Center For Individual Freedom
by staff

11/17/05

The newly released film 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' chronicles famed journalist Edward R. Murrow's running duel with Senator Joseph McCarthy during the early 1950s. It presents a compelling message that implores us all to be more engaged and vigilant in defending individual freedom and individual rights. But equally interesting, the film's unusual construction gives us a window into journalism in its golden years, and the contrast with today's all-empty-suit-all-the-time cable wind-bags couldn't be more apparent...

http://tinyurl.com/8g58k


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

San Francisco Chronicle
by Ben Rosenfield

11/14/05

I'm not an NRA member or gun enthusiast. I have never owned a gun and probably never will. But I voted against San Francisco's Proposition H. As a civil-rights attorney, I am alarmed by people's increasing willingness to give up other people's rights. This tendency is at the root of the country's post-Sept. 11 lurch toward fascism, epitomized in Patriot Act provisions that gut First, Fourth, Fifth and 14th Amendment rights, authorizing government intrusions into people's homes and private lives as never before, all in the name of security. Government officials assure us that they only use these awesome powers against the 'bad guys,' ignoring the fundamental principle that bad guys have rights, too, including not being presumed to be bad guys, until proven so in court...

http://tinyurl.com/aupdb


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Boston Globe
by Joan Vennochi

11/17/05

As go the polls, so go the pols. According to the most recent CNN/Gallup/ USA Today survey, 63 percent of Americans disapprove of the situation in Iraq. In essence, the question Cindy Sheehan tried to ask President Bush in Crawford, Texas, last August -- why did my son die in Iraq? -- is resonating across the country. And so, the time has come for America's politicians to line up bravely behind the public. John Edwards, the former US senator from North Carolina who hopes to run again for president, began a recent Washington Post opinion piece about his vote to authorize war with these words: 'I was wrong.' Also last week, the Republican-controlled Senate voted to press the White House to provide more public information about the course of the war in Iraq. Senator John Kerry spent much of the 2004 presidential campaign trying to rationalize his vote to authorize war with Iraq. Finally, last month Kerry called for troop withdrawal, echoing a demand made last January by Senator Edward M. Kennedy to harsh criticism...

http://tinyurl.com/7d4yw


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The American Prospect
by Julia Gronnevet

11/17/05

We can't challenge the fraud in the 2004 election -- but we can keep it from happening again. TAP talks to Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again: Q: [W]hat would you say the book is about? ... A: [T]he book is a plea for electoral reform based on careful demonstration of the many ways in which the Bush Republicans stole the last presidential election. My aim is not to challenge the outcome, [but] ... to get that scandal to reverberate, to provoke or inspire reform of our whole electoral system, which is a shambles. Q: Voter fraud existed yesterday and today. How do you see today's tactics as different from ones used in the past? A: I'm not arguing that election fraud is something new. ... [W]e've had this problem from the beginning and [from] both parties. The Democrats are hardly innocent. But there is something new that's happened here. This theft of votes was unprecedented in scale...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=10627



Fool me twice

The Libertarian Enterprise
by L. Neil Smith

01/15/06

Every time one of the 'major' parties comes to power, it passes new laws that violate our self-ownership, threaten us with injury or death if we won't comply, and shred the Bill of Rights. When the other 'major' party replaces the first -- usually by making a lot of noise about how evil and repressive their predecessors were -- they almost never repeal those laws. They simply pass more of their own on top of them. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. ... If you remember nothing else from this essay, remember this: the seemingly unavoidable tragedy of our times is that only those who are presently out of power place any value the Bill of Rights. To those who are in power, it's exactly what it was meant to be: a crippling obstruction to the ambitions of the current regime. Whatever regime that happens to be. Today, George W. Bush chafes in the straitjacket manufactured by the authors of the Bill of Rights, but it is vital never to forget that Bill and Hillary Clinton chafed in their time, as well...

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle350-20060115-02.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Institute for Liberal Values
by Jim Peron

11/18/05

The US was hit by several hurricanes that shut down a major portion of refining capacity. Now the fact remains that you could be sitting on a sea of oil but if you can only refine a small portion of it prices for the refined product will rise even if the price for the unrefined product is dropping. It's elementary economics thus beyond most politicians. So once again we have a dramatic disparity between the two products. Oil prices have dropped a bit but refined oil in the form of gasoline has dropped almost twice as fast. Not one Congressman or Senator has demanded an investigation to expose the cause. There is no political hay to be made from dropping prices so the politicians go mute...

http://tinyurl.com/794jz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Cato Institute
by Timothy Lynch

11/18/05

Congress is now poised to renew the PATRIOT Act, which will dramatically expand the powers of the FBI. Have our lawmakers found the right 'balance' between liberty and security? Had the FBI's record of performance been outstanding, reasonable people could debate whether it is necessary to confer more power on this already powerful police agency. Alas, the FBI's record cannot even be regarded as satisfactory...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5206


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Sen. Kennedy could vote today on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. The new version is so bad that several Senators are talking about blocking it and this could be our last chance. Can you call him and tell him you oppose the new PATRIOT Act?

Senator Edward Kennedy Phone: 202-224-4543

I called Congress
http://political.moveon.org/call?tg=FSMA_1&cp_id=146&id=6381-1485063-wQwMojAs6UtD8ze.qKqdCQ&t=1

After months of negotiations, the Senate could vote on reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act today­and you can help block it. The version they're voting on goes even further than the original PATRIOT Act in some places and does not include many needed reforms.

Several senators have expressed concern about the new PATRIOT Act and some, like Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John Sununu (R-NH), are even talking about blocking it with a filibuster.1 This could be our last chance to stop the new and unimproved PATRIOT Act. Your calls at this critical moment could make all the difference. Can you call Sen. Kennedy and tell him that you oppose the PATRIOT Act?

Senator Edward Kennedy Phone: 202-224-4543

Then, please let us know you called by reporting your call here:

http://political.moveon.org/call?tg=FSMA_1&cp_id=146&id=6381-1485063-wQwMojAs6UtD8ze.qKqdCQ&t=2

Reporting your call will help make this action more effective­this way we can track who's feeling the heat.

The new PATRIOT Act does nothing about some of the biggest problems in the law.2

* The government still isn't required to show a connection between you and a suspected terrorist before they can go through your private records, like medical, library, school, and other records.
* The government is allowed to get "sneak and peek" search warrants from courts to search your home or business and not tell you about it for a month or even much longer. They can do this even in cases having nothing to do with terrorism.

Americans of all political stripes have expressed concern and outrage over the invasive powers in the PATRIOT Act­but some in Congress refuse to listen.

Now that several leaders in Washington have expressed concern over the new draft of the PATRIOT Act, we may actually be able to block it. But they need to hear from you. Your call could make a big difference.

Senator Edward Kennedy Phone: 202-224-4543

Thanks for all you do,

–Eli, Nita, Tom, Justin and the Moveon.org Political Action Team Friday, November 18th, 2005


For more information on the PATRIOT Act please visit the ACLU website:

ACLU talking points on conference draft of legislation: http://www.aclu.org/patriotdraft

Main Patriot Act page: http://www.reformthepatriotact.org Sources:

1. "Patriot Act Filibuster Threatened," San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2005
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1168

2. "Senators Threaten to Hold Up Patriot Act," Washington Post, November 17, 2005
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1169


Informant: Martin Greenhut

Elizabeth de la Vega writes that shortly after Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was indicted for obstructing justice and making false statements to a government agent and a grand jury, Libby's attorneys suggested that they would use the standard he's-a-busy-man-who-can't-remember-everything defense.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805O.shtml

Both the Army and the Marines fell short of their goals for hiring roadside bomb defusers by about 20 percent in each of the last two years. The Army Reserve failed to fill about a third of its more than 1,500 intelligence analyst jobs. And the National Guard has had consistent shortages filling positions involving tanks, field artillery and intelligence.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805L.shtml

Vice President's popularity and influence have waned along with public support for Iraq conflict.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805K.shtml

The US House of Representatives on Friday narrowly voted to trim social programs for the poor along with farm subsidies, student loans and other federal benefits as part of a $49.9-billion package of spending cuts.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805J.shtml

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1118-08.htm


Informant: John Calvert



Admiral Turner: Cheney 'Vice President for Torture'

Admiral Stansfield Turner, who was in charge of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1970s, said Dick Cheney was overseeing torture policies of possible terrorist suspects and was damaging America's reputation by doing so.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805I.shtml

"Wärmeflüchtlinge": Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Fischbestände (18.11.05)

Die Artenschutzorganisation WWF vermutet, dass neben der Überfischung auch der Klimawandel den Fischbeständen in aller Welt zunehmend zu schaffen macht. Ein neuer WWF Report zeige, dass steigende Wassertemperaturen sowohl in den Ozeanen als auch in Flüssen und Seen die Fischbestände gefährdeten. Der Sauerstoffgehalt vieler Gewässer nehme stark ab, so dass insbesondere Süßwasserarten immer häufiger nach Luft schnappen müssten. Ein schlechteres Nahrungsangebot, vermindertes Wachstum und weniger Nachkommen seien die Folgen. Zudem bringe der Klimawandel die Nahrungskette erheblich durcheinander. Mitte der 1990er Jahre seien rund 120.000 Seevögel im Golf von Alaska verhungert, weil ihre Beutefische in größere Tiefen und damit kühleres Wasser abgetaucht gewesen seien. "Der Report passt ins Bild. Der Klimawandel hinterlässt inzwischen fast überall auf dem Planeten seine Spuren", meint Regine Günther vom WWF Deutschland. Die Regierungen seien noch immer zu langsam bei der Bekämp fung des Klimawandels. Der bevorstehende Gipfel in Montreal biete Gelegenheit, das Tempo zu erhöhen.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12332

"Lügnerei und Betrug": Koalitionspolitiker finden die Wirtschaft "unersättlich" (18.11.05)

Politiker der Regierungskoalition wehren sich gegen Beschimpfungen aus der Wirtschaft. Der designierte Bundesfinanzminister Peer Steinbrück fordert die Wirtschaft eindringlich auf, ihre Kritik am Koalitionsvertrag einzustellen und sich stattdessen stärker für den Standort Deutschland zu engagieren. Mit Vorwürfen "von Lügnerei, von Betrug und dergleichen" gegen die Politik hätten Wirtschaftsvertreter "die Grenze der Toleranz" erreicht, sagte Steinbrück am Donnerstagabend in der ZDF-Sendung "Berlin Mitte". Versuche, "alle Probleme der Politik zuzuordnen, das funktioniert nicht länger". Der SPD-Vize fügte hinzu: "Ich erwarte von den deutschen Unternehmen, dass sie sich hier engagieren bei verbesserten Rahmenbedingungen für Arbeitsplätze in Deutschland." Die Wirtschaft habe "auch eine Bringschuld". Der saarländische Ministerpräsident Peter Müller bezeichnete die Unternehmen wegen ihrer ständig neuen Forderungen als "unersättlich".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12330

18.11.05

Die designierte Familienministerin Ursula von der Leyen sieht die Familien als Gewinner der Koalitionsverhandlung. Betreuungskosten wie Tagespflege von Kindern, die sich oft nur Besserverdienende leisten können, oder Pflegehilfen für Angehörige könnten künftig steuerlich abgesetzt werden, sagte von der Leyen der Tageszeitung "Die Welt". Damit bleibe den Familien mehr von ihrem selbstverdienten Geld. Insgesamt seien zur Förderung haushaltsnaher Dienstleistungen und der Betreuung fünf Milliarden Euro im Koalitionsvertrag festgeschrieben worden. "Damit wird anerkannt, dass Eltern, die den Lebensunterhalt für ihre Kinder erwerben wollen, dafür Kinderbetreuungskosten in Kauf nehmen", sagte die CDU-Politikerin. Bezüglich des geplanten einkommensabhängigen Elterngeldes räumte die Ministerin ein, dass sozial Schwache künftig weniger bekommen werden als mit dem heutigen Erziehungsgeld von 300 Euro.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12328

editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
18 November 2005
Jonathan Marciano

COUNCIL bosses have sent a ringing message demanding more power to defeat mobile phone mast applications.

