The residents of Valleyview Drive are right to be concerned about their health if a cell tower is erected near their homes. I live in the U.K. where the situation is becoming dangerous, especially for children, the sick, the elderly and animal life.
We have TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) police communications in the U.K. which seems to make things much worse, as does the introduction of wifi. Some people with electrical sensitivity are suffering terribly, especially around airports, flight paths, TV transmitters, radar, TETRA, upgraded 3G and wifi.
"Die derzeit von einigen Medien und Politikern geführte Neidkampagne gegen Bezieher von Hartz IV-Leistungen ist unerträglich und muss schleunigst beendet werden", sagte der Präsident der Volkssolidarität, Professor Gunnar Winkler, bezogen auf eine Berichterstattung der "BILD"-Zeitung. "Diese interessengeleitete Debatte macht diejenigen zum Sündenbock, die am wenigsten für ihre Situation verantwortlich sind. Das verletzt auch ihr Grundrecht auf Menschenwürde als Bürger dieses Landes", so Winkler am 14. Februar in Berlin. Er bedauere es ausdrücklich, dass Politiker wie der Berliner Finanzsenator Thilo Sarrazin "diese Meinungsmache gegen Arbeitslose" mittrügen. Seriöse Studien hätten längst belegt, dass der ALG II-Regelsatz nicht ausreiche für eine ausgewogene und gesunde Ernährung, gerade für Kinder und Jugendliche. "Das Problem ist nicht, dass Arbeitslose vermeintlich zu hohe Leistungen bekommen, sondern dass immer mehr Menschen zu wenig Lohn für ihre Arbeit erhalten", meint Winkler.
Die Anbauflächen für genveränderte Pflanzen sind 2007 um 12 Prozent gewachsen, ein Bericht der Umweltorganisation Friends of the Earth weist auf vermehrten Pestizideinsatz, resistente Unkräuter und fehlende Ertragssteigerung.
Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium muss dem Innenausschuss erklären, warum für alle Postsendungen in die USA vorab Daten erfasst und an die amerikanische Zoll- und Grenzschutzbehörde übermittelt werden dürfen.
The editors of The New York Times write: "Alberto Gonzales may be out, but the country is still waiting for a full accounting of how he and his White House patrons cynically politicized the Justice Department. Congress is rightly asking questions about the actions of yet another United States attorney: New Jersey's Christopher J. Christie. The House also needs to stop procrastinating and vote to hold witnesses in contempt for refusing to testify in the wider scandal."
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will treat about 333,000 sick and injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, according to VA statistics released last week. That number is a 14 percent increase over this year's casualty total. Yet, despite the Bush administration's promises to prioritize the VA even as other domestic departments' funds are cut, its annual budget request for next year places more financial burdens than ever on many returning soldiers."
While do-gooders like to view such programs as benefits for our society, they deliberately wear blinders and make excuses for the real results. They applaud the few successes, with great, pompous, self-congratulatory celebrations, in order to blind themselves to the many others who suffered unnecessarily. When pressed, they take the escape of the ‘greater good’ and delude themselves that even those ‘broken eggs to make the omelet’ can be rescued if only we spend more money and use yet more FORCE. We’ve known for a long time that our Guantanamo prison was probably much like what we now can no longer ignore at Abu Ghraib and other Iraqi facilities. We’ve known that torture and abuse exist in our own civilian prisons. What is the difference? That we can no longer turn our heads and deny? That we can now see it rather than picture it in our minds? Or, is it that it was acceptable until we got caught? (originally published 2004; posted 02/13/08)
At the surprising invitation of House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin, I testified today to the Labor Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee (Obey chairs the subcommittee as well) on the long torm state of the economy, rising inequality, the dearth of good jobs in the middle of the economy, and America’s changing role in the world economy. What follows is an edited version of my written testimony. Mr. Chairman, over the past three decades, not the bottom, but the middle has fallen out of the American economy. The great social achievement of the United States in the 30 years after World War II — the creation of the world’s first majority middle-class, of a society that offered more economic stability to more people than any in human history — has been undone...
