We'd been so busy the last week, the news out of http://www.ecotalk.org had flown under our radar. There, Lynn Landes, whom we consider the one and only absolutely trustworthy and impeccable reported on voting issues and fraud, has posted a very striking and clear and exhaustive/comprehensive chart on how counties voted in Florida, vis-a-vis the machinery they used. The results from Optical Scan counties gives the lie to the frantic efforts of all Media, even a lot of liberal media, to discount the evidences of fraud as being negligible.

Folks, if you think, if anybody thinks, Landes' chart is negligible, even at first glance, I'm ready for a wrap-around suit.

http://www.ecotalk.org/Florida2004.htm


Informant: m.e. onullder


John Ervin



She also asks and makes the only valid points made thus far, out of all the incredible torrents of drivel we've heard since the "elections."

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/2004votefraud_review.html


Informant: m.e. onullder

http://www.epa.gov/cheers/

EPA WILL USE POOR KIDS AS GUINEA PIGS IN NEW STUDY ON PESTICIDES

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/111204.cfm

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years. For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of appreciation. In October, the EPA received $2 million to do the study from the American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry front group that includes members such as Dow, Exxon, and Monsanto. The EPA's Linda Sheldon says the study is vital, because so little is known about how small children's bodies absorb harmful chemicals. As of press time, none of the EPA's employees are offering to have their own children take part in this research project. The Organic Consumers Association is calling on the nation's citizens to demand the EPA forgo this project before its scheduled launch in early 2005. Sign petition by clicking here and forward this email to family and friends...

http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm

And:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm

EPA WILL USE POOR KIDS AS GUINEA PIGS IN NEW STUDY ON PESTICIDES

Study Launch Date Suspended Until Early 2005
Offers Public Comment Period

Sign Petition to Stop Pesticide Study on Kids!

11/12/2004: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years. The study entitled CHEERS (Children's

Environmental Exposure Research Study) will look at how chemicals can be ingested, inhaled or absorbed by children ranging from babies to 3 years old.

For taking part in these studies, each family will receive $970, a free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed certificate of appreciation.

In October, the EPA received $2 million to do the study from the American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry front group that includes members such as Dow, Exxon, and Monsanto (see full list of members on sidebar of this page). Critics of the research claim the study's funders guarantee the results will be biased in favor of the chemical industry, at the expense of the health of the impoverished children serving as test subjects.

Participants for the study were chosen from 6 health clinics and three hospitals in Jacksonville, FL. These medical facilities report that 51% of their births are to non-white mothers and 62% of mothers have only received an elementary or secondary education.

The EPA's Linda Sheldon says the study is vital, because so little is known about how small children's bodies absorb harmful chemicals.

Important Note on Participants of Study: The study layout does not require that participants increase their chemical use, but does mandate that chosen applicants will need to demonstrate that they do regularly use toxic chemicals in and around the home. The concern here is that low income applicants may increase their toxic chemical use for the sake of applying and being eligible for the funding.

Important Note on Suspension of the Study: On November 11th, the EPA announced suspension of the study's launch until early 2005 for the sake of "final review." The Organic Consumers Association is taking this opportunity to call on the nation's citizens to demand the EPA permanently terminate this abuse of low income children by the chemical industry.

Forward this alert to friends and colleagues!

Sign Petition to Stop Pesticide Study on Kids!

This is an unbelievable article. They have plundered the future. These are all the 'blue ribbon" retirements people thought were secure for their futures and their children. It did not even last until the ones who worked for it got their benefits, much less security for future generations. These are the under writers and reinsurers, the ones we never heard about until a few years ago as corporate corruption has been revealed. The money priests have been manipulating the revenue streams in their own interest (not money), now the people see it is a huge lie. We will soon find out that we have been "mortgaged" to foreign interests and a corporate government, NOT constitutional, NOT a Republic, NO state rights.... IF WE ALLOW IT ...... Time for the TRUTH to fully come out, we face it and "alter amend or abolish" these outlaw schemes, re establishing our security.

The robots have cooked the books so much that now it is exponentially expanding to ludicrous, unbelievable and amazing scope. DOUBLE in one year... this is NOT SUSTAINABLE.... Two years ago the first articles came out about Pension Guaranty Corp. being in trouble, exposed in the courts with cooked books, the corporate structure falling, the under-lie-ing layer exposed in the courts. We see now it is not based in law but in lies and fabricated records, now abrogated contracts they are severing with the people who worked and trusted the companies they gave their lives for. Now plundered.

Time to open all the books, see who has been siphoning all the revenue for generations. Time to REALLY LOOK at what "corporate America" is at this time. It is now exposed the people's interest is a pot of gold that contains monopoly money, paper notes not backed by anything, not real, worth less every day right now plummeting. We have to restore our Republic. WE HAVE TO STOP THE LIES IN THE COURTROOMS NOW.... that is how they have accomplished their schemes and enforce it. It is FRAUD.

pamela gaston
http://www.avoiceforchildren.com

US Pension Agency's Deficit Swells To $23.3 Billion
http://www.rense.com/general59/233.htm

US Pension Agency's Deficit
Swells To $23.3 Billion
By Susan Cornwell
11-15-4

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The deficit at the federal agency that rescues failed U.S. corporate pensions more than doubled to $23.3 billion in fiscal year 2004, officials said on Monday, with analysts largely blaming bankrupt airlines.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. insures the traditional "defined benefit" pensions of about 44 million workers. It started the year with a then-record deficit of $11.2 billion in its program for pension plans sponsored by a single employer.

The agency was hit by a $14.7 billion loss from "completed and probable" pension plan terminations during the year ending Sept. 30, which was only partially offset by premium and investment income.

While the agency did not name the companies whose pension plans had caused the flood of red ink, the PBGC said its largest exposure came from the transportation, communications and utilities sector.

Analysts said looming liabilities from struggling airlines clearly had hurt the PBGC balance sheet.

Expected pension plan terminations at bankrupt carriers United Airlines and US Airways must have figured in the loss because both companies plan to scrap employee plans to save money, said Douglas Elliott, president of the Center on Federal Financial Institutions, a think tank in Washington.

"The legal threshold for including the amount is only that they are 'probable' terminations," Elliott said. "So United has got to be in there as well as US Air."

"These guys are in trouble," he said of the PBGC.

The PBGC has said in court that termination of pension plans at United, a unit of UAL Corp., would add $6.4 billion to its liabilities. The agency would have to pick up $2.1 billion in liabilities at US Airways' if that airline scraps its three remaining defined benefit plans.

CONGRESSMAN CITES AIRLINES' PROBLEMS

The chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Rep. John Boehner, said airlines' woes were aggravating the trend in underfunded pension plans. The PBGC slipped into a deficit in 2002 after having to rescue failed pension plans in the steel industry.

While the agency is funded by corporate premiums, its problems are "putting taxpayers' interests in real jeopardy," said Boehner, a Republican from Ohio.

He vowed to move forward with comprehensive legislation to reform and strengthen traditional "defined benefit" pensions, which have a fixed payout at retirement.

In addition to losses booked for fiscal 2004, the PBGC calculated its "reasonably possible" exposure, which is an estimate of the amount of unfunded benefits in pension plans sponsored by companies at greater risk of default. This was estimated at $96 billion, up from $82 billion a year earlier.

Total underfunding of pensions at U.S. companies whose single-employer pension plans are insured by the PBGC jumped in fiscal 2004 to $450 billion -- up from $350 billion a year earlier.

The PBGC's separate insurance program for multi-employer pensions had a deficit of $236 million in fiscal 2004 -- smaller than the deficit of $261 million a year earlier.

Copyright © 2004 Reuters Limited.

STOP FUNDING FOR MANDATORY MENTAL SCREENING - DO NOT LET THIS PROGRAM BE ENFORCED ANYWHERE .... SET FOR NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT NEXT YEAR .... STOP THE FUNDING NOW !!!! STOP all outlaw bar attorneys, judges and agents who would enforce it - STOP outlaw draconian mandatory rules and permanent shared databases NOW !!!

pamela gaston
http://www.avoiceforchildren.com

From: shining@direcway.com
The Liberty Committee kentsnyder@thelibertycommittee.org

From: The Liberty Committee
Subject: Screening kids, pt. 3
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:52:00 -0800

ACTION ALERT

November 15, 2004

Congressman Ron Paul's letter expressing opposition to mandatory mental health screening of children was sent to Chairman Ralph Regula last Friday. Twenty-two other House members signed Dr. Paul's letter. Those additional signatures were added in large part due to your efforts. Thank you!

