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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/01/09-7



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ROBERT CREAMER

huffingtonpost.com — The extent of the 2008 economic collapse surprised and shocked the conventional wisdom in Washington and on Wall Street. But in hindsight, a good case can be made that the massive globalization of labor and financial markets, coupled with "free markets über alles" policies, formed a toxic mixture that made the collapse inevitable.

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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press: "In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration. 'The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the scientific review process for medical devices at the FDA has been corrupted and distorted by current FDA managers, thereby placing the American people at risk,' said the letter, dated Wednesday and written on the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health letterhead."

http://www.truthout.org/010909A



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Drei Monate vor dem NATO-Gipfel in Baden-Baden und Straßburg haben Gegner des Treffens Proteste angekündigt. "Wir wollen nicht nur unseren Protest ausdrücken. Wir wollen ganz klar dieses Treffen verhindern", sagte ein Sprecher des Aktionsbündnisses "resistance des deux rives" (Widerstand der zwei Ufer) am Freitag (9. Januar) in Offenburg. Es böten sich zahlreiche "Möglichkeiten für Blockaden und zivilen Ungehorsam".

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=19124



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A residents protesting about the proposed phone mast on Reepham Road.

DAVID BALE

09 January 2009 17:00

Campaigners against plans for a controversial mobile phone which was to be built near homes without planning consent are celebrating today after it emerged an alternative site in the countryside had been found.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/99zzec

Published Date: 09 January 2009

RELIGION could be set to connect with modern-day technology when a mobile phone mast is installed in a church spire.

Read More...
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Church-set-for-phone-mast.4859864.jp



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Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers: "Guantanamo captives are staging a fresh wave of hunger strikes ahead of the seventh anniversary of the controversial prison camps -- a campaign a lawyer links to the speedy release of Osama bin Laden's driver from US military detention. As of Thursday, 30 of the 250 war-on-terror detainees were classified as hunger strikers, 25 of whom were being fed through tubes in their noses, said Navy Cmdr. Pauline Storum at Guantanamo."

http://www.truthout.org/010909M



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Richard Clarke, The New York Daily News: "George Bush, still President, is engaging in a legacy tour of media outlets. This comes despite his earlier having said he did not know how history would judge the Iraq war 'because we'll all be dead.' Actually, many people are already dead because of Bush, and that is the point to keep in mind when he talks about his legacy. Among the themes Bush is striking are that through action at home and fighting 'them' over there, not over here, his administration stopped terrorist attacks and prevented another 9/11."

http://www.truthout.org/010909K



The Lost Years

Mario Roy, La Presse: "Above all, by his perfect indifference to the way things evolved in that powder keg, Bush demonstrated the character trait that has left its strongest impression on the United States and on the world: total contempt for reality, for pragmatism, and for effectiveness."

http://www.truthout.org/010909F



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Franz Dyckmanns kämpft seit Jahren gegen Mobilfunkmasten in Burgaltendorf. Das Oberverwaltungsgericht Münster gab ihm jetzt Recht.

http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/essen/2009/1/7/news-103312793/detail.html


Helmut Langenbach
Hammerweg 44
57258 Freudenberg
Tel. 02734 / 434 500
E-Mail: helmut.langenbach@online.de

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Klage gegen Funkmasten erfolgreich
http://www.wdr.de/themen/politik/nrw/mobilfunk_antennen/090109.jhtml?rubrikenstyle=panorama

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/527.html



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Nolan Chart
by Ken D. Berry

01/08/09

The American People have shirked their duty and squandered their power almost from the beginning. We are not speaking here of government officials or business leaders, but of the common man and woman on the street. For decades, the citizenry of other countries, being in love with the American Ideal, have given the American people a pass as being either too powerless or too innocent to be held accountable. This has been changing for the past few years, accelerating with the Islamic uprising(s), and this acceleration is accelerating. Soon, the American Citizen will be held accountable in fact for their government’s actions...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article5770.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Slate
by John Dickerson

01/06/09

Jonathan Martin of Politico reports that Joe Biden declared ‘we’re at war,’ when talking about the current economic crisis with a group of congressional leaders yesterday. Biden’s spokeswoman said that the vice president-elect was making the case that passing the stimulus bill will require members of Congress to join in the same spirit of cooperation that reigned just after the 9/11 attacks. Politicians are fond of comparing things that aren’t war to war. It’s both an abuse of language and a rhetorical trick. We hear about war, and we think whatever bold actions this politician is asking us to take must be worth it because, well, it’s war. But a lot of the things presidents have declared war on are still with us...

