World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/17-7

Ancient Oceans: The Planet's Plunder Will Continue in the Name of Progress
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/17-3



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Adil+E.+Shamoo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+C.+Koehler

US Taxpayers: Pay for Nuclear Plants, Stuck with Nuclear Waste
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/17-7

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How Taxpayers Are Subsidizing BP's Disaster Through the Pentagon

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com: "Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are livid with BP in the wake of the massive, never-ending oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - and Barack Obama says they ought to be. But there's one aspect of the BP story that most of those angry residents of the Gulf states aren't aware of. And the president hasn't had a thing to say about it."

http://www.truth-out.org/kick-ass-or-buy-gas60527



A Green New Deal Now

Joe Conason, Truthout: "If the right-wing chorus insists that the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is 'Obama's Katrina,' then let us hope the president will make the most of that slogan. The comparison between the utter failure of the Bush administration and the missteps and errors of the Obama White House is fundamentally false. Yet there is nevertheless a crucial parallel to be drawn as the fifth anniversary of the hurricane approaches."

http://www.truth-out.org/a-green-new-deal-now60508



Big Oil's Devastation Worldwide

Video

Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "'Oil is a messy business, even when it's legal,' says filmmaker Joe Berlinger, and we've all seen the effects of that business splashed across front pages and television sets over the last month. But the BP disaster isn't the only mess that Big Oil has caused in the last couple of months, to say nothing of the years and decades past."

http://www.truth-out.org/big-oils-devastation-worldwide-video60531

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Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?

"What is likely to happen now?

By Julia Whitty

The damage done by the leaked oil now is virtually immeasurable already and it will not get better, it can only get worse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25755.htm

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Cleaning up our politics as we clean up the Gulf

Huffington Post
by Erich Pica

06/17/10

[T]there’s more than one irresponsible company and its apparently callous CEO behind the disaster in the Gulf. There’s the Mineral Management Service’s repeated rubber stamping of dangerous drilling projects without ensuring proper environmental safeguards were in place. And behind that the agency’s infestation with oil industry cash and cronies, which continued to fester under the leadership of President Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. … There are the billions in taxpayer handouts that Big Oil and the fossil fuel industry receive each year. And behind that there are the swarms of industry lobbyists choking the halls of Congress and the stacks of polluter cash filling too many politicians’ campaign accounts. Behind all of this, there’s one deep-rooted problem: increasing corporate infiltration and control of our government...

http://tinyurl.com/365xld4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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„Am Freitag, 18. Juni 2010, soll der Bundestag über ein "Gesetz zur Änderung krankenversicherungsrechtlicher und anderer Vorschriften" abstimmen. Klammheimlich soll über einen Änderungsantrag, über den der "Ausschuss für Gesundheit" beim Deutschen Bundestag erst am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2010, beraten hat, eine neue Regelung zur Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte beschlossen werden. Bisher ist in dem Gesetz nicht vorgesehen, dass die "Stammdaten" der Patienten beim Arztbesuch online mit den bei den Krankenkassen gespeicherten Daten abgeglichen werden. Über diese bisher nicht geregelte Funktion soll nun aber die Einführung der eGK, gegen die es vielfältige Proteste und gute Argumente gibt, protegiert werden. Schnell und möglichst ohne öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit soll also das Sozialgesetzbuch geändert werden…“ Pressemitteilung des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie vom 17.6.2010 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/node/353


Aus: LabourNet, 17. Juni 2010

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Elektronische Gesundheitskarte durch die Hintertür?

Gegner der Gesundheitskarte fürchten, dass die Karte über das "Gesetz zur Änderung krankenversicherungsrechtlicher und anderer Vorschriften" eingeführt werden könnte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147850



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„Die Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) kündigt Widerstand gegen die von der Staatsanwaltschaft Bonn verfügte Einstellung der Ermittlungen gegen Ex-Telekom-Vorstandschef Kai-Uwe Ricke und den ehemaligen Telekom-Aufsichtsratschef Klaus Zumwinkel an. Die von der Bespitzelungsaktion massiv in ihren Grundrechten geschädigten Arbeitnehmervertreter seien entsetzt darüber, dass Ermittlungen gegen die Spitzenmanager eingestellt worden seien…“ Pressemitteilung vom 14.06.2010 http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=14a47766-77af-11df-5b83-0019b9e321cd

Siehe dazu: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Staatsanwaltschaft: Warum wurde gegen Telekom-Zumwinkel und Ricke keine Anklage erhoben?

„Im Zusammenhang mit der vor zwei Jahren bekannt gewordenen Telekom-Bespitzelungsaffäre erhoben Rechtsanwalt Gerhart R. Baum
(Bundesinnenminister a. D.) und Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin
(Bundesjustizministerin a.D.) am Dienstag in einer Pressemitteilung schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Bonner Staatsanwaltschaft…“ Stellungnahme von Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin und Gerhart Baum in NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung - Online-Flyer Nr. 253 vom 14.06.2010 http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=15275


Aus: LabourNet, 17. Juni 2010



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http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theTruthAboutChernobyl.php

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American Chernobyl

Hervé Kempf, Reporterre.net: "An uncontrollable industrial catastrophe, a worm-eaten system controlled by a rigid nomenklatura, a dynamic leader who wants to change things: doesn't that remind you of something? Yes, of course: Chernobyl, the Soviet Communist Party, Gorbachev."

http://www.truth-out.org/american-chernobyl60558

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The Truth About Chernobyl

Reading the long, detailed and carefully referenced account of the harm caused by the Chernobyl explosion is a very sobering experience. It is in stark contrast to the summary of the report of the Chernobyl Forum. The complacent IAEA reports are in stark contrast to what is being observed by people on the ground. Doctors and other medical health workers in the former Soviet Union and other countries are reporting far more deaths and radiation-related illnesses than the official figures show. Yablokov and his colleagues have made vast quantities of evidence available to those us who cannot read Slavic languages; there is now even less excuse for ignoring it. For the IAEA to persist in claiming that no more than a few thousand people were killed or injured as a result of Chernobyl and that those who fear the after effects are mostly suffering from psychological problems is an insult to all those who live in the shadow of the explosion. It is grossly i rresponsible for governments and the nuclear industry to cite those figures as justification for building new nuclear plants all over the world. Were a major incident to occur – and sooner or later one is bound to – the consequences could be catastrophic. We simply cannot afford to go nuclear.

