* Ron Paul explains Federal Reserve (video)

2008-01-19 Richard Moore A very educational talk: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/259.html — ——————————————————– newslog archives: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Escaping the Matrix website: http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website: http://cyberjournal.org 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)

* PayPal prevents New Hampshire Recount

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011608_paypal_freezes.htm Paypal Freezes New Hampshire Recount Funds Deadline missed as Granny Warriors’ account is locked down Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Paypal has frozen the fundraising account of the Granny Warriors, a Ron Paul supporters group who had been pushing for a recount in New Hampshire, causing a … Read more

Pakistan Warns U.S. to back off

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011208A.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/washington/12pakistan.html January 12, 2008 Pakistan Warns U.S. on Attacking Al Qaeda on Its Own By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON ‹ President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan warned in an interview published Friday that any unilateral attacks by the United States against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in his country¹s tribal areas would be … Read more

Nuclear power is dirty, dangerous and expensive

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature8.cfm?REF=19 Saskatchewan’s critical choice Nuclear power is dirty, dangerous and expensive ‹ and it won’t solve global warming either. Dateline: Monday, January 14, 2008 by Jim Harding The world can no longer ignore the steadily mounting evidence that we must quickly replace greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting fuels (coal, oil, gas) as our … Read more

More signs of economic recovery regime

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/business/17fiscal.html January 17, 2008 Bernanke Is Said to Support Stimulus Measures By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON ‹ Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has told lawmakers that he can support tax cuts or spending measures to stimulate the economy, even if they increase the budget deficit, … Read more

Latest from Boeing: a way to eliminate cell-phone transmission towers

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q1/080115a_nr.html Boeing Receives Signals from Thuraya-3 Commercial Satellite Following Launch ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has acquired the first signals from the Thuraya-3 Geo-mobile satellite following today’s launch aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket, indicating that the Boeing-built spacecraft for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company is healthy and operating … Read more

Hormuz incident? Navy says monkey business

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011208C.shtml http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/01/navy_hormuz_iran_radio_080111/ ŒFilipino Monkey¹ may be behind radio threats, ship drivers say By Andrew Scutro and David Brown Posted : Sunday Jan 13, 2008 12:12:49 EST The threatening radio transmission heard at the end of a video showing harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come … Read more

Hormuz: anyone still doubt conspiracies?

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011608S.shtml http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JA17Ak03.html How the Pentagon planted a false story By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON – Senior Pentagon officials, evidently reflecting a broader administration policy decision, used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the January 6 US-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story demonstrating Iran’s military aggressiveness, a reconstruction of … Read more

FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402941.html?wpisrc=newsletter FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food Report Finds No Evidence of Risks By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 15, 2008; A01 A long-awaited final report from the Food and Drug Administration concludes that foods from healthy cloned animals and their offspring are as safe as those from … Read more

Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy

2008-01-19 Richard Moore I wonder what the real reason is that they’re going after Siljander? -rkm – The indictment charges IARA with sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom the United States has designated as a global terrorist. The money, sent to bank accounts in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, was masked as … Read more

Christopher Bollyn: 9-11 and Israel’s Use of Terrorism

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10769 “AMERICA THE TARGET” Chapter 2 SOLVING 9-11 Chapter 2 “AMERICA THE TARGET” 9-11 and Israel’s Use of Terrorism to Coerce the West By Christopher Bollyn www.bollyn.com Why should they, the Americans, have trusted us? We were a bunch of Russians; socialist Russians. – Isser Harel, founder of Israeli intelligence, on U.S. … Read more

** Carl Teichrib: One World, One Money

2008-01-19 Richard Moore ³The great struggle of history has been for the control over money. It is almost tautological to affirm that to control the production and distribution of money is to control the wealth, resources, and people of the world.² ‹Jack Weatherford, anthropologist and author of The History of Money. http://www.forcingchange.org/store/1874178/page/1421181 One World, One … Read more

Bush proposing $145 billion in tax cuts

2008-01-19 Richard Moore At least one Republican, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, agreed. ³I think it¹s fine to send people their tax money back, but I don¹t think it does much to generate economic growth,² he said, adding, ³This wouldn¹t be the first thing on my wish list.² http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/washington/19fiscal.html January 19, 2008 Bush Proposing $145 … Read more

Biofuels: the starvation campaign is now underway

2008-01-19 Richard Moore A startling change is unfolding in the world¹s food markets. Soaring fuel prices have altered the equation for growing food and transporting it across the globe. Huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/business/worldbusiness/19palmoil.html January 19, 2008 THE FOOD CHAIN An … Read more

