Freitag, 1. Februar 2008

Sitting Out the Election

By Mary Pitt

It is reminiscent of the summer months in television entertainment. All that we have to anticipate is a choice among reruns. On the Republican side, we are left with a Southern Baptist preacher who would prefer that we return to the dark ages, with witch-burning and stocks in the public square. Then there is John McCain who has nothing more to offer than the old men on Memorial Day, stuffed into their uniforms and trying to look as if they are ready to take the next hill.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19255.htm



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In Opposition To The Protect America Act

By Rep. Ron Paul, M.D.

The mis-named Protect America Act allows the US government to monitor telephone calls and other electronic communications of American citizens without a warrant. This clearly violates the Fourth Amendment the US Constitution.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19254.htm



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Iraqis Are People, Too

Video

Arrogance, Racism Or American Exceptionalism? You decide.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19262.htm



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The Evolution of Evil

By Joel S. Hirschhorn

Activists and dissidents should understand that evil forces and tyrannical governments have evolved. Just as human knowledge and science expand, so do the strategies and instruments used by rulers, elites and plutocrats. By learning from history and using new technology they have smarter tools of tyranny.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19260.htm



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British Soldiers 'Tortured and Killed' 22 Iraqis

By DS

Out of the 31 people detained only nine survived and they claim they were subjected to torture.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19253.htm



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American Justice: To the Dark Side

We are all torturers now

Video

This is the America that our leaders want us to be proud of? This is the America we have built? This is who we are?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19259.htm

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At Last, Australia Takes a Stand Against the Dark Side and the Bush Administration
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/10/7582/



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Berkeley Finds a New Way to Make War Politics Local

Jesse McKinley, of The New York Times, reports: "while the City Council here has little - read, no - sway over foreign policy and distant wars, local parking is a different matter. And so it was that a parking space directly in front of the recruiting station here for the Marine Corps was awarded on Tuesday night to an antiwar group in the hope of running the Marines out of town. Having failed in recent years to impeach President Bush and stop the war in Afghanistan, members of the City Council approved a resolution that encourages people to nonviolently 'impede, passively or actively,' the work of the recruiters."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108O.shtml



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Bush's Budget Lean on Domestic Programs

Kevin Freking, of The Associated Press, writes: "President Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday. Overall, the Bush budget will exceed $3 trillion, this official said. The deficit is expected to reach about $400 billion for this year and next."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108L.shtml



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Fix or Ditch the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill

http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22577&t=Lieberman_Warner.dwt

Report Says 88 Percent of National Guard Units Unprepared

William H. McMichael reports for Air Force Times on the final report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserve, "which went beyond its original charter to review the structure and management of the reserve components by also recommending an overhaul of personnel policies for active members." Meanwhile, Erin Kelly, writing for Gannett News Service, reports, "President Bush signed legislation pushed by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont this week repealing a controversial law that had made it easier for the White House to take over control of the National Guard from governors."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108G.shtml



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The economy is in danger of stalling

Economy Sheds Jobs, Unemployment Stable

Dean Baker reports for Truthout, "For the first time since data has been kept, manufacturing is less than 10 percent of employment."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108E.shtml



Payrolls Drop for First Time Since 2003

Jeannine Aversa, writing for The Associated Press, reports, "Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January -- the first such reduction in more than four years and a fresh sign that the economy is in danger of stalling."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108F.shtml



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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment Regarding FISA

Keith Olbermann, on MSNBC Countdown, comments: "And finally, as promised, a Special Comment - of FISA and the telecoms. In a presidency of hypocrisy - an administration of exploitation - a labyrinth of leadership - in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma hidden under a claim of executive privilege...this one ... is surprisingly easy."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108B.shtml



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Military Suicides Are Unacceptable Casualties of An Unjustifiable War

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0201-11.htm



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Suspected Use of Torture Undermines Credibility of 9/11 Report

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0201-01.htm



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Bush Plans to Leave a Lot of Unfinished Business

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/01/6781/



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Something Had to Give: How Oil Burst the American Bubble

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/01/6773/



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Stepford Republicans: All Caught on Tape

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/01/6776/



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The Tenacity of American Militarism

