Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Obama: Take the Blue Pill
July 23rd, 2009Via: CBS News: Mr. Obama went on to say that people should start paying lower prices for comparable medication. “If there’s a blue pill and a red pill, and the blue pill is half the price of the red pill and works just as well, why not pay half price for the thing that’s going […]
British Health Minister Quits
July 16th, 2009I wouldn’t want to be associated with the upcoming H1N1 vaccine debacle either. (Of course, it doesn’t say anything about the upcoming H1N1 vaccine debacle.) Via: BBC: Top surgeon Lord Darzi, one of several non-political figures brought into Gordon Brown’s government, is to resign as health minister. Downing Street confirmed he will remain as a […]
Deutsche Bank Stockbroker in IT Probe Fell to Death
July 8th, 2009Via: BBC: A City stockbroker fell to his death from a rooftop restaurant two days after bosses investigating an IT-related matter sent him home early. Anjool Malde, 24, was found on the ground outside Coq d’Argent in London’s Square Mile at midday on Sunday. He left his Deutsche Bank office early on Friday afternoon after […]
Virologist to Make His Case for Lab Origin of Swine Flu
July 5th, 2009Via: Peter’s New York: Back in April, when the first cases of swine flu were diagnosed in Mexico, Gibbs examined the genetic structure of the virus that had been posted on a public database. His analysis led him to speculate that the virus may have been the result of a laboratory error. He contacted the […]
Afghanistan: Thousands of U.S. Marines Move Into the World’s Largest Opium Production Area
July 2nd, 2009Via: AP / USA Today: Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Obama’s strategy to stabilize the country. The offensive was launched shortly after 4:30 p.m. ET Thursday in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and the world’s […]
SEC Lawyer Raised Alarm About Madoff
July 2nd, 2009Via: Reuters: A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff’s financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation. Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, a lawyer in the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, sent emails to a […]
D.C. Crash Kills General Who Scrambled Jets on 9/11
June 26th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard who scrambled jets over the city during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was among those killed in the worst commuter train crash in the city’s history, officials said. Wherley’s wife, Ann, was also among the nine people killed when a train plowed into […]
ECB Lends Record $622 Billion in Bid to Ease Crisis
June 25th, 2009Coincidence? Bonds Rise After Strong Auction of 7-Year Notes Via: Wall Street Journal: The European Central Bank pumped a record €442 billion ($622 billion) into euro-zone money markets Wednesday in its first-ever offer of one-year funds as it battles the Continent’s recession. Euro-zone banks borrowed the one-year funds, the largest amount the central bank has […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Interested in Operation Blackjack
June 19th, 2009A U.S. Department of Homeland Security user (host: bcp3.cbp.dhs.gov, ip: 63.167.255.153) conducted the following Google search: operation blackjack. The DHS user visited Operation Blackjack: The Story of Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Major Western Cities. Twice. I’ve avoided following the Blackjack/Jackblack developments too closely on here because I’m pretty sure that the point is to study […]
Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified
June 12th, 2009I don’t know what to do with this one. Via: Space: For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth’s atmosphere – but no longer. A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs […]
