World-News

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, smear victim
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/ecbb7acfff66d891?hl=en

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange To Fight Molestation Charge
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/954ce51a5078178f?hl=en

International Days Of Action To Support Whistleblower Bradley Manning Announced
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/d5ada958afd993d1?hl=en

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Exposing War Crimes Is Not A Crime!

10 Ways You Can Help Save Bradley Manning

http://www.bradleymanning.org/8252/10-ways-you-can-help-save-bradley-manning/

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Dirty tricks

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

08/23/10

The story, you see, is no longer about WikiLeaks, the Afghan logs, war crimes committed by the US under cover of darkness, or the US government’s frantic efforts to cover them up — it’s now about Assange’s sexual habits, and Manning’s, too. So why am I so certain this is what Assange says it is: a coordinated effort by Washington to smear and discredit him? Because it’s all so very American, i.e. sex-obsessed. In what other country would their spooks exhibit such an unhealthy interest in the erotic routines of their quarry? The combination of voyeurism and puritanism is a national characteristic: this smear campaign has ‘Made in America’ stamped all over it...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/08/22/dirty-tricks/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Enemies aiming to disrupt WikiLeaks funding
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9894/

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United for Peace and Justice: Global Action Days Announced in Support of Accused WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/07



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Salon
by Gene Lyons

08/19/10

Even granting that more people are nuts on the subject of religion than all other topics combined, this entire ginned-up controversy about the planned construction of an Islamic cultural center in the vicinity of ground zero in Lower Manhattan illustrates the Founding Fathers’ wisdom like no other. No establishing, no prohibiting, period. Also, alas, it highlights the sheer cynicism of the GOP politicians pressing it as an election-year ‘wedge’ issue. Regardless of how hard they try to disguise it, if only from themselves, those who would forbid the project express an essentially tribal view of Americanism specifically repudiated by the U.S. Constitution...

http://tinyurl.com/2gx2xwz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Demagoguing the Mosque
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul690.html

Why Has the ‘World Trade Center Mosque’ Become a Major Issue?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/franke/franke13.1.html

Is the Muslim My Neighbor?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w165.html

Lest We Forget
http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer222.html

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Welcome To America

Man Mistaken for Muslim Harassed at NY Anti-Mosque Rally

Video

An African-American man who was mistakenly thought to be Muslim was harassed at an anti-mosque rally yesterday in New York City.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26235.htm



Anti-Mosque Coalition's Website Owned By Neo-Conservative Islamophobe Frank Gaffney

By Alex Seitz-Wald

The Coalition to Honor Ground Zero, appears to be funded by a major neo-conservative advocacy group, with deep-pocketed donors, and extensive connections to the conservative establishment.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26243.htm



9/11 families, others rally in favor of NYC mosque

The planned mosque and Islamic center blocks from ground zero got a new boost Wednesday from a coalition of supporters that includes families of Sept. 11 victims.

http://bit.ly/bqe0Lu


From Information Clearing House

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US: All Officials Should Uphold Freedom of Religion
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/31-3



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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Human+Rights+Watch

http://action.humanesociety.org/site/R?i=k6E2HMzNCEJL40TlDxbFfA..

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Obama Administration Accelerates Assault on Wild Horses
http://ida.convio.net/site/MessageViewer/&printer_friendly=1?em_id=14841.0&dlv_id=17281

Rights group sues CIA, FBI over American citizen's detention in United Arab Emirates.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0819/aclu-sues-detention-united-arab-emirates/


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=ACLU
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
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By Seumas Milne

Nearly two centuries after it won nominal independence and Washington declared it a backyard, Latin America is standing up. The tide of progressive change that has swept the continent for the past decade has brought to power a string of social democratic and radical socialist governments that have attacked social and racial privilege, rejected neoliberal orthodoxy and challenged imperial domination of the region.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26196.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Latin+America
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Seumas+Milne

By Edward Bernays

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26193.htm



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ruling+power
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Eine Umfrage der Bertelsmann Stiftung soll die Zustimmung zur Sozialen Marktwirtschaft demonstrieren, es darf gezweifelt werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33154/1.html



Aufschwung XL oder Rezession und Deflation?

Während man in Deutschland auf ein hohes Wachstum hofft, steigt weltweit die Angst vor Rezession und Deflation.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33165/1.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Wirtschaftswachstum
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Soziale+Marktwirtschaft
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Rezession
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bertelsmann

Das Ende der Operation "Iraqi Freedom" und der Beginn von "New Dawn".
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33155/1.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/drugs-dont-work.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Pharma

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/triumph-of-crony-capitalism.html



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory199.html

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The Fed can’t solve our economic woes

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

08/16/10

Temporary spending and tax breaks are always dubious, and especially so now when the rational motivation is to save more and consume less. One-off tax credits for homes, for example, merely borrowed sales from the future. These fiscal programs predictably depressed rather than augmented future consumption. What is in short supply is not liquidity, but savings. The Fed can supply the former but not the latter. Both fiscal and monetary polices need to shift their focus. The Fed has done the heavy lifting and responded more than adequately to liquidity issues. Now there is little further it can do that is beneficial...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12061


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Federal+Reserve
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Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers: "While US courts and the Obama administration have been reluctant or unwilling to pursue [torture] cases, countries that once backed former President George W. Bush's war on terrorism are carrying out their own investigations of the alleged US torture program and the role that their governments played in it."

http://www.truth-out.org/detainee-torture-cases-proceed-overseas-us-stonewalls62439



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/19-8

Part Tinker Bell, Part Predator Drone: The Fantasy of the Presidency as Deus ex Machina
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/19-2



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/19-3

Jean and Her Children: Togetherness Trumps 'Homelessness' for Struggling Family
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/08/23-1



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=homeless
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/19-0



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In der Krise haben die Zeitarbeiter ihre Jobs als Erste verloren. Nun organisieren deutsche Firmen mit Aushilfskräften den Aufschwung. Artikel von Christian Ebner in Die Welt vom 16.08.10 http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article9034152/Deutsche-Wirtschaft-boomt-dank-Leiharbeit.html

Siehe dazu auch:

Leiharbeit: Boom auch in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Leiharbeitsanstieg in der Metall- und Elektroindustrie

„Nach der Krise boomt die Leiharbeit. Jeder dritte angebotene Job ist zwischenzeitlich ein Leiharbeitsjob. Auch in NRW stellen die Firmen entlassene Facharbeiter als Leiharbeiter wieder ein. Und die verdienen dann 30 bis 40 Prozent weniger als vorher…“ Pressemitteilung der IG Metall vom 17.08.2010 http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0A456501-E529FF43/internet/style.xsl/view_5281.htm


Arbeitsmarkt: Zeitarbeit korrigiert ihr Ausbeuter-Image

„Der Aufschwung ist da, die Zeitarbeit boomt, in Deutschland gibt es bald so viele Leiharbeiter wie nie zuvor. Nun fürchtet die Branche, dass schärfere Gesetze aus Berlin den Boom bremsen, und forciert eine Selbstreinigung…“ Artikel von Harald Schumacher im Handelsblatt vom 17.08.2010 http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-dienstleister/arbeitsmarkt-zeitarbeit-korrigiert-ihr-ausbeuter-image;2635748

Aus dem Text: „… Doch anstatt zu feiern, ist die Stimmung bei den Wortführern der Zeitarbeitsbranche gedämpft. "Wir sind die einzige Branche, die sich für Höchstleistungen entschuldigt", sagt sarkastisch ein Verbandsoberer. Denn kaum eine Branche steht so in der öffentlichen Kritik wie die Zeitarbeit. Sei es aufgrund der Kündigung von Mitarbeitern, die von unternehmenseigenen Zeitarbeitsfirmen zu schlechteren Konditionen wieder eingestellt werden. Sei es durch die Tatsache, dass Zeitarbeit bei manchen Unternehmen auf Dauer feste Stellen ersetzt und Kollegen am Band jahrelang das Gleiche machen, aber unterschiedlich bezahlt werden. Daher droht der Branche eine stärkere Regulierung durch die Politik. Um das zu verhindern, fordern immer mehr Zeitarbeitsunternehmer und -manager eine fundamentale Selbstreinigung ihrer Zunft und sagen, dass nur der unbequeme Weg einer konsequenten Abkehr von Lohndrückerei und Sozialdumping aus dem Dilemma heraushilft…“


Kritik an der Exportnation: Juncker wirft Deutschland "Sozialdumping" vor. Der Premierminister warnt: "Der Euro-Motor kommt aus dem Takt"

„Deutschland hat die Krise im Geiste schon abgehakt. Weil die ganze Welt Mercedes, Audi und BMW bestellt, brummt der Export im Nachbarland. Doch schon regt sich Unmut: Nach der französischen Wirtschaftsministerin kritisiert auch Premier Jean-Claude Juncker deutsches "Sozialdumping"…“ Artikel von Volker Bingenheimer in der Internet-Zeitung des "Luxemburger Wort" vom 11.08.2010 http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2010/08/107883/juncker-wirft-deutschland-sozialdumping-vor.php

Siehe dazu auch: Diskussion > EU > Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/index.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. August 2010

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Ein klares NEIN zur Leiharbeit!

„Vor einigen Wochen hatten wir erklärt, Leiharbeit in HB-Mitte als Schwerpunktthema zu bearbeiten. Die Anzahl der LeiharbeiterInnen in Deutschland nimmt wieder rasant zu (6/2010 ca. 860.000), was angeblich der überwundenen Krise geschuldet ist. Der sogenannte Boomsektor Gesundheitswirtschaft kannte und hat keine Krise. Deshalb steigt der Ersatz "regulärer Arbeitskräfte" durch Leiharbeit andauernd (will heißen, wie in der Industrieproduktion werden „Stammarbeitsplätze“ dann abgebaut, wenn die Rentabilität zu sinken droht; bei einem neuerlichen Anstieg der Produktivität werden diese nicht gleichwertig oder zeitgerecht ersetzt)…“ Flugblatt der Unabhängigen Betriebsgruppe »Wir wehren uns!» in der Gesundheit Nord (pdf) http://www.betriebsgruppen.de/wirwehrenuns/uploads/wwu_nr3.pdf

Siehe dazu:

Internetseite der Betriebsgruppe:
http://www.betriebsgruppen.de/wirwehrenuns/


Aus: LabourNet, 7. September 2010

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Rentenversicherung verzichtet wohl auf Milliarden

„Obwohl die Bundesregierung momentan mit Sparhaushalten arbeitet und die Bürger sich auf steigende Abgaben einstellen müssen, verzichtet die Deutsche Rentenversicherung auf mögliche Einnahmen in Höhe von etwa 1,8 Milliarden Euro. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der Arbeitsrechtsexperte Professor Peter Schüren. Die Summe seien mögliche Nachforderungen der Rentenkasse an Leiharbeitsfirmen, die ihre Angestellten jahrelang mit unrechtmäßigen Niedrigtarifen bezahlt haben. Angesichts von jährlich etwa 200.000 betroffenen Leiharbeitnehmern handele es sich sogar um eine vorsichtige Schätzung, so Schüren, denn „es könnten auch zwei oder drei Milliarden Euro sein“…“ Artikel auf DerWesten vom 13.09.2010 http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft-und-finanzen/Rentenversicherung-verzichtet-wohl-auf-Milliarden-id3707022.html


