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'Israel war on Iran on the radar'

A senior European Union diplomat says the perfect time for Israel to strike Iranian nuclear installations 'is between now and January 20'.

http://www.haber27.com/news_detail.php?id=15647



Israel must stop issuing military threats against Iran

German MP: "It is Israel that is threatening Iran and not the other way around," Norman Paech wrote in an op-ed piece for the Berlin-based daily Der Tagesspiegel.

http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=611592



Olmert warns of 'end of Israel'

"If the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights, then the State of Israel is finished" Ehud Olmert.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7118937.stm


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All British troops will be out of Iraq by the end of next year, Iraq's national security advisor said Friday, days before Baghdad was expected to vote on a controversial U.S. military pact.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/14/60119.html


From Information Clearing House

By Sharif Nashashibi

Unwary journalists who repeat US army claims about Syria and Iraq become tools in a propaganda war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21229.htm



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By Mary Dejevsky

The US and UK left the impression that Russia was the guilty party.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21222.htm



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Time to Move On to the Recriminations

By DOUGLAS VALENTINE

Amid the euphoria and angst of the Obama apotheosis, the unreality of a mismanaged, two trillion dollar, taxpayer funded bailout of freewheeling capitalists, and the wars of limbo in Iraq and Afghanistan, one little thing is being overlooked.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21225.htm



Wall Street's Bailout is a Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene

Why Aren't the Dems Doing Something About It?

By Naomi Klein

The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington's handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21226.htm



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Posted by smeddum on August 2, 2008

Health fears over phone masts at pool

The biggest phone mast in Ireland? Herald ie

By Kevin Doyle

Thursday July 31 2008

IS this swimming pool “Ireland’s biggest phone mast”?

Around 50 mobile phone and telecommunication devices on top of a Dublin swimming pool are a “serious health risk” and “an eyesore”, it was claimed today.

The sheer quantity of masts at the Coolock pool is “shocking and scary”, according to Fine Gael TD Terence Flanagan.

“The pool at the Northside Shopping Centre must be the largest phone mast in the country,” he said.

According to Deputy Flanagan there is widespread concern in the area about “the massive cluster of mobile phone masts”.

The pool is used on a daily basis by children and during the school terms a number of local primary schools use it for swimming lessons.

Although there were initially just a few small pieces of equipment on the roof, it has been consistently added to in recent years.

Dublin City Council were unable to confirm exactly how many masts are on the building but locals estimate that there could be as many as 50.

“I was shocked to discover through further investigation that there is an alarming proliferation of mobile phone masts and telecommunication equipment,” said Deputy Flanagan, adding: “There are serious health risks associated with mobile phone masts.”

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http://inthesenewtimes.com/2008/08/02/is-this-swimming-pool-irelands-biggest-cell-phone-mast/


Informant: Dorothee Krien

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/11/14-9

Obama Has to Pay for Eight Years of Bush's Delusions
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/11/14-2



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Paul Krugman, The New York Times: "The economic news, in case you haven't noticed, keeps getting worse. Bad as it is, however, I don't expect another Great Depression. In fact, we probably won't see the unemployment rate match its post-Depression peak of 10.7 percent, reached in 1982 (although I wish I was sure about that)."

http://www.truthout.org/111408D



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Reporter: Jan Harwood

Date online: 14/11/2008

Residents in North Middleton can have their say on plans to build a phone mast on land off Hanson Close until 24 November.

Plans for the 17.5 metre high mast were submitted by mobile phone company O2 last month and the publicity period for the proposal ends next week.

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http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/community-news/16485/residents-to-have-their-say-on-phone-mast

Charley James, The LA Progressive: "Lost in the wake of Henry Paulson's announcement Wednesday that Treasury is 'changing direction' in how it doles out money in the bank rescue plan is a little-noticed lawsuit filed last Friday by Bloomberg LP, the business news wire service. It is suing the Federal Reserve Board's governors for public records that would answer two simple questions: Who is receiving $2 trillion in Fed loans and what collateral are taxpayers getting to support them? That's trillion, with a 't.' And, yes, as hard as it is to believe, taxpayers don't know the identity of the borrowers to whom they are lending. They also don't know what kind of junk - Stocks? Bonds? Three milk cows and a '69 Camaro? - they are getting to collateralize the federal loans."

