Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Pilot in DC9 5.5 Ton Cocaine Bust “Escaped” Custody in Three Separate Countries
July 16th, 2010Via: Mad Cow Productions: The identity of the pilot of the American-registered DC-9 (N900SA) from St. Petersburg FL caught carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine in Mexico’s Yucatan several years ago, long a mystery, finally saw the light of day recently in Mexico. Carmelo Vasquez Guerra, a Venezuelan, was the DC9’s pilot who was said to […]
BP Worker Found Dead of “Natural Causes”
June 29th, 2010Via: nfwdailynews.com: A BP cleanup worker was found dead in his Village Inn room Sunday afternoon. The 48-year-old man’s identity has not been released. “There are no signs of foul play,” said Michele Nicholson, spokeswoman for the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. “I don’t think there was anything suspicious about it.” A spokeswoman at Mobile’s Unified […]
Afghan Mineral Deposits Actually Worth $3 Trillion, Not $1 Trillion
June 18th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth is worth at least $3tn – triple a US estimate made this week – according to the government’s top mining official. Geologists have known for decades that Afghanistan has vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and other prized minerals, but a US briefing this week put […]
Body in Ottawa River Is Likely Missing Nuclear Scientist
June 16th, 2010Via: CBC: The body pulled from the Ottawa River last week is almost certain to be that of the Chalk River scientist who went missing in January, according to a friend of the scientist. Lachlan Cranswick, 41, vanished five months ago in a case that confounded police and the community and yielded few clues to […]
U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Deposits Worth $1 Trillion in Afghanistan; “The Saudi Arabia of Lithium”; Eventually “One of The Most Important Mining Centers in The World”; Pentagon “Helping” Afghan Government to Prepare to Seek Bids on Mineral Rights
June 14th, 2010I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise. —Fight Club Update: Afghan Mineral Deposits Actually Worth $3 Trillion, Not $1 Trillion —End Update— The Soviets knew about it! They did geological surveys during their occupation of Afghanistan. Which makes you wonder… Did the U.S. actually know about it all this time? This piece says otherwise, but […]
$1 Billion Cocaine Bust in Gambia
June 12th, 2010So, we have Blackwater/Xe increasing “aviation support” activities in two of the hottest narcotics trafficking hubs in the world. Coincidences, of course. —Blackwater Worldwide Changes Its Name to Xe; Same Mercenaries, but Now with More “Aviation Support” Via: AFP: Gambian and British police seized more than two tonnes of cocaine worth about one billion dollars […]
Musical Chairs with Peter Sutherland
June 11th, 2010Goldman Sachs Sold $250 Million of BP Stock Before Spill: The brokerage firm that’s faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British oil giant BP. According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com […]
BP Chief Tony Hayward Sold Shares Weeks Before Oil Spill
June 5th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused its value to collapse. Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing […]
And Now: 26-Foot Tall Statue of Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Dead, Installed at Denver International Airport
June 4th, 2010Denver Airport Murals Denver Airport Underground Via: 9News: Ever since it was first installed at Denver International Airport, the 32-foot-tall blue “Mustang” has been the talk of the town, but a new addition is sure to get plenty of attention. A crew is installing a seven-ton, 26-foot-tall concrete sculpture of an Egyptian god at the […]
Transocean Will Make $270 Million from Insurance Payout on Destroyed Oil Rig
May 26th, 2010The rig that blew up was over-insured by $270 million. Fascinating coincidence! Hmm. Did BP hold dead peasant insurance on the rig workers who died? Via: Politico: Eighteen Democratic senators have asked the Justice Department to investigate the operator of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig after the company announced it would dole out $1 […]
