Archive for February, 2008

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Nanoparticles Used to Boost Hydrogen Production

February 28th, 2008

Not holding my breath on this one, but I’ll keep an eye on it anyway. Via: eeTimes: The hydrogen economy is getting a shot in the arm from a start-up that says its nanoparticle coatings could make hydrogen easy to produce at home from distilled water, and ultimately bring the cost of hydrogen fuel cells […]

Loss of Wind Causes Texas Power Grid Emergency

February 28th, 2008

In other words, this is the second major anomalous power outage in less than a day. (See: South Florida incident.) Via: Reuters: A drop in wind generation late on Tuesday, coupled with colder weather, triggered an electric emergency that caused the Texas grid operator to cut service to some large customers, the grid agency said […]

Narco Aggression: Russia Accuses the U.S. Military of Involvement in Drug Trafficking Out of Afghanistan

February 28th, 2008

The British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, or more popularly “MI6?) was going to run a covert operation that would have been tasked with providing combat training to the Taliban/enemy/terrorists/etc. as well as, “vocational training, including farming and irrigation techniques.” The article states that the purpose of the “vocational training” would have provided the Taliban fighters […]

Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court

February 28th, 2008

Via: Huffington Post: After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff’s identify. It was obtained […]

Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host

February 28th, 2008

Thanks to the owner of bewilder.com.au for signing up for hosting with Blue Host. Cryptogon received $65.

Think Food and Fuel Are Expensive? “You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet”

February 28th, 2008

Mmm hmm. Maybe I need that Mmm hmm audio from Sling Blade on stories like this. You best be stockpiling your French fried taters, “Mmm hmm.” Via: CNN: As anyone who’s been to the gas station or supermarket lately knows, the prices of fuel and food are on the rise. And you haven’t seen anything […]

Sprint Loses $29.5 Billion

February 28th, 2008

Can you hear me now? Via: Bloomberg: Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- biggest U.S. wireless carrier, posted a $29.5 billion loss and will eliminate its dividend as customers defected and it wrote down the value of the purchase of Nextel Communications Inc. The fourth-quarter net loss was $10.36 a share, compared with net income of […]

Automated Killer Robots ‘Threat to Humanity’

February 27th, 2008

Top soil depletion is a far more dire threat to humanity, but it is absolutely true that autonomous killing machines are what the military wants, most of all. FYI: Neuroscience is the convenient term for this absurd and dangerous waste of resources on many university campuses. University neuroscience departments exist atop a mountain of Department […]

Antidepressant Drugs Don’t Work

February 27th, 2008

Dermot notes, “Actually, they DO work — they make lots of money for pharmaceutical companies…which is their primary function.” It’s tough to beat that! I’d just add that if “talking treatments” are going to replace the drugs, inevitably, diet, lifestyle and work choices are going to come up. What does this mean? The flow of […]

Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host

February 27th, 2008

Thanks to Mountain Pad Media for signing up for hosting with Blue Host. Cryptogon receives $65.

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