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Wednesday, 22. February 2012

Occupy for Prisoners Comes Out Against Mass Incarceration

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''In the United States, more than 2.2 million people sit behind bars, according to the Justice Policy Institute.... But behind the shocking statistics are harsh sentencing laws and lucrative contracts for private prison firms that continue to drive the mass incarceration system, say the protesters at Occupy for Prisons, and they are calling for a fundamental change to the system.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-prisoners-comes-out-against-mass-incarceration/1329940192

Occupy the Department of Education: Just What Education Activists Were Looking for

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: ''On behalf of the people of New York City, the Panel for Educational Police (PEP) assembled on the evening of February 9. On behalf of the people of New York City, it deliberated the closure of 23 city schools. And on behalf of the people of New York City, it ignored the thousands of parents, students, teachers and taxpayers who had come to protest and axed the schools anyway. Democracy in action.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-department-education-just-what-education-activists-were-looking/1329860593

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 22:37

Once Again, Speculators Behind Sharply Rising Oil and Gasoline Prices

Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: ''US demand for oil and refined products, including gasoline, is down sharply from last year, so much that United States has actually become a net exporter of gasoline, unable to consume all that it makes. Yet oil and gasoline prices are surging. The ostensible reason for the climb of crude prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange, where ... [there] is [a] growing fear of a military confrontation with Iran in the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz.''

http://www.truth-out.org/once-again-speculators-behind-sharply-rising-oil-and-gasoline-prices/1329920984

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 22:30

Mit der Hartz-Kommission begann vor 10 Jahren ein beispielloser Sozialabbau

22. Februar 2012

Am 22. Februar 2002 wurde die sogenannte Hartz-Kommission mit der Erarbeitung der ''Modernen Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt'' beauftragt. "Nach 10 Jahren lässt sich feststellen: Das war ein schwarzer Tag für Deutschland'', so Werner Schulten, im Parteivorstand der LINKEN zuständig für Sozialpolitik. Schulten weiter:

Unter dem Deckmantel von ''fordern und fördern'' begannen mit der Einsetzung der Kommission unter Leitung des inzwischen rechtskräftig wegen Untreue verurteilten Peter Hartz ein in unserer Republik beispielloser Abbau sozialer Rechte und eine rigide Deregulierung des Arbeitsmarktes. Die Hartz-Gesetze üben, vor allem durch den spätestens nach einem Jahr Erwerbslosigkeit drohenden Absturz in Hartz IV, so massiven Druck auf die Beschäftigten aus, dass Lohnzurückhaltung und der Ausbau eines Niedriglohnsektors auf inzwischen 6 Millionen Erwerbstätige zu einer gewaltigen Umverteilung des Volkseinkommens geführt haben. Während Gewinne und Vermögenseinkommen jährlich im zweistelligen Bereich anwuchsen, sanken die Erwerbseinkommen preisbereinigt. Das vorgebliche Ziel von Hartz IV, die Langzeiterwerbslosigkeit einzudämmen, wurde jedoch klar verfehlt. Deutschland hat, nach einem Sonderbericht der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, den höchsten Anteil an Langzeiterwerbslosen in ganz Europa. Die Schere zwischen arm und reich klafft durch die Agenda 2010 immer weiter auseinander. Millionen Menschen sind durch Hartz IV dauerhaft aus unserer Gesellschaft ausgegrenzt, ältere Erwerbslose werden mit Kürzungen zwangsverrentet und die Kinderarmut in Deutschland sucht in Europa ihresgleichen. Nach einer Bestandsaufnahme der Feantsa im Auftrag der Europäischen Kommission lebt die Hälfte aller Obdachlosen Europas in Deutschland. 500.000 Obdachlose, eine Million von den Tafeln ernährte Menschen und laut DIW ist jedes fünfte Kind arm, aber Deutschland ist Exportweltmeister. Die Hartz-Gesetze haben durch ihre Wirkung auf die Lohnentwicklung in Deutschland Auswirkungen auf ganz Europa und sind letztlich Ursache für die Probleme vieler Staaten wie Griechenland. Dieser von SPD und Grünen initiierte, und von den Folgeregierungen noch verschärfte Sozialbau, hat aus deren Sicht seinen Zweck erreicht: Der deutschen Wirtschaft geht es besser als anderen Staaten. Das persönliche Schicksal der meisten Menschen spielt dabei keine Rolle. DIE LINKE hat eine andere Vorstellung von Menschenwürde. Deshalb bleiben wir dabei: Wir fordern eine Erwerbslosenversicherung, die den Namen verdient und Hartz IV muss weg! Wir brauchen eine sanktionsfreie Mindestsicherung oberhalb der Armutsrisikogrenze, gleiche Chancen für alle Kinder, ein Ende der Dreiklassenmedizin und eine Rücknahme aller Rentenkürzungen. Wir wollen eine solidarische Gesellschaft, in der alle Menschen in Würde leben können. So, wie es unser Grundgesetz vorschreibt.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/mit-der-hartz-kommission-begann-vor-10-jahren-ein-beispielloser-sozialabbau/

