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'Dieses Positionspapier ist das Ergebnis einer langjährigen Betrachtung der sozialen Sicherungssysteme durch die vorgenannten Gruppierungen. Es hinterfragt sehr kritisch, warum die gesetzliche Sozialversicherung in der Gesellschaft so abwertend gesehen wird und kritisiert die eklatante Schlechterstellung der gesetzlich Versicherten. Es zeigt ebenfalls auf, dass die betriebliche und private zweite Säule der Altersversorgung durch permanente, teils rückwirkende gesetzliche Eingriffe beeinträchtigt und entwertet wurde?? Positionspapier vom Dezember 2011 von Aktion Demokratische Gemeinschaft e.V. ? ADG, Betriebsrentner e.V. ? BRV, Bündnis für Rentenbeitragszahler und Rentner e.V., BRR und das Büro gegen Altersdiskriminierung (pdf) http://www.altersdiskriminierung.de/download/Positionspapier-12-12-2011.pdf


Über das Zwei-Klassenrecht zur Zwei-Klassengesellschaft

Am 5. September referierte Otto Teufel, vom Verdi-Ortsverein-Lübeck kommend, beim Verdi-Ortsverein-Leer vor interessierten Bürgern, über seine fast 30jährige Auseinandersetzung mit der gesetzlichen Deutschen Rentenversicherung. Nun liegt die Dokumentation des Vortrags als Video bei youtube vor:

Teil 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bm2uHKOUb4

Teil 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUkXvM93PY

Teil 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-29ZFfYjo

Teil 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMdnvzL9UY

Teil 5: Grafik- zum Vortrag Altersversorgung in Deutschland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofz6x3jcnyY


Niedrigzins, Börsencrash, Inflationsangst: Die Zukunft der privaten Altersvorsorge

Wie kann man trotz Niedrigzins und Inflationsangst noch fürs Alter vorsorgen? Die Rendite der Lebensversicherungspolicen fällt 2012 weiter ab, die Einnahmen brechen weg, die Riester-Rente hat ein Imageproblem. manager magazin hat neun Experten zur Zukunft der privaten Altersvorsorge befragt - mit kontroversen und überraschenden Ergebnissen. Artikel von Lutz Reiche im Manager Magazin vom 20.12.2011 http://www.manager-magazin.de/finanzen/versicherungen/0,2828,804784,00.html

Aus dem Text die Position von Werner Rätz: 'Es war und ist offensichtlich, dass kapitalgedeckte Systeme der Daseinsvorsorge ein zentrales Problem der Kapitalmärkte verschärfen: Sie schichten Geld zeitweise aus dem gesellschaftlichen Konsum in den Investitionsfonds um, obwohl es schon bislang eher zu wenige sichere und ausreichend profitable Anlagemöglichkeiten gibt als zuviele. Das führt zu immer riskanteren Anlagestrategien und -produkten. (..) 'Daseinsvorsorge ist öffentliche Aufgabe. ... Die Förderung privater Geldanlage ... aus öffentlichen Mitteln muss sofort eingestellt werden. Stattdessen ist ein öffentliches System notwendig, das umlagefinanziert ist und alle Einkommen vom ersten Cent bis zum letzten Euro erfasst.'


Aus: LabourNet, 22. Dezember 2011



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Reason
by Jacob Sullum

12/21/11

Reporters routinely describe Ron Paul s foreign policy views as 'isolationist' because he opposes the promiscuous use of military force. This is like calling him a recluse because he tries to avoid fistfights. The implicit assumption that violence is the only way to interact with the world reflects the oddly circumscribed nature of foreign policy debates in mainstream American politics. It shows why Paul s perspective is desperately needed in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination...

http://bit.ly/taaJqL



We shall overcome

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

12/21/11

They think they can just ignore [Ron Paul]. They believe their lies will destroy him. They will stop at nothing to sabotage the populist movement he has created almost single-handedly. But no matter. We will defeat the War Party, which is hated by ordinary Americans: we will beat and humiliate the regnant elites who think they can dictate the boundaries of the political discourse...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/12/20/we-shall-overcome/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Ron Paul s Inaugural Address, Written by His First (and Only) Speechwriter
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1076.html

Neocons Hate Ron Paul

Here is why they want to destroy him:
http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/hammond2.1.1.html

Quotes of the Day, Ron Paul Edition
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/quotes-of-the-day-ron-paul-edition.html

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Ron Paul exposes other Republicans' faux 'conservatism'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10775/

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Ron Paul victory would threaten the establishment s con game
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/spin/ron-paul-victory-would-threaten-the-establishments-con-game.html

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Ron Paul Forecast 'Race War'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/23-12



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/21-8

Break Up Bank of America Before it Breaks Us
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/21-5

The Poor Rich and the Scrooginess of Congress
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/21

Buying Insider Trading Information From Congress and Getting Rich
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/21-19

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Power corrupts

The Daily Reckoning
by Bill Bonner

12/20/11

The genius of modern democracy is that it makes the citizen a party to his own enslavement. Rather than give up 10% of his output to his feudal lord and master, he gives up 30% to 50% to his democratically-elected bosses. They tell him what to do. And he believes he is giving the orders! And then, he believes he has discovered the best form of government in the world. It is so good he can t wait to force others to be democrats too!

http://dailyreckoning.com/power-corrupts/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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That $335 Million Bank of America Settlement: The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly

Richard (R.J.) Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: 'The Obama Administration announced a $335 million settlement deal with Bank of America to settle charges of discriminatory lending practices ... The proposed agreement seems designed to do only the bare minimum its framers hoped would be needed to quell public outrage. While it will be sold as bold and decisive, it s not. In fact, this deal perpetuates some of the worst failings of past settlements the government s made with big banks.'

http://www.truth-out.org/335-million-bofa-settlement-good-bad-and-very-ugly/1324563685

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Insider trading as business model
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10777/



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Participer à l'Action Refus du Linky c'est gratuit !

http://www.next-up.org/France/Linky-Autocollants.php
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Die Liberalen würden, nachdem Lindner das sinkende Schiff verlassen hat, nach einer Umfrage gerade noch zwei Prozent wählen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151082



Freie Wähler locken FDP-Wähler

Hubert Aiwanger präsentiert den Rettungsschirmkritiker Hans-Olaf Henkel als neues Mitglied und will den Flat-Tax-Apostel Paul Kirchhof 'kontaktieren'.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151081



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Wieder gehen weißrussische Behörden brutal gegen Proteste vor. Handreichungen zur 'Bewältigung polizeilicher Lagen' kommen unter anderem von deutschen Bereitschaftspolizeien.