Professor Peter Saunders, Institute of Science in Society



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chernobyl
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hervé+Kempf
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Peter+Saunders

AlterNet
by David DeGraw

06/16/10

Wherever there is a war, look for CIA/IMF/private military war profiteers covertly funding and supporting BOTH sides in order to keep the wars raging and the profits rolling in. As former CIA Station Chief John Stockwell explained: ‘Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the US military machine to turn’...

http://tinyurl.com/27c79sj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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AntiWar.Com
by Ivan Eland

06/16/10

Invading on the ground would be the only way to make sure that Iran never obtained a nuclear device. After the fiasco of invading Iraq (and the continuing bog in Afghanistan), invading the larger, more mountainous, more populous, and more zealous Iran likely would be an even bigger nightmare. Even though U.S. policymakers seem to be oblivious, or at least ambivalent, to these stark realities, Iran’s neighbor Turkey is not. The Turks are of the opinion that a more cooperative approach from Iran’s neighbors might make Tehran stop short of making a bomb. In other words, Iran might feel secure enough to halt at developing technology that would enable it to construct a weapon on short notice — much as Japan has already done...

http://tinyurl.com/2fc2xab



The next power triangle

The American Prospect
by Stephen Kinzer

06/14/10

Two Muslim nations in the Middle East have a long history of struggle for democracy. One, of course, is Turkey. Now the world’s most democratic Muslim country, it offers vivid proof that Islam and freedom can thrive side by side. It has for decades been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and closely tied to the United States. Today, even while loosening its traditional enforcement of militant secularism, it is embarking on the most ambitious diplomatic project in its history, seeking to project power by resolving regional conflicts through dialogue and compromise. President Barack Obama chose Turkey to be the first Muslim country he visited while in office, telling the Grand National Assembly, “Turkey’s greatness lies in your ability to be at the center of things. This is not where East and West divide. This is where they come together...

http://tinyurl.com/38hhvss



Turkish Gaullism and Turkey’s “balancing role”

The American Conservative
by Daniel Larison

06/16/10

Thomas Friedman manages to write an entire column on the deterioration of U.S.-Turkish relations and never once mentions the Iraq war, the PKK (which has revived since the start of the Iraq war), the weak U.S. response to the flotilla raid, or the Tehran nuclear deal that he and the administration both dismissed with contempt. If we’re apportioning blame for what has encouraged Turkey on its more independent course, we can assign quite a bit to both the Bush and Obama administrations, but that is not the only thing that interests me here. Friedman passes over U.S. mistakes in silence, because this makes it easier to portray Erdogan as the sole culprit responsible for wrecking U.S.-Turkish relations and it helps the misleading ‘the Islamists are coming!’ narrative take hold...

http://tinyurl.com/2fjubu9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel: report

A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and not send back the ambassador it withdrew after a deadly Israeli commando operation to stop a Gaza aid convoy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F4ZP20100616



Israel refuses to withdraw Ambassador to Turkey

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that Israel will not respond to Turkey's demand that it recall its ambassador to Ankara. Interviewed by Kol Yisrael government radio, the former ambassador to the United States said "the intentions of someone making such demands are not good."

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/50183/



Knesset to hold session on Armenian genocide

On Wednesday, several U.S. congressmen from both parties announced that they were reconsidering their own positions on whether Turkey's treatment of the Armenians during World War I should be labeled genocide. At a press conference, the congressmen expressed concern over Ankara's deepening ties with Iran at the expense of those with its traditional ally Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/knesset-to-hold-session-on-armenian-genocide-1.296894



US: Turkey must show commitment

The United States is warning Turkey that it is alienating US supporters and needs to demonstrate its commitment to partnership with the West.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=179570



We will not apologize to Turkey over Gaza flotilla killings

Top official in Foreign Ministry says Turkish demand for an official apology was mainly an excuse to allow Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's to cut diplomatic ties with Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/34a9lba



Turkey closes skies to Israeli military

Amid tense relations prompted by Israel's deadly attack on a Turkish-flagged aid convoy, the government in Ankara takes a step to impose certain restrictive measures against the Israeli military.

http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132364&sectionid=351020204



Gaza aid victims shot more than once - report

The examinations carried out in Turkey found five of the nine died from bullet wounds to the head and that the nine volunteers were shot a total of 31 times. One of the lawyers for the families of the victims, Yasin Divrak, says the findings make it clear the Israeli forces shot to kill the activists.

http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201006/2940536.htm?=


From Information Clearing House

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P5+1 consensus on Iran breaks down as EU approves harsher sanctions
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9741/

Congress votes new Iran sanctions and new reporting req'ts for US president
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9759/

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We Have Lost Our Way

Julia Chaitin Ph.D., Truthout: "I have been trying to get my head around what happened on the Gaza flotilla, with no success. When I turned on the Israeli news at 6:40 AM on Monday morning, knowing that the flotilla must be nearing our shores, the broadcaster's first words were a knife to the heart: 'Something very bad has happened. The commanders knew ahead of time that this was a lose-lose situation ...' I could not help but wonder why the naval commanders (and obviously the higher-ups in the government) would knowingly go into a situation that was 'lose-lose.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/we-have-lost-our-way60363

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Turkey, America, and Empire's Twilight
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/25-8

Turkey Bans Israeli Military Fight from Its Airspace as Freeze Deepens
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/29-3

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Former Marine talks about attack on Gaza relief ships
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/881.html



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Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send prices soaring, according to the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jun/15/food-prices-rise-un-report



Food Prices Are About To Explode

A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts soaring gloal food prices over the next decade.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-world-food-prices-2010-6


From Information Clearing House



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Israel is stationing three of its five Dolphin class submarines in the Red Sea, and will keep one of them operating off the Iranian coast at all times. These subs will be armed with cruise missiles (equipped with nuclear warheads).

http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/Israeli-Nuclear-Missile-Boats-Off-Iranian-Coast-6-14-2010.asp



Russia 'disappointed' by US, EU move on Iran

Russian deputy FM warns US, EU sanctions moves could affect cooperation in nuclear crisis. - "Such actions can be called none other than attempts to put yourself above the United Nations Security Council," he said.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39617



U.S., Israeli warships cross Suez Canal toward Red Sea

Egypt opposition angered at government for allowing the fleet of more than 12 ships to cross Egyptian manned waterway, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reports.

http://tinyurl.com/3y7yeqw



U.S. Military Surrounds Iran

Chances of Israeli Bombing Increase.
http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/us-millitary-surrounds-iran/1192


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iran/
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Poland's Defense Minister Bodan Klich has called for the withdrawal of polish troops from Afghanistan before 2013, demanding that Afghan forces shoulder the responsibility.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130654&sectionid=351020403


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan

US Citizen Not Allowed To Return Home

By SCOTT SHANE

For six weeks, Mr. Wehelie has been in limbo in the Egyptian capital. He and his parents say he has no radical views, despises Al Qaeda and merely wants to get home to complete his education and get a job.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25735.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=No-Fly+List
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Shane

By James Petras

Outside of the central districts of a few cities and the military fortresses, the Afghan national resistance forces, in all of their complex local, regional and national alliances, are in control, of territory, people and administration.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25742.htm



