Archive for the 'War' Category
Oil States Say No Talks on Replacing Dollar
October 6th, 2009“America and Britain must be very worried. You will know how worried by the thunder of denials this news will generate.” —Robert Fisk’s Chinese Banking Source That didn’t take long. Via: Reuters: Big oil producing nations denied a British newspaper report on Tuesday that Gulf Arab states were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan […]
Fisk: Arab States, China, Russia and France Moving to Stop Using U.S. Dollar for Oil Trading
October 6th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I have absolutely no doubt that the Chinese are aware of their ability to flip the kill switch on the U.S. economy. I also have no doubt that, while the blowback would be severe for them, it would be nothing compared […]
Afghanistan: Massive Election Fraud
October 5th, 2009“This was an important step forward in the Afghan people’s effort to take control of their future… The United States did not support any candidate in this election. Our only interest was the result fairly, accurately reflecting the will of the Afghan people…” —Barack Obama on Afghan Election Via: Times Online: The head of the […]
Portable, Pentagon Pain Weapon May End Up in Police Hands
October 1st, 2009Via: New Scientist: THE Pentagon’s efforts to develop a beam weapon that can deter an adversary by causing a burning sensation on their skin has taken a step forward with the development of a small, potentially hand-held, version. The weapon, which is claimed to cause no permanent harm, could also end up being used by […]
U.S. Intelligence Budget: $75 Billion, 200,000 Operatives
September 28th, 2009Via: Dissident Voice: Speaking at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club September 15, Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis C. Blair, disclosed that the current annual budget for the 16 agency U.S. “Intelligence Community” (IC) clocks-in at $75 billion and employs some 200,000 operatives world-wide, including private contractors. In unveiling an unclassified version of the National Intelligence […]
Berkeley and DARPA: Cyborg Beetle Piloted by Remote Control
September 28th, 2009Via: Wired: The creation of a cyborg insect army has just taken a step closer to reality. A research team at the University of California Berkeley recently announced that it has successfully implanted electrodes into a beetle allowing scientists to control the insect’s movements in flight. “We demonstrated the remote control of insects in free […]
Federal Reserve General Counsel Scott Alvarez Threatens the U.S. with Economic Terrorism
September 26th, 2009Some people may not like my headline. I don’t care. Make up your own headline, if you like. Call it whatever you want. Barney Frank doesn’t want to rock the boat. Oh no. Appearances need to be maintained on the Ship of Fools. Well, the only thing that’s certain is that the Ship of Fools […]
Male Breast Cancer Patients Blame Water at Marine Base
September 25th, 2009Via: CNN: The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps’ training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer — a disease that strikes fewer than 2,000 men in the […]
G20 Protesters Blasted by Sonic Cannon
September 25th, 2009Via: Guardian: Only a few hundreds protesters took to the streets of Pittsburgh to mark the opening day of the G20 summit of world leaders, but the police were taking no chances. Sonic weapons or long-range acoustic devices have been used by the US military overseas, notably against Somali pirates and Iraqi insurgents. But US […]
U.S. Army Wants to Send 250 Foot Long Surveillance Airship to Afghanistan
September 24th, 2009Via: Aviation Week: The plan to deploy an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance airship to Afghanistan is gaining, er, buoyancy. A consortium led by the US Army’s Space & Missile Defense Command is scheduled to be established by October 1 and a contract awarded for the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) demonstration by the end of December.