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America s most senior military official has indicated that the country is ready to engage in a conflict with Iran, if President Barack Obama were to give the signal.

http://tgr.ph/tzkVcE


From Information Clearing House



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He stressed that the drone attacks must be stopped, which were causing collateral damage and were grossly detrimental to the government s efforts to isolate terrorists from local population.

http://bit.ly/tI4jXy



Pakistan Needs to Declare Its Independence

By Yasmeen Ali

Pakistan lies ravaged, with her economy destroyed, thanks to the country s deep involvement in the 'War on Terror.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30055.htm



Girl, four, left with horrific burns after U.S. drone attack in Pakistan is brought to America to receive surgery

A girl who was burned beyond recognition by a U.S. drone and left for dead in a trashcan is about to undergo reconstructive surgery.

http://bit.ly/uPvnjY



700m cut, but US still owes $6bn to Pakistan

It s very unfortunate that the US never treated Pakistan as an ally, friend or partner. We were always considered or treated like subservient state which is working only for dollars. But the fact is that no country on earth has suffered more than Pakistan from its own ally in last 60 years.

http://bit.ly/rtQmYa



US kills four people in Pakistan: Officials

Two missiles destroyed a ''militant'' compound in Pakistan s tribal area near the Afghan border, killing four ''militants'' late on Tuesday, security officials said.

http://bit.ly/zNLbeD


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan Army Rejects US Findings on Border Attack
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/23-6

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US Prepares for a Curtailed Relationship With Pakistan

Eric Schmitt, The New York Times: 'With the United States facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking to salvage a more limited counterterrorism alliance that they acknowledge will complicate their ability to launch attacks against extremists and move supplies into Afghanistan.'

http://www.truth-out.org/us-prepares-curtailed-relationship-pakistan/1324914437

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Pakistan disputes US findings on deadly airstrike

CNN

12/26/11

Pakistan s government has formally disputed the findings of a U.S. investigation into a November airstrike that killed 24 Pakistanis, saying the bombardment went on long after it reported its troops were under fire. In a letter to the U.S. Congress, Pakistan said its troops came under fire at well-identified border posts and that NATO commanders knew helicopter gunships were firing on Pakistani forces 'within the first fifteen minutes', yet the attack continued for more than another hour...

http://bit.ly/skP6vG


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Glen Ford

'NATO carried out a plan designed for no other purpose than to hide the killing of civilians, to methodically suppress all evidence of war crimes.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30048.htm



Firehose Of Your Tax Money Gushes to Libya

So, how is that violent liberation working out for 'ya?

By Tom H. Hastings

After wasting that $1.1 billion+ on violently getting rid of Gadhaffi, the US is going to pay untold $ millions to buy up weapons from the insurgents. You can t make up stuff like this.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30069.htm



Al-Qaida figures said infiltrating Libya

Several senior al-Qaida figures have made their way to Libya, raising fears North Africa could become a new mujahedin center.

http://bit.ly/vAcJKT



Libyan society falling apart without anti-Gaddafi glue

As the immediate post-revolutionary excitement fades, the different factions of the former rebels are turning on each other in what may become a competition for power.

http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-militia-society-unity-893/



US-NATO war crimes in Libya

A report released last week by Middle East human rights groups presents extensive evidence of war crimes carried out in Libya by the United States, NATO and their proxy ''rebel'' forces during last years' war, which brought down the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jan2012/pers-j23.shtml


From Information Clearing House



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Jason Leopold, Truthout: 'The Iraq war isn t over. For tens of thousands of soldiers returning from the battlefield, it never will be. Some of these men and women will turn to alcohol and drugs to ease their mental injuries; some will end up homeless, unemployed and divorced ... Most will be forgotten. Fortunately, there are journalists like Joshua Phillips who have taken great pains to preserve the memories of a handful of veterans whose lives have been ravaged by the war.'

http://www.truth-out.org/tortures-other-victims/1322783647



Can a Montana Program to Reduce Veteran Suicide Succeed at the National Level?

Eric Newhouse, Truthout: 'As America closes out its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon is gearing up to provide hundreds of thousands of returning soldiers with a new safeguard: intensive screenings for mental and emotional problems caused by combat. But military suicides, on average, one soldier has taken his or her own life every 36 hours between 2005 and 2010, aren t slowing down yet, according to an alarming new report.'

http://www.truth-out.org/can-montana-program-reduce-veteran-suicide-succeed-national-level/1324394752



Truthout s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About Increase in Veterans' Suicides

Jason Leopold, RT: 'With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average of 18 US soldiers per day die. Many feel that the trauma of war is too much for soldiers handle when returning to civilian life. Jason Leopold, deputy managing editor for TruthOut.Org, joins us to explore the situation.'

http://www.truth-out.org/truthouts-jason-leopold-speaks-rt-about-increase-veterans-suicides/1324666825



The Death of Pvt. Danny Chen: Military Admits Chen Was Target of Race-Based Hazing on Daily Basis

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: ''U.S. Army investigators have released explosive new details about the death of Private Danny Chen, who allegedly took his own life just weeks after he was deployed to Afghanistan last October. The family of the 19-year-old Chinese-American soldier says the Army told them Chen had been abused by comrades on an almost daily basis ...''

http://www.truth-out.org/death-private-danny-chen-military-admits-chen-was-target-race-based-hazing-daily-basis/1326137910

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Iraq: War Woe: Suicide Kills More US Soldiers Than Combat

Video By RT

As U.S. soldiers return home for Christmas, the mood is far from joyful among veterans struggling to deal with the personal aftermath of the war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30063.htm



