2006-10-07 Richard Moore Whew! I’m exhausted. A bit of jet lag, and three events now under my belt. Many thanks to Molly Morgan (and her husband Rick) for organizing and for putting me up while I’m in San Diego. I’m learning about public speaking by test of fire. The first event was a luncheon of … Read more

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 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

2006-10-03 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 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.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 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://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 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

2006-10-02 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

2006-10-02 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 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 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://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.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

2006-10-01 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

2006-10-01 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 ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:08:15 +0200 To: •••@••.••• From: InI Newsletter <•••@••.•••> Subject: Ini Newsletter #112 – 29/9/06 <http://www.williambowles.info> Newsletter #112 <http://www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001779> Friday, September 29, 2006 10:53 AM <https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=•••@••.•••&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=GBP> You don¹t need a Paypal Account to support InI Dante¹s Inferno by <mailto:•••@••.•••>William Bowles € Friday, 29 September, 2006 Civilised (adjective): … 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

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://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://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://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/2006/09/30/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/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.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/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://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://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://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

2006-09-29 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:42:02 -0400 From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> Subject: American Blackout — A Must-See Documentary AMERICAN BLACKOUT Featuring Cynthia McKinney, Greg Palast, Bernie Sanders, Bob Fitrakis and many others… September 28, 2006 By Zach Roberts I’m going to start this with a sales pitch: you need to buy … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore I received this article as an email, with the title, “We ARE the people”. When I found it on the website, it had the tile, “We Don¹t Need Them”. Take your choice. In either case it’s a great read. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov05/Carpenter1102.htm We Don¹t Need Them by Joe Carpenter … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore Long, but very insightful. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.safehaven.com/article-5986.htm September 28, 2006 The Master Plan for the World and its effect on Resource Stocks by Clive Maund When you understand how the recent attack on Lebanon fits into the “Grand Plan” for the Middle East, you have an immediate and substantial … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5390174.stm Nato to extend Afghan operations Nato has announced that it will extend its mission in Afghanistan to cover the whole of the insurgency-hit country. The move will take the alliance into the eastern parts of Afghanistan and bring up to 12,000 American troops under Nato command. A Nato … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore For a government that hardly exists outside of the Green Zone, one wonders how they think they can do harm to Syria or Iran. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/40572 September 28, 2006 Edition Iraq Gives Ultimatum to Syria, Iran BY ELI LAKE – Staff Reporter of the Sun September 28, 2006 … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore ³A U.N. investigation said the assassination could not have been carried out without the knowledge of Syrian security officials.² What they actually found is that the assassination had the earmarks of an intelligence agency. Since they were unwilling to consider the CIA or Mossad as perps, they simply named Syria as the … Read more

2006-09-29 Richard Moore An interesting (but long) piece. Be warned, it features ideas from the Unabomber! Those who judge the messenger rather than the message might want to skip this one. For others, there is considerable food for thought. rkm —————————————————————— From: Alan Lewis <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: many moons ago, i just found it … 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

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 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