2006-10-05 Richard Moore Greetings, I’ll try to send out daily trip reports. Why “Red Hat Tour”? Because I’m wearing a red baseball cap so folks can recognized me easily. The Journey West… Marathon travelling, beginning 5.30 am in Dublin on Weds, and ending 11pm in San Diego (23.5 hours later!) Miserable if I thought about … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore http://select.nytimes.com/gst/tsc.html?URI=http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/opinion/01frank.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26hp&OP=2725a404Q2FIsQ26YIQ5EehMMQ5EIQ2BQ20Q20nIQ202IQ20iIMmSwSMwIQ20iQ2FhRwQ3AHGQ5Ed( NYT September 1, 2006 Guest Columnist Rendezvous With Oblivion By THOMAS FRANK Everything I have written about in this space points to the same conclusion: Democratic leaders must learn to talk about class issues again. Over the last month I have tried to describe conservative power in Washington, but with a … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=2515529 Chavez Says He Has White House Informant Venezuela Leader Chavez Says White House Informant Has Warned Him About Plots Against Him By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he has received warnings from within the White House that the Bush … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092906J.shtml In Case I Disappear By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 29 September 2006 I have been told a thousand times at least, in the years I have spent reporting on the astonishing and repugnant abuses, lies and failures of … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1885684,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 Ottawa dispatch Tortured Canadian wins battle for truth Four years after he was detained as a suspected terrorist, Maher Arar’s name has finally been cleared, writes Anne McIlroy Monday October 2, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Four years ago, Canadian Maher Arar was detained on a routine airport stopover in … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore One of those cases where we must keep Operation Mind Control in mind. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5400570.stm Fatal shooting at US Amish school A gunman has shot dead four girls and injured several others before killing himself in an attack on an Amish school in the US state of Pennsylvania. … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/150254#transcript ³A Total Rollback Of Everything This Country Has Stood For²: Sen. Patrick Leahy Blasts Congressional Approval of Detainee Bill Friday, September 29th, 2006 The Senate has agreed to give President Bush extraordinary power to detain and try prisoners in the so-called war on terror. The legislation strips detainees … Read more
2006-10-03 Richard Moore Friends, This is about all Bush had to say regarding Iran: “The United Nations has passed a clear resolution requiring that the regime in Tehran meet its international obligations. Iran must abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions. Despite what the regime tells you, we have no objection to Iran’s pursuit of a truly … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2525.htm#001 Green Zone Follies Baghdad, 28 Sept 06: ³I have been out of this area for a month, along with a number of others, on a PR project. Coming back here is like going back to Hell for breakfast. The insurgents occasionally drop mortar rounds inside the sacred Green … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061001/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraellebanonpullout_061001095059 Israel pulls remaining troops out of Lebanon by Charles Levinson Sun Oct 1, 5:57 AM ET Israel has pulled its remaining troops out of southern Lebanon ahead of the start of the sacred Yom Kippur holiday, but warned it would act decisively should Hezbollah militants regroup. The several … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/30/AR2006093001317.html Chavez: Assassination Attempt Foiled By NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON The Associated Press Saturday, September 30, 2006; 10:09 PM CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez, who has repeatedly spoken of various plots on his life, said Saturday a sniper with a long-range gun and a motorcycle to escape on had … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060929-082627-3789r Middle East Times Prisoners ‘sold to’ Guantanamo Bay for $5,000 each By UPI Middle East Times Published September 29, 2006 Amnesty International says that a majority of US prisoners in Guantanamo Bay were captured on a $5,000 reward. The nongovernmental organization said Friday that more than 85 detainees … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore Friends, We could be seeing a real turning point here. Fingers crossed. I couldn’t believe this report, so I searched and found two sources, one from India and another from China. Both indicate a major backdown on Washington’s heretofore aggressive stance against Iran. The Chinese version goes so far as to say, … Read more
2006-10-02 Richard Moore If you are in one of these locations, let me know and I can let you know what’s scheduled and perhaps we can meet in person. cheers, rkm __________________________ Thu Fri Oct 5-6: S Diego Sat Sun Oct 7-8: LA Mon-Fri -Oct 9-13: SF Bay Area Sat Oct 14 – Marin – … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://justanotherblowback.blogspot.com/2006/09/shock-awe-revisited.html FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 Shock & Awe Revisited “While it may have appeared to American T.V. viewers that ‘Shock and Awe’ was merely a catchy media label for the U.S. bombing campaign in Iraq, its actual origins, and a whole theory of warfare, are found in a 1996 … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/ps/terror_laws_bush_given_authority_sexually_torture_us_kids.htm Bush Given Authority To Sexually Torture American Children The “horror of the shrieking boys” gets a rubber stamp from the boot-licking U.S. Congress & Senate as America officially becomes a dictatorship Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | September 29 2006 Slamming the final nail in the coffin of everything … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060930/wl_afp/canadasyriausattacksjusticediplomacy_060930031101 Canada MPs seek complaint to US, Syria on terror deportation by Michel Comte Fri Sep 29, 11:23 PM ET Opposition lawmakers have called on the Canadian government to chastise Washington and Damascus for the US deportation of a Canadian man to Syria, where he was tortured in 2002. … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060929/wl_canada_afp/canadasyriausattacks_060929014940 Canada police sorry for Syria torture, says US shares blame by Michel Comte Thu Sep 28, 9:49 PM ET Canada’s police commissioner apologized to a Canadian man deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the United States shared blame. Giuliano … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/september/09_29_1.html CYPRUS RELEASES SAM RADARS FOR SYRIA NICOSIA [MENL] — The Republic of Cyprus has ended a three-week deadlock and released a shipment of surface-to-air missile radar systems to Syria. Officials said the Nicosia government decided to enable a Panamian-flagged ship to resume its journey and deliver North Korean … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_nasrallah_3 Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah Fri Sep 29, 6:49 AM ET Israel has quietly backed off its plan to assassinate Hezbollah’s leader because of the international condemnation that his killing would create, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday. During the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/world/middleeast/30briefs-006.html U.N. Says Israel Blocks Inquiry of Post Attack By WARREN HOGE Published: September 30, 2006 The United Nations said Israel has refused to give its investigators access to the military commanders responsible for directing a precision-guided bomb attack on a post in southern Lebanon on July 25 that … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060930/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictlebanonnasrallahisrael_060930105927 Israel minister demands swift killing of Hezbollah chief by Jean-Luc Renaudie Sat Sep 30, 6:59 AM ET Israel should “liquidate” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “at the first opportunity,” Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a former defence minister, told army radio. “We must liquidate Nasrallah at the first opportunity, … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/28/opinion/28thu1.html September 28, 2006 EDITORIAL Rushing Off a Cliff Here¹s what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm election: The Bush administration uses Republicans¹ fear of losing their majority to push through ghastly ideas about antiterrorism that will … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/us/01judges.html October 1, 2006 Campaign Cash Mirrors a High Court¹s Rulings By ADAM LIPTAK and JANET ROBERTS COLUMBUS, Ohio ‹ In the fall of 2004, Terrence O¹Donnell, an affable judge with the placid good looks of a small-market news anchor, was running hard to keep his seat on the … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5395928.stm EU-US airline data talks collapse Talks between the United States and the European Union on sharing confidential airline passenger information have broken down, according to the EU. But officials say there will be no disruption to transatlantic flights. After 9/11, US authorities demanded that airlines should provide personal … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52164 Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Documents disclose ‘shadow government’ Indicate U.S. far advanced in constructing bureaucracy united with Mexico, Canada Posted: September 26, 2006 1:00 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Government documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the Bush administration is running a “shadow government” … Read more
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2006-10-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Lincoln B. Justice” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: [NLLC_WORLD_NEWS] The World Control Agenda and Media Complicity by Stephen Calkins Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:06:52 -0500 A summary of evidence for the world control agenda by the power elite–the control mechanism of the Matrix Lincoln —– Original Message —– From: <mailto:•••@••.•••>Stephen Calkins … Read more
2006-10-01 Richard Moore In late September Batiste, along with two other retired senior officers, spoke out about these failures at a Washington Democratic policy hearing, with Batiste saying Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was “not a competent wartime leader” who made “dismal strategic decisions” that “resulted in the unnecessary deaths of American servicemen and women, our … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://rense.com/general73/fear.htm Fear The October Surprise By Bob Moriarty President – 321Gold.com 9-27-6 For those who wonder what purpose was served by one of the first official acts of George the 2nd when he issued an executive order classifying the official records from the Reagan-Bush years, we now know. George … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.rense.com/general73/propp.htm How America Is Propagandized 9-25-6 Notice the left column which features the Newsweek issues for Europe, Asia, Latin America. The large red arrow and text directs your attention to what we in the US get! Thanks to Jim Houston for capturing and submitting this image [ see original … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://rense.com/general73/whyc.htm Why Bush Will Nuke Iran By Paul Craig Roberts 9-27-6 The neoconservative Bush administration will attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, because it is the only way the neocons believe they can rescue their goal of U.S. (and Israeli) hegemony in the Middle East. The U.S. has lost … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060926/pl_afp/iraqsyrialebanonussanctions_060926075216 Rice evokes possible new sanctions against Syria Tue Sep 26, 3:54 AM ET The United States is hoping to convince its allies to back new sanctions against Syria in response to its purported role in destabilizing Lebanon and Iraq and supporting the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, US Secretary … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2079 Venezuela Announces News Agency at Non-Aligned Summit Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 By: JoJo Farrell Credit: NAM Caracas, Venezuela, September 16, 2006 – The South American Television Network Telesur announced the creation of a news agency to rival Reuters and the Associated Press, this Thursday. Andres Izarra, President of … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Abandon hope, all ye who enter there. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5380024.stm EU approves Bulgaria and Romania The European Commission has announced that Romania and Bulgaria will be admitted to the EU in January 2007, but under strict conditions. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said both countries had made enough progress … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore ³I sent to news organizations questioning why so little news out of Al-Anbar were unanswered. I believe that it is because the US has lost that region, and is suppressing that news to the American public. My son called me last week from Ramadi and said the war is lost – they … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore The assassination had Mossad written all over it. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060927/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonsyriaunhariri_060927144116 Syria cooperating to prove innocence in Hariri murder: FM Wed Sep 27, 10:41 AM ET Syria, which has denied ordering the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, is cooperating with a UN probe of the killing in … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Just-in-time demonization, for the planned attack on Syria and Iran. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/ts_nm/syria_usa_dc_4 U.S., Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions By Howard Goller Tue Sep 26, 9:59 PM ET The United States and Syria locked horns on Tuesday, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore A refreshing view. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.2ltmorrisseau.com/ Welcome to 2LTMorrisseau.com My name is Dennis Morrisseau. I’m an old war horse and a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont who believes we must impeach Bush and Cheney, and we must remove the neoconservative cabal from power. Our great … Read more
2006-09-29 Richard Moore Don’t ever think for a minute that the ‘international community’ is ignoring Africa’s many problems. Whenever things aren’t going to plan, the US steps in, as we see here. Genocide and starvation are not the result of neglect but of intent. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mobglobplan/message/5978 US continues covert action in … Read more