2009-01-29 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/econ-j29.shtml IMF expects global economy to come to “virtual halt” in 2009 By Patrick O’Connor  29 January 2009 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that it expects world economic growth this year to be the lowest since World War II. The Fund’s latest update to its 2009 World Economic Outlook forecasts … Read more

2009-01-29 Richard Moore * US Treasury to restrict lobbying on bailout  http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/402b6b08a0fd34a2?hl=en Who needs lobbyists when the foxes run the chicken coup? * Treasury Weighs Hard Choices To Save Banks  http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/a9fb56d269b1ae93?hl=en The Treasury is willing to sacrifice all of us in pursuit of saving the banks.  Obama’s job is to help them get by with … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore This entire book is online. Below is the title and first paragraph. -rkm ___ http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/nock1.html Our Enemy, the State by Albert Jay Nock 1 If we look beneath the surface of our public affairs, we can discern one fundamental fact, namely: a great redistribution of power between society and the State. This … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore The Treasury is willing to sacrifice all in pursuit of saving the banks. Obama’s job is to help them get by with it. -rkm ___ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/27/AR2009012700457.html Treasury Weighs Hard Choices To Save Banks Any Path Carries Risk of Failure By David Cho Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 28, 2009; A01 President … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore With bankers administering the bailout, there is no need for lobbyists. They’re just keeping the other foxes out of the chicken coup. -rkm http://www.truthout.org/012709D http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2743694020090127 US Treasury to Restrict Lobbying on Bailout Funds Tuesday 27 January 2009 by: Reuters     Washington – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced new rules on Tuesday to … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012709F http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=fr&id_article=11363&id_mag=0 Why Do We Act Like Sheep? Wednesday 14 January 2009 by: Viviane Thivent, Sciences Actualité To proclaim out loud what one is silently thinking all alone: sometimes that initiative requires a superhuman effort. But, why? Where does this propensity to line up with majority opinion come from? A cerebral automatism … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012709S US Missile Strikes in Pakistan Will Continue: Gates Tuesday 27 January 2009 by: Reuters     Washington – The United States will continue to carry out missile strikes against al Qaeda militants in Pakistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.     Pakistani officials have complained publicly about the attacks from unmanned U.S. aircraft … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012709T Bolivia Looking Forward: New Constitution Passed, Celebrations Hit the Streets Tuesday 27 January 2009 by: Benjamin Dangl, t r u t h o u t | Report     La Paz – After Bolivia’s new constitution was passed in a national referendum on Sunday, thousands gathered in La Paz to celebrate. Standing on … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n02/sieg01_.html Israel’s Lies Henry Siegman Western governments and most of the Western media have accepted a number of Israeli claims justifying the military assault on Gaza: that Hamas consistently violated the six-month truce that Israel observed and then refused to extend it; that Israel therefore had no choice but to destroy Hamas’s … Read more

2009-01-28 Richard Moore The Bush regime was a lawless regime. This makes it difficult for the Obama regime to be a lawful one. A torture inquiry would lead naturally into a war crimes inquiry. General Taguba said that the Bush regime committed war crimes. President Obama was a war criminal by his third day in … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012609E http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/26/iceland-credit-crunch Banking Crisis Brings Down Iceland Government Monday 26 January 2009 by: Peter Walker, The Guardian UK Prime minister becomes world’s first national leader to step down as direct result of global financial meltdown.     Iceland’s prime minister today announced the immediate resignation of his government because of the country’s severe financial … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore Has he done the numbers?  -rkm ___ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7851038.stm Obama aims for oil independence President Barack Obama has called for the US to become energy independent, saying its reliance on foreign oil and global warming posed threats. Outlining his energy priorities, he said the country would not be held “hostage to dwindling resources, … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012609S http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/26/road-ruin-recession-individuals-economy Road to Ruin: Twenty-Five People at the Heart of the Meltdown Monday 26 January 2009 by: Julia Finch, Andrew Clark and David Teather, The Guardian UK     The worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made disaster in which we all played a … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore The overriding principle of Obama’s plan is that nothing will be done that impinges on the wealth and prerogatives of America’s financial elite. He made this clear in his inaugural address when he hailed the “free market,” saying its “power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched.” Meanwhile, the new president … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore This moves enables the Irish government to forgive the loans to its cronies. -rkm ___ http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/irel-j27.shtml Ireland: Anglo Irish Bank taken into state ownership By Steve James  27 January 2009 The Irish government was forced to take the Anglo Irish Bank into full state ownership on January 15. The move came as … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore The USA has always used torture in its wars, and in its intelligence operations. The novelty with Bush is that he published the fact.  -rkm ___ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21844.htm The Torture Ban that Doesn’t Ban Torture: Obama’s Rules Keep It Intact, and Could Even Accord With an Increase in US-Sponsored Torture Worldwide. By Allan Nairn … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602232.html Stimulus Bill Sends Thrill Through Region Local Officials Drawing Up Wish Lists By Daniel de Vise and John Wagner Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 27, 2009; A01 As Congress prepares legislation to pump more than $800 billion into the economy, governments in the Washington region are lining up for their … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012600497.html Layoffs Cut Deeper Into Economy As Recession Hits Most Industries, Corporate Giants Slash Jobs By Annys Shin and Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 27, 2009; A01 The nation’s employers, including some of its largest and most sturdy, announced plans yesterday to slash more than 55,000 jobs, a staggering … Read more