William J. Astore, writing for TomDispatch.com, says: "Recent polls suggest that Americans trust the military roughly three times as much as the president and five times as much as their elected representatives in Congress. The tenacity of this trust is both striking and disturbing. It's striking because it comes despite widespread media coverage of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, the friendly-fire cover-up in the case of Pat Tillman's death, and alleged retribution killings by Marines at Haditha. It's disturbing because our country is founded on civilian control of the military."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020408I.shtml



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Domestic Spying Program Could Aid Terrorists, Experts Say

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/01/6795/



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War Spending Dwarfs Climate Change Measures

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/01/6784/

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Wars Dwarf Warming in US Budget

Jim Lobe for the Inter Press Service reports, "Despite growing recognition in the Pentagon and the intelligence community that global warming poses serious national security threats to the United States, Washington is spending $88 on the military for every dollar it spends this year on climate-related programs, according to a new study released Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/020108EA.shtml



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Klimawandel: Wer 2030 hungern wird

Wie wirkt sich die Klimaerwärmung auf die Ernährungssituation weltweit aus? Forscher haben berechnet, wo die Nahrungsversorgung bis 2030 am gefährdetsten ist.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27186/1.html



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Irak-Krieg: Hunderttausend oder eine Million Todesopfer?

Nicht nur politisch, sondern auch wissenschaftlich streitet man über die Zahl der Opfer seit der Invasion im Jahr 2003.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27181/1.html

Tornados gegen Demonstranten: Polizeiaktionen und G8-Proteste in Rostock

http://tinyurl.com/2hpny7



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Omaha: Root of All Evil?

http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/30648


Informant: David Swanson

From Next-up

Exxon: Das beste Jahr in der US-Geschichte

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/144/155736/



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Exxon Posts Record U.S. Profit

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Earns-ExxonMobil.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock

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Chevron 4th-Quarter Profit Rises on Record Oil Prices

Fourth-quarter revenue climbed 29 percent to $61.4 billion, Chevron said. Price gains more than made up for a 1.6 percent decline in oil and natural-gas production.

http://snipurl.com/1ys6y



Shell Rakes in $8.5 Billion in Three Months

Royal Dutch Shell, the world's second-largest publicly traded oil company, today reported net income up 60 percent last quarter to a record $8.47 billion.

http://snipurl.com/1ys70


From Information Clearing House



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Bar Harbor: Council reviews cell tower proposal

One issue towered above the rest at the local Town Council meeting Tuesday: What should the town do about cell phone network infrastructure?

Prompted by interest expressed by Verizon Wireless in expanding its network to Bar Harbor, town planners have come up with a proposal on how to regulate the placement and operation of cell phone towers and facilities that would be erected within the town limits.

Read More...
http://bangornews.com/news/t/?a=159620

People power beats phone firm

Malvern Gazette - Worcester, UK
By Tarik Al Rasheed

PEOPLE power has won the day after a mobile phone company cancelled its plans to build a 40ft mast outside homes in Pickersleigh Road.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/36zrsp

Residents set for new mobile mast battle

By Rob Devey

MAST PROTEST: Residents of Little Lever are set for a new battle

RESIDENTS are preparing for a new battle in their bid to have a phone mast taken down.

A public inquiry will decide if the T-Mobile mast in Market Street, Little Lever, should be allowed to remain.

The inquiry has been scheduled to take place at Bolton Town Hall on June 11.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/2jhaj8

We Will Change the State of our Union!

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/e949eb2e29247fa2?hl=en



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Die totale Überwachung zuhause

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/102834/



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Dulled American dreams at home and debilitated American influence abroad

Ten months too long

Truthdig
by Marie Cocco

01/31/08

I watch the constitutional and media curiosity that is a president’s State of the Union address as a journalistic and civic duty. Every year it is enlivened a bit by some small tingle of anticipation about how the made-for-TV moment of the night will come across on screen. Last year, it was the historic image of Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House, standing behind the president at the rostrum. On Monday, it was the political pairing of Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama, mesmerizing both sides of the aisle in the notoriously partisan House chamber — just as George W. Bush was supposed to be taking command of it. Command Bush did not. The feebleness of a lame-duck president with abysmal public approval ratings has pathos to it. It is all the more dreary today because Bush’s decline has been brought on by his own policies. His is a legacy of dulled American dreams at home and debilitated American influence abroad...

http://tinyurl.com/2f28fy


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Political stimulus

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

01/30/08

Not understanding basic economics is dangerous because you’re vulnerable to political con games foisted by unscrupulous politicians. Economics properly conceived is just common sense about human activity. An examination of the proposed economic stimulus will make this clear. Nearly all politicians claim that the economy needs a stimulus that only they can provide. That is odd right off the bat...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0801j.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The “change” campaign slogan

