From: pilipo souza <pilipohale@hawaii.rr.com>
OBAMA NO KA OI
Aloha kakou,
I need to oeoe the ka po'e of Hawaii nei, it doesn't matter if Opama or
MkKain get in the White House, the Akaka Bill will pass before the 50th
Jubilee Anniversary of Hawaii Statehood, and the ka po'e will be in the
ili'o hale.
Seized lands of Hawaii nei must be finalized as ceded to validate the
Doctrine of Necessity that fenced stolen lands created by the Republic of
Hawaii with its co-conspirators U. S. military occupation.
The Nation Hawaii was never colonized. Entirely opposite, for It was an
equally recognized independent country since 1843. It has been under
military occupation since 1893 that became quasi civilian in 1894.
I am sorry I do not have the confidence and trust that meaningful others
have with United Nations, for I can only read their policy of Palestine
and Iraq as related to Israel and the United States of America. And soon
playing in a theater near you, native people of South America.
e ala e ! pilipo
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:51:49 -0700
From: Kathy Roberts <weerkhr@pacbell.net>
Subject: Marlon Brando ..King of Cool
----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Noyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU&e
Brando was a right on guy
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enter their (the slaves) minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see
the light, our work would be complete; -Virginia House of Delegates
1832,^ÓHenty Berry
BaNoyes.tripod.com No to the Dictatorshipevolution
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:26:56 -1000
From: Brian Schatz <chair@hawaiidemocrats.org>
Subject: Good government group slams Ward, GOP
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:52:09 -0600
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
Oct. 31, 2008
In This Issue:
Alert:
Halloween candy warning: Halloween candy purchased from reputable retailers
may be contaminated with toxic melamine, which causes kidney failure, liver
failure and death. Read my article alert on this subject here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024662.html
This is not a hoax. It's a serious issue. Watch this YouTube video to learn
more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUB79WJ9ktQ
===============
If you missed yesterday's bulletin about potential melamine contamination in
the US food supply, please go here:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/460.html
If you read yesterday's bulletin, I have assembled a number of sources that
verify everything in that story here:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/462.html
Until the FDA comes clean, I recommend that you advoid:
1. ALL manufactured food products made in China regardless of what the
listed ingredients state.
2. The products of ANY food manufacturer regardless of where they are based,
in the US or elsewhere, that will not clearly state that they do not use
powdered milk, powdered eggs, or other bulk food ingredients manufactured in
China. In its infinite wisdom, the Bush administration and the FDA has made
the US the ONLY country on earth that has not ordered these potentially
tainted products removed from its shelves. Milk products manufactured in
China and tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical, killed and injured
thousands of children this year. If you live in the US, you need to know
that your government is not protecting you from these products.
The original story posted yesterday is here:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/460.html
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Recalls:
Everlasting Distributors Inc., Bayonne NJ is initiating a nationwide recall
of all their 3.88oz (110gm) packages of Fresh and Crispy Jacobina Biscuits
because it may be contaminated with Melamine.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/everlasting10_08.html
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Medicare drug plan spending drops $6B in 2008: In a rare bit of good news
for taxpayers, the cost of the Medicare prescription drug program fell $6
billion this year - savings driven by the widespread use of low-cost generic
drugs.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-30-medicare_N.htm?csp=34
Tainted toys get another turn.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17656/3057/23167/0/
Proposed factory farm would be largest in Wisconsin.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17656/3057/23172/0/
Ash landfills at Consumers Energy plant are leaking toxics into Saginaw Bay.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17656/3057/23174/0/
Bureau proposes opening up Utah wilderness to drilling.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17656/3057/23178/0/
Die-off of bats is linked to new fungus.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17656/3057/23186/0/
Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BPA
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/10/31-7
Doctors Dishing out Antidepressants for PMS "Quick Fix"
http://www.naturalnews.com/024661.html
Vitamin C Shown to Preserve Bone Density in Older Men
http://www.naturalnews.com/024657.html
Psych Ward Workers Ignore Dying Woman, Falsify Patient Records to Bury
Incident: Examination of security videos has revealed that security guards
and care workers in a New York hospital ignored a woman as she lay dying on
the floor of a psych ward for more than a half hour.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024649.html
Using Hypnotherapy to Treat Children with Functional Abdominal Pain and
Irritable Bowel Syndrome http://www.naturalnews.com/024648.html
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:20:20 +1300
From: karaka <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Toxic sites report stays secret for three years
Toxic sites report stays secret for three years
MARTY SHARPE - The Dominion Post | Saturday, 01 November 2008
Arsenic levels on an old sawmill site - and beside a rural fire station -
were 66 times the safe limit, a report kept from the public for three
years says.
Carter Holt Harvey, which owned the old Waikoau site, gave the report to
Hawke's Bay Regional Council in August, after the council requested
information on former sawmills in response to an Environment Ministry
study of mill contamination.
The report - which also found PCP (pentachlorophenol antisapstain
treatment) at 175 times the allowable level at a different site - was
written in June 2005 but never made public.
Arsenic was found just metres from a rural fire station, and 100 metres
from the nearest house.
Regional council environmental manager Murray Buchanan said any contact
with the soil could be harmful to people.
"We don't want people in there. I mean let's face it, when you're dealing
with contaminated sites you don't want people in there," Mr Buchanan
said. "Kids getting in there and playing would certainly not be
desirable."
The council has concerns about the potential for contamination to spread
with runoff and has asked the company to conduct further studies.
The ministry has compiled a database of sites where PCP was used to
assist regional councils monitor the use of these sites.
The former timber-processing plant at the village of Waikoau, about 40
kilometres north of Napier, contains two sites with extremely high levels
of arsenic and PCP. Timber was treated at the plant from 1967 till 1981.
Carter Holt Harvey has owned the land since 1978.
Mr Buchanan said he was surprised the company had not given the council
the report when it was completed. "In the normal course of events if
someone had a report like this they would provide it to us. They are not
obliged to but there is a strong expectation it would be provided."
On August 6 the regional council requested the company to erect signs and
fences around two sites. This had not been carried out.
Mr Buchanan said further studies were required by the company to see if
contamination was migrating from the site into waterways or neighbouring
land.
Mitigation measures at the contaminated site will be managed by Carter
Holt Harvey at its cost.
Local farmer and volunteer fire brigade member Trevor Chambers said
members were aware of the contaminated site and did not spend time
"hanging around" the area.
Carter Holt environmental manager Murray Parrish said the contaminated
sites had not been fenced off in the past because "the risk was not
considered high".
"It comes back to the risk of exposure. If the site is not being used
then what is the risk?"
Mr Parrish said the company was working closely with the regional
council.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4745893a6479.html
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:02:46 -1000
From: News at Marks <news@artsatmarks.com>
Subject: November at Marks
The ARTSat Marks Garage
808-521-2903 fax:521-2923 info@artsatmarks.com www.artsatmarks.com
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Two Saturdays, November 1st & 8th at 8pm, $14/$10*
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Fast & furiously funny comedy based on audience suggestions.
November 4, Gallery Closed: GO VOTE
thru November 22: GiRL FeST Gallery: Freedom First
19 local, Kanaka Maoli, Maori, & continental artists.
Friday, November 7, 5^Ö9pm, FREE
First Friday Honolulu Downtown-Chinatown Gallery Walk
GiRL FeST Workshops: Sunday, November 9, ALL AGES
Zine Making 10am^Ö1pm $5, B-girl Breakdancing 2^Ö3:30pm FREE
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Thurs.^ÖSat., November 13^Ö15, at 12, 2, 4, 6 & 8pm! $5/3*
visit www.girlfest.org for details
Wednesdays, 4^Ö5:30pm, FREE
Youth Speaks Hawaii
Teen slam poetry writing & performance workshops.
Supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
November 20, 6^Ö7pm, FREE
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For art lovers & people who want to stay & play downtown.
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 21, 22 at 8PM, Sunday Nov. 23 at 2pm, $12/$10*
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original choreography that jumps, falls, floats & eats up space...
exploring community, perspective, personal & cultural
cause & effect thru dance with projected images & sound
November 25^ÖDecember 2, open 11am 'till late!
Hawai^Ñi Craftsmen Gallery Sale
Holiday Season celebration with hundreds of hand-crafted items
Made in Hawaii by Hawai^Ñi artists. Cash & carry; with gift wrapping
& shipping available. Representing local artists working in
clay, fiber, glass, metal, mixed media & wood.
*Advance tickets at 550-TIKS or www.honoluluboxoffice.com
The ARTS at Marks Garage is the key community project of the Hawai^Ñi
Arts Alliance.
This collaborative gallery, performance and office space for businesses
and non-profit organizations is working to transform downtown Honolulu
with the power of the arts.
Hawai^Ñi Arts Alliance is a Member of the
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:52:11 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
Trustee Mossman - Summit]
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:53:19 -1000
From: Mona Bernardino <monab@oha.org>
Aloha, Mr. Ching. Long time no talk. Hope you are fine.
I'm writing regarding your response to Trustee Mossman on his invitation
to sit on a planning committee for a Summit he would like to hold.
The planning committee meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., here at OHA's office. Could you please give me call me
or send me your phone number so I can give you the details?
Look forward to hearing from you. Mahalo.
Mona Bernardino, Esq.|Deputy Administrator - BAE|Office of Hawaiian
Affairs
711 Kapi`olani Blvd., Suite 500 | Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
(: 808.594.1921 | 7: 808.594.1865 | *: monab@oha.org
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:11:26 -0400
From: KahiwaL@cs.com
Subject: URGENT: Your response needed - Authorization for the Chair to
Negotiate and Sign a Cooperative Agreement ...
Hi All,
This coming Friday, October 24, the Board of Land and Natural Resources
has the subject matter on its agenda. I feel that BLNR is shirking its
responsibilities by suggesting this kind of action. I also feel that U.H.
is NOT a proper party to put some of our most culturally important lands
under - if only for management and administration (of any sort).
I have raised some legitimate issues in the letter I'm sending in. It
would be very nice if you could concoct your own recipe to oppose this
action - if you can agree with me.
Send your responses to - adaline.f.cummings@hawaii.gov
Thanks.
ku
________
>
>To: Department of Land and Natural Resources
>Attn: Board Members
>
>Subject: Authorization for the Chair to Negotiate and Sign a
>Cooperative Agreement with the Office of Mauna Kea Management,
>University of Hawaii at Hilo, for Cooperative Management of Mauna Kea
>Ice Age Natural Area Reserve, Hawaii
>
>Meeting Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
>
>Chair and Members,
>
>This communication is in opposition to the above-entitled proposal.
>
>First of all - the Office of Mauna Kea Management - relative to
>anything "official" on the so-called "ceded" lands of Mauna Kea is a
>sub-agency of the Hawaii state Board of Land and Natural Resource's
>Lessee (University of Hawaii) of the Science Reserve - and nothing
>more. It is a product of the University of Hawaii's 2000 Plan - that
>has significance, if at all, only in the University of Hawaii system.
> It is a non-entity relative to the general lease of the Science
>Reserve to the university - as the 2000 plan is NOT an approved
>(relative to BLNR) plan on Mauna Kea.
>
>While the so-called "ceded" lands subject to this action is part of
>the Ice Age Natural Area Reserve ("Reserve") - it is more or less a
>misnomer. The so-called Adze Quarry is a major part of the Reserve
>and it IS NOT Natural.
>
>The so-called Adze Quarry is a very important cultural landmark on
>Mauna Kea - that is considered to be very sacred to Kanaka Maoli
>cultural practitioners. It plays an important role in the dynamic
>evolution of past and present Kanaka Maoli culture.
