World-News

Cyril Mychalejko, UpsideDownWorld: "U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) threatened to issue subpoenas against the U.S. Defense and State Departments last month if they continue to refuse to accurately account for billions of dollars spent on private contractors assisting Washington in the 'war on drugs' in Latin America. But McCaskill's concerns raise broader questions about oversight and transparency of a controversial industry and its ever expanding role in Washington's foreign policy."

http://www.truth-out.org/private-contractors-and-covert-wars-latin-america60412



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Claire+McCaskill
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Zach Carter, AlterNet: "Derivatives are a hotbed of abuses and bailouts. So why are taxpayers footing the bill? For the Wall Street reform package currently making its way through Congress to work, it has to accomplish two broad goals: It must take a huge bite out of banking profits and end the too-big-to-fail oligopoly that encourages megabanks to take megarisks and stick taxpayers with the tab. Neither of these goals can be accomplished without taking on derivatives - the wild, unregulated market that brought down AIG. Right now, the U.S. government pays big banks for operating derivatives casinos. If we're going to clean up the derivatives mess, we have to move taxpayer money out of the market."

http://www.truth-out.org/lure-people-into-that-calm-and-then-just-totally-f-k-em-how-all-us-pay-derivatives-market60429

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Amnesty for the bankers, debtor’s prison for the serfs

Pto Libertate
by Will Grigg

06/13/10

Long before he orchestrated a scheme to rig auctions of tax liens in Baltimore, attorney and real estate mogul Harvey M. Nusbaum had a long and lucrative career in officially sanctioned crime as an IRS agent. In 2002, Nusbaum grew weary of robbing people on behalf of the state. Rather than repenting in sackcloth and ashes, as any decent person would, he hired out as a privateer — a freelance buyer and collector of tax debts. This form of retail fascism — a public-private partnership in plunder — was immensely profitable for Nusbaum. Had he exercised even the slightest restraint on his corrupt appetite, Nusbaum most likely wouldn’t be headed for prison...

http://tinyurl.com/39oyvck



The other national debt

National Review
by Kevin Williamson

06/14/10

About that $14 trillion national debt: Get ready to tack some zeroes onto it. Taken alone, the amount of debt issued by the federal government — that $14 trillion figure that shows up on the national ledger — is a terrifying, awesome, hellacious number: Fourteen trillion seconds ago, Greenland was covered by lush and verdant forests, and the Neanderthals had not yet been outwitted and driven into extinction by Homo sapiens sapiens, because we did not yet exist. Big number, 14 trillion, and yet it doesn’t even begin to cover the real indebtedness of American governments at the federal, state, and local levels, because governments don’t count up their liabilities the same way businesses do...

http://tinyurl.com/2akw3gh



The Greek plague: Sticky wages

Ludwig von Mises Institute
by David Howden

06/24/10

After the deaths of three bank employees, Greek president Karolos Papoulias lamented that the debt-ridden country had finally ‘reached the edge of the abyss.’ It should be so lucky. Abysses allow for falls into the deep unknown. If real wages would make the plunge, Greek workers would have a future with more options than striking and senseless destruction...

http://mises.org/daily/4490


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Moody's Latest To Downgrade Greek Debt To Junk

Moody's Investors Service slashed Greece's credit rating to junk status on Monday in a new blow to the debt-ridden country that is under intense international scrutiny after narrowly avoiding default last month.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127837304&ft=1&f=1004



Spanish banks teeter on brink of collapse

THE European economy edged towards a fresh crisis yesterday, as Spain's leaders were forced to admit that credit had dried up for some of the country's banks.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Spanish-banks-teeter-on-brink.6361682.jp



Stage Two of the Credit Crisis

Austerity Measures Could Force a Depression

By Bob Chapman

Sovereign bonds and CDOs are not worth the paper they are written on. Worse yet, they, like US banks and other corporations, are carrying two sets of books. If one set of books were kept all the toxic waste would have to be written off and that would deplete their capital and most likely put them out of business. Is it no wonder banks do not want to lend to each other? Banks and nations are lying.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25969.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Bonds and the Fading Recovery
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north868.html



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CounterPunch
by Vijay Prashad

06/13/10

On May 30, at 10:06am, the United States exchequer turned over its trillionth dollar to the U. S. armed forces for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A trillion dollars is a lot of money. As my friends at the National Priorities Project put it, if I made a $1 million a year, it would take me a million years to earn a trillion dollars. The U. S. government expended the same amount in nine years, fighting two wars. So what did our trillion tax dollars buy?

http://counterpunch.org/prashad06112010.html



It’s time to start minding our own business

Campaign For Liberty
by Jack Hunter

06/12/10

If I had my druthers, the never-ending conflict between Israel and Palestine would be but a small news brief in American newspapers. But since we police the world, we must always monitor our global police scanner, where not only Israel’s conflicts, but those of North and South Korea, the nation of Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, and pretty much everywhere else is the United States’ business because we insist on making it so...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=932



In America, dissent and exposing ugly truths a crime

Freedom's Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

06/14/10

On April 16, journalist John Cole wrote: ‘The message is clear — you torture people and then destroy the evidence, and you get off without so much as a sternly worded letter. If you are a whistle blower outlining criminal behavior by the government, you get prosecuted.’ In fact, it’s worse. Under Bush, torture was official policy. It remains so under Obama who absolved CIA torturers, despite unequivocal evidence of their guilt. But leaking it risks criminal prosecution for revealing state secrets and endangering national security...

http://tinyurl.com/2by6gwx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Targeting Whistleblowers: Truth Telling Endangered

By Stephen Lendman

It's beautiful and horrifying. (The documents describe) almost criminal political back dealings. (They belong) in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark corner in Washington, DC. (Our government is involved in) incredible things, awful things.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25716.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman

06/11/10

You’ve got to hand it to the people who really dislike free markets. They see them everywhere (under every bed?) and especially wherever any serious problem arises. That no free market exists within a thousand miles makes no difference whatsoever. Take the oil spill in the Gulf. Market opponents are having a field day. They say this finally demonstrates the need for government to run things. Private firms can’t be trusted...

http://tinyurl.com/2bgl8zo



Hold polluters accountable

Boston Globe
by staff

06/13/10

It was justice delayed and mostly denied. In 1984, a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India, killed 15,000 people and sickened thousands more. This month, eight former executives of Union Carbide’s Indian subsidiary were convicted on negligence charges. But only seven of them are still alive, and their sentences — two years in prison each, and fines of $2,100 — were far lighter than victims’ families and activists had hoped. The light sentence, which only came after a quarter-century of courtroom struggles, serves as a reminder that many of the world’s justice systems are still not adept at properly addressing huge, preventable disasters. So it’s reassuring that, in a recent trip to the Gulf Coast, Attorney General Eric Holder stressed that the US government is looking at all possible avenues, both civil and criminal, to hold BP responsible for the ongoing oil spill disaster...

http://tinyurl.com/2eo69ev



BPUSA

On ALLiance
by Keith

06/14/10

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil gusher demonstrates the necessity of building civil society within American communities. In fact if anything it demonstrates how community agency, the capacity to act for collective purposes, has been eroded due to a persistent effort to erode civil society and create dependency upon state and corporate actors. This is done through a number of mechanisms: (1) subsuming mutual aid and not-for-profit actors into government welfare; (2) slowly chipping away at the capacity of welfare and social service agencies through diminished funding, increased bureaucracy, and enhanced regulation that undermines the core mission of the agency and; (3) finally by transferring such services over to corporate actors who seek to maximize profit by distributing material (not social) goods that fail to offer a semblance of empowerment nor promises to build individual capacity for transformative change...

http://alliance.rationalreview.com/2010/06/bpusa/



The ethanol trap

Slate
by Robert Bryce

06/10/10

The most disgusting aspect of the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t the video images of oil-soaked birds or the incessant blather from pundits about what BP or the Obama administration should be doing to stem the flow of oil. Instead, it’s the ugly spectacle of the corn-ethanol scammers doing all they can to capitalize on the disaster so that they can justify an expansion of the longest-running robbery of taxpayers in U.S. history. … The blowout of BP’s Macondo well has given the corn-ethanol industry yet another opportunity to push its fuel adulterant on the American consumer. And unfortunately, the Obama administration appears ready and willing to foist yet more of the corrosive, environmentally destructive, low-heat-energy fuel on motorists...

http://www.slate.com/id/2256461/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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BP block news media
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/865.html

High concentration of carcinogens in air
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/866.html

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Fierce Urgency

James Howard Kunstler, Truthout: "The exquisite morbidity of the BP oil spill has concentrated the collective national mind like few other events in this ongoing long emergency. How many times a day does it occur to you - perhaps while sitting in traffic, or oogling some girl in a nearby cubicle, or cruising the freezer stacks in the supermarket - that one mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico that crude is just blasting away into the deep blue sea? Anyway, it troubles my hours. But what if it hadn't happened? What if the nation's attention was not fixed on the 'fierce urgency' of this disaster and we were left with all the tiresome familiar problems of politics and economy?"

http://www.truth-out.org/fierce-urgency60416



Enough of This C...

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Reports have been coming out of the Gulf for days about British Petroleum blocking access to beaches and animal-cleaning stations, in some instances using private Blackwater-style mercenaries to do so. Journalists as well as citizens have been thwarted in their attempts to see for themselves the extent of the damage being done by the runaway Deepwater Horizon disaster."

http://www.truth-out.org/enough-crap60452



This Note's For You

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "If you are tired of watching in paralyzed fury as the underwater oil spigot from the Deepwater Horizon vomits doom into the sea, if you have the time and ability to do more, then my friends, this note's for you."

http://www.truth-out.org/enough-this-crap-part-ii-this-notes-for-you60525



Gulf War Syndrome

Eugene Robinson: "It's great that President Obama and his advisers finally seem to understand the atmospherics of responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Now if they'd only get the policy right."

http://www.truth-out.org/eugene-robinson-gulf-war-syndrome60443

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US oil spill: Mapping the oil slick

Experts from several US federal agencies are tracking the spread of the slick and predicting its path using remote sensing equipment, reconnaissance flights and satellite imagery. Data and maps from their research are available online.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10309001.stm


From Information Clearing House

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BP finds Obama's demand for lost wages 'chilling'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9733/

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The Only Way to Truly Stop Oil Spills
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2773

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DR. TOM TERMOTTO PROPOSES GULF OIL SPILL SOLUTION IN AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/82e481e18a5ad613?hl=de



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north854.html

The Death of a Great American City
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/death-of-las-vegas.html

The Greater Depression and the Realities of Investing in the 21st Century
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/smith-scott10.1.html

Where the World's Millionaires Live
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/top-countries-for-millionaires.html

Desperate Troubles Ahead
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north861.html

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Empire: Running on Empty?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/07/01-0

Move the Money, Starve the Empire
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/02-3

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Historian Niall Ferguson warns US empire now 'very near the edge of chaos'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9795/



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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/north

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9730/

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What Could $1 Trillion in Mineral Wealth Mean for Afghanistan?

Tom A. Peter, The Christian Science Monitor: "US and Afghan officials claim to have discovered more than $1 trillion in untapped copper, iron, and lithium deposits in Afghanistan, enough to significantly bolster the future development of the war ravaged country. But there remains skepticism about Afghanistan's mineral wealth, as some critics argue that the extent of un-mined deposits is being inflated to garner support for the war."

http://www.truth-out.org/what-could-1-trillion-mineral-wealth-mean-afghanistan60445

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Afghanistan Mineral Riches Story Is War Propaganda

"Liberal" New York Times sells globalist occupation once more with fake news

Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Tuesday, Jun 15th, 2010

News that the U.S. has suddenly discovered $1 trillion-worth of mineral deposits in Afghanistan, and descriptions of the bounty as a “game changer” by the corporate media, represent nothing more than crude war propaganda designed to reinvigorate public support for a failing and ever more pointless occupation.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/afghanistan-mineral-riches-story-is-war-propaganda.html

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'Discovery' of Afghan Riches a Pro-war PR Scam?

By Daniel Tencer

The story's timing suggests a Pentagon public relations campaign designed to extend public support for the war with the hope that, in time, Afghanistan may be able to raise itself out of abject poverty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25718.htm

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Bring on the Coalition of the Digging

Slate
by Christopher Hitchens

06/21/10

The story of countries that are poor because they are rich is an old one: The Congo has been a scandalous example since the time of its private ownership by the Belgian royal family in the 19th century, and to the list of nations subject to depredation by resource exploitation one could also add Haiti, Angola, India, and (to be fair) China. Afghanistan has no infrastructure or professional civil service, no tradition of extractive industry, and no mechanism for sharing resources among its wildly discrepant provinces and regions. A Klondike beyond the Khyber could be the last thing it needs. Still. This is at least a trillion-dollar national-resource treasure in a country that so far has had a GDP with scarcely any pulse. The governments of NATO — which include countries with vast experience in mining, from Germany to Canada and from Britain to the United States — have had almost no real work to do on the economic front except to distribute aid, itself often a cause of resentment, and waste time trying to “interdict” Afghanistan’s only other existing resource, which is opium. Is it conceivable that such an alliance of earth-moving and digging powers could not at last find something genuinely constructive to do in a country where they already have a U.N. mandate for rebuilding and reconstruction?

http://www.slate.com/id/2257659/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Afghanistan/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pentagon
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Tencer
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Hitchens

Joseph Nevins, Truthout: "As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, just one of many manifestations of perilous ecological degradation across the planet, the need to challenge war and militarism - especially in terms of the United States - becomes ever-more pressing. The U.S. military is the world's single biggest consumer of fossil fuels, and the single entity most responsible for destabilizing the Earth's climate."

http://www.truth-out.org/greening-pentagon60385



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http://beforeitsnews.com/news/73/166/The_Chemtrail_Smoking_Gun.html


Informant: Dorothee Krien

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Chemtrails don't exist?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/899.html

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Atmospheric Geoengineering
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/atmosphericGeoengineering.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Chemtrails/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=geoengineering

Two out of every three United States corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005, according to a report released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/business/13tax.html?_r=2


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Business
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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/863.html



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Schwarz-gelb täuscht mit der Brennelementesteuer die Bevölkerung. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689014ms211

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Weiter Zwist in der Regierung

Die jüngsten nervösen Diskussionen in der Regierung um eine Brennelementesteuer zeigen vor allem eines: Union und FDP sind sich intern bei weitem nicht so einig, wie es scheint! Und kein Weg zur Verlängerung der Laufzeiten wird unversucht gelassen. Für uns bedeutet das, sich nicht närrisch machen zu lassen von den dauernden Störfeuern, und das Ziel nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren, nämlich das tatsächliche Abschalten der AKW! Unabhängig von all den guten Gründen gegen Atomkraft spricht aber auch haushaltspolitisch nichts für den Weiterbetrieb der Atommeiler:

http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/presse/artikel/30ca1837a1/steuer-auf-brennelemente-birgt-erheb.html


Abpfiff für Atomkraft!

Der BUND hat eine - im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes - pfiffige Online-Aktion gestartet und schreibt: Die Nachspielzeit für Atomkraft läuft - und es darf keine Verlängerung geben! Machen Sie deshalb mit beim ABPFIFF FÜR ATOMKRAFT! Schicken Sie eine E-Mail mit Pfiff an Bundeskanzlerin Merkel - wenn Sie mögen, können Sie das Pfeifkonzert durch Ihren eigenen Pfiff verstärken: http://www.bund.net/abpfiff


Atomlügen in Biblis aufgeflogen

Am vergangenen Samstag demonstrierten am Atomkraftwerk Biblis rund 600 Menschen und ließen die Atomlügen von RWE und den anderen Atomkonzernen auffliegen. In Sichtweite der Pannenreaktoren wurden über 12.000 Ballons gestartet. Die Ballons sollten veranschaulichen, wohin eine radioaktive Wolke zieht, wenn es im AKW Biblis zu einer Freisetzung von Radioaktivität käme - etwa als Folge eines Terroranschlags oder eines Flugzeugabsturzes. Bilder zur Aktion gibt es unter: http://bit.ly/bibliswolke


Aus: .ausgestrahlt-Newsletter 14. Juni 2010

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Arbeitszeitverkürzung gerade jetzt! Die Last der Krise soll auf uns abgewälzt werden: die Antwort muss Kampf sein!

„Die Last der Krise soll auf uns abgewälzt werden. Merkel hält uns vor, wir hätten über unsere Verhältnisse gelebt. So werden wir vorbereitet auf einen riesigen Sozialraub. Dabei leben wir abhängig Beschäftigten, die ihre Arbeitskraft verkaufen müssen, seit langem unter unseren Verhältnissen!...“ Aufruf vom 17.6.2010 von und bei unofficial world-wide-web avantgarde http://www.secarts.org/journal/index.php?show=article&id=1093&


Aus: LabourNet, 17. Juni 2010

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Rettet der Fußball Schwarzgelb?

