GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GM_Food_Nightmare_Unfolding.php ISIS Press Release 09/03/07 GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham Regulator agencies like the European Food Safety Authority and the UK Food Standards Agency have been ignoring the precautionary principle, manipulating and corrupting science, sidestepping the law, and helping to promote GMOs in the face of … Read more

Excellent iSatire from Apple

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Dems abandon war authority provision

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq Dems abandon war authority provision By DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers Mon Mar 12, 7:22 PM ET Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush’s authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with … Read more

Chalmers Johnson: America’s vast empire of military bases

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=1181 a project of the Nation Institute compiled and edited by Tom Engelhardt Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson on garrisoning the planet This post can be found at http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1181 Our base-mad administration now wants to establish a “research base” on the moon by 2020, or so the President proclaimed yesterday. It … Read more

Campus Antiwar Movement Begins to Make Its Mark

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar07/Jacobs12.htm The Students are Stirring: A Campus Antiwar Movement Begins to Make Its Mark by Ron Jacobs www.dissidentvoice.org March 12, 2007 Folks often ask, rather cynically, where are the students protesting the war? Well, the answer is that they are there — on their campuses and in the dorms … Read more

911: CBC Television News Special

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Very good 911 documentary on Canadian mainstream news. http://fyi6.com/ 9/11: Facing a Fallout: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=dbbe325cb5e8a69110da4140b0b58f66.840963 A segment from a CBC Television News Special that examines the coverup from the perspective of a 911 victim’s family member, various researchers, and eyewitnesses. Is the evidence now so pervasive as prove the conspiracy as fact rather … Read more

The quagmire deepens

2007-03-12 Richard Moore The difference between now and Vietnam?…now the guerrilla war has two fronts. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031107Y.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top10mar10,0,4643030.story?coll=l Bush Seeks 8,200 More Troops for Wars By Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press Saturday 10 March 2007 Montevideo, Uruguay – President President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for … Read more

White House admits Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031207J.shtml http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16878479.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 11, 2007 White House says Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors By Ron Hutcheson, Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors as … Read more

UK joins rush to space-based warfare

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6434773.stm British Skynet satellite launched By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News The British military’s Skynet 5 satellite has been launched into space from Kourou in French Guiana. The spacecraft is part of a £3.2bn system that will deliver secure, high-bandwidth communications for UK and allied forces. Sunday’s lift-off … Read more

Top US Generals Offer Bleakest Assessment Yet on Iraq

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031207L.shtml http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2031172,00.html “Smart” Rebels Outstrip US By Paul Beaver and Peter Beaumont The Observer UK Sunday 11 March 2007 Top American generals make shock admission as Iraq leader pleads with neighbouring countries to seal off their borders. The US army is lagging behind Iraq’s insurgents tactically in a war … Read more

new book – Chossudovsky: AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERRORISM”

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERRORISM” by Michel Chossudovsky ISBN 0-9737147-1-9 (2005) 387 pages. Global Research Online Price: US$14.00 (Retail $19.95) NEW: The Book is now available in pdf format at US $8.25 (scroll down for details) In this new and expanded edition of Michel Chossudovsky’s 2002 best seller, the … Read more

Housing bubble: mortgage market suffering

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/business/11mortgage.html March 11, 2007 NEWS ANALYSIS Crisis Looms in Market for Mortgages By GRETCHEN MORGENSON On March 1, a Wall Street analyst at Bear Stearns wrote an upbeat report on a company that specializes in making mortgages to cash-poor homebuyers. The company, New Century Financial, had already disclosed that … Read more

Federal government seeks to cheat people out of benefits

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/us/12medicaid.html March 12, 2007 Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, March 11 ‹ A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of United States citizens who have had difficulty complying with requirements to show … Read more

Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush visit

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/10/content_824411.htm Priests to purify site after Bush visit (AP) Updated: 2007-03-10 09:35 GUATEMALA CITY – Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. “That a person like (Bush), with … Read more

FBI Abuses May Lead to Patriot Act Limits

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007Y.shtml Go to Original http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fbi10mar10,0,1105305,full.story FBI Abuses May Lead to Patriot Act Limits By Richard B. Schmitt The Los Angeles Times Saturday 10 March 2007 Irate lawmakers threaten to rein in the bureau after reports of improperly obtained bank and phone data. Washington – Angry lawmakers on Friday threatened … Read more

