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Brief von Uli Breuer an den Verdi-Bundesvorstand vom 21.1.2011 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/grundrechte/komm/elena_breuer2.pdf

Aus dem Text: ??In der letzten Sitzung des Arbeitskreises ELENA (in dem die Verantwortlichen für die Umsetzung des ELENA-Verfahrens sitzen) vom 14.12.10 ist beschlossen worden einen Datenabgleich mit anderen Datenbanken (u.a. Bundesagentur für Arbeit) durchzuführen, um eine ?Vollständigkeitskontrolle? der ELENA-Daten sicherzustellen. Dies ist zur Zeit aber datenschutzrechtlich nicht zulässig. Dies ergab eine Prüfung durch das Referat Datenschutz der DRV Bund. Deshalb spricht sich der AK-ELENA für ein neues Gesetz aus, das diesen Datenabgleich erlaubt. Hier wird das Selbstverständnis dieses AK deutlich: ELENA-Daten sollen auch noch mit anderen Daten abgeglichen werden. Das ist zwar verboten, aber dafür wird eine ?Ermächtigungsgrundlage? per Gesetz gefordert. (?) Verdi sollte sofort ihre eigene Datenlieferung einstellen, die ZSS auffordern die anlasslosen Vorratsdaten unverzüglich zu löschen, Betriebs- und Personalräte informieren, Betriebs- und Personalräte auffordern, in ihren Betrieben dafür einzutreten, dass weitere Datenmeldungen eingestellt werden??

Siehe zum Hintergrund das Protokoll über die Sitzung des AK ELENA am 14.12.2010 (pdf) http://www.das-elena-verfahren.de/verantwortung/gremien/ak-elena/sitzungen/sitzung-05-2010/protokoll/at_download/file

Interview mit EU-Jurist Strack: "Wer Fehler aufdeckt wird abgestraft"

Der Jurist und ehemalige EU-Beamte Guido Strack, der sich für den effektiven Schutz von Whistleblowern einsetzt, über Druck von Vorgesetzten und die Illusion, dass jeder Fall zum Skandal taugt. Interview von Matthias Thieme in der FR online vom 23.1.2011 http://www.fr-online.de/politik/spezials/steuerfahnder-affaere/-wer-fehler-aufdeckt-wird-abgestraft-/-/1477340/6604222/-/index.html

Volkszählung: Wer schweigt, zahlt

?Wenns im Mai an der Tür klingelt, könnte ein Erhebungsbeauftragter davorstehen: Die Helfer der Statistikämter sammeln Daten für den Zensus 2011. Protest gibt es noch kaum?? Artikel von Janina Trebing in der taz vom 21.01.2011 http://www.taz.de/1/berlin/artikel/1/wer-schweigt-zahlt/

INDECT meldet Produktfälschung

?Das als "Bevölkerungsscanner" kritisierte EU-Forschungsvorhaben mag eine überwachungskritische Webseite nicht - doch wo sonst gibt es Auskunft über das umstrittene Projekt?...? Artikel von Florian Rötzer in telepolis vom 20.01.2011 http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/149107

Die überwachungskritische Webseite zu Indect http://indectproject.eu/

Aus: LabourNet, 25. Januar 2011

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Vorratsdaten
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Volkszählung
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Zensus
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=indect
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Überwachung
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Datenschutz
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=whistleblow

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Starmail - 25. Jan, 13:54

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US cant link accused Army private to Assange

Bradley Manning MSNBC

01/24/11

U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected with leaking secret documents and Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. The officials say that while investigators have determined that Manning had allegedly unlawfully downloaded tens of thousands of documents onto his own computer and passed them to an unauthorized person, there is apparently no evidence he passed the files directly to Assange, or had any direct contact with the controversial WikiLeaks figure...

http://tinyurl.com/4ru29og

Military steps up retaliation against accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower

Bradley Manning Support Network

01/23/11

Military officials at Marine Corps Base Quantico today increased the isolation of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning by detaining Manning?s friend and regular visitor David House at the base entrance until visiting hours were over. ... [According to Bradley Manning Support Network founder Mike Gogulski] 'Immediately following a rally by more than 150 supporters at Quantico last week, Brad was put on suicide watch for two days for reasons his counsel could only conclude were punitive ...'

