World-News

Months after the US government declared the waters in the Gulf of Mexico safe, thick layers of oil have been found along Louisiana coastal marshes, prompting local officials to accuse relevant authorities of 'cover-up.'

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159209.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+spill
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The US has the right to interfere in Pakistan's economic and governance affairs as Washington provides funds to it, the American envoy here has asserted.

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/728974/cs/1/


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan: US missiles kill three

Agence France-Presse

01/11/11

A US missile attack killed at least three militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Wednesday, security officials said. Missiles struck a compound at Haiderkhel village, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, three security officials said.

http://tinyurl.com/4onzngk


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Mark Provost, Truthout: "For the past two years, American workers submitted to the president's appeal - taking steep paycuts despite hectic productivity growth. By contrast, corporate executives have extracted record profits by sabotaging the recovery on every front - eliminating employees, repressing wages, withholding investment and shirking federal taxes.... The global recession increased unemployment in every country, but the American experience is unparalleled.... Washington's embrace of labor market flexibility ensured companies encountered little resistance when they launched their brutal recovery plans. Leading into the recession, the US had the weakest worker protections against individual and collective dismissals in the world."

http://www.truth-out.org/will-our-economy-ever-recover-from-greatest-recovery66628

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The monkey trap

Fred on Everything
by Fred Reed

01/12/11

We can pretend that the current recession is temporary, and not a manifestation of dying opulence, just as a fading beauty can pile on the make-up and hope that men don?t notice. We can spend while others grow, buy their goods on credit ? for a little while longer. The monkey can?t let go...

http://www.fredoneverything.net/MonkeyTrap.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Timothy Leary, Truthout: "Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love. The issue is fundamental. What a blessing that Watergate has been uncovered to teach us the primary lesson. The purpose of life is to receive, synthesize and transmit energy. Communication?fusion is the goal of life. Any star can tell you that. Communication is love. Secrecy, withholding the signal, hoarding, hiding, covering up the light is motivated by shame and fear, symptoms of the inability to love. Secrecy means that you think love is shameful and bad. Or that your nakedness is ugly. Or that you hide unloving, hostile feelings. Seeds of paranoia and distrust."

http://www.truth-out.org/timothy-leary-culture-secrecy66548



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/07-2



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Gates plans to shift savings from reducing overhead and inefficiencies into current weapons systems and research in order to prevent deep cuts in those programs.

http://warisacrime.org/content/wall-street-told-military-budget-will-go-fy-2012


From Information Clearing House

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New Obama Chief of Staff a Message to Wall Street
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/07-1

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Obama's New Chief of Staff Sought to Loosen Post?Enron Corporate Reforms

Michael Hudson, Center for Public Integrity: "William M. Daley, President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, is a major Wall Street player who sought to loosen corporate reform laws and protect big accounting firms from investor lawsuits and criminal prosecution. His pro?business credentials are so impeccable the U.S. Chamber of Commerce enthusiastically embraced Daley's appointment Thursday, calling him 'a man of stature and extraordinary experience in government, business, trade negotiations, and global affairs.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-new-chief-staff-sought-loosen-post-enron-corporate-reforms66649



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"This war represents an epic failure, a national embarrassment and a moral blight," Rep. Woolsey said.

http://bit.ly/eiunkw


From Information Clearing House

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Afghanistan War Is a Failure
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/07-0



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MSNBC The Dylan Ratigan Show

GOP Victory Bankrolled by Wall Street Executives 112th Congress brought to you by Wall street.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27219.htm



1.5 Million Americans Filed for Bankruptcy in 2010

By Jerry White

As tens of millions are finding it impossible to pay their bills, the corporations and banks are raking in record profits, top executives are pocketing huge payouts and the richest 2 percent of the population is celebrating the tax cut handed to them by Obama and the congressional Republicans.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27213.htm



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Nader: "The TSA is a Basketcase"

By Karin Zeitvogel

Next thing American travelers know, they will be subjected to body cavity searches, he said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27216.htm



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By Michael Ratner

If those responsible for the Bush administration's torture policy will not face charges in the US, then in Spain it must be.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27215.htm



Rights Groups Urge Spanish Judge to Subpoena Former Guantánamo Commander for Role in Detainee Torture

"There is ample evidence - primarily from U.S. government sources - that Geoffrey Miller played a central role in the torture of detainees at Guantánamo, and later in Iraq.

