Web censorship spreading globally

2007-03-16 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/ps/internet_web_censorship_spreading_globally.htm Web censorship spreading globally Financial Times | March 14, 2007 Richard Waters Internet censorship is spreading rapidly, being practised by about two dozen countries and applied to a far wider range of online information and applications, according to research by a transatlantic group of academics. The warning comes … Read more

Subpoenas Target Justice; White House Could be Next

2007-03-16 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031507A.shtml http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/fired.attorneys/index.html Subpoenas Target Justice; White House Could be Next CNN News Thursday 15 March 2007 € Senate committee OKs subpoenas for five Justice Department officials. € Senate Judiciary chairman says he may subpoena White House staffers. € New Hampshire’s Sen. John Sununu urges dismissal of attorney general. € … Read more

Evangelical Christians Attack Use of Torture by US

2007-03-16 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031507G.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2032616,00.html Evangelical Christians Attack Use of Torture by US By Ed Pilkington The Guardian UK Tuesday 13 March 2007 The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace yesterday when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement … Read more

Don’t expect help from Congress re/Iraq

2007-03-16 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/washington/16cong.html March 16, 2007 Senate Rejects Democrats¹ Call to Pull Troops By ROBIN TONER and JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON, March 15 ‹ The Senate on Thursday rejected a Democratic resolution to withdraw most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008, but a similar measure advanced in the House, and Democratic … Read more

Asian, European stocks plunge

2007-03-15 Richard Moore I haven’t seen any particularly good analyses of these recent stock market jitters. Of course it is clear that basic fundamentals are terrible (eg, derivative and housing bubbles, US debt & deficits), and that some kind of collapse is coming. My own suspicion is that China took sound steps to protect its … Read more

White house cuts funds for geothermal energy

2007-03-15 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031407M.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_geothermal_funding_dc;_ylt=Ao4ljiMPLecFTZROTNJ0Nu7MWM0F White House Seeks to Cut Geothermal Research Funds By Bernie Woodall Reuters Tuesday 13 March 2007 The Bush administration wants to eliminate federal support for geothermal power just as many U.S. states are looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise renewable power output. The move has … Read more

US Social Forum: Atlanta in Late June

2007-03-15 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031407F.shtml Uniting the Movements: Atlanta in Late June By Ted Glick t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Wednesday 14 March 2007 How will we bring about significant change in the USA? There are a number of things that need to happen, but one bottom-line, … Read more

HOUSING BUST UNDERWAY / FORECLOSURES SOAR / STOCKS CRUMBLE

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/03/13.html Tuesday, March 13, 2007 HOUSING BUST UNDERWAY / FORECLOSURES SOAR / STOCKS CRUMBLE Hold on to your assets ~ The deepest housing decline in 16 years is just beginning and will get worse. Today the Dow Jones index was off 242 Points ( almost 2 % ) Nasdaq … Read more

MIKE WHITNEY: Global Realignment and the Decline of the Superpower

2007-03-14 Richard Moore The United States now faces mounting resistance from all corners of the earth. Russia, China, and the Central Asian countries have joined together in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to fend off US-NATO influence in the region. And in Latin America, an alliance of leftist governments has formed (Mercosur) under the leadership … Read more

New unity in Iraq against occupation

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Few Americans pay attention to Iraqi politics, but over the past few days something has occurred that could change the course of the war. For the first time since the Iraqi election of 2005, a coalition of Sunni and Shiite Arab parties and leaders is starting to take shape, across the sectarian … Read more

* JFK Secret Society Speech *

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Study suggests Monsanto corn toxic

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031307T.shtml http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-882385@51-852781,0.html Go to Original Strong Suspicions of Toxicity in One GMO Corn By Stèphane Foucart Le Monde Tuesday 13 March 2007 Allowed to go on the market in France and Europe, MON 863, a transgenic corn invented by Monsanto, has been at the center of a controversy over … Read more

Firings Had Genesis in White House

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031307A.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR2007031201818.html Firings Had Genesis in White House Ex-Counsel Miers First Suggested Dismissing Prosecutors 2 Years Ago, Documents Show By Dan Eggen and John Solomon Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, March 13, 2007; A01 The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire all 93 U.S. … Read more

Frankenstein foods: Rice With Human Genes

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0306-10.htm Published on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 by the DailyMail/UK The Rice With Human Genes by Sean Poulter The first GM food crop containing human genes is set to be approved for commercial production. The laboratory-created rice produces some of the human proteins found in breast milk and saliva. … Read more

Is Venezuela Heading Towards Prout?

