2008-05-21 Richard Moore http://links.org.au/node/423 A brief socialist history of the automobile By Rob Rooke No single commercial product in the history of capitalism has had a greater effect on the economy and politics than the automobile. No other product has been such a lever to increase consumption and increase markets in the developed world. It … Read more
2008-05-21 Richard Moore [Part 2] One list of current reasons for an Israeli nuclear capability is: • To deter a large conventional attack, • To deter all levels of unconventional (chemical, biological, nuclear) attacks, • To preempt enemy nuclear attacks, • To support conventional preemption against enemy nuclear assets, • To support conventional preemption against enemy non-nuclear (conventional, chemical, biological) … Read more
2008-05-21 Richard Moore ____________________________ Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Cook <•••@••.•••> Date: 8 May 2008 03:45:08 IST Subject: Israel’s Nuclear Capabilities This report by a U.S. Army researcher using unclassified sources takes us to 1999 in an assessment of Israel’s nuclear capabilities. The author states that Israel’s nuclear potency is equivalent to that of the … Read more
2008-05-21 Richard Moore http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/19/homeless.mom/index.html Mom forced to live in car with dogs Story Highlights Mother of three grown children says, “This is my life in this car right now” Santa Barbara, California, allows homeless to sleep in cars in 12 parking lots Affluent city has seen a rise in homelessness during California’s housing crisis Advocate: … Read more
2008-05-21 Richard Moore http://www.rense.com/general81/chemical.htm A Chemtrail Story From Gary Jacobucci 5-1-8 A Jeff, I live in the town of Wells, Nevada a town one square mile in size with a population of about 1,200. I made a trip to Reno on Feb, 11th of this year, driving from the east side of the state to the west. About half way … Read more
2008-05-20 Richard Moore “The Pentagon said a Navy aircraft on a counternarcotics mission had navigation problems that led it to stray into Venezuelan airspace on Saturday.“ – not likely, rkm http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052008M.shtml http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1955667220080520 U.S. Navy aircraft violates Venezuela’s airspace Mon May 19, 2008 8:35pm EDT By Patricia Rondon CARACAS (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy jet violated … Read more
2008-05-20 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052008L.shtml http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/georgias-leader-vows-to-prevent-russia-reviving-the-soviet-union-831030.html Georgia’s leader vows to prevent Russia reviving the Soviet Union By Shaun Walker in Tbilisi Tuesday, 20 May 2008 Two photos stand out in the office of the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – there’s an autographed one of him with his buddy, George Bush; then there’s the unsmiling one with … Read more
2008-05-20 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/afgh-m20.shtml The New York Times and Washington’s new prison in Afghanistan By Alex Lantier 20 May 2008 On May 17 the New York Times reported on plans for a new, US-run prison complex at Bagram air base north of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The prison complex would occupy 40 acres on the base, house … Read more
2008-05-20 Richard Moore http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3774 The Marijuana Trick Doug Yurchey – 2005 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land. – Ezekiel 34/29 Where did the word ‘marijuana’ come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the … Read more
2008-05-20 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051908M.shtml http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/051808.html consortiumnews.com The Bushes and Hitler’s Appeasement By Robert Parry May 18, 2008 The irony of George W. Bush going before the Knesset and mocking the late Sen. William Borah for expressing surprise at Adolf Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland is that Bush’s own family played a much bigger role assisting … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7409244.stm US ‘violated Venezuelan airspace’ Venezuela has denounced an alleged violation of its airspace by an American military aircraft. Defence Minister Gustavo Rangel said the jet had been tracked by country’s air defences over the Venezuelan-owned island of La Orchila on Saturday. He said the US ambassador would be summoned to provide … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051908A.shtml Low-Income Renters to Pay for Housing Bailout By Dean Baker t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 19 May 2008 Unfortunately, that is not a joke. This appears to be the latest gem to come from our leaders in Congress. Just to remind everyone of where things … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/04/17/02340.html Global Warming, the War on Terrorism, and the Extraterrestrial link to “Planet X” by Michel Cormier Independent scholarly testimony suggests that humanity may not be getting the full truth about Global Warming. It is apparent that harmful industrial by-products associated with Greenhouse Gas emissions have contributed to a context of Global … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/afgh-m19.shtml CIA death squads