We must now focus our efforts on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Mr. DeLay can be extremely helpful to our cause.

The House will likely pass an omnibus spending bill by this Saturday. It must include language prohibiting money from being spent on mandatory mental-health screening of kids; otherwise, the screening programs already operating in Texas and Illinois will be implemented nationwide.

Should the government subject your children to mandatory mental-health screening without your consent? We say "NO!"

The pharmaceutical industry says "yes" because it wants millions of new customers for drugs such as Ritalin. The psychiatry/psychology/counseling establishment says "yes" because they want millions of new patients. These groups are represented by the most powerful and highest paid lobbyists in Washington and they are working this week to satisfy their clients -- at the expense of your rights as parents and the well-being of your children.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons warned the public five days ago that universal psychiatric screening and drugging of children is "a dangerous scheme that will heap even more coercive pressure on parents to medicate children with potentially dangerous side effects."

Congressman Ron Paul, a physician for over 30 years, abhors the "notion of federal bureaucrats ordering potentially millions of youngsters to take psychotropic drugs like Ritalin."

We must stop this new federal program before it gets millions of dollars to spend. As Dr. Paul cautions, "Anyone who understands bureaucracies knows they assume more and more power incrementally. A few scattered state programs over time will be replaced by a federal program implemented in a few select cities. Once the limited federal program is accepted, it will be expanded nationwide."

We have until this Saturday at the latest. Urge House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to help. Ask him to make sure the omnibus spending bill or final committee report on Labor/HHS appropriations includes the following language: "None of the funds made available for State incentive grants for transformation should be used for any programs of mandatory or universal mental-health screening that performs mental-health screening on anyone under 18 years of age without the express, written permission of the parents or legal guardians of each individual involved."

Mr. DeLay has a copy of the letter Dr. Paul and 22 of his colleagues sent to Chairman Regula, so he knows about it.

Mr. DeLay's office telephone number is 202-225-4000. His fax number is 202-225-5117. An E-mail form is at
http://www.majorityleader.gov/CONTACT.ASP?a=form

Also, please spread the word. Thank you!

Background
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/screeningkidsbackground.htm

Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org


From: Leonard Henderson
AAPS
1601 N. Tucson Blvd. Suite 9
Tucson, AZ 85716-3450
Phone: (800) 635-1196
Hotline: (800) 419-4777

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
A Voice for Private Physicians Since 1943
Omnia pro aegroto

11/10/2004

TELL SENATE TO “JUST SAY NO!”

TO UNIVERSAL PSYCHIATRIC SCREENING AND DRUGGING CHILDREN
http://www.aapsonline.org/alerts/mhalert.htm


AFRA_CenCom@yahoogroups.com
From: Leonard Henderson

The Drugging of Our Children
By Gary Null

All of a sudden, it seems, millions of American children are said to be afflicted with mental illnesses. And they’re being put on strong medications—over periods of years—as treatment. Isn’t it time we stopped and looked at what the mental health establishment is getting us to do to our children?

http://familyrightsassociation.com/bin/white_papers-articles/drugging_our_children/

Please forward widely

I just went to the below url site and found that there is only 42,754 signatures to have an investigation by the FBI for voter fraud in Florida and Ohio, plus other states in accordance, which by all evidence has occurred in this past election.

We the People of these Great United States of America need to sign the petition. You will find the name of John Kerry in the last page of signatures and I plead you will also, as an American, registered voter or not registered, sign the petition. This is only one available defense against the present administration. I will not list any crimes here in this post, but you can read or watch TV and know of what I refer.

Thank you for reading and I plead again, as an American citizen, PLEASE go to the below link and sign.

http://www.petitiononline.com/uselect/petition.html

Thank you,

Lowell

http://tinyurl.com/467h4

Rally Against Japanese Dolphin and Whale Slaughter
16-11-2004 18:00
http://newswire.indymedia.org/de/newswire/2004/11/814461.shtml

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20041115/ca_pr_on_na/great_lakes_water


Informant: lynnzy

Handys machen Schüler dumm
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403994/

Jedes fünfte Kind in Deutschland entwicklungsgestört
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/614246/

PISA-Studie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/409819/

Schule und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403986/

Mobilfunk und Gesundheit
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/303598/

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused by EMF?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/450192/

Münchener Stadträtin klagt: Handys machen Schüler dumm!

Abendzeitung Mittwoch 08.10.03

München Handy-Alarm an Münchens Schulen: Die Stadträtin Mechthild von Walter (ödp) fordert ein generelles Handy-Verbot: "Die Dauer-Bestrahlung durch Mobiltelefone kann eine Ursache für die schwachen Schul-Leistungen sein, die in der Pisa-Studie dokumentiert werden." Und auch die Lehrer greifen durch. Klingelt es während des Unterrichts, wird das Handy eingezogen.

Handy-Wahn an den Schulen

Lernen unter Dauer-Klingeln-Lehrer gehen auf die Barrikaden

Es piepst, es klingelt, und es vibriert. In Schulranzen, unter den Tischen und zwischen den Heften. Handy-Alarm an Münchens Schulen! Lehrer sind genervt, Schüler können sich nicht konzentrieren. Stadträtin Mechthild von Walter (ödp) fordert nun ein generelles Handy-Verbot an Schulen. "Unter Umständen ist die Dauer-Bestrahlung durch Mobiltelefone eine der Ursache schwachen Schulleistungen, die in der Pisa-Studie dokumentiert wurden", meint Sie. Vor allem eine Studie der Uni Mainz alarmierte die Stadträtin, die selbst kein Handy besitzt. Demnach führt die Handy-Strahlung zu einer Minderung der Gedächtnisleistung. Heute wird das Thema im Schulausschuss diskutiert. Lehrer haben indes weiniger mit den gesundheitlichen, als vielmehr mit den alltäglichen Konsequenzen des Handy-Gebimmels zu kämpfen.

Scheinbar einziger Ausweg: drastisches Durchgreifen. Schon 2001 legte das Kulturministerium fest, das Mobiltelefone während des Unterrichts ausgeschaltet sein müssen. "Bei Prüfungen gilt sogar das Mitführen eines Handy in der Tasche als Unterschleif", so Peter Bendel, Sprecher des Kultusministeriums. "Wer erwischt wird, kassiert eine Sechs." Klingt gut in der Theorie, ist in der Praxis aber offenbar nicht durchsetzbar: "Ich habe meine Tochter unter anderem wegen des permanenten Handy-Gebimmels nach sechs Wochen vom Gisela-Gymnasium genommen", berichtet der Schwabinger Pascal M. Das Kind habe sich nicht mehr konzentrieren können. Niemand habe durchgegriffen. „Diesen Vorwurf weise ich strikt zurück", sagt Direktorin Marianne Achatz, "sogar bei Schulfahrten sammeln wir die Handys ein. Wir legen großen Wert darauf, dass Kommunikation direkt, nicht indirekt statt findet. Das gilt auch für den Unterricht."

Die Bemühungen der Schule, dem Geklingel Einhalt zu gebieten reicht weit. "Wir haben sogar schon beim Abi die Klotüren ausgehängt, damit keiner per Handy spicken kann", sagt Bina Lößl, Direktorin des Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium. Es wurde ein Schüler vor Jahren beim Spicken in der Abi-Prüfung erwischt. Heute ist man dort streng: Wenn's im Unterricht bimmelt, ist das Handy für Monate weg, eingesperrt bei Direktor Norbert Dmoch. "Ich führe dann ein Gespräch mit dem Schüler und behalten das Handy, je nach Einsichtigkeit, für mehrere Wochen. Das wirkt."

Ebenfalls ein Mittel zum Weck: Verweis. Und auch am Willi-Graf-Gymnasium ist man rigoros: "Einkassierte Handys können nur von den Eltern abgeholt werden", so Direktor Dieter Spies. "Wir haben im Kollegium sogar schon darüber beraten, ob wir Handys generell verbieten sollen", sagt Klaus George, Direktor der Fachoberschule in der Lindwurmstraße.

Ganz verstehen kann man den Handy-Wahn der Jugend an den Schulen nicht. Klaus George: "Seltsam, dass junge Leute ein fernmündliches Mitteilungsbedürfnis haben - sich aber sonst ausschweigen."

Von Daniela Transiskus

AZ-Umfrage: Wofür brauchen Sie das Handy in der Schule?