http://bit.ly/hWDYKp


From Information Clearing House

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Ending Bush's Big Lie on Guantánamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/07-7

Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Groups Urge Spanish Judge to Subpoena Former Gitmo Commander for Role in Detainee Torture.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/07-0

Witness Against Torture: Close Guantanamo With Justice Now, Action on January 11
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/07



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Coercion and humiliation seep through American culture

By Alexander Cockburn
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27218.htm



DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Records of WikiLeaks Volunteers

By Glenn Greenwald

The information demanded by the DOJ is sweeping in scope. It includes all mailing addresses and billing information known for the user, all connection records and session times, all IP addresses used to access Twitter, all known email accounts, as well as the "means and source of payment," including banking records and credit cards.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27221.htm



WikiLeaks says U.S. grand jury requests supporter Twitter data

WikiLeaks said Saturday the Twitter accounts of four supporters had been subpoenaed in connection with an espionage investigation into the whistleblowing website led by a secret U.S. grand jury.

http://bit.ly/hSTY3n


From Information Clearing House

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Bradley Manning and the Case Against Solitary Confinement

Lynn Parramore, new deal 2.0: "In the earliest days of our Republic, a group of well?meaning Philadelphia Quakers set out to reform the prison system. The idea was to remove convicts from the mayhem and corruption of overcrowded jails to solitary cells where sinners would return to mental and spiritual health through reflection. In the Walnut Street Jail, no windows would distract the prisoners with street life; no conversation would disturb their penitence. Alone with God, they would be rehabilitated."

http://www.truth-out.org/bradley-manning-and-case-against-solitary-confinement66626



US Seeks Twitter Info on WikiLeaks' Assange, Others

McClatchy Newspapers: "A U.S. magistrate in San Francisco has ordered Twitter to turn over to the Justice Department account whatever information it was about four of its users, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Army PFC Bradley Manning, the one-time Baghdad-based intelligence analyst accused of unauthorized downloading of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. government documents."

http://www.truth-out.org/us-seeks-twitter-info-wikileaks-assange-others66665



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Die CDU fordert eine 75 Euro Gerichtsgebühr für ALG II-Empfänger

Nach dem Willen von Union und FDP, diesmal geäußert vom rechtspolitischen Sprecher der CDU-Fraktion im Brandenburger Landtag, Danny Eichelbaum, sollen ALG II-Empfänger für Klagen an Sozialgerichten eine generelle Gebühr von 75 Euro zahlen. Dies begründet er damit, dass 10% bis 20% der Klagen unberechtigt wären, diese sollten so deutlich reduziert werden, um den Sozialgerichten die Arbeit zu erleichtern. Schon beim überfliegen dieser Aussagen erweist sich die von Herrn Eichelbaum geäußerte Begründung als äußerst unlogisch, denn die Sozialgerichte werden nicht durch die 10% bis 20% der unberechtigten Klagen belastet, sondern durch die 80% bis 90% der erfolgreichen Klagen. Also steckt doch, wie so oft, ein ganz anderer Grund dahinter.

Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-cdu-fordert-75-euro-gerichtsgebuehr-8873.php


80.000 Hartz IV-Betroffene erhalten kein Elterngeld mehr

Seit Jahresbeginn erhalten Mütter und Väter im Hartz IV-Bezug kein Elterngeld mehr. Insgesamt sind rund 275.000 Menschen von den Elterngeldkürzungen betroffen. Darunter sind laut dem Bundesfamilienministerium rund 80.000 Menschen, die auf das Arbeitslosengeld II angewiesen sind. Ab sofort erhalten die Betroffenen kein Elterngeld mehr zusätzlich zu den Hartz IV Leistungen.

Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-80000-erhalten-kein-elterngeld-mehr-6589.php



Warum von Hartz IV Betroffene nicht auf die Straße gehen und zu "Wutbürgern" werden?