From Kabul to Kingston

By Richard Drayton

Army tactics in Jamaica resemble those used in Afghanistan - and it's no mere coincidence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25732.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/16

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Take Action on Trafficking in the UK
http://www.antislavery.org/english/campaigns/take_action_trafficking_in_the_uk.aspx

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Slavery in our time

In These Times
by Michelle Chen

07/21/10

One-hundred-and-fifty years after the abolition of slavery, the State Department has acknowledged that people in the United States continue to be bought and sold as property. The department’s 2010 ‘Trafficking in Persons’ (TIP) report, a global review of human trafficking and civic and legal responses to it, lists the United States for the first time among the nations that harbor modern-day slavery. The report was a long time in coming...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6192/slavery_in_our_time


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=human+trafficking
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16-8

The Gulf and Our Oily Campaign-Finance System
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16-3

A 'Nightmare Well' Now Everyone's Nightmare
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16-6

Day 59
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/16-10

The Lesson of BP: Too Much Greed? Too Little Guts?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/16-3

Obama's Conservative Call to War Against Oil
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/16-1

BP: "Corporate Criminal" Beneath the Surface
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/16-7

"You Should Be in Prison!": Protester Interrupts BP Hearing
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/17-5

In Deep Water
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/17-0

Five Questions for BP's Tony Hayward
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/17

Live Video Feed of Endless Gush of Oil: A Damning Fountain of Truth
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/17-2

CODEPINK: Distraught Shrimper Disrupts BP CEO Tony Hayward Testimony Demanding Hayward’s Arrest and Permanent Moratorium on Offshore Drilling

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/17-1

Friends of the Earth: Campaign Launched to Force 'BP Ten' and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/17-11

Project On Government Oversight: MMS Reforms Must Dig Deeper
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/17-9

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Oil spill flowing at up to 2.52 million gallons a day, scientists say

Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be leaking up to 2.52 million gallons of crude a day.

http://tinyurl.com/23vcpoj



Oil spill raises concerns about air quality along coastal Louisiana

Video

There are effects from the oil spill that you can see, like oil washing ashore, and those that you can't, like when oil compounds breakdown and go airborne.

http://www.wwltv.com/home/Oil-Spill-Raises-Concerns-About-Air-Quality-Along-Coastal-Louisiana-94202149.html


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Oh, the humanity

The New Republic
by Bradford Plumer

06/16/10

Take your pick on what’s most infuriating about the oil crisis in the Gulf. There’s the growing evidence that the platform blowout that caused all that crude to erupt out of the ocean floor was entirely preventable and should never have happened in the first place. BP cut corners on safety to save money, and regulators barely seemed to care. And now no one has any real clue how to contain the spill — we just have to watch helplessly as the ever-expanding oil slick poisons fisheries and kills off marshlands and coral reefs. What’s especially unnerving, though, is that the recklessness that helped bring about the spill, and the political reaction that followed, seem to indicate a larger inability to prevent and cope with other large-scale ecological catastrophes — particularly climate change...

http://www.tnr.com/article/environment-energy/75591/oh-the-humanity



And the gods laughed

The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber

06/16/10

Obama and the ruling class now can barely stir themselves even to offer a convincing appearance of genuine concern for the huddled, oil-slicked masses. And honestly, why should they? Whatcha gonna do, baby? Most Americans sleepwalk through their days. To the extent they’re awake, more and more they struggle merely for survival. That doesn’t leave time for other activities. One notable exception to this somnolence can and will be made operational from time to time: many Americans will enthusiastically support another campaign of destruction against largely defenseless, usually much poorer (and usually darker-skinned) ‘Others,’ especially when they’re five or eight thousand miles away (unless they’re threatening the inviolable sanctity of our ‘borders’ here at home)...

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2010/06/and-gods-laughed.html



More dirty details from my BP mole

Mother Jones
by Mac McClelland

06/16/10

The men on Elmer’s Island don’t wear respirators since BP and OSHA have thrown precaution to the wind and deemed them unnecessary. But the only type of air-monitoring equipment Elmer’s ever seen on the island are little multigas meters that are not up to the job: They’re designed for indoor use, clog easily, and only measure limited types of pollutants. And despite the known dangers of dispersants and the toxic chemicals in crude (I can attest that contact with the stuff washing up on the beach can burn), workers aren’t even wearing protective Tyvek suits anymore. Of course, there are medics on hand to treat anyone who gets hurt or sick. Unfortunately, any worker who asks for a medic’s help is automatically drug tested, which, for some, can be a powerful incentive to not report injuries. (Not that keeping a cleanup job necessarily equals getting paid: Elmer says the contractors continue to lose workers’ paychecks, a problem he told me about the last time we talked and that has since been confirmed by the local papers.)...

http://tinyurl.com/28ymdeo



A hole in the world

The Nation
by Naomi Klein

06/24/10

Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the gentlemen from BP and the federal government. These fine folks had made time in their busy schedules to come to a school gymnasium on a Tuesday night in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, one of many coastal communities where brown poison was slithering through the marshes, part of what has come to be described as the largest environmental disaster in US history. ‘Speak to others the way you would want to be spoken to,’ the chair of the meeting pleaded one last time before opening the floor for questions. And for a while the crowd, mostly made up of fishing families, showed remarkable restraint...

http://www.thenation.com/article/36608/hole-world


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Freedom destroyed
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/864.html

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BP Aware Of Cracks In Oil Well Two Months Before Explosion

Former BP Chairman and current BP CEO both dumped stocks in weeks before disaster

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, June 17, 2010

BP was aware of cracks appearing in the Macondo well as far back as February, right around the time Goldman Sachs and BP Chairman Tony Hayward were busy dumping their stocks in the company on the eve of the explosion that led to the oil spill, according to information uncovered by congressional investigators.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/bp-aware-of-cracks-in-oil-well-two-months-before-explosion.html

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Goldman Admits It Had Bigger Role in AIG Deals

Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers: "Reversing its oft-repeated position that it was acting only on behalf of its clients in its exotic dealings with the American International Group, Goldman Sachs now says that it also used its own money to make secret wagers against the U.S. housing market."

http://www.truth-out.org/goldman-admits-it-had-bigger-role-aig-deals60913



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16-10

Human Rights First: Group Urges Commission to Advance Accountablity for Private Military Contractors, Protect Civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/18-11



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractor
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pratap+Chatterjee

Miserable Umfrageergebnisse für die Regierung. Ist Schwarz-Gelb noch zu retten?
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147837



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=FDP
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/whales_last_push/?cl=615589555&v=6631

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Protect Whales Before It's Too Late
http://takeaction.oceana.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=52&utm_source=email&utm_medium=oceana&utm_term=jun-17-10&utm_campaign=whales

