvert



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

U.S. slump spreading around the globe, IMF warns

Financial turbulence is carrying the U.S. slump to the rest of the world, and now the global economy is in the midst of a serious slowdown, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday

http://snipurl.com/1ymkn



US recession will dwarf dotcom crash

The views of Stephen Roach, one of the world's leading economists, now heading the Asian wing of Morgan Stanley, would have seemed outrageous at last year's World Economic Forum.

http://snipurl.com/1ymko



US House passes stimulus package

The United States House of Representatives has approved an economic stimulus package worth $150bn in a bid to prop up the nation's faltering economy.

http://snipurl.com/1ymkp



America's meltdown

Once again, the health and happiness of the average American is being sacrificed so that those in power can continue to make poor choices.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/30/opinion/edlet.php


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=IMF
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recession
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stimulus

U.S. Failed to Oversee Corps on Iraq Work, Agency Says

A federal report released Tuesday says the Army Corps of Engineers charged the government hundreds of millions of dollars for supervising projects in Iraq that have been identified as having failed or fallen behind schedule specifically because oversight was lax or nonexistent.

http://snipurl.com/1ymj3


From Information Clearing House

Iraq oil cash not spent for reconstruction

Increased Iraqi oil revenues stemming from high prices and improved security are piling up in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rather than being spent on needed reconstruction projects, a Washington Times study of Iraq's spending and revenue figures has shown.

http://snipurl.com/1ymj0


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act

President Bush this week declared that he has the power to bypass four laws, including a prohibition against using federal funds to establish permanent US military bases in Iraq, that Congress passed as part of a new defense bill.

http://snipurl.com/1ymiy


From Information Clearing House

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Bush Asserts Authority to Bypass Defense Act
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6769/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=signing+statement
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charlie+Savage

America's Middle Classes Are No Longer Coping

By Robert Reich

The fact is, middle-class families have exhausted the coping mechanisms they have used for more than three decades to get by on median wages that are barely higher than they were in 1970, adjusted for inflation. Male wages today are in fact lower than they were then.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19240.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=middle+class
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Reich

The Billary Road to Republican Victory

By FRANK RICH

Few national Democratic leaders have the courage to stand up to the Clintons. Even in defeat, Mr. Obama may at least help wake up a party slipping into denial. Any Democrat who seriously thinks that Bill will fade away if Hillary wins the nomination - let alone that the Clintons will escape being fully vetted - is a Democrat who, as the man said, believes in fairy tales.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19237.htm



Eight More Years?

By Ralph Nader

Bill Clinton's presidential resume was full of favors for the rich and powerful. Corporate welfare subsidies, handouts and giveaways flourished, including subsidizing the Big Three Auto companies for a phony research partnership while indicating there would be no new fuel efficiency regulations while he was President.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19238.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Frank+Rich+Times
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ralph+Nader

A Political Prisoner: The Don Siegelman Case

By Ernest Partridge
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19241.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Don+Siegelman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ernest+Partridge

State of the Union: what about the state of the Gulf's wetlands?

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/3a10b66afdaed389?hl=en



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

The Burdens of Empire

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/the-burdens-of-empire_b_83899.html


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



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

Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008

The New York Times Notices the Signing Statement

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30576


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=signing+statement

Keep your masts out of Torteval

by Nigel Baudains

THE Environment Department has received two petitions in as many days opposing proposed mobile phone installations.

Read More...
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=003257

«Man bedient sich des Terrorismus, um Angst zu schüren und die Grundfreiheiten einzuschränken»

Politik wird immer zynischer und unmoralischer

Interview mit Dr. iur. Ständerat, TI, Dick F. Marty
http://www.zeit-fragen.ch/ausgaben/2008/nr5-vom-2912008/man-bedient-sich-des-terrorismus-um-angst-zu-schueren-und-die-grundfreiheiten-einzuschraenken/

Ventura County Citizens for Impeachment Patriot Series with Elizabeth Kucinich

CfI's latest video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6498693478335034655


Also, CfI's "Why Impeachment?" with Paul Edwards, recipient of Montana Amnesty International's "Citizen of the Year" . http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4164848785515035115


Informant: Bob Banner



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

Will die Nato den totalen Krieg?

