2008-09-24 Richard Moore Mr Sarkozy gave no detailed formula of how to address the crisis, but said the world should find a new system in which “whole swathes of financial activity are not left to the sole judgment of markets operators”. Could this signal a rollback from globalization? At the moment, international economic institutions had … Read more
2008-09-24 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18887 Venezuelan Legal System: An Interview with Fernando Ramón Vegas Torrealba September 24, 2008 By Michael Albert In early September, 2009 I went to Venezuela to give a talk about economic vision at a conference there. I stayed a week, and with Greg Wilpert interviewed numerous people about the Bolivarian Revolution. These … Read more
2008-09-24 Richard Moore Michael Albert probes, almost grills, Julio to find out how power really works in Venezuela today. He inquires from an American perspective, and we see a kind of culture gap: in the context of the Bolivarian Revolution, some of the problems we are concerned about aren’t even thinkable. Very interesting, I’ve wanted … Read more
2008-09-24 Richard Moore http://altnews.blogdig.net/archives/articles/September2008/23/The_Money_Meltdown.html http://richardlalancette.blogspot.com/2008/09/money-meltdown.html The Money Meltdown Jerry Ackerman, Ph.D. If Jack Layton is to deliver on his promise “to protect Canadians with new banking regulations” (Sept. 17, Welland, ON), he’ll need to pay close attention to what has happened and what is now happening at the Bank of Canada. When I say the … Read more
2008-09-23 Richard Moore “To live in this process is absolutely not to be able to notice it—please try to believe me—unless one has a much greater degree of political awareness, acuity, than most of us had ever had occasion to develop. Each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, ‘regretted,’ … Read more
2008-09-23 Richard Moore Hmmm, very interesting. Could it be that Congress is actually waking up, beginning to function, as representatives of a broader constituency than the neocons? I kind of doubt it, but who knows? I would have doubted the Russians coming out gang busters. I would have doubted the EU splitting with the US … Read more
2008-09-23 Richard Moore http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/greider Paulson Bailout Plan a Historic Swindle by WILLIAM GREIDER September 19, 2008 Financial-market wise guys, who had been seized with fear, are suddenly drunk with hope. They are rallying explosively because they think they have successfully stampeded Washington into accepting the Wall Street Journal solution to the crisis: dump it all … Read more
2008-09-23 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/taxpayers-congress-push-back-against-bailout Taxpayers, Congress Push Back Against Bailout Monday 22 September 2008 by: Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report Washington, DC – Push back against the massive $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal has come hard and fast from members of Congress on both sides of the … Read more
2008-09-23 Richard Moore The split widens between the US and the EU. First over Russia, and now over the economy. rkm ____ http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,579707,00.html 09/22/2008 05:54 PM “THE AMERICANS SAID, ‘WE WON’T’” Merkel Says Washington Helped Drag Europe into the Credit Crisis Response to Washington’s multibillion-dollar Wall Street bailout has involved a lot of skeptical grumbling … Read more
2008-09-22 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/symonds220908.htm Marriott Hotel Bombing: Another Sign Of Pakistan’s Deepening Crisis By Peter Symonds 22 September, 2008 WSWS.org The massive bomb blast that devastated the luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening is one more sign of the deepening political crisis in Pakistan produced by the Bush administration’s spreading “war on terrorism”. While … Read more
2008-09-22 Richard Moore http://www.creative-i.info/?p=777 http://tinyurl.com/3k9kn6 Titanic Shift in Global Capital Market Power The worst financial crisis in US history is just now appearing in its real dimension. It spells the end of New York’s reign as the globally dominant financial power, the heart of the power of the American Century. It is a shift … Read more
2008-09-22 Richard Moore The plan would raise the ceiling on the national debt and spend as much as the combined annual budgets of the Departments of Defense, Education and Health and Human Services. Paulson is asking for the power to hire asset managers and award contracts to private companies. Most provisions of the proposal expire … Read more
