Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Gulf States May Have to Drop Dollar Pegs
February 6th, 2008Interesting development, with so many of the Intertubes getting damaged in the region… Via: Bloomberg: Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will have to revalue their currency pegs this year following the dollar’s decline and U.S. interest- rate cuts, said Bear Stearns Cos. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Five nations lowered […]
Weekly Gold Chart Has Formed a Shooting Star… or Something
February 2nd, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. There was a change of circumstances between the time I wrote this post and the close of trading on Friday. Remember how grim things were looking for the dollar, and how well gold was doing? Don’t ask me how, why, who? […]
Third Undersea Internet Cable Cut in Mideast
February 2nd, 2008I spent some time this evening trying to get a better idea of what this information warfare campaign is all about. (Anyone who tells you that this is some sort of fluke is a f*@$^!& idiot, and that’s being kind.) Remember the Iranian Oil Bourse? This is from January 4, 2008: Iran Oil Bourse to […]
Opium Fields Spread Across Iraq
January 18th, 2008Do you get it yet? Via: Independent: The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops. Afghan with experience in planting poppies have been helping farmers switch to producing opium in fertile parts of […]
Greenspan Joins Hedge Fund that Made Billions Shorting Subprime Derivitives
January 18th, 2008Imagine my shock at the coincidence! Via: Telegraph: Alan Greenspan, the 81 year-old former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is set to join the US hedge fund Paulson & C. as an adviser. Dr Greenspan will advise Paulson on the global financial markets, and under the terms of the agreement he will not advise any […]
US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Building Biometric Database
January 15th, 2008This article expands on points touched on in FBI Prepares Vast Biometrics Database. Of course, there’s still no mention of the fact that the states involved make up the ECHELON club. A couple of interesting notes: Northrop Grumman built the systems that comprise the UK’s biometric fusion center known as IDENT1. Also, a future database […]
Reader Email: Did My Gold Analysis Spot Informed Buying Before Bhutto Assassination?
December 30th, 2007JJ writes: I was stunned to see the news that Benazir Bhutto was killed within hours of your recent analysis on gold. As you said, gold did in fact rise further in the aftermath of that tragic event. You wrote, “I find it interesting that some players see the need to take long positions right […]
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 […]