>
>I am a Kanaka Maoli cultural practitioner on Mauna Kea. I am also a
>Kanaka Maoli religious practitioner on Mauna Kea.
>
>Secondly, while the so-called state of Hawaii is the "trustee" of the
>so-called "ceded" lands - the real owner of the mountain - and the
>entire "state" - is the Hawaiian Kingdom and/or its subjects - prior
>and present.
>
>The Supreme Court of the state of Hawaii opines (in a February 2008
>finding) that the 1993 Apology Resolution of the congress of the u.s.,
>signed by then president Clinton ("Apology Resolution") is the
>recognized law in the state of Hawaii.
>
>The Apology Resolution states, among other things:
>
>"Whereas, the Republic of Hawaii also ceded 1,800,000 acres of crown,
>government and public lands of the Kingdom of Hawaii, without the
>consent of or compensation to the Native Hawaiian people of Hawaii or
>their sovereign government;
>
>* * *
>Whereas, the indigenous Hawaiian people never directly relinquished
>their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people or over their
>national lands to the United States, either through their monarchy or
>through a plebiscite or referendum;"
>
>My intervention in this action is based on my claim, as a Kanaka Maoli
>subject, to these so-called "ceded" lands.
>
>Additionally, the proposed action seeks to begin the final step to
>complete the "U.H.-ilization" of the mauka lands of Mauna Kea.
>
>As it is public knowledge that the University of Hawaii continues to
>seek a high degree of "autonomy" in its operations and land occupation
>- the completion of the "U.H.-ilization" of Mauna Kea may be an issue
>right out of Pandora's box.
>
>While you (BLNR) and the U.H. doesn't and cannot dictate my cultural
>and religious practices on Mauna Kea - or anywhere else - there may be
>an inherent belief (by non-believers) that I may not be credible in my
>beliefs. However, I'm sure that any and every court in Hawaii will
>not be in disagreement with my views.
>
>As part of its "Astronomy" general lease of the Science Reseve - the
>U.H. has NOT been an adequate and/or responsible steward and Lessor of
>Mauna Kea. See State Auditor's Report and Recommendations AND your
>own records of fines and other rebukes and recommendations that have
>been levied on the U.H.
>
>To even contemplate the activity proposed here - is ludicrous. One
>cannot find a better example of allowing the fox to take charge of the
>chicken house than in this Mauna Kea situation.
>
>An important question is: Who will pay the bill to implement this
>Cooperative Managment Agreement? Is it the U.H. or BLNR?
>
>While BLNR continues to complain of a shortage of financial resources
>to manage and administer Mauna Kea - and the remainder of the
>so-called "ceded" lands, its insistence on NOT charging fair rents
>(for astronomy activities), as required by HRS 171, is ridiculous.
>
>On the other hand, DLNR has its own rangers and other personnel that
>should be managing and administering activities on Mauna Kea - and, if
>fair market rents have/had been collected - there would be ample funds
>for the proper administration and management of Mauna Kea.
>
>Additionally, you may be in violation of the requirements of the PASH
>and other cases - as you are charged to advocate and defend Hawaiian
>cultural practices on Mauna Kea and other lands. To do so - it seems
>- you ought to be consulting with, among others, the cultural and
>religious practitioners of Mauna Kea. You surely haven't attempted to
>do so with me.
>
>However, to turn over any "management" responsibilities of Mauna Kea
>to the "fox" will surely not meet with your (as passed down from the
>state as trustee) statutory responsibilities. Let me remind you that
>the breach of your statutory fiduciary and other responsibilities is
>very serious business - and can incur administerial AND personal
>liabilities.
>
>So, please take heed and refrain from upsetting the balance on the
>mountain. You are legally charged with administering and managing all
>activities on Mauna Kea. To do otherwise puts yourselves in legal
>jeopardy.
>
>Thank you for your attention.
>
>ku
>Clarence Ching
>Cultural and Religious Practitioner on Mauna Kea
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:50:32 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
Oct. 22, 2008
In This Issue:
RECALLS
Rage Wireless Guitar Used with Nintendo Wii
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=4d1286c425&e=0fa96e422d
Fiesta Blue Ember Gas Grills
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=6469327425&e=0fa96e422d
Koalas' March Cookies recalled because they were produced in China and may
be contaminated with melamine.
http://www.hutchnews.com/Newsbriefs/recall2008-10-21T20-26-28
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FDA is running an extortion racket that targets health supplement companies,
threatening their company founders with arrest and imprisonment if they
don't admit to crimes they didn't commit and agree to pay out huge sums of
money to FDA contractors. http://www.naturalnews.com/024567.html
For many biological drugs, 'on the market' doesn't mean safe
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-22-biological-medicines-safety_N.htm
Using Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Products in Children - FDA supports
the voluntary actions of drug manufacturers to better inform consumers about
the safe and effective use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines in
children. http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/coughcold102208.html
Uninsured Aren't Primary Cause of Crowds in Emergency Rooms: New study
challenges assumptions about health care crisis.
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=6bf0de0152&e=0fa96e422d
Lack of Children's Health Insurance Increasing Across the Board: Children of
middle-class families as likely to go without as poor.
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=074a3daef1&e=0fa96e422d
Anesthesia Linked to Children's Behavioral Disorders
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000384_anesthesia_behavior_disorders_learning_disabilities.html
Dentists Still Using Plastic Sealants, Despite BPA Toxicity
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000382_dentistry_Bisphenol_A_childrens_health.html
Western Diet Responsible for One-Third of Heart Attacks
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000381_western_diet_heart_disease_processed_foods.html
Iodine May Be the Critical Mineral for Weight Loss, Energy and Beauty
http://www.naturalnews.com/024566.html
Home Defibrillators Found Medically Useless in Saving Lives
http://www.naturalnews.com/024564.html
The Fabulous Five: Compounds Found Most Effective Against Cancer
http://www.naturalnews.com/024559.html
Human Brain Seeks Real Calories; Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Overeating
http://www.naturalnews.com/024558.html
Higher Profits for Big Pharma: Selling Drugs to Pets
http://www.naturalnews.com/024554.html
Mercury in Compact Fluorescent Bulbs More Hazardous than Previously Thought
http://www.naturalnews.com/024553.html
Fewer prescriptions filled as economy worsens: The tumbling economy may be
making Americans queasy, but they're apparently so worried about their
pocketbooks that they're skipping their meds. http://tinyurl.com/5z5k2r
scientific studies have failed to prove that influenza vaccine is effective
in children or many adults
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iUv9H0rs71jjiFtNSZy471we1hlFaSs7G7gCvJz6Jq9IV79B_bXDiK3XwWtt2hhmhqbd3fZiWAkosqAiXjtv_IA2xeRYfrg_k5fKLGwelErcWnnhFfrk4AyxaK2BrV4TmvYaoLYWSJYYgRwaux1sFW7VOhJbNlKa
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:11:21 +0000
From: Ana <uriohau@gmail.com>
Anger as Koori school shuts
* Farrah Tomazin
* October 23, 2008
THE State Government has been accused of closing Victoria's only
Aboriginal public school without properly notifying parents and staff.
Leading welfare chiefs have warned that forcing the students into the
mainstream education system could result in more indigenous children
dropping out.
The Government recently announced that the Victorian College of Koorie
Education ^× which has four campuses in Mildura, Swan Hill, Glenroy and
Morwell ^× would shut next year and be replaced with four new "Koorie
pathway schools".
Under the restructure, designed to boost flagging results, children from
prep to grade 6 will go into local mainstream schools.
Those in years 7 to 10 will attend the pathway colleges, with intensive
support to prepare them for an eventual shift into mainstream education.
But in a letter to Education Minister Bronwyn Pike, parents on the school
council of the Mildura campus accuse her of not properly informing them
about the change, and say the school was "gutted" by the decision.
"Our school was devastated when you announced through a media release
that the school would be closed, students transferred out and a new
school set up," said the letter, obtained by The Age.
"We were appalled that the media release was sent out while our school
council was meeting in Melbourne, so that we could not even inform our
communities ourselves, nor support devastated students, parents and
staff," it said.
"The lack of respect shown to our school has gutted our community."
Ms Pike rejected suggestions the college had not been properly informed.
She said the new structure would provide intensive and specialised
support for each child.
"We have been working with these school communities for more than 12
months on improving educational outcomes for the students," Ms Pike said.
"The most important thing is improving the education for these students,
who currently are lagging behind Koori students in general schools."
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:09:37 -0400
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:35:51 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
What's Up? u.s. Military Deployment within u.s.
borders!
ACLU Demands Information on Military Deployment Within US Borders
Deployment Erodes Longstanding Separation Between Civilian and
Military Government
>NEW YORK - October 21 - The American Civil Liberties Union today
>demanded information from the government about reports that an active
>military unit has been deployed inside the U.S. to help with "civil
>unrest" and "crowd control" - matters traditionally handled by
>civilian authorities. This deployment jeopardizes the longstanding
>separation between civilian and military government, and the public
>has a right to know where and why the unit has been deployed,
>according to an ACLU Freedom of Information request filed today.
>
>"The military's deployment within U.S. borders raises critical
>questions that must be answered," said Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney
>with the ACLU National Security Project. "What is the unit's mission?
>What functions will it perform? And why was it necessary to deploy the
>unit rather than rely on civilian agencies and personnel and the
>National Guard? Given the magnitude of the issues at stake, it is
>imperative that the American people know the truth about this new and
>unprecedented intrusion of the military in domestic affairs."
>
>According to a report in the Army Times, the Army recently deployed an
>active military unit inside the United States under Northern Command,
>which was established in 2002 to assist federal homeland defense
>efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities. This
>deployment marks the first time an active unit has been given a
>dedicated assignment to Northern Command.
>
>Civilian authorities, not the military, have historically controlled
>and directed the internal affairs of the United States. This rule
>traces its origins to the nation's founding and has been reaffirmed in
>landmark statutes including the Posse Comitatus Act, which helps
>preserve the foundational principles of our Constitution and
>democracy.
>
>"This is a radical departure from separation of civilian law
>enforcement and military authority, and could, quite possibly,
>represent a violation of law," said Mike German, ACLU national
>security policy counsel and former FBI Agent. "Our Founding Fathers
>understood the threat that a standing army could pose to American
>liberty. While future generations recognized the need for a strong
>military to defend against increasingly capable foreign threats, they
>also passed statutory protections to ensure that the Army could not be
>turned against the American people. The erosion of these protections
>should concern every American."
>
>In order to assess the implications of the recent deployment, the ACLU
>requested the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Defense
>today to immediately make public all legal opinions, executive orders,
>presidential directives, memos, policy guidance, and other documents
>that authorize the deployment of military troops for domestic
>purposes.
>
>Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the Department of Defense has
>dramatically expanded its role in domestic law enforcement and
>intelligence operations, including the National Security Agency's
>warrantless wiretapping programs, the Department of Homeland
>Security's use of military spy satellites, and the participation of
>military personnel in state and local intelligence fusion centers. The
>ACLU has repeatedly expressed concern about these incremental
>encroachments of the military into domestic affairs, and the
>assignment of active duty troops to Northern Command only heightens
>these concerns.
>
>A copy of the ACLU's information request is available online at:
>www.aclu.org/safefree/general/37272lgl20081021.html
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:36:35 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
New Samoan Kalo Varieties - GMO produced?
New taro varieties developed
>Updated Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:45am AEST
>
>Samoan researchers have developed three new varieties blight-resistant
>taro. The leaf blight wiped out much of the island's taro crops a decade
>ago. The Crops Division of the Nu'u Research Centre have trialed,
>taste-tested and cultivated for mass production
>
>Tania Lee
>Speaker:CEO of the Nu'u Research Centre of Samoa's Ministry of
>Agriculture, Asuao Kirifi Pouono.
