Stephen Shalom: Q&A on Gaza (2 of 2)

2009-03-03 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20269 Question and Answer on Gaza January, 16 2009  By Stephen Shalom  Stephen Shalom’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace   29. Israel calls the homes it is planning to attack and drops leaflets warning civilians to get away from military targets. Doesn’t that meet its obligation to protect the civilian population?   Israel issued no … Read more

Stephen Shalom: Q&A on Gaza (1 of 2)

2009-03-03 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20269 Question and Answer on Gaza January, 16 2009  By Stephen Shalom  Stephen Shalom’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace On December 27, 2008, Israel launched its brutal assault on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead. The aim here has been to collect in one place the most frequently-asked questions and to offer answers and sources. You can … Read more

Gates: Iran “Not Close” to Nuclear Weapon

2009-03-03 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/030209J http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5201Y920090301 Gates: Iran “Not Close” to Nuclear Weapon Sunday 01 March 2009 by: Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters     Washington – Iran is not close to having a nuclear weapon, which gives the United States and others time to try to persuade Tehran to abandon its suspected atomic arms program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert … Read more

Hillary’s fraudulent “peace process”

2009-03-03 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/mar2009/pers-m03.shtml Hillary Clinton reprises “peace process” fraud 3 March 2009 In her first trip to the Middle East as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton insisted that the new US administration is determined to press for a “two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Decades of US and Israeli policies, however, … Read more

5 Great Progressive Moves by Obama

2009-03-02 Richard Moore $10 Billion for High-Speed Rail Broadband Initiative Commission to Review Faith-Based Initiatives A Reform-Minded Drug Czar Swift Action on Arms Control Here we have six crowd pleasers, that cost very little, and do nothing to solve the problems we’re facing. Their function is to maintain the false hope that Obama has been … Read more

California: small farms being destroyed

2009-03-02 Richard Moore The next sound you hear will be the JOADS MOVING BACK TO KANSAS and THE GOVERNATOR WELCOMING CORPORATE AGRIBUSINESS and the TERMINATOR SEEDS THEY RIDE IN ON http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=142276 Small Farmers Being RUN OUT OF CALIFORNIA! AGRIBUSINESS SLAVERING OVER THEIR LAND! Posted By: RumorMail Date: Sunday, 1 March 2009, 2:48 p.m. I received this … Read more

On Economy, Two United Voices Steer Obama Agenda

2009-03-02 Richard Moore “Time is not on our side,” Geithner said in an interview.  . . . But we got dealt this hand, and we are just making a conscious judgment that you have to move all these fronts together and take the initiative.” Summers agreed the workload has been heavy. “I wouldn’t say it’s … Read more

Finally a Progressive Budget?

2009-03-02 Richard Moore After being robbed of trillions by Obama and his banker backers, why should we be thrilled that a few crumbs are being doled out to us? rkm ___ http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/02/finally-progressive-budget.html Robert Reich was the nation’s 22nd Secretary of Labor and is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His latest book … Read more

Midas Resources: precious metal investments

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://midasresources.com/   HOME PRODUCTS MARKET NEWS CONTACT   “It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” Henry Ford  The International Forecaster: We Watch Now As Funds Get Vaporized  Real … Read more

Foster Gamble: two inspiring videos

2009-03-02 Richard Moore Foster was recently introduced to me by a mutual friend. These videos deal with a successful campaign to stop a planned program of aerial spraying in urban areas in California. -rkm A Skirmish Won, the Campaign Goes On      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGp5KoiZ6ro Santa Cruz Town Hall Meeting – March 2, 2008      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9151037796539887662 ___________________________ subscribe mailto: … Read more

George F. Smith: The Case for Natural Money

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://mises.org/story/3340 The Case for Natural Money Mises Daily by George F. Smith | Posted on 2/24/2009 12:00:00 AM [An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Floy Lilley, is available for download.] Studying Jörg Guido Hülsmann’s latest book,The Ethics of Money Production, is a vastly enriching experience. After building his case for natural money on … Read more

Chemtrails: in children’s cartoons

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=27455891 Chemtrails seen in “Over the Hedge” Cartoon ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://cyberjournal.org recent archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newslog/messages http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/messages old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

Chemtrails: a bizarre O2 advert

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZT73K2hkVY CHEMTRAILS in O2 TV advertisement – commercial ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://cyberjournal.org recent archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newslog/messages http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/messages old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

Subterrenes: Nuclear powered tunnelling machines

2009-03-02 Richard Moore As is typical of these kinds of reports, we find interesting facts interspersed with speculations. We must read with caution, but it is not wise to reject such articles out of hand. rkm ___ http://www.detailshere.com/tunnelmachine.htm SubterrenesNuclear powered tunnelling machines. Hollow earth and tunnel system Since the 1950’s, the US Government has had … Read more

