Alex Jones critiques Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008-10-12 Richard Moore Alex Jones critiques Zeitgeist: Addendum:      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQtN4HY4Ko Alex is very opinionated, and there is much to disagree with in his philosophy, but the there is also much truth in what he says. Besides, he’s very genuine and concerned, and it’s interesting to hear how he sees things. rkm ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  … Read more

Rich Nations Pushing for Coordination in Rescue

2008-10-11 Richard Moore Rounding up the fire brigade after the house has burned down. -rkm ____ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11global.html October 11, 2008 Rich Nations Pushing for Coordination in Rescue By MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON — The United States and six other nations that are among the world’s richest agreed on Friday to a coordinated plan to rescue the … Read more

Is the US quietly withdrawing from Iraq?

2008-10-11 Richard Moore The slow dismantling of the concrete walls is the most visible sign of a fundamental change here in the Iraqi capital. The American surge strategy, which increased the number of United States troops and contributed to stability here, is drawing to a close. And a transition is under way to the almost … Read more

Martial law preparedness bill

2008-10-11 Richard Moore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ONPZi9OaE ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ recent archives: http://groups.google.com/group/cyberjournal http://groups.google.com/group/newslog old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

“When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?”

2008-10-10 Richard Moore Here’s another review of the book, by Tom Segev:      http://www.rense.com/general81/iuvnt.htm rkm _______ http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081006/FOREIGN/279853798 Book refuting Jewish taboo on Israel’s bestseller list Jonathan Cook, Foreign Correspondent Last Updated: October 06. 2008 10:38PM UAE / October 6. 2008 6:38PM GMT TEL AVIV // No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic … Read more

Richard C. Cook: How to Save the U.S. Economy

2008-10-10 Richard Moore Keynesian plans for top-down creation of jobs by government deficit spending has never worked and has always ended in an attempt by the government to inflate its way out of debt. Everything being suggested by the Obama/McCain campaigns is based on the failed Keynesian formula. An entirely new paradigm is needed. This can be … Read more

9/11 debate: Griffin vs. Taibbi

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://www.alternet.org/story/100688/ The Ultimate 9/11 ‘Truth’ Showdown:  David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi By Matt Taibbi and David Ray Griffin, AlterNet Posted on October 6, 2008, Printed on October 10, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/100688/ A poll of 17 countries that came out September of this year revealed that majorities in only nine of them “believe … Read more

Wash Post: The End Of American Capitalism?

2008-10-10 Richard Moore “Obviously the crisis comes from an important regulatory and supervisory failure in advanced countries . . . and a failure in market discipline mechanisms,” Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF’s managing director, said yesterday before the fund’s annual meeting in Washington. The immediate crisis, yes, that’s about orchestrated deregulation and looting. The deeper crisis … Read more

Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5987804&page=1 [videos in original] Exclusive: Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans U.S. Officers’ “Phone Sex” Intercepted; Senate Demanding Answers By BRIAN ROSS, VIC WALTER, and ANNA SCHECTER Oct. 9, 2008— Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been … Read more

Collapse: auto industry layoffs across Europe

2008-10-10 Richard Moore The automobile is perhaps the most unsustainable machine ever invented, particularly when combined with the business strategy of planned obsolescence – ie, a newer car every few years. It’s not just the blatant waste of fuel – ferrying around a single individual everywhere along with a ton  of steel – but all … Read more

Iceland faces national bankruptcy

2008-10-10 Richard Moore Tuesday also saw the government announce that it was taking control of Landsbanki. It appointed an entirely new executive board to run the bank’s operations amid rumours of Landsbanki being declared bankrupt. By Wednesday, the bank had been placed in receivership.  It seems to me Iceland is responding to the crisis in … Read more

Ocean “dead zones” spread, fish more at risk

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_dead_zones_expanding.080929.htm Reuters, September 29, 2008 OCEAN “DEAD ZONES” SPREAD, FISH MORE AT RISK — STUDY [Rachel’s introduction: The number of reported “dead zones” in the world’s oceans has grown to 140 from almost none 30 years ago, rising at about 5% per year and threatening marine fisheries.] By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent … Read more

Canada Is Ready To Extract Oil from ‘Oil Sands’ — at What Cost?