Ehemalige Nato-Generäle fordern Möglichkeit des präemptiven Atomkriegs
http://www.zeit-fragen.ch/ausgaben/2008/nr5-vom-2912008/will-die-nato-den-totalen-krieg/

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Britische Zeitung berichtet über geheime Pläne für Atomwaffen-Ersteinsatz

Die britische Zeitung "The Guardian" berichtete am 22. Januar über ein angebliches Strategiepapier fünf hochrangiger ehemaliger NATO-Generäle, darunter dem Bundeswehrgeneral Klaus Naumann, das atomare Erstschläge der NATO als Teil der NATO-Strategie proklamiere. In dem Papier heiße es: "Ein derartiges Konzept der interaktiven Eskalation setzt Dominanz bei der Eskalation voraus, den Einsatz des ganzen Spektrums von Zuckerbrot und Peitsche, aller weichen und harten Machtinstrumente, vom diplomatischen Protest bis zu Atomwaffen." Der Mitarbeiter von Javier Solanas, dem Hohen Beauftragten für die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Europäischen Union, Robert Cooper, wird im entsprechenden Artikel des Guardian wie folgt zitiert: "Es könnte sein, dass wir als erste Atomwaffen einsetzen, ich würde mich allerdings hüten das laut zu sagen".

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17202



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

Bush Thumbs Nose at Congress

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30579


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news

Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Hirsch sieht Grenze zum Überwachungsstaat überschritten

Der FDP-Politiker Burkhard Hirsch hat die seit Jahresbeginn geltende Speicherung von Telefonverbindungsdaten kritisiert. "Mit dem Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung haben wir die Grenze vom Präventions- zum Überwachungsstaat überschritten", sagte Hirsch am 29. Januar in Karlsruhe. Der Staat dürfe nicht jeden seiner Bürger ohne konkreten Anlass "wie einen potenziellen Straftäter behandeln", meint der frühere Bundestags-Vizepräsident beim Neujahrsempfang der Justizpressekonferenz (JPK) Karlsruhe.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17199



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Vorratsdatenspeicherung
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Überwachungsstaat
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Burkhard+Hirsch

Siko: NATO-„Sicherheitskonferenz“ am 9. bis 11. Februar 2008 in München

Steuergelder und Soldaten für Kriegskonferenz in München

Wie schon in den vergangenen Jahren Jahren unterstützt die Bundesregierung die vom 8. bis zum 10. Februar statt findende Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz mit erheblichen Zuschüssen aus dem Bundeshaushalt sowie mit Soldaten und Technik der Bundeswehr. Das geht aus der Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Linksfraktion im Deutschen Bundestag hervor. "Offiziell firmiert die Sicherheitskonferenz als Privatveranstaltung des Rüstungslobbyisten Horst Teltschik", so die innenpolitische Sprecherin der Fraktion DIE LINKE, Ulla Jelpke. Dennoch werde sie von der Bundesregierung auch in diesem Jahr mit Haushaltsmitteln in Höhe von 341.000 Euro unterstützt. Eine weitere halbe Million Euro werde die Steuerzahler der Bundeswehreinsatz während der Konferenz kosten.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17194

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Siko: NATO-„Sicherheitskonferenz“ am 9. bis 11. Februar 2008 in München

NATO-Kriegskonferenz München: Demo verboten

Bericht von A Munich vom 04.02.2008 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2008/02/207154.shtml

Siehe dazu bei Sicherheitskonferenz.de: Route verboten, Auseinandersetzung geht weiter – aktuelle Informationen http://sicherheitskonferenz.de/Route-verboten

Flugblatt mit Aufruf (pdf) http://sicherheitskonferenz.de/Siko2008/Aufruf-SiKo-2008.pdf

Horrorkatalog zur Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz

Hochrangige NATO-Strategen legen Vorschläge für eine Runderneuerung der Allianz vor. IMI-Analyse 2008/002 von Jürgen Wagner vom 30.1.2008 http://www.imi-online.de/2008.php3?id=1688


Aus: LabourNet, 5. Februar 2008

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Neue Demoroute klappt! Kreisverwaltungsreferat signalisiert Einverständnis mit der möglichen Route: Der Weg jetzt: Dienerstraße - Schrammerstrasse - Theatinerstrasse!