7-YEAR PLAN ALIGNS U.S. WITH EUROPE’S ECONOMY

2008-01-19 Richard Moore http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59713 By Jerome R. Corsi © 2008 WorldNetDaily.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Bush and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at a White House summit meeting last April where they launched the Transatlantic Economic Council Six U.S. senators and 49 House members are advisers for a group working toward a Transatlantic … Read more

Anthrax whistle blowers facing legal harassment

2008-01-12 Richard Moore They don’t bother to track down or prosecute those who killed with anthrax, but those who revealed the anthrax came from a government lab find themselves in court. These are the among the mechanisms of secrecy and conspiracy by which our system operates. – rkm — http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011208Z.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anthrax12jan12,0,646463.story?coll=la-home-nation From the Los Angeles … Read more

More whiffs of Economic Recovery agenda…

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “Democrats are also planning a party retreat at the end of the month where they are scheduled to hear from Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, among other economic experts. Ms. Pelosi plans to meet with Mr. Bernanke on Monday.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/us/12fiscal.html January 12, 2008 Bush and Congress Seen Pushing … Read more

** Tom Atlee: PHOENIX CONVERSATIONS

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “An undercurrent of conversations is bubbling in all sectors — among businesspeople, government officials, futurists, activists, citizens over back fences and blogs… There is a growing sense of crisis that neither mainstream leaders nor the public quite know what to do with. Many of us are talking about it in our own … Read more

Gerald Celente: Trends in 2008

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “Some market experts doubt this latest infusion of cash will help much. Barry Ritholtz, Director of Equity Research for Fusion IQ, told CNN: ³This is a crisis of confidence, not of liquidity or rates. The problem is that people made bad loans. There¹s nothing the Fed can do to fix this. All … Read more

* rkm: Holocaust, Regionalism, and the End of Capitalism *

2008-01-12 Richard Moore Holocaust, Regionalism, and the End of Capitalism Richard K. Moore 4 January, 2008 •••@••.••• http://rkmdocs.blogspot.com/2008/01/holocaust-regionalism-and-end-of.html In Part 1 of this analysis, ³The Post-Bush Regime: a Prognosis², I developed these main themes: € The neocon agenda has been seriously reined in by our ruling clique of elite financial players. We are in for … Read more

Tata Nano: world’s cheapest car

2008-01-12 Richard Moore Can The World Afford The Tata Nano? By Andrew Buncombe 11 January, 2008 The Independent http://www.countercurrents.org/bucombe110108.htm It’s either the start of a people’s revolution or the trigger for social and environmental headaches across the globe. The Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, was unveiled with great fanfare in the Indian capital yesterday … Read more

* Naval incident: Tonkin II attempt by neocons??

2008-01-12 Richard Moore Below: Bush Exploits Strait Of Hormuz Incident To Threaten Iran By Peter Symonds http://www.countercurrents.org/symonds110108.htm ____________________ Inter Press Service News Agency Friday, January 11, 2008 16:54 GMT POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011108J.shtml http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40747 Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) – Despite the official and media portrayal … Read more

Desperate Fed Talks of ‘Decisive’ Action

2008-01-12 Richard Moore In a speech in Washington, Bernanke said fed policymakers “must remain exceptionally alert and flexible, prepared to act in a decisive and timely manner and, in particular, to counter any adverse dynamics that might threaten economic or financial stability.” Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011001015.html?wpisrc=newsletter Fed Chief Talks of ‘Decisive’ Action Addressing Slump, Bernanke … Read more

* Obama won in New Hampshire!

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “… it is a fact that the specific models of Diebold op-scan and central tabulators currently in use to count votes in New Hampshire have been proven, by multiple public demonstrations, to be wide-open to insider manipulation through a variety of mechanisms. Some exploits involve computer programs, and others, simple proximity to … Read more

Fearful Fed to lower interest rates

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “The mounting evidence has suggested to a growing number of economists and politicians that the Fed by itself cannot stem the economic slide and that Congress must help with fiscal policy in the form of a tax rebate for low-income families, extended unemployment insurance or some other subsidy.” Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/business/11fed.html … Read more

Paul Joseph Watson: Widespread Vote Fraud In New Hampshire

2008-01-12 Richard Moore – Rudy Giuliani, the 9/11 candidate who beat Ron Paul thanks to the aid of a 3% swing on Diebold voting machines, received 9.11% of the vote in three different towns. Coincidence or somebody’s idea of a sick joke? Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/010908_widespread_fraud.htm Clear Evidence Of Widespread Vote Fraud In New Hampshire … Read more

Who really won in New Hampshire??

