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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica: "In the context of today?s roiling political and energy debates, it?s not at all clear who will win. But if money is an indicator, the anti-regulatory group has the upper hand.... According to data from Open Secrets, the 32 [congress] members against disclosure received $1,742,572. The average contribution from the oil and gas sector to individuals from that group was $54,455. Oklahoma Democrat Dan Boren, who co-chairs the caucus, personally received more than $202,000, including almost $15,000 from Chesapeake Energy, one of the largest natural gas producers in the United States."

http://www.truth-out.org/opponents-fracking-disclosure-take-big-money-from-industry66868



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K.T. Cox, Truthout: "Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a decorated disabled American veteran, is the victim of a witch hunt that has been ongoing since the 9/11 attacks. Chaudhry is being deported to Pakistan, where he will 'inevitably be murdered by the Taliban for his service in the US Army,' says Seth Manzel, executive director of G.I. Voice. Chaudhry came to the US legally over 13 years ago and has been married to a native-born citizen for nearly ten years. The suit Chaudhry and his wife filed against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in US district court to press for his citizenship was dismissed on October 26, 2010, on summary judgement, without any trial or opportunity to further present their circumstances."

http://www.truth-out.org/decorated-disabled-veteran-is-being-deported-pakistan66833



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Bisheriger Höhepunkt der Hartz-IV Klagewelle: Gerichtspräsidentin sieht Gründe hierfür in der Bürokratie und bei den Jobcentern.

Noch nie wurden so viele Klagen eingereicht: Die Hartz-IV-Klagewelle hält bundesweit an allen Sozialgerichten unverändert an. Allein am Berliner Sozialgericht wurden im vergangenen Jahr rund 32.000 Verfahren gegen Leistungsträger eingereicht. Das ist ein Anstieg von etwa einem Fünfte im Vergleich zum Jahr 2009. In der Hälfte aller Fälle sind die Kläger vor Gericht erfolgreich. Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/bisheriger-hoehepunkt-der-hartz-iv-klagewelle-39809.php



Jobcenter in Braunschweig kürzte einer schwangeren Frau die Hartz IV Leistungen um 100 Prozent

Das Jobcenter Braunschweig hat einer 22 Jahre alten Hartz IV Bezieherin den ALG II Regelsatz auf Null gekürzt. Das Brisante: Die Betroffene ist im vierten Monat schwanger. Das Jobcenter sanktionierte die Frau, weil sie sich geweigert hatte, einen sogenannten Ein-Euro-Job aufzunehmen.

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/schwangeren-wurde-hartz-iv-auf-null-gekuerzt-65421.php

und musste aufgrund einer Eilklage die rechtswidrige Sanktion wieder zurück nehmen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-kuerzung-gegen-schwangere-widerrufen-09812.php



Hartz IV Übergangsleistungen gestrichen

Die Übergangsleistungen vom Arbeitslosengeld I zu Hartz IV wurden gestrichen. ?Da reibt sich der von Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit - trotz wiederholt, deutlich gegenteiliger Signale aus der Berlin Gesetzes-Fabrik ? immer noch nicht gänzlich abgefallene Bürger mächtig die Augen.. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-uebergangsleistung-gestrichen-652.php



Eine Pauschalierung der Hartz IV-Unterkunftskosten provoziert Klagewelle

Anlässlich des Berichts des Berliner Sozialgerichts zu Hartz IV-Verfahren warnte DGB-Vorstandsmitglied Annelie Buntenbach am Dienstag in Berlin vor der Pauschalierung der Hartz IV-Unterkunftskosten. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-klagewelle-durch-pauschale-wohnkosten-39833.php



Hartz IV: Die Lohnabstandsgebot-Lüge der Bundesregierung

Das immer wieder von CDU, CSU und FDP als alleiniges Gegenargument einer bedarfdeckenden Regelsatzerhöhung bei Hartz IV ins Feld geführte Lohnabstandsgebot gibt es im SGB II gar nicht. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-die-lohnabstandsgebot-luege-2651.php



Braunschweig ist leider kein Einzelfall: Auch weiteren schwangeren Frauen wurden die Hartz IV Regelleistungen auf Null Euro gekürzt

Nachdem öffentlich bekannt wurde, dass das Jobcenter in Braunschweig die Hartz IV Bezüge auf Null sanktionierte, weil eine Schwangere einen sogenannten Ein-Euro-Job nicht antrat, wurden weitere Fälle von schwerwiegenden Leistungskürzungen gegen schwangere Frauen bekannt. Dabei kürzten die Sozialbehörden die Leistungen ausnahmslos komplett und verweigerten den gesetzlich geregelten Mehrbedarf für Schwangere. In einem Fall wurden zusätzlich auch die Krankenkassenbeiträge sowie die Unterkunftskosten nicht mehr gezahlt. Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-schon-wieder-sanktionen-gegen-schwangere-0436.php

