World-News: 12 Februar 2012

Guantanamo Expert Andy Worthington Speaks

Brad Jacobson, Truthout: ''On January 12, the tenth anniversary of the notorious military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Truthout interviewed investigative journalist and Guantanamo expert Andy Worthington. Author of 'The Guantanamo Files' and co-director of the film 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo,' Worthington has spent the last six years painstakingly worked to keep alive in the public consciousness the human faces and personal contexts of the 779 people imprisoned within the facility.''

http://www.truth-out.org/guantanamo-ten-years-later-interview-guantanamo-expert-author-and-filmmaker-andy-worthington/1328120

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 23:04

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Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase

Erik Eckholm, The New York Times News Service: ''Far from dissipating, groups around the country say they are preparing for a new phase of larger marches and strikes this spring that they hope will rebuild momentum and cast an even brighter glare on inequality and corporate greed. But this transition is filled with potential pitfalls and uncertainties: without the visible camps or clear goals, can Occupy become a lasting force for change? Will disruptive protests do more to galvanize or alienate the public?''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-movement-regroups-preparing-its-next-phase/1329069588

OWS Meets With Members of Dissident Movements From All Over the World

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: ''In late January, two Wall Street Occupiers took a trip to Porto Alegre, Brazil, to meet with members of dissident movements from all over the world. The thematic Social Forum, serving as an anti-Davos economic forum, was set up to tackle the 'capitalist crisis, social and environmental justice.' Nelini Stamp and Amin Husain met with, among others, Chilean student demonstrators, Tunisian revolutionaries and 'indignant citizens' from Greece and Spain.''

http://www.truth-out.org/ows-meets-members-dissident-movements-all-over-world/1329229242

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:59

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Privatization of Water is as Benign as Lucifer

Richard Raznikov, The Rag Blog: ''Water is the basis of all life. It is preposterous that it might be owned and that some may be thereby deprived of it. Thanks, however, to the World Bank, which is actually just the operative arm of the largest U.S. banks and whose policies can bring down governmentsm c.f. Italy and Greece in the past few months alone, the commons argument is quickly dying. Most Americans, being inhabitants of a nation which does not generally have these worries, are unaware of this.''

http://www.truth-out.org/benign-lucifer-privatization-water/1329057581

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:54

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Anti-Science Assault on US Schools

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/12-0

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:46

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Fears Growing as Fukushima Reactor Temperature Rising

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/12-0

Fukushima Nuclear Plant at High Risk for Major Earthquake
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/14-2

Thousands March Against Nuclear Power in Japan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/11-1

Danger Zone: Aging Nuclear Reactors
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/02/23-0

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Rick Santorum Plans For America

By Professor Lawrence Davidson

Santorum believes that religious values (at least his religious values) should play a large role in shaping government policies. For those not sure what this means, Santorum has a list of examples.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30508.htm

Rick Santorum says: Dutch elderly are euthanized en masse

Republican Rick Santorum, candidate for the presidential elections in 2012, is known for his conservative views. But he also appears to have an unbridled imagination, at least about the Netherlands' where half or the elderly are euthanized against their will' according to Santorum.

http://bit.ly/wYYgLY

From Information Clearing House

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Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: ''Santorum and many of his allies dislike any public institution that enables people to think critically and act with a degree of responsibility toward the public. This is one reason why they hate any notion of public education, which harbors the promise, if not the threat, of actually educating students to be thoughtful, self-reflective and capable of questioning so-called common sense and holding power accountable.''

http://www.truth-out.org/why-teaching-people-think-themselves-repugnant/1329847441

Inside Rick Santorum's Head: For Him, the Right to Privacy Does not Exist

Jim Hightower, Other Words Blog: '''This right to privacy does not exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution.''

http://www.truth-out.org/inside-rick-santorums-head-him-right-privacy-doesnt-exist/1329933447

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Santorum and Republican 'Dissent'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/22-1

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:21

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With Liberty and Justice for Some

Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky

Video

The United States has a two-tiered judicial system, one for the ''haves'' and one for the ''have-nots.'' Greenwald presents his thoughts in conversation with political theorist, Noam Chomsky at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30505.htm

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Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What is the Justice System For?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/12-6

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 22:16

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Syria as Tonkin Gulf for Attack on Iran?

By Daniel McAdams

News organizations and websites that have uncritically reported the atrocity stories from these ''human rights'' groups have helped set the stage for military action against Syria, and have been in fact part of the psychological preparation of the battlefield.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30501.htm

US Congress Pulsates With War Fever

By Eric Margolis

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30503.htm

Who is Threatening Whom? 45 US Bases Surround Iran

Map

Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening US.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30504.htm

Iran: War Drums Beating

The idea of an Islamic bomb exerts a peculiar fascination on American political culture and shines a searchlight on how the gross dysfunctionality of American politics emerges synergistically from the individual dysfunctions of its component parts.

http://huff.to/wqueQS

MKO funds US politicians'?

''One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under US law,'' Glenn Greenwald wrote on salon.com on Friday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226175.html

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Wulff nutzte Firmen-Handy von Groenewold

Krise des Bundespräsidenten

STERN.DE

Nun wird bekannt: Er nutzte als Regierungschef ein Firmen-Handy eines Freundes und soll dafür bezahlt haben. Als niedersächsischer Regierungschef hat Bundespräsident Christian Wulff mehrere Monate lang ein Firmen-Handy des befreundeten...

http://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/krise-des-bundespraesidenten-wulff-nutzte-firmen-handy-von-groenewold-1785080.html

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 14:20

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Terrorzelle: BKA ließ Ermittlungsdaten des Neonazi-Trios löschen

Welt Online

Daten vom Handy des Terror-Helfers André E. sind auf Wunsch des Bundeskriminalamtes gelöscht worden. Dabei hatte die Bundespolizei sie eigens entschlüsselt. Das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) hat sensible Ermittlungsdaten im Zusammenhang mit dem Zwickauer...

http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article13863740/BKA-liess-Ermittlungsdaten-des-Neonazi-Trios-loeschen.html

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Steckt auch das BKA im NSU-Sumpf?

Das BKA soll die Bundespolizei aufgefordert haben, Daten vom Handy des mutmaßlichen NSU-Helfers André E. zu löschen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151412

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Starmail - 12. Feb, 14:19

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