Gymnasial Schüler ca. 18 Jahre Antworten:

"Wenn mich wichtige Leute im Unterricht per Handy anrufen, dann sage ich, ich muss aufs Klo und telefoniere draußen."

"Ich schicke im Unterricht viele SMS - an meine Freunde in der Parallelklasse. Oder ich verabrede mich mit Kumpels, wo wir abends saufen."

"Ich benutze mein Handy zum SMS - Schreiben an Leuten, die nicht in der Klasse sind. Wäre es verboten, würde ich es trotzdem weiter benutzen."

"Ich schreibe in der Pause viele SMS an Freunde. Im Unterricht weniger, das lässt sich nicht vereinbaren - man muss sich dich konzentrieren."

"Wir benutzen unser Handys nicht in der Schule. Das ist nicht nötig, vormittags ruft doch eh keiner an. Ein Verbot wäre o.k."

"Ich spiele viel ,Snake 2; in Physik. Den Stoff les ich dann zuhause. Zurzeit stehe ich auf einer Vier.



Kommentar vom izgmf:

In Anbetracht der Antworten von den Jugendlichen auf die AZ-Umfrage ist mir jetzt klar, warum die Pisa-Studie unseren Jugendlichen einen so schlechten Bildungsstand attestieren musste.

Schwätzen mit modernster Technik von Klassenzimmer zu Klassenzimmer.

Nachdem viele der Jugendlichen nicht in der Lage sind mit der Technik vernünftig umzugehen, ist ein Verbot das letzte Mittel, welches dann auch eingesetzt werden sollte.

Leserbriefe können an E-Mail: lokales@abendzeitung.de gesendet werden.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Informationszentrum gegen Mobilfunk

Heidrun Schall


Schule und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403986/

Mobilfunk und Pisa-Studie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403999/

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused by EMF?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/450192/

Mobilfunk in der Schule
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/338094/

MOBILFUNK ALS THEMA IN DER SCHULE
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3001574/

Mobilfunk in der Schule - ein Massenexperiment am Kind
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/438016/

Elektrosmog im Klassenzimmer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1870495/

Handy-Verbot an Schulen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1677088/

Verstrahlte Zukunft
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1331957/

Ringsum stehen 15 Sendeanlagen, die ungehindert in die Klassenräume strahlen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403964/

Russland: Mobiltelefone und Krebs bei Kindern
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/520546/

Handys machen Schüler dumm
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403994/

Mobilfunk und Pisa-Studie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/403999/

Kinder und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/311977/

Strahlenalarm im Bremer Süden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/383367/

Kapitalverbrechen an unseren Kindern
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/365568/

"Mobiles Lernen"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/360833/

WLAN in Schulen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1053669/

Mit dem Laptop in den Unterricht
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1054537/

Gewerkschaft warnt vor W-LAN im Klassenzimmer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2877989/

WLAN via Laptops
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1041099/

Gesundheitsgefahren durch kabellose Laptops
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/191214/
http://tinyurl.com/88sg2

Jugend: Jeder Dritte leidet unter Nervosität und Kopfschmerz
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352522/

Kritischer Umgang mit Mobilfunk bei Schülerinnen und Schülern
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/331394/

Lehrer wollen strikter gegen Sucht vorgehen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/413764/

Handy
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/321708/

Mehr Mobiltelefone in Zuckertüten
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/319295/

WLAN
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/293874/

Neuer Zündstoff für Diskussion über Handy-Gefahr
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/253511/

Wissenschaft und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/293807/

Handy - Mensch wenn ich das gewußt hätte
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/handyneindanke.pdf

Schools & Cellular Antennas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/544426/

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused by EMF?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/450192/

KinderKanal "logo" 15.11.04: Sendung im KiKa am 15.11.04 über Strahlenbelastung in Bremer Schule!

Die Jugendlichen schilderten vor der Kamera bei Betreten der Klassenräume Symptome wie Druckanstieg im Kopf zu spüren, der sich aber von normalem Kopfweh unterscheide, bis hin zu "Brummen" im Kopf.

Ringsum stehen 15 Sendeanlagen, die ungehindert in die Klassenräume strahlen. Für das zuständige Gesundheitsamt bestehe jedoch kein Handlungsgrund, da die Grenzwerte nicht überschritten werden. Außerdem gäbe es bisher keinen wissenschaftlichen Beweis für Gesundheitsgefahren und Beeinflussung des Wohlbefindens durch Mobilfunk.

Man muss sich nicht wundern, dass sich in Deutschland nichts bewegt, denn nicht nur in Bremen sitzen solche Ignoranten an der Spitze des Gesundheitsamtes.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

TZ


Strahlenalarm im Bremer Süden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/383367/

Kinder und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/311977/

Kritischer Umgang mit Mobilfunk bei Schülerinnen und Schülern
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/331394/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/jarvis/jarvis78.html

Yes, The Times They Are A Changin'
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04321/412504.stm


Informant: Friends

Sent: 10 November 2004 13:55

Subject: FW: Dentist's Cancer Warning

It was reported in the Birmingham Evening Mail yesterday that a Top city dentist has warned of spiralling mouth cancer in the West Midlands. John Hamburger, a senior lecturer at Birmingham Dental Hospital, said the disease was on the increase among teenagers and children as well as the elderly. Smoking and heavy drinking raise the risk of contracting mouth cancer, which is the sixth most common cancer in the western world. But Mr Hamburger said: The good news is that the great majority of these cancers can be detected by dentists at routine dental check-ups. Early tumours can be very successfully treated.


It is not surprising that we are now seeing an increase of mouth cancers in teenagers and children as well as the elderly. Since when did our children all start smoking and drinking heavily? One thing our children most certainly have in common is the over use of mobile phones. “RADIATION” has got to be the cause.

I am calling on all our Scientists, Politicians, Health Officials, every Mother and Father to stand up and say ENOUGH! It is not rocket science.

Due to the demand on Dentists, the latest advice has been to reduce visits to once every two years. We want prevention not cure, stop this madness before it starts.

Sir William Stewart Head of Health Protection for the UK has called for caution especially for children under the age of sixteen, when is anyone going to listen? We need radiation warning signs on the phones. Emergency use only phones for children, allowing them to use the lowest radiation phones on the market with access to input emergency use only phone numbers. This would not only help protect their health but would also cut down crime rate from bullying by text messages, stealing phones and stop access to unsuitable websites.

There is an IMMEDATE URGENT need to STOP putting the Health and Wealth of the Mobile Phone Industry and Government before the Health of the Nation.

I want a future for our Children, not one filled with fear, pain, anxiety and possible death from CANCER as a result of preventable over exposure to radiation.

Eileen O’Connor

From: Mast Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2004!

JOIN THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT!*

B.ring
U.S.
S.oldiers
H.ome from Iraq!

"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it." --George W. Bush, 11/4/04

BACKGROUND:

We United States citizens have allowed the Bush Administration to effectively bankrupt the U.S. economy by using OUR taxpayer dollars to fund an illegal, preemptive war on Iraq. To date, over 1,200 U.S. soldiers and an estimated 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died and nearly 8,500 U.S. soldiers have been wounded in this illegal war.

A growing number of people of all political persuasions are renouncing this illegal war as a grotesque failure. To George W. Bush we say, "Enough is enough!" It's time we citizens take control of how our money is spent! It's time we, the people, TAKE BACK AMERICA!

We must band together as a UNITED FRONT to stop the funding of the illegal, genocidal war on Iraq and bring ALL U.S. soldiers safely home.

Preventing the flow of capital to the government is the only way that the Bush Administration will comply with our demand. This can be accomplished through a MASSIVE, collective, cooperative CASH-flow boycott.


THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT:

WHEN: Monday, November 22, 2004*
(Phase I)

WHERE: banks, savings & loans, credit unions, ATMs--nationwide

OUR ONE DEMAND:

Bring all United States soldiers safely home from Iraq.
(B.U.S.H.)

HOW:
1) On Monday, November 22, 2004, withdraw as much CASH as you can afford to NOT SPEND from your bank, savings & loan, credit union, or ATM until all U.S. soldiers are safely home from Iraq.

The amount of CASH can be $5, $10, $20 or more, whatever you can afford to NOT SPEND until all United States soldiers are safely home from Iraq.

2) COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE!!

If you withdraw CASH from your ATM, black out your account number on your receipt. Write: B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT on the receipt, and put it in an ATM envelope. Insert the envelope in the ATM message slot.

