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Matt Southworth, Friends Committee on National Legislation: ''As a bright-eyed nineteen-year-old soldier in Iraq in 2004, I was faced with a crisis of conscience. I thought I was going to Iraq to help free Iraqis, but instead I was a part of a mission to put them in a different kind of prison.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10690-human-dignity-a-casualty-of-war

Handmaidens to Barbarity

Chris Hedges, Truthdig: ''It was science, industry and technology that made possible the 20th century s industrial killing. These forces magnified innate human barbarity. They served the immoral. And there are numerous scientists who continue to work in labs across the country on weapons systems that have the capacity to exterminate millions of human beings.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10722-handmaidens-to-barbarity

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Gore Vidal and the upside of American military prisons

CounterPunch
by Chip Gibbons

08/12/12

Only the late Gore Vidal, who the American media was almost universal in describing as iconoclastic in his obituaries, could find an upside to the torture of prisoners by American soldiers. And only Vidal could find an upside that would be at the same time deeply witty, cynical, sensationalistic, and completely factual. I say completely factual because the torture and brutality that shocked the world in American military prisons from Guantanamo bay to Bagram to Abu Ghraib closely parallels and mirrors the United States s own domestic treatment of prisoners...

http://bit.ly/MRbF15

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Preying on the Prayerful

By Charles Davis

Killings in the US are condemned, while American violence abroad is ignored or glorified.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32172.htm

Love of Country

By Fred Reed

Mostly my country seems to be a bunch of brigands in Washington who send you tax forms to get money so they can kill people in some place that never did anything to you and you probably don t know where is.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32228.htm

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Major Banks Help Clients Hide Trillions in Offshore Tax Havens

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US Drone Attacks in Pakistan Violate Sovereignty, Weakening Democracy: Diplomat

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/03

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US Cover-Up of Murdered Civilians

The majority of the deaths in the drone war in Pakistan have been civilian noncombatants not ''militants,'' as the Obama administration has claimed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32211.htm

US attack kills six people in Pakistan

The attack came as people in the deeply religious region were celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.

http://is.gd/Hv5tPj

From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan: 13 killed in US drone strikes

Firstpost [India]

08/19/12

A flurry of drone attacks pounded northern Pakistan at the weekend, killing 13 people in three separate attacks, officials and witnesses said on Sunday. The attacks came as Pakistanis celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan with the festival of Eid al-Fitr...

http://bit.ly/PIFkt6

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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Next-up News Nr 2073

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/SecuriteRoutiereEtMobile.php
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An ''Act Of War'': Congressman Ron Paul Speaks On The ''Obsession With Iran''

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Innenminister Friedrich stellt sich gegen das Bundesverfassungsgericht

Es müsse weiter ein Abstand zwischen dem Hartz IV-Satz und den Asylbewerberleistungen geben, ''weil wir sonst noch mal mehr Wirtschaftsflüchtlinge anziehen'', so Friedrich.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37385/1.html

Herrmann will Staatstrojaner bald wieder einsetzen

Der bayerische Innenminister interpretiert das Gutachten des Datenschutzbeauftragten als Bestätigung.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152519

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Rechtsbruch wird Tradition: Der Staatstrojaner lebt

''Der bayerische Datenschutzbeauftragte legt seinen Bericht zum Staatstrojaner vor. Die Reaktionen vermitteln eine deutliche Botschaft: Weiterhin soll bestehendes Recht gebrochen werden. Die endlose peinliche Geschichte um den Staatstrojaner ist in der ersten Augustwoche um eine Facette reicher geworden. Der bayerische Datenschutzbeauftragte Thomas Petri legte nach monatelangen Prüfungen einen Bericht vor. Er sollte eigentlich mehr Klarheit in die technischen und rechtlichen Details des staatlichen Infiltrierens von Computern nach bayerischem Brauch bringen. Trotz eines schweren strukturellen Mangels, auch Petri bekam keine Einsicht in den Quelltext, überführt der Bericht die Strafverfolgungsbehörden eines höchst laxen, geradezu trickreichen Umgangs mit den Grundsätzen, die ihnen das Bundesverfassungsgericht vorschrieb: programmierter Verfassungsbruch?'' Artikel von Frank Rieger in der FAZ online vom 06.08.2012 http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/rechtsbruch-wird-tradition-der-staatstrojaner-lebt-11844056.html

