2006-03-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Stephanie McDowall” <•••@••.•••> To: “‘Richard Moore'” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Urgent Call to Action to Prevent Military & Police Incursion on Mohawk Nation Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:57:37 -0800 Would you consider reading this and sending it out to your list? Canada has treated Native people very badly in the past … Read more
2006-03-20 Richard Moore Iraqis in some areas still faced “savage” acts of violence, Mr Bush said… indeed. rkm ——————————————————– http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4826754.stm Bush focuses on Iraq improvements US President George W Bush has marked the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq with an upbeat assessment of the country’s prospects. Iraqis in some areas still faced … Read more
2006-03-20 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.iraqirabita.org/english/index.php?do=article&id=596 (beware: the photos are disturbing) The Killing of an Entire Iraq Family by the US Forces of Occupation 2006-03-18 :: media bureau::iraqi league :: The US forces of occupation killed eleven members of the Harat family, including six innocent children and four women in a rural cottage in Alsaffa village … Read more
2006-03-20 Richard Moore Friends, This looks like a very good event. Also, here’s a short video that’s both amusing and profound. Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland: http://www.workingtv.com/media15/mouseland.mov regards, rkm ——————————————————– From: “Lane Arye” <•••@••.•••> Subject: One Day Intro to Worldwork for Activists Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:33:46 -0800 WORKING WITH EMOTIONS AND CONFLICT: INTRODUCTION TO … Read more
2006-03-20 Richard Moore Friends, I’m now using •••@••.••• as my standard email address. If you have a spam filter, please authorize this address. You may have missed some postings, which can be seen at http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog cheers, rkm
2006-03-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=ZOPERIXIDBPILFHIOBCC Come to a screening of VOICES OF DISSENT Host: Karil Daniels Location: New College of California 766 Valencia St. (near 19th St, ), AL View Map When: Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm Please join us for a special benefit screening of VOICES OF DISSENT: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN DEMOCRACY featuring many of … Read more
2006-03-17 Richard Moore Friends, Here’s the BBC headline of the same story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4814094.stm “US launches major Iraq offensive” The US military says it has launched its biggest airborne operation in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, targeting insurgents near the city of Samarra. The CNN version below, describing the latest US war crimes in Iraq, is … Read more
2006-03-16 Richard Moore ——————————————————– I.N. DAILYŠ FROM CANADA http://indaily.net/?m=200603 Arab central banks move assets out of dollar Thursday, Mar 16 2006 Palestine and International News and USA Editor 12:03 am By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent Published: 14 March 2006 Middle Eastern anger over the decision by the US to block a Dubai company from buying … Read more
2006-03-13 Richard Moore Friends, Jim Rough has just uploaded an audio interview with Joseph McCormick of the Democracy in America campaign. It is very inspiring, and talks about Joseph’s very effective work bringing diverse groups together to achieve a sense of We The People. Jim is the interviewer, and various forms of facilitation are discussed … Read more
2006-03-11 Richard Moore It turns out there is a pause button, and more, at the bottom of the Google window. I stopped my download given this new discovery. rkm the URL again: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848
2006-03-11 Richard Moore Friends, Before I share the comments you have sent in recently, let me give the URL of the best-produced 911 video I’ve seen so far – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848 (by Loose Change). It’s an hour and a half long, as a Google video, with no pause button. You can also download it, which I’m … Read more
2006-03-10 Richard Moore Friends, I’d like to share, below, an evolving thread from our new blog, “the cyberjournal forum”. I believe this material will of interest to newslog subscribers. More than than, I invite you to visit the blog and consider adding your own two cents as comments. If you go to the forum URL, … Read more
2006-03-10 Richard Moore The accord comes from the very people who are typically the ones fighting – conservative Christians, who decry homosexuality as a sinful choice, and gay and lesbian leaders, who say many students are bullied at school just for being themselves. ——————————————————– From: Larry Tesler To: •••@••.••• Subject: Yahoo! News Story – Unlikely … Read more