Aus: LabourNet, 14. September 2010

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Arbeitnehmer sollen auf Urlaub für den Aufschwung verzichten

Unternehmerverband mittelständische Wirtschaft fordert, "wir" müssten auf Besitzstände wie Urlaub verzichten, um den Aufschwung zu fördern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148235



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leiharbeit
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Sparpaket
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sozialdumping
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb

By Danny Schechter

We had three industries collaborating in crimes of industrial proportions - real estate, finance (with the collusion of ratings agencies) and insurance giants like AIG.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26187.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=real+estate
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=AIG+insurance
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Danny+Schechter

By Dan Simpson

Another undeclared war that won't make Americans safer is foolishly pursued.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26188.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Yemen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=undeclared+war
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Dan+Simpson

AlterNet
by Chalmers Johnson

08/18/10

Let me begin by asking: What harm would befall the United States if we actually decided, against all odds, to close those hundreds and hundreds of bases, large and small, that we garrison around the world? What if we actually dismantled our empire, and came home? Would Genghis Khan-like hordes descend on us? Not likely. Neither a land nor a sea invasion of the U.S. is even conceivable. Would 9/11-type attacks accelerate? It seems far likelier to me that, as our overseas profile shrank, the possibility of such attacks would shrink with it...

http://tinyurl.com/2c4altc



The Obamacare disaster

The American Spectator
by Peter Ferrara

08/18/10

The bottom line is that you will lose your health care under this legislation, if not your job, your country as they bankrupt America, and maybe ultimately your life or the life of a loved one. All that to make dreamy, emotionalized, liberals happy, even though many of them are not happy because the socialism in the bill is not overt enough. Moreover, the promises made to the American people to pass the bill are shown in the study to be thoroughly false...

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/08/18/the-obamacare-disaster


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Putting Obama in Charge of Life and Death
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell16.1.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=empire
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=bankrupt+America
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=/sowell

The ugly truth

CounterPunch
by Sheldon Richman

08/18/10

Let’s get something straight: to be an enemy of American occupation, bombing, and ‘nation building’ is not the same thing as being an enemy of America or its people. It’s time Americans understood that. When you invade another country and people there object, even forcibly, they are not aggressors. You are. To understand this, imagine our being invaded by a foreign military force. Would resistance be aggression?

http://counterpunch.org/richman08182010.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=nation+building
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=aggression
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman

Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch: "'A recent report by the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center (a collaboration between the federal government and BP) claiming that only 25 percent of spilled oil remains in the Gulf has been refuted by researchers with the Georgia Sea Grant and University of Georgia, who released a report yesterday concluding that in fact nearly 80 percent of the oil remains in the Gulf. The report confirms the fact that the federal government should have taken a more cautious and responsible approach to testing marine life before opening the Gulf for fishing.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/regulatory-agencies-attempts-sweep-oil-under-rug-raise-questions62436



Gulf Oil Spill Plume Stretches 21 Miles, Not Breaking Down Much

Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor: "A plume of oil some 700 feet thick and at least 21 miles long has been detected deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico. It originated at the Deepwater Horizon blowout and consists of hydrocarbons from the well, according to measurements released Thursday. The survey, conducted by US and Australian scientists during a 10-day research cruise in late June, represents the most detailed picture yet of undersea plumes of oil and methane from the Gulf oil spill. The researchers were surprised by the plume's relative stability as well as by an apparent lack of activity on the part of microbes to break down the oil."

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-oil-spill-plume-stretches-21-miles-not-breaking-down-much62480

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Oil 'plume' threatens Gulf waters:

Scientists have found a 35km-long plume of oil deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, despite US government claims that most of the oil from a ruptured well had dispersed.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/08/2010819175228365585.html


From Information Clearing House

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Was Rosy Gulf Oil Report A White House PR Move?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/20-7

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FDA admits NOT testing for MERCURY, ARSENIC, or other TOXIC HEAVY METALS in Sea Food

http://www.resistnet.com/video/video/show?id=2600775:Video:2515425&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_video


Informant: Mark G.



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Wenonah+Hauter
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Wie sollen unsere Kinder, die keine Ahnung von der Natur haben, einmal unsere Welt retten?

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/148220

Ein Bericht amerikanischer Ozeanographen vermutet, dass noch 79 Prozent des ausgelaufen Öls noch immer im Golf von Mexiko befinden und widersprechen damit den Angaben der Regierungsbehörde.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148221



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

Das Abkommen, das zu einer regionalen Krise geführt hat, muss als Gesetz ins Parlament eingebracht werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148222



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

Auch nach der Antwort des Verteidigungsministeriums auf die Anfrage eines SPD-Abgeordneten bleibt vieles im Vagen und fehlt die Begründung für die beanspruchte Legitimität.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33150/1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/18

Corporate Cash Quickly Flows
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/18-2



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+America
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Hightower
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/18-2



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Time Is Running Out for the West
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/evans-pritchard33.html

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Deficits, debt, and self-deception

Acton Institute
by Samuel Gregg

08/18/10

Increasing numbers of people below the age of 30 are aware that their long-term financial security has been undermined by the excessive personal, corporate, and government debt incurred by previous generations. It’s much harder to honor your father and mother when you think they’ve recklessly squandered your financial future. A second cultural consequence of excessive debt is an erosion of trust. Just as wealth-creation and sound credit arrangements are ultimately built upon substantial reserves of trust, so too does a widespread inability to repay debts corrode a society’s reservoirs of trust and subsequent wealth-creation capacities. But perhaps most worryingly, societies that embrace excessive indebtedness as a way of life eventually begin to deceive themselves...

http://tinyurl.com/36a8u2b



Down on the upside

The American Conservative
by Brendan O'Neill

08/10

For the vast majority of human beings, life has never been better. We’re healthier, longer-living, less exhausted, and more nutrient-packed than any of our ancestors. Yet there’s an epidemic of pessimism. Barely a day goes by when we are not told that life was better in some distant, pastoral, pre-modern era, when men hunted for meat, women cooked it, and they spent the rest of their time banging drums and dancing around fires. We’re forever being informed that as a direct consequence of our creation of a comfortable, convenient society, the world will come to an end...

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2010/aug/01/00046/



Projected US budget deficits threaten to curtail growth

Agence France-Presse

08/19/10

The US budget deficit is expected to shrink this year but projected shortfalls over the next decade may jump by six trillion dollars and curtail growth, estimates by Congress showed Thursday. The Congressional Budget Office estimated a federal budget deficit of 1.342 trillion dollars for fiscal 2010 that ends September 30 — 71 billion dollars below last year’s total of 1.413 trillion dollars...

http://tinyurl.com/2a9bt54



A politician’s promise

Center for a Stateless Society
by Darian Worden

08/19/10

‘Mission accomplished’ is a frequent rallying cry of governments trying to keep up appearances of success. If the economy was in better shape now, recovery would be credited to the wisdom of our glorious leaders. But we’re supposed to believe that the benefits just haven’t reached us yet and without the bold measures of politicians, things could only be worse (but of course!). No matter the outcome, politicians will take credit for the good, and pass the bad onto rivals while claiming that they did not have enough control over your life to do what was necessary...

http://c4ss.org/content/3693



A U-turn on the road to serfdom

National Review
by Grover Norquist

08/19/10

In 2008, Americans worked 197 days, until July 16 — in other words, more than half the year — to pay for the total cost of government. As a result of the bailouts, stimulus, and increased discretionary spending in the federal budget and new taxes for health care, Americans this year have worked until August 19, fully 231 days. In two years, the American people have lost over a month of wages to the higher cost of government...

http://tinyurl.com/25un59s



High profits, high unemployment: What gives?

Nolan Chart
by Gene DeNardo

08/19/10

Perplexing statistics have been surfacing concerning the economy. While corporate profits are returning to pre ‘crisis’ levels, unemployment seems to remain stuck around ten percent. Worsening the scenario is the fact that this doesn’t capture the entire employment picture, as some believe at least another ten percent have given up on finding a job or have been forced into early retirement. Companies have been moving to more efficient production which translates to less labor. But, less labor per unit of output hasn’t always translated to higher unemployment. Big corporate has been dumping huge sums of capital into more efficient production for decades. Why the high unemployment condition?

http://www.nolanchart.com/article7948.html



Economic ignorance on deficits

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/23/10

For one thing, contrary to the Times’ fear-mongering, the so-called trade deficit doesn’t really signify anything bad. In fact, if the government stopped keeping track of these trade statistics, nobody would care and nothing bad would happen. There would be no gigantic sucking sound. America wouldn’t be sucked dry of money or wealth. Americans would not suddenly find themselves living in a land of poverty...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-08-23.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Debt Virus Spreads During Make-Believe Recovery

Under the surface, the cracks in the euro are getting worse. The imbalances in the euro area are growing all the time. The resistance to the bailout package will rise as the terms turn out to be immoral and absurd. And the big-deficit nations are locked in a downward economic spiral.

http://bit.ly/dhUjVa



Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform: Would it add $5 trillion to US debt?

The Obama administration held a conference Tuesday about how to reform mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Reform could involve adding Fannie and Freddie's roughly $5 trillion in obligations, in effect, to the federal balance sheet.

http://bit.ly/buAbVk



US Says Bankruptcies Reach Nearly 5-Year High

U.S. bankruptcy filings have reached the highest level since 2005, government data released on Tuesday show, as the economy slows and the unemployment rate hovers just below double digits.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38744090


From Information Clearing House

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Unemployment Insurance Claims Hit 500,000 Last Week, the Worst in 2010

Mark Trumball, The Christian Science Monitor: "Fully 500,000 Americans filed new claims for government unemployment insurance last week, the highest number in nine months and a sign of persistent trouble in the job market."

http://www.truth-out.org/unemployment-insurance-claims-hit-500000-last-week-the-worst-201062457

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97 Congressional Candidates Oppose War Spending
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/caws

From ufpj-news

Informant: David Swanson



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=debt
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+Trumball
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Darian+Worden
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Grover+Norquist
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gene+DeNardo
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger

Records Say
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/18-3



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Erik+Prince
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=James+Risen

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/18-7

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Is David Petraeus a "Lying Liar" About the Drawdown?