Wer sich diese Frage stellt und sie massenhaft als ?Wutbürger? auf den Straßen vermisst, hat wohl nicht die nötige Nähe zu von Hartz IV betroffenen Menschen oder sich nicht die Mühe gemacht, die einschlägigen soziologischen Studien, z.B. des Armutsforschers Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Uni Bielefeld zu studieren. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/warum-von-hartz-iv-betroffene-nicht-demonstrieren-41178.php



Hartz IV: Regierung erhöht weiter Druck auf erwerbslose ALG II-Empfänger

Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) und das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) wollen die Zahl der arbeitslosen Hartz-IV-Empfänger 2011 deutlich reduzieren. So sollen die Jobcenter dafür sorgen, dass sieben Prozent mehr Hartz-IV-Empfänger erwerbstätig werden oder eine Ausbildung aufnehmen, als in 2010. Das wurde in einer sog. Zielvereinbarung der BA festgeschrieben, welche für die Jobcenter verbindlich ist. Ziel der Regierung ist es, so im Jahr 2011 ca. 900 Millionen Euro an Ausgaben für Hartz IV einzusparen. Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/regierung-erhoeht-druck-auf-hartz-iv-bezieher-2572.php



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This Is Going to Suck

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The American people were treated on Thursday to a (mostly) full and complete reading of the Constitution of the United States from the floor of the House of Representatives. The performance was proposed and organized by the new Republican majority in that chamber for the purpose ? according to them, anyway ? of announcing that America is about to start going back to being America again. There's an irony in this, insofar as they chose to skip the constitutional parts about African?Americans not really being people. That portion of the document is a vital part of our shared history, so yeah, leave it to the GOP to snip, redact and edit our founding document, even if it's just in a bit of political theater."

http://www.truth-out.org/this-going-suck66619



"The Streets Still Matter"

Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "The truism has it right. If you're not depressed or angry about the state of the world, you're not paying attention. A quick glance at the daily headlines is enough to have many of us wringing our hands in despair. Countless wars seem like they'll never end; social welfare programs are being slashed; the Tea Party is on the rise; ultraconservatives have picked up the mantle of feminism; and schoolyard bullies have pushed an escalating number of LGBTQ youth to commit suicide, to name just a few of the atrocities presently hitting home.... Enter Celebrate People's History, a stunning look at street art - usually in the form of two-color posters - that recognizes the countless men and women who, since time immemorial, have participated in political actions to challenge the status quo."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-streets-still-matter66429



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rounds/rounds16.1.html



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep/persecution-of-wakefield.html

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Autism
http://blog.imva.info/medicine/lynching-good-men


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

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The British Medical Journal/Rupert Murdoch Conspiracy to discredit Dr. Andew Wakefield and his findings about MMR vaccine damage to brains and bowels

BMJ admits that their fraudulent claim against Dr. Andrew Wakefield has no basis in fact

Thursday, August 25, 2011 by: PF Louis

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033425_BMJ_Andrew_Wakefield.html#ixzz1W3f7jdem


Olle Johansson, assoc. prof.
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

&

Professor
The Royal Institute of Technology
100 44 Stockholm
Sweden



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Stuttgart21 und die Angst vor der linken "Gefahr" dominieren das Dreikönigstreffen der Liberalen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33978/1.html



Union gewinnt, FDP bleibt auf Verliererkurs

Im DeutschlandTrend verlieren alle, nur die Union legt zu.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149042



Dann sucht euch doch einen Vollzeitjob

Die Bundesarbeitsministerin offenbart im Interview, wie einfach Menschen, die arbeiten und zusätzlich ALG II beziehen, diese Situation ändern können.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/5/149045



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Die Panik geht im Weiße Haus in der "Post-WikiLeaks-Welt" um und treibt manche Blüten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33979/1.html



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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/644.html

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Pandemrix Flu Vaccine Contains Poisonous Mercury

Flu jab: Up to a million children have been given flu vaccines containing mercury

Up to a million under-fives have been inoculated against the flu virus with a controversial vaccine containing poisonous mercury. Pandemrix has been given to almost a quarter of all healthy babies and young children as well as thousands of older children with health problems. Inquiries by the Sunday Express reveal it contains a preservative made with a form of mercury that was phased out of childhood vaccines in 2004 after fears about its safety. The preservative, called thimerosal, has been linked with autism and developmental disorders in children and was withdrawn from childhood vaccines in the United States and parts of Europe 10 years ago. 86 per cent of the 3,310 reports of suspected side effects to all flu vaccines, including 29 deaths, have been linked to GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix. Dr Richard Halvorsen said: ?There is enough convincing evidence linking thimerosal with developmental disorders and learning problems in individual ch ildren to warrant its removal from any childhood vaccine. It is irresponsible to administer a jab with little proven benefit which contains potentially harmful toxic substances.?

Lucy Johnston, Sunday Express

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=4320&end=4340&view=yes&id=5727#newspost



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