BVerfG-AsylbLG-Urteil: dringend Widerspruch einlegen/Aktualisierte Sammlung Ländererlasse

''Die Länder Brandenburg, Bayern, Ba-Wü, Rheinland Pfalz, Thüringen und Berlin haben mittlerweile Erlasse zur Umsetzung des BVerfG-AsylbLG-Urteils rausgegeben. Der Bayerische Erlass fordert explizit dazu auf, das BVerfG-Urteil teilweise nicht zu beachten, indem er die Regelsätze zusätzlich um die Position Gesundheitsvorsorge kürzt. Bayern, Ba-Wü und Berlin wollen die höheren Leistungen erst für Zeiträume ab 1.8.2012 gewähren. Hamburg will erst zum 1.9. mit der Auszahlung beginnen. Die Flüchtlingsberatungsstellen raten nicht nur deshalb dringend dazu, in jedem Fall Widerspruch einzulegen! Wer keinen Widerspruch einlegt, verliert ggf. mindestens den Anspruch auf Nachzahlung der Differenzbeträge von ca 100 ?/Person/Monat für den Monat Juli. Aus den o.g. Gründen und bei Ablehnung des Widerspruchs sind Klagen und evtl. Eilantrag beim Sozialgericht zu prüfen.'' Aus dem Newsletter von Harald Thomé vom 3.8.2012

Siehe dazu

''Tipps zum BVerfG-AsylbLG-Urteil: Sofort Widerspruch einlegen um Ansprüche zu sichern! Ländererlasse, Kommentare, Tabellen, Musterantrag und Widerspruch zum BVerfG-AsylbLG-Urteil'' Zusammenstellung von Georg Classen beim Flüchtlingsrat Berlin (Stand 6. August 2012) http://www.fluechtlingsinfo-berlin.de/fr/asylblg/BVerfG-AsylbLG-Urteil.html

Zitat zum Thema

''Steigerung Die Situation von Asylbewerbern hat sich durch ein Verfassungsgericht grundlegend geändert. Sie erhalten nun an Stelle einer staatlichen Unterstützung ohne Menschenwürde eine staatliche Unterstützung in der Höhe von Hartz IV, ebenfalls ohne Menschenwürde.'' Aus: Wer braucht gefälligst Satire? Deutscher Einhei(z)textdienst 8-12 von Werner Lutz

Aus: LabourNet, 7. August 2012

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Freitag, 3. August 2012

The Emerging ''Drone'' Culture

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: ''The idea of robots acting as guardians of public order has become a staple of dystopian fantasy, 'Terminator,' 'Minority Report,' 'The Matrix.' It is our duty to keep that stuff in the movies where it belongs.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10674-the-emerging-drone-culture

Assassination Nation: From the Phoenix Program to Predator Drones

Doug Noble, Counterpunch: ''This spring the US drone killing program has come out of the closet.... In fact, US assassination and targeted killing, with presidential approval, has been going on covertly for at least half a century.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10697-assassination-nation-from-the-phoenix-program-to-predator-drones

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Did the US Cause Fallujahs Birth Defects?

Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English: ''In November 2004, the US led an assault on Fallujah ... Iraqi physicians have also long reported a spike in cases involving severe birth defects in Fallujah since 2004. They have reported children born with multiple heads, serious brain damage, missing limbs and with extra fingers and toes.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10670-did-the-us-cause-fallujahs-birth-defects

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The Betrayal of the American Dream

A Once Vibrant Middle Class Is Now on the Brink: How American middle class has been impoverished and its prospects thwarted in favor of a new ruling elite.

http://is.gd/gnjm83

The Untold History of The Project for the New American Century

Video

This documentary demonstrates how the first film theaters in the US were used over a hundred years ago to broadcast propaganda to rile the American people into the Spanish-American War. The film exposes how every major war in US history was based on a complete fraud.
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23683.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Middle Class Lost Significant Financial Ground Over Last Decade

Phillip Resse, The Sacramento Bee: ''America's middle-class earners lost significant ground during the last decade as their incomes dropped for the first extended period since World War II, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. The decade also saw a significant widening of the household income gap between the wealthy and the middle class, the old and the young, and people who are married vs. unmarried.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11073-middle-class-lost-significant-financial-ground-over-last-decade

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Mali Becoming the Afghanistan of Africa

Why is Mali Spiraling out of Control?