2008-09-21 Richard Moore A longtime student of the Great Depression, Mr. Bernanke was acutely aware of what could happen without a decisive move. Finally, the moment that called for action arrived late Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after the Fed bailed out American International Group, the giant insurer, it was clear the turmoil gripping Wall Street … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore The weapons used on Wall Street are prior knowledge and inside information, the ability to manipulate with the capacity to predict results, the spreading of misleading or false information on economic occurrences and market trends. These various procedures are best described as the “powers of deception”, which financial institutions routinely use to … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10271 Impacts of the Financial Crisis: The U.S. Is Becoming an Impoverished Nation By Richard C. Cook Global Research, September 19, 2008 Everything the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department are trying to do to stem the tide of the self-destructing U.S. financial system is a stopgap. They are locking the … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore This attack has seemed imminent for quite some time now, so one never knows for sure. But all this assembled naval power must be for something. And Russia has made it clear it’s not putting up with any more nonsense from Washington. If there is a blockade, Russia will challenge it. If … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080917/116887622.html U.S. could use Georgia as bridgehead to attack Iran – Rogozin 17/09/2008 17:10 BRUSSELS, September 17 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia would be an ideal bridgehead for a U.S. invasion of Iran, Russia’s NATO envoy said Wednesday. The United States and Israel have consistently refused to rule out the possibility of military … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore Today it is a larger, better armed and more confident militia, capable of mounting sustained military assaults. Its forces operate in virtually every province and control many districts in areas ringing the capital. Its fighters have bombed embassies and prisons, nearly assassinated the president, executed foreign aid workers and hanged or beheaded … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore You may have heard of the new film, The Battle of Seattle. It’s got a solid cast of stars, and seems to do a good job of portraying events. Woody Haroldson is involved, and he’s on our side. Here’s a good interview by Amy Goldman with Stuart Townsend, the writer and director, … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/hbos-s20.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Europe : Britain Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS leaves Britain’s banks in trouble By Julie Hyland 20 September 2008 Back to screen version | Send this link by email | Email the author Lloyds TSB’s £12 billion takeover of Halifax … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore Here’s a video of an ABC news broadcast about the media blackout on Hurricane Ike damage. http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0dxJfxsa8 Why the blackout? I think it’s pretty clear that they are intentionally setting a precedent for blackouts, in preparation for how things will be handled under martial law. There is the additional possibility that they … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://rense.com/general83/syr.htm Syria The New Tripwire For WWIII Lord Stirling 9-18-8 Russian Rear Admiral Andrei Baranov has disclosed that 10 Russian warships are already anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus. Russian engineering crews are widening and dredging the port to accommodate additional Russian warships. The Russians are making clear their intentions of … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_08/willie091808.html PANIC, CONSOLIDATE, GAME OVER Jim Willie CB September 18, 2008 home: Golden Jackass website subscribe: Hat Trick Letter Jim Willie CB, editor of the “HAT TRICK LETTER” Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of several smallcap companies positioned to rise during the ongoing … Read more
2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.ukcolumn.org/2008/09/19/the-end-of-the-united-states/ The End Of The United States Mike Robinson ukcolumn As I write this, in a real sucker punch, the FTSE is up 10% so far today. Hooray, the world is saved! Or not. What could be behind this insane, hysterical reaction? One reason is that late yesterday, the FSA called a … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore The Civic Committee ProSanta Cruz, the principal autonomist organization, demanded the Pando governor’s immediate release yesterday, At least the opposition is honest about themselves, they don’t consider a massacre of peasants to be a crime. rkm __________ http://www.truthout.org/article/morales-adherents-gunned-down-pando http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/monde/352662.FR.php Morales Adherents Gunned Down in Pando Thursday 18 September 2008 by: Reza Nourmamode, … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2008/09/bolivia-pando-prefect-arrested.html Bolivia: Pando Prefect Arrested La Paz, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Opposition Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez was arrested and transferred to La Paz on charges of organizing a massacre of farmers in the northern Bolivian province. Military forces arrested Fernandez at his headquarters in the state capital of Cobija. Pando is under … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/khalid170908.htm Is A US Attack On Pakistan Imminent? By Usman Khalid 17 September, 2008 Countercurrents.org Pakistan is nervous; it cannot believe that the USA can turn on its ally so fast and easy. The escalation of the ‘terror