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"Viele Mitarbeiter der Jobcenter sind nicht qualifiziert"

Interview von Stefan Strauß in der Berliner Zeitung vom 12.01.2011 mit Frank Steger, Vorstand des Berliner Arbeitslosenzentrums evangelischer Kirchenkreise e.V. http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/berlin/326232/326233.php


Nahezu 100 Prozent fehlerhafte Hartz-Bescheide in der Migrantenberatungsstelle des DGB

?Nur mit qualifiziertem Personal, funktionierender Software und der Reduzierung der Fallzahlen sei eine sorgfältige und möglichst fehlerfreie Betreuung von Erwerbslosen in den Jobcentern zu garantieren. So die DGB-Vorsitzende von Berlin und Brandenburg, Doro Zinke. Sie verweist auf die Migrantenberatungsstelle für Hartz-Empfänger im DGB-Haus: Von den 614 dort in 2010 betreuten Ratsuchenden hatte nahezu jeder fehlerhafte Bescheide o.ä. von den Jobcentern erhalten. Das Klagepotenzial liege auf der Hand. Vor allem ging es um abgelehnte Weiterbildungsbescheide, Mietprobleme oder falsch berechnete Zuwendungen für Bedarfsgemeinschaften?? Pressemitteilung des DGB Berlin / Brandenburg vom 13.01.2011 http://www.berlin-brandenburg.dgb.de/article/articleview/7815/1/579/


Hartz- IV schafft neue Berufe mit Perspektive

?Arbeitsagenturen blicken bei Hartz- IV- Regelungen nicht mehr durch. Das bietet Arbeitslosen die Chance, als Jobcenterschriftgelehrter zu arbeiten. Der Deutsche Arbeitgeberverband hat die Hartz-IV-Regelungen als großartigen Jobmotor und Konjunkturanschubhilfe ersten Ranges gelobt. Grund: Extrem viele Hartz-IV-Bescheide sind fehlerhaft, fast jeder zweite Hartz-IV-Empfänger klagt irgendwann. Dadurch müssen mehr Richter, Staatsanwälte, Sekretärinnen und Prozessdiener eingestellt werden, und Rechtsanwaltskanzleien müssen zusätzliches Personal beschäftigen. (?) Damit kann man HartzIV als Erfolgsmodell bezeichnen, durch das bald Tausende sozialversicherungspflichtige Arbeitsplätze geschaffen werden können. Schon jetzt entstehen neue Berufe mit großen Perspektiven wie Behördendeutschdolmetscher, Anfechttrainer, Jobcenterschriftgelehrter?? Artikel von Hans Zippert in Die Welt online vom 11.01.2011 http://www.welt.de/debatte/kolumnen/zippert_zappt/article12091815/Hartz-IV-schafft-neue-Berufe-mit-Perspektive.html


Hartz IV: Manche Kassen erheben Zusatzbeitrag

?Hartz IV: Manche Kassen erheben trotzdem einen Zusatzbeitrag von ALG II Beziehern, weil keine Satzungsänderung durchgeführt wird. ALG II-Bezieher müssen die Zusatzbeiträge unter Umständen vom Regelsatz bezahlen?? Meldung vom 12.01.2011 bei gegen-hartz.de http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-manche-kassen-erheben-zusatzbeitrag-540911.php


Aus: LabourNet, 17. Januar 2011



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Joel Olson, New Clear Vision: "With the passage of the notorious anti-immigrant bill SB 1070 last spring, the outlawing of ethnic studies as of January 1st, the gutting of the school and university systems, the collapsed housing market, the high unemployment rates, and now the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, you might be wondering what it's like to actually live in Arizona right about now. In short: it ain't easy. But it helps to put Giffords's shooting in historical perspective, which is defined by two things in Arizona: corruption and class struggle. And ironically, this perspective gives me hope about the radically democratic future of my home state."

http://www.truth-out.org/corruption-and-class-struggle-what-its-really-like-live-arizona66842



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Kevin Zeese, Truthout: "The case of Pvt. Bradley Manning raises legal issues about his pre-trial detention, freedom of speech and the press, as well as proving his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Putting aside Manning's guilt or innocence, if Manning saw the Afghan and Iraq war diaries as well as the diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks, what should he have done? And what should be the proper response of government to their publication?"