Carol Brouillet: Report from the American Citizens’ Summit

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://communitycurrency.org/transpartisan.html Report from the American Citizens’ Summit, Denver, February 2009 by Carol Brouillet “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln          From February 11th to 15th , 2009, at the American Citizens’ Summit in Denver, people from across the political spectrum gathered to speak and identify priorities demanding attention at a time … Read more

Lynn Osburn: HEMP SEED: MOST NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE FOOD SOURCE

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed1.html back to renewables | rat haus From: Hemp Line Journal, July-August 1992, pp. 14-15, Vol. I No. 1 HEMP SEED: THE MOST NUTRITIONALLY  COMPLETE FOOD SOURCE IN THE WORLD Part One by Lynn Osburn           Seeds of the plant cannabis sativa, hemp seed, contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids … Read more

Derek Wilson: The Secret Government

2009-03-02 Richard Moore http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/themagazine/vol4/elite.shtml  Table of Contents H i d d e n M y s t e r i e s M e n u  HiddenMysteries Information Central  Home  Headline News  Mysteries Archive  On Money  Health  Laughs  On Texas  Answers  Conspiracies  On the Mind  Science  FreeBooks Online  Editorials  Symbol Study  Weird  Religion  ThE-Magazine  On … Read more

Tom Engelhardt: Droughts & crop failure worldwide

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.utne.com/print-article.aspx?id=25495 Nobody Knows How Dry We Are Tom Engelhardt It turns out that you don’t want to be a former city dweller in rural parts of southernmost Australia, a stalk of wheat in China or Iraq, a soybean in Argentina, an almond or grape in northern California, a cow in Texas, or almost anything … Read more

After the Financial Crisis, Civil War?

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/022709F http://www.lemonde.fr/la-crise-financiere/article/2009/02/26/apres-la-crise-financiere-la-guerre-civile-preparez-vous-a-quitter-votre-region_1160698_1101386.html After the Financial Crisis, Civil War? Get Ready to “Leave Your Region …” Thursday 26 February 2009 by: Claire Gatinois, Le Monde     Will the economic and financial crisis degenerate into violent social explosions? Tomorrow, will there be civil war in Europe, the United States and Japan? That’s the rather alarming … Read more

CNBC Anchors Mortified That Ron Paul Was Allowed Air Time

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.prisonplanet.com/cnbc-anchors-mortified-that-ron-paul-was-allowed-air-time.html CNBC Anchors Mortified That Ron Paul Was Allowed Air Time “This is not going as planned” Steve WatsonInfowars.net Thursday, Feb 26th, 2009 CNBC anchors were left dumbfounded and acted overtly cantankerous yesterday after Congressman Ron Paul’s opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee was broadcast live to an audience of … Read more

Common sense re/health care

2009-02-28 Richard Moore But how can we cope with rising costs when we have yet to achieve the basic national goal of providing universal coverage? Perhaps now Americans will look abroad and notice that other countries provide quality care to all of their citizens, spending less than half what we do and achieving better outcomes. … Read more

George Celente: No, Obama, we won’t recover

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.rense.com/general85/no.htm ‘We Will Recover’ – Obama… No We Won’t Says Celente George Celente Trends Research 2-27-9   KINGSTON, NY, 27 February 2009 — The wealth of plain, hard facts upon which The Trends Research Institute’s forecasts are based belie the lofty promises made by President Obama’s first address to Congress.     … Read more

Clement Daly : Chicago downgrading its school system

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/chic-f28.shtml Chicago: 16 more public schools slated for closures, cuts By Clement Daly  28 February 2009 Chicago school officials voted on Wednesday to close, consolidate, or vastly restructure 16 public schools beginning in the fall. The decision reflects not only the devastating impact of the economic crisis on the public school system, … Read more

Economy Shrinks At Staggering Rate

2009-02-28 Richard Moore The worse-than-expected data fueled doubts about whether the Obama administration had adequately sized up the challenges it faces in trying to pull the country out of recession. Once again, we see the assumption of incompetence as an explanation for the ‘failure’ of a program. It is foolish to assume Obama’s economic team … Read more

Barry Grey : Obama’s escalation in Pakistan

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12427 Obama expands US military intervention in Pakistan By Barry Grey Global Research, February 23, 2009 World Sociaist Web Site The Obama administration is significantly expanding the US military role in Pakistan beyond that pursued by the Bush administration, directly employing US military force against anti-government Pakistani guerrillas involved only marginally, if … Read more

MISCHA GAUS : The Banks’ War on Workers

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.counterpunch.com/gaus02272009.html Despite Layoffs, Bailed-Out Banks Hire Contractors on Visas The Banks’ War on Workers By MISCHA GAUS As hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars flow into rickety U.S. banks, public outrage has followed revelations that executives planned to spend the money on Vegas getaways, $35,000 toilets, and fat bonuses. Less attention has … Read more