By Ramzy Baroud

Northern Mali promises to be the graveyard of scores of innocent people if African countries don t collectively challenge Western influence in the region.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32062.htm

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Iranians Should Be 'Very Fearful For Next 12 Weeks: Ex-Mossad Chief

By Times of Israel staff

The former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy hinted Thursday that the moment of truth on Iran s nuclear drive was now imminent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32064.htm

No imminent threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, experts say

Nonproliferation experts and Middle East analysts are skeptical of Israeli claims that the Tehran regime is so close to building a nuclear weapon that time is running out for a peaceful resolution of the decades-long standoff.

http://is.gd/xzJnyn

From Information Clearing House

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The Magical Neocon Crystal Ball
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/neocon-crystal-ball.html

The US must conform to the natural map of the Middle East
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan257.html

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Turkey Provides Surface-to-air Missiles for Syrian Insurgents

By Reuters

US and allied officials acknowledged that officials of Saudi Arabia and Qatar were discussing whether surface-to-air missiles might help Syrian rebels bring down Russian-made helicopters and other aircraft the Syrian army was using to move troops between trouble spots.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32057.htm

Turkey Prepares Iraq-Style Attacks Inside Syria

By Rick Rozoff

Turkey is on the verge of repeating its Iraq policy in Syria. Unlike Iraq, though, air strikes and incursions by troops and armored vehicles in Syria will meet with a different response.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32060.htm

U.S. eases arms purchases for Syrian rebels

The Obama administration quietly has cleared the way for U.S. residents to buy weapons for the rebels who are fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, granting a Washington-based advocacy group a rare license to collect money for arms and other equipment.

http://is.gd/XMLrXF

Jordan King concerned over mounting tensions with Syria

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday voiced concern over the escalating tensions and skirmishes on the northern borders with Syria.

http://is.gd/DWs5ww

Obama Admits Funding Fake Revolutionaries to Attack Assad

By Susanne Posel

The US Treasury has granted release of funds to the FSA through the Syrian Support Group (SSG), a Washington representative of the Free Syrian Army to conduct financial transactions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32083.htm

Syria s Crumbling Pluralism

Civil Disintegration and Ethnic Cleansing

By Kapil Komireddi

As Saudi Arabian arms and money bolster the opposition, the 80,000 Christians who have been ''cleansed'' from their homes in Hamidiya and Bustan al-Diwan in Homs Province in March by the Free Syrian Army have gradually given up the prospect of ever returning home.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32080.htm

The West and the Glorification of Terrorism

By Thierry Meyssan

The Western members refused to apply to the attack in Syria one of the most basic principles of international relations: the condemnation of terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32069.htm

''West'' Setting Stage for Syria Invasion

By Ismail Salami

Washington seems to be gaining firm foothold in the Security Council to push for a military invasion.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32095.htm

Arm Syrian rebels: 3 US Senators

Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham said in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post they were aware of the risks associated with deepening US involvement in the conflict in Syria. ''But inaction carries even greater risks for the United States, in lives lost, strategic opportunities squandered and values compromised,'' they argued.

http://is.gd/FtD2g5

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Why Is the U.S. Government Funding Islamic Terrorists Who Are Killing Christians?
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/us-paying-terrorists-killing-christians.html

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The Obama Administration Torpedoes the Arms Trade Treaty

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/02

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'Dark Money' Groups Exceed Super PAC Spending, Secrecy

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/02-3

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With Secret Order, Obama Enters US in Syrian Civil War

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/02

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Donnerstag, 2. August 2012

Governments ADMIT That They Carry Out False Flag Terror

http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/govt-admits-false-flags.html

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False flags

Idaho Liberty
by Ted Dunlap

09/03/12

A False Flag event is when one nation s rulers create covert operations designed to deceive the public. By design, the operations seem to have been carried out by another government (flag). False flags are a favorite political tactic used by governments worldwide. They influence elections, guide national and international policy, and are cynically used to formulate propaganda and shape public opinion to take nations into war (War is the power of the state)...

