http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5651655835829964406#
Now learn about the gov'ts persecution of George Hansen
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A Message from Gov. Dean about Bernie Sanders & the Progressive Movement
Christine -
I have known Bernie Sanders for more than 20 years. I have often worked with him in Vermont, but when he took to the floor of the Senate last week to stand up and denounce the extension of the Bush tax cuts for billionaires in an unconventional nine-hour filibuster, I'd never been more honored to call him my friend and my Senator.
Bernie is a progressive hero. He has spent his entire life fighting for the poor and the middle class, just as he is now in this tax cut fight.
(Bernies amazing speech; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OtB298fHY)
Make no mistake about it; this tax cut deal that President Obama struck with Republicans may be good short-term politics, but it's not the best course for the country. It's not fiscally responsible in addressing the deficit, the biggest long-term threat to America. There is no shared pain in this agreement. Instead, this is the easy way out for everybody.
Bernie Sanders didn't back down against long odds -- he had the backbone to stand up and fight for what's right. Washington needs more bold leadership like Bernie's. Let's make sure that every Democrat in Washington gets the message: when you stand up and fight, we'll have your back.
Support a progressive hero -- Please contribute $5 right now; http://www.democracyforamerica.com/about
This isn't just about tax cuts for the rich either. The deal includes borrowing $120 billion from China and other sources in order to make up a shortfall in revenue for the Social Security Trust Fund caused by the additional payroll tax cut.
We all know Republicans are chomping at the bit to destroy Social Security. Cutting funding will only embolden them to step up their attacks to cut benefits, raise the retirement age, and privatize the program entirely.
Social Security is a cornerstone of the American middle class yet Republicans, who will control the House of Representatives in 2011, want to destroy it. This payroll tax cut sets us up to make it that much harder to stop them. So while most in Washington are ignoring the real damage this bill could cause in the years to come, Bernie has made it a central part of his opposition.
Today, we can send a message even Washington will understand by supporting a progressive hero for standing up for America.
Please contribute now.
Bernie stood up for us. Let's make sure everyone in Washington knows we have his back.
And thank you, Christine, for everything you do.
-Howard
Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.
Founder, Democracy for America
Democracy for America relies on you and the people-power of more than one million members to fund the grassroots organizing and training that delivers progressive change on the issues that matter. Please Contribute Today and support our mission.
I have known Bernie Sanders for more than 20 years. I have often worked with him in Vermont, but when he took to the floor of the Senate last week to stand up and denounce the extension of the Bush tax cuts for billionaires in an unconventional nine-hour filibuster, I'd never been more honored to call him my friend and my Senator.
Bernie is a progressive hero. He has spent his entire life fighting for the poor and the middle class, just as he is now in this tax cut fight.
(Bernies amazing speech; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OtB298fHY)
Make no mistake about it; this tax cut deal that President Obama struck with Republicans may be good short-term politics, but it's not the best course for the country. It's not fiscally responsible in addressing the deficit, the biggest long-term threat to America. There is no shared pain in this agreement. Instead, this is the easy way out for everybody.
Bernie Sanders didn't back down against long odds -- he had the backbone to stand up and fight for what's right. Washington needs more bold leadership like Bernie's. Let's make sure that every Democrat in Washington gets the message: when you stand up and fight, we'll have your back.
Support a progressive hero -- Please contribute $5 right now; http://www.democracyforamerica.com/about
This isn't just about tax cuts for the rich either. The deal includes borrowing $120 billion from China and other sources in order to make up a shortfall in revenue for the Social Security Trust Fund caused by the additional payroll tax cut.
We all know Republicans are chomping at the bit to destroy Social Security. Cutting funding will only embolden them to step up their attacks to cut benefits, raise the retirement age, and privatize the program entirely.
Social Security is a cornerstone of the American middle class yet Republicans, who will control the House of Representatives in 2011, want to destroy it. This payroll tax cut sets us up to make it that much harder to stop them. So while most in Washington are ignoring the real damage this bill could cause in the years to come, Bernie has made it a central part of his opposition.
Today, we can send a message even Washington will understand by supporting a progressive hero for standing up for America.