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 13:38

Greenpeace tells Shell Oil: 'Do Not Drill in the Arctic'

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/21-7

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 09:25

France to EU: Stop Monsanto Corn

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/21-1

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Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France

Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society: ''In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, a French court decided today that GMO crops monster Monsanto is guilty of chemically poisoning a French farmer.''

http://www.truth-out.org/monsanto-found-guilty-chemical-poisoning-france/1329834175

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White House Refuses to Release Email From Monsanto-Linked Lobbyist

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''The White House is withholding documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by an environmental group that suspects the Obama administration of working with Monsanto-linked lobbyists to defend the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops in wildlife refuges across the country.''

http://www.truth-out.org/white-house-refuses-release-email-monsanto-linked-lobbyist/1329857360

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 09:22

Occupy Movement Targets Corporate Interest Group with Ties to Legislators

rudkla - 22. Feb, 09:19

We Need to Know Who Funds These Thinktank Lobbyists

By George Monbiot

The battle for democracy is becoming a fight against backroom billionaires seeking to shape politics to suit their own interests.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30612.htm

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 08:25

Crisis and the Creeping Militarization of American Society

By Christopher J. Coyne & Abigail R. Hall

Small town police forces have been equipped with SWAT gear and automatic weapons. State and local law enforcement are receiving training akin to that expected in the armed forces.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30609.htm

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 08:15

Behind the Deepening Crisis with Iran: The Real Story Versus the Cover Story

By Mark H Gaffney

The American people need to know the truth. This is a phony crisis.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30606.htm

Pat Buchanan: 300 Nukes in Israel yet Iran a Threat?

Video Interview By RT

America s crusade under the banner of ending tyranny in the world is "utterly utopian".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30610.htm

Analysts warn oil could pass $200 on Iran tensions

Oil hit a nine-month high yesterday, peaking at around $124, spurred by supply problems in South Sudan, Libya and Yemen as well as the escalating concern over disruption in Iran.

http://bit.ly/Ac7pRd

Iran is ''winning'' on Western oil sanctions: Vitol

An increase in world oil prices has more than compensated Iran for revenues lost to lower crude exports because of sanctions imposed by the West, the head of the world's leading oil trader said on Tuesday.

http://yhoo.it/ArUSZx

Oil Embargo Sends US Gas Prices Soaring

Forecasters at GasBuddy.com predict the price may be on its way to $5 a gallon by Memorial Day weekend.

http://bit.ly/AC9G6i

From Information Clearing House

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Iran Vows to Launch Preemptive Strike If Attack on Them Imminent
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/21-4

The Gas Wars
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/21-3

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U.S. Senate backs military force on Iran
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/iranus-sabre-rattling/us-senate-backs-military-force-on-iran-.html

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 06:18

Die Rettungspläne gehen nicht auf

Noch mehr Geld, noch höhere Schulden: Auch mit dem geplanten zweiten Hilfspaket kommt Griechenland nicht aus der Krise. Doch die Euro-Finanzminister weigern sich, ihren Kurs zu ändern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36453/1.html

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 06:10

Afghanistan: Angst vor eskalierenden Protesten

Möglicherweise wurden in der Militärbasis Bagram neben anderen religiösen Schriften auch Ausgaben des Koran verbrannt; ob wissentlich oder unwissentlich, ist noch nicht bekannt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151474

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rudkla - 22. Feb, 06:08

Tuesday, 21. February 2012

Tell Amazon.com to stop profiting from the slaughter of whales

http://action.humanesociety.org/site/R?i=ZogOwsuxhw8-1pu_Cu5Tww

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rudkla - 21. Feb, 17:10

Connect With and Love Mother Earth to Heal the Planet

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/20-0

Dead Sea Otters, the Canaries in a Coal Mine of 'Sick Seas'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/20-3