Aktuelle Informationen auf der Aktionsseite http://sicherheitskonferenz.de/node/187


München: Bundeswehr sichert NATO-Konferenz

„Amtlich bestätigt durch den Bundestag: 110 Bundeswehrsoldaten schützen bewaffnet den Tagungsort der NATO Sicherheitskonferenz. Die Soldatenm sind mit Pistolen und Schnellfeuerwaffen ausgerüstet.Neben den 110 Bundeswehrsoldaten zur Sicherung des Tagungshotels "Bayrischer Hof" sind noch 310 weitere Soldaten der Bundeswehr im Einsatz…“ Bericht von Sender freies München vom 05.02.2008 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2008/02/207236.shtml


Protest und Widerstand gegen die Nato-Kriegstagung

Die Zeitung des Münchener Bündnis gegen Krieg und Rassismus (pdf) http://www.gegen-krieg-und-rassismus.de/SiKoZ-2008.pdf


Stadt München behindert geplante Demonstration gegen die "Sicherheitskonferenz". Friedensbündnis reagiert flexibel - 420 Soldaten und 3700 Polizisten verwandeln Innenstadt in eine Festung

„Alle Jahre wieder, könnte man resignierend sagen. Während sich in der Münchner Residenz mehrere hundert Politiker, Militärs und Rüstungslobbyisten versammeln, um über die Kriege in der Welt nachzudenken (wenn es beim Nachdenken bliebe, wäre die Welt friedlicher), macht die Friedensbewegung mobil. Das wiederum wird von den Veranstaltern der "Sicherheitskonferenz" nicht gern gesehen, weil man lieber ungestört und ganz unter sich bleiben möchte. Konflikte sind also programmiert und das am Montag (4. Februar) verhängte Verbot der beantragten Demo-Route passt ins Bild. Wieder ist zu befürchten, dass die notwendige inhaltliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Agenda der "Sicherheitskonferenz" in den Hintergrund des Medieninteresses gedrängt wird und einer Scharmützel-Journalistik Platz macht. Im Folgenden dokumentieren wir Artikel zum letzten Stand der "Vorbereitung" des Münchner Ereignisses…“ Doku beim Friedenspolitischen Ratschlag http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/2008-demo.html


Geheime Kommandosache. Konspiration und Propaganda – die „Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik“

“Vom 8. bis 10. Februar marschiert in München wieder die jährliche „Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik“, einst „Wehrkundetagung“ auf. Wo Krieg vorgedacht wird, hat Demokratie schon verloren: Wie üblich sollen Proteste verboten werden. Widerspruch gegen weltweite Kriegsführung für Handelsfreiheit und Ressourcen darf die „Sicherheitskonferenz“ nicht stören. Anlaß genug zum Blick auf die mitveranstaltende „Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik“, einem Think-Tank des „Verteidigungs“-Ministeriums“…“ Artikel von Hans-Detlev v. Kirchbach in der Neuen Rheinische Zeitung, Online-Flyer vom 07. Februar 2008 http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=12051


Aus: LabourNet, 8. Februar 2008

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Zusammenarbeit im Web gegen die NATO-"Sicherheitskonferenz"
http://www.sicherheitskonferenz.de/de/siko-unterstuetzergruppen-2008

Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (früher: Wehrkundetagung)
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/Welcome.html

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Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz muss Katastrophe oder Unglücksfall sein

Die Linksfraktion fordert die Bundesregierung dazu auf, sich an das Grundgesetz zu halten. Zur Absicherung der Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz werden laut Bundesregierung rund 420 Angehörige der Bundeswehr eingesetzt. Gemäß Artikel 35 des Grundgesetzes darf die Bundeswehr im Inneren aber nur bei "einer Naturkatastrophe oder bei einem besonders schweren Unglücksfall" eingesetzt werden. Die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Linksfraktion im Deutschen Bundestag, Petra Pau, forderte vor diesem Hintergrund: "Sollte es sich bei der Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz folglich um eine Naturkatastrophe oder eine besonders schweren Unglücksfall handeln, dann ist sie zu beenden noch bevor sie beginnt."

