2009-02-23 Richard Moore http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330&Itemid=1 U.S. Gov’t Prepares for Collapse and Disruption by Jan Lundberg    20 February 2009 Editor’s roundup: Chris Hedges of Truthdig.com wrote a credible column on Feb. 16 titled “Bad News From America’s Top Spy.” This title did not provide a straightforward warning of the subjects within the article, reproduced below. First let … Read more

2009-02-23 Richard Moore 80% of water usage in California is for agriculture. Most of that goes to cattle and cotton, neither of which should be grown in arid California, because of their immense appetite for water. A blanket cut off to all of agriculture will be a disaster due to increasing food shortages and still-higher … Read more

2009-02-23 Richard Moore All over the world self-sufficiency is being outlawed. rkm ____ http://www.truthout.org/022209E http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45848 Fighting for the Right to Fish Saturday 21 February 2009 by: Patrick Burnett, Inter Press Service/International Federation of Environmental Journalists     Cape Town – “When my belly is crying I must fill it. I can sit on the side of the … Read more

2009-02-23 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/022209F http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/ctrl-v/2008/10/in-1969-fourteen-year-old-beatles-fan.html Watch Amazing Oscar-Nominated Short “I Met the Walrus” Friday 20 February 2009 by: Loren Lankford, Paste Magazine     In 1969, 14-year-old Beatles fan Jerry Levitan tracked his idol, John Lennon, from a Toronto airport to his room at the King Edward Hotel. Inside, he convinced Lennon to do an impromptu … Read more

2009-02-23 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/obamas-broken-promises/ Obama’s Broken Promises Infowars February 17, 2009 1. Make Government Open and Transparent 2. Make it “Impossible” for Congressmen to slip in Pork Barrel Projects 3. Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public 4. No more secrecy 5. Public will have 5 days to look at … Read more

2009-02-22 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/mort-f20.shtml Obama’s mortgage plan aims to bolster the banks By Tom Eley  20 February 2009 On Wednesday, President Barack Obama revealed portions of a plan that aims to stem the collapse of the US housing market. The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP) is designed to provide a modicum of relief to … Read more

2009-02-22 Richard Moore “The hope we all had in President Obama to lead us on a different path has not turned out as we’d hoped,” said Tina Monshipour Foster, a human rights attorney representing a detainee at the Bagram Airfield. “We all expected better.” http://www.truthout.org/022109Z http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_terrordetainees022009/ Still No Rights for Bagram Prisoners Friday 20 February … Read more

2009-02-22 Richard Moore http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE51K0A920090221 Soros sees no bottom for world financial “collapse” Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:19pm EST   Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union. He said the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September marked a turning … Read more

2009-02-22 Richard Moore http://www.opednews.com/articles/Firestorm-Brewing-Between-by-Lance-L-Landon-090217-130.html February 19, 2009 at 23:23:27 Firestorm Brewing Between U.S. States and Federal Government by Lance L. Landon     Page 1 of 2 page(s) www.opednews.com States May Be Getting Ready To Dissolve Our Federal Government Could this be an ominous shadow drawing on the end of the United States of America? For years the Federal … Read more

2009-02-21 Richard Moore http://www.dailynewscaster.com/2009/02/11/inside-source-reveals-fema-dhs-prepairing-for-mass-graves-and-martial-law-near-chicago/ Inside source reveals FEMA & DHS preparing for mass graves and martial law near Chicago February 11th, 2009 | Audio, Martial Law By: D. H. Williams @ 10:41 PM – EST An Indiana county municipal official in the vicinity of Chicago reveals the contents of his meetings with FEMA and the Department of … Read more