2006-03-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: NCDD Discussion – Sandy Heierbacher <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: Free facilitation workshop in San Francisco Organization: National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation Tom Atlee just forwarded this announcement to me about a free 2-day workshop on group facilitation in San Francisco. The workshop is taught by Sam Kaner, and will be … Read more
2006-03-08 Richard Moore Friends, I want to share with you (below) the first stumblings of dialog that have occurred so far on our blog forum. It’s still very early days, and only a few souls have ventured onto the dance floor, but the atmosphere already has a good feel to it. Blogs offer some clear … Read more
2006-03-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:28:54 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: Molly Morgan Dear Richard – I have not had a chance to check out the revisions to the website yet, but I have finished the book and really loved it. Based on your last message I am not sure whether you … Read more
2006-03-05 Richard Moore Friends, Lots of you responded on this topic, as you’ll see below. Sorry to be so slow in posting. My main focus remains book promotion. Here’s my model: -the book sells the ideas -the website sells the book -my job is to get people to look at the website I’m starting to … Read more
2006-03-03 Richard Moore Hi, We now have three ‘team members’ for the forum, and people have started posting and commenting. Already I like the feel of it. If you are new to blogspot, see recipe below for registering. If you want to become a team member, so you can create new postings, just let me … Read more
2006-03-03 Richard Moore Friends, Over the years many of you have asked for a more interactive forum to enable dialog directly with other subscribers. I’ve now set up a blog for that very purpose! You can browse it whenever you feel like it, and you can leave comments to blog postings if you’re inspired to … Read more
2006-02-26 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve been having a dialog with a fellow about about human nature. He’s been expressing the common notion that human nature is the cause of warfare, destructive competition, etc. etc. He makes the usual arguments, interpreting Darwin’s results as showing that we live in a dog-eat-dog competitive world. Below, I’d like … Read more
2006-02-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=HAS20060223&articleId=2037 Iraq: Occupation and Sectarianism By Ghali Hassan February 23, 2006 At the outset of the Occupation, it was clear that the U.S. would rule Iraq by breaking the country into mini states or regions and dividing the Iraqi population on ethnic and sectarian lines. The Occupation-orchestrated violence between Iraqis was … Read more
2006-02-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:54:14 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: Iraq Dispatches: Who Benefits? ** Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** February 24, 2006 Who Benefits? The most important question to ask regarding the bombings of … Read more
2006-02-25 Richard Moore The momentum toward getting away from petrodollars seems to be growing. This is a development worth tracking. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.energybulletin.net/13081.html Published on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 by NRK.no Norwegian Bourse Director wants oil bourse – priced in euros By Laila Bakken and Petter Halvorsen Bourse Director Sven Arild Andersen is fed up … Read more
2006-02-25 Richard Moore An important report. Scary and, I think, credible. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.arcticbeacon.com/22-Jan-2006.html Former Washington Insider, Once Asked To Be President Carter’s Campaign Finance Chairman, Said The Next 90 Days Could Bring Nuclear War And A U.S. Financial Collapse Goerge Green, who once rubbed shoulders with the neocon ‘movers and shakers,’ has now changed … Read more
2006-02-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html February 21, 2006 U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review By SCOTT SHANE WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 – In a seven-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for years, including some already published by the State … Read more
2006-02-21 Richard Moore Friends, Whereas Iran is a target because it threatens the petrodollar regime, Venezuela is a threat because it is fomenting a regional resistance to US economic imperialism. In the Matrix, on the other hand, we read about a ‘nuclear threat’ and ‘anti-democratic behavior’, both of which are bald-faced lies. Meanwhile, Iran’s near … Read more
2006-02-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=215387 Malta: The Times Monday, February 20, 2006 US ‘aware’ of Iraq torture Herman Grech The US is “aware” of torture taking place in Iraqi prisons, according to the outgoing Maltese UN human rights chief in Iraq. “Yes, torture is happening now, mainly in illegal detention places. Such centres are mostly … Read more
