USA: The rise and fall of the middle class

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907LA.shtml http://www.alternet.org/workplace/48988/ A History of America’s Disappearing Middle Class By Paul Krugman AlterNet.org Friday 09 March 2007 Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman explains in simple terms how the American economy went from having the world’s most dynamic middle class to being on the verge of a … Read more

Biofuels: destroys rain forest as well

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030907EA.shtml http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17500316/ Brazil’s Ethanol Push Could Eat Away at Amazon The Associated Press Wednesday 07 March 2007 UN official voices his concerns ahead of energy visit by Bush. Sao Paulo, Brazil – Just an hour’s drive outside this traffic-choked metropolis where President Bush kicks off a Latin American tour … Read more

Biofuels: US & Brazil agree to increase world hunger

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6434889.stm US-Brazil deal to boost bio-fuels The United States and Brazil have signed an agreement to develop alternative fuel sources. US President George W Bush said that by reducing oil dependence the two countries would be helping security, their economies and the environment. His host, President Luis Inacio Lula … Read more

Probe Into Firing of US Attorneys Reaches White House

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007Z.shtml http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16872058.htm Posted on Sat, Mar. 10, 2007 Rove was asked to fire U.S. attorney By Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party … Read more

Bush visit denounced by Chavez

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: Mr. Chávez quickly shot back in an interview on a popular morning television program in Argentina, dismissing the ethanol plan as ³a crazy thing, off the wall.² He accused the United States of trying ³to substitute the production of foodstuffs for animals and human beings with the production of … Read more

911 – Morons and Magic: A Reply to George Monbiot

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17256.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Morons and Magic: A Reply to George Monbiot By David Ray Griffin 03/07/07 “ICH ” — – In ³Bayoneting a Scarecrow The 9/11 conspiracy theories are a coward¹s cult.² (Guardian, February 20: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17223.htm), George Monbiot accuses members of the 9/11 truth movement … Read more

35 Vermont Towns Vote for Impeachment

2007-03-11 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.democrats.com/Three-Dozen-Vermont-Towns-Pass-Resolutions-To-Impeach-Bush-and-Cheney 35 of the Vermont Towns That Just Voted for Impeachment March 6 – Vermonters in at least 35 towns passed town meeting resolutions calling for the impeachment of George W Bush and Dick Cheney today. Republican Governor Jim Douglas presided over an impeachment resolution in Middlebury that not … Read more

artificial sweeteners: Just Say No

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.asianjournal.com/print.php?a=18137 http://www.asianjournal.com/ February 16th, 2007 Two New Studies on Aspartame and Diet Drinks Confirm Source of Obesity, Cancer/Malignant Brain Tumor Epidemics THE Cancer Research Center of the European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy reported this week that a long-term study to evaluate the potential carcinogenic … Read more

TIKKUN covers 911 truth!

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://911sig.blogspot.com/ THURSDAY, MARCH 08, 2007 National magazine prints David Ray Griffin’s article In a rare demonstration of courage by major U.S. news media, Rabbi Lerner, editor of TIKKUN magazine, has printed author David Ray Giffin’s 12000 word article “The American Empire and 9/11” in the March/April 2007 issue. According … Read more

Humor, shades of Vietnam: ‘Hearts & Minds’ all over again

2007-03-09 Richard Moore The confidential assessment by the commander, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, reflects the military¹s new counterinsurgency doctrine, which puts a premium on sustained efforts to try to win over a wary population. What a joke! More easily could the wolf gain the confidence the sheep. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08military.html March … Read more

We’ll Have to Talk to Militants, Says US Chief in Iraq

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807B.shtml http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2339289.ece We’ll Have to Talk to Militants, Says US Chief in Iraq By Lauren Frayer The Associated Press Thursday 08 March 2007 The new commander of US forces of Iraq, General David Petraeus, said today that insurgents in Iraq have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security … Read more

Stock Market: secret maneuverings of the Plunge Protection Team

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17251.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Juicing the Stock Market The secret maneuverings of the Plunge Protection Team By Mike Whitney 03/07/07 “ICH ” — — The Working Group on Financial Markets, also know as the Plunge Protection Team, was created by Ronald Reagan to prevent a repeat … Read more

