cj#449> Today’s Tidbits

1996-01-30 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: 27 Jan 96 From: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> To: “Richard K. Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Weekly Progressive Radio on the Web – “Making Contact” If you’re following “real audio”, this may interest you. I have a particular interest in the possibily of “random access radio”, which would escape from the linear straightjacket. … Read more…

cj#448> (:>) 10 scary signs re/ your teacher conference

1996-01-30 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 To: (Joke Group)•••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Marsha Woodbury) Subject: Your TEACHER Conference From: Roger D. Sloboda The Top Ten Signs That Your TEACHER Conference Isn’t Going Well by Suzy Red 10. The teacher asks if your child barks like a dog at home, too. 9. As you … Read more…

cj#447> The Question of Media Focus

1996-01-30 Richard Moore Dear CJ, Below is a report on the Western-supported military suppression now underway in Bahrain. My reason for posting this is not primarily to publicize the Bahrain Freedom Movement — although that would seem to be a worthy cause — but rather to raise the issue of what does and doesn’t show … Read more…

cj#446> Article: Doublespeak and The New World Order

1996-01-27 Richard Moore Dear CJ, Earlier versions of this article have been posted to the list, and a condensed version went out over American Reporter. This “final” (revised and expanded) version will be published in the next issue of New Dawn. New entries in this version: CONSERVATISM, DEVELOPMENT, GLOBALIZATION, THIRD-WORLD ASSISTANCE Regards, -rkm ____________________________________________ [version … Read more…

cj#445> Truth, Justice, and the American Way

1996-01-27 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ In Nevada… @@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 To: •••@••.••• From: Kurt Ouchida <•••@••.•••> Subject: Nuclear Waste Issues Dear Richard: I would like to introduce you to the State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, a department under Nevada Governor Bob Miller’s office, that oversees/monitors the U.S. Department of Energy’s Yucca … Read more…

cj#443> The bibliophile column…

1996-01-26 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 From: Gary Chapman <•••@••.•••> Subject: New Book on Cyberculture To: Multiple recipients of list CYBER-SOC <•••@••.•••> New and Recommended: Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century By Mark Dery Grove Press, 1996 A pretty wild and entertaining look at “cyberculture,” including all the hype … Read more…

cj#442> (:>) CLINTON DEPLOYS VOWELS TO BOSNIA

1996-01-26 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: 22 Jan 1996 From: “Southgate, Mick” <•••@••.•••> From: “Seth Greenberg” <ELNICE/SETH> Organization: Nice Systems Ltd. Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Subject: Press Release ———Forwared Message Follows——————- CLINTON DEPLOYS VOWELS TO BOSNIA Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton announced … Read more…

cj#444> airliner shootdowns

1996-01-26 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 Sender: Activists Mailing List <•••@••.•••> From: Workers World Service <•••@••.•••> Subject: NATO Exposed in Fatal Plane Crash ————————- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Jan.18, 1996 issue of Workers World newspaper ————————- WHO ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS? NATO EXPOSED IN FATAL PLANE CRASH By … Read more…

cj#441> re: foreign wars; debt

1996-01-25 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 Subject: cj#432> re: Valis on Vietnam I have a habit of thinking that V.F.W. stands for Victims of Foreign Wars (rather than Veterans) in order to put things in perspective. Regards, Mike Mayo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 Sender: Aram Falsafi <•••@••.•••> Subject: … Read more…

cj#440> misc. ACTIV-L bulletins

1996-01-25 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:00:09 GMT Reply-To: Pastors for Peace <•••@••.•••> Sender: Activists Mailing List <•••@••.•••> From: Pastors for Peace <•••@••.•••> Organization: ? Subject: FEBRUARY DELEGATION TO CHIAPAS Join the IFCO-Pastors for Peace HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER DELEGATION TO CHIAPAS February 4-11, 1996 On February 9, 1995 Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo … Read more…

cj#439> U.S. Biological Exports to Iraq (fwd)

1996-01-25 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 Sender: Activists Mailing List <•••@••.•••> From: Larry + Jennie <•••@••.•••> Organization: InterAccess,Chicagoland’s Full Service Internet Provider Subject: U.S. Biological War Exports to Iraq U.S. Bio War Tech to Iraq Excerpts from: “U.S. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE-RELATED DUAL USE EXPORTS TO IRAQ AND THEIR POSSIBLE IMPACT ON … Read more…

cj#438> ESSAYS: Drugs & State of The Union

1996-01-24 Richard Moore The styles are radically different, but the thoughts amazingly parallel in these two postings that come in yesterday. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) To: •••@••.••• Subject: The State of the Union. Last night, in the car, I listened to most of President Clinton’s State of the … Read more…