France: more sensible approach to bailouts

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vive-La-France–The-Red–by-Monika-Mitchell-090227-521.html Vive La France – The Red, White and Blue of It by Monika Mitchell     Page 1 of 1 page(s) www.opednews.com America does not like to be bested by their old buddies the French.           Remember the outrageous rivers of French wine poured in protest during the Bush years? (When I think of all the … Read more

The enslavement of the American farmer

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-literal-enslavement-of-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090226-819.html The literal enslavement of the American farmer by Linn Cohen-Cole    www.opednews.com NAIS – the National Animal Identification System .  View the videos.   What is apparent is the depth of farmers’ desperation about it.  Repeatedly, I hear them talk about loss of freedom. I’ve taken “loss of freedom” as an expression of outrage at the … Read more

NAIS: every animal to be tagged and tracked

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16869.cfm [videos in original] Web Video of the Week: What is the National Animal Identification System & Why It Should Be Rejected. ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://cyberjournal.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)

Obama unveils his $3.6tn budget

2009-02-28 Richard Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7910335.stm Obama unveils his $3.6tn budget President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.6tn (£2.5tn) budget for 2010, aiming to pull the US out of financial crisis. He has predicted the budget deficit for the current year will be $1.75tn, which is 12.3% of annual output and the biggest since World War II. … Read more

The Bankers Manifesto

2009-02-27 Richard Moore http://www.heyokamagazine.com/heyoka_magazine.27.bankersmanifesto.htm THE BANKERS MANIFESTO Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. revealed the Bankers Manifesto of 1892 to the U.S. Congress somewhere between 1907 and 1917.       We (the bankers) must proceed with caution and guard every move made, for the lower order of people are already showing signs of restless commotion. Prudence will … Read more

UK prepares for summer riots

2009-02-27 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/summ-f27.shtml Britain: Senior police officer warns of “summer of rage” By Niall Green  27 February 2009 A senior officer in London’s Metropolitan Police has issued a public warning that Britain could experience a wave of demonstrations and direct-action protests this year as a result of the economic crisis. Superintendent David Hartshorn, head … Read more

Fascism on the rise in Italy

2009-02-27 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/ital-f27.shtml Italy: Berlusconi decree legalises anti-immigrant vigilantes By Marianne Arens  27 February 2009 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has authorised by state decree the setting up of private night-time vigilante groups. The government is thereby legalising the activities of the groups of racist and fascist thugs who have intensified their attacks on … Read more

Paul Craig Roberts : How the U.S. Economy was lost

2009-02-27 Richard Moore A very good analysis, apart from being too focused on the American nationalist perspective, and not enough on the perspective of financial elites. rkm ___ http://countercurrents.org/roberts250209.htm How The US Economy Was Lost By Paul Craig Roberts 25 February, 2009Countercurrents.org The American economy has gone away. It is not coming back until free … Read more

America’s Municipal Meltdowns

2009-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/022309C http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175037 Tough Times in Troubled Towns: America’s Municipal Meltdowns Sunday 22 February 2009 by: Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com     When Barack Obama traveled to Elkhart, Indiana, to push his $800 billion economic recovery package two weeks ago, he made the former “RV capital of the world” a poster-child for the current economic crisis. Over the … Read more

Millions of Americans losing health insurance

2009-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/022409HA http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/02/16/daily58.html Report: Four Million Americans Lost Health Insurance Since Recession Began Sunday 22 February 2009 by: Mary Beth Lehman, The Business Review     An estimated 4 million Americans have lost their health insurance since the recession began, and as many as 14,000 people could be losing their health coverage every day, according … Read more

Eastern Europe: crisis deepens

2009-02-26 Richard Moore Now that the bankruptcy of the capitalist system is becoming plain for all to see, fear is growing that the general population could become politically radicalised. As in, might drift back to the Russian economic orbit? Not a bad idea at all. rkm ___ http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/latv-f25.shtml Latvian government resigns as crisis deepens in … Read more

Jon Ronnquist: Economic Freefall — A Blessing in Disguise

2009-02-26 Richard Moore http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22075.htm Economic Freefall  A Blessing in Disguise  By Jon Ronnquist February 23, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — — One thing we should not overlook when taking in the impact of the current economic situation is that it is both inevitable and invaluable in equal measure. That there was no escaping the consequences we are … Read more

RALPH NADER: How Credit Unions Survived the Crash

2009-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02232009.html The Cooperative Model How Credit Unions Survived the Crash By RALPH NADER While the reckless giant banks are shattering like an over-heated glacier day by day, the nation’s credit unions are a relative island of calm largely apart from the vortex of casino capitalism. Eighty five million Americans belong to credit unions … Read more

Michael T. Klare: on the brink of civil unrest

2009-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/022509B http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175038 A Planet at the Brink: Will Economic Brushfires Prove Too Virulent to Contain? Tuesday 24 February 2009 by: Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com     The global economic meltdown has already caused bank failures, bankruptcies, plant closings, and foreclosures and will, in the coming year, leave many tens of millions unemployed across the planet. But … Read more