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_high_stakes_in_alberta_oil_sands.080930.htm Christian Science Monitor, September 30, 2008 HIGH STAKES IN CANADA’S VAST OIL-SANDS FIELDS [Rachel’s introduction: Canada ranks second only to Saudi Arabia in terms of total oil reserves, thanks to the enormous Athabascan “oil sands” out west in Alberta. Oil worth an estimated $34 trillion can be recovered there with available … Read more

Cook County Sheriff: I Will Stop Enforcing Evictions

2008-10-10 Richard Moore Dart acknowledged he is at risk of violating court orders to evict and could be found in contempt. But he says he also is responsible for making sure justice is being done. “We will no longer be a party to something that’s so unjust,” he said. http://www.truthout.org/100908T http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-sheriff-foreclosureoct09,0,6213711.story Cook County Sheriff: I … Read more

Stocks Plunge Again; Dow Under 8,600

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/100908S October 10, 2008 Stocks Plunge Again; Dow Under 8,600 By VIKAS BAJAJ Until 3 p.m. on Thursday, it seemed as if the stock market might escape another dark day. Then the selling hit — and hit and hit again, mimicking trading on Tuesday and Wednesday. What had been a moderately down … Read more

War with Iran: no longer under consideration?

2008-10-10 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/100908A In Reversal, Democrats Shelve Iran Resolution Thursday 09 October 2008 by: Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t | Report     Falling from shoo-in status to widely rejected legislation within the space of four months, a resolution that would have opened the door for a naval blockade on Iran … Read more

Md. Police Put Activists’ Names On Terror Lists

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703245.html Md. Police Put Activists’ Names On Terror Lists Surveillance’s Reach Revealed By Lisa Rein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 8, 2008; A01 The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state … Read more

* Why It’s Hard to Change People’s Minds *

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.alternet.org/story/101973/ Why It’s Hard to Change People’s Minds By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet Posted on October 7, 2008, Printed on October 8, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/101973/ A long time ago, Mark Twain told us: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” … Read more

the ‘burbank digest’ – a red-pill source

2008-10-09 Richard Moore “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” Audre Lorde “…the process of production appears merely as an unavoidable intermediate link, as a necessary evil for the sake of money-making. All nations with a capitalist mode of production are therefore seized periodically by a feverish attempt to make money without the … Read more

“Continuity of Govt”: Secret Plan to Suspend US Constitution

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10473 Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution “Continuity of Government” (COG) Provisions activated in 2001 By Tom Burghardt Global Research, October 6, 2008 Antifascist Calling… Ten months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld approved an updated version of the U.S. Army’s secret operational Continuity … Read more

Martial Law: why MTV made those clips

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/?p=4803 U.S. Troops In Homeland “Crowd Control” Patrols From October 1st Posted By admin On September 24, 2008 @ 8:20 am In Featured Stories | 319 Comments Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, September 24, 2008 U.S. troops returning from duty in Iraq will be carrying out homeland patrols in America from … Read more

MTV: Dramatized scenes of Martial Law

2008-10-09 Richard Moore Chilling dramatization of Martial Law in US http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=reCpV1YHuYs&NR=1 ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ recent archives: http://groups.google.com/group/cyberjournal http://groups.google.com/group/newslog old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008-10-09 Richard Moore Another in the superlative Zeitgeist series: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ recent archives: http://groups.google.com/group/cyberjournal http://groups.google.com/group/newslog old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

Retirement looting: all part of the collapse plan

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/100808R http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703358.html Retirement Savings Lose $2 Trillion in 15 Months Wednesday 08 October 2008 by: Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post     The stock market’s prolonged tumble has wiped out about $2 trillion in Americans’ retirement savings in the past 15 months, a blow that could force workers to stay on the job longer … Read more

Desperate central banks cut rates

2008-10-09 Richard Moore It’s like on one of those hospital TV shows. They’re desperately trying to revive the patient, and on the screen nothing but a flat line and a beep. -rkm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7658958.stm Central banks cut interest rates Six central banks, including the Bank of England, have cut interest rates by half a percentage point … Read more

Collapse driving Americans to suicide

2008-10-09 Richard Moore Chicago-based psychologist Nancy Molitor told AFP the numbers of people seeking help because of finance-related anxiety had skyrocketed. “In my 20 years of practice I have never seen anything like this, the anxiety is through the roof,” Molitor said, estimating she had seen a 50-percent increase in volume of calls.  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Economic_911_exacting_grim_psychological_toll_in_US/articleshow/3572068.cms http://tinyurl.com/3w9u3o … Read more

