World-News

Howard Zinn writes for The Progressive: "There's a man in Florida who has been writing to me for years (ten pages, handwritten) though I've never met him. He tells me the kinds of jobs he has held - security guard, repairman, etc. He has worked all kinds of shifts, night and day, to barely keep his family going. His letters to me have always been angry, railing against our capitalist system for its failure to assure 'life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness' for working people."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022108B.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7190/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7210/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7193/

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CIA Corrects Itself; UK Territory Was Used in Rendition

Stephen Grey and Maddy Sauer, ABC News: "In a serious embarrassment to the CIA's official record on rendition flights, the agency acknowledged today that a UK territory was twice used as a stopover point for planes transporting terror detainees, in contradiction to previous statements that the UK was not involved."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022108T.shtml



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Der Abschuss des Spionagesatelliten muss auch auf dem Hintergrund der strikten Weigerung der US-Regierung gesehen werden, ein UN-Abkommen zur Begrenzung der Rüstung im Weltraum auf den Weg zu bringen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27339/1.html



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Der Kreml behindert, so ein Bericht der Menschenrechtsorganisation HRW, die unabhängige Arbeit von Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) in Russland.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27330/1.html

Anlässlich der Zwischenbilanz des so genannten "Nanodialogs" - eines von der Bundesregierung eingesetzten Gremiums zur Bewertung von Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie - haben der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) und der Bundesverband Bürgerinitiativen Umweltschutz (BBU) die Einführung gesetzlicher Regeln für den Umgang mit Nanomaterialien gefordert. Der Dialog darf nach Auffassung von Wilfried Kühling, Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des BUND, "nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass es beim Umgang mit der Nanotechnologie dringenden Handlungsbedarf gibt. Es ist nicht in Ordnung, wenn trotz wissenschaftlicher Hinweise auf Gesundheitsgefahren unzureichend getestete Nanomaterialien in Kosmetika, Lebensmitteln oder Textilien verwendet werden", meinen die Umweltschützer.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17340



http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Nanotechnologie/

http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/cms/File/activists_guide_to_challenging_municipal_spending_on_bottled_water_2008.pdf



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http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/Act_Now_To_Protect_Gray_Wolves_012008

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Gray Wolves to Lose Endangered Status; Critics Call Decision Short-Sighted
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/22/7228/

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Federal Delisting of Northern Rockies Wolves Headed for Court

Environment News Service: "Environmental groups from across the United States are planning legal action in an attempt to reverse today's decision by the federal government to remove gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the Endangered Species List."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022208EC.shtml



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Vermont to vote on arresting Bush and Cheney

Sept15 White House VTI"Bush and Cheney: arrested for gross violations of international and U.S. law!" A new proposal in the township of Brattleboro, Vermont -- authorizing local law enforcement to arrest Bush and Cheney -- would make this headline a reality, should either of them step inside the town's jurisdiction. The Brattleboro proposal is to be voted on in the coming weeks at a town hall meeting. The proposal is up for discussion thanks to the hard work of community activists, who petitioned citywide to have the motion put to a vote. Fearful of the indictment, Bush and Cheney are mounting a counteroffensive. But in town after town in Vermont, the people have voted to support impeachment recognizing that Bush and Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

The Brattleboro indictment of Bush and Cheney is reflective of the tide of opposition to the current administration. The people of this country are refusing to let Bush leave office without facing charges for his criminal deeds. Just yesterday, the New Hampshire State House held an impeachment hearing, which was flooded by activists and community members insisting that the state legislature take action. Hollywood actor Ed Asner wrote a letter for the hearing expressing his support for the resolution, which indicts Bush for "invading Iraq without just cause or provocation."