Wie Angela Merkel die schwerste Krise ihrer Amtszeit doch noch überstehen könnte.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/147864



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Finanzkrise
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Struktur der Saatgutkonzerne schränkt Freiheit der Landwirtschaft ein.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689004ms211



Greenpeace deckt Aussaat von illegalem Gen-Mais auf

In Deutschland ist der Anbau von gentechnisch verändertem Mais seit 2009 verboten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689033ms211



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gen+Mais

Michael Winship, Truthout: "At a dinner party, an ever-so-proper aristocrat who had been at the British evacuation of Dunkirk 60 years ago, remained tightlipped despite intense questioning from the other guests about what he had seen there. Finally, he shuddered at the memory and exclaimed, 'The noise, my dear, and the people!' An apocryphal story, perhaps, but the high-falutin' Supreme Court of the United States has the same attitude toward America - this would be such a great country if it wasn't for all the noise and people."

http://www.truth-out.org/michael-winship-the-supreme-court-says-no-people-again60365

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Supreme Court Criminalizes Speech in Ruling in Patriot Act Case
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/21-7

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Supreme Court creates new class: Unpersons

Nolan Chart
by Walt Thiessen

06/21/10

The 6-3 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, No. 08-1498 effectively creates a new class of people: Unpersons. These are people who have the temerity to disagree with U.S. government’s designations of certain persons and groups as terrorists. The ruling effectively makes it a crime to attempt to make peace with such people. It eliminates, from a legal perspective, the basic human rights of anyone who disagrees with the U.S. government...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article7805.html



America’s lawless Supreme Court

Freedom's Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

06/24/10

Given extremist right wing governance under both parties, (Eric Holder the new John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, or Michael Mukasey; Obama the new Bush) no longer do constitutional protections apply. As a result, anyone may be prosecuted for supporting human rights, civil liberties, democratic freedom, writing articles like this one, or airing populist views on programs like the Progressive Radio News Hour...

http://tinyurl.com/2dcsegn


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Video

You are being encouraged to take deadly drugs by professional marketers who are paid to "spin" any story so it comes out smelling like roses. But this health industry insider is exposing Big Pharma's biggest cover ups for the first time...



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Die schwarz-gelbe Bundesregierung wird den größten Sozialabbau in der Geschichte der Bundesregierung Deutschland vollziehen. Zunächst hatte man die Landtagswahl in NRW abgewartet, nun braucht man sich nicht mehr vor dem Willen der Wähler zu fürchten. Vor dem Beginn der Klausurtagung schwadronierte Vizekanzler Guido Westerwelle (FDP) vor laufenden Kameras: "Freibier für alle macht beliebt. Aber dann fährt der Karren vor die Wand" Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/entlastungen-fuer-die-reichen-auf-kosten-der-armen-1909.php



DGB-Studie: Die Streichung des Elterngeldes bei Hartz IV erhöht das Armutsrisiko im extremen Umfang

Die im Sparpaket der Bundesregierung festgelegte Streichung des Elterngeldes für Hartz-IV Bezieher wird weitreichende Folgen für Alleinerziehende Mütter und Väter und Familien mit Kindern haben, das belegt eine neu vorgestellte Studie des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (DGB) Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-elterngeld-streichung-erhoeht-armut-982.php



Mit "gutem Beispiel" voran: Politiker erhöhen ihre Gehälter

Gerstern traf sich der Niedersächsische Landtag zur letzten Sitzung vor der Sommerpause. Die 152 Abgeordneten stimmten heute darüber ab, ob ihre "Diäten" zukünftig erhöht werden. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/politiker-erhoehen-ihre-gehaelter-731.php



Die frühere Ratsvorsitzende der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), Margot Käßmann ruft zum Widerstand gegen Hartz-IV Kürzungen auf.

Die frühere Ratsvorsitzende der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), Margot Käßmann, ruft zum Widerstand gegen Hartz-IV Kürzungen auf. Als Käßmann von dem Wegfall des Elterngeldes hörte, habe sie sich gefragt, "ob Hartz-IV-Empfänger weniger Würde als andere Menschen haben", zitiert die kirchliche EPD-Nachrichtenagentur. Im Zuge dessen forderte die ehemalige Ratsvorsitzende zum "kirchlichen Widerstand" gegen die Kürzungen auf. Die Kirche dürfe politisch sein und müsse nun ihr Wächteramt aufnehmen, sagte Käßmann am Montag während des Martin-Luther-Forums. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/kaessmann-widerstand-gegen-hartz-iv-kuerzungen-1167.php



Wie sogenannte Bescheid-Erklärer Hartz IV–Bezieher von Klagen abhalten sollen.

In Berlin wird derzeit in einem Pilotprojekt getestet, ob sogenannte Hartz IV Bescheid- Erklärer Erwerbslose von Klagen abhalten können. Damit will der Senat in Berlin erreichen, dass die vielen Widersprüche gegen die Hartz-IV Bescheide reduziert werden. So berichtete das ARD Magazin "report mainz" letzte Woche über die Arbeit des ersten sogenannten "Bescheiderklärers" Deutschlands im Jobcenter Berlin-Mitte. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/die-hartz-iv-bescheid-erklaerer-9182.php



Werden ARGE-Mitarbeitern Sanktionsquoten durch die Bundesagentur für Arbeit vorgegeben?

Immer wieder gibt es Mutmaßungen, dass die Bundesagentur für Arbeit intern Sanktionsquoten für Hartz IV-Betroffene vorgibt. Bislang konnten solche Vermutungen nicht schriftlich belegt werden. Doch unter vorgehaltener Hand wird diese Quote von Arge-Mitarbeitern immer wieder bestätigt. Von Seiten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit wird diese Quote weder dementiert noch bestätigt. Man schweigt sich zu diesem Thema lieber aus. Sanktionen haben für die Betroffenen schwere Folgen. So kann der Regelsatz um 30, 60 oder sogar 100 Prozent gekürzt werden. Hier nun einige Beispiele, die auf diese Sanktionsquoten-Vorgabe hinweisen. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-werden-argen-sanktionsquoten-vorgegeben-9182.php



Bundesrichter: Schärfere Sanktionen gegen junge Erwachsene Hartz IV Bezieher sind rechtswidrig

Nach Ansicht des Bundesrichters Prof. Uwe Berlit verstoßen die schärferen Sanktionregeln gegen junge Hartz IV Bezieher (U25) gegen die Bundesdeutsche Verfassung. In der der ARD Sendung "Report Mainz" hatte der Bundesrichter kommentiert: "Für diese Differenzierung allein nach dem Alter gibt es keinen sachlichen Grund." und "Ich halte die schärfere Sanktionierung der unter 25-Jährigen für verfassungswidrig." Es gebe nur aufgrund des Alters der unter 25 Jährigen keinen "sachlichen Grund". Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/schaerfere-hartz-iv-sanktionen-rechtswidrig-9153.php

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Unsoziales Sparpaket stoppen!

Die Regierung belastet mit ihrem Sparpaket fast ausschließlich Arbeitslose und Familien. Gleichzeitig schont sie Vermögende und die Krisenverursacher/innen. Unterzeichnen Sie den Appell an Bundeskanzlerin Merkel, Arbeitsministerin von der Leyen und Finanzminister Schäuble und fordern Sie einen Kurswechsel!

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Der Bundesbank-Vorstand und frühere Berliner Finanzsenator vollführt ein weiteres Aufmerksamkeitskunststück.

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Dem Unternehmen werden größere Nachlässigkeiten bei der Bohrung im Golf vorgeworfen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147804



Öl und noch mehr Öl

BPs GAU im Golf von Mexiko: US-Geologen korrigieren Ölmenge nach oben.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147803



Vielleicht noch bis Weihnachten

Die Ölkatastrophe im Golf von Mexiko ist noch lange nicht unter Kontrolle und ihre Folgen für die Ölindustrie schon gar nicht.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147819



Ölpest: Schadensbekämpfung und Zensur

BPs Katastrophenkapitalismus unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147854



Im Blind-Scherbacken-Gang

US-Regierungsstellen vertrauten BPs Technologie, als ob sie von der NASA stammte. Neue Ursachenberichte zur Ölpest zeigen, wie weit sie damit hinter dem Mond lagen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147866



Ölige Verbindungen

Der Richter, der Obamas Tiefsee-Bohrstopp aufhob, erzielt Einkünfte aus Transocean-Anteilsscheinen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147879



Ölige Verbindungen II

Auch die Richter des Berufungsgerichts, das gestern gegen Obamas Tiefsee-Bohrstopp entschied, sollen enge Verbindungen zu Energieunternehmen und Big Oil haben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147986



"17 Meilen vor der Küste gibt es kein klares Wasser mehr"

Die Auswirkungen der Ölpest im Golf werden immer drastischer sichtbar.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147930



Gas- und Ölförderung: Leckagen sind in Europa Dauerzustand
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147928

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BP-Ölpest: Profitgier und technischer Pfusch schuld

Sicherheitsempfehlungen wegen Erfolgs- und Kostendrucks ignoriert.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689001ms211

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Golf von Mexiko: Ein Blick in die Zukunft?

Die Bevölkerung am Golf von Mexiko ist vor allem in zwei Branchen tätig: Ölförderung und diverse folgende Schritte sowie - Fischerei. Beides ist gegenwärtig nur eingeschränkt möglich - und das kann durchaus so bleiben. Viele Menschen arbeiten in der Fangsaison als Fischer und ansonsten als Hilfskräfte der Ölgesellschaften. Ein beträchtlicher Anteil der Fischer sind Flüchtlinge aus Vietnam und Houma-Indianer. Das Wasser war nicht nur ihr Broterwerb, sondern prägte auch die Alltagskultur. Wird alles anders am Golf nach dem GAU? In dem Artikel "Will BP disaster spark move to a new Gulf economy?" von Chris Komm am 25. Juni 2010 bei den Southern Studies wird versucht, diese und andere Perspektiven aus Sicht der Betroffenen zu analysieren: http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/06/gulf-dispatch-will-bp-disaster-spark-move-to-a-greener-gulf-economy.html

Siehe dazu auch: "Refinery Events June 18-24" (pdf-Datei) der wöchentliche Nachrichtendienst der Stahlarbeitergewerkschaft USW, die auch die Ölarbeiter organisiert: Ein knapper Hinweis auf einen branchenweiten Alltag voller Zwischen- und Unfälle..: http://assets.usw.org/oil-bargaining/refinery-events/oil-refinery-events-10-06-18-24.pdf

Sowie: "The Gulf South as Internal Periphery" - ein Beitrag von und bei den "Southern Leftists" vom 01. Juli 2010 dessen Autoren eine Paralelle ziehen zwischen den Klassenunterschieden und dem Rassismus in der "Katrina response" und den entsprechenden Konsequenzen der Ölkatastrophe: http://southernleftists.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/the-gulf-south-as-internal-periphery/


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Juli 2010



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By Ray St. Louis

The primary enemy to the health and well-being of the American republic is (drum roll, please)...corporate hegemony.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25691.htm



New Hips Gone Awry Expose U.S. Kickbacks in Doctors' Conflicts

By David Armstrong

The financial ties between device makers and surgeons help explain why health-care costs in the U.S. rose at 2.5 times the rate of inflation in the past 10 years and account for a sixth of the economy.

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By Tim Dickinson

The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years - and let the world's most dangerous oil company get away with murder.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25695.htm



Day 51 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Black Waves Hitting The Beach

Video

A short video of new, heavy oil hitting the state beach on Grand Isle. The number of oiled birds is on the rise, and Bottle-nosed Dolphins are swimming through the oil.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25690.htm



GOP Lawmaker With BP Stock Has Role in Spill Probe

By DENNIS CONRAD

A multimillionaire House Republican who owns thousands of shares of BP stock has no plans to recuse himself from a congressional investigation related to the Gulf oil spill or from votes on Capitol Hill that could affect his investments in the oil company.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25692.htm



Oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier thought

'This is a nightmare that keeps getting worse every week,' activist says.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37636151/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf



Gulf oil spill 'may top 100,000 barrels a day'

BP's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico may be up to four times the scale estimated by a government scientific panel, pumping out 100,000 barrels a day in what equates to the company's "worst case scenario" and prompting new accusations that executives are stonewalling the truth.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7146713.ece



In pictures: Louisiana Oil Spill 2010 PHOTOS

Gulf Of Mexico Disaster Unfolds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/louisiana-oil-spill-2010_n_558287.html



BP Refuses to Allow Scientists to Test Oil Spill Samples

University of South Florida scientist David Hollander said he was "just taken aback" by BP's unwillingness to assist in a scientific inquiry into the trouble. "It was a little unsettling."

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/BP_Refuses_to_Allow_Scientists_to_Test_Oil_Spill_Samples_100611



What are they hiding?

FAA Closes down Gulf of Mexico Air Traffic!
http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_5100.html



BP Oil Disaster Could Hit Europe Via the Powerful Gulf Stream Current

The Obama Administration and senior BP officials are frantically working not to stop the world's worst oil disaster, but to hide the true extent of the actual ecological catastrophe.

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article20207.html



Gulf Oil Syndrome: America's Next Health Crisis?

With reports of oil spill workers falling ill, and in some cases, even being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms including nausea, headache, dizziness and even chest pains - presumably due to exposure to toxic chemicals being emitted from the 33-million gallon slick, it's only a matter of time before people start coming down with Gulf Oil Syndrome.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594283,00.html



Who Voted to Limit the Liability of Oil Companies?

In 1990 Congress adopted the Oil Pollution Act. This act set liability limitations to $75 million for oil spills like the one we are witnessing in the Gulf Coast today. The congress-persons who voted for the Oil Pollution Act are directly responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf.

http://breakthematrix.com/latest/who-voted-to-limit-the-liability-of-oil-companies/



Why Is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?

The former vice president is usually a vociferous defender of his time in government. But not on the disaster in the gulf.

http://tinyurl.com/28jgpge



The Do-Nothing 44th President

By David Michael Green

What do nine dead Gaza activists in the Mediterranean, nine-plus percent unemployment, and ninety years of oil catastrophe clean-up have in common?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25702.htm



BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR

There is growing evidence that BP's oil well - technically called the "well casing" or "well bore" - has suffered damage beneath the level of the sea floor.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/evidence-points-to-destruction-beneath.html



B.P, Halliburton and Transocean have unleashed Armageddon and now there is no stopping it

This is our worst nightmare. The oil industry has killed the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25705.htm



Graphic shows number of animals collected near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

This graphic depicts the total number of living and dead animals collected in four states since the oil spill began.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/06/graphic_shows_number_of_animal.html



BP hires company to handle oil spill claims whose goal is "reducing payouts" for clients

Publicly, BP has said it intends to be generous in compensating those affected by the Gulf oil spill: BP has hired a risk-management company who advertises that a main benefit of its services is "reducing our clients' loss dollar pay-outs" -- a goal Gulf advocates say is in direct contradiction to Washington and BP's promises to fully compensate coastal residents.

http://tinyurl.com/2f4tgke



Who Owns BP? Biggest Shareholder is JPMorgan Chase

According to the European financial database Amadeus, JPMorgan Chase is the No. 1 holder of stock in BP. That distinction also has earned the Wall Street bank the title of "Global Ultimate Owner" of the oil giant, as it owns 28.34% of BP.

http://tinyurl.com/2fqpl47



How BlueDog Boys kept Obama's boot off neck of BP's U.S. partner

The American owners of the drilling rig at the centre of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have been involved in nearly three-quarters of all significant safety incidents on rigs in the region since 2008, according to new figures.

http://tinyurl.com/2dsd372


From Information Clearing House

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VIDEO: 'It looks like death' -- Two divers swim into oil spill
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9725/

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Devastating BP Oil Spill was Inevitable as Government Failed to Learn from Past Tragedies

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/11-2

From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence
http://act.commondreams.org/go/992?akid=79.124981.T4uQXr&t=20

Putting the ‘I’ in Environment
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/11-10

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Obama Overlooked Key Points in Giving OK to Offshore Drilling

Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers: "Weeks before the world had ever heard of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, President Barack Obama stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House poring over maps of oil drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and elsewhere. Satisfied that he knew all he needed to know and confident that it was safe, he decided to propose expanded offshore drilling."

http://www.truth-out.org/obama-overlooked-key-points-giving-ok-offshore-drilling60368

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Ocean currents likely to carry oil along Atlantic coast

A detailed computer modeling study released indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer. The modeling results are captured in a series of dramatic animations produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and collaborators.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689036ms211

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Deadly Gases Leaking from BP Spill
http://www.infowars.com/lindsey-williams-talks-with-alex-jones-about-deadly-gases-leaking-from-bp-spill


Informant: Bob Banner

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Where have they been?

Strike the Root
by Paul Hein

06/15/10

It would be difficult to watch television news for more than five minutes without some mention of the debt ‘crisis.’ Economists are interviewed, and express deep concern about the fact that Uncle Sam is printing money at an unprecedented rate. And, yes, they are very worried about this mountain of debt, and how it can be paid...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/where-have-they-been


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Philip Shenon

Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about to publish a huge cache of classified State Department cables.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25683.htm



Daniel Ellsberg Fears a US Hit on Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
Inside the Pimpernel's Bunker

By Muriel Kane

Recalling that he himself had been the intended target of a CIA hit squad in 1972, Ellsberg suggested, "As I look at Assange's case, their worry that he will reveal current threats, I would have to say, puts his well-being, his physical life, in some danger. And I say that with anguish. ... I think Assange would do well to keep his whereabouts unknown."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25699.htm



WikiLeaks is Asking for Urgent Help

Courage is Contagious

By David Heath

We face difficult times.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25723.htm



"Leaking This Information is the Act of a Hero."

