2006-03-03 Richard Moore Hi, We now have three ‘team members’ for the forum, and people have started posting and commenting. Already I like the feel of it. If you are new to blogspot, see recipe below for registering. If you want to become a team member, so you can create new postings, just let me … Read more

2006-03-03 Richard Moore Friends, Over the years many of you have asked for a more interactive forum to enable dialog directly with other subscribers. I’ve now set up a blog for that very purpose! You can browse it whenever you feel like it, and you can leave comments to blog postings if you’re inspired to … Read more

2006-02-26 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve been having a dialog with a fellow about about human nature. He’s been expressing the common notion that human nature is the cause of warfare, destructive competition, etc. etc. He makes the usual arguments, interpreting Darwin’s results as showing that we live in a dog-eat-dog competitive world. Below, I’d like … Read more

2006-02-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=HAS20060223&articleId=2037 Iraq: Occupation and Sectarianism By Ghali Hassan February 23, 2006 At the outset of the Occupation, it was clear that the U.S. would rule Iraq by breaking the country into mini states or regions and dividing the Iraqi population on ethnic and sectarian lines. The Occupation-orchestrated violence between Iraqis was … Read more

2006-02-26 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:54:14 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: Iraq Dispatches: Who Benefits? ** Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** February 24, 2006 Who Benefits? The most important question to ask regarding the bombings of … Read more

2006-02-25 Richard Moore The momentum toward getting away from petrodollars seems to be growing. This is a development worth tracking. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.energybulletin.net/13081.html Published on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 by NRK.no Norwegian Bourse Director wants oil bourse – priced in euros By Laila Bakken and Petter Halvorsen Bourse Director Sven Arild Andersen is fed up … Read more

2006-02-25 Richard Moore An important report. Scary and, I think, credible. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.arcticbeacon.com/22-Jan-2006.html Former Washington Insider, Once Asked To Be President Carter’s Campaign Finance Chairman, Said The Next 90 Days Could Bring Nuclear War And A U.S. Financial Collapse Goerge Green, who once rubbed shoulders with the neocon ‘movers and shakers,’ has now changed … Read more

2006-02-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html February 21, 2006 U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review By SCOTT SHANE WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 – In a seven-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for years, including some already published by the State … Read more

2006-02-21 Richard Moore Friends, Whereas Iran is a target because it threatens the petrodollar regime, Venezuela is a threat because it is fomenting a regional resistance to US economic imperialism. In the Matrix, on the other hand, we read about a ‘nuclear threat’ and ‘anti-democratic behavior’, both of which are bald-faced lies. Meanwhile, Iran’s near … Read more

2006-02-21 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=215387 Malta: The Times Monday, February 20, 2006 US ‘aware’ of Iraq torture Herman Grech The US is “aware” of torture taking place in Iraqi prisons, according to the outgoing Maltese UN human rights chief in Iraq. “Yes, torture is happening now, mainly in illegal detention places. Such centres are mostly … Read more

2006-02-20 Richard Moore Friends, Chris and I have made major improvements to our websites. http://cyberjournal.org – slight reformatting, and link to the ETM page. http://EscapingTheMatrix.org – now has reviews and live bibliography. cheers, rkm

2006-02-20 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/guest/index.php?ntid=72574 Kevin Barrett: Bin Laden tapes are as phony as Sept. 11’s connection to Islam By Kevin Barrett February 14, 2006 As a Ph.D. Islamologist and Arabist I really hate to say this, but I’ll say it anyway: 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam. The war on terror is as … Read more

2006-02-20 Richard Moore Friends, Things have certainly changed since the Cold War. Imagine Americans now getting more truth from Pravda than they do from their own media. This author, evidently American, happens to be a gun lover: don’t let that detract you from the rest of his article. rkm ——————————————————– http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/16-02-2006/76020-terorrism-0 There is no war … Read more

2006-02-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/politics/18prexy.html?th&emc=th February 18, 2006 Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan By DAVID E. SANGER ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 17 – President Bush signaled a new American commitment on Friday to addressing the crisis in Darfur, saying he would support an expanded role by NATO to shore up a … Read more

2006-02-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/projo_20060214_ctbee.d71e3fc.html IRAN’S NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT APPROVED BY U.S. IN 1970s WILLIAM BEEMAN, PROVIDENCE JOURNAL – Every aspect of Iran’s current nuclear development was approved and encouraged by Washington in the 1970s. President Gerald Ford offered Iran a full nuclear cycle in 1976. Moreover, the only Iranian reactor currently about to become operative … Read more

2006-02-18 Richard Moore Friends, Some of you may want to reject the second story below, because it comes from a right-wing source. I suggest however that we are getting good information there, and the biases are very evident, so that we can take them into account. We need more listening between left and right. Factionalism … Read more

2006-02-18 Richard Moore On Thursday, the European Commission said some European energy firms were holding back gas supplies, driving up prices of imports into the UK… As expected. ——————————————————– http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4723648.stm British Gas raises prices by 22% Millions of British Gas customers are facing higher bills after the firm raised its gas and electricity prices. The … Read more

2006-02-17 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/business/17auto.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin February 17, 2006 China Seeking Auto Industry, Piece by Piece By KEITH BRADSHER CHONGQING, China, Feb. 16 – China is pursuing a novel way to catapult its automaking into a global force: buy one of the world’s most sophisticated engine plants, take it apart, piece by piece, transport it halfway … Read more

2006-02-16 Richard Moore Friends, We should all be aware that the primary concern of US geopolitical planners, along with controlling global oil & finance, is the ascendency of China. We hear little about this in the mainstream media because the current policy is to make money from investments in China, just as the US made … Read more