NEW! Vaccine Nation DVD

2008-10-09 Richard Moore Did you know thatthe U.S. vaccinates more than any other country in the world …“VACCINE NATION” DVDfrom NY Times bestselling authorGary Null, Ph.D. A wonderful new film from one of America’s top health experts about a highly questionable multi-billion $$ industry that is protected from lawsuits!FACT: Vaccines have NEVER prevented disease.FACT: Vaccines contain … Read more

China re/US investment bargains: “Ho hum”

2008-10-09 Richard Moore Chinese bank officials have dismissed as groundless reports that China plans to buy up to 200 billion US dollars worth of US treasures to help Washington combat the deepening financial crisis. In a statement published on the central bank’s website this week, governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the bank views a “stable currency … Read more

Maryland: nonviolent activists classified as terrorists

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/100808E http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703245.html Maryland Police Put Activists’ Names on Terror Lists Wednesday 08 October 2008 by: Lisa Rein, The Washington Post     Surveillance’s reach revealed.     The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police … Read more

Navy Brig: detainee near insanity

2008-10-09 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/100808A http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/07/national/w145035D49.DTL  Back to Article AP Exclusive: Documents say detainee near insanity By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, October 8, 2008 (10-08) 03:52 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) — A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation … Read more

Stocks Volatile After Rate Cuts

2008-10-08 Richard Moore There is as yet little sign of an internationally coordinated interest rate move designed to shore up slowing growth and restore market confidence. But pressure for further easing is growing by the day, and the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, on Tuesday signaled a readiness to cut rates further, given that … Read more

Secret Plan to Suspend US Constitution

2008-10-08 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10473 Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution “Continuity of Government” (COG) Provisions activated in 2001 By Tom Burghardt Global Research, October 6, 2008 Antifascist Calling… Ten months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld approved an updated version of the U.S. Army’s secret operational Continuity … Read more

MidEast Dispatches: Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation

2008-10-08 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: Dahr Jamail’s dispatches <•••@••.•••> Date: September 23, 2008 7:55:48 PM GMT+01:00 To: Dahr Jamail Dispatches <•••@••.•••> Subject: MidEast Dispatches: Nazzal/Jamail story voted #1 Reply-To: •••@••.••• Sender: •••@••.••• “Iraq: Not our country to Return to” for Inter Press Service, by Maki  al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail, voted #1 most censored … Read more

‘hate’ laws: express an opinion, go to jail

2008-10-07 Richard Moore http://truthtellers.org/alerts/internationalhatelawsbitedown.htm National Prayer Network INTERNATIONAL HATE LAWS BITE DOWN By Rev. Ted Pike 6 Oct 08     About four years ago, much of the world was shocked when three controversial historians were seized and imprisoned by “anti-hate” thought police. Holocaust reductionists Ernst Zundel, Germar Rudolph, and David Irving all served jail time … Read more

Howard Zinn: US ‘In Need of Rebellion’

2008-10-07 Richard Moore http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20721.htm Howard Zinn: US ‘In Need of Rebellion’ Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US “empire” is close to collapse 09/09/08 “Al Jazeera” — – – HZ: America has been heading – for … Read more

Panic grips global financial markets

2008-10-07 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/pani-o07.shtml WSWS : News & Analysis : World Economy Panic grips global financial markets By Barry Grey 7 October 2008 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The financial crisis, used to justify the $700 billion Wall Street bailout approved by Congress and signed … Read more

Australia & Canada: heads of state deliver same speech!

2008-10-07 Richard Moore http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/439.html (video) Who’s in charge? I was under the impression that Canada and Australia were sovereign countries.  I guess not.  This video shows the heads of both these states reading the same exact statement – word for word – supporting the invasion of Iraq.  Who wrote this thing?  Who distributed it?  Who compelled … Read more

Jan Lundberg : Fall of the technological world

2008-10-07 Richard Moore Fall of the technological world by Jan Lundberg Culture Change Letter #204 http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=223&Itemid=1 The technological world is going to fall and disintegrate, much like the financial house of cards appears to be doing. We need to embrace this reality and start living in a reasonable, responsible fashion, because we cannot escape it … Read more