The next president will likely either be Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John McCain. Isn’t it nice to finally have a choice? A middle-aged black man, an older white woman, and an even older white man. Liberals and conservatives. Left and right. Finally, we have some genuine differences in policy to debate. Right? Of course not. First, ignore skin color, gender, and age. They mean nothing. Second, discount the rhetoric. We all know the value of a politician’s word. Instead, look to their actions. What we have here is a race among three senators. So let’s compare their voting record...
Congress on Wednesday moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects, despite President Bush’s threat to veto any measure that limits the agency’s interrogation techniques. The prohibition was contained in a bill authorizing intelligence activities for the current year, which the Senate approved on a 51-45 vote. It would restrict the CIA to the 19 interrogation techniques outlined in the Army field manual...
David M. Herszenhorn, of The New York Times, reports: "The Senate voted Wednesday to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods that have been used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects. The vote, following House passage of the measure in December, set up a confrontation with President Bush, who has threatened to veto it."
„Die Krankenkassen haben Pläne von Bundesgesundheitsministerin Ulla Schmidt (SPD) zur Entlastung von Hartz-IV-Empfängern begrüßt. Mehr Steuermittel für die Krankenversicherung könnten diese rund 3 Millionen Beitragszahler um rund 1,8 Milliarden Euro entlasten, berichteten die Spitzenverbände der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Schmidt hatte sich dafür ausgesprochen, die Beiträge für Arbeitslosengeld-II-Empfänger um 50 Euro pro Monat auf etwa 160 bis 170 Euro zu erhöhen…“ dpa-Meldung vom 13. Februar 2008.
U.S. mortgage crisis spreads beyond subprime loans
As the world's largest economy grapples with the worst housing slump in two decades, people with good credit histories are falling behind on house payments, auto loans and credit cards at an accelerating pace.
Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against children. The relaxing of restrictions on the use of the weapons comes despite warnings that they could trigger a heart attack in youngsters.
McCain has chaired the International Republican Institute (IRI) since 1993. Ostensibly a non-partisan, democracy-building outfit, in reality the IRI serves as an instrument to advance and promote the most far right Republican foreign policy agenda.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday rejected Western suggestions it is being soft on Iran, denying that its chief was declaring questions about Tehran's atomic work resolved despite doubts of his inspectors.
The Iraqi government set up a committee to decide how to bring legal action in the United States against American soldiers for causing 'unjustified' deaths of Iraqis, cabinet spokesman said Wednesday.
If, as proposed in the law, a person must have a Real ID Act-compliant card in order to access a federal building, access any regulated or interstate mode of transportation, or obtain any federal benefit, then we have surrendered to the federal government (that is, federal bureaucrats) the power to deny citizens all manner of activities guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
Maggie Mahar, AlterNet, reports: "The Center for Public Integrity, a public interest investigative journalism organization, has obtained copies of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of environmental and health data in eight Great Lakes states that was scheduled for publication in July 2007. The report, which pointed to elevated rates of lung, colon and breast cancer; low birth weight, and infant mortality in several of the geographical areas of concern has not yet been made public."
Vorratsprotokollierung: Bundesjustizministerin Brigitte Zypries droht Ordnungsgeld oder Haft
Das Amtsgericht Berlin Mitte hat mit Beschluss vom 10. Januar 2008 ein Ordnungsgeld von bis zu 250.000 Euro, ersatzweise eine bis zu sechsmonatige Inhaftierung von Bundesjustizministerin Brigitte Zypries angedroht (Az. 5 C 314/06). Hintergrund ist ein Urteil vom 27. März 2007, demzufolge die personenbeziehbare Protokollierung des Internet-Nutzungsverhaltens auf dem Informationsportal http://www.bmj.bund.de gegen das Persönlichkeitsrecht der Nutzer verstieß. Eine Unterlassungserklärung wurde bislang nicht unterzeichnet. Die verbreitete Aufbewahrung der Kommunikationsspuren von Internetnutzern ermöglicht es, ihr Surf- und Suchverhalten detailliert nachzuvollziehen. In einer solchen Vorratsprotokollierung liege aber eine "Verletzung des Rechts auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung" der Betroffenen, so das Gericht.
