2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan07/Whitney09.htm The Fed¹s Role in the Housing Crash of Œ07 by Mike Whitney www.dissidentvoice.org January 9, 2007 ³This is the biggest housing slump in the last 4 or 5 decades: every housing indicator is in free fall, including now housing prices.² — Economist Roubini Nouriel, Dow Jones, August 23, … Read more
2007-01-13 Richard Moore In a speech on Monday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suggested that as the Communal Councils spread they will also deepen and will become the new Venezuelan state taking over what he described as the old “bourgeois state”. According to President Chavez in an announcement earlier this week the BCV [Venezuelan Central Bank] … Read more
2007-01-13 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.watchingamerica.com/frankfurterallgemeine000009.shtml Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Germany The Secret of America’s Counterfeit ‘Supernotes’ ³America’s accusations against North Korea are on very shaky ground … A rumor has circulated for years among representatives of the security printing industry and counterfeiting investigators that it is the American CIA that prints the Supernotes at … Read more
2007-01-13 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Tim Murphy” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Iraqi Death Squads: Just the old 1950s colonial tactic “Gangs and Counter-gangs” Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:24:59 -0000 8th January 2007 The bloody finger of Negroponte has moved and having done it’s task moves on… We are now seeing “the Salvador option” in action. “The … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=160 Posted: Sat 07 Feb, 2004 Cooking the Books: U.S. Banks are Giant Casinos by Michael Edward While media financial reporters keep the current focus of the public eye on Martha Stewart, the insolvency of U.S. banks due to their derivative holdings is being swept under the carpet. Because … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2535310,00.html The Sunday Times January 07, 2007 Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran Uzi Mahnaimi, New York and Sarah Baxter, Washington ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran¹s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907L.shtml http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070122/klare Ominous Signs of a Wider War by MICHAEL T. KLARE [posted online on January 8, 2007] On January 5 Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that he was replacing Gen. John Abizaid as commander of the Central Command (Centcom)–the body responsible for oversight of all US forces in … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907J.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_af/somalia Copters attack Somalia militant suspects By SALAD DUHUL, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago Helicopter gunships attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters in the south Tuesday after U.S. forces staged airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993, witnesses … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Many in progressive circles still think that the task at hand is to ³humanize² globalization. Globalization, however, is a spent force. Today¹s multiplying economic and political conflicts resemble, if anything, the period following the end of what historians refer to as the first era of globalization, which extended from 1815 to the … Read more
2007-01-10 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.edge.org/q2007/q07_4.html#dysong GEORGE DYSON Science Historian; Author, Project Orion THE RETURN OF COMMERCIAL SAIL I am optimistic about the return of commercial sail. Hybrid sail/electric vessels will proliferate by harvesting energy from the wind. Two near-inexhaustible energy sources-sunlight and the angular momentum of the rotating earth-combine, via the atmosphere, to … Read more
2007-01-07 Richard Moore ____________________________________________ AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEMOCRACY (1.1) 7 January 2007 Richard K. Moore – •••@••.••• author of “Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world” http://EscapingTheMatrix.org (prepared with a little help from my friends) (feedback or forwarding invited) _____________________ “We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy … Read more
2007-01-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– The Israeli-Palestinian School for Peace Overview In 1972, a group of Arabs and Israelis came together to create a village where they would live together voluntarily. They called this village “Neve Shalom” / “Wahat El Salam”, which means “Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic. In 1976, the community founded a … Read more
2007-01-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Mapping Dialogue A research project profiling dialogue tools and processes for social change Version 2.0 April 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Produced by: Pioneers of Change Associates Commissioned by: The German Technical Co-Operation (GTZ) Project: Support to the HIV/AIDS Programme of the Nelson Mandela Foundation ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION This publication is the … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2112555.ece Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America Published: 30 December 2006 Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the scaffold – that crack of the neck at the end of a rope – than … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/123006.html consortiumnews.com Bush Silences a Dangerous Witness By Robert Parry December 30, 2006 Like a blue-blood version of a Mob family with global reach, the Bushes have eliminated one more key witness to the important historical events that led the U.S. military into a bloody stalemate in Iraq and … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122906R.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-usa-congress-politics.html December 29, 2006 Disputed Fla. Election to Spill Into U.S. House By REUTERS Filed at 5:31 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A disputed election result in a U.S. House of Representatives race in Florida will be one of the first items raised when the Democratic-controlled House convenes … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/dec2006/soma-d28.shtml US backs Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia By Ann Talbot 28 December 2006 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The Bush administration is openly backing Ethiopia’s invasion of its neighbour Somalia. Ethiopia is waging a proxy war on behalf of … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:43:44 -0500 Subject: Bringing Business Back to the Community From: “E. F. Schumacher Society” <•••@••.•••> Just ten weeks after BerkShares made their debut on the streets and in the cash registers of southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, trade in this model local currency has been brisk. BerkShares … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Lots of mixed signals from our elites these days. rkm —– Original Message —– From: John Loretz<•••@••.•••> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:08 PM Kissinger, other eminent security experts urge ‘world without nuclear weapons’ The Associated Press Thursday, January 4, 2007 WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and three other … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/16363618.htm%20 Posted on Tue, Jan. 02, 2007 Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel By George Bisharat Americans owe a debt to former President Jimmy Carter for speaking long hidden but vital truths. His book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid breaks the taboo barring criticism in … Read more