Haringey Council passed a motion this week designed to send a signal to the government that current policies are failing residents.

The authority wants a change to planning rules to allow councillors to consider the health implications of masts.

Caron Brooks from campaign group Muswell Hill Against the Mast Pages Hill said: "The current process for masts has not worked. Hundreds of people are against phone masts and antennae because of the risks of radiation but their views are ignored.

"We have a great problem in Muswell Hill as every mobile phone operator wants to be present at every single site.

"The part of Barrington Court I can see from my garden is littered with mobile phone equipment. It is frightening to think of the impact on children's health."

At a meeting on Monday councillors heard there is growing concern about masts, particularly near schools, hospitals and residential properties.

The authority cannot refuse mobile phone masts on health grounds and those below 15metres tall are entirely exempt from planning permission.

Councillors demanded more national research into the potential health risks, especially for children.

And they demanded mobile phone giants be required to make a full planning application for any proposals.

Councillor Gideon Bull said: "This is an issue where the government is wrong. We need more power to turn down applications where it is in the better interest of our residents."

Muswell Hill mothers have been campaigning against six Vodafone mobile phone masts on the telephone exchange building in Grand Avenue.

The mast is 200metres from Tetherdown school, Greygates nursery and the Treehouse school in Woodside Avenue.

Since the power went on parents at Tetherdown have complained of children suffering dizziness and headaches.

Campaigns have also raged against masts on Aylmer Road and Barrington Court in Colney Hatch Lane.

Mother-of-two Hannah Beryman, of Grand Avenue, who has a three-year-old, said: "This is not about scaremongering. There is no research saying masts are safe, yet we subject our children to the dangers. Our children are being used as guinea pigs."

The motion, which received cross-party support, calls for Haringey's two members of parliament to lobby for a moratorium on masts near schools, hospitals and houses.

The MPs will also be asked to support any bills in parliament allowing council's to reject mast applications.

Officers will also write to other London boroughs to ask them to follow suit.

broadway@hamhigh.co.uk

http://tinyurl.com/9p6uj

In einem dieser Zentren, das sich in Frankreich befindet und von dem aus weltweite Operationen zur Ergreifung oder Tötung von mutmaßlichen Terroristen geplant und durchgeführt werden, sollen auch deutsche Geheimdienstvertreter mitarbeiten.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21382/1.html

Ledger-Enquirer

11/17/05

Army Spc. Katherine Jashinski, fighting back tears as she explained why she is a conscientious objector, set the tone for this week's SOA Watch protest just outside the gates of Fort Benning. What started 15 years ago as a protest to close the School of the Americas, which trains military personnel from Central and Latin America, is also becoming an anti-war movement. Jashinski, a member of the Texas Army National Guard, is fighting deployment to Afghanistan and seeking a military discharge. A U.S. District Court judge in San Antonio last week refused to grant the 22-year-old Army cook a temporary restraining order that would have delayed her deployment to join her unit, already in Afghanistan. She reported to Fort Benning this week for weapons training...

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/13194463.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Canton Repository

11/17/05

The federal government wants to peer into your computer communications, forcing companies that provide high-speed access or Internet-based telephone service to design -- or redesign -- their networks to accommodate surveillance. On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission gave broadband Internet service and voice-over-Internet Protocol services, or VoIP, 18 months to ensure that their networks are wiretap-ready. This followed the FCC's formal release of the order in September. Privacy advocates say law enforcement agencies already can wiretap Internet services. They criticize the FCC for overstepping its bounds by requiring businesses to devise systems to the specifications of the federal government...

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=253434&Category=23


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

MSNBC

11/17/05

Americans' appetite for world leadership [sic] has waned significantly since before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, with more than two-fifths saying the United States should mind its own business, according to a major new survey released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Council on Foreign Relations, found an isolationist [sic] streak that rivals sentiments that emerged in the mid-1970s in the aftermath of the Vietnam War...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10086642/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

A CONTROVERSIAL plan for a 21ft high mobile phone mast on top of a 22ft high building just feet from back gardens in Harrogate has been given the go-ahead by an independent government inspector.
The decision has been met by anger from residents who had campaigned against the mast at the former Harrogate Leisure Centre on Beech Avenue.

Spokesman for the Oatlands Anti-Mast Group Brian Hulme said: “This decision means back gardens all over the place are at risk from these masts, even when they are almost within touching distance.”

Mr Hulme thanked local residents for the support they had given in objecting to the appeal.

Inspector Jonathan King made his decision to overrule Harrogate Borough Council planners after viewing the site from windows and gardens of Mount Gardens and Halstead Road in the Oatlands area.

His decision means that the O2 (UK) Ltd mobile phone company can now put up the mast.

Pannal ward councillor Fred Willis, who tabled objections to the plan and joined residents on a site visit with the inspector, said the decision was a tremendous blow for people living in the area, but particularly those whose gardens would be overshadowed by the structure.

He said: “It is no comfort to residents that the decision was by a narrow margin. This is another case in Harrogate where local decision making – with input from local residents and councillors – has been overruled."

Mr King said in his judgement a clear benefit of the mast would be removal of three antenna which would remove some of the clutter. This would include two antenna close to houses in Mount Gardens and Halstead Road.

“By a narrow margin, and having regard to the policies of the local plan, I consider that the limited harm from the erection of the taller pole would be outweighed by wider benefits,” added the inspector.

Meanwhile Mr King said that fears for health was not a sufficient reason to reject the new mast, nor was potential interference with television and radio reception.

He said a suggested alternative site had been Hornbeam Business Park but had been told this would not meet technical requirements and he understood it had been discounted.

He agreed it was not an attractive outlook for residents, with the least appealing aspect the clutter of antenna.

Mr King said the plans described the mast as a flagpole.

“But it would not, in my view, appear as such, being rather thicker than a normal flagpole of this height,” he said.

18 November 2005

http://www.harrogatetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=17&ArticleID=1259861

Von Hermann Schlösser

Vor kurzem habe ich in einem Wagen der Linie U2 einem Herrn zugehört, der am Handy Geschäftsgespräche abwickelte. Unter anderem erklärte er seinem unsichtbaren Gesprächspartner, wie der einen schwer kündbaren Mitarbeiter loswerden könne. Er zählte in allen Einzelheiten auf, welche Regelverstöße sich der Betreffende schon habe zuschulden kommen lassen, meinte, da sei längst eine fristlose Entlassung drinnen – und so weiter.

Szenen dieser Art gehören zu den Standarderlebnissen des Alltags: In Bussen, Straßenbahnen, Zügen und U-Bahnen wird man unausgesetzt zum Ohrenzeugen dienstlicher und privater Gespräche – und man wird durchaus nicht gefragt, ob einem derartige Offenbarungen willkommen sind.

Manchen dieser Telefon-Exhibitionisten ist nur zu deutlich anzumerken, dass sie das akustische Bad in der Menge genießen. Sie wollen wahrgenommen werden – wenn es sein muss, mit Gewalt. In schöner Offenheit hat das einmal ein junger Mann ausgedrückt, der in sein Handy brüllte: "Irgendwer muss mir doch zuhören in diesem verdammten Land!"

Der Herr in der U2 dagegen war von anderem Schlag. Er unternahm einiges, um sich gegen unbefugte Zuhörer zu schützen. Natürlich nannte er keine Namen – außer seinem eigenen am Beginn des Gesprächs – und er sprach auch nicht übertrieben laut. Ihm war also offensichtlich an einer gewissen Diskretion gelegen – was sich bei dem heiklen Thema, das er abhandelte, ja von selbst versteht.

Eben deswegen ist es aber umso schwerer zu begreifen, dass ein professioneller, hoch seriös aussehender Herr Themen, die nicht für jedermanns Ohren bestimmt sind, überhaupt in der U-Bahn abhandelt. Fürchtet er sich nicht davor, dass ein Zuhörer sich aus den Informationsbruchstücken den richtigen Reim machen kann, daraufhin den von der Entlassung Bedrohten anruft und sagt: "Ich habe gerade in der U-Bahn erfahren, dass du deinen Job verlierst" ? Hat er kein Gefühl dafür, dass vertrauliche Gespräche dort geführt werden sollten, wo sie hingehören: in geschlossenen Räumen?

Offenbar nicht. Auch er gehört eben zu den Telefonierern neuesten Typs, die ohne Bedenken drauflos reden. Manche tun das, weil sie sich nach Publikum sehnen. Andere scheinen darauf zu vertrauen, dass sie im anonymen Gedränge der Großstadt sozusagen von einer unsichtbaren Wand vor allzu neugierigen Ohren geschützt sind. Vielleicht sollte man ihnen bei Gelegenheit zu verstehen geben, dass dieses Vertrauen nicht ganz berechtigt ist.

Freitag, 18. November 2005

http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3947&Alias=wzo&cob=207733


Nachricht von der BI Bad Dürkheim

by Elizabeth de la Vega, TomPaine.com

Why Scooter Libby's "some other guy did it" defense won't work.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051118/libbys_blame_game.php

by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com

The revelation of Iranian-backed, government-run torture centers and death squads makes it clear that we replaced Saddam with something equally evil.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051118/our_monsters_in_iraq.php

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/242821/

Dr. med. Wolf Bergmann, Freiburg: “Die ständig wiederholte Behauptung, unsere Grenzwerte würden unsere Gesundheit vor Folgen der Mobilfunkstrahlen schützen, ist die folgenschwerste Unwahrheit und entbehrt jeder wissenschaftlichen Grundlage, natürlich finden Mobilfunkindustrie ebenso wie offizielle Politik (die sich mit 100 Mrd. Euro für UMTS restlos an die Industrie verkauft hat) immer abhängige Wissenschaftler und Medien, die das Gegenteil behaupten." http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1115052/

Auswirkungen von Elektromagnetischen Feldern
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/337878/

Mobilfunk-Strahlenschäden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/336660/

"Was unser aller Gesundheit belastet und bedroht, kann unmöglich dem Gemeinwohl dienen"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/247665/

Vertrauenswürdigkeit der offiziellen Stellen bei Strahlung
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/568011/

Bequemlichkeit und finanzielle Vorteile gegen Vernunft und Vorsorge
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/505356/

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

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

A bipartisan group of senators threatened to derail the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act today, only hours after Congressional negotiators had seemed on the verge of an agreement to extend and keep largely intact its sweeping antiterrorism powers.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805Z.shtml

Haringey council on Monday 14th Nov 2005 voted unanimously for the following motion. Both the labour and Lib Dem leaders said the government is wrong on the issue.

Haringey Council Motion

MOTION

This Council notes:

• Haringey residents' public health concerns about mobile phone masts, with particular concern about the siting of masts near to schools, hospitals and residential properties

• Legislation is weighted in favour of mobile phone companies and Haringey Council currently has little power to act on our residents' concerns

•Masts below 15m are exempt from planning permission

• The Council has established a Scrutiny Review on Mobile Phone masts to identify residents' concerns and produce recommendations designed to address them at the earliest possible opportunity and looks forward to its full report.

This Council believes:

• More national research is required into the potential health risks of mobile phone masts

• Councils like Haringey should be able to take health concerns into account when considering grounds for rejecting mobile phone mast applications.

