Archive for December, 2007
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
December 27th, 2007UPDATE #7: U.S. Special Forces Standing By to “Seize or Disable” Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Via: The Herald: US special forces snatch squads are on standby to seize or disable Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal in the event of a collapse of government authority or the outbreak of civil war following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The troops, […]
Australia’s Controversial National ID Program Hits the Dumpster
December 27th, 2007Via: Ars Technica: Opponents of Australia’s controversial Access Card received an early Christmas present earlier this month when the incoming Rudd Labor Government finally axed the controversial ID program. Had it been implemented, the Access Card program would have required Australians to present the smart card anytime they dealt with certain federal departments, including Medicare, […]
NYPD Tests Vectrix Electric Scooters
December 27th, 2007NYPD Intelligence Division Officer: “We Are in the Business of Scaring People,” but in a clean, green manner. Via: Business Week: Police have found a way to help save the planet and perhaps sneak up on bad guys at the same time: an electric, ultra-quiet scooter. The New York Police Department will begin road testing […]
Gold: Strong Rally
December 27th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. We’ve got gold in strong rally right now. It’s still range bound, but keep $845 in mind. That’s the overhead resistance. The current move is happening on thin, holiday order flows. I find it interesting that some players see the need […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
December 27th, 2007Over the last several days, Cryptogon readers sent the following contributions: Pookie $57 Eileen $50 MW $20 TH $12 PR $50 CP $20 KM $50 BW $100 Eileen $50 Wow! Thank you all very much. I took a few moments to share a bit of the wealth that you have provided to me with others […]
Home Prices Post Record Annual Drop
December 27th, 2007Captain Obvious strikes again. Via: Reuters: Prices of existing U.S. single-family homes recorded their biggest annual drop in October, suggesting the housing slump is far from over, a national home price gauge released on Wednesday showed. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller year-over-year index of 10 metropolitan areas fell to 209.68 in October, down 6.7 percent from […]
New York Town Lets Poor Seniors Work to Pay Property Taxes
December 27th, 2007This is an unusually grim story, even by my standards. What’s the innovative solution for seniors who are lonely, broke and unable to pay their property taxes? Have them work for penury for the tax man! Of course, the ghastly Associated Press represents this as a human interest/happy ending story. The seniors get to hang […]
Soil and Health Library
December 26th, 2007The Soil and Health Library represents the most astonishing collection of materials on small scale agriculture and homesteading that I have ever come across. And that’s just the beginning of what’s on offer. Special thanks to IL for telling me about this digital library.
Train Wreck Imminent?
December 26th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Paul Tustain is the Director of BullionVault. He recently sent this email out to BullionVault clients. I am a BullionVault client and affiliate: Hello, Seasons Greetings from all of us here at BullionVault. I append a few thoughts concerning prosperity in […]
Suburban Tent Cities
December 26th, 2007Via: Reuters: Between railroad tracks and beneath the roar of departing planes sits “tent city,” a terminus for homeless people. It is not, as might be expected, in a blighted city center, but in the once-booming suburbia of Southern California. The noisy, dusty camp sprang up in July with 20 residents and now numbers 200 […]