Nolan Chart
by R.K. Chase

01/31/08

Talking about change in U.S. politics is like trying to stop global warming by covering your roof with tin foil. These calls for breaking away from the status quo are part of the status quo — a candidate running for an empty seat in the middle of an unpopular war and in the midst of an economic downturn is going to run on change...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article1590.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Defeat without end

Common Wonders
by Robert Koehler

01/31/08

‘Many in this chamber understand that America must not fail in Iraq, because you understand that the consequences of failure would be grievous and far-reaching …’ There it is again, that choking lie, so smoothly administered — with just enough fear to help America gag down all that righteousness. President Bush told it again in his final State of the Union address the other night, of course. What choice did he have? The truth, coming from him at this point, would be … too weird, too offensive, impossible to comprehend...

http://commonwonders.com/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Iniquities of war, inequities of life

Consortium News
by Ray McGovern

01/31/08

Finally, the truth is seeping out. Contrary to how President George W. Bush has tried to justify the Iraq war in the past, he has now clumsily — if inadvertently — admitted that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was aimed primarily at seizing predominant influence over its oil by establishing permanent (the administration favors ‘enduring’) military bases. He made this transparently clear by adding a signing statement to the defense appropriation bill, indicating that he would not be bound by the law’s prohibition against expending funds ‘(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq,’ or ‘(2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq’...

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/013108a.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Is Bush A Failure?

Bush’s catalog of failure

Reason
by Steve Chapman

01/31/08

Listening to presidents reporting on the State of the Union, you would conclude that they came from Lake Wobegon, since every one of them, by his account, is well above average. Just once, I’d like to hear one say what would be true of many: ‘Because of my mistakes, the state of the union has gotten worse.’ But none ever does. Even the worst presidents prefer to focus on their successes and ignore their failures. The striking thing about President Bush’s final State of the Union address is that even the successes he claims are largely fictional...

http://www.reason.com/news/show/124710.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Is Bush A Failure?

Video

Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Here is a rich buffet of his deep but lucid writings on real history, political life, empire, wealth, class power, technology, culture, ideology, media, environment, gender, and ethnicity - along with a few choice selections drawn from his own life experiences and political awakening.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19355.htm



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The unlikely comeback of John McCain, maverick warmonger

LA Weekly
by Matt Welch

01/30/08

If John McCain bounces from his victory in Florida this week to a nomination-clinching Super-Duper Tuesday in California and the 23 Dwarves, there are three main categories of humans he’ll have to thank for the biggest worst-to-first primary performance since George McGovern’s in 1972. They are: his pratfalling competitors, his gullible independent supporters and his always-willing enablers in the media...

http://tinyurl.com/3d6wba


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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John McCain is Dr. Strangelove

Video By Robert Greenwald

"There will be other wars"

Click to view
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19263.htm

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McCain GONE WILD VIDEO
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D1DD09E5657A34F2



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Bush prods Congress on eavesdropping law

USA Today

01/31/08

Sternly prodding Congress, President Bush said Thursday that lawmakers are jeopardizing the nation’s safety by failing to lock in a government eavesdropping law. The president signed what Congress has given him so far — a 15-day extension of the law that allows government surveillance of suspected terrorists. But he said Congress should urgently pass a permanent law, on his terms, to safeguard the country...

http://tinyurl.com/yrqgw5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Jobless Claims Surge, Spending Softens

Joanne Morrison for Reuters reports, "The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid surged last week to the highest since October 2005, and consumer spending softened at the end of last year, according to reports on Thursday that heightened worries about a possible recession."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/013108LB.shtml



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Secret CIA Flights to Greenland Reported

The Associated Press reports: "Denmark will investigate claims that the CIA secretly used an airport on the Nordic country's remote Arctic territory of Greenland to transport prisoners in the US war on terror, the prime minister said Thursday."

