2008-09-23 Richard Moore The split widens between the US and the EU. First over Russia, and now over the economy. rkm ____ http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,579707,00.html 09/22/2008 05:54 PM “THE AMERICANS SAID, ‘WE WON’T’” Merkel Says Washington Helped Drag Europe into the Credit Crisis Response to Washington’s multibillion-dollar Wall Street bailout has involved a lot of skeptical grumbling … Read more

2008-09-22 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/symonds220908.htm Marriott Hotel Bombing:  Another Sign Of Pakistan’s Deepening Crisis By Peter Symonds 22 September, 2008 WSWS.org The massive bomb blast that devastated the luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening is one more sign of the deepening political crisis in Pakistan produced by the Bush administration’s spreading “war on terrorism”. While … Read more

2008-09-22 Richard Moore http://www.creative-i.info/?p=777 http://tinyurl.com/3k9kn6 Titanic Shift in Global Capital Market Power   The worst financial crisis in US history is just now appearing in its real dimension. It spells the end of New York’s reign as the globally dominant financial power, the heart of the power of the American Century. It is a shift … Read more

2008-09-22 Richard Moore The plan would raise the ceiling on the national debt and spend as much as the combined annual budgets of the Departments of Defense, Education and Health and Human Services. Paulson is asking for the power to hire asset managers and award contracts to private companies. Most provisions of the proposal expire … Read more

2008-09-21 Richard Moore A longtime student of the Great Depression, Mr. Bernanke was acutely aware of what could happen without a decisive move. Finally, the moment that called for action arrived late Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after the Fed bailed out American International Group, the giant insurer, it was clear the turmoil gripping Wall Street … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore The weapons used on Wall Street are prior knowledge and inside information, the ability to manipulate with the capacity to predict results, the spreading of misleading or false information on economic occurrences and market trends. These various procedures are best described as the “powers of deception”, which financial institutions routinely use to … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10271 Impacts of the Financial Crisis: The U.S. Is Becoming an Impoverished Nation By Richard C. Cook Global Research, September 19, 2008 Everything the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department are trying to do to stem the tide of the self-destructing U.S. financial system is a stopgap. They are locking the … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore This attack has seemed imminent for quite some time now, so one never knows for sure. But all this assembled naval power must be for something. And Russia has made it clear it’s not putting up with any more nonsense from Washington. If there is a blockade, Russia will challenge it. If … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080917/116887622.html U.S. could use Georgia as bridgehead to attack Iran – Rogozin 17/09/2008 17:10 BRUSSELS, September 17 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia would be an ideal bridgehead for a U.S. invasion of Iran, Russia’s NATO envoy said Wednesday. The United States and Israel have consistently refused to rule out the possibility of military … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore Today it is a larger, better armed and more confident militia, capable of mounting sustained military assaults. Its forces operate in virtually every province and control many districts in areas ringing the capital. Its fighters have bombed embassies and prisons, nearly assassinated the president, executed foreign aid workers and hanged or beheaded … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore You may have heard of the new film, The Battle of Seattle. It’s got a solid cast of stars, and seems to do a good job of portraying events. Woody Haroldson is involved, and he’s on our side. Here’s a good interview by Amy Goldman with Stuart Townsend, the writer and director, … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/hbos-s20.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Europe : Britain Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS leaves Britain’s banks in trouble By Julie Hyland 20 September 2008 Back to screen version | Send this link by email | Email the author Lloyds TSB’s £12 billion takeover of Halifax … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore Here’s a video of an ABC news broadcast about the media blackout on Hurricane Ike damage.      http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0dxJfxsa8 Why the blackout? I think it’s pretty clear that they are intentionally setting a precedent for blackouts, in preparation for how things will be handled under martial law. There is the additional possibility that they … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://rense.com/general83/syr.htm Syria The New Tripwire For WWIII Lord Stirling 9-18-8 Russian Rear Admiral Andrei Baranov has disclosed that 10 Russian warships are already anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus. Russian engineering crews are widening and dredging the port to accommodate additional Russian warships. The Russians are making clear their intentions of … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_08/willie091808.html PANIC, CONSOLIDATE, GAME OVER Jim Willie CB                         September 18, 2008 home:  Golden Jackass website                    subscribe:  Hat Trick Letter Jim Willie CB, editor of the “HAT TRICK LETTER” Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of several smallcap companies positioned to rise during the ongoing … Read more

