Ford paying workers to go away

2008-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/business/26ford.html February 26, 2008 Ford Is Pushing Buyouts to Workers By BILL VLASIC WOODHAVEN, Mich. ‹ The Ford Motor Company is applying the hard sell these days ‹ piling on incentives, doling out marketing DVDs and brochures, and making offers it hopes are too good to pass up. But Ford¹s big new … Read more

FOX-5 Reports 9/11/01: WTC-7 Collapsed Before Actual Event

2008-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwUJ9MhzgKI FOX-5 Reports 9/11/01: WTC-7 Collapsed Before Actual Event — ——————————————————– newslog archives: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog How We the People can change the world http://www.governourselves.org/ Escaping the Matrix: http://escapingthematrix.org/ The Phoenix Project http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ The Post-Bush Regime: A Prognosis http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7693 Community Democracy Framework: http://cyberjournal.org/DemocracyFramework.html cyberjournal: http://cyberjournal.org Moderator: •••@••.••• (comments welcome)

U.S. voices support as Turkey seeks to ‘eliminate’ Kurdish rebels

2008-02-26 Richard Moore Remember all the propaganda about how cruel Saddam was to the Kurds? -rkm http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022608K.shtml http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/28662.html McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Mon, Feb. 25, 2008 U.S. voices support as Turkey seeks to ‘eliminate’ Kurdish rebels Nancy A. Youssef and Steve Lannen | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: February 25, 2008 08:25:52 PM WASHINGTON ‹ … Read more

UN warns of food riots

2008-02-26 Richard Moore You read about this ‘new area of hunger’ first in my article: * The Post-Bush Regime: A Prognosis * http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7693 -rkm ____________________ http://www.infowars.com/?p=444 [links in original] Middle Class May Be Subject To Food Rations, Warns UN Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Monday, February 25th, 2008 Experts warn of food riots as foreign … Read more

(video) The Dirty Little Secret Everyone In Washington Knows

2008-02-26 Richard Moore The chief US accountant describes how the US is totally bankrupt. The biggest culprit seems to be medical costs. Of course he could never conceive of the obvious solution: socialized medicine. -rkm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19381.htm — ——————————————————– newslog archives: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog How We the People can change the world http://www.governourselves.org/ Escaping the Matrix: http://escapingthematrix.org/ The … Read more

Stephen Lendman: Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods

2008-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8148 Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods By Stephen Lendman Global Research, February 22, 2008 This article discusses the potential health risks of genetically engineered foods (GMOs). It draws on some previously used material because its importance bears repeating. It also cites three notable books and highlights one in particular – … Read more

Financial Times: Food rationing on the way

2008-02-26 Richard Moore “Food prices are rising on a mix of strong demand from developing countries; a rising global population; more frequent floods and droughts caused by climate change; and the biofuel industry¹s appetite for grains, analysts say.” — Notice how the main problem — the biofuels market — is downplayed as much as possible … Read more

SF Chron: US Detention Centers real

2008-02-26 Richard Moore http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/04/ED5OUPQJ7.DTL Rule by fear or rule by law? Lewis Seiler,Dan Hamburg Monday, February 4, 2008 “The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is … Read more

Castro steps down as Cuban leader

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021908J.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7252109.stm Castro steps down as Cuban leader Cuba’s ailing leader Fidel Castro has announced he will not accept another term as president, ending the communist revolutionary’s 49 years in power. The 81-year-old handed over power temporarily to his brother Raul in July 2006 when he underwent surgery and has not been … Read more

Kosovo: guess what? it’s got oil & gas

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8129 Large Potential Albanian Oil and Gas Discovery Underscores Kosovo’s Importance By Stephen Lendman Global Research, February 19, 2008 On January 10, Swiss-based Manas Petroleum Corporation broke the news. Gustavson Associates LLC’s Resource Evaluation identified large prospects of oil and gas reserves in Albania, close to Kosovo. They are in areas called … Read more

* Kosovo implications: Welcome to the Rule of the Jungle

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8132 Opening a Pandora’s Box: Kosovo “Independence” and the Project for a “New Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research, February 20, 2008 Western public opinion has been misled. Unfolding events and realities on the ground in the former Yugoslavia have been carefully manipulated. Germany and the U.S. have deep-seated geo-strategic … Read more

Lee Rogers: NORTHCOM Furthers NAU Police State Agenda

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=6810 NORTHCOM Furthers NAU Police State Agenda 02-21-2008 www.roguegovernment.com Lee Rogers The criminals in the U.S. government are continuing the push for a militarized North American Union police state. According to an announcement on U.S. Northern Command¹s web site, an agreement has been signed between U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and Canada Command … Read more

Mortgage bailout for banks being considered

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22homes.html ebruary 22, 2008 Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and LOUIS UCHITELLE WASHINGTON ‹ Prodded in part by some of the nation¹s biggest banks, the Bush administration and Congress are considering costly new proposals for the government to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners whose mortgages are … Read more