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Watch: IFAW President Fred O'Regan's rousing speech



http://www.kintera.org/cms.asp?id=1042637&campaign_id=64800&tr=y&enString=eoRATuRnJqLTLVPtHfIPIWNrHXJqKDX5O7OPJKOoGaKJISOuHpE&auid=6497544

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A Victory for the Whalers, a Defeat for Humanity
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/25-1



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=whaling
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Hoare

http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi171.html

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
http://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff94.1.html

The Coming Financial Meltdown
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/coming-financial-meltdown.html



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/maloney/maloney21.1.html



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

Newspoint.CC

Ein britischer Forscher hat kürzlich herausgefunden, dass die Radio Frequency Identification-Chips (RFID), welche in den Medien oft so hoch gelobt werden, ...

http://www.newspoint.cc/artikel/Digital/Ein_Mensch_von_Computervirus_befallen_61024.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/RFID/

http://www.wspa.de/latestnews/2010/fuer_walea_stark_machen.aspx



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

The Nation Blog
by Robert Dreyfuss

06/15/10

Various estimates have suggested that the war in Afghanistan might cost the United States a trillion dollars. Now we find out that it’s worth it: Afghanistan has a trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth under its soil. The cartoon in the Washington Post, by Tom Toles, says it all. In front of a cavernous mine opening labeled ‘Afghan Minerals,’ a turban-wearing Afghan is shouting ‘Eureka!’ What he’s excited about is not so much that Afghanistan is alleged to have more than $1 trillion is mineral wealth under its war-torn land, but that there’s now a reason for the war itself. As Toles’ caption says: ‘Reason for U.S. Involvement Discovered.’ That’s funny. Toles is joking, sort of...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/trillion-dollar-war


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Afghan minerals may reach 3 trillion dollars: minister

Afghanistan's mining minister said Thursday that mineral deposits in his country could be worth up to three trillion dollars, tripling a US estimate from earlier this week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100617/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanuseconomyminerals



The small clip included here of the reporting gravitas of the top two FOX NEWS anchors says more about the FOX NEWS audience than anything I have see thus far.

http://tinyurl.com/25gs3yt



Suiting Up for a Post-Dollar World

By John Browne

There is fresh evidence that time is running out for the dollar-centric global monetary order. In fact, central banks outside the US are already making swift and discrete preparation for a post-dollar era.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25837.htm


From Information Clearing House

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50 Statistics About the U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy to Believe
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/cant-defy-economic-law.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/15



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Avril+Moore

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/15

Teachers' Anti-War Message Draws Fire
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/15-3

Jon Stewart Skewers Obama's Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/16-0

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Jon Stewart on Obama’s executive power record

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

06/16/10

When ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero last week addressed the progressive conference America’s Future Now, he began by saying: ‘I’m going to start provocatively … I’m disgusted with this president.’ Last night, after Obama’s Oval Office speech, Jon Stewart began his show with an 8-minute monologue on Obama’s executive power and civil liberties record which, in essence, provided just some of the reasons why Romero’s strong condemnation is so justified. None of this will be remotely new to any readers here, but it’s still nice to see its being distilled so clearly by a voice which even the most hardened Obama loyalists have decided is a credible and trustworthy one (at least when he’s mocking Sarah Palin and exposing Fox News; we’ll see what reaction this provokes from them, if any)...

http://tinyurl.com/36wndzl


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=executive+power
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The Heritage Lake Homeowners Association, as Clauer would come to learn, had exercised its rights under Texas law to sell the home after the Clauers fell behind on their association dues by about $800.

http://tinyurl.com/2ddkg9b


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeowners+Association

The State Department is quietly forming a small army to protect diplomatic personnel in Iraq after US military forces leave the country at the end of 2011 and take their firepower with them.

http://tinyurl.com/2aehewr


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw

Some conflicts have a happy ending, writes Mary Riddell. Afghanistan is not one of them.

http://tinyurl.com/335l6ew


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mary+Riddell

By Jenna Greene

Members of the International Criminal Court agreed to add aggression to the court's short list of prosecutable crimes. The United States opposed the resolution, but as a non-member of the eight-year old court, had no ability to block the adoption.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25726.htm



US Opposes ICC Bid to Make 'Aggression' a Crime Under International Law

By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer

The Obama administration has resisted efforts by the International Criminal Court to include 'aggression' as a crime, mainly because it could impact US military operations abroad.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25747.htm

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Amnesty International: Opt Out System Risks Undermining ICC
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/15-17



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Jenna+Greene
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Howard+LaFranchi

In der Asse soll zehn Mal mehr mittelradioaktiver Atommüll lagern

Es gibt Hinweise darauf, dass 14.000 der im Salzstock gelagerten Fässer falsch als schwachradioaktiver Müll deklariert wurden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147830



Energieversorger klammern sich an die Kernkraft

RWE sieht den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien durch Atomausstieg gefährdet.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32922/1.html



Laufzeitverlängerung der AKWs: Doch keine Versteigerung

Schwarz-Gelb eiert herum, wie sie den Energiekonzernen entgegen kommen und dies vertreten kann.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148018

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Schwarz-Gelb macht nur Müll - neue Kampagne

Nachdem Anti-Atom-Bewegte aus über 50 Städten Anfang des Monats bereits ihr CDU-Büro mit Müll besucht haben, wollen wir die Diskussion über das ungelöste Müllproblem verstärken, denn die Regierenden tun bei der aktuellen Diskussion um Laufzeiten so, als spielte das keine Rolle. Daher haben wir eine neue Kampagne gestartet und machen unmissverständlich klar: "Schwarz-Gelb macht nur Müll!" Hilf mit und spende ein Großflächenplakat gegen die Atommüll-Mafia, damit das Thema im August, also kurz vor der Entscheidung des Bundeskabinetts über die Zukunft der Atomenergie nicht unter den Teppich gekehrt wird. Buche ein Plakat bis zum 8. August, ob im Berliner Regierungsviertel, in einem Feriengebiet oder an einem markanten Platz in Deiner Stadt.

Neben den Großplakaten soll das Thema auch vor Ort eine Rolle spielen: Ab nächster Woche könnt Ihr Flyer und Plakate mit dem Motiv "Schwarz-Gelb macht nur Müll" bestellen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt starten noch mehr dezentrale Aktionen, zum Beispiel unsere Atommüll-Aktion, bei der "strahlender" Müll an Jedermann und -frau verteilt werden kann. Mehr Infos dazu gibt es in Kürze.