Zur Initiative des Gesundheitsministeriums zur Rückkehr in die Krankenkassen erklärt der stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Klaus Ernst:
Hunderttausend Menschen ohne Krankenversicherung sind eine Bankrotterklärung des Sozialstaates. Das Taktieren der Bundesregierung im Zuge der Gesundheitsreform hat dazu geführt, dass eine allgemeine Versicherungspflicht nicht verbindlich festgelegt wurde. Hunderttausend Nichtversicherte können sich auch weiterhin keine Krankenversicherung leisten. Zumeist sind es Menschen in prekärer Lage: Sie arbeiten als Mini-Jobber, sind obdachlos, können als Selbstständige kaum Miete und Lebenshaltungskosten bezahlen. Verantwortlich dafür ist nicht zuletzt die fatale Hartz-IV-Politik, die Erwerbslose nicht selten in eine Pseudo-Selbständigkeit gezwungen hat und viele Betroffene ohne soziale Absicherung zurücklässt. Stattdessen behauptet Ulla Schmidt, dass jede und jeder durch die Gesundheitsreform Krankenversicherungsschutz genießen wird. Doch wer heute versucht, in seine alte Kasse zurückzukehren, muss erst einmal alle Beiträge von April 2007 an nachzahlen – das sind selbst bei der geringsten Beitragsstufe bereits 1700 Euro, die als "Eintrittsgeld" fällig werden. Und so bleiben in einem der reichsten Länder weiterhin hunderttausend Menschen ohne Versicherungsschutz, im Falle einer Krankheit müssen sie dann mit ihrer gesamten Habe für die entstehenden Kosten aufkommen. Eine grundsätzliche Lösung kann aus Sicht der Partei DIE LINKE nur sein, alle Menschen in einem Versicherungssystem zusammenzufassen und Beiträge auf alle Einkommensarten zu erheben. Nur durch die Einführung der von uns geforderten solidarischen Bürgerinnen- und Bürgerversicherung lässt sich dieses System auch für die Nichtversicherten zukunftsfest machen.
According to John Vidal of The Guardian UK, "The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian."
Haider Rizvi, Inter Press News, writes: "The world's small island nations are calling for the UN Security Council to help protect their lands and resources by using its authority to demand reductions of carbon dioxide emissions, and to penalize those nations that fail to comply."
Felicity Barringer, The New York Times, reports: "Lake Mead, the vast reservoir for the Colorado River water that sustains the fast-growing cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas, could lose water faster than previously thought and run dry within 13 years, according to a new study by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography."
On the Bill Moyers Journal, "a reality check from Public Agenda's Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, co-authors of 'Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis.'"
James Risen of The New York Times writes: "Mary Beth Kineston, an Ohio resident who went to Iraq to drive trucks, thought she had endured the worst when her supply convoy was ambushed in April 2004. After car bombs exploded and insurgents began firing on the road between Baghdad and Balad, she and other military contractors were saved only when Army Black Hawk helicopters arrived."
Moseley also listed a number of technologies where potential enemies could make breakthroughs: cybernetics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, electromagnetic ...
„In einem Brief an die Abgeordneten des Bundestags (siehe Anlage) nimmt das Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie Stellung zur Entwicklung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte. (…) Das Grundrechtekomitee listet in seinem Brief an die Abgeordneten , einige der grundlegenden Mängel auf. Diese fangen an bei den unterschätzten Datenschutzproblemen angesichts der Fülle zu erwartender weiterer Innovationen. Mit der eGK sollen Daten gerade nicht hochgesichert und unerreichbar unter Verschluss gebracht werden, sondern gemäß der vielfältigen Interessen gesammelt und genutzt werden…“ Presseinformation des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie vom 3.4.08 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/ub_showarticle.php?articleID=268
„Nein zur Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte!