Please contribute now.
Bernie stood up for us. Let's make sure everyone in Washington knows we have his back.
And thank you, Christine, for everything you do.
-Howard
Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.
Founder, Democracy for America
Democracy for America relies on you and the people-power of more than one million members to fund the grassroots organizing and training that delivers progressive change on the issues that matter. Please Contribute Today and support our mission.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A Message from Senator Sanders
Christine -
President Obama is right about one thing -- Republicans in Congress are holding the middle class hostage.
We have a $13.8 trillion national debt, a collapsing middle class and the most unequal distribution of wealth of any major country. With all this in mind, Republicans in Congress say they will block tax cuts to the middle class and block unemployment benefits to more than two million families unless the President gives huge tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.
Their behavior is morally bankrupt. It is reprehensible.
But instead of challenging the Republicans for their absurd demands and their outrageous tactics, the President gave them virtually everything they wanted.
I cannot and will not support this deal. I will do everything I can to uphold the promise made to the American people to end the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
Join me and my friends at Democracy for America today and sign our pledge calling on Congress to reject this deal; http://www.democracyforamerica.com/activities/419?t=e1
One of the most underreported parts of this deal is a cut to the Social Security payroll tax. In just one year, over $120 billion of revenue will be cut from Social Security under the President's compromise plan, weakening the program and virtually guaranteeing benefit cuts in the future.
Make no mistake about it. Social Security has not added one dime to the national debt and this cut will only embolden Republican attempts to privatize the program and increase the age of retirement. Social Security is a vital safety net for all Americans and a cornerstone of our commitment to protect the middle class.
We are not alone in standing against this compromise. Republicans are holding the middle class hostage and the American people know it. I come from a small state and yesterday my office received more than 1,000 calls on this issue, with over 90% of them in opposition to this deal.
Last night, thousands of DFA members joined me on DFA Live where we had a lively discussion on this issue. One thing was clear to me during that call -- DFA members nationwide want Democrats to stop this deal and fight for the middle class, working people, senior citizens and the unemployed while making sure that millionaires and billionaires are not given massive tax breaks.
Make sure Congress gets the message -- Join the fight now and sign the petition opposing this so-called "compromise."
Thank you,
-Bernie
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator , (I) Vt
President Obama is right about one thing -- Republicans in Congress are holding the middle class hostage.
We have a $13.8 trillion national debt, a collapsing middle class and the most unequal distribution of wealth of any major country. With all this in mind, Republicans in Congress say they will block tax cuts to the middle class and block unemployment benefits to more than two million families unless the President gives huge tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.
Their behavior is morally bankrupt. It is reprehensible.
But instead of challenging the Republicans for their absurd demands and their outrageous tactics, the President gave them virtually everything they wanted.
I cannot and will not support this deal. I will do everything I can to uphold the promise made to the American people to end the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
Join me and my friends at Democracy for America today and sign our pledge calling on Congress to reject this deal; http://www.democracyforamerica.com/activities/419?t=e1
One of the most underreported parts of this deal is a cut to the Social Security payroll tax. In just one year, over $120 billion of revenue will be cut from Social Security under the President's compromise plan, weakening the program and virtually guaranteeing benefit cuts in the future.
Make no mistake about it. Social Security has not added one dime to the national debt and this cut will only embolden Republican attempts to privatize the program and increase the age of retirement. Social Security is a vital safety net for all Americans and a cornerstone of our commitment to protect the middle class.
We are not alone in standing against this compromise. Republicans are holding the middle class hostage and the American people know it. I come from a small state and yesterday my office received more than 1,000 calls on this issue, with over 90% of them in opposition to this deal.
Last night, thousands of DFA members joined me on DFA Live where we had a lively discussion on this issue. One thing was clear to me during that call -- DFA members nationwide want Democrats to stop this deal and fight for the middle class, working people, senior citizens and the unemployed while making sure that millionaires and billionaires are not given massive tax breaks.
Make sure Congress gets the message -- Join the fight now and sign the petition opposing this so-called "compromise."