Acts of Love
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/20-2

Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/20-5

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rudkla - 21. Feb, 10:38

'Growth Myth' Leading to Ecological, Social Meltdown

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/20-5

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rudkla - 21. Feb, 10:34

China: US and allies push Syria into civil war

US and its allies are pushing Syria into civil war by backing the armed opposition, the newspaper of China s ruling Communist Party writes. The article insists Beijing must stick to opposing any attempt to intervene or regime change in Damascus.

http://rt.com/news/china-syria-civil-war-729/

'Economic blockade of Iran is an act of war'

Video

RT interviews Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

http://bit.ly/Ags9tM

Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff: It s 'Not Prudent' For Israel To Attack Iran Now

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TtIpiXle98&feature=player_embedded

From Information Clearing House

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rudkla - 21. Feb, 10:23

New War on the Horizon: ''We Are Drowning'' On A Road To Nowhere

rudkla - 21. Feb, 09:59

US in Violation of Geneva in Afghanistan

rudkla - 21. Feb, 09:42

'SWIFT Boating' Iran: Economic War a Prelude to Military Attack

rudkla - 21. Feb, 09:31

Corporatocracy: Ron Paul Says US ‘Slipping Into Fascism’

http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/corporatocracy.html

Ron Paul: ‘US Is Slipping Into a Fascist System’
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2012/02/21/257-ron-paul-us-is-slipping-into-a-fascist-system/

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rudkla - 21. Feb, 08:55

Senator Lindsey Graham: Interventionist, Warmonger, Man of Empire

rudkla - 21. Feb, 08:47

Monday, 20. February 2012

Presidents' Day: Just Another Presidential Fable

Peter M. Nardi, Miller-Mcune: ''Let s skeptically consider a few of the many fables that regularly appear about current and past presidents, and critically think about the purposes they may serve.''

http://www.truth-out.org/presidents-day-just-another-presidential-fable/1329749979

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 22:19

The Real Job Creators: You and Me

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: ''Mitt Romney & Co. want us to think that making the rich richer will create jobs. That's not true. And it s not the American way.... So why does the trickle-down myth hang on? President Obama recently suggested it s because this fairy tale 'speaks to our rugged individualism and our healthy skepticism of too much government.''

http://www.truth-out.org/how-1-percent-destroys-jobs-and-real-heroes-are-everyday-people/1329752681

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 22:14

Radioactive or Not, Tsunami Debris Could Seriously Impact US, Canada West Coasts

Jon Letman, Truthout: ''In the age of constant crisis coverage, it is easy to forget that disasters don t just end once the cameras move on. On the contrary, they morph into new situations, sometimes improved, but often more complex and severe. In the case of Japan s earthquake-tsunami-nuclear catastrophe, part of that tripartite disaster floated out to sea as debris where it has been drifting for months to destinations unknown.''

http://www.truth-out.org/radioactive-or-not-tsunami-debris-could-seriously-impact-uss-canadas-west-coasts/1329238229

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 22:09

Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What Is the Justice System For?

Erik Hoffner, Truthout: ''In some cities, such as New York, [National Lawyers Guild director Heidi Boghosian] said, 'police are scanning irises of arrestees and are detaining those who refuse to be scanned. The stated purpose of the scans is to avoid mis-identifications in court, but this unregulated taking from those arrested for engaging in free speech activities is ominous; it would not be surprising if a database is being amassed of iris scans of political activists.''

http://www.truth-out.org/punishing-protest-policing-dissent-what-justice-system/1329418798

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 22:03

Datenschützer warnen vor RFID-Chips in Kleidung

Welt Online

Immer mehr Kleidungsstücke enthalten RFID-Chips. Damit lassen sich Kunden ausspähen und orten. Ein Datenschutzverein protestiert gegen den Einsatz. Sie gehen shoppen und kaufen einen Anzug. Beim Betreten des nächsten Geschäfts stürzt sich ein Verkäufer...

http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwelt/article13874352/Datenschuetzer-warnen-vor-RFID-Chips-in-Kleidung.html