We are keeping the pressure on and "impeachment" has become a household word. We are mobilizing the impeachment movement for the anti-war actions on the 5th anniversary of the war. We are lobbying Congress. We are taking out impeachment advertisements. We are telling the courageous people of Brattleboro that they speak for millions more. We are telling the New Hampshire activists who filled the State House yesterday that people from the other 49 states stand with them.

http://www.impeachbush.org/



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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/279.html



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Christopher Lee reports for The Washington Post, "The Army has shut down public access to the largest online collection of its doctrinal publications, a move criticized by open-government advocates as unnecessary secrecy by a runaway bureaucracy."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022108N.shtml



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Where Did the Water Come in?

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, of The Nation, writes: "Reverend Jesse Jackson was in New Delhi to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi but the subprime crisis back home was also on his mind. He phoned and said, 'If you look at the analysis on TV, everybody is discussing macroeconomics. CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, none of them go deep in their analysis as to what really happened. The lack of enforcement of civil rights laws, of fair lending laws, drives this economic tsunami. This is not an economic miscalculation - this is the price we pay for not enforcing the law.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022108M.shtml



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Liberty For All
by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

02/20/08

Most of us think of a people governing themselves as just so much rhetoric. Not true. The last year of the Ron Paul Revolution has proven that using the social networking tools provided by the Internet we can indeed come together to take action that is unprecedented in scope and power. These have been early steps but, in fact, whether or not Ron Paul is inaugurated as President next January, a mass movement of people have created the tools that provide the means to displace the present morass of government. We will change the world...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1180



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Writing for Women's eNews, Elizabeth L. Keathley says, "When Hillary conforms to the norms of feminine vocal comportment, she is too careful. When she raises her voice in passion, she is shrill. Lectern-thumping, emotionally charged rhetoric by a female candidate would be dismissed as hysterical. How, then, is a female presidential candidate to speak?"

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022008WA.shtml



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Margot Roosevelt of The Los Angeles Times reports: "Low-income community groups in five California cities launched a statewide campaign Tuesday to 'fight at every turn' any global-warming regulation that allows industries to trade carbon emissions, saying it would amount to 'gambling on public health.'"

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022008EA.shtml



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"Bill Moyers Journal and the PBS series 'Expose: America's Investigative Reports' offer a hard and fresh look at how earmarks really work. The broadcast profiles Seattle Times reporters on the trail of how members of Congress have awarded federal dollars for questionable purposes to companies in local Congressional districts - often to companies whose executives, employees or PACs have made campaign contributions to the legislators. The segment also focuses on how earmarks for some products were added to the defense appropriations bill even in cases in which the military didn't want them in the first place."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022008U.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02222008/watch.html



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Christopher Kuttruff, Truthout contributor, writes: "The United States is, once again, expanding the size of its largest detention center in Iraq. According to an October 31 report by the military paper Stars and Stripes, US forces will be increasing the capacity of detainees at Camp Bucca from 20,000 to 30,000."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022008S.shtml



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NEW!

Unfortunately, New Jersey has adopted incorrect, inefficient vote
count audit methods being recommended by Verified Voting, The Brennan Center, and The American Statistical Association.

Read this short report, describing crucial problems with the vote
count audit methods which were adopted in New Jersey and are currently
being recommended by Verified Voting's Election Audit team led by John
McCarthy. Unfortunately these same incorrect methods are currently
being considered for adoption in Florida, Colorado, and other states.

Critique of the Verified Voting McCarthy/NJ Election Audits.
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/Critique-McCarthy-NJ-Audits.pdf

About The National Election Archive:
The National Election Data Archive has been organized for educational
and scientific purposes of promoting fair and accurate elections by
promoting public access to election records and data; and developing
technology and mathematical methods to detect any voter
disenfranchisement or vote count inaccuracy. Such methods include
independent manual vote count audits, exit poll discrepancy analysis,
and the public release and scientific analysis of election data along
with public release of election records necessary to verify the
integrity of elections. NEDA is a completely non-profit organization
that relies heavily on the donation of time by its volunteers, many of
whom are mathematicians who donate their time and expertise because of
their dedication to vote integrity and public service. The project
happily expects donations from the public and we truly appreciate the
generosity from citizens who are concerned about fair and free
elections in America. All donations are tax deductible. To make a
donation or become involved in the project, please visit
http://electionarchive.org