Thank you,
-Bernie
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator , (I) Vt
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Worsens and Spreads, Thousands Sicken & Die
CHOLERA - HAITI (27): UPDATE
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
In this update:
[1] Haiti: update
[2] Dominican Republic: update
[3] USA ex Haiti: 3rd case confirmed
******
[1] Haiti: update
Date: Tue 7 Dec 2010
Source: Haiti Libre [edited]
Since the beginning of the epidemic (19 Nov 2010), 93 222 people were
infected with cholera and treated, 44 157 were hospitalized and 2120
people died of the disease (latest figures of 4 Dec 2010 published by
the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) on 6 Dec 2010).
The epidemic spread throughout the territory. The south is seriously
affected and the partial assessment of the department of Grand Anse
looks very heavy, with a mortality rate of 58.1 percent.
Period from 30 Nov 2010 to 4 Dec 2010 (5 days)
----------------------------------------------
Assessment at the national level (all ages)
Total cholera patients
30 Nov 2010: 84 391
4 Dec 2010: 93 222 (increase of 8831 cases or 10.46 percent)
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[The outbreak dramatically continues. - Mod.LL]
[A continually updated interactive map of the cholera situation in
Haiti is available from HealthMap at
******
[2] Dominican Republic: update
Date: Tue 7 Dec 2010
Source: Dominican Today [edited]
The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the country climbed to
22, Public Health Ministry said Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010, reporting that
the 2 latest cases were detected in the western border province Elias
Pina.
It said Santiago and Santo Domingo have reported the most cases, with
a Dominican farmer, 53, and a Haitian, 23, the most recent, being
treated in the hospital at Banica and in stable condition.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[Exactly how many of the Dominican cases were acquired in the
Dominican Republic is not stated but it is likely that many of them
are locally acquired. - Mod.LL]
[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of the Dominican Republic
can be seen at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
******
[3] USA ex Haiti: 3rd case confirmed
Date: Mon 6 Dec 2010
Source: The Miami Herald, Associated Press (AP) report [edited]
Miami health officials say test results confirm that an American
Airlines passenger who became ill on a flight from the Dominican
Republic to Miami on Thanksgiving, 25 Nov 2010, had cholera. The
Miami-Dade Health Department released the results Monday, 6 Dec 2010.
Officials said the man was a doctor who had been treating cholera
patients.
This marks the 3rd confirmed case in Florida. State health officials
say a Collier County woman and an Orlando-area woman have recovered
from cholera linked to an outbreak in Haiti.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of the US state of Florida
can be seen at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[see also:
Cholera - Haiti (26): update 20101130.4311
Cholera - Haiti (25): update 20101127.4279
Cholera - Haiti (24): update, WHO 20101125.4256
Cholera - Haiti (23): update 20101122.4224
Cholera - Haiti (22): update 20101120.4204
Cholera - Haiti (21): USA (FL) 20101117.4171
Cholera - Haiti (20): update, Dom. Rep. conf. alert 20101117.4167
Cholera - Haiti (10): increased cases 20101103.3986
Cholera - Haiti: suspected, RFI 20101021.3818
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti (02) 20100307.0750
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti 20100207.0411]
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In this update:
[1] Haiti: update
[2] Dominican Republic: update
[3] USA ex Haiti: 3rd case confirmed
******
[1] Haiti: update
Date: Tue 7 Dec 2010
Source: Haiti Libre [edited]
Since the beginning of the epidemic (19 Nov 2010), 93 222 people were
infected with cholera and treated, 44 157 were hospitalized and 2120
people died of the disease (latest figures of 4 Dec 2010 published by
the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) on 6 Dec 2010).
The epidemic spread throughout the territory. The south is seriously
affected and the partial assessment of the department of Grand Anse
looks very heavy, with a mortality rate of 58.1 percent.
Period from 30 Nov 2010 to 4 Dec 2010 (5 days)
----------------------------------------------
Assessment at the national level (all ages)
Total cholera patients
30 Nov 2010: 84 391
4 Dec 2010: 93 222 (increase of 8831 cases or 10.46 percent)
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[The outbreak dramatically continues. - Mod.LL]
[A continually updated interactive map of the cholera situation in
Haiti is available from HealthMap at
******
[2] Dominican Republic: update
Date: Tue 7 Dec 2010
Source: Dominican Today [edited]
The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the country climbed to
22, Public Health Ministry said Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010, reporting that
the 2 latest cases were detected in the western border province Elias
Pina.
