Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
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 […]
Facing Jail, Banker Leaps to Death
November 4th, 2007What is it about Colorado and big time swindlers who don’t seem to be able to live long enough to show up to court for sentencing? Remember Kenny Boy: Kenneth Lay, the founder of Enron Corp. who ascended to the pinnacle of American business only to tumble into disgrace, died of a heart attack on […]
How Much of Cryptogon Has Google Disappeared?
October 29th, 2007Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that Google has been dropping Cryptogon material from their index. I’ve also noticed fewer referrals from Google searches. Google is a particularly evil organization, but, for a long time, search worked well (unless you happened to be in China). Not anymore. Well, not for people looking for information […]
Cheney Receives Email Addresses of Over 150 Justice Department Whistleblowers
October 29th, 2007How many of the whistleblowers who used throw away email addresses have ever heard of the NarusInsight Intercept Suite? I’m sure that Cheney won’t be able to determine who the senders actually are… for a few minutes, at least. Via: TPM Muckraker: This summer the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort to collect tips from […]