cj#437> (:>) The Man Who Didn’t Know Who He Was

1996-01-24 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 To: (Joke Group)•••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Marsha Woodbury) “Jason Woodbury”: As reported by the San Jose Mercury News: During the final days at Denver’s old Stapleton airport, a crowded United flight was cancelled. > A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an … Read more…

cj#436> re: Philippine assets & debts

1996-01-23 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (John Lowry) Subject: Re: cj#434> re: developing countries & blame > … >Soon after Marcos was tossed out on his ear, the new Philippine >gov’t made noises about only paying back that portion of their >international debts that could be traced as having actually … Read more…

cj#435> Craig Johnson: CONGRESS STRAIT-JACKETS THE NET

1996-01-23 Richard Moore The following article was written by Craig Johnson, one of the co-leaders of cyber-rights, and it provides an excellent summary of the status and implications of the Telecom Reform Act, which threatens the continued existence of Internet as we know it, and more generally threatens to tighten the hold of the corporate … Read more…

cj#433> Seabrook: HUMAN RIGHTS ACCORDING TO THE WEST

1996-01-22 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 To: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) From: David <•••@••.•••> /* Written 7:04 PM Nov 15, 1995 by igc:twn in peg:twn.features */ /* ———- “Human Rights According To The West” ———- */ HUMAN RIGHTS ACCORDING TO THE WEST The Western agenda for the 21st century is going to … Read more…

cj#434> re: developing countries & blame

1996-01-22 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 Sender: Fred Baube <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#430> re: THE LEXICON OF DEVELOPMENT > I would like to see some of the blame laid at the doorstep of developing > countries as well. Far too much development aid has gone to line the > pockets of those … Read more…

cj#432> re: Valis on Vietnam

1996-01-22 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) Subject: Re: cj#425> Valis on Vietnam The other day I realized I came “this close” to not being able to live with myself for the rest of my life. When I was sixteen, I wanted to be an Air Force fighter pilot. … Read more…

cj#431> misc. re’s

1996-01-21 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 Subject: Re: cj#422> re: The Covert CI… C– Capitalism’s I— Independant A– Army J2 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996Sender: rosaphil <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#408> “The Alliance” lives what the hell is the alliance? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The Alliance is evidently an organization pursuing an agenda … Read more…

cj#430> re: THE LEXICON OF DEVELOPMENT

1996-01-21 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#429> Seabrook: RE-EXAMINING THE LEXICON OF DEVELOPMENT > The most > prestigious project of the British Overseas Development Agency, > the Western Ghats Reforestation Project in India, reserves almost > one-third of its disbursements for consultancies within the > United … Read more…

cj#429> Seabrook: RE-EXAMINING THE LEXICON OF DEVELOPMENT

1996-01-21 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 From: David <•••@••.•••> [Editor of New Dawn] /* Written Nov 15, 1995 by igc:twn in peg:twn.features */ /* ———- “re-examining lexicon of development” ———- */ RE-EXAMINING THE LEXICON OF DEVELOPMENT To understand how the institutions of dominance established by the North to control the South actually … Read more…

cj#428> (:>) Headlines

1996-01-20 Richard Moore via Marsha: ———- Barak Rosenshine adds to the pot…. “Next week, Geraldo Rivera will be doing a live show from Bosnia. My God, haven’t these people suffered enough?” Conan O’Brien Barak adds great headlines, too: 1. MINERS REFUSE TO WORK AFTER DEATH 2. JUVENILE COURT TO TRY SHOOTING DEFENDANT 3. 2 SISTERS … Read more…

cj#427> Arun & rkm on U.S. Foreign Policy

1996-01-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#422> re: The Covert CIA Menace On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Richard K. Moore wrote: > Smart” or “stupid” policy can only be judged if you > know what the goals are. What goals are you assuming that make U.S. … Read more…

cj#426> Arun on The Sixties

1996-01-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#424> Thoughts on the 60’s and political effectiveness That was a lovely contribution, Richard, one that I hope to see echoed on cyberjournal. There are fortunately lots of the ’60s people active on the net, and I think we need … Read more…

cj#425> Valis on Vietnam

1996-01-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 Sender: “•••@••.•••” <•••@••.•••> Subject: A needed look back Just recently a neo-liberal businessman won the presidency of Guatemala. It was a marginal triumph of the capital’s urban consumption patterns over the Mayan peasants of the countryside, and right next door to Chiapas. Thus we shall soon … Read more…

cj#424> Thoughts on the 60’s and political effectiveness

1996-01-19 Richard Moore I wrote the following as part of a thread on CyberspaceSociety, and thought it might be interesting to cj. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Mark J. Harris wrote: >The ideals were there, and some people put it >into practice. But something happened to cause many of them to abandon >ship. And pardon my cynical nature … Read more…