Inuit Warn World of Human Cost of Climate Change

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807A.shtml One Woman, Fighting to Save Her People From Extinction By Andrew Gumbel The Independent UK Saturday 24 February 2007 Go to Original http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2300381.ece If Nobel Peace Prizes could refreeze the polar ice caps, then Sheila Watt-Cloutier would be a very happy woman indeed because her people are, “defending … Read more

Federal Court upholds gun ownership

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/washington/10gun.html March 10, 2007 Court Rejects Strict Gun Law as Unconstitutional By ADAM LIPTAK Interpreting the Second Amendment broadly, a federal appeals court in Washington yesterday struck down a gun control law in the District of Columbia that bars residents from keeping handguns in their homes. The decision was … Read more

Iraqi govt. stops cooperating with UK occupiers

2007-03-11 Richard Moore This was reported on BBC news in the following way, and I paraphrase: “Iraq declared today that foreign powers should stop interfering in Iraqi affairs.” The reporter then shifted to talking about Iran, implying that it was Iran, and not Britain, that was the target of the Iraqi statement. rkm ——————————————————– Original … Read more

Israel invents new way to kill

2007-03-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Israel unveils portable hunter-killer robot Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:08:53 -0800 Is not this part of an evolution of corporate killing machines of the fascists? Touted now as being used against “enemy guerrillas”, tomorrow more highly refined robots will be used against enemies of the corporate … Read more

Copying China: harvesting organs from inmates

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907HA.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-organs9mar09,1,1200679.story Inmates Could Trade an Organ for an Early Out By Jenny Jarvie The Los Angeles Times Friday 09 March 2007 They also could donate marrow under a South Carolina lawmaker’s plan. Critics condemn the idea. Atlanta – Prison inmates in South Carolina could get up to six … Read more

USA: The rise and fall of the middle class

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907LA.shtml http://www.alternet.org/workplace/48988/ A History of America’s Disappearing Middle Class By Paul Krugman AlterNet.org Friday 09 March 2007 Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman explains in simple terms how the American economy went from having the world’s most dynamic middle class to being on the verge of a … Read more

Biofuels: destroys rain forest as well

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907EA.shtml http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17500316/ Brazil’s Ethanol Push Could Eat Away at Amazon The Associated Press Wednesday 07 March 2007 UN official voices his concerns ahead of energy visit by Bush. Sao Paulo, Brazil – Just an hour’s drive outside this traffic-choked metropolis where President Bush kicks off a Latin American tour … Read more

Biofuels: US & Brazil agree to increase world hunger

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6434889.stm US-Brazil deal to boost bio-fuels The United States and Brazil have signed an agreement to develop alternative fuel sources. US President George W Bush said that by reducing oil dependence the two countries would be helping security, their economies and the environment. His host, President Luis Inacio Lula … Read more

Probe Into Firing of US Attorneys Reaches White House

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007Z.shtml http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16872058.htm Posted on Sat, Mar. 10, 2007 Rove was asked to fire U.S. attorney By Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party … Read more

Bush visit denounced by Chavez

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: Mr. Chávez quickly shot back in an interview on a popular morning television program in Argentina, dismissing the ethanol plan as ³a crazy thing, off the wall.² He accused the United States of trying ³to substitute the production of foodstuffs for animals and human beings with the production of … Read more

911 – Morons and Magic: A Reply to George Monbiot

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17256.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Morons and Magic: A Reply to George Monbiot By David Ray Griffin 03/07/07 “ICH ” — – In ³Bayoneting a Scarecrow The 9/11 conspiracy theories are a coward¹s cult.² (Guardian, February 20: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17223.htm), George Monbiot accuses members of the 9/11 truth movement … Read more

35 Vermont Towns Vote for Impeachment

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.democrats.com/Three-Dozen-Vermont-Towns-Pass-Resolutions-To-Impeach-Bush-and-Cheney 35 of the Vermont Towns That Just Voted for Impeachment March 6 – Vermonters in at least 35 towns passed town meeting resolutions calling for the impeachment of George W Bush and Dick Cheney today. Republican Governor Jim Douglas presided over an impeachment resolution in Middlebury that not … Read more

artificial sweeteners: Just Say No

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.asianjournal.com/print.php?a=18137 http://www.asianjournal.com/ February 16th, 2007 Two New Studies on Aspartame and Diet Drinks Confirm Source of Obesity, Cancer/Malignant Brain Tumor Epidemics THE Cancer Research Center of the European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy reported this week that a long-term study to evaluate the potential carcinogenic … Read more

TIKKUN covers 911 truth!