http://www.slate.com/id/2208093/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joe+Biden
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The Medical Freedom Channel
by Steve Trinward

01/08/09

Judging from the choices Barack Obama has made so far, with few exceptions, we will likely have no rollback of the USA PATRIOT Act, no release of unindicted ‘terrorists’ from Gitmo, no rapid withdrawal of troops from overseas interventions, no curtailment of the DEA and other incursions on state-approved medical marijuana … Instead, we face a strong likelihood of nationalized health insurance, expanded welfare statism, additional business regulation for-its-own-sake and who-knows-how-many other agenda-items from the ‘progressive’ laundry-list. (And then, maybe, if we give them all they want in that realm, they MIGHT condescend to begin dealing with a few of the ‘fascism’ issues, like the restoration of the Bill of Rights?) So it’s becoming pretty clear that we’re going to face some form of ‘healthcare reform’ in the coming administration...

http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/17836



Spreading the wealth

FreedomWorks
by NSwift

01/07/09

Or rather, spreading the pain and the blame. Obama is working pretty hard to bring Republicans in the House and Senate over to his brand of Keynesian economics by packing his proposed ’stimulus’ package with loads of tax cuts. Around $300 billion, in fact. It’s not a little ironic that the left has suddenly decided that tax cuts are beneficial to the economy and to taxpayers in general. It’s just too bad that they’re going about it all wrong...

http://tinyurl.com/a3uz7c



Change is coming, to benefit trial lawyers

OpenMarket.org
by Hans Bader

01/08/09

Obama promised change, and it’s already happening, at the expense of the poor, consumers, and small business. ‘Regulations set to take effect next month could force thousands of clothing retailers and thrift stores to throw away trunkloads of children’s clothing.’ That’s the result of a law championed by Obama and trial lawyers, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which imposes draconian requirements and penalties on sellers of childrens’ toys and clothing. As a result, used clothing stores for poor kids, like Kid to Kid, are going out of business. Price increases in children’s toys and clothing will also likely result...

http://tinyurl.com/833abd


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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What Obama Can Learn From Europe

Steven Hill, Truthout: "The inauguration of the 44th president of the United States is starting to look like the most spectacularly dramatic debut since the Beatles arrived in New York. Before too long, though, the buildup and the hype will be over, and it will be time for Team Obama to produce. Particularly when it comes to three of the president-elect's top priorities - energy and climate change, health care and jump-starting the economy - President Obama would do well to look toward Europe for guidance."

http://www.truthout.org/010909R

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Obama 'softens' Guantanamo pledge

Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has appeared to soften his election campaign promise to shut the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay as one of his first acts as US president, saying its closure would be "a challenge".

http://tinyurl.com/78v9rm


From Information Clearing House



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ABC News

Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday that he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone at the CIA involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. ‘I don’t have any reason to believe that anybody in the agency did anything illegal,’ he said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Cheney also said that Bush has no need to apologize for not foreseeing the economic crisis...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6606473



Bush to tout his “No Child Left Behind” initiative

Wall Street Journal

01/07/09

President George W. Bush will tout the successes of his No Child Left Behind education reform and challenge Democrats not to weaken it, in one of his final speeches recapping his White House record. ‘He will talk about the fact that now is not the time to water down standards or roll back accountability,’ White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. ‘Leaders in the business community and among civil rights organizations want to make sure that we maintain high standards’...

http://tinyurl.com/9ytgbe


From Information Clearing House

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Mythbusting the Obama recovery package

Our Future
by Sara Robinson

01/08/09

Here it is: our moment of economic truth. We’re standing at that historic fork in the road where the nation decides, now and for the foreseeable future, whether it’s going to hang on to the catastrophic assumptions of the free-market fundamentalists and rely once more on the nostrums that have so far failed to fix the mess, or take a bold step down a new, more progressive path that will finally re-empower the American people to build an economy that works for us all. As usual, the conservatives have absolutely no conscience about what they did to create this mess. If they did, they’d all be holed up in their gated communities or on their private islands, embarrassed into silence at best and terrified of peasant uprisings at worst...

http://tinyurl.com/95uace


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
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Zwei Personalentscheidungen im Justizbereich sprechen für das genaue Gegenteil der Politik, die der zukünftige Präsident im Wahlkampf versprach.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29493/1.html



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Amnesty International to Hold Worldwide Vigils Marking the 7th Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay and Urging New Administration to Close Facility.