If you withdraw CASH from a bank, inform the teller or bank manager that you are participating in the B.U.S.H. Boycott and will REDEPOSIT this CASH when all United States soldiers are safely home from Iraq.

Email, fax, call, write government representatives, the media, corporations, businesses, and financial institutions explaining that you have withdrawn CASH from your savings account, that you will not spend, lend or invest your CASH, and that you will REDEPOSIT your CASH when all United States soldiers are safely home from Iraq.

3) Put YOUR CASH in a safe place. Do not spend, lend, or invest it. Think of it as an investment in our children's future.

4) Tell everyone you know about the B.U.S.H. boycott.

5) The B.U.S.H. Boycott is a grassroots effort created and supported by concerned citizens who want the illegal war on Iraq to end. It is not controlled by the media, political pundits, or corporate America. Its success depends soley on we, the people of the United States of
America.

*THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT, will be REPEATED on the following dates:

Wednesday, December 22, 2004, Phase 2.

Thursday, January 20, 2005, Phase 3.
(INAUGURATION DAY)

PASS IT ON!!!!


Informant: ps4erth


JOIN THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT
http://newswire.indymedia.org/de/newswire/2004/11/814444.shtml

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Biophilos wrote:

I have seen this tactic used by the Greens long ago in Germany........why not........hit em where it hurts in their pocketbook.....

If every one was to do this the War in Iraq would collaspe in no time.....and the Congress would have to use its powers to respond to a President and his Oligarchic Elite who for all practical purposes have become Tyrannts and Dictators........American Style

Though I would like to add , that perhaps a website should be set up, and people making a pledge that they will do so.......doing this will let them know that they are connected to thousands of others who are doing so.....and not feel that their action is isolated and limited with no impact.....

If I were to do this , I would first get all these pledges.......simply and acknowledgment, and agreement to do so on a certain date.......and then let people see that there are hundreds of thousands of people willing to make this non-violent effort to influence policy and the policy makers and supporters.....

B:/


I think this is an excellent idea and plan to withdraw all but essential funds on November 22nd. As a further step, I have cancelled my satellite TV, magazine, and newspaper subscriptions, decided not to buy a new car, opted to cancel plans for Thanksgiving dinner, and am seriously considering nixing Christmas.

The only thing fascists understand is money, and if enough consumers close their wallets, it will eventually have an impact. I urge everyone to seek ways to curtail spending until every one of our soldiers is back on these shores.

Citizens for Legitimate Government http://legitgov.org/index.html has started something called the "Great Refusal" which is similar to this strategy. You might want to visit their site and enlist.

Bill



My B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT Experience
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/119733.php

Informant: ps4erth

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/private_company.html


Informant: CS Camper

by Greg Palast

In These Times

11/14/04

This past February, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told the president of the State Senate, 'The possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state's primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity.' Blackwell, co-chair of Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, wasn't warning his fellow Republican of disaster; he was boasting of an opportunity to deliver Ohio for Team Bush no matter what the voters wanted. And this past Election Day most voters in Ohio wanted JFK, not GWB. But their choice won't count because their votes won't be counted. The ballots that add up to a majority for John Kerry in Ohio are locked up in two Republican hidey-holes: 'spoiled' and 'provisional...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1686/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

Liberty For All

11/16/04

The Bush White House has betrayed both America and the Republican Party. The steady growth of government is drowning the hopes of women and men from all parties and all parts of our nation. Using the rhetoric of freedom the White House is calling up the reality of fascism. None of us is immune. ... We are no longer safe from our own government...

http://www.libertyforall.net/2004/nov14/safe.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Greenpeace has strongly criticised the Japanese whaling fleet, as it set sail for the Antarctic on a new 'scientific' campaign. The expedition has been sanctioned on research grounds, as the whalers attempt to clarify the impact whales have on fish stocks - aim which has been...

Read the article: http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=2289


From: Greenpeace News-headlines Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1243912.htm


From: Greenpeace News-headlines Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13

The Green Party raised the required $113,600 fee to force the state of Ohio to count all the votes in Ohio. If they can pay the money, then they earned the right to have each and every ballot fairly, accurately, and openly counted.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2405

Collectif d’associations NON à la THT
8 Rue Ampère,
66270 Le Soler, France.

tél : 04 68 38 08 21 06 21 27 66 83
fax : 04 68 92 79 02
collectif-nonalatht@wanadoo.fr
http://www.collectif-nonalatht.com


den 06 November 2004

Sehr gehrte Freunde

Im Rahmen der Anti-THT (Très Haute Tension), gegen die neue Erstellung bzw. Erweiterung der Hochspannungsleitung 2x 400Kw zwischen Spanien und Franckreich, werden wir ein Europäsche Treffen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrennées Orientales bei Perpignen am 27 und 28 November 2004 vorsehen. Wir möchten Kollegen auch vom Ausland welche sich mit dieser Materie gut auskennen treffen, so dass wir die Erfahrungen und Aktionen koordiniert vornehmen können.

Unseres Ziel ist nicht nur ein „NEIN“ für die Pyrennées Orientales, aber ein generelles „NEIN“ zu aller Stromversorgungsprojekte welche im heutiges Hochspannungsleitungverfahren in Frankreich als auch in Europa geplant sind. Diese Begegnung könnte ein Katalysator Effekt gewinnen in dem wir die Basis einer Federale Europäsche Bewegung gegen die THT gründen. Durch diese Europäsche Bewegung konnten wir einen größeren Erfolg erwarten, um die Behörden zu fordern ihrer schädlichen Stromversorgung zu überdachten.

Arles sur Tech im unteren Tal des Vallespir ist ein mittelalterliche Siedlung welche die nötige Infrastruktur bietet um so eine Veranstaltung ermöglichen.

Bei Interesse wird Ihres Erscheinen uns erfreuen. Bitte geben Sie uns so schnell wie möglich Nachricht und zwar vor dem 20. November mit Telefon, ihre Adresse und Anzahl Teilnehmer. Programm und Detail werden nachgeliefert. Sollte Fragen offen bleiben können sie uns erreichen mit Telefon: 0033.4.68.39.71.18 oder Email: antoine.tritsch@wanadoo.fr

Mit freundliche Gruß
Für denn Komitee „ Le Collectif Non à la THT “

Antoine TRITSCH Montbolo



Collectif d’associations NON à la THT
8 Rue Ampère,
66270 Le Soler, France.

tél : 04 68 38 08 21 06 21 27 66 83
fax : 04 68 92 79 02
collectif-nonalatht@wanadoo.fr
http://www.collectif-nonalatht.com

Dienstag 15. November 2004

Sehr gehrte Freunde

Im Rahmen des Umweltschutzes gegen die Neuerstellung und oder Erweiterung der Hochspannungsleitung Anti-THT (Très Haute Tension), seit Ihr auch sensibilisiert. Wir möchten Sie erinnern dass wir ein Europäsche Treffen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrennées Orientales bei Perpignan am 27 und 28 November 2004 vorsehen. Da wir von Ihrer Seite, noch keine Antwort erhalten haben, wollen wir noch hoffen auf Ihres Erscheinen, um unsere Kräfte zu bestärken, es ist noch nicht zu spät, und Ihres erscheinen wurde uns noch mehr motivieren.

Für Unterkunft melden Sie sich an dieser Telefon Nummer 0033.4.68393782 oder E-Mail : cslbv@wanadoo.fr.


Beiliegend das Programm
Mit freundliche Gruß

Für denn Komitee „ Le Collectif Non à la THT “

A. TRITSCH Montbolo



Programme
Buts : Grand rassemblement des populations des Pyrénées Orientales et de Catalogne.
Rencontres entre les différentes associations européennes qui s’opposent aux lignes THT (France, Espagne, Italie, Belgique, Angleterre…) Des liens sont déjà tissés entre les associations des deux versants des Pyrénées. Les forums et tables rondes permettront d’échanger et de réfléchir sur des stratégies, des moyens d’action… Les actes de ces journées seront adressés à Monsieur Jacques CHIRAC et Monsieur ZAPATERO avant le sommet France Espagne du 7décembre 2004 ainsi qu’aux commissaires européens concernés.

