Israel imposes Lebanon blockade

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5175160.stm Israel imposes Lebanon blockade Israel is imposing an air and sea blockade on Lebanon as part of a major offensive after two soldiers were seized by the militant group Hezbollah. Israeli warships have blocked Lebanese ports, and its international airport was closed after Israeli bombing. A Lebanese cabinet … Read more

Israel expands aggression still further

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/ MSNBC.com Israeli planes strike southern suburb of Beirut Lebanon calls for cease-fire; Ahmadinejad warns against attacking Syria The Associated Press Updated: 10:50 p.m. ET July 13, 2006 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israel continued its furious military campaign against Lebanon¹s main airport, highways, military bases and other targets Friday, retaliating … Read more

Israel escalates aggression into Lebanon

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/world/middleeast/13mideast.html July 13, 2006 ESCALATION Israelis Enter Lebanon After Attacks By GREG MYRE and STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM, Thursday, July 13 ‹ The Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah surprised Israel with a bold daylight assault across the border on Wednesday, leading to fighting in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and … Read more

Global Research: It’s Time to End the “Last Taboo”

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LEN20060711&articleId=2722 It’s Time to End the “Last Taboo” and Hold Israel Accountable for Its Actions By Stephen Lendman July 11, 2006 The “Last Taboo” was the title of eminent Palestinian-born writer, scholar and activist Edward Said’s essay written shortly before his death in September, 2003. It was also the … Read more

Chavez predicts the “end of the US empire”

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=8314 Chavez predicts the ³end of the US empire² Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he will increase support for Cuba and suggested United States prepare ³its own transition plan because this century the American empire will come to an end”. Chavez made his remarks in response to Washington’s … Read more

A Scanner Darkly: the director speaks

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/media/scanner_darkly_linklater_its_world_were_living_in.htm Linklater On A Scanner Darkly: “It’s The World We’re Living In” Surveillance, war on drugs and terror themes parallel reality Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | July 12 2006 Acclaimed director Richard Linklater, also currently turning heads for his comments on the Bush administration, joined GCN radio host Alex … Read more

The Happy Planet Index: an introduction

2006-07-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Happy Planet Index Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:42:28 -0700 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology The Happy Planet Index: an introduction We are accustomed to comparing countires in terms of crude riches or what they trade. Some countries earn, or are given, reputations for music, … Read more

Army to End Exclusive Halliburton Deal

2006-07-12 Richard Moore another sign of anti-neocon counter-revolution? rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101459.html Army to End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal Logistics Contract to Be Open for Bidding By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 12, 2006; A01 The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to … Read more

Michael Parenti: The Stolen Election of 2004

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-07/03parenti.cfm July 03, 2006 The Stolen Election of 2004 By Michael Parenti The 2004 presidential contest between Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry and the Republican incumbent, President Bush Jr., amounted to another stolen election. This has been well documented by such investigators as Rep. John Conyers, Mark Crispin Miller, … Read more

Bill Thomson: The Gaza Crisis

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: Bill Thomson <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Gaza Crisis The crisis in Gaza and throughout the occupied territories continues. The first two items are “ACTION REQUESTED” — please respond. The Israeli implementation of collective punishment (a war crime under the Geneva accords) apparently knows no bounds. In addition to significantly reducing the … Read more

Foreign Affairs: Venezuela: “A Benign Revolution”

2006-07-12 Richard Moore How intriguing that we find this pro-Chavez article in the pages of Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the Council on Foreign Relations. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060701faresponse85417/bernardo-alvarez-herrera/a-benign-revolution.html A Benign Revolution By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006 In Defense of Hugo Chávez Bernardo Alvarez Herrera In her recently released … Read more

Torture and Presidential Power: Bush Takes a Step Back

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ³The administration has fought tooth and nail for four years to say Common Article 3 does not apply to Al Qaeda,² Mr. Lederman said. ³Having lost that fight, I¹m afraid they¹re now saying, ŒNever mind, we¹ve been in compliance with Article 3 all along.¹ ² We need to keep in mind here … Read more

Congress refuses to rubber-stamp torture

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/07/12/bush_urges_congress_to_ratify_military_tribunals/ Bush urges Congress to ratify military tribunals Judiciary panel vows policy review By Rick Klein, Globe Staff | July 12, 2006 WASHINGTON — Bush administration officials yesterday asked Congress to endorse the special military tribunals established by the president to try prisoners captured in the war on terror, … Read more

A review: Russo’s “America: Freedom to Fascism”