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17254

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8. Februar 2008

Den Kriegstreibern die Rote Karte zeigen

Zur heute beginnenden Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied des Geschäftsführenden Parteivorstandes der Partei DIE LINKE:

Die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz will die Weichen stellen für noch mehr Kriegseinsätze der NATO. "Welt in Unordnung - veränderte Machtverhältnisse - fehlende Strategien" - das Motto der diesjährigen Tagung liest sich wie ein Eingeständnis für das Scheitern der offensiven Interventionspolitik der letzten Jahre. Aber zur Lösung der Probleme soll der Teufel mit dem Belzebub ausgetrieben werden: Konferenzleiter Horst Teltschik plädiert dafür, dass die NATO angesichts der wachsenden Probleme der USA stärker in die Bresche springen soll. Er verweist dabei insbesondere auf die Situation in Afghanistan. Ins gleiche Horn werden US-Verteidigungsminister Robert Gates und NATO-Generalsekretär Jaap de Hoop Scheffer blasen, die mehr Bündnistruppen, auch deutsche, für den Krieg in Afghanistan fordern. Im Rahmen der Konferenz soll eine "Friedensplakette" an einen kanadischen Soldaten verliehen werden, stellvertretend für alle, die im Rahmen der NATO Kriegsdienst leisten. Treffender wäre jedoch die Bezeichnung "Kriegsorden". Kanadische Soldaten sind aktiv in Kampfeinsätze im Süden Afghanistan involviert und tragen mit dazu bei, die Situation in Afghanistan immer weiter zu eskalieren. Die LINKE ruft dazu auf, sich an den Aktivitäten der Friedensbewegung zu beteiligen. Wir nehmen nicht hin, dass die große Koalition gegen den Willen der Bevölkerungsmehrheit in Deutschland und Afghanistan auf Kriegskurs steuert. Die Tagung der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz wird mit 840.000 Euro von der Bundesregierung unterstützt. Unter den 250 Teilnehmern der Konferenz befinden sich 40 Minister, vornehmlich aus NATO-Staaten, die sich dort mit Militärstrategen und Rüstungslobbyisten beraten.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/den-kriegstreibern-die-rote-karte-zeigen/

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Das Aktionsbündnis gegen die NATO-Sicherheitskonferenz zieht eine positive Bilanz der Aktionen gegen die Militärtagung und wertet die Proteste als Erfolg für die KonferenzgegnerInnen.

„Ca. 7.000 Menschen schlossen sich am Samstag abend der größten Anti-Kriegskundgebung der letzten Jahre in München an. Die Zahl der TeilnehmerInnen lag damit noch deutlich über den Erwartungen der VeranstalterInnen…“ Pressemitteilung des Aktionsbündnisses gegen die NATO-Sicherheitskonferenz vom 10.2.2008 http://sicherheitskonferenz.de/de/Pressemitteilung-SiKo-10.2.2008


Pressemitteilung der Beobachtergruppe zur Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz vom 10.02.08 http://sicherheitskonferenz.de/PM-Beobachtergruppe-2008


Proteste gegen die NATO-Sicherheitskonferenz am 9.Feb.2008 in München – Fotogalerie http://www.fotobocks.de/fotos/080209siko/


Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (früher: Wehrkundetagung)

Dokumentation der Reden und Hintergründe beim Friedenspolitischen Ratschlag http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/Welcome.html


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Februar 2008

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"Kriegseinsätze vorbereiten"

Tausende demonstrierten gegen Sicherheitskonferenz

Mehrere Tausend Menschen haben am Samstagabend in der Münchner Innenstadt gegen die Sicherheitskonferenz demonstriert. Die Polizei schätzte die Zahl der Teilnehmer an der Protestkundgebung am Samstag auf 3000, die Veranstalter sprachen von 8000 Demonstranten. Auf einer Kundgebung unter dem Motto "Wir stellen uns quer" warfen sie den Konferenzteilnehmern vor, nicht über Sicherheit zu beraten, sondern Kriegseinsätze vorzubereiten. Der Sprecher des Aktionsbündnisses gegen die Sicherheitskonferenz, Claus Schreer, sagte in einer Ansprache, es gehe "den Nato-Strategen" nicht um Sicherheit, "sondern um Krieg". Angriffskriege verstießen aber gegen das Grundgesetz. http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17274



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Teltschik
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sicherheitskonferenz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bundeswehreinsatz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Claus+Schreer
http://tinyurl.com/2yt533