It said Santiago and Santo Domingo have reported the most cases, with
a Dominican farmer, 53, and a Haitian, 23, the most recent, being
treated in the hospital at Banica and in stable condition.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[Exactly how many of the Dominican cases were acquired in the
Dominican Republic is not stated but it is likely that many of them
are locally acquired. - Mod.LL]
[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of the Dominican Republic
can be seen at
******
[3] USA ex Haiti: 3rd case confirmed
Date: Mon 6 Dec 2010
Source: The Miami Herald, Associated Press (AP) report [edited]
Miami health officials say test results confirm that an American
Airlines passenger who became ill on a flight from the Dominican
Republic to Miami on Thanksgiving, 25 Nov 2010, had cholera. The
Miami-Dade Health Department released the results Monday, 6 Dec 2010.
Officials said the man was a doctor who had been treating cholera
patients.
This marks the 3rd confirmed case in Florida. State health officials
say a Collier County woman and an Orlando-area woman have recovered
from cholera linked to an outbreak in Haiti.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of the US state of Florida
can be seen at
[see also:
Cholera - Haiti (26): update 20101130.4311
Cholera - Haiti (25): update 20101127.4279
Cholera - Haiti (24): update, WHO 20101125.4256
Cholera - Haiti (23): update 20101122.4224
Cholera - Haiti (22): update 20101120.4204
Cholera - Haiti (21): USA (FL) 20101117.4171
Cholera - Haiti (20): update, Dom. Rep. conf. alert 20101117.4167
Cholera - Haiti (10): increased cases 20101103.3986
Cholera - Haiti: suspected, RFI 20101021.3818
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti (02) 20100307.0750
Disease situation, post-earthquake - Haiti 20100207.0411]
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Small Farmers & Urban Growers Unite Against S. 510
As if not enough tonedeaf members of Congress were removed in the
recent mid term elections, yet AGAIN they are trying to push through
the same evil, phony food safety bill, S. 510, to in fact put
corporations and their lobbyists in charge of every aspect of our
food production. Please speak out again, while you still have the
breath to do so, to stop this horrible bill.
Stop S. 510 Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1057.php
We had a health care so-called reform bill this year that did nothing
as a bottom line but turn over our entire national health care system
to special interest corporations. The Supreme Court said corporations
can do whatever they want to tilt our elections without limit, and
Congress did absolutely nothing about it. Is anybody else noticing a
pattern here?
S. 510 is just another bill written by big corporations FOR big
corporations, so that small healthy farm operations can be persecuted
even more than they are now, while nothing of substance is done to
prosecute the real food adulteration criminals on big factory farms.
It's just another power play to use a real problem, dangerous
organisms in our food supply, and to do absolutely the wrong thing
about it.
But you can read the bill yourself, and some good supporting
reference links, if you just go to the action page now and make your
voice heard by using our server resource to send instant faxes to all
your members of Congress in real time.
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"The Last War Crime" is the story of what would have happened, and
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the integrity to prosecute the war criminals who told knowing lies to
get us entrapped into endless and counterproductive occupations of
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recent mid term elections, yet AGAIN they are trying to push through
the same evil, phony food safety bill, S. 510, to in fact put
corporations and their lobbyists in charge of every aspect of our
food production. Please speak out again, while you still have the
breath to do so, to stop this horrible bill.
Stop S. 510 Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1057.php
We had a health care so-called reform bill this year that did nothing
as a bottom line but turn over our entire national health care system
to special interest corporations. The Supreme Court said corporations
can do whatever they want to tilt our elections without limit, and
Congress did absolutely nothing about it. Is anybody else noticing a
pattern here?
S. 510 is just another bill written by big corporations FOR big
corporations, so that small healthy farm operations can be persecuted
even more than they are now, while nothing of substance is done to
prosecute the real food adulteration criminals on big factory farms.
It's just another power play to use a real problem, dangerous
organisms in our food supply, and to do absolutely the wrong thing
about it.