By Mike Gogulski

In the 70s, the persecution of Daniel Ellsberg only caused support for him to increase. Somehow, it seems like the same will not be true for Bradley Manning unless thoughtful & concerned citizens do something about it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25722.htm



Bradley Manning: A Real American Hero

Let us work to ensure that his bravery is rewarded with our admiration and support.
http://www.bradleymanning.org/



Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg at Personal Democracy Forum

Video
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/13/video-wikileaks-foun.html



WikiLeaks Inspired "New Media Haven" Proposal Passes In Icelandic Parliament

Reykjavik, Iceland

The WikiLeaks advised proposal to build an international "new media haven" in Iceland, with the world's strongest press and whistleblower protection laws, and a "Nobel" prize for Freedom of Expression, has unanimously passed the Icelandic Parliament.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25743.htm



Wikileak Case Echoes Pentagon Papers

By Coleen Rowley and Robert Parry

Though there are historic parallels between the actions of Manning today and those of Ellsberg in 1971, a major difference is the attitude of the mainstream U.S. news media, which then fought to publish Ellsberg's secret history but now is behaving more like what former CIA analyst Ray McGovern calls the "fawning corporate media" or FCM.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25737.htm



WikiLeaks Founder Has Massacre Video

Philip Shenon, a former investigative reporter at The New York Times, is the author of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation.

http://tinyurl.com/36ftsap



Wikileaks Soldier Reveals Orders for "360 Rotational Fire"

You Want us to Kill Women and Children on the Street?

By Ralph Lopez

"If someone in your line gets hit with an IED, 360 rotational fire. You kill every motherf... on the street." Myself and Josh and a lot of other soldiers were just sitting there looking at each other like, "Are you kidding me? You want us to kill women and children on the street?"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25759.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Wiki-Leaks founder an assassination target?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/862.html

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Minerals, WikiLeaks, and Blackwater for Sale
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/15-1

WikiLeaks to Release Video of Deadly US Afghan Attack
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16-9

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Assange, preparing video of US 'massacre' of Afghan civilians, may be in danger
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9736/



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/buchanan

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard230.html

The Ruling Elite Called
http://www.lewrockwell.com/quinn/quinn32.1.html

It's Really About Controlling Our Lives
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/all-about-controlling-our-lives.html

America's Ruling Class And the Perils of Revolution
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north872.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ruling+elite
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/rothbard
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=/quinn
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/north

http://www.lewrockwell.com/faber/faber68.1.html

Debt Liquidation and Economic Recovery
http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli46.1.html

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Soros: Collapse of Financial System "Real" and "Far From Over"

By Rocky Vega

Billionaire investor George Soros, who earned his fame in the '90s when he made $1 billion betting against the pound, has just leveled criticism against the entire financial system. Today, at a conference in Vienna, he vividly described the global economy going down, driven by vast government deficits.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25704.htm

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There’s no recovery, just more hard times ahead

Nolan Chart
by Kenn Jacobine

07/07/10

Yes, there have been times when the economic data looked promising. During some weeks first time unemployment claims have been down. The economy has grown between two and three percent some months. And there have even been some months when new home sales have swelled and the prices of houses in general have increased. But the fact of the matter is that the worst of the crisis is yet to come and of course like the initial crisis which has lasted for close to three years already it will be Washington’s fault...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article7839.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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NDR Online

Die niedersächsische Regierung sehe das Verbot kritisch, sinnvoller sei
ein EU-weit gültiger Grenzwert, nach dem Vorbild etwa von Österreich.

http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/genmais128.html

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Illegaler Gen-Mais in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Erstes Bundesland veröffentlicht betroffene Flächen.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689355ms217



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Genmais

Robert Reich | Robert Reich's Blog: "Today's most important economic news: US household debt fell for the seventh straight quarter in the first three months of 2010 as Americans continued to respond to the recession's fallout. But like all economic news, its significance depends on where you're standing - whether you're a typical American or someone at the top."

http://www.truth-out.org/robert-reich-why-main-street-economy-isnt-getting-any-better60342



Eight Ways the Great Recession Has Changed Americans

Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor: "Fifty-five percent of Americans in the labor force have experienced a job loss, a pay cut, or a reduction in hours since the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, a new survey finds."

http://www.truth-out.org/eight-ways-great-recession-has-changed-americans60924

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Debt Spreading 'Like a Cancer': Black Swan Author

"We had less debt cumulatively (two years ago), and more people employed. Today, we have more risk in the system, and a smaller tax base," Taleb said.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/37610064



7.9 million jobs lost, many forever

The "recession" killed off 7.9 million jobs. It's increasingly likely that many will never come back. The government jobs report issued Friday shows that businesses have slowed their pace of hiring to a relative trickle.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/79-million-jobs-lost-many-cnnm-1248019835.html?x=0


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Main+Street
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Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

06/09/10

Remember when Democrats and independents craved a less belligerent U.S. foreign policy that eschewed the aggressive preventive war doctrine of the George W. Bush administration? When Barack Obama took office, the atmospherics did seem to change as the new president promised to withdraw forces from Iraq and actually talk to unfriendly nations, such as Iran and North Korea. The only problem is that the new boss is largely the same as the old boss in the war on terror. To give some credit where it is due, the recently released Obama National Security Strategy has laudably narrowed the broad war to attacking al-Qaeda and associated groups around the world. But Obama has also made that war more aggressive and more secretive (sort of)...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2807


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland

Boston Globe
by Robert Kuttner

06/10/20

As investigations are now revealing, there were laws that should have prevented the BP oil blowout, but the oil companies kept getting waivers from the Minerals Management Service, which was thoroughly tamed by the petroleum industry and its political allies in Washington. … The same hijacking of the regulatory apparatus occurred on the financial front. Ample laws could have prevented the speculative collapse if they had been enforced, including requiring banks to use sound underwriting standards, preventing credit rating agencies from bestowing triple-A ratings on junk, or keeping derivatives in check. The regulatory defaults spanned the Clinton and Bush administrations...

http://tinyurl.com/26dlswu



Big Oil bailout?

Our Future Blog
by Digby

06/10/10

Does that sound insane to you in this environment in which the congress is refusing to extend unemployment benefits? Me too. But John Boehner is actually pushing it. … [The] House Minority Leader [says] taxpayers should help pick up the tab. ‘I think the people responsible in the oil spill — BP and the federal government — should take full responsibility for what’s happening there,’ Boehner said at his weekly press conference this morning. … One very clever thing about this is the fact that they are framing this spill as being the equal fault of BP and the Federal government, which means it’s all the fault of an oil company and the Democrats...

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062310/big-oil-bailout



Less government spending = less economic trouble

Christian Science Monitor
by Robert Higgs

06/23/10

Though our current economic troubles are complex, many mainstream economists have endorsed the simplistic Keynesian theory that massive government spending will produce jobs and prosperity. From such Keynesian thinking have flowed the ’stimulus’ and bailout measures that have increased the size and power of government and added trillions of dollars to the public debt. The federal deficit has jumped from about 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal 2008 to about 10 percent of GDP in fiscal 2009 and 2010. The government now forecasts deficits in the neighborhood of $1 trillion per year for the next decade. Politicians, who are always looking for plausible rationales for their insatiable spending, borrowing, and power-grabbing, had never abandoned Keynesianism, so they have been elated to find economic ‘experts’ again confirming their self-interested inclinations. Indeed, several prominent economists, such as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, are urging Washington to spend even more, lest the economy slow. But what does history show?

http://tinyurl.com/3aa3db2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Our Fault, Too

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "There were hearings on Capitol Hill this week regarding the Gulf oil disaster, and virtually everyone involved - from witnesses to experts to government officials - had a grand old time throwing rocks at British Petroleum. The Obama administration and various government agencies have also been taking it in the teeth over their failure to quell the oil boiling up from the bottom of the sea. Beaches are closing, animals are dying, livelihoods are being destroyed, and unbelievable as it may seem, the worst is yet to come. New reports indicate the well may have been releasing oil equivalent to the Exxon Valdez spill every eight to ten days since this whole thing started."

http://www.truth-out.org/our-fault-too60329



Obama, BP and the Wimp Factor

Alexander Cockburn, Truthout: "The British are howling with rage at President Obama's recent tough language about BP's chief executive Tony Hayward. Earlier this week, Obama suggested he'd fire Hayward if he could. U.S. politicians have taken to calling BP 'British Petroleum' - a name the company has not used since the 1990s. It's not surprising that the British are upset. BP is the elephant in the national living room. The value of the BP dividend accounts for roughly 1 pound in every seven of annual British shareholder payouts, and here are prominent politicians in the U.S. talking about BP suspending dividend payouts."

http://www.truth-out.org/alexander-cockburn-obama-bp-and-wimp-factor60338

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Obama: Stop Bashing Britain
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/boris-johnson-to-obama.html

Expect Lots of Government Layoffs at State, Local Level
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/state-local-govt-layoffs.html

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EPA reveals toxic Corexit ingredients
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9723/

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The Case for a Second Round of Stimulus

By Mike Whitney

Consumer spending is flat, home prices are set to fall, unemployment will likely edge higher, private sector credit is still contracting, capacity utilization is far below pre-crisis levels, the CPI is slipping, and yields on US Treasuries are priced for deflation. The government must pick up the slack or their will be a general fall in prices that will trigger more layoffs, larger deficits, and social unrest.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25809.htm



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AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

06/11/10

During the Bush years, war funding was ‘off budget’ – a bit of fiscal trickery that masks the real costs of these conflicts – and the Obama crowd promised to put an end to that practice. However, so far the Obama-ites are going the Bush route of submitting ‘emergency’ supplementals to our misnamed ‘defense’ budget in order to cover the costs of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. This time around the ‘emergency’ funding comes to $159 billion: H.R. 5353 would eliminate that entirely and make our solons fund their war out of the remaining $549 billion earmarked for the Department of Defense. Simple, clean, and clearly illustrating how our elected representatives fool us — and themselves — into believing the costs of their wars are less than they really are, the four-page bill already has bipartisan support...

http://tinyurl.com/34y86a4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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It's Not a "Defense" Department
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/53060

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Conyers joins Grayson's 'War Is Making You Poor Act' as co-sponsor
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9775/



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/10-2

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Officials: US missile kills two in Pakistan

Chicago Sun-Times

A suspected American missile strike killed two people Thursday in a militant-controlled region of northwest Pakistan. U.S. drones routinely hit suspected militants Pakistan’s tribal regions close to the Afghan border. The Obama administration regards the attacks as a vital weapon in the fight against al-Qaida and related Islamist extremist groups...

http://tinyurl.com/35fxvht


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US kills 15 people in Pakistan

The toll in the US drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area has risen to 15 while 10 were wounded in the incident Friday, media reports said.

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/646291/cs/1/



US kills 15 in Pakistan

Six missiles were fired in a pre-dawn attack on a house in Maizer village, 45 kms from Miranshah, the main town in north Waziristan killing the 15 militants, official sources said.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/15-militants-killed-in-Pak-drone-strike/H1-Article1-557382.aspx


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amnesty+International

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/10-5

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The killer Drones: read the fine lines here
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1996027,00.html


Informant: Sheila

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Feds under pressure to open US skies to drones

Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure's on to allow them in the skies over the United States.

http://tinyurl.com/26ewpnu


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drone
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/10-4



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US's futile stalemate in Afghanistan increasingly obvious
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9720/

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Afghanistan: The News Is Bad

While U.S. officials insist they are making progress in reversing the momentum built up by the Taliban insurgency over the last several years, the latest news from Afghanistan suggests the opposite may be closer to the truth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25684.htm



Obama wants more money for Afghanistan war. Will Congress grant it?

"Some two-thirds of Democrats who supported the president in 2008 now oppose the president's Afghan policy," says former Rep. Tom Andrews (D) of Maine, national director of the Win Without War Coalition.

http://tinyurl.com/2ec4a5l


From Information Clearing House

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Obama's Afghanistan Strategy: The... News... Is... Bad
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/11-3

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McChrystal Faces "Iraq 2006 Moment" in Coming Months

Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of US political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that occurred in the Iraq War in late 2006."

http://www.truth-out.org/mcchrystal-faces-iraq-2006-moment-coming-months60404



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance206.html



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1 730 000 Prozent Steigerung des Wirtschaftswachstums? Das hält die Erde nicht aus. Gespräch mit Angelika Zahrnt über Klimagipfel und eine Wirtschaft jenseits des permanenten Wachstums.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32774/1.html

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Munich Re sieht ungebrochenen Trend zu immer teureren Naturkatastrophen

Der langfristige Trend zu immer kostenintensiveren Naturkatastrophen hält an. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommen die GeoRisiko-Experten von Munich Re auch vor dem Hintergrund der aktuell zu beobachtenden Häufung von Naturkatastrophen: Jüngste Beispiele sind das Erdbeben in Chile, Hagel-stürme in Australien oder der europäische Wintersturm Xynthia.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741688991ms211



Klimawandel: Ergebnisse einer globalen Studie

Menschen in aller Welt empfinden den globalen Klimawandel nach wie vor als Bedrohung und sehen extreme Wetterbedingungen als größtes Risiko.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689005ms211



Globaler Klimawandel: Klimawandel und Treibhauseffekt

Das Jahrzehnt 2000 bis 2009 war das wärmste seit Beginn der Klimaaufzeichnung vor 130 Jahren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689023ms211



Studie WWF und Germanwatch: Anpassungsstrategien können Klimaprozess neue Dynamik bringen

"Es ist besonders wichtig, dass wir in den vom Klimawandel bedrohten Entwicklungsländern Anpassungsmaßnahmen realisieren."

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689032ms211



Klima und Boden entscheidend für Ökonomie

Zwei fundamentale Faktoren ausschlaggebend für Reichtum oder Armut. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689123ms212



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimawandel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimaschutz

Was folgt aus den gestern beschlossenen UN-Sanktionen gegen Iran?
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147791



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

The chief prosecutor of the court that purports to bring the rule of law to the planet is actively campaigning to appoint the United States - 'the world's most prolific perpetrator and sponsor of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide' - as chief law enforcement agent.

http://tinyurl.com/2g7pf5u


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=International+Criminal+Court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rule+of+law
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Three suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, security officials said on Thursday. The attack targeted a compound used by the alledged militants as a hideout in Norak, a village some 20 km east of Miramshah.

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.522436186


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
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Afghanistan's former head of intelligence says President Hamid Karzai is increasingly looking to Pakistan to end insurgency.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/afghanistan-taliban-us-hamid-karzai


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karzai
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By John Steel

Corporations have seeped almost invisibly into nearly every government agency and too many congressional offices. And they're as poisonous as carbon monoxide.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25681.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+power

Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers: "The federal government didn't exhaust all its options before it committed tens of billions of taxpayers' dollars to bail out the American International Group during the height of the 2008 financial collapse, according to a new report from a congressional watchdog panel. The Congressional Oversight Panel, which was created to monitor the spending in the 2008 bank bailout bill known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, detailed in its latest monthly report the government's extraordinary rescue of AIG and its lingering effects on taxpayers and the financial markets."

http://www.truthout.org/oversight-panel-feds-jumped-too-soon-bail-out-aig60314



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+collapse
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Adams

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "The recently released Final Report of President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force was supposed to provide a cogent and definitive analysis of the status of the remaining 181 prisoners, given that it took 11 months to complete.... Sadly, however, the end result - although valid in many ways - also revealed institutional caution, credulity regarding the contributions of the intelligence services, an inability to address fundamental problems with the legislation that authorized President Bush's detention policies in the first place and a willingness to bend to the demands of political expediency."

http://www.truthout.org/does-obama-really-know-or-care-about-who-is-guantanamo60321



Pentagon Ban on Guantanamo Reporters is Illegal, Group Says

Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers: "A coalition of major news organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon rules that were used in May to ban four reporters from covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a letter to Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson, the organizations argue that the Pentagon's interpretation of the rules is 'plainly illegal' because it bars publication of information considered 'protected' even if the information is already widely known and publicly available."

http://www.truth-out.org/pentagon-ban-guantanamo-reporters-illegal-group-says61036



Guantanamo Won't Close, but Illinois Supermax Will Open

Jean Casella and James Ridgeway, Solitary Watch: "Obama's oath to close the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay within a year of his election was more than a campaign promise or a post-inauguration executive order; for many people, it signified a return to some semblance of the rule of law after eight years of a rogue administration. But the 44th president had barely taken office when the opposition - and the backpedaling - began. In January 2010, the White House announced that it would miss its original deadline for closing Guantanamo."

http://www.truth-out.org/two-one-guantanamo-wont-close-but-illinois-supermax-will-open61133



Omar Khadr and the Still-Black Hole of Guantanamo

Lisa Hajjar, Truthout: "At 23, Omar Khadr is the youngest of the 176 people still imprisoned at the US military's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has been there for eight years, one third of his life. A Canadian, he is the only citizen of a Western country remaining in detention, although one British resident, Shaker Aamer, is also still locked up there. Of the 779 people brought to Guantanamo since 2002, only 36 have been charged or designated for prosecution. "

http://www.truth-out.org/omar-khadr-and-still-black-hole-guant%C3%A1namo61809



Khadr Trial Will Be a Window Into America's War on Terror

Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers: "Across his eight years in US custody, Americans have seen Canadian Omar Khadr grow from a child found near dead in a war zone in Afghanistan to a brooding, weeping teenager and more recently a defiant young man spurning a guilty plea deal at Guantanamo. Prosecutors say Khadr, now 23, was an 'unprivileged enemy belligerent' when he joined elders on a night mission in Afghanistan, planting mines. They call it a war crime. Defense lawyers see a 'child soldier' whose father introduced him to al Qaida at age 11 and deserved the protections of an innocent offered up to war. While his coming trial must tackle those competing tales, the first full war crimes prosecution of the Obama administration may reveal much more."