http://tinyurl.com/6dffw9m

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detaining
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Quantico
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=whistleblow
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Assange
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=WikiLeaks
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=punitive
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=retaliation
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 08:10

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Bush White House improperly held political briefings

USA Today

01/24/11

A federal agency is reporting that officials in President George W. Bush's White House improperly conducted political briefings on government property, and encouraged employees to get involved in campaigns, meaning that taxpayers footed the bill for political activity. 'As the 2006 election drew nearer, OPA (the White House Office of Political Affairs) became a partisan political organization,' reported the Office of Special Counsel, an advisory agency that reviews applications of the federal Hatch Act...

http://tinyurl.com/4uxnjem

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Office+of+Special+Counsel
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 08:07

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Scalia appears at Tea Party US House meeting

Los Angeles Times

01/24/11

Justice Antonin Scalia's appearance at a meeting organized by the House Tea Party caucus and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Monday provoked new cries from liberals and some academics that conservative justices are shedding the appearance of impartiality. The session, part of what Bachmann calls a series of constitutional seminars, was closed to the media. Lawmakers said Scalia advised them to read the Federalist Papers and to follow the Constitution as it was written...

http://tinyurl.com/62a62d9

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Scalia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michele+Bachmann
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tea+Party
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Constitution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=conservative

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Starmail - 25. Jan, 07:57

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'Unscientific' Is Secret Code for Anyone Who Opposes GMOs or Pesticides

http://www.lewrockwell.com/adams-m/adams-m13.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GMOs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=pesticide
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/adams-m
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 06:13

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On Real Respect for the Constitution

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul718.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Constitution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republicans
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/paul
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 06:09

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich: What Will We Sacrifice for These Wars?

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/24-12

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kucinich
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 05:52

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Afghans Worth Less Than Americans?

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/24-1

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths

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Starmail - 25. Jan, 05:48

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Manning Abuse Worsens; Two Visitors Detained at Base

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/24-2

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=abuse
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Starmail - 25. Jan, 05:45

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Montag, 24. Januar 2011

ACLU: 'Unjustified homicides' go unpunished at military prisons

The American Civil Liberties Union has said it identified 25 to 30 cases of "unjustified homicide" in US-run prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/aclu-unjustified-homicides-prisons/

9/11 And Faith-based Pre-Enlightenment 'Knowledge'

Interrogating the Arizona Killings from a Safe Distance

By Richard Falk

Don't connect dots without evidence. Don't turn away as soon as the words 'conspiracy theory' are uttered, especially if the evidence does point away from what the power-wielders want us to believe.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27338.htm

From Information Clearing House

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America's Culture of Cruelty

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "The recent murderous acts of violence committed by Jared Lee Loughner in Arizona cannot be reduced to the mental instability of a young man out of touch with reality. Nor can such a horrendous act be reduced to a breakdown in civil discourse. Such rationales are too easy, and emulate what Frank Rich has called 'classic American denial.' There is a deeper order of politics behind this murderous act, one that the American public is inclined to ignore. More specifically, the general responses to this violent act are symptomatic of a society that separates private injuries from public considerations, refusing to connect individual acts to broader social considerations."

http://www.truth-out.org/henry-a-giroux-americas-culture-cruelty67049

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+prison
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=homicide
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ACLU
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+Falk
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 22:25

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People Die from Hunger While Banks Make a Killing on Food

The Year of Living Dangerously

Rising Commodity Prices and Extreme Weather Events Threaten Global Stability

By Michael T. Klare

Get ready for a rocky year. From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric of global society, producing chaos and political unrest.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27332.htm

Food Speculation: 'People Die from Hunger While Banks Make a Killing on Food'

By John Vidal

It's not just bad harvests and climate change - it's also speculators that are behind record prices. And it's the planet's poorest who pay.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27330.htm

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This used to be a crime
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1014.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+speculation
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+T.+Klare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Vidal
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 22:18

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The End of New Deal Liberalism

By William Greider

American democracy has been conclusively conquered by American capitalism. Government has been disabled or captured by the formidable powers of private enterprise and concentrated wealth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27333.htm

Resolution Banning Corporate Personhood Introduced in Vermont

By Christopher Ketcham

Movements are afoot to reverse a century of accumulated powers and protections granted to corporations by wacky judicial decisions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27327.htm

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Getting off the hamster wheel

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

01/21/11

There?s no way of getting around the fact that, as our economy is currently structured under state capitalism, a large share of people are employed making stuff that?s worthless. And there?s simply no way to avoid a drastic decrease in nominal GDP and employment figures short of subsidizing pathological behavior to keep people consuming...

http://c4ss.org/content/5884

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Vermont Measure Calls for Revoking Corporate Personhood
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/25-4

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=capitalism
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Vermont
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Greider
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Ketcham
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kevin+Carson
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 22:10

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MSNBC drops Olbermann: Why?