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



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Presidential candidates from both parties are ignoring some important facts regarding the Iraq war

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/911b6319ab4df196?hl=en



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U.S. loses its status as economic world power

The World Economic Forum has proved to be an uncanny barometer of global trends. Over the past decade, the United States has been lionized as world leader, economic giant and home of high-tech wizards such as Bill Gates.

http://snipurl.com/1ypip


From Information Clearing House



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Bush increased use of state secrets privilege

The U.S. government has been increasing its use of the state secrets privilege to avoid disclosing classified information in civil lawsuits, prompting legislation in the Senate that would provide more congressional oversight of the practice.

http://snipurl.com/1ypil


From Information Clearing House



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Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions

In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store worker.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/31/6761/


From Information Clearing House



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Turkey rejects US bank request on Iran

US officials have told bankers around the world that Iran is funding terrorists and seeking nuclear technology. Banks such as UBS AG and Deutsche Bank AG have responded by ending - or severely reducing - their business with Iran.

http://snipurl.com/1ypi4


From Information Clearing House



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European Parliament calls on US to renounce military threats against Iran

The Euro deputies called on the US Administration and all other represantatives involved "to renounce all rhetoric on military options and regime change policies against Iran," and called on the US to "participate directly in negotiations with Iran.

http://snipurl.com/1ypi2


From Information Clearing House



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Weapons for Iraqi forces might land with insurgents

Weapons the U.S. provides to Iraqi security forces still might be ending up in the hands of terrorists, insurgents and criminals, the Defense Department inspector general told Congress on Tuesday.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=188966


From Information Clearing House

Judge allows Iraq 'abuse' reports

A legal order which had stopped the media from reporting allegations of torture by British troops in Iraq has been lifted by the High Court.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7220486.stm


From Information Clearing House



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Survey shows US invasion and occupation of Iraq has killed more than a million

The last complete census in Iraq conducted in 1997 found 4.05 million households in the country, a figure ORB used to calculate that approximately 1.03 million people been killed as a result of the US war, the researchers found.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL3048857920080130?rpc=401&


From Information Clearing House

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Deadly hubris

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

02/01/08

A million dead — and for what? So that the neoconservatives could strand astride Washington and the world, bellowing threats and beating their chests in the wake of 9/11, braying that everything — everything — had changed, especially the basic rules of human decency. Because it was ‘doable,’ as Paul Wolfowitz put it. Because our foreign policy is in large part built around the concept of making the Middle East safe for Israel. And, most of all, because of the sheer hubris of those who thought themselves above the laws of God and man — who thought they were gods, and let loose American thunderbolts with reckless abandon, with deadly consequences...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12296


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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America's Teetering Banking System

"Where Did All Our Deposits Go?"

By Mike Whitney

Why did Bernanke cut rates when he knew it would just add to the housing woes?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19249.htm



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Testimony of a US ex-marine Who Served In Iraq

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde

"I'm 32 and I am a trained psychopathic murderer. The only things I can do are to sell youths the idea of joining the marines and kill. I am not able to keep a job. For me civilians are despicable people, mentally retarded and weak persons, a flock of sheep. I am their sheepdog. I am a predator. In the army they used to call me Jimmy, the Shark".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19251.htm



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The Threat of Section 1222

By James Rothenberg

The President is claiming that Section 1222 could inhibit his ability to defend the Constitution, so he claims the right to ignore it. The drafters of the bill were also sworn to defend the Constitution. What are the requirements in 1222 that the White House finds so inhibiting?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19252.htm



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US Oil Companies Offered Five Million Dollar Bribes To Iraqi MP's?

Reported today on Akhbar Alkhaleej newspaper

An Iraqi MP preferred to remain anonymous told the newspaper that highly confidential negotiations took place by representatives from American oil companies, offering $5 million to each MP who votes in favor of the Oil and Gas law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19246.htm



Bush Won't Ban Permanent Bases Pushes For Iraqi Oil Law

By Aaron Glantz

"We've got the Bush administration pushing aggressively for an (Iraqi) law that would give oil companies 20- to 25-year contracts for oil in Iraq and if they were to be at work for an extended length of time, they would need security," she said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19247.htm



Iraq failure equals success for neocons

The Americans have an excuse to have permanent bases as long as the insurgency lasts; a largely state-run economy has been opened to foreign capital; America has control of large oil reserves; the Middle East has a wedge of US military to control and threaten any uppity Islamic state that dares threaten its interests...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2249454,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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9/11 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL NOTE

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/31b3fd82762b0a68?hl=en
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/61ff5e6785192c36?hl=en



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Keith Olbermann: Bush wants protection for telecoms

The video of Keith Oldermann's fantastic, "outtasight", MUST SEE commentary about the Bush Regime and the telecoms is at

http://tinyurl.com/35hz6q

You have to listen to "Oddball" first, but the commentary is worth it, even if you think Oddball isn't.