-- Kathy Dopp
The material expressed herein is the informed product of the author Kathy Dopp's fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician, Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at P.O. Box 680192 Park City, UT 84068 phone 435-658-4657
http://utahcountvotes.org
http://electionmathematics.org
http://electionarchive.org

History of Confidence Election Auditing Development & Overview of Election Auditing Fundamentals http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/History-of-Election-Auditing-Development.pdf

Vote Yes on HR5036 http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/US/legislation/SummaryFlyer5036.pdf

Voters Have Reason to Worry http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf


"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816



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Köln

Rechtsfrieden gestört. Clownsarmee-Prozess platzt wegen zuviel öffentlichem Interesse.

Artikel von Hans-Detlev v. Kirchbach in NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung, Online-Flyer vom 21. Februar 2008 http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=12098


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Februar 2008



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Zum Gähnen gierig

„Deutsche Manager und Prominente haben ihre Steuern nicht ordnungsgemäß gezahlt. Nun ist die Empörung über die »neuen Asozialen« groß. Doch Sozialneid war noch nie eine besonders verlässliche Grundlage für Proteste. ›Am Ende profitiert nur der »mit aller Härte« vorgehende Staat…“ Kommentar von Jörg Sundermeier in der Jungle World vom 21. Februar 2008 http://jungle-world.com/seiten/2008/08/11492.php


Geldverbrennung. Rettungspakete für marode Banken und Jagd auf Steuersünder

„Mit der drohenden Insolvenz der Düsseldorfer IKB-Mittelstandsbank hat die schwelende Finanzkrise eine neue Dimension erreicht. Gleichzeitig bläst die Steuerfahndung mit Hilfe des Geheimdienstes zum Großangriff auf dubiose Geldanlagen in Liechtenstein, die sich dem Fiskus entziehen. Gibt es da einen Zusammenhang? ..“ Artikel von Robert Kurz in Freitag vom 22.2.08 http://www.freitag.de/2008/08/08080101.php


Der Steuersünder als Sozialrebell. Einer von uns: Wie Klaus Zumwinkel den Wohlfahrtsstaat rettete

Artikel von Rüdiger Suchsland in telepolis vom 19.02.2008 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27321/1.html

Aus dem Text: „…Was leider in dieser derzeitigen, moralisch bezeichnend überhitzten Debatte, auch völlig übersehen wird: Klaus Zumwinkel ist einer der wenigen echten Revolutionäre. Ein Mann der Tat, der letzte Bolschewist. In nur 24 Stunden hat er aufgeräumt, mit dem ganzen Elitengerede, das gerade unter den neubürgerlichen Enddreißigern Einzug hält. Er hat nachgewiesen, dass "Führungskräfte" keine Vorbilder sind, dass "Leistungsträger" nichts für die Allgemeinheit leisten. Schluss mit dem ganzen Schmu. Keiner, kein Bsirske, kein Lafontaine, schon gar kein Kurz Beck hätte das leisten können. Danke Zumwinkel.“


Antikapitalismus der dummen Kerls

Die Jagd nach Steuerflüchtigen soll die Volksgemeinschaft der „ehrlichen Arbeiter“ mit den „ehrlichen Unternehmern“ festigen. Artikel von Peter Nowak in der trend onlinezeitung 2/08 http://www.trend.infopartisan.net/trd0208/t400208.html