2009-01-27 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012709L http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0127/p01s01-woam.html Bolivia Sets New Global High Mark for Indigenous Rights Tuesday 27 January 2009 by: Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor A new constitution approved handily Sunday also risks dividing the nation.     La Paz, Bolivia – Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, easily won his campaign for a new constitution … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/econ-j22.shtml Obama pick for treasury secretary tells Senate: Trillions for the banks, austerity for the people By Patrick O’Connor  22 January 2009 President Barack Obama’s nominee for treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, testified Wednesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Without providing specific details, Geithner said that he and the … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/012609O http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aboT_VyTmmd0&refer=home Obama to Let California Set Its Own Auto Emissions Standards  Email | Print | A A A By Kim Chipman Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is set to allow California to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions for autos, reversing a Bush administration ruling, people familiar with the matter said. More than a dozen other U.S. states may then … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore The US News Network ABC News reported on 20th October 2008, that during a Seattle fundraiser, Biden said: “Mark my words: It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7850085.stm Israeli PM in war crimes pledge Any Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip will be given state protection from prosecution overseas, the country’s PM has said. Ehud Olmert said troops should know Israel would keep them safe after they acted to protect their country. Palestinians say 1,300 … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore As I’ve been saying for many years, the ‘anti-terrorist’ legislation that has been implemented throughout the West has only one purpose: to control the population when the collapse comes. The collapse has come, and in the more marginal regions we can see the beginnings of the inevitable social unrest that will follow.  … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20364   Obama on Israel-Palestine January, 26 2009  By Noam Chomsky  Noam Chomsky’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously – both what he says, and what he omits. Particularly significant is his … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore With capitalism failing dramatically in Eastern Europe, one wonders if this may cause some of the nations to move closer to the Russian orbit. -rkm ___ http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/eeur-j26.shtml Economic crisis unleashes violent protests across Eastern Europe By Markus Salzmann  26 January 2009 The international economic crisis has hit Eastern Europe with full force … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/rich-j26.shtml The New York Times’ Frank Rich: Obama is right—the people are to blame By David Walsh  26 January 2009 Barack Obama’s inauguration has brought out the worst in a good many people, especially from within the environs of American liberalism. The liberal pundits either invent an imaginary ‘progressive’ Obama or come … Read more

2009-01-26 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/stim-j26.shtml Congressional office admits: Obama stimulus plan won’t meet job-creation target By Patrick Martin  26 January 2009 The Obama administration and congressional Democrats began the final push for passage of an $825 billion economic stimulus plan this weekend, but an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) conceded that the measure would … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.rense.com/general84/djjwe.htm Barky Team Already Rejects Afghan Peace Plan From Webster Tarpley 1-21-9   The Obama transition team has already rejected out of hand a plan for a negotiated peace settlement in Afghanistan which had been approved by the Karzai government as well as by its opponents. A leading mainstream German Afghanistan expert, Christoph … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20269 Question and Answer on Gaza January, 16 2009  By Stephen Shalom     [conclusion] 29. Israel calls the homes it is planning to attack and drops leaflets warning civilians to get away from military targets. Doesn’t that meet its obligation to protect the civilian population?   Israel issued no warning at all when … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20269 Question and Answer on Gaza January, 16 2009  By Stephen Shalom  Stephen Shalom’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace On December 27, 2008, Israel launched its brutal assault on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead. The aim here has been to collect in one place the most frequently-asked questions and to offer answers and sources. You can … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore The orders signed by Obama do not undo the Bush administration’s attacks on constitutional and international law. They do not challenge the supposed right of the president to unilaterally imprison any individual, without trial and without charges, by declaring him to be an “enemy combatant.” Nor do they end the procedure known … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://govtsecurity.com/news/homeland-security-school/ Delaware Charter School To Focus On Homeland Security Jun 12, 2008 4:16 PM The first high school dedicated to preparing students for the front lines in the Homeland security field has gone from theory to planning in Wilmington, Del., reportsThe Delaware Business Ledger. Project Manager for the Delaware Academy for Public … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7847651.stm Obama lifts ban on abortion funds US President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on federal funding for foreign family planning agencies that promote or give information about abortion. The US is one of the biggest supporters of family planning programmes globally, but former president George W Bush blocked funds for … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7846625.stm UN ‘shocked’ by Gaza destruction The UN’s humanitarian chief has told the BBC the situation in Gaza after a three-week Israeli offensive against Hamas was worse than he anticipated. Sir John Holmes, who visited Gaza on Thursday, said he was shocked by “the systematic nature of the destruction”. He said that … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012304189.html 2 U.S. Airstrikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama’s Pakistan Policy By R. Jeffrey Smith, Candace Rondeaux and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, January 24, 2009; A01 Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first tangible sign … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012304172.html Downturn Accelerates As It Circles The Globe Economies Worse Off Than Predicted Just Weeks Ago By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 24, 2009; A01 The world economy is deteriorating more quickly than leading economists predicted only weeks ago, with Britain yesterday becoming the latest nation to surprise analysts … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore  • Double within three years the amount of energy that could be produced from renewable resources, an ambitious goal given the 30 years it took to reach current levels. Advisers say that could power 6 million households. If peak oil is real, 3% of our households is only a drop in the … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore In the middle of the night, the plantations around Araçoiaba in Brazil’s ethanol zone are on fire. The area looks like a war zone during the sugarcane harvest, as the burning fields light up the sky and the wind carries clouds of smoke across the countryside. So, not only do we get … Read more

2009-01-25 Richard Moore http://www.rense.com/general84/guess.htm Guess What? Lots Of Oil,  Natural Gas In Gaza! A Secret Behind Israel’s Siege of Gaza: Palestinians  Have Oil and Natural Gas Resources Martha Rose Crow, M.S. 1-7-9   “there is an abundance of oil reserves both on the strip and offshore” http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/q_israeli_palestinian_peace/   “The Palestinians are, in aggregate, energy rich. For the … Read more