>
>The collapse of taro exports in 1994, forced exporters to increase
>production of copra, coconut oil, and fish. Now the focus is back on
>taro. The three new varieties are called, Talo So'o, Talo Tonu and Talo
>Taua, after the Samoa's Minister of Agriculture... Taua Kitiona.
>
>Asuao Kirifi Pouono, CEO of the Nu'u Research Centre of Samoa's Ministry
>of Agriculture says the new varieties of taro will be popular.
>
>POUONO: It's very much similar to the kind of taro that we used to have,
>Talo Niue or Talo Samoa. The taste is very much like the taste that we
>are looking for. Well we call it in Samoa, we call it Mapo. Mapo, meaning
>it's quite firm, and it's got a lot of starch and it's good quality to
>eat.
>
>LEE: Are the new taro varieties the same colour?
>
>POUONO: Yes, it's reddish in colour. You know when you see it, it's very
>similar to the one that we like.
>
>LEE: And is it the same size as well?
>
>POUONO: Again, it yields pretty good. I suppose what we are looking for
>is really the taste and then we will start building up the yield
>qualities and so forth.
>
>LEE: The research centre also developed two other types of taro. Tell me
>about them.
>
>POUONO: I know we have just released three new varities and that will add
>to another piece of the breeding program which which upto now is more
>than twenty. We have collected more than twenty different varieties from
>breeding program.
>
>LEE: Taro farmers were hit by the leaf blight in 1993, which affected
>many crops, are the new varieties resistant to the taro blight?
>
>POUONO: Not fully, not a one hundred percent resistance. But there is a
>degree of tolerance to the taro leaf blight. As far as the strategies
>they we're using, in our breeding program, I don't think we can be able
>to get a one hundred resisting tool to the blight.
>
>We are not working on multiplying the three types, as well as the other
>types in our collection that we've just released mind you it's starts
>from one planting material so it's already going out to the farmers to be
>mass produced in great numbers. Hopefully by the end of the year we
>should have quite a bit for the farmers.
>
>LEE: And will the new varieties be available overseas?
>
>POUONO: Not now, I think we are more interested in getting the materials
>available to our farmers. Of course as far as our overseas counterparts
>go, there's already an agreement whereby the others can have access to
>our material.
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:38:41 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
Slipping into the EU's Economic Trap!
How solid is the Pacific's trade front
Updated Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:20pm AEST
>Labour mobility may still be a stumbling block preventing the Pacific
>from forming a united bloc as signatories to the European Union's
>economic partnership agreement. Trade ministers in the Pacific
>belonging to the African, Caribbean and Pacific gathered in Nadi this
>week to decide if they all should sign on to the European Union's
>economic partnership agreement by the December 2008 deadline. The
>official line is that agreement was reached. However, the unofficial
>line is that the smaller island states with no commodities to trade
>want labour mobility included in the agreement.
>
>Geraldine Coutts
>Fiji correspondent Samisoni Pareti.
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:38:37 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
Brasscheck TV: Solutions...if we care to find
them
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> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:40:37 -0400
>
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>
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>
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:59:21 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
The Days to Occupy Iraq May be Coming to an End. I
Wish Ours was Too! long - with comments
It is hard for me to believe that this article and the comments (unedited)
that accompany it are sourced in america.
Maybe some americans do have a conscience. In this age of Homeland
Security and all that it entails - it is surprising that there are still
americans who know the difference between right and wrong.
After one throws u.s. propaganda out the window - the level of imperialism
in imperialist u.s. may be seriously on the wane.
We (kanaka maoli) had better get our ducks in order - as the opportunity
to get the occupier of our lands out might be approaching quickly and
stealthily.
Will we meet the test of success as the opportunity to exercise our right
of self-determination arrives? I hope so.
ku
______
>Published on Thursday, October 23, 2008 by Inter Press Service
>Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a US Debacle
>by Gareth Porter
>
>WASHINGTON - The final draft of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces
>agreement on the U.S. military presence represents an even more
>crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration
>than previously thought, the final text reveals.
>
>The final draft, dated Oct. 13, not only imposes unambiguous deadlines
>for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by 2011 but makes it extremely
>unlikely that a U.S. non-combat presence will be allowed to remain in
>Iraq for training and support purposes beyond the 2011 deadline for
>withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces.
>
>Furthermore, Shiite opposition to the pact as a violation of Iraqi
>sovereignty makes the prospects for passage of even this agreement by
>the Iraqi parliament doubtful. Pro-government Shiite parties, the top
>Shiite clerical body in the country, and a powerful movement led by
>nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that recently mobilized hundreds of
>thousands of demonstrators in protest against the pact, are all
>calling for its defeat.
>
>At an Iraqi cabinet meeting Tuesday, ministers raised objections to
>the final draft, and a government spokesman said that the agreement
>would not submit it to the parliament in its current form. But
>Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told three news agencies Tuesday
>that the door was "pretty far closed" on further negotiations.
>
>In the absence of an agreement approved by the Iraqi parliament, U.S.
>troops in Iraq will probably be confined to their bases once the
>United Nations mandate expires Dec. 31.
>
>The clearest sign of the dramatically reduced U.S. negotiating power
>in the final draft is the willingness of the United States to give up
>extraterritorial jurisdiction over U.S. contractors and their
>employees and over U.S. troops in the case of "major and intentional
>crimes" that occur outside bases and while off duty. The United States
>has never allowed a foreign country to have jurisdiction over its
>troops in any previous status of forces agreement.
>
>But even that concession is not enough to satisfy anti-occupation
>sentiments across all Shiite political parties. Sunni politicians hold
>less decisive views on the pact, and Kurds are supportive.
>
>Bush administration policymakers did not imagine when the negotiations
>began formally last March that its bargaining position on the issue of
>the U.S. military presence could have turned out to be so weak in
>relation with its own "client" regime in Baghdad.
>
>They were confident of being able to legitimize a U.S. presence in
>Iraq for decades after the fighting had ended, just as they did in
>South Korea. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had declared in June
>2007 that U.S. troops would be in Iraq "for a protracted period of
>time".
>
>The secret U.S. draft handed to Iraqi officials Mar. 7 put no limit on
>either the number of U.S. troops in Iraq or the duration of their
>presence or their activities. It would have authorized U.S. forces to
>"conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain certain individuals
>when necessary for imperative reasons of security", according to an
>Apr. 8 article in The Guardian quoting from a leaked copy of the
>draft.
>
>When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded a timetable for complete
>U.S. withdrawal in early July, the White House insisted that it would
>not accept such a timetable and that any decision on withdrawal "will
>be conditions based". It was even hoping to avoid a requirement for
>complete withdrawal in the agreement, as reflected in false claims to
>media Jul. 17 that Bush and Maliki had agreed on the objective of
>"further reduction of U.S. combat forces from Iraq" rather than
>complete withdrawal.
>
>By early August, however, Bush had already reduced its negotiating
>aims. The U.S. draft dated Aug. 6, which was translated and posted on
>the internet by Iraqi activist Raed Jarrar, demanded the inclusion of
>either "targeted times" or "time targets" to refer to the dates for
>withdrawal of U.S. forces from all cities, town and villages and for
>complete combat troop withdrawal from Iraq, suggesting that they were
>not deadlines.
>
>When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Baghdad Aug. 21, the
>United States accepted for the first time a firm date of 2011 for
>complete withdrawal, giving up the demand for ambiguous such terms.
>However, the Aug. 6 draft included a provision that the U.S. could ask
>Iraq to "extend" the date for complete withdrawal of combat troops,
>based on mutual review of "progress" in achieving the withdrawal.
>
>Because it had not yet been removed from the text, U.S. officials
>continued to claim to reporters that the date was "conditions-based",
>as Karen DeYoung reported in the Washington Post Aug. 22.
>
>The administration also continued to hope for approval of a residual
>force. U.S. officials told DeYoung the deal would leave "tens of
>thousands of U.S. troops inside Iraq in supporting roles...for an
>unspecified time". That hope was based on a paragraph of the Aug. 6
>draft providing that the Iraqi government could request such a force,
>with the joint committee for operations and coordination determining
>the "tasks and level of the troops..."
>
>But the Oct. 13 final draft, a translation of which was posted by Raed
>Jarrar on his website Oct. 20, reveals that the Bush administration
>has been forced to give up its aims of softening the deadline for
>withdrawal and of a residual non-combat force in the country. Unlike
>the Aug. 6 draft, the final text treats any extension of that date as
>a modification of the agreement, which could be done only "in
>accordance to constitutional procedures in both countries".
>
>That is an obvious reference to approval by the Iraqi parliament.
>
>Given the present level of opposition to the agreement within the
>Shiite community, that provision offers scant hope of a residual U.S.
>non-combat force in Iraq after 2011.
>
>Another signal of Iraqi intentions is a provision of the final draft
>limiting the duration of the agreement to three years -- a date
>coinciding with the deadline for complete withdrawal from Iraq. The
>date can be extended only by a decision made by the "constitutional
>procedures in both countries".
>
>The final draft confirms the language of the Aug. 6 draft requiring
>that all U.S. military operations be subject to the approval of the
>Iraqi government and coordinated with Iraqi authorities through a
>joint U.S.-Iraqi committee.
>
>The negotiating text had already established by Aug. 6 that U.S.
>troops could not detain anyone in the country without a "warrant
>issued by the specialized Iraqi authorities in accordance with Iraqi
>law" and required that the detainees be turned over to Iraqi
>authorities within 24 hours. The Oct. 13 "final draft" goes even
>further, requiring that any detention by the United States, apart from
>its own personnel, must be "based on an Iraqi decision".
>
>The collapse of the Bush administration's ambitious plan for a
>long-term U.S. presence in Iraq highlights the degree of unreality
>that has prevailed among top U.S. officials in both Washington and
>Baghdad on Iraqi politics. They continued to see the Maliki regime as
>a client which would cooperate with U.S. aims even after it was clear
>that Maliki's agenda was sharply at odds with that of the United
>States.
>
>They also refused to take seriously the opposition to such a presence
>even among the Shiite clerics who had tolerated it in order to obtain
>Shiite control over state power.
>
>Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist
>specialising in U.S. national security policy. The paperback edition
>of his latest book, "Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the
>Road to War in Vietnam", was published in 2006.
>(c) 2008 Inter Press Service
>
>
>Posted in Iraq
>33 Comments so far
>
>BeBe October 24th, 2008 12:08 am
>
>I can't wait for Bush and Cheney to be gone!!!!!!!!! That will be a
>day of celebration for a lot of us. What a bad eight years we have
>had. It's like a bad dream. How anyone can vote to put another
>Republican in office is beyond me.
>If Palin gets in and some how McCain can't be the President, we will
>be back to square one with her. She doesn't have the smarts to be
>President or Vice President and after Bush, our country would be shit
>up a creek again.
>I'm glad that they want us gone. It's like having relatives that have
>out stayed their welcome. It's time for us to leave.
>I think we leave our equipment there. They have left equipment after
>other wars or occupations. It is too much to take out and too costly.
>
>
>
>hoytdouglas October 23rd, 2008 11:52 pm
>
>I hope we are witnessing the destruction of the Imperial United State
>of America. We need to demolish the evil military industrial complex,
>and defeat in Iraq and Afganistan may be the best method to this end.
>
>From the demise of the Imperial we can regain our Constitutional
>government of free persons and good world citizens.
>
>
>lawlessone October 23rd, 2008 10:56 pm
>
>Looks like we are being firmly kicked out of Iraq. I just hope we
>don't have another last helicopter on the embassy roof moment.