2008-09-20 Richard Moore http://www.ukcolumn.org/2008/09/19/the-end-of-the-united-states/ The End Of The United States Mike Robinson ukcolumn As I write this, in a real sucker punch, the FTSE is up 10% so far today. Hooray, the world is saved! Or not. What could be behind this insane, hysterical reaction? One reason is that late yesterday, the FSA called a … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore The Civic Committee ProSanta Cruz, the principal autonomist organization, demanded the Pando governor’s immediate release yesterday, At least the opposition is honest about themselves, they don’t consider a massacre of peasants to be a crime. rkm __________ http://www.truthout.org/article/morales-adherents-gunned-down-pando http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/monde/352662.FR.php Morales Adherents Gunned Down in Pando Thursday 18 September 2008 by: Reza Nourmamode, … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2008/09/bolivia-pando-prefect-arrested.html Bolivia: Pando Prefect Arrested La Paz, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Opposition Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez was arrested and transferred to La Paz on charges of organizing a massacre of farmers in the northern Bolivian province. Military forces arrested Fernandez at his headquarters in the state capital of Cobija. Pando is under … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/khalid170908.htm Is A US Attack On Pakistan Imminent? By Usman Khalid 17 September, 2008 Countercurrents.org Pakistan is nervous; it cannot believe that the USA can turn on its ally so fast and easy. The escalation of the ‘terror war’ to include Pakistan was announced by President Bush himself. He proclaimed a new … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/business/18wall.html September 18, 2008 As Fears Grow, Wall St. Titans See Shares Fall By BEN WHITE and ERIC DASH Editors’ Note Appended Correction Appended Even Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the two last titans left standing on Wall Street, are no longer immune. To the surprise of executives within those firms, and … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20783.htm Bolivia Versus the Empire Morales Sí, Secession No By Patrick Irelan 16/09/08 “Counterpunch’ —  Evo Morales is a patient man. After he was elected president of Bolivia in 2005, he set about in a peaceful and democratic way to liberate his country’s oppressed majority. That majority includes indigenous South American Indians, … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=11980 http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army By Gina Cavallaro – Staff writer Posted : Monday Sep 8, 2008 6:15:06 EDT The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.countercurrents.org/eriqat180908.htm Just How Many Legs Does This Stool Have? By Dave Eriqat 18 september, 2008 Countercurrents.org It seems like the people running our government and commercial apparatus are systematically and deliberately cutting the stabilizing legs off the stool we call our economy. It’s as if they are completely unaware of the inevitable consequences … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1295/new-study-shows-solar-system-is-unique.html New Study Shows Solar System is Unique Monday, September 01, 2008 – Shalhevet Bar-Asher Research conducted by a team of North American scientists recently claimed that our solar system is special, contrary to the accepted theory that it is an average planetary system. Using computer simulations to follow the development of … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/17/us_seizes_control_of_aig_with US Seizes Control of AIG with $85 Billion Bailout September 17, 2008 The US government has seized control of insurance giant American International Group in an unprecedented $85 billion bailout. The Federal Reserve made the deal on Tuesday to save AIG from collapse in what the New York Times describes as … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/revolt-rich http://www.newsweek.com/id/158825 Revolt of the Rich Despite winning last month’s recall election, President Evo Morales faces escalating violence from protesters who don’t want to share the nation’s natural-gas wealth. Michael Miller NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE Sep 13, 2008 | Updated: 1:09  p.m. ET Sep 13, 2008 Relations between Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales, and the country’s wealthy easterners were … Read more