http://idaholiberty.com/?p=1758

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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False Flag Operations Explained
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/government-corruption-1/false-flag-operations-explained.html

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A Democratic Country Should Put Public Education Before Corporate Profits

Salvatore Babones, Truthout: ''Schools are closing. Teachers are being laid off.... The National Bureau of Economic Research declared an end to the recession three years ago. We are now in 'recovery.' So, why all the cuts?''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10640-a-democratic-country-should-put-public-education-before-corporate-profits

The Worst Teacher in Chicago

Greg Palast, Occupied Chicago Tribune: ''It s Back to School Time! Time for the editorialists and the Tea Party and Barack Obama s education secretary Arne Duncan to rip into the people who dare teach in public schools. And in Arne s old stomping grounds, Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is stomping on the teachers, pushing them into the street.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11482-greg-palast-the-worst-teacher-in-chicago

Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers' Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporatized Education Reform

Amy Goodman and Jaisal Noor, Democracy NOW! School is out in Chicago for a second day, as public school teachers continue their first strike in 25 years. Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the city s powerful mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who is President Obama s former chief of staff.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11489-thousands-rally-in-chicago-teachers-strike-pushing-back-against-corporatized-education-reform

On the Significance of the Chicago Teachers' Strike: Challenging Democracy s Demise

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: ''Under the guise of austerity measures, the burden of deficit reduction now becomes an excuse to remove public education from the discourse of freedom and social transformation.... The brave teachers in Chicago have had enough of this authoritarian and anti-democratic view of education. They have revolted in the name of a revolutionary ideal that inserts dignity and power back into teaching, and breathes vitality and substance back into the relationship between education and democracy.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11530-on-the-significance-of-the-chicago-teachers-strike-bearing-witness-to-and-challenging-democracys-demise

The Ghettoization of Public Education

Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Education is a recession-proof industry that will always be in high demand, but the rush to privatize it could destroy our public schools and take the middle class down with them.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13256-the-ghettoization-of-public-education

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Irrational Race Bias of the Criminal Justice and Prison Systems

Mark Karlin, Truthout: Michelle Alexander: ''The mass incarceration of poor people of color, particularly black men, has emerged as a new caste system, one specifically designed to address the social, economic, and political challenges of our time. It is, in my view, the moral equivalent of Jim Crow.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10629-truthout-interviews-michelle-alexander-on-the-irrational-race-bias-of-the-criminal-justice-and-prison-systems

Correctional Corporation of America Accreditation Report Misses Stark Reality

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has ample reasons to pat itself on the back: ... several of its facilities got over 98 percent ratings for 'safety and security' and it rounded off 2011 with a net income of $40.5 million in earnings. But below the spin is a different reality for the company and the prisoners that it oversees - food riots and abuse scandals.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10631-correctional-corporation-of-america-accreditation-report-misses-stark-reality

Private Prisons Spend $45 Million on Lobbying, Rake in $5.1 Billion for Immigrant Detention Alone

Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress: ''Nearly half of all immigrants detained by federal officials are held in facilities run by private prison companies, at an average cost for each detained immigrant is $166 a night. That s added up to massive profits for Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group and other private prison companies.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10688-private-prisons-spend-45-million-on-lobbying-rake-in-51-billion-for-immigrant-detention-alone

Meet the Industry That Makes the Koch Brothers Look Poor

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation: ''This nation is now spending over $200 billion a year on a justice system that locks up more people than any country on earth.... This colossal system is hitting our communities with staggering financial and human costs - gobbling resources that should be going to strengthening communities.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11266-meet-the-industry-that-makes-the-koch-brothers-look-poor

California Spends More on Jails Than Higher Education

Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress: ''As California struggles to comply with a court order to reduce its prison population, a new study finds that the state now spends more on its correctional system than on higher education. Since 1980, the prison population has skyrocketed 436 percent, while spending on higher education has decreased by 13 percent adjusted for inflation, according to the report by California Common Sense.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11428-california-spends-more-on-jails-than-higher-education

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For-Profit Prison System Preying on Immigrants
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/02-2

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How US lawmakers and lobbyists keep a lock on the private prison business

