Thanks to the tremendous support of so many people from all over the world as well as all the publicty my case received, I am a free person once more – and, boy, does that feel wonderful!
Today I collected a letter from Judge Hannes Winge of Vienna’s Döbling Court informing me that he has stopped the court guardianship procedure initiated by Judge Michaela Lauer of Hietzing court on June 29th, 2010.
Judge Winge examined the reasons given to justify a court guardianship and found they were not at all credible although he appeared to be under great external pressure to impose a guardianship on me.
Filed under Mind, Soul by on Sep 8th, 2010. Comment. 
In one week, the International Whaling Commission will hold its final vote on a proposal to legalize commercial whale hunting for the first time in a generation.
The outcome rests on whose voices are heard most clearly in the final hours: the pro-whaling lobby — or the world’s people?
More than 650,000 of us have signed the petition to protect whales — it’s time to reach 1 million! At the whale summit in Morocco, an Avaaz team is setting up billboards, front-page newspaper ads, and a giant, constantly-updating petition counter — all to ensure that delegates, from the moment they step off the plane until they cast their votes, will see from our explosive numbers that the world will not accept legal whale slaughter.
Filed under Body, Mind, Soul by on Jun 17th, 2010. Comment.
Staff and volunteers from the American animal rights organisation FARM held a protest outside the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC this week. For an hour activists gathered and marched in front of the Austrian Embassy chanting messages and carrying large signs reading “Stop Austrian Repression”, “Activism is NOT a crime”, “Protect Free Speech” and “Drop all Charges – Shame on Austria!”. During the demonstration activists approached the embassy to deliver a letter to the embassy’s public information officer, Wolfgang Renezeder. Friendly and understanding, Mr Renezeder was aware of the worldwide protests and agreed to make sure that the letter was delivered to the Ministry of Justice in Vienna.
Filed under Body, Mind, Soul by on Jun 15th, 2010. Comment.
A big win for Arctic animals today! One day earlier than expected, the Obama administration has announced that it will halt Shell’s plans to drill in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort seas this summer.
The decision came as part of a larger report on the BP Gulf oil spill that was delivered to the President by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
In reaction to the report, the President announced: After reading the report’s recommendations with Secretary Salazar and other members of my administration, we’re going to be ordering the following actions: First, we will suspend the planned exploration of two locations off the coast of Alaska. Second, we will cancel the pending lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico and the proposed lease sale off the coast of Virginia. Third, we will continue the existing moratorium and suspend the issuance of new permits to drill new deepwater wells for six months. And four, we will suspend action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico.
Filed under Mind by on Jun 15th, 2010. Comment.
Environmental groups and scientists have been warning us for years to first test a product or technology before putting it out into the environment or into someone’s body. Unfortunately, the world did not always listen. Yes, laws have been passed and changed and fudged to allow thousands of chemicals to make their way into our waterways and bloodstreams; and while there are some who take action for change there are still too many with their head stuck in the sand of denial. Today in the spirit of bashing BP and all those individuals who have made greed motivated decisions concerning our health and the welfare of our planet, I present you with the Big 10 Global Warnings We Ignored.
Filed under Body, Mind by on Jun 11th, 2010. Comment.
Germany’s biggest newspaper, BILD, reported about the preparations NASA is making to monitor the higher levels of solar activity expected in the next few years, predicted to reach a maximum in 2012. The subject of the sun, its increased activity and its possible impact on us is finally entering the mainstream media also in Europe.
BILD emphasises the potential disruption that a gigantic solar storm could cause. It describes a “horror scenario” of “silence, darkness, chaos” as electricity grids, mobile phones, GPS navigation systems, TV and radio cease to function.
But there is scientific evidence that the increase in the solar activity could give a significant boost to human consciousness and to spiritual evolution.
Filed under Mind, Soul, Ultra by on Jun 10th, 2010. 1 Comment.
This week saw three detectives from the special commission testifying in court. What they told the judge revealed many shocking inconsistencies which the defence attempted to address in their questioning. However, the judge prevented this by not allowing many of the defences’ questions.
It transpired that in October 2007 police were already planning home raids and remand prison for a number of activists. The police reports show that Dr Balluch and VGT were the main suspects. However, this was based on nothing more than the assumption that VGT possibly provided a cover for people committing offences, there was no proof or any evidence. And Dr Balluch was considered the main suspect only because he was president of VGT.
Asked about investigative results, such as DNA tests and Mobile phone and vehicle tracking, which would clear the defendants of any involvement in offences, the detectives claimed that the results were in their reports but not in the final police reports, since evidence was only considered relevant, if it provided evidence for guilt.
Filed under Body, Mind, Soul by on Jun 8th, 2010. Comment.
Splash! Could that be the sound of Lord Mandelson hitting one of the Dolce hotel’s four pools? Or Robert Zoellick of the World Bank? Paul Volcker of the US Economic Recovery Advisory Board? Or merely the euro taking another dive?
That is the thing about the Bilderberg group’s top secret meetings: you never know quite what is going on behind the police checkpoints.
Across the world, secretaries to the rich and the powerful have blocked out the next three days in their bosses’ calendars for their annual gathering, this time at the Dolce in Sitges, one of Spain’s most exclusive resorts.
Filed under Mind by on Jun 4th, 2010. Comment.
This Memorial Day, while we’re celebrating our freedom—and paying tribute to the men and women who died while fighting for our freedom—let’s also take a moment to think about all the animals who are not free, and consider what we can do to help them. From factory farms to zoos, aquariums, and circuses to puppy mills and pet stores, countless animals are confined in deplorable conditions; exploited, abused, and even killed to satisfy many American’s way of life.
Many people barbecue beef, pork, and poultry on Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the cookout season. To me, it seems more fitting to hold a vegetarian cookout in commemoration of all the animals who suffer and die in slaughterhouses. Each year in the U.S., about 10 billion cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and other animals are raised and killed for food. They are made of flesh, bone, and blood, just as you and I are. They yearn to be with their loved ones, feel the warmth of the sun, breathe fresh air, and feel grass beneath their feet. Yet, before they are killed, they’re packed in filthy, dark cages, crates, warehouses, or sheds. They are debeaked, castrated, branded, or tortured in a variety of other ways. All to satisfy people’s taste for flesh.
Filed under Mind, Soul by on Jun 2nd, 2010. 1 Comment.
The 29-member panel will seek WHO records and correspondence from before and after the H1N1 strain was declared a pandemic in June, said committee chairman Harvey Fineberg, who is also president of the Institute of Medicine in Washington.
“We will want to have access to certain confidential documents that may be in place here at WHO or elsewhere,” Fineberg told reporters in Geneva.
The documents include “contractual or letters of understanding” between the pharmaceutical industry and WHO, he said. “Some of the agreements with industry that we would like to examine have been considered confidential,” but so far all of the panel’s requests have been met, he said.
Filed under Body, Mind by on May 24th, 2010. Comment.
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