Year: 2009

2009-10-12 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors _______ From: “Claudia Woodward-Rice”  Date: 10 October 2009 21:53:34 IST To: “‘Richard Moore’” <•••@••.•••> Subject: beliefs, progressives, and conservatives https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/cyberjournal/2009-10/msg00003.html Hi Richard; Your post “some thoughts on beliefs, progressives, and conservatives”  is one of your best and I’ve posted it at: http://coto2.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/some-thoughts-on-beliefs-progressives-and-conservatives/  The media and the internet now allow partisans … Read more…

2009-10-10 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors & some friends ____      What is it about the truth that can be painful at first blush? A fascinating study by Dr. Drew Weston at Emory University, using brain-mapping techniques, showed that “we derive pleasure from irrationally sticking with beliefs against evidence” because there are “flares of activity in the … Read more…

2009-10-07 Richard Moore One cannot separate economics, political science, and history. Politics is the control of the economy. History, when accurately and fully recorded, is that story. In most textbooks and classrooms, not only are these three fields of study separated, but they are further compartmentalized into separate subfields, obscuring the close interconnections between them. … Read more…

2009-10-05 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ______ From: “Howard Switzer”  Date: 21 September 2009 17:31:27 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: re/ Mondragon – 20 Sep http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/message/330 rkm> the mission of my work on cyberjournal as trying to ‘understand our political reality’. That ‘reality’ includes both the nature of our ‘current circumstances’, and the nature … Read more…

2009-10-03 Richard Moore Bcc: some Irish friends ______    R.I.P European Democracy Sad news today. The normally intelligent people of Ireland capitulated to a fear-mongering propaganda campaign, and voted for the Lisbon Treaty, 2:1. National sovereignty in all of Europe is now a thing of the past. The “Treaty” is in fact a constitution, and … Read more…

2009-09-30 Richard Moore Friends, Gabriola is one of the several small islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia. I visited there a few years ago and met some of the people involved in this project, but before the project had started. Thanks to Erik for bringing these latest developments to our attention, … Read more…

2009-09-29 Richard Moore Obama at UN: reaffirming Bush policies On Wednesday, President Barack Obama used his first address to the United Nations General Assembly to defend US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and reiterate the American right to act unilaterally. At the same time, Obama implicitly appealed to foreign capitals to subordinate themselves to US … Read more…

2009-09-29 Richard Moore * Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate * IN TOP 25 CENSORED STORIES FOR 2010 In November 2008, Ecuador became the first country to undertake an examination of the legitimacy and structure of its foreign debt. An independent debt audit commissioned by the government of Ecuador documented hundreds of allegations of irregularity, illegality, … Read more…

2009-09-29 Richard Moore Swine flu: list of emergency orders In response to emerging legal issues concerning cases of H1N1 (swine flu) internationally, Centers personnel worked in real-time to track various legal updates related to declarations of emergency or public health emergency at the international, national, and regional levels, as well as provide information on key … Read more…

2009-09-22 Richard Moore One last posting. Off to Amsterdam early tomorrow. -rkm _______ Better than GDP? Beware of wolves bearing gifts Yes, a ‘Stiglitz Index’ would be a better measure of national health than GDP. Progressives have been asking for this for decades. But in the context of bankrupt governments, it becomes merely a rationing … Read more…

2009-09-21 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Note: I will be out of town the rest of this week, visiting Earl Druther and his family in Amsterdam. I probably won’t be online at all.  -rkm ________ From: “erik andersen”  Date: 16 September 2009 18:36:23 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: continuing: Mondragon and more Hello Richard; … Read more…

2009-09-19 Richard Moore Global Research: vaccine victim told “Couldn’t be the vaccine” “The vaccination has made me ill! – the test is irresponsible.” He says that within a few hours after the vaccination, on August 10, he had sweat on his forehead. “I felt totally beat. On the third day, my kidneys and head were … Read more…

2009-09-19 Richard Moore Liz Burbank: IT’S WAR – WE NEED TO ENGAGE US imperialist war is no longer to just defeat rival nations as with previous conventional world wars. It is now a ubiquitous, total ‘constant conflict’, ‘preventive war’ against potential threats, ‘non- state actors’, ‘suspected terrorists’, to conquer the world and us. http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/1c7e65d308e642ac?hl=en Dave … Read more…

2009-09-16 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors _____ From: dt  Date: 16 September 2009 02:19:45 IST To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: continuing: Mondragon and more Hi Richard, Mondragon was still going strong up until a couple of years ago, when I last checked in on it.  A couple of good books: From Mondragon to America – … Read more…