>
>Signed: Lawlessone [for more irreverence, see
>resistence-is-possible.blogspot.com]
>
>
>
>old goat October 23rd, 2008 7:55 pm
>
>Impeach Cheny first, move to trial for treason, confiscate his
>holdings as seed funding for reparations; Impeach Bush second, do the
>same and move throughout the administration.
>
>
>
>wilmoor October 23rd, 2008 8:30 pm
>
>Has anybody here seen our old friend Cheney?
>Can you tell me where he's gone?
>....
>
>
>
>MichaelPDA October 23rd, 2008 9:07 pm
>
>He's killed lots of people,
>but it seems the bad they just lie dung
>I just turned around and he was gone.
>
>
>
>Earl Simmins October 23rd, 2008 7:55 pm
>
>"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" Total chaos in the middle-east!
>
>
>
>davidpeace October 23rd, 2008 6:43 pm
>
>Hopefully Moqtada al-Sadr can rouse up enough opposition to quash this
>"agreement". I would bet money that he could do a better job
>persuading his country's legislature to listen them than we can get
>ours to listen to us.
>
>"...we've moved so much shit into Iraq, it would take a whole year
>just to move all the equipment out..."
>
>We broke the country so we should make reparations. Whatever can't be
>carted out in reasonable time, much less than a year, should be
>considered as a down payment on those reparations.
>
>Now, what about all those other countries where we have occupation
>troops â^À^Ó I mean security agreements? How about getting together with
>the opposition to those hundreds of other bases and get those
>countries to kick the US out also?
>
>
>The American Peasant October 23rd, 2008 6:00 pm
>
>The war has been a success...for some. The Carlyle Group, the Bush
>family's holding company now controls 8 billion dollars in assets. The
>stock given to Cheney by Halliburton is staggering in it's grossness.
>To arrive at a conclusion helpful to the rest of us would have been to
>(after killing him), making a deal with the then in-control Sunnis,
>who knew how to run a country. But then the Exxon mobils,British
>Petroleum wouldn't have made all those zillions, would they?
>
>
>
>Stone October 23rd, 2008 11:32 pm
>
>Foul money darkly earned brings both immediate and long term hardship
>and tragedy to those who stole it.
>
>
>
>Cameiros October 23rd, 2008 5:43 pm
>
>Five years and millions dead.
>Children.
>Women.
>Mothers.
>Daughters.
>Elders.
>A country shattered.
>But not just any country; the country where civilization arose.
>And the wonderful, caring, American people give not a shit.
>All eyes are on our pocketbooks.
>Always and forever.
>*Hollow words for a country that glorifies violence and wealth above all else.
>
>
>
>hedology October 23rd, 2008 5:03 pm
>
>A great opportunity to claim victory, a chance to leave with honour.
>The Iraqi people have stood up, or at least the ones with some power.
>The Vampire States should stand down, as promised to the world,
>But like all of the Bush promises, not worth even a stinking turd.
>
>Any agreement signed, any pact forsworn with the States Vampires,
>Will soon be burnt to ashes in histories frequent fires.
>Just like the United States constitution of common sense,
>A Neo Vampire can make solemn documents into total irrelevance.
>
>And when, and not if, the wretched warmonger Vampire grunts slink away.
>The Iraqi peoples will for once celebrate with flowers a victory day.
>And as power alignments change, throw all reminders of US stay,
>Into the trash bin of history, throwing the last piece of Bush Shit away.
>
>
>
>javier October 23rd, 2008 5:00 pm
>
>It would appear that Iran is in charge. Iran has managed to both
>reduce the violence and set the Americans up for failure. Iranians
>(Persians) invented chess........They seem to still be bright enough
>to outwit a fool like Bush...............lizard
>
>
>
>DavidG. October 23rd, 2008 4:29 pm
>
>Americans have been told to 'piss-orf' so often now you'd think they'd
>get the message by now. But do they?
>
>Perhaps when they have their next CIVIL WAR things might change. Next civil war?
>
>It's a possibility you know. Read all about it!
>
>www.dangeroucreation.com
>
>
>
>pfutrell October 23rd, 2008 7:13 pm
>
>DavidG. October 23rd, 2008 4:29 pm
>
>You misspelled the URL.
>It is:
>http://www.dangerouscreation.com/
>
>
>
>Mordechai Shiblikov October 23rd, 2008 4:05 pm
>
>Who's afraid of the United States? Apparently, no one.
>
>
>realveive October 23rd, 2008 2:42 pm
>
>Yet another in the litany of Bush failures that will guarantee his
>winning not only America's but also the World's Worst President Ever
>award. Can anyone think of any nation's president who came anywhere
>near Dubya's ineptitude?
>
>
>
>ZachP October 23rd, 2008 4:10 pm
>
>I would say Mao. Good guerrilla leader, shitty head of state.
>
>
>
>tcolon October 23rd, 2008 2:46 pm
>
>I was gonna say Saddam, but, naaah. They both killed enough innocent
>Iraqis, but at least one did it conditionally.
>
>
>Bill from Saginaw October 23rd, 2008 2:31 pm
>
>For over four years of the US military occupation, the Shiite party
>coalition behind the Maliki regime was detested by a substantial
>majority of the Iraqi grassroots for its unwillingness to demand a
>timetable to end the American troop presence. The Sunni insurgency
>attacked Maliki's government as a puppet of Iran, collaborating with
>the foreign infidels. Moktada's Shiite faction simultaneously attacked
>Maliki's government for collaborating with the American occupation
>forces, and having a corrupt, hidden agenda to turn Iraq's oil
>reserves over to western petroleum companies, even if it meant
>dismembering the nation into Kurdistan, Shiastan, and Sunnistan to
>achieve that end.
>
>So what has happened? How did it come to pass that in the latter half
>of 2008, the Maliki government has begun to insist that the Bush
>administration agree to a public time deadline for complete US troop
>withdrawal?
>
>The answer to this question seems to point back to the same basic
>factor that led up to the significant drop in violence inside Iraq in
>2007, causing this shift by Maliki: the Shiite death squads and party
>militias successfully completed a major sectarian cleansing of their
>Sunni rivals, killing them off, displacing them internally, or else
>driving them into exile outside of Iraq. That brutal phase of the
>Iraqi civil war completed, and Shiite majority control of the central
>Iraqi government secured, it is now safe to turn on the American
>occupation presence from a position of political strength.
>
>Iran, of course, is poised to emerge from all this as the big winner,
>and the mullahs have covered their bets wisely. Moktada and his
>nationalist Shiite Mahdi Army faction are warming up in the bullpen,
>having been given safe sanctuary by Teheran in exchange for their
>withdrawal from further hostilities inside Iraq while the surge was
>surging - an ace in the hole just in case Mr. Maliki might be secretly
>harboring thoughts of cutting a deal later on that would ask the
>American infidels to stay.
>
>What is amazing is that this identical configuration of events on the
>ground in the Middle East is uniformly ballyhooed by the US mainstream
>media, the Bush White House, and the McCain/Palin campaign as proof
>positive of the "success of the surge", bringing "victory" within
>America's grasp if we only stay the course.
>
>How truly delusional. How truly bizarre.
>
>Bill from Saginaw
>
>
>
>tcolon October 23rd, 2008 2:25 pm
>
>What saddens me even more is that people still believe that "they hate
>our freedoms" crap. Bin Laden clearly stated several times that unless
>the U.S. ends its unconditional support of Israel and the Palestinians
>live in security, the attacks won't stop. Many people believe that we
>should continue supporting a petty "alliance" even though it puts
>millions of American's lives at stake. People call you a "terrorist"
>for trying to listen to terrorist demands, even though doing so would
>save millions of lives. We call them monsters for killing thousands of
>American civilians, yet we kill tens of thousands more Iraqi civilians
>and we're the good guys? I'm going to sound "Un-American" here but the
>fact is these people are acting logically by killing our brave young
>American soldiers. Also, I'm not saying that terrorists are right in
>killing innocent Americans but they have a good reason to do so. The
>whole western world has been against these people. We have taken their
>homes away and ignored their cries for help. We have been feeding
>Israel which has been killing these people for years, and we think
>they're just gonna smile and walk away? Unless We reassess our foreign
>policy, the attacks will never stop, regardless of how many people we
>kill. Israelis want peace, American jews want peace, palestinians want
>peace, but the U.S. doesn't. Instead of trying to solve the problem,
>we continue to fuel it
>
>
>
>curmudgeon99 October 23rd, 2008 2:13 pm
>
>The document is incomplete without reparations and repatriation
>assistance for 5 million Iraqi refugees.
>
>But I could be wrong !
>
>
>
>lwhunt330 October 23rd, 2008 1:43 pm
>
>There you have it folks! The surge has worked! Now after a trillion
>dollars, 4200 Americans killed, our military and financial status in
>tatters, the Iraqis are kicking us out as anybody with at least two or
>three brain cells knew they eventually would. What a great success
>this president and his lackey congress has been for America! What
>patriots! What winners! HooYah!
>
>
>NateW October 23rd, 2008 1:04 pm
>
>This pact memorializes the utter waste and stupidity of this entire
>misadventure. For far too long, Republicans had called their
>opposition "dreamers" (among other worse things), while implicitly
>stating that they were the party of realpolitik. The Iraq debacle
>orchestrated by Dubya, Cheney, & Co. has finally put that myth to
>rest. Sadly, it is at the cost of the unfortunate soldiers who had to
>serve there, and the Iraqi people who had to endure their presence
>(the contractors / mercenaries are excepted from the sympathy train).
>That this had to be a $10 Billion & counting lesson is even more galling.
>
>
>
>sevenpointman October 23rd, 2008 1:01 pm
>
>The need right now is for all elements of the resistance to convince
>the Iraqi Assembly to hold off for a better timeline for withdrawal.
>Three years more of U.S. military presence within the construct of
>their ownership of Iraqi oil and other resources, will only lead to
>the next, new stage of violence. If they can hold off until after the
>December 31st deadline Obama will be able to implement a quicker
>withdrawal. Even though Obama's plan is not a true exit strategy for a
>successful transition to a democratic Iraq( please check my blog:
>sevenpointman for a comprehensive plan), it removes our troops much
>more quickly and avoids putting them in harms way for three more
>years.
>If they refuse to sign this document, of course they will be forced to
>do so and they would have to defend their choice.
>In this case Obama could use some flexiblity and convince the public
>of the wisdom of his withdrawal plan and those activists for true
>democratic socialism could begin to test Obama's street cred and aid
>the Iraqi's fervent desire to get the U.S. off their backs.
>
>
>Stone October 23rd, 2008 12:57 pm
>
>It is beyond hubris to observe Bush continue to spout the relevancy of
>his beliefs in the face of continued failure and the bankruptcy of our
>financial system. He's one sick chimp.
>
>
>
>Jim Glover October 23rd, 2008 12:46 pm
>
>It will be a great moment in the Downfall of Western Imperialism when
>the Iraqi people who have wanted the US to go home for years can just
>say no Like Nancy. Happy New Year
>
>People are ready to run their own lives and they are sick of seeing
>George Bush ruin their lives with his neo fascist warfare on Moslem
>countries still emerging from Western Imperialism.....
>
>And now the system is Falling Falling and people on this planet are
>talking to each other and sharing facts and ideas with keyboards
>tappin and Iraq has figured it out!
>
>They are gettin ready for a happy new Year!
>
>
>
>USAn October 23rd, 2008 12:35 pm
>
>"In the absence of an agreement approved by the Iraqi parliament, U.S.
>troops in Iraq will probably be confined to their bases once the
>United Nations mandate expires Dec. 31."