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 09:03

How the Ohio GOPs Attempts to Game Voting Rules Backfired

Jennifer Brunner, AlterNet: ''In Ohio, the GOP-controlled legislature, without a fight from my predecessor, the Republican secretary of state, Ken Blackwell, began a systematic effort to tinker with Ohio s voting rules, from requiring people to take a training session before they could register voters, to requiring naturalized citizens to show their papers at the polling place (all of which were struck down by federal courts in 2005 and 2006).... Nearly every time the GOP in Ohio has succeeded in implementing an unfair 'reform,' it has backfired on them.''

http://www.truth-out.org/how-ohio-gops-attempts-game-voting-rules-backfire/1329674335

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rudkla - 20. Feb, 08:52

Perfect Storm Threatens Long-Term Unemployed

Greg Kaufmann, The Nation: ''In December, there were more than 13 million unemployed workers and about four people looking for work for every available job. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 5.5 million people have been unemployed for more than half a year, up from 1.2 million in 2007, and the average duration for an unemployed person is over nine months.... So it s particularly alarming to see Congress playing games with an extension of unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month.''

http://www.truth-out.org/perfect-storm-threatens-long-term-unemployed/1329498399

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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greg+Kaufmann

rudkla - 20. Feb, 08:42

Industry Plan to Save Us From Global Warming a Nightmare, Not a Dream

Peter Montague, AlterNet: ''By ignoring global warming, the U.S. is painting itself (and the world) into a corner. But now the fossil fuel industry has prepared an escape for us. You may not have heard of it, but the escape is called 'carbon capture and storage' or CCS for short. It has never been tried on anything like the scale needed to limit global warming, so it's a colossal experiment with the future of civilization at stake.''

http://www.truth-out.org/plan-save-us-global-warming-industry-experiments-our-civilization-stake/1329663107

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+warming
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=carbon+capture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=fossil+fuel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Peter+Montague

rudkla - 20. Feb, 08:26

Delusions of the Corporate State

Evaggelos Vallianatos, Truthout: ''The citizens of America must push the servants of oligarchy out of office, the very people who made a killing with their 2008 financial disaster. Americans must return to the Greek-inspired path of Thomas Jefferson: reinvigorate democracy while bringing the military-industrial complex under control.''

http://www.truth-out.org/works-and-days/1328637460

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greek
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Thomas+Jefferson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oligarch
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=industrial+complex
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Evaggelos+Vallianatos

rudkla - 20. Feb, 08:14

The ''Global Crises of Capitalism'': Whose Crises, Who Profits?

By James Petras

The 'crises of capital' has been converted into a strategic advantage for furthering the most fundamental interests of capital: the enlargement of profits, the consolidation of capitalist rule, the greater concentration of ownership, the deepening of inequalities between capital and labor and the creation of huge reserves of labor to further augment their profits.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30588.htm

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Disaster Capitalism: Profiting From Crisis in Post-Earthquake Haiti

Deepa Panchang, Beverly Bell and Tory Field, Other Worlds Are Possible: ''Below are a few examples of post-earthquake contracts and grants, selected to show just some of the problems at play. They offer a small glimpse into a much larger, secretive world of disaster deals. We are grateful to our investigative journalist colleagues who, alongside us, have kept heavy on the scent of these corporations and brought buried information to light."

http://www.truth-out.org/super-bowl-disasters-profiting-crisis-post-earthquake-haiti/1329664679

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Is Capitalism Bankrupt?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/02/21-0

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Haiti
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=capitalis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bankrupt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ownership
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=inequalit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=James+Petras
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Deepa+Panchang

rudkla - 20. Feb, 05:45

Torture, Assassination, and the American Way of Life

By Jacob G. Hornberger

It s finally starting to dawn on many Americans that they stand in no different position, in principle, from the citizenry in those U.S.-supported dictatorships in Latin America and the Middle East.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30583.htm

Ron Paul: U.S. ''Slipping Into A Fascist System''

By AP

''We have slipped away from a true Republic,'' Paul said. ''Now we are slipping into a fascist system where it s a combination of government and big business and authoritarian rule and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30582.htm

Drones come to the US

A little-noted amendment to a $63 billion Federal Aviation Authority appropriations bill has ominous implications for democratic rights in the United States.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/pers-f21.shtml