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:31:18 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time) From: “marguerite hampton” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Brian Bogart on film “American Freedom to Fascism”. ——-Original Message——- From: Brian Bogart <•••@••.•••> Date: 07/06/06 23:15:16 Subject: Film rave Aaron Russo’s outstanding film, America: Freedom to Fascism, provides the financial background story of my extensive … Read more

UK: Nuclear power plants get go-ahead

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5166426.stm Nuclear power plants get go-ahead The go-ahead has been given for a new wave of UK nuclear power stations. Industry secretary Alistair Darling told MPs nuclear power needed to be part of the mix of energy supply for the UK over the next 40 years. The Conservatives say … Read more

Mexico & Bolivia: Results of July 2nd Elections

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:26:38 -0700 From: ILC <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mexico & Bolivia: Results of July 2nd Elections International Liaison Committee of Workers & Peoples (ILC) P.O. Box 40009, San Francisco, CA 94140. Tel. (415) 626-1175; fax: (415) 626-1217. To SUB/ UNSUBSCRIBE, contact ILC at <•••@••.•••> website: ILC section in … Read more

Mike Whitney: Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse?

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13851.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse? By Mike Whitney 07/04/06 “Information Clearing House” — — Wouldn¹t you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you¹d know whether his ³deficits don¹t matter² claim is just baloney or not. Well, as … Read more

U.S. pledges $80 million for Cuba opposition

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003119008_cuba11.html Tuesday, July 11, 2006 – 12:00 AM U.S. pledges $80 million for Cuba opposition By Gary Marx Chicago Tribune HAVANA ‹ U.S. officials announced a plan Monday to spend $80 million over the next two years to strengthen Cuba’s struggling opposition movement as part of a series of … Read more

The Race for Latin America’s Security Council Seat

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/338/1/ The Race for Latin America’s Security Council Seat Written by Cyril Mychalejko Wednesday, 28 June 2006 The United States has launched a diplomatic offensive to block Venezuela’s bid for a two-year rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council. The U.S. instead is lobbying heavily for Guatemala to … Read more

The Nation: Israel’s Gaza Offensive

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060717/bishara Israel’s Gaza Offensive by MARWAN BISHARA [posted online on July 5, 2006] The Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has exploited the capture of Army Corporal Gilad Shalit to restore the country’s diminished deterrence against militant Palestinian factions, to break the elected Hamas government and to impose … Read more

Jeff Cohen: Go to Venezuela, You Idiot!

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070606T.shtml Go to Venezuela, You Idiot! By Jeff Cohen t r u t h o u t | Perspective Thursday 06 July 2006 I don’t usually take the advice of right-wingers. But I did this time. After receiving inflamed email messages from dozens of angry rightists that I should … Read more

Japan contemplates starting World War III

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_missiles Japan may postpone North Korea resolution By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on North Korea’s missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. Security Council vote on Tokyo’s … Read more

Artificial Blood Experiment Hits 27 U.S. Cities

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/07/artifical_blood.html Artificial Blood Experiment Hits 27 U.S. Cities July 07, 2006 10:10 AM Brian Ross and Joseph Rhee Report: In 27 cities across the United States, seriously injured accident victims could end up in a medical experiment, without their knowledge or consent. The experiment involves an artificial blood called … Read more

100,000 protest Mexican election results

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/08/mexico.elex.ap/index.html 100,000 protest Mexican election results MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a huge crowd of supporters to keep protesting while he pursues a legal challenge of Mexico’s disputed presidential vote count, and to help him prevent “a backward step for democracy.” The fiery, … Read more

CFR bemoans: Russia Leaves the West (about time!)

2006-07-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060701faessay85407/dmitri-trenin/russia-leaves-the-west.html Russia Leaves the West Dmitri Trenin From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006 Article preview: first 500 of 3,327 words total. Summary: Just 15 years after the Cold War’s end, hopes of integrating Russia into the West have been dashed, and the Kremlin has started creating its own Moscow-centered system. … Read more

Chossudovsky: Restoring the Draft: The Universal National Service Act of 2006

2006-07-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060530&articleId=2535 Restoring the Draft: The Universal National Service Act of 2006 By Michel Chossudovsky May 30, 2006 Congressman Charles Rangel, a Democrat (NY), introduced on 14 February 2006 a bill in the US Congress which requires: “all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 … Read more

CFR: End of the Bush Revolution – it’s official!