The Nation Blog
by John Nichols

01/22/11

Ten minutes before the close of his show Friday night, the host whose willingness to highlight the high crimes and misdemeanors of George Bush and Dick Cheney electrified liberals during the darkest days of the previous administration, announced: 'This will be the last edition of Countdown. I will explain that, next.' After a commercial break, Olbermann seemed to suggest that the decision --announced just four days before President Obama's State of the Union Address, a major moment for cable commentators -- had come as a surprise, at least to the host...

http://tinyurl.com/46qd5bf

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=misdemeanor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Olbermann
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Nichols

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Starmail - 24. Jan, 09:20

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Exporting still torture

CounterPunch
by Steve Hendricks

01/22/11

Exactly two years have passed since President Obama banned the United States from torturing captives ? sort of. More precisely, he banned the United States from torturing captives directly. He left intact the option of sending captives elsewhere to be tortured...

http://counterpunch.org/hendricks01212011.html

America?s treatment of detainees

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

01/23/11

Both Mukasey and Wittes are speaking for the consensus of America's political class. They -- and it -- literally believe that anyone acting as part of the American government should be able to get away with murder -- which they'll argue in between sermons on the evils of other nations' human rights abuses and the need for the U.S. to 'do more' to stop such abuses...

http://salon.com/a/s8CQfAA

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mukasey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=political+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=detainee
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Steve+Hendricks
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 09:15

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No u-turns on the road to serfdom?

Antiwar.com Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

01/24/11

[T]he RNC Welcoming Committee was engaged in perfectly legal activities protected by the First Amendment, and there was no evidence presented that violence was forthcoming -- but, under the terms of the post-9/11 legislative assault on the Constitution that culminated in the 'Patriot' Act and subsequent acts of Congress, the First Amendment is no longer operative in this country. If you?re an Influential Person, however, you can get away with almost anything...

http://tinyurl.com/4w2ombh

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=serfdom
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=RNC
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=9/11
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 09:08

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Vaccine Wars Heat Up

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/sircus2.1.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=vaccin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/sircus
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 08:56

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Civility or Servitude?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson311.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=servitude
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tucson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/anderson
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 06:26

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Is This the Best the Fed Can Do in Its Defense?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel73.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Federal+Reserve
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/wenzel
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 06:23

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Pro-Lifers for Mass Murder

http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance226.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=conservative
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/vance
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 06:20

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Sicherheit als Ermessensfrage

AKW Grafenrheinfeld: Riss an Kühlleitung.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/149119

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Greenpeace: AKW-Laufzeitverlängerung ist verfassungswidrig

Karlsruher Richter sollen über neues Atomgesetz entscheiden.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811236ms246

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EU-Gipfel: Verbände und Gewerkschaften fordern von Merkel mehr Einsatz für Energieeffizienz

Energiesparziele müssen ehrgeiziger und verbindlicher werden.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811243ms246

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=AKW
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 05:46

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Die Kerner-Show von Guttenberg wurde mit Steuergeldern subventioniert

Guttenberg, der Liebling der Deutschen, kommt zunehmend ins kritische Licht.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149129

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/stories/3771/
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Starmail - 24. Jan, 05:41

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Sonntag, 23. Januar 2011

'Greatest Nation' Rhetoric Roars Back

Robert Jensen, Truthout: "[The] expression of American exceptionalism is unexceptional in US political history, but it roared back stronger than ever in 2010, especially in the rhetoric of the Tea Party movement. As it becomes harder to ignore the United States' decline as an economic power - which will limit the capacity for imperial marauding around the world - the inclination of most mainstream politicians to assert our greatness will intensify. Those of us with radical or progressive politics need to challenge these kinds of slogans when we talk with friends, family and co-workers.... It is neither churlish nor malevolent to want to honestly assess the accomplishments and failures of one's country. Rather, it is the obligation of every citizen."

