Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Gulf Oil Spill: The Halliburton Connection
May 4th, 2010Halliburton Acquired Boots & Coots On 9 April 2010 Via: Los Angeles Times: Investigators delving into the possible cause of the massive gulf oil spill are focusing on the role of Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, which was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water. The company acknowledged Friday […]
Halliburton Acquired Boots & Coots On 9 April 2010
May 1st, 2010And then… ‘Last Resort’ Safety Device Failed in Fatal Drilling Incident: Boots & Coots Inc. of Houston and Amarillo, Texas-based GSM Enterprises Inc., two of the companies that extinguished hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops in 1990, have been brought in to help cap the leaks. Halliburton’s timing was […]
Sophisticated Counterfeiting Operation Run Out of Apartment Facing Federal Reserve Building in Los Angeles
April 30th, 2010Update: Brian Alexik Walks Free Yep, you read that right. Via: Los Angeles Downtown News: Brian Alexik, the former fugitive who was arrested last year for drugs, weapons and counterfeiting charges, was sentenced today to five years probation as part of a plea deal and released from custody. Alexik, who was arrested on June 3, […]
New Telescope Called “Lucifer” Built Next to Vatican Observatory
April 25th, 2010Via: Popular Science: A new instrument with an evil-sounding name is helping scientists see how stars are born. Lucifer, which stands for (deep breath) “Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research,” is a chilled instrument attached to a telescope in Arizona. And yes, it’s named for the Devil, […]
Elliot Spitzer: “There are no coincidences in this world. None.”
April 20th, 2010Update: AIG-Goldman Sachs Trades Should Be Probed by SEC, Cummings Says Via: Business Week: The regulator suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for fraud should widen its probe to determine whether securities backed by bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. were improperly created, said two lawmakers. It is “not beyond the realm of comprehension” that Goldman […]
Random Matrix Theory
April 12th, 2010Via: New Scientist: SUPPOSE we had a theory that could explain everything. Not just atoms and quarks but aspects of our everyday lives too. Sound impossible? Perhaps not. It’s all part of the recent explosion of work in an area of physics known as random matrix theory. Originally developed more than 50 years ago to […]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Several Other Top Polish Officials, Killed in Plane Crash
April 10th, 2010Via: Guardian: The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife were among 132 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach to a regional airport in Russia early this morning. The governor of the west Russian town of Smolensk confirmed there were no survivors from the Tupulov Tu-154 plane, which came […]
Scientist Researching Radio Frequency Waves for Cancer Treatment Killed in “Home Invasion Robbery”
April 7th, 2010Via: Palm Beach Post: Who would want to kill scientist Joseph Morrissey, who enjoyed an international reputation for his pioneering research into the use of radio frequency waves in cancer treatment? That’s the question friends and colleagues were asking late Tuesday after Morrissey, 46, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Nova Southeastern University, was […]
Two Arrested Six Years After Mallove Murder
April 4th, 2010Via: PESN: Two suspects were arrested Thursday and more arrests are expected in the long drawn out case of the murder of cold fusion physicist and Free Energy science pillar, Dr. Eugene Mallove, formerly with MIT, most famous for his advocacy of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions.
Dozens Dead in Moscow Metro Bombings
March 29th, 2010Russia Protests: Thousands Rally in ‘Day of Wrath’ Against Putin: This weekend’s Russia protests, in which thousands gathered in 20 Russian cities for ‘Day of Wrath’ demonstrations against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other government officials, brought together diverse political forces. And then… Via: BBC: At least 35 people have been killed after two female […]