• Mobile phone companies should be required to make a full planning application for masts of any size and should always be required to provide a statement of the intensity and direction of the signal

This Council resolves:

• To write to Haringey's two Members of Parliament requesting they lobby Ministers for a moratorium on mast sites near to schools, hospitals and residential properties

• To ask our Members of Parliament to support any Bills in Parliament which would mean safer siting of phone masts, including giving Councils clear authority to reject mast applications on local public health grounds

• To write to all other London Boroughs to ask for their support in in pushing for health concerns to be relevant

Enrollment begins this week for the Bush administration's shiny new Medicare drug plan. "But very few of my patients are enrolling or even asking about it," says Doctor Marc Siegel. He goes on to explore why.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/111705HB.shtml

People injured by a vaccine against bird flu or anthrax would have to prove willful misconduct to bring a claim for damages against drug manufacturers or distributors, according to legislation being drafted behind the scenes by Republicans.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/111705HA.shtml


http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Vaccines/

Cheney's rough-edged remarks, and the president's unequivocal endorsement of them, were the latest in the Bush administration's new campaign to challenge critics of the Iraq war, accusing them of twisting the historical record about how and why the war was launched. Yet in accusing these critics of "rewriting history," Bush, Cheney, and other senior administration officials are tinkering with the truth themselves.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705T.shtml

My name is Katherine Jashinski. I am a SPC in the Texas Army National Guard. I have a deeply held belief that people must solve all conflicts through peaceful diplomacy and without the use of violence. Violence only begets more violence.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705S.shtml

Legislation to fund many of the nation's health, education and social programs went down to a startling defeat in the House on Thursday, led by Democrats who said cuts in the bill hurt some of America's neediest people.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705Q.shtml

http://michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4904


Informant: John Calvert

FEARS that a mobile phone mast could be erected on council-owned grass verges near Harrogate have been raised with a local councillor.

Reception tests for a potential mast in the Weeton area alongside the Harrogate-Bradford Road have already been carried out. Others are due to follow in the same area.

Residents are now concerned that the tests could be followed by a planning application for a mast on a highway verge after some companies have complained about poor reception in the area.

County Coun Cliff Trotter (Con Pannal and Lower Wharfedale) said local people were worried that tests had been carried out on a grass verge belonging to the county council when they believed these sites would be immune for masts.

After speaking to highway and planning chiefs at North Yorkshire Coun Trotter has been told there is no specific policy as to whether mobile phone masts are allowed on such council land or not.

Coun Trotter said: "I am raising this issue at the North Yorkshire County Council area committee this week.

It is vital that a clear ruling is given on this issue."

"Residents are worried that masts could be erected on verges and they have wider concerns about their closeness to traffic and pedestrians, apart from the impact they would cause in areas of high quality landscape," he added.

Meanwhile, land owners in the Lower Wharfedale area have already been asked if companies can test mobile reception in the area.

One mast 26ft high has already been tested in a roadside verge.

18 November 2005

http://www.harrogatetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=17&ArticleID=1259879

School of the Americas Watch: Thousands Rally to Demand Closure of Controversial US Army Training School This Weekend

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1117-06.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1117-23.htm


Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1117-01.htm

Phosphorus Tale Burns Pentagon
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1117-26.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1117-09.htm



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3642/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

18.11.2005 10:53

Neben Sender: Krebs-Häufigkeit auffällig

In Hausmannstätten häufen sich die Krebsfälle. Jetzt wird untersucht, ob ein Zusammenhang mit einem Sender besteht, der bis 1997 aktiv war. Foto: APA ROBERT ENGELE

"Ich habe beobachten können, wie rundherum die Menschen an Krebs erkrankt sind", erzählt Marianne Sabutsch, Anrainerin des Senders auf dem Wählamt in Hausmannstätten.

Mobilfunkanlage. Ihre Familie wohnt 50 Meter neben der Mobilfunkanlage - und ist ebenfalls betroffen. "Zwei unserer drei Kinder hatten direkt gegenüber dem Sender, der damals in der Höhe des ersten Stocks war und waagrecht herüberstrahlte, ihre Zimmer. Und beide bekamen einen Gehirntumor. Unser Sohn ist vor zwei Jahren gestorben, die Tochter hat ein Auge verloren." Das dritte Kind und die Eltern wohnten auf der anderen Seite und blieben verschont.

Schlafstörungen. "Ich selbst habe jahrelang unter Schlafstörungen und einem beständigen Surren im Körper gelitten", berichtet sie. "Aber wir haben die Störquelle im eigenen Haus gesucht. Damals hat mich niemand ernst genommen." 1997 wurde der alte C-Netz-Sender ein paar Meter versetzt und 16 Meter erhöht, erzählen Nachbarn. "Den jetzigen Sender spür ich nicht", betont Marianne Sabutsch - obwohl sie den Unterschied merkt, wenn sie in einer "ruhigen" Gegend auf Urlaub ist.

Häufigkeit. "Von der Häufigkeit der Krebserkrankungen ist das sehr auffällig", ist Hausmannstättens Bürgermeister Günther Köck, selbst überzeugter Handy-Verweigerer, besorgt. "Es sind 13 oder 14 Fälle auf engstem Raum. Wir haben überhaupt das Problem, dass auf 684 Hektar Gemeindegebiet acht oder neun Sender stehen und zwei weitere geplant sind - das ist eine Katastrophe und auch ein großer Wertverlust. Und wir haben fast keine Chance dagegen."

Mediziner. Der ehemalige grüne Gemeinderat Dieter Kurz nahm schließlich Kontakt auf mit dem Salzburger Umweltmediziner Gerd Oberfeld, weil die Gerüchte über die vielen Tumorerkrankungen kein Ende nahmen. Das Ergebnis: Ein offizieller Auftrag der Landessanitätsdirektion, "einen möglichen Zusammenhang mit dem ehemaligen Sender auf dem Wählamt in der Schemmerlstraße zu untersuchen". Eine absolute Premiere, denn eine bevölkerungsbezogene Studie über die Krebshäufigkeit an einem Ort hat es laut Oberfeld in ganz Österreich noch nicht gegeben.

Studiengebiet. Das Studiengebiet umfasst eine Kreisfläche mit einem Radius von 1,2 Kilometern um das Wählamt. In einem ersten Schritt haben die Bewohner Anfang November einen Fragebogen erhalten, der für jede Person, die zwischen 1. November 1984 und 31. Dezember 1997 im Haushalt wohnte, ausgefüllt werden soll. Und der Umweltmediziner hofft auf rege Beteiligung. "Denn je mehr mitmachen, desto größer ist die Aussagekraft der Studie."

Detailstudie. Aufgrund der Angaben werden dann 100 Personen (mit und ohne Krebserkrankung) für eine Detailstudie mit persönlichem Gespräch ausgewählt. Im März wird durch ein simuliertes Signal die Verteilung von Funkstrahlung im Wohnbereich gemessen. Im Juli wird der Bericht der Landessanitätsdirektion und den betroffenen Gemeinden Hausmannstätten und Vasoldsberg übergeben.

http://www.kleine.at/nachrichten/regionen/steiermark/graz/artikel/_742730/index.jsp

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Leukämie und elektromagnetische Felder
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164290/

Viele Menschen fürchten sich vor den gesundheitlichen Folgen von Elektrosmog http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1165260/

Krebs und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/327725/

http://www.sobran.com/columns/2005/051101.shtml


Informant: Lew Rockwell

http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/age30.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/8798997?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single7&rnd=1132269570292&has-player=true


Informant: Lew Rockwell

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The Man Who Sold the War:

Meet John Rendon, Bush's general in the propaganda war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11058.htm

Bill Bonner on the US empire
http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner171.html

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3643/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Tipperary Today

The County Development Plan should be changed to ensure no mobile phone masts are located within one kilometre of schools, hospitals, churches and other populated places, it was proposed at the November meeting of South Tipperary County Council.

Cllr Mattie McGrath made the proposal saying that people should "err on the side of caution" where the telecommunication masts were concerned.

In his motion to the County Council, Cllr McGrath asked that wording be inserted into the Development Plan saying, "no phone masts/antenna can be located within one kilometre of housing developments, schools, hospitals, churches and amenity/community facilities."

He is also calling for existing masts located near schools, childcare facilities and playgrounds, to be removed immediately.

Explaining his concerns, in a statement to The Nationalist, Cllr McGrath said he based his proposal on recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

He said he also took into account scientific evidence that emissions from the masts cause adverse health affects.

"It is the responsibility of the Council to ensure the health and safety of the public is not compromised," Cllr McGrath said.

At the Council meeting Cllr McGrath received support from fellow councillors.

Cllr Pat English said serious health questions remain about mobile phone masts, and Cllr Liam Aherne said nobody wants a mast close to them and to have them close to housing estates is "not on."

Director of Services Seán Keating said that the current guidelines from the Department of the Environment said masts could only be located in villages, towns or near school as a last resort. There are some cases where masts can be located near schools, however, he added.

This is written into the current County Development Plan, but there are discussions taking place about reviewing those guidelines, Mr. Keating said.

He told the meeting that another issue is that many types of developments related to masts and new antennae are exempt from planning and any changes to the County Development Plan would make no difference to them.

Cllr McGrath said other councils had put wording like his suggestion into their plans.

Cllr Liam Aherne pointed out that the masts that are exempt from planning must give the Council written notice four weeks before the mast is erected.

County Manager, Ned O'Connor, said he could understand the motion, but in reality if the councillors are to achieve what they want the only way to is to change the national policy.

He said there were two reasons he suggested that, firstly because if they review their development plan the Department of the Environment will have to be informed and they will not approve a change that is contrary to Department guidelines.

Secondly, he said, if the development plan is changed and planning applications are affect people could go to An B"rd Pleanála who would refer to the national guidelines, not the county plan.

Council Chairman, Derry Foley, proposed that the change in guidelines be put to the department, and when they are changed the development plan can be altered. "We don't have the power to change it here," he said.

"We all want to protect people. Step one should be taken before step two," Cllr Ambrose said, supporting the chairman.

Cllr McGrath agreed to defer his motion for one month to do this.

10 November 2005

By Jolene Hill

Bromley Newsshopper,
London 17.11.05

PHONE mast campaigners say they are stunned the council has invested more than £6m in Vodafone.

Figures released to News Shopper under the Freedom of Information Act show £6.2m has been spent on more than four million shares in the firm.

The cash comes from the council's pension fund and is part of almost £100m of investments the council has made.

The pension fund is made up of contributions from the council's general budget, which in turn comes from council tax and government grants.

Campaigners from Orpington Residents Against Masts say the investment is a conflict of interest.

It argues if the council was to give a Vodafone mast planning permission, it could be suggested it was not acting independently as it has an interest in the firm.

The group, which has 70 members and was founded in February, threatened to seek a judicial review if the council refused to change its decision to allow a new mast at the BT telephone exchange site in Chislehurst Road.

The council did refuse and members are now considering what action to take.

Campaigner James Malone, of Chislehurst Road , Orpington, says although the council has not legally done anything wrong it does not look right.

He said: "This investment is in line with the council's cynical attitude towards mobile phone masts."

Fellow member Susan Green, of New Road, Orpington, says it is undemocratic the public does not have access to information on where public money is invested.

She said: "It absolutely stinks they have got a financial interest in this company."

Vodafone, which has more than 165 million customers worldwide, tops a list of more than 100 companies Bromley Council has invested in for its pension fund.

A council spokesman said: "Acting on legal advice, the council has a primary responsibility to secure the best investment returns on behalf of council tax payers."

The spokesman says investment managers seek to encourage good social, environmental and ethical practice in the companies' activities, details of which can be found in its published Statement of Investment Principles.

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It seems to me that the Council in Bromley have breached the Code of Conduct, but I'm not quite sure.

How can they represent the residents by following their wishes not to have a mast erected near them if they have a financial interest? Or are they not going to represent their constituents in this matter at all?

Regards

Gill Lyden

Retford Today

A PLAN to build a 65ft phone mast on industrial land in Beckingham has been halted, despite Bassetlaw Council giving it the green light.

