Archive for November, 2009
Bankers from Rothschild Involved with Dubai Collapse
November 29th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Paul Reynolds, head of Rothschild’s advisory operations in the Middle East, was this week asked to work for the Dubai government’s chief restructuring officer alongside Aidan Birkett of Deloitte, who was appointed on Wednesday. The team is tasked with assessing the group’s assets, which is likely to result in a large scale sell-off […]
Reporter Associated with Bloomberg Lawsuit Against Federal Reserve Dies
November 29th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Mark Pittman, the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52. Pittman suffered from heart-related illnesses. The precise cause of his death wasn’t known, said his friend William […]
UAE Central Bank Intervention In Dubai Debt Debacle Imminent
November 29th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones: DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–The Abu Dhabi-based Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is expected to announce before U.A.E. stock markets open Monday that it will guarantee Dubai World debt to help protect local lenders from potential losses amid rising anxiety among investors, people briefed on the matter […]
UAE Faces Up to $184 Billion Total Debt
November 29th, 2009Via: Reuters: The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has total debt amounting to $184 billion at the end of 2009, according to estimates by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, which said the region faces a heavy redemption schedule until 2013. Dubai’s shock announcement this week that it is seeking to suspend payments on debt of its state-owned […]
Flight 77 Data Recorder: The Cockpit Door Wasn’t Opened; Hijack Impossible
November 29th, 2009Via: Pilots for 911 Truth: 9/11: PENTAGON AIRCRAFT HIJACK IMPOSSIBLE FLIGHT DECK DOOR CLOSED FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT (PilotsFor911Truth.org) – Newly decoded data provided by an independent researcher and computer programmer from Australia exposes alarming evidence that the reported hijacking aboard American Airlines Flight 77 was impossible to have existed. A data parameter labeled “FLT DECK […]
Senior Government Officials Killed in Russian Train Attack
November 29th, 2009Via: Guardian: Russia was tonight coming to terms with its most deadly terrorist attack in years after investigators confirmed that a powerful improvised bomb caused Friday’s devastating train crash in which at least 26 people, including several top government officials, were killed. The head of Russia’s FSB counter-terrorism agency, Alexander Bortnikov, said the bomb, hidden […]
Dubai Crisis May End in “Major Sovereign Default”
November 29th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Dubai’s debt woes may worsen to become a “major sovereign default” that roils developing nations and cuts off capital flows to emerging markets, Bank of America Corp. said. “One cannot rule out — as a tail risk — a case where this would escalate into a major sovereign default problem, which would then […]
Otakulypse Now: Japanese Man Marries Virtual Girlfriend
November 29th, 2009Via: Stuff: We may occasionally wish our spouses had an “off” switch but a Japanese man will have that luxury full-time after he married his virtual girlfriend in an official-looking ceremony over the weekend. In a bizarre story reminiscent of the film Lars and the Real Girl, the man, known by his nickname SAL9000, fell […]
Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife
November 29th, 2009A Cryptogon reader and core contributor sent me a brand new Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife. (Thank you, Pookie.) I don’t know a lot about knives, but here are a few things that I noticed: * The knife has a seemingly indestructible build quality. * A lot of attention has been paid to […]
“Almost all the camping grounds within 100 miles of Los Angeles are now filled with people living in them.”
November 27th, 2009Does anyone know if that statement is even close to being true? Via: Guardian: There were not many people packed in to the Los Angeles “town hall” meeting who had heard of the foreign woman with the unfamiliar title who had come to listen to their tales of plight. But many took it as a […]
