Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Ashley W. Turton: Energy Lobbyist, Wife of Key White House Aide, Dies in Fire
January 10th, 2011Update: Grandmother Uses Toy Horse to Fend Off Burglar Via: KSDK: A grandmother used a toy horse to fend off a robber in her Washington, DC home Tuesday. Catherine Turton moved there to take care of three grandchildren last year after their mother, lobbyist Ashley Turton, died in a bizarre garage fire. One of the […]
Ivory Coast on the ‘Brink of Genocide’
January 1st, 2011A few terms that don’t appear in the story below: Oil, diamonds, cobalt, gold, iron, manganese and nickel. Cocoa, however, is mentioned. Via: Guardian: Ivory Coast is on the “brink of genocide” and the world must take urgent action, the country’s new ambassador to the UN has warned. Youssoufou Bamba also claimed that some houses […]
MI6 Spy Gareth Williams: Keys Found Under Body, Inside Bag
December 22nd, 2010Via: Telegraph: Detectives investigating the death of the MI6 spy Gareth Williams have disclosed that keys to the padlock on the sports bag were found inside the North Face holdall, underneath Mr Williams’s naked body. An expert on rescuing people from confined spaces has told investigators that it would be impossible to lock the bag […]
27 Year Old Citigroup Banker Allegedly Jumped to Her Death from Trump Palace in New York City
December 22nd, 2010From Donald Trump Counting Sheep: As a reader wrote to me recently, “It’s the little things…” Via: The Hoya: Jessica Fashano (MSB ’05) shocked much of the New York financial world Saturday when she allegedly threw herself off of the Trump Palace in New York City. According to the New York Police Department, there is […]
Ted Kaczynski and the CIA?
December 21st, 2010This is pretty flimsy so far, but it’s Part 1. Maybe the story will get more interesting. Via: Times Union: Was my brother, Ted Kaczynski (AKA “the Unabomber”), a sort of “Manchurian candidate” – programmed to kill by our government in a CIA-funded thought-control experiment gone awry? … The Harvard study my brother participated in […]
Probable Carcinogen Hexavalent Chromium Found in Drinking Water of 31 U.S. Cities
December 20th, 2010Add it to the list: Can You Do This With Your Tap Water? Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Pharmaceuticals LEGALLY Released Into Waterways That Provide Drinking Water Illegal Concentrations of Arsenic, Radioactive Substances like Uranium, Dangerous Bacteria Often Found in Sewage Via: Washington Post: An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 […]
Bernard Madoff’s Son Mark Found Hanged
December 11th, 2010Update Via: Gothamist: Yesterday morning, the body of Mark Madoff was found hanging from a dog leash in his Soho apartment, while his two-year-old son was sleeping in another room. While no note was found, it’s believed the 46-year-old son of infamous Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff committed suicide, based on desperate e-mails he sent to […]
FAA Loses Track of 119,000 Aircraft; Situation Could Facilitate Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
December 10th, 2010Oh the humanity. *chortle* Even more shocked than me would be Daniel Hopsicker, who covers CIA drug running (and the tail number boogie) full time. Via: AP: The Federal Aviation Administration is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial aircraft in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears […]
GM Hiring 1,000 Engineers to Expand Electric-Vehicle Offerings
November 30th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: General Motors Co., the maker of the Chevrolet Volt gasoline-electric car, will hire 1,000 engineers in Michigan to help expand the automakers’ lineup of electric- drive vehicles. The hiring will increase GM’s workforce of electric-vehicle engineers by 50 percent to about 3,000, said Rob Peterson, a spokesman for the Detroit-based company. GM, which […]
Director of Operations for BP’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Recovery Efforts and Former Texas Solicitor General Die in Plane Crash
November 25th, 2010Via: AP: An executive helping to guide BP’s recovery from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a top Texas lawyer and his mother-in-law were killed in a small plane crash in waters off northern Florida, officials said Wednesday. James Patrick Black, 58, died about a mile from the Destin airport in the Florida Panhandle on […]