Robert Naiman, Truthout: "'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them' was former non-Sen. Al Franken's 2003 examination of the lies and distortions of right-wing pundits and politicians. Such a book, if it were written today, should certainly include a fair and balanced look at some of the lying liars still running our foreign policy: in particular, at Mr. David Petraeus."

http://www.truth-out.org/is-david-petraeus-a-lying-liar-about-drawdown62469



From Churchill to Petraeus

Michael N. Nagler, Truthout: "'I have not become her Majesty's first minister to preside over the dissolution of the British Empire.' It was hard not to remember this proud declaration of Winston Churchill, as wrong headed as it was confident, when General Petraeus argued last Sunday that he had 'not come to Afghanistan to preside over a graceful exit.' Can we, unlike many, unfortunately, who will be persuaded by his reasons to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan until the 'job' is done, draw some lessons from the instructive parallel?"

http://www.truth-out.org/from-churchill-petraeus62576



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Naiman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Nagler

The nation's holdings of long-term Treasuries fell in June for the first time in 15 months, dropping by $21.2 billion to $839.7 billion, a U.S. government report showed yesterday. Two- year yields headed for a fifth monthly decline in August, falling today to a record 0.48 percent.

http://www.activistpost.com/2010/08/china-slashes-us-government-bond.html



Southern California Home Sales Drop 21 Percent

A tracking firm says home sales in Southern California plummeted more than 21 percent last month from July 2009, their biggest drop in more than two years.

http://cbs2.com/lasvegas/Real.Estate.Home.2.1864493.html



US homebuilder confidence sinks

Despite low mortgage rates, fewer people are buying new homes. Official data shows that in June alone purchases of existing homes declined by 5.1 percent.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/139077.html



Loan Closing Costs Jump 36.6% Year-Over-Year

Bankrate suggests one reason for this jump in cost is the government requirement for lenders to provide accurate good faith estimates (GFEs) of closing costs.

http://bit.ly/bLOePC



Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back

Policy makers have long worried that Americans aren't saving enough for old age. And lately, current and prospective retirees have been hit on many fronts at once: They have less money, they earn less on what they have, their houses aren't rising in value and the prospect of working longer to make up the shortfall has dimmed significantly in a lousy job market.

http://bit.ly/9pQtXn


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=US+economy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=government+bond
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Treasuries
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=job+market

Recordings of a 9/11 plotter being interrogated in a secret overseas prison were discovered under a desk by the CIA- even though the government told the Justice Department twice that such tapes did not exist.

http://bit.ly/aZVIva


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prison
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Ramzi+Binalshibh
http://www.google.de/search?q=Ramzi+Binalshibh

Colombia's constitutional court has declared a US-Colombian accord that gave the US military access to at least seven Colombian bases to be unconstitutional.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/08/20108180576316934.html


From Information Clearing House



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

Racketeers for Capitalism

By Cindy Sheehan

The Empire preys on our kids using all the tools at its disposal: Economic panic, high college tuition, high unemployment and a mythology that the U.S. has some existential right to steal the resources of other nations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26178.htm



A Mutant Form of Capitalism

Video

An animated interview of John Perkins, author of 'HoodWinked' and 'Confessions Of An Economic Hitman'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26184.htm



America's Biggest Jobs Program - the U.S. Military

By Robert Reich

America's biggest - and only major - jobs program is the U.S. military. Over 1,400,000 Americans are now on active duty; another 833,000 are in the reserves, many full time. Another 1,600,000 Americans work in companies that supply the military with everything from weapons to utensils. (I'm not even including all the foreign contractors employing non-US citizens.)

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26175.htm



None Dare Call It Tyranny

By Sheldon Richman

The national government - specifically the executive branch - can do pretty much what it wants. It could bomb Iran tomorrow without a declaration of war from Congress. It can - and does - conduct secret wars and covert operations against countries that have done nothing to us.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26180.htm



Dismantling America

By Thomas Sowell

The Constitution was not only a challenge to the despotic governments of its time, but has been a continuing challenge - to this day - to all those who think that ordinary people should be ruled by their betters, whether an elite of blood, or of books, or of whatever else gives people a puffed-up sense of importance.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26179.htm



Understanding America's Class System

Honk If You Love Caviar

By Joe Bageant

America has always had a ruling class, and it has always bullshitted the world that it doesn't. But at least the ruling class of the past was interesting and varied, because diverse sorts of Americans were getting rich.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26177.htm



Deceptive Economic Statistics

While the economists lied the US economy died

By Paul Craig Roberts

Right now, if measured according to the methodology of 1980, the US unemployment rate is about 22%. Thus, the reported rate of unemployment hides more than half of the unemployed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26182.htm

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Overthrowing the Liars
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis200.html

Lies and Unction
http://www.lewrockwell.com/snyder/snyder21.1.html

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Death and Joblessness: How Suicide Dogs the Long-Term Unemployed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/17-2

America's Propensity for Paranoia
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/08/17-0

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America has fallen … and can’t get up!

Freedom's Phoenix
by David McElroy

08/14/10

America has fallen … and can’t get up. The wolves of Wall Street are picking her bones. Many wait, with baited breath, for the fat lady to sing. Face it folks, America is no longer the sweet land of liberty. It has become the land of the fee and home of the slave. How the mighty have fallen! How?

http://tinyurl.com/29x3nlw


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=empire
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Perkins
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Reich+Blog
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Thomas+Sowell
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Joe+Bageant
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=margolis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=/snyder
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Annie+Lowery
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=David+McElroy

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Where does this vast outlay of U.S. tax dollars-the greatest military appropriations in U.S. history-go?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26183.htm

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Stop spending money

Liberty For All
by John Jay Myers

08/17/10

It seems like this country has been divided in two, not because Americans are really easily divided into two groups, but because we don’t take the time to realize that we are being divided, and that because of laws put in place by a two party monopoly, we don’t believe we have any other choice. I think from now on I have to start every speech with one line. We are broke...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4692


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=military+spending
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=taxpayer
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Lawrence+S.+Wittner
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=John+Jay+Myers

Rory O'Connor, Rory O'Connor's Blog: "Of the many lies George W. Bush told us about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some were larger but none worse than that told about the death of Pat Tillman. In 2004 - just after Bush's invasion of Iraq, ostensibly in search of those non-existent weapons of mass destruction - Tillman became a military-and media-manufactured symbol of duty, sacrifice, patriotism and heroism. But the truth about Tillman's life is much more complex, and his death ultimately far more heroic, than the convenient, self-serving lie served up by the military and then sent out by our ever-gullible media."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-tillman-story-just-gimme-some-truth62396



http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Afghanistan/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Tillman
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=patriotism
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=sacrifice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rory+O'Connor

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "As the link between the media and corporate power becomes more integrated, the visual theater of terror mimics the politics of the 'official' war on terror. Echoing the discourse of the 'official' war on terror, the violence of extremist groups as well as state-sanctioned and corporate violence are understood almost exclusively within the discourse of moral absolutes pitting good against evil."

http://www.truth-out.org/states-paralysis-americas-surrender-spectacle-terror62387



The Guns of August: Lowering the Flag on the American Century

Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch: "In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of August. It went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. She was, of course, looking back at events that had occurred almost 50 years earlier and had at her disposal documents and information not available to participants. They were acting, as Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara put it, in the fog of war. So where are we this August of 2010, with guns blazing in one war in Afghanistan even as we try to extricate ourselves from another in Iraq?"

http://www.truth-out.org/the-guns-august-lowering-flag-american-century62384



How Truth Can Save Lives

Ray McGovern, Truthout: "I need to speak out now because I have been sickened watching the Herculean effort by Official Washington and our Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) to divert attention from the violence and deceit in Afghanistan, reflected in thousands of U.S. Army documents, by shooting the messenger(s) - WikiLeaks and Pvt. Bradley Manning."

http://www.truth-out.org/how-truth-can-save-lives62398

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The prison state

CounterPunch
by Michael Yates

08/17/10

It is easy now to forget that the agents of repression — the police, the FBI, the courts, the government itself — consciously and actively targeted those who were active in and led the civil rights and Vietnam war resistance movements. They infiltrated and acted as provocateurs in movement organizations; they arrested innocent people; they enacted and enforced draconian laws; they illegally tapped phones and spied on any and all persons suspected of ’subversive’ activity; and they tortured and murdered those who they deemed to be the most dangerous radicals...

http://counterpunch.org/yates08172010.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama Sharply Embarrassed By WikiLeaks
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/5a14921a8a7b3d4?hl=en



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Vietnam
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=global+war+on+terror
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Henry+A.+Giroux
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chalmers+Johnson
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Yates

„Wer arbeitslos wird, erlebt dies meist als schwere Belastung, die weit über finanzielle Einschränkungen hinausgeht: Wissenschaftliche Studien belegen ein größeres Krankheitsrisiko bei Arbeitslosen. Eine gute berufliche Rehabilitation und Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen können helfen…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 16.08.2010 http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++44151b30-a92b-11df-6fd9-00188b4dc422

Siehe dazu: arbeitsmarkt aktuell: Gesundheitsrisiko Arbeitslosigkeit

„Arbeitslosigkeit ist für Betroffene meist mehr als ein Knick in der eigenen Erwerbsbiografie. Wer arbeitslos wird, erlebt dies meist als schwere Belastung, die weit über finanzielle Einschränkungen hinausgeht. Die psychischen Belastungen wirken sich auch auf die Gesundheit aus. Arbeitslose sind wesentlich häufiger krank als Erwerbstätige. Eine Studie der Abteilung Arbeitsmarktpolitik.“ Die Sudie von und beim DGB (pdf, 1 MB) http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++625f4954-a925-11df-6fd9-00188b4dc422

Aus dem Vorwort: „Massenarbeitslosigkeit ist seit Jahrzehnten ein zentrales Problem von Industriegesellschaften. Nationale wie internationale Studien zeigen gleichermaßen, dass Arbeitslose im Vergleich zu Erwerbstätigen nicht nur materiell, sondern auch gesundheitlich und psychosozial weit stärker belastet sind. Zwischen dem Gesundheitszustand der Betroffenen und deren verminderten Eingliederungschancen besteht zudem ein sich selbstverstärkender Zusammenhang. Auch wenn gesundheitliche Einschränkungen in Wissenschaft und Praxis inzwischen als wesentliches Vermittlungshemmnis gelten und entsprechende Handlungsbedarfe (an)erkannt werden, waren für die Zielgruppe der Erwerbslosen im Gegensatz dazu bisher keine flächendeckenden Angebote zur Gesundheitsförderung verfügbar. An dieser Schnittstelle zwischen Gesundheitssystem und Arbeitsvermittlung gibt es unterschiedliche gesetzliche Aufträge und etliche zu überwindende Hürden aber auch überzeugende Praxisprojekte. Gegenwärtig sind Entwicklungen auszumachen, die auf Fortschritte in der Gesundheitsförderung von Erwerbslosen hinweisen. Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über Erkenntnisse der Sozialwissenschaften und der Sozialversicherungen sowie über Entwicklungen im Bereich der Arbeitsförderung. Er zeigt auch auf, welche Potentiale im Feld der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention aus gewerkschaftlicher Sicht- vor allem im Hinblick auf die Vernetzung der Akteure und Institutionen im Gesundheitswesen, in der Arbeitsvermittlung und im kommunalen Bereich - noch brachliegen…“