http://www.truth-out.org/greatest-nation-rhetoric-roars-back66866

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=exceptionalism
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Jensen
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Starmail - 23. Jan, 22:21

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Corporate and Congressional Disasters

Robert Weissman, Truthout: "Corporate crime and wrongdoing is an everyday fact of life in the United States and around the world. Still, the last year has been remarkable for a series of high-profile, deadly corporate disasters: the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe that killed 11 workers and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the deadly explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine and unintended acceleration of Toyota cars. You might think that these disasters, singly and together, would impel desperately needed legislative reform. You might think that, but if you did, you would be wrong. Despite blanket TV and newspaper coverage of the corporate wrongdoing in each case, despite deep public outrage and fear, despite public clamor for action to prevent the same things from happening, Congress has done - exactly nothing. And the situation is about to get worse."

http://www.truth-out.org/corporate-and-congressional-disasters67048

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporate+crime
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Weissman
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Starmail - 23. Jan, 22:10

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Mercury is more danger - Amalgam ist gefährlicher

A: Minimengen an Qecksilber führt zu chronischen Entzündungen (somit zu vielen Krankheiten wie Autismus, Alzheimer etc.
extrem low levels of mercury lead to chronic inflammtion( many disease, e.g. autism, Alzheimer..)

(Kempurraij et al. J Neuroinflammation 2010,7:20)

B: Neue wissenschaftliche Arbeit zu Quecksilber von Dr. Joachim Mutter jetzt online.

New scientific publication from Dr. Joachim Mutter online:
http://www.occup-med.com/qc/content/6/1/2/abstract/

C: Heilung durch Amalgamentfernung: Dirigent des Philharmonie Orchesters, Boston, Prof. Ben Zander

Healing through amalgam removal: Conductor of the Boston Philoharmic Orchestra.

Mercury Fillings A Health Threat?

BOSTON -- Ben Zander, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, saw his career hit a dark note seven years ago."They told me it was Meniere's disease and there was nothing they could do about it," said Zander. Zander was suffering from an inner ear disease. It caused dizziness and vomiting. During concerts he would have to pass the baton to an assistant and leave the stage."It was devastating when my hearing went . It was ghastly. It could have been career-ending," explained Zander. He went from doctor to doctor, and no one could help. Then he was referred biological dentist Dr. G. Robert Evans of the Groton Wellness Dental Spa and Medical Center. Evans traced his symptoms to the amalgam fillings in his mouth. Fillings that were partly mercury. Evans removed 15 fillings immediately."Mercury is the most toxic non-radioactive substance known to man. It is 1,000 times more toxic than lead, said Evans. After the removal of Zander's fillings, he has had, a miraculous recovery from his disease. All of the symptoms disappeared.....

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/26555853/detail.html

D: FDA Anhörung zu Quecksilberfüllungen: Viele Beweise der Schädlichkeit, siehe auch Intervie mit Ben Zander oder Amanda Just:
FDA hearing Mercury 12/2010: Susan Runner of the FDA is squirming all over the place, Watson of the FDA looks like he wishes he had stayed home, as does Jeffcoat, the Panel chair and an ADA stalwart. Exceptionally well written and delivered.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mercurymatters

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mercury
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Quecksilber
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amalgam
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=autism
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Alzheimer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Joachim+Mutter
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Starmail - 23. Jan, 05:23

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Umweltverbände: Wald ist kein Rohstofflager

Aigner mit neuer Waldstrategie in der Kritik.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811130ms244

Waldschutz ist auch Verbraucherschutz

Soeben wurde auf der Sitzung des Waldforums der Vereinten Nationen in New York das "Internationale Jahr der Wälder" eröffnet. In Deutschland erfolgt der Auftakt am 21. März, dem Internationalen Tag des Waldes. Beim Waldschutz geht es ums Ganze. Denn die Waldrodung verursacht mehr Treibhausgase als alle Autos, Schiffe und Flugzeuge zusammen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811218ms246

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Treibhausgas
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ilse+Aigner
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=CSU
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb+Gelb

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Starmail - 23. Jan, 05:12

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Rekordschmelze der Gletscher