Um unsere Aussage an den "richtigen" Adressaten zu bringen, besuchen wir am Montag, 14. Juli, in einer öffentlichkeitswirksamen Aktion den Atomfreund Stefan Mappus in Stuttgart. Zu diesen Aktionsschritten mehr im nächsten Newsletter.

http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/schwarz-gelb



Großdemonstrationen im Herbst

Um den Druck auf die Regierenden trotz der sommerträgen Ferienzeit zu erhöhen, kündigen wir neben der Müll-Kampagne schon jetzt frühzeitig zwei Großdemonstrationen im Herbst an. Gerne die Termine schon einmal vormerken und weitersagen!

Bundesweite Großdemo am 18. September in Berlin Ein Pflichttermin für alle AtomkraftgegnerInnen: Für Samstag, den 18. September, planen wir mit vielen Bündnispartnern die nächsten Massenproteste gegen Atomkraft. Denn wenn Bundestag und Bundesregierung über ein sogenanntes "Energiekonzept" diskutieren, wollen auch wir ein Wörtchen mitreden. Unsere Nachricht: Die Zukunft der Atomenergie heißt Abschalten. In Berlin werden deshalb Zehntausende mit einer bundesweiten Großdemo das ganze Regierungsviertel umzingeln, um deutlich zu machen, dass die Bevölkerung endlich raus will aus der Atomkraft.

Protest gegen den Castor-Transport nach Gorleben Bereits im Sommer beginnen wir, für den Castor-Protest im Herbst zu mobilisieren. Denn dann soll wieder Atommüll in Richtung Gorleben rollen, obwohl es dort kein sicheres Lager für die strahlenden Abfälle gibt. Geplant ist eine Groß-Demo in Dannenberg im November und vielfältige Aktionen entlang der gesamten Transportstrecke.

http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/mitmachen/castor-2010.html



Schlagen Sie Alarm bei Ihrem Abgeordneten!
http://www.campact.de/atom2/sommer/karlsruhe

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"Keine Angst vor großen Zahlen!"

Atomkraft als "Brückentechnologie" hin zu einer Stromversorgung ganz mit erneuerbaren Energien? Damit wirbt die Bundesregierung derzeit - und empfiehlt längere Laufzeiten von Atomreaktoren. Doch wann können Erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland welchen Anteil des Stroms liefern? Viel schneller und viel mehr als selbst Verfechter der Regenerativ-Energien selbst dies erwarten. Solche Fakten fallen immer wieder vor Ort auf.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689190ms214



IPPNW kritisiert "Foulspiel" der Bundesregierung

Hat Fußball etwas mit Atomenergie zu tun? Eigentlich nicht. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689197ms214



Stromüberschuss auf Rekordhöhe

Der Stromexportüberschuss Deutschlands im 1. Quartal 2010 war größer als die Gesamtproduktion von sieben alten und besonders gefährlichen deutschen AKWs.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689222ms214



Energiesparen kann sechs Atomkraftwerke überflüssig machen

BUND präsentiert Maßnahmenpaket für mehr Stromeffizienz. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689224ms214



Hände weg vom Atomkompromiss

Nach der Bundespräsidentenwahl kommt ein Thema wieder in den Fokus der politischen Diskussion, das seit der letzten Bundestagswahl ein Dauerbrenner ist: die Laufzeit der Atomkraftwerke. Der rot-grünen Koalition war es zu Anfang des Jahrhunderts mit einem eindrucksvollen Einsatz von Kanzler Gerhard Schröder (SPD) als Mittler zwischen der Atomlobby, der großen Stromversorger und der grünen Anti-Kernkraft-Bewegung gelungen, eine Lösung für eine in der Bevölkerung kontrovers diskutierte Frage zu finden: die Laufzeit der AKW. Eicke R. Weber plädiert dafür, dass die Bundesregierung die Laufzeiten der AKW nicht verlängert.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689234ms215



Die „Laufzeitverlängerung“ oder der Feldzug der Zukunftsräuber

Ginge es nicht um die Zukunft von Generationen, so könnte man sich erheitern, wenn man gerade die sich schier überschlagenden und mit allerhand “Studien” garnierten Forderungen nach „Laufzeitverlängerung“ in den Medien liest. Denn selten ist so dünn belegtes so dick aufgetragen worden. Kommentar von Wilfried Michalski

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689409ms219



Atommüllmenge würde sich verdreifachen!

Selbst mit moderater Laufzeitverlängerung blieben Atommeiler fast 70 Jahre am Netz.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689670ms223



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mappus
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb

Der US-Präsident findet mal wieder große Worte, aber mag sich immer noch nicht recht mit Big Oil anlegen. Unterdessen könnte das Desaster die kommende Ölpreiskrise verschärfen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32802/1.html



Und noch mehr Öl

Zahlen über den Ausfluss im Golf von Mexiko erneut nach oben korrigiert.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147841



Die Ölpest und die organisierte Verantwortungslosigkeit
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32817/1.html



Geheimnisumwitterte Ölpest

Welche Schäden das austretende Öl im Golf von Mexiko und anderswo auslösen kann, bleibt umstritten; es fehle an Koordination unter den Wissenschaftlern, auch sei die Unabhängigkeit von BP nicht garantiert, beklagen Forscher.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147953

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Im Rausch der Tiefe – wie viel BP kommt noch?

Immer höhere Risiken geht die internationale Öl- und Gasbranche ein, um die letzten fossilen Rohstoffreserven der Erde zu fördern – auf Kosten von Mensch und Umwelt. Dies ist das Fazit der aktuellen Branchenstudie der oekom research AG. Die Rating-Agentur hat 27 der weltweit größten, börsennotierten Öl- und Gaskonzerne danach untersucht, wie sie sich ihrer sozialen und ökologischen Verantwortung und den damit verbundenen Herausforderungen stellen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689145ms213



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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Ölpest
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill

SPD NRW hat Schwierigkeiten, über den landespolitischen Tellerrand hinwegzuschauen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147831



Die Oppositionsregierung

Enthaltung im Bund, Machtverzicht in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Die eigenwillige Strategie der SPD.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32805/1.html



Die Niedriglohnpolitik frisst die Mitte

Die DIW-Studie zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland: Die Reichen werden auch in der Wirtschaftskrise reicher, die Armen noch ärmer.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147824



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DIW
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Niedriglohn
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Armut

Es wird Zeit, dass die Allgemeinheit erkennt, dass die amerikanischen Ratingagenturen Katalysatoren für die Enteignung der Bürger sind.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32797/1.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=rating
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rating

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/white-house-orders-forgery.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=George+Tenet
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Suskind

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/municipal-debt-racket.html

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Greenspan Says U.S. May Soon Reach Borrowing Limit

"Perceptions of a large U.S. borrowing capacity are misleading," and current long-term bond yields are masking America's debt challenge.

http://tinyurl.com/2bpg65j



California on 'verge of system failure'