Councillors on the planning committee voted 10 in favour and seven against the 3G mast planned at Difuria Ltd on Wood Lane at a meeting last Wednesday night. The proposal received 96 letters of objection and a 113 signature petition against it. But on Monday the head of Difuria, Tony Difuria, sent a letter to Beckingham cum Saundby Parish Council. It said: "We can confirm we will cancel the construction of the mast on our land." "We as a family did not know it was such a controversial issue in the village." "We had no involvement in the planning or siting of this and we are all Beckingham residents."

The move comes after a group of residents went to see Mr Difuria on Friday morning after the planning permission was granted by the council. "Mr Difuria was very approachable when we went to see him," said Penny Weightman. "Our original protest was not about there being a mast, but where it was going to be."

Bassetlaw Council's decision to grant permission had sparked outrage among villagers and councillors. Beckingham resident Coun Ken Bullivant, who sits on Bassetlaw Council, but not the planning committee, as well as Notts County Council hit out at the initial decision. "It was a real shame that they gave the go ahead for this." "There are so many other sites in the village that could have been used instead." But he also welcomed the news that the mast was no longer going to be on that site. "That is all that we wanted – there was never any issues about there being a mast in the village, but we didn't want it at that location." "I thought we put up a good fight during the meeting and thought that we had won our case, so was surprised that permission was granted for it."

On Monday Mr Difuria confirmed he was no longer allowing the mast to be built on his land. "We didn't realise people were so unhappy with this – we hadn't heard anything about it."

END

17 November 2005

Tamworth Herald

10:30 - 17 November 2005

'ANXIOUS' campaigners deeply concerned about the effects of phone masts were relieved to see three more refused last week.

Ellie Piovesana
News Reporter

In front of a packed audience, members of the council's planning committee stood their ground against O2, branding masts 'monstrosities' and blasting Vodaphone for wanting one just 16 metres from one man's home.

"It was a resounding victory," said 'jubilant' campaigner Chris Aston.

"We took on a giant and came out smiling."

On Wednesday, November 9, councillors threw out two applications for O2 masts in Amington Fields and land off Marlborough Way for being too close to homes.

A third application for a 10 metre Vodaphone mast in Gillway Lane met the same fate when resident Barry Hunt said it would be just 16 metres from his teenage daughter's bedroom.

"We are anxious, stressed and fearful of the future," he said.

All three masts were refused by every member of the committee who stood by their agreed policy of putting masts at least 100 metres from homes.

Speaking at the meeting, Glascote ward councillor Chris Cooke, said: " Tamworth 's policy of 100 metres is inadequate - but at least it's something!"

Cllr Cooke echoed health fears and questioned Vodaphone's consultation methods, saying: "I don't feel sending a letter to councillors alone adequately deals with the company's duty to consult the public."

Mr Aston, of Kirtley, Glascote Heath, led a campaign with neighbour Richard Heath.

Both men highlighted deep-rooted fears a mast near their homes could be detrimental to health, children walking to school and the potential Olympic hopefuls using Glascote Stadium.

O2 and Vodaphone are expected to appeal against the decision, something Mr Aston is more than ready for.

"We'll be ready and we'll come out fighting again," he added. "I wonder if the O2 managing director would want one of these by his swimming pool."

WE'RE ON A ROLL. NOW WE STAND UP AGAINST THE PATRIOT ACT

Today's vote in the House, resoundingly rejecting the administration's cruel budget cuts for the poor to finance more tax cuts for the rich, was no surprise to the more than 6,000 participants of our system who submitted their personal objections to their members of Congress. And now there are also more voices in the Senate demanding that we pull in the reins on the out of control fascist aspects of propaganda named Patriot Act. The administration's FBI plants are actually fighting for language to authorize "UNNECESSARY" intrusive searches.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.millionphonemarch.com/patriot.htm

Republicans Craig, Sununu and Murkowski, and Democrats Durbin, Feingold and Salazar are to be credited for being outraged that even the very modest restraints against abuse of government power in the bill were cut out by the conference committee. We need to send them our messages of support on this, and tell the rest of our senators who are not on board to start fighting for we the people for a change.

THIS IS YET ANOTHER REASON TO OPPOSE ALITO FOR SUPREME COURT

Of course, regardless of what abuses of presidential power the Congress might rubberstamp were we NOT to speak out, you can be sure that Bush's latest designated player, Supreme Court nominee Alito, would wave it through. His paper trail is not nearly as well hidden as was Roberts, and the more we learn, the more we understand that he is nothing but a reactionary with a committed lifelong agenda. Please not only demand his rejection, but that ANY replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor be no worse than a true moderate centrist

ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com/no_conservative.htm

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/gesundheitliche_folgen_von_elektrosmog.htm

Leukämie und elektromagnetische Felder
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164290/

Krebs und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/327725/

Von Sascha Ott

Epidemiologie. - Kindliche Leukämie ist eine Krankheit, deren Ursachen Stoff für heftigste Diskussionen selbst unter Fachleuten bietet. Unter anderem stehen Sendemasten wegen der von ihnen ausgehenden elektromagnetischen Strahlung unter Verdacht. Eine breit angelegte epidemiologische Studie will jetzt herausfinden, ob sich Zusammenhänge herstellen lassen.

Die Mischung ist explosiv: eine allgegenwärtige Technik, eine grausame Krankheit und ein Risiko, das wissenschaftlich kaum zu ermessen ist. Kein Wunder, dass in der Diskussion des so genannten Elektrosmogs die Fronten seit Jahren verhärtet sind. Ob Handys Krebs auslösen oder Mobilfunkmasten uns den Schlaf rauben können, ist bisher ungeklärt. Nur in einem Bereich haben sich die Verdachtsfälle mittlerweile soweit verdichtet, dass unter unabhängigen Experten weitgehend Einigkeit besteht.

"Leukämie bei Kindern ist letztendlich die Erkrankung, wo von wissenschaftlicher Seite aus die meisten Hinweise bestehen, dass elektromagnetische Felder hier ein Risikofaktor sein könnten."

Dr. Joachim Schüz war selbst am epidemiologischen Institut der Universität Mainz an einigen dieser Studien beteiligt. In den 90er Jahren fanden mehrere Untersuchungen ein leicht erhöhtes Leukämie-Risiko für Kinder, die in der Nähe von starker niedrigfrequenter Strahlung aufwuchsen, zum Beispiel Hochspannungsleitungen oder Transformatoren. Eine biologische Erklärung für diese Ergebnisse konnte jedoch nicht gefunden werden. Seit langem schon steht auch die hochfrequente Strahlung der Rundfunksender unter Verdacht. Mittelwellensender strahlen mit einer Leistung von etwa 1,8 Megawatt. Noch im Abstand von 300 Metern wird der empfohlene Grenzwert der EU für elektromagnetische Strahlung überschritten. Bisher gingen allerdings erst wenige Studien der Frage nach, ob es gefährlich ist, in der Nähe dieser Sender aufzuwachsen. Schüz:

"Da ist zum Beispiel eine um den Radiosender Vatikan herum gemacht worden, um eine der stärksten Sendeanlagen, weil ja die ganze Welt mit dem Programm versorgt werden soll, wo man dann eine Risikoerhöhung für Kinderleukämie gefunden hat. Allerdings basierend auf nicht mal einer Handvoll Fällen letztendlich. Und das ist dann dementsprechend auch für alle Interpretationen offen."

Um mehr Fälle untersuchen zu können, helfen den Mainzer Forschern bei ihrer neuen Studie zwei große Datenquellen: das Kinderkrebsregister und die ARD. Im Krebsregister sind alle Leukämie-Erkrankungen in Deutschland seit Anfang der 80er Jahre erfasst. Die ARD wiederum verfügt über detaillierte Aufzeichnungen darüber, wann welcher Sendemast in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten wie starke Radiowellen verbreitet hat. Jetzt soll die Strahlenbelastung von Kindern, die seit 1984 an Leukämie erkrankt sind, verglichen werden mit einer gesunden Kontrollgruppe. Was wie eine relativ einfache Statistik-Aufgabe klingt, steckt in der Praxis voller Tücken. Schüz:

"Selbst wenn man die Sendeleistung einer Sendeanlage kennt und über das Antennendiagramm auch noch kennt, in welche Richtung wie stark abgestrahlt wird, ist es trotzdem schwierig für einen bestimmten Punkt die Feldstärke vorherzusagen. Das heißt, wir werden zusätzlich noch einmal mit Messreihen untersuchen, wie gut diese Abschätzungen zutreffen."

Außerdem stehen Joachim Schüz und sein Team vor der kniffligen Aufgabe, eine repräsentative Kontrollgruppe zu finden. Diese Probanden müssen zur gleichen Zeit unter vergleichbaren Bedingungen aufgewachsen sein, wie die Erkrankten. Die Epidemiologen wollen mehr als 2000 Fälle von Kinderleukämie aus den letzten 20 Jahren in die Studie aufnehmen. Mit dieser hohen Fallzahl sollte sich auch ein nur geringes Krebsrisiko nachweisen lassen. Schüz:

"Wir hoffen, dass wir allein mit dieser Studie in Deutschland schon relativ verlässliche Aussagen machen können. Von der Biologie her würde man eigentlich keinen Zusammenhang erwarten. Aber letztendlich, wenn wir in unserer Studie einen Zusammenhang sehen, dann wäre der alles andere als einfach wegzudiskutieren. Und das würden wir auch nicht tun."

Doz. Dr. Joachim Schüz ist Mitglied im Ausschuss nicht-ionisierender Strahlung der Strahlenschutzkommission (SSK). Joachim Schüz wird als Verharmloser des wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisstandes mit deutlicher Industrienähe beschrieben. Siehe unter: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/238911/ und
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/238902/

Da ein Großteil der Daten bereits vorhanden ist, könnten die Ergebnisse - für eine Studie dieser Größenordnung - relativ zügig vorliegen. Schon Mitte 2007 soll geklärt sein, ob eine Kindheit in der Nähe von Rundfunksendern unsichtbare Risiken birgt.

Omega siehe dazu: „Leukämie und elektromagnetische Felder“ unter: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164290/

http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/439400/

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/10/1777482.php


Informant: Scott Munson

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3640/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-disturbing-story-about-bushs.html


Informant: Milo

As you might have heard, recent news from Iraq paints a troubling picture when it comes to the treatment of detainees.

I`ve just signed Democracy for America`s call to oppose torture.

Please join me in signing this petition:

http://tools.democracyforamerica.com/petition/notorture/index.php?refid=503437bdcf89c852

The signatures will be delivered to the President in Washington and volunteers in every state will deliver the names to their state Republican Party, asking them to join the call against torture. We have a chance to reclaim our nation`s moral leadership in the world. Together, America can do better.

Thank you.

Angus


Informant: Martin Greenhut

HLV INFO 177/AT

17-11-2005

Dr. Claus Scheingraber schrieb am 17-11-05

mit der Bitte um Kenntnisnahme und Weitergabe!


Herzliche Grüße

Claus Scheingraber


Betreff: Tollwood/München: interessante Veranstaltung zum Mobilfunk!

MOBILFUNK – Ein Freilandversuch am Menschen?

Lesung & Podiumsdiskussion – Mo. 28.11.05

anschließender Podiumsdiskussion Veranstaltungsort:

Theresienwiese München, Theater Zelt

Beginn: 20.00 Uhr

Einlass: 19.00 Uhr

Einlass: 19 Uhr Beginn: 20 Uhr Veranstaltungsort: Theater-Zelt

Der Eintritt ist frei!


Seit Jahren häufen sich in der Nähe von Mobilfunkanlagen die Krankheitsfälle, und immer neue Studien belegen die schädliche Wirkung elektromagnetischer Strahlung. Die Autoren informieren über das Mobilfunk- Experiment und die Konflikte zwischen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik.

Am Montag, den 28. November, lesen Thomas Grasberger und Franz Kotteder im Theater-Zelt aus ihrem Buch (erschienen im Kunstmann Verlag) und diskutieren anschließend mit Kritikern, Vertretern der Mobilfunk-Industrie und politischen Entscheidern über das große Mobilfunk-Experiment, das uns alle betrifft.