2008-01-12 Richard Moore “In summary, not only was Clinton’s New Hampshire victory tainted if not apparently hacked but the Clintons must now clearly be seen as part of the Washington establishment and status quo and, in no way, agents of true change.” Original source URL: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_allen_l__080109_clinton_tainted_vict.htm OpEdNews January 9, 2008 CLINTON TAINTED VICTORY IN NEW … Read more

The North American Union: a Timeline

2008-01-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.canadians.org/publications/CP/2007/spring/DI_TIMELINE.pdf DEEP INTEGRATION: A TIMELINE September 11, 2001 The Canada-U.S. border closes temporarily after terrorists attack the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. September 25, 2001 Citing 9/11, Thomas d’Aquino, president of the Business Council on National Issues (now the Canadian Council of Chief Executives), says that … Read more

Some war crimes trials are more equal than others

2008-01-09 Richard Moore “War Crimes Trial Opens With Grisly Video” But not in America. We destroy the videos. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010708R.shtml http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080107/D8U18FK81.html War Crimes Trial Opens With Grisly Video Jan 7, 3:10 PM (ET) By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, … Read more

** Chris Maser “Re-learning” what we’ve forgotten

2008-01-09 Richard Moore The !Kung Bushmen of southern Africa, for example, spent only twelve to nineteen hours a week getting food because their work was social and cooperative, which means they obtained their particular food items with the least possible expenditure of energy. Thus, they had abundant time for eating, drinking, playing, and general socializing. … Read more

* Engdahl: Bhutto’s Assassination: Who Gains?

2008-01-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7728 Bhutto¹s Assassination: Who Gains? By F. William Engdahl Global Research, January 4, 2008 Assassination of prominent political leaders, presumably protected by the best security, is no easy thing. It requires agencies of professional intelligence training to insure that the job is done and that no person is caught … Read more

US starving Iraq

2008-01-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.countercurrents.org/cogan060108.htm Cutbacks To Iraqi Food Rations Threaten Malnutrition And Starvation By James Cogan 06 January, 2008 WSWS.org Under conditions of widespread malnutrition, run-away inflation and mass unemployment, the Iraqi Trade Ministry is preparing to slash the provision of subsidised food and basic hygiene necessities under the Public Distribution System … Read more

Rui Namorado Rosa: Resource Wars menace Africa

2008-01-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1329 Africa under further menace of Resource Wars By Rui Namorado Rosa Jan/07/2008 Africa is eyed by imperialism as being simultaneously very rich (in natural resources) and extremely poor (in people¹s living standard), thereby releasing surpluses to be exported to the world market, satisfying the egotism of rich countries … Read more

Boeing’s latest Star Wars project

2008-01-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q1/080107a_nr.html Boeing Responds to Missile Defense Agency’s GMD Information Request ST. LOUIS, Jan. 07, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has responded to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. Boeing submitted its response to MDA’s request … Read more

The real reason for the Bhutto hit

2008-01-06 Richard Moore Friends, What an ironic headline, “U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan”. How can it be covert if it’s announced in the NY TImes? So Bhutto’s convenient demise and the convenient unrest that followed provide the perfect excuse to the US to come in and establish a presence in strategically-located Pakistan. We … Read more

* Muriel Mirak-Weissbach on the NIE report re/ Iran *

2008-01-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7722 After The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran: Let The Great Debate Begin! “Preemptive surgical strike by the intelligence community against the war party” By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Global Research, January 3, 2008 The issuance of the National Intelligence Estimate on Dec. 3, could be compared to the historic … Read more

Ron Paul slams decision to exclude him from forum

2008-01-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/010408_beyond_joke.htm Ron Paul: Fox News Is “Beyond A Joke” Presidential candidate slams decision to exclude him from forum Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Friday, January 4, 2008 Speaking to The Alex Jones Show today, presidential candidate Ron Paul commented on the controversy surrounding his exclusion from a Fox News … Read more

* PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS: Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime

2008-01-06 Richard Moore ____________________ Who will be on the “extremist beliefs” list? The answer is: civil libertarians, critics of Israel, 9/11 skeptics, critics of the administration’s wars and foreign policies, critics of the administration’s use of kidnapping, rendition, torture and violation of the Geneva Conventions, and critics of the administration’s spying on Americans. Anyone in … Read more

NY Times: US on verge of recession

2008-01-06 Richard Moore ³The risk of a vicious cycle setting in now is very high,² Mr. Zandi said. ³The job market¹s operating at stall speed. Either it picks up soon or it quickly unravels.² ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/business/05econ.html January 5, 2008 Unemployment Sounds Warning About Economy By PETER S. GOODMAN and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM … Read more