http://www.truthout.org/111408N



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Pamela Hess, The Associated Press: "Senate Democrats on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees last week told the White House to preserve all records produced by the Bush administration and expressed 'particular concerns' whether Vice President Dick Cheney's office will comply with the law. 'We believe it is vital the presidential and vice presidential documents belonging to the American people be preserved, including those related to key national security decisions in which the (office of the vice president) played an important role,' the senators wrote in the Nov. 7 letter to White House lawyer Fred Fielding. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press."

http://www.truthout.org/111408K



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From Mast Sanity/Mast Network



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Friday, November 14, 2008, 09:14

MOBILE phone giant Vodafone is bidding to install seven new mobile phone masts around Torbay.

The applications, which will be considered by Torbay Council planners on Monday, are to plug gaps in 3G coverage.

The locations are Herbert Road, Hawkins Avenue, St Vincent's Road, Perinville Road, Grafton Road and Warberry Road in Torquay and, in Paignton, at Lammas Lane.

The plan to install a 10-metre-high mock telegraph pole on an area of land sandwiched between Herbert Road, Vicarage Hill and St Matthews Road is the most controversial, sparking 116 objections.

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http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Bid-seven-mobile-masts-plug-gaps/article-474645-detail/article.html

A long train of abuses

The American Conservative
by Alexander Cockburn

If there’s one thing defenders of civil liberties know, it’s that assaults on constitutional freedoms are bipartisan. Just as constitutional darkness didn’t first fall with the arrival in the Oval Office of George W. Bush, the shroud will not lift with his departure and the entry of President Barack Obama. As atrocious as the Bush record on civil liberties has been, there’s no more eager and self-righteous hand reaching out to the Bill of Rights to drop it into the shredder than that of a liberal intent on legislating freedom... (for publication 11/17/08)

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/nov/17/00010/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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QandO
by McQ

11/13/08

A bailout won’t fix GM. It will only prop it up. And given it’s situation, that won’t last long either. So it most likely would mean a further ‘investment’ would be necessary later — the AIG model if you will. Bankruptcy is not only the smarter choice, it avoids the moral hazard inherent in government bailouts as well as avoiding throwing good money after bad...

http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=9704


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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7:40am Friday 14th November 2008

PLANS to place a phone mast measuring more than 12 metres close to a children’s play area have been thrown out by councillors.

Mobile phone giant O2 applied for the 12.5 metre radio base to be placed on Warrington Road, Penketh.

The matter was brought before the borough council’s development control committee last Wednesday after Penketh Parish Council objected to the plans.

Clr Fiona Bruce, of Penketh and Cuerdley, said there seemed to be a precedent for masts to be placed on the area as four were already sited close to Warrington Road.

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http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/3841358.Planners_reject_phone_mast_plan_near_play_area/

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In Afghanistan werden neue Stützpunkte mit Start- und Landebahnen für Drohnen an der Grenze zu Pakistan eingerichtet, um die Flugzeiten zu verringern und vermutlich mehr Einsätze auch in Pakistan zu ermöglichen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29123/1.html



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Oppositionsparteien halten Protest gegen das BKA-Gesetz aufrecht. Ein Gespräch mit der FDP-Abgeordneten Gisela Piltz.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29132/1.html

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Bayern und Nordrhein-Westfalen sagen wohl Nein zu BKA-Gesetz

Die Landesregierungen von Bayern und Nordrhein-Westfalen werden dem BKA-Gesetz im Bundesrat vermutlich die Zustimmung zu verweigern. Das Gesetz sieht unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen heimliche Online-Durchsuchungen vor. "In der jetzigen Form stimmen wir nicht zu", sagte ein Regierungssprecher am Donnerstag (13. November) in Düsseldorf. Es stünden aber noch Gespräche zwischen Bund und Ländern an. Die Länderkammer wird sich voraussichtlich Ende November mit der Vorlage befassen.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=18912