2009-09-15 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ______ From: Steve Campbell Date: 9 September 2009 16:24:08 IST To: Richard K Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mumford and Utopias Hi Richard, Got this from Bob Taft awhile back.  About the Mondragon example in Spain.  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7565584850785786404  Worth looking into. Hi Steve, Many thanks for bringing this to my attention. I highly … Read more…

2009-09-14 Richard Moore ________ From: “Rand Clifford”  Date: 14 September 2009 03:52:03 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: dialog re/ Utopias and transformation rkm> Our only way out of this mess, if there is a way out, has to come from us, from civil society, somehow organizing itself independent of the political system. We … Read more…

2009-09-14 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ___________ From: “Dave Patterson”  Date: 4 September 2009 17:17:26 IST To: •••@••.••• Subject: that all sounds familiar… (re: Mumford, utopias, whole   systems, and community Richard et al, The recent 2-3 postings, including this one, have had me nodding my head in agreement – yes, this is what Green Island … Read more…

2009-09-13 Richard Moore Health care plan: not affordable In the original House Democratic bill sponsored by Michigan representative John Dingell (HR 3200) and posted in July, the public scheme and private insurers would compete in government-supervised “Health Care Exchanges” to provide a basic health-care package. This basic package would provide a bargain-basement level of care … Read more…

2009-09-09 Richard Moore Greetings, In his analysis of the modern world, Mumford speaks of three ‘utopias’, not idealized utopias, but the kind of utopias we are actually pursuing. I mentioned already the Country House, whose modern form is the suburban house, and consumerism in general. Paired with this is what Mumford calls Coketown. Coketown refers … Read more…

2009-09-05 Richard Moore Wash Post: Taliban winning in Afghanistan The Taliban has become a much more potent adversary in Afghanistan by improving its own tactics and finding gaps in the U.S. military playbook, according to senior American military officials who acknowledged that the enemy’s resurgence this year has taken them by surprise.  http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/fa253a57d75f10ae?hl=en Bill Blum … Read more…

2009-09-03 Richard Moore _______ From: “Revin Floyd” Date: 3 September 2009 02:25:24 IST To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE: cyberjournal posting For a non-fiction book on ideas: Alex Osborn coined the term “Brainstorming.” An eternally optimistic ad man, Alex is inspiring. Too bad he had to go to work for the likes of Standard Oil… One excellent … Read more…

2009-09-02 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors & interested parties _______ From: M Polak Date: 30 August 2009 11:22:27 IST To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Let’s have a shift of focus rkm: (For non-fiction books about ideas, a good review is often – not always – more useful than the book itself, besides taking less time to read.) ayiee!! mpolak … Read more…

2009-09-01 Richard Moore Global Research: VIDEO; Compulsory Vaccination in Massachusetts A new law just passed in Massachusetts imposes fines of up to $1000 per day and up to a 30 day jail sentence for not obeying authorities during a public health emergency. So if you are instructed to take the swine flu vaccine in Massachusetts … Read more…

2009-08-31 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ________ From: “Madeline Bruce” Date: 29 August 2009 18:36:25 IST To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: belief thread, continued Bear in mind that in group therapy, the members are there to heal themselves, and each other.  Altruism is a serendipetous off-shoot of the chemistry of a cohesive group, that is, a group … Read more…

2009-08-30 Richard Moore Bcc: interested parties __________ Friends, We’ve gotten a few more contributions on our belief thread, and I’ll send those out as a dialog posting tomorrow. This has been perhaps the most energetic thread we’ve ever had on cyberjournal. If more contributions come in, I’ll publish them, but I’d like to suggest a … Read more…

2009-08-29 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors & interested parties ________ From: “Jerold Hubbard”  Date: 28 August 2009 15:49:18 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: the belief thread continues Richard;       What you are saying is VERY true!!!!!  The greater degree of diversity that can be BRIDGED, will lead to a more adaptable, survivable life form!   … Read more…

2009-08-28 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ______ Greetings, It seems that many people are very uncomfortable with disagreement. I’ve gotten several messages from very upset people, who feel offended because I expressed disagreement with them or with someone else. The old adage, never talk about religion or politics in a pub, is there for a reason. … Read more…

2009-08-27 Richard Moore Fwd: Peter’s Picks Special Swine Flu Edition 08-24-09 In an effort to keep you updated on the latest information about the swine flu vaccination plans initiated by a coalition consisting of the World Health Organization, several major western countries, the US Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with a small … Read more…