America s three largest private prison companies spent in the region of $45m over the past 10 years in lobbying state and federal governments. During the same period, these companies saw their profits soar as they scored more government contracts.

http://is.gd/ohjUIC

From Information Clearing House

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Military Intervention in Syria: No

Starmail - 2. Aug, 05:59

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Congress to Obama: Show Us Your 'License to Kill'

Starmail - 2. Aug, 05:51

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Climate Change Is Here and Disaster Costs Will Be Huge

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/01-4

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=climate+change
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Auf seiner außenpolitischen Tour versagte Romney

Der Kern des politischen Programms des republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten sind Steuerkürzungen für die Reichen, 95 Prozent der Bevölkerung müssen dafür höhere Steuern zahlen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37373/1.html

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Starmail - 2. Aug, 05:41

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Türkei und Obama wollen gemeinsam Post-Assad-Regierung vorbereiten

Die Türkei fürchtet ein ''Machtvakuum''.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152505

Der syrische Bürgerkrieg entwickelt sich immer stärker zu einem ethnoreligiösen Konflikt

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152511

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Dienstag, 31. Juli 2012

Living Within a Permanent War Economy

Terrifying Peace

Kingsley Dennis, Truthout: ''Much of the world has been plunged into a state of mental and emotional warfare; the heightened activities of terrifying peace now characterize the social construction of the global war on terror.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10384-terrifying-peace-living-within-a-permanent-war-economy

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Starmail - 31. Jul, 06:10

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Insurance Companies Still Gaming the System

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/30-3

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Starmail - 31. Jul, 06:00

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US Drone Pilot: 'I Feel No Emotional Attachment'

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/30-0

US Supreme Court Allows Texas to Execute Low-IQ Inmate Marvin Wilson
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/08

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US Policing: Institutionalizing Brutality?

Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English: ''Extreme police tactics are not a new phenomenon in the US. But in the age of social media, police violence, such as the shooting of unarmed people and the use of pepper spray and taser guns, is being documented for the world to see.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10597-us-policing-institutionalizing-brutality

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Of Mice And Men: The Execution of Marvin Wilson

How the State of Texas blew off a Supreme Court decision so it could execute a mentally retarded man.

By Andrew Cohen

Texas executed a mentally retarded black man named Marvin Wilson, a man who could not handle money or navigate a phone book, a man who sucked his thumb and could not always tell the difference between left and right.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32120.htm

Another proud day in US History: Marvin Wilson Execution: Texas Puts Man With 61 IQ To Death

He cried out to his gathered family members as he expired, Texas officials said. ''Give mom a hug for me and tell her that I love her,'' Wilson said. ''Take me home, Jesus. Take me home, Lord,'' he continued. ''I ain t left yet, must be a miracle. I am a miracle.''

http://is.gd/yx6koT

From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 31. Jul, 05:57

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Der verdeckte Krieg der USA in Somalia

US-Präsident Obama führt im Gegensatz zu George W. Bush lieber Stellvertreterkriege oder kämpft mit Drohnen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37358/1.html

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Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012

Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut US Military Spending

Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network: ''The idea of cutting the huge U.S. military budget seems to enjoy considerable popularity among Americans. In May 2012, a survey of U.S. public opinion by the Stimson Center, the Program for Public Consultation, and the Center for Public Integrity found that 76 percent of respondents favored slashing U.S. military expenditures. This included 80 percent of respondents in districts that elected Democrats and 74 percent in districts that elected Republicans.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10586-unlike-mitt-romney-most-americans-want-to-cut-us-military-spending

Romney Still Doubling Down on Failed Policies

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: ''There s a tone of incredulity to the writings of Romney apologists. It seems as if they can t believe that the magic words ''Capitalism! Free markets! Job creators!'' aren t silencing his critics. After all, they say, wasn t Mitt Romney just doing what has been standard for the past 30 years?''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10617-romney-still-doubling-down-on-failed-policies

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Is Mitt Being Neoconned Into War?
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan256.html

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Romney s 20th-Century Worldview
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/31-10

Romney: Richer Means Superior
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/31-6

Romney and Ryan Push Bogus ?Tax Reform?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/02-7

Five Adjectives That Scream ''Don t Vote Republican!''
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/06-0

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Mitt Romney financed by drug money? Las Vegas Sands target of US money-laundering probe, WSJ says