http://www.truth-out.org/khadr-trial-will-be-a-window-into-americas-war-terror62117

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Murders at Guantánamo: The Cover-Up Continues

By Andy Worthington

Sometimes the truth is so sickening that no one in a position of authority - senior government officials, lawmakers, the mainstream media - wants to go anywhere near it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25689.htm



Federal judge calls Guantanamo inmate's detention 'unlawful'

The ruling issued secretly last month but published Thursday sets the 26-year-old Odaini up for potential release, though when and where he'll go remains unclear. The ruling also represents the latest defeat for U.S. officials in their efforts to keep Guantanamo detainees behind bars.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/10/95693/federal-judge-calls-guantanamo.html



CIA whisked detainees from Gitmo

Four of the nation's most highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2003, years earlier than has been disclosed, then were whisked back into overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could give them access to lawyers.

http://bit.ly/aCY1a7



'Torture' Confessions Allowed

By Al Jazeera

The confessions of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen charged with terrorism, can be used as evidence in his trial, even though they may have been obtained through torture, a US military judge has ruled.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26122.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'This Is Worse Than Guantanamo'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/07/02-2

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Urge President Obama to drop military commission proceedings against Omar Khadr and ensure a fair trial or release

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Der französische Soziologe Robert Castel über die Unzulänglichkeit des Nationalstaates, das "neue kapitalistische Regime" und die Notwendigkeit einer "transnationalen Antwort auf die Krise". Interview von Raoul Rigault in telepolis vom 27.05.2010 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32682/1.html


EU leuchtet digitale und andere Untergründe aus. Internet, Energieknappheit, Klimawandel und Transportsicherheit als zukünftige Risiken innerer Sicherheit

„Eine geheimnisvoll als "M.A.D.R.I.D. Report" titulierte Mitteilung der EU-Trio-Präsidentschaft Spaniens, Belgiens und Ungarns beschwört Handlungsbedarf von EU-Verfolgungsbehörden. Dem an den Rat und den Ausschuss der Ständigen Vertreter gerichteten Dokument liegen Trendanalysen der EU-Agenturen Europol, Eurojust und Frontex (Organised Crime Threat Assessment, Terrorism Situation and Trend Report , Frontex's Annual Risk Analysis) sowie der "Joint Report by Europol, Eurojust and Frontex on the State of Internal Security) zugrunde…“ Artikel von Matthias Monroy in telepolis vom 03.06.2010 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32744/1.html


Kampagne gegen die Volkszählung 2011

In 2011 wird es nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern EU-weit eine Volkszählung geben. Der Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung bereitet eine Verfassungsbeschwerde vor, die zum 15. Juli 2010 beim Bundesverfassungsgericht eingereicht wird. Darin wird die Aussetzung der Volkzählung beantragt. Siehe dazu:

Initiative gegen Volkszählung 2011 gestartet

„Bürgerrechtler üben scharfe Kritik an der Volkszählung 2011. Webseite bietet Hintergrund-Informationen zum Zensusgesetz Der Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung startet mit der Webseite www.zensus11.de eine Initiative gegen die Volkszählung im Jahr 2011. Der Arbeitskreis bemängelt die fehlende Sorgfalt des Gesetzgebers in Bezug auf die Bürgerrechte und den mangelnden Respekt vor den klaren Vorgaben des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus dem Volkszählungsurteil. Die Aktivisten fordern eine sofortige Aufhebung des Zensusgesetzes und rufen zu Aktionen gegen die Vollerfassung auf…“ Pressemitteilung des Arbeitskreises Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom 10.06.2010 http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/367/1/lang,de/

Gesetz über den registergestützten Zensus im Jahre 2011 http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zensg_2011/index.html

Flyer vom AK Vorrat zur Volkszählung 2011 (pdf) http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/images/Flyer_volksz%C3%A4hlung_2011-02.pdf

Wiki-Sonderseite des AK Vorrat zur Volkszählung mit allen Grundinfos http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Volksz%C3%A4hlung

zensus11 – Stoppt die Vollerfassung! Die Kampagnenseite http://zensus11.de/


Kreditkarteninformationen Firmen sagen Ehescheidungen voraus

„Aufgrund von Kreditkartenrechnungen prognostizieren Datenexperten das Privatleben der Kunden. Das Ausspähen und die Schlussfolgerungen solcher Datenspuren sind ein Riesengeschäft…“ Artikel von Maximilian von Demandowsky im Tagesspiegel vom 08.06.2010 http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/firmen-sagen-ehescheidungen-voraus/1854194.html;jsessionid=FE2C8C4B6E5DB2AA8387A5C9690819BA


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Juni 2010



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Die Supermarktkassiererin „Emmely" darf wieder an ihren Arbeitsplatz zurückkehren, entschied das Bundesarbeitsgericht in Erfurt und hob andere Urteile auf. Das Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG) hat am in Erfurt die Kündigung der als „Emmely“ bekanntgewordenen 52-jährigen Berliner Kassiererin Barbara E. aufgehoben. Das höchste deutsche Arbeitsgericht revidierte damit das Urteil des Landesarbeitsgerichts Berlin-Brandenburg, das 2009 die fristlose Kündigung für rechtens erklärt hatte (AZ: 2 AZR 541/09)…“ Meldung in Die Welt online vom 10.6.2010, 15:49 http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article7985034/Supermarktkassiererin-Emmely-siegt-vor-Gericht.html


»Dieses Vorgehen ist obszön«

Heute entscheidet das Bundesarbeitsgericht über die fristlose Kündigung der Supermarktkassiererin Barbara E., genannt Emmely. Ein Gespräch von Claudia Wangerin in junge Welt vom 10.06.2010 mit Klaus Hennemann, Arbeitsrichter a.D. und Sprecher der Fachgruppe Arbeitsrecht der Neuen Richtervereinigung http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/06-10/027.php

Aus dem Text: „…Bei der Beurteilung einer fristlosen Kündigung kommt es auf die Abwägung der Interessen an. In einer Waagschale liegt ein
30jähriges Arbeitsverhältnis, in der anderen Waagschale ein Pfandbon, eine Bulette oder im Extremfall das Aufladen eines Handys auf Firmenkosten. Da hätte der Richter wohl ein sehr schlechtes Gewissen, wenn er sagen würde, die Kündigung sei wirksam. Deshalb wird das Leichtgewicht der Bulette oder des Pfandbons aus der Waagschale genommen und der moralisch hoch aufgeladene Begriff des Vertrauens hineingelegt. Ich glaube, daß man mitunter leichtfertig mit diesem Begriff umgeht. (…) Im Fall einer Verdachtskündigung ist es natürlich besonders heikel, wenn es um solche kleinen Beträge geht. Dadurch kommt es zu einer Potenzierung der Unangemessenheit. Außerdem häufen sich die Fälle, in denen Frauen im Einzelhandel betroffen sind, die nur Standardaufgaben wahrzunehmen haben, vielleicht schon etwas älter sind und es wagen, einen Betriebsrat zu initiieren. Da kommen Arbeitgeber mitunter auf die Idee, solche Kleinbetragsfälle zu mißbrauchen, um eine fristlose Kündigung auszusprechen. Dieses Vorgehen ist obszön – und diesen Aspekt muß ein Arbeitsrichter berücksichtigen, indem er die Motivationslage des Arbeitgebers ausleuchtet…“


Bagatell-Kündigung: Immer auf die Kleinen

Maultaschen, Frikadellen, Pfandbons: Die Kündigungen wegen Cent-Beträgen häufen sich. Das zeigt: In der Arbeitswelt gilt das Recht des Stärkeren. Artikel von Detlef Esslinger in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 10.06.2010 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/bagatell-kuendigung-immer-auf-die-kleinen-1.956441


Bagatellkündigungen: Gnade für die Großen, Härte für die Kleinen

Das Bundesarbeitsgericht rollt den Fall Emmely neu auf. Wenn es sich nicht lächerlich machen will, muss es die Rechtsprechung ändern. Ein Kommentar von Heribert Prantl in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 07.06.2010 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/bagatellkuendigungen-gnade-fuer-die-grossen-haerte-fuer-die-kleinen-1.954439


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New Bill Gives Obama 'Kill Switch' To Shut Down The Internet

Government would have "absolute power" to seize control of the world wide web under Lieberman legislation

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-bill-gives-obama-kill-switch-to-shut-down-the-internet.html



TSA To Block Websites With "Controversial Opinions"

Move to shut down free speech on the Internet accelerates

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, July 5, 2010

The Transportation Security Administration will block all websites that contain "controversial opinion" from its federal computers in the latest example of how Internet censorship is expanding in both the private and public sector as the federal government prepares to push through a power grab that will empower President Obama to shut down the world wide web with an emergency decree.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/tsa-to-block-websites-with-controversial-opinions.html



The Lights Are Going Out For Free Speech On The Internet

Global move to mimic the Chinese model of web censorship and regulation is coming to America

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Type the keywords “Internet censorship” into Google News and you will immediately understand to what degree the world wide web is under assault from attempts by governments globally to regulate and stifle free speech. From Australia to Belarus, from Turkey to Vietnam, from Pakistan to Egypt, from Afghanistan to Iran, huge chunks of the Internet are going dark as the Chinese model of Internet regulation is adopted worldwide.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-lights-are-going-out-for-free-speech-on-the-internet.html

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Internet 'kill switch' proposed for US

A new US Senate Bill would grant the President far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of, or even shut down, portions of the internet.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/internet-kill-switch-proposed-for-us-339303838.htm



The Fate of the Internet, Decided in a Back Room

The Wall Street Journal just reported that the Federal Communications Commission is holding "closed-door meetings"with industry to broker a deal on Net Neutrality - the rule that lets users determine their own Internet experience. Given that the corporations at the table all profit from gaining control over information, the outcome won't be pretty.

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/10/06/22/fate-internet-decided-back-room



Obama Internet kill switch plan approved by US Senate

A US Senate committee has approved a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that some critics have suggested would give the US president the authority to shut down parts of the Internet during a cyberattack.

http://tinyurl.com/34ldff5



The Devil Is In The Details: Department of Howeland Security Monitoring Web

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that in the future there will be "increased" Internet monitoring of U.S. citizens due to the dangers of homegrown terrorism. Napolitano remarked on how "wrong" it is to believe that if "security" is embraced, that liberty will be sacrificed.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/devil-details-dhs-monitoring-web-wrong-words%C2%A0


From Information Clearing House

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FCC moves to seize control of Internet

Los Angeles Times

06/17/10

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to start the controversial process of reclassifying high-speed Internet access to give the agency more authority over service providers to prevent disparate treatment of customers. The commission voted 3-2 along party lines to put out for public comment a new regulatory framework, dubbed the Third Way, that would make Internet service providers subject to some of the same nondiscrimination rules that apply to telephone companies...

http://tinyurl.com/27ygsl9



Engulfing the Internet

The American Spectator
by The Prowler

06/17/10

Despite opposition by a House of Representatives majority and a bipartisan group of Senators, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday is expected to proceed with plans to impose federal government regulation of the Internet, which would essentially treat broadband networks — and the companies that invested more than $200 billion in private capital to deploy them — as utilities...

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/17/en-gulfing-the-internet



Kill the “kill switch”

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

06/21/10

Who else but Joe Lieberman would introduce a bill to give the President the power to shut down the Internet with the flick of a switch? I’m afraid of the answer to that question, and you should be, too. However, it’s hardly surprising America’s premier authoritarian warmonger — author of a bill that would strip American citizenship from anyone even vaguely suspected of ‘terrorism’ — would come up with a scheme like this. … This bill is the culmination of years of yelping about the likelihood of a ‘cyber-9/11,’ a devastating attack on the national infrastructure via the Internet. If such an event is so likely, then why hasn’t it happened already? Because the likelihood of it ever happening is nearly nil...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/06/20/kill-the-kill-switch/



Obama’s online power play

Nolan Chart
by Alexander Massa

06/26/10

The march of the police state goes on tonight, as the President and Homeland Security Chief Napolitano openly speak of shutting down the internet or severely censoring it for, of course, as always, national security concerns. While our elected leaders ponder taking us down the same road Communist China took concerning the internet and the online activities of its citizens, our fellow citizens, as ignorant as ever, sit idly by while their liberties are usurped and subjugated to the all-powerful ideal of ‘national security’...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article7816.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Giving Obama dictatorial control over the internet
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/mccullagh7.1.1.html

A ‘Kill Switch’ for the State
http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer219.html

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US wants free access to your PC
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/880.html

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The European Parliament wants to take away the right to search the Internet in privacy

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/64e756aa711a8b84?hl=en

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The Internet Must Remain Free

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

The Internet is abuzz with news that a US Senate committee has approved a bill that apparently gives the President authority to shut down the Internet. According to TechWorld.com, "A US Senate committee has approved a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that some critics have suggested would give the US president the authority to shut down parts of the Internet during a cyberattack." The report continues by saying.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin598.htm

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How the TeleCom Industry Plans to Take Over the Internet in Four Easy Steps
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/02-7



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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

06/09/10

The so-called war on terrorism will surely go down in U.S. history as one of the most ridiculous, inane, hypocritical, crooked, corrupt, and destructive federal programs ever. This week, federal officials have been proudly proclaiming the arrest of two New Jersey men as they were preparing to board a plane to Somalia...

http://www.fff.org/blog/index.asp



Federal crimes and the end of law

Foundation for Economic Education
by William L. Anderson

06/09/10

For the past decade I have focused on the growth of federal criminal law, and in a recent article in Regulation magazine I took a hard look at how this development harms the economy. With the Obama administration’s stated determination to have the Justice Department seek criminal charges in the BP oil spill, I believe we should take a hard look at the entire legal process...

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License to kill

Reason
by Jacob Sullum

06/09/10

Nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, we still have not settled the question of how to deal with terrorism suspects. Should they be in military or civilian custody? Should they receive trials, and if so what kind? After years of acrimonious debate, President Obama is offering a way to settle this argument once and for all: Why not just kill them? Last week U.N. investigator Philip Alston delivered a report on ‘targeted killings’ in which the U.S. government plays a starring role. Under a policy secretly initiated by George W. Bush and expanded by Obama, the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command track and kill people, including U.S. citizens, based on their alleged ties to Al Qaeda or its allies. The killings, typically carried out by missiles fired from drone aircraft, dangerously blur the line between warfare and summary execution...

http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/09/license-to-kill


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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by Philip Giraldi

06/10/10

In the first century A.D. the Roman historian Tacitus wrote ‘Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt,’ translated as ‘they have created a wasteland and call it peace.’ He was describing the devastating Roman campaigns against the German tribes under the first emperor Augustus in which all the men capable of carrying weapons were slaughtered and the remainder of the population was sold into slavery. It was the Roman way of waging war, complete destruction of a foreign enemy to serve as a warning against challenging the might of the Caesars. We Americans have inherited the imperial mantle and are the new Romans...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Iran sanctions: Not just useless but counterproductive

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

06/09/10

The vote by the UN Security Council today to impose a fourth round of UN-backed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program… are a sign that President Obama has no idea what to do about Iran. Hint: sanctions ain’t it. You’ll hear a lot from the Iran-bashing, neoconservative crowd and from the Obama administration itself, especially the State Department, about what a great victory this is. In particular, you’ll hear Obama and the State Department tout the fact that it was Obama’s brilliant effort to win over Russia and China for the sanctions vote that made all the difference. They’ll tell you that Obama contrived to isolate Iran and to persuade Moscow and Beijing to go along with the new sanctions on Iran, when in fact Russia and China succeeded in ensuring that the sanctions imposed by the UNSC are meaningless...

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Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel

Daily Times [Pakistan]

06/17/10

A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and would not send back an envoy, withdrawn after an Israeli commando operation to stop an aid convoy reaching Gaza. The Turkish government has said it is working on a road map for future ties with once close ally Israel, following the May 31 operation in which nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists were killed. The Star newspaper’s report of decisions taken at a cabinet meeting this week was based on unnamed sources. An aide to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declined to comment on the report...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The View From Istanbul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis192.html

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Kinzer Heralds the Rise of the Middle Powers

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "As the US continues on the increasingly destructive foreign policy route of isolating Iran and Turkey, it is not only cutting ties with the two most democratic nations in the Middle East, but also ignoring the next big geopolitical trend - the rise of the middle powers - at its own peril, according to former New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer, who calls for an adjustment of American foreign policy away from rash 'emotional responses' and toward an acceptance of the new reality."

http://www.truth-out.org/kinzer-heralds-rise-middle-powers60473

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Turkey forms committee to probe Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla

Turkey Foreign Ministry announces probe of the IDF's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month; IHH tells European Parliament members it has assembled six ships for flotilla to sail next month.

http://tinyurl.com/2dqp3c3



Israeli Flotilla Attack May Violate International, Maritime Laws

John Quigley, professor of international law at Ohio State University, told IPS boarding a flagged vessel on the high seas is impermissible without the consent of the flag state.

http://www.ipsnews.org/text/news.asp?idnews=51833



Democrats demand flotilla "terrorists" be denied entry into U.S.