Aus dem Text: „… Dass Nichtregierungsorganisationen und sogenannte Linke (Parteien) und manche linken Organisationen jetzt nicht besseres zu tun haben, als härteres Durchgreifen gegen Steuerflüchtlinge zu fordern, zeigt nur, dass dort Ressentiments gegen die da oben mit einer Kapitalismuskritik verwechselt wird. Wer über die emanzipatorische Abschaffung des Kapitalismus, den Kommunismus nicht reden will, festigt die Volksgemeinschaft gegen „Faule“ und „Bonzen“, Das Resultat ist die bessere Ausbeutung der „ehrlichen Arbeiter“ durch die „ehrlichen Unternehmer“ unter Oberaufsicht eines Berlusconi oder wie die Charaktermasken in anderen Ländern auch heißen.“


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Februar 2008

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0,02 Prozent. Steuerflucht, Gerechtigkeit und kapitalistische Normalität

„Ein Bankangestellter in Liechtenstein klaut geheime Daten von Bankkunden. Der deutsche Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) kauft diese Informationen für vier Millionen Euro und leitet sie an die Steuerfahndung weiter, die mit den Daten steuerflüchtige BesserverdienerInnen fängt. Die Öffentlichkeit ist empört über die moralische Verkommenheit der Steuerflüchtlinge, das Kapitel "Managergehälter" in der permanenten Gerechtigkeitsdebatte wird verlängert. Von der Politik angeleitet, geht die Debatte zielsicher an den eigentlichen Skandalen vorbei und gerät zu einer einzigen Feier der herrschenden Verhältnisse…“ Artikel von Stefan Kaufmann, erschienen in ak - zeitung für linke debatte und praxis - vom 21.3.2008. Wir danken der Redaktion! http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/finanz/kaufmann.html


Aus: LabourNet, 8. April 2008



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Zeitarbeit: In der Branche geben sich "christliche" Mindestlohn-Gegner als Hüter des Grundgesetzes. Artikel von Berthold Paetz in Freitag vom
22.02.2008 http://www.freitag.de/2008/08/08080402.php


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Februar 2008



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Entwurf für das kooperative Jobcenter

„Der Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS), Detlef Scheele, und der Vorstandsvorsitzende der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Frank-Jürgen Weise, haben einen ersten Vorschlag zu Eckpunkten für die Reform der Betreuung von Arbeitslosengeld II-Empfängern vorgelegt. Das Papier sieht die Schaffung kooperativer Jobcenter vor, in denen Arbeitsagentur und Kommunen auf freiwilliger Basis zusammenarbeiten. Für die Bezieher der Leistungen soll sich vor Ort nichts ändern, sie sollen weiter unter einem Dach betreut werden.“ Siehe den Entwurf für das kooperative Jobcenter bei der Arbeitsagentur http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/nn_27908/zentraler-Content/A01-Allgemein-Info/A015-Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/Allgemein/Aktuelles-kooperatives-Jobcenter-Eckpunkte.html


Kooperatives Jobcenter nutzen – Zweiklassensystem überwinden

„Der DGB betrachtet das Eckpunktepapier von Bundesarbeitsminister Olaf Scholz zu kooperativen Jobcentern als "brauchbaren Ansatz". Bundesvorstandsmitglied Annelie Buntenbach erklärte, entscheidend sei dabei, dass Betreuung und Unterstützung für arbeitslose und arbeitende Hartz-IV-Empfänger verbessert werden…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 14.02.2008 http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=3143

Siehe dazu:

Kritik an Äußerungen des DGB – Erwerbsloseninitiativen fordern Ende der Kungelei zwischen Sozialpartnern, Wohlfahrtsverbänden und Kommunen

„In einem „Offenen Brief“ an das Mitglied des DGB-Bundesvorstandes Annelie Buntenbach äußert die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Erwerbslosen- und Sozialhilfeinitiativen e.V. (BAG-SHI) „große Enttäuschung“ über die Äußerungen des DGB zur Umgestaltung der Jobcenter. In einer Pressemitteilung vom 14.02.2008 hatte Buntenbach die Pläne des Bundesarbeitsministeriums zur Gestaltung ‚Kooperativer Jobcenter’ begrüßt…“ BAG-SHI-Pressemitteilung vom 19.2.2008 http://www.bag-shi.de/archiv/pm-080208-dgb

der Offene Brief http://www.bag-shi.de/sozialpolitik/arbeitslosengeld2/BAG-SHI_Brief_DGB_18-02-2008


»Warum sind die Betroffenen nicht gefragt worden?«. ARGEn heißen jetzt »kooperative Jobcenter«. Erwerbslose kritisieren Haltung des DGB.