2006-07-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060701faessay85406/philip-h-gordon/the-end-of-the-bush-revolution.html The End of the Bush Revolution Philip H. Gordon From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006 Article preview: first 500 of 4,334 words total. Summary: The Bush administration’s “revolutionary” foreign policy rhetoric has not changed, but its actual policies have: after squandering U.S. legitimacy, breaking the domestic bank, and getting … Read more

Israeli aggression just in time to avoid peace

2006-07-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “INT-ADI” <•••@••.•••> To: “INT” <•••@••.•••> Subject: INT 482 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 10:58:56 +0200 ——————————————— Intelligence, N. 482, 3 July 2006, p. 1 ISRAEL/PALESTINE WAR JUST IN TIME TO AVOID PEACE On 10 June, the ruling Hamas group fired a barrage of homemade rockets at Israel hours after calling … Read more

Mexican election: People demanding a recount

2006-07-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article1962.html In Mexico, 2.5 Million Missing Votes Reappear: López Obrador Reduces Calderón¹s Official Margin to 0.6 percent IFE¹s Claim that 98.5 Percent of Votes Had Been Counted Was False: Authorities Now Oppose Recount By Al Giordano Part I of a Special Series for The Narco News Bulletin July 5, … Read more

NY Times: Lay’s death very convenient…

2006-07-06 Richard Moore from article> In yet another bizarre twist to the Enron saga, the sudden death of Kenneth L. Lay on Wednesday may have spared his survivors financial ruin. Mr. Lay’s death effectively voids the guilty verdict against him, temporarily thwarting the federal government’s efforts to seize his remaining real estate and financial assets, … Read more

Iceland: Criminal Charges Filed Against Bush Sr.

2006-07-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/2006/0706/bush_criminal_charges.html News and opinions on situation in Iraq 4/7/06 Criminal Charges Filed Against George H.W. Bush (Sr.) in Iceland For Immediate Release, July 4th 2006, 16:25 local time Please disseminate Reykjavik, Iceland (3 July 2006) ­ A group of ten Icelandic citizens filed yesterday at the Office of the … Read more

Voting Machines: whistleblower lawsuit

2006-07-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Judith” <•••@••.•••> Subject: RFK Jr., Florida Law Firm to File Suits Against Two Voting Machine Companies Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:16:43 -0400 RFK Jr., Florida Law Firm to File Federal Whistleblower Suits Against Two Voting Machine Companies <http://www.ringoffireradio.com/default1.asp> Since Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and attorney Mike Papantonio have now discussed … Read more

Greg Palast: Stealing the Mexico election

2006-07-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:22:33 -0400 From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> Subject: Dispatch from Mexico City: Stealing it in Front of Your Eyes Dispatch from Mexico City: STEALING IT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Matt Pascarella in Mexico City Greg Palast in London Monday, 3 July Gore v. Bush. Kerry v. … Read more

Hannahreports on Zionism: “1948 is a tragedy happening today”

2006-07-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Judith” <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE: [hannahreports] 1948, every day Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 02:55:54 -0400 Hannah Mermelstein, a young woman spoke at the Woodstock Library about her trips to Palestine and her organization, Birthright Unplugged which brings young people to Palestine as a counter measure to Birthright, which fully funds … Read more

A Jazeera a BBC propaganda channel?

2006-07-03 Richard Moore someone’s claims…judge for yourself… rkm ——————————————————– From: “Dstacey” <•••@••.•••> Subject: 911: How it works…… Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 09:53:07 -0400 —<forwarded message>— 1. In case you didn’t know, Saddam’s Super Gun was not aimed at Israel. It was designed to launch a geo-synchronous communications sattellie for Saddam to broadcast to the … Read more

William Bowles: Zionism & racism

2006-07-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:07:06 +0200 From: InI Newsletter <•••@••.•••> Subject: InI Newsletter #72 – 30/6/06 <http://www.williambowles.info>I n v e s t i g a t i n gNewI m p e r i a l i s m Newsletter #72 <http://www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001779>RS<http://www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001779>S Feed – Automated version updated every hour Saturday, … Read more

LA Times: Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away

2006-07-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-greenland25jun25,0,1308610.story From the Los Angeles Times TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away The massive glaciers are deteriorating twice as fast as they were five years ago. If the ice thaws entirely, sea level would rise 21 feet. By Robert Lee Hotz Times Staff Writer June 25, … Read more

Zero-point energy: Google video

2006-07-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8943205214784769158 An inspiring video on new energy available for free viewing on Google Video is the best documentary available on new energy sources which can powerfully transform our world. The award-winning documentary, Free Energy-The Race to Zero Point, provides a thorough, professional examination of the leading theories and practical … Read more

Interstate Highways: tolls + privatization

2006-07-01 Richard Moore Friends, The following excerpt is from an official government website, taken from a letter to Congress from the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. It is several pages long, mostly talking about ‘improving safety’. Buried down in the fine print is a single paragraph about user charges. ___________________________________ Original source URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reauthorization/transletterhastert.htm … Read more