Krach in bayerischer Koalition wegen heimlichen Online-Durchsuchungen

Auch die FDP will sich vor dem Wahljahr 2009 als eigenständige Kraft "profilieren". So sorgen in der schwarz-gelben Koalition Bayerns die geplanten zusätzlichen Befugnisse des Bundeskriminalamtes (BKA) im Anti-Terror-Kampf verstärkt für Spannungen. CSU-Generalsekretär Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg kritisierte am Freitag (14. November) den Unwillen der Liberalen gegen das BKA-Gesetz, das die Einführung von heimlichen Online-Durchsuchungen vorsieht. "Wir haben einen Koalitionspartner, der sich offenbar bockig zeigt, aber den Maßstäben der Vernunft doch noch Folge leisten sollte", so zu Guttenberg. Bayerns FDP-Fraktionschef Thomas Hacker entgegnete, seine Partei habe "gute rechtsstaatliche Gründe, die Schaffung einer Art deutschen FBI abzulehnen". Die CSU hält die FDP-Position für verlogen.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=18929



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Military Families Speak Out (MFSO)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/11/13-0



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By Amy Dove - Goldstream News Gazette

Published: November 13, 2008 1:00 PM

Residents fighting to remove transmission towers from their neighbourhoods may have found a crack in the industry’s policy quagmire.

“I am so optimistic that we have found the Achilles heel here,” said Triangle Mountain resident Sharon Noble. “Everyone believes all the power lies with the federal government, but it’s not true.”

Colwood is forming a task force to review the current bylaws and determine if there is a need for further protections. Within that discussion, staff will look into a health bylaw dictating the level of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) people could be exposed to. Health Canada’s Safety Code Six is the national standard, however, it allows radiation levels exceeding many other countries, Noble said. While cell and wireless technology is still relatively new, research is making links between exposure and certain cancers, sleep disorders and other ailments.

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More than a quarter million U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in October even as state laws designed to protect property owners from losing their homes slowed the pace of defaults, RealtyTrac Inc. said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3SL4NiQK9bk&refer=us



85,000 homes lost to foreclosure in October

As government and industry scrambled to stem the housing crisis, another 84,868 homes were lost to foreclosure in October, according to a report released Thursday.

http://tinyurl.com/5zg3ct



Soros says deep recession inevitable, depression possible

Said hedge funds will be "decimated" by the current financial crisis and forced to shrink their portfolios by 50-75 percent.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AC5IN20081113


From Information Clearing House



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Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said Thursday after a Cabinet meeting that "the presence of the Bulgarian military contingent on a humanitarian mission in Iraq ends on Dec. 31."

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From Information Clearing House

By Jürgen Todenhöfer

The West is much more violent than the Muslim world. Millions of Arab civilians have been killed since colonialism began.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21217.htm



The Making of an Insurgent

By Stuart Archer Cohen

We all complain about politics, but have you ever wondered what makes a person pick up a gun and start violently resisting the government?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21211.htm



Do Unto Others

By Karen Armstrong

The practice of compassion is central to every one of the major world religions - but sometimes you would never know it. Instead, religion is associated with violence, intolerance and seems more preoccupied...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21227.htm



Help Us Create a Charter for Compassion

People of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, are invited to contribute.
By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think differently about religion. This Charter is being created in a collaborative project by people from all over the world. It will be completed in 2009. Use this site to offer language you'd like to see included. Or inspire others by sharing your own story of compassion.

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Iraq Detention Imams Work for $2 Billion Private Equity Fund

Nick Mottern and Bill Rau, Truthout: "When Iraqi imams sit down with prisoners at a US detention center in Iraq to discuss Islam, they are working for a subsidiary of Global Innovation (GI) Partners LLP, a California- and London-based private equity firm that claims to have '$2 billion in capital under management.' GI Partners sells, among other things: base maintenance for US military forces in Iraq; psychiatric care in the United Kingdom; in-room television and movies for hotels; wine, movie production studios and pubs."

http://www.truthout.org/111408J



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By Paul Craig Roberts

I cannot predict the future. However, I can explain what the problems are, how they differ from past times of troubles, and why traditional remedies, such as the public works programs that Reich proposes, are unlikely to succeed in reviving the U.S. economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21218.htm



A Credit Crisis or a Collapsing Ponzi Scheme?

The Two Trillion Dollar Black Hole

By PAM MARTENS

Bloomberg News reporter, Mark Pittman, filed a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) with the Federal Reserve asking for detailed information relevant to whom the central bank was giving these massive loans and precisely what securities these firms were posting as collateral.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21210.htm



Who Got Bailout Money So Far?