2009-02-21 Richard Moore The president’s message served as a reminder of last year’s private assessment by Canadian officials that then-candidate Obama’s frequent criticism of NAFTA was nothing more than campaign speeches aimed at chasing support among Rust Belt union workers. http://www.truthout.org/022009LA http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902925.html NAFTA Renegotiation Must Wait, Obama Says Friday 20 February 2009 by: Michael D. … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/18-11 Published on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by Salon.com Charlie Savage on Obama’s Embrace of Bush/Cheney ‘Terrorism Policies’ by Glenn Greenwald During the Bush presidency, there were few reporters, if there were any, who were better on issues of civil liberties and executive power abuses than Charlie Savage, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22034.htm Jailing Kids for Cash By Amy Goodman February 18, 2009 “TruthDig” — As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore The bulk of the spending cuts will fall on education, which will see its finances gutted by $8.6 billion. The most extraordinary aspect of the budget—and one that expresses the utter contempt of the ruling elite for the needs and sentiments of masses of people—is the reported $700 million in tax breaks … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/camera-microphone-in-magnavox-digital-conversion-box/ Camera, Microphone in Magnavox Digital Conversion Box YouTube February 17, 2009 I have a friend who is kind of a conspiracy theorist. He was trying to convince me that the many of the digital TV convert boxes that our coming out have microphones and cameras built into them. Knowing a bit … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20090214&articleId=12307 Israel ready to launch a military offensive against Iran In the wake of Gaza, can the world afford to live with a nuclear Israel? By Lech Biegalski Global Research, February 14, 2009 On February 14, Australian News Agency “The Age” reported: A SENIOR Israeli diplomat has warned that Israel is ready to … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.creative-i.info/?p=4688 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12299 Eastern Partnership: The West’s Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union By Rick Rozoff Global Research, February 13, 2009 Stop NATO At a meeting of the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on May 26 of last year, Poland, seconded by Sweden, first proposed what has … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21971.htm Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran? U.S. Now Sees Iran as Pursuing Nuclear Bomb In a reversal since a 2007 report, U.S. officials expect the Islamic Republic to reach development milestones this year. By Greg Miller  February 13, 2009 “LA Times” — Reporting from Washington — Little more than a … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore Headlining Obama’s plan is a $75 billion Homeowner Stability Initiative, which would provide a set of incentives to mortgage lenders in an effort to convince them to help up to 4 million borrowers on the verge of foreclosure. Incentive to banks rather than direct relief to homeowners, or legislation to halt foreclosures. … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=927271 The Fed as a central bank to the world Jacqueline Thorpe,  Financial Post Published: Sunday, November 02, 2008 Getty Images Nicolas Sarkozy may be pushing for a new financial order but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson have beaten him to it. While the French President dreams of … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/021209A http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/pakistan/090211/exclusive-the-wrong-hands The US Struggle to Keep the Taliban From Stealing What’s Inside This Box Wednesday 11 February 2009 by: Shahan Mufti, GlobalPost     Peshawar, Pakistan – Throughout the ages, this ancient Silk Road town near the border of Afghanistan has been the place where the black market thrives and the military spoils … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-multiple-ways-monsanto-is-putting-normal-seeds-out-of-reach/ The Multiple Ways Monsanto is Putting Normal Seeds Out of Reach Posted by Barbara Peterson    By Linn Cohen-Cole  People say if farmers don’t want problems from Monsanto, just don’t buy their GMO seeds.  Not so simple. Where are farmers supposed to get normal seed these days? How are they supposed to … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore Sarkozy declared that, in his opinion, it was irresponsible “to continue to manufacture French cars in the Czech Republic.” He demanded a halt to the transfer of production to other countries. This is protectionism? This shows how much neoliberalism has distorted language. The Süddeutsche Zeitung echoed the statements of the EU Council president, writing, … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore This crisis has highlighted fundamental weaknesses in the international financial system and that urgent reforms are needed. We agree that a reformed IMF, endowed with additional resources, is crucial to respond effectively and flexibly to the current crisis.  ___ http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKLE69914720090214 TEXT-Full text of final Rome G7 communique Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:35pm … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/09/BAGS15QB5B.DTL Under Obama, same stance on rendition suit Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, February 10, 2009 (02-09) 17:30 PST SAN FRANCISCO — President Obama’s Justice Department signaled in a San Francisco courtroom Monday that the change in administrations has not changed the government’s position on secrecy and the rights of foreign prisoners … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/stse-f16.shtml Obama administration seeks to block lawsuit over illegal wiretapping By John Burton and Marge Holland  16 February 2009 For the second time in less than a week, lawyers from the Justice Department headed by Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder have embraced the Bush administration’s pseudo-legal argument that the “state secrets” … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21991.htm Looting Social Security By William Greider Is Social Security threatened by entitlement reformers? David M. Walker, president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation responds to William Greider’s essayhere. Read William Greider’s answer to Peterson’s criticism here. February 14, 2009 “The Nation” — – “Governing elites in Washington and Wall Street … Read more