Diskussionsteilnehmer

· Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bernhardt, Ehem. Vorsitzender der ICNIRP
(Int. Kommission zum Schutz vor Nicht-Ionisierender Strahlung)

· Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kiefer, Mitglied der Strahlenschutzkommission (SSK) Strahlenzentrum an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

· Dr. rer. nat. Lebrecht von Klitzing, Medizinphysiker, Umweltphysikalische Messungen GbR

· Joachim Lorenz, Leitung Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt der Landeshauptstadt München

· Dr. Claus Scheingraber, Vorstand Arbeitskreis Elektro-Biologie e.V.

· Dr. Frank Schönborn, Referent für Mobilfunk und Umwelt, O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG

· Dr. Jürgen Seitz, Vorstand der Umweltinitiative Pfaffenwinkel e.V.

Justice : Téléphonie Mobile
Décisions de la Cour Suprême US sur l'ouverture de procès de masse.

http://www.next-up.org/main.php?param=proces

"The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. Our military has done everything that has been asked of them, the US can not accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily." - Congressman John Murtha

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705Y.shtml

Michael Massing: The Bush administration has restricted access to public documents as no other before it. The restrictions have grown so tight that the normally quiescent American Society of Newspaper Editors last fall issued a "call to arms" to its members, urging them to "demand answers in print and in court" to stop this "deeply disturbing" trend. With the President's poll numbers down and infighting among conservatives more visible, the coverage of Washington has sharpened of late, but overall the climate remains hostile to good reporting.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705E.shtml

A consumer advocacy group called Wednesday for the Securities and Exchange Commission to expand its inquiry into the stock trades of Senator Bill Frist, the Republican leader, saying it had uncovered "questionable transactions lucrative to Frist family members."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705C.shtml

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid gave the following speech on the senate floor last night: "In the last 24 hours, 10 of our brave soldiers have been killed in far off Iraq. On such a night, you would think Cheney would give a speech that honors the fallen and those still fighting by laying out a strategy for success. Instead we have the Vice President of the United States playing politics like he’s in the middle of a presidential campaign."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705A.shtml

Police would be able to demand all cellphone, Blackberry and Internet subscriber information without a warrant, under a sweeping surveillance bill introduced in Parliament yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/7p2h6


From Information Clearing House

A bipartisan group of senators told congressional leaders Thursday they will try to block reauthorization of the Patriot Act to protest the elimination of Senate-pushed protections against "unnecessary and intrusive government surveillance'' in a House-Senate compromise.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5422150,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Judith Miller, the mousy Bush Administration propaganda mouthpiece forced to retire from The New York Times last week, is hardly an anomaly. American journalism is contaminated by widespread institutional corruption.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11043.htm

Editor withheld information on leak from Bush official to avoid subpoena.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10071449/


From Information Clearing House



Full Text of Bob Woodward's Statement:

On Monday, November 14, I testified under oath in a sworn deposition to Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for more than two hours about small portions of interviews I conducted with three current or former Bush administration officials that relate to the investigation of the public disclosure of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11041.htm



National Security Adviser was Woodward's source, attorneys say:

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was the senior administration official who told Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA officer.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11042.htm

The commission aims to both frame and fuel a society-wide discussion of whether, or not, the administration of George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other high crimes.

http://www.bushcommission.org/overall_plan.htm


From Information Clearing House

The former US commander of Abu Ghraib prison says that she was held up unfairly as a scapegoat by "male warriors", but the real blame for the abuse scandal rests with military leaders and the White House.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FACAF766-CD1A-473B-88F4-1E9F60AAB609.htm


From Information Clearing House

Everyone knows someone to whom this has happened.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11049.htm

Baghdad Burning: Iraqi Girl Blog: Conventional Terror...:

Few Iraqis ever doubted the American use of chemical weapons in Falloojeh. We’ve been hearing the terrifying stories of people burnt to the bone for well over a year now. I just didn’t want it confirmed
http://tinyurl.com/76cma



How the Pentagon Justifies Phosphorous Bombs on Fallujah:

In Post Saddam Iraq, There are No Civilians
http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff11172005.html


From Information Clearing House

"Stop-Loss is a very ugly lie," she said. "They drafted my son so he could go over there and get blown up."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7210522p-7122975c.html


From Information Clearing House

In one of the most intellectually incoherent major speeches ever delivered by a minor President, George W. Bush last week blamed "some Democrats and anti-war critics" for changing their minds about the war in Iraq and now saying they were deceived.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/366489p-311821c.html


From Information Clearing House

An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops. "Our military is suffering, the future of our country is at risk."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11052.htm

It Is Time To Bring Them Home

All of Iraq must know that Iraq is free. Free from United States occupation.

By Rep. John Murtha

The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. The American public is way ahead of us. The United States and coalition troops have done all they can in Iraq, but it is time for a change in direction. Our military is suffering. The future of our country is at risk. We can not continue on the present course. It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interest of the United States of America, the Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf Region.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11053.htm

Neue Studie: Beschleunigtes Krebswachstum Untersuchung facht Diskussion um Elektrosmog-Schäden an

Quellen: heise.de, New Scientist, reuters.com;

Nachricht von Jörg Wichmann

Nach einer neuen Untersuchung von italienischen Medizinern regt die Bestrahlung mit hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern Leukämie-Zellen zur Vermehrung an, berichtet das Wissenschaftsmagazin New Scientist. Demnach haben Fiorenzo Marinelli und seine Kollegen vom National Research Council in Bologna Leukämie-Zellen mit elektromagnetischen Feldern von 900 Megahertz und einem Milliwatt Leistung bestrahlt. Nach 24 Stunden waren 20 Prozent weniger Leukämie-Zellen in der Probe als in einer nicht bestrahlten Referenz-Probe. Nach 48 Stunden Bestrahlung stellten die Forscher allerdings fest, dass die Leukämie-Zellen in der bestrahlten Probe sich rapide vermehrten und aggressiv teilten.

Der Originalbericht der Fachzeitschrift New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992959


Ärzte Zeitung, 07. 11. 2002:

Handystrahlung aktiviert Leukämie-Zellen in vitro
Nach 48 Stunden Bestrahlung teilen sich die Zellen intensiv

BOLOGNA (mut). Handystrahlung macht Leukämie-Zellen aggressiv: Bei In-vitro-Versuchen starben durch die Strahlung zunächst vermehrt Leukämie-Zellen ab, die überlebenden Zellen vermehrten sich nachher aber umso stärker.

Forscher aus Bologna in Italien haben Leukämie-Zellen im Labor einer 900 Megahertz-Strahlung mit einer Intensität von einem Milliwatt ausgesetzt. Die 900 Megahertz-Frequenz wird in europäischen Mobilfunknetzen häufig verwendet; Handys können dabei mit einer Leistung von bis zu zwei Watt strahlen.

Die Forscher um Dr. Fiorenzo Marinelli bemerkten, daß nach 24 Stunden Dauerbestrahlung mehr Leukämie-Zellen Selbstmordgene aktiviert hatten als Zellen in unbestrahlten Kulturen.

Die Folge: In den bestrahlten Kulturen starben 20 Prozent mehr Zellen als in den unbestrahlten, berichtet das Magazin "New Scientist" (2366, 2002, 9). Allerdings: Nach 48 Stunden Bestrahlung begannen sich viele der überlebenden Zellen intensiv zu teilen. Die Forscher stellten fest, daß in einem Großteil der bestrahlten Zellen drei Zellteilungsgene aktiviert worden sind.

Über welchen Mechanismus Radiostrahlung die Zellteilung beeinflußt, ist noch unklar. Unklar ist nach Angaben der Forscher auch, ob der Effekt bei mobil telefonierenden Menschen von Bedeutung ist.

Quelle: http://www.aerztezeitung.de/docs/2002/11/07/201a0403.asp?cat=/medizin/umweltmedizin

Hier noch einmal der Link zum Originalbericht:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992959

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Die Exposition von menschlichen Lymphozyten aus peripherem Blut mit elektromagnetischen Feldern in Verbindung mit Mobilfunk führt zu chromosomaler Instabilität
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164239/

Effekte und Störungen durch Handytelefonate
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164250/

Gehirntumore und Leukämie durch Handys und Sendeanlagen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164288/

Rätselhafte Krankheit: Epidemiologen wollen Zusammenhang zwischen Sendemasten und kindlicher Leukämie erkunden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1165014/

Leukämie und elektromagnetische Felder
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164290/

Tumore und Leukämie im Umfeld von Rundfunk- und TV-Sendeanlagen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1164271/

Krebsskandal an spanischer Schule: Richter lässt Mobilfunksender sofort abschalten. Nach viertem Leukämiefall an einer Schule innerhalb eines Jahres entspricht spanisches Gericht dem Antrag der Eltern.
http://www.mobilfunk-buergerforum.de/presse/Spanien020116.htm

Auch in Deutschland Häufungen von Leukämie und Gehirntumor in der Nähe von Mobilfunkantennen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468126/

Krebs und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/327725/

Where have all the sparrows gone?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1147135/

Dr. Warnke warnt vor Gehirntumoren und Leukämie durch Handys und Sendeanlagen.

http://www.elektrosmognews.de/news/warnke.htm

Abstract der Studie von Mashevich/Israel

Mashevich M., Folkman D.; u.a.
Abteilung für Humangenetik und Molekularbiologie der Universität Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Ob die Exposition von Mobilfunkstrahlung eine Gesundheitsgefährdung darstellt, steht im Brennpunkt der laufenden Debatte. Wir haben im Labor untersucht, ob die Exposition von menschlichen peripheren Lymphozyten (= m.p.L) mit einem elektromagnetischen Feld von 830 MHz zu Verlusten oder Gewinnen von Chromosomen führt. Eine größere „körperliche Änderung“ führt zu einer Instabilität des Genoms (= Gesamtheit aller Gene einer Fortpflanzungszelle) und dadurch zu Krebs.

Die menschlichen peripheren Lymphozyten wurden mit einer unterschiedlichen spezifischen Absorptionsrate (SAR) von 1,1 - 8,8 W/kg über einen Zeitraum von 72 Stunden in einer Expositionseinrichtung bestrahlt. Diese ist aus 2 Plattenresonatoren aufgebaut, die eine Temperatur zwischen 34,5 und 37,5 Grad Celsius haben. Die durchschnittliche SAR und ihre Verteilung in den Kolben mit den Gewebekulturen wurde durch Verknüpfung der Messungen und der numerischen Analyse mittels eines Simulationscode-Bauteils festgelegt.

Ein linearer Anstieg im Chromosom Nr. 17 - eine Aneuploidy - wurde als Funktion des SAR-Wertes beobachtet. Es wurde aufgezeigt, dass diese Strahlung einen gentoxischen Effekt hat. Die SAR-abhängigene Aneuploidy (= numerische Chromosomenaberration) wurde begleitet von einer abnormalen Art der Replikation der Region um Chromosom Nr. 17, bestehend aus einer Trennung (wiederholte DNS-Ansammlungen in der Nähe des Zentromer). Es ist naheliegend, dass Änderungen in der Neubildung durch die Gentoxizität der SAR bedingt ist.

Kontrollexperimente (d.h. Experimente ohne Strahlung) wurden in einem Temperaturbereich von 34,5 bis 38,5 Grad Celsius ausgeführt, sie zeigten, dass eine erhöhte Temperatur weder mit einer genetischen noch epigenetischen Veränderung einhergeht, während mit RF-Strahlung erhöhte Werte an Aneuploidy und eine geänderte Replikation der zentromeren DNS-Ansammlungen beobachtet wurde.

