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2009-02-07 Richard Moore It was all part of the engineered collapse scam. rkm ___ http://www.truthout.org/020409R http://www.latimes.com/business/la-naw-madoff-markopolos5-2009feb05,0,1544347.story Madoff Tipster Harry Markopolos Assails SEC Wednesday 04 February 2009 by: The Associated Press Harry Markopolos told lawmakers Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission ignored his credible allegations against Bernard Madoff for over a decade. (Photo: Susan Walsh … Read more

2009-02-07 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/us-troops-in-black-helicopters-invade-new-orleans-drop-bombs/ U.S. Troops In Black Helicopters Invade New Orleans, Drop Bombs Paul Joseph WatsonPrison Planet Thursday, February 5, 2009 The New Orleans Police Department, along with 150 active duty U.S. troops, are currently engaging in what they describe as “military training” as black helicopters whizz around the city dropping bombs in the … Read more

2009-02-07 Richard Moore http://www.alternet.org/workplace/125566/naomi_klein:_public_revolt_builds_against_rip-off_rescue_plans_for_the_economy/ http://tinyurl.com/bezlos Naomi Klein: Public Revolt Builds Against Rip-off Rescue Plans for the Economy By Naomi Klein, The Nation Posted on February 6, 2009, Printed on February 7, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/125566/ Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles … Read more

2009-02-05 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/020409T http://i3.democracynow.org/2009/2/3/rep_marcy_kaptur_d_oh_urges Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Urges Homeowners to Stay in Foreclosed Homes After an $850 billion bailout for Wall Street and another $25 billion for the auto industry, struggling homeowners still await large-scale government assistance. The Obama administration says it’s working out the details of its plan to stem foreclosures. In … Read more

2009-02-05 Richard Moore http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/26/david_korten_agenda_for_a_new David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth” As President Barack Obama reveals more details of his $825 billion economic stimulus plan, we turn to David Korten of YES! Magazine. In his new book, Korten argues that the nation faces a monumental economic challenge that goes far … Read more

2009-02-05 Richard Moore http://thesixthward.blogspot.com/2008/10/cook-county-sheriff-to-suspend.html THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 Cook County sheriff to suspend foreclosure evictions Tribune: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said today his office plans to stop serving eviction notices on people who have fallen behind on mortgage payments as well as renters unaware their buildings have fallen in arrears. He said his action … Read more

2009-02-05 Richard Moore http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/264 Small Change: Obama’s Betrayal Wed, 02/04/2009 – 20:08 — dlindorff Just two weeks after his historic inauguration ceremony, Obama’s presidency is lurching towards failure, and not because three of his administration picks have been found to be tax cheats, but because nearly all of his administration picks are corporate whores and … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore The Obama administration’s emerging rescue plan for the banking system would amount to financial triage, with the Treasury Department playing the delicate role of deciding which of the trillions of dollars in troubled assets plaguing the economy to buy, guarantee or leave in the hands of banks, sources said. In other words, … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore Rudd vowed to “throw everything” at avoiding the national economy falling into recession. Step one: throw all the big money into a hopeless black hole, with money borrowed from the elite financiers. We long ago reached the limits of real global growth, and for decades we’ve been riding on artificial bubbles. The … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/guersney_experiment_credit_creation_gold_standard_051920083 http://tinyurl.com/8rndt4 The Guernsey Experiment – Monday 19th May 2008 A long-forgotten alternative to unfettered credit creation…AS WEARY TROOPS returned from a protracted foreign war, they encountered a land racked with debt, high prices and a crumbling infrastructure, whose flood defenses were about to be overwhelmed, writes Toby Birch of Blackfish Capital Holdings…    Not … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/020309EA http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/02/biofuels-health Biofuels More Harmful to Humans Than Petrol and Diesel, Warn Scientists Monday 02 February 2009 by: Alok Jha, The Guardian UK     Corn-based bioethanol has higher burden on environment and human health, says US study.     Some biofuels cause more health problems than petrol and diesel, according to scientists who have calculated the … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore “Our two countries have stood side by side confronting global challenges for a very long time,” Mrs Clinton said at a joint news conference with him. “We share fundamental values and important fundamental objectives,” Mrs Clinton said. Yes, the US-UK special relationship began in the 1920s, when they divided up the oil … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer66.html The Anti-Empire Report February 3rd, 2009 by William Blumwww.killinghope.org Change (in rhetoric) we can believe in. I’ve said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what’s already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore A more populated world – and there could be another 2.5 billion people on the planet by 2050 – is likely to be a thirstier world.     Those extra people will need feeding; and as agriculture accounts for about 70% of water use around the world, extra consumption for growing food is likely … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090127.html A Very Real New World Order  by Chuck Baldwin  January 27, 2009  It is hard to believe, but a majority of Americans (including Christians and conservatives) seem oblivious to the fact that there is a very real, very legitimate New World Order (NWO) unfolding. In the face of overwhelming evidence, most … Read more