From Information Clearing House

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The state is a firing squad

Strike the Root
by JG Vibes

02/17/12

Although the common perception of human nature is very negative, the truth is that most people who are not mentally ill have a very difficult time committing acts of violence. Usually it takes a sizeable payment and a fair amount of manipulation to convince someone to act violently, and even then a tremendous amount of guilt typically follows regardless of the circumstances. This factor of personal guilt always came into play in executions, so over the years, they devised different ways of killing people that allowed for the executioner to become more and more detached from the physical violence. On a greater scale, we see this same kind of mentality today in the development of drone warfare...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/state-is-firing-squad

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Latin+America
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=fascis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=authoritarian+rule
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=dictatorship
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=democratic+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=individual+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=American+Way+of+Life
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=warfare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Business
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=assassin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=execut
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=JG+Vibes

rudkla - 20. Feb, 05:33

Syria : From US Ally to Violator of Human Rights

By Mehdi Hasan

In the war on terror America was happy to send suspects to Syria. Now the US cries torture.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30585.htm

Obama Administration Opens Door to Aid for Syrian Rebels

By The Associated Press

The Obama administration opened the door slightly Tuesday to international military assistance for Syria s rebels, with officials saying new tactics may have to be explored if President Bashar Assad continues to defy pressure to halt a brutal crackdown on dissenters.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30619.htm

Thousands of Gunmen Preparing to Fight In Syria?

By RT

Over 10,000 Libyans are reportedly being trained in a closed-off zone in Jordan, before being snuck into Syria to fight for the opposition. These men are allegedly paid around US$1,000 a month, funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30616.htm

Libya 2.0: U.S. 'May Have To Consider Additional Measures' To End Bloodshed

The United States says it will consider taking ''additional measures'' to end the bloodshed in Syria if an international outcry and a strengthened sanctions regime do not convince the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its crackdown on the opposition.

http://bit.ly/yDIOOu

Russia: 'We won t go to Syria summit'

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said the meeting in Tunisia ''looks like an attempt to forge some kind of international coalition as it was with the setting-up of a 'contact group' for Libya.''

http://bit.ly/AcKGY0

From Information Clearing House

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Why Assad Has Survived
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/why-assad-has-survived.html

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Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch: ''With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an 'era of persistent conflict,' the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse. Without achieving victory, yet unwilling to acknowledge failure, the United States military has withdrawn from Iraq. It is trying to leave Afghanistan, where events seem equally unlikely to yield a happy outcome."

http://www.truth-out.org/uncle-sam-global-gangster/1329682326

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Al-Qaeda and Washington war hawks call for arming Syrian rebels
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-middle-east/al-qaeda-and-washington-war-hawks-call-for-arming-syrian-rebels.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Syria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Assad
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Saudi+Arabia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Qatar
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Russia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hawk
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+terror
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=persistent+conflict
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mehdi+Hasan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=theodoracopulos
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Andrew+Bacevich

rudkla - 20. Feb, 05:30

Sunday, 19. February 2012

Hartz IV-Klageflut: Dauerbrenner Heizkosten

Alle Jahre wieder heißt es in den Jobcentern gegenüber Hartz IV-Kunden: ''Wir zahlen die Jahresabschlussrechnung für Miet -Nebenkosten und Heizkosten nicht''. So auch jüngst im niedersächsischen Diepholz, wo ein Betrof fener erst nach Einschaltung des Sozialgerichts sein Recht auf warme Wohnung erlangte – und zwar nach Rücknahme eines Ablehungsbescheids, mit zweimonatiger Verzögerung. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-klageflut-dauerbrenner-heizkosten-9005652.php

Bundesregierung: Ein-Euro-Jobs unter der Lupe?

Auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Fraktion Die Linke (17/8083) zum Hartz IV Thema Ein-Euro-Jobs stellte die Bundesregierung in ihrer Antwort (17/8374) fest, dass es weiteren Verbesserungsbedarf gäbe. Im August 2011 seien rund 160.000 Menschen in Ein-Euro-Jobs beschäftigt gewesen. Immer wieder wurde bekannt, dass die Maßnahmen reguläre Arbeitsplätze verdrängen. Der Bundesrechnungshof hatte bereits mehrmals die rechtswidrige Praxis der Jobcenter abgemahnt. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-ein-euro-jobs-unter-der-lupe-9002432.php

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Hartz+IV
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Heizkosten
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sozialgericht
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ein-Euro-Job
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jobcenter

rudkla - 19. Feb, 22:09

Bradley Manning made an example of by the Obama administration?