A half-dozen elected Democrats called on the State Department to ban every flotilla participant from entering the United States.

http://www.salon.com/news/israel_flotilla_attack/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/06/14/times_square_flotilla


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T.J. Buonomo, Truthout: "Since 2003, more than 4,300 American troops and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have become casualties of a war full of contradictions. One of the most fundamental of these is embodied in U.S. assurances to the Iraqi and American publics that Iraq will be a fully sovereign country upon the United States' military withdrawal at the end of 2011. The lobbying activities of U.S. oil executives and their political allies suggest efforts to perpetuate a more dependent relationship."

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Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers: "A decade ago, U.S. government regulators warned that a major deepwater oil spill could start with a fire on a drilling rig, prove hard to stop and cause extensive damage to fish eggs and wetlands because there were few good ways to capture oil underwater."

http://www.truthout.org/feds-knew-gulf-spill-risks-2000-document-shows60285

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Rescue teams clean oil-covered birds

Video

They are perhaps the most heartbreaking images from the Gulf oil spill: helpless birds covered with oil and hardly able to move.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5pWhEoaNs&feature=player_embedded#!



Gulf Oil Spill: BP's Continued Denial Of Underwater Plumes Provokes Ridicule

An oceanographer just back from two weeks of taking water samples in the Gulf of Mexico told a House panel on Wednesday that BP officials are utterly wrong to keep saying there are no large masses of oil lurking below the surface.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/gulf-oil-spill-bps-contin_n_606819.html?ir=Politics


From Information Clearing House

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BP Oil Leak Aftermath: Slow-Motion Tragedy Unfolds for Marine Life
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/10-8

First, Do No Harm
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/10-3

Giving Disaster a Name
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/10-0

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BP bets the planet, we lose

In These Times
by Terry J. Allen

06/10/10

As the oil spreads, choking life and livelihood, the hearings and investigations into BP’s gulf hemorrhage are focused on human failures, technical flaws and short-term fixes. These silos of inquiry, while essential, sidestep the deeper problem: Deep sea drilling is inherently risky, and continued use of fossil fuels means increasing reliance on tenuous technologies and dangerous energy sources. One factor ramping up the risk lies in frigid sediments that have rested for eons 1,000 feet or more below sea and tundra. At that depth, hydrate gas (usually methane) is a stable solid, compressed into molecular cages of ice. But if destabilized by a drop in pressure or a rise in temperature, the gas-water compound can quickly expand 164 times in volume. If ignited, even ice-bound hydrates burn...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6067/bp_bets_the_planetwe_lose/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Terry+J.+Allen

Dahr Jamail, Truthout: "At least 50 soldiers from Fort Hood who have medical profiles that should prohibit them from military training have been sent to the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, regardless of their conditions. Truthout spoke with some of these soldiers on June 7, before they were to fly back to Fort Hood the next day."

http://www.truthout.org/dahr-jamail-military-neglecting-fort-hood-soldiers-medical-needs60267



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dahr+Jamail

http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=kkLXIcPPIcJNJfL&s=4dJFINMjG6IDKRMqEjH&m=clLSLcNUKeKQKjI



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Death+Penalty+-+Todesstrafe/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amnesty+International

Mehr Sparvorschläge
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32764/1.html



Wem tut das Sparen weh?

Reichensteuer und Normalverdiener - das Sparpaket im Reaktionstest.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147785



Den Protest auf die deutsche Straße bringen

Soziale Verbände und Gewerkschaften mobilisieren gegen das Sparprogramm.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147793



"Verrückte an der Macht"

Der Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger Paul Krugman hält die Sparprogramme in Europa für eine "sehr große Dummheit".

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147792



Wirtschaftstag feiert Schuldenbremse und Sparpaket

Verteidigungsminister zu Guttenberg stellt sich hinter umstrittene Äußerung von Köhler.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32787/1.html



Drehen an der Einkommensschraube

Der Staat könnte nicht nur Milliarden sparen, sondern auch Milliarden mehr einnehmen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32765/1.html



Zunehmend aufgelöste Fronten bei der Bundespräsidentenwahl

Die Grünen nominieren Hildegard Hamm-Brücher als Delegierte, die Bremer FDP bekennt sich offen zu Joachim Gauck und die sächsische verzichtet auf eine Empfehlung für Christian Wulff.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147808



Mutwillig arm

Berlin könnte durch liberalere Bauvorschriften und den Verkauf von Luxusgrundstücken seine Schulden erheblich verringern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32862/1.html



Höhere Sätze und Zusatzbeiträge

Angeblich hat sich die Koalition weitgehend von ihren Kopfpauschaleplänen verabschiedet.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147943

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Das Sparpaket der Koalition

Info-Grafik Sozialpolitik von Johannes Steffen (Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen)(pdf) http://www.ak-sozialpolitik.de/dukumente/2010/2010-06-09%20Sparpaket.pdf


Wo ökonomischer Sachverstand gefragt wäre, herrscht eine dumpfe, nicht einmal intelligente Ideologie

„Man ist ja einiges gewöhnt. Was jedoch die Koalition in ihrer Klausur beschlossen hat, hat nicht nur eine bösartige soziale Schlagseite (siehe hier), es ist auch sachlich ökonomisch unter aller S... . Ich bitte diesen harten Ausdruck zu entschuldigen. Aber es ist wirklich so: Parolen und Ideologien ersetzen sachliche Erwägungen; es wird gelogen und die deutsche Geschichte verfälscht; es werden ökonomische Zusammenhänge hergestellt, wo keine sind; und so weiter …“ Artikel von Albrecht Müller in den NachDenkSeiten vom 9. Juni 2010 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=5837


Michael Sommer zum Sparpaket der Bundesregierung

Stellungnahme vom 08.06.2010 beim DGB http://www.dgb.de/++co++a5c7633a-72e7-11df-59ed-00188b4dc422

Aus dem Text: „…Es bedroht angesichts der anhaltenden Krise, aber auch der demographischen Entwicklung im Kern die Zukunftsfähigkeit Deutschlands. (…) Einen Monat nach der Wahl in NRW zeigt die Koalition ihr wahres Gesicht - die Antwort der Gewerkschaften wird nicht ausbleiben. Wir werden über sie klug und besonnen, aber auch konsequent entscheiden. Niemand sollte unseren Zorn über die soziale Schieflage dieser Politik und unsere Entschlossenheit diesen falschen Weg zu korrigieren, unterschätzen. Dazu gehört als erstes, dass wir die Diskussion in die Betriebe und Verwaltungen tragen werden…“


Wer lebt denn hier über seine Verhältnisse?

„Liebe Bundesregierung, sehr geehrte Frau Merkel, wen meinen Sie eigentlich, wenn Sie sagen, wir hätten jahrelang über unsere Verhältnisse gelebt? (...) Liebe Frau Bundeskanzlerin, nicht die Menschen, sondern der Staat hat dank Ihrer tätigen Mithilfe möglicherweise über seine Verhältnisse gelebt. Ganz sicher aber wird er unter seinen Möglichkeiten regiert. Mit - verhältnismäßig - freundlichen Grüßen“ Kommentar von Stephan Ueberbach (SWR, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio) vom 07.06.2010 http://www.tagesschau.de/kommentar/kommentar460.html


Sparpakete bedeuten neue Qualität neoliberaler Politik. Erstmals EU-weit koordinierter Angriff auf Sozialstaaten

Pressemitteilung von Attac Deutschland vom 8. Juni 2010 http://www.attac.de/aktuell/presse/detailansicht/datum/2010/06/08/sparpakete-bedeuten-neue-qualitaet-neoliberaler-politik/?cHash=d4a3bb17edf9b740f8697ab105c58bcb

Siehe dazu auch: Attac ruft zu Widerstand gegen unsoziale Krisenpolitik auf

Pressemitteilung von Attac Deutschland vom 9. Juni 2010 http://www.attac.de/startseite/detailansicht/datum/2010/06/09/attac-ruft-zu-widerstand-gegen-unsoziale-krisenpolitik-auf/?no_cache=1&cHash=c155d0a75b3f570a57cf38261f976f29


Ziviler Ungehorsam und Sozialproteste sind jetzt Bürgerpflicht! Pressemitteilung zu den Sparbeschlüssen der Bundesregierung.

„Das Aktionsbündnis Sozialproteste, das größte bundesweite Netzwerk der Sozialprotest-Initiativen und Mitträger der HartzIV-Revolte 2003/2004, ruft angesichts der Sparbeschlüsse der Bundesregierung zu den Protesten des Bündnisses „Wir zahlen nicht für Eure Krise!" für den 12. Juni in Stuttgart und Berlin auf…“ Pressemitteilung des Aktionsbündnisses Sozialproteste vom 8.6.2010 http://prekaer.info/index.php/debatte/kommentar/2775-ziviler-ungehorsam-und-sozialproteste-sind-jetzt-buergerpflicht.html


Sparmaßnahmen und Protest

Dossier vom 09.06.2010 (wird ständig aktualisiert) bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2010/06/283484.shtml

Siehe dazu auch:

12. Juni in Berlin und Stuttgart! Von Athen bis Berlin - Banken und Konzerne sollen für die Krise zahlen!

„In der Tat, Griechenland war erst der Anfang - seit Montag wissen wir genau, dass die Bundesregierung mit dem sogenannten Sparpaket auch hier das Tempo der Umverteilung von Unten nach Oben massiv verschärfen will. Besonders Erwerbslose und Geringverdiener/innen sollen nun zur Kasse gebeten werden, während die Krisenverursacher dagegen Hunderte Milliarden zur Sicherung ihrer Profite bekommen. Die Finanz-, Wirtschaft- und Eurokrise soll in ganz Europa auf dem Rücken der Bevölkerung ausgetragen werden. Niemand aber soll sich täuschen. Als nächstes sollen 60 Millionen gesetzlich Versicherte Sonderabgaben oder Kopfpauschale zahlen, dies bringt für die gesetzlich Versicherten massive Belastungen mit sich. Währenddessen wird der Energiewirtschaft 100 Milliarden an Extraprofiten für die menschenverachtenden Atomkraftwerke zugeschustert. Die Abgabe von
2,5 Milliarden ist geradezu lächerlich. Gegen diese Politik hilft nur massiver Protest und Widerstand…“ Aktualisierter Aufruf von der „Bundeskoordination Krisenproteste” http://www.kapitalismuskrise.org/


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Juni 2010

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Gerecht geht anders – Widerstand auch

Artikel von Beate Jenkner vom 13.06.10 in scharf links http://scharf-links.de/47.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=10733&tx_ttnews[backPid]=56&cHash=3af5e42d0e

Aus dem Text: „…Wer gehofft hat, dass die Gewerkschaft nach der aktuell verkündeten Kürzungsorgie kämpferisch auftritt, sah sich enttäuscht. Ver.di-Chef Bsirske sprach davon, dass die Regierung für ihre Politik der sozialen Schieflage Protest ernten wird. Er will den Widerstand gegen die unsoziale und konjunkturschädliche Rotstiftpolitik von Schwarz-Gelb, gegen die Entsolidarisierung der Sozialsysteme und gegen die einseitige Lobbypolitik in die Fläche, in Betriebe und die Verwaltungen tragen. Auf die Strasse tragen will er ihn offensichtlich nicht. Auch der baden-württembergische DGB-Vorsitzende Nikolaus Landgraf bleibt in diesem Kontext: „Wir fordern endlich Leitplanken für die Finanzbranche, die Wiedereinführung der Vermögenssteuer, eine höhere Besteuerung großer Erbschaften, eine Finanztransaktionssteuer und einen höheren Spitzensteuersatz. Geld ist genug da – es ist nur falsch verteilt!“ Ähnliches hörte man auch von der GEW-Chefin, Bernd Riexinger von Ver.di BW und Mitglied des geschäftsführenden Landesvorstands der Partei Die Linke und dem Vertreter von ATTAC. (…) Das Verhalten der Gewerkschaftsführung zeigt einmal mehr, dass sie nicht an kämpferischen Protesten auf der Straße interessiert ist und die Basis bei diesem Protest im Stich lässt. Noch immer versuchen sie abzuwiegeln und uns einzureden, wir könnten am Verhandlungstisch und im Parlament unsere eigenen Metzger wählen und milde stimmen. Es liegt an uns, diese Denkweise zu durchbrechen.“


Politischer Widerstand. Alle Zutaten für einen Massen-Protest

Sind die Proteste gegen das schwarz-gelbe Sparpaket erst der Anfang einer neuen Welle? Für den Experten Ansgar Klein sprechen viele Faktoren für einen wachsenden Widerstand gegen die Bundesregierung. Artikel von Felix Guth in der FR vom 14.06.2010 http://www.fr-online.de/top_news/2747781_Politischer-Widerstand-Alle-Zutaten-fuer-einen-Massen-Protest.html


Europäische Antwort

Nein zu Sparpaketen und Sozialabbau: Proteste müssen transnational ausgeweitet werden. Auf dem Sozialforum in Istanbul könnten wichtige Initiativen angestoßen werden. Artikel von Alexis Passadakis in junge Welt vom 12.06.2010 http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/06-12/038.php


Aus: LabourNet, 14. Juni 2010

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Aktion gegen führende Finanzinstitution in Frankfurt beschlossen. Die Verursacher und Profiteure der Krise blockieren!

„Mehr als 50 Menschen aus 29 Gruppen und Initiativen trafen sich heute in Frankfurt am Main und beschlossen in einer konstruktiven und solidarischen Atmosphäre Aktionen gegen zentrale Institutionen des Finanzsektors in Frankfurt, die am Montag, den 18. Oktober, stattfinden werden. Ziel und Charakter der Blockadeaktion ist es einerseits, ökonomischen Druck zu erzeugen und andererseits, vielen Menschen die Möglichkeit zu geben, gemeinsam Handlungsfähigkeiten zurück zu gewinnen. Ebenfalls vereinbart wurde eine Aktionskonferenz am 21. August. Hier soll beraten werden, wie die Blockade erfolgreich und effektiv werden kann…“ Bericht vom Vorbereitungstreffen am 3. Juli 2010 von und bei der Aktionsgruppe Georg Büchner: http://aufstand.blogsport.de/2010/07/03/aktion-gegen-fuehrende-finanzinstitution-in-frankfurt-beschlossen/


Krisenzeiten - Blog zum Krisenprotest in Europa

Der Blog von Steffen Vogel bietet einen aktuellen Überblick über die Proteste europaweit http://krisenzeiten.wordpress.com/


Protestieren, demonstrieren, streiken - Sparpaket stoppen

„Angesichts der Pläne der Bundesregierung wird es höchste Zeit, den Widerstand gegen ihre Politik zu organisieren, die Lasten der Krise auf dem Rücken der arbeitenden Bevölkerung abzuladen. Die Gewerkschaften müssen in die Pflicht genommen werden. Das Netzwerk schlägt vor, dass die Gewerkschaften als nächsten Schritt für eine Großdemonstration im September aufrufen…“ Aufruf des Netzwerks für eine kämpferische und demokratische ver.di vom 29.06.2010 http://www.netzwerk-verdi.de/155.0.html

Siehe dazu:

Wir zahlen nicht für eure Krise: Protestieren, demonstrieren, streiken - Sparpaket stoppen!

Eine Musterresolution des Netzwerks für eine kämpferische und demokratische ver.di (rtf-Datei) http://www.netzwerk-verdi.de/fileadmin/Material/NwResolution201006.rtf

Aus dem Text: „… Ver.di und der DGB sind gefordert, den Widerstand jetzt aufzubauen. Die Regierung darf mit dem Sparpaket nicht durchkommen. Die Demonstrationen am 12. Juni in Stuttgart und Berlin waren ein guter Anfang. Aber wenn die Gewerkschaften schon von Anfang an dazu aufgerufen und mobilisiert hätten, dann wären hunderttausende auf den Straßen möglich gewesen. Der Bundestag berät im September zum ersten Mal über das Sparpaket. Eine bundesweite Großdemonstration im September wäre der nächste notwendige Schritt im Aufbau von Widerstand. Dazu müssen alle Gewerkschaften aufrufen. Aber Demonstrieren allein reicht nicht. Der Protest muss sich in Streiks verwandeln. (..) Daher fordern wir den ver.di Bundesvorstand auf, alle Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes aufzurufen für eine bundesweite Demonstration Ende September; danach ein Streik- und Protesttag mit Arbeitsniederlegungen in Großbetrieben und im öffentlichen Dienst inklusive Protestdemonstrationen in allen großen Städten..“


Aus: LabourNet, 5. Juli 2010

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Erklärung DGB-Kommission „Für ein solidarisches Gesundheitssystem der Zukunft“

„Angesichts der Verhandlungen der Regierungskoalition zur Gesundheitsreform hat die DGB Reform-Kommission „Für ein solidarisches Gesundheitssystem der Zukunft“ in ihrer heutigen Sitzung eine gemeinsame Erklärung verabschiedet. In ihr fordern DGB-Gewerkschaften, verschiedene Verbände sowie Sachverständige einen solidarischen Kraftakt und Sofortmaßnahmen, um das Defizit der GKV zu decken und einseitige Mehrbelastungen der Versicherten zu beenden.“ Erklärung der Kommissionsmitglieder vom 01.07.2010 im Wortlaut beim DGB http://www.dgb.de/presse/++co++149b4f6a-84ea-11df-6571-00188b4dc422

Siehe dazu:

Die DGB-Kampagne gegen die Pauschale http://www.stoppauschale.de/


Pauschale: Viel Aufwand, Nutzen fraglich

Böckler Impuls 08/2010 http://www.boeckler.de/32014_105735.html


Aus: LabourNet, 6. Juli 2010

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Sparpaket: Demos am 12. Juni
http://www.attac.de/startseite/detailansicht/datum/2010/06/08/sprengstoff-sparpaket/?no_cache=1&cHash=240101e70501bb40d6faa4f4904a26ba

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Das ungerechte Sparpaket in der Übersicht

Die schwarz-gelbe Bundesregierung plant im Zuge des angekündigten Sparpaketes folgende sozialen Leistungen zu kürzen. Dabei sind vor allem die jenigen betroffen, die schon weniger als nichts haben. Wichtige Details gehen in der aktuellen Medienberichterstattung unter. Deshalb haben wir uns die Pläne noch einmal etwas genauer angeschaut. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/das-ungerechte-sparpaket-in-der-uebersicht-998.php

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15. Juni 2010

Die europäische Krankheit stoppen, falsche Therapie abbrechen!