Anmerkung der LabourNet Germany-Redaktion: Bevor diese – sicherlich richtige und traurige - Erkenntnis der psychisch wie gesundheitlich belastenden Lebenssituation erwerbsloser Menschen (nicht erst seit den Hartz-Gesetzen!) anstatt als der tatsächliche gesellschaftliche Skandal aufgegriffen zu werden, lediglich unter dem funktionalen Gesichtspunkt eines „Vermittlungshemmnisses“ in Arbeit-Arbeit-Arbeit missbraucht wird, erinnern wir an die – häufig verdrängte – Fülle von Erkenntnissen, dass auch die Lohnarbeit, wenn nicht gar die Lohnabhängigkeit selbst, krank macht. Ebenfalls nicht gottgegeben und ein gesellschaftlicher Skandal. Siehe unsere Rubrik „Arbeit macht krank - arbeitsbedingte Erkrankungen“ http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeitsalltag/gh/arbeit.html

Auch deshalb:

Etappenerfolg für´s Grundeinkommen in der EU

„Grundeinkommensnetzwerke und Attac-Gruppierungen aus Deutschland und Österreich erzielten im Mindesteinkommensbericht einen ersten Erfolg für das Grundeinkommen in Europa…“ Artikel von Adeline Otto vom 24.06.10 beim Netzwerk Grundeinkommen http://www.grundeinkommen.de/24/06/2010/etappenerfolg-fuers-grundeinkommen-in-der-eu.html

Siehe dazu auch: NGOs fordern Grundeinkommen zur Armutsbekämpfung in Europa

„Das österreichische und das deutsche Netzwerk Grundeinkommen sowie die Attac-Grundeinkommens-Gruppierungen der beiden Länder kritisieren den Entwurf zum Mindesteinkommensbericht der linken portugiesischen Europaabgeordneten Ilda Figueiredo. Die NGOs forderten in einem Schreiben Mitglieder des Europaparlaments u. a. auf, die Prüfung eines Grundeinkommens im neuen Mindesteinkommensbericht festzuhalten…“ Artikel von Ronald Blaschke vom 04.05.10 beim Netzwerk Grundeinkommen http://www.grundeinkommen.de/04/05/2010/ngos-fordern-grundeinkommen-zur-armutsbekaempfung-in-europa.html


Unternimm das jetzt

"Der deutsche Bundestag möge beschließen ... das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen einzuführen." Diese Petition von Susanne Wiest wird am 08.11.2010 im Petitionsausschuss verhandelt - genau 21 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall. Jetzt ist die Zeit, eine weitere Mauer einzureißen! Dazu haben wir für den 06.11.2010 die bisher größte Demo fürs Grundeinkommen angemeldet. Wir sagen: Unternimm das Jetzt! Setz ein Zeichen und zeig den Volksvertretern: Wir sind hier, wir übernehmen Verantwortung und wir erwarten, dass ihr in unserem Auftrag handelt.“ Siehe die Aktionsseite http://unternimm-das-jetzt.de/

Initiatoren der Demo: Ralph Boes (Bürgerinitiative Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen) und Julia Pötzl (Global Change Now)


Ein neues Buch zum Grundeinkommen: “Geschichte – Modelle – Debatten”

Ronald Blaschke gibt gemeinsam mit Adeline Otto und Norbert Schepers ein Buch mit dem Titel „Grundeinkommen. Geschichte – Modelle –Debatten“ im Dietz-Verlag Berlin heraus (Texte 67 - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung). Siehe dazu:

Grundeinkommen, kostenfreie Güter sowie gebührenfreie und demokratisierte öffentliche Infrastrukturen und Dienstleistungen

Kapitel 7. 4. (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/existenz/blaschke74.pdf

Informationen zum Buch beim Netzwerk Grundeinkommen http://www.grundeinkommen.de/25/04/2010/ein-neues-buch-zum-grundeinkommen-geschichte-modelle-debatten.html

darunter

die Einleitung mit dem ausführlichen Inhaltsverzeichnis (pdf) http://www.grundeinkommen.de/content/uploads/2010/04/grundeinkommen-einleitung-und-inhaltsverzeichnisse.pdf

und der gesamte Text des Buches zum kostenlosen Download (pdf) http://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/Publ-Texte/Texte_67.pdf

Kontakte zu den HerausgeberInnen wegen Lesungen / Veranstaltungen zu den Buchthemen: bge-buch@mindestsinn.de


Weil du auch ein Arbeiter bist - Debatte in der Jungle World

Wir sind die Roboter. Die Robotik führt uns die Albträume des verdinglichten Bewusstseins vor Augen.

Artikel von Robert Kurz in der Jungle World vom 29. Juli 2010 http://jungle-world.com/artikel/2010/30/41405.html


Hasta la vista, Omi!

„Oder drohen die Roboter der Zukunft, die Menschheit zu vernichten? Gegenwärtig wollen Forschungsvorhaben jedenfalls den Robotereinsatz voranbringen – vor allem in Altenheimen…“ Artikel von Sebastian Schneider und Daniel Steinmaier in der Jungle World vom 29. Juli 2010 http://jungle-world.com/artikel/2010/30/41403.html


Politologe: Norden kann vom Süden lernen, neue Formen des Zusammenlebens zu entwickeln. Krise und staatliche Transformation

Artikel von Joachim Hirsch in Streifzüge 49/2010 http://www.streifzuege.org/2010/krise-und-staatliche-transformation


Indikatoren des Glücks. Überlegungen zu einem Nationalen Wohlfahrtsindex

„Die Runde war sich einig. Wissenschaftler, höhere Staatsbeamte und Politiker, aber auch Vertreter von Wirtschaftsverbänden und Aktionsgruppen kamen nach längeren Diskussionen zu der gemeinsamen Auffassung, "dass das heutige System der volkswirtschaftlichen Rechnungslegung, in dessen Mittelpunkt die Bruttosozialproduktrechnung steht, nicht mehr auf der Höhe der Zeit ist". (..) Das Unbehagen an den Begleiterscheinungen unserer alle Lebensbereiche durchdringenden Wirtschaftsweise ist nicht neu. Neu ist allerdings, dass die klassische Kritik am Versagen des Marktes zeitlich mit den jüngsten systemimmanenten Krisen und neuen normativen Anforderungen zusammenfällt…“ Artikel von Hans Diefenbacher und Roland Zieschank in Le Monde diplomatique vom 9.7.2010 http://www.monde-diplomatique.de/pm/2010/07/09/a0037.text.name,askskqSDJ.n,0

Siehe dazu auch: «Wirtschaft zum Glück». Texte über nachhaltige Produktions- und Eigentumsformen.

Dossier in der WoZ http://www.woz.ch/dossier/glueck.html


Wegweiser Solidarische Ökonomie. Anders Wirtschaften ist möglich!

Unter diesem Titel haben Elisabeth Voß (Autorin) und das NETZ für Selbstverwaltung und Selbstorganisation e.V. (Hrsg.) ein Buch veröffentlicht (Verlag: AG SPAK Bücher, Neu Ulm, 2010, 92 Seiten, 9 EUR, ISBN 978-3-930830-50-3). Siehe dazu:

Infos zum Buch http://www.solioeko.de/voss/

Bestellinformationen http://shop.strato.de/epages/15458842.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15458842/Products/%22M%20220%22

Rezension einer Leserin (wir danken!): „Elisabeth Voß hat ein kleines Büchlein zusammen gestellt unter dem Titel "Wegweiser Solidarische Ökonomie". Darin stellt sie eine Reihe von Praxisbeispielen vor, etwa Frauenbetriebe und -projekte, Finanzierungsinstitutionen, Wagenburgen und Genossenschaften. Auch Ansätze in anderen Ländern und Kontinenten sowie solidarische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit werden dabei nicht außer Acht gelassen: "In der globalisierten Welt gibt es keine abgeschotteten Inseln. Solidarisches Wirtschaften findet immer im globalen Kontext statt. Dazu gehört die Teilhabe hier lebender Menschen aus anderen Ländern ebenso wie die Frage der Produktion und des Konsums importierter Produkte oder die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Für den Aufbau solidarökonomischer Strukturen hierzulande ist der Blick über die Grenzen notwendig und hilfreich." (S. 70)


Aus: LabourNet, 17. August 2010



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Why the US empire will never conquer Afghanistan

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/17/10

Consider what happened to a man named Sayid Arif, who was apparently working for the Afghan government. They yanked him from his car and just shot him, leaving him with a note on his chest that said, ‘This is punishment’ for anyone working for the government. Or consider what happened to Khairullah, a young man kidnapped by the Taliban...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-08-17.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Merkel-Biograph und Parteienexperte Gerd Langguth über die Zukunft der Union und der Kanzlerin.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33136/1.html



Deutschlands konjunktureller Sommernachtstraum

Die deutsche Exportwirtschaft legt phantastische Zahlen vor, Medien und Politik feiern das "Sommermärchen". Doch ohne Lohnzuwächse droht der Aufschwung zu einem Strohfeuer zu werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33139/1.html



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Obama stellt sich mit seinen Äußerungen zum islamischen Zentrum quer zur aufgebauschten Stimmung. Dass die Repulikaner davon profitieren, liegt auch an seiner ambivalenten Politik.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33141/1.html



US-Regierung drängte auf Geiselerschießungen

Geheimdienstpapiere: Nixon-Führung wollte in Uruguay gefangene Rebellen ermorden lassen, um einen Agenten zu retten. Schlaglicht auf aktuelle Konflikte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33138/1.html



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The heatwave, forest fires and drought in Russia and central Asia may be unprecedented in recent times. But there is something familiar about the ensuing food crisis, as the price of wheat remains 50% higher than just six weeks ago.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/13/how-greed-begets-hunger


From Information Clearing House



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Gates: Iraq occupation could go on, if we're asked to stay

Robert Gates told reporters on Wednesday that by the end of the month, approximately 50,000 U.S. soldiers will remain in Iraq. Those forces, he said, would be fully withdrawn by the end of 2011. Unless, that is, they're asked to stay.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0816/gates-occupation-iraq-continue-asked/



Victory in Iraq

By Thomas DiLorenzo

King Obama has announced that he is pulling all combat troops out of Iraq, but 50,000 will remain there. Of course, all troops are trained for combat; calling them "non-combat support personnel" is simply B.S.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26186.htm



Petraeus Says, 'We Are Not Leaving'

Interview with Katie Couric

"Well, first of all we are not leaving," Gen. Petraeus replied. "There are 50,000 U.S. troops that are remaining in Iraq albeit in a support role rather than a leading combat role. But that's an enormous capability."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26204.htm



Last of the Combat Troops Leaving Iraq? Only in your Dreams

By Bill Noxid

So there are no delusions of the reality we have left for the Iraqi people, please watch the short videos.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26200.htm



Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq

The US troops "will continue to conduct partnered counter-terrorism operations" in an effort "to help Iraqi security forces maintain pressure on the extremist networks and protect the citizens of Iraq," Major Christopher Perrine told AFP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100819/ts_alt_afp/iraqunrestmilitarytroops



Withdrawal Reports Anger Families and Soldiers Fighting in Iraq

Recent reports have been touting the end of combat operations in Iraq, saying the last of the combat troops have left, but the reports are angering some of the tens of thousands of troops who are still there and will remain there.

http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/101085964.html



Not the End: What about the 50,000 troops who are staying behind?

