Guardian – Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

2008-07-05 Richard Moore “President Bush has linked higher food prices to higher demand from India and China, but the leaked World Bank study disputes that: “Rapid income growth in developing countries has not led to large increases in global grain consumption and was not a major factor responsible for the large price increases.”  Even successive … Read more

Iran ‘seriously considering’ new international nuclear offer

2008-07-04 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/iran-seriously-considering-new-nuclear-offerhttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/42839.html McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Wed, Jul. 02, 2008 Iran ‘seriously considering’ new international nuclear offer Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: July 01, 2008 07:36:41 PM UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s senior diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran was seriously considering a new offer from six world powers to resolve … Read more

Obama’s agenda: expanded military & government

2008-07-03 Richard Moore http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203152.html Obama Calls for National Service Democrat Visiting GOP Strongholds By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 3, 2008; A04 COLORADO SPRINGS, July 2 — Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday “to step into the strong currents of history” … Read more

Obama: where he gets his money

2008-07-02 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/opinion/01brooks.html July 1, 2008 OP-ED COLUMNIST Obama’s Money Class By DAVID BROOKS Barack Obama sells the Democratic Party short. He talks about his fund-raising success as if his donors were part of a spontaneous movement of small-money enthusiasts who cohered around himself. In fact, Democrats have spent years building their donor network. … Read more

Hot money creating China bubble

2008-07-01 Richard Moore On May 9, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who was in charge of financial affairs, sounded wary when he stressed the importance of the country’s financial security in the face of the speculative flood.     “Financial security deals directly with overall national economic and social stability and the fundamental interests of the people. … Read more

Venezuela hails ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia

2008-06-30 Richard Moore http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=150&a=7306 http://www.inteldaily.com/  Venezuela hails ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:36:00 (RIA Novosti) – Relations between Venezuela and Russia have developed into a strategic partnership, the country’s vice president said Friday. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizales was in Moscow at the end of a three-day official visit during which he … Read more

Midwest levee breaks, corn price at new high

2008-06-28 Richard Moore Note: Based on recent information, I have a strong suspicion HAARP may be behind many of the ‘natural disasters’ that have been experienced recently. Particularly these floods, which are well within the capabilities of HAARP, and which serve very well the genocidal intentions of those who call the tune to which politicians … Read more

Canadian news: Dialog magazine

2008-06-27 Richard Moore June 6, 2008 Dialogue’s e-mail Newsletter Vol.2 #6 JUNE 2008 In This Issue Dialogue’s Book Store Canadian Action Party End of Public Power in BC Refederation Party of BC Pacifism as a map Independent Republic of Western Canada Deeo Down the Front Bench is Shallow Security & Prosperity Partnership Quick Links Register … Read more

Mohawk Nation News – latest govt. atrocities

2008-06-27 Richard Moore http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2008/06/mohawk-nation-news-devils-strategy-abu.html Thursday, June 26, 2008 Mohawk Nation News: The Devil’s Strategy, Abu Ghraib to Akwesasne THE DEVIL’S STRATEGY – FROM ABU GHRAIB TO AKWESASNE –  by Iako’ha:kowa of Sharbot Lake Haudenosaunee Territory Mohawk Nation News June 21, 2008. The leather gloved goons who beat two Mohawk grandmothers at Cornwall Border Crossing in … Read more

Project Terrorism: US, Al-Qaeda, and Pakistan

2008-05-31 Richard Moore This article claims progress is being made against Al Qaeda, and at the same time warns of more attacks. They want it both ways. And they can always make either come true since they control Al Qaeda and carry out the ‘terrorist’ attacks themselves. Very convenient. Just like Orwell predicted in 1984. … Read more

Canada’s tar sands: energy + devastation

2008-05-30 Richard Moore http://thetyee.ca/Views/2008/05/20/TarSands/ The Tar Sands, Downstream Cancer, and the BC connection. By Blair Redlin and Caelie Frampton When 500 ducks died earlier this month after landing on a tar sands tailings pond, Canadians got a glimpse into how unfettered tar sands development is taking its toll. Members of the Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations … Read more

Canada’s tar sands: energy + devastation

2008-05-29 Richard Moore Begin forwarded message: From: “S.McDowall” <> Date: 29 May 2008 04:09:59 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: The Tar Sands, Downstream Hi Richard:  This may not be of interest to you or your readers but I sure would like it to be.  This just shows the disdain the Governments (Provincial & Federal) in Canada have … Read more

Blackwater Grand Jury Hears Iraqi Witnesses

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/blackwater-grand-jury-hears-iraqi-witnesses http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4941052&page=1 Blackwater Grand Jury Hears Iraqi Witnesses In Interviews With ABC News Before Leaving Baghdad, the Men All Said the Blackwater Shootings Were Unprovoked By BRIAN ROSS, AADEL FAIQ and LEN TEPPER May 27, 2008— The FBI has brought four Iraqi witnesses, including the father of a dead 9-year-old boy, to … Read more

