cj#486> re2: A wake-up call to libertarians

1996-03-04 Richard Moore Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#483> re: A wake-up call to libertarians It seems to me that the essence of libertarianism is — I want what I want when I want it — and fuck everything else. Sort of reminds me of some kind of ecconomic system… WS … Read more…

cj#485> virus alert (?)

1996-03-01 Richard Moore Subject: Virus Alert** Do not download PKZ300.exe! Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 02:04:11 -0800 Organization: City of Tacoma Lines: 17 Message-ID: <•••@••.•••> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip8.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0GoldB1 (Win95; I) To All of the NETTERS, from our computer support center at the City of Tacoma: There … Read more…

cj#484> re: Cuba & saber rattling

1996-03-01 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 Sender: Charles Bell <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#480> re: Cuba & saber rattling On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Richard K. Moore wrote: > > The U.S. has obviously been preparing to play the Cuba card for > some time. This election year is the perfect time for … Read more…

cj#483> re: A wake-up call to libertarians

1996-02-29 Richard Moore Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cj#478> A wake-up call to libertarians Well said Richard. WS ___________________ Thanks, bro. I keep searching for a way to have some dialog with these guys — you know, find a 2×4 of correct vintage — but the board always splinters on the … Read more…

cj#482> Mass Media, Education and Values

1996-02-29 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 Sender: Parveez Syed <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mass Media, Education and Values Tuesday 27 February 1996, London-UK Hello: The MASS MEDIA, EDUCATION and VALUES Can you help me prepare a paper on “The Mass media, Education and Values”. The seminar is intended to explore the values conveyed to … Read more…

cj#481> re: Myth of Digital Nirvana

1996-02-29 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#474> MEME 2.03: Myth of Digital Nirvana > What might I ask, are the binding values between the nations I > mention above — Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Secular — Democracy, > Monarchy, Theocracy? How do we “form our own Social … Read more…

cj#480> re: Cuba & saber rattling

1996-02-29 Richard Moore 2/28/96, Golem [PNews moderator, Hank Roth] wrote: >Was there another way for Cuba to handle this latest crisis? I think there >must have been. They can’t take the high ground on this one. I say it is >immoral to defend the taking of lives by blowing them out of the sky. It … Read more…

cj#479> The Lion & The Elephant (:>)

1996-02-28 Richard Moore Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 To: Recipients – HAND <•••@••.•••> From: •••@••.••• (HAND!) Subject: Your ‘HAVE A NICE DAY’ Laugh: #0029 ******** H.A.N.D is generously sponsored by 1-800-SEND-123 ************** Your ‘Have A Nice Day’ Laugh is: is sent to us by Mathew (msw): ‘as told to my daughter by her grandfather:’ A … Read more…

cj#478> A wake-up call to libertarians

1996-02-28 Richard Moore Bcc: (private correspondent) Someone wrote to me: >The way i see out of the situation is to move power closer to people, >eliminating most of federal bureaucracy entirely. The transnationals >would face quite a challenge dealing with miriads of local governments >instead of bribing few Washington “insiders”. >…The big question is how … Read more…

cj#477> E-Zine sample: NWO comes home to roost

1996-02-26 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 Sender: “R. Goforth” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Bad Haircut E-Zine #12 (fwd) **************************************************************** ******************************************** *********** *** * “Overweening economic power in the hands of one limits freedom for the other. A more egalitarian distribution of power and influence within the economic realm increases freedom there, in the same … Read more…

cj#476> feedback on CJ

1996-02-26 Richard Moore Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 From: <name withheld – was personal note> To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#469> an Alliance Statement of Purpose (proposed) I have been lurking for months and thoroughly enjoy this journal. Furthermore, it has enlightened me more than any else I have ever read or been … Read more…

cj#475> CyberLib back up!

1996-02-26 Richard Moore Dear CJ, The cyberlib has been updated and uploaded to iol.ie. The latest ReadMe file is below. If you don’t have web access and want an article sent to you, let me know. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ [ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore/cyberlib/CyberLib-ReadMe] ******************************** 26 February 1996 Welcome to CyberLib — a library of articles and essays concerned with … Read more…

cj#474> MEME 2.03: Myth of Digital Nirvana

1996-02-25 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 From: “David S. Bennahum” <•••@••.•••> Subject: MEME 2.03 To: Multiple recipients of list MEME <•••@••.•••> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= meme: (pron. ‘meem’) A contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passed on from mind to mind. Memes function the same way genes and viruses do, propagating through communication networks … Read more…

cj#473> Nation/David Corn: Pentagon Trolls the Net (fwd)