The Los Angeles U.S. attorney s office is looking into the casino company s handling of the receipt of millions of dollars from a Mexican businessman, later indicted in the United States for drug trafficking, and a former California businessman, later convicted of taking illegal kickbacks, the Journal said.

http://is.gd/ZwYYCe

Pro-Romney Donations Will Be 'Limitless,' Could Top $100M

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, along with his wife Miriam, has donated $10 million to the leading Super PAC supporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney-and that s just the tip of the iceberg. A well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaire s thinking says that further donations will be ''limitless.''

http://is.gd/Np8FZI

From Information Clearing House

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Romney s incredible extremes

The Nation
by Katrina vanden Heuvel

08/07/12

Mitt Romney s tax and spending plans are so irresponsible, so cruel, so extreme that they are literally incredible. Voters may find it hard to believe anyone would support such things, so they are likely to discount even factual descriptions as partisan distortion. The pro-Obama New Priorities PAC stumbled across this phenomena early in 2012 in its focus group testing. When they informed a focus group that Romney supported the budget plan by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), and thus championed ending Medicare as we know it while also championing tax cuts for the wealthy, focus group participants simply didn t believe it. No politician could be so clueless...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169261/romneys-incredible-extremes

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Starmail - 29. Jul, 22:12

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The mass-shooting phenomenon in the USA is part of a society that legitimizes force

Randall Amster, New Clear Vision: ''We simply cannot continue to sow the seeds of a 'culture of violence' any longer. The almost daily explosion of some disaffected soul, leading to the decimation of others in public and private spaces alike, is too demonstrable to be dismissed as the result of a few 'bad apples' or faulty parts somehow working in isolation from the whole. The mass-shooting phenomenon that happens routinely in the United States is part and parcel of a society that legitimizes force.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10582-there-are-no-good-guys-or-bad-guys-when-were-all-in-the-crosshairs

In a Risk Society, Is Consumption Our Only Tool to Influence Our World?

Michael A Peters, Truthout: ''The neoliberal regime is supported by the rise of enterprise culture and 'enterprise education' as an attempt to fortify neoliberalism and its conflation of autonomy with possessive, individualized consumerism and to subordinate the security of the producer to the freedom of the consumer.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10531-in-a-risk-society-is-consumption-our-only-tool-to-influence-our-world

Why Does Neoliberalism Persist Even After the Global Crisis?

Vamsi Vakulabharanam, Triple Crisis: As long as the political groups on the ground do not make their voices heard loudly enough against the top 1% or the top 10%, and as long as there are continued benefits for the elites from the perpetuation of neoliberalism, the system will persist.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13527-why-does-neoliberalism-persist-even-after-the-global-crisis

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Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety

Martha Rosenberg, Truthout: ''The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers. But even FDA defenders are shocked by reports this week of an institutionalized FDA spying program on its own scientists, lawmakers, reporters and academics that included an enemies list of 'actors' and collaborators. The paranoid and retaliatory email monitoring program, which sought to suppress the safety opinions of those hired to give their safety opinions, has provoked swift action from Capitol Hill.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10524-former-fda-reviewer-speaks-out-about-intimidation-retaliation-and-marginalizing-of-safety

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How Many Ways Does the Government Spy on You?
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano64.1.html

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Starmail - 29. Jul, 21:56

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Occupy the Dam: Brazil Indigenous Uprising

John Perkins, Yes! Magazine: ''Last month, hundreds of indigenous demonstrators began dismantling a dam in the heart of Brazil s rainforest to protest the destruction it will bring to lands they have loved and honored for centuries. The Brazilian government is determined to promote construction of the massive, $14 billion Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's third largest when it is completed in 2019.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10576-occupy-the-dam-brazils-indigenous-uprising

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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Perkins
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Barack Obama, Changeling

Starmail - 29. Jul, 06:07

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Röslers Netzplanwirtschaft widerspricht Zielen der Energiewende

Töpfer warnt die Regierung

Der frühere Bundesumweltminister Klaus Töpfer (CDU) hat die Bundesregierung davor gewarnt, die Energiewende zu zerreden.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815794ms329

Energiewende beschleunigen statt zerreden!