They didn't exactly send their M-16s and sidearms out with that Stryker brigade. And they're not going to transform themselves into the Peace Corps overnight. In truth, the last combat unit leaving Iraq is really a nonevent.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/19/combat-operations-aren-t-really-over-in-iraq.html



Up to 7K U.S. Contractors For Iraq

Only 50,000 American soldiers are to remain in the country : The officials who spoke to The Times, on condition of anonymity, said that as the Pentagon pulls out of Iraq, the State Department is going in -- in force.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20014075-503543.html


From Information Clearing House

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Some US Troops Out of Iraq, More Mercenaries to Go In
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/19

Iraq Debacle Coalition: The Iraq Debacle: The Legacy of Seven Years of War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/19-10

CODEPINK: Peace Movement Responds to "Iraq Troop Withdrawal": the Iraq Debacle Is Not Over
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/19-2

US Iraq Troop Withdrawal 'In Name Only' As Country Faces Uncertain Future
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/20-0

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All lies, all the time

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

I had to laugh when I saw the headline on Antiwar.com: ‘US Announces Second Fake End to Iraq War.’ Yes, I did indeed get a rush of deja-vu as I listened to Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow solemnly describe ‘the end’ of the ‘combat mission’ in Iraq, and Richard Engel pontificate as the cameras zoomed in on the ‘last’ convoy over the border to Kuwait. Occasionally, however, reality would intrude, as Rachel noted the broadcast could be interrupted at any time by a sudden attack, and there would be no time to explain to viewers what was happening. It was Olbermann who openly referred to Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment, and wondered if perhaps this wasn’t a re-run: I’ll bet he got in plenty of trouble for that little crack...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/08/19/all-lies-all-the-time/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US hopes mercenary force keeps lid on Iraq as bulk of forces leaves
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9888/



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The Afghan president, has given private security firms working in Afghanistan four months to end their operations.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/2010816104813959499.html



Afghan private security ban: Join police, or stay inside compounds

Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai issued a decree Tuesday formalizing a four-month deadline for private security companies to disband - a move likely to dismay NATO and the U.S. military that rely on such firms to protect convoys and bases.

http://bit.ly/bqsK9Y



Karzai's "impossible" decree

A push to oust private security firms from Afghanistan puts "fear of god" into foreign forces.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/100817/karzai-private-security-afghan-war


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
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575. That's how many U.S. soldiers have lost their lives in the Afghanistan war since Barack Obama became President . 575 is also the number of U.S. soldiers who lost their lives in the Afghanistan war during the Presidency of George W. Bush.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/by-us-deaths-as-of-today_b_683441.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Paul Craig Roberts

If the wars are not immediately stopped and the jobs brought back to America, the US is relegated to the trash bin of history.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26166.htm



What If We Google "Democracy" And Get "Oligarchy"?

By John Nichols

Wealthy and powerful interests are determined to replace the civic and democratic values that have underpinned the digital revolution up to this point with the commercial and entertainment values that have made old media a "vast wasteland." They will use every tool at their disposal -- lobbying, campaign contributions, spin and media manipulation included -- to prevail.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26165.htm



How the US economy is being 'Japanised'

By Chris Payne

The US is already in bad shape: imagine what 20 years of economic sclerosis will do! Worse still, unlike Japan, the US has a growing population, which means that little or no growth is going to make the average American poorer.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26167.htm



How the US economy is being 'Japanised'

Federal Reserve policy is taking a worrying turn towards monetarism. This can only result in an American 'lost decade'.

http://bit.ly/cmPDiy



US 'Virtually Certain' to Fall Into A New Recession

The US economy is almost certainly headed back into a double dip recession, and economists aren't seeing it because they're using "the old rules of thumb" that don't apply this time, well-known economist David Rosenberg told CNBC.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38691272



Economic Growth Prospects Dim in U.S. After Retail Sales, Trade Reports

Prospects for U.S. economic growth took a hit this week after reports showed the trade deficit swelled and consumers reined in spending.

http://bit.ly/92jOxu



Banks to benefit most from White House program to help fight foreclosures

Nevada, Arizona and Florida posted the worst foreclosure rates in July, with Nevada reporting the nation's highest foreclosure rate for the 43rd straight month.

http://bit.ly/aja0z3



Pension check may not be in the mail

Illinois public employees who think the state constitution guarantees that they'll get all their pension benefits may have another think coming.

http://bit.ly/ae0iZT


From Information Clearing House

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The Public Pension Outrage and Alan Greenspan's Pension

Dean Baker, Truthout: "In recent weeks, there has been a serious effort by the conservatives and even many centrists to whip up anger at public sector workers over their pensions. The basic story is that public sector workers get better pensions on average than their private sector counterparts. At the same time, most state and local pension funds have large shortfalls, implying that additional government revenue will be needed to keep them solvent."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-public-pension-outrage-and-alan-greenspans-pension62358

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Homeowners' Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/18-8



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Why Petraeus Can't Make The Sale

By Dan Froomkin

As Gen. David Petraeus kicks off an extended media blitz intended to make Americans feel better about the war in Afghanistan -- or at least give him some more time to fight it -- he faces a foe more implacable than al Qaeda, or even the Taliban: Reality.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26162.htm



Why Is The US Fighting a War In Afghanistan?

Video Interview

Zbigniew Brzezinski on Afghanistan and the American strategy for Eurasia and the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26163.htm

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Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/16

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Petraeus Media Blitz
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/16-6

Gen. Petreaus' Nation Building Media Tour
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/17-9

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Petraeus Indicates He'll Delay Afghanistan Drawdown Deadline

Ben Arnoldy, The Christian Science Monitor: "With the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan surpassing 2,000 this weekend, what does the road ahead in Afghanistan look like? The tally - now at 2,002 - comes from the independent iCasualties.org website. It includes 1,227 Americans, 331 Britons, 151 Canadians, and 45 French."

http://www.truth-out.org/petraeus-indicates-hell-delay-afghanistan-drawdown-deadline62352

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How the US created al Qaeda
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/915.html



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„Für Sozialpolitiker ist Stuttgart derzeit ein kleines Labor. Denn dort gibt es ein Projekt, das Herzstück der nächsten Hartz-Reform werden soll. Mit dem Gutschein-Modell plant Arbeitsministerin von der Leyen wieder einmal den großen Wurf….“ Artikel von Maike Rademaker in der FTD vom
11.08.2010 http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/:agenda-gutscheine-statt-geld-fuer-hartz-iv-kinder/50154815.html

Siehe dazu:

Chipkarte: Kinder aus Harz-IV-Familien nicht diskriminieren

„Kostenlose Schulspeisung für Alle und mehr Geld für die Bildungsinfrastruktur, das ist für DGB-Vorstand Annelie Buntenbach die besser Alternative zu Chipkarten für Kinder, deren Eltern Hartz-IV beziehen…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung von Annelie Buntenbach vom 13.08.2010 http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++04c95eb0-a623-11df-6fd9-00188b4dc422


Bildungsgutscheine: Eine Goldcard für Hartz-IV

„Politische Grabenkämpfe und manipulierte Zeitungsumfragen verharmlosen die Debatte um Gutscheine für Hartz-IV-Kinder. Doch im Hintergrund werden mit der Privatisierung des Sozialstaates knallharte Millionengeschäfte gemacht…“ Artikel von Joachim Weiss vom 12. August 2010 http://www.gegen-stimmen.de/?p=6967


Hartz-IV: Bildungschancen im Ausverkauf

„Spätestens seit sich ein Auslandskorrespondent der Frankfurter Rundschau vergeblich nach einer „erfolgreich eingeführten“ Chipkarte für Sozialhilfeempfänger in Schweden umgesehen hat, reißt die Kritik an der Hartz-IV-Chipcard von Sozialministerin von der Leyen nicht mehr ab. Nach der Schwedenlüge wurde kurzerhand Stuttgart als Geburtsstätte der „Familienkarte“ ausgerufen. Doch wer wirklich hinter dem Stuttgarter Modell steht und mit den ohnehin dürftigen Bildungschancen von 1,77 Mio. Kindern aus präkarisierten Familienverhältnissen ab 2011 einträgliche Geschäfte machen darf, verschweigt das Sozialministerium…“ Artikel von Joachim Weiss vom 14. August 2010 http://www.gegen-stimmen.de/?p=7028


Gutscheine statt höhere ALG II Regelsätze: Ursula von der Leyens Hartz IV Gutschein-Lügen

„Bundesarbeitsministerin Ursula von Leyen: Das Chip-Karten Gutschein Modell würde erfolgreich in Schweden eingesetzt werden. Die Kinder würden das System "cool" finden, nur in Schweden existiert ein solches System nicht…“ Artikel vom 09.08.2010 im Hartz-IV-Forum http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/ursula-von-der-leyens-hartz-iv-gutschein-luegen-1823.php


Armut? Die Freiheit nehm ich mir!

„Schon im nächsten Jahr wird Deutschland ganz anders aussehen. Vorbei die Zeiten, in denen alkoholabhängige Langzeitarbeitslose ihren Kindern das Taschengeld stibitzten, um sich mit Wodka von Feinkost Albrecht einzudecken. Im schönen neuen Deutschland des Jahres 2011 wird die kleine Mandy aus der Eisenhüttenstädter Platte entspannt ihren Bratschen-Unterricht genießen, während der kleine Kevin aus Hamburg-Mümmelmannsberg sich endlich seinen Traum vom Reitunterricht auf einem edlen Lipizzaner-Hengst erfüllen kann. Ursula von der Leyen hat sich durchgesetzt, Deutschland hat endlich die Hartz-IV-Karte eingeführt und so anachronistische Dinge wie Kinderarmut gehören endgültig der Vergangenheit an…“ Kommentar von Jens Berger vom 12. August 2010 im Spiegelfechter http://www.spiegelfechter.com/wordpress/3857/armut-die-freiheit-nehm-ich-mir

Zum Hintergrund siehe Diskussion > (Lohn)Arbeit: Realpolitik > Hartz IV > Leistungen und Auswirkungen > Hartz IV vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/bvg.html


Aus: LabourNet, 16. August 2010

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Gutscheine statt Geld für Hartz-IV-Kinder

Chipkarte für Hartz-IV-Kinder kommt 2011

Arbeitsministerin Ursula von der Leyen lässt sich von Kritik nicht beirren. Ihr Konzept einer Bildungs-Chipkarte ist schon sehr konkret. Artikel von Dorothea Siems in Die Welt online vom 16.08.10 http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article9038508/Chipkarte-fuer-Hartz-IV-Kinder-kommt-2011.html


Bildungskarte: Viele Tücken

„Hartz-IV-Familien sollen, so der Plan von Bundessozialministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), künftig von den Arbeitsagenturen eine "Bildungskarte" erhalten, die vom Bund mit bis zu 200 Euro aufgeladen wird. Die Idee findet immer mehr Befürworter. So bezeichnet auch SPD-Vizechefin Manuela Schwesig die Chipkarte als sinnvoll. Doch die Goldkarte für Hartz-IV-Kinder hat sehr viele Tücken, die in der gegenwärtigen Debatte kaum berücksichtigt werden. Es geht um rund 1,8 Millionen Kinder und einen Transferbetrag von bis zu 360 Millionen. Hinzu kommen Verwaltungskosten in nicht absehbarer Höhe. Eine staatliche Infrastruktur dafür fehlt. Erfahrungen haben lediglich private Anbieter; etwa die Bertelsmann-Tochter Arvato. Nicht ausgeschlossen, dass die Gütersloher sich für das neue Geschäftsfeld interessieren…“ Aus der ots-Meldung vom 16.08.2010 zu einem
(nicht online verfügbaren) Artikel von Bernhard Hänel in Neue Westfälische (Bielefeld) http://www.presseportal.de/pm/65487/1665564/neue_westfaelische_bielefeld