Die Ergebnisse zeigen auf, dass die gentoxischen Effekte von elektromagnetischer Strahlung auf nichtthermische Weise hervor gerufen werden. Überdies, die Tatschache, dass Aneuploidy als ein bekanntes Phänomen für einen Anstieg des Krebsrisikos zu betrachten ist, sollte dies bei zukünftigen Bewertungen von Grenzwerten Berücksichtigung erfahren.

Biomagnetics 24: 82-90, 2003

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12524674&dopt=Abstract

Übersetzung u. Nachricht v. Dr. Claus Scheingraber

Meldung vom 15.11.2005, 16:21 Uhr

Elternbeirat macht sich Sorgen um Kindergarten und Schule / Bürgermeister Heuschneider verspricht Messungen

PFATTER (km). Müdigkeit, Konzentrationsmangel, Zappelphilipp-Syndrom. Dass diese gesundheitlichen Probleme von Kindern und Erwachsenen durch Strahlung von Handy und Mobilfunkantennen herrühren können, erläuterte Dr. Claus Scheingraber aus München, Vorsitzender des Arbeitskreises Elektrobiologie, am Montag im Gierstorfer-Saal.

Der Elternbeirat des Kindergartens hatte zum Vortrag über Mobilfunk und Auswirkungen auf den Menschen geladen, die prompt eine Bürgerinitiative gründeten. „Die Situation in Pfatter ist erschreckend - die Mobilfunkantennen befinden sich in unmittelbarer Nähe zu Kindergarten und Schule“, sagte eingangs Ursula Schnagl. In seinem Vortrag bedauerte Dr. Scheingraber, der Zahnmediziner und Biologe ist, dass sich die Wissenschaft den wirtschaftlichen Interessen der Mobilfunkindustrie unterordne. Es würden nur Studien veröffentlicht, die die angebliche Harmlosigkeit des Mobilfunks bestätigten. Dabei gebe es unumstößliche Beweise — sogar in Studien von Betreiberseite — , dass diese Strahlung negative Auswirkungen vor allem auf Kinder und ältere Menschen habe. Ohne Rücksicht auf sensible Einrichtungen, wie Kindergarten und Schule, würden die Mobilfunkbetreiber ihre Masten oft mitten in Wohngebieten platzieren. Die Gemeinde habe darauf keinerlei Einflussmöglichkeit, bestätigte auch Bürgermeister Josef Heuschneider. „Hier zeigen sich große Versäumnisse der Politik auf Kosten der Gesundheit vor allem unserer Kinder“, klagte Dr. Scheingraber. Denn die Spätfolgen von permanenter Bestrahlung, wie z.B. in Pfatter in Kindergarten und Schule, könnten dramatisch sein. Die so genannte Naila-Studie deute darauf hin, dass das Krebsrisiko in der Nähe von Mobilfunkantennen steigt. „Wir müssen alles versuchen, die Antennen von unserem Kindergarten und unserer Schule wegzubringen“, sagte Uschi Schnagl. Um der Brisanz des Themas Ausdruck zu verleihen, wurde die Bürgerinitiative „Pfatterer gegen Mobilfunkantennen neben Kindergarten und Schule“ gegründet. Bürgermeister Heuschneider versprach, Messungen der Strahlungsbelastung in den beiden Einrichtungen durchführen zu lassen. Unterschriftenliste liegt im Rathaus aus.

http://www.donau.de/SID_85f768cee720b42be7ca4de06a64a8dc/nachrichten/region/regensburg/meldung.shtml?rubrik=mz&id=51785


Nachricht von der BI Bad Dürkheim

Democrats called Tuesday's resolution a symbolic vote of "no confidence" in Mr. Bush.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705N.shtml

Among the varied armed security men on Baghdad's streets these days, you can't miss the police commandos.... The commandos are part of the Iraqi security forces that the Bush administration says will gradually replace American troops in this war. But the commandos are being blamed for a wave of kidnappings and executions around Baghdad since the spring.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705M.shtml

Robert Scheer writes that the false al Qaeda-Hussein link was the linchpin to Bush's argument that he could not delay the invasion until after the United Nations weapons inspectors completed their investigation in a matter of months. Perhaps he feared not that those weapons would fall into the wrong hands, but that they would not be found at all.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705L.shtml

A hunger strike has left at least one Gitmo detainee in danger of dying. Pentagon officials are struggling to control both the protest and the possible global outcry over any death.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705K.shtml

Senate Democrats have dug up additional explosive evidence over the past week that they say will help prove the Bush administration deliberately manipulated pre-war Iraq intelligence that was used to convince Congress and the public to support a pre-emptive strike against the Middle East country in March of 2003.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705I.shtml

We have had a query from a lawyer wanting to make a training video of the issues involved in mast planning. She wants a physical example of a mast disguised as a tree!! Preferably in London.

Does anyone know of one?

Are there any other examples of disguised masts and locations, such as on lampposts?

I have only ever seen the conventional masts.

Thanks.

Sarah P

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Sarah P.

"My" mast was disguised as a "FAT FLAGPOLE" with a rag on top. I include a photo and a drawing.

http://www.omega-news.info/57_london_road.jpg
http://www.omega-news.info/3g_beam_on_house_28_meters_from_mast.JPG

The mast is stationed on the roof of "The Little Sauce Factory" pub 55 London Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2DJ, in a hill, at a lower level than surrounding houses.

There is also a mast on one of Worcester´s golf course dolled up as a Fir-tree.

I have just received a photo from France of masts dolled up as trees. If you want a photo of the French "trees" let me know and I will mail it.

Regards.

Agnes
E-mail: a.ingvarsdottir@btconnect.com
http://www.mast-victims.org

by Richard Bradley, TomPaine.com

Why Republican hypocrisy on moral issues matters.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051117/dirty_libby.php

by David Friedman, TomPaine.com

We need more than biofuels to break our addiction.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051117/driving_america_off_oil.php

by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com

How many of the Dems eyeing the 2008 nomination will follow John Edwards' example on Iraq?

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051117/what_we_know_now.php

nlnews@archant.co.uk

Caron Brooks (left) and supporters at their phone masts protest PROTEST groups against mobile masts in Muswell Hill received a massive boost when Haringey Council pledged to pressure the Government over the worries faced by residents.

The council is one of a small clutch in the country to take the plight of neighbourhoods plagued by mobile phone masts, to Westminster.

The issue was raised at a meeting of the full council on Monday night as a delegation of Muswell Hill residents protested on the steps of Haringey Civic Centre in Wood Green.

The demonstrators were opposing masts being erected close to their homes.

Campaigner Caron Brooks, who lives near Barrington Court, Colney Hatch Lane - which has a number of antennae on its roof - said: "It has never happened before. We have never managed to get anything like this."

Councillor Wayne Hoban (Liberal Democrat), of Alexandra Ward, urged the council to reject plans for mobile phone masts on the "precautionary principle" of possible health risks linked to the equipment.

This element of Councillor Hoban's motion was rejected in the council chamber, but his calls for pressure being put on the Government received cross-party support.

Ms Brooks added: "We would have liked to see the precautionary principle included - we want all masts and antennae removed from residential areas."

Mother-of-two, Hannah Berryman, who lives in Grand Avenue. Muswell Hill, close to a Vodafone mast, said: "We do not want our kids to have to be the guinea pigs. Children cannot decide whether they are near a mast in their school."

Her three-year-old was at Church Crescent pre-school, Muswell Hill, which had a mast sited nearby.

Councillor Hoban said after the meeting that he was "very disappointed" with the amendment because "the jury is still out regarding health concerns". But he welcomed the council's decision to set up a scrutiny review committee on mobile phone masts.

Councillor Gideon Bull (Labour, White Hart Lane), who is chairing the scrutiny review said: "I agree with all the concerns he [Councillor Hoban] has raised."

He added: "We need to be given more power to turn down mobile phone applications when they threaten our residents."

Councillor Harry Lister (Labour), executive member for enterprise and regeneration, said: "What we need to do together is to concentrate on the third part of this motion: to be part of a campaign that the government will take notice of and to do that in a way that will build up pressure not just from this authority but from every authority in London."

Councillors across the chamber agreed that the issue should not be turned into a "political football".

http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/hornseyjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshcej&itemid=WeED17%20Nov%202005%2012%3A09%3A23%3A237

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Phone mast victory

By Kate Southern
this is Local London
25.11.05

Residents are celebrating last week's unanimous decision by councillors to reject an application to erect a phone mast in Grange Park.

A demonstration this month by 250 residents, supported by Enfield Southgate MP David Burrowes, opposed proposals by phone company Orange to site the mast in Cranleigh Gardens.

Following a recommendation by Enfield Council's planning officer to approve the application, the Grange Park residents took their fight to the planning committee meeting last Tuesday.

A restrained protest was held outside the Civic Centre before around 70 people observed councillors debate the proposal.

Authorities are not obliged under Government guidelines to take health concerns into consideration as long as emissions from proposed masts meet international guidelines.

Residents enjoyed strong support in the Civic Centre with Cllr Terry Neville, Cllr Pamela Adams and Cllr Martin Prescott objecting to the mast on environmental grounds.

Orange declined to send a representative to the meeting leaving the floor free for Grange Park resident Anthony Fogg to speak for five minutes on the protestors' behalf.

Councillors voted unanimously to reject the application.

A council spokeswoman said: "The reason for turning down this application is that the siting of the proposed mast would not only add to the existing street furniture clutter, but would also be detrimental to the visual look of the locality."

David Law, chairman of Grange Park Mast Action 05, said: "We are absolutely delighted with the result. The fact there was a unanimous vote in our favour is a clear vindication of the justness of our cause.

"We are aware that the case could go to appeal, but with such a resounding victory, the spirit and will of the community is now stronger than ever."

http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96127;show_parent=1

http://planetmove.blogspot.com/

Thursday, November 17, 2005 Bush's breakdown

Michael Carmichael

In recent months, Planetary has received a lengthy and continuous stream of alarming reports concerning the mental health of President George Walker Bush, the 43rd President of the United States of America.

According to reports now swirling through the political community in Washington, President George Bush is suffering through a painful nervous breakdown that was triggered by an acute and recurring outbreak of alcoholism that struck him at the time of Hurricane Katrina.

Informed sources close to the Bush White House attest that the stricken president has become alienated from members of his own nuclear family. Reportedly, the President's relationship with his father has always been difficult, but now communications between Bush, Jr. and Bush, Sr. have come to a standstill. In published accounts, White House sources have confirmed that the afflicted President is no longer capable of speaking to the former President. Stilted and superficial communications between the father and his ailing son are now only possible on formal occasions.

The story published in America this week reports that in order to contain the truth about the President's illness, only a slender and increasingly fragile lifeline to his family has been maintained through his wife, Laura Lane Welch Bush, and his mother, Barbara Walker Bush. Apparently, the President is no longer capable of communicating on a daily basis with his headstrong and carefree daughters, Jenna and Barbara, both of whom have had their own problems with alcohol. The only other people granted access to the sick president are Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Karen Hughes.

According to these reports, Rice may be functioning as the president at this time of crisis by making decisions on national security and foreign policy as well as the domestic agenda.

Rumors of the president's shattered psyche have been circulating in Washington's psychiatric community for months. More recently, the beltway's tightly knit political intelligentsia have been made aware of the darkening shadow now engulfing the unwell President. From Washington's legal community, Planetary has learned that there is now increasingly serious concern about the President's competence to hold his office.

Whether the White House's covert campaign to shore up the public image of the unpopular President during this dark period will contain the scandal or not remains to be seen.

Against strenuous efforts by the White House to keep the president's breakdown above top secret, the information has finally hit print in the Globe, a popular tabloid that has placed the story on the cover of the current edition dated 21st November. The Globe headline is: "Bush's Secret Breakdown (After Booze Binge): What the White House is hiding from America." According to reports published on the Democratic Underground, this edition of Globe is selling like hotcakes.