James Kunstler: What peak oil is really about

2008-05-28 Richard Moore “So what are intelligent responses to our predicament? First, we’ll have to dramatically reorganize the everyday activities of American life. We’ll have to grow our food closer to home, in a manner that will require more human attention. In fact, agriculture needs to return to the center of economic life. We’ll have … Read more

Asia Times: Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE28Ak01.html Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’ By Muhammad Cohen  NEW YORK – The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States … Read more

“North American Parliament” Meets At Integration Forum

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/270508Integration.htm “North American Parliament” Meets At Integration Forum Students trained in “sense of belonging to North America” Steve WatsonInfowars.net Tuesday, May 27, 2008 A simulation of a North American Parliament, designed to “develop the participants’ sense of belonging to North America” and “and promote the creation of North American academia networks” is … Read more

9/11: a website for your skeptic friends

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/ RECENT ARTICLES:  Twenty-five U.S. Military Officers Challenge Official Account of 9/11 – Official Account of 9/11 “Impossible”, “A Bunch of Hogwash”, “Total B.S.”, “Ludicrous”, “A Well-Organized Cover-up”, “A White-Washed Farce” Jan. 14, 2008      PDF Version      Article on OpEdNews Eight U.S. State Department Veterans Challenge the Official Account of 9/11 – Official Account of … Read more

9/11: Army Intelligence Analyst speaks out

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080515130436575 Free At Last — Army Intelligence Analyst Buswell, ‘The 9/11 NCO,’ Speaks Out Tuesday, May 13, 2008 By Stephen C. Webster, Austin Bureau Chief AUSTIN, Texas — On Aug. 2, 2006, Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell had his life forever changed by an e-mail. During his 21 years in the Army, … Read more

Proof positive: no plane hit Pentagon

2008-05-28 Richard Moore Where’s the plane? No video this time, no long article either. None needed. When you see the Pentagon from this angle (a vantage I bet you’ve never seen before), the reality of the situation is undeniable. Whatever caused this section of the Pentagon to explode and catch fire was not a passenger … Read more

Richard Cook: History of US Empire

2008-05-28 Richard Moore http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/will-we-see-the-end-of-empire-in-our-time-by-richard-c-cook/ http://tinyurl.com/6evg2j Will We See the End of Empire in Our Time?  by Richard C. Cook featured writer Dandelion Saladrichardccook.com May 27, 2008 The following is based on a talk given by the author at the “End of Empire” session of the “Building a New World” Conference of the Prout World Assembly at … Read more

Project Fascism: Death squads in Delaware

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w10.html Death Squad in Delaware: The Case of the Murdered Marine by William Norman Grigg He survived Iraq, only to suffer Death By Government in the “Land of the Free”: Sgt. Derek J. Hale, USMC, ret. ~ RIP     Delaware was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It may be the first … Read more

Engdahl: More on the real reason behind high oil prices

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9042 More on the real reason behind high oil prices Part II By F. William Engdahl Global Research, May 21, 2008 As detailed in an earlier article, a conservative calculation is that at least 60% of today’s $128 per barrel price of crude oil comes from unregulated futures speculation by hedge funds, … Read more

The necessity of relocalization

2008-05-27 Richard Moore Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> wrote to Sfpnotices: Greetings, My belief is that governments will not prove to be helpful in responding to the food emergency. They have signaled their responses, and they are thinking in terms of increased aid, and increased dependency on green-revolution methods. Those only make the problem worse, but the responses will be sold … Read more

Washington to Pakistan: How dare you seek peace!

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/paki-m27.shtml Washington ratchets up pressure on Pakistan’s new government By Keith Jones 27 May 2008 In increasingly blunt fashion, Washington is making known its displeasure with Pakistan’s new elected government, which is comprised of parties opposed to the US-backed military strongman and president Pervez Musharraf. At issue is Islamabad’s attempt to reach … Read more

The players in the global financial system

2008-05-27 Richard Moore __________ Begin forwarded message: From: WellDunn/Tacenda <> Date: 27 May 2008 11:16:38 IST To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: THE COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM: VICE CHAIR OF FED IS CHAIR… GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM already HERE? I WILL LOOK INTO THIS LATER, BUT WANTED YOU TO SEE IT, AS IT TIES IN WITH THE MARY POST ABOUT … Read more

31,000 scientists reject ‘global warming’ agenda

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64734 HEAT OF THE MOMENT 31,000 scientists reject ‘global warming’ agenda ‘Mr. Gore’s movie has claims no informed expert endorses’ Posted: May 19, 2008 8:51 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily More than 31,000 scientists across the U.S. – including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth … Read more

UN continues to exploit hurricane victims

2008-05-27 Richard Moore Leading the one-day meeting, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said that the government was “moving fast in the right direction” and that he was confident Myanmar would honor the pledge, made to him on Friday by the leader of its military junta, Senior Gen. Than Shwe….But he insisted that donors … Read more

Mugabe, Mbeki, Maliki: They’re Our Boys!