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/01/08-17



Witness Against Torture: Anti-Torture Activists to Fast and Rally Sunday to Call on Obama to Close Guantanamo

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/01/08-0



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/01/08-1



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The total value of the bailouts undertaken by the federal government in 2008 now exceeds the combined cost of every major war the United States has ever engaged in, according to a comparison of war costs calculated by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the value of the bailouts as calculated by Bloomberg News or Bianco Research.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40964



Bank of England cuts interest rates to lowest in more than 300 years

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to the lowest level in its 315-year history as it desperately attempts to prevent the UK recession deepening into a slump.

http://tinyurl.com/8lmqob


From Information Clearing House



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Policy guru says global upheaval presents 'great opportunity'.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85442


From Information Clearing House



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William Perry, who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea, predicted on Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama will soon face a nuclear crisis with Iran.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_el_pr/obama_nuclear_challenges



Iran likely taking US nuclear threat seriously

US ex-defense chief: Iran may regard the threat of a US nuclear attack as "much more likely" in light of Hillary Clinton's warning during the US presidential campaign that Washington can obliterate Tehran, a former US defense secretary said Thursday.

http://tinyurl.com/6tmos3


From Information Clearing House



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Obama's Rude Awakening

By Roberto Rodriguez

Obama's first challenge will not be the unresolved Middle East crisis. Nor will it be Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo or the economy. His primary challenge will come in coming face to face with the Bush/Cheney doctrine of permanent worldwide war. Unless Obama renounces it on inauguration day, this doctrine will continue to be U.S. policy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21688.htm

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The same old change

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

01/09/09

We keep hearing Obama is making all these business-as-usual appointments in order to disarm his critics in advance when he starts taking those really bold initiatives, but doesn’t there come a point when that somewhat dubious strategy becomes suspiciously repetitive? Is he really appointing Dennis Ross just so he can usher in a new era of equal justice and sustained peace in the region? Come off it, you Obama-ites — there won’t be any change in our foreign policy, except for the worse. Just remember: you were warned...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=14019


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Paul Craig Roberts

The function of the "mainstream media" is to sell products and to brainwash the audience for the government and interest groups. By subscribing to it, Americans support their own brainwashing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21690.htm



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

- France 5 "Ondes électromagnétiques: quels dangers pour nos enfants ?" (vidéo 16/9)
- Dr Pierre Souvet, Frédérick Lemarchand, André EHS et Diane.
- Une véritable alerte à destination des parents.

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/ChildrenEnfants.php#2

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/cooper3.html



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Save Sharks

The new Congress has hit the ground running, with the introduction of the Shark Conservation Act (HR 81). This bill would require that sharks caught in all U.S. waters be landed whole with their fins still attached. Please tell your Representative to help ensure fast passage of this important piece of legislation.

http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25188



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Frederick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches: "There remain astounding hidden dimensions involving the skills of 'spy craft' acquired in a lifetime of covert intelligence activities by George H.W. ('Poppy') Bush and many of his closest associates. This, according to a just-published investigative history of the Bush political dynasty, 'Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces that Put it in the White House, and what Their Influence Means for America' (Bloomsbury Press, 2008). Author Russ Baker shows, among other things, that Poppy Bush's well-known service as a Navy pilot in World War II was also part of his work for Naval Intelligence. This set the stage for an astonishing double life participating in covert operations of the Central Intelligence Agency throughout his career."

http://www.truthout.org/010809E

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Family of Secrets

By Guns and Butter

"Family of Secrets", The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces That Put It In The White House, and What Their Influence Means For America, with author Russ Baker.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22595.htm



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David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers: "Some congressional Democrats claim that the Bush administration could have saved more than $25 billion since 2001 if it had implemented nearly 14,000 cost-saving measures that its own watchdogs recommended. The recommendations came from inspectors general in various federal agencies. By law, federal agencies are supposed to act on inspector general reports within a year."

http://www.truthout.org/010809D



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Goldstein

Richard Cowan and Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters: "The US budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, the result of an economic recession that has cut tax receipts and caused massive government bailouts of banks and automakers. The out-of-control deficit picture by the Congressional Budget Office illustrates the daunting economic challenges President-elect Barack Obama faces when he takes office on January 20."