2007-03-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: [toeslist] Is Venezuela Heading Towards Prout? Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:53:15 -0800 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology —–Original Message—– From: •••@••.••• [mailto:•••@••.•••] On Behalf Of Trent Schroyer Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 12:27 PM To: •••@••.••• Subject: [toeslist] Is Venezuela Heading Towards Prout? Web … Read more

* Chossudovsky: Details of Iran invasion plan *

2007-03-14 Richard Moore The presumption of this military document, is that a Second 911 attack “which is lacking today” would usefully create both a “justification and an opportunity” to wage war on “some known targets [Iran and Syria]”. ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20070221&articleId=4888 “Theater Iran Near Term” (TIRANNT) By Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, February 21, … Read more

Tomgram: The Seymour Hersh Mystery

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=174764 a project of the Nation Institute compiled and edited by Tom Engelhardt Tomgram: The Seymour Hersh Mystery This post can be found at http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=174764 A Journalist Writing Bloody MurderŠ And No One Notices By Tom Engelhardt Let me see if I’ve got this straight. Perhaps two years ago, … Read more

Surprise! UK absolves itself of guilt

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6446649.stm Soldiers cleared over Iraq abuse A court martial has cleared two UK soldiers of failing to ensure their men did not abuse Iraqi civilians in Basra. Maj Michael Peebles and Warrant Officer Mark Davies had denied charges of negligently performing their duties. In all, six soldiers were acquitted … Read more

Parents Win-For Now- As Forced Injections Bill is Stalled!

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3033 Parents Win-For Now- As Forced Injections Bill is Stalled! March 13, 2007 – Sacramento, California‹³The decision to postpone a vote on AB 16 is a strong sign that the issue of parental notification and consent won the day with both Democrats and Republicans,² said Benjamin Lopez, Legislative Analyst … Read more

Key Nations Split Over Iran Sanctions

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031307C.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclear Key Nations Split Over Iran Sanctions By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press Monday 12 March 2007 The world’s most powerful nations failed to agree on new sanctions against Iran amid reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to put Tehran’s case for a nuclear program before the … Read more

GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GM_Food_Nightmare_Unfolding.php ISIS Press Release 09/03/07 GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham Regulator agencies like the European Food Safety Authority and the UK Food Standards Agency have been ignoring the precautionary principle, manipulating and corrupting science, sidestepping the law, and helping to promote GMOs in the face of … Read more

Excellent iSatire from Apple

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Dems abandon war authority provision

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq Dems abandon war authority provision By DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers Mon Mar 12, 7:22 PM ET Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush’s authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with … Read more

Chalmers Johnson: America’s vast empire of military bases

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=1181 a project of the Nation Institute compiled and edited by Tom Engelhardt Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson on garrisoning the planet This post can be found at http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1181 Our base-mad administration now wants to establish a “research base” on the moon by 2020, or so the President proclaimed yesterday. It … Read more

Campus Antiwar Movement Begins to Make Its Mark

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar07/Jacobs12.htm The Students are Stirring: A Campus Antiwar Movement Begins to Make Its Mark by Ron Jacobs www.dissidentvoice.org March 12, 2007 Folks often ask, rather cynically, where are the students protesting the war? Well, the answer is that they are there — on their campuses and in the dorms … Read more

911: CBC Television News Special

2007-03-14 Richard Moore Very good 911 documentary on Canadian mainstream news. http://fyi6.com/ 9/11: Facing a Fallout: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=dbbe325cb5e8a69110da4140b0b58f66.840963 A segment from a CBC Television News Special that examines the coverup from the perspective of a 911 victim’s family member, various researchers, and eyewitnesses. Is the evidence now so pervasive as prove the conspiracy as fact rather … Read more

The quagmire deepens

2007-03-12 Richard Moore The difference between now and Vietnam?…now the guerrilla war has two fronts. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031107Y.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top10mar10,0,4643030.story?coll=l Bush Seeks 8,200 More Troops for Wars By Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press Saturday 10 March 2007 Montevideo, Uruguay – President President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for … Read more