Erste 5.000 Protestunterschriften werden dem Bundesgesundheitsministerium übergeben.
„Wenige Tage vor Beginn des deutschen Ärztetages übergeben die Ärzteorganisation IPPNW und die Bürgerrechtsorganisation Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie dem Bundesministerium für Gesundheit rund 5000 Unterschriften. Mit diesen protestieren Bürger, Patienten und Ärzte gegen die Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte (eGK). Die Unterschriften sind ein erstes deutliches Zeichen einer zunehmenden Opposition gegen das Mammutprojekt eGK…“ Meldung des Grundrechtekomitee vom 13.5.08 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/ub_showarticle.php?articleID=276
Aus: LabourNet, 13. Mai 2008
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Elektronische Gesundheitskarte: Bitte nicht lächeln
„Einige Krankenkassen fordern derzeit ihre Mitglieder auf, Fotos zur Ausstellung der neuen elektronischen Gesundheitskarte einzusenden. Dabei sind wichtige Sicherheitsfragen des Systems nicht geklärt. Der Chaos Computer Club rät allen Versicherten kein Foto einzusenden…“ Meldung vom ccc vom 22. Juli 2008 http://www.ccc.de/updates/2008/egk-verzoegern?language=de
Aus dem Text: „… Das dem Chaos Computer Club bekannte Konzept für die elektronische Gesundheitskarte weist gravierende Mängel unter anderem bei der Umsetzung der sogenannten "freiwilligen Diensten" auf. Bei der elektronischen Patientenakte verlassen die sensiblen Daten den geschützten Bereich der Praxis und werden auf einem zentralen Server gespeichert. Laut Spezifikation werden diese Daten zwar vor der Übermittlung verschlüsselt, jedoch gibt es noch immer kein schlüssiges Konzept dafür, wer Zugriff auf die dazu benötigten Schlüssel haben wird…“
Aus: LabourNet, 23. Juli 2008
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Nein zum Umbau des Gesundheitssystems zu einem Kontrollsystem!
„Das Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie ruft zum Protest gegen die Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte (eGK) auf. Es argumentiert, dass die eGK ein wichtiger Bautstein in der Neuordnung des Gesundheitssystems sei. Der Umgang mit Krankheiten solle gänzlich marktwirtschaftlichen Gesetzen unterworfen werden. Mit der Einführung der eGK werde eine Kontrolle des Verhaltens von Ärzten und Patienten möglich. Das Grundrechtekomitee ruft deshalb die Bürger und Bürgerinnen auf, ihren Protest gegen den Aufbau eines zentralen Informationsnetzes für Gesundheitsdaten den Krankenkassen mitzuteilen. Sie sollen den Krankenkassen die Fotos nicht zur Verfügung stellen, die für die neue eGK angefordert werden…“ Pressemitteilung des Grundrechtekomitees vom 15.09.2008 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/ub_showarticle.php?articleID=294
Siehe dazu:
Nein zum Umbau des Gesundheitssystems zu einem Kontrollsystem! Keine Mitwirkung am Aufbau eines zentralen Informationsnetzes für Gesundheitsdaten!
Die Ärzteorganisation IPPNW kritisiert die am 12. Dezember 2008 durchgeführte Erst-Installation eines Lesegerätes im nordrhein-westfälischen Düren für die neue "elektronische Gesundheitskarte". IPPNW-Vorstand Matthias Jochheim empfiehlt den ärztlichen Kolleginnen und Kollegen im Bereich der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Nordrhein, "dem Beispiel der Bremer Hausärzte zu folgen und die Anschaffung von Lesegeräten für diese aus datenschutzrechtlichen Gründen hochgefährliche Technologie abzulehnen." Es gebe keine rechtliche Handhabe, die Installation der neuen Lesegeräte in den Praxen zu erzwingen, meint Jochheim.