http://www.truthout.org/010809L



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8. Januar 2009

Bereicherung im Schatten von Konjunkturprogrammen

"Der Überbietungswettlauf der Großen Koalition in Sachen Konjunkturpaket lenkt davon ab, dass im Hintergrund die Umverteilung von Unten nach Oben weitergeht", sagt das Mitglied des Parteivorstandes Axel Troost (MdB). Er erklärt:

Mit dem Argument einer Stimulierung der Binnennachfrage soll das Steuersystem so verändert werden, dass auch die Reichen und Superreichen letztlich weniger zahlen. Für Unternehmen sind jetzt schon wieder Vergünstigungen bei der Verrechnung von Verlustvorträgen und Zinsen im Gespräch. Der mit bis zu 480 Milliarden Euro Steuerzahlergeld ausgestattete Bankenrettungsfonds Soffin trägt nun der Commerzbank das Geld hinterher, damit diese endlich die Dresdner Bank schlucken kann. Was nützt das der Finanzstabilität und den Steuerzahlern? Ähnliches spielt sich bei der HSH-Nordbank ab. Die HSH ist die einzige teilprivatisierte Landesbank, mehr als ein Viertel der Bank gehört privaten Investoren. Darüber hinaus haben Investoren noch stille Einlagen gemacht. Und genau diese stillen Privateinleger sollen nun trotz hoher Verluste der Bank 70 Millionen Euro Dividende ausgezahlt bekommen. Die Zeche dafür werden wohl hauptsächlich die Länder Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg zahlen müssen.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/bereicherung-im-schatten-von-konjunkturprogrammen/

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Verschleuderung von Volksvermögen: Commerzbank wird teilverstaatlicht

Die Commerzbank wird zu mehr als einem Viertel verstaatlicht. Der Bund halte künftig 25 Prozent plus eine Aktie an der zweitgrößten Bank des Landes, teilte die Commerzbank in einer Pflichtmitteilung am Donnerstag (8. Januar) mit. Der Sonderfonds Finanzmarktstabilisierung (SoFFin) werde der Bank zudem frisches Eigenkapital zur Verfügung stellen. Der Bund verfügt damit nun über eine Sperrminorität, kann also Unternehmensentscheidungen blockieren. Der Vorstandssprecher der Großbank, Martin Blessing, versuchte die Teilverstaatlichung zu beschönigen: "In einem wirtschaftlich turbulenten Umfeld machen wir unsere Bank wetterfest. Damit werden wir auch in Zukunft unserer Verantwortung für die Kreditversorgung der deutschen Wirtschaft gerecht. Wir bleiben ein verlässlicher Partner unserer Kunden", so Blessing.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=19121



Cayman-Inseln, Schweiz und Luxemburg

Attac fordert sofortigen Stopp der Aktivitäten der Commerzbank in Steueroasen

Nach der Übernahme von 25 Prozent plus einer der Aktien der Commerzbank durch den Bund verlangt das globalisierungskritische Netzwerk Attac den sofortigen Rückzug der Commerzbank aus sämtlichen Steueroasen. Die Bank habe unter anderem Filialen auf den Cayman-Inseln in Singapur und in den europäischen Steueroasen Schweiz und Luxemburg. Bundesfinanzminister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) müsse jetzt seinen Worten Taten folgen lassen. In seinen Reden habe er sich auf europäischen und internationalen Konferenzen sowie vor dem Bundestag gegen Steuerflucht stark gemacht," sagte Attac-Steuerexperte Detlev von Larcher. "Seine Forderungen etwa gegenüber der Schweiz oder Liechtenstein verlieren jede Glaubwürdigkeit, wenn der Einstieg des Bundes als größter Aktionär bei der Commerzbank nicht zum Ende der Aktivitäten in Steueroasen führt." In Zukunft dürfe der Bund nur solchen Banken helfen, die sich verpflichten, keine Geschäfte in und mit Steueroasen zu machen, sowie Steuerflucht über ihr Institut zu verhindern, fordert von Larcher.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=19127

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Bundesregierung verstaatlicht Commerzbank für eine zweifelhafte Übernahme
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29507/1.html

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Konjunkturpaket II: Wem die Koalition Geschenke verspricht

„Eine Einigung ist Pflicht, wenn die Koalitionsspitzen im Kanzleramt über das zweite Konjunkturpaket verhandeln. Die Koalitionäre haben sich selbst unter Erfolgszwang gesetzt - schließlich ist 2009 ein Wahljahr. FTD.de gibt einen Überblick über die Versprechen…“ Dossier von Nikolai Fichtner in der FTD vom 12.01.2009 http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/:Konjunkturpaket-II-Wem-die-Koalition-Geschenke-verspricht/459600.html