1996-02-20 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 To: •••@••.••• Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> Subject: Pentagon on the net (fwd) Friends: This is about “lefties”, those in the eyes of the Pentagon and others. I have been reading on the net where NSA is “sniff” the net at major hubs, routers, for key words. … Read more…

cj#472> An excellent piece on consensus (fwd)

1996-02-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Randy Schutt) Subject: ALLIANCE: Hello, Our Mailing List Process, and I Favor Pure Consensus Dear friends, A few words on my background: I grew up in a conservative, Bible-belt city in Texas. I first worked for progressive change in the campaign against … Read more…

cj#471> 19Feb96 Tidbits

1996-02-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 Sender: Matthew Williams <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Four Freedoms “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is … Read more…

cj#470> 18Feb96 Tidbits

1996-02-17 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (CNI) Subject: CNI Action Alert: Republican War on the Environment The following comes from the monthly “Nation Alert” published by _The Nation_ magazine: Just a few of the more than 50 laws and riders attacking the environment that Republicans have tried to sneak through … Read more…

cj#469> an Alliance Statement of Purpose (proposed)

1996-02-17 Richard Moore The Alliance (arising out of Ronnie Dugger’s “Call to Citizens”) is making a sincere effort to get its act together as an organization, and become a democratic movement of some value. I’ve found the discussion on their list to be unusually focused, with noise at a minimum, though the traffic is heavy. … Read more…

cj#466> (:>) poor Bill Gates…

1996-02-14 Richard Moore * * * HUMOR AND OPINION + from Mark Hartwig Cyberspace 2/6/96 gates free AN OLD-FASHIONED JOKE: BILL G. AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN Author Unknown Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in purgatory, being sized up by God. “Well, Bill, I’m really confused on this call; I’m … Read more…

cj#468> re: Go With Flow & Use of media

1996-02-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 Sender: AZAR MARC <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#463> Going with the Flow: Aikido Politics & Surfing For those interested in finding more analysis of the French strike of December, you can access online text of the French magazine “Le Monde Diplomatique” at: http://www.ina.fr,”INA / Monde diplomatique Their … Read more…

cj#467> 15Feb96 Tidbits

1996-02-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 Sender: Free Speech <•••@••.•••> Subject: China White heroin crimes Grapevine Newspaper has changed its name and address to: Free Speech http://com.primenet.com/callme •••@••.••• FREE SPEECH features the VINCE FOSTER/WHITEWATER data base and the world’s only coverage of the Temple Murders — the military style execution of 9 … Read more…

cj#465> New moderator account

1996-02-14 Richard Moore Cyberjournal is now being moderated from <•••@••.•••>. During the switchover, from 2/9 to 2/13, submitted postings were lost. Please resubmit anything from that period you still want to publish, to the usual address (•••@••.•••). -rkm

cj#464> Use of the media (fwd)

1996-02-12 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Originally To: •••@••.••• Allen Lackey wrote: >What we need is proof that would >convince the uninformed that this is what is >happening, that our very personhood is being >threatened by the growing power of these financial elite. >Can any of you provide me that proof, so I can begin >putting together … Read more…

cj#462> 10Feb96 Tidbits

1996-02-12 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Matt Febles) Subject: Re: cj#454> CJ Feedback Needed! (esp. from LURKERS) I am addmittedly a “silent lurker” and I can say that if this were a group sitting in a circle in a room, I’d lurk all the same. I’m quiet in real life … Read more…

* CHANGE OF ADDRESS *

1996-02-12 Richard Moore The user id <•••@••.•••> is no longer valid (Internet Eireann seems to have gone out of business. Please use my other address: <•••@••.•••> Cyberlib will be back up in a few days at: http://www.iol.ie/users/rkmoore/. Thank You, Richard

cj#463> Going with the Flow: Aikido Politics & Surfing

1996-02-12 Richard Moore ——— EDITORIAL ——— Background Concepts ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Aikido is a very interesting martial art. Loosely translated, it means “the art of blending with the energy”. If attacked, an aikido master slips aside and merges with the thrust of the attacker, following, then blending, and finally leading the attacker off balance and applying a … Read more…

cr BULLETIN> CPSR Joins in Challenging Communications Decency Act

1996-02-07 Richard Moore ====================================================== For Release Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1996 10:30 a.m. EST Contact: Audrie Krause, Executive Director Phone: (415) 322-3778 Email: •••@••.••• CPSR Joins in Challenging Communications Decency Act Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) joined with other public interest organizations today to challenge the federal government’s plan to censor free speech on the … Read more…

cj#461> re: CJ Feedback Needed!