Die deutschsprachigen Medien haben nach Meinung der "Initiative Nachrichtenaufklärung" auch 2007 gesellschaftlich brisante Themen unter den Tisch fallen lassen ...
... Gleichzeitig litten sie unter dem Druck von Anzeigenkunden oder auch von Unternehmen und Lobbyisten, die die Berichterstattung über heikle Nachrichten mit Prozessandrohungen (!!!!!) verhinderten.
Die am Institut für Journalistik an der Technischen Universität Dortmund ansässige Initiative recherchiert seit 1997 solche vernachlässigten Themen, um sie in die öffentliche Diskussion einzubringen. Partner sind derzeit die Hochschule Darmstadt und die Universität Bonn. Aus den Vorschlägen wählt eine Jury einmal jährlich besonders relevante Themen aus. "Wir betreiben keine Journalisten-Schelte wegen vergessener Nachrichten, sondern hoffen, dass die Themen durch unsere Arbeit doch noch an die Öffentlichkeit gelangen", sagte Jakob. (dpa) / (jk/c't)
Peter Wallsten and Peter Nicholas report for The Los Angeles Times that it is likely that if neither Clinton nor Obama have enough delegates to clinch the nomination, then the victory would come from the votes of super delegates. But, debate is intensifying over their powerful role in the decision making process.
Union of Concerned Scientists: New Report Recommends Unilateral Steps for the Next US President to Reduce Threat of Nuclear Weapons, Lead World to Eventual Ban.
The ominous new "Homegrown Terrorism" Act is all about ramping up assaults on radicals, strikers, antiwar protesters and others opposing U.S. policies. Some timely ideas on how to fight back.
Robert B. Reich writes for The New York Times: "We're sliding into recession, or worse, and Washington is turning to the normal remedies for economic downturns. But the normal remedies are not likely to work this time, because this isn’t a normal downturn. The problem lies deeper."
Josh White, Walter Pincus and Julie Tate report for The Washington Post: "The cadre of civilian lawyers representing terrorism suspects held by the military at Guantanamo Bay are not allowed to meet their clients in private, without video surveillance. All their mail and notes must be turned over to the military. Classified information cannot be shared with their clients. They are not entitled to everything the government knows about their clients."
Defendants' Lawyers Fear Loss of Potential Evidence at Guantanamo Bay
Josh White, of The Washington Post, reports, "Lawyers representing military detainees at Guantanamo Bay have expressed concern that the government has violated a federal court order by losing or erasing several years' worth of digital video recordings that could shed light on the legality of detainee treatment."
Dan Eggen reports for The Washington Post, "After years of refusing public comment on a particularly harsh CIA interrogation method, top Bush administration officials have suddenly begun pressing a controversial argument that it was legal for the CIA to strap prisoners to a board and pour water over their face to make them believe they were being drowned."
In diesem Jahr sollen mehr genmanipulierte Pflanzen in Deutschland angebaut werden als 2007. Bislang wurde Genmais des Monsanto-Konzerns auf rund 4350 Hektar angemeldet. Über 96 Prozent dieser registrierten Anbaufläche befinden sich in den neuen Bundesländern, dort vor allem in Brandenburg, Sachsen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In den alten Bundesländern soll Genmais fast ausschließlich in Bayern wachsen. Das Umweltinstitut München veröffentlicht täglich aktualisierte Zahlen und Hintergrundinformationen über den Umfang des geplanten Gentechnikanbaus. Erstmals werden dabei auch die zurückgezogenen Flächen berücksichtigt, die über erfolgreiche Proteste vor Ort Aufschluss geben. In den Vorjahren waren rund 1000 Hektar Bt-Mais weniger angebaut worden als ursprünglich angemeldet - oft aufgrund des massiven Widerstands von betroffenen Landwirten, Verbrauchern oder Grundstückseigentümern. Auch 2008 wird der Anbau genmanipulierter Pflanzen auf Widerstand stoßen.
