2005-01-28 Richard Moore Friends, I was very impressed with Walter Davis’ article. Even though what it said seemed very negative, it was a work of science, not of polemics. The “negativity” arises from the reality of what was being described, in relation to the judgements made by we the readers. I learned a lot from … Read more
2005-01-27 Richard Moore Friends, What we have here is not just a standard essay. This is a brilliant treatise, a defining analysis. It reminds me of Bruno Bettelheim’s, “The Uses of Enchantment”. Bettelheim delves into the deep psychological lessons that are subtly embedded in the various tales collected by the brothers Grimm. Walter Davis, with … Read more
2005-01-25 Richard Moore Friends, Here’s the latest version of Ch 2, following feedback from several reviewers. The biggest change from the previous version is the incorporation of ideas from Riane Eisler and Laurence Gardner. Further feedback is always welcome. all the best, rkm _____________________________________________ Chapter 2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANITY (c) 2005 Richard K. … Read more
2005-01-23 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Robert E. Reynolds” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Welcome to the Fourth Reich Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 06:21:55 -0500 Great commentary. Most people don’t realize that from the very beginning the Bush administration has maintained that anything they assert they can do to non-citizens they can do to citizens … Read more
2005-01-21 Richard Moore Friends, This seems like a useful summary. In addition to what’s presented here, there is also the matter of the PNAC agenda document, which calls for a “new Pearl Harbor”. I think that would count as an important additional piece of evidence if Cheney were ever, perhaps in some other universe, to … Read more
2005-01-19 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> From: “MER – Mid-East Realities – MiddleEast.Org” <•••@••.•••> Subject: IRAN on Guard as PALESTINANS Face Civil War Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:59:29 -0500 <http://www.MiddleEast.Org> News, Views, & Analysis Governments, Lobbies, & the Corporate Media Don’t Want You To Know The most honest, most comprehensive, and most mobilizing … Read more
2005-01-14 Richard Moore I rewrote part of the chapter on “A brief history of humanity”. Most of you probably have “reviewers indigestion” by now, but if anyone has the patience and motivation to review the new version, please let me know. thanks, rkm
2005-01-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– A sermon on Fascism by a Unitarian minister in Austin, Texas Living Under Fascism Davidson Loehr 7 November 2004 First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756 512-452-6168 PRAYER: This is usually the Veterans Day service. I had planned to devote the prayer to veterans because, as … Read more
2005-01-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011205C.shtml First They Came for the Terrorists… By Thom Hartmann CommonDreams.org Monday 10 January 2005 The Gonzales confirmation is not just about the torture memos. It’s much bigger than that. If Bush continues to roll back human and civil rights – and the installation of Alberto Gonzalez as America’s chief law … Read more
2005-01-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> From: “MER – Mid-East Realities – MiddleEast.Org” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Great Al Qaeda Conspiracy? Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:10:19 -0500 News, Views, & Analysis Governments, Lobbies, & the Corporate Media Don’t Want You To Know The most honest, most comprehensive, and most mobilizing news and analysis on … Read more
2005-01-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:06:59 -0700 (MST) From: Evan Daniel Ravitz <•••@••.•••> X-X-Sender: •••@••.••• To: •••@••.••• Subject: Ten Things We Learned About 9/11 in 2004 An update on facts that keep us crazy “conspiracy theorists” going and have 66% of NY-ers wanting a REAL investigation -see http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855 See the little … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore Friends, The following was posted to the “Science for Peace” list. I posted the text of Viall’s article to newslog, but the URL below has maps and other graphics material. rkm ——————————————————– From: “Ross Wilcock” To: “”‘SFPNOTICES'” <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE: [Sfpnotices] Fwd: : Earthquake – Tsunami: other thannaturalphenomenon??!! Date: Mon, 10 Jan … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore Friends, The holidays are over, but I’ve had trouble forcing myself to get back to work! Today I’m finally starting. I posted a few items to newslog today, FYI. In one of them, Joe Vialls brings up some suspicious anomalies regarding the tsunami…so far no corroborations from other sources. Chossudovsky offers some … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1221-23.htm Published on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 by the Boston Globe The Politics of the Christmas Story by James Carroll The single most important fact about the birth of Jesus, as recounted in the Gospels, is one that receives almost no emphasis in the American festival of Christmas. The child who … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:37:14 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Aaron Koleszar <•••@••.