Another face of the U.S. recession: homeless children

As her mother sat in a homeless shelter in downtown Miami, talking about her economic struggles and loss of faith in the U.S. political system, 3-year-old Aeisha Touray blurted out what sounded like a new slogan for the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

http://reut.rs/uJgZTi


From Information Clearing House



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Ralph Lopez, War Is a Crime: 'What is becoming more worrisome than what Anonymous calls this 'outright declaration of WAR against the American People,' is the fact that the Congress, the president, and their media minions are working so hard to conceal it. If you need to overthrow the Constitution in order to fight terrorists, why not just say so? Why the guilty, criminal frame of mind?

http://www.truth-out.org/why-media-lying-about-new-ndaa-power-indefinite-military-detention-americans/1324397022

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A broad swelling chorus is denouncing NDAA as 'legalizing martial law'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10770/

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The United Police States of America: The criminalization of living in America

Poli-Tea
by d.Eris

12/19/11

In their ongoing war against the Constitution and people of the United States, the Democratic and Republican parties have amply demonstrated their willingness to sacrifice fundamental rights and liberties for the empty promise of security over the last ten years...

http://bit.ly/vqVwtV



It s not hyperbole to say we have become a police state

Freedom s Phoenix
by Mencken s Ghost

12/19/11

There are about 138,000 federal law-enforcement officers, or 2,760 per state. Even the Dept of Education has some. There has been nothing in the presidential debates about this. I fear that the only solution is to shutter all agencies, repeal the laws that established them, go back to the Constitution, and start over...

http://bit.ly/sPYCop


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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How an American born outside the U.S. responds to the National Defense Authorization Act

By Pubali Ray Chaudhuri

It continues to be okay to talk of Iraqis and Afghans like they are not quite human, and their deaths regrettable, but definitely nowhere near as apoplexy-inducing as a threat to a real human being-an American citizen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30046.htm



If America is the battleground, nobody has any rights

Last Thursday, which happened to be the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the Senate passed a defense bill that demonstrates just how cavalier Congress can be with our fundamental liberties.

http://bit.ly/vfLjFb


From Information Clearing House

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Journalism That Doesn t Pass the Smell Test
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/22

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How To Avoid Living in a Police State
http://lewrockwell.com/black-s/black-s99.1.html



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The Defining Issue: Not Government s Size, but Who It s For

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: 'So we keep spending billions on Cold War weapons systems like nuclear attack submarines, aircraft carriers, and manned combat fighters that pump up the bottom lines of Bechtel, Martin-Marietta, and their ilk, but have nothing to do with 21st-century combat. Declining tax receipts are also driving the deficit. That s partly because most Americans have less income to tax these days.'

http://www.truth-out.org/defining-issue-not-governments-size-who-its/1324394357



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Preston Elrod, Truthout: 'What the Occupy movement makes evident, as most of us are painfully aware, is that the current political economy does not work for most Americans, nor does it work for our brothers and sisters around the world. Yet, it does not tell us what to think. Instead, it encourages us to think and to learn through the countless discussions that take place each day at occupation sites around the country and abroad.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-we-all-need-experience-occupy-wall-street/1323445491



Why Faculty Should Join Occupy Movement Protesters on College Campuses

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: 'The Occupy Wall Street protests refuse a notion of society that embraces a definition of agency in which people are viewed only as commodities, bound together in a Darwinian nightmare that celebrates the logic of greed, unchecked individualism and a disdain for democratic values. Joining with students in the Occupy movement is not merely a career choice; it is a choice about what kind of society we all want to live in.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-faculty-should-join-occupy-movement-protesters-college-campuses/1324328832



Occupy Chanukah and Christmas

Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun: 'Every political, economic, legal, and educational institution must be rebuilt with a New Bottom Line that judges efficiency, productivity and rationality based on how much they help develop in us our capacities to be loving and caring, kind and generous, ethically and ecologically sensitive, and responding with awe, wonder and radical amazement at the grandeur and mystery of the universe.'

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-chanukah-and-christmas/1324403400



Our Photographer and His Lens Busted at Occupy

Greg Palast, Truthout: 'On Saturday, our [photographer] ... along with a bishop of the Episcopalian Church and three ministers of various faiths ... were pushed face-first into the dirt at Duarte Park, handcuffed and hauled off in a police van to the lockup in Lower Manhattan ... [Police] weren t impressed by Bishop George Packard s red robes. His excellency was handcuffed and charged along with ... another newsman for trespassing on the property owned by the bishop s own church, Trinity.'

http://www.truth-out.org/our-photographer-and-his-lens-busted-occupy/1324416856



'The Protester' Becomes Time s Person of the Year, Wants More

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: 'This year s 'Protester' was not protesting government paralysis. Governments are not the primary bearers of power in the geopolitical landscape. Bigger things are at work, and the biggest of these is the globalization of capital ... 'The Protester' is focused on something bigger than Time Magazine s cover, bigger even than governments. 'The Protester' in 2011 is focused on saving the world by turning it over to the people who live here.'

http://www.truth-out.org/protester-becomes-times-person-year-wants-more/1324408608



With the Long Revolution Underway, We Need to Think Big

David Palumbo-Liu, Truthout: 'I attended the demonstration in Oxford, which drew the largest crowd in the southwestern part of the United Kingdom. I heard things one could never have imagined before at a labor strike ... The message overall was that it was time to think big - this global crisis demands a global response, and the suffering of one population in one spot on the globe connects intimately with that of others."

http://www.truth-out.org/long-revolution-underway-we-need-think-big/1324418230

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Plundering the American Dream: College Students Demonstrate the Idiocy of Our Education System
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo86.1.html

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The Careerists

By Chris Hedges

The greatest crimes of human history are made possible by the most colorless human beings. They are the careerists. The bureaucrats. The cynics.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31969.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/20-3



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/20-8

What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/20-7



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/20-10



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/20

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Crippling the Right to Organize: GOP Inaction May Leave National Labor Relations Board Inoperable

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: 'The National Labor Relations Board, the government body that oversees labor complaints, is on the verge of being shut down ... Unless a solution is found, the NLRB would be frozen come January. Without the NLRB, workers would lose their legal recourse to defend their right to organize and to protect themselves against anti-union activity by employers.'