Interview von Ralf Wurzbacher mit Andreas Geiger, Vorsitzender der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Erwerbslosen- und Sozialhilfeinitiativen
(BAG-SHI), in junge Welt vom 21.02.2008 http://www.jungewelt.de/2008/02-21/022.php


ver.di unterstützt Modell der "Kooperativen Jobcenter"

„Die Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) unterstützt das vom Bundesarbeitsministerium und der Bundesagentur für Arbeit entwickelte Modell für die Betreuung von Erwerbslosen in sogenannten Kooperativen Jobcentern. „In den Jobcentern werden die Arbeitssuchenden aus einer Hand betreut“, sagte ver.di-Bundesvorstandsmitglied Elke Hannack. Die Arbeitsagenturen seien weiterhin für die Arbeitsvermittlung und die Auszahlung des Arbeitslosengeldes zuständig. Damit würde die vom Bundesverfassungsgericht geforderte eigenverantwortliche Aufgabenwahrnehmung der zuständigen Verwaltungsträger sichergestellt…“ Pressemitteilung von ver.di vom 13.02.2008 http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=b9e0dc36-da3f-11dc-769f-0019b9e321cd


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Februar 2008

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools created an uproar among its 18,000-plus employees Tuesday by abruptly requiring them to sign forms authorizing credit checks and research into their "character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living."

http://www.charlotte.com/109/story/501238.html


From Information Clearing House

Wall Street banks are bracing for another wave of multibillion-dollar losses as the crisis that began with subprime mortgages spreads through the credit markets.

http://tinyurl.com/ysez8m


From Information Clearing House



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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to stall negotiations on an international agreement to ban cluster bombs - without even attending talks on the treaty.

http://tinyurl.com/yrhkdd


From Information Clearing House



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The IAEA Chief's report on Iran's nuclear program would be positive and it would rule out the possibility that Iran may running a clandestine nuclear arms program, informed sources familiar with the UN nuclear watchdog's issues said on Wednesday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=43957&sectionid=351020104


From Information Clearing House



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U.S. Army Central is establishing a permanent platform for "full spectrum operations" in 27 countries around southwest Asia and the Middle East, its commander says.

http://snipurl.com/201g3


From Information Clearing House

He said the troops have been on standby to offer backup to Iraqi forces in the south for the past two years but were no longer needed, Houston said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/20/content_7637094.htm



Australia: Iraq war bill to top $2bn

THE bill for Australia's involvement in the war in Iraq is set to top $2bn by 2010, Australian Defence Force chief Angus Houston says.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23247710-5007133,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19390.htm



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"We had a democracy here, until America came over and crushed it"



http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19393.htm

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The Folly of Attacking Iran
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iran/


Informant: Kev Hall



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

By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

A new report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is about to be released and US "pre-emptive" diplomacy, aimed at preventing an IAEA "clean bill of health" that could derail Washington's effort for a new round of UN sanctions on Iran, is at full throttle - with the timely help of disinformation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19391.htm



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Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. Thompson, David D. Kirkpatrick and Stephen Labaton, reporting for the New York Times, write: "A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself - instructing staff members to block the woman's access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022008Z.shtml



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http://www.infowars.com/?p=362


Informant: shane_digital



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Politiker fordern Hartz IV Erhöhung

Zahlreiche Politiker aus unterschiedlichen Parteien haben sich für eine Hartz IV Regelsatz- Erhöhung ausgesprochen. Angesichts der enormen Preissteigerungen im Bereich der Grundnahrungsmittel haben sich Politiker aus unterschiedlichen Parteien für eine Erhöhung des Arbeitslosengeld II (ALG II) Regelsatzes ausgesprochen.