•••> Subject: Empires prefer a baby and the cross to the adult Jesus http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1379412,00.html Empires prefer a baby and the cross to the adult Jesus From Constantine to Bush, power has needed to stifle a revolutionary message … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:44:03 EST Subject: Fwd: [pjnews2] Computer programmer claims he built vote rigging prototype To: •••@••.•••, •••@••.•••, •••@••.••• –<fwd>— Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 04:36:42 -0500 (EST) From: parallax To: •••@••.••• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ related article: http://snipurl.com/b6ae Wayne Madsen- Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:50:55 -0400 Subject: A Theologian Asks the Hard Questions About 9/11 David Ray Griffin is one of the most respected philosophers of religion in North America….. Griffin’s book is titled The New Pearl Harbor for two reasons. One, because … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:48:24 +0100 From: Torstein Viddal <•••@••.•••> Reply-To: Torstein Viddal <•••@••.•••> To: “•••@••.•••” <•••@••.•••> Subject: An ugly example of Matrix lies: Yugoslavia Richard, I just wanted to share with you a new text by John Pilger, that appeared on one of the lists I follow. I think … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:39:14 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) From: “ecopilgrim” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Chossudovsky Says US Had Advance Warning of Tsunami US had advance warning of tsunami: Canadian professor http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-1-2005_pg7_37 Monday, January 03, 2005 Chossudovsky Says US Had Advance Warning of Tsunami By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: A Canadian expert has … Read more
2005-01-10 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://newswire.indymedia.org/fr/newswire/2005/01/816749.shtml Tsunami nuclear blast, not earthquake? Copyright Joe Vialls, 5 January 2005 Was the tsunami the result of a U.S. nuclear bomb? With Afghanistan and Iraq already lost, the Wall Street bankers were all desperately looking for other ways to control our world, when suddenly and very conveniently, the Sumatran Trench … Read more
2005-01-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:40:28 -0500 Subject: INJUSTICE AS STATE POLICY From: The Wisdom Fund <•••@••.•••> To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> THE WISDOM FUND News & Views MORE AT http://www.twf.org/News/Y2005/0102-Gulag.html January 4, 2005 CounterPunch INJUSTICE AS STATE POLICY The Guantanamo Gulag By Mike Whitney “The power of the executive to cast … Read more
2005-01-04 Richard Moore Friends, Here’s the summarizing sentence from the article below: The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions, including for hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in … Read more
2005-01-03 Richard Moore Friends – Happy new year! Lest the world seem to depressing… keep in mind that you’re alive and can have such thoughts. Anger is healthier than depression, and hope is more powerful than despair. best regards, rkm ——————————————————– From: JFadiman Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:25:31 EST Subject: Fwd: .The Power of … Read more
2004-12-22 Richard Moore Friends, Hope you are all together with families and enjoying the warm hearth of the Christmas spirit. I find myself off in Edinborough, where I’ve been graciously invited by Jim & Marureen Macgregor – as a guest in their family as my own is many thousands of miles away. Yesterday we went … Read more
2004-12-17 Richard Moore _______________________________________________ ESCAPING THE MATRIX GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION: WHY WE NEED IT, AND HOW WE CAN GET IT © 2004 Richard K. Moore •••@••.••• http://cyberjournal.org draft version 2.2 This is a review draft of a copyrighted work. Please do not forward, except to selected individuals who may provide useful feedback. This draft does not … Read more
2004-12-14 Richard Moore ____________________________________________________ ESCAPING THE MATRIX GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION: WHY WE NEED IT, AND HOW WE CAN GET IT v. 2.1 © 2004 Richard K. Moore http://cyberjournal.org SYNOPSIS ____________________________________________________ Introduction Chapter 1 A brief history of humanity Species evolution: competition within a cooperative framework The first humans and cultural evolution Origins of civilization: inside and … Read more
2004-12-11 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/121204X.shtml Also see below: Analysis: Discontent Plaguing Military * Deserters: We Won’t Go to Iraq CBSNews.com Wednesday 08 December 2004 The Pentagon says more than 5,500 servicemen have deserted since the war started in Iraq. 60 Minutes Wednesday found several of these deserters who left the Army or Marine Corps rather … Read more
