Impeachment? The Democrats don’t want it

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17292119.htm Posted on Mon, May. 28, 2007 LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Democrats in Washington want to keep impeachment off the table By Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – The push to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining a hearing in some parts of the country, but … Read more

Germany expands imperialist role in Afghanistan

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/afgh-m24.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : Afghanistan Three German soldiers killed in Afghanistan Grand coalition pushes ahead with military deployment By Ulrich Rippert 24 May 2007 The deaths last Saturday of three German soldiers at the hands of a suicide bomber … Read more

Covert operations in Iran

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/iran-m25.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East : Iran Bush authorises covert CIA operations to destabilise Iran By Peter Symonds 25 May 2007 An ABC News report on Tuesday provided further evidence that the Bush administration is actively engaged in a covert … Read more

Cindy Sheehan: brilliant resignation statement!

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/28/12530/1525 “Good Riddance Attention Whore” by Cindy Sheehan Mon May 28, 2007 at 09:57:01 AM PDT I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called “Face” of the American anti-war movement. Especially since I renounced any tie I … Read more

China opens securities industry, within limits

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1234 China opens securities industry By earthtimes.org May/24/2007 WASHINGTON, May 23 China has agreed to let U.S. firms enter its securities industry, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in Washington Wednesday. Under an agreement worked out during a “strategic economic dialogue” led by Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wu … Read more

China jumps big into nuclear power

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801051.html?referrer=email China Embraces Nuclear Future Optimism Mixes With Concern as Dozens Of Plants Go Up By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, May 29, 2007; D01 YUMEN, China Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the … Read more

apparatus for martial law in the United States

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://redpill8.blogspot.com/2007/05/martial-law-in-america.html WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007 Setting up the apparatus for martial law in the United States Whelp folks, I hate to be the pallbearer at our country’s funeral, but I am here to inform you, in case you missed it on Fox News, that the apparatus for martial law … Read more

Afghanistan: NATO bombs civilians indiscriminately

2007-05-30 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/afgh-m30.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : Afghanistan More civilians killed by US/NATO forces as fighting intensifies in Afghanistan By James Cogan 30 May 2007 American and NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan are killing and maiming dozens of civilians as they attempt … Read more

* rkm – ANNOUNCEMENTS *

2007-05-29 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve got two announcements. ____________________ * Server Migration We’re moving our lists over to Yahoo, because maintaining our own servers is becoming too burdensome. The websites will remain as they have been, with the same URLs. We won’t be using the web features of Yahoo, at least not at the beginning. … Read more

Hillary: The Corporate Candidate

2007-05-23 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.alternet.org/stories/51619/ Hillary: The Corporate Candidate? By Ari Berman, TheNation.com Posted on May 18, 2007, Printed on May 23, 2007 In a packed ballroom in midtown Manhattan, Hillary Clinton is addressing hundreds of civil rights activists and labor leaders convened by the Rev. Al Sharpton for his annual National Action … Read more

Global Research on new dictatorial Bush powers

2007-05-23 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHI20070521&articleId=5720 New presidential directive gives Bush dictatorial power National Security & Homeland Security Presidential Directive establishes “National Continuity Policy” By Larry Chin Global Research, May 21, 2007 The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007 declares that in the event of a ³catastrophic event², … Read more

Pilotless drone deployed against UK citizens

2007-05-23 Richard Moore How long before these drones have weapons on board? rkm ____________________ Original source URL: http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1230 Look! Up in the sky! It’s . . . By Mark Yannone — yannone.blogspot.com May/22/2007 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and … Read more

LA Times: Big Oil buys Sacramento

2007-05-23 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-court14may14,1,7287489.story From the Los Angeles Times Big Oil buys Sacramento Why you’re not hearing a peep from California politicians on record-high gas prices. By Jamie Court and Judy Dugan JAMIE COURT and JUDY DUGAN are founders of Oilwatchdog.org, a project of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. May … Read more

Bush developing new nukes – for what?