killing with “impunity” in Afghanistan By Joe Kay 19 May 2008 A United Nations investigator released a preliminary report last week citing widespread civilian deaths in Afghanistan, often at the hands of unaccountable units led by the CIA or other foreign intelligence agencies. The investigator is Philip Alston, … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore Note: Israel & the US have been intentionally destabilizing Lebanon for decades. Israel invaded at least twice, bombed it extensively last year, and a US-friendly puppet was engineered into official leadership. Now when the people rise up under the name Hezbollah, the US propaganda machine tries to blame the victim for the … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/?p=2187 Iran Intercepts U.S. Terrorists Plotting Attack on Russian Consulate Kurt Nimmo Infowars May 16, 2008 As if to underscore neocon retired general Thomas McInerney’s call for terror attacks against Iran (see Paul Joseph Watson, Neo-Con General Calls For Terror Attacks In Iran) , the Russian news and information agency RIA Novosti … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080602/bello Manufacturing a Food Crisis by WALDEN BELLO This article appeared in the June 2, 2008 edition of The Nation. May 15, 2008 When tens of thousands of people staged demonstrations in Mexico last year to protest a 60 percent increase in the price of tortillas, many analysts pointed to biofuel as the … Read more
2008-05-19 Richard Moore http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040467-060,00,00.html Extraordinary Times, Intentional Collapse, and Takedown of the U.S.A. By Richard C Cook Much has been written about whether a worldwide plan exists to control events and steer them in the direction profitable to an elite of the rich and powerful. Is this a “conspiracy theory”? While it is difficult to … Read more
2008-05-18 Richard Moore http://rense.com/general82/gull.htm Gas Price Manipulation And Gull Island Oil By Joel Skousen World Affairs Brief 5-18-8 It’s well and good that Congress vote to stop filling the US Strategic Oil reserve because the US already has billions of barrels in the ground in Alaska–entire oil fields capped and drilled, but kept off … Read more
2008-05-18 Richard Moore Note: Ecuador is exploring some very interesting ways of dealing with diversity in society. In essence, they are decentralizing culture. And their perspective on non-renewable resources make a lot of sense, the same thing I proposed in ETM. -rkm http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17646 New Constitution Addresses Demand for ‘Plurinational’ State May, 16 2008 By Kintto … Read more
2008-05-18 Richard Moore http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature8.cfm?REF=291 Bolivia under siege US-funded autonomy movements threaten to tear the country apart by Fred Jones Bolivia is facing a new crisis, which many Latin Americans believe is caused by the United States. On one hand is a proposed new progressive constitution, which gives significant rights to the native majority; on the … Read more
2008-05-18 Richard Moore http://digitalvillages.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/04/19/272.aspx Truth about cancer – everyone should know. Truth about cancer. – this post has been credited to John Hopkins although I understand they deny it. 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore ____________________________________ From: Dahr Jamail’s dispatches <•••@••.•••> Date: 17 May 2008 17:37:46 IST To: Dahr Jamail Dispatches <•••@••.•••> Subject: MidEast Dispatches: The Hard Truth on Sadr City, Iraq; and the Deplorable Treatment of Veterans in America ** Dahr Jamail’s MidEast Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** Dahr Jamail’s new book, /Beyond the Green Zone/ … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore Note: It has been well-documented that high energy prices are not the result of inadequate supplies, nor do they have much to do with costs of production or distribution. The ‘market price’ is a function of financial manipulations and speculation, creating artificial scarcity and artificially-inflated prices, so as to make windfall profits … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/fran-m17.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Europe : France France: One million strike in defence of education and social services By Antoine Lerougetel and Pierre Mabut 17 May 2008 Over one million public sector workers went on strike, and 300,000 demonstrated in the streets in all … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore Note: Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine refers to the exploitation of emergencies in order to rapidly achieve elite objectives. In this case, the UN is seeking to expand its prerogatives as regards unilateral interventions. One more brick in the wall of a fascist one-world government. Who was it that said, “Today Germany, tomorrow … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore Note: when they start building new prisons, then you know they’re there to stay, an occupying garrison in an imperial outpost. There seems no longer even to be a pretense of ‘fighting terrorism’. -rkm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/asia/17detain.html May 17, 2008 U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan By ERIC SCHMITT and TIM GOLDEN WASHINGTON … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore Note: US has been actively destabilizing Somalia in cahoots with its stooges in Ethiopia – not mentioned of course in this NY Times article. Also note: the article carefully explains why, with no sense of outrage, why nothing is likely to be done to avert the crisis.-rkm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/africa/17somalia.html May 17, 2008 Famine … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore http://www.safehaven.com:80/showarticle.cfm?id=10206&pv=1 May 09, 2008 The Ticking Credit Card Time Bomb by Peter Schiff For those holding out hope that the American economy can miraculously avoid a long and deep recession consumer credit is often viewed as the wonder drug that can cure all manner of economic ills. As such, this week’s report … Read more