>
>Whay are they allowed to remain in their bases? Shouldn't they go too?
>
>This article has entriely too much of a pro-US bias. Under this
>agreement, the US will still have full control and use of Iraqi
>airspace. Nothing can fly without US authorization, presumably US
>aircraft can bomb and strafe with impunity.
>
>When the news comes that the Iraqi Parliament rejects it, it will be
>time for a little celbration.
>
>
>
>John F. Butterfield October 23rd, 2008 4:46 pm
>
>It would seem to me that all U.S. forces will have to leave Iraq by
>December 31. That will probably mean leaving some equipment behind.
>
>
>
>ZachP October 23rd, 2008 4:51 pm
>
>By some equipment, you mean a few divisions' worth of tanks and other
>vehicles, helicopters, etc? Great thing to leave in a nation friendly
>with Iran.
>
>
>
>ZachP October 23rd, 2008 4:07 pm
>
>"Whay are they allowed to remain in their bases? Shouldn't they go too?"
>
>I read an article once sometime last year that said we've moved so
>much shit into Iraq, it would take a whole year just to move all the
>equipment out (and that's assuming all our forces were focusing solely
>on moving out).
>
>
>
>quickstepper October 23rd, 2008 11:52 am
>
>I agree with Zach. Bush and Cheney have always "misunderestimated" the
>intelligence of the Iraqi people. His horrible human rights record
>aside, Saddam knew how to run things and he had the human resources to
>do it.
>
>In spite of Saddam's oppression, the Iraqi Shiite community developed
>some very capable and moderate leaders who have emerged and will
>continue to emerge.
>
>I think that this event will come to be seen as the first in a series
>of foreign-policy disasters that will help mark the end of this
>administration as much as its looting of the economy via Wall Street
>greed.
>
>Someone please help the Iraqi women and girls.
>
>q
>
>
>
>ZachP October 23rd, 2008 11:18 am
>
>Go Iraqis! Show the Bush administration what elected representatives
>of the people are all about.
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:06:43 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - 3 new articles
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 3 NEW ARTICLES
1. Voter fraud arrests-not Acorn, but Republican operatives
2. Dubai and Honolulu-sister cities?
3. What it takes to be mayor of Wasilla
4. More Recent Articles
5. Search Disappeared News
Voter fraud arrests-not Acorn, but Republican operatives
by Larry Geller Listening to WBAIâ^À^Ùs evening news podcast while
folding the laundry this evening was really upsetting. It seems that a
huge number of new voters have signed up this year, and they appear to be
Democrats by a three-to-one margin. So Republicans are scurrying to purge
voter rolls or otherwise obstruct voters access to their ballots by
whatever means they can, legally or illegally. I....
Dubai and Honolulu-sister cities?
by Larry Geller We canâ^À^Ùt seem to deal with our sewage (though
weâ^À^Ùre planning to spend a fortune on a train). Like Dubai, we build
more homes and office buildings but donâ^À^Ùt treat our waste before
dumping it in the ocean: Dubai, that instant city of over-wrought
architecture and slave-like laborers, is apparently on the verge of a
sewage catastrophe. The BBC reports that "raw sewage is flowing...
What it takes to be mayor of Wasilla
 Clip from The Daily Show, October 20, 2008.....
More Recent Articles
* Lehman appointed head of McCainâ^À^Ùs transition team, but what of
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* Poll Position
* Collective action during the last depression
* Mayorâ^À^Ùs profligate spending on pro-rail advertisements is an
outrageous waste of taxpayer money
* Judith Miller moves to Fox News-why am I not surprised?
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:52:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Moe/Percy/whanau <manuwai_heihei@yahoo.co.nz>
Tortelini soup
Ingredients
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
2 tablespoons chopped spinach
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
Fresh pasta, recipe follows
1 egg mixed with 1/2 teaspoon water
Directions
In a bowl combine all ingredients, except for the pasta and egg wash.
Using the fresh pasta recipe, roll out your dough either by hand or by
machine. Cut into 3 or 4- inch rounds with a round cookie cutter. Place
1/4 teaspoon into the center of each round. Brush egg wash (on the bottom
half of the round and fold over to seal. Fold back around your finger and
turn down the edge to form a tortellini.
In half a gallon of rapidly boiling salted water add the tortellini in
batches. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until they float to the surface.
Remove to a strainer to drain.
Fresh Pasta:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
By Hand: On a clean surface make a well with the flour. In a measuring cup
mix the eggs, water and oil and salt. Pour the wet mixture slowly into the
flour and mix with your 2 fingers until all of the wet is incorporated. Do
not force the dough to take all of the flour. If you are going to use a
pasta machine to roll out the dough you may at this point form the dough
into a disk and cover with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for 1
hour to rest. If you going to roll this by hand you should knead the dough
on a floured work surface for 8 to 10 minutes.
By Food Processor: In the bowl of your food processor combine the flour
and salt and pulse 2 to 3 times. In a liquid measuring cup whisk the eggs,
water and oil. While pulsing the machine pour this mixture in a continuous
stream and continue running the machine until the dough begins to pull
away from the sides of the bowl. Follow directions above for hand rolling
or machine.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 3 to 5 minutes in boiling water
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:20:12 +1300
From: karaka <tepaatu@gmail.com>
YouTue Video of Huhana's story & lawyer for folk
with disabilities on TV1 last sunday morning
http://www.bebo.com/FlashBox.jsp?FlashBoxId=8022636531&
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:12:33 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
Subject: [livingnation] Forum on Maoliworld.com
The discusion dealt with the Akaka Bill and the role of the monarchy and
the Kawananakoa's right to rule question. This is my response to Ku's
excellent response andthe comments of others relating to the subjects:
I stand with Ku Ching in his remarks as there is no way of what Inouye
stated is true. "...a measure that would restore the government that
represented the Native people of Hawaii to its rightful status.." The
Akaka Bill will never restore the government to its rightful status.
Hawai'i is under continuous belligerent occupation and the only logical
resolution is total independence as our na kupuna desired through the Ku'e
Petitions of 1897. U.S. Congress ignored the petitions and designed a
false flag to get the rest of congress and the people to support the
annexation of Hawai'i through a resolution. So, nothing good will come out
of the Akaka Bill nor the governing entity OHA is trying to create and
form for the majority of the Hawai'i nationals. The U.S. has made this a
racial issue and not a national one for the Hawai'i nationals; when you
consider that 15.6% of the Hawai'i nationals at that time were not kanaka
maoli who were also in support of the Queen and many signed the Ku'e
Petitions and the fake revolution was executed by foreigners, mostly U.S.
Americans in a plot to takeover Hawai'i.
Keli'iaumoana is correct as it is written in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Constitutions. Go to hawaiiankingdom.org for a better understanding of
what the constitution says. For a continued form of constitutional
monarchy, there are certain criteria to be met and once again a new stirp
would be elected. There are specific things to be aware of which is how
the candidancy was constructed. The original children from the Royal
School were selected as eligible candidates making their direct
descendants heirs to that eligibility. The only one left with heirs is the
two sons of Theresa Malani who descends from the last surviving child from
the Royal School, Maheha. She survived the Queen. Here's the rub. When
Kalakaua ascended to the throne, he established the line of succession of
his dynasty. When Lili'u came to power, she re-established her successors
which legislature had to approve; thus Kai'ulani was heir-apparent. The
Queen survived her niece when the occupation was underway. It's been over
a hundred years since the Kingdom lay dormant and the approved successors
are all dead. Legislature has to approve the eligibility of the candidates
it it is to be revived. Many marrriages and intermarriages have occurred
without legislative approval. This has also produced many that could
become eligible as the entire ali'i lineage is opened up. Those that don't
fit the criteria are eliminated from eligibility.
During the course of of the continuing belligerent occupation of Hawai'i
by the U.S., none of the ali'i have stepped up for the people save a
handful during the 1920s-1930s. After that, none have except a few that
have become activists that are fighting for the people's rights and for
justice. Most are mute and have remained docile and silent. Ali'i rank
depended on who's your mother and who's your father. All of this tells me
that the monarchy is dead and the people have emerged as a noble race able
to stand up for themselves. Since many can trace their lineage to one
ali'i or another, the caste system is dissolved and all are eligible to
assume any role in government; including as head of state. We get to
redesign the government system we popularly choose. The qualities of being
ali'i is within all of us.
Tane
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:16:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Ben Manski <Office@LibertyTreeFDR.org>
Subject: ALERT 8: UN Election Observers
Call to Action for No More Stolen Elections!
ALERT 8 - Call for UN Election Observers!
A coalition of U.S. pro-democracy organizations today petitioned the
members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
for international election observers for the upcoming U.S. presidential
election.
Representatives of No More Stolen Elections!, True Vote, Liberty Tree,
Global Exchange, and the Economic Human Rights Project filed the petition
seeking international observers with embassies in Washington, DC on
Thursday, October 30, 2008, and the New York City offices of the UN on
Friday, October 31, 2008. The embassies we visited included those of UN
ECOSOC member nations New Zealand, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, France,
United Kingdom, and Sweden.
We want to make sure that if the election results are contested, steps
have been taken so that the U.N. is able to participate in ensuring the
integrity of the U.S. election.
You can read a summary of the petition here:
http://www.nomorestolenelections.org/news/call_for_election_observers
You can watch a video of our delivery of the petition here:
http://www.nomorestolenelections.org/news/video_call_for_observers
In filing these petitions, we have put U.S. officials on notice that the
whole world is watching. Please sign the petition to support our call for
international involvement in a disputed election.
Click here to sign the petition:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1331/t/6410/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1726
Thank you.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:24:29 -0400
From: Erica Braudy <ebraudy@nyclu.org>
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:27:35 -1000
From: Tim Bostock Productions <tbp@artsatmarks.com>
Subject: a great weekend of arts
Dear Friends
& COMING UP
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Sunday, November 2 at 1st Unitarian Church on the Pali, 2500 Pali Hwy.
$15 at the door, kids under 12 free. Adela Chu and Espiritu Libre
celebrate Day of the Dead with special guests Jeff Gere, See and Willow
Chang. For more info, call 737-8852 or 372-3136
With Aloha - have a great weekend
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telephone: (808) 521 9699 Fax: (808) 521 2923
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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:09:35 +1300
From: chook <tepaatu@gmail.com>
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY ANTIBODY THAT POTENTLY
INHIBITS HIV INFECTION
------ Forwarded Message
From: "Ronny Turbeville MD" <rturbeville@nih.com>
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY NOVEL TYPE OF ANTIBODY THAT POTENTLY INHIBITS HIV
INFECTION
A small antibody fragment that is highly effective in neutralizing the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by preventing the virus from entering
cells has been identified by researchers at the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This finding may
provide insight into the development of new treatments against HIV and
other viruses, hopefully in the not too distant future. The study appears
online Oct. 20, 2008, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Treating HIV-infected individuals is difficult because the virus is able
to mutate and become resistant to antiretroviral drugs. "In the United
States, it is estimated that more than 50 percent of patients who are
receiving antiretroviral therapy for their HIV infection carry strains of
the virus that are resistant to treatment with at least one of the
currently available antiretroviral drugs," said NCI Director John E.
Niederhuber, M.D. "The development of new drugs against HIV is an urgent
public health need."
Antibodies are large proteins naturally produced by the immune system to
help fight disease-causing foreign invaders, such as viruses and bacteria.
Although the general structure of all antibodies is very similar, a small
region at the tip of the protein is extremely variable, allowing millions
of antibodies, characterized by slightly different tip structures, to
exist and bind to different targets, known as antigens. Previous research
has shown that reducing antibodies to the smallest independently
functional fragment, known as a variable domain, can extend their utility
as therapeutic agents. These fragments, called domain antibodies (dAbs),
retain the variable tip structure and, therefore, the antigen-binding
specificity of the parent antibody. Because of their small size, they are
able to access targets that cannot be reached by much larger, whole
antibodies.