NY Times: Strong Putin gets high approval ratings in Russia

2008-02-24 Richard Moore ³There is some hope for us now,² said Nina Aksyonova, 68, a Nizhny Novgorod resident, explaining Mr. Putin¹s popularity. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/world/europe/24putin.html February 24, 2008 KREMLIN RULES Putin¹s Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates His Opponents By CLIFFORD J. LEVY NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia ‹ Shortly before parliamentary elections in December, foremen fanned out across the … Read more

Texans protest planned NAFTA superhighway

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Texans_protest_against_planned_NAFTA_superhighway_0220.html Texans protest against planned NAFTA superhighway 02/21/2008 @ 9:36 pm Filed by Nick Langewis and David Edwards As Senators Clinton and Obama prepared to debate in their state, Texans were marching in protest over the NAFTA superhighway known as the Trans-Texas Corridor, or I-69, the primary purpose of which is to … Read more

CIA offs another of its assets in Pakistan

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/wright200208.htm CIA Makes Unilateral Strike Inside Pakistan By Joby Warrick & Robin Wright 20 February, 2008 The Washington Post In the predawn hours of Jan. 29, a CIA Predator aircraft flew in a slow arc above the Pakistani town of Mir Ali. The drone¹s operator, relying on information secretly passed to the … Read more

Chossudovsky: Illegal EU occupation of Kosovo

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8100 E.U. Police and Military Intervention to enforce Secession from Serbia By Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, February 16, 2008 The Kosovo Parliament endorsed the Independence of Kosovo in a special session on Sunday the 17th of February. The European Union is sending in a police and military intervention force into Kosovo in … Read more

* William Engdahl: “A Century of War” -Part II

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman190208A.htm F. William Engdahl’s “A Century of War” (Part II) By Stephen Lendman 19 February, 2008 Countercurrents.org Part II continues the story of “A Century in War” in Part I. It’s breathtaking in scope and content, and a shocking and essential history of geopolitics and the strategic importance of oil. Part I … Read more

* William Engdahl: “A Century of War” – Part I

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman120108.htm F. William Engdahl’s “A Century of War” – Part I By Stephen Lendman 12 February, 2008 Countercurrents.org F. William Engdahl is a leading researcher, economist and analyst of the New World Order who’s written on issues of energy, politics and economics for over 30 years. He contributes regularly to publications like … Read more

Supreme Court: Die from a medical device? Too bad sucker…

2008-02-24 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/washington/21device.html February 21, 2008 Justices Shield Medical Devices From Lawsuits By LINDA GREENHOUSE WASHINGTON ‹ Makers of medical devices like implantable defibrillators or breast implants are immune from liability for personal injuries as long as the Food and Drug Administration approved the device before it was marketed and it meets the agency¹s … Read more

Iran to sell oil in rubles?

2008-02-19 Richard Moore http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0802150324191831.htm Iran’s envoy: Iran and Russia can rid world of dollar’s slavery Moscow, Feb 15, IRNA Iran-Russia-Dollar Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow said here Friday Iran and Russia, as major energy suppliers, can rid the world of US dollar’s slavery by promoting oil and gas deals using different currencies. Gholam-Reza Ansari further emphasized … Read more

Kosovo: A Saga of Injustice and Hypocrisy

2008-02-19 Richard Moore http://www.counterpunch.org/szamuely02152008.html February 15, 2008 A Saga of Injustice and Hypocrisy The Absurdity of “Independent” Kosovo By GEORGE SZAMUELY With their unfailing passion for the inconsequential and their knack for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, NATO leaders appear determined to carve the province of Kosovo out of Serbia and grant … Read more

Thomas Greco on Ron Paul’s money policies

2008-02-19 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Thomas Greco — thg” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: A Comment and Critique of Congressman Ron Paul’s Statement on Competing Currencies Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:32:50 -0700 A Comment and Critique of Congressman Ron Paul’s Statement on Competing Currencies Thomas H. Greco, Jr. – February 18, 2008 My recent message, … Read more

US court attacks web freedom; enjoins Wikileaks.org out of existence

2008-02-19 Richard Moore http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/US_court_attacks_web_freedom US court attacks web freedom US court attacks web freedom; enjoins Wikileaks.org out of existence Date 2008-02-18 By Stephen Soldz One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Created by several brave journalists committed to transparency, Wikieaks has published important leaked documents, such as the Rules … Read more

** Chemtrails: Germany makes it official

2008-02-19 Richard Moore http://www.chycho.com/?q=Chemtrails [videos in original] Germany becomes the First Country to admit Clandestine Chemtrails Operations For all those activists who have been investigating and reporting on clandestine government operations around the world to manipulate our weather patterns, this news from Germany is groundbreaking. The TV news report states that ³the military planes of … Read more

Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia

2008-02-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021708A.shtml http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2008/02/16/Kosovo.Independence/ Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia Kosovar Albanians wave U.S. and Albanian flags on the Albanian side of the ethnically divi… By WILLIAM J. KOLE and NEBI QENA, AP Sun Feb 17, 4:14 PM EST Revelers fired guns in the air, waved red-and-black Albanian flags and set off fireworks in the … Read more