BUND, der Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie und die Energieeffizienz-Initiative legen ein Sofortprogramm zur Energiewende vor.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815888ms331

Energiewende bringt Staat Geldsegen

Der Staat verdient an der Energiewende fast eine Milliarde Euro zusätzlich pro Jahr.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815828ms330

Kostenfrage der Energiewende verdrängt Klimaschutz

Was kostet die Energiewende den Verbraucher?
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815847ms330

Der Einsatz von erneuerbaren Energien führt zu mehr Innovation

Die größere Nachfrage nach erneuerbaren Energien bedingt, dass es in diesem Sektor immer mehr technische Innovationen gibt.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815884ms331

42,3 Milliarden Euro Umsatz mit Klimaschutzgütern in Deutschland

In Deutschland wurden im Jahr 2010 rund 42,3 Milliarden Euro mit Gütern für den Kllimaschutz umgesetzt, ein Großteil für Fotovoltaik- und Windkraftanlagen.

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BUND: Netzausbauplan prüfen!

Bundesnetzagentur darf Ausbauplanung der Netzbetreiber nicht eins zu eins übernehmen.

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3. August 2012

Quo vadis Energiewende?

''Sozial-ökologisch oder marktradikal, das ist hier die Frage. Die heutigen Äußerungen des FDP-Vorsitzenden und Wirtschaftsministers Rösler, dass die Kürzungen bei der Solarförderung nur ein erster Schritt seien, sind ein weiterer Angriff auf die Interessen der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der Branche der Erneuerbaren Energien, ihrer Beschäftigten und auf die der Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher.'', erklärt Martin Schirdewan, Mitglied des Parteivortandes der LINKEN, zu den Verlautbarungen Röslers, nachdem die FDP an einem Konzept arbeite, das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) zu reformieren. Schirdewan weiter:

Röslers Politik ist dort rückwärtsgewandt, wo sie in die Zukunft weisen müsste. Das bisherige Ergebnis der Energiewende der Bundesregierung lässt sich kurz und knapp zusammenfassen: Strom wird immer teurer. Doch während einerseits die energieintensiv produzierenden Unternehmen von der EEG-Umlage befreit werden, können sich andererseits immer mehr einkommensschwache Haushalte und Hartz-IV-Empfängerinnen und -Empfänger den täglich notwendigen Strom nicht mehr leisten.

Deshalb fordert DIE LINKE in Übereinstimmung mit Sozialverbänden Sozialstromtarife. Zugleich trägt die Politik der Bundesregierung gezielt dazu bei, die Vormachtposition der großen Energiekonzerne gegenüber den kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen zu schützen. Gerade in den ostdeutschen Bundesländern wird in Form von Insolvenzen und Arbeitsplatzabbau die Zeche für diese falsche Politik gezahlt.

Eine Energiewende unter marktradikalen Vorzeichen kann nicht gelingen. DIE LINKE steht für den sozial-ökologischen Umbau. Dieser kann nur erfolgreich gestaltet werden, wenn er dezentral und kommunal durch öffentliche und kleine und mittlere Unternehmen umgesetzt wird. So werden demokratische Mitbestimmung vor Ort und Teilhabe aller Bürgerinnen und Bürger an der Energiewende gewährleistet.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/quo-vadis-energiewende/

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6. August 2012

Röslers Netzplanwirtschaft widerspricht Zielen der Energiewende

''Zentral, unökologisch, undemokratisch und die Konzerne bevorzugend, so stellt sich Philipp Rösler seine Energiewende vor.'', erklärt Martin Schirdewan, Mitglied des Parteivorstandes von DIE LINKE, zur fortgesetzten Debatte um den Ausbau der Energienetze und den jüngsten Äußerungen des Wirtschaftsministers und FDP-Vorsitzenden Rösler. Schirdewan weiter:

Rösler hat offenbar vergessen, worin Sinn und Zweck der Energiewende bestehen. Ursprünglich geht es um die ökologisch nachhaltige Neugestaltung der Energieerzeugung, -weiterleitung und des Energieverbrauchs unter demokratischer Beteiligung der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Der Minister nimmt jetzt das offenkundige Defizit beim Netzausbau zum Anlass, endlich einmal nicht über den Zustand seiner kaputten Partei, sondern darüber nachzudenken, wie der Strom von Nord nach Süd und von Ost nach West gelangen kann. Und kommt zu dem irrigen Ergebnis, zentrale Monstertrassen durch das Land zu ziehen, dafür ökologische Richtlinien außer Kraft zu setzen und die Beteiligungsrechte der Bürgerinnen und Bürger einzuschränken. Röslers Energiewende zerstört die Umwelt und beschneidet demokratische Partizipation und Teilhabe. Sein Wunschergebnis sieht wahrscheinlich wie folgt aus: die Konzessionen für die zukünftig neuerrichteten Netze gehen an die großen Energiemultis über, nachdem die Netze zuvor mit Hilfe massiver staatlicher Subventionen errichtet wurden. Auf die Idee, über eine wirkliche Strategie des sozial-ökologischen Umbaus der Gesellschaft nachzudenken, verfällt in dieser Bundesregierung absolut niemand. Dabei liegen die Alternativen auf der Hand. So dezentral sich die Gewinnung von Erneuerbaren Energien gestaltet, so dezentral muss dieser Strom auch in die Netze gespeist werden. Dafür ist der Ausbau dezentraler und kommunal verwalteter Netzstrukturen notwendig. Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger vor Ort sollen selbst über ihren Strom entscheiden können. Der Energiebedarf der Industrie in Deutschland und in Europa muss durch die Entwicklung intelligenter Stromnetze, der smart grids, gesichert werden. Dezentrale Erzeugung und zentraler Verbrauch sind wahrlich kein Widerspruch, sondern zukunftsweisende Politik.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/roeslers-netzplanwirtschaft-widerspricht-zielen-der-energiewende/

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Deutsche Unternehmen lieben Spritschleudern

Über 90 Prozent der untersuchten Firmen erhalten wegen zu hoher Spritverbräuche oder Intransparenz die ''Rote Karte''.

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Erneuerbare Energien liefern 25 Prozent des Stroms

Photovoltaik steigert Beitrag um 47 Prozent. Gasverbrauch leicht gestiegen, Stromverbrauch ist im Vergleich zum Vorjahr gesunken.

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Altmaier für neue Kohlekraftwerke

Bundesumweltminister Peter Altmaier (CDU) hat sich in der ''ZEIT'' für den Bau neuer Kohlekraftwerke ausgesprochen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815778ms329

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Den Eisbären schmilzt das Eis unter den Pfoten weg

''Die Jahre werden vergehen, neue Zeiten werden anbrechen und andere Reiseziele bringen, aber solange Menschen geboren werden und sterben, wird die Saga, die in die unfruchtbaren Felsengestade dieses Landes eingegraben ist, mit dem tiefen Ernst der gewaltigen Einöde zu uns sprechen.'' Dies schrieb der große Grönland-Forscher, Ethnologe und Eskimologe Knud Rasmussen vor etwa 100 Jahren in sein Tagebuch. Grönlands weiße und wilde Natur fasziniert auch heute noch in der sich globalisierenden Welt des Massentourismus jeden Besucher.

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NASA-Bilder: Eis schmilzt in Grönland

Grönlands Eis ist in wenigen Tagen auf 97 Prozent der Fläche angetaut. Das Ausmaß der Schmelze sei in den vergangenen 30 Jahren der Satellitenbeobachtung noch nie so verheerend gewesen wie jetzt.

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Klima am Ende der Eiszeit änderte sich innerhalb von Jahren

Erstmals wird ein abrupter Klimawandel am Ende der letzten Eiszeit detailliert beschrieben: Dabei änderte sich das Klima im Nordatlantik quasi von einem Jahr auf das andere, schneller als bisher vermutet. Die Daten aus einem über 15'000 Jahre alten Eisbohrkern könnten wegweisend sein für die Vorhersage plötzlicher Klimaschwankungen in der Zukunft.

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CO2-Emissionen 2011 höher als je zuvor

Der globale CO2-Ausstoß im Jahr 2011 betrug 34 Milliarden Tonnen, ein trauriger Rekord.

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Österreich: Fahrplan der Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel

Der Klimawandel wird voraussichtlich einschneidende Folgen für verschiedene Sektoren, Ökosysteme und für die Gesellschaft haben.

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