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Russia: Youth Camps for Indoctrination and Procreation

July 29th, 2007

If you thought Jesus Camp was frightening, you better be sitting down for this one! Via: Daily Mail: Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”. Obediently, couples move to a special section of […]

The Failed State and You: Iraq Offers a Preview of What’s Coming

July 29th, 2007

The people who write about post collapse community, from their urban apartments, are going to wind up being boiled up in large pots, along with rats and road kill. If you are entertaining any touchy feely fantasies about collapse in large cities, please type “failed state” into Google and start reading. Once that sinks in, […]

Goldman Sachs: The Glue That’s Holding the Black Ops Economy Together

July 29th, 2007

Hedge fund collapsing? Can’t get credit? We can help. Call our toll-free number to speak with a representative now! Via: Wall Street Journal: A number of hedge funds have profited by anticipating the difficulties in the housing market. But others made money in recent years through holdings of riskier debt, and now these managers are […]

U.S. Subprime Mortgage Market Could Spiral Out of Control Into a Global Financial Crisis

July 29th, 2007

Via: Market Watch: The problems in the U.S. subprime mortgage market could spiral out of control into a global financial crisis, economist Mark Zandi said Thursday. With a “high level of angst” in the financial markets about who will take the losses from more than $1 trillion in risky mortgages, we could be just one […]

Hackers Take Control of Electronic Voting Machine Models Used in California

July 28th, 2007

Via: San Francisco Chronicle: State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California’s voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems’ electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday. The researchers “were able to bypass physical and software […]

The One Gigawatt Wind Turbine

July 28th, 2007

Via: Treehugger: It’s a vision of a magnetically levitated wind turbine that can generate one gigawatt of energy (enough to power 750,000 homes). This is the device proposed by a new Arizona-based company, MagLev Wind Turbine Technologies. The company claims that it can deliver clean power for less than cent per kilowatt hour using this […]

NASA: Space Computer ‘Sabotage’ Probed

July 27th, 2007

This is pretty weird. Via: BBC: Nasa is investigating the apparent sabotage of a computer due to be flown to the International Space Station. The US space agency said the damage to wiring in a network box was intentional and obvious, but said it could be repaired before take-off on 7 August. Nasa stressed that […]

Tillman: Shot in the Head Three Times from Ten Yards; Army Attorneys Congratulated Themselves for Thwarting Criminal Investigation

July 27th, 2007

Why was Pat Tillman assassinated? Via: Washington Post: Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. “The medical […]

Sensitive Government Documents Exposed by LimeWire

July 27th, 2007

Via: BetaNews: In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday, Gen. Wesley Clark – the former supreme commander of NATO forces and US presidential candidate, speaking as a board member of and advisor to security software company Tiversa – cited a study by his company revealing that in a period of […]

NSA Surveillance: FBI Director Contradicts Gonzales’ Testimony

July 27th, 2007

Via: CNN: FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress Thursday that the confrontation between then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft in Ashcroft’s hospital room in 2004 concerned a controversial surveillance program — an apparent contradiction of Senate testimony given Tuesday by Gonzales. Mueller said he spoke with Ashcroft soon after Gonzales left […]

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