5th cable cut fuels allegations of isolating Iran

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.business-standard.com:80/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=313112 5th cable cut fuels allegations of isolating Iran Leslie D`Monte & Rajesh S Kurup / Mumbai February 9, 2008 Conspiracy theories of deliberately cutting communication lines to West Asia, primarily Iran, gained ground in the media and blogs as reports of another undersea cable cut ‹ the fifth successive one in … Read more

Christopher Beam : Obama’s Cocky Messianism

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/archive/2008/01/06/obama-s-cocky-messianism.aspx Obama¹s Cocky Messianism NASHUA ­ There was a moment during Barack Obama¹s rally at Nashua North High School on Saturday when I thought, Wow, Iowa has gone to his head. Inside the gym, packed to capacity with 2600 people, Obama was describing to the crowd how his speeches generally work: ³At … Read more

* FDIC preparing for massive bank failures

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2008/fil08002.html#body Financial Institution Letters Processing Deposit Accounts in a Bank Failure; Modernizing Large-Bank Insurance Determinations Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FIL-2-2008 January 14, 2008 Summary: The FDIC is proposing the attached two-part rulemaking relating to the potential failure of an FDIC-insured depository institution: The first part of the proposal would govern how and … Read more

Fox News video: Diebold machine hacked!

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=5355jxx3kc — ——————————————————– newslog archives: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Escaping the Matrix: http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal: http://cyberjournal.org The Phoenix Project: http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ rkm blog: “How We the People can change the world”: http://governourselves.blogspot.com/ The Post-Bush Regime: A Prognosis http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7693 Community Democracy Framework: http://cyberjournal.org/DemocracyFramework.html Moderator: •••@••.••• (comments welcome)

Gates whines about NATO

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1342 Nato ‘at risk over Afghanistan’ By Administrator Feb/08/2008 US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned the future of Nato is at risk due to differences over Afghanistan and that it may become a two-tier alliance. “I think that it puts a cloud over the future of the alliance if this is … Read more

Jim Kirwan : Martial-Law Enforcement Has Been Privatized!

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://rense.com/general80/priv.htm Martial-Law Enforcement Has Been Privatized! Jim Kirwan 2-8-8 “Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does-and, at least on one … Read more

* John Hoefle: Foolish Fed’s Rate Cut Pumps Hyperinflation

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2008/3506fed_pumps_hyperinflation.html This article appears in the February 8, 2008 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. Foolish Fed’s Rate Cut Pumps Hyperinflation by John Hoefle Panic can be a dangerous thing, especially when it is the response by a central bank to global economic disintegration, and panic is just what the Federal Reserve did … Read more

Mike Whitney: Iran’s Oil Bourse Could Topple The Dollar

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://rense.com/general80/topple.htm Iran’s Oil Bourse Could Topple The Dollar By Mike Whitney 2-5-8 Two weeks ago George Bush was sent on a mission to the Middle East to deliver a horse’s head. We all remember the disturbing scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” where Lucca Brassi goes to Hollywood to convince a … Read more

Nazemroaya: The Mediterranean Union: Dividing the Middle East & North Africa

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6879 The Mediterranean Union: Dividing the Middle East and North Africa By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research, February 10, 2008 The Middle East and North Africa are in the process of being divided into spheres of influence between the European Union and the United States. Essentially the division of the Middle East … Read more

Transformed UN proposed to create ‘new world order’

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/transformed-un-proposed-to-create-new-world-order-771416.html Independent.co.uk Transformed UN proposed to create ‘new world order’ By Andrew Grice in Delhi Monday, 21 January 2008 The Prime Minister is drawing up plans to expand the number of permanent members in a move that will provoke fears that the veto enjoyed by Britain could be diluted eventually. The United … Read more

Washington Post: biofuels exacerbate global warming

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/020808EA.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020704230.html Studies Say Clearing Land for Biofuels Will Aid Warming By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 8, 2008; A05 Clearing land to produce biofuels such as ethanol will do more to exacerbate global warming than using gasoline or other fossil fuels, two scientific studies show. The independent analyses, … Read more

Irish army in the service of Empire

2008-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.swp.ie/news/latest/irish-army-in-the-service-of-empire.html Irish army in the service of Empire Written by Sara O’Rourke Thursday, 07 February 2008 Irish troops are to be deployed as part of an EU Mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR). Their departure was delayed due to increased activity from rebel forces. The media claims that much … Read more

Fourth Corner Exchange: Sustainable Community Currency

2008-02-05 Richard Moore http://www.fourthcornerexchange.com/ [links in original] Fourth Corner Exchange is a Sustainable Community Currency based in the Pacific Northwest USA, which operates throughout the USA and the world. Currently we have over five-hundred participating members, with branches in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio and California. We will soon be opening our first branch … Read more

There’s Something Wicked in the Wind

2008-02-05 Richard Moore http://smokingmirrors.blogspot.com/2008/02/theres-something-wicked-in-wind.html There’s Something Wicked in the Wind. There¹s a lot of hysteria jumping off of the internet right now; what portion of the internet is still operating. Let¹s face it, previous severance of communications links have proven to be a prelude to war. There are all manner of theories chasing this event. … Read more