Siehe dazu: „Milliarden für die Konjunktur - Programme zur Ankurbelung der Wirtschaft in Deutschland“ - Grafik in Spiegel online http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/image/show.html?did=61928518&aref=image039/2008/11/13/BERTEL_SPW_22354838.jpg&thumb=false


Bundesregierung verstaatlicht Commerzbank für eine zweifelhafte Übernahme. Der deutsche Staat wird größter Aktionär bei der Commerzbank und übernimmt 25 % der Aktien

„Es ist ein ungewöhnlicher Vorgang. Der Bund greift mit insgesamt mehr als 18 Milliarden Euro der Commerzbank mit Steuergeldern unter die Arme, damit die Commerzbank die umstrittene Übernahme der Dresdner Bank schultern kann. Vor allem in deren Bilanzen sollen noch immer faule Kredite in Milliardenhöhe schlummern. Es gibt aber auch Hinweise darauf, dass sich die Dresdner Bank kurz vor der Übernahme noch Gelder aus dem Bankenrettungspaket sichern will. Die Bundesregierung schwenkt nun auf den britischen Weg der Teilverstaatlichungen ein, die sie bisher heftig kritisierte. Sie behauptet gleichzeitig, obwohl sogar eine komplette Verstaatlichung nicht ausgeschlossen wird, es sei gar keine Verstaatlichung…“ Artikel von Ralf Streck in telepolis vom 10.01.2009 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29507/1.html

Siehe dazu:

Teilverstaatlichung der Commerzbank notwendig

„Die Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) beurteilt die Teilverstaatlichung der Commerzbank als Stärkung einer systemrelevanten Bank und daher als notwendig. ver.di-Bundesvorstandsmitglied Uwe Foullong betonte, er erwarte von den Eigentümern und insbesondere von der Bundesregierung, dass sie ihren Einfluss auf den Vorstand geltend machen, um möglichst viele Arbeitsplätze und Standorte zu erhalten und die Verschmelzung von Commerzbank und Dresdner Bank über mehrere Jahre vor allem sozial gestalten…“ ver.di-Pressemitteilung vom 09.01.2009 http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=ff39fff0-de4f-11dd-412c-0019b9e321e1

Teilverstaatlichung der Commerzbank: Der stille Gewinner

„Durch die Teilverstaatlichung der Commerzbank hat die Allianz hinter den Kulissen das große Geschäft gemacht - zu Lasten der öffentlichen Kassen, also des Steuerzahlers…“ Ein Kommentar von Caspar Busse in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 11.01.2009 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/finanzen/268/453955/text/


Allmählich stellt sich die Systemfrage

„Banker müsste man sein. Dann ginge man einfach einkaufen und wenn man merkt, dass das Geld für den prall gefüllten Warenkorb nicht reicht, lässt man beim Staat anschreiben. Da der Staat nichts außer unserem Geld hat, zahlen wir alle mit 18,2 Milliarden Euro, dass die Commerzbank, die nur noch vier Milliarden Euro wert ist, sich die Dresdner Bank leisten kann…“ Kommentar von Alexander Gauland im Tagesspiegel vom 12.1.2009 über den Irrsinn des globalisierten Kapitalismus http://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/kommentare/Commerzbank;art141,2703328


Krise stärkt neoliberale Positionen

„…Es wird verstärkt vom "mehr Netto vom Brutto" geschwafelt, also davon, dass Steuern und Abgaben gesenkt werden müssen, während die Löhne auf gleichbleibenden Niveau eingependelt bleiben sollen. Diese Orgie zugunsten eines volleren Geldbeutels, welcher dann die Binnennachfrage ankurbeln soll, erscheint wie ein vernunftvolles Einfordern von ökonomisch sinnvollen Maßnahmen, die in Zeiten der Not ja sofort und ohne weitere Debatte umgesetzt werden sollen - und doch ist es nichts weiter als der alte Schlachtruf derer, die das immer schon predigten, die sich in dieser Weise immer schon als Liberale - ob neue oder alte gleichermaßen - begriffen, und im Steuer- und Abgabenstopp den sichersten Weg zum Sozialabbau und damit zur "aristokratischen Demokratie", erblickten. (…) Die Wirtschaftskrise hat kein Umdenken bewirkt, sondern fundamentiert, was seit Jahren vage durch die deutschen Politlüfte wehte, macht das ewige Fordern nach weniger und weniger und noch viel weniger Steuern, gleich wie unvernünftig es ist, gleich ob die Solidargemeinschaft daran zerbricht, zum politischen Kurs der Stunde…“ Kommentar von Roberto J. De Lapuente in ad sinistram - ein oppositioneller Blog – vom 11. Januar 2009 http://ad-sinistram.blogspot.com/2009/01/krise-strkt-neoliberale-positionen.html