2008-05-17 Richard Moore http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/051608_rumsfeld_tape.htm Rumsfeld On Tape: Terror Attack Could Restore Neo-Con Agenda Former Defense Secretary’s conversation with military analysts on political problems – “The Correction For That…Is An Attack” Shocking excerpts of confidential recordings recently released under the Freedom of Information Act feature former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talking with top military analysts about … Read more
2008-05-15 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/etim-m15.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org East Timor: Rice rations for internal refugees cut off By Will Fulgenzi 15 May 2008 Tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees, known as internally displaced persons, are threatened with starvation as international relief agencies cease provision of food aid to camps in the nation’s capital, Dili. … Read more
2008-05-09 Richard Moore http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news38.htm NORTH AMERICAN MILITARY AGREEMENT SIGNED BY US AND CANADA By Jim Kouri Posted 1:00 AM Eastern March 11, 2008 NewsWithViews.com While Americans are being bombarded with large doses of presidential primary news coverage, the US entered into an agreement with its northern neighbor that may have an impact on future internal military action. … Read more
2008-05-08 Richard Moore http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=168015 The ordeal of Al-Jazeera cameraman By Abdus Sattar Ghazali After six and a half years of imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay military prison, Al-Jazeera cameraman, Sami Al-Hajj, was released on May 2, 2008 in a very bad shape. He was carried off a U.S. air force jet on a stretcher when he … Read more
2008-05-07 Richard Moore http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/04/national/a211414D76.DTL&hw=pandemic&sn=001&sc=1000 http://tinyurl.com/5p4wfv Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Monday, May 5, 2008 (05-05) 06:47 PDT Chicago (AP) — Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding … Read more
2008-05-07 Richard Moore Here we seen an example of what Naomi Klein refers to as disaster capitalism. -rkm http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/bush-m07.shtml Bush administration moves to exploit Burma cyclone disaster By Joe Kay 7 May 2008 The Bush administration lost no time in seeking to exploit the devastating tragedy in Burma (Myanmar). It has seized upon the cyclone … Read more
2008-05-07 Richard Moore http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/global_elite_gather_135.html GLOBAL ELITE GATHER IN D.C. Trilateral Commission members want suffering U.S. taxpayers to shell out even more money By James P. Tucker Jr. The Trilateral Commission—one of the three most powerful globalist groups in the world—held closed-door meetings right here in Washington, D.C. from April 25 to 28. True to form, … Read more
2008-05-07 Richard Moore * corn requires 29 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; * switch grass requires 45 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; and * wood biomass requires 57 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced. http://www.countercurrents.org/oneall060508.htm Insurrection Of The Famished – Causes And Possible Remedies Of The World … Read more
2008-05-07 Richard Moore http://www.rainforestportal.com/alerts/send.asp?id=colombia_biofuel Action Alert: Agrofuels on Stolen Lands Continue to Threaten Colombian Rainforests and Communities It is gravely unethical and ecologically devastating to expand production of biofuels by allowing land to be stolen from local Afro-Colombian communities; and at the expense of Colombia’s ancient primary rainforests, food security, water resources and regional climate … Read more
2008-05-06 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8878 ‘Perhaps 60% of today’s oil price is pure speculation’ By F. William Engdahl Global Research, May 2, 2008 The price of crude oil today is not made according to any traditional relation of supply to demand. It’s controlled by an elaborate financial market system as well as by the four major … Read more
2008-05-06 Richard Moore http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE06Ak01.html Energized Iran builds more bridges By M K Bhadrakumar The spin could be given that at its latest meeting in London on Friday, the “Iran Six” – the five permanent members of the United Security Council and Germany – in grappling with the Iran nuclear problem, advanced in unison the demand … Read more