http://www.truth-out.org/crippling-right-organize-gop-inaction-may-leave-national-labor-relations-board-inoperable/1324481322



Three Million Could Lose Jobless Pay in Impasse

Robert Pear, The New York Times News Service: 'More than three million people stand to lose unemployment insurance benefits in the near future because of an impasse in Congress over how to extend the aid and how to offset the cost. Jobless benefits have been overshadowed by debate on a payroll tax cut, but have become a huge sticking point in negotiations on a bill that deals with both issues.'

http://www.truth-out.org/three-million-could-lose-jobless-pay-impasse/1324477729



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/20-4



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/20

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The Drone That Fell From the Sky

Nick Turse, TomDispatch: 'That report and striking new statistics obtained from the military offer insights into underexamined flaws in drone technology. They are also a reminder of the failure of journalists to move beyond awe when it comes to high-tech warfare and America's latest wonder weapons, their curious inability to examine the stark limitations of man and machine that can send even the most advanced military technology hurtling to Earth.'

http://www.truth-out.org/drone-fell-sky/1324397637



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David E. Hickman, R.I.P.
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance271.html

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More Campaign Spin-Ending the War in Iraq
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-iraq-war/why-wont-the-government-tell-us-the-truth-about-iraq.html

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Behind the Iraqi political crisis lies the struggle over oil
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10776/

Harper s summarizes history of Iraq war
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10781/



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2011/12/21/242-resisting-the-state/

Submit and Obey
http://lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e127.html

Is 'Law Enforcement' Composed of Heroes?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig12/brennan-j4.1.1.html

First Amendment Under Attack: 18 Examples of How They Are Coming for Our Free Speech
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/1st-amendment-under-attack.html



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Wulff oder wie man eine Krise vertieft

Wohl weil der Bundespräsident weiß, dass er keine lupenreine weiße Weste hat, versucht er zu verschleiern und sinkt nur tiefer in den Sumpf.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36111/1.html

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Guttenberg und Wulff: Gibt es Parallelen?

Zwei Politiker, eine Taktik: Nur nicht zu viel zugeben.
http://home.1und1.de/themen/nachrichten/deutschland/068k7re-wulff-und-die-salamitaktik/



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Briten wollen den IWF nicht mit neuen Mitteln zur Bekämpfung der Euro-Krise ausstatten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151074



Zweiteilung der EU

Die Menschen in vielen Ländern Ost- und Südeuropas sind im Unterschied zu denen in West- und Nordeuropa mit ihrem Lebensstandard unzufrieden und erwarten Schlimmeres.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151059



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http://www.nh24.de/index.php/kolumne/51868-die-kolumne-der-wulff-im-schafspelz

http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/deutschland/14374612-der-wulff-im-schafspelz-seine-schoensten-zeigefinger.html



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US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) USA Today

'Here comes ... Ron Paul.

12/19/11

A new survey by left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) finds the Texas congressman now leading for the GOP nomination in Iowa, where voters cast the first ballots of the 2012 presidential contest on Jan. 3. ... Paul s rise comes as Newt Gingrich fades. The former House speaker has dropped nine percentage points nationally since the beginning of the month, according to the Gallup daily tracking poll...

http://usat.ly/rLO7eb



Why Ron Paul s surge is making them nervous

Bumper Hornberger Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

12/19/11

While big government statists in both the Republican and Democrat parties remain mystified over Ron Paul s surge in the polls in Iowa, the ones who seem most confounded by this phenomenon are the members of the mainstream media, who themselves are statist to the core. They just can t figure out how it s possible that increasing numbers of people are gravitating to the Paul campaign, especially when the mainstream media has either ignored Paul s campaign or done its best to ridicule Paul s libertarian positions...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-12-19.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Gingrich: free speech should be curtailed to fight terrorism
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/campaign-2012/flashback-gingrich-and-the-first-amendment.html

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Money Cranks vs. Ron Paul
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1075.html

How Money May Cause Economic Crisis
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff147.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/19



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/19-4

GOP Literally Walks Out On Attempt To Push Payroll Tax Cut
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/21-6

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'Freedom' an Instrument of Oppression

George Monbiot, The Guardian UK: 'But rightwing libertarians do not recognise this conflict. They speak ... as if the same freedom affects everybody in the same way. They assert their freedom to pollute, exploit, even...to kill, as if these were fundamental human rights. They characterise any attempt to restrain them as tyranny. They refuse to see that there is a clash between the freedom of the pike and the freedom of the minnow.'

http://www.truth-out.org/bastardised-libertarianism-makes-freedom-instrument-oppression/1324399584



House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension for Two Months

David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: 'The House of Representatives quickly, quietly Friday approved a two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax, ending a week of rancor and assuring more than 160 million people avoid a 2 percentage point increase next year.'

http://www.truth-out.org/house-passes-payroll-tax-cut-extension-two-months/1324656784



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/19

Image of Unknown Woman Beaten by Egypt s Military Echoes Around World
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/19-5



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/19-11



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/19-8



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Bills now pending in Congress to thwart online piracy would violate free speech, destroy the technological underpinnings of the Web and hinder the user-generated innovation like the next YouTube or Twitter.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70554.html


From Information Clearing House



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'From what you have gathered on the ground, it appears that innocent civilians may have been killed or injured, despite all the care and precision,' said Oana Lungescu, a spokeswoman for NATO headquarters in Brussels. 'We deeply regret any loss of life.'

http://bit.ly/tpsFoB



In Strikes on Libya by NATO, an Unspoken Civilian Toll

NATO s seven-month air campaign in Libya, hailed by the alliance and many Libyans for blunting a lethal crackdown by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and helping to push him from power, came with an unrecognized toll: scores of civilian casualties the alliance has long refused to acknowledge or investigate.

http://nyti.ms/sQPNrI



Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj to sue UK government

A Libyan military commander has started legal action against the UK government, which he claims was complicit in his illegal rendition and torture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16244210