But you can read the bill yourself, and some good supporting
reference links, if you just go to the action page now and make your
voice heard by using our server resource to send instant faxes to all
your members of Congress in real time.
Stop S. 510 Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1057.php
And after you submit the action page, please consider picking up one
of the new "Last War Crime" movie caps to help promote the new
feature film we will start shooting in just two more weeks. You can
help us promote the launch of this new movie by getting one of these
caps and starting a conversation about its upcoming release.
"The Last War Crime" is the story of what would have happened, and
what should still happen, if any member of the Justice Department had
the integrity to prosecute the war criminals who told knowing lies to
get us entrapped into endless and counterproductive occupations of
both Iraq and Afghanistan, using false confessions obtained by
torture to sell them.
Any donation you can make allows us to employ good progressive
activists as cast and crew to make this new creative media project a
reality. With your kind support we will have this destined to be
controversial new film playing in theatres all over the country in
the new yearas a policy advocacy action. So here is a link directly
to the page where you can get your own "Last War Crime" cap.
Last War Crime page: http://www.peaceteam.net/last_war_crime.php
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Currency Wars: Germany Upset w/ US Stimulus Plan
Berlin - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble sharply criticized on Friday the US central bank's new monetary stimulus plan aimed at shoring up the recovery in the world's biggest economy.
"With all respect, my impression is that the US is in the dark," Schaeuble said after the US Federal Reserve launched on Wednesday moves to pump 600 billion dollars to help lower interest rates and bolster economic growth.
His comments following criticism of the Washington-based monetary authorities' plan from around the world.
The Fed's capital-injection push also threatens to exacerbate the current conflict over world currency rates ahead of next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leading industrialized and emerging economies in Seoul.
Schaeble described the US central bank's decision as incomprehensible, saying that the current problems facing the US had nothing to do with a shortage of liquidity.
"Saying now that we once again make an additional 600 billion dollars available will not solve the problem," the German finance minister said in Berlin.
One result of the Fed's new monetary stimulus measures was to help push up the euro against the dollar.
The euro was trading at more than 1.41 dollars Friday after breaching the 1.42-dollar mark on Thursday.
The common currency has gained about 20 per cent against the greenback since the start of June, consequently raising concerns about the outlook for exports from the 16-member eurozone.
In his remarks, Schaeuble also criticized Washington's current currency market policy. A conflict between the US and China over the value of the yuan lies at the heart of what has been dubbed a currency war.
Schaeuble said Europe would help to defuse the current currency dispute between China and the US.
He said there was an impression that the US acted as similar as it claimed China did.
The US has claimed for years that China maintained its currency at artificially low levels in order to boost its export advantage.
Posted by Earth Times Staff
"With all respect, my impression is that the US is in the dark," Schaeuble said after the US Federal Reserve launched on Wednesday moves to pump 600 billion dollars to help lower interest rates and bolster economic growth.
His comments following criticism of the Washington-based monetary authorities' plan from around the world.
The Fed's capital-injection push also threatens to exacerbate the current conflict over world currency rates ahead of next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leading industrialized and emerging economies in Seoul.
Schaeble described the US central bank's decision as incomprehensible, saying that the current problems facing the US had nothing to do with a shortage of liquidity.
"Saying now that we once again make an additional 600 billion dollars available will not solve the problem," the German finance minister said in Berlin.
One result of the Fed's new monetary stimulus measures was to help push up the euro against the dollar.
The euro was trading at more than 1.41 dollars Friday after breaching the 1.42-dollar mark on Thursday.
The common currency has gained about 20 per cent against the greenback since the start of June, consequently raising concerns about the outlook for exports from the 16-member eurozone.
In his remarks, Schaeuble also criticized Washington's current currency market policy. A conflict between the US and China over the value of the yuan lies at the heart of what has been dubbed a currency war.
Schaeuble said Europe would help to defuse the current currency dispute between China and the US.
He said there was an impression that the US acted as similar as it claimed China did.
The US has claimed for years that China maintained its currency at artificially low levels in order to boost its export advantage.
Posted by Earth Times Staff
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