2004-12-11 Richard Moore Friends, Good news and bad news. FIrst the bad news. Pluto’s interest in the book was very short-lived. The editor wanted all the ideas to be placed in an academic context, citing all those who had developed ideas along similar lines. For a book which covers such a wide scope, that would … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112804X.shtml Also see below: Falluja’s Health Damage * ‘Unusual Weapons’ Used in Fallujah By Dahr Jamail Inter Press Service Friday 26 November 2004 Baghdad – The U.S. military has used poison gas and other non-conventional weapons against civilians in Fallujah, eyewitnesses report.. “Poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah,” 35-year-old trader … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112704X.shtml Scalia Says Religion Infuses U.S. Government and History By Vera Dobnik The Associated Press Monday 22 November 2004 New York – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday that a religion-neutral government does not fit with an America that reflects belief in God in everything from its money to … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:49:56 -0400 Subject: Economic `Armageddon’ predicted — Stephen Roach [Boston Herald.comNov 23] http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=55356 Boston Herald – Business Today Economic `Armageddon’ predicted By Brett Arends/ On State Street Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Stephen Roach, the chief economist at investment banking … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: Chris Thorman Subject: Naomi Klein article on Iraq Cc: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6930.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Baghdad Year Zero “Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia” By Naomi Klein Harper’s Magazine, September 2004 — It was only after I had been in Baghdad for a month that I found … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “ICE” <•••@••.•••> TSubject: Fw: FOCUS: The Dollar is Melting, Bush Administration Takes NoAction Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:12:47 -0800 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology —– Original Message —– From: “Ranil Senanayake” <•••@••.•••> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:10 AM Subject: Re: FOCUS: The Dollar is Melting, Bush Administration Takes … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:03:41 +0100 Subject: Shame: American troops use women and children as human shields From: “Praxis-HennerRitter” <•••@••.•••> Every US-citizen should know this! Remember: finally the US had to withdraw from Vietnam also because of the mounting resistance inside US! Love and peace to our human family Henner … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore From: •••@••.••• Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:55:29 EST Subject: Fwd: The 9/11 Truth Movement questions our new day of infamy —<fwd>— From: “Robert Lederman” <•••@••.•••> To: “Robert Lederman” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The 9/11 Truth Movement questions our new day of infamy Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:37:38 -0400 (FORWARDED article from Boulder … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: William Bowles <•••@••.•••> Subject: Documentary proof of CIA involvement coup d’etat against Venezuela http://www.williambowles.info/venezuela/ven_cia.html News and opinions on situation in Venezuela 21/11/04 US Central Intelligence Agency: Documentary proof of CIA involvement in the April 2002 coup d’etat against Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez Frias by Eva Golinger www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23621 Venezuelafoia.info’s reports: On … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112104D.shtml Greenspan Issues Warning on Dollar By David Streitfeld and Jeffrey Fleishman The Los Angeles Times Saturday 20 November 2004 The Federal Reserve chairman is concerned that foreign investors may unload the U.S. currency because of the growing trade deficit. Berlin – Foreigners will eventually sour on U.S. bonds and the … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/international/asia/20china.html?th November 20, 2004 China Widens Economic Role in Latin America By LARRY ROHTER ANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 19 – The expected arrival here on Friday of President Bush, who personifies for Latin Americans the economic and political power of Washington, is being greeted with an uneasy mix of protests and hopes … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Lou & Dr. Bob Wynman” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: urgent alert Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:31:45 -0800 URGENT ALERT: VOTE COMING ON FORCED MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING By: Devvy November19, 2004 NewsWithViews.com “Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to … Read more
2004-12-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:55:28 -0500 From: Paul Wolf <•••@••.•••> Subject: Putting Fallujah to the Torch 1. Putting Fallujah to the Torch 2. Counterinsurgency run amok 3. Don’t Support the Troops! Not When They Commit War Crimes 4. US accused of ‘torture flights’ Putting Fallujah to the Torch By Assaf … Read more