Mogelpackung "Bildungsgutschein"

Die Neugestaltung der ALG II-Regelsätze für Kinder durch Bildungsgutscheine und eine Chipkarten. Artikel von Twister (Bettina Winsemann) in telepolis vom 17.08.2010

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33143/1.html
[ http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33144/1.html ]

Aus dem Text: „… Das bedeutet, dass der Regelsatz nunmehr neue Beträge für eben diese Ausgaben enthalten muss. Und zwar bei allen schulpflichtigen Kindern. Insofern ist auch die Nachhilfeidee (Nachhilfestunden per Bildungsgutschein) ein Ablenkungsmanöver, denn die Nachhilfestunden sollen lediglich denen gewährt werden, die sie benötigen – das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat aber die Regelsatzberechnung für eben alle Kinder, gleichgültig ob nachhilfebedürftig oder nicht, verlangt. Geht man davon aus, dass ggf. nicht alle Eltern die Gutscheine einlösen, so würde die Bundesregierung hier einen guten Schnitt machen – nicht nur würden von Anfang an lediglich bei 100-x% zusätzliche Kosten eingeplant werden, es wäre auch damit zu rechnen, dass sich der Anteil der tatsächlich aufgewandten Gelder weiter verringert.“


Die eigentliche Gefahr: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in den USA als Referenzmodell

„Für dieses System gibt es sehr wohl ein Referenzmodell; dafür gibt es ein ganz großes Vorbild, nämlich die Food-stamps im Rahmen des Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in den USA. Diese werden schon länger nicht mehr in Papierform ausgegeben, sondern als „Kreditkarte“, eben die EBTcard.


Basics zu Food-Stamps bei Social Security Online (engl.): http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10101.html


What are SNAP/food stamps? Beim Project Bread 2001 wird die Karte beschrieben (engl.): http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org/whatarefs.htm

Jeden Monat wird die Karte über ein Account-System automatisch aufgeladen: The Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card (engl.): http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org/ebtcard.htm

Vor allem in Berlin wurde ein solches System schon an Asylbewerbern getestet – und wieder verworfen. Hinter dem Plan des Arbeitsministeriums steckt wahrscheinlich ein neuer Anlauf. Allein, dies als Drohung in den Raum zu stellen, könnte Wirkung entfalten in der Diskussion um Regelsätze.“ Wir danken Martin Bongards für diese wichtigen Hinweise!


Aus: LabourNet, 17. August 2010

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Freunde, auf die Frau sich verlassen kann

Der Bildungschipplan der Bundesarbeitsministerin bekommt "Rückenwind" von der "Kinderhilfe". Was sich so seriös und unabhängig ausnimmt, ist jedoch schlichtweg die übliche Hilfe unter Freunden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/5/148238



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16. August 2010

"Wir brauchen eine Jahrhundert-Steuerreform und keine Trostpflaster-Steuerreform für gekränkte Koalitionspartner." fordert die Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Gesine Lötzsch, in Reaktion auf die Diskussion um eine Steuervereinfachung. Gesine Lötzsch weiter:

Jede Bundesregierung hat Steuersenkungen für die Wohlhabenden mit Steuervereinfachungen verschleiert. Das Steuersystem wurde nie einfacher, sondern immer komplizierter. Doch im Kern geht es der Kanzlerin um ein Trostpflaster für den Koalitionspartner. Die FDP, die um den Wiedereinzug in den Bundestag fürchten muss, soll durch diese Steuerreform am Leben erhalten werden. DIE LINKE kritisiert, dass der Kanzlerin der Koalitionsfrieden in der Bundesregierung wichtiger ist als der soziale Frieden in unserem Land. Wir fordern deshalb eine Jahrhundert-Steuerreform, die unser Land wieder gerechter macht. Dazu müssen die Krisengewinnler und Spekulanten so besteuert werden, dass ihnen der Spaß am spekulieren vergeht.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/der-kanzlerin-ist-der-koalitionsfrieden-wichtiger-als-der-soziale-frieden-in-unserem-land/



17. August 2010

Steuermehreinnahmen nutzen, um soziale Gerechtigkeit wiederherzustellen

"Die geplante Placebo-Steuerreform zeigt, dass die Regierung so weitermachen will, wie sie vor der Sommerpause aufgehört hat," erklärt die Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Gesine Lötzsch, in Reaktion auf die Diskussion um eine Mini-Steuerreform. Gesine Lötzsch weiter:

Anstatt mit einer Placebo-Steuerreform ein Trostpflaster an die FDP zu verteilen, sollte die Kanzlerin die erwarteten Steuermehreinnahmen nutzen, um ihr Kürzungspaket aufzuschnüren. Den Bundeshaushalt auf dem Rücken der Bürgerinnen und Bürger zu sanieren, ist bei steigenden Steuereinnahmen noch weniger begründbar als bei sinkenden Einnahmen. Das Elterngeld muss auch weiter an Mütter, die keine Arbeit haben, gezahlt werden. Die Diskussion um die Gutscheine soll offensichtlich davon ablenken, dass der ALG-II-Satz für Kinder deutlich angehoben werden muss. DIE LINKE kritisiert, dass der Kanzlerin der Koalitionsfrieden in der Bundesregierung wichtiger ist als der soziale Frieden in unserem Land. Wir fordern deshalb eine Jahrhundert-Steuerreform, die unser Land wieder gerechter macht. Dazu müssen die Krisengewinnler und Spekulanten so besteuert werden, dass ihnen der Spaß am Spekulieren vergeht.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/steuermehreinnahmen-nutzen-um-soziale-gerechtigkeit-wiederherzustellen/



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Clueless Commentators Think That It's Possible To Stop WikiLeaks
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Why WikiLeaks Must Be Protected
http://www.lewrockwell.com/pilger/pilger87.1.html



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Human Events
by Patrick J. Buchanan

08/13/10

A nation whose national debt is approaching the size of its gross national product, that goes abroad to borrow money to keep non-essential workers on government payroll is a nation on the way down and out. And anyone who thinks this Obama party is ever going to cull the armies of tens of millions of government workers or scores of millions of government beneficiaries to put America’s house in order is deluding himself...

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38536

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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A simple view

Liberty For All
by Kevin Tuma

08/14/10

The business tycoon has lots of spare time to socialize in powerful circles, because this is the business of the tycoon — who already has money and is struggling not to make himself rich, but to stay rich. Such a person will naturally support big government, because big government is a wellspring of resources — a teat, in other words, from which the tycoon potentially derives nourishment...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4708


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The great American fraud factory
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/913.html



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Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

08/13/10

A sizable share of people in the criminal justice system is made up of those who ran afoul of some law commanding ‘Touch not, taste not, handle not.’ If you support such laws, there is no ground on which you can consistently do so without believing that other people are your property, or are your inferiors and subject to your command. You may argue that ’society’ collectively decides what to permit and not to permit, based on some vision of the ‘common good.’ But remember those high school civics texts with the stuff about government exercising only powers delegated by the governed, government’s function being to protect the rights of the individual, and all that? Well, you can’t delegate a power you don’t have. And government can’t protect a right, on your behalf, that you don’t possess as an individual...

http://c4ss.org/content/3568



Victimless crime laws: Creating, not preventing, chaos

Libertarian News Examiner
by Garry Reed

08/14/10

When a group of powerful people arrogate to themselves the ‘right’ to create any Law they wish and force it onto others, they become the aggressors and those peaceful ‘others’ become their victims. The Law allows the Lawmakers to do anything they wish. The Law allows white men to own black slaves. The Law allows men to stone women to death because they were raped. The Law allows thugs to commit genocide against Jews. The Law allows gangsters to organize into vast criminal enterprises they call ‘Government’ and commit every sort of unconscionable cruelty imaginable...

http://tinyurl.com/3xp2zbv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Video Report

Stories are now emerging of increased deformities in the country's newborn babies as well as a dramatic rise in the number of children with cancer.

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From Information Clearing House



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

NATO acknowledged on Sunday that five Afghan civilians appeared to have been killed by one of its air strikes. The strike was carried out on Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100815/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatocivilians



Media Failing to Ask Tough Questions on Afghanistan War Again

General Petraeus is on a media tour to sell the idea that the U.S. military is "making progress" in Afghanistan, a well-worn message aimed at convincing elites to extend this brutal, futile war. So far, it looks like the mainstream media is buying it, hook, line, and sinker.

http://bit.ly/9HgkLp


From Information Clearing House



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Over 700 people have been killed in such attacks under Obama, compared to 200 under, George W. Bush.

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From Information Clearing House



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By James Petras

While progressives and leftists write about the "crises of capitalism", manufacturers, petroleum companies, bankers and most other major corporations on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific coast are chuckling all the way to the bank.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26159.htm



Jobless Millions Signal Death of the American Dream for Many

By Paul Harris

Whether it's the poor of Camden or Colorado Springs or Atlanta, or among the growing throngs of the 99ers, millions of Americans are discovering that working hard, doing the right thing and obeying the rules are no longer enough.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26156.htm



Jobless claims jump to 5-month high

The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance rose to the highest level since late February last week, according to a weekly government report released Thursday.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/12/news/economy/initial_jobless_claims/index.htm



Unemployment Rate by State

The percent of the labor force that is unemployed - Graph
http://bit.ly/9GNkkC



Global Youth Unemployment Hits Record High

The report from the ILO says 81 million out of 630 million 15-24 year olds where unemployed at the end of 2009, some 7.8 million more than at the end of 2007.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38674003



US Unemployment: Don't Let the Elite Pass the Buck

By Paul Krugman

Growth is slowing and the odds are that unemployment will rise, not fall, in the months ahead. That's bad. But what's worse is the growing evidence that our governing elite just doesn't care - that a once-unthinkable level of economic distress is becoming the norm.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26168.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Juan Cole

This political grouping includes WASPS such as former CIA director James Woolsey and former UN ambassor John Bolton, ...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26158.htm



US Death Squads Roam The Globe

Secret Assault on "Terrorism" Widens on Two Continents

By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ROBERT F. WORTH

As American counterterrorism operations spread beyond war zones into territory hostile to the military, private contractors have taken on a prominent role, raising concerns that the United States has outsourced some of its most important missions to a sometimes unaccountable private army.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26155.htm



Ex-US envoy to UN Bolton: Attack before Bushehr facility ready

Former US envoy to the UN John Bolton said Monday that if Israel wants to prevent Iran from acquiring a working nuclear plant, then a military strike must be launched against the Bushehr nuclear power facility within the next eight days.

http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=185044



Iran To Respond If Israel Attacks

"In that case we will lose a power plant, but Israel's existence will be in danger," Ahmad Vahidi was cited as saying today by the state-run Mehr news agency, in response to questions about the possibility of an attack by Israel on the Russian-built atomic facility at Bushehr.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-17/iran-threatens-israel-s-existence-if-it-attacks.html



Steinitz demands ultimatum for Iran: Raising the stakes

Finance minister says America must warn Tehran of military strike within weeks; 'Time has come for whole world, under US leadership, to present Iran with unequivocal ultimatum,' he says.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3940260,00.html



'Intl. law forbids attack on nuclear sites'

"According to Resolution 533 of the IAEA, attacking or threatening to attack operational or under-construction nuclear facilities is a blatant violation of the UN charter, IAEA statute and international regulations," Ali Asghar Soltanieh.