Gletscher der Alpen

Gletscher üben seit jeher auf den Menschen eine besondere Faszination aus. Jedoch verlieren die meisten Gletscher heute weltweit an Masse. Auch in den Alpen ist das Schmelzen der Gletscher ein alarmierendes Signal für die Klimaerwärmung.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811121ms244

Wie sich Bolivien an den Klimawandel anpasst

Der Klimawandel droht die Wasserkrisen in vielen Regionen der Welt zu verschärfen. Anpassungsmaßnahmen sind daher gefragter denn je. Ein innovatives Projekt der Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in Bolivien zeigt, wie mit einfachen Mitteln Großes gelingen kann: In sogenannten Atajados oder Regenauffangbecken wird der Regen gesammelt. Die Einwohner wappnen sich so gegen eine Zeit verkürzter Regenperioden und Extremwetterereignisse.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811118ms244

Green New Deal, Suffizienz oder Ökosozialismus?

Konzepte für gesellschaftliche Wege aus der Ökokrise.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811120ms244

Wie beeinflussen Klimawandel und Tourismus das Ökosystem der Alpen?

Die Alpen sind stark vom Klimawandel betroffen. Im weltweiten Vergleich ist hier die mittlere Jahrestemperatur um mehr als das Doppelte (1,5 °C) gestiegen. Da sich alpine Tier- und Pflanzenarten perfekt an die unwirtlichen Bedingungen der Hochlagen angepasst haben, reagieren sie äußerst empfindlich auf Störungen. Das Projekt KLIMAGRAD hat untersucht, wie sich menschliche und klimatische Einflüsse im Werdenfelser Land auswirken, zum Beispiel Luftschadstoffe oder Wandertourismus auf der Zugspitze.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416818418ms371.html

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Rekordschmelze auf Grönland

Die arktischen Gletscher schrumpften in 2010 in Rekordtempo. Wissenschaftler beschreiben positive Wechselwirkungen, die künftig das Tempo weiter beschleunigen könnten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/149126

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Klimawandel
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Grönland
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alpen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gletscher
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ökosystem

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Starmail - 23. Jan, 05:05

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Afghanistan: 73 Prozent der Bundestagsabgeordneten verlängerten Bundeswehrmandat

Appell an Abgeordnete: Sagen Sie Nein!

Es gibt eine Alternative zum Krieg

Am 28. Januar soll der Bundestag in dritter Lesung über den Antrag der Bundesregierung befinden, den Einsatz der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan um ein weiteres Jahr zu verlängern. Die Obergrenze der einzusetzenden Soldatinnen und Soldaten beträgt demnach unverändert 5.350. Schon das ist bemerkenswert, da die letztjährige Aufstockung des Personalumfangs um 500 Soldaten damals mit der zusätzlichen Absicherung der 2010 stattfindenden Parlamentswahl begründet worden war. 2011 finden in Afghanistan keine Wahlen statt; die zusätzlichen Kräfte sollen aber bleiben.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811117ms244

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Deutschland führt weiter Krieg in Afghanistan. Volksvertreter entscheiden gegen das Volk: 73 Prozent der Bundestagsabgeordneten verlängerten Bundeswehrmandat

?Der Bundeswehreinsatz in Afghanistan wird bis zum 31. Januar 2012 verlängert. Das entschied gestern die Mehrheit der Bundestagsabgeordneten?? Artikel von René Heilig aus Neues Deutschland vom 29. Januar 2011, dokumentiert beim Friedensratschlag http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/themen/Bundestag/afgh-abst2011b.html

Siehe dazu auch:

"Und diese 'Truppe' soll in Afghanistan die Demokratie einführen?"

Rostocker Friedensbündnis protestierte mit einer Mahnwache / Friedensratschlag kommentiert das Abtimmungsergebnis im Bundestag. Presseerklärung des "Friedensratschlags vom 29. Januar 2011 http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/afgh/baf13.html

Wer stimmte wie ab?

Wieder stimmte der Bundestag mit großer Mehrheit für den Afghanistan-Krieg. Das Ergebnis der namentlichen Abstimmung nach Fraktionen, dokumentiert beim Friedensratschlag (pdf) http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/themen/Bundestag/afgh-2011-abst.pdf

Aus: LabourNet, 31. Januar 2011

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bundeswehr
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb

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Starmail - 23. Jan, 05:01

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Entsteht eine neue Agrarbewegung?