CDU-Unmut über Koch-Wahlkampf

Jetzt, nach der verlorenen Wahl in Hessen und vor der Wahl in Hamburg, wird in der CDU breite Kritik am Wahlkampfstil des hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Roland Koch (CDU) vernehmbar. Die Integrationsbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Maria Böhmer (CDU), betonte am Mittwoch: "Zuspitzungen wie im hessischen Wahlkampf dienen nicht der Integration." Koch hatte eine Verschärfung des Jugendstrafrechts gefordert und dabei insbesondere die hohe Zahl ausländischer Straftäter thematisiert. Der Hamburger Regierungschef Ole von Beust möchte offenbar nicht wegen der Wahlkampagne von Roland Koch die Wahl in Hamburg verlieren. Gemeinsam mit dem nordrhein-westfälischen Integrationsminister Armin Laschet (beide CDU) sowie mit 15 weiteren Unions-Politikern forderte er einen "neuen parteienübergreifenden Konsens für die Integrationspolitik". Sie mahnten in einem offenen Brief: "Integrationspolitik ist so fundamental für die Zukunft unseres Landes, dass sie nicht zum Wahlkampfthema degradiert werden darf." Zudem müsse man anerkennen, "dass Gewalt kein ethnisches, sondern ein Bildungsproblem ist".

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17196



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Roland+Koch
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jugendstrafrecht

Slavery in the Union

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6744/



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

How Easily Offices Are Stolen in the US

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6727/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+LaMarche

The 'War on Terror' Licenses a New Stupidity in Geopolitics

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6732/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+on+terror

Obama, Clinton and the War

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6730/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Scheer

The Shameful State of the Union

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6725/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=State+of+the+Union
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Weissman

US Justice Chief Refuses to Call Waterboarding Torture

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6745/



Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Says Attorney General Refuses to Condemn Waterboarding as Torture to Protect President and Other High Level Administration Officials Against Potential Criminal Prosecution

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0130-07.htm



Human Rights First: Leading Rights Group Rejects AG's Testimony On Waterboarding, Legality of CIA Program

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0130-10.htm



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

Story About Petition-Drive to Charge Bush, Cheney with War Crimes Generates Flame War

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6722/



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

Video Reveals Violations of Laws, Abuse of Cows at Slaughterhouse

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6731/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rick+Weiss

Study Calls Into Question Taser Use, Animal Cruelty

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/30/6721/



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

Bush Ignores Afghan School Violence

Jason Straziuso, reporting for The Associated Press, writes: "In his State of the Union address, President Bush called Afghanistan a young democracy where children go to school and Afghans are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year - almost as many as the 680 the U.S. has built."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008H.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=State+of+the+Union

Looking Anew at Campaign Cash and Elected Judges

In two separate articles for The New York Times, Adam Liptak reports on the US judicial system. In the first, he covers a new study that links campaign contributions to judicial decisions; and in the second, he uncovers the role for-profit bail bondsmen play in the US judicial system.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Adam+Liptak

Justice Nominees Hindered by Mukasey Silence on Torture

Keith Perine reports for Congressional Quarterly, "Two Democrats warned Tuesday they will consider blocking Justice Department nominees unless Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey is more forthcoming about harsh interrogation techniques."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mukasey
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Keith+Perine

Congress Extends Eavesdropping Law

Pamela Hess reports for The Associated Press, "Congress on Tuesday gave two more weeks of life to a law that allows the government more freedom to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists inside the United States, buying the Senate time to pass a bill to replace it."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008C.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=eavesdropping
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pamela+Hess

Institute for Public Accuracy Tries to Push Bush's Latest Signing Statement into the Media

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/192c1c42a4a74fd?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=signing+statement

Stop the Wolf Killing in the Northern Rockies

http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/wolf_delist_2008_action



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

Bush Issues New Imperial Decree

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/2c269ccba4d5cfec?hl=en



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

HPA issues flawed information to local council

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/59269779f43db121



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=HPA

Anrechnung von Einkommen bei Krankenhausaufhalt: Widerspruch einlegen

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/1ab9b416a6f6d8a6?hl=en

Crayons Down! Head Start Testing

Stephanie Mencimer reports for Mother Jones: "in July 2003, [President Bush] took a field trip to a Head Start program in Landover, Maryland, to publicize an initiative aimed at reshaping the popular federal preschool program for poor kids. 'We want Head Start to set higher ambitions,' Bush told the assembled children. He stressed the need for 'accountability,' while noting, 'I fully understand a four-year-old child is not going to take a standardized test. That would be absurd.' But not too absurd for the administration to roll out precisely such a test a few months later."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008P.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stephanie+Mencimer