By Reuters

The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has so far committed the following funding:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21219.htm



U.S. Military Fails To Learn An Ancient Military Lesson

No Industrial Economy Equals No Army

By Richard McCormack

It wasn't long ago that the world watched the collapse of the Soviet Empire. At the time, the USSR had a mighty military force that was overextended throughout the world and was bogged down in Afghanistan. Within a flash in 1989, the Soviet Union came tumbling down, not because it could not produce tanks and nuclear warheads, but because it couldn't produce bread. The collapse happened so rapidly it even surprised the U.S. intelligence community.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21214.htm



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Christopher S. Rugaber, The Associated Press: "The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a level not seen since...

http://www.truthout.org/111308LA



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Anna Sussman, The San Francisco Chronicle: "Ethan Kreutzer joined the Army at the age of 17 and fought with the 19th Airborne in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. When he returned home, he had no money, no education and no civilian job experience. He soon became homeless. He slept in an alley off Haight Street, behind two trash cans."

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Leslie Thatcher, Truthout: "On Wednesday, November 5, 2008, Le Monde's environmental editor and author of 'How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth,' Herve Kempf, spoke to a large audience at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where the Master of Arts in Sustainable Communities (MASC) Program and several other departments sponsored his presentation. MASC Chair Dr. Sandra Lubarsky suggested it was the most radical presentation the program had sponsored in some time: Mr. Kempf did indeed say it was not an exaggeration to call the wealth currently locked up in tax havens 'stolen.'"

http://www.truthout.org/111308R



The Worst Is Not Behind Us

Nouriel Roubini, Forbes: "It is useful, at this juncture, to stand back and survey the economic landscape - both as it is now, and as it has been in recent months. So here is a summary of many of the points that I have made for the last few months on the outlook for the US and global economy, as well as for financial markets."

http://www.truthout.org/111308U



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By Richard Brenneman

Thursday November 13, 2008

Neighbors worried about cell phone antenna radiation and angry at city officials who have allowed it in their neighborhoods poured out their frustrations at the Berkeley Planning Commission meeting last week.

Planning commissioners listened, questioned, then decided to hold off on any decision for another two weeks—in part because of a recent federal appellate court ruling.

But whatever the commission decides, Deputy Planning Director Wendy Cosin said she is obliged to make a recommendation to the City Council in January.

That deadline was imposed in the settlement of a lawsuit brought against the city 15 months ago by Verizon Wireless, which obligated the city to consider—but not adopt—amendments to the existing ordinance by mid-January.

And while angry neighbors around two antenna concentrations along Shattuck Avenue in the Gourmet Ghetto on the Northside and in South Berkeley are following developments with fierce concentration, a city councilmember and Berkeley’s most prominent local developer are awaiting grilling under oath.

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http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-11-13/article/31566?headline=Angry-Neighbors-Protest-Cell-Phone-Towers

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Nov 13 2008 by Ruth Kearney, Glamorgan Gazette

RESIDENTS are up in arms at plans for a mobile phone mast outside their homes.

Vodafone wants to erect a 12m telegraph pole with three 3G antennae, a cabinet and an electric meter on land adjacent to Heol yr Afon, Wildmill.

Margaret McIntyre, of Tairfelin, lives opposite the site where the pole would be erected.

She said: “The first I knew about the plans was when my neighbour told me.

“She had received a letter from the council, but as far as I know, no one on this street has received one.”

She said health risks and visual intrusion to the area are the major concerns.

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Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: "Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's surprise announcement Wednesday that he'll shift from purchasing troubled assets under the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan is likely to result in spending taxpayers' dollars to shore up unregulated financial institutions that aren't banks but are vital to consumer lending."

http://www.truthout.org/111308L



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Thursday, November 13, 2008, 14:30

The prospect of a phone mast disguised as a flagpole in Langton Green has been rejected for a second time.

Mobile phone giant O2's appeal against their refused application for three antennas made to look like a flagpole on the Spa Hotel, Mount Ephraim, was dismissed.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council had refused permission in May and the communications company appealed the decision to the Planning Inspectorate.

But the inspectorate Clive Hughes this week declined, stating the planned flagpole was "too bulky", "an unfortunate addition to the roof", "detracts from the appearance of the building", and gave an "unfortunate and harmful impact on the skyline".