Zumindest gibt es eine neue Koalition: Biobauern, Tierschützer, Umweltverbände und Gentechnik-Kritiker demonstrierten erstmals gemeinsam. Das gab es noch nie in Deutschland: Zehntausende Demonstranten am Wochenende für eine Agrarwende und für eine grünere Agrarpolitik. Wutbürger schlucken ihren Zorn über Gift im Essen nicht länger einfach hinunter, sie werden Food-Bürger.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811115ms244

Zehntausende demonstrieren für Öko-Landbau

Massiver Bürgerprotest gegen krankes System der Landwirtschaft.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811126ms244

Handbuch Welternährung

Paradigmenwechsel in Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811119ms244

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Starmail - 23. Jan, 05:00

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Then and Now

An Extremist for Love

By Marianne Williamson

We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27318.htm

Olbermann Departs, as Media Consolidate Further

By Juan Cole

It seems Olbermann is too extreme for US television. But Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, now they are mainstream. What universe could that proposition be true in?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27317.htm

Keith Olbermann out at MSNBC

"I think the same fantasy popped into the head of everybody in my business who has ever been told what I have been told -- "this will be the last edition of your show." You go to the scene from the movie Network, complete with the pajamas and the raincoat".

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/olbermann-quits-msnbc/

From Information Clearing House

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Keith Olbermann: "This is the Last Edition of Countdown"

VIDEO

Matt Renner, Truthout: "Keith Olbermann announced tonight that his show 'Countdown,' a mainstay of progressive media, would end after Friday's broadcast. In a statement, MSNBC said the network and Olbermann 'have ended their contract'.... Olbermann, who has been a fixture at MSNBC since 2003, extended his contract in 2008 for an additional four years for an estimated $30 million. This announcement that Olbermann would be leaving MSNBC comes two days after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) gave final approval to a controversial merger between NBC Universal, MSNBC's parent company, and Comcast."

http://www.truth-out.org/breaking-keith-olbermann-this-last-edition-countdown-video67062

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Federal+Communications+Commission
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=DoJ
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Olbermann
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sean+Hannity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Juan+Cole
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marianne+Williamson
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matt+Renner
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Starmail - 23. Jan, 00:00

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Samstag, 22. Januar 2011

6.87 Million Mortgages Delinquent or in Foreclosure

Of the 6.87 million mortgages in the country that were behind on payments at the end of last year, 2,196,000 have been referred to an attorney for foreclosure.

http://bit.ly/fXnIVM

Home Buyers Are at Risk in Bad-Foreclosure Case at Massachusetts Top Court

Massachusetts' highest court will consider whether a home buyer can rightfully own a property if the bank that sold it to him didn't have the right to foreclose on the original owner.

http://bloom.bg/eA15ln

California Declares Fiscal Emergency

Jerry Brown, California's governor, declared a state of fiscal emergency on Thursday for the government of the most populous US state to press lawmakers to tackle its $25.4 billion budget gap.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41189521

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=budget
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=fiscal+emergency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mortgage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreclosure

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Starmail - 22. Jan, 10:16

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25 Tons of US Bombs Wipe Afghan Town Off Map

It's hard to understand how turning an entire village into dust fits into America's counterinsurgency strategy - which supposedly prizes the local people's loyalty above all else.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/25-tons-of-bombs-wipes-afghan-town-off-the-map/

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=counterinsurgen
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:55

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Iraq Was Illegal: Blair Acknowledges That Warning Ignored

By Radio New Zealand

Tony Blair has acknowledged that he ignored the warning of his then-Attorney General that attacking Iraq was illegal without United Nations approval.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27311.htm

Blair Says Force May be Needed Against Iran

By Channel 4 News

Former Premier Tony Blair tells the Iraq Inquiry the West must end its "wretched posture of apology" towards Islamic extremism and may need to use force to tackle the "looming challenge" of Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27310.htm

Blair 'gung-ho' on Iraq war a year before invasion

A full year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair told his chief of staff the West should be "gung-ho" on toppling Saddam Hussein, a panel looking into the conflict disclosed Friday.