In an earlier study, the researchers identified a unique antibody, called
m0, while screening a large library of antibodies directed against the HIV
protein, Env (also known as gp120). The library contained the variable
portions of antibodies that can bind to Env antigens. "We found an
antibody fragment that exhibited the ability to neutralize HIV and had
properties that allowed us to construct a novel library containing dAbs
directed against HIV," said Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Ph.D., of NCI's Center
for Cancer Research.
Based on m0's framework, the leading author of the study, Weizao Chen,
Ph.D., constructed a very large library of dAbs (25 billion different
dAbs), screened it against Env proteins from two different strains of HIV,
and identified a dAb, m36, that bound strongly to different Env proteins
and blocked the infectivity of a broad range of HIV strains. The
researchers believe that m36 represents the first human dAb against HIV
reported.
"The antibody fragment that we identified, m36, could have potential in
the development of a therapeutic drug that inhibits HIV," said Dimitrov.
"Further research with this molecule also could offer insight about how
the virus infects cells and how it evades neutralization by the immune
system."
The research team is working to test various combinations of m36 with
other inhibitors that may be effective against HIV. The team is also
attempting to construct more potent versions of m36. Partnership with
industry could speed the ability to evaluate m36 as a potential treatment
for HIV. Dimitrov's team is also using this approach to identify dAbs
against cancer and other disease-related antigens.
For more information on Dr. Dimitrov's research, please go to
<http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=5749>.
NCI leads the National Cancer Program and the NIH effort to dramatically
reduce the burden of cancer and improve the lives of cancer patients and
their families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the
development of new interventions, and the training and mentoring of new
researchers. For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI Web
site at http://www.cancer.gov or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - The Nation's Medical Research
Agency - includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency
for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical
research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both
common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs,
visit <www.nih.gov>.
Reference: Chen, W, Zhu Z, Feng Y, Dimitrov DS. Human domain antibodies to
conserved sterically restricted regions on gp120 as exceptionally potent
cross-reactive HIV-1 neutralizers. "Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences." Online October 20, 2008.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit <www.nih.gov>.
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:00:03 -0700
From: Kathy Roberts <weerkhr@pacbell.net>
Subject: Vermont Citizens Vote to Impeach Bush, Cheney
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vermont-Citizens-Vote-to-I-by-Paul-J-Landis-081021-20.html
October 24, 2008 at 13:52:58
Vermont Citizens Vote to Indict Bush and Cheney as Criminals!
by Paul J. Landis
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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:07:28 -1000
From: Laura crites <crites@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: RE: a personal appeal for peace
> I am sending out a personal email to my personal and professional list
> after a great deal of reflection and soul searching. At this time of
> great crisis, economically and politically, I have decided that I simply
> must use all of my resources to appeal for peace, compassion and calm.
> My email messages this morning report to me that at McCain rallies
> people are yelling out "kill him", "off with his head" when Obama's name
> is mentioned. This urge to violence is no doubt fed by fear of the
> economic crisis we are in. Regardless of your political preference in
> this campaign, I appeal to you to be a force for peace, compassion and
> calm. I appeal to you to not only find this force for good within
> yourself through prayer, reflection and meditation but to also use these
> tools to influence others---to prayer for peace, compassion and calm and
> to visualize a growing spread of good will and compassion throughout the
> country and the world. Perhaps you can even send your appeal for peace
> to your email lists. It is in times of great crisis that people of good
> will must act. Perhaps the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi will
> resonate for you as it does for me.
>
> Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
> Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
> Where there is injury, pardon;
> Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair,
> hope;
> Where there is darkness, light;
> Where there is sadness, joy;
> O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
> To be consoled as to console,
> To be understood as to understand,
> To be loved as to love;
> For it is in giving that we receive;
> It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
> Laura Crites
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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:15:48 -0700
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: An ailing island in the sun
An ailing island in the sun
4:00AM Saturday Oct 25, 2008
Dev Nadkarni
A hamlet in Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati. Photo / Dev Nadkarni
As the jet turns in crisp blue equatorial skies on its approach to
Kiribati's capital, Tarawa, the vulnerability of the ribbon of atolls
unfolds.
It is possible to watch the tide batter the fraying edges of the 30-odd km
stretch of little atolls which make up Tarawa - never more than a couple
of hundred metres wide.
The collapsing state of the remote Pacific nation is clear from a drive
along the single road that crosses a string of causeways as it runs
through the atoll: crumbling sea walls, coconut trees shorn of fronds and
fruit because of encroaching salt water and long droughts, mounds of filth
lining the coastline, overcrowding uncharacteristic of Pacific islands and
poverty.
The alarm bells of climate change, sea level rise and global warming have
pitchforked this 33-island nation that straddles the equator on to the
front pages of the global media. Experts from all over the world have
come in droves in search of answers to its impending submergence. Already
two small islets have gone from the map.
But new sea level data analysis suggests the danger of Kiribati
disappearing beneath the Pacific, unlike the neighbouring atoll nation of
Tuvalu, is no longer as immediate as previously believed. Estimates of 20
to 50 years have stretched to 80 to 100 years.
The clear and present danger facing Kiribati is a catalogue of human
misery. Long, dry spells have replaced the traditional wet season around
December, causing a large-scale migration from the smaller outer islands,
particularly the southernmost atoll, Betio, to Tarawa. Betio's population
density compares with that of Hong Kong, making it the densest urban
settlement in the Pacific islands. In the past five years , the
population is thought to have grown by as much as 20,000 on the narrow
strip of land.
With almost no sewerage system, not just groundwater but even the
surrounding lagoon is contaminated. Travel advisories warn strongly
against swimming in the lagoon or drinking well water.
The local hospital, staffed mostly by Cuban doctors, has been registering
increasing cases of enteric disorders.
Much of Betio is a shantytown. Without adequate garbage disposal systems,
waste accumulates on the shoreline. In some places it is simply burnt,
compacted and used as a base for reclaiming land.
The only source of fresh water on these remote atolls is rainwater and
because of the unfortunate combination of a fast-growing population and
low rainfall, groundwater reserves are running out. Newly sunk bore wells
pump out water faster than the rate at which it is replaced, leaving
families facing serious freshwater shortages.
The shortage of freshwater has dealt a blow to a novel project initiated
by a Taiwanese aid programme, aimed at helping residents grow kitchen
gardens. Seeds of several introduced vegetables are given away free and
aid workers tutor residents to raise a whole range of produce.
High food prices and an acute shortage of staples prompted the Taiwan
Government to send 200 tonnes of rice in aid this month.
With virtually no industry apart from a large copra mill, few avenues for
work exist. Kiribati men have earned valuable foreign exchange (about
$8.9 million annually) by working as ships' hands on the world's ocean
liners.
But some 20 of these men have been indicted on drug smuggling charges,
leading at least one major shipping line to declare that it would no
longer hire Kiribati seamen.
For many years young Kiribati women have earned money visiting foreign
vessels moored beyond the reef .
The women are called "Korkorea" which loosely translated means "Korea
bound" and refers to the large number of visiting Korean vessels.
Aid agencies have tried to deal with the phenomenon but without much
success. Most women don't see themselves as sex workers, saying the
seamen are actually their friends and partners who often look after their
families.
But the activity has a price: it is blamed for the spread of sexually
transmitted disease and HIV on the atolls. At the end of 2005, 46 cases
of HIV were reported, making Kiribati the country with the highest per
capita cases in the Pacific Islands.
The Government earns external revenue from licences it sells to foreign
vessels to fish in its sprawling exclusive economic zone. But that has
hardly been adequate to meet its annual budget, which it has had to
supplement with foreign aid and grants to the extent of about 10 per cent
of its GDP. Besides, Kiribati loses millions of dollars in access fees
because of its inability to police its commercial zone against illegal
fishing vessels.
Unlike Nauru, which squandered all its phosphate earnings in a matter of
a decade, Kiribati has been more prudent in managing its offshore fund.
Valued a few years ago at nearly A$750 million ($842 million) it is
believed to have dwindled to around A$500 million over just four years
according to independent opposition politician Dr Harry Tong, older
brother and arch political rival of President Anote Tong.
At its peak the fund earned about A$20 million annually.
Several politicians and businesspeople say that unless the Government did
something drastic on the economy front, it will have no option but to
suck the fund dry over the next few years, which would be disastrous for
the country.
President Anote Tong acknowledges these problems and says the only
immediate solution lies in education and training. These past few years,
he has made repeated appeals to the New Zealand and Australian
governments to increase aid for helping develop human resources.
"We can never be too well prepared for the effects of climate change," he
says. "If circumstances force the migration of our people to other
nations at some future date, we want them to go there not as climate
change refugees but as people who are equipped to contribute meaningfully
to their host nations' economies."
It's an approach backed by Australian Mike Savins, who has lived in
Tarawa since the early 1980s and runs a successful clam export and yacht
building business.
Says Savins: "Even if the sea level rise-related migration never happens,
it's such a good idea to train this potentially huge workforce to be
gainfully employed right here. It's so hard to come by trained tradesmen
here."
President Tong says both the New Zealand and Australian governments have
helped start training programmes. About 50 Kiribati men are in Australia
learning trades. A similar number have travelled to New Zealand to train
and work on farms under the Registered Seasonal Employer scheme.
Asked why Kiribati looks almost exclusively to New Zealand and Australia
for climate change migration rather than smaller and culturally similar
Pacific neighbours, the London School of Economics-educated head of state
says: "The islands can't appreciate the immediacy of the problem that
flat atolls like Kiribati are facing. We are not much higher than two
metres above sea level, unlike other islands that have their hills and
highlands. Also, a 50-to-100 year timeline is beyond the pale of most
leaders' focus." But he remains hopeful that the Pacific Island Forum
will play an important role in the future.
Other island governments may already be aware of the possibility of mass
migration. In the past few months, the Solomon Islands Government has
broken the tradition of free movement between the peoples of the Pacific
Forum Countries by imposing a visa regime on the people of Kiribati.
Several Kiribati citizens who landed in Honiara last month were asked to
return on the same plane because they had no documentation.
"I was rather surprised by this move," says Ieremia Tabai, the republic's
first president, who was also the secretary-general of the Fiji-based
Pacific Forum. "They refused me entry but luckily someone recognised me
and I explained to them I was there at their Government's invitation."
Tabai believes the world needs to pay greater attention to Kiribati's
ecological and economic dilemmas. The alternative could be a
socio-economic disaster long before any threat of sea level rise.
Kiribati's plight
A scattered land
Kiribati comprises 33 atolls covering 800 sq km spread over 3.5 million
sq km of the Pacific Ocean. The atolls are in three groups: the Gilbert
Islands to the west, the central Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands to
the east. The country, independent since 1979, has a population of
110,000, mostly crammed on the atolls in the capital, Tarawa.
God and rising sea levels
Independent opposition leader Harry Tong says the islands can never sink
because his church believes that "God promised Noah there would not be
another flood after the last one."
Michael McKenzie, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru
disagrees. "God's promise is, of course, valid. But this sea level rise
has man-made causes and God has nothing to do with it."
Dev Nadkarni's visit to Tarawa was supported by the Pacific Co-operation
Foundation.
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:16:29 -0400
From: KahiwaL@cs.com
Subject: DHHL Partnership Lease Rents - a mistake?
This is great news - except that the projected lease rents may not
reflect future dollar-value realities.
Why is that, you ask?