2009-02-04 Richard Moore Of course I’m in favor of a reduction in nuclear arms, but I’m not sure how to interpret this development. It could mean, for example, that the US wants to reduce tensions in the world generally. At the other extreme, it could be a way of tipping the balance of power to … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/nycb-f03.shtml As budget crisis hits New York City Bloomberg demands huge cutbacks, tax hikes and contract givebacks By Fred Mazelis  3 February 2009 With the city facing a massive $4 billion budget gap for the fiscal year beginning July 1, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled proposals in his annual budget address … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/chin-f03.shtml US-China trade tensions set to escalate By John Chan  3 February 2009 From the outset, the Obama administration has signalled a more confrontational approach to Beijing. Last month, President Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, testifying before US Senators, accused China of keeping the yuan, or renminbi, artificially weak in … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/020209U http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003085.html A Conversation with Mohamed ElBaradei Sunday 01 February 2009 by: Lally Weymouth, The Washington Post     As director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), did Mohamed ElBaradei soft-pedal Iran’s nuclear ambitions to ensure that the Bush administration wouldn’t attack that country? That’s what many in the former administration, as … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=FinalWarning The Modern History Project Featured commentary:Propaganda, Terrorism and Hypocrisy Articles > Books > FinalWarning Final Warning: A History of the New World Order Illuminism and the master plan for world domination— by David Rivera, 1994 source: View From the Wall :: With hyperlinks to the MHP database. Follow links for related info :: Table of Contents MHP … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016703.php February 1, 2009 By: Hilzoy The LA Times On Rendition The LA Times has an article today called “Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool“: “The CIA’s secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to being a wind-swept naval base on the southeastern … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8606.html Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted TotalitarianismSheldon S. Wolin Winner of a 2008 Lannan Notable Book Award Cloth | 2008 | $29.95 / £21.95 376 pp. | 6 x 9 Democracy is struggling in America–by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a … Read more

2009-02-03 Richard Moore This self-destructive system of bloated budgets and purchases of the wrong weapons has persisted for so long thanks to the aura of invincibility surrounding the Armed Forces and a mistaken belief that jobs in the arms industry are as valuable to the economy as jobs in the civilian sector. That’s one theory. … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/uk-banks-edge-ever-closer/story.aspx?guid=%7B687C8603-FBFA-4653-8338-64C3156C4DD3%7D http://tinyurl.com/d6jdb6 U.K. banks edge ever closer to nationalization Royal Bank of Scotland favorite to follow Northern Rock into public ownership By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch Last update: 5:52 a.m. EST Jan. 20, 2009 LONDON (MarketWatch) — The U.K. government’s latest bank rescue package has done little to stave-off the prospect of further nationalizations, … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/slmi-f02.shtml Thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers perish in northern offensive By the our reporters  2 February 2009 The Sri Lankan government’s ongoing military offensive against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has not only created a massive humanitarian crisis in the northern Wanni area, where UN agencies have warned that … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore The current issue of Der Spiegel magazine warns: “The possibility of the disintegration of the Eurozone has become a burning issue on financial markets.” On January 29, Die Zeit commented: “The crisis is widening the gap between the euro countries. Serious economists are wondering when the first state will go bankrupt. After that it’s only a … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/02/20092113347246126.html ‘WSF had a prophetic voice’ This years World Social Forum was held simultaneously with the World Economic Forum in Davos [AFP] Walden Bello has attended every World Social Forum. He is a senior analyst at Focus on Global South, president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and a professor at the University … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore After all the publicity about closing Guantanamo, we now find that was a total sham, as regards ending the use of torture by the US. With rendition continuing, Washington is simply outsourcing the dirty work, while continuing to decide who gets tortured and when.  It is time to sop making excuses for … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore In 1930, Congress fired the first shot in a protectionist battle that prolonged and deepened the Great Depression. After passing a bill aimed at saving American jobs by effectively barring 20,000 imported goods, including French dresses and Argentine butter, other nations retaliated by raising their own barriers on U.S. products, effectively bringing … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12092 Obama’s New Bank Giveaway Is this administration’s bank policy Bush-3 – or Clinton-5 or Reagan 8? by Michael Hudson Global Research, January 29, 2009 After  (1) threatening for eight years that the prospect of a trillion-dollar deficit spread over a generation or so is sufficient reason to stiff Social Security recipients … Read more