Sources:

The President's Secret Breakdown
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5343880#5343921

Washington Crisis - Failed and Dangerous Regime Clings to Power Report: Bush rarely speaks to father, ‘family is split’

TUE - 15 Nov - Bush Frying: Washington is all abuzz, just under the surface, with one story after another about an abandoned, isolated, betrayed, bunkering President. Add to this stories of drinking, raging, shouting... On sale at the check-out counter at Washington foodstores is The Globe with this unusual Bush's Secret Breakdown cover-story to the left. Other insider-websights have been carrying similar features from 'anonymous' sources for some time now. On Sunday the magazine associated with Washington's conservative Washington Times newspaper went with a lead story from which the following is quoted, the picture below used on the front page of the paper a few days before:

"President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, INSIGHT magazine claims in a new report. The president’s reclusiveness in the face of relentless public scrutiny of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and White House leaks regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame has become so extreme that Mr. Bush has also reduced contact with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, administration sources said on the condition of anonymity. “The atmosphere in the Oval Office has become unbearable,” a source said. “Even the family is split.” Sources close to the White House say that Mr. Bush has become isolated and feels betrayed by key officials in the wake of plunging domestic support, the continued insurgency in Iraq and the CIA-leak investigation that has resulted in the indictment and resignation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff. The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions."

http://blogwashington.com/!1.html


posted by Michael Carmichael @ 9:53 AM


Informant: NHNE

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/opinion/15tue1.html


Informant: NHNE

CounterPunch
by Dave Lindorff

11/16/05

What kind of country is this? Not only does America use grotesque chemical weapons in its 'War of Liberation' -- in this case white phosphorus bombs that are as nasty as anything Saddam Hussein could have dreamt up, with the ability to eat their way into a body and liquefy flesh -- but our shameless leaders, when caught in the act, try to lie their way out of their own atrocious behavior. ... Countless civilians -- including women and children -- were cruelly burned to death (whether incidentally or in a deliberate attempt to terrorize scarcely matters) in the most agonizing of ways. Enemy fighters were killed through the use of weapons that have been outlawed by the civilized world -- a world that America can not claim to be a part of. American troops even have a term for the barbaric technique -- 'Shake and Bake'--clear evidence that this was no one-off affair...

http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff11162005.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Shake and Bake

The New York Times editorial today states that Americans are safer in a world in which certain forms of conduct are regarded as too inhumane even for war. That is why torture should be banned in American prisons. And it is why the United States should stop using white phosphorus.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112905M.shtml

Common Dreams
by Joyce Marcel

11/16/05

The right-wingers may deserve what they get, but the fearful truth is that we are facing three more years with an incompetent and increasingly frantic Bush at the helm. He's already bankrupted the treasury and gotten us into an ugly war, making so many enemies for America that our children's children's children will still be threatened by them. Now he's in China, trying to start up another Cold War...

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1116-33.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The American Prospect
by Greg Sargent

11/16/05

Does anybody remember Gerald Lechliter? In the home stretch of the 2004 presidential campaign, Lechliter, a retired army colonel from Delaware with a bit of spare time on his hands, wrote a 32-page analysis of George W. Bush's military records that showed that Bush had shirked his duty. Lechliter sent it to The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, who wrote a column, 'Missing in Action,' that called Lechliter's missive 'the most meticulous examination I've seen of Mr. Bush's records.' Lechliter helped revive the story, and his analysis was subsequently cited in publications all over the country. Well, it turns out that Lechliter has done it again. And this time, he has trained his sights on the outing of Valerie Plame. Lechliter -- who claims 25 years experience in the intelligence field -- has penned a detailed analysis of the Plame affair, and Patrick Fitzgerald's duty as special counsel, that he has sent to Fitzgerald. He also sent a copy to the Prospect. Lechliter -- operating on his own time again -- did a close reading of the regulations governing both the proper treatment of classified information and the authority delegated to Fitzgerald. And what he came up with is worth a look -- after all, the credibility he earned when he broke ground on the story of Bush's records last year has earned him the right to another hearing...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=10625


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Human Events
by Terence P. Jeffrey

11/16/05

It was a powerful argument for war made by a politician with long years of experience in the White House. '[I]ntelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program,' said this national leader. '[I]f left unchecked,' the politician argued, 'Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capability to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well, affects American security. This much is undisputed,” declared this Democrat as she voted to authorize the war in Iraq. The question now is: Why did Sen. Hillary Clinton get it so wrong?

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10326


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Salon
by Sidney Blumenthal

11/17/05

Bush's adoption of the Ludendorff strategy of blaming weak politicians for military failure and exalting 'will' sets him at odds with liberal democracy. His understanding of history also clashes with the conservative tradition that acknowledges human fallibility and respects the past. Bush's presidency is an effort to defy history, not only in America, writing on the world as a blank slate...[subscription or ad view required]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/17/bush_history/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Bush's Betrayal of History

Sidney Blumenthal writes that the turn in public opinion against Bush has been slowly considered and is therefore also firm. Now a majority believes his administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to lead the country into the Iraq war, and nearly two-thirds disapprove of how he has handled the war. His political capital appears spent with more than three years left in his term.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705O.shtml

Five US Marines were killed in fighting with al-Qaida-led insurgents near the Syrian border, and an Army soldier died of wounds suffered in Baghdad. At least 2,077 US service members have now been killed since the beginning of the Iraq war in March of 2003. And in Washington, war protester Cindy Sheehan and several others pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of demonstrating without a permit outside the White House.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705Z.shtml



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) strongly criticized yesterday the White House's new line of attack against critics of its Iraq policy, saying that "the Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111605F.shtml

Just when the United States thought the transatlantic row over possible Central Intelligence Agency terrorist detention camps in Europe had blown over, the European Parliament followed the Council of Europe's decision to launch an investigation into the allegations by holding a rowdy debate on the issue Monday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111605D.shtml

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid delivered a statement today on the floor of the United States Senate raising early concerns about the Alito nomination.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111605B.shtml

(salon.com) In der ehemaligen Sklaven-Metropole New Orleans wird auch im 21. Jahrhundert diese dunkle Tradition weiter gepflegt: für das Aufräumen nach dem Hurrican wurden mexikanische Arbeiter importiert, die ohne Bezahlung die Schmutzarbeiten durchzuführen hatten. Das Geld - eine halbe Milliarde US-Dollar, die die Bushregierung hierfür angewiesen hatte - blieb beim Halliburton-Konzern Halliburton hatte seinem Ex-Chef Cheney noch lange nach seinem Amtsantritt als Vizepräsident Vergütungen überwiesen und diesen Auftrag wie andere milliardenschwere Regierungsaufträge wie gewohnt ohne Ausschreibung erhalten.

http://rs.net-hh.de/links1.php?lid=23046&owys=1
http://rs.net-hh.de/redir.php?referer=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Fnews%2Ffeature%2F2005%2F11%2F15%2Fhalliburton_katrina%2Fprint.html&user=&PHPSESSID=277cb35ee65f82ede5086495f1919832


G.Wendebourg
Infopool / metainfo hamburg
http://www.hh-online.com

The question is how long will the people accept mendacity and moral decay and call it truth? Will the perpetrators of these crimes against nature and humanity be held accountable? Will they be forced to bear the fruits of their own labors?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11034.htm

This essay explores many of the issues that led me personally to the recognition that the policies I was supporting in Iraq were not consistent with the justifications made for the invasion in the spring of 2003, that implicit in our post-invasion actions was the goal of permanent occupation, which would ensure endless war and the resultant degradation of our liberty, our security, and our moral authority.

http://www.republicansforhumility.com/conf.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2005/11/americans_are_r.php


From Information Clearing House

The debate over who was most responsible for convincing the nation that there was a link between Saddam and 9/11 will probably continue for years but an important piece of the puzzle can be found by zeroing in on a woman by the name of Laurie Mylroie, that most people have probably never heard.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11030.htm

It proved highly effective in the battle for Fallujah.
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001944.html


From Information Clearing House

The resolution, which passed with broad bipartisan support, 79-19, calls for 2006 to be "a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty," which would create conditions for "the phased redeployment of United States forces from Iraq."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002626337_senateiraq16.html


From Information Clearing House

Failures require more spin than normal, but where does the president get off daring to speak for “we”? 60% of Americans no longer believe he’s honest, let alone justified in wasting American lives in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11036.htm

This story has the potential of becoming a "Katrina" moment: a revelatory episode that exposes long-suppressed truths about the reality of Bush's "leadership" and its agonizing consequences.

http://tinyurl.com/9h9uo


From Information Clearing House

The SERE model's embrace by the Pentagon's civilian leaders is further evidence that abuse tantamount to torture was national policy, not merely the product of rogue freelancers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11027.htm

The SERE model's embrace by the Pentagon's civilian leaders is further evidence that abuse tantamount to torture was national policy, not merely the product of rogue freelancers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11027.htm

By Bill Christison
Former CIA analyst

The people and the politicians of this country should rise from their apathy and shout, "No." The time is past for useless analysis and discussion. We Americans, accounting for no more than five percent of the human inhabitants of this globe, should decide here and now whether we are going to be moral or immoral in our future relationships with the rest of the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11029.htm

Workers and residents of the Gulf Coast face contamination of the water and land with toxic chemicals, dangerous molds that may already be causing disease, workers without proper safety equipment who often don't get paid for the work they've done, and corporations involved in the cleanup who want Congress to free them of any liability for damage that they may cause.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/111605LB.shtml

Being a couch potato may be as deadly as smoking a cigarette. It is National Diabetes Awareness Month and the latest statistics should turn awareness into alarm. In the United States, diabetes is the sixth leading official cause of death. Diabetes may soon pass smoking as a preventable killer.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/111605HA.shtml


http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Diabetes

Bison hunting, once commonplace in the West until the species was nearly wiped out, resumed amid controversy in Montana on Tuesday after a 15-year ban. The hunt will allow up to 50 of the Plains bison to be killed in the three-month season that opens November 15.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/111605EB.shtml

Former President Clinton told Arab students on Wednesday that the United States made a "big mistake" when it invaded Iraq, further stoking the partisan debate back home over the war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111605Q.shtml

DOSSIER: Macro-station de Téléphonie Mobile en Zone Urbaine: Suite à sa convocation à la Gendarmerie Nationale, déclaration du Vice-président de L'Association Sauvons Léon (ASL) à Monsieur Hervé Mariton, Député Maire de Crest

http://www.next-up.org/main.php?param=dernieresinfos&date_news=2005-11-17

Calls to Congress Needed TODAY: White House Hijacks Patriot Reform

Eager for a public success, the Bush Administration has strong-armed lawmakers into re-drafting a final Patriot Act bill that actually makes the original law even worse. The new proposals reverse months of bipartisan negotiations and ignore the growing calls for reform from across the political spectrum.

A final vote is expected in the House and Senate THIS WEEK, so we need you to call your Members of Congress as soon as you can. Take action now and and tell them to vote NO on the Patriot Act reauthorization bill.

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=LKjWYqwBHwN_L1vngSkVyw..

Your call to Congress is urgently needed. Americans of every political stripe want Patriot Act reform and we need to let Congress know that people across the country are watching this vote.

Click here to take Action Now at http://action.aclu.org/call
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=DbH3gVNoXvjC1eTwA2a7Lg..

Or, click here to read more.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=nXLsh3HJeP_L9Jk513jmsQ..

Then, visit http://action.aclu.org/callcard to tell a friend!
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=AC6fI6M2vdXWjBOM4vniog..

Thank you for standing up for freedom.

Sincerely,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union


November 17, 2005

Today Is the Day to Get More Involved

All that is standing between a terrible Patriot Act bill and its imminent passage are the demands of ordinary freedom-loving Americans.

Whether or not you normally get involved in politics by writing and calling your elected officials, now is the time to get involved and to ask your friends to call as well.

We will need a record number of calls from across the country to turn the tide, and we are counting not only on you, but on your family, co-workers and friends to keep Congress' phone lines ringing nonstop for the rest of the week.