Guantanamo trials: Stalin style

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807N.shtml http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2338360.ece Go to Original Trials of Guantanamo Suspects Begin Without a Lawyer or Reporter in Sight By Andrew Buncombe The Independent UK Thursday 08 March 2007 Campaigners have condemned the Bush administration’s plan to proceed with secret proceedings against 14 “high-value” terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo … Read more

Gonzales Eight: political pressure on Judges

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807M.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/opinion/08thu1.html March 8, 2007 EDITORIAL The Gonzales Eight Americans often suspect that their political leaders are arrogant and out of touch. But even then it is nearly impossible to fathom what self-delusion could have convinced Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico that he had a right to call … Read more

Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807Z.shtml Waxman Asks Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 08 March 2007 Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he wants Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify before his committee about his … Read more

Cuban medical aid to Pakistan

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/8843/1/315/ Cuban medics prepare to leave Pakistan Author: W. T. Whitney Jr. People’s Weekly World Newspaper, 03/30/06 12:35 Members of Cuba¹s Henry Reeve Brigade are returning from medical work in Pakistan where they arrived six months ago, six days after the Oct. 8 earthquake. Formed last year, the brigade … Read more

Bush & Chavez duel in Latin America

2007-03-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807T.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/world/americas/08cnd-latin.html March 8, 2007 Bush Faces Clash of Agendas in Latin America By JIM RUTENBERG and LARRY ROHTER SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 ‹ President Bush arrived here tonight for the start of what he has portrayed as a ³We Care² tour aimed at dispelling perceptions that he … Read more

Supreme Court to review fascist legislation

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707J.shtml New Tests for the Supreme Court By William Fisher t r u t h o u t | Report Wednesday 07 March 2007 Two of the Bush administration’s signature issues may soon face further challenges in the US Supreme Court. In one case, the high court will be … Read more

Myth of Danish democracy unmasked

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707O.shtml The Battle for Ungdomshuset By David Rovics t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Wednesday 07 March 2007 I was awoken before dawn last Thursday by the ringing of my cell phone. On the line was a friend from Copenhagen: “I’m sorry to call … Read more

More government intrusion into teen lives

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030707WA.shtml http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/07/State/Legislators_want_preg.shtml Legislators Want Pregnant Girls Reported By Jennifer Liberto and Rebecca Catalanello The St. Petersburg Times Wednesday 07 March 2007 They say it’s to counter abuse, but others fear it would scare teens away from getting help. Tallahassee – Health care professionals would be required to call police … Read more

E-Voting on Trial in Columbus, Ohio: The Squire Case

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707H.shtml http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2007/1500 Also see below: Diebold Weighs Strategy for Voting Unit € http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_030707H.shtml#1 E-Voting on Trial in Columbus, Ohio: The Squire Case By Victoria Parks and Paddy Shaffer The Free Press Tuesday 27 February 2007 The Squire v. Geer case is more than just a mere election challenge lawsuit; … Read more

* Congress to follow up on Fitzgerald investigation *

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707A.shtml Congress Says Prepared to Act in Plame Affair By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Wednesday 07 March 2007 Aides to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said they were … Read more

Challenging Bush Admin. Military Commissions

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00101.htm Challenging Bush Admin. Military Commissions Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 6:31 pm Opinion: William Fisher Lawmakers And Lawyers Challenge Bush Administration Military Commissions By William Fisher In the face of multiple legal and legislative challenges, President George W. Bush this week issued an executive order to allow cases against … Read more

Biofuels: a very bad idea

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030707HA.shtml http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12345 Go to Original As Biofuels Boom, Will More Go Hungry? By Ruth Gidley Reuters Wednesday 07 March 2007 London – Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuel gold rush could be a money-spinner for several poor countries, but some … Read more

Democratic education: the Sudbury Valley School

2007-03-08 Richard Moore Source URL: http://www.sudval.org/ Individuality and Democracy: A Way of Life At Sudbury Valley School, students from preschool through high school age explore the world freely, at their own pace and in their own unique ways. They learn to think for themselves, and learn to use Information Age tools to unearth the knowledge … Read more

FDA: disregards human health

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030507HA.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030301311.html Go to Original FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug By Rick Weiss The Washington Post Sunday 04 March 2007 Cattle antibiotic moves forward despite fears of human risk. The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings … Read more

House subcommittee subpoenas Bush officials

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030207A.shtml Also see below: House Panel Subpoenas Fired US Attorneys € Go to Original Democrats Send Out First Round of Subpoenas By Susan Crabtree The Hill Thursday 01 March 2007 A House Judiciary subcommittee approved today the first in what is expected to be an avalanche of subpoenas to … Read more