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/42233195/

Iraq: Downing Street ordered a 'cover up', explosive new evidence reveals

Downing Street ordered a cover-up after Jack Straw made an 11th-hour attempt to stop Tony Blair going to war in Iraq, it was claimed last night.

http://bit.ly/ecvwpu

Iraq War Inquiry website deletes memo

The Chilcot Inquiry into the war on Iraq has released several declassified documents which open the door to quite serious evidence about the build-up to the US-led invasion of the country.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/161252.html

Iraq war inquiry: 'Tony Blair's taken away something that we'll never get back'

Video

Rose Gentle believes that Tony Blair is responsible for the death of her son, Gordon, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004. She travelled to London to hear the former prime minister give evidence to the Chilcot inquiry for the second time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/jan/21/chilcot-inquiry-rose-gentle-tony-blair-video

After the journey: A UN man's open letter to Tony Blair

Everything you and your brother-in-arms, Bush, had planned for Iraq has fallen apart, the sole exception being the removal of Saddam Hussein. You chose to point to Iran as the new danger.

http://www.newstatesman.com/middle-east/2010/09/iraq-humanitarian-sanctions

Tony Blair calls for Britain and US to launch new attack on Iran

He said the West must be prepared to face down the "looming challenge" of dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

http://bit.ly/hWCihF

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tony+Blair
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jack+Straw
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chilcot
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq+Inquiry
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:34

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Environmental Report Card: Obama Gets 'C-' for First Half of Term

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/21-2

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Center+for+Biological+Diversity
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:24

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WikiLeaks Defies the 'War on Hi-Tech Terror'

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-9

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=WikiLeaks
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Pilger
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:16

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Rocky Times Ahead: Are You Ready?

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-4

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sarah+Byrnes
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chuck+Collins
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:13

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Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When?

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/21-2

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=law+enforcement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jennifer+Lynch
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 09:07

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Lawyer complains about Manning's treatment, former Quantico commander also objects

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10152/

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Quantico
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 08:45

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An Inside Look at Global Money Center Bank Activities

http://www.lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel72.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+money
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Banks
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bank+activities
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/wenzel
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 06:25

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Who Needs Search Warrants?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/maloney/maloney29.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=warrants
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/maloney
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 06:22

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On Anniversary of Citizens United Ruling, Calls for DOJ to Investigate Scalia and Thomas

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: "Today marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns. We speak with Bob Edgar, the president of Common Cause, which has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Justice urging it to investigate whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves from the case last year because of a conflict of interest."

http://www.truth-out.org/on-anniversary-citizens-united-ruling-common-cause-calls-justice-dept-investigate-scalia-and-thomas

Corporations, Unions and the Value of Opposition

Ellen Dannin, Truthout: "Why have unions? Because the persistent problem of unlimited corporate power requires an effective counterbalance. The need for such a counterbalance is clear. We saw the effect of increasing corporate power in the 2010 elections. We see it in virtually every law considered by Congress and state legislatures. And we saw it in the period leading up to the 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression. As corporations grow mightier, they are able to amass even greater power. Then, just as now, Supreme Court decisions made corporations unaccountable to their societies by removing limits on corrupting and destructive power wielded by corporations."

http://www.truth-out.org/corporations-unions-and-value-opposition67023

Court and Chevron's "Crude" Attacks Continue

Michael Winship, Truthout: "Joe Berlinger's back is against the wall. Last week the independent filmmaker, already facing crushing debt from legal bills, was dealt a major blow in his continuing fight against the third-largest company in America: Chevron. It's a battle that epitomizes the hardship individuals face trying to challenge corporate giants that punch back with a knockout force of high-powered lawyers and unlimited cash. What's more, Berlinger's struggle continues to raise serious First Amendment issues and - as we approach the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision - throws yet another spotlight on the increasingly pro-business stance of the nation's legal system."

http://www.truth-out.org/court-and-chevrons-crude-attacks-continue67014

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"Legalize Democracy!" Demand Activists Rallying Nationwide to Overturn Lawless Citizens United Ruling
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/21-3

One Year Later, Movement Is Growing to Overturn 'Citizens United'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-12

Happy Birthday, Citizens United!
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-2

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Is America Too Corrupt to Keep Up?