Die Universität Rostock will ab diesem Frühjahr in Ostdeutschland ein Freilandexperiment mit genmanipuliertem Weizen durchführen. Die Pflanzen sollen durch den Einbau eines so bezeichneten Killerproteins gegen eine Pilzerkrankung resistent sein. Die von Wissenschaftlern der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH) Zürich entwickelten Gen-Pflanzen waren in der Schweiz schon 2004 in einem Freilandversuch erfolglos getestet worden. Da der Weizen auch riskante Antibiotikaresistenzgene enthält, wäre der beantragte Versuch in der Schweiz heute nicht mehr genehmigungsfähig. Unsere aktuelle Pressemitteilung dazu finden Sie hier: http://umweltinstitut.org/pressemitteilungen/2008/2008_02_11-579.html
Bitte unterstützen Sie aktuell auch unseren Protest gegen einen geplanten Freisetzungsversuch mit genmanipulierten Zuckerrüben durch den Saatgutkonzern KWS.
In the face of this looming catastrophe, have Americans nothing to say save “Out, out, brief candle”goodbye to the Constitution, the Republic, the Nation itself, and with them all hope of future freedom and prosperity? Are Americans willing to abide in meek resignation the torrent of terrible troubles that “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” will surely pour down upon their heads? Or will they stop “Creep[ing] in [their] petty pace from day to day” and instead seize control over their own collective destiny?........
Despite the protests of neighboring Forest Knolls, Lagunitas and San Geronimo Valley residents, Marin supervisors agreed to allow the construction of a 60-foot cellular telephone tower disguised as a tree on Mount Barnabe.
With the withdrawal of Romney, Washington pundits unanimously agree that John McCain will defeat Huckabee to become the Republican nominee. McCain is the neocons’ anointed choice for president of the United States, and has been so for many years. He was their candidate when he ran against George Bush in the primaries in 2000 and again when he announced his candidacy for 2008. When McCain’s campaign underachieved last summer and it appeared that Rudy Giuliani would be the Republican candidate, many leading neocons, including Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes, joined the New Yorker’s campaign. Now that Giuliani has withdrawn, they will presumably return home again, rejoining Robert Kagan and James Woolsey, both of whom have been with McCain since early 2007. That McCain is no traditional conservative if measured by his views on cultural and fiscal issues matters not at all...
John McCain’s Achilles’ heel should be Iraq. He is an unapologetic hawk at a time when only right-wing die-hards cling to that position. His hard-line insistence that U.S. troops must remain there until ‘victory,’ whatever that is, puts him at odds with a clear majority of the American people, who want the troops withdrawn soon. On the most critical issue facing the country, McCain’s position is indistinguishable from that of President Bush, whose 30 percent approval rating in a recent Associated Press-Ipso poll is at its lowest ever. With Rush Limbaugh and his ilk sulking, conservatives divided and demoralized, the war tab up to $2 trillion, and Democratic voters energized by their candidates and flocking to the polls in record numbers, McCain’s stance on Iraq should doom him in November. Yet the major polls — admittedly far from reliable this far in advance of the election — show a virtual dead heat in a hypothetical general election matchup, with McCain narrowly leading Hillary Clinton and narrowly trailing Barack Obama...
It looks like the term ‘thought police’ just might take on a whole new and real meaning. This depends on what happens in the U.S. Senate after receiving House bill H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This act (now S-1959 — Senate version) is now being considered by Senate committees and, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, will become law. Common sense would indicate that something this vague and dangerous would not make it out of committee, but considering that the House passed it on Oct. 23 with 404 ayes, six nays, and 22 present/not voting, I’m not holding my breath...