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Öko-Test Oktober 2008 Energiesparlampen
Ein vierseitiger Auszug aus den 16 Seiten des sehr lesenswerten Originalartikels in der Oktober-Nummer des Öko-Test. Wiederum ist bestätigt worden: Die Energiesparlampe ist nicht die Lösung des Energieproblems, aber ein wesentlicher Beitrag zur Verschlechterung von Gesundheit und Beleuchtungskultur sowie eine zusätzliche Belastung der Umwelt.

http://www.buergerwelle-schweiz.org/Strom_im_Haushalt.505.0.html#5981


Peter Schlegel



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A mobile phone mast could be built in Halesowen sparking fury from residents who have been invited to a public meeting. Phone company O2 wants to put up a mast in Bassnage Road.

Campaigners fighting the plans are invited to the meeting next Thursday at Lutley Community Centre, in Brookwillow Road, at 7pm. People are objecting, saying the antennae would be near their homes and that they are worried about the potential health risks.

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http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/13/meeting-invite-over-mobile-phone-mast/

Eckardt Johanning prüft US-Wahlprogramme auf Herz & Nieren

Während im Moment der Begriff »notleidend« eher für Kredite oder Bankhäuser verwendet wird und zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt das Ausmaß der Krise der Finanzen weder für die Masse der Bevölkerung in den USA, noch für den Rest der Welt abzuschätzen ist, hat sich Eckardt Johanning der Mühe unterzogen, zu analysieren, wie sich die beiden Präsidentschaftskandidaten(-teams) in den USA die Reform des Gesundheitswesens vorstellen und ob sich für den wirklich notleidenden Teil der Bevölkerung in den USA, nämlich die Millionen nicht Krankenversicherten und die Unterversicherten, etwas verbessern wird. Das Ergebnis fällt auch für Obama ernüchternd aus. Yes, we can? – But we won’t! Artikel von Eckardt Johanning. Wie die US-Gewerkschaften damit umgehen, beschreibt Nadja Rakowitz im nächsten Artikel. http://www.labournet.de/internationales/usa/johanning.html


Kotau vorm Kapital? Gewerkschaften & Gesundheitsreform im US-Wahlkampf

„Das Thema Gesundheitsversorgung und Gesundheitsreform brennt den Gewerkschafte(r)n in den USA unter den Nägeln – verständlicherweise. Spätestens seit Michael Moores Film »Sicko« über die Gesundheitsversorgung in den USA [2] dürfte auch jedem interessierten Gewerkschafter hierzulande klar sein, warum. Es mag deshalb auch nicht verwundern, dass die US-Gewerkschaften sich gerade, was das Thema Gesundheitsreform angeht, verschärft in den Wahlkampf zwischen Republikanern und Demokraten einmischen. Sowohl die AFL-CIO als auch die Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft SEIU rufen nicht zuletzt deshalb zur Wahl und aktiven Unterstützung von Barack Obama und den Demokraten auf. Nun ist das Programm von den Demokraten – natürlich nicht nur, was das Gesundheitswesen angeht – politisch das sympathischere als das der Republikaner, die sich mit John McCains designierter Vize Sarah Palin einen selbst ernannten »Pitbull mit Lippenstift« zum Aushängeschild gewählt haben. Auf der Homepage der SEIU wird gefragt, wessen Gesundheitsreform-Plan für die Familien besser sei, und eine deutliche Antwort gleich mitformuliert: »Es ist klar. Nur Barack Obamas Vorhaben wird die Kosten kontrollieren, den Versichertenkreis bzw. die Zahl der medizinisch Versorgten ausweiten und die Versicherungsgesellschaften in die Verantwortung nehmen.« [3] McCains Pläne für das US-Gesundheitswesen würden hingegen ein »schlimmes Problem noch schlimmer machen«. Artikel von NaRa http://www.labournet.de/internationales/usa/rakowitz.html


Aus: LabourNet, 13. November 2008

The Partial Observer
by James Leroy Wilson

11/13/08

[T]he bailout solution is attractive to the Political Class, because it increases their power over our lives. But their mismanagement can’t go on forever. Ask the French Ruling Class of 1789, or the Russian Ruling Class of 1917 if, in retrospect, they would have done things differently. Our own Ruling Class not only do not know what is in the national interest, they don’t even know what is in their own best interests. That’s why they resist tax reform. Reform the tax system by making it less intrusive, and we could revive the economy. When the economy grows strong, the ruling class will benefit by getting the credit. As a Taoist might say, to increase power, you must give it up...

