Pakistan Blocking Major Fuel Route to NATO

2008-09-07 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/?p=4375 Corporate Media Refuses to Report Pakistan’s Blocking Major Fuel Route to NATO Infowars September 6, 2008 For the corporate media, the fact Pakistan has blocked a major fuel supply route for occupation forces in Afghanistan is a story not worthy of mention. Pakistan blocked the route after the U.S. once again … Read more

St. Paul’s Police Protest the Press

2008-09-07 Richard Moore      What was different in St. Paul was that the police seemed especially intent on singling out independent journalists and activists covering the Republican convention for the Internet and other alternative forms of media.  http://www.truthout.org/article/st-pauls-police-protest-press St. Paul’s Police Protest the Press Saturday 06 September 2008 by: Michael Winship, t r u t h … Read more

Yu Bin: China Still On-Side With Russia

2008-09-07 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/bin060908.htm China Still On-Side With Russia By Yu Bin 06 September, 2008 Asia Times Online Sino-Russian relations have been under intense scrutiny lately because of the Georgian-Russian conflict over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. For many in the West, China’s cautious “neutrality” is a departure from, if not a betrayal … Read more

Kissinger beats hypocritical war drums

2008-09-06 Richard Moore Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, has stated that a future with a nuclear armed Iran would represent a change in the world order.      “It means that proliferation is likely to be unchecked after that, that there would be many more countries that have nuclear weapons that might be used against … Read more

Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested

2008-09-06 Richard Moore http://www.alternet.org/rights/97632/ Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested By Amy Goodman, Truthdig Posted on September 5, 2008, Printed on September 5, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/97632/ ST. PAUL, Minn. — Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically … Read more

Pakistan parliament angry at US

2008-09-06 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/paki-s06.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : Pakistan Pakistan’s parliament says future US raids should be repelled “with full force” By Keith Jones 6 September 2008 Both houses of Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a motion calling on the government to take … Read more

Engdahl: US getting desperate, stumbling

2008-09-06 Richard Moore Hear audio interview with Engdahl: http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2212&updaterx=2008-09-03+04%3A55%3A18 http://tinyurl.com/5waq6f President Dimitri Medvedev criticized the European Union for having a biased approach in regards to the Georgian conflict. Medvedev however stated that the EU acted in a rational manner by not implementing sanctions against the Russian Federation. F William Engdahl believes the EU response mirrors … Read more

Jerusalem Post: Israel won’t allow a nuclear Iran

2008-09-06 Richard Moore http://tinyurl.com/6kqucg Report: Israel won’t allow a nuclear Iran By JPOST.COM STAFF Israel will not allow Iran to attain nuclear capability and if time begins to run out, Jerusalem will not hesitate to take whatever means necessary to prevent Iran from achieving its nuclear goals, the government has recently decided in a special … Read more

Tehran: Invasion of Iran would trigger World War III

2008-09-06 Richard Moore http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=176643 Invasion of Iran would trigger World War III: official Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Brigadier General Massud Jazayeri said on Saturday that any military invasion of Iran would trigger another world war. “Any aggression against Iran would be the start of the world war. The exorbitant demands of the U.S. … Read more

Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks

2008-09-06 Richard Moore http://tinyurl.com/6jpbxy Sep 1, 2008 9:21 | Updated Sep 1, 2008 19:32 Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks By JPOST.COM STAFF The Dutch intelligence service, the AIVD, has called off an operation aimed at infiltrating and sabotaging Iran’s weapons industry due to an assessment that a US attack on the … Read more

More on fascist police raids in Minneapolis

2008-09-06 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: Caspar Davis <•••@••.•••> Date: September 1, 2008 11:32:44 PM GMT+01:00 To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••>,”Caspar Davis” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [NS2/CNS2] Educational Bus Seized in Minnesota Thanks to Lincoln Justice: After sending the following email to the Garden Club and the Discovery Group, I received even more information about more police … Read more

Economic Downturn: House price crash goes global

2008-09-05 Richard Moore We all know what a virus is, either the organic kind of the computer kind. What the Federal Reserve did – quite intentionally – was to inject a destructive virus into the international financial system. That virus came in the form of bundled debts, fraudulently insured as being grade A investments, and … Read more

Top Brass Defends Russia’s Right to Preemptive Strike

2008-09-05 Richard Moore      “This is the clarification of the nuclear doctrine,” Sergei Karaganov, a defense expert and the dean of the International Politics Department at the Higher School of Economics, told The Moscow News. “What [Baluyev sky] means is the enhanced deterrence doctrine, which was created in the United States” and used by NATO for … Read more

US expands ground war to Pakistan

2008-09-05 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/paki-s05.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : Pakistan US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war By Peter Symonds 5 September 2008 A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its … Read more