Samedi 27 novembre :
10 h : Ouverture des rencontres en présence des élus départementaux régionaux et nationaux.
Suivra un grand rassemblement des populations, réunion publique débat.
14 h à 18 h : Conférences débat :
- André JOFFRE Énergie solaire
- Yves JAUTARD Habitat et énergies renouvelables
- Jean Pierre LENTIN Champs électromagnétiques et santé
Tables rondes des associations :
- Moyens de lutte et questions juridiques.
- THT et économie.

Dimanche 28 novembre :
10 h à 12 h : Conférences :
- Pierre Le RUZ Champs électromagnétiques et santé.
- Patrice OCERAIES Impacts sur les Paysages et moyens d’action.
Tables rondes des associations:
- Coordination et fédération des associations.
- THT environnement et santé
14 h à 17 h : Conférences :
- Igor KNIBIEHLY Impact sur le tourisme.
- Sven BETOIN Bois énergie.
Table ronde de synthèse

Mais aussi :
Soirées festives avec chanteurs et groupes
Expo Photos (Photos de P PALAU).
Forum associations, projections etc.
De nombreux groupes animeront ces journées en dehors des soirées : Bandas, coblas, castellers etc.
Un grand marché de produits locaux se tiendra le samedi et le dimanche.
Une course VTT le dimanche matin.
Les rencontres permettront aux participants de prendre des repas sur place.
L’affiche de ces rencontres est l’œuvre des PRITCHARDS.

L’exceptionnelle ampleur et variété de ces rencontres n’ont été possibles que grâce à la participation bénévole : des conférenciers, des artistes, des organisateurs de la course VTT, des dessinateurs, des photographes et de l’immense« armée » des membres et sympathisants du Collectif NON à la THT, mais également grâce à l’aide des municipalités d’ARLES et d’AMELIE.

Contacts associations : tél : 04 68 38 08 21 06 21 27 66 83
fax : 04 68 92 79 02
collectif-nonalatht@wanadoo.fr
www.collectif-nonalatht.com

Collectif d’associations NON à la THT
8 Rue Ampère,
66270 Le Soler, France.

tél : 04 68 38 08 21 06 21 27 66 83
fax : 04 68 92 79 02
collectif-nonalatht@wanadoo.fr
http://www.collectif-nonalatht.com


den 06 November 2004

Sehr gehrte Freunde

Im Rahmen der Anti-THT (Très Haute Tension), gegen die neue Erstellung bzw. Erweiterung der Hochspannungsleitung 2x 400Kw zwischen Spanien und Franckreich, werden wir ein Europäsche Treffen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrennées Orientales bei Perpignen am 27 und 28 November 2004 vorsehen. Wir möchten Kollegen auch vom Ausland welche sich mit dieser Materie gut auskennen treffen, so dass wir die Erfahrungen und Aktionen koordiniert vornehmen können.

Unseres Ziel ist nicht nur ein „NEIN“ für die Pyrennées Orientales, aber ein generelles „NEIN“ zu aller Stromversorgungsprojekte welche im heutiges Hochspannungsleitungverfahren in Frankreich als auch in Europa geplant sind. Diese Begegnung könnte ein Katalysator Effekt gewinnen in dem wir die Basis einer Federale Europäsche Bewegung gegen die THT gründen. Durch diese Europäsche Bewegung konnten wir einen größeren Erfolg erwarten, um die Behörden zu fordern ihrer schädlichen Stromversorgung zu überdachten.

Arles sur Tech im unteren Tal des Vallespir ist ein mittelalterliche Siedlung welche die nötige Infrastruktur bietet um so eine Veranstaltung ermöglichen.

Bei Interesse wird Ihres Erscheinen uns erfreuen. Bitte geben Sie uns so schnell wie möglich Nachricht und zwar vor dem 20. November mit Telefon, ihre Adresse und Anzahl Teilnehmer. Programm und Detail werden nachgeliefert. Sollte Fragen offen bleiben können sie uns erreichen mit Telefon: 0033.4.68.39.71.18 oder Email: antoine.tritsch@wanadoo.fr

Mit freundliche Gruß
Für denn Komitee „ Le Collectif Non à la THT “

Antoine TRITSCH Montbolo

LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ADVERSE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
97 Spa Crescent, Little Hulton, Gtr Manchester, M38 9TU
TEL: 0871 750 3992 : FAX: 0161-278 3344
EMAIL: info@planningsanity.co.uk
WEB: www.planningsanity.co.uk

CAMPAIGN URGES PUBLIC TO DEMAND MINISTER PUTS PHONE MAST HEALTH FIRST

Planning Sanity are demanding in light of the Court of Appeals decision on Friday in the Harrogate Phone Mast Health case that Ministers redraft planning policy to reflect the Ministers own arguments in the Court of Appeal, and the view of a substantial number of communities who have consistently raised concerns over the potential ill health of children attending schools close to phone masts, and other sensitive locations such as residential property.

Director of Planning Sanity Chris Maile said “Communities can sit back and be forever walked on or they can fight back. The easy remedy is to put pressure in this election year on our politicians to take the action needed to protect our children. A report due to be published any day will show that the emission from High Voltage Cables (which are very similar to that of phone mast emissions) HAS caused a doubling of leukaemia in young children, the report known as the Draper report which the Government has deliberately sat on for 3 years looked at over 37,000 cases of childhood cancer. Will this Government now do the right thing to protect the public from the effects of EMF emission or continue to sit on their backsides. If it is the latter then let the public rise up and say clear and loud we will no longer accept a fence sitting, backside sitting approach from our politicians on this topic”.

CAMPAIGN URGES LOCAL COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY TELECOMMUNICATION MASTS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR RIGHT TO PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION

Any person who owns or occupies premises (or land) and as a result sees their property value drop (research suggests an average 25%), or has other adverse effects on their lands usage (perhaps effect on their quality of life) can seek compensation from the Phone Operator for what is termed 'injurous affection'. Planning Sanity is urging thousands of communities across the UK to use their rights under Code 16 of the Electronic Communication Code to seek compensation.

Chris said “It is time for communities affected adversely by phone mast installations to fight back and give the Phone Operators who are quite prepared in the name of profit to put children's life's at risk a bloody nose that they will never recover from. If sufficient numbers of people exercise their rights then potentially operators could be facing claims amounting to £billions. The Ombudsman (although compensation under this scheme is NOT awarded by the Ombudsman) awarded 4 Swindon families a total of £117,500 due to the effects of a mast. It does not take a genius to calculate the potential cost to the operators from a wholesale payout of compensation”.

END.

EDITORS NOTE: Contact Chris Maile 0161 278 3355

A simple change to the wording of the Governments advise contained in paragraph 30 of Planning Policy Guidance Note 8 (PPG8) would effective reverse the decision of the Court of Appeal, this could be undertaken relatively quickly without even the need to refer it to Parliament. The problem lies in the phase 'it is the Government's firm view that the planning system is not the place for determining health safeguards'. By simply removing that passage, and sending an advise slip to local planning authorities the problem now being faced would be resolved. It would then be up to each individual local planning authority to look at the question of health on a case by case basis.

The Secretary of State in his Skeleton Argument in the Harrogate case conceded that children were in a special category of persons at greatest risk (para 22 of his Skeleton Argument):- “The Inspector's approach was perfectly consistent with this, enabling him to conclude that on the material that the First Respondent (T-Mobile) had put before him: “.....the appeal proposed in its present form provides insufficient reassurance that there would be no material harm to the living conditions (in terms of health concerns) specifically of the group identified by the Steward Report as potentially vulnerable: that is of young children, in this case both Woodfield Community Primary School and St Roberts Catholic Primary School”.”

Having conceded that children are at risk the Secretary of State could use his powers under Section 132 of the Communication Act 2003 order OFCOM to suspend or restrict the service of Electronic Communications in order 'to protect the public from any threat to public safety or public health'. The simple question is how can he not use those powers now that he has conceded the risk. It should be noted hat OFCOM also have powers to protect the health of children and the vulnerable (S3(4) of that Act).

Planning Sanity has published a briefing paper on the procedure for seeking compensation under Code16 of the Electronic Communication Code this can be downloaded from: http://www.planningsanity.co.uk/forums/masts/compX.html

Compensation is claimed through the Lands Tribunal and payable by the Phone Operators. Claims could be made several years after a mast has gone up using the same basic process as that of seeking compensation when homes are affected by major public projects under compulsory purchase powers. Claims (in theory) could be paid out not only on loss of the value of property, but also the lose of the enjoyment (or usage) of that property, and might affect not only residential property but also businesses that are adversely affected. Claims can be made in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Planning Sanity helpline 0871 750 3992 11am to 8pm Mon to Fri.