Well, one answer is the present u.s. economic situation where, after all
of what's happened in the last couple of months, the printing presses are
working more than overtime.
With such heavy volumes of "Monopoly" money that, if the present fiscal
philosophy continues, will in reality result in future dollar values that
will be shot to hell. Presently, it is only because of the relatively
worse economies in the rest of the world that the dollar has strengthened.
With the accelerated deflated value of the buying power of the dollar
since 1990 being what it is, where would the future buying power of the
dollar be in 2020?
To tie future lease rents to "actual" dollar numbers so far into the
unknown future - without taking past dollar value declines of the recent
past into full effect - and failing to project these possibilities into
the distant future - is folly.
Even simply tying future dollar values to future values of gold and/or
silver, I believe, would keep future rents in parity with all future
dollar demise possibilies.
ku
________
Posted at 9:24 p.m., Friday, October 31, 2008
Partnership on Hilo to help native Hawaiians
Advertiser Staff
The state Department of Hawaiian Homelands has agreed to lease 15.5 acres
of commercial property in Hilo to boost the local economy with a
partnership between Safeway Inc. and Target Brands Inc.
The partnership is expected to generate $18.1 million over the next 25
years and will be used to build affordable housing for native Hawaiians.
The move also will enable Hawaiian Homelands to be self-sufficient.
"Being self-sufficient means we can continue to move forward with our
plans for building affordable homes for native Hawaiians," said Micah
Kane, Hawaiian Homelands director. "It also means we continue to move
forward with our regional plans that improve the quality of life for the
greater community."
The 65-year lease terms will be hammered out over the next three months.
The first 10 years of the lease is set at $568,460 per year and the
subsequent five-year periods are $727,686, $823,304 and $931,486 a year.
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:32:14 -0800
From: Steve Scalmanini <sscalmanini@yahoo.com>
Subject: Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
In case you didn't see this in the news last week. Steve
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Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
David A. Burney and Lida Pigott Burney
Natural History Magazine
LiveScience.com
Sat Oct 25, 2008, 11:23 am ET
From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great secrets. We
had been looking for new fossil sites on the south side of the Hawaiian
island of Kauai in 1992 with our colleagues, Helen F. James and Storrs L.
Olson of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., along with their
children, Travis and Sydney, and our own, Mara and Alec.
And what we found was a cave - once a Pleistocene dune field, and later a
sinkhole with pickling-jar powers - that may be the richest fossil site in
the Hawaiian Islands, perhaps in the entire Pacific Island region.
Sixteen years after our discovery, we have excavated seeds, pollen,
Polynesian artifacts, thousands of bird and fish bones, and more from this
half-acre pile of sediments spanning many millennia. The site has yielded
up some of the island's long-kept secrets, telling of a time when the
largest land animals here were flightless waterfowl, such as the
turtle-jawed moa nalo (Chelychelynechen quassus). Moreover, it documents
the great changes that occurred when first Polynesians, and later
Europeans, Americans, and Asians, arrived with boatloads of invasive alien
species.
The first boats began arriving roughly a thousand years ago, kicking off
the first of three stages of extinction on Kauai. In the first stage,
Polynesians probably overhunted the large flightless birds, while
introduced rats, chickens, and small pigs disrupted their remaining nests.
Later, but before Captain Cook arrived in 1778, the agriculture of a
growing Hawaiian population wiped out more species. Finally, Europeans
arrived and brought goats and other livestock that finished the job.
In 2000 we learned the long-lost nineteenth-century name of the cave,
Makauwahi, thanks to a local archaeologist, William K. "Pila" Kikuchi, who
recovered the name from an essay written by a high school student more
than a century ago. It means something like "smoke eye." That may have
been in reference to Keahikuni, a mid-nineteenth-century native diviner
who read the future in spirals of smoke rising from the sinkhole.
The story struck a resonant chord, as we had begun thinking about
Makauwahi Cave as a preserver of the future at least as much as the past.
In 2004, we were granted a lease on the cave property, including the
surrounding seventeen acres of dunes, wetlands, and abandoned farmland, by
the owners, Grove Farm Company. Using the fossils as a guide, we set out
to suppress plants introduced in the last two centuries and to favor those
that evolved here or were brought from other Pacific islands by the first
human inhabitants.
The most unusual patch of land is on several acres of weedy thicket
formerly used for cane and corn farming. After only three years of
rehabilitation, nearly a hundred species of native and Polynesian trees,
shrubs, and ground covers are now thriving. Planted by volunteers,
including some of the same folks who helped us sift the fossils from the
cave sediments, and the eager assistance of hundreds of schoolchildren
from all over Kauai, the new forest has flourished beyond all
expectations.
Thousands of acres of abandoned farmland throughout the Hawaiian Islands
could grow native plants just as well as this!
Unfortunately, many of the animals that disappeared from Kauai were unique
to the island. But even if we can't have giant, flightless waterfowl, we
can make the area more attractive to the surviving species of birds,
animals, and insects that are indigenous to the island. In this way and
others, we'd like to think we can be a little like old Keahikuni the
Diviner in telling the future. Here at Makauwahi, which has given us such
a powerful sense of the past, we can find a better future for an island
world that was nearly lost.
* 10 Species You Can Kiss Goodbye
* Bones in Lava Tubes Reveal Hawaii's Natural History
* Top 10 Species Success Stories
David A. Burney and Lida Pigott Burney live on Kauai. David is Director of
Conservation at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and Lida manages
the Makauwahi Cave Reserve.
* Original Story: Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:57:48 -1000
From: Mia <kaimi@lava.net>
Barack's message to First Americans
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWocEgu3bPk
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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:20:21 +1300
From: chook <tepaatu@gmail.com>
diabetes: AP mentions obesity, omits pollutants
------ Forwarded Message
From: Teresa binstock
Once again, the AP's Mike Stobbe offers omissional "science". My comment
as posted online, followed by news article
Mike Stobbe has done his usual establishmentarian service by calling
attention to obesity while failing to mention increasing evidence that
organochlorine molecules (many profitably patented) are associated with
metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Studies reporting
these findings have been published in various peer-reviewed journals and
are occasionally reported in news media.
For example:
http://tinyurl.com/6ejey7
http://tinyurl.com/5mwtv6
http://tinyurl.com/4zhx37
http://tinyurl.com/5g8dwj
The Post has investigative reporters who can summarize the findings
linking diabetes and its precursors with pollutants.
- - - -
Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
10/31/2008 02:32:44 PM MDT
http://www.denverpost.com/healthcare/ci_10867036
ATLANTA-The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate
of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10
years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South,
according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst
was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with
the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5
in 1,000.
Nationally, the rate of new cases climbed from about 5 per 1,000 in the
mid-1990s to 9 per 1,000 in the middle of this decade.
Roughly 90 percent of cases are Type 2 diabetes, the form linked to
obesity.
The findings dovetail with trends seen in obesity and lack of exercise-two
health measures where Southern states also rank at the bottom.
"It isn't surprising the problem is heaviest in the South-no pun
intended," agreed Matt Petersen, who oversees data and statistics for the
American Diabetes Association.
The study, led by Karen Kirtland of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, provides an up-to-date picture of where the disease is
exploding. The information should be a big help as the government and
health insurance companies decide where to focus prevention campaigns,
Petersen said.
Diabetes was the nation's seventh-leading cause of death in 2006,
according to the CDC. More than 23 million Americans have diabetes, and
the number is rapidly growing. About 1.6 million new cases were diagnosed
among adults last year.
In Type 2 diabetes, cells do not properly use insulin, a hormone needed to
convert sugar into energy, and the pancreas gradually loses its ability to
produce it. The illness can cause sugar to build up in the body, leading
to complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and poor
circulation that leads to foot amputations.
The study involved a random-digit-dialed survey of more than 260,000
adults. Participants were asked if they had ever been told by a doctor
that they have diabetes, and when the diagnosis was made. The comparisons
between 1995-97 and 2005-07 covered only the 33 states for which the CDC
had complete data for both time periods.
The researchers had data for 40 states for the years 2005-07.
West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Tennessee had
the highest rates, all at 11 cases per 1,000 or higher. Puerto Rico was
about as high as West Virginia. Minnesota, Hawaii and Wyoming had the
lowest rates.
It is not entirely clear why some states were worse than others. Older
people, blacks and Hispanics tend to have higher rates of Type 2 diabetes,
and the South has large concentrations of all three groups. However, West
Virginia is overwhelmingly white.
The report asked about diagnosed diabetes only. Because an estimated one
in four diabetics have not been diagnosed, the findings probably
underestimate the problem, said Angela Liese, a diabetes researcher at the
University of South Carolina.
The underestimates may be particularly bad in the rural South and other
areas where patients have trouble getting health care, she noted.
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On the Net:
State-by-state rates:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5743a2.htm
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:57:34 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
Making it easier to create more terrorists - even
when there may be none!
Pointing the US Surveillance Apparatus at the American People
New categories of individuals under the purview of state "counterterrorism" investigations
By Tom Burghardt
FBI's Analytical Lexicon Lowers the Bar
Do you "pal around with terrorists"? Are you a "radical" or express views
that the government considers "extremist"?
On October 28, the whistleblowing website Cryptome published the FBI
Directorate of Intelligence: Counterterrorism Division's Counterterrorism
Analytical Lexicon. This eye-opening "Unclassified/For Official Use Only"
(U/FOUO) document purports "to standardize terms used in the FBI
analytical products dealing with counterterrorism."
But what it does instead, in keeping with the FBI's insatiable appetite
for "actionable intelligence product," is create new categories of
individuals who might fall under the purview of state "counterterrorism"
investigations.
Right up front the Bureau informs us that the definitions used in the
lexicon, "do not supercede those in the Department of Justice National
Foreign Intelligence Program Manual (NFIPM), the Attorney General
Guidelines, the National Implementation Plan for the War on Terror, or any
US government statute."
That covers a lot and ground and can hide much in the way of government
mischief, particularly when new guidelines issued by U.S. Attorney General
Michael Mukasey permit broad, intrusive investigations by FBI snoops. As
the Washington Post reported in early October,
The new road map allows investigators to recruit informants, employ
physical surveillance and conduct interviews in which agents disguise
their identities in an effort to assess national security threats. FBI
agents could pursue each of those steps without any single fact indicating
a person has ties to a terrorist organization. (Carrie Johnson,
"Guidelines Expand FBI's Surveillance Powers," The Washington Post,
Saturday, October 4, 2008; A03) In response, the American Civil Liberties
Union warned that,
The new guidelines reduce standards for beginning "assessments"
(precursors to investigations), conducting surveillance and gathering
evidence, meaning the threshold to beginning investigations across the
board will be lowered. More troubling still, the guidelines allow a
person's race or ethnic background to be used as a factor in opening an
investigation, a move the ACLU believes may institute racial profiling as
a matter of policy. ("ACLU Condemns New FBI Guidelines," Press Release,
October 3, 2008) In other words, an individual's political views, racial
background or ethnic origin can serve as a pretext for an investigation.
The Analytical Lexicon claims that "Analysis that labels an individual
with any of these terms is not sufficient predication for any
investigation or technique. Nor can any investigation be conducted solely
upon the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment or the
lawful exercise of other rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the
United States."
The next sentence, couched in overly broad language subject to a great
deal of latitude on the part of investigators states: "Before applying a
label to an individual or his or her activity, reasonable efforts should
have been made to ensure the application of that label to be accurate,
complete, timely, and relevant." (emphasis added)
Would, let's say, the word of a paid informant or provocateur, be
considered a "reasonable effort" that would then lead to labelling an
individual as a member of a "terrorist cell" or "network"?