Der Urknall

„Der Stress erfasst die Spekulanten, die bisher nur Gewinne kannten. Sie investierten frech und munter an der Börse rauf und runter. Der DAX, einst Lieblingstier der Zocker, fördert den Griff zum Betablocker. Im freien Fall sein Wert verpufft, bei diesem Tier, das lebt von Luft. Die ganze Welt gerät in Not, es droht ihr Finanz-Kreislauf-Tod. Drum presst man weltweit ohne Schranke Milliarden ins System, das kranke…“ Gedicht von Helmut Malmes (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/finanz/krise08malmes.pdf


Die Deregulierung und die Förderung des Finanzmarktes durch die Bundesregierung

„Ein Leser hat uns gebeten, doch einmal alle Gesetze der letzten Jahre, die zur Deregulierung des Finanzmarktes in Deutschland beigetragen haben, zusammenzustellen. Ich habe mich auf die Suche gemacht. Dabei habe ich eine wunderbare Zusammenstellung des Bundesfinanzministeriums gefunden. Wir stellen diese (bevor man sie löscht) einfach mal mit wenigen Anmerkungen ins Netz. Die Zusammenstellung und vor allem der euphorische Ton sprechen für sich. Ich empfinde das als ein Zeitdokument, das nicht verloren gehen sollte. Ganz sicher haben einige der aufgeführten gesetzlichen und sonstigen Maßnahmen nicht unmittelbar zur Finanzkrise beigetragen, aber ein großer Teil muss als durchaus ursächlich angesehen werden, so etwa die Erleichterung von Unternehmensübernahmen, die Einführung von Hedge-Fonds, die Erleichterungen bei der Verbriefung von Kreditforderungen etc…“ Dokumentation von Wolfgang Lieb vom 9. Januar 2009 auf den Nachdenkseiten http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=3692


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Globale Krise – Globale Proletarisierung – Gegenperspektiven

Zusammenfassung der ersten Ergebnisse von Karl Heinz Roth (Stand: 21.12.08) http://www.wildcat-www.de/aktuell/a068_khroth_krise.htm

Globale Krise

„Nur wenn der Kapitalismus an Grenzen stößt (siehe »Bauernartikel«) gibt es ernsthafte Aussichten auf eine das Kapitalverhältnis radikal umstürzende Revolution – deshalb schauen wir uns die aktuelle Krise an. Seit der »Ölkrise« Mitte der 70er Jahre lauert in jedem Konjunkturabschwung die Systemkrise. Aber in der letzten Krise war »das System« selbst in Argentinien, wo es zu Aufständen kam, nie ernsthaft in Gefahr, weil die strategischen Sektoren weiter funktionierten; die Leute gingen zwar abends auf die Demo, arbeiteten aber tagsüber weiter. Diese Klassenspaltung haben wir auch in der BRD in den letzten Jahren erlebt: Streiks nehmen zu, finden aber nicht in den strategischen Sektoren der Exportbranchen statt…“ Artikel aus Wildcat 82 vom August 2008 http://www.wildcat-www.de/wildcat/82/w82_krise.htm


23 Thesen zur kapitalistischen Krise

Fortsetzung des Artikels Globale Krise aus Wildcat 82 http://www.wildcat-www.de/aktuell/a064_thesen.html


Dem Weltmarkt misstrauen. Die Nahrungskrise nach dem Crash

Broschüre von Thomas Fritz vom Dezember 2008, herausgegeben vom Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika – FDCL e.V. Siehe dazu:

Vorwort, Inhalt und Bestellung http://fdcl-berlin.de/index.php?id=1514

Download als pdf [1,3 MB] http://fdcl-berlin.de/fileadmin/fdcl/Publikationen/FDCL-Die-Nahrungskrise-nach-dem-Crash-Thomas-Fritz.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 8. Januar 2009



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Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen die Anträge zum Zustimmungsgesetz (Drucksache 16/8300) zum “Vertrag von Lissabon”