Lesen Sie weiter: http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/0344e19a4709d8001.php

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Regelsatzerhöhung JETZT. Gegen Altersarmut - gegen Kinderarmut - für Menschenwürde

Auf dem bundesweiten Treffen am 2. Februar 2008 in Göttingen hat das Netzwerk des Aktionsbündnis Sozialproteste beschlossen, alle Kräfte darauf zu verwenden, damit im Jahr 2008 gemeinsam mit vielen gesellschaftlichen Kräften eine möglichst hohe Regelsatzerhöhung erkämpft wird. Für weitere Informationen siehe die Sonderseite des Aktionsbündnisses http://www.die-soziale-bewegung.de/2008/regelsatzerhoehung_jetzt/index.html


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Februar 2008



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Informant: Lew Rockwell



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MARTIN WOLF

The Financial Times — How bad might our economic downturn get? In 12 steps, here's how the debt bubble could burst, with awful results.

http://ga3.org/ct/C720pgF1w4xl/


From TomPaine.common sense



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Reported by: Kristina De Leon
Email: KristinaDeLeon@woai.com
Last Update: 7:35 am

When you drive through a school zone, you may soon have to turn off your cell phone.

A proposed cell phone ban goes before San Antonio's City Council Wednesday. Council Member Justin Rodriguez proposed the ban, which would require drivers to hang up their phones when they see a school zone sign.

The goal is to prevent accidents and make the roads safer before and after school.

Rodriguez says the ban is necessary for the safety of children.

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Informant: Mark G.

Nach der einseitigen Unabhängigkeitserklärung der serbischen Provinz Kosovo erkennt Deutschland das Land völkerrechtlich an. Das Bundeskabinett beschloss zugleich die Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen, wie am 20. Februar aus Regierungskreisen in Berlin verlautete. Die USA, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Australien und Afghanistan haben diesen Schritt bereits vollzogen, weitere Staaten wie Österreich wollen folgen. Andere Länder wie Spanien und Griechenland lehnen die Unabhängigkeit des Kosovos zum Teil unter Verweis auf das Völkerrecht ab. Serbien war zuletzt im UN-Sicherheitsrat mit seinem Versuch gescheitert, die Abspaltung seiner bisherigen Provinz für ungültig erklären zu lassen.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17332

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0220-04.htm

Behind the Satellite Shoot-Down
http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0221-16.htm

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China Accuses US of Double Standards Over Satellite Strike

James Randerson and Mark Tran reports for The Guardian UK, "China today accused the US of double standards after the US navy fired a missile to destroy a failed satellite 150 miles above the Pacific. Beijing, which was criticised by the US and others when it shot down one of its own satellites last year, turned the tables on the Bush administration after this morning's space shot."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022108O.shtml

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U.S. missile shoots down satellite, but why?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0222/p02s01-usmi.html


Informant: Kev Hall

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China 'on alert' over US space hit

A foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday: "China is continuing to closely follow the possible harm caused by the US action to outer space security."

http://tinyurl.com/ysfk3o



Experts fear debris isn't the only fallout from satellite shoot-down

"I don't see how other nations don't see this as an anti-satellite test," said Theresa Hitchens, the director of the Washington D.C.-based Center for Defense Information, a centrist national security policy institute. "They'll see it as the weaponization of space."

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/28364.html


From Information Clearing House

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'Show of missile prowess by the U.S. directed towards China
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7194/35/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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Stop the “weaponization” of space

Independent Institute
by Mike Moore

03/19/08

Space dominance has not been adopted as U.S. policy. But we are quietly edging toward it. And make no mistake: Such a policy would be regarded by other nations as an unacceptable violation of global norms and a threat to their sovereignty. ‘He who controls space controls the Earth’ is an assertion that began popping up after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I in 1957. The assertion is widely believed. What would America do if we thought another country were about to place weapons in space?