* Pentagon Whistle-Blower on the Coming War With Iran *

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030107K.shtml http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/ [links & photos in original] Pentagon Whistle-Blower on the Coming War With Iran http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20070227_pentagon_whistleblower_on_the_coming_war_with_iran/ Posted on Feb 27, 2007 Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (ret.), a veteran of the Pentagon with firsthand experience of the administration¹s cherry-picking of intelligence, reveals why Bush thinks he can win a war … Read more

Land of the ‘free’ and home of the… 754,000 homeless

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URLs: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022807T.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_go_ot/homeless Gov’t estimates 754,000 homeless people By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Wed Feb 28, 1:48 AM ET The nation has three-quarters of a million homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months, the government said Wednesday. The … Read more

US mortgage crisis goes into meltdown

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022807H.shtml http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/02/24/cnusecon24.xml US mortgage crisis goes into meltdown By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Last Updated: 1:15am GMT 24/02/2007 Panic has begun to sweep the sub-prime mortgage sector in the United States after the bankruptcy of 22 lenders over the past two months, setting off mass liquidation of housing loans packaged as … Read more

Greg Palast: The Pinochet Fairy Tale

2007-03-07 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Subject: Tinker Bell, Pinochet And The Fairy Tale Miracle Of Chile Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:17:31 -0500 From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> Tinker Bell, Pinochet And The Fairy Tale Miracle Of Chile by Greg Palast Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Armed Madhouse. (Signed copies available for … Read more

US Commanders Admit: We Face a Vietnam-Style Collapse

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030107L.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2023866,00.html Go to Original US Commanders Admit: We Face a Vietnam-Style Collapse By Simon Tisdall Guardian Unlimited UK Thursday 01 March 2007 Elite officers in Iraq fear low morale, lack of troops and loss of political will. An elite team of officers advising the US commander, General David … Read more

Retired Colonel Urges Troops to Refuse Orders to Attack Iran

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022807WA.shtml http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=10174 feminist wire | daily newsbriefs February 26, 2007 Woman Colonel Urges Troops to Refuse Orders if US Attacks Iran Adding to the chorus of women leaders demanding that President Bush retreat from the possibility of war against Iran, retired Army Reserves Colonel and former high-ranking diplomat Mary … Read more

Fitzgerald investigation: Libby Guilty of Lying

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/washington/07libby.html March 7, 2007 Libby Guilty of Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case By NEIL A. LEWIS WASHINGTON, March 6 ‹ I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted on Tuesday of lying to a grand jury and to F.B.I. agents investigating … Read more

Fitzgerald investigation: Is Cheney next?

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/washington/07cheney.html March 7, 2007 A Judgment on Cheney Is Still to Come By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON, March 6 ‹ In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment. For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial … Read more

Electronic voting: False Choices in the Debate

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030107P.shtml http://www.alternet.org/rights/48427/ Go to Original False Choices in the Debate on Voting Technology By Brad Friedman AlterNet Wednesday 28 February 2007 American democracy cannot afford another questionable presidential election. Anybody disagree? The good news is that over the course of the last few years – through the exhaustive and … Read more

DISCOVERY CHANNEL CHEMTRAIL SPIN

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.newswithviews.com/public_comm/public_commentary47.htm THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL CHEMTRAIL COVERAGE By Dr. Stephen C. L’Hommedieu, D.C. March 4, 2007 NewsWithViews.com Saturday evening I was able to sit back and watch the Discovery channel chemtrail coverage originally presented on Thursday evening. With previous news of the upcoming broadcast I pondered what slant would be … Read more

Chavez Pushing IMF Aside in Latin America!

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=atN8OPWGA4nE&refer=news Chavez Exploits Oil to Lend in Latin America, Pushing IMF Aside By Christopher Swann Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is squeezing the International Monetary Fund out of Latin America, the region that once accounted for most of its business. IMF lending in the area has … Read more

Chavez has Bush on the run in South America

2007-03-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/world/americas/06latin.html March 6, 2007 Bush to Set Out Shift in Agenda on Latin Trip By LARRY ROHTER SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 5 ‹ President Bush arrives here on Thursday with an energy partnership plan to create jobs and decrease poverty and inequality, a marked shift in Washington¹s priorities for … Read more