Golden State, like many others, is nearly bankrupt and desperately needs a bailout.

http://tinyurl.com/23xeknm



Inside the Dire Financial State of the States

Falling prices for stocks and real estate have made mincemeat of often underfunded public pension plans. Unemployed workers have swelled the demand for welfare and Medicaid services.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1997284,00.html#ixzz0rLmInpFH


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Greenspan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=debt
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=real+estate
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north855.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=trade+union
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=pensions
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/north

http://www.truth-out.org/documents-employees-reveal-bps-alaska-oilfield-plagued-by-major-safety-issues60470



Cultural Extinction

Jordan Flaherty, Truthout: "As BP's deepwater well continues to discharge oil into the Gulf, the economic and public health effects are already being felt across coastal communities. But it's likely this is only the beginning. From the bayous of southern Louisiana to the city of New Orleans, many fear this disaster represents not only environmental devastation, but also cultural extinction for peoples who have made their lives here for generations."

http://www.truth-out.org/cultural-extinction60450



BP Is a Corporate Criminal

Jim Hightower, Truthout: "Gosh, how quickly things turn. One day, you're a strutting peacock - the next day, you're just another gasping, oil-covered bird. In early April, BP was strutting about in full corporate splendor, showing off the $9 billion in profits that it had soaked up in just the first three months of this year."

http://www.truth-out.org/jim-hightower-bp-is-a-corporate-criminal60476



This Modern World

Award-winning political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow features the character "Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market-Man," who explains to taxpayers why they are going to be taking care of BP's mess.

http://www.truth-out.org/files/images/Tom%20Tomorrow%206-16.png



Investigation Shows BP Cut Costs Before Blowout

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "House Democrats are asking BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward about risky cost-cutting and time-saving measures identified by a Congressional investigation that appear to have increased the risk of a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico."

http://www.truth-out.org/bp-blame60485

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No we can't -- chaotic failure of efforts to protect Gulf coast
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9735/

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Documents reveal BP's missteps before blowout

BP made a series of money-saving shortcuts and blunders that dramatically increased the danger of a destructive oil spill in a well that an engineer ominously described as a "nightmare" just six days before the blowout, according to documents released Monday that provide new insight into the causes of the disaster.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37695879/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf



BP Lines Up War Chest

Sky News has exclusively learnt that BP is lining up a £5bn war chest from banks to help meet the costs of the oil spill.

http://tinyurl.com/28juxcd


From Information Clearing House

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On the History of BP/British Petroleum and Its Role in the 1953 Iran Coup
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/15-0

Closing BP's Escape Routes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/15-7

Center for Biological Diversity: Legal Petition Filed to Reform Policy That Allows Oil Drilling to Evade Environmental Review

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/15-14

Rainforest Action Network: Oil Lobbyists and Lawyers Crowd out Public in Today’s Oil Hearing

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/15-6

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The Gulf spill, the financial crisis and government failure

Cato Institute
by Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr.

06/12/10

The Gulf oil spill and the global financial crisis both demonstrate the failings of big government. Partisan politics obscures the linkage, with the consequence that each political party repeats the mistakes of the other as its turn to govern arrives...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11892



Who’s liable for the Gulf oil spill? You are

Reason
by Ronald Bailey

06/15/10

BP has repeatedly promised to pay all ‘legitimate claims’ for loss and damage as a result of the Gulf oil spill, now vying for the title fourth biggest oil spill in history at 2.3 million barrels of crude over the past two months. And that’s exactly as it should be. But how can the company pay off all the claims it faces?

http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/15/whos-liable-for-the-gulf-oil-s


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Gulf of Mexico Deja Vu
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/867.html



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Broken Promises, Broken Laws, Broken Lives
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/16-0

Maher Arar: In Refusing to Hear My Case, the Supreme Court Has Put the World's Peace and Order in Danger
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/29-8

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The US wins the right to abduct innocent people with impunity

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

06/14/10

The Supreme Court today denied a petition of review from Maher Arar, the Canadian and Syrian citizen who was abducted by the U.S. Government at a stopover at JFK Airport when returning to Canada in 2002, held incommunicado for two weeks, and then rendered to Syria, where he spent the next 10 months being tortured, even though — as everyone acknowledges — he was guilty of absolutely nothing. Arar sued the U.S. Government for what was done to him, and last November, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of his lawsuit on the ground that courts have no right to interfere in these decisions of the Executive Branch. That was the decision which the U.S. Supreme Court let stand today, ending Arar’s attempt to be compensated for what was done to him.

http://tinyurl.com/28eqtnu



Nowhere to hide

Slate
by Dahlia Lithwick

06/16/10

This week the Supreme Court denied, without comment, the appeal of Maher Arar, a dual citizen of Canada and Syria who was arrested in transit through JFK airport in 2002, then shipped off to Syria and tortured for 10 months. Arar’s abuse allegedly included repeated beatings with electrical cables and confinement in a cell the size of a grave. When they realized they had the wrong guy — the really, totally, and utterly innocent guy — Arar was released without charges. He was then completely exonerated of any link to terror by the Canadian government, which impaneled a commission to investigate the incident, issued a 1,000-plus-page report on the matter, held its own intelligence forces responsible for their role in the screw-up, then apologized and paid Arar $9.8 million. Whereas the U.S. government — as Glenn Greenwald observes — has never apologized, never acknowledged any wrongdoing, never held anyone responsible, and, on President Barack Obama’s watch, has only redoubled its efforts to prevent Arar from having even a single day in court...

http://www.slate.com/id/2257211/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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High court dismissal of Maher Arar's suit confirms US executive officials are above the law

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9740/

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The Arar Case: Wrong and Unapologetic

William Fisher, Truthout: "So, where was Barack Obama when contrition was being handed out? What does he/we have to be contrite about? Well, just this: Back in 2002, a young computer engineer was passing through New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on his way back to his home in Canada. But he never made it. Instead, he was 'rendered' by US authorities to a Syrian prison, where, for the next ten plus months, he was held without charge and without family notification."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-arar-case-wrong-and-unapologetic60534

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The Tyranny of Judges
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard233.html



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Die EU will Biokraftstoffe fördern, die nachhaltig sind und hat nun Kriterien dafür aufgestellt. Ein einheitliches EU-Siegel wird es allerdings nicht geben und verboten wird klimaschädlicher Biosprit auch nicht.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147817



Malaria durch Biosprit

Studie: 48% mehr Malaria-Infektionen nach 4% Regenwaldabholzung.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147970



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Die Bürgerarbeit - neuester Lösungsvorschlag zur Bekämpfung der Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit, folgt den üblichen Vorschlägen: Wie bei den 1-Euro-Jobs wird erneut die dadurch entstehende Chance auf eine Beschäftigung im ersten Arbeitsmarkt angepriesen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32778/1.html



Clegg will Steuersenkungen für Geringverdiener

Der britische Liberaldemokrat fordert zudem auch eine Sondersteuer für Banker.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147821



Mit Fördern, Fordern und Zwang in den Niedriglohnjob

Mit dem Projekt "Bürgerarbeit" will Ursula von der Leyen Arbeitslose wieder in die Berufstätigkeit bringen - zu fragwürdigen Konditionen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32960/1.html

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Das interessiert hier keinen Menschen!