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2152


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/20/7187/

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Rigged Trials at Gitmo

By Ross Tuttle

Secret evidence. Denial of habeas corpus. Evidence obtained by waterboarding. Indefinite detention. The litany of complaints about the legal treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay is long, disturbing and by now familiar. Nonetheless, a new wave of shock and criticism greeted the Pentagon's announcement on February 11 that it was charging six Guantánamo detainees, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, with war crimes--and seeking the death penalty for all of them.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19392.htm

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Rigged Gitmo Trials Prove 9/11 Official Story Wrong
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/022208_rigged_trials.htm



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Kurz vor der Wahl wollen in Hamburg Vattenfall und CDU-Bürgermeister Ole von Beust vollendete Tatsachen schaffen. Greenpeace protestiert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/103790



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Das US-Landwirtschaftsministerium hat schon einige Feldversuche mit genveränderten Pflanzen, die medizinische Wirkstoffe enthalten, zugelassen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27325/1.html



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Während der US-Senat mit knapper Mehrheit ein Verbot der Folter für die CIA beschloss, unterlaufen das Weiße Haus und das Justizministerium erneut derartige Anstrengungen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27317/1.html



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TechRadar.com - London, UK

The balloons - housed with a mini mobile phone mast each - soar 20 miles into the air, providing Wi-Fi and telecoms services to truckers and oil companies...

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http://www.techradar.com/news/networking/wi-fi/mobile-phones-to-hit-outer-space-241420



Weather balloons can lift rural broadband service to a new level

Balloon flight a day could help rural communities go digital

Times Online - UK Space Data, an American company, has enjoyed early success with a revolutionary service in which it attaches mini phone masts to balloons to provide remote ...

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3406390.ece

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Kommunikation: Arizona: Wo das Internet vom Himmel fällt

Die Presse - Wien, Austria

An ihnen hängt ein Schuhkarton voll Elektronik, der wie ein
"Mini-Handymast" funktioniert. Besser noch: Nach Angaben des
Unternehmens kann ein einzelner ...

Weiter unter...
http://diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/economist/364373/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/wirtschaft/economist/index.do



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Informant: Kev Hall



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The Price of Liberty
by Doug Newman

02/18/08

Terrorists pose zero threat to our freedom. Terrorism is not a philosophy of government, but a means of venting political grievances. Terrorists control no governments nor command any armies. The 19 9/11 hijackers are — how shall I describe this? — DEAD! You can’t take over a country and force its people to speak Arabic and to pray toward Mecca five times a day WHEN YOU ARE DEAD! However, our government has been hard at work, with our blessing, turning the land of the free into a full-blown police state. While our troops fight and die ‘for our freedom’ in Iraq and Afghanistan, we gladly give up our freedom here at home. Millions of us praise grossly intrusive airport security, warrantless searches and wiretaps, no-knock raids, tasering, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, guilt without trial, torture and martial law as necessary for our ‘protection.’ Protection from what?

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/08/02/18/newman.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/19/7142/



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From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

Environmental News Service says that "Once-plentiful sharks are vanishing from the world's oceans, and some species are even at risk of extinction, a shark expert told fellow scientists at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021908EB.shtml



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According to Mike De Souza of Canwest News Service, "Federal and provincial health officials in Alberta are trying to cover up 'the most destructive project on Earth,' aboriginal leaders said yesterday during the release of a report on the oilsands sector."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021908EA.shtml



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Truthout contributor David Bacon says, "The recent publication of 'No Easy Victories!,' a book about the history of the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, has provoked a larger discussion of that movement's long and radical history. In the San Francisco Bay Area, activity in solidarity with the liberation struggle in southern Africa goes back to the 1930s, with especially deep roots in the African-American community."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021908R.shtml



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From APFN daily update



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911 Links & Videos
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Boulder, CO, joins other free cities.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/19/impeachment-critical-to-set-standards-in-future/


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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