2007-05-23 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.alternet.org/story/51368/ Is Bush Leading Us to Nuclear War? By William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, In These Times Posted on May 23, 2007, Printed on May 23, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/51368/ Only days before the fifth anniversary of September 11, President George W. Bush addressed military officers in Washington to warn … Read more

Bush announces imminent dictatorship

2007-05-22 Richard Moore ____________________ Under [the] plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility “for ensuring constitutional government.” ____________________ We need only to await the next false-flag incident. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to a theater near you. rkm ——————————————————– Original source … Read more

Ron Paul comments on New World Order (short video)

2007-05-22 Richard Moore Video URL (less than two minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DpKKSmaa8 Friends, I recommend taking a look at this video. Ron is not politically correct, as most of us would define that term. There are several things he says — eg. about ‘policing our borders’ — that might encourage some of you to dismiss him altogether … Read more

US dilemma in Pakistan

2007-05-22 Richard Moore ____________________ The United States is continuing to make large payments of roughly $1 billion a year to Pakistan for what it calls reimbursements to the country’s military for conducting counterterrorism efforts along the border with Afghanistan, even though Pakistan’s president decided eight months ago to slash patrols through the area where Al … Read more

New hope in Mumia case

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ …But all three of the judges–Chief Judge Anthony Scirica and Judge Robert Cowen, both Reagan appointees, and Thomas Ambro, a Clinton appointee–seemed to take a dim view of Burns¹ arguments. Judging from their challenging questions to Burns, and their generally favorable questions to Abu-Jamal¹s attorneys, it seemed likely that they would, … Read more

Washington¹s New Imperial Strategy In Venezuela

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ The destabilization attempts are taking form in a concrete way in the coming weeks in the form of huge anti-government protests in Caracas to reject the government¹s actions against the private TV channel RCTV. Opposition groups have organized around the government decision, claiming that it steps on their ³freedom of expression,² … Read more

Afghanistan begins to unite against US

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ At first glance, the United Front lineup resembles erstwhile Northern Alliance – Burhanuddin Rabbani, Mohammed Fahim, Yunous Qanooni, Abdullah, Ismail Khan, and Rashid Dostum. But curiously, the United Front also includes two top Khalqi leaders from the communist era – members of the politburo of the Afghan Communist Party, General Nur … Read more

US vs China: the African front

2007-05-21 Richard Moore See also: 21 May 2007 China pledges $20bn for Africa http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2550&lists=newslog Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/afri-m18.shtml US government to set up new military command in Africa By Lawrence Porter 18 May 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author In an ominous development mirroring the … Read more

Wolfowitz affair: another sign of US decline

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ …the Wolfowitz affair is an expression of more fundamental political issues. It stems above all from the conflict between American imperialism and its major rivals in Europe and Asia. In the end, there was a clear international lineup of the US, Canada and Japan, the relatively isolated defenders of Wolfowitz, against … Read more

US decline: Good Thing for America And the World

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://countercurrents.org/zeese190507.htm The American Empire is Failing ­ A Good Thing for America And the World By Kevin Zeese 19 May, 2007 Countercurrents.org Terry Paupp is the author of Exodus from Empire: The Fall of America’s Empire and the Rise of the Global Community. The book examines the downfall of … Read more

Grand Mayan Elder calls for unity

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://unearthly-souls.tribe.net/thread/b30a6043-9eba-42ab-ac96-2ccfc9c3a6e3 A call from Don Alejandro Oxlaj, Grand Elder of the Maya, for Global Meditation on May 22 (5 Ahau, Ajpu) topic posted Sat, May 12, 2007 – 4:02 PM by Dave Don Alejandro Oxlaj, Guatemala de la Asuncion Don Alejandro is charged as the primary keeper of the … Read more

Chris Cook on “anti-hate” legislation

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1240/81/ Regarding Israel: A Hateful Weekend Chris Cook Sunday, 20 May 2007 Regarding Israel: A Hateful Weekend by C. L. Cook As the bombs continue to fall over Palestine, the bodies piling higher by the hour, I’m spending my weekend (thanks to Queen Victoria, a mercifully long one) reading … Read more

JFK: Hunt’s Deathbed Confession

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.rense.com/general76/hunt.htm Hunt’s Deathbed Confession Reveals JFK Killers The Last Confession Of E. Howard Hunt – US government/CIA team murdered JFK By Larry Chin Online Journal Associate Editor 4-4-7 The April 5 issue of Rolling Stone features the deathbed confession of CIA operative and key Bay of Pigs/Watergate/Nixon administration figure … Read more

China vs US: skirmishes on the trade front

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ In the Chinese trade narrative, a case in point is China National Offshore Oil’s attempt in 2005 to take over Unocal, a U.S. oil company. The state-owned oil giant withdrew its $18.5 billion offer after Congress threatened to block the deal. The episode came after the Chinese had spent years listening … Read more