Die Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Gesine Lötzsch, erklärt zur Herabstufung von Griechenland-Anleihen auf Ramschstatuts durch die Rating-Agentur Moody's:

Die Herabstufung der Griechenland-Anleihen ist die Reaktion auf das ökonomisch unsinnige Sparpaket, das Bundeskanzlerin Merkel den Griechen aufgezwungen hat. Es muss entschärft werden, damit die griechische Bevölkerung wieder Luft zum Atmen bekommt. Für die Griechen ist es unmöglich, die Schulden ohne Wachstum abzubauen. Das hat die LINKE schon vor der Rating-Agentur Moody's erkannt. Das Sparpaket verhindert jedes Wachstum. In Griechenland muss die Binnenkonjunktur gestärkt werden. Das heißt, keine weiteren Lohnsenkungen, sondern gerechte Besteuerung der Reichen, zivile Investitionen, Abbau des Militärhaushaltes, um nur die wichtigsten Maßnahmen zu nennen. Diese Medizin würde auch Deutschland und den anderen europäischen Länder auf die Beine helfen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-europaeische-krankheit-stoppen-falsche-therapie-abbrechen/



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The Mexican foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the 14-year-old boy died after a US border patrol officer opened fire from the US side of the border on a group who "threw stones".

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/06/20106923648705384.html



Witnesses say killed Mexican teen wasn't throwing rocks at Border Patrol agent

Two witnesses to the incident told the Wall Street Journal's Nicholas Casey that Hernandez was standing on the Mexican side of the border with his hands up and had not thrown rocks at the agent.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100609/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2490



Mexicans angry over second death of countryman at hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents

"Damn them! Damn them!" sobbed Rosario Hernandez, sister of the dead teenager, at a wake in the family's two-room adobe house on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez.

http://tinyurl.com/235w7f4



Mexico-US Tensions Rise as Video Emerges of Boy Just Before Being Shot

By Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

The footage captures the moments before Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca was shot in the head on the concrete banks of the Rio Bravo.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25693.htm



Video Captures Another Border Killing

It's a muddy cell phone video, taken from a difficult angle, but the audio recorded on the modest device, is both revealing and chilling: the contents cast doubt on claims by the U.S. Border Patrol, regarding the death of a Mexican national who died in custody after being beaten and electric-shocked by federal agents on May 28.

http://consortiumnews.com/Print/2010/070210b.html


From Information Clearing House

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Border control bogey

Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman

07/02/10

As if we weren’t already aware, the current occupant of the White House yesterday proved himself every bit the social engineer his predecessors were. Health insurance, energy, the financial industry, education, nation building — in each area and more the head of the executive branch, Barack Obama, has embraced the dominant bipartisan doctrine which proclaims that government planners know best and mere people — interacting according to the principles of consent, cooperation, and competition — know nothing. What would we do without our ‘leaders?’

http://tinyurl.com/2gydwyr


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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1 in 10 Soldiers Report Mental Health Problems.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/10-soldiers-fought-iraq-mentally-ill/story?id=10850315


From Information Clearing House



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Highest Percentage On Record

By JEANNINE AVERSA

The proportion of people jobless for six months or more has accelerated in the past year and now makes up 46 percent of the unemployed. That's the highest percentage on records dating to 1948. By late summer or early fall, they are expected to make up half of all jobless Americans.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25662.htm



US jobless claims in surprise rise

New claims for jobless insurance benefits in the United States rose unexpectedly for the second straight week, the government said Thursday on concerns unemployment may derail the "economic recovery".

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_jobless_claims_in_surprise_rise_06172010.html


From Information Clearing House

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Congress Takes Long Weekend, Lets Jobless Benefits Hang

David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers: "Congress headed home Thursday for a four-day break, after failing again to extend jobless benefits for an estimated 325,000 people, fund summer jobs for at-risk youths or help newly laid-off people pay for health care."

http://www.truth-out.org/congress-takes-long-weekend-lets-jobless-benefits-hang60348



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9. Juni 2010

Nach Berichten über eine Vorentscheidung im Regierungslager über die Nichtzuleitung des Atom-Gesetzes an den Bundesrat wirft der Vorsitzende der LINKEN, Klaus Ernst, der Bundesregierung einen "Putsch" vor. Ein solches Vorgehen sei mit dem demokratischen Konsens nicht vereinbar. Ernst erklärt:

Das ist ein offener Bruch der Verfassung mit dem Ziel, ein Gesetz durchzubringen, das von der Mehrheit der Bevölkerung abgelehnt wird, und für das es keine Mehrheit im Bundesrat gibt. So etwas wird zu Recht ein Putsch genannt. Das Atom-Gesetz muss in den Bundesrat. Das sagen unabhängige Experten. Mit Gefälligkeits-Gutachten soll aber hier ein Verfassungsbruch legitimiert werden. Es ist mit dem demokratischen Konsens nicht vereinbar, die Regeln der Verfassung nach eigener Lust und Laune auszulegen. Minister Röttgen muss noch in dieser Woche zu diesem Skandal Stellung nehmen und öffentlich erklären, ob es zutrifft, dass er den Bundesrat umgehen will. Wer die Verfassung sehenden Auges bricht, muss vom Verfassungsschutz beobachtet werden. Die Bundesregierung erfüllt ab sofort dieses Kriterium.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/atom-gesetz-muss-in-den-bundesrat/

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Deutschland nicht an Atomkonzerne verkaufen
http://www.umweltinstitut.org/laufzeitverlaengerung

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"Langfristig müssen wir aus Kohle und Atom aussteigen"

DIW-Studie: Deutschland kann es schaffen, langfristig sowohl aus der Atomkraft als auch der Kohle auszusteigen. Die Stromerzeugung kann bis 2020 zu gut einem Drittel auf erneuerbare Energien umgestellt werden, ohne die Stromrechnung der Verbraucher zu sehr zu belasten. Dies ist ein Ergebnis einer heute vom DIW Berlin veröffentlichten Studie.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689096ms212



Atomkraftgegner in der Union wenden sich gegen Atomprivilegien

Für die Atomkraftgegner in der Union sei Fakt, dass das Schadenspotential pro Atomkraftwerk ein mehrfaches des jährlichen Bundeshaushaltes überschreitet.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689121ms212

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Atomenergie: Locken und Drohen

Die Betreiber der deutschen Atomkraftwerke sind sich einig. Längere Laufzeiten, ja bitte, aber Gewinne abgeben oder gar auf alte Privilegien verzichten? Nein danke! Statt Brennelementesteuer wollen sie einen Fonds zur eigenen Verfügung.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32826/1.html



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FreedomWorks
by Matthew Clemente

06/08/10

These ’spend now/pay later’ policies have left America with an estimated $1.5 trillion deficit for 2009. That means that the federal government is spending $12,664 more per American household than it actually has. Deficits normally rise during times of recession but typically they return to their pre-recession range once the economy has recovered. However, instead of dropping back down to the $100 billion to $400 billion range that America saw before the recession, President Obama’s budget shows annual budget deficits averaging close to $1 trillion for the 10 years...

http://tinyurl.com/28hhfqf



The deceptive debt ratio

TCS Daily
by Erik Voorhees

06/08/10

The United States has a growing debt problem. It also has a problem measuring the same. The statistic normally used is the ‘Debt to GDP’ ratio, referring to the amount of debt versus the nation’s sum total of transactions. As of Q1 2010, the US debt to GDP ratio was 87%. However, the Debt to GDP ratio should be ignored, because it is meaningless. It is worse than meaningless, because it disguises the true problem and lulls us into a false sense of solvency...

http://tinyurl.com/2eswlhz



The US is not too big to fail

The New Republic
by William Galston

06/09/10

As several recent surveys make clear, concern about deficits and debt is rising sharply. An NBC/Wall Street Journal survey conducted in early May showed that the share of individuals rating ‘the deficit and government spending’ as the top priority for the federal government to address has jumped since January from 13 to 20 percent — second only to job creation and economic growth. According to Gallup, ‘federal government debt’ now ties with terrorism for the top spot in perceived threats to our future well-being. It is entirely possible that we are reaching an inflection point in public attitudes that will force the political system to change course...

http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/75390/the-us-not-too-big-fail


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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A Warning From Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Elites

By Fred Branfman

What is it like, I found myself thinking, to know more than any other human being on Earth about the state-sponsored lies to which Americans are so constantly subjected? What is it like to so feel in your bones, hour after hour, day after day, the pain of millions of "unpeople" suffering hunger, poverty and death caused by U.S. elites who today also threaten both their own nation and all humanity?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25663.htm



U.S.'s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP: Chart of Day

"President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation's annual economic output "That will be a big burden on the government and the people."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aa0cI64Gx.4E&pos=15



Senate weakens bid to tax Wall Street like rest of us

Senate Democrats Tuesday weakened efforts to end a controversial Wall Street tax break, watering down a bid to raise taxes on managers of hedge funds, private-equity funds, venture capital firms and other business partnerships.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/08/1670084/senate-weakens-bid-to-tax-wall.html



Banking System Collapse: Wake Up America Your Banks Are Dying

U.S. banks are being shut down by federal regulators at a staggering pace this year, and yet most Americans seem completely oblivious to it.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/banking-system-collapse-wake-up-america-your-banks-are-dying



The Housing Non-Recovery

Fourteen percent of America's 56 million mortgages are already delinquent or in foreclosure. That means that 7.8 million people right now are not paying their mortgages. 7.8 million homeowners have been delinquent for 30, 60 or 90 days...or are in foreclosure already. 91% of the people who are currently not paying are never going to get back to current, according to recent statistics.

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-housing-non-recovery



Home builders won't lift the economy this time

Fewer homes mean fewer jobs. Construction fuels a broad swath of industries across the economy. Yet double-digit unemployment is among the main reasons people have passed on buying new homes. Even with near-record-low mortgage rates, the industry is struggling.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37725749/ns/business-real_estate/



More Poverty By Any Measure

By Christine Vestal

More than 15 million Americans are unemployed, homelessness has increased by 50 percent in some cities, and 38 million people are receiving food stamps, more than at any time in the program's almost 50-year history.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25924.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Growing movement of superrich planning to become new posthuman species
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9731/

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Legendary Secret Societies
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/legendary-secret-societies.html

The US Power Elite, JFK, and the War on Vietnam
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/pfaff1.1.1.html



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Intellectual Conservative
by Ron Lipsman

06/08/10

It is beyond any doubt that our current system would be recognized by our Founding Fathers to be as tyrannical as the one they revolted against...

http://tinyurl.com/2f9ojal


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Christian Science Monitor
by John Hughes

06/08/10

When President Bush clambered up on a pile of rubble after 9/11, seized a bullhorn, put his arm around a firefighter, and rallied the nation, it was a crowning moment of his presidency. When he ill-advisedly flew over the Katrina disaster of 2005 and appeared disconnected with the agony of New Orleans, it was, in the view of many historians, the beginning of his presidency’s decline. President Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil disaster could be a similar turning point. Despite his uneasy press conference and statements proclaiming he is in charge, despite visits to the scene to talk with officials rather than distraught commercial fishermen, his demeanor has come across as clinical rather than inspirational. Even such well-wishers as Louisiana Democratic guru James Carville and former presidential adviser David Gergen have wrung their hands over his seeming disconnectedness...

http://tinyurl.com/28rg9hl



Tapping the well of freedom

Competitive Enterprise Institute
by Iain Murray

When the Deepwater Horizon first started gushing oil, many considered the incident an example of private enterprise having no regard for the environment. However, it is becoming clear that government was involved from the start, is in charge now (as President Obama himself tells us), and cannot do much about the problem. So is there any way to address this?

http://cei.org/articles/2010/06/07/tapping-well-freedom



How’s all that progressive regulatory stuff workin’ out
for ya?

Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

06/08/10

Total damages from a spill like Deepwater Horizon, if not enough to liquidate all the assets of a company like BP, would probably eat up enough of their ongoing revenue stream for many years to amount to a corporate death sentence. The resulting market pressures to maintain robust liability insurance would be intense, and the economic incentives for insurers to impose effective safety regimes would be overwhelming. But look at the other side of the scale. How’s the much-vaunted regulatory state actually been performing? BP management deliberately skimped on safety measures, neglected maintenance on multiple levels of failsafe mechanisms because they cut into profits, and slept (and snorted crystal meth) with government inspectors...

http://c4ss.org/content/2826


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Devastation As Toxic Filth Spreads

You Can Smell The Oil From A Helicopter And Birds Are Frying!

By MSNBC

Video Report
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25661.htm



Is Obama BP's Poodle?

By Shamus Cooke

In a sane world, BP's executives would be facing severe criminal charges, and the billions of profits they've earned in the last year would be confiscated to pay for the cleanup.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25668.htm



Has the Oil Spill Created a 'Doomsday Effect' for the Gulf?

By Keith Olbermann

Oil and gas expert Robert Cavnar talks about the possibility of an "underground blowout" occurring beneath the ocean as a result of the oil spill.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25670.htm



Talk of Second Oil Spill in Gulf Grows Louder

Fueled by several reports that the Ocean Saratoga rig, operated by Diamond Offshore, is leaking into the Gulf.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/37575052



Two More Gulf Spills?

Satillite images and photographs from the region indicate that there may be two other offshore drilling units leaking oil into the ocean.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/06/two-more-gulf-spills/57847/



Another Senate Charade

By Matt Taibbi

This is a classic example of how the Senate works. If the public understood better how rigged this game is, and how few issues are actually left to an honest vote in the legislature, I'm pretty sure the pitchfork factor would be twice even what it is now.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25980.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Grotesque errors mar BP's 'spill plan'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9715/

BP & US blocking reporters from covering Gulf Disaster
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9718/

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Live Coverage from BP's Oil Volcano
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/05/27-1

Missing the Real Drama of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/09-6

Hands Across the Sand: Americans to Join Hands in Largest Gathering Against Offshore Oil Drilling in History

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/09-5

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Amendment Would Repeal Big Oil Tax Breaks
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/09-2

Greenpeace Energy Blueprint Shows How Existing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels Will Revolutionize a Broken Energy Economy
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/09-12

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The BP Disaster Marks the End of the Age of Arrogance About the Environment ... Can We Change?

Chip Ward, AlterNet: "We dreamed we were living in a fabulous mansion but are waking up in a greasy gutter. The ecological and economic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico makes our most infamous oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, look miniscule by comparison. This time we have fouled our nest on an epic scale."

http://www.truthout.org/the-bp-disaster-marks-end-age-arrogance-about-environment-can-we-change60304



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The Nation
by Tom Hayden

06/07/10

With eighteen Democratic senators voting for Russ Feingold’s legislative call for withdrawal from Afghanistan, is a long and bloody end to the Afghanistan quagmire in sight? Feingold says he was ‘encouraged’ by the May 27 vote in spite of its rejection, particularly because of support from most of the Senate’s Democratic leadership: senators Richard Durbin, Charles Schumer and Patty Murray. Feingold noted that his amendment was only the first Senate attempt to vote on withdrawal in the decade-long war. Only thirteen senators voted for his first attempt to require a similar timetable for Iraq, ‘and today, a timetable is exactly what is in place in Iraq.’ After that first vote in 2007, the combined Senate support for either Feingold’s deadline or softer legislation by Senator Carl Levin calling for gradual withdrawal to begin, rose to majority support in 2008, under the pressure of the antiwar movement and presidential primary politics.”

http://www.thenation.com/article/afghanistan-beginning-end


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan

No to More Money for War, Yes to Feingold-McGovern bill for Withdrawal Timetable.
http://noescalation.org/2010/05/05/withdrawal-timetable/


From Information Clearing House



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Cato Institute
by Tad DeHaven

06/07/10

In 2000, the federal government spent $1.8 trillion while debt held by the public stood at $3.4 trillion. A mere decade later, the federal government is on pace to spend $3.7 trillion while publicly held debt is approaching $10 trillion [sic]. There’s no blame game left to be played. President George W. Bush left office having presided over one of the largest expansions of federal spending in history. President Barack Obama appears intent on pulling off the amazing feat of making Bush look like a relative tightwad. And Congress has become so addicted to spending that the new Capitol Visitor Center — itself a $600 million fiscal boondoggle — might need to be converted into a giant methadone clinic. So what hope do taxpayers have left?