From Information Clearing House



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By Dana Gabriel

This could force Canada to comply with any new U.S. security measures, regardless of the dangers they may pose to civil liberties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30037.htm



Department of Homeland Security Using Fake Facebook and Twitter Accounts to Monitor Posts

By Electronic Privacy Information Center

User data will be stored for five years and shared with other government agencies. The legal authority for the DHS program remains unclear.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30094.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/crazy-economic-numbers.html

Stocking Up for the Economic Meltdown
http://lewrockwell.com/spl3/stocking-up-for-doomsday.html



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Dont Mute Newt

By Joel S. Hirschhorn

Think creatively and you will see how electing Gingrich president could accomplish the impossible: motivate Americans to rebel and overthrow the two-party plutocracy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30047.htm



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Video

Jon Huntsman would commit ground troops to stop Iran s nuclear program.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30033.htm

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Outsider Campaign Spending Linked to GOP Candidates Surges
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/19-5



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By Charles Glass

Before American (and probably British) soldiers are asked to give their lives in another Arab country, they are entitled to ask important questions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30030.htm



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That is Still Being Borne by the Iraqi People

By Gary Younge

Every effort must be made to thwart those who seek to embellish and distort America s lamentable legacy in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30029.htm



War Without End

By Chris Floyd

This is the reality of what actually happened in Iraq: aggression, slaughter, atrocity, ruin. It is the only reality.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30038.htm



Killing Without Consequences

By Katie Drummond

A cutting-edge, controversial realm of treatment. One that d see military personnel popping a pill to wipe away the fear they associate with traumatic memories.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30036.htm



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Anjali Appadurai Says, 'Get It Done'

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: 'She took the opportunity to tell them, 'Now is not the time for incremental action. In the long run, these will be seen as the defining moments of an era in which narrow self-interest prevailed over science, reason and common compassion.' That might have been radical enough, but upon finishing, Appadurai stepped away from the microphone up to the apron of the stage and shouted, 'Mic check!'

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-climate-change-anjali-appadurai-says-get-it-done/1324311175

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Season s Greetings From the Climate Change Deniers at Fox News
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/21-0



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Maya Schenwar, Truthout: 'In at least 36 states, Republicans have introduced legislation requiring applicants to public assistance programs - including food stamps, unemployment benefits and heating subsidies - to pass a drug test before receiving help. They are selling it as a route to kill two societal ills with one budget-slashing stone. By erecting barriers to aid for all (and denying it to needy people suffering from addiction), these lawmakers claim they ll ameliorate both drug problems and economic hardship.'

http://www.truth-out.org/war-drug-addicts-and-everyone-else/1324307642



Extension of Tax Cut Stalls in House as GOP Objects

Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times News Service: 'The deal slid off the rails abruptly on Saturday, just hours after the Senate vote, when House Republicans balked after being briefed about the terms by their leaders. Even a sweetener provision to speed the decision process for construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast could not mollify them. Mr. Boehner had called the provision a 'victory.'

http://www.truth-out.org/extension-tax-cut-stalls-house-gop-objects/1324305046



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'Im Irak war die Söldnerfirma Blackwater für Massaker verantwortlich. Sie wurde zum Symbol für die Brutalität der Besatzung. Um den üblen Ruf loszuwerden, benennt die Firma sich jetzt um, schon zum zweiten Mal.Wer die Website von Xe Services aufruft, der glaubt inzwischen fast, bei Amnesty International gelandet zu sein. Von 'Integrität' ist da die Rede und von 'Würde', auf einem Bild hält ein Xe-Mitarbeiter sogar zwei dunkelhäutige Kinder an der Hand. Da könnte man fast vergessen, dass die Firma einmal Blackwater hieß und im Irak dafür berühmt wurde, zwischen Zivilisten und Terroristen kaum einen Unterschied zu machen. Wohl um die letzte Erinnerung auszulöschen, benennt die Söldnerfirma sich ein zweites Mal um. Aus Xe Services wird jetzt Academi...' afp-Meldung in der Frankfurter Rundschau vom 13.12.11 http://www.fr-online.de/politik/xe-services--blackwater-schoent-seinen-namen,1472596,11300742.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. Dezember 2011



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Militärintervention und Krieg gegen Syrien und Iran verhindern, NATO auflösen, UNO reformieren

Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag legt ein 'Friedenspolitisches Aktionsprogramm' für das Jahr 2012 vor. Friedenspolitisches Aktionsprogramm 2012 vom 12.12.2011 beim Friedensratschlag http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/aktionsprogramm2012.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. Dezember 2011



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Interview mit Guido Grüner von der Arbeitslosenselbsthilfe Oldenburg

'Die wachsende soziale Ungleichheit spiegelt sich auch in der Ernährungssituation wider. Laut Studien ernähren sich Menschen mit niedrigem Einkommen schlechter als Reiche, was sich auch in einer durchschnittlich niedrigeren Lebenserwartung niederschlägt. Die DA sprach mit Guido Grüner von der Arbeitslosenselbsthilfe Oldenburg (ALSO) über Tafelwirtschaft und Widerstand gegen die Monopole in der Nahrungsmittelindustrie?' Interview in Direkte Aktion vom Nov/Dez 2011

http://www.direkteaktion.org/208/interview-arbeitslosenselbsthilfe-oldenburg


Aus: LabourNet, 19. Dezember 2011

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'Verhärtete Armut'

Bericht zur regionalen Armutsentwicklung in Deutschland 2011 von und bei Der Paritätische (pdf) http://www.der-paritaetische.de/index.php?eID=tx_nawsecuredl&u=0&file=fileadmin/dokumente/2011_armutsbericht/A4_armutsbericht2011_web.pdf&t=1325160550&hash=f4a11475121ef333e1fce61e53597196b512fd88

Siehe dazu auch: Armutsbericht 2011: Das Ruhrgebiet ist Deutschlands neues Armenhaus

'Mit Sorge blickt der Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband auf das Ruhrgebiet. In seinem Armutsbericht nennt er das Revier 'die Problemzone Nummer eins' und schließt soziale Unruhen nicht aus: 'Wenn dieser Kessel mit fünf Millionen Menschen einmal zu kochen anfängt, dürfte es schwer fallen, ihn wieder abzukühlen.' ?? Artikel von Thomas Öchsner in der SZ online vom 21.12.2011, darin auch eine Grafik zum Armutsrisiko in den einzelnen Bundesländern http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/armutsbericht-das-ruhrgebiet-ist-deutschlands-neues-armenhaus-1.1241353


Aus: LabourNet, 22. Dezember 2011



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Eine Rettung Europas vom IWF 'über die Bande? Europa mit 'seinem Latein am Ende'? Bleibt der IWF als letzter Rettungsanker?

Kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 19.12.2011 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/krise_bahl18.html


Griechenland u.a.: Der Schuldenkrise folgt die Diktatur der Finanzmärkte

Artikel von Walter Listl vom 9. Dezember 2011 bei isw ? Institut für sozial-ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (pdf) http://www.isw-muenchen.de/download/gr-wl-20111209.pdf


Finanzkrise, Systemkrise, Katastrophenkapitalismus

Warum der verrottende Finanzkapitalismus Demokratie nicht mehr gebrauchen kann, wo der 'Neoliberalismus' hintreibt, und wo Demokraten jetzt wachsam sein müssen. Rede von Wolfram Elsner (Professor für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Universität Bremen) auf der Demonstration 'Demokratie Jetzt!' in Bremen am 11. November 2011 (pdf) http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/upload/pdf/111130_rede_demokratie_jetzt_bremen_11_11.pdf

Diese Rede aus auch als Video auf YouTube verfügbar, siehe Teil 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYSZW9QDFI&feature=youtu.be und Teil 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8X2hSXg24&feature=youtu.be


Aus: LabourNet, 19. Dezember 2011

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Demonstration gegen Wohnungsnot. Wohnen für alle bleibt das Ziel

'Gemeinsam demonstrieren die Occupy-Bewegung und das Netzwerk 'Wem gehört die Stadt' gegen steigende Mieten und die Verknappung des Wohnraums in Frankfurt. Die Occupier kündigen unterdessen weitere Aktionen an - ihr Camp ist mittlerweile winterfest?' Artikel von Laura Wagner in der Frankfurter Rundschau vom 19.12.2011 http://www.fr-online.de/frankfurt/demonstration-gegen-wohnungsnot-wohnen-fuer-alle-bleibt-das-ziel,1472798,11325102.html


OccupyGermany-Multiplayer livestreams (Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Gorleben?) auf einer Homepage beim CastorTV: http://www.castortv.de/occupy_germany_livestreams.html


»Lasst uns über unsere Zukunft reden. Jetzt!«

Um die Probleme der gegenwärtigen Wirtschaftskrise zu verdeutlichen, legen Aktivisten von Occupy:Frankfurt eine Szenarioanalyse in den Sprachen Deutsch und Englisch vor. Das Arbeitspapier enthält keine Ansichten oder Forderungen von Occupy:Frankfurt, die Bewegung möchte hiermit allerdings zu einer aktiveren öffentlichen Debatte über die europäische Vision und das Finanzsystem aufrufen. Die Szenarioanalyse der Eurokrise (pdf) http://occupyfrankfurt.de/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=occupyfrankfurt_analyse-eurokrise.pdf


Occupy Production (Übernehmt die Produktion)

'Die Occupy-Bewegung entwickelt sich weiter und sie sucht dabei Lösungen für die ökonomischen und politischen Fehlfunktionen, die sie bloßstellt und denen sie entgegen tritt. Für viele ist das kapitalistische Wirtschaftssystem selbst das grundsätzliche Problem. Sie wollen den Wechsel in ein anderes System, aber nicht die traditionelle sozialistische Alternative (wie in der UdSSR oder in China). Auch dieses System braucht, wie es scheint, einen grundsätzlichen Wandel. Die gemeinsame Lösung, die von diesen Aktivisten vorgeschlagen wird, ist ein Wandel der Produktionsverhältnisse in beiden Systemen von Grund auf. Jedes Unternehmen sollte demokratisiert werden. Die Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter sollten ihren Betrieb übernehmen und kollektiv als Vorstand und Management tätig werden. Das würde das kapitalistische Ausbeutungssystem (Unternehmer versus Beschäftigte) abschaffen, wie unsere historischen Vorfahren die parallelen Ausbeutungssysteme der Sklaverei (Sklavenhalter versus Sklave) und des Feudalismus (Herr versus Knecht) abgeschafft haben?? Artikel von Richard Wolff vom Dezember 2011 beim ISW (pdf) http://www.isw-muenchen.de/download/occupy-rw-201112.pdf


'Empire'-Autor über Globalisierung: 'Nicht alle linken Perspektiven sind gut"

Globalisierungskritiker Michael Hardt über Aufstände gegen Diktaturen, Bewegungen gegen den Finanzkapitalismus und Optimismus in einem Zyklus der Kämpfe. Interview von von Tania Martini in der taz vom 16.12.2011 http://www.taz.de/!83851/

Aus dem Text: '? Als der Slogan 'Wahre Demokratie jetzt!' in der Bewegung des 15. Mai in Spanien erklang, schien das vielen zunächst sehr naiv. Ich glaube, diese Naivität wurde gefördert durch den Ruf nach Demokratie in Tunesien und Ägypten. Aber jetzt, im Laufe des Jahres, stellt sich heraus, dass die Rehabilitierung des Demokratiekonzepts und das Verlangen nach einer wirklichen Bewegung etwas Neues an dem gegenwärtigen Zyklus der Kämpfe ist. (?) Mir geht es eher darum, einen Konstituierungsprozess wirklicher Demokratie einzuleiten, die über die republikanische Figur der Repräsentation hinausgeht. Die Frage ist, wie diese Miniaturexperimente, das Ausprobieren von Demokratie auf den Plätzen in Madrid und anderswo, in die Gesellschaft zu übertragen wären??