Informant: Don Maisch


Tetra from Cumbria
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/409501/

by David Williams

November 16, 2004

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Bush-threatens-mankind-says-Caldicott/2004/11/15/1100384498193.html

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Helen Caldicott fears US President George Bush's re-election will lead to Armageddon and she isn't sure if mankind would survive another four years.

"This is the most serious election that has ever occurred in the history of the human race, without a scrag of doubt," she told smh.com.

"I don't know if we'll survive the next four years ... I don't think the Americans have, on the whole, the faintest idea -- and I have to say also I don't think most Australians do either. But it's not just the threat from nuclear war. It's the threat of what's happening to the environment, the global warming which is occurring rapidly now, to ozone depletion, to species extinction, to deforestation -- it's the whole thing."

Speaking from her son Will's Boston home, the Australian paediatrician, who runs the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Washington, has just spent a frantic two-and-a-half months criss-crossing America to deliver her anti-nuclear and anti-Bush message. She discovered the country was more divided than at any time since she first stepped onto American soil in 1966.

Early on election day she was convinced Democratic challenger John Kerry would win but reality soon set in.

"This is what I've been afraid of and I actually can't believe it's happening," she said. "The voter turnout was so high, which should have supported Kerry.

"I don't think I've ever felt so personally, politically devastated in my life and that includes when [former president Ronald] Reagan won a second term of office -- which was pretty devastating for me as I was so heavily involved in the anti-nuclear movement in those days.

"But this is worse, these people are much worse than the Reagan people."

Dr Caldicott rose to fame in the American peace movement during the '70s and '80s, her vehement antinuclear stance earning her many enemies, some of whom saw her as an apologist for the Soviet Union. She has long warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons, America's "first strike" policy and missile defence.

In her 2002 book The New Nuclear Danger, she detailed links between the Government and weapons makers and Mr Bush's will to militarise space.

Mr Bush's win meant "endless war and I think it could mean nuclear war", she said.

"In January 1995 we got to within 10 seconds of nuclear war when [former Russian president Boris] Yeltsin and the Russians made a mistake and thought they were under attack. The Americans still have a first-strike policy to win a nuclear war against Russia. The weapons are still in place both in America and Russia. Virtually nobody knows that in this country and that a mistake or a terrorist takeover of the command system -- on either side -- or errors being made could lead to the end of life on earth."

In a website interview two years ago, Dr Caldicott was asked why Mr Bush remained so popular. She replied she didn't believe it -- that the polls were inaccurate [although that was before the invasion of Iraq].

Now she has to face the reality that more than half of Americans want Mr Bush back, despite [or because of] his policies. She puts it down to brilliance on the part of his campaign team, in particular Karl Rove, and the ignorance of much of the population.

"They [the Bush administration] have been able to con the American people with their extremely brilliant propaganda and brainwashing, with the help of the media ... they consistently lie. On the whole the American people don't really understand the dynamics of the right at all. They don't know that Bush et al want to go into Iran next and that they want to dominate the world militarily and that they want to put weapons in space.

"I don't think they [the American public] understand. It is a mandate for Bush to do absolutely anything he wants. I know people don't like me using this word but they're fascists."

Not firing all her ammunition at Mr Bush, she saved some for Australian Prime Minister John Howard. She said Australia was now the "51st state of the US".

"I've always been so proud of my country, now I'm not just ashamed by what's happening and embarrassed ... but I really fear for the future of Australia and the previous wonderful quality of life that we've always had."


Informant: NHNE

Empires as Ages of Religious Ignorance:
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1418


From Information Clearing House

This is the beginning of the end of U.S. hegemony.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20041115a2.htm


From Information Clearing House

President Bush's willingness "to take a lot more body bags" from the Iraqi war will plunge the United States economy into a tailspin as European nations further distance themselves from the war with boycotts of American markets, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist predicted on Friday.

http://pm.gazette.com/fullstory.php?id=3943


From Information Clearing House

http://207.44.245.159/article7294.htm

Who is the real enemy?
http://207.44.245.159/article7291.htm

A Confederacy Of Dunces
http://207.44.245.159/article7281.htm

EU-Pläne: Datenschützer gegen geplante Speicherung aller Kommunikationsdaten (15.11.04)

Die von Sicherheitspolitikern angestrebte Speicherung aller Daten über die Nutzung von Telekommunikations- und Internetdiensten trifft auf massive Kritik der europäischen Datenschützer. Die in der "Artikel-29-Gruppe" zusammengeschlossenen Datenschutz-Beauftragten forderten den EU-Ministerrat auf, den Entwurf eines Rahmenbeschlusses über die Vorratsspeicherung von Daten über die Nutzung von öffentlichen elektronischen Kommunikationsdiensten und -netzen abzulehnen. Gegenwärtig berät eine Arbeitsgruppe des EU-Ministerrates über diesen Vorschlag. Danach könnten alle Anbieter von Telekommunikations- und Internetdiensten zur pauschalen Speicherung sämtlicher Daten über die Nutzung dieser Dienste für einen Zeitraum von mindestens einem Jahr verpflichtet werden.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9745

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_22/buchanan.html


Informant: braddueringer

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dollar14nov14,0,5679791.story


Informant: Shanti Renfrew

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/12/content_390884.htm


Informant: di

by Ritt Goldstein

July 15 2002

The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups.

The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report "suspicious activity".

Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this year of the Patriot Act, there is potential for abusive, large-scale investigations of US citizens.

As with the Patriot Act, TIPS is being pursued as part of the so-called war against terrorism. It is a Department of Justice project.

Highlighting the scope of the surveillance network, TIPS volunteers are being recruited primarily from among those whose work provides access to homes, businesses or transport systems. Letter carriers, utility employees, truck drivers and train conductors are among those named as targeted recruits.

A pilot program, described on the government Web site http://www.citizencorps.gov, is scheduled to start next month in 10 cities, with 1 million informants participating in the first stage. Assuming the program is initiated in the 10 largest US cities, that will be 1 million informants for a total population of almost 24 million, or one in 24 people.

Historically, informant systems have been the tools of non-democratic states. According to a 1992 report by Harvard University's Project on Justice, the accuracy of informant reports is problematic, with some informants having embellished the truth, and others suspected of having fabricated their reports.

Present Justice Department procedures mean that informant reports will enter databases for future reference and/or action. The information will then be broadly available within the department, related agencies and local police forces. The targeted individual will remain unaware of the existence of the report and of its contents.

The Patriot Act already provides for a person's home to be searched without that person being informed that a search was ever performed, or of any surveillance devices that were implanted.

At state and local levels the TIPS program will be co-ordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which

was given sweeping new powers, including internment, as part of the Reagan Administration's national security initiatives. Many key figures of the Reagan era are part of the Bush Administration.

The creation of a US "shadow government", operating in secret, was another Reagan national security initiative.

Informant: CHEROKEE

Why should we worry about the fate of the human race?
http://lifeboat.com/ex/#1

What is nanotechnology?
http://lifeboat.com/ex/#nanotechnology

What is gray goo?
http://lifeboat.com/ex/#goo

Why is nanotechnology and more specifically gray goo such a threat?
http://lifeboat.com/ex/#gray

Learn More if interested
http://lifeboat.com/ex/faq#goo


Informant: Biophilos



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Students at the Shoemaker Elementary School last week kicked off the largest child identification project in history, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). As part of the event, a Shoemaker student was named the 200,000th child to undergo identification as part of the CHIP Program. The Grand Lodge of Masons helped provide ID kits for 400 kids and their families last Friday. The Masons will conduct a school CHIP event every four to five weeks, offering the service to all 14,000 students in the Lynn Public Schools. The undertaking will take three years and is fully funded by the Masons.

Children and their families participating in CHIP receive directly - with no other copies made - an identification kit comprised of fingerprints, a toothprint impression and a DNA cheek swab sample, all conducted by licensed professionals, along with an in-depth and detailed videotape of a question and answer session with their child.

http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=7577


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - November 15th, 2004

Even after 60 years of use in the U.S, the Food and Drug Administration still considers fluoride an “unapproved new drug,” and the Environmental Protection Agency considers it “a contaminant.”

A joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a proposal which would mandate fluoridation of all public water systems in the state. A hearing on Interim Study Proposal 2003-157 was held in September by the Joint Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. Currently, the option of water fluoridation is left to localities. Eureka Springs has rejected the idea of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply at least twice in recent years, once by a vote in a 1989 special election, and again in 2001 after city council polled water customers with the question on their water bills. Other cities in the state, including Ft. Smith, Hot Springs and Texarkana have also rejected fluoridation, though some city directors in Hot Springs have raised the issue again in recent months. Fluoridation is also banned in most of Europe, China, Japan and India. In 2002, Belgium took fluoride supplements off the market because they purportedly are poisonous and pose a great risk to physical and psychological health. Even after 60 years of use in the U.S, the Food and Drug Administration still considers fluoride an “unapproved new drug,” and the Environmental Protection Agency considers it “a contaminant.” Opponents note that the fluoride compounds commonly added to water are toxic waste products of industry, and that industry had a hand in the fluoridation movement as a way to dispose of the waste and make a profit.

While it is estimated that 60 percent of Americans drink fluoridated water, critics point to mounting evidence that fluoride in drinking water does little, if anything, to prevent tooth decay, but instead threatens public health. Studies link fluoride to brittle bones, kidney problems, cancer, cardio-vascular disease and brain disorders such as hyperactivity, autism and Alzheimer’s.

The American Dental Association, which is lobbying the legislature to mandate fluoridation, considers such studies to be “ junk science.” From its fluoridation handbook: “From time to time, opponents of fluoridation have questioned its safety and effectiveness. None of these charges has ever been substantiated by generally accepted science. It is important to review information about fluoridation with a critical eye.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/news/2110.html


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - November 15th, 2004

"We're gearing ourselves up now and preparing ourselves to meet whatever the need is, but clearly this is something that could not be planned for," said Dr. Alfonso Batres, a psychologist who heads the VA's national office of readjustment counseling services. Last year [2003], 1,100 troops who had fought in Iraq or Afghanistan came to VA clinics seeking help for symptoms of depression or post-traumatic stress; this year [2004], the number grew tenfold [to more than 10,000]. In all, 23% of Iraq veterans treated at VA facilities have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. "And this is first-year data," Batres said. "Our experience is that over time that will increase."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2402

(excerpt)

We've weathered a lot of human rights storms together over the past year, many of them the result of U.S. policy in the "war on terror." And there undoubtedly will be more storms to come.

But don't despair. As bad as the outlook for human rights may seem right now, Amnesty is not about to back down from our demands that this country honor its obligations to human rights under U.S. and international law.

Please join Amnesty with your strongest support, to ensure we have the resources to go full-steam ahead in demanding that President Bush immediately...


-- Proclaim his complete and unalterable opposition to torture.

-- Halt the use of techniques on prisoners in U.S. custody that amount to torture or other degrading treatment, including allowing U.S. intelligence agencies to "render" detainees captured in the war on terror to undisclosed locations for "interrogation."

-- Call for the establishment of an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate all allegations of torture by U.S. personnel in regard to detainees.

-- Appoint a Special Counsel to prosecute everyone responsible for torture, including those at the highest level of command who allowed torture to occur either by creating the climate conducive to torture, failing to act or by turning a blind eye to it.

-- Modify his destructive, unilateralist policies and begin to regain the trust of our allies and to re-establish America's moral leadership on human rights in the world.

I realize this agenda is a daunting one, but it as critical today as it was on November 1. And Amnesty is more determined than ever to see it fulfilled.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=10706

Believe me, I'm not being naïve in taking on this fight. With a President who claims he would not change one aspect of the way he has waged his "war on terror," and who also seems truly to believe that his unilateralism will keep us safe, I'm fully aware of what we're up against.

But I ask you to remember that much of Amnesty's work transcends U.S. politics and election results. Our recent mission to Sudan is a prime example of our ability to work with the U.S. government no matter how it is constituted. In other instances, our work reflects the global nature of our movement to protect human rights across the world.

So the bottom line is this: The election results make Amnesty's mission and presence more important than ever in this country and in the world. Our commitment to justice is, and will continue to be, a very potent and extremely important countervailing force to power used wrongly or destructively by the U.S. government or any other.

As a key Amnesty supporter, I think you understand intuitively that at times of greatest stress, human rights advocacy can be at its most effective.


Sincerely,

William F. Schulz

P.S. I believe we share a common commitment to a world in which the basic rights of every human being are respected and protected, and this has made Amnesty International the recognized guardian of human rights throughout the globe.

http://ustogether.org/election04/SelectionMethod.html


Informant: Marsha V. Hammond

by Steven Rosenfeld

Tom Paine

11/11/04

Americans are learning there are many ways to tilt and take elections. That's the only clear conclusion since John Kerry's concession speech. We now know there are as many ways to manipulate the vote as there are types of voting machines and different communities that can be targeted by those who want to intimidate voters and suppress turnout. But the big unanswered question of Nov. 2, 2004, is which tactic, technical breakdown or error lost the most votes...

http://makeashorterlink.com/?V322218C9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

There is a cluster of symptoms around an Orange mast in our village - three stroke/heart attack cases; 11 cases of chronic insomnia and headaches; 8 cases of tinnitus, vertgo and nausea; five cases of severe nose bleeds; 2 cases of raised white blood-cell count (see evidence of this symptom in American Embassy 1960s to 70s after bombardment with electromagnetic radio frequency emissions); 7 cases of sore bloodshot eyes; severe thirst with ulcerated mouths and throats etc. etc.. They live between 14 and thirty metres from the mast, the antennae being level with bedroom windows and age range from four months to 80 yrs old.

I have some symptoms (four hundred metres from mast). Mine are minor -aching joints and sore eyes with occasional disturbed sleep (e.g. waking at 4.00a.m and unable to go back to sleep). What makes me think that emissions may cause this is that in teh year the mast was activated, I had 'cured' my sore eyes by finding out in the spring of 2001 that I was suffering from severe dehydration. I was drinking very little water, and when I drank more my eyes got better. In the autumn of that year, my eyes got very bad and I was constantly using eye drops and that I was very thirsty all teh time. I cound not understand this and was very disappointed to be back at square one. Over the last 3 years I found out :-

a. The mast was activated in autumn 2001.

b.The symptoms caused by emissions.

I represent the victims in Kensworth, and am concerned that many more residents may be affected without realising (the two cases of raised white blood cell are opposite each other and 100 metres from the mast and teh son of one case has nosebleeds, the daughter sore eyes and teh case insomnia too. I am aware that emissions are capricious (found 2.0V/m readings on one pillow on a double bed and 0V/m on the other pillow!) which would explain why of two people in the same house one gets certain symptoms and the other none. I am extremel;y sensitive to teh emissions and feel very ill in some of teh homes affected - nausea; headache and exhaustion and pressure in my ears.

Gillian Lyden



The Orange mast in Kensworth is 14 metres from the nearest homes, and those people are very poorly. One man has been unable to use any of his bedrooms since activation of the mast in Sept. 2001. Another man had two strokes, 1 when the mast was first activated and another when it was reactivated after being off for the whole of April 2002 - he is now disabled. We have 2 cases of raised white bloodcell count 100 metres away, 8 cases of severe nosebleeds - one chronic, though a little improved with use of protective material. Of course all the usual -chronic insomnia and headaches, nausea and vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss; sore, ulcerated mouths and throats; sore irritated eyes etc etc. It is very depressing. Gill Lyden.

From Mast Network



Cancer Clusters in Vicinity to Cell-Phone Transmitter Stations
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/580224/

MOBILE TELEPHONY: 17 NEW CASES OF CANCER IN MOTRIL-GRANADA
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/579080/

SERIOUS CONGLOMERATES OF CANCER AND OTHER PATHOLOGIES THAT HAVE BEEN TIE BY THE POPULATION NEXT TO ANTENNAS OF TELEPHONY
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/466717/

Presseerklärung vom 15.11.2004

Bayer verzichtet in Indien auf Gen-Pflanzen

Bayer gibt die Forschung an genmanipulierten Pflanzen in Indien auf. Das teilte das Leverkusener Unternehmen dem Greenpeace Büro in Indien vergangene Woche in einem Schreiben mit. Danach "will Bayer Crop Science in den nächsten Jahren seinen Schwerpunkt auf die normale Pflanzenzüchtung verlegen". Alle bisherigen Projekte wurden gestoppt. Zu den Pflanzenarten, an denen Bayer in Indien geforscht hat, gehören Kohl, Raps, Blumenkohl, Tomaten und Senf. Bereits im März 2004 gab der Konzern seinen Rückzug in England bekannt, im Juni wurde der Versuch aufgegeben, Gen-Raps in Australien zu verkaufen.