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11878


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Feigenblatt Brennelementesteuer
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147772



"Reine Abzocke": Stromkonzerne geben gesunkene Preise nicht an Kunden weiter

Nach einer von den Grünen in Auftrag gegebenen Studie sind die Strompreise seit 2008 um bis zu 40 Prozent gesunken.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148116

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Keine Versorgungssicherheit bei Atomstrom

NABU: Atomkraftwerke bei hohen Wassertemperaturen unzuverlässig. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689348ms217



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Union und FDP machen Ernst und kürzen bei Arbeitslosen und Familien, während Spitzenverdiener, Wohlhabende und die Wirtschaft weitestgehend ungeschoren bleiben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32772/1.html



"Sparpaket-Hammer" bringt Kritiker in Form

CDU-Sozial- und -Arbeitnehmerflügel entdecken soziale Unausgewogenheiten, Käßmann fordert kirchlichen Widerstand. Westerwelle sieht keine "soziale Kälte".

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147774



Droht Merkel der Super-Gauck?

Die Kampagne für den Gegenkandidaten steht erst am Anfang.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147773



Aber was soll es auch sein, das Konservative?

Merkel oder wie ich lernte, von der Leyen zu lieben
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32785/1.html



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Auch wenn die meisten Kritiker es noch nicht gemerkt haben: Der Neoliberalismus wurde von einem Neokeynesianismus abgelöst.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32773/1.html



Spekulation ja bitte, aber nicht gegen uns

Union und FDP wollen Wetten gegen Nicht-Euro-Staaten und ausländische Unternehmen weiterhin zulassen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32812/1.html

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Zurück ins Zentrum – Über die Grenzen neoliberaler Krisenpolitik und falsche Sündenböcke

„Ende April verständigte sich die griechische Regierung mit dem IWF und der EU-Kommission auf ein 110 Mrd. Euro schweres Kreditpaket. Dadurch wurde die Refinanzierung fälliger Schulden gesichert, die am Kapitalmarkt nur noch zu prohibitiven Zinssätzen möglich gewesen wäre. Gleichzeitig verpflichtete sich die Regierung in Athen zu einem drakonischen Sparprogramm, dessen Einhaltung von IWF und EU-Kommission gemeinsam überwacht wird. Vorausgegangen waren wochenlange Medien- und Börsenspekulationen über eskalierende Staatsverschuldung, Zahlungsunfähigkeit und Staatsbankrott. Diese Spekulationen richteten sich nicht nur gegen Griechenland, sondern auch gegen Portugal, Irland, Italien und Spanien; in gehässiger Weise oft als »PIIGS« zusammengefasst. Folgerichtig wurde das Kredit-Sparpaket für Griechenland lediglich als erstes in einer Reihe angesehen, an deren Ende möglicherweise sogar der Austritt oder Ausschluss von Ländern aus der Europäischen Währungsunion vermutet wurde…“ Artikel von Ingo Schmidt http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/schmidt.html


Das Falsche – zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort

„Das sogenannte Sparprogramm der schwarz-gelben Regierung wird in die Geschichte eingehen. Aber nicht als der endgültige Durchbruch in Sachen Staatsverschuldung, sondern als Beginn einer verlorenen Dekade. Es wird als klassischer Ausdruck für den Tunnelblick einer Regierung betrachtet werden, die im entscheidenden Jahr 2010 nicht einmal im Ansatz begriffen hatte, was die Stunde geschlagen hatte…“ Artikel von Heiner Flassbeck vom 14. Juni 2010 bei den Nachdenkseiten http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=5882


Aushungerung des Sozialstaates – „Sparen“ als neoliberale Ideologie

„Die öffentliche Armut bildet im neoliberalen Projekt eines „Um-“ bzw. Abbaus des Sozialstaates keinen Kollateralschaden, sondern dient als Mittel zur Stärkung der Wirtschaft, während der private Reichtum das Lockmittel darstellt, welches die „Leistungsträger“ zu besonderen Anstrengungen motivieren soll. Häufig fordern Neoliberale gleichzeitig die Kürzung der Staatsausgaben, eine Senkung der Steuern und die Ausweitung der (wirtschaftsnahen) Staatsaufgaben. Da gemäß der Standortlogik vor allem die Gewinnsteuern und die Spitzensteuersätze immer stärker gegen Null tendieren müssen, um Großinvestoren anzulocken und als „Wirtschaftsstandort“ attraktiv zu bleiben, während die sozialen Probleme wachsen und der Staat immer mehr Aufgaben zu erfüllen hat, steigt dessen Kreditaufnahme. Gleichzeitig verfällt die soziale und Verkehrsinfrastruktur – wie in den USA und Großbritannien seit langem zu beobachten ist –, was Neoliberale wiederum zusammen mit der Staatsverschuldung skandalisieren, obwohl es sich dabei um die Früchte ihrer Konzeption eines „schlanken Staates“ handelt…“ Artikel von Christoph Butterwegge vom 11. Juni 2010 bei den Nachdenkseiten http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=5872


Zum Sparpaket der Regierung: Reiche verschonen - Wachstum und Sozialstaat ruinieren

„Über 80 Milliarden Euro will die Bundesregierung bis 2014 einsparen. Mehr als ein Drittel davon ist Kahlschlag bei sozialen Leistungen. Reiche und Vermögende müssen dagegen keinen Cent zahlen. Die Streichliste hat aber nicht nur eine skandalöse soziale Schlagseite. Sie gefährdet auch die wirtschaftliche Erholung in Deutschland und in Europa…“ Drastische Kapitalismuskritik in Wirtschaftspolitische Informationen 1/2010 von ver.di (pdf) http://www.ak-sozialpolitik.de/dukumente/2010/2010-06-11%20verdi%20Sparpaket.pdf


Sparpaket: Herrin der Grausamkeiten

Merkel kürzt, aber sie spart nicht. Die Folge: Ein Teil der Bevölkerung greift dem anderen in die Tasche. Das kann die Gesellschaft nur spalten. Kommentar von Georg Fülberth in Freitag online vom 10.06.2010 http://www.freitag.de/politik/1023-herrin-der-grausamkeiten


Wir lehnen es ab, die Lasten der kapitalistischen Krise zu tragen!

Erklärung zur Krise und Sparpaket von AGIF (Föderation der ArbeitsimmigrantInnen in Deutschland) vom 10. Juni 2010 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/finanz/sparpakt_agif.pdf

Aus dem Text: “... Nicht auf unserem Rücken! Wir als ArbeitsimmigrantInnen, die Teil der Arbeiterklasse und der Gesellschaft in Deutschland sind, lehnen es ab, die Folgen der kapitalistischen Krise austragen zu müssen. Unsere Parole ist, dass die ArbeiterInnen und Werktätigen gemeinsam nach dem Vorbild der Arbeiterklasse in Griechenland und nach dem Vorbild der TEKEL-Arbeiter in der Türkei entschlossen und gemeinsam gegen die Verschlechterung unserer Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen kämpfen! Wir fordern: Abschaffung von Hartz IV und den Folgegesetzen! 30 Stundenwoche bei vollem Lohnausgleich! Mindestlohn in Höhe von 10 EUR netto! Kostenlose Gesundheitsversorgung für alle! Kostenlose Bildung für alle! Abschaffung der „Rente mit 67“! Weg mit allen rassistischen und diskriminierenden Gesetzen!“


Einkommen: DIW-Studie Große Panik in der Mittelschicht

„Soziale Schieflage: In der größten Wirtschaftskrise seit Jahrzehnten werden die Reichen reicher - die Armen in der Bevölkerung werden noch ärmer. Und es leidet die Mittelschicht. Das ist das Ergebnis einer DIW-Studie. Ihren Zorn richten die Wissenschaftler an die Bundesregierung: Ihr Sparpaket belaste vor allem niedrige Einkommen. Die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich in Deutschland wird größer. Das geht aus einer neuen Untersuchung des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) hervor. Der besorgniserregende Trend werde durch die Bundesregierung verschärft, die mit ihrem Sparpaket hohe Einkommen verschone und niedrige belaste, kritisieren die Wissenschaftler. Die Gewerkschaften forderten daher die Bundesregierung am Montag auf, ihr Sparpaket zu korrigieren…“ Artikel von Felix Berth und Thomas Öchsner in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 15.06.2010 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/einkommensverteilung-grosse-panik-in-der-mittelschicht-1.959333

Siehe zur letzteren Meldung auch:

Einkommensentwicklung in Deutschland: Die Mittelschicht verliert. DIW Berlin: „Auch Menschen mit höherem Einkommen sollten zum Sparpaket beitragen“

„Arm und Reich driften in Deutschland immer weiter auseinander. Das ist das zentrale Ergebnis einer neuen Studie des DIW Berlin zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-Oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Die Studie zeigt deutlich, dass nicht nur die Anzahl Ärmerer und Reicherer immer weiter wächst – seit zehn Jahren werden ärmere Haushalte auch immer ärmer…“ Pressemitteilung vom 15.06.2010 http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.357516.de

Siehe dazu: Polarisierung der Einkommen: Die Mittelschicht verliert

Studie von Jan Goebel, Martin Gornig und Hartmut Häußermann in DIW-Wochenbericht 24/2010 (pdf) http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.357505.de/10-24-1.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 15. Juni 2010

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Lohndumping: Das Leben einer Hotel-Hungerlöhnerin

Eigentlich fallen Zimmermädchen unter die Kategorie Mindestlohn. Doch viele Hotels sind äußerst kreativ, um die Reinigungskräfte mit weniger abzuspeisen - auf Kosten der Steuerzahler. Artikel von Maike Rademaker in der FTD vom 29.06.2010 http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/:lohndumping-das-leben-einer-hotel-hungerloehnerin/50135597.html

Aus dem Text: „..."Ich arbeite oft 40, manchmal 50 Stunden die Woche", sagt sie. "Aber am Monatsende stehen da immer um die 600 Euro auf der Abrechnung. Ich verstehe das nicht." Es ist auch nicht zu verstehen, dass Petra R. für Stundenlöhne von teilweise 3 Euro arbeitet. Es ist auch nicht zu verstehen, weil der gesetzliche Mindestlohn für Gebäudereiniger - dazu zählen auch Zimmermädchen - 8,40 Euro beträgt. Das alles ist nur zu verstehen, wenn man in ihren Arbeitsvertrag schaut. Und dort steht, Mindestlohn hin, Mindestlohn her: "Die Vergütung richtet sich nach der Anzahl der bearbeiteten Hotelzimmer." Und die sieht so aus: 50 Cent für die Reinigung eines Zimmers, in dem der Gast noch weitere Nächte bleibt.
75 Cent für das Bad dieses Zimmers. 3,50 Euro für ein großes Zimmer, wenn Gäste abreisen und die Betten frisch bezogen werden müssen, 2,80 Euro für ein kleines. Um aber auf den gesetzlichen Mindestlohn zu kommen, müsste Petra R. pro Stunde in mehr als sechs Zimmern die Betten machen und die Bäder putzen. Ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit, wie jeder weiß, der seine Wohnung selbst in Ordnung hält. (...) Das Problem der IG Bau: Die Beschäftigten klagen nicht. Ohne Klage aber ist den Firmen schwer beizukommen. "Je prekärer die Beschäftigung, desto seltener melden sich die Beschäftigten. Sie brauchen das Geld - und sind somit erpressbar", sagt IG Bau Vorstandsmitglied Frank Wynands...“


Aus: LabourNet, 29. Juni 2010

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Gericht wertet Lohndumping erstmals als Straftat

„Firmen, die gegen den Mindestlohn verstoßen, machen sich künftig strafbar: Das Landgericht Magdeburg hat den Chef einer Reinigungsfirma verurteilt, der seine Beschäftigten weit unter Mindeslohn bezahlte. Das Urteil könnte für viele Arbeitgeber in Konsequenzen haben...“Artikel in Spiegel-Online vom 29.06.2010 http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/0,1518,703684,00.html

Siehe dazu:

“Der Täter, der statt eines Mindestlohns von 7,68 nur Stundenlöhne bis in den „Ein-Euro-Bereich“ bezahlt hat, kam aber mit einem Bußgeld von
1.000 Euro davon und auch nur deshalb, weil er zu wenig Sozialbeiträge abgeführt hat. Ein solches Geschäft ist geradezu lukrativ. Warum ist eigentlich Lohndumping nur eine Ordnungswidrigkeit und nicht von vorneherein eine Straftat?“ Anmerkung von WL bei den Nachdenkseiten in den Hinweisen des Tages vom 30. Juni 2010 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=6035#h05


Weniger als 1 Euro Stundenlohn: Gericht bestraft Verstoß gegen Branchen-Mindestlohn

Das Landgericht Magdeburg hat heute in einem Urteil erstmals klargestellt: es ist strafbar wenn Beschäftigte unterhalb des für die Branche geltenden Mindestlohns bezahlt werden. Der DGB begrüßte die Entscheidung. Meldung beim DGB vom 29.06.2010 http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++c6a35ff0-8395-11df-6571-00188b4dc422


Fragwürdig: Zu milde Strafe für Hungerlöhne?

Peter Schulze (IG BAU), Regionalleiter der Gewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt und zuständig für Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen und Sachsen, über ein wegweisendes Urteil gegen Lohndumping im Neues Deutschland vom 01.07.2010 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/174313.zu-milde-strafe-fuer-hungerloehne.html


Mangelhafte Kontrollen: Tausende Firmen unterlaufen den Mindestlohn

„Mindestlöhne sollen Millionen Arbeitern eine vergleichsweise faire Bezahlung garantieren, doch das Gesetz hat eklatante Lücken: Tausende Firmen unterlaufen die Untergrenzen für Gehälter - weil die Behörden Verstöße nicht streng genug kontrollieren, heißt es in einem Bericht der Regierung...“ Meldung bei Spiegel-Online vom 25.06.2010 http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/0,1518,702755,00.html


Firmen umgehen Tarife Mindestlohn? Nicht mit uns!

„Der Druck auf die Beschäftigten in Deutschland wächst: Dumpinglöhne nehmen zu, die geltenden Mindestlöhne werden oft nicht gezahlt. Allein in der Baubranche wurden 1500 Bußgeldverfahren eingeleitet...“ Artikel von Thomas Öchsner in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 25.06.2010 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/firmen-umgehen-tarife-mindestlohn-nicht-mit-uns-1.965109


Keine starke Brücke, sondern ein Steg: Die wenigsten Leiharbeiter schaffen den Sprung in eine Festanstellung

„Politik und Wirtschaft schwärmen nach wie vor von der Zeitarbeit als Jobmotor und Brücke in unbefristete Vollzeitbeschäftigung. Eine [extern] Studie des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesarbeitsagentur kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass gerade einmal sieben Prozent der vormals Arbeitslosen in den zwei Jahren nach ihrer Tätigkeit als Leiharbeiter auch eine dauerhaften, nicht befristete Arbeit nachgehen...“ Artikel von Silvio Duwe auf Telepolis vom 30.06.2010 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32880/1.html

Siehe dazu:

Brückenfunktion der Leiharbeit - Zumindest ein schmaler Steg

Der IAB-Kurzbericht zur Leiharbeit von Florian Lehmer und Kerstin Ziegler (pdf) http://doku.iab.de/kurzber/2010/kb1310.pdf


Zeitarbeitsbranche Leiharbeit im OP-Saal

Die Umwandlung regulärer Stellen in Leihjobs bleibt erlaubt. Besser wird das Image der Zeitarbeitsbranche dadurch nicht. Artikel von Harald Schumacher in der Wirtschaftswoche vom 24.06.2010 http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen-maerkte/leiharbeit-im-op-saal-433435/

Aus dem Text: „Schleckern“ könnte das Wort des Jahres werden. Immer wenn Unternehmen Stammbeschäftigte vor die Tür setzen und als billigere Leiharbeitnehmer wieder einstellen, heißt es inzwischen: die schleckern. (..) Doch geschleckert wird weiter – beim Reisekonzern TUI, beim Zeitschriftenverlag Gruner + Jahr und bei vielen anderen Unternehmen, besonders massiv aber in privaten und öffentlichen Krankenhausgesellschaften und in gemeinnützigen Unternehmen wie der Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO). Daran ändern auch die Versuche nichts, per Tarifvertrag oder Gesetz der Umgehung des Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetzes einen Riegel vorzuschieben. Beim näheren Hinsehen erweisen sich alle Paragrafen als zahnlose Tiger. (…) Gestoppt werden durch die Tarifverträge allenfalls die extremen Varianten des Personaltricks: der sogenannte Drehtüreffekt, bei dem Mitarbeiter auf direktem Wege zu firmeneigenen Billigablegern verschoben und zurückgeliehen werden. Wer jedoch nicht einzelne Beschäftigte, sondern systematisch und im großen Stil frei werdende Stellen zu Zeitarbeitstöchtern verschiebt und dafür neue Leute einstellt, dem lassen die Tarifklauseln weiter freie Hand. An derselben Hürde scheitert auch der Gesetzentwurf, den das Bundesarbeitsministerium am vergangenen Dienstag vorlegte und der die „Einführung einer Drehtür-Regelung“ in Paragraf 3 des Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetzes (AÜG) vorsieht…


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Juli 2010

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Reichtum ist ein größeres Risiko als der Klimawandel

Wohlstand und Bevölkerungsdichte haben größeren Einfluss auf biologische Invasionen als Klima- und Landnutzungswandel. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine neue Studie von 26 internationalen Forschern.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689094ms212 v

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25. Juni 2010

Deutschland braucht mehr Finanzkontrolleure statt mehr Sozialschnüffler

Zur Bilanz der Bundesregierung zur Einhaltung von gesetzlichen Mindestlöhnen erklärt die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Katja Kipping:

Die Bilanz ist ernüchternd: Im Jahre 2009 hat die Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit des Zolls (FKS) rund 1500 Mal Bußgelder gegen Firmen verhängt, die den gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Mindestlöhnen unterliefen. Die Realität dürfte weitaus schlimmer sein, denn nur 6400 Beamte sind bundesweit dafür gegenwärtig zuständig. Den Zustand permanenten Personalmangels beklagt auch die Deutsche Zoll- und Finanzgewerkschaft. Es geht hier nicht um Kavaliersdelikte! Mit dem Unterlaufen der Mindestlöhne werden hart arbeitende Menschen um ihren verdienten Lohn gebracht, die Einnahmen der Sozialversicherungssysteme geschmälert und die Binnenkonjunktur behindert. Ich fordere die Bundesregierung auf, statt öffentlich bedienstete Sozialschnüffler in Wohngemeinschaften zu schicken, um festzustellen, ob Herrensocken und Damenunterwäsche am richtigen Platz liegen, für eine ausreichende personelle Ausstattung der FKS zu sorgen. Die postulierte Forderung von CDU und FDP, dass Leistung sich lohnen müsse, verkommt ansonsten restlos zur hohlen Phrase!