Putin Vows ‘An Answer’ To NATO Ships Near Georgia

2008-09-03 Richard Moore Asked by exactly what measures Russia would take in response to NATO ships in the Black Sea, Putin was quoted as answering, “You’ll see.” http://www.countercurrents.org/isachenkov030908.htm Putin Vows ‘An Answer’ To NATO Ships Near Georgia By Vladimir Isachenkov 03 September, 2008 Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that … Read more

Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

2008-09-03 Richard Moore In the past 1000 years, three previous such events — the Dalton, Maunder, and Spörer Minimums, have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called a “mini ice age”. For a society dependent on agriculture, cold is more damaging than heat. The growing season shortens, yields drop, and … Read more

Robert Jensen: Technological Fundamentalism

2008-09-02 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen010908.htm Technological Fundamentalism In Media And Culture By Robert Jensen 01 September, 2008 Countercurrents.org While media watchdogs and bloggers probe contemporary news media for signs of bias — from every angle, on virtually every issue — perhaps the most important of journalists’ biases is ignored: their routine acceptance of society’s technological fundamentalism. … Read more

New Orleans: HAARP to finish what Katrina started

2008-09-02 Richard Moore “This is the mother of all storms, and I’m not sure we’ve seen anything like it,” Mr. Nagin said at an evening news briefing. “This is the real deal. This is not a test. For everyone thinking they can ride this storm out, I have news for you: that will be one … Read more

EU agrees: no sanctions against Russia

2008-09-02 Richard Moore European Union leaders have agreed to suspend talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops have withdrawn from Georgia. So, that’s it – no real sanctions. Russia, the Kremlin leader declared, would no longer accept a situation whereby a single country, like the US, sought global domination… He made it … Read more

Germany thwarts US schemes re/Russia

2008-09-01 Richard Moore This article is interesting in that it gives us statements from several EU leaders, revealing their positions re/ dealing with Russia. Germany, the dominant EU power, seems to be taking a very sensible attitude:      …UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown called in a newspaper article for a fundamental review of relations with Russia … Read more

Eric Walberg: Global Famine – Is It A Conspiracy?

2008-09-01 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/walberg310808.htm Global Famine – Is It A Conspiracy? By Eric Walberg 31 August, 2008New Dawn Mag Food protests and riots have swept more than 20 countries in the past few months. On 2 April, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told a meeting in Washington that there are 33 countries where price hikes … Read more

Storm Trooper raids in Minneapolis

2008-09-01 Richard Moore http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/30/police_raids/index.html Massive police raids on suspected protestors in Minneapolis Glenn Greenwald SATURDAY AUG. 30, 2008 12:44 EDT [updated below (with video) – Update II – Update III – Update IV] Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of … Read more

Globalization & health: it makes you sick

2008-09-01 Richard Moore http://www.thestar.com/article/487995 Soaring social inequality makes too many people sick PEDRO MOLINA/NEWSART Ronald Labonté is a Canada research chair in globalization and health equity at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. He chaired the globalization knowledge network for the WHO COmmission on Social Deeterminants of Health. WHO study confirms health closely … Read more

Russia to become food superpower?

2008-08-31 Richard Moore “In 10 or 15 years, Russia will be the leading force in world agriculture, just because of its mass,” Mr. Orloff said. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/worldbusiness/31food.html August 31, 2008 THE FOOD CHAIN Russia’s Collective Farms: Hot Capitalist Property By ANDREW E. KRAMER PODLESNY, Russia — The fields around this little farming enclave are among the … Read more

Earl of Stirling: Russia Issues War Warning To NATO

2008-08-31 Richard Moore http://www.rense.com/general83/natoh.htm   Russia Issues War Warning To NATO The Earl of Stirling 8-30-8   As the attention of the America public is focused on the American election, with the Democratic Convention having just ended, and the announcement today of McCain’s female running mate, and the Republican Convention next week, the public has missed … Read more

Robert Parry: How the Republicans Win

2008-08-31 Richard Moore This article explains how the Republicans, ever since Nixon, have used dirty tricks to win elections. Note however these two excerpts:       Though Johnson and his top advisers knew of Nixon’s gambit, they kept it secret apparently out of concern that it could further divide the country.      Again, however the Democrats feared that … Read more

OSCE report points finger at Georgia

2008-08-30 Richard Moore http://en.rian.ru/world/20080830/116412855.html OSCE report points finger at Georgia for S. Ossetia crisis 30/08/2008 17:07 BERLIN, August 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has accumulated evidence pointing to “numerous wrong decisions” made by Georgian leaders that led to a military crisis with Russia, Der Spiegel said on Saturday. … Read more

Russia ‘could destroy NATO ships in Black Sea within 20 minutes’

