Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
FBI Prepares Vast Biometrics Database
December 22nd, 2007I have a running hypotheses that the plan is to physically track each individual’s position on the ground, at all times. In AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance, I speculated that the mobile phone data might be the way that it is being done. Well, there’s no need to speculate about what They want […]
Fire Breaks Out on White House Grounds
December 20th, 2007Satire on what was lost in the fire. Via: New York Times: A two-alarm fire broke out on the White House grounds Wednesday morning, sending 1,000 federal workers scurrying for safety and damaging Vice President Dick Cheney’s ceremonial suite in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street from the West Wing. Mr. Cheney […]
Perry Kucinich, Dennis Kucinich’s Brother, Found Dead
December 20th, 2007Yes, Perry Kucinich was mentally ill. Yes, he stopped taking his medication. And, yes, this is worth noting anyway, considering the fact that, while Dennis Kucinich doesn’t have much more tangible power than you or me, he did actually try to get Cheney impeached. Via: AP: The youngest brother of Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich […]
The Final Frontier for Solar Energy: An Absurd Boondoggle in Space
December 12th, 2007Scientists in the U.S., Europe and Japan want to build a massive solar concentrator in space to beam gigawatts of power down to the surface of the planet. (The idea has been around, on paper, for years.) Clean, green power, They say. Absurd? Maybe not, if we consider some of the cast of characters, and […]
Bush Gives Wrong Phone Number for Subprime Mortgage Bailout Hotline
December 7th, 2007Fire up the calliope music. Via: CNN: Harried homeowners seeking mortgage relief from a new Bush administration hotline Thursday had to contend with a bit of temporary misdirection from the president himself. As he announced his plan to ease the mortgage crisis for consumers, President Bush accidentally gave out the wrong phone number for the […]
European Las Vegas Planned for Spanish Desert
December 4th, 2007What do people with $25 billion to invest in a development like this know about the future of the energy situation that the hardcrash blogosphere doesn’t know? Hmm? A lot is my guess. Bonus points to you if you manage to read the part about the Spyland theme park without doing a double take. And […]
EXXONMOBIL’S NEW BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS
December 1st, 2007“I don’t know. I see things like the ‘sustainable’ WalMart and the FedEx hub covered with solar panels and I have to wonder if this Peak Oil thing is actually going to be the kill shot that we think it’s going to be… Maybe They have a much better grip on this thing than we […]
Explosion on Strategic Canadian Pipelines that Supply 1.5 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day to U.S.
November 29th, 2007Awaiting damage assessment… Readers in the Midwestern U.S. should keep an eye on this. I’m assuming that the government can dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but… With winter kicking in, take no chances. UPDATE 1: DO NOT ASSUME SPR AVAILABILITY FOR THIS: Landlocked inland refiners such as Flint Hills Resources’ 280,000 barrels per day […]
UK: Catastrophic Loss of Personal Data on Millions of Parents
November 21st, 2007Via: Telegraph: Every parent in the country has been put at risk of fraud and identity theft after the Government lost 25 million personal records in Britain’s worst ever data protection breach. Two compact discs containing bank details and addresses of 9.5 million parents and the names, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers of […]
Vaccine Causes AIDS/HIV Related Infection that Spreads Through the Body via Common Cold Virus
November 10th, 2007This is THE most terrifying story that I have ever seen. Of course, They’re saying that V520 vaccine trial was a failure. But let’s boil this down. What did They actually wind up with after two decades of research? V520 amounts to an AIDS/HIV related infection that spreads through the body via the common cold […]