1996-02-06 Richard Moore Thanks for your wide selection of responses. No abrupt changes are planned… but new ideas have a way of creeping in, once they’re out in the open. Some names are withheld on responses sent to my personal address. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Barbara A. Pletz) Subject: Lurker … Read more…

cj#460> (:>) IMPORTANT BREAKING SESAME STREET NEWS!

1996-02-06 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 To: (Joke Group)•••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Marsha Woodbury) IMPORTANT BREAKING SESAME STREET NEWS! NEW YORK (AP) — Big Bird, the famed friendly muppet of Sesame Street, has apparently gone on a rampage. Several muppets are known to be dead; including Prarie Dawn, Oscar the Grouch, and Bert … Read more…

cj#459> 6Feb96 Tidbits

1996-02-06 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 Sender: “David E. Anderson” <•••@••.•••> Subject: re: China and Taiwan Thanks for forwarding that coverage, Richard. A small, less-alarming, less informative article appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. The article warned of military movements in the area and escalating tension directed at Lee. Dave David E. … Read more…

cj#458> How to SET listserv paramaters

1996-02-04 Richard Moore Send this message to •••@••.••• And accomplish this (hopefully) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help get general command information unsubscribe cyberjournal remove yourself from the list set cyberjournal get your current option settings set cyberjournal mail postpone no messages will be sent to you until you change mode again set cyberjournal mail digest New messages … Read more…

cj#457> Sitting Here in Limbo (fwd)

1996-02-03 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: cr> Sitting Here in Limbo Dear C-R, “The Committee”, a legendary San Francisco comedy team, had a little skit that captures the mood of this (post Deform Act) day: The spotlight comes up on a TV on-the-scene reporter (recognized by microphone prop in hand): “Ladies and … Read more…

cj#456> U.S. Customs seizures (:<)

1996-02-02 Richard Moore Has anyone seen anything in the press about this? -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 Sender: Aram Falsafi <•••@••.•••> Subject: Confiscation of computers by US customs agents. Folks, Please call/fax the authorities listed at the bottom of this page. Also, if you have contacts at your local/national papers, it would be … Read more…

cj#455, cr> * Day of Infamy for Internet *

1996-02-02 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ EDITORIAL + by Joe Shea American Reporter Correspondent Hollywood, Calif. 2/1/96 freedom free DAY OF DECISION by Joe Shea American Reporter Editor-in-Chief The word out of Washington from attorney Randall Boe and American Reporter Correspondent Craig Johnson is that the Communications Decency Act and the entire telecom reform package may be … Read more…

cj#454> CJ Feedback Needed! (esp. from LURKERS)

1996-02-02 Richard Moore Dear CJ, A lot of material goes out over CJ — sometimes four or five sizable pieces a day. If this is too much for most people to read, then is any purpose really served? On the other hand, perhaps it’s useful as an archive, for people to refer to when they … Read more…

cj#453> Mark Twain: Archimedes overrated

1996-02-02 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) To: •••@••.••• Subject: archimedes “A Gem! Three thumbs up!” – J.C.Ferguson. of CyberJournal @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ “Give me whereon to stand”, said Archimedes, “and I will move the earth.” The boast was a pretty safe one, for he knew quite well that the standing … Read more…

cj#452> (:>) The hidden dangers of globalization

1996-02-01 Richard Moore (via Marsha): Peter Moylan forward– (From Economics for the Global Good) What’s in a number? The rural recession has been explained in simple terms by an old-timer farmer. “It all started back in the sixties when they changed from pounds to dollars – that doubled me bloody overdraft. “Then they brought in … Read more…

server problems occurred

1996-01-31 Richard Moore In case you’ve been having trouble sending in postings.. John Whiting wrote: >Date: 31 Jan 96 11:06:22 EST >From: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> >To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> >Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 4 > >This has been returned to me twice, unknown mailer error as below. >A site hiccup? I include … Read more…

cj#451> Ferguson to NBC re HEMP

1996-01-31 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) Subject: Will You Lie Tonight? Dear NBC Nightly News, I heard that your show will tonight be featuring the U.S. government’s marijuana farm in Mississippi as part of your “Fleecing of America” series, calling the farm’s $250,000 budget a waste of taxpayer’s … Read more…

cj#450> re: Question of Media Focus

1996-01-31 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) Subject: Re: cj#447> The Question of Media Focus Great post Richard! > [the media] are engaged in a much more creative endeavor than mere > “reporting” … they are … fabricating a … virtual world that bears > little resemblance to the … Read more…