John Cory: By the Numbers

John Cory writes for Truthout, "Nine hundred thirty-five false statements (lies) moved this nation into a war that has resulted in 3,391 deaths so far.... There have been 30,000 troops wounded in action; 39,000 have been diagnosed with PTSD; 84,000 vets suffer a mental health disorder; 229,000 veterans have sought VA care, and 1.4 million troops (active duty and reserves) have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan so far. Estimates run between $350 billion to $700 billion needed for lifetime care and benefits for veterans."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013008J.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=935
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=PTSD
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mental+health+disorder
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veterans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Cory

FISA: Protecting America or executive power grab?

Republican Bruce Fein on the failure of both parties to stop the government from spying on its citizens.

http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=870&thisview=item



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=power+grab
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FISA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bruce+Fein

George Bush v Mohammed ibn Tugluq

Ideas
by David Friedman

01/29/08

Some years ago, George Bush confessed to multiple felonies committed both by himself and some of the people who work for him — interceptions of phone communications without the warrants required by FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, written to regulate just such interceptions. Under the act, either making such an interception or knowingly using information obtained by such an interception is a felony punishable by up to five years and ten thousand dollars. By Bush’s own account he had himself committed the latter felony and lots of people at NSA had committed the former. For some reason, none of them have been charged...

http://tinyurl.com/2z3sbd


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warrants
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FISA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interception
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=NSA

“Stimulus” package won’t jolt economy

Fox News
by John Lott, Jr.

01/29/08

There is a lot of hysteria about the economy. Politicians worried about a voter backlash want to show voters that they are willing to do something. Yet, the White House and Congressional proposal last week to send $100 billion in checks to Americans will not stimulate the economy, only waste taxpayers’ money. Instead of growing the economy as claimed, the expanded unemployment benefits being pushed by Senate Democrats will only shrink it. Sen. Hillary Clinton and other prominent politicians talk about us already being in a recession. Sunday’s New York Times editorialized about ‘the current slowdown.’ President Bush talks about heading off a slowdown and urges congress to pass legislation as quickly as possible...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326086,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stimulus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recession

The road to tyranny

Freedom's Phoenix

by Mike Dugger

01/29/08

While most Americans refuse to see it; the sorry truth is we don’t live in a very free country. Furthermore, we are becoming less free every day. Our elections are rigged, our phones are tapped without warrant, we can be secretly arrested and held indefinitely without bail or legal representation, and now we are in very real danger of being labeled as terrorists if we so much as complain about the situation...

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Editorial-Page.htm?InfoNo=029430


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tyranny
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rigged+elections
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warrant
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=held+indefinitely

‘The Americans bring us only destruction’

CounterPunch

01/29/08

Fallujah is more difficult to enter than any city in the world. On the road from Baghdad I counted 27 checkpoints, all manned by well-armed soldiers and police. “The siege is total,” says Dr Kamal in Fallujah Hospital as he grimly lists his needs, which include everything from drugs and oxygen to electricity and clean water...

http://counterpunch.org/patrick01292008.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fallujah
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

Mukasey won’t comment on waterboarding

Roseburg News-Review

01/30/08

Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known as waterboarding is illegal, digging in against critics who want the Bush administration to define it as torture. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, Mukasey said he has finished a review of Justice Department memos about the CIA’s current methods of interrogating terror suspects and finds them to be lawful. He said waterboarding currently is not used by the spy agency...

http://tinyurl.com/3e5yf5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mukasey
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Leahy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DOJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying

Documentary highlights detainee abuses in Iraq, Afghanistan



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


Informant: Romi Elnagar



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=abuses

Stimulus Deal: The Bane of Bipartisanship

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012908LA.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stimulus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bipartisanship
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Barbara+Ehrenreich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Borosage

Renewables From the Bottom Up

Writing for Truthout, Craig Morris says, "If you live in the US, do your power provider a favor: spend $20,000 putting solar panels on your roof. Then your poor utility will not have to buy so much power on the expensive spot market. Your utility may even thank you by taking some of the solar power you generate off your hands for free!"