Occupy: 'Mehr als ein Aufstand gegen die Ackermänner'

Die Occupy-Bewegung wehrt sich gegen den total verwirtschafteten Menschen. Es geht um die Veränderung der Lebenskultur: um eine Kulturrevolution. Ein Kommentar von Frank A. Meyer vom 30. November 2011 bei cicero http://www.cicero.de/berliner-republik/occupy-kapitalismuskritik-das-grosse-ganze/47447


Occupy: Kritik und Perspektive

'Ist die Occupy-Bewegung wirklich der Beginn einer neuen sozialen Bewegung, wie auch manche in der außerparlamentarischen Linken hoffen? Diese Frage wurde im Berliner Stadtteilladen Zielona Gora auf Einladung der Internationalen Kommunist_innen kontrovers diskutiert?' Artikel von lesender arbeiter vom 09.12.2011 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2011/12/321556.shtml

Die Dokumentation der Empörten- und Occupy-Bewegung in fast aller Welt im LabourNet Germany wurde überarbeitet. Siehe die Übersicht in der rechten Spalte http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/aktionen/2011/occupy.html


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Dezember 2011

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Die Krise kurz erklärt

Was Sie schon über die Krise wissen wollen, aber nie zu fragen wagten. Die etwas anderen FAQ zur kapitalistischen Dauerkrise.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36123/1.html



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Gerade hat die US-Regierung das Ende des Einsatzes verkündet, verstärken sich auch schon die Rivalitäten zwischen Schiiten und Sunniten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151060



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard26.html

A History of Wall Street Crime and Punishment
http://lewrockwell.com/spl3/wall-street-crime-and-punishment.html

'Police State' Conspiracy Theory
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/jesse-ventura-police-state.html

Derivatives Risk: A Brief Rant
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff372.html



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Ralph Lopez, War Is A Crime: 'There has never been a better time to take a close look at how we got here, with Obama, a former Constitutional law professor, about to sign a law ... where anyone can be swept off the streets by the military to rot forever, or even be killed.... You don t need to be a constitutional scholar to know that permanent wartime powers amounts to the overthrow of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-constitutional-law-professor-cannot-sign-ndaa-allowing-military-detention-americans/1324132172

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America is not a battlefield

Wrights 2012
by R. Lee Wrights

12/17/11

The United States is now a battlefield, not because of any invading army, foreign enemy, or civil insurrection, but by an act of Congress. In a shameful, disgraceful bipartisan vote on the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, Congress passed a bill that essentially eviscerates the rights guaranteed in that hallowed document and guts the rule of law in our nation. Why should we be surprised?

http://wrights2012.com/2011/12/america-is-not-a-battlefield/


Treason!

The Libertarian Enterprise
by L. Neil Smith

12/18/11

On Thursday, December 15, 2011, the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, members of the United States House of Representatives betrayed their oaths of office and voted overwhelmingly to follow in the felonious footsteps of their criminal accessories in the Senate, by attempting to pass the so-called 'National Defense Authorization Act.'... But why do you suppose I said 'attempting to pass' in my initial paragraph? Because one thing is absolutely certain: the NDAA is not the law, since it contradicts a higher law - the highest law of the land -- the first ten amendments of the Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of Rights...

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2011/tle649-20111218-02.html



Back in the USSA

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

12/16/11

With congressional passage of the new military-detention bill, and President Obama s unsurprising flip-flop decision to sign it into law, perhaps this would be a good time to review where we are as a country. We now live in a country in which the military has the legal authority to arrest or round up Americans (and non-Americans), place them into military dungeons or concentration camps, torture them, and keep them incarcerated for life without a trial. All they have to do is label people as terrorists...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-12-16.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Surviving an American Insurrection
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/huebl15.1.html



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World Poses Growing Challenge to Generosity of Our Hearts
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/18-4



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President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken out after a telephone conversation with his US counterpart, saying Obama s comments on Russia s recent parliamentary elections were 'unacceptable'.

http://rt.com/politics/medvedev-obama-elections-reset-055/


From Information Clearing House



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By Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers

There is very little doubt that the U.S. government intends to maintain effective military control over Afghanistan by one means or another, either through a client state with military bases, and support for what they ll call Afghan troops.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30018.htm



NATO occupation force troops kill woman in raid on Afghan official s house

Coalition force raided the house of a Dr Hafizullah (no first name provided), director of the counternarcotics department of Paktia province Saturday morning, detaining him along with his two sons, a statement of the provincial governor office said.

http://bit.ly/sS4cos



Pregnant woman killed by US forces in eastern Afghanistan

'A national security council meeting held in the presidential palace on Sunday condemned the international forces night raid on the house of the Paktia counternarcotics chief, in which a woman was killed and four others wounded,' read a statement released by Afghan President Hamid Karzai s office.

http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=284945



Afghans negotiating long-term US presence: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his government is negotiating the terms of a long-term US presence in his country that could involve US troops.

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Assessing the Afghan war: Guess what? We are not winning

So, America, remember the Vietnam War? Because the war in Afghanistan just gave me a bad case of deja vu.

http://bit.ly/xv2Bgr


From Information Clearing House

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'We are not leaving,' say US officials in Afghanistan

USA Today

12/18/11

Top American officials in Afghanistan say the U.S. military intends to maintain a troop presence here beyond a 2014 deadline for Afghan troops to take over. Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said the Taliban and other forces in the region need to know the U.S. military will make sure the Afghans can handle the job...

http://tinyurl.com/6vbmbz5



Afghanistan as the Hotel California

Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

12/21/11

Apparently the Obama administration views Afghanistan as a bit like the Eagles' famed Hotel California. We can check out but never leave. ... The U.S. has no interests at stake which warrant a permanent presence in Central Asia. At a time of fiscal crisis, Washington should be shedding, not adding, permanent commitments...

http://tinyurl.com/7fm45mt



Down the Afghan drain

CounterPunch
by Brian Cloughley

12/21/11

According to US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on December14, 'we are winning this very tough conflict here in Afghanistan.' Well, he and his followers might imagine they are winning their war, but in addition to Washington s sacrifice of 1856 American soldiers (so far) in a futile conflict, what the geniuses of the Pentagon and the aid industry have also lost in their ten years of war is a very great deal of US taxpayers? money. And they intend to waste much more in years to come...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/21/down-the-afghan-drain/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Stop the War on Christmas: Cease Fire in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/20-9