2008-09-19 Richard Moore http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/ht080918.htm . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rachel’s Democracy & Health News #977 “Environment, health, jobs and justice–Who gets to decide?” Thursday, September 18, 2008…………Printer-friendly version www.rachel.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Featured stories in this issue… Could the Diabetes Epidemic Be Caused by Chemical Pollution?   “Ask why diabetes is epidemic in the 21st century and most people   … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Intentional Community Feasibility – Montana Project New Earth Summit Forums & Global Awakening News  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Important: We are sending this letter one time and with a one-week hence reminder. After that if we do not hear from you, you will not receive any further communications about this project. A few people are on … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore We now have a situation where the US government itself is guaranteeing most of those ‘subprime’ (ie, bad) loans that were made. This does not mean the homeowners won’t be evicted, but it does mean the banks that made the bad loans will be repaid. Either that, or the US Government itself … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore Organization: UpandOUTReply-To: <•••@••.•••>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:22:29 -0500To: NECDP <•••@••.•••>Subject: [Necdp_info] Millions of ‘Terror’ DVDs– In ‘Swing States “God Bless America, and, Y’all Stay scared now!!!! By Greg Mitchell and Joe Strupp  Published: September 13, 2008 2:00 PM ET  NEW YORK The arrival of tens of millions of DVDs of a … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/nucl-s17.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia : India Nuclear Supplier Group gives India unique “waiver,” but only after row between Delhi and Beijing By Kranti Kumara and Deepal Jayasekera 17 September 2008 In the face of immense political pressure from the United States and a … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore Steve Weissman | Bob Woodward’s Not-so-Secret Weapon http://www.truthout.org/article/bob-woodwards-not-so-secret-weapon-iraq Steve Weissman, Truthout: “Refusing to reveal details, Woodward insisted that too much talk could compromise the program and ‘get people killed,’ a bizarre turn of phrase about a program whose purpose was to get people killed. In any case, Woodward would tell only enough … Read more

2008-09-17 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: Dahr Jamail’s dispatches <•••@••.•••> Date: September 16, 2008 7:29:29 PM GMT+01:00 To: Dahr Jamail Dispatches <•••@••.•••> Subject: MidEast Dispatches: BOOKS-IRAQ: “We Blew Her to Pieces” Reply-To: •••@••.••• Sender: •••@••.••• BOOKS-IRAQ: “We Blew Her to Pieces”Inter Press Service By Dahr Jamail MARFA, Texas, Sep 16 (IPS) – Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows what … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore http://www.infowars.com/?p=4581 Run On The Bank? Americans Could Lose Their Deposits Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, September 16, 2008 You know things are bad when Yahoo.com, the most trafficked website in the world and usually a purveyor of mindless celebrity gossip, cooking tips and dating advice, features a top story about how … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: “PEERS: WantToKnow.info Email List” <•••@••.•••> Date: September 16, 2008 4:05:22 PM GMT+01:00 To: •••@••.••• Subject: Leading Journalists Expose Major Media Manipulations Reply-To: •••@••.••• To subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list (one email every few days) or to reply to this message, see end of email This message … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/97913 The US Has 761 Military Bases Across the Planet, and We Simply Never Talk About It By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com Posted on September 8, 2008, Printed on September 16, 2008http://www.alternet.org/story/97913/ Here it is, as simply as I can put it: In the course of any year, there must be relatively few … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore Russia Gives Nato 21 Days To Leave Black Sea      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflMj7cD3QY _________________ http://www.rense.com/general83/natoh.htm http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2008/08/31/10108.shtml Russia Issues War Warning To NATO Publication time: 31 August 2008, 12:18  As the attention of the America public is focused on the American election, with the Democratic Convention having just ended, and the announcement today of McCain’s female … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: The Wisdom Fund <•••@••.•••> Date: September 9, 2008 5:50:22 PM GMT+01:00 To: Richard Moore  <•••@••.•••> Subject: NEW BOOK: ‘9/11 Unveiled’ by Enver Masud Reply-To: •••@••.••• THE WISDOM FUNDwww.twf.org September 9, 2008 NEW BOOK: ‘9/11 Unveiled’ by Enver Masud A challenge to those who dismiss alternative explanations of 9/11 … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q3/080908a_nr.html Boeing, Airborne Laser Team Begin Firing High-Energy Laser on ABL Aircraft EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Sept. 08, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Sept. 7 achieved a major milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program by … Read more

2008-09-16 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10191 Has the West Reached Its Limits? By Richard C. Cook Global Research, September 14, 2008 “Change” Part I “Train-wreck” doesn’t even begin to describe what is starting to happen to the U.S. today with the financial crisis, an onrushing depression, and the failure of George W. Bush’s war policy as he … Read more