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://911sig.blogspot.com/ THURSDAY, MARCH 08, 2007 National magazine prints David Ray Griffin’s article In a rare demonstration of courage by major U.S. news media, Rabbi Lerner, editor of TIKKUN magazine, has printed author David Ray Giffin’s 12000 word article “The American Empire and 9/11” in the March/April 2007 issue. According … Read more

Humor, shades of Vietnam: ‘Hearts & Minds’ all over again

2007-03-09 Richard Moore The confidential assessment by the commander, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, reflects the military¹s new counterinsurgency doctrine, which puts a premium on sustained efforts to try to win over a wary population. What a joke! More easily could the wolf gain the confidence the sheep. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08military.html March … Read more

We’ll Have to Talk to Militants, Says US Chief in Iraq

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807B.shtml http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2339289.ece We’ll Have to Talk to Militants, Says US Chief in Iraq By Lauren Frayer The Associated Press Thursday 08 March 2007 The new commander of US forces of Iraq, General David Petraeus, said today that insurgents in Iraq have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security … Read more

Stock Market: secret maneuverings of the Plunge Protection Team

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17251.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Juicing the Stock Market The secret maneuverings of the Plunge Protection Team By Mike Whitney 03/07/07 “ICH ” — — The Working Group on Financial Markets, also know as the Plunge Protection Team, was created by Ronald Reagan to prevent a repeat … Read more

Guantanamo trials: Stalin style

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807N.shtml http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2338360.ece Go to Original Trials of Guantanamo Suspects Begin Without a Lawyer or Reporter in Sight By Andrew Buncombe The Independent UK Thursday 08 March 2007 Campaigners have condemned the Bush administration’s plan to proceed with secret proceedings against 14 “high-value” terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo … Read more

Gonzales Eight: political pressure on Judges

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807M.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/opinion/08thu1.html March 8, 2007 EDITORIAL The Gonzales Eight Americans often suspect that their political leaders are arrogant and out of touch. But even then it is nearly impossible to fathom what self-delusion could have convinced Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico that he had a right to call … Read more

Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807Z.shtml Waxman Asks Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 08 March 2007 Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he wants Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify before his committee about his … Read more

Cuban medical aid to Pakistan

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/8843/1/315/ Cuban medics prepare to leave Pakistan Author: W. T. Whitney Jr. People’s Weekly World Newspaper, 03/30/06 12:35 Members of Cuba¹s Henry Reeve Brigade are returning from medical work in Pakistan where they arrived six months ago, six days after the Oct. 8 earthquake. Formed last year, the brigade … Read more

Bush & Chavez duel in Latin America

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807T.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/world/americas/08cnd-latin.html March 8, 2007 Bush Faces Clash of Agendas in Latin America By JIM RUTENBERG and LARRY ROHTER SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 ‹ President Bush arrived here tonight for the start of what he has portrayed as a ³We Care² tour aimed at dispelling perceptions that he … Read more

Supreme Court to review fascist legislation

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707J.shtml New Tests for the Supreme Court By William Fisher t r u t h o u t | Report Wednesday 07 March 2007 Two of the Bush administration’s signature issues may soon face further challenges in the US Supreme Court. In one case, the high court will be … Read more

Myth of Danish democracy unmasked

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707O.shtml The Battle for Ungdomshuset By David Rovics t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Wednesday 07 March 2007 I was awoken before dawn last Thursday by the ringing of my cell phone. On the line was a friend from Copenhagen: “I’m sorry to call … Read more

More government intrusion into teen lives

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030707WA.shtml http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/07/State/Legislators_want_preg.shtml Legislators Want Pregnant Girls Reported By Jennifer Liberto and Rebecca Catalanello The St. Petersburg Times Wednesday 07 March 2007 They say it’s to counter abuse, but others fear it would scare teens away from getting help. Tallahassee – Health care professionals would be required to call police … Read more