2009-02-02 Richard Moore He called for co-operation and the rebuilding of “out-of-date” institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. “This is a global banking crisis and you’ve got to deal with it for what it is, a global banking crisis,” he said. If we take into account how the collapse same … Read more

2009-02-01 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: Brasscheck TV <•••@••.•••> Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:14 AM Subject: Brasscheck TV: Sticking it to the bankers Here’s the essence of contract law. Two parties come to an agreement and sign a piece of paper. A loan is a contract. If the owner of a loan … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/01/25/europe/OUKWD-UK-FINANCIAL-UN-DRUGS.php U.N. crime chief says drug money flowed into banks Reuters Sunday, January 25, 2009 VIENNA: The United Nations’ crime and drug watchdog has indications that money made in illicit drug trade has been used to keep banks afloat in the global financial crisis, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday. Vienna-based … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/013009M http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/29/zimbabwe-starving-food-aid-cut   Zimbabwe’s starving millions face halving of rations as UN cash dries up World Food Programme to cut core maize ration from 10kg to 5kg a month – or just 600 calories a day – for 70% of the population Chris McGreal, Africa correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 29 January 2009 15.26 … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore I find this article bizarre. Here it is from WSWS, and it would be just as much at home in the Wall Street Journal, apart from the last two paragraphs. They are condemning economic nationalism and protectionism, which are of course equally condemned by Wall Street. Their theory is that an emphasis … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore “The solutions to the climate crisis are the very same solutions that will address our economic and national security crises as well,” he said. “The plan’s unprecedented and critical investments in four key areas – energy efficiency, renewables, a unified national energy grid and the move to clean cars – represent an … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore http://www.counterpunch.com/zadeh01302009.html How Schemes to Rescue Wall Street Gamblers Are Prolonging this Recession “Too Big to Fail:” a Bailout Hoax By ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH Using the “too big to fail” scare tactic, the U.S. government has kept a number of terminally ill Wall Street gamblers on an expensive life-support system that is estimated to … Read more

2009-01-31 Richard Moore When enough people finally realize that the change they have so hoped for can’t happen in this system regardless of who is president, will the collapse of hope create enough energy to leverage people into wising up? So what might the New World Order show us? Simply, absolute control of land, sea, … Read more

2009-01-29 Richard Moore * US Treasury to restrict lobbying on bailout  http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/402b6b08a0fd34a2?hl=en Who needs lobbyists when the foxes run the chicken coup? * Treasury Weighs Hard Choices To Save Banks  http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/a9fb56d269b1ae93?hl=en The Treasury is willing to sacrifice all of us in pursuit of saving the banks.  Obama’s job is to help them get by with … Read more

2009-01-29 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/econ-j29.shtml IMF expects global economy to come to “virtual halt” in 2009 By Patrick O’Connor  29 January 2009 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that it expects world economic growth this year to be the lowest since World War II. The Fund’s latest update to its 2009 World Economic Outlook forecasts … Read more