Rights advocates called on European Union officials to reconsider proposals to be released Wednesday that foresee fingerprinting and electronically recording all foreigners who visit the EU.Franco Frattini, the EU’s justice and interior affairs commissioner is scheduled to present plans for an overhaul of security at the union’s borders that would replicate many U.S. border checks.
Some civil rights groups called Tuesday for the European Union to scrap similar ideas, saying they would do little to fight crime or terrorism.”You dehumanize foreigners and you collect their personal and sensitive information with no clear personal gains whatsoever,” said Gus Hosein, from Privacy International. He likened the EU plans to building a “fortress Europe” to keep foreigners out.
Hosein said he expected complaints from many visitors if EU governments adopt a U.S.-style fingerprinting system. In the United States, the program has not affected U.S. citizens, who do not have to have their fingers scanned when leaving or entering the country...
If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday. Any executions would probably add to international outrage over Guantanamo, since capital punishment is banned in 130 countries, including the 27-nation European Union...
SENIOR council officials in Wirral will face tough questions next week after opposition parties forced a special meeting to examine how the authority blundered over planning permission for four phone masts.
It is almost a year since the planning permission for four T-Mobile masts were refused by the council’s planning committee, but “administrative errors” meant the company was not informed.
We have sent countless emails, faxes and made phone calls beyond measure, demanding that Congress actually stand up for itself and for us, and confront the runaway Constitutional train wreck that is the Cheney/Bush administration. But there comes a time in the course of human events when we ourselves have to stand up to those who we trusted to fight for us, but who have failed us, and challenge them for their own primary nominations in their own party.
Yet and still, first a brave candidate must step forward to make that challenge a reality, and in the 8th Congressional district of California, Shirley Golub has answered the call of destiny in her heart to make that happen. And Shirley has posted the most amazing video you ever saw to throw down that challenge, and you can see it at this page.
What Shirley is doing is leading a weekly demonstration in front of Nancy Pelosi's district office, every Thursday at noon, at 450 Golden Gate Ave, to literally put herself on the table and say, "I'm on the table, Nancy, and as long as I am, impeachment is too.". And so too with every other issue we expected action on at least a year ago, ending the indefensible occupation of Iraq, and every other issue on which Congress seems incapable of confronting the most unpopular administration in American history.
By inviting all her fellow constituents to join her in demonstration that grows week by week, Shirley Golub is looking to demonstrate that we the people have the numbers to replace ANY member of Congress who thinks they can long ignore the voices of their constituents. Please watch Shirley's kickoff mobilization video:
And then won't you consider making a contribution from the same page above to support this brave lady in her mission of destiny. But even if you can't make a contribution, please do all you can to spread the word about this video clip, both through the link above and on YouTube itself.
Shirley is also hoping to inspire others all around the country to mount their own primary challenges to other incumbents who don't get it. Because in most jurisdictions there is still time to do that for this election cycle.
And let there be more and more people at 450 Golden Gate Ave, at noon every week, and at like demonstrations all over the country, until Congress finally gets the message, that their own seats, which they thought were so safe, are now in real jeopardy because they would not do the people's business.
If you want to do more than just show up, if you want to make signs, help collect petition signatures, if you are a street artist, if you are progressive activist on any issue, let it all come together. Let a spontaneous people's movement self-assemble itself. And be part of it by bring there.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected the notion that US courts have any control over the actions of American troops at Guantanamo Bay, argued that torture of terror detainees is not banned under the US Constitution and insisted that the high court has no obligation to act as a moral beacon for other nations.
The United States hopes to put a third major antimissile component in Europe along with those under negotiation with Poland and the Czech Republic to counter Iran, the general building a multibillion-dollar shield said Tuesday.
Join Nato and we'll target missiles at Kiev, Putin warns Ukraine
The president said he would be forced to target Russian rockets at Ukraine in response to a possible deployment of a US missile shield in the eastern European country.
The mothers of two teenage soldiers killed in Iraq accused Tony Blair's government of going to war "on a lie" as they took their fight for a public inquiry into the conflict to the House of Lords.