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/deutschland-braucht-mehr-finanzkontrolleure-statt-mehr-sozialschnueffler/

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Leiharbeit führt nicht zur Dauerbeschäftigung

Wenn überhaupt Jobangebote durch Arbeitsagenturen Hartz IV-Beziehern unterbreitet werden, so ist der Anteil der Zeitarbeits-Jobangebote sehr hoch. Immer wieder tönt es, die Leiharbeit könne zur Dauerbeschäftigung werden. Das tut sie aber nicht, wie auch das wissenschaftliche Institut der Bundesagentur für Arbeit "IAB" feststellen musste. Leiharbeiter sind nur kurzweilig beschäftigt und erhalten ein Drittel weniger Lohn, als vergleichbare Angestellte. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/studie-leiharbeit-hilft-nicht-gegen-hartz-iv-61889.php



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Report

Foreclosed property held by U.S. banks increased 12.5 percent to $41.5 billion during the first quarter of this year, according to a recent analysis by SNL Financial, a financial market research firm out of Charlottesville, Virginia.

http://tinyurl.com/29w4sz7


From Information Clearing House



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Vast underwater concentrations of oil sprawling for miles in the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged, crude-belching BP PLC well are unprecedented in "human history" and threaten to wreak havoc on marine life, a team of scientists said today, a finding confirmed for the first time by federal officials.

http://tinyurl.com/2cslbm4



Subsea oil plumes found 142 miles from rig:

Clouds of oil have been found drifting underwater in the Gulf of Mexico as far as 142 miles from the wrecked Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, government officials said Tuesday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37572167/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/



Video: Oil as thick as pancake batter reaches shore

Kerry Sanders reports from the coast of Louisiana, where thick oil is washing up near East Grand Terre Island.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37572694#37572694



US Adm Thad Allen says oil clean-up 'will take years'

Adm Thad Allen said oil giant BP needed to do better at getting money to people and businesses affected by the spill.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10258612.stm



The oil firms' profits ignore the real costs

The energy industry has long dumped its damage and, like the banks, made scant provision against disaster. Time to pay up.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/jun/07/bp-oil-profits-future-disaster



Obama to Reopen Oil Drilling

New Rules on Shallow-Water Exploration Expected as Economic Woes Mount.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703303904575292210472764880.html



BP: 500,000 pounds of emissions released

At BP's Texas City refinery, more than 400 pounds a day of benzene - 40 times the state reportable levels - was released during a 40-day period.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=98cf5a2c858437b5


From Information Clearing House

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Activists Call for 'Public Outcry' over Oil Disaster
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/08-4

Years of Internal BP Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to Accidents

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/08

Oil Plumes, Gulf's Unseen Disaster
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/08-0

Apocalypse in the Gulf Now (Oil) & Next (Nukes)
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/08-5

One Hundred Years of Oil
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/08-10

The Price of the Pelican
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/08-0

Center for Biological Diversity: Salazar Declares Shallow Water Drilling “Safe,” Lifts Drilling Injunction, Conceals Shallow Water Oil Spill Currently Fouling Gulf

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/08-13

Food & Water Watch: US Should Follow UK’s Lead to Increase Oversight of Offshore Oil Operations
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/08-8

Earthjustice: Murkowski and Allies Clamor to Protect Big Oil in Face of Gulf Crisis

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/08-6

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Prediction: Spill’s damage could persist for decades

Washington Post

06/08/10

Snorkeling along a coral reef near Veracruz, Mexico, in 2002, Texas biologist Wes Tunnell spotted what looked like a ledge of rock covered in sand, shells, algae, and hermit crabs. He knew, from years of research at the reef, that it probably wasn’t a rock at all. He stabbed it with his diving knife. His blade pulled up gunk. ‘Sure enough, it was tar from the Ixtoc spill,’ Tunnell said. Twenty-three years earlier, in 1979, an oil well named Ixtoc I had a blowout in 150 feet of water in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The Mexican national oil company Pemex tried to kill the well with drilling mud, and then with steel and lead balls dropped into the well bore. It tried to contain the oil with a cap nicknamed the Sombrero. Finally, after 290 days, a relief well plugged the hole with cement and the spill came to an end — but only after polluting the Gulf with 138 million gallons of crude...

http://tinyurl.com/2b3jk49


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Attorney: Deepwater Horizon Managers Knew About Oil Rig Problem Before Explosion

"The rig's on fire! I told you this was gonna happen"

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Top Houston attorney Tony Buzbee says he has new evidence which indicates that Deepwater Horizon’s managers knew that the BP oil rig had major problems before its explosion on April 20, citing the eyewitness account of a crew member who rescued burning workers on the rig of a conversation between Deepwater Horizon installation manager Jimmy Harrell and someone in Houston. According to the witness, Harrell was screaming, “Are you f... happy? Are you f... happy? The rig’s on fire! I told you this was gonna happen.”

http://www.prisonplanet.com/attorney-deepwater-horizon-managers-knew-about-oil-rig-problem-before-explosion.html



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In a 27-page report, "Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Evidence of Experimentation in the 'Enhanced' Interrogation Program" (available here), the organization Physicians for Human Rights has brought into sharp focus the role played by US medical personnel in torture and human experimentation.

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Shocking New Report: The CIA Performed Human Experiments on Prisoners Under Bush

By Stephen Soldz

Over the last year there have been an increasing number of accounts suggesting that, along with the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" torture program, there was a related program experimenting with and researching the application of the torture.

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From Information Clearing House

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Global Index Finds World has Become Less Peaceful
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/08-2

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Retired General: "We Have to Accept the Fact That We Did Torture People"

Video

Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "Torture is still happening, says Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez of black sites around the world that the Obama administration has yet to close down. Sanchez was the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Army when he retired in 2006, after having been commander of ground forces in Iraq during a critical period of the war - and during the period when abuses at Abu Ghraib occurred. Since his retirement, he has called for a truth commission to investigate torture, and, he says, 'Americans need to face up to' what happened there."

http://www.truthout.org/retired-general-we-have-accept-fact-that-we-did-torture-people-video60283

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Doctors seek probe of alleged torture experiments

MSNBC

Several civil liberties groups are demanding the White House investigate whether doctors conducted medical experiments on terror detainees during harsh interrogations led by the CIA under the Bush administration. Physicians for Human Rights filed a legal complaint Wednesday with the Health and Human Services Department. The group was joined by other non-government organizations, including Amnesty International USA...

http://tinyurl.com/38jse8k



Did Bush and Co. do medical research on detainees?

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

06/21/10

As time goes by, the record of the Bush administration gets worse and worse. It could turn out that the most egregious offense of the Bush-esque Obama administration will be that its Justice Department let Bush-Cheney & Co. off scot-free. It’s not enough that the last gang to occupy the Executive Branch got us into two illegal wars, accumulated autocratic powers, violated our civil liberties, and tortured suspects. Now it appears that it kicked things up a notch...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1006f.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Advance New York Law to Stop Doctors from Participating in
Torture & Body

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Informant: Mr. Korea



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Turkey president: Israel will suffer consequences for Gaza flotilla 'mistake'

Abdullah Gul: 21 of 22 nations at regional summit condemn Israel over deaths of Turkish activists aboard Gaza aid ship last week.

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Photos show Mavi Marmara passengers protecting, aiding Israeli soldiers

Captured, disarmed hijackers did not face "lynching" as Israel claimed.

http://aliabunimah.posterous.com/blog-post-israel-hasbara-fails-again-pics-sho



Images of Victims after the Israeli Attack on the Turkish Gaza Aid Ship

Published for the First Time
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/video030610.html


We Bought The Bullets

The bullets used to kill 19-year-old Furkan Dogan, a Turkish-American college student born in Troy, New York, were fired by soldiers in a foreign army -- but they were paid for with money extorted from U.S. taxpayers.

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-bought-bullets.html



Buys Congress

Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2010 Congressional Candidates.
http://tinyurl.com/32acnhl



Turkey-US ties face 'breaking point' over vote

The turbulent relationship between the US and Turkey - allies for more than half a century - is about to reach a decisive moment when the United Nations Security Council votes on whether to tighten sanctions on Iran.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b156578e-731d-11df-ae73-00144feabdc0.html



U.S. accused of Iran 'siege'

An Azerbaijan politician claims the United States plans to deploy forces in Armenia near the Iranian border under cover of U.N. peacekeeping force.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/06/07/US-accused-of-Iran-seige/UPI-33931275959010/



Where is the American Freedom Flotilla?

By Dr. Sama Adnan

Reacting to the complicity of their governments, the European Freedom Flotilla took the initiative to shed light on Israel's policies in the occupied territories. The American peace movement should emulate their success by setting its Freedom Flotilla a-sail.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25665.htm



Video

Israeli soldiers killing Furkan Dogan 19 years.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25672.htm



Uzi Dayan: Israel Must Announce Turkish Warships Casus Beli

By JPost

Israel must send Turkey a clear message that if Turkish warships are sent to accompany the next flotilla trying to break the embargo on Gaza, these will be considered acts of war by Israel , Uzi Dayan, former deputy Chief of General Staff, told Army Radio Monday morning.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25676.htm



Shocking Testimonials from the Mavi Marmara survivors. And one Israeli fembot

by Lauren Booth

http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/shocking-testimonials-from-the-mavi-marmara-survivors-and-on.html



'Arrest me, I'm a terrorist'

Responding to US Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) call for the arrest and prosecution of "any US citizens who were aboard or involved with the Freedom Flotilla," several American activists "turned themselves in" Thursday - at Sherman's office.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=291339



Jonathan Turley: Hoax

Video Showing Heavy Weapons Discovered on Mavi Marmara is a Fraud.
http://tinyurl.com/39c5v53



Gaza Blockade Illegal: International Committee of the Red Cross

By Al-Jazeera

In a statement released on Monday, the organisation called the blockade "collective punishment", a crime under international law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25708.htm



Turkey: We'll review Israel ties unless international Gaza flotilla probe held

Abbas echoes Turkey remarks that investigation falls short of UN demands, reiterates call to lift Gaza siege.

http://tinyurl.com/2fhhqad



Bloody Sunday, Bloody Monday

By David Halpin FRCS

Crime requires investigation, indictment and trial. The Turkish government have jurisdiction in this massacre. But Israel demands that the inquiry is kept in its safe hands.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25729.htm



Phantom Iranian Ship sails for Gaza

By Mike Whitney

Why are members of the western media saying that an Iranian ship is on its way to Gaza? Is it just an innocent mistake or is there something more sinister involved?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25728.htm



End the siege of Gaza now, EU says

At a meeting on Monday, the European Union Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement saying, "The continued policy of closure is unacceptable and politically counterproductive".

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130456&sectionid=351020202



UN calls for Israel to change policy in Gaza Strip

'The situation in Gaza is unsustainable and the current policy is unacceptable and counter-productive, and requires a different, more positive strategy,' Serry said during a UN Security Council session on the Middle East.

http://tinyurl.com/27lsydc



UN seeks international Gaza flotilla probe, despite internal Israeli (whitewash) inquiry

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is moving forward with plans to form an internationally sanctioned investigative forum to probe the deadly events.

http://tinyurl.com/24yyd6p



Amnesty International Criticizes the Israel Gaza Commission over Transparency and Accountability

"The Commission looks to be neither independent nor sufficiently transparent, the two international observers may be denied access to crucial information, and the Commission's findings may not be used in future prosecutions."

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/israel-gaza-commission-criticized-over-transparency-and-accountability-2010-06-15



Partner in flotilla 'farce'

There hasn't been a murmur of protest from Canada over the Israeli seizure of a Turkish ship in international waters late last month, and the shocking killing of nine peace activists on board.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/823487--mcquaig-partner-in-flotilla-farce



Israel to UN: We reserve the right to stop Lebanon Gaza-bound flotilla

Lebanon aid ship Miriam to set sail to Gaza Sunday; Israel's UN envoy says Israel will use all necessary means to prevent ships from violating the naval blockade on Gaza.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-to-un-we-reserve-the-right-to-stop-lebanon-gaza-bound-flotilla-1.297012



Israel bars German minister from Gaza

'Sometimes the Israeli government does not make it easy for its friends to explain why it behaves the way it does,' says aid minister Dirk Niebel.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-bars-german-minister-from-gaza-1.297107



Turkey threatens diplomatic break with Israel over raid

Turkey's foreign minister said a break could only be averted if Israel either apologised or accepted the outcome of an international inquiry into the raid. The Israeli government said it had nothing to apologise for.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10505386.stm


From Information Clearing House

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The real threat aboard the Freedom Flotilla

In These Times
by Noam Chomsky

06/08/10

Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world. Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime. But the crime is nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats between Cyprus and Lebanon and killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes holding them hostage in Israeli prisons. Israel assumes that it can commit such crimes with impunity because the United States tolerates them and Europe generally follows the U.S.’s lead...

http://tinyurl.com/2avldxn



The flotilla massacre: Historical perspective, aftermath and implications

Freedom's Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

06/09/10
http://tinyurl.com/22nnrmy


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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USS Liberty survivor on Gaza relief ship
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/859.html

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Israeli Document: Gaza Blockade Isn't About Security
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/10-2

New Video Smuggled Out From Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/10-1

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Worse Than a Crime – a Mistake
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis191.html

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ISRAEL'S GREATEST LOSS: ITS MORAL IMAGINATION
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9722/



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Holbrooke declined to give clues as to when the US might withdraw its approximately 100,000 troops from Afghanistan.

http://tinyurl.com/2fmqlrj



America's War in Afghanistan Now Officially Longer than Vietnam

As of today, June 7, 2010, the war in Afghanistan has lasted 104 months, surpassing Vietnam as the longest war in American history. American forces invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, Kabul fell.

http://tinyurl.com/3akfjwy



UK plans to deport Afghan children

A number of other European countries, including Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, are planning to return children to care centres in Afghanistan.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/06/201068143015311885.html


From Information Clearing House

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NATO Suffers Deadliest Day This Year in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/08-9



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Huffington Post
by Joshua Kors

04/14/10

I had been covering veterans’ issues for several years and thought I’d developed a thick skin. But the pain on the other end of the telephone line was difficult to stomach. Sergeant Chuck Luther, now back from Iraq, was describing his journey to hell and back. The worst part, he said, wasn’t battling insurgents or even the mortar blast that tossed him to the ground and slammed his head against the concrete — it was the way he was treated by the U.S. Army when he went to the aid station and sought medical help. In gruesome detail, Luther described what happened to him at Camp Taji’s aid station. He thought he would receive medical care. Instead he was confined to an isolation chamber and held there for over a month, under enforced sleep deprivation, until he agreed to sign papers saying that he was ill before coming to Iraq and thus not eligible for disability and medical benefits...

http://tinyurl.com/y4g3fnh


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Iraq Veteran Beating Tape: Video Of NYPD Assaulting Walter Harvin Released

The Manhattan DA's office has released the highly controversial footage at the heart of a police brutality case involving an Iraq war veteran.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/22/iraq-veteran-beating-tape_n_620853.html


From Information Clearing House



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Spiked

by Tim Black

04/14/10

Obama’s much-applauded war against nuclear weapons is about boosting Washington’s moral authority, not securing world peace...

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8520/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Every teenager is likely to face a criminal record check under plans for all young people to take part in compulsory community service.

http://snipurl.com/tj454


From Information Clearing House