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012908EB.shtml

US home foreclosures surge

Record plunge for new-home sales

The Commerce Department reported yesterday that sales of new homes dropped 26.4 percent last year to 774,000. That marked the worst sales year on record, surpassing the old mark of a 23.1 percent plunge in 1980.

http://snipurl.com/1yjme



Countrywide loses $422M amid mortgage meltdown

Countrywide lost $422 million, or 79 cents a share, during the fourth quarter, compared with earnings of $622 million, or $1.01 a share, during the same period the previous year.

http://snipurl.com/1yjmf



US home foreclosures surge

Home repossessions spiked across the United States during 2007 leaving over one percent of all households in some stage of foreclosure, an industry report showed Tuesday.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_home_foreclosures_surge_01292008.html


From Information Clearing House



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

Halliburton Enjoys $15.3 Billion in Revenue for 2007

Halliburton reported that revenue was $15.3 billion for the full year 2007, an increase of 18% from the full year 2006, and operating income was $3.5 billion, an increase of 8% from the full year 2006.

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=55901


From Information Clearing House



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

Leaked UK gov't doc reveals plan to "coerce" Brits into national ID register

"The charade is over. While ministers try to bamboozle the British public with fairytales about fingerprints, officials are plotting how to dupe and bully the population into surrendering control of their own identities."

http://snipurl.com/1yjko


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fingerprints
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biometric

Bush says US will "confront" Iran if necessary

"But above all, know this: America will confront those who threaten our troops, we will stand by our allies, and we will defend our vital interests in the Persian Gulf," he said.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?196702


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Persian+Gulf
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=State+of+Union

Iraqi Occupation: One Day = $720 Million

Video

The Iraq war has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of U.S. military personnel. It is also costing $720 Million dollars each day - dollars that could be spent in much more constructive ways.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19233.htm

US Propped Up Suharto Despite Rights Abuses

By P. Parameswaran

The United States declassified documents Monday detailing how Washington propped up ex-Indonesian leader Suharto, who died at the weekend, at the expense of democracy and human rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19232.htm



US Hails Suharto as "Historic Figure"

By Agence France-Presse

THE United States hailed former Indonesian president Suharto as a "historic figure" who "achieved remarkable economic development", in a statement released by its embassy in Jakarta.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19228.htm



Survivors Detail Suharto-era Massacres

By Anthony Deutsch

Survivors Describe Mass Killings Under Indonesian Dictator Suharto.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19229.htm

"We Can't Afford to Let Them Spill the Beans"

Sibel Edmonds on Marc Grossman

By Gary Leupp

I am not one to easily embrace conspiracy theories, and in particular have found the idea that 9-11 was somehow an inside job too incredible for serious consideration. On the other hand, there are some very fishy aspects to some officials' behavior pertaining to the attacks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19225.htm



We're trapped in a massive spiritual paralysis
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19230.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sibel+Edmonds
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gary+Leupp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheila+Samples

Population Growth Is a Threat But It Pales Against the Greed of the Rich

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2248614,00.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock

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A Culture Of Greed And Corruption

By Joseph M. Cachia

When greed masquerades as need through fraudulent pretences and means. we should not let our moral impulses betray us.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19231.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corruption
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=George+Monbiot
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joseph+M.+Cachia

Bill Calls for Aspartame Ban



http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1818


Informant: shane_digital



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

Bombs Away Over Iraq

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt314.html



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

On Ron Paul and ending the empire

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/pivetta5.html



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

On what the feds plan to do to us

http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger142.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/hornberger

Ron Paul's America: What happened to it?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/huff4.html



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

No Third Party Candidate Can Win the Presidency

http://www.lewrockwell.com/kramer/kramer9.html

The president should obey his oath of office

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wilson-brian/wilson-brian11.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Brian+Wilson

On what the Feds and Bush have done to our economy

http://www.lewrockwell.com/armentano-d/armentano12.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com%2Farmentano

Sibel Edmonds: 'Buckle up, there's much more coming'

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30505


Informant: Romi Elnagar



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

Spychips: How RFID will compromise privacy, security, freedom

http://groups.google.de/group/archive_news/t/837e60b0d9c70030



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spychips
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=RFID

3 easy actions to impeach Cheney

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/62b20de5ef79dc2?hl=en



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

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