2009-02-20 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/021609L http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004409 Former Guantanamo Guard Tells All Sunday 15 February 2009 by: Scott Horton, Harper’s Magazine     Army Private Brandon Neely served as a prison guard at Guantánamo in the first years the facility was in operation. With the Bush Administration, and thus the threat of retaliation against him, now gone, Neely decided … Read more

2009-02-18 Richard Moore The sums needed are beyond the limits of the IMF, which has already bailed out Hungary, Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus, Iceland, and Pakistan – and Turkey next – and is fast exhausting its own $200bn (€155bn) reserve. We are nearing the point where the IMF may have to print money for the world, … Read more

2009-02-15 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/021409A Address on Lincoln’s 200th Birthday Thursday 12 February 2009 by: President Barack Obama, t r u t h o u t | transcript     It is wonderful to be back in Springfield, the city where I got my start in elected office, where I served for nearly a decade, and where … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore Oklahoma City Bombing RARE footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwrEEP8EBk ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://cyberjournal.org recent archives: http://groups.google.com/group/cyberjournal http://groups.google.com/group/newslog old archives:  http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog Moderator: •••@••.•••  (comments welcome)

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2009-02-12 Richard Moore The attacks in a city dense with barricades and armed guards underscored the difficulty of fending off the Taliban even with abundant troops and weaponry as the U.S. beefs up its presence. http://www.truthout.org/021109B http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD969DPI00 Attacks on Afghan Government Buildings Kill 20 Wednesday 11 February 2009 by: Amir Shah and Rahim Faiez, The … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/08-0 Published on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by CommonDreams.org What We Found in Gaza Strong Indications of Violations of the Laws of War, U.S. Law, and War Crimes Found in the Gaza Strip NLG Delegation GAZA CITY – We are a delegation of 8 American lawyers, members of the National Lawyers Guild … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore The move follows allegations that, when head of HBOS, he sacked senior manager Paul Moore who had raised concerns the bank was exposed to too much risk. Sir James, who led HBOS from 2001 to 2006, said there was “no substance to the allegations”. Amazing, that after the collapse, Sir James still claims … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore This article is good, in that it lays out the multi-dimensional problem of food scarcity. At the same time, the article is blatant elitist propaganda, offering misleading explanations and offering proposals that would only make things worse. Today we are witnessing the emergence of a dangerous politics of food scarcity, one in … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore If like me you still get those chatty e-mails from the Obama campaign, it is time to remind them that we voted for the caring community organizer from the streets of Chicago and not some hack carrying water for the predators of Wall Street. http://www.truthout.org/021109S http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090210_no_tough_love_for_wall_street/ No Tough Love for Wall Street … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore http://www.naturalnews.com/025595.html Why Vaccinations Harm Children: Health Experts Sound Off by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor  (NaturalNews) What follows is a collection of quotations from naturopathic physicians, health authors, researchers and doctors on the dangers of vaccines. I assembled these quotes from a private library of health books and published them … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore Meanwhile, new research is showing that human health improves when it is EXPOSED to full-strength pathogens and infections that force the body to activate an adaptive response. For example, new research conducted at Nottingham University (in the UK) is studying whether infecting patients with microscopic parasites (hookworms) actually improves their body’s ability to deal … Read more

2009-02-12 Richard Moore In the view of many outside the U.S. (and some within), the only way to limit such excesses is through a bigger, more powerful IMF that can act as a central bank to the world–and knock heads when needed. While everybody agrees that this new IMF needs to be less dominated by … Read more