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://www.ilanamercer.com/MugabeMbekiMalikiTheyreOurBoys.htm Mugabe, Mbeki, Maliki: They’re Our Boys Ilana Mercer “Zimbabwe’s Opposition Leader Is Seized,” blared the New York Times. “Zimbabwe’s police have launched a new crackdown on the opposition,” the BBC chimed, decrying the arrest of Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, and the stepped-up “campaign of violence and … Read more

Holocaust: Don’t ask, don’t tell

2008-05-27 Richard Moore http://www.thecivicplatform.com/2008/05/25/holocaust-tyranny-expels-sceptical-uk-scientist-from-academia/ Holocaust Tyranny Expels Sceptical UK Scientist from Academia A firsthand report by Michel, Lady Renouf (director and producer of the free enquiry dvd JAILING OPINIONS) 25th May 2008 Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom, a respected astronomer and author, is the latest scientist to discover the limits of academic freedom in the Western world. … Read more

Britain: House repossessions rising sharply

2008-05-26 Richard Moore The Citizens Advice Bureau (a charity offering advice to people, especially on debt) issued a statement in response to the MoJ. It said: “We have seen a very sharp rise in the number of people coming to us with mortgage arrears, and evidence that in too many cases lenders are using court … Read more

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2008-05-26 Richard Moore The Citizens Advice Bureau (a charity offering advice to people, especially on debt) issued a statement in response to the MoJ. It said: “We have seen a very sharp rise in the number of people coming to us with mortgage arrears, and evidence that in too many cases lenders are using court … Read more

The Fed: the biggest scam in history

2008-05-26 Richard Moore Just in case you didn’t know the Federal Reserve is a private company of bankers with twelve branch banks that confiscate our money and they have been doing this for almost a hundred years,— this time! They are not part of the United States Government.  Yet today they collect hundreds of billions … Read more

Robert Weissman: Big Pharma Digs In

2008-05-26 Richard Moore http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/corp-focus/2008/000286.html Big Pharma Digs In robert weissman •••@••.•••  Thu, 01 May 2008 13:30:54 -0400 Previous message: [corp-focus] Medical R&D That Works for the Developing World Next message: [corp-focus] Global Poverty: More Big Business is Not the Solution Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] … Read more

Carolyn Baker: The Demise Of Adolescent America

2008-05-26 Richard Moore http://countercurrents.org/baker230508.htm Rapid Unraveling And The Demise Of Adolescent America By Carolyn Baker 23 May, 2008 Carolynbaker.net Well here it is folks-the great unraveling so many of us have been forecasting during the past five years as we’ve read the tea leaves and researched the unprecedented convergence of myriad natural, political, economic, and … Read more

Illegal immigrants: punishing the victims

2008-05-26 Richard Moore http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24immig.html 270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push By JULIA PRESTON May 24, 2008 WATERLOO, Iowa — In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds here, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. The prosecutions, which ended Friday, … Read more

Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word

2008-05-26 Richard Moore http://www.counterpunch.org/vodovnik05122008.html Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word By Ziga Vodovnik 22/05/08 “CounterPunch” — May 17, 2008 — Howard Zinn, 85, is a Professor Emeritus of political science at Boston University. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1922 to a poor immigrant family. He realized early in his youth that … Read more

The Fed: the biggest scam in history

2008-05-26 Richard Moore Just in case you didn’t know the Federal Reserve is a private company of bankers with twelve branch banks that confiscate our money and they have been doing this for almost a hundred years,— this time! They are not part of the United States Government.  Yet today they collect hundreds of billions … Read more

Slavery Today: A Clear and Present Danger

2008-05-26 Richard Moore http://www.truthout.org/article/slavery-today-a-clear-and-present-danger Slavery Today: A Clear and Present Danger Thursday 22 May 2008 by: Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report     Slavery never ended in the United States; it continues here and across the globe, facilitated by globalization, corruption and greed. There are more people enslaved today – … Read more

Project Collapse: Gold to be new exchange standard?

2008-05-26 Richard Moore As radical and implausible as it may sound, digitising the earth’s 2,500-year experiment with commodity money may ultimately prove far more sustainable than our recent 35-year experiment with monetary sovereignty. The writer is director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author of “Financial Statecraft.” The CFR, as one … Read more

Part 3: Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy

2008-05-26 Richard Moore Part 3 of 3 _______________ http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard66.html Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy by Murray N. Rothbardby Murray N. Rothba This first appeared in World Market Perspective (1984) and later as a monograph published by the Center for libertarian Studies (1995). Afterword By Justin Raimondo. Henry A. Kissinger But of course the dominant … Read more