„Hiermit beantrage ich, festzustellen, daß das Zustimmungsgesetz vom
28.02.2008 der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zum “Vertrag von Lissabon” vom 13.12.2007, welches der Deutsche Bundestag(Drucksache 16/8300) am 24.04.2008 verabschiedet hat und über das der Bundesrat am 23.05.2008 beschlossen hat, gegen das Grundgesetz verstößt, insbesondere gegen Art. 20 Abs. 1, 2 und 3 GG, Art. 2 GG, Art. 38 GG und Art. 79 Abs. 3 GG und die Beschwerdeführerin in ihren Grundrechten aus Art. 1 GG, Art. 2 Abs. 1 GG (allein sowie in Verbindung mit Art. 25 GG und den in dieser Verfassungsbeschwerde ausdrücklich zitierten Menschenrechten der Vereinten Nationen), Art. 2 Abs. 2 GG, Art. 3 GG, Art. 4 Abs. 1 GG, Art. 5 GG, Art. 8 GG, Art. 14 GG, Art. 19 Abs. 4 GG, Art. 33 GG, Art. 38 Abs GG, und Art. 20 Abs. 4 GG verletzt, sowie das Zustimmungsgesetz für nichtig zu erklären. Verfassungsbeschwerde…“ Verfassungsbeschwerde von Sarah Luzia Hassel-Reusing bei attac Wuppertal (pdf) http://www.attac-wtal.de/Texte/Verfassungsbeschwerde%20Sarah%20Luzia%20Hassel-Reusing%20050508.pdf


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Civil Liberties Examiner
by JD Tucille

01/05/09

Scattered through the comments to yesterday’s column about a Customs and Border Patrol stop of a passenger train that never crossed the boundaries of the United States are little gems of the sort that I’ve come to dread and anticipate in equal parts: praise for the government for behaving in an arbitrary and heavy-handed manner. Unfortunately, all too many of our friends, neighbors and relations have come to relish acting like bit players in a bad Cold War film. They’re more than happy to bow down to the nearest uniform so long as somebody assures them it will ‘keep us safe’ — from whom, it doesn’t matter, though it’s certainly not from overbearing authorities...

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Information Clearinghouse
by Timothy V. Gatto

01/07/09

In every year that passes, our mainstream media becomes more and more like ‘The Ministry of Truth’ in 1984. It is so easily observed in conversations with those that get their news from the mainstream media. The difference in opinion between those that know the full story and those that prefer to ‘trust’ the commercial media is like the difference between night and day. … Americans must realize that our media is not telling the entire truth, not only about Israel and Gaza, but just about every international event. The media actually twists the truth to correlate with the State Department on foreign affairs. This gives the illusion that America is always on God’s side, and supports the ‘good fight.’ Nothing could be further from the truth. The United States supports any country that can further their mindless wars against Islam and Arabs. When will this stop?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21669.htm


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Salon
by Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

01/08/09

After a couple of presidential terms, mismanagement in every area of policy — foreign, domestic, even extraterrestrial — starts to add up. When George W. Bush entered the White House in January 2001, he inherited peace and prosperity. The military, the Constitution and New Orleans were intact and the country had a budget surplus of $128 billion. Now he’s about to dash out the door, leaving a large, unpaid bill for his successors to pay. To get a sense of what kind of balance is due, Salon spoke to experts in seven different fields. Wherever possible, we have tried to express the damage done in concrete terms — sometimes in lives lost, but most often just in money spent and dollars owed. What follows is an incomplete inventory of eight years of mis- and malfeasance, but then a fuller accounting would run, um, somewhat longer than three pages...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Heise Newsticker

Die dabei verwendete RFID-Technik ist unter Datenschützern jedoch umstritten, seit sie Ende der Neunzigerjahre erstmals in der Warenlogistik verwendet wurde ... http://www.heise.de/newsticker/USA-Kritik-an-neuen-RFID-Ausweisen--/meldung/121305



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$7.2 trillion in investment and loans. That puts a lot of taxpayer money at risk. Now comes President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, some details of which were made public on Monday. The tally is getting awfully close to $8 trillion.

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Admiral Dennis Blair Aided Perpetrators of 1999 Church Killings in East Timor.
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Tell The Senate To Reject Nominee Admiral Blair Who Greenlighted Genocide

True progressives have found various Obama appointments so far to leave much to be desired . . . even to the point of being disturbing. But the nomination of Admiral Dennis Blair for Director of National Intelligence cannot be permitted to pass under any circumstances.