http://www.truth-out.org/bradley-manning-and-rule-law66829



Bradley Manning and GI Resistance to US War Crimes

Angola 3 News interviews Dahr Jamail on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the media's coverage of WikiLeaks, the actions of Bradley Manning and the military's response to soldier resistance. Jamail says, "The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq could not have more clearly violated international law. Even the former secretary general of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, said in September 2004 that the Iraq war was illegal and breached the UN Charter. An illegal war is thus the mother of all war crimes, for from that stems all the rest.... What Manning did by leaking this critical information has been to uphold his oath as a soldier in the most patriotic way."

http://www.truth-out.org/bradley-manning-and-gi-resistance-us-war-crimes66791



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John Pilger, Truthout: "The attacks on WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are a response to an information revolution that threatens old power orders in politics and journalism. The incitement to murder trumpeted by public figures in the United States, together with attempts by the Obama administration to corrupt the law and send Assange to a hell-hole prison for the rest of his life, are the reactions of a rapacious system exposed as never before."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-war-wikileaks-john-pilgers-investigation-and-interview-with-julian-assange66847



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"We are entering a danger territory," Abdolreza Abbassian, chief economist at the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41062817/ns/business-consumer_news/


From Information Clearing House



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A US rights group Thursday appealed to a court in the case of former prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan who accuse ex-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld of being to blame for their torture.

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By James Politi

As it stands today, the U.S. borrows about 40 cents of every dollar it spends.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27262.htm



What Does Wikileaks Have on Bank of America?

By Mary Bottari

In 2008, BofA acquired Countrywide, one of the most aggressive and fraudulent lenders during the housing bubble. The result has been a train wreck of liability and lawsuits for the megabank that now has over 1.3 million customers in foreclosure.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27259.htm



Austerity Policies Worsen Racial Economic Inequalities Hits Black and Latino People Hardest

By United for a Fair Economy

The official unemployment rate is 15.8 percent among Blacks and 13 percent among Latinos; Blacks earn only 57 cents for each dollar of White family income, Latinos earn 59 cents; and Blacks have only 10 cents of net wealth while Latinos have 12 cents to every dollar of net wealth that Whites have.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27258.htm



JPMorgan Chase profit soars 47%

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the second-largest bank in Arizona by deposits, beat Wall Street estimates Friday with a 47 percent increase in fourth quarter profit to $4.83 billion, or $1.12 a share.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2011/01/14/jpmorgan-chase-profit-soars-47.html



S&P, Moody's Warn On U.S. Credit Rating

With attention focused on sovereign-debt worries in Europe, two major credit-rating firms reminded investors again that the U.S. has debt problems of its own.

http://on.wsj.com/haSFnp



Foreclosure Filings in U.S. May Jump 20% From Record 2010 as Crisis Peaks

The number of U.S. homes receiving a foreclosure filing will climb about 20 percent in 2011, reaching a peak for the housing crisis, as unemployment remains high and banks resume seizures after a slowdown, RealtyTrac Inc. said.

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Jobless claims hit a 10-week high

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly to 445,000 from 410,000 in the prior week, a Labor Department report showed. It was the biggest one-week jump in about six months and confounded analyst forecasts for a small drop to 405,000.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A41H20110113


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The Fed Has Spoken: No Bailout for Main Street

Ellen Brown, Truthout: "The Federal Reserve was set up by bankers, for bankers, and it has served them well. Out of the blue, the Fed came up with $12.3 trillion in nearly interest-free credit to bail the banks out of a credit crunch they created. That same credit crisis has plunged state and local governments into insolvency, but the Fed has now delivered its ultimatum: there will be no 'quantitative easing' for municipal governments."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-fed-has-spoken-no-bailout-main-street66820



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By David Edwards and Stephen Webster

"I'd love to be proven wrong, but I suspect this is how reining in the growth of the surveillance state becomes an item perpetually on next year's agenda."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27256.htm



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By Juan Cole

The military-industrial complex wants to find a way of keeping thousands of US troops in Iraq past that deadline.

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TSA makes 'nominal' payment to settle suit over exposing 24-year-old's breasts

"For an extended period of time" other agents made jokes about the incident. "One male TSA employee expressed to the plaintiff that he wished he would have been there when she came through the first time and that 'he would just have to watch the video.'"

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/tsa-pays-woman-breast-exposure-suit/


From Information Clearing House



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- Antennes relais: un "outil" majeur opposable pour les personnes, associations et collectifs
- CEM et altération Numération Formule Sanguine

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Alteration_Numeration_Formule_Sanguine.php



- Alteración del Conteo Sanguíneo Completo (CSC) y Antenas enlace (E.B.T.M.)
- Un ejemplo de acción oponible: Carta contra el operador de telefonía móvil Bouygues Telecom

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