Political Correctness & right-wing propaganda

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=985416 Exclusive: The Tyranny of Political Correctness Philip Atkinson Author: Philip Atkinson Source: The Family Security Foundation, Inc. Date: May 17, 2007 How many of us are aware of the extent to which the new thought police are eroding our free speech prerogatives throughout Western societies? FSM Contributing Editor … Read more

Deal on Immigration: 12 million legalized

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Friends, Like most of you, I’m in favor of immigrants being treated fairly, and I support them if they must leave poverty situations to seek work. These sentiments, however, are not I believe shared by those who make the decisions in this society. From a capitalist perspective the reason for bringing in … Read more

China pledges $20bn for Africa

2007-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________ “The scale of China¹s plans are beginning to assume imperial proportions, some observers contend.” “This posed a challenge, Mr Kaberuka acknowledged, to traditional donors in Europe, the US and indeed the AfDB who are attempting to impose stricter criteria for debt management in the wake of their recent write-off of some … Read more

Wise Democracy: Wisdom Council progress in Victoria

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=43&id=986830&more= Wise idea revisited Dunc Malcolm/News staff Wise Democracy Victoria members Anke van Leeuwen and George Sranko mail 350 invitations to randomly selected Victoria residents, seeking their participation in the group¹s second Wisdom Council, which will convene in June. By Thomas Winterhoff News staff Victoria News May 18 2007 … Read more

Vanity Fair – Bruce Willis on JFK: The perps are still in power

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/080507brucewillis.htm From Unlikely Quarters, Bruce Willis Ends The JFK Debate The Kennedy assassination furore is over and the “conspiracy theorists” won, 9/11 is soon to follow Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, May 8, 2007 Bruce Willis’ insightful and definitive comments to Vanity Fair about the assassination of JFK, … Read more

The Great Oil Robbery

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.rense.com/general76/great.htm The Great Oil Robbery By Dave Lindorff 5-18-7 In case you’re wondering why crude oil prices are down from last year, hanging around at about $60 a barrel, while gasoline prices have soared past $3.10/gallon nationwide, just check out the latest profit reports from the oil companies. They … Read more

The Fourth Reich: American audience applauds torture

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/ps/vote_08_debate_audience_applauds_giuliani_endorse_torture.htm Audience Applauds As Giuliani, Tancredo Endorse Waterboarding Torture Think Progress | May 16, 2007 During tonight’s presidential debates, candidates were asked whether they would support the use of waterboarding ‹ a technique, defined as torture by the Justice Department, that simulates drowning and makes the subject ³believe his … Read more

Tainted Chinese Imports Common

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/19/AR2007051901273.html Tainted Chinese Imports Common In Four Months, FDA Refused 298 Shipments By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 20, 2007; A01 Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides. … Read more

Scientific Poll: 84% Reject Official 9/11 Story

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/October2006/141006poll.htm Scientific Poll: 84% Reject Official 9/11 Story Only 16% now believe official fable according to New York Times/CBS News poll Truth Movement has the huge majority of opinion How will the Bush Cabal react? Steve Watson & Alex Jones / Prisonplanet.com | October 14 2006 A monumental new … Read more

Mumia Case: The Final Showdown

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff05152007.html The Final Showdown Mumia Case Reaches Its Climax By DAVE LINDORFF and LINN WASHINGTON, Jr. The case of death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, now a quarter of a century long, is heading to a climax this Thursday in a hearing before a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit … Read more

Iraq: Mercenaries increasingly targeted by the resistance

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/world/middleeast/19contractors.html May 19, 2007 Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record By JOHN M. BRODER and JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON, May 18 ‹ Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet … Read more

10 Questions With Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Mike Gravel

2007-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=35651 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2007 10 Questions With Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Mike Gravel While Mike Gravel might not garner the press other Democratic presidential hopefuls do, there is something he does trump many of them on — actual experience. Gravel spent two terms (1969-81) in the U.S. Senate, … Read more

Peak Soil: biofuels are unsustainable and a threat to America

2007-05-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=1 Peak Soil: Why cellulosic ethanol, biofuels are unsustainable and a threat to America Written by Alice Friedemann Released April 10, 2007 “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt Peak Soil: Why Cellulosic ethanol and other Biofuels are Not Sustainable and are a … Read more