From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM
Subject: Fw: GOP lawyer drafts Obama impeachment 07 Apr 2011
To: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
GOP lawyer drafts Obama impeachment 06 Apr 2011 A prominent libertarian constitutional lawyer and civil libertarian has drafted an article of impeachment against President Obama over his attack on Libya, throwing down a legal gauntlet that could be picked up by some Congressional Republicans. Bruce Fein, a former Reagan administration official in the Department of Justice and chairman of American Freedom Agenda, writes in his 15-page argument of Obama's course that "Barack Hussein Obama has mocked the rule of law, endangered the very existence of the Republic and the liberties of the people, and perpetrated an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor." [Where are the war crimes articles for Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Yoo/Bybee?]
Japan's ocean radiation hits 7.5 million times legal limit 05 Apr 2011 The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it had found radioactive iodine at 7.5 million times the legal limit in a seawater sample taken near the facility, and government officials imposed a new health limit for radioactivity in fish. The reading of iodine-131 was recorded Saturday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Another sample taken Monday found the level to be 5 million times the legal limit. The Monday samples also were found to contain radioactive cesium at 1.1 million times the legal limit.
Japan using gas to avoid explosion at nuclear plant 07 Apr 2011 Workers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Thursday pumped nitrogen gas into a crippled reactor in a bid to contain the world's worst atomic accident in 25 years and prevent a possible explosion. With the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant approaching its fourth week, operator Tokyo Electric Power said it was concerned a build-up of hydrogen gas at the No. 1 reactor could cause another explosion at the site.
High radiation levels found in Japanese school playgrounds 05 Apr 2011 Radiation levels have been found to be extremely high in some Japanese school playgrounds. All schools in the Fukushima area are now being checked under pressure from local parents. Reports of high radioactivity beyond the Fukushima exclusion zone have raised fears that authorities are not doing all they can to tackle the crisis.
U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan's Nuclear Plant --Document cites possibility of explosions inside containment structures 06 Apr 2011 United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to keep the plant stable, according to a confidential assessment prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Among the new threats that were cited in the assessment, dated March 26, are the mounting stresses placed on the containment structures as they fill with radioactive cooling water.
Guantanamo torture doc now in the hot seat 05 Apr 2011 The practices of a New York-licensed psychologist will be reviewed by a state Supreme Court judge today, after he was accused of creating U.S. interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay that some decry as torture. This landmark hearing will be the first time a U.S. court will consider whether a psychologist's involvement in alleged torture violates medical ethics or the Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm. Dr. John Francis Leso was in charge of the "Behavioral Science Consultation Team" at Guantanamo Bay, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Britain deploys more Tornadoes to Libya 05 Apr 2011 The Queen;s British Prime Minister says HER country will increase the number of its Tornado fighter jets operating in Libya to 12 to enhance NATO's 'mission' in the country. David Cameron visited the Queen's British troops stationed in the Italian airbase of Gioia del Colle on his way to Pakistan on Monday. He told reporters accompanying him on the trip that the Queen's UK will add four additional Tornado ground-attack jets to its squadron, bringing the total number of Tornadoes operating as part of the Western alliance's effort to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to 12, alongside 10 Typhoon warplanes.
US, NATO allies join scramble for Libya's oil By Bill Van Auken 06 Apr 2011 A US delegation arrived in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi Tuesday for talks with the Transitional National Council, the political arm of the so-called rebels fighting against the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The visit follows the announcement Monday in Rome that the Italian government has recognized the council in Benghazi as the sole legitimate government of Libya. Italy is only the third nation to take this step, following recognition of the TNC by France and Qatar, the oil-rich Persian Gulf emirate.
Iran renews call for nuke-free world 06 Apr 2011 Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei has called on the international community to take serious steps toward a complete nuclear disarmament. Addressing the UN Disarmament Commission on Wednesday, Khazaei said that indiscriminate implementation of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the only way to free the world from nuclear weapons. The envoy condemned certain countries for possessing nuclear weapons and "for not upholding their legal commitments for destroying the banned weapons."
More civilians killed by NATO troops 06 Apr 2011 NATO troops have killed civilians while driving a military vehicle in Afghanistan. A military convoy, identified as British, drove into two civilians near Afghanistan's capital Kabul. The troops then shot dead a third person who supposedly became aggressive at the scene of the accident. As a crowd angrily gathered, the troops started opening fire to frighten them away.
NATO troops kill three Afghan civilians --Foreign forces then "started opening fire at the crowd and killed a civilian man." 06 Apr 2011 NATO troops have killed two civilians in a car crash near Afghanistan's capital Kabul, and have shot dead a third person to escape the scene of accident. A military convoy identified as British crashed into a civilian vehicle on Wednesday, killing two women, a Kabul police spokesperson told Reuters. Soon an angry crowd gathered around the scene of accident, pelting the NATO troops with stones.
Militants torch two NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan 06 Apr 2011 Suspected resistance fighters attacked and torched two tankers in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, security officials said. ix militants on motorcycles attacked the tankers on the National Highway near Dhadar in Bolan district, 125 km from the provincial capital Quetta, officials of the Levies militia said. The militants escaped after the attack.
Julian Assange given extradition appeal hearing date --WikiLeaks founder says being forced to go to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations would breach his human rights 06 Apr 2011 Julian Assange has been given a date for his appeal against extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sexual assault. A two-day hearing has been listed at the high court in London beginning on 12 July, it was announced on Wednesday. The WikiLeaks founder is appealing against a ruling by Judge Howard Riddle at Belmarsh magistrates' court in south London that extradition would not breach his human rights.