Warum es richtig war, bei der Eröffnung der „Nordbahntrasse“ auf die
Tatsache der Ein-Euro-Jobs hinzuweisen und die Arbeitsbedingungen der
eingesetzten ArbeiterInnen zu kritisieren. Eine Anmerkung zur kleinen
Aktion der Aktion Zahltag und von basta! vom 9. Juni 2010
http://basta-wuppertal.de/2010/06/trassenfest-ein-euro-jobs/


Am Montag, den 5. Juli, ist Zahltag in Wuppertal

„ARGE-Leitung bestreitet katastrophale Zustände und will zur Tagesordnung übergehen. Doch wir wollen das nicht! Zugleich wehren wir uns gegen das unsoziale Berliner Sparpaket! Zum nächsten Wuppertaler Zahltag ruft der Erwerbslosenverein Tacheles gemeinsam mit anderen Gruppen und aktiven Erwerbslosen nach Vohwinkel auf. Am 5. Juli treffen wir uns ab 8:00 Uhr vor der Geschäftsstelle der ARGE in der Corneliusstraße 2…“ Aufruf bei Tacheles http://www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/harry/view.asp?ID=1923


Aus: LabourNet, 15. Juni 2010

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Wuppertal: ARGE finanziert Bürgerwehr?

„Die ARGE Wuppertal finanziert seit einiger Zeit Wachleute, die eine Baustelle sowie einen neu gebauten Fußweg auf einer stillgelegten Bahnstrecke bewachen. Es handelt sich um ein kurzes Teilstück der sogenannten Nordbahntrasse, um die es aus verschiedenen Richtungen schon seit Monaten negative Schlagzeilen gibt. Etwa 20 Personen führen dort Wach.- und Sicherungstätigkeiten aus. Die Wachleute werden von der Wichernhaus Wuppertal gGmbH gestellt. Die Wichernhaus Wuppertal gGmbH ist Mitglied im Diakonischen Werk der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland und betreut eine größere Zahl an 1-Euro Jobbern, außerdem werden zahlreiche Projekte im zweiten Arbeitsmarkt durchgeführt…“ Bericht von Emil Blume vom 17.08.2010 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2010/08/287955.shtml


Arbeitslose kritisieren Arbeitsförderung: „Arge verhöhnt uns“

„Die Schlägerei in einem Büro der Arbeitsförderung Schwalm-Eder (Arge) sei nur die Spitze eines länger schwelenden Konflikts gewesen, sagt Lutz Baumann, Vorsitzender des Vereins Organisierter Arbeitsloser Schwalm-Eder (Oase). Der arbeitslose Diplom-Ingenieur und Chemiker kritisiert die Praktiken der Behörde massiv: Immer wieder komme es vor, dass Mitarbeiter der Arge ungerechtfertigt Leistungen kürzten oder Geld nicht auszahlen, dass den Menschen zustehe. In den Räumen der Arge war es vor einigen Wochen wegen eines Schecks zu einer tätlichen Auseinandersetzung gekommen. Beide Streithähne, ein Angestellter der Arge und ein Kunde, trugen Verletzungen davon…“ Artikel von Damai D. Dewert vom 17.08.10 im Portal der Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine Zeitung http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/schwalm-eder-kreis/fritzlar/arge-verhoehnt-arbeitslose-881964.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. August 2010

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Rundmail des Aktionsbündnis Sozialproteste (ABSP) am 16. Juni 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/829d7eeebf20f57e?hl=de

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30. Juni 2010 Caren Lay

Kein Sommermärchen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt

Zur Situation auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt im Monat Juni erklärt die Bundesgeschäftsführerin der Partei DIE LINKE, Caren Lay:

3,153 Millionen Menschen waren im Monat Juni ohne Arbeit – offiziell. Jenseits geschönter Zahlen liegt die Arbeitslosigkeit bedeutend höher. DIE LINKE hat auch in diesem Monat nachgerechnet: 4,332 Millionen sind es wirklich, wenn man diejenigen mit einrechnet, die in Minijobs oder arbeitsmarktpolitischen Maßnahmen geparkt sind. So positiv der Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit für jede und jeden Einzelnen ist, von einem Sommermärchen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt kann man nicht sprechen. Eine übergroße Zahl der neuen Arbeitsplätze sind Mini- und Midijobs, fallen unter die Kurzarbeiterregelung oder sind prekäre Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Von einem wirklichen Aufschwung am Arbeitsmarkt, vom Entstehen notwendiger sozialversicherungspflichtiger, existenzsichernder Arbeit ist Deutschland weit entfernt – und wird es bleiben, wenn die angekündigten Sparmaßnahmen aus dem Hause von der Leyen und Schäuble greifen. Das Statistische Bundesamt hat Zahlen veröffentlicht, wonach sich im vergangenen Jahr 8,6 Millionen Menschen Arbeit oder mehr Arbeitsstunden wünschten. Hier versagt die Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Bundesregierung. Ein Gegensteuern ist dringend geboten. Aus Sicht der LINKEN braucht es einen flächendeckenden gesetzlichen Mindestlohn, der Nachfrage und somit Arbeit schafft. Es braucht ein Investitionsprogramm und vor allem arbeitsmarktpolitische Programme, die diesen Namen auch verdienen und Menschen in Arbeit bringen statt sie zu verwalten. Die Einführung eines öffentlich geförderten Beschäftigungssektors wäre dazu ein erster Schritt.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/kein-sommermaerchen-auf-dem-arbeitsmarkt/



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Europol wird internationaler Daten-Marktplatz


Mitten im Gezerre um das strittige SWIFT-Abkommen fordern US-Behörden Zugriff auf umfangreiche Datensammlungen der EU-Polizeiagentur Europol.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32792/1.html



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Regierung vor dem Bruch?
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32794/1.html



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Another look at Enron

Foundation for Economic Education
by William L. Anderson

06/16/10

The response from journalists and politicians across the country was unanimous: Enron was a fraudulent entity and a number of executives and employees got what they deserved by going to prison. However, I have been among the critics not only of the verdicts, but also of the government’s conduct throughout this sorry affair. Thus I am part of a larger public effort to tell people there is another side to the story. Before going further, however, let me say that Enron’s demise should not have been a surprise, as it was a product of the Federal Reserve’s late 1990s boom. Alan Greenspan’s easy-credit regime permitted Enron and other firms to boost their stock prices to levels well above where the fundamentals said they should have been...