2008-08-30 Richard Moore http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080829/116377956.html Russia ‘could destroy NATO ships in Black Sea within 20 minutes’ 16:03 | 29/ 08/ 2008 MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is capable of destroying NATO’s naval strike group currently deployed in the sea within 20 minutes, a former fleet commander said on Friday. (Russian Navy … Read more

How Gustav victims will be ‘helped’

2008-08-30 Richard Moore The Katrina response was not a mistake, it was a preview of worse to come. rkm ____________ http://www.blackwaterusa.com/jobs/default_contract.asp Contract Opportunities   Security for Hurricane Gustav Blackwater is compiling a list of qualified security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Applicants must meet all items listed under the respective … Read more

Russia may cut off oil flow to the West

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/29/cnrussia129.xml Russia may cut off oil flow to the West  By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Last Updated: 4:02pm BST 29/08/2008 Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in the Black Sea.  Any such move would … Read more

Police coerce young woman into fatal drug deal

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5454035 Rachel killed when police send her wired to make deal with major drug dealers. Police blame her. ___________________________ 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)

Tom Eley: Fascism in Denver

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/denv-a29.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : North America Repression in Denver highlights assault on democratic rights in US By Tom Eley 29 August 2008 On Wednesday, police raided the headquarters of a group—Unconventional Denver—protesting at the Democratic National Convention, arresting several people, destroying, and seizing property. … Read more

Rob Kirby: Wake-Up Call re/commodity prices

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://www.financialsense.com/Market/daily/monday.htm charts and graphs in original Today’s Market WrapUp  08.25.2008  Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri  Kirby Archive Wake-Up Call BY ROB KIRBY Last week, widely regarded silver analyst Ted Butler, reported on recent developments during the July 1 – August 5, 2008 time period in the precious metals complex [specifically, open-interest data … Read more

Paul Craig Roberts: Nuclear Armageddon (audio)

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/?p=4191 Nuclear Armaggedon: Jason Bermas Interviews Paul Craig Roberts Infowars August 27, 2008 Listen to the interview here. Paul Craig Roberts, economist and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration, tells Jason Bermas on the Alex Jones Show that the Bush neocons are leading the United States into a … Read more

Dave Lindorff: The Land of the Silent and the Home of the Fearful

2008-08-29 Richard Moore http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/08/28-1 Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by CommonDreams.org The Land of the Silent and the Home of the Fearful by Dave Lindorff I was a speaker last night at an anti-war event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Progressive Democrats of America and Democrats For America in Lincroft, … Read more

U.S., Europe, Japan Devised Plan to Prop Up Dollar

2008-08-29 Richard Moore If you let a drowning person grab hold of you, and you don’t understand rescue techniques, you both drown.  rkm ________________ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aafNFhZiOg.w&refer=home http://tinyurl.com/64bwpw U.S., Europe, Japan Devised Plan to Prop Up Dollar, Nikkei Says  By Timothy R. Homan Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Finance officials from the U.S., Japan and Europe in mid-March … Read more

Fwd: HAARP CONTROL OF HURRICANE GUSTAV

2008-08-29 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: “Don Nordin” <> Date: August 29, 2008 1:37:35 AM GMT+01:00 To: “Don Nordin” <•••@••.•••> Subject: HAARP CONTROL OF HURRICANE GUSTAV Click url for pictures ****************** http://data4science.net/essays.php?EssayID=831 ___________________________ 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)

Retraction: Brian Harring: Israeli intrigue in Georgia

2008-08-29 Richard Moore Thanks Raleigh for checking this out! rkm __________ Begin forwarded message: From: Raleigh Myers <•••@••.•••> Date: August 28, 2008 4:16:54 PM GMT+01:00 To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Cc: •••@••.•••,•••@••.•••, •••@••.•••,•••@••.••• Subject: Re: Brian Harring: Israeli intrigue in Georgia Some Brian Herring research: Tue Jul 12, 2005 at 03:35:09 PM PDT For those of … Read more

NY Times on Georgia: analysis with a spin

2008-08-29 Richard Moore These moves indicate that despite the French-brokered cease-fire framework that Russia accepted, it is striving to maintain considerable economic and military pressure on Georgia, a close ally of the United States. The ultimate goal, it seems, is the ouster of its president, Mikheil Saakashvili, who is detested by the Russian leadership, and the … Read more

EU considers sanctions on Russia

2008-08-29 Richard Moore Meanwhile, Georgia’s foreign minister said the “ethnic cleansing” of Georgians from South Ossetia was nearly complete – but did not specify who was carrying it out.      This statement is interesting from two points of view. First, it is probably a lie, reminiscent of the ‘incubator babies’ in the lead-up to Desert Storm. … Read more