Video

As a whistleblower Manning was held for nine months without being charged for a crime and starting Friday evening Occupy the Truth will kick off in Berkeley. Cindy Sheehan brings us the latest about Occupy the Truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmI4y4FXIdw&feature=youtu.be

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheehan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=whistleblow
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wall+Street
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=OWS
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Occupy+Movement

rudkla - 19. Feb, 08:22

In Iraq, occupation by another name

Even as embassy population is reduced, America is projecting power by adding CIA personnel and Special Operations.

http://bsun.md/ypvMOs

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=special+operation

rudkla - 19. Feb, 08:18

Manufacturing Illusions

By Robert Reich

The fundamental problem isn t the decline of American manufacturing, and reviving manufacturing won t solve it. The problem is the declining power of American workers to share in the gains of the American economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30577.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=decline
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Reich+Blog

rudkla - 19. Feb, 08:07

Another March to War?

rudkla - 19. Feb, 06:01

Portugal blutet aus

Sparprogramme, fehlende Investitionen, steigende Arbeitslosigkeit, soziale Konflikte treiben gut ausgebildete junge Leute aus dem Land.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151458

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Portugal
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sparprogramm
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Arbeitslos

rudkla - 19. Feb, 05:56

Klimawandel und Wasserknappheit führen zu massiven Veränderungen im Mittelmeerraum

Demnach sind der Klimawandel und die dadurch bedingte, zunehmende Wasserverknappung für viele Regionen des Mittelmeerraumes bereits heute Realität. Die vom Forschungsnetzwerk CLIWASEC seit Anfang 2010 durchgeführten Untersuchungen lassen erkennen, dass die betroffenen Länder in Zukunft mit einer deutlichen Temperaturzunahme insbesondere der Minimum- und Nachttemperaturen in allen Jahreszeiten rechnen müssen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814355ms305

Nur Egoismus kann das Klima retten

Warum ökologisches und ökonomisches Handeln kein Widerspruch sein muss.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814356ms305

Hersteller bauen ihren Produkten Lebensuhren ein

Politik handelt nicht, Verbraucher können sich nicht wehren.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814362ms305

Wir konsumieren uns zu Tode

Wahrscheinlich zu Tode, aber wir wollen es nicht wahrhaben! Warum wir unseren Lebensstil ändern müssen, wenn wir überleben wollen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814358ms305

Erneuerbare Energien als Impulsgeber für mehr kommunale Wertschöpfung

Der Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland vollzieht sich dezentral in den Kommunen und Regionen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814376ms305

EEG und Forschung: Wissenschaftler wenden sich an Politik

EEG und Forschung sind erfolgreiches Tandem für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Erneuerbaren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814390ms305

Wattner verkauft Strom außerhalb des EEG

Initiator gibt Solarstrom direkt an Wiederverkäufer. Langfristiges Ziel: Unabhängigkeit vom Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG).

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814375ms305

Solarwirtschaft warnt vor Scheitern der Energiewende

100.000 Arbeitsplätze bei abrupter Förderkappung in Gefahr.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814383ms305

Solarförderung: Der Osten muckt auf

Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen wollen weitere Kürzungen der solaren Einspeisetarife verhindern.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814384ms305

Kaltreserve: Deutschland exportierte die ganze Zeit Strom ins Ausland

Deutschland hat in dem Untersuchungszeitraum zu jeder Stunde mehr Strom exportiert als importiert.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814391ms305

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Klimawandel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wasserknappheit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Energiewende
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=erneuerbare+Energie
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=EEG
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Solarstrom
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Solarwirtschaft
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kaltreserve

rudkla - 19. Feb, 05:16

Nachhaltige Versorgung mit Rohstoffen und Energie

Die stoffliche und energetische Nutzung von Biomasse reduziert die Emission klimaschädlicher Gase, diversifiziert die Rohstoffversorgung und stabilisiert sie langfristig. Im Fraunhofer-Innovationscluster Bioenergy in Oberhausen bündeln Industrie, Wissenschaft sowie das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen ihre Kompetenzen, um neue Nutzungskonzepte für Biomasse zu entwickeln. Ziel ist es, Optimierungspotenziale bei Sammlung, Transport, Lagerung und Prozessführung zu erschließen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814353ms305

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=klimasch+Gas
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Emission
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Biomasse

rudkla - 19. Feb, 05:12