2006-02-20 Richard Moore Friends, Chris and I have made major improvements to our websites. http://cyberjournal.org – slight reformatting, and link to the ETM page. http://EscapingTheMatrix.org – now has reviews and live bibliography. cheers, rkm
2006-02-20 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/guest/index.php?ntid=72574 Kevin Barrett: Bin Laden tapes are as phony as Sept. 11’s connection to Islam By Kevin Barrett February 14, 2006 As a Ph.D. Islamologist and Arabist I really hate to say this, but I’ll say it anyway: 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam. The war on terror is as … Read more
2006-02-20 Richard Moore Friends, Things have certainly changed since the Cold War. Imagine Americans now getting more truth from Pravda than they do from their own media. This author, evidently American, happens to be a gun lover: don’t let that detract you from the rest of his article. rkm ——————————————————– http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/16-02-2006/76020-terorrism-0 There is no war … Read more
2006-02-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/politics/18prexy.html?th&emc=th February 18, 2006 Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan By DAVID E. SANGER ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 17 – President Bush signaled a new American commitment on Friday to addressing the crisis in Darfur, saying he would support an expanded role by NATO to shore up a … Read more
2006-02-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/projo_20060214_ctbee.d71e3fc.html IRAN’S NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT APPROVED BY U.S. IN 1970s WILLIAM BEEMAN, PROVIDENCE JOURNAL – Every aspect of Iran’s current nuclear development was approved and encouraged by Washington in the 1970s. President Gerald Ford offered Iran a full nuclear cycle in 1976. Moreover, the only Iranian reactor currently about to become operative … Read more
2006-02-18 Richard Moore Friends, Some of you may want to reject the second story below, because it comes from a right-wing source. I suggest however that we are getting good information there, and the biases are very evident, so that we can take them into account. We need more listening between left and right. Factionalism … Read more
2006-02-18 Richard Moore On Thursday, the European Commission said some European energy firms were holding back gas supplies, driving up prices of imports into the UK… As expected. ——————————————————– http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4723648.stm British Gas raises prices by 22% Millions of British Gas customers are facing higher bills after the firm raised its gas and electricity prices. The … Read more
2006-02-17 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/business/17auto.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin February 17, 2006 China Seeking Auto Industry, Piece by Piece By KEITH BRADSHER CHONGQING, China, Feb. 16 – China is pursuing a novel way to catapult its automaking into a global force: buy one of the world’s most sophisticated engine plants, take it apart, piece by piece, transport it halfway … Read more
2006-02-16 Richard Moore Friends, We should all be aware that the primary concern of US geopolitical planners, along with controlling global oil & finance, is the ascendency of China. We hear little about this in the mainstream media because the current policy is to make money from investments in China, just as the US made … Read more
2006-02-16 Richard Moore There can be little doubt that a nuclear attack on Iran is coming soon. Bush said recently that this option would be necessary if “diplomatic efforts fail”. As in Yugoslavia, and Iraq, the US has deliberately done what is necessary to guarantee that diplomatic efforts fail, so as to facilitate an attack. … Read more
2006-02-15 Richard Moore Friends, Most of my time these days is devoted to promoting the book, building a book website, and setting up some related blogs. I haven’t had much time to deal with current affairs, Iran, racist cartoons, etc. I’ll send out some comments in another posting today. Our list archives are now up … Read more
2006-02-11 Richard Moore Friends, I am very pleased to share with you this response from a reader of Escaping the Matrix. In my heart of hearts I have been hoping that the book might inspire some readers in this way, but I find myself a bit amazed that it can really happen. I hope this … Read more
2006-02-10 Richard Moore If Fitzgerald is the tortoise and Bush the hare, let’s hope Aesop was right… http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html “Today the Court of Appeals affirmed that reporters do not have a First Amendment privilege to refuse to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued in good faith. The Court was clear that this has been the … Read more