2009-08-27 Richard Moore [this material courtesy of Ed Goertzen] The following six pages of excerpts from: Propagandas, by Jacques Ellul, pub Vintage Books 1965 “There are two types of Propaganda, agitation propaganda and integration propaganda.  The former leads men from mere resentment to rebellion; the latter aims at making them adjust to desired patterns… Integration propaganda … Read more…

2009-08-25 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors _________ But first, an announcement from Richard Cook: From: Richard Cook  Date: 25 August 2009 13:23:03 IST To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: American Monetary Institute National Conference on Monetary Reform Dear Speakers and participants at our forthcoming 5th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference at Roosevelt University in Chicago; We have put together … Read more…

2009-08-24 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors _____ From: Ed Goertzen Date: 23 August 2009 13:50:11 IST To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: a dialog about beliefs Hi Richard: A very worth while dialogue Thanks for sharing  Regards Ed G Hi Ed,  My pleasure. rkm _____ From: Andrew MacDonald Date: 23 August 2009 16:32:08 IST To: •••@••.••• … Read more…

2009-08-22 Richard Moore Greetings, I’ve been in dialog with a correspondent who shall go unnamed, as it is a private conversation. However I imagine there are many out there who might find the conversation of interest, so I’d like to share it with you. Beginning in mid-stream.. x: it’s just that we view the world … Read more…

2009-08-15 Richard Moore Nader Was Right: Liberals are Going Nowhere With Obama The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of pre- emptive war, who care about sustainable energy, fight for civil liberties and want corporate malfeasance to end, were once again suckered … Read more…

2009-08-11 Richard Moore Richard C. Cook: Is Earth an ‘Ill-Fated Planet’?  To esoteric knowledge the Universe is a vast living being, conceived in glory, resplendent in its multidimensional complexity. This idea of a Universe evolving in the direction of greater refinement is much different from the usual academic concepts which view it as an accidental … Read more…

2009-08-06 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors referenced posting: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/message/303 __________ From: “M.A. Omas Schaefer” Date: 29 July 2009 17:40:36 IST To: “Richard Moore” <•••@••.•••> Cc: “Andrea Lea”  Subject: Re: newslog 28 July 2009 It is indeed chilling to think that even with the profound effect that The Obama Deception is having, that Endgame is actually the … Read more…

2009-08-04 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ___ Greetings, I’ve gotten a lot of responses on the development model, but so far no one has actually given substantive feedback. I guess it’s a lot to ask, given that it is long and detailed. But if anyone does find the time, it would be appreciated.  Ironically, the details of the coupons aren’t really the central part of the model. What I really need feedback on are the nine development stages. Each of the stages has a particular goal, and as each is achieved, the next stage becomes possible. That’s the theory. But I need a reality check from others. It’s so easy to fool oneself with ones own design. I did … Read more…

2009-08-01 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors ____ Greetings, Back on June 27 I sent out a posting, “an invitation”: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/message/296 Quite a few of you responded, and I posted the responses on June 29: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/message/297 After that, many other responses came in. Sorry for the delay, here are those later responses… cheers, richard _______ From: Charles … Read more…

2009-07-29 Richard Moore Dr. Russell Blaylock: Vaccine May Be More Dangerous Than Swine Flu Worldwide, there have only been 311 deaths out of 70,893 cases of swine flu. In the United States, 27,717 cases have resulted in 127 deaths. Every death is a tragedy, but such a low death rate should not be the basis … Read more…

2009-07-28 Richard Moore From: Ed Goertzen  Date: 28 July 2009 14:37:43 IST To: Richard Moore <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: revised development model Return-Path: <•••@••.•••> Hi Richard: I tried accessing the “CouponDevelopmentMmodel” and only got a blank screen Same with the community development file Regards Ed G If anyone else has problems downloading, let me know and … Read more…

2009-07-28 Richard Moore Greetings, Following two months of intense work, I’ve finally got the new version of my development model completed, based on a certain kind of local currency. I’d very much appreciate your feedback and comments: http://groups.google.com/group/credit-bank-model/files CouponDevelopmentModel.pdf best wishes, richard ___________________________ subscribe mailto: •••@••.••• websites:  http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://thecreditbankdevelopmentmodel.blogspot.com/ http://cyberjournal.org archives: http://groups.google.com/group/cyberjournal/topics http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/topics Moderator: … Read more…