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From Information Clearing House



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Wie die New York Times beschreibt, nähert sich das Pentagon mit gezielten Tötungen und verdeckten Operationen der CIA an.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148198



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No Exit: Stage Left or Right
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Housing Crisis a Symptom of Capitalism's Failure

Rick Wolff, Truthout: "This capitalist crisis resembles a certain kind of serious disease. Different symptoms keep flaring up at different locations. It began with subprime mortgages in residential housing. Then, sequential flare-ups hit the private banking system, forced millions out of their jobs and homes, drastically cut world trade, and undermined the public services and national debts of several European countries. Meanwhile, another symptom festered in the credit freeze crippling so much private borrowing. Now, yet another symptom matures, as government subsidies and supports to our crisis-ridden private housing industry add rising billions to the deficit."

http://www.truth-out.org/housing-crisis-a-symptom-capitalisms-failure62507



A Permanent Housing Collapse?

Shamus Cooke, Truthout: "The recent chaos that erupted when 30,000 people waited hours in the Atlanta, Georgia, heat to receive applications for subsidized housing is a mere symptom of a worsening national problem."

http://www.truth-out.org/a-permanent-housing-collapse62505

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Housing Holocaust: Existing Home Sales Plunge, Market Follows

By Mike Whitney

Today's bleak housing numbers are not the result of a "cyclical downturn", but of a crime perpetrated on the American people. There must accountability. Someone's gotta pay!

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26229.htm



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Recovery? How About 'Relapse'?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/celente/celente46.1.html



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AKW-Laufzeitverlängerung als Ende des Einspeisevorrangs für die Erneuerbaren Energien

Stromnetz und Grundlastkraftwerke verhindern mehr regenerative Energie.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148188



Greenpeace: Auf den Strom der AKWs lässt sich ohne Probleme verzichten

Die Energiekonzerne haben mit schneller Abschaltung der AKWs gedroht, wenn sie für die Laufzeitverlängerung Auflagen erhalten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148197

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Per Kontaktanzeige zur Laufzeitverlängerung

Mit einer riesigen Anzeigenkampagne haben die Atomlobby und ihre mächtigen Managerfreunde unsere Bundeskanzlerin noch einmal auf eine atomfreundliche Linie zu zwingen versucht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689632ms222



Umwelt-, Verbraucherverbände und Gewerkschaften appellieren an die Bundesregierung

Energieeffizienz statt Laufzeitverlängerung: zukunftsweisendes Energiekonzepte werden gefordert.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689631ms222



Erneuerbare Energien brauchen keine Brücken

Der vollständige Wechsel zu erneuerbaren Energien ist technisch und wirtschaftlich nicht nur möglich, sondern auch unverzüglich nötig. Alles spricht dafür, diesen Wechsel zu beschleunigen. Alles spricht dagegen, diesen über sogenannte "Brücken" in Form von Atomkraftwerken oder neuen Kohlekraftwerken zu führen und damit aufzuschieben. Ein gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Appell.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689655ms223



Das Energiekonzept ist der Testfall für eine ethisch verantwortete Politik

“Das angekündigte energiepolitische Konzept der Bundesregierung ist der Testfall, ob über das Krisenmanagement hinaus mit gestaltender Politik ein dringendes und langfristiges Zukunftsprojekt realisiert werden kann.“ Mit diesen Worten wendet sich der Präsident des Zentralkomitees der deutschen Katholiken (ZdK), Alois Glück, in einem Brief an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689657ms223

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29. August 2010

Atomausstieg ist notwendig und machbar

Die Vorsitzende der LINKEN, Gesine Lötzsch kritisiert Wirtschaftsminister Brüderle für dessen Vorschläge zur Verlängerung von Atomlaufzeiten scharf und wirft der Bundesrepublik Klientelpolitik vor. Sie erklärt:

Brüderle ist ein unbelehrbarer Atomlobbyist. Das Atomstromgutachten ist ein Fall für den Rechnungshof. Von einer ergebnisoffenen Prüfung kann keine Rede sein. Die angeblichen Schlussfolgerungen standen offenkundig schon vorher fest. Diese Bundesregierung will die Laufzeitverlängerung aus ideologischer Verbohrtheit um jeden Preis durchdrücken, weil sie am Gängelband der Energiewirtschaft hängt. Es ist bezeichnend, dass der Wirtschaftsminister vorprescht und den Umweltminister ausbremst. Das zeigt: Es geht nicht um die Sicherheit der Bevölkerung sondern um die Profite der Stromkonzerne. Die Fakten sind eindeutig: Der Ausstieg ist notwendig und machbar.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/atomausstieg-ist-notwendig-und-machbar/



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VIDEO

Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "Trader Joe's is one of a batch of new corporations wrapping their push for profits in feel-good green slogans and promises of fair labor practices. But at least a few of their products aren't coming from fair labor at all."

http://www.truth-out.org/bringing-food-justice-trader-joes62302



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Laura+Flanders

Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy Newspapers: "After months of deadly and often demoralizing fighting alongside mediocre Afghan forces in one of the Taliban's most intractable strongholds outside Kandahar city, the Americans in this Army company are asking themselves if it had been worth it. 'I'm ready to get out of here,' said Sgt. Joshua Middlebrook, 25, of Sanford, N.C., as the patrol made its way back to base after coming up dry in the search. 'I'm tired of picking up body parts.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/us-soldiers-missions-show-afghan-wars-uncertainties62309



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Pflanzen können nicht mehr aus Umwelt zurückgeholt werden.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689490ms220



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gentech-Raps

Bundesgesundheitsminister will "Sozialausgleich" streichen, wenn Betroffene den Zusatzbeitrag bei den Krankenkassen nicht entrichten.

Immer mehr gesetzliche Krankenkassen erheben Zusatzbeiträge von ihren Versicherten. Immer mehr Krankenversicherte verweigern auch die Zahlung der zusätzlichen Beiträge. Viele Menschen können sich allerdings den Zusatzbeitrag auch nicht leisten. Denn für Hartz IV Bezieher werden beispielswiese die zusätzlich erhobenen Zusatzbeiträge von den Arbeitsagenturen nicht übernommen. Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/zusatzbeitrag-wer-nicht-zahlt-wird-sanktioniert-1202.php



Hartz IV: Bereichert sich die "Diakonischen Servicegesellschaft Kästorf GmbH" an der Arbeit von Ein-Euro-Jobbern?

Schon im März diesen Jahres wurde ein unglaublicher Skandal aufgedeckt: Die gemeinnützige AWO Service GmbH Neumünster hatte Hartz IV Bezieher als Reinigungskräfte bei Pflegebedürftigen eingesetzt und die Tätigkeit gerade einmal mit 1,50 Euro pro Stunde entlohnt. Die AWO selbst hatte jedoch 8 Euro für den Servicedienst verlangt und noch einmal 200 Euro sog. "Regiegeld" pro Monat von der Arbeitsagentur erhalten. Nach dem der Fall öffentlich wurde, gab die AWO Neumünster nach und stellte diese Art von Dumpinglohn und Beschäftigung ein. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/diakonie-bereichert-sich-an-hartz-iv-beziehern-2536.php



Ursula von der Leyens Hartz IV Gutschein-Lügen: Bundesarbeitsministerin Ursula von Leyen: Das Chip-Karten Gutschein Modell würde erfolgreich in Schweden eingesetzt werden. Die Kinder würden das System "cool" finden, nur in Schweden existiert ein solches System nicht.

Wie so oft will Bundesarbeitsministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) Hartz IV Ungerechtigkeiten als "tolle neue Reformen" präsentieren. Dabei hilft ihr auch eine Agentur, die von Steuergeldern bezahlt wird. Der neuste Clou: Eine Vielzahl von Politikern argumentieren gern mit dem Vorbild Schweden. Dort sei sowieso alles besser und man könnte von dem Nordeuropäern einiges lernen. Ebenso argumentiert auch die Arbeitsministerin von der Leyen. In Schweden gebe es im Sozialsystem ein sogenanntes Chipkarten-System, mit dem Nachhilfestunden oder Musikunterricht per Chip-Karte bezahlt werden könnten. Von der Leyen will damit ein erneutes Argument gegen die Erhöhung der ALG II Regelsätze für Kinder liefern. Statt dessen sollen Gutscheine für den Extra-Bedarf ausgegeben werden. Das Hauptargument der Ministerin lautet, das Geld würde ansonsten "nicht bei den Kindern ankommen", da nach Meinung der CDU-Politikerin sinngemäß Eltern im ALG II Bezug schlechtere Eltern seien, als andere. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/ursula-von-der-leyens-hartz-iv-gutschein-luegen-1823.php



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north876.html

Dr. Keynes Killed the Patient
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/pento1.1.1.html

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World stock markets on high alert as recession fears remain

Fears that Britain could slide into a protracted depression intensified last night after the Bank of England warned of a long and 'choppy recovery'.

http://bit.ly/bgMOZM


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Keynes
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Pento

Oceans' demise near irreversible: Moving toward the tipping point
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6414190/

Why Russia's and Pakistan's Extreme Weather Is About To Become the Norm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6465759/

Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6420521/

Double Dividend: Make Money by Saving Nature
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6429172/

USA
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/USA/
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/USA/
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Vote+USA+2004/

Iraq War
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+War+-+Irak+Krieg/
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Irak-Krieg/

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

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

EMF-Omega-News 14. August 2010
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/1310/

The images are devastating, as are the numbers. The floods in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, by now reaching as far south as the Punjab, have affected more people than all major natural disasters in the past six years combined. Some 14 million people - 2 million displaced - and 300,000 homes have been hit, with 1,600 fatalities so far.

http://bit.ly/c3sv9s



Global Warming and the Pakistani Flood

It's impossible to look at the images coming out of Pakistan and not shake your head at the brutality of Mother Nature. But is it Mother Nature's fault-or our own?

http://www.progressive.org/wx081310.html



Errant climate may be sign of breakdown, scientists say

Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat - from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It is not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already under way.

http://bit.ly/9pw7xW



'Blocked' jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan, say scientists

A massive heatwave in Russia and the current devastating floods in Pakistan could be linked by the unusual behaviour of the jetstream, scientists believe.

http://bit.ly/ccH5DG



World feeling the heat as 17 countries experience record temperatures

2010 sees record highs in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine but also many African, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries.