war’ to include Pakistan was announced by President Bush himself. He proclaimed a new … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/business/18wall.html September 18, 2008 As Fears Grow, Wall St. Titans See Shares Fall By BEN WHITE and ERIC DASH Editors’ Note Appended Correction Appended Even Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the two last titans left standing on Wall Street, are no longer immune. To the surprise of executives within those firms, and … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20783.htm Bolivia Versus the Empire Morales Sí, Secession No By Patrick Irelan 16/09/08 “Counterpunch’ — Evo Morales is a patient man. After he was elected president of Bolivia in 2005, he set about in a peaceful and democratic way to liberate his country’s oppressed majority. That majority includes indigenous South American Indians, … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=11980 http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army By Gina Cavallaro – Staff writer Posted : Monday Sep 8, 2008 6:15:06 EDT The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/eriqat180908.htm Just How Many Legs Does This Stool Have? By Dave Eriqat 18 september, 2008 Countercurrents.org It seems like the people running our government and commercial apparatus are systematically and deliberately cutting the stabilizing legs off the stool we call our economy. It’s as if they are completely unaware of the inevitable consequences … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1295/new-study-shows-solar-system-is-unique.html New Study Shows Solar System is Unique Monday, September 01, 2008 – Shalhevet Bar-Asher Research conducted by a team of North American scientists recently claimed that our solar system is special, contrary to the accepted theory that it is an average planetary system. Using computer simulations to follow the development of … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/17/us_seizes_control_of_aig_with US Seizes Control of AIG with $85 Billion Bailout September 17, 2008 The US government has seized control of insurance giant American International Group in an unprecedented $85 billion bailout. The Federal Reserve made the deal on Tuesday to save AIG from collapse in what the New York Times describes as … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/revolt-rich http://www.newsweek.com/id/158825 Revolt of the Rich Despite winning last month’s recall election, President Evo Morales faces escalating violence from protesters who don’t want to share the nation’s natural-gas wealth. Michael Miller NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE Sep 13, 2008 | Updated: 1:09 p.m. ET Sep 13, 2008 Relations between Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales, and the country’s wealthy easterners were … Read more
2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/ht080918.htm . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rachel’s Democracy & Health News #977 “Environment, health, jobs and justice–Who gets to decide?” Thursday, September 18, 2008…………Printer-friendly version www.rachel.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Featured stories in this issue… Could the Diabetes Epidemic Be Caused by Chemical Pollution? “Ask why diabetes is epidemic in the 21st century and most people … Read more
2008-09-17 Richard Moore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intentional Community Feasibility – Montana Project New Earth Summit Forums & Global Awakening News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important: We are sending this letter one time and with a one-week hence reminder. After that if we do not hear from you, you will not receive any further communications about this project. A few people are on … Read more
2008-09-17 Richard Moore We now have a situation where the US government itself is guaranteeing most of those ‘subprime’ (ie, bad) loans that were made. This does not mean the homeowners won’t be evicted, but it does mean the banks that made the bad loans will be repaid. Either that, or the US Government itself … Read more
2008-09-17 Richard Moore Organization: UpandOUTReply-To: <•••@••.•••>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:22:29 -0500To: NECDP <•••@••.•••>Subject: [Necdp_info] Millions of ‘Terror’ DVDs– In ‘Swing States “God Bless America, and, Y’all Stay scared now!!!! By Greg Mitchell and Joe Strupp Published: September 13, 2008 2:00 PM ET NEW YORK The arrival of tens of millions of DVDs of a … Read more
2008-09-17 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/nucl-s17.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : India Nuclear Supplier Group gives India unique “waiver,” but only after row between Delhi and Beijing By Kranti Kumara and Deepal Jayasekera 17 September 2008 In the face of immense political pressure from the United States and a … Read more
2008-09-17 Richard Moore Steve Weissman | Bob Woodward’s Not-so-Secret Weapon http://www.truthout.org/article/bob-woodwards-not-so-secret-weapon-iraq Steve Weissman, Truthout: “Refusing to reveal details, Woodward insisted that too much talk could compromise the program and ‘get people killed,’ a bizarre turn of phrase about a program whose purpose was to get people killed. In any case, Woodward would tell only enough … Read more