http://partialobserver.com/article.cfm?id=3104



Politicizing markets to rob the poor and reward the rich

Classically Liberal
by CLS

11/13/08

Numerous historians and economists, from all sides of the political spectrum, have noted that Big Business is able to use the Regulatory State to protect itself from competition and to transfer wealth from taxpayers to themselves. What we have is an Iron Triangle of Interests which harms the economy and make all, but the favored few, worse off as a result. The most obvious partner in this Iron Triangle of Interests is Big Business itself. These corporations use the political process to buy influence with politicians. And politicians are very anxious to sell that influence to the various bidders. Of course, when it comes to purchasing influence with the political elite it is always the rich and powerful who are able to do so...

http://tinyurl.com/5wryms



The trust factor in mortgage bailouts

Christian Science Monitor
by staff

11/13/08

By now, most Americans have lost track of who is being rescued by Washington. AIG, yes. Lehman, no. Fannie Mae, yes. GM, maybe. Still at the heart of this mess, however, are troubled mortgages. The latest plan to help homeowners strikes a right note. It aims to restore a key and illusive factor in business contracts: trust. Simply throwing taxpayer dollars at problems such as rising home foreclosures or sinking US automakers doesn’t solve the fundamental issue that certain industries have suffered a breakdown of confidence over many years. Americans feel deeply betrayed. Why should taxpayers, for instance, now trust GM, Ford, and Chrysler to make vehicles as consistently reliable and affordable as foreign competitors if they are handed billions? The evidence is not yet in. Simply ’saving jobs’ doesn’t make sense if those jobs still make cars many buyers don’t want. The same is true for troubled mortgages. How can government help fix the broken bonds between lenders and borrowers?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1113/p08s01-comv.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Where Is The Bailout Money Really Going?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/12/eveningnews/main4597233.shtml


Informant: bdpoe

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Lehman Administrators' Task Will Dwarf Enron, Creditors Told

· European arm has more than $500bn of debt
· Collapsed bank's creditors expect less than 10%

By Simon Bowers

Speaking after the first creditors' meeting, a team from PricewaterhouseCoopers said they had identified more than $1tn (£670bn) in assets and liabilities that need to be accounted for.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21230.htm



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Nach einer britischen Studie kann Chemotherapie den Tod von Krebskranken beschleunigen oder versurachen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/3/118771

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Die Erfolgsrate von Chemotherapien nach 20 Jahren Forschung liegt im Durchschnitt bei 2,2 Prozent

http://www.wahrheiten.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/usa20australien.pdf


Nachricht von Gerd Zesar

Ein gemeinnütziger Verein und der Außendienst der Arbeitsagenturen fahnden nach angeblichem Hartz IV-Missbrauch und sind in der Kritik von Erwerbslosengruppen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29119/1.html



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Dean Baker, Truthout: "The decline in mortgage applications shows that the problem is not the credit crunch. The National Association of Realtors' pending home sales index fell 4.6 percent for the country as a whole in September. However, this decline was dampened by a 3.7 percent increase in the West. Sales fell by 0.7 percent in the Midwest, 7.9 percent in the South, and 16.8 percent in the Northeast. September sales in the Northeast were the lowest on record for this index, which only dates back to 2001."

http://www.truthout.org/111208T



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David Gutierrez, Natural News: "A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death. An analysis of 168,900 autopsies conducted in Florida in 2007 found that three times as many people were killed by legal drugs as by cocaine, heroin and all methamphetamines put together. According to state law enforcement officials, this is a sign of a burgeoning prescription drug abuse problem."

http://www.truthout.org/111208HA

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/11/12-1

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Goodbye and Good Riddance

Paul Waldman, The American Prospect: "After eight years of President Bush, we almost don't know how to function without him - almost. But before we move on, we should pause to remember just what we're leaving behind. Goodbye, we can say at last, to the most powerful man in the world being such a ridiculous buffoon, incapable of stringing together two coherent sentences. Goodbye to cringing with dread every time our president steps onto the world stage, sure he'll say or do something to embarrass us all. Goodbye to being represented by a man who embodies everything our enemies want the people of the world to believe about America - that we are ignorant, cruel, and only care about foreign countries when we decide to stomp on them."

http://www.truthout.org/111208S



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Cyprus Mail - Nicosia, Cyprus

Not to suggest that the Matrix and electromagnetic fields are the same, but the “ignorance is bliss” angle was pretty much the one used by two scientists...

