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Posted on May 20, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia East Gippsland Information Hub. Attached to Stop Smart Meters Australia, there is now a group forming in Bairnsdale. If you are in the East Gippsland region, come to Treasures of Atlantis to pick… Continue reading New group forming in Bairnsdale A FAMILY’S narrow escape from a Northcote house fire prompted a Darebin officer to raise concerns about smart meter installation. Christmas St resident Sophie Tzirozidis hailed her 12-year-old son a hero after he ran to the front of their house, st… Continue reading Northcote fire questions safety of smart meters – Emergency Services The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has confirmed its agents were on board a U.S.-owned helicopter with Honduran police officers when four people were shot and killed on a boat earlier this week. Two of the victims were said to be pregnant women…. Continue reading U.S. Secret Drug War in Honduras: Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women, 2 Men Dead Hundreds of people rallied in Houston on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a former police officer in the videotaped beating of an African-American teenager. On Wednesday, the officer, Andrew Bloomberg, was found not guilty by an all-white jury in the beating and stomping of 15-year-old burglary suspect Chad Holley. Video taken of the March 2010 incident shows Holley being stopped by a police vehicle. After Holley falls to the ground, he is clearly seen surrendering and putting his hands behind his head. But instead of placing him in handcuffs, Bloomberg and six fellow officers proceed to attack Holley with stomps and kicks. “It seems we have become jaded, willing to accept in too many instances, young black people being grossly mistreated,” says NAACP President Ben Jealous. [Includes rush transcript] Continue reading All-White Jury Acquits Houston Ex-Police Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit opposing the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program, opening the door to legal recourse for hundreds of thousands of people targeted by police. The judge’s ruling cited the city’s “deeply troubling apathy” toward the constitutional rights of New Yorkers. A recent study by the New York Civil Liberties Union found the NYPD program is racially skewed and largely ineffective, with blacks and Latinos making up 87 percent of people stopped last year. We speak to Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP. [Includes rush transcript] Continue reading "The Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Country": NAACP President on NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Program Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the NAACP, joins us to react to the new audio recordings and documents released in the investigation of Trayvon Martin’s killing. The evidence indicates a fight occurred between Martin and his alleged killed George Zimmerman, but police determined the deadly encounter was “ultimately avoidable” if Zimmerman had not pursued Martin. An autopsy also shows Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from “intermediate range.” Reacting to a recording of Martin’s girlfriend recounting her phone call with Martin moments before his death, Jealous says: “It’s heartbreaking to listen to his childhood girlfriend talk about the experience of listening to him be hunted on the street just before he was killed. It dramatizes for people the experience of millions of young people across this country every year when they are racially profiled, whether it’s by community watch volunteers or by cops.” [Includes rush transcript] Continue reading Ben Jealous: "Heartbreaking" Trayvon Tapes Capture Experience of Millions Racially Profiled in U.S. Florida prosecutors have released a trove of documents, photographs and audio recordings revealing new details about the night George Zimmerman shot dead the unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. We broadcast excerpts of the chilling recording of a prosecutor’s interview with Trayvon’s girlfriend. She and Trayvon were talking on the phone in the moments leading up to his death. “I know he was scared,” the girl recounts. “I told him, ‘Keep running!’ … He told me the guy was getting real close to him. And the next I hear is [Trayvon saying], ‘Why are you following me for?’ … I heard this man… say, ‘What are you doing around here?’ … And I call Trayvon, ‘Trayon, what’s going on? What’s going on?’ … Then, I am calling him and he didn’t answer…You could hear someone had bumped Trayvon…I was still screaming, I was saying, ‘Trayvon! Trayvon!’…And then the next thing the phone just shut off.” [Includes rush transcript] Continue reading "I Know He Was Scared": Trayvon Martin’s Girlfriend Recounts Phone Call Right Before Fatal Shooting World leaders are convening at the heavily guarded Camp David in Maryland today for the G8 Summit. Leading nonprofits such as Save the Children and Oxfam are urging G8 leaders to live up to a 2009 pledge of $22 billion towards food security in developing nations of which only a quarter has been met. Activists are also urging G8 leaders to build on their previous commitments and partner with developing countries to urgently tackle hunger. We’re joined by Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, and Dr. Margaret Flowers, a physician and organizer with the Occupy G8 Peoples’ Summit. [Includes rush transcript] Continue reading Occupy G8: Peoples’ Summit Confronts World Leaders at Camp David, Urging Action on Poverty, Hunger Documents Reveal New Details in Trayvon Martin Killing, Hundreds Protest Acquittal of Houston Ex-Cop in Assault of Black Teenager, Envoy Tells Israel U.S. Ready for Attack on Iran, U.S. Gives Israel $70 Million Boost for Missile Defense, Israeli Gunfire Wounds 7 Palestinians Near Gaza Border, Egyptian Police Officers Acquitted in Protester Killings, U.S. Lifts Trade Restrictions on Burma, Global Events Mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, House Anti-Abuse Bill Omits Protections for LGBT, Native American, Immigrant Victims, Report: GOP Super PAC Planned Ads Tying Obama to Pastor Continue reading Headlines for May 18, 2012 Headlines for May 18, 2012; Occupy G8: Peoples’ Summit Confronts World Leaders at Camp David, Urging Action on Poverty, Hunger; “I Know He Was Scared”: Trayvon Martin’s Girlfriend Recounts Phone Call Right Before Fatal Shooting; Ben Jealous: “Heartbreaking” Trayvon