As reported by Democracy Now, when genocidal monsters in the Indonesian military were committing massacres in East Timor, Admiral Blair DEFIED his orders to get them to stop, and instead gave them encouragement to continue. He then lied to Congress about it all. No such loose cannon with such blood on his hands can be allowed in the new administration. The links to both these video stories can be found on the Reject Blair Action Page below:

Reject Blair Action Page: http://www.usalone.com/reject_blair.php

Director of National Intelligence requires Senate confirmation, so please also call your Senators directly tollfree at 800-828-0498, 800-473-6711, especially if you have new Senators coming in, ask for them by name and leave your message opposing this appointment.

Torture Question You Voted For Is Now Breaking National News Story

All of our participants who voted for the special prosecutor for torture question had a real impact this week. The fact that we the people voted this question number one on the Obama "change" site made the New York Times, got a featured segment on Keith Olbermann and there is more to come.

As our focus shifts now to prosecuting the current criminal residents of the White House for what they have done, we are happy to report we just got in the first huge delivery of the new "Convict Dick & W" caps. We'll be working all weekend to get the ones you have already requested ready for shipment, so there is still time to get in on the first mailing if you request yours now.

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And the extra special news is that just before we went into production we asked the embroidery digitizer to hang a little cowboy hat on the "W" in the "Convict Dick & W". Yes, a little cowboy hat for a very small and cowardly man, the cowboy from Connecticut, our first presidential convicted felon to be, George W. Bush. It's perfect, in red, white and blue.

We are not setting a price for these. You can have one for a contribution of any amount. We just want to put as many out there as possible. And we will have much more news for you soon about planned actions to pressure prosecutors at all levels to step up to the plate and do their duty.

AIDS Bike Ride Support Page

We heard from one of our participants already about the upcoming AIDS/Lifecycle 8 bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, starting May 31, 2009, to raise awareness for those living with HIV/AIDS. We would like to set up a support page for this worthy event on our site. So please if there are any other of our participants interested who are involved in this please email back so we can include you.

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By Pakistan Daily

THE WORSENING ECONOMIC CRISIS has prompted the US Army War College to issue a report urging the use of military troops to contain possible civil unrest throughout America. Entitled, Strategic Shocks in Defense Strategy Development, issued on November 4, 2008, the report argues that the US military must prepare for a "violent domestic dislocation provoked by an economic collapse."

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By The Editors

Empires throughout human history have relied on foreign military bases to enforce their rule, and in this respect at least, Pax Americana is no different than Pax Romana or Pax Britannica.

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The Associated Press: "The nation's largest government-run utility ignored two small leaks that could have provided a warning years before a coal ash pond collapsed, flooding a neighborhood with a billion gallons of sludge, a former federal regulator contends."

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Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: "Despite two wars involving more than 200,000 US troops and a global economic crisis, foreign-related news coverage by the three major US television networks fell to a record low during 2008, according to the latest annual review of network news coverage by the authoritative Tyndall Report."

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Peter Finn, The Washington Post: "The military judge overseeing proceedings against five of the men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks signed an order designed to protect classified information that is so broad it could prevent public scrutiny of the most important trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to lawyers and human rights groups."

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Hey, Obama: Government can’t be Mr. Fix-it
Fox Forum

by Dan Gainor

01/14/09

A few years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission looked at Bernie Madoff’s operation and said it was doing things just fine. Madoff then allegedly went on to scam $50 billion from unknowing investors. Congress instituted the Alternative Minimum Tax to go after a couple millionaires but forgot to adjust it for inflation. It now threatens as many as 24 million taxpayers each year. Government brought us the Katrina fiasco, a broken immigration process and the Department of Motor Vehicles. … Traditional conservatives understand what Ronald Reagan said that government isn’t the solution, government is the problem. And Obama will only make the problem bigger. What’s ironic is that, at the very same time Obama is supporting the expansion of government, he’s pointing out what a miserable failure it can be...

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Whose war is it anyway?

Spiked
by Brendan O'Neill

01/05/09

The projection of the West’s Culture Wars on to the Middle East turns it into a permaconflict, depriving all sides of an incentive to compromise...

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- Surmortalité par l'irradiation artificielle micro-ondes pulsées 24H/24 de la population, un exemple:

- Ouest-France: Jacques Crochet «Il faut éliminer les antennes du château d'eau de la rue de Fougères»

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