http://bit.ly/cgpOBf



Biggest relocation in China since Three Gorges

China's growing thirst for water is driving one of the world's biggest mass relocations, with 440,000 people leaving their homes to make way for a huge man-made canal project to channel water to drought-prone Beijing.

http://bit.ly/cABfzn



Russia, Pakistan Show Need for Climate Action

By Simon Butler

If you are not at least a little bit scared about the Russian heatwave or the huge floods in Pakistan, then you really should be.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26210.htm



Am I an Activist for Caring About My Grandchildren's Future? I Guess I Am

Concerted action to tackle climate change will happen only if the public demands it for the sake of future generations.

http://bit.ly/djU21z


From Information Clearing House

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Why is the World Unmoved by the Plight of Pakistan?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/13-0



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Global+Warming+-+Globale+Erwaermung/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andrew+Buncombe
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Simon+Butler

Jeffrey Goldberg's new article in the Atlantic is deeply reported -- and deeply wrong about the Middle East. But it's his misunderstanding of America that is most dangerous of all.

http://bit.ly/arSGVa



Iran warns US of military retaliation

A senior Iranian commander warns the US of retaliation in case of an attack on Iran, saying if Washington begins the war, it would not be able to put an end to it.

http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=138943&sectionid=351020101



The Reality Of Irans Nuclear Program

By Scott Horton On Russia Today

Scott Horton discusses the Iranian nuclear program on Russia Today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26218.htm



Ankara tells US it won't adhere to new sanctions on Iran

Turkish officials have told an American delegation that it has no intention of following unilateral US sanctions on Iran.

http://bit.ly/dAmqYm



Bahrain: We won't let US attack Iran from our territory

Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said Saturday that his country will not allow the United States to use its military base to attack Iran.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3940974,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Iraq to Iran: Propaganda for War
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/13-0



http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iran/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Jeffrey+Goldberg
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Institute+for+Public+Accuracy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Horton

"What a beauty!" comments one of the soldiers when the building is blown to pieces in the 3-minute video, recorded by Polish soldiers from the Army's 6th rotation during their tour of duty between October 2009 and April 2010.

http://bit.ly/9D0gbv


From Information Clearing House



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

By Danny Schechter

The Congress returned from its recess to pass new monies to keep teachers teaching and cops patrolling. They did so by slashing food stamps so the unemployed and poor -some 41 million people who rely on them---will have to cut back further.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26152.htm

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The US Economy Is Dying
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/15-economic-statistics.html

The Self-Destructive Path of Growing Public Sector Employment
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/grow-private-not-public-employment.html

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America's Biggest Jobs Program Is the US Military

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "America's biggest - and only major - jobs program is the U.S. military. Over 1,400,000 Americans are now on active duty; another 833,000 are in the reserves, many full time. Another 1,600,000 Americans work in companies that supply the military with everything from weapons to utensils.... If we didn't have this giant military jobs program, the U.S. unemployment rate would be over 11.5 percent today instead of 9.5 percent."

http://www.truth-out.org/robert-reich-americas-biggest-jobs-program-is-us-military62313



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=US+economy
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By Jeremy Scahill

Kucinich is putting his money where his mouth is. He just announced he has introduced legislation to "prohibit the extrajudicial killing of United States citizens."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26149.htm



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http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/1cc40663a876dfee?hl=en

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WikiLeaks preparing to release more Afghan files

WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more damaging to security and risk more lives than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents.

http://yhoo.it/dlrOig



They Can't Cage A Song

Punishing the WikiLeaker Misses the Point

By Eric Margolis

A true journalist's job is to expose government wrongdoing and propaganda, skewer hypocrites, and speak for those with no voice. And wage war against mankind's two worst scourges: Nationalism and religious bigotry. Not to lick the boots of government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26157.htm



Why WikiLeaks Won't Stop the War

By Noam Chomsky

The CIA memorandum should remind us that states have an internal enemy: their own population, which must be controlled when state policy is opposed by the public.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26160.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Wikileaks and War Crimes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/13

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III MEF threatens Marines who visit Wikileaks

Military Family Network

08/15/10

Many people have heard of the website WikiLeaks, a document sharing website where anyone can contribute leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents anonymously. … ‘We’re just trying to get the word out to everyone and prevent service members from ruining their careers over this,’ said Michael Miglionico, the information assurance manager, Marine Corps Bases Japan. ‘Luckily so far we’ve had no reported incidences.’ Viewing or downloading these documents without the proper security clearance and authority can result in a variety of repercussions from non-judicial punishment to court martial, loss of clearance and denial of reenlistment...

http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=15426


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/4746b838afc21e22?hl=de

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Drug Money: The Unhealthy Profit of Big Pharma
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/08/13-0



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Stocks plunged after the report, extending a global slide, on growing concern the recovery worldwide was slowing as a report showed output in China cooled and the leader of the Bank of England said U.K. growth will be weaker than previously forecast.

http://bit.ly/aA5Sce


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=trade+deficit

Police force has logged 180,000 names
http://bit.ly/dj4lmO


From Information Clearing House

Party Like Its 1929

By Mike Whitney

The economy is on the rocks and another round of quantitative easing won't help. The Obama administration will have to toughen up and push through another fiscal stimulus program. It's the only way.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26145.htm



Is This Finally The Economic Collapse?

By Keith R. McCullough

According to economists Carmen Reinhart & Ken Rogoff, whose views we share, crossing the 90% debt/GDP threshold is the equivalent of crossing the proverbial Rubicon of economic growth. It's a point from which it's almost impossible to return.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26138.htm



The Big Things That Matter And The Little Things That Annoy

By Paul Craig Roberts

If Marx and Lenin were alive today, the extraordinary greed with which Wall Street has infected capitalism would provide Marx and Lenin with a better case than they had in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26146.htm



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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Dora Calott Wang, M.D., Truthout: "Is your health insurance company traded on Wall Street? If so, is Wall Street deciding your medical care? It's hard to recall that for-profit corporations were once kept out of health care - in fact, for most of the 20th century. During this time, the nation's medical system was built largely by non-profit and charitable organizations, which is why so many hospitals are named for saints."

http://www.truth-out.org/is-wall-street-making-life-or-death-decisions62226



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=health+insurance
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Dora+Calott+Wang

Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service: "BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say they have the sicknesses to prove it. On Aug. 5, Donny Mastler, a commercial fisherman who also works on boats, was at the Dauphin Island Marina."

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-health-problems-blamed-dispersed-oil62277



Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil

Dahr Jamail, Truthout: "The rampant use of toxic dispersants, out-of-state private contractors being brought in to spray them and US Coast Guard complicity are common stories now in the four states most affected by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster."

http://www.truth-out.org/uncovering-lies-that-are-sinking-oil62345

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Gulf of Mexico `Dead Zone' Grows as Spill Impact Is Studied

The Gulf of Mexico faces a renewed and enlarged threat to marine life: a low-oxygen "dead zone" about the size of Massachusetts, caused by chemical runoff into the Mississippi River that flows into the sea.

http://bit.ly/dzN1Ag



Jersey Shore: Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Thousands For Second Time This Week On East Coast

VIDEO

Fisheries in Massachusetts alleged low oxygen from warm waters was the cause of the mass kill in Fairhaven.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/jersey-shore-dead-fish-wa_n_680150.html



Gulf Oil Spill: University Study Contradicts Government Estimates, Up To 79% Of Oil Could Remain

A group of scientists say that most of that BP oil the government claimed was gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/gulf-oil-spill-university_n_684343.html


From Information Clearing House

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Deepwater Horizon Crisis May Be Over; Deep Suspicion Remains
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/13-8

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Mystery well revealed
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/914.html



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=dispersant
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Dahr+Jamail
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Suzanne+Goldenberg

Alle Ausreden helfen nicht mehr: Die Klimakatastrophe ist da. Feuer in Russland und die Gefahr einer nuklearen Wolke. Die Flut in Pakistan und sechs Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht. Erdrutsche in China und ganze Dörfer, die verschwinden. Nicht enden wollende Regenfälle in Sachsen, Brandenburg, Polen und Tschechien.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689458ms220



Klimakollaps: Nehmen Wetterextreme zu?

Vor Grönland bricht ein riesiger Eisberg vom Petermann-Gletscher ab, in Russland toben Jahrhundertfeuer, die weltweiten Messstationen melden Hitzerekorde, und in Pakistan versinken die Menschen in Regenfluten. Lesen Sie zu den Wetterextremen ein Interview mit unserem Klimaexperten Karsten Smid. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689460ms220



Blauer Planet unter Hochdruck: Hausgemachte Wasserkrise ohne Ende

Eine seit mehreren Monaten anhaltende Dürre, Temperaturen von über 40 Celsius, versetzen den subtropischen Staat Honduras in den Wassernotstand. Gerade die Armenviertel der Städte leiden. Der Grundwasserspiegel ist dramatisch gesunken.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689463ms220



Extreme Weltereignisse: Zeichen des Klimawandels?

Das erste Halbjahr 2010 war die wärmste Periode seit 1880, dem Beginn der meteorologischen Aufzeichnungen. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689487ms220



Umwelt noch wichtiger als Wirtschaft

Globale Erwärmung und Treibhauseffekt, schmelzende Polkappen und steigender Meeresspiegel, Trockenheit und Wassermangel: Kaum ein Thema beherrscht die Medien so durchgehend wie die Klimaproblematik.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689489ms220



Welche Emissionen können wir uns noch erlauben, um die globale Erwärmung auf maximal 2°C zu begrenzen?

Dieser Frage gehen Erich Roeckner und seine Koautoren am Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie (MPI-M) in einer jetzt erschienenen Veröffentlichung mit dem Titel „Historical and future anthropogenic emission pathways derived from coupled climate-carbon cycle simulations“ in der Fachzeitschrift „Climatic Change“ nach.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689461ms220

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Eisschwund im hohen Norden geht weiter

Nordwestpassage so gut wie offen.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148176



Natürliches Geo-Engineering zur Rettung des Weltklimas

Ständig steigende Energiepreise und ein zusehends anfälligeres Ökosystem verdeutlichen die Notwendigkeit von effizienten Alternativen zu fossilen Brennstoffen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33032/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Weltklima
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Grönland
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eisschwund
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fossil+Brennstoff

http://www.computerwoche.de/security/2351254/



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

by Glenn Greenwald

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/08/09/glenn-greenwald/the-digital-surveillance-state-vast-secret-and-dangerous/


From APFN daily update

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FBI Gave Inaccurate Statements on Surveillance
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/09/20-4



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pete+Yost

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/fisher-j1.1.1.html

Why the US Is Busted
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/usa-busted.html

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Federal Reserve: Can you protect your endangered dollars?

Downsize DC
by Perry Willis

08/12/10

We think the Fed is moving in the wrong direction. It should be taking steps to protect the value of your dollars. Instead, it remains committed to policies that carry a high risk of future price inflation that could destroy the value of your savings. Please take action to protect yourself. One way to do that is to break the Fed’s monopoly control over what you can use for money by passing Ron Paul’s ‘Free Competition in Currency Act’...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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with money from other taxpayers



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