Tapes Capture Experience of Millions Racially Profiled in U.S. ; “The Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Country”: NAACP President on NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Program ; All-White Jury Acquits Houston Ex-Police Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley; U.S. Secret Drug War in Honduras: Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women, 2 Men Dead Continue reading Democracy Now! 2012-05-18 Friday Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Posted on May 18, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia Yesterday Energy Safe Victoria issued a press release about the completion of its draft report into the safety of Victoria’s smart meters stating: “Criminals are responsible for dangerousl… Continue reading Stop Smart Meters Australia mentioned in the ESV report This morning, staff at Greenpeace New Zealand received an important-looking letter from Shell – well, Shell’s Legal Services department. Over the last 24 hours or so, identical letters have arrived at other Greenpeace offices around the world, includ… Continue reading Shell: Dear Greenpeace, we know where you live… This morning, staff at Greenpeace New Zealand received an important-looking letter from Shell – well, Shell’s Legal Services department. Over the last 24 hours or so, identical letters have arrived at other Greenpeace offices around the world, includ… Continue reading Greenpeace – we know where you live What does the sport of outdoor curling (think bowls on ice) have in common with climate change?The connection is subtly revealed in ‘Gone Curling’ which has just won the best New Zealand short film at the 2012 Documentary Edge Film Festival.Film ma… Continue reading Film Review – Gone Curling By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Veterans of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are now challenging the occupation of Chicago. This week, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding the largest meeting in its 63-year histor… Continue reading Veterans Say No to NATO Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. With Parliament adjourned, only one select committee meeting was open to the public. That was the Commerce Committee which met at the Novotel at Auckland Airport to hear submissions on the Consumer Law Reform Bill. Press Link To Download MP3…. PLAY H… Continue reading Consumer Law Reform Bill Hearings In Auckland Paul Krugman: Debt Commission Chair Alan Simpson is Wrong to Call For Greater Austerity, Budget CutsEarlier this week, former Sen. Alan Simpson, who co-chaired President Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission, attacked New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, saying his work “borders on hysteria.” We ask Krugman to respond to Simpson, who has advocated for slashing spending despite the economic downturn. “We’re witnessing a gigantic experiment in the kinds of policies that people like Simpson want,” Krugman says. “The Europeans have gone whole hog for [austerity]. Catastrophic results.” Krugman says now is the time to increase government spending. “We’re not saying ignore the debt forever, but we’re saying it’s actually counterproductive to be slashing spending right now,” he says. “It depresses the economy, it depresses long-term growth, it hurts long-term revenues.” [includes rush transcript] Continue reading Paul Krugman: Debt Commission Chair Alan Simpson is Wrong to Call For Greater Austerity, Budget Cuts The European economic crisis is expected to top the agenda at the G8 meeting tomorrow at Camp David. In Greece, voters will soon head to the polls for another round of elections which will be viewed by many as a referendum on the euro. Our guest today, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, warns the current bank run in Greece could spiral into the end of the eurozone. “It’s really quite shocking,” Krugman says. “I hate to sound apocalyptic.” Meanwhile, France’s new finance minister has reiterated that the country’s new Socialist government will not ratify the European Union’s fiscal pact calling for greater austerity. [includes rush transcript] Continue reading Paul Krugman on Eurozone: "The Whole Thing Could Fall Apart in a Matter of Months" As the financial giant JPMorgan Chase continues to suffer major losses on its risky derivatives trades, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says bank chief Jamie Dimon should resign “precisely because he’s been using his supposed wisdom as a way to campaign against reform, and now it’s turned out that he wasn’t that wise after all. In fact, his bank was doing seriously bad stuff.” Krugman says, “I think it would be better for everybody if he went.” The Justice Department is now probing JPMorgan amid new calls for tougher regulation of Wall Street. “They’re making these bets with your money, because these are banks that are guaranteed. They have guaranteed deposits,” Krugman says. “We’re supposed to have a rule going into effect — the Volcker Rule — that says that they can’t do this kind of stuff. But they are continuing to do it. … We cannot trust the bankers to use this money safely.” [includes rush transcript] Continue reading Krugman: Jamie Dimon Should Resign over JPMorgan’s $3B Lost Bet and Campaign Against Financial Regs "End This Depression Now": Paul Krugman Urges Public Spending, Not Deficit Hysteria, to Save EconomyPublic spending is under assault from the United States to Europe in the name of fighting deficits. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argues in his new book, “End This Depression Now!”, that the hysteria over the deficit will constrain an economic recovery in a time of high unemployment and stagnating wages. “The economics is really easy,” says Krugman, “If we were to spend more money at the government level and … rehire the schoolteachers, firefighters, police officers who have been laid off in the last several years because of cutbacks at the state and local level, we would be a long way back towards full employment. … Right now, there just is not enough spending, and we need the government, which can do it, to step in and provide the demand we need. … We’ve had austerity in the face of a recession, in a way that we have never had before since the 1930s. … And the results are clear: it’s disastrous.” Krugman writes about the economy as a columnist for the New York Times and is a professor of economics at Princeton University. 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