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Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 3: Children of Terror

Jim Burroughs and Mary Ann Skweres, Truthout: 'The long-term effect on Afghanistan was that, by the time the Soviets finally left the country in 1989, these children had grown up into young adults whose only knowledge of the world was of war, and whose mandate was to set up an extremist Islamic state friendly to Pakistan. They returned to a country still strewn with land mines, where the rural infrastructure had been destroyed and the only jobs to be had were fighting a civil war for one power-hungry commander or another. These motherless boys, taught fundamentalist Islam and trained in the art of war, became the Taliban - warriors with extreme religious convictions, lead by the young, uneducated, but charismatic Mullah Omar, who had earned a reputation for bringing raping and murdering commanders to harsh justice.'

http://www.truth-out.org/afghan-chronicles-part-3-children-terror/1323898797



Stop the War on Christmas: Cease Fire in Afghanistan

Robert Naiman, Truthout: 'The Christmas truce has a rich history ? In December 1914, as war raged in Europe, Pope Benedict XV called for a Christmas cease-fire ? In one of the most compelling acts of mass civil disobedience in the 20th century, rank-and-file troops carried out the action that the Pope had called for, negotiating local Christmas cease-fires on the Western Front?. Maybe, if we get busy, by Christmas 2014, the guns in Afghanistan will be silenced for good.'

http://www.truth-out.org/stop-war-christmas-cease-fire-afghanistan/1324745394



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By Justin Elliott

Thousands of armed U.S. private contractors will be based in the country, and the potential for violence is real.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30020.htm



From The Archives:

Blair: Iraq Linked To Al-Qaida

By ROBERT BARR

Iraq has links with the al-Qaida terrorist network, but the 'exact extent' of their cooperation is unknown, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1102.htm

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US Plans 'Shock And Awe' Blitzkrieg In Iraq

By Henry Michaels

The war being prepared by the White House and Pentagon on the people of Iraq will be characterized by barbarism on a scale not seen since the horrors of the 1930s and 1940s. The level of brutality will recall scenes seared into the collective consciousness of previous generations, such as the bombing of Guernica and the Nazi blitzkrieg against Poland.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1114.htm



New Pictures of Iraq Atrocity, With Documents and Video

By David Swanson

The Iraqi was detained and questioned then with his hands tied behind his back, SGT Rogers skinned his face.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30034.htm

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US troops leave Iraq amid 'the unmentionable odor of death'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10764/

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Iraq War Officially Ends, Leaving Thousands Dead, Millions Displaced, Strong Contractor Presence

Iraq War Officially Ends But Drones, Contractors Remain
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/18-1

Do Private Military Contractors Have Impunity to Torture
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/21-2

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New Documents Released of 2007 Iraq Atrocity by Troops

David Swanson, War Is A Crime: 'My name is John Needham.... I deployed with my unit to Iraq from October 2006 until October 2007 when I was medically evacuated for physical and mental injuries that I suffered during my deployment. The purpose of my letter is to report what I believe to be war crimes and violation of the laws of armed conflict that I personally witnesses while deployed in Iraq.'

http://www.truth-out.org/new-documents-released-2007-iraq-atrocity-troops/1324191717



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Obama: 'Mission Accomplished'

By Ted Rall

War is an addiction. If we wanted to, we could quit any time. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30023.htm



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- France 2 et Canal Plus: Refugiées sous terre pour fuir les ondes (reportages HD)

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS_Cave_Grotte.php
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Testbiotech offers overview of EU authorisations.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813899ms296



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Neuer Ökoenergieversorger fördert als erster den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Europa und in Entwicklungsländern.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813889ms296



Kommunal-Projekte von Bürgern treiben die Energiewende voran

Weiterer beschleunigter Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien notwendig.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813893ms296



Kyoto-Strafzahlungen!

Nach Kanada stellt auch Österreichs Umweltminister Kyoto-Vertrag in Frage.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813888ms296



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Testbiotech veröffentlichte eine Datenbank zu Risiken gentechnisch veränderter Pflanzen, die in der EU bereits zugelassen sind oder kurz vor der Zulassung stehen.

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Sechs Agrarchemie-Konzerne wegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen schuldig gesprochen

Sechs Agrarchemie-Konzerne - Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont und BASF - schuldig Menschenrechte verletzt zu haben.

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Felix zu Löwenstein hat die globale Dimension des Ernährungsproblems erkannt und zeigt in seinem Buch 'Food Crash', wie es gelingen könnte, die Menschheit zu ernähren und dabei gleichzeitig die Umwelt weniger zu belasten. Ein Interview mit Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein von Thomas Wardenbach.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813858ms296



Agrarwüsten statt artenreiche Wiesen und Weiden

Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der biologischen Vielfalt (22.5.) hat der NABU auf den anhaltend dramatischen Verlust von artenreichem Grünland in Deutschland hingewiesen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416818501ms372.html

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Hungerkrise und IWF

Was tun?

Die Nuklearphysikerin und Aktivistin Vandana Shiva engagiert sich seit den 70er Jahren für den indischen Umweltschutz und den Erhalt der Artenvielfalt. Ihre inspirierende und Mut machende Arbeit basiert auf dem Konzept der Erd-Demokratie. Die Massen-Selbstmorde indischer Bäuerinnen und Bauern, deren Existenz durch das Saat- und Düngermonopol u.a. der US-Firma Monsanto zerstört wurde, bewegten sie zur Gründung einer Saatgut-Bank auf ihrer Versuchsfarm NAVDANYA im Norden Indiens. Dort bringt sie den Bauern biologischen Landbau bei und befreit sie von der Abhängigkeit von genetisch verändertem Saatgut. Außerdem erforscht sie die ertragstärksten Techniken - mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen. Ein Film über die unbestreitbaren Vorteile der Diversität im organischen Landbau und eine neue, nachhaltige Idee von Demokratie. Video bei ARTE (Deutschland, 2010, 11mn, Erstausstrahlungstermin: Do, 15. Dez 2011) http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/was_tun_-4319594.html


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Dezember 2011



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