White House admits Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031207J.shtml http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16878479.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 11, 2007 White House says Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors By Ron Hutcheson, Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors as … Read more

UK joins rush to space-based warfare

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6434773.stm British Skynet satellite launched By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News The British military’s Skynet 5 satellite has been launched into space from Kourou in French Guiana. The spacecraft is part of a £3.2bn system that will deliver secure, high-bandwidth communications for UK and allied forces. Sunday’s lift-off … Read more

Top US Generals Offer Bleakest Assessment Yet on Iraq

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031207L.shtml http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2031172,00.html “Smart” Rebels Outstrip US By Paul Beaver and Peter Beaumont The Observer UK Sunday 11 March 2007 Top American generals make shock admission as Iraq leader pleads with neighbouring countries to seal off their borders. The US army is lagging behind Iraq’s insurgents tactically in a war … Read more

new book – Chossudovsky: AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERRORISM”

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERRORISM” by Michel Chossudovsky ISBN 0-9737147-1-9 (2005) 387 pages. Global Research Online Price: US$14.00 (Retail $19.95) NEW: The Book is now available in pdf format at US $8.25 (scroll down for details) In this new and expanded edition of Michel Chossudovsky’s 2002 best seller, the … Read more

Housing bubble: mortgage market suffering

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/business/11mortgage.html March 11, 2007 NEWS ANALYSIS Crisis Looms in Market for Mortgages By GRETCHEN MORGENSON On March 1, a Wall Street analyst at Bear Stearns wrote an upbeat report on a company that specializes in making mortgages to cash-poor homebuyers. The company, New Century Financial, had already disclosed that … Read more

Federal government seeks to cheat people out of benefits

2007-03-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/us/12medicaid.html March 12, 2007 Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, March 11 ‹ A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of United States citizens who have had difficulty complying with requirements to show … Read more

Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush visit

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/10/content_824411.htm Priests to purify site after Bush visit (AP) Updated: 2007-03-10 09:35 GUATEMALA CITY – Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. “That a person like (Bush), with … Read more

FBI Abuses May Lead to Patriot Act Limits

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007Y.shtml Go to Original http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fbi10mar10,0,1105305,full.story FBI Abuses May Lead to Patriot Act Limits By Richard B. Schmitt The Los Angeles Times Saturday 10 March 2007 Irate lawmakers threaten to rein in the bureau after reports of improperly obtained bank and phone data. Washington – Angry lawmakers on Friday threatened … Read more

Inuit Warn World of Human Cost of Climate Change

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807A.shtml One Woman, Fighting to Save Her People From Extinction By Andrew Gumbel The Independent UK Saturday 24 February 2007 Go to Original http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2300381.ece If Nobel Peace Prizes could refreeze the polar ice caps, then Sheila Watt-Cloutier would be a very happy woman indeed because her people are, “defending … Read more

Federal Court upholds gun ownership

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/washington/10gun.html March 10, 2007 Court Rejects Strict Gun Law as Unconstitutional By ADAM LIPTAK Interpreting the Second Amendment broadly, a federal appeals court in Washington yesterday struck down a gun control law in the District of Columbia that bars residents from keeping handguns in their homes. The decision was … Read more

Iraqi govt. stops cooperating with UK occupiers

2007-03-11 Richard Moore This was reported on BBC news in the following way, and I paraphrase: “Iraq declared today that foreign powers should stop interfering in Iraqi affairs.” The reporter then shifted to talking about Iran, implying that it was Iran, and not Britain, that was the target of the Iraqi statement. rkm ——————————————————– Original … Read more

Israel invents new way to kill

2007-03-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Israel unveils portable hunter-killer robot Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:08:53 -0800 Is not this part of an evolution of corporate killing machines of the fascists? Touted now as being used against “enemy guerrillas”, tomorrow more highly refined robots will be used against enemies of the corporate … Read more

Copying China: harvesting organs from inmates

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907HA.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-organs9mar09,1,1200679.story Inmates Could Trade an Organ for an Early Out By Jenny Jarvie The Los Angeles Times Friday 09 March 2007 They also could donate marrow under a South Carolina lawmaker’s plan. Critics condemn the idea. Atlanta – Prison inmates in South Carolina could get up to six … Read more