MPs raise concerns over Bradley Manning's 'cruel and unnecessary' treatment 05 Apr 2011 Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking secret cables to the Wikileaks website, has been subjected to "cruel and unnecessary" treatment by US authorities, Labour MP Ann Clwyd has said. Leading a short debate on 4 April 2011, Ms Clwyd, a former special envoy on human rights to Iraq, told MPs that Private Manning was being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia... She warned that the soldier's treatment - and the UK's response to it - could undermine the "moral authority" needed to influence "countries where human rights are not so well observed". [*The US.*]
George W Bush 'invited son of Osama bin Laden to White House' 05 Apr 2011 The son of Osama bin Laden has claimed he was invited to the White House in the final days of George W Bush's presidency [sic] in a last-ditch attempt to discover the whereabouts of the world's most wanted terrorist. Omar bin Laden, the fourth son of the al-Qaeda leader, claims he received a visit from White House staff in January 2009 at his home in Doha, the capital of Qatar. "They invited me to accompany them to the White House, offered to defend, help and protect me, on the condition that I helped them find my father," he told Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia, in an interview published on Monday. [Yeah, the CIA didn't know where to send his checks.]
Tenafly Little League Calls For Mandatory Fingerprinting of All Volunteers 05 Apr 2011 A New Jersey Little League is requiring all of their volunteers be fingerprinted. The Tenafly Little League runs background checks on all their coaches and for the first time they're requiring those volunteers be fingerprinted. The coaches aren't the only people who are required to be fingerprinted. Any adult volunteer that comes in contact with the children -- from concession stand worker to t-shirt vendor -- is required be fingerprinted.
GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy fears --Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder 03 Apr 2011 The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs' surgeries, the Sunday Independent has learned. The vaccine has been linked to the disabling sleep disorder, narcolepsy. Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young adults.
Senate Rejects Proposals to Block EPA Emissions Rules 06 Apr 2011 The Senate has voted down a handful of [insane] proposals that sought to restrict or altogether block the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, setting up a showdown with the House of Representatives, which is expected to approve a measure to do so. But even though the proposals failed in the Senate, one broad-reaching measure received 50 votes and gained the support of four Democrats.
Budget Deal Would Give Pentagon Extra Funds In Exchange For Social Program Cuts --Democrats and Republicans are now moving toward an agreement that would increase defense spending. 05 Apr 2011 While media attention focuses on the cuts to government spending demanded by House Republicans and broadly accepted by Democrats, the Pentagon is poised to reap billions more in federal funds, according to sources close to the discussions. The confines of the budget negotiations established by the two parties results in a system where every extra dollar going to military spending ends up being offset by a dollar reduction in spending on domestic social programs.
Wis. top court election adds fuel to 'powder keg' 06 Apr 2011 Wisconsin's sharp political divide over a new law that limits public-worker collective bargaining rights came into focus Wednesday, with the final hand-counting of ballots in the tiny town of Lake Mills. Lake Mills, population 2,070, was the last precinct to report results of Tuesday's election for state Supreme Court justice between [conservative] Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. When those ballots were finally counted, Kloppenburg led by an unofficial margin of just 204 votes out of more than 1.4 million ballots cast.
Walker Reverses Appointment Dems Called Cronyism 05 Apr 2011 Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker has reversed the promotion of a 27-year-old son of a veteran lobbyist whose appointment to an $81,500-a-year administration job sparked cronyism claims by Democrats... Deschane had been promoted to head up a division that oversees environmental and regulatory matters and dozens of employees even though he has no college degree, little management experience and two drunken-driving convictions. Deschane is the son of Jerry Deschane, a longtime lobbyist for the Madison-based Wisconsin Builders Association. The group's political action committee gave $29,000 to the campaigns of Walker and his running mate, putting it among the top donors.
Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled --Teabagger invokes 'emergency powers' to kill poor, disabled 31 Mar 2011 Florida Gov. Rick Scott (T) ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental disabilities. Though a range of state services face cuts from this year's Legislature, the governor invoked his emergency powers to order the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities to immediately roll back payments to group homes and social workers by 15 percent -- an amount providers say could put them out of business and threaten their clients' safety. An estimated 30,000 Floridians with severe developmental disabilities receive services that help them live outside of nursing homes... Aides help them eat, bathe, take medication and otherwise care for themselves.
Drug tests for the needy (Herald-Tribune) 05 Apr 2011 It goes without saying that welfare applicants should spend what little money they have on food and shelter — not intoxicants. But it's punitive and counterproductive to deny needy people subsistence aid, for a year or more, if they fail a drug test. Gov. Rick Scott (T) -- who has a big financial interest in Solantic, a chain of clinics whose services include drug screening -- favors the idea. Some legislators like it, too, and have proposed bills moving forward in the Legislature. As drafted, however, these measures are misguided. They should either be revised or scrapped.
Honeybees 'entomb' hives to protect against pesticides, say scientists 06 Apr 2011 Honeybees are taking emergency measures to protect their hives from pesticides, in an extraordinary example of the natural world adapting swiftly to our depredations, according to a prominent bee expert. Scientists have found numerous examples of a new phenomenon - bees "entombing" or sealing up hive cells full of pollen to put them out of use, and protect the rest of the hive from their contents. The pollen stored in the sealed-up cells has been found to contain dramatically higher levels of pesticides and other potentially harmful chemicals than the pollen stored in neighbouring cells, which is used to feed growing young bees.
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