"Bayer sollte auch in Europa klare Zeichen setzen und jetzt seine Zulassungsanträge zu Gen-Reis, Gen-Raps und Gen-Mais zurückziehen", fordert Christoph Then, Gentechnikexperte von Greenpeace Deutschland. "Weder wollen die Verbraucher Gen-Food essen, noch lassen sich diese Pflanzen in Europa anbauen, ohne die gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft durch Pollenflug massiv zu belasten. So fliegt der Pollen beim Gen-Raps mehr als 20 Kilometer weit." Ein Bayer-Sprecher bestätigte am Freitag den Ausstieg und sagte, man wolle sich auf bestimmte Teilbereiche konzentrieren und beobachte die konstante Verbraucherablehnung in Europa mit Sorge. An einen generellen Rückzug werde hier allerdings nicht gedacht.

"Wir brauchen keine Gen-Pflanzen in Indien", sagt Divya Raghunandan, Gentechnikexpertin von Greenpeace Indien. "Global gesehen haben sich die Versprechungen der Gen-Industrie nicht erfüllt, ob es sich nun um höhere Erträge oder um eine Verringerung der Spritzmittel handelt. Bayer hat die Zeichen der Zeit erkannt und sich aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen aus dem Geschäft mit den Gen-Pflanzen zurückgezogen. Der Konzern weiß genau, dass die Verbraucher in Indien das Gen-Gemüse nicht akzeptieren werden."

Das nach Bevölkerung zweitgrößte Land der Welt, in dem 80 Prozent der Menschen ihr Auskommen in der Landwirtschaft finden, bietet einen gewaltigen Markt für Agrochemie und Saatgutunternehmen. Der Rückzug von Bayer aus dem Geschäft mit Gen-Pflanzen dürfte auch ein alarmierendes Zeichen für andere Konzerne sein. Mit seiner Entscheidung, sich aus dem Geschäft mit Gen-Pflanzen zumindest in Teilbereichen zurückzuziehen, steht Bayer nicht alleine. Auch die Firma Monsanto, die weltweit das meiste Saatgut für Gen-Pflanzen verkauft, hat in diesem Jahr die Forschung an Gen-Weizen gestoppt, ebenso die Forschung an Gen-Raps in Australien. (Quelle: Greenpeace)

weitere Infos: Protest gegen Gen-Reis in Indien, Blockade Bayer India

weitergeleitet durch: Coordination gegen BAYER-Gefahren e.V.
CBGnetwork@aol.com
http://www.CBGnetwork.de
Tel: 0211-333 911
Fax 040 – 3603 741835

Beirat
Dr. Sigrid Müller, Pharmakologin, Bremen
Dr. Erika Abczynski, Kinderärztin, Dormagen
Eva Bulling-Schröter, ehem. MdB, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rochlitz, Chemiker, ehem. MdB, Burgwald
Dr. Janis Schmelzer, Historiker, Berlin
Wolfram Esche, Rechtsanwalt, Köln
Dorothee Sölle,Theologin, Hamburg (U 2003)
Prof. Dr. Anton Schneider, Baubiologe, Neubeuern
Prof. Jürgen Junginger, Designer, Krefeld

http://www.911review.org/Wiki/BonfireOfTheConstitution.shtml
http://home.austin.rr.com/fema/articles/bonfire.htm

But how do you make an artificial emergency look natural? The answer to that question generally lies in top-secret technologies—ones the public would not likely suspect even exist, and all the better if they could masquerade as Mother Nature.

Enter, stage left, H.A.A.R.P., the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. (For a review of the multi-faceted subject of HAARP, readers can refer back to last month’s edition of The SPECTRUM for an excellent summary that was titled Who Needs A Microwave Oven! Or, HAARP’s Covert Agendas: The Big Picture, by John A. Quinn.)

For some very good reasons, the question begging to be asked at this point is: “Might HAARP somehow be associated with the cause of the relentless rash of fires, especially in the Idaho and Montana regions?”

To begin to answer that question, consider the following for starters. Here’s what one “contact” had to report: “We met some folks who live on this piece of property east of Sandpoint, Idaho that is adjacent to some REALLY weird fed activity. The stuff going in this particular area is all HAARP-related and the place is crawling with feds.

Anna Webb

In case any of you are trying to advise land and property owners let them know about this story. Birmingham council not cannot demolish a block of flats because of masts that have been put on the. The operators would be without a signal and are stopping demolision!

Check out the following link:
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningmail/news/tm_objectid=14865787&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=family-weapon-of-mast-destruction-name_page.html
http://tinyurl.com/4u9qy

Yasmin
Mast Network


Family weapon of mast destruction

Nov 12 2004

By Neil Elkes, Evening Mail

Families were today bracing themselves for a battle with mobile phone companies over new plans to erect masts.

02 has applied to Birmingham City Council to replace a large mast on a tower block, with three smaller ones.

Orange, which has previously removed a mast from the derelict 13-storey Lake-house Court, on Fosseway estate, New Oscott, has also submitted plans for three "micro masts" next to the Place 2B pub, in Antrobus Road, at Beggars Bush junction and on a verge in Witton Lodge Road.

The plans have sparked outrage from residents who oppose both applications.

Retired Graham Millington, who has helped raise an 800-name petition against the mast nearest his Antrobus Road home, said: "We do have health concerns.

"But we are also worried about adding to traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and street lights with a 10-metre mast as it is a a very cluttered area already."

The council has been trying to demolish the eyesore tower block - dubbed Birmingham's tallest mobile phone mast platform - for more than a year.

But legal agreements and leases between the council, 02 and Orange means the council would be landed with huge costs if it went ahead with the demolition because it would leave both firms without mobile phone coverage in the area.

An Orange spokesman said: "The larger mast would have a range of up to a mile, the micro masts are a lot less powerful and can only reach about 330 yards in all directions. That is why three are needed to replace the big one we took down."

The stalemate between the council and the two mobile phone giants has held up not only the tower's demolition, but also the regeneration of the estate.

Housing officers are currently looking to re-home the remaining handful of families left in the estate's 11 maisonette blocks.

A housing spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that three planning applications have been submitted in the area and are currently going through the planning process."

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4300


Informant: ranger116

by Reginald Fields

The Plain Dealer

Sunday, November 14, 2004

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1100428444286470.xml

COLUMBUS - Tales of waiting more than five hours to vote, voter intimidation, under-trained polling-station workers and too few or broken voting machines largely in urban or heavily minority areas were retold Saturday at a public hearing organized by voter-rights groups.

For three hours, burdened voters, one after another, offered sworn testimony about Election Day voter suppression and irregularities that they believe are threatening democracy.

The hearing, sponsored by the Election Protection Coalition
http://www.electionprotection2004.com/ , was to collect testimony of voting troubles that might be used to seek legislative changes to Ohio's election process.

The organizers chose Ohio because it was a swing state in the presidential election as well as the site of numerous claims of election fraud and voter disenfranchisement.

"I think a lot of us had a sense that something had deeply went wrong on Nov. 2 and it had to do with the election process and procedures in place that were unacceptable," said Amy Kaplan, one of the hearing's coordinators.

Kaplan said the hearing gave everyday citizens a chance to have their concerns placed into public record.

Both a written and video report on the hearing will be provided to anyone who wants a copy, especially state lawmakers who are considering mandating Election Day changes, Kaplan said.

Many of the voters who testified were clearly Democrats who wonder if their losing presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry, was able to draw all the votes that were intended for him.

"I call on Sen. Kerry to un-concede until there is a full count of the votes," said Werner Lange of Trumbull County, who claimed that polling places in his Northeast Ohio neighborhood had half the number of voting machines that were needed.

"This caused a bottleneck at polling stations, and many people left without voting," he said.

Others said they were testifying not on political grounds but out of concern for a suspicious election system that should be above reproach.

Harvey Wasserman of Bexley said he tried to vote absentee with the same home address he has used for 18 years but was told he couldn't because his absentee application had the wrong address.

"But the notice telling me I had the wrong address arrived at the right address," he said. "I wonder, how many of these absentee ballots were rejected for no good reason?

"My concern is not out of the outcome of the election," Wasserman said, "but that this could go on and an election could be stolen. And we simply can't have that in a democracy."


Informant: NHNE