cj#423> re: computerized vote fraud

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 Sender: Fred Baube <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#411> misc. comments > Ronnie Dugger wrote an extensive piece in the November 7, 1988, New Yorker > (Annals of Democracy: Counting Votes) examining source codes among other > issues. Perhaps someone could troll the archives of the RISKS forum … Read more…

cj#422> re: The Covert CIA Menace

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#419> J Clancey: The Covert CIA Menace (fwd) > from: •••@••.••• subject: The covert CIA menace > > Deutch confessed to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the CIA > people who passed on the disinformation to Congress and three > Presidents … Read more…

cj#421> miscellany

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#411> misc. comments > Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) > Subject: Re: cj#403> email petition re/NEA funding (FYI) > > and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a year in > >total. > > Not a bad price when … Read more…

cj#420> AR fwd: ONTARIO DEFICIT CAME FROM TAX BREAKS

1996-01-18 Richard Moore The subject is Candada, but the story seems to apply to the U.S. and to most Third-World debt. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FROM WHERE I SIT + by Bob Ewing American Reporter Correspondent Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada 1/18/96 compassion ONTARIO DEFICIT CAME NOT FROM WELFARE BUT TAX BREAKS by Bob Ewing American Reporter Correspondent … Read more…

cj#419> J Clancey: The Covert CIA Menace (fwd)

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 Sender: Progressive News & Views List <•••@••.•••> From: •••@••.••• Subject: The Covert CIA Menace from: •••@••.••• subject: The covert CIA menace The CIA organisation is important for US big business. That covers 95% of its duties. No other country can or would support such a system, … Read more…

cj#411> misc. comments

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) Subject: Re: cj#403> email petition re/NEA funding (FYI) >Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per person >peryear, and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a year in >total. Not a bad price when compared with the … Read more…

cj#417> Review: Jihad vs. McWorld

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Greetings! I would like to share with you a book I recently read that deals with some of the issues I have been seeing in the discussions. It is an interesting book that examines some of the trends in international relations. Although I disagree … Read more…

cj#418> re: CIA & Cocaine

1996-01-18 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Subject: Re: cj#390> CIA and the Cocaine/Crack Epidemic From: Fred Baube <•••@••.•••> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 Re: Jim Norman on CIA Cocaine, December 1995 issue of Media Bypass magazine. > > Rumors of CIA involvement in drug trafficking go back > to before the Vietnam war, with heroin trade from … Read more…

cj#416> Cyberspace Society (sample posting)

1996-01-17 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 From: Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: LaBarre on Chapman’s LA Times column To: Multiple recipients of list CYBER-SOC <•••@••.•••> On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Mark J. Harris wrote: > I’d like to point out that some of us Gen-Xers are *right here,* and are … Read more…

cj#412> CIA & Cocaine: media spin control

1996-01-17 Richard Moore Note the dates on each citation. This corroborates an earlier post we had, where some insider whistleblower was saying the Mena investigation would be hit by a heavy damage-control operation. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 Sender: No World Order <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mena (fwd) >>Spin control? The following paragraph was printed … Read more…

cj#415> re: media manipulation; bread & circuses

1996-01-17 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Alan Dawson) Subject: Re: cj#400> re: media manipulation; bread & circuses rkm wrote: > I’d like to second the motion that we reconsider our assumptions >about apathy. Are _you_ apathetic? Are most of _your_ closest friends >apathetic? Isn’t it mostly the vague “them” who … Read more…

cj#414> (fwd) AR review: A NEW LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY

1996-01-17 Richard Moore keywords: luddites, capitalism, profits @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ BOOK REVIEW + by Anna Luca American Reporter Correspondent Toronto, Canada 1/15/96 technology 998/$9.98 A NEW LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY by Anna Luca American Reporter Correspondent (David Noble: Progress Without People – New Technology, Unemployment, and the Message of Resistance; Toronto: Between the Lines, 1995; 184 pp., $17.95 … Read more…

cj#413> NOTE: don’t send petitions here!

1996-01-17 Richard Moore Posting cj#403 gave you an email petition re/NEA funding. The idea is for you to forward that to friends and colleagues on an individual basis. When a copy reaches 5, 10, 15 people, etc, it then gets forwarded to the advertised tallying points. Posting to lists should be done very carefully if … Read more…

cj#410> A *real* case of computerized vote fraud

1996-01-17 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: Aram Falsafi <•••@••.•••> Subject: A *real* case of computerized vote fraud (and a real case of something to do about it). To: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 Richard, Here’s the posting that I thing went “missing.” I’m sending it directly to you, instead of to the … Read more…