Indeed, the Lexicon avers that "one or more terms from each of these
categories can be used to characterize an individual and his or her
background and activity. The applicability of these terms to an individual
is generally a matter of degree and involves subjective judgments."
"Subjective judgments" by whom, and for what purpose, one might reasonably
ask the Directorate of Intelligence. As has been amply documented in the
case of antiwar activists targeted by the Maryland State Police (MSP),
once individuals have been labeled "terrorists" their personal details
disappear into a myriad of federal, state and local "extremist" databases.
During a 14 month period in 2005-2006 for example, the Maryland State
Police and the MSP's Homeland Security and Intelligence Division (HSID),
illegally spied on death penalty opponents and antiwar organizers.
Surveillance summaries, including names and personal details gathered on
individuals and groups were entered into the Washington-Baltimore High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) database, a federal data mining
"tool" which tracks suspected terrorists and shares the results with
national "counterterrorist" Fusion Centers.
The Washington Post reported that one "well-known antiwar activist from
Baltimore, Max Obuszewski, was singled out in the intelligence logs
released by the ACLU, which described a "primary crime" of
'terrorism-anti-government' and a 'secondary crime' of 'terrorism-anti-war
protesters'."
According to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of
Maryland, labeled "Exhibit 2" in the report issued by Stephen E. Sachs,
"show that there was communication between the MSP and the National
Security Agency (NSA) regarding surveillance," the ACLU reported.
Spying and repression by "off the reservation" state and local agencies
dependent on federal largess hasn't been limited to Maryland, nor are
intelligence operations targeting peaceful protest and
constitutionally-protected speech limited to the FBI or Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). Such operations in fact, fit a discernible and
troubling pattern that for decades has equated dissident political
activity with "subversion."
As Mike Van Winkle, a spokesperson with the California Anti-Terrorism
Information Center (CATIC) infamously told the Oakland Tribune back in
2003, "You can make an easy kind of a link that, if you have a protest
group protesting a war where the cause that's being fought against is
international terrorism, you might have terrorism at that (protest). You
can almost argue that a protest against that is a terrorist act."
There you have it, the criminalization of dissent.
No reasonable person would oppose law enforcement officials investigating
criminal gangs who might threaten Americans with horrific attacks such as
those perpetrated on September 11, 2001 by the Afghan-Arab database of
disposable Western intelligence assets known as al Qaeda.
But as numerous media reports, Congressional investigators and indeed, the
9/11 Commission itself have documented: despite multiple occasions before
the plot was executed, law enforcement and intelligence officials failed
to act.
Indeed, these serial failures--whether through commission or omission--can
be characterized as criminal negligence, a prosecutable offense that could
result in jail time. Yet not a single official was ever held to account.
On the contrary the worst offenders, including senior administrators in
the FBI, CIA and NSA were awarded plum promotions or assumed
well-compensated corporate positions within the
military-industrial-security complex!
My purpose here is not to debate various theories regarding 9/11 or its
subsequent cover-up, but rather to demonstrate that in the wake of those
horrific attacks, state intelligence agencies pointed their formidable
surveillance apparatus at the American people themselves. This tendency is
prominently featured in the FBI's Analytical Lexicon where we discover:
US-Radicalized: A "US-radicalized" individual's primary social influence
has been the cultural values and beliefs of the United States and whose
radicalization and indoctrination began or occurred primarily in the
United States.
Ideologue or propagandist: An "ideologue" or "propagandist" establishes,
promotes, or disseminates justifications for violent extremism, often
through manipulation of primary text materials such as religious texts or
historical accounts that establish grievances. He or she may not have
strong links to any terrorist organization or be integrated into an
organization's command structure. Unless he or she directly advocates
specific acts of violence, much of such an individual's activity might be
constitutionally protected. (Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Counterterrorism Analytical Lexicon," Washington, D.C., no date, pp. 4-5)
As we have seen over the years since 9/11, the grounds for launching
"counterterrorism" investigations have shifted from directly targeting
intelligence and/or terrorist operatives on U.S. soil, to American
dissidents and their supporters, the vast majority of whom are antiwar,
environmental, civil liberties, socialist and labor activists.
Indeed, millions of Americans have questioned "the cultural values and
beliefs of the United States," particularly when they have challenged the
Bush regime's doctrine of aggressive, preemptive war or the systematic
looting of the economy by capitalist grifters.
The Lexicon, while affirming that the theoretical or investigative work of
alleged "ideologues" and "propagandists"--such as investigative
journalists or historians--"might be constitutionally protected," the bar
is set very low here and this too, fits the Bureau's own historical
ideological mindset that dissent = terrorism.
And when citizens band together to form, let's say, an antiwar committee,
environmental action group or labor organizing task force, the Lexicon
designates this "a network."
Network: A "network" is any group of two or more individuals that is tied
together by communication or common associations. A network is
distinguished from a cell in that a network does not work together toward
a discrete common objective, although all the members might ideologically
support a common goal. Any individual's associations can typically be
described in terms of multiple networks. (FBI, op. cit., p. 8) Citizens
would be naïve to think that the terms described in the Analytical Lexicon
wouldn't be applied to them or that the Bureau's current investigative
guidelines will not become the basis for new political witch hunts against
Americans.
As we have seen throughout these eight long, dark years of the Bush
administration, the geopolitical machinations of the U.S. ruling class
have created nothing but disaster and suffering. From Afghanistan to Iraq
and from Hurricane Katrina to the ongoing nightmare that is "Hurricane
America" in the form of the recent $700 billion Wall Street bailout,
ruling elites will do everything in their power to "keep the rabble in
line."
In a political culture such as this, we have all become "suspects."
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:22:48 -0500
From: revolutionbks@yahoo.com
The Day After the Elections...
The Morning After the Elections...
and the Change We Really Need...
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW? This is a message to those who got behind
Barack Obama because they have been horrified and furious with the
direction this society has taken over the past eight years. To those who
put their deep felt desires for change in the hope that Obama will take
society in a different direction... Read more at:
http://www.revcom.us/a/146/elections-en.html.
There will be a discussion of this article at 6:15pm on Monday, November
3rd at Revolution Books.
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:58:06 -0400
From: KahiwaL@cs.com
Subject: BailedOut Banks: The TaxPaying Public has been Had!
Dangerous "Dirty Dividends"
By Jim Nelson
November 1, 2008
Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and the rest of the crew are
starting to cash in their government bailout checks. And in a "you gotta
be kidding me" moment, we find out that they aren't using all of that
money to repair bad assets or offer more loans!
Instead, these banks are continuing their dividend payments, which
otherwise would probably have been cut.
We've recently written about Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in
Goldman Sachs and its accompanying 10% dividend yield on his preferred
shares. Well, GS just received a nice fat check of $25 billion from the
U.S. taxpayers.
Isn't that nice. Your tax money is going to be sent to the world's richest
man, because he cut a sweetheart deal for Goldman Sachs preferred shares -
a deal which you or I could never have gotten.
The list of "dirty dividends" doesn't stop there. Wells Fargo, one of the
few banks to swim through this mess with little problems, is using $4.4
billion of its $25 billion bailout to hand over to shareholders. Not
loosen the credit market, not invest in small businesses or financially
sound homeowner hopefuls - Nope, to keep their shareholder's trust.
News of these schemes is finally hitting Washington, and the likes of Sen.
Chuck Schumer of New York are speaking out. But it's too late. These
dividend plans are already in effect, and our money is lost!
Here's the short list of the offenders:
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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:15:57 +0000
From: mike sysiuk <msysiuk@hotmail.com>
Fourteen Words that spell racism /was/ ATF disrupts
skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
FYI. In case you didn't know. Other indicators you local, friendly
neigbour might be a racists - spider web tat on elbow, 88 for HH for Hie
Hitler (along with the 88 precepts mentioned below) and three raised
fingers for the Cluckers (KKK).
Mike
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["We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white
children"]
Fourteen Words that spell racism
THE PROSPECT OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS BRINGING WHITE
SUPREMACIST SUBCULTURE IN THE US OUT OF THE SHADOWS
'You hear them say Obama will be assassinated' Link to this video Daniel
Cowart and Paul Schlesselman, the two Tennessee neo-Nazis arrested for
plotting to kill 102 African-American schoolchildren and then assassinate
Barack Obama, clearly drew inspiration from a violent white nationalist
group called the Order. In the 1980s, members of the Order carried out a
crime spree that included several high-profile murders. The connection to
the Order is evident in the numbers the two men scrawled on their car on
Saturday shortly before they were arrested: 14 and 88. The so-called
Fourteen Words is a slogan - "We must secure the existence of our people
and a future for white children" - coined by Order member David Lane, who
also wrote an essay called 88 Precepts. In white supremacist circles,
14-88 is a shorthand expression of allegiance to the beliefs put forth by
Lane and the Order, who wanted to found a white homeland where they could
preserve the "Aryan race" from being polluted by non-whites and enslaved
by the "Zionist-occupied government" of the US. Lane also advocated
polygamy and a kind of European paganism he called Wotanism. The plot by
the two Tennessee men, grotesque as it may be, seems not to have got
beyond the half-baked stage. But in the early 1980s, the Order - also
known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood - was active, violent,
and deadly. In order to finance their mission, the gang robbed a series of
banks and armoured cars and ran a counterfeiting operation. Cowart and
Schlesselman are also said to have planned a series of robberies to
support their plot - another indication that they modelled themselves on
the Order. Order members were best known for the 1984 murder of Denver
talkshow host Alan Berg. The group's leader, Robert Jay Matthews, was
killed soon afterwards in a shootout with federal agents. David Lane was
arrested in 1985 and died in prison last year while serving a 190-year
sentence. Both men have become heroes and martyrs to the white supremacist
movement. During the heyday of the racist far right in the 1980s, the
Order was only one of the groups active across the US. I wrote about that
subculture for years, and made a film about it. During that time, I
visited one of the meetings that brought the various groups together,
hosted on the Michigan farm of Bob Miles, the Grand Dragon of the local Ku
Klux Klan (and also a former finance chairman of the Michigan Republican
party). Miles sought to unite the divergent factions - the various Klans,
the Aryan Nations, the National Alliance, the Posse Comitatus, the Order
and others -into a serious revolutionary movement with an armed
underground. This would be built around leaderless cells and have an
overground political presence. In some cases, efforts were made to
influence the most rightwing reaches of the Republican party. Bob Miles's
dream of a united front never materialised. And those who track the white
power movement generally view it as having been in decline after the
1980s, floundering around without purpose or leadership. Yet remnants of
it have clearly survived. They surfaced with horrific results in Oklahoma
City in 1995, and they can be found among today's skinheads and their
fellow travellers. Some of these are part of biker gangs, including the
Sons of Silence, who were implicated in a threat against Obama at the
Democratic convention in Denver. Some have joined the anti-immigrant
vigilante movement, committing drive-by shootings of Mexican labourers.
Others are scattered around doing their own thing: picking fights in bars,
beating up gay men. Some are clearly being brought out of the dark corners
by the prospect of an African-American man as president. That's the case
with the subject of our video, the National Socialist Movement's Steven
Boswell, who talked to us in Columbia, Missouri.
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ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON ^× Federal agents have broken up a plot to
assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee
murder spree, the ATF said Monday.
In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they
disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly
African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads.
Agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by
name.
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/02/94/25/image_7725942.jpg
(enlarge photo)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
gestures during a speech at the Canton Civic Center in
Canton, Ohio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field
office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people
and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic
in the white supremacist community.
The men also sought to go on a national killing spree, with
Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated
Press.
"They said that would be their last, final act ^× that they
would attempt to kill Sen. Obama," Cavanaugh said. "They
didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they
would get killed trying."
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