By David Sirota

Patriotism may play well with voters on the campaign trail, but corporate cash ultimately rules the day in our nation's capital.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27321.htm

Justice for Sale

Corruption at the Supreme Court

By Don Monkerud

Tea Partiers, Republicans, and protectors of public morality are right about corruption in government. The only problem is they are looking in the wrong place.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27370.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=patriotism
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Joe+Berlinger
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amy+Goodman
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Nichols
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Weissman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jamin+Raskin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Sirota
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Don+Monkerud
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 05:28

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Does "Democracy" Still Mean Anything?

(And in Case It Does, What Is It?)

Zygmunt Bauman, Truthout: "Henry A. Giroux wonders how one can possibly explain 'the electoral sweep that just put the most egregious Republican Party candidates back in power?'... One is the successful creation of 'punitive justice and a theatre of cruelty' as the political formula accepted (or at least acceptable) by the majority of Americans. The other is the accelerated pace of 'social amnesia': The most outrageous misdemeanor of the rulers, not so long ago a cause of public outcry, is pushed aside or forgotten altogether in time for the midterm elections. But there is another possibility as well, one that is perhaps too gruesome for the future of democracy to be seriously broached. It is the possibility - nay, the likelihood - that the link between public agenda and private worries, the very hub of the democratic process, has been broken, with each of the two spheres rotating by now in mutually isolated spaces, set in motion by mutually unconnected and un-communicating (though certainly not independent!) factors and mechanisms."

http://www.truth-out.org/zygmunt-bauman-does-democracy-still-mean-anything-and-case-it-does-what-is-it66923

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republicans
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Henry+A.+Giroux
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Zygmunt+Bauman
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 05:21

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Federal Prisoners "With Unpopular Political Beliefs" Isolated, Abused

William Fisher, Truthout: "If you are unlucky enough to be doing time at one of the federal government's two 'experimental prisons' - which it calls Communications Management Units (CMUs) - you are categorically banned from any physical contact with visiting friends and family, including babies, infants and minor children. Severe restrictions are also placed on your access to phone calls and letters, as well as work and educational opportunities..... Two federal prisons are being used as CMUs and overwhelmingly hold Muslim prisoners and prisoners with unpopular political beliefs. Opponents charge they are practicing religious profiling, retaliation and arbitrary punishment."

http://www.truth-out.org/lawsuit-federal-prisoners-with-unpopular-political-beliefs-isolated-abused66991

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=prisoners
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=retaliation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=arbitrary+punishment
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Fisher
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 05:14

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Lieberman insists Iraq was developing WMDs

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10151/

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lieberman
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 05:11

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Goldman Sachs-Partner sahnen ab

Die rund 860 Partner der weltgrößten Investmentbank haben seit dem 1999 erfolgten Börsengang 20 Mrd. Dollar aus Aktienoptionen eingenommen - zusätzlich zu ihren "normalen" Gehältern und Bonuszahlungen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149120

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Goldman+Sachs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bonus
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Starmail - 22. Jan, 05:08

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Freitag, 21. Januar 2011

Against state idolatry and the mystical view of the state

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by Perry Willis

01/20/11

The State is not a mystical entity possessed of magical powers. At best, it's merely a service provider, like Walmart, Exxon, and Microsoft, and it should be evaluated in the same way. But that's not how most of us think about The State. Instead, we think of it as being some mystical entity with magical powers...

http://tinyurl.com/67vmw6o

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=idolatry
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Perry+Willis
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Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:23

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Keeping the liberties of the people safe

Ludwig von Mises Institute Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Gary Galles

01/20/11

The recent explosion in the reach of federal government, with far more proposed, has made the question of limits on federal power once again the central political issue. But despite the fact that our founders, who led our move to independence and shaped our Constitution, left us an extensive and invaluable record of their views on that precise issue, modern ignorance of our history severely impoverishes current discussions...

http://mises.org/daily/4980

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=federal+power
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Constitution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Founding+Fathers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gary+Galles
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Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:17

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Twenty years after, Bush defends Gulf War as ?moral?

MSNBC

01/20/11

Former President George H.W. Bush defended the decision to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in the first Gulf War on Thursday and said his own adviser's criticism of his son's policies and invasion of Iraq in 2003 didn't bother him. Bush said disagreements on policies 'go with the territory' as president. Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser under the elder Bush, maintained in the run-up to the invasion that it wasn't clear that Hussein was part of the global terrorism network...

http://tinyurl.com/635h2vx

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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You can't know the players without a program
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/263.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Brent+Scowcroft

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Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:03

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