To get others involved, point them to:

http://action.aclu.org/call

Paste the above web address into your email signature, add it to your instant messanger profiles, and get the word out through email lists and message boards. With your help, freedom has a chance.

Click here to tell your friends to call Congress NOW!
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=CAyY9EOsjK6gkvQAKrmteg..

Help the Defense of Civil Liberties!

„Das Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland hält die Ergebnisse der Koalition für eine Mogelpackung, die weder geeignet sind, nachhaltig die Wirtschaft anzukurbeln noch die zunehmende Verarmung und den weiteren Abbau von Arbeitsplätzen zu stoppen. Insbesondere werde man der angekündigten „Rasterfahndung“ und der geplanten Gesetzesänderungen zur Verpflichtung von Telefonauskünften massiven Widerstand entgegensetzen. Das Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland ruft schon jetzt alle Betroffenen dazu auf, bei den entsprechenden Behörden auf Löschung der Telefonnummern und Emailadressen zu bestehen und zukünftig entsprechende Angaben zu verweigern. Ein entsprechender Antrag ist auf den Internetseiten der Initiative zu finden und entspricht den Vorgaben des Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten…“

Die Pressemitteilung vom 12.11.2005
http://www.elo-forum.org/forum/ftopic3321.html

Leistungen zur Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende (SGB II) Antrag auf Löschung meiner bereits erhobenen, aber nicht erforderlichen Daten (§ 84 Abs. 2 SGB X)(Word-Datei)

http://www.erwerbslosenforum.de/widerspruch/w_loeschung_Daten.doc


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

„Heute [16.11.2005] um 5 Uhr in der Frühe wurde es laut vor dem Haus von Wolfgang Clement am Baumgarten 9 in Bonn. Zwanzig ungebetene AußendienstmitstreiterInnen der Überflüssigen überprüften dessen private Wohnverhältnisse und hinterließen im Garten und auf dem Dach zahlreiche Weckalarme…“ Artikel von Weckdienst auf Indymedia vom 16.11.2005

http://de.indymedia.org/2005/11/132713.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

Unangemeldeten Besuch von der bundesweit agierenden Kampagne "Agenturschluss" bekommen immer wieder mal Einrichtungen, die moderne Zwangsarbeit unterstützen. Diesmal war in der Kölner Florastraße 55-57 die Firma "Zug um Zug e.V" dran, die sich dort neben dem „Netzwerk Soziale Dienste und ökologische Bildungsarbeit" eingenistet hat.Der Name hört sich erst mal gut an. Beschäftigt werden dort 69 Menschen in einer Holz- und Textilwerkstatt als so genannte 1-Euro-Jobber, denen man bessere Zeiten in Aussicht stellt. In diese Jobs wurden die meisten nach eigener Auskunft gegenüber den BesucherInnen von "Agenturschluss" von der Kölner Arbeitsagentur gezwungen, unter Androhung der Kürzung des Arbeitslosengeldes II um 30 Prozent. Dann würden am Tag zum Leben 2,96 Euro bleiben. Das schafft keiner von ihnen. Zu viel zum Sterben. In der Regel bleiben sie Ausgegrenzte im Deutschland des Jahres 2005 nach Christus, und wahrscheinlich auch noch danach. Grund genug für "Agenturschluss", vergangene Woche dort nach dem Rechten zu schauen. Artikel von Hans-Dieter Hey in NRhZ-Online (Neue Rheinische Zeitung) vom 17. November 2005

http://www.nrhz.de/archiv%5F18/beitrag.php?id=37


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

„Union und SPD nehmen bei ihren Sparplänen auch die Arbeitslosen ins Visier: Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit soll einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge künftig mit einer elektronischen Rasterfahndung den Missbrauch beim neuen Arbeitslosengeld II bekämpfen. Gleichzeitig wollen die Koalitionäre offenbar die Goldreserven antasten, um einen milliardenschweren Zukunftsfonds zu finanzieren…“ Artikel im Handelsblatt vom 11. November 2005

http://www.handelsblatt.de/pshb/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbi/cn/GoArt!200013,200050,988442/SH/0/depot/0/Koalition_will_Rasterfahndung_gegen_Hartz-Missbrauch_.html


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

„Die mit den Hartz-Gesetzen beschlossenen beschäftigungspolitischen Maßnahmen sind in ihrer Grundausrichtung falsch, weil sie auf eine Disziplinierung der Arbeitslosen statt auf eine Ausweitung des Angebots an Arbeitsplätzen zielen…“ Beschluss der DGB Regionsdelegiertenkonferenz Bay. Untermain vom
22.10.2005 (pdf)

http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/DGB_bay.pdf


Neues bei Ver.di: Klare Ablehnung der 1-Euro-Jobs

Resolution der Personalrätekonferenz des verdi Bundesfachbereichs Gemeinden - Oktober 2005: Die Personalrätekonferenz lehnt die Einführung von „Arbeitsgelegenheiten mit Mehraufwandsentschädigungen (1-Euro-Jobs)“ ab. Ein kurzer Bericht von Werner Lutz von der Personalrätekonferenz im Oktober 2005 in Magdeburg sowie die dort verabschiedete Resolution.

http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/verdi_magdeb05.html


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

Entgegen der allgemeinen Einschätzung ist Hartz IV nicht sehr viel teurer als die alten Hilfssysteme. Das zeigen neue Vergleiche mit den Ausgaben für Arbeitslosenhilfe und Sozialhilfe des Jahres 2004. Artikel von Jonas Viering in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 27.10.2005

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/265/63202/


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

Soziologe: Ein-Euro-Jobs kein Einstieg in feste Arbeitsverhältnisse

Für den Soziologen Martin Bongarts bewegt sich die Chance, durch Ein-Euro-Jobs wieder in feste Arbeitsverhältnisse zu gelangen, im Promillebereich. Arbeitslose würden sogar mit großem Interesse nach Ein-Euro-Jobs nachfragen, da sie darin eine Art letzte Hoffnung sähen, doch nach kurzer Zeit würde sich Frustration einstellen, meinte Bongarts, der eine Initiative für Erwerbslose in Marburg leitet. Interview von Hans-Jochim Wiese mit Martin Bongarts im Deutschlandfunk vom 07.11.2005

http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/interview_dlf/435568/


1-Euro-Jobs in der Jugendhilfe

Mit der Einführung des ALGII und den damit verbundenen Gesetzesänderungen zum 1.1.2005 ist bei der ARGE ein neuer Kundenkreis verstärkt ins Visier geraten. Alle unter 25 jährigen Menschen werden nun von „U25-Teams“ betreut. Auch die ARGE in Hamburg hat in jedem Bezirk U25-Teams eingerichtet. Artikel von Olaf Sobczak zuerst erschienen in der Printausgabe von „Forum - für Kinder- und Jugendarbeit Ausgabe 3/2005. (pdf)

http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/hilfe/hude.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 17. November 2005

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=2150
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/161105rummyflu.htm


Informant: Milo

http://tinyurl.com/dprtr



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Downing+Street+Memo

Wed., Nov 16, 2005

A US government website had previously insisted that phosphorus shells were merely “fired into the air to illuminate enemy positions at night, not at enemy fighters”. The Pentagon now admits that phosphorus was indeed “used as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants” — although not against civilians. In London Robert Tuttle, the US Ambassador, who on Tuesday rebutted reports that American forces used phosphorus as a weapon, told The Times: “We did the best we could with the information we had, but we regret that it was not totally accurate.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1875728,00.html

"The military estimates that 2,000 people in Fallujah were killed, but claims that most of them were fighters. Relief personnel and locals, however, believe the vast majority of the dead were civilians." (Jamail, 'An Eyewitness Account of Fallujah,' December 16, 2004,

http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/hard_news/archives/2004_12_19.php

“I saw cluster bombs everywhere, and so many bodies that were burned, dead with no bullets in them. So they definitely used fire weapons, especially in Julan district. I watched American snipers shoot civilians so many times. I saw an American sniper in a minaret of a mosque shooting everyone that moved.” )

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20051116&articleId=1266


Informant: John Calvert

http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96093;show_parent=1

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO CHANDRA LEVY
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96094;show_parent=1

Dick Cheney is being mentioned in the Chandra Levy investigation
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=96096;show_parent=1

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oliver+north+and+rex+84


Informant: Zorro

By Neil Elkes
Birmingham mail
Nov 16 2005

FAMILIES battling plans for a mobile phone mast next to a city park are to be told how to shield themselves from its emissions.

More than 1,000 families living near the proposed site of a Vodafone mast, in Eachelhurst Road , Erdington, have been invited to a meeting next week.

Campaigners who believe that radiation from masts can trigger a range of health problems including cancers will outline ways homeowners can protect their families.

Although they claim a link between masts and ill health, the telecom industry and official Government backed investigations say there is no evidence of this.

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

The meeting, to be chaired by Labour Party campaigner Dr Rob Pocock, is at St Mary's Church Hall, Tyburn Road, at 7pm next Wednesday.

The Eachelhurst Mast Action Group will also call on people to support their opposition to the mast being site next to the picturesque Pype Hayes Park .

Group spokeswoman Maria Duffy said they had raised several issues with the council planning department and hope for a reply before the meeting.

She said: "We are enquiring about the legality or otherwise of placement of mobile phone masts on the highway in breach of the, then, citywide moratorium of masts on council owned land."

She added that residents will also be told how to get legal letters to put Vodafone and the council on notice that they will be held liable for any future health problems attributed to the mast.

"We will also talk about how residents can obtain the materials necessary to protect their homes and their families."

The meeting follows talks between Vodafone and the action group at which the company said that they had found no available alternative site to fill a gap in the network.

The council's planning committee is expected to consider the mast application in the next few weeks.

Wirral Globe 16.11.05

MOBILE giant Orange has bluntly refused to remove one of its masts from inside a church tower - sparking a furious war of words with protestors.

Local residents and councillors are adamant that the firm failed to properly consult over their plan to site the controversial mast inside the tower of Manor Church Centre in Manor Road , Wallasey.

More than 70 residents attended a public debate at Wallasey Town Hall three weeks ago to protest about the mast.

They are particularly angry because a playgroup is held within the church centre and a school is nearby.

But Orange - which is paying the church £6,000 a year - is refusing to budge.

In a letter to Liscard Labour councillor Christine Jones, Orange council relations officer Tom Powell said: "As you are aware, Orange has entered into a binding legal agreement with the Church to site equipment within its tower.

"Unfortunately, this is a long-term agreement which cannot be terminated at this late stage. I am sorry that this is not the outcome that you or the local residents would have liked but there is nothing more that I can do in this instance."

Mr Powell said he was aware that "some of the local residents" were unhappy about the consultation exercise but added that the situation "would have easily been avoided if the local ward councillors at the time had responded to our consultation letters".

Cllr Jones responded with a strongly worded letter insisting that the councillors at the time - in February, 2003 - all say they were not consulted about the mast.

And she warned that she and her councillor colleagues along with local residents would not back down until the mast was removed.

She wrote: "What moral right have you to force the people of this locality to live within the beam of your transmitter if they know the risks and do not want it?"

And she added: "You have rented the church tower. But you do not own the space in which my constituents live.

"This is not going to be one of the meek protests to which you may be accustomed. I know my constituents well enough to understand that they will not stop protesting until they can be sanguine that their living space, and their children's living space, is cleared of the perceived hazard they believe you are inflicting on them.

"Is Orange so haughty a corporation that it can close its eyes to the misery it is inflicting on this parish?

"You have what you describe as a 'binding legal agreement' with the church. It is only 'binding' if you refuse to release the church from it."

Cllr Jones told the Globe: "Residents view Orange to have virtually declared war on their locality.

"This fight is far from over, and if Orange think that this is the end of it they have another think coming."

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Informant: Hopedance



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