2006-02-16 Richard Moore There can be little doubt that a nuclear attack on Iran is coming soon. Bush said recently that this option would be necessary if “diplomatic efforts fail”. As in Yugoslavia, and Iraq, the US has deliberately done what is necessary to guarantee that diplomatic efforts fail, so as to facilitate an attack. … Read more

2006-02-15 Richard Moore Friends, Most of my time these days is devoted to promoting the book, building a book website, and setting up some related blogs. I haven’t had much time to deal with current affairs, Iran, racist cartoons, etc. I’ll send out some comments in another posting today. Our list archives are now up … Read more

2006-02-11 Richard Moore Friends, I am very pleased to share with you this response from a reader of Escaping the Matrix. In my heart of hearts I have been hoping that the book might inspire some readers in this way, but I find myself a bit amazed that it can really happen. I hope this … Read more

2006-02-10 Richard Moore If Fitzgerald is the tortoise and Bush the hare, let’s hope Aesop was right… http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html “Today the Court of Appeals affirmed that reporters do not have a First Amendment privilege to refuse to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued in good faith. The Court was clear that this has been the … Read more

2006-02-09 Richard Moore Friends, Before starting on my recent book, I went on a visiting tour up the West Coast from San Francisco. That was a pivotal tour for me, learning important things from Tom Atlee, Rosa Zubizarreta, Tree Bresson, Jim Rough, and others. It was what I learned in those visits that provided the … Read more

2006-02-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: JFadiman Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:35:25 EST Subject: Re: Korten : “The Great Turning” – book announcement To: •••@••.••• clearly, a fellow traveller. good luck to you both. ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: natalie omara Subject: Re: Korten : “The Great Turning” – book … Read more

2006-02-03 Richard Moore Friends, David Korten has a new book coming out in May. Based on the description, below, that I got off his website, I’m very eager to read it – wish I could get an early copy somehow. It is clear from his table of contents that our thinking goes on parallel tracks. … Read more

2006-02-02 Richard Moore Friends, Our website (http://cyberjournal.org) has been updated and now features the new book. Several reviews are now in progress and I’ve got lots more leads to follow up on. But please don’t hesitate to send in additional suggestions. Many of you have already ordered a copy, and of course I urge all … Read more

2006-01-31 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:56:00 +1100 From: glparramatta <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: GLW: Chavez speech to WSF in Caracas http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/654/654p15.htm Jim McIlroy & Chris Kerr, Caracas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed “socialism or death” in finishing his rousing speech to a rally of around 10,000 people at the Polihedro Stadium … Read more

2006-01-30 Richard Moore ———————————————— “Behind Every Terrorist is a Bush” (DVD documentary) Edited by Ken Jenkins. Produced by Carol Brouillet and the Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance. VHS video available and DVD (DVD includes bonus documentary on the San Francisco International Inquiry into 9-11, March 2004, 28 minutes), Specify video or DVD, send $20 to … Read more

2006-01-28 Richard Moore Friends, Evidently, Bill is being featured on C-Span due to his recent notoriety arising from a mention in an alleged “bin Laden” video. (I feel ‘connected to events’, as Bill spent a weekend once down here in Wexford, where he gave a talk to some of my friends in town.) One struggles … Read more

2006-01-27 Richard Moore Author of “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower”. recommended, rkm http://cyberjournal.org

2006-01-25 Richard Moore You ask why I don’t live here, Honey, I ask…why don’t you leave? – Bob Dylan, Maggie’s Farm Friends, What a strange & frightening place is the USA. LA freeways, TV designed for babies, cookie-cutter suburbia infinitum…I soon remembered what drove me away. But there’s lots of good people there, and I … Read more

2006-01-07 Richard Moore Friends, I was quite naive to believe that a book tour could be organized on an impromptu basis. Volunteer hosts aren’t the problem: dozens of you jumped into the breach, offering to host visits in locations from coast to coast. Many thanks for that! The problem is that bookstores need advance notice … Read more

2006-01-05 Richard Moore Friends, Below is the transcript of a radio interview with Chossudovsky on the topic of Iran. Another version of his thinking can be seen on rense.com: http://rense.com/general69/nuke.htm rkm ——————————————————– Interview with Michel Chossudovsky – Jan. 2, 2006 – Monday Brownbagger Programme, Co-op radio, CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Interviewer: Don Nordin … Read more

2006-01-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:39:43 -0800 Subject: Serious plans to attack Iran From: Jan Slakov —<forwarded>— German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike By MARTIN WALKER UPI Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) — The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in … Read more

2005-12-28 Richard Moore Friends, “Escaping the Matrix” is now available on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977098303 I’d like to encourage people to write reviews on Amazon, if they are so inclined. yours, richard

2005-12-18 Richard Moore Friends, Thanks to the generosity of friends and family, I was able to make it to Kauai in time to be with my Father when he passed away. The family was all with him, around his own bed at home, and he didn’t suffer. I’m not a religious person, but I somehow … Read more

2005-12-06 Richard Moore One more posting before I pack for the trip… ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> To: Si Subject: What is Grassroots? Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:06:25 -0800 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology Hi Si; I heard you on KPFA today so a friend and I came over to Freight and Salvage for … Read more

2005-12-05 Richard Moore Friends, My father, who is 87, is in critical condition, so I will be travelling this week to Kauai to be with him. As you can understand, you probably won’t be hearing much from me this week. I will have a laptop, so eventually I’ll set up over there and resume posting … Read more

2005-12-01 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/02/10/wnasa10.xml&sShe%20et=/news/2002/02/10/ixworld.html Mysterious force holds back Nasa probe in deep space By Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent (Filed: 10/02/2002) A SPACE probe launched 30 years ago has come under the influence of a force that has baffled scientists and could rewrite the laws of physics. Researchers say Pioneer 10, which took the first … Read more