MSNBC TV > MSNBC TV > Countdown > Countdown (35 videos)

Hajja Romi



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Antenne relais sur ecole primaire Victor Hugo, Lyon, la Ville fait couper l'émetteur

Ecole primaire Lyon reportages 31 01 2008: France 3 (TV), M6 (TV), TML (TV)
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EcoleVictorHugoLyon.php#1



Flash info Next-up news Lyon Ecoles Schools

- Info Flash Lyon Ecoles Edition Spéciale en cours:
- Démantèlement Antennes relais école Victor Hugo et arrêt des installations dans plusieurs autres écoles de la ville. (Dossier en cours)
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EcoleVictorHugoLyon.php#1


- Information Flash Lyon Schools Special Edition in progress:
- Dismantling antennas relay school Victor Hugo and stop of the installations in several other schools of the city. (File in progress).
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EcoleVictorHugoLyon.php#1

The New American Crisis

An open letter to traditional Christians to quit the Flatworldview Society immediately and to re-animate the Constitution of the United States with the big ideas of Christianity and Dr. Ron Paul.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/cross1.html



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The Dangerous Stimulus

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul432.html



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On Neocons and US Foreign Policy

http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed137.html



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Ron Paul's Revolutionary Manifesto

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/bookbomb.html



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Die Pädagogik der Handschellen

Die Heimat der "zero tolerance" Politik ist New York, und die öffentlichen Schulen stehen oft unter dem Regime von Polizei und privaten Sicherheitsdiensten. Da werden dann Fünfjährige mit Handschellen an den Stuhl gefesselt, Zehnjährige im Schulbus, es herrscht eben Ordnung im Land. Einzige Voraussetzung: Die Kinder müssten schon schwarz oder Latinos sein. Für die deutsche Debatte um Erziehungscamps (erzogen sind sie ja schon, also ist es eine Umerziehung, und Camp heisst auf deutsch schlicht Lager - man debattiert also über Umerziehungslager, nachdem man mit Schuluniformen begonnen hat) sind diese Erfahrungen aus fortgeschritteneren demokratischen Zuständen ausgesprochen lesenswert: "Children handcuffed in school; what is going on?" im Blog der NYC Public School Parents von Leonie Hamson am 27. Januar 2008 gepostet und mit bissigen Kommentaren versehen..: http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2008/01/children-handcuffed-in-school-what-is.html


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Februar 2008



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In Großbritannien werden täglich 1000 Abhöraktionen gestartet

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/102616



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The failure of neo-liberalism

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/22/opinion/edblond.php



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US media not reporting new survey saying 1,033,000 Iraqis have died

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7101/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

New Orleans: Left for dead

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/269.html



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Afghanistan: The Next Disaster

Saul Landau writes in Progresso Weekly: "After six plus years, the war in Afghanistan drags on. The media occasionally cites casualties, but if it doesn't involve National Football League veteran Pat Tillman's execution by his own comrades, Afghanistan gets sparse attention. A few stories feature the growing number of Afghan and Iraq War vets on American streets. But the aspiring candidates ignore such 'blowback.' Instead, they demonstrate verbal aggression, a characteristic thought necessary for victory. 'We've got to get the job done there [Afghanistan],' Barack Obama asserted without specifying what the 'job' is."

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



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Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder

Benedict Carey reports for The New York Times, "About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while temporary, could heighten their risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers are reporting."

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



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Marc Ash: My Interview With Rep. Henry Waxman

Marc Ash, Truthout's executive director, talks with House Oversight Committee chair, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California), about ongoing government investigations and violations of federal law by the Bush administration.

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



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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

http://groups.google.de/group/archive_news/t/6e1a7ca44653c723?hl=en



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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.

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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!!!

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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



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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Pharma

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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dictator
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=signing+statement
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tom+Chartier
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/chartier
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elana+Schor

The Paradox of Ron Paul

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


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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

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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Case

Ron Paul 2008: How to win the ground war

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/a80254c5044688d1?hl=en



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

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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Flannery

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

http://tinyurl.com/2pdf6m


Informant: cosmicvisionary

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



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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



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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/



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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



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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



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A Political Prisoner: The Don Siegelman Case

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



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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



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