Some allies have warned the Prime Minister that Labour will not win back disaffected supporters who deserted the party over the 2003 invasion unless he draws a line under the affair. They argue a public inquiry would enable him to bring "closure" to an episode which divided the nation.
"Terrorist assaults and skirmishes with Iran or some other rogue state are more likely on the curve of probability, and the military is geared to fight these kind of regional skirmishes ... But when they talk about the greatest threats that they might have to face, for which they have to allocate their largest sums and acquire their most potent weapons, it's the China-Russia alliance that they're preparing for and asking Congress to allocate the largest sums of money for."
Two of three judges ruled the men -- because they are not U.S. citizens and, technically, were not imprisoned in the U.S. -- were not legally "persons" and, therefore, had no rights to violate.
I just saw a video that showed how cell towers are being disguised - necessary viewing for anyone concerned about this issue the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQYan_-CTQ
According to Jack Chang of McClatchy Newspapers, "As deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rain forest declined over the past three years, the country's leaders crowed that they'd found the recipe for stopping the destruction of the world's most diverse ecosystem."
Only soy products that do not directly or indirectly destroy ancient rainforests, or intensify climate change and other problems inherent with large-scale industrial monocultures, will be tolerated in international markets
The greatest emerging threat to Amazon rainforests and communities is industrial soy plantations. Huge mechanized, soy monocultures destroy tropical ecosystems, accelerate climate change and cause human rights abuses primarily to produce agrofuel and livestock feed. The soya industry wipes out biodiversity, destroys soil fertility, pollutes freshwater and displaces communities. Soybean production expands the agricultural frontier not only through fire and deforestation to clear ancient rainforests, but more importantly by pushing cattle ranches and displacing forest peoples further into natural rainforest ecosystems.
With rising soy and other agricultural commodity prices, there has been a marked increase in fires and Amazonian deforestation to clear new agricultural lands from primary rainforests. In reaction Brazil has again announced increased agricultural deforestation enforcement. Amazon rainforest sustainability critically depends upon new soybean production being kept out of ancient primary rainforest ecosystems. Let's continue the commitment of Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network to strongly speak ecological truth to intransigent power.
Writing for The Nation, David Roberts says, "Though recession and war are probably higher on the public's immediate priority list, there is no challenge of greater historical consequence facing the next US president than the climate crisis. It is vitally important that the next chief executive enter the Oval Office committed to decisive and sustained action."
Martin Crutsinger of The Associated Press reports: "The federal budget deficit is running at a pace that is more than double last year's imbalance through the first four months of the budget year."
ABC News' Maddy Sauer writes: "A Houston, Texas woman, who says she was gang-raped by her co-workers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Baghdad, says 38 women have come forward through her foundation to report their own tragic stories to her, but that many cannot speak publicly due to arbitration agreements in their employment contracts."
The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of the latitude it wanted and granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies that helped in the snooping after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Protection for the telecom companies is the most prominent feature of the legislation, something President Bush had insisted on as essential to getting private sector cooperation in spying on foreign terrorists and other targets...
Warning: This Article Contains Very Disturbing Video!
They say that the difference between how democracy in Europe has evolved compared to that of the United States is that in Europe the government is afraid of the People whereas in the United States the People are afraid of the government. That's a dangerous state of affairs and it looks like it's going to get worse.
Trump and His Allies...
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/21/trump-and-his-allies-are-clear-and-present-danger-american-democracy?utm_source=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter_op
rudkla - 22. Jun, 05:09
The Republican Party...
https://truthout.org/articles/the-republican-party-is-still-doing-donald-trumps-bidding/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=804d4873-50dd-4c1b-82a5-f465ac3742ce
rudkla - 26. Apr, 05:36
January 6 Committee Says...
https://truthout.org/articles/jan-6-committee-says-trump-engaged-in-criminal-conspiracy-to-undo-election/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=552e5725-9297-4a7c-a214-53c8c51615a3