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=42471&cat_id=1



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/11/12-1

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How The Global Oil Watchdog Failed Its Mission

The IEA was silenced about the future of global oil production.

By Lionel Badal

12 years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) discovered that Peak Oil would threaten the prosperity and stability of our societies. Yes, they knew it. While some IEA officials tried to inform the world about this game-changing event, it appears that others had different priorities.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25546.htm



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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1085060/Why-eating-GM-food-lower-fertility.html


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network



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Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 20:53

A GROUP of residents have gathered to protest against plans to site a mobile phone mast next to a school and houses.

Plymouth City Council is considering whether the 12-metre mast, which Vodafone would like to erect in Plympton, needs planning permission.

Yesterday concerned residents gathered at the site, on the corner of Redwood Drive and Glen Road, to urge others to object to the proposal.

Richard Madge, 68, lives on adjacent Hickory Drive. He said: "We know the health issues can't be proven one way or the other, in the same way they couldn't prove that smoking was bad for you.

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http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/ProtestErs-angry-phone-mast-plan/article-470759-detail/article.html

The cornering of Obama on Iran

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/8061715432678450?hl=en

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A short honeymoon

AntiWar.Com

by Alan Bock

11/12/08

I suspect that Barack Obama, despite the historic character of his election, will have a shorter honeymoon than many. The economic problems triggered by the government-induced housing bubble have mostly to do with the injection of too much inflationary funny money into the economy, so injecting more, while it may create a temporary sensation of relief, will hardly fix the problems. Perhaps more importantly, however, he faces foreign policy challenges — largely hangovers from the eight years of Bush foolishness, but also some that would have been apparent anyway — that he seems to have little or no idea how to approach intelligently or constructively. The most obvious example is his apparent determination to ramp up the war in Afghanistan, already the graveyard of several empires...

http://www.antiwar.com/bock/?articleid=13752


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Back to the Grind

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election has completely and totally screwed up my life. Seriously. It has been more than a week now, and I'm still not quite ready to deal with this brave new world before me.... This weird ennui is, of course, nothing more than an extension of the aftermath of having worked against George W. Bush and all he stands for lo these last eight years."

http://www.truthout.org/111308J



America and the Mornings After the Party

The Chronicles of Favilla

The authors, writing as the Chronicles of Favilla for France's premier business paper, Les Echos, review the challenges that will face the Obama administration.

http://www.truthout.org/111308O

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The Good News: It's Not About Race
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w58.html

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Obama and the Crisis of Expecation

By Shamus Cooke

As the economic crisis deepens, Obama's first priority will be to save the financial institutions and major corporations by providing them with further bailouts, with working people continuing to foot the bill. But opposition has already broken out in response to this perversion of justice.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21216.htm



With Iran, Obama Needs More Carrot, Less Stick

By Scott Ritter

Barack Obama has until the 20th of January to get his policies in order, because at one minute past noon on that day, he becomes the most powerful man in a volatile world. While the problems he will face are many, I will focus on what I believe are the four most critical issues that will need to be addressed in the first weeks and months of the Obama administration: Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Russia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21223.htm



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No Business is 'Too Big to Fail'
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/nemko1.html

Consumers Don't Cause Recessions
http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy/murphy143.html



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Published Date: 13 November 2008

Residents are preparing to fight plans for a phone mast for the third time.
It comes just two months after a council rejected the proposal.

Phone company O2 has submitted plans to Kettering Council to replace its existing mobile phone mast at the Ise Garden Centre in Warkton Lane, Kettering, and to add three extra antennae.

But nearby residents have vowed to fight the plans for the third time in three years, claiming the mast could have adverse effects on their long-term health.

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Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/11/12



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Informant: shane_digital

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The Audacity of Hype
http://www.lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo8.html

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
http://www.lewrockwell.com/wilson-brian/wilson-brian14.html



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From ufpj-news

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/479.html



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