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 [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…
2009-08-27 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…
2009-08-25 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 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…
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…
2009-07-24 Richard Moore David Swanson answers: “How’s Obama doing so far?” Let’s talk about the disparity between Peace Candidate Obama and President Obama. Those who supported Obama for his promise to get us out of ill-advised adventures overseas have been sorely disappointed. Is the President caught in a quagmire that would have caught anyone … Read more…
2009-07-21 Richard Moore Bcc: contributors Friends, Thanks for your responses to the sabbatical posting. I also got a number of responses to the ‘invitation’ posting that I didn’t post. They came in just after I posted the first round of responses. Thanks for those as well, but they seem out of context now. Before getting … Read more…
2009-07-17 Richard Moore Greetings, It seems that I’m currently on a sabbatical from our various email lists. I didn’t plan it, but since the middle of May I’ve found myself engaged in various projects. I’m still working on the community-development / local currency model, and I’ve been finding a network of people who are providing … Read more…
2009-07-04 Richard Moore Greetings, Unfortunately, due to repeated delivery problems, I will be moving everyone off the riseup lists. Riseup is a great service, run by dedicated volunteers, but for some reason it isn’t able to handle the formatted postings I send out. If you don’t want to go on Google please let me know. … Read more…
2009-06-29 Richard Moore I tried three times to send my latest posting to riseup, without success. You can see the posting on yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjournal/message/297 I want to move everyone over to the Google list. Please let me know if that is NOT OK. The NSA collects all email messages ever sent, so you are no … Read more…
2009-06-27 Richard Moore Greetings, Sorry you haven’t been hearing from me, but I’ve had a hard time getting motivated to follow the news or send out postings, and when I do send out postings, no one seems motivated to respond. I’ve been focusing my energy on thinking about what we can do locally, as things … Read more…
2009-06-24 Richard Moore The Obama deception and the installation of US fascism David Swanson answers: “How’s Obama doing so far?” Let’s talk about the disparity between Peace Candidate Obama and President Obama. Those who supported Obama for his promise to get us out of ill-advised adventures overseas have been sorely disappointed. Is the President caught … Read more…
2009-06-02 Richard Moore Friends, We are having increasing problems with riseup. Several of my postings have been distributed with no problem by Google and Yahoo, but riseup simply ignores them — no response of any kind, not even an error message. And in cases where riseup does function, it is often many hours or days … Read more…
2009-06-01 Richard Moore A bit of good news Creative Insight Council in Bregenz Recently a randomly selected group of citizens in Bregenz met to figure out what to do with a piece of public land in town. The city had been divided about what to do, but the council created a new option that many … Read more…
2009-05-31 Richard Moore Greetings, I gotten lots of useful comments and critiques on earlier versions. This version is quite a bit different, though the underlying model is pretty much the same. The Credit Bank Development Model http://groups.google.com/group/credit-bank-model/files I really want to get some momentum going on this project. Your feedback is invited, and as mentioned … Read more…
2009-05-26 Richard Moore Bcc: usual suspects ___ Greetings, I don’t know how things are going for you (and I’d like to hear), but for me this is turning out to be a very creative, germinating Spring. And hooray! we’re having lovely Summer weather these past few days here in Wexford. The Credit Bank Development Model … Read more…
2009-05-21 Richard Moore Bcc: usual suspects Greetings, In my previous posting, a full week ago, I told you about the work I’d been doing with economics, and I pointed you to a document. At the time, I thought that document was useful. I realized upon further reflection that it was a preliminary sketch, only the … Read more…
2009-05-14 Richard Moore Greetings, A while back, as you might recall, I posted a message, ‘reflections re/ cyberjournal’. I invited people to join a new group, focused around community empowerment. The group did come together, with a really good bunch of folks. I’m very pleased to be working with them. We call ourselves the ‘new world … Read more…
2009-05-05 Richard Moore John Pilger: Obama’s 100 Days — The Mad Men Did Well http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/05b54c1ebd3b5025?hl=en Mark Weisbrot: Why Latin America’s left keeps winning Latin America is more stable and democratic than ever http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/ee43ca3178123438?hl=en Chossudovsky: Swine Flu – Political Lies and Media Disinformation http://groups.google.com/group/newslog/t/efd553574d093577?hl=en Nikki Alexander: A NEW MONETARY SYSTEM When Benjamin Franklin was called before … Read more…
2009-05-01 Richard Moore Friends, If you haven’t seen Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, I highly recommend it for its timeliness: http://tinyurl.com/c2ytqy She talks about how major shocks, such as tsunamis, stock market crashes, or whatever, have often been systematically exploited, as opportunities to introduce all kinds of changes, because leaders can … Read more…
2009-04-30 Richard Moore * Africa and the post-capitalist global regime * This is exactly what I predicted back in 2007, in my article, The Post- Bush Regime: a Prognosis. A land grab in Africa by northern powers, in conjunction with an ongoing genocide program to get rid of the natives. This is the nature of … Read more…
2009-04-24 Richard Moore _____________ Speaking of action, what do you propose? So far, I’ve heard very little about that from you or in any of the commentaries you’ve posted. Mostly what you’ve been providing are just a lot of interesting but debatable analyses. … If all you can offer is another interpretation plus interpretations of … Read more…