2007-01-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://educate-yourself.org/cn/noamchomskygatekepper26sep05.shtml [links in original] Noam Chomsky: Controlled Asset of the New World Order by Daniel L. Abrahamson <•••@••.•••> http://educate-yourself.org/cn/noamchomskygatekepper26sep05.shtml E-Y posted September 26, 2005 Forward courtesy of Dr. Kanya Vashon McGhee <•••@••.•••> Noam Chomsky is often hailed as America¹s premier dissident intellectual, a fearless purveyor of truth fighting against … Read more
2007-01-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:10:50 -0800 From: Caspar Davis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Tom Atlee: processes for addressing specific issues To: •••@••.••• Thanks Richard. I did read Tom’s post before, but this is a timely reminder. These issues are very active in Victoria. —– Hi Caspar, I’m very impressed with what’s … Read more
2006-12-27 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606R.shtml http://apnews.myway.com//article/20061226/D8M8M7480.html Biden Vows to Fight Any Iraq Troop Boost Dec 26, 1:01 PM (ET) By ANNE FLAHERTY WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joseph Biden, the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he will fight President Bush if the administration decides to send more U.S. troops to … Read more
2006-12-27 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606T.shtml http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061225.wiranoil1225/GIStory/ BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GLOBE AND MAIL Iran’s oil revenue running dry, analysis shows BARRY SCHWEID Monday, December 25, 2006 WASHINGTON ‹ Iran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/middleeast/22haditha.html December 22, 2006 Marines Charge 4 With Murder of Iraq Civilians By PAUL von ZIELBAUER and CAROLYN MARSHALL Correction Appended Four marines were charged yesterday with murder in the killings of two dozen Iraqi civilians, including at least 10 women and children, in the village of Haditha last … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106K.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/world/middleeast/21navy.html December 21, 2006 U.S. and Britain to Add Ships to Persian Gulf in Signal to Iran By THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 ‹ The United States and Britain will begin moving additional warships and strike aircraft into the Persian Gulf region in a display of military resolve … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:23:57 -0800 From: •••@••.••• Subject: MidEast Dispatches: U.S. Troops Raid Hospital Again ** Dahr Jamail’s MidEast Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** U.S. Troops Raid Hospital Again *Inter Press Service* Dahr Jamail and Ali … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122206B.shtml http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/21/143259 Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Target Iran: Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh on White House Plans for Regime Change The Pentagon has announced plans to move additional warships and strike aircraft into the Persian Gulf region to be within striking range of … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122206R.shtml http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?page=opinion&id=1387 Stop the Presses: Press Ignores the Generals’ A. Alexander, December 22nd, 2006 The Joint Chiefs of Staff and practically every actively serving General strongly opposes George W. Bush’s proposed Iraq “Surge” Plan, but you’ve probably not heard too much about the Generals’ general discontent. The average American … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106P.shtml http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,453906,00.html SPIEGEL ONLINE – December 12, 2006, 04:45 PM A CURRENCY IN DECLINE How Dangerous is the Dollar Drop? By Christian Reiermann Is an end of an era looming in the foreign exchange markets? The dollar has been depreciating against the euro for weeks. Currency experts and the … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606P.shtml http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2099971.ece Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island For the first time, an inhabited island has disappeared beneath rising seas. Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean reports Published: 24 December 2006 Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.halturnershow.com/ChinaToDumpUSDollars.html Published December 15, 2006 7:27 PM EST *** BREAKING NEWS *** CHINA TO DUMP ONE TRILLION IN U.S. RESERVES! Tells visiting Bush administration officials they will not sit back and lose their shirts as U.S. Dollar collapses; they are getting out fast and large! BEIJING, CHINA — Sources … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/6207319.stm Sunday, 24 December 2006, 11:23 GMT Ahmadinejad rejects UN sanctions Iran’s president has rejected UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran, insisting his country would press ahead with its nuclear programme. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the resolution passed on Saturday was a “piece of paper” adding that the 15 countries … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122206C.shtml Carter: US “Prime Culprit” in Nuclear Proliferation By Sherwood Ross t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Friday 22 December 2006 Ex-President Carter warns: Bush betrays Reagan goals. Former President Jimmy Carter says by “rejecting or evading almost all nuclear arms control agreements negotiated … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaxacastudyactiongroup/message/2172 Report from “Xochitl”; an American doctor in Oaxaca Dear friends and family, After about a week of traveling around Mexico, on the run after our arrest, we returned to Oaxaca for a few days before leaving the country. It was a beguiling, heart-wrenching and stressful time. Beguiling, because … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106D.shtml http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/45721/ Saudi Royals Snub Bush, Fund Opposition to U.S. Troops By Jeffrey Klein and Paolo Pontoniere, New America Media Posted on December 21, 2006, Printed on December 26, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/45721/ Early in November, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, in a memo leaked to the press recommended that Saudi … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html December 25, 2006 U.S. Is Holding Iranians Seized in Raids in Iraq By JAMES GLANZ and SABRINA TAVERNISE BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 ‹ The American military is holding at least four Iranians in Iraq, including men the Bush administration called senior military officials, who were seized in a pair … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122606A.shtml http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/12/26/military_considers_recruiting_foreigners/ Military considers recruiting foreigners Expedited citizenship would be an incentive By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | December 26, 2006 WASHINGTON — The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks — including disputed proposals to open recruiting … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6208549.stm Ethiopia attacks Somalia airports Ethiopian jets have bombed two airports in Somalia in a widening operation against an Islamic militia group. Jets hit the international airport in the capital, Mogadishu, and another at Balidogle, in the south of the country. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has been … Read more
2006-12-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: Investment in home building declined at an 18.7 percent rate — even more than previously estimated — and was the largest cut in 15 years. ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106E.shtml http://www.startribune.com/535/story/890387.html Last update: December 21, 2006 8:40 PM Housing stall remains a drag on the economy By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press … Read more