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/not-so-fast/enron/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Creating Artificial Stupidity
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/sowell6.1.1.html

Forcing Politicians to Listen
http://www.lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead13.1.html

Creating Money Out of Thin Air
http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy/murphy169.html

Bailing Out Politicians Now?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan141.html

Toxic Citizens?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/toxic-citizens.html

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Obama's Treasury Dept. Works Against Volcker-Lincoln Reform
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/14-7

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In jail for being in debt

"They have no right to do this to me," said the 57-year-old patient care advocate, her voice as soft as a whisper. "Not for a stupid credit card."

http://www.startribune.com/investigators/95692619.html


From Information Clearing House



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The probe spans five provinces and reveals a grim landscape of hazardous trash and sickened Iraqis.

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From Information Clearing House



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Bulging Inventory Signals Next Leg Down in Housing

By Mike Whitney

"U.S. home foreclosures reached a record for the second consecutive month in May, with increases in every state, as lenders stepped up property seizures, according to RealtyTrac.Inc.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25717.htm



"Dr. Death Says The U.S. Is Really, Really Sick"

By Eric Margolis

Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the American crash of 2008. Knick-named "Dr. Death by the media," he warns of grim economic times ahead: deflation; rising unemployment; increased taxes; overcapacity; and negative growth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25710.htm



Man Loses Home During Cancer Fight: Despite Pleading, Bank Forecloses On Home

To the bank, he said, he was just another name and number, not a person trying to provide for his family and fight the cancers that had invaded his body.

http://www.fox5vegas.com/health/23932701/detail.html


From Information Clearing House

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Could the Right to Rent Stop the Foreclosure Hurricane?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/24-0

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Report: Nearly one in three Q1 US home sales a foreclosure

Reuters

06/30/10

Nearly one out of every three U.S. home sales in the first quarter was a foreclosure property as steep price discounts boosted demand for distressed real estate, RealtyTrac said in a new report on Wednesday. Foreclosure homes accounted for 31 percent of all residential sales in the first quarter of 2010, with the average sales price of properties that sold while in some stage of foreclosure nearly 27 percent below homes that were not in the process, Irvine, California-based RealtyTrac said...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65T0TY20100630


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Race and Recession: Foreclosure Losses Still Mounting

Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines: "It has been more than two years since Sandra Hines got shoved out of her family's home of 38 years, but her loss still feels fresh and raw. She remains proud of her northwest Detroit neighborhood. Its streets are lined with stately trees and dozens of modest brick and concrete houses like the one her family called home for a generation. Today, the two story house sits empty, but through the window a ladder and can of paint can be spotted in the living room - signs that the new owner has been here working."

http://www.truth-out.org/race-and-recession-foreclosure-losses-still-mounting61231



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By Gareth Porter

On Thursday, McChrystal's message that his strategy will weaken the Taliban in its heartland took its worst beating thus far, when he admitted that the planned offensive in Kandahar City and surrounding districts is being delayed until September at the earliest, because it does not have the support of the Kandahar population and leadership.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25711.htm



Afghanistan Mineral Riches: Beware the Hype

By James Joyner

The discovery in question dates to 2007, has been widely documented on US government websites for years, and the $1 trillion figure seems to have been conjured from thin air. - The Soviets had documented this trove way back in 1985!

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25712.htm



Is Petraeus McChrystal's Replacement or Obama's

By Paul Craig Roberts

The most telling aspect of the McChrystal-Obama contretemps is that it has caused no one in the US government, or media, to ask why the US is still killing women and children in Afghanistan after 9 years. The US government is prepared for everyone except itself to be tried at the War Crimes Tribunal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25808.htm

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Anxiety Reigns in Washington Over Afghanistan (Petraeus Passes Out During Senate Hearing)

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/15-2

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Senators Rap War Effort

Wall Street Journal

06/15/10

The Obama administration’s Afghan war effort came under blistering bipartisan attack in the Senate Tuesday …. The top Democrat and the top Republican on the Senate committee responsible for military oversight — both of whom were strong supporters of the White House’s decision to surge 30,000 troops into Afghanistan last year — sharply questioned administration claims of progress in southern Afghanistan, where the bulk of new troops has been deployed. … The debate over the July 2011 date dominated Tuesday’s hearing, which was cut short after Gen. David Petraeus, overall commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, briefly fainted during intense questioning by Messrs. Levin and McCain...

http://tinyurl.com/2bzk4n6



Afghan bling

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

06/16/10

Just as John McCain was telling Gen. David Petraeus how worried he is that the US is going to leave Afghanistan before ‘the job’ is done, the General’s head dropped onto the desk in front of him: had he passed out from ennui? McCain had the same effect on the American electorate in 2008. Petraeus blamed it on not having had breakfast, but, in any case, the US government seems intent on having Afghanistan for lunch — and what a rich meal that is going to be! According to a piece by James Risen in the New York Times, there’s gold in them thar hills!

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/06/15/afghan-bling/



A question of life and death

The New Republic
by William Galston

06/15/10

Our military commanders in Afghanistan talk incessantly about the need to ’shape’ the political context in a given area before beginning activities with a significant military component — but if their own research is correct, our chances of ’shaping’ Kandahar any time soon range from slim to none. Based on General McChrystal’s own logic, then, we cannot proceed there because a key requirement for success is not fulfilled. And if we can’t prevail in Kandahar, then we’re stuck with the Taliban as a long-term military presence and political force in Afghanistan...

http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/75546/question-life-and-death


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Making It McChrystal Clear
http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer218.html

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McCHRYSTAL'S CHALLENGE
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9755/



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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."

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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Cyril+Mychalejko

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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greece
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=recovery
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Will+Grigg
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=David+Howden
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Chapman
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/north

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
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Afghanistan/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=national+security
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Central+Intelligence
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Vijay+Prashad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jack+Hunter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+Lendman

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
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Holder
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bhopal
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Howard+Kunstler
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Bryce
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Rivers+Pitt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eugene+Robinson
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Christiane+Tourtet
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Christiane+Tourtet

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/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Nikhil+Hutheesing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Niall+Ferguson
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
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+propaganda
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



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pentagon
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joseph+Nevins

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
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=income+tax

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



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Holder
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ashcroft
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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!

http://www.campact.de/spar/sn1/signer



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

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/147800



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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.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25696.htm



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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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The Ruling Elite Called
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It's Really About Controlling Our Lives
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America's Ruling Class And the Perils of Revolution
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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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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



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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



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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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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...

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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...

http://tinyurl.com/2cj37va


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


From Information Clearing House



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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."

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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.



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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/


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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."

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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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