Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Iran Replaces Dollar with Euro in Most Oil Dealings
December 6th, 2006Via: Mher News: Iran has started replacing dollar with euro in majority of its crude oil exchanges in the last several months, an informed source with Iran’s Oil Ministry said here on Tuesday. Oil Ministry has taken the policy to substitute dollar with euro, and begun to implement it for most of its oil dealings, […]
Richest Two Percent of People Own More than Half the World
December 5th, 2006Via: Reuters: Two percent of adults have more than half of the world’s wealth, including property and financial assets, according to a study by the U.N. development research institute published on Tuesday. While global income is distributed unequally, the spread of wealth is even more skewed, the study by the World Institute for Development Economics […]
U.S. Plans Permanent Base on Moon
December 5th, 2006If this turns into, “We need the helium 3 because of peak oil,” friend, ask for extra sugar with your KoolAid. What will the U.S. national debt be by the time they light the fuse on Bozo’s rocket ship to the moon? $20 trillion? $100 trillion? The Chinese better keep buying up that U.S. debt…………………… […]
Boston Massacre: Real Estate Prices Now at 2004 Levels
December 4th, 2006Remember what I wrote about downward momentum increasing… Via: Boston Herald: Boston house prices plunged last month at their fastest pace in more than 13 years, erasing all gains recorded since early 2004, new figures show. Market tracker The Warren Group reported yesterday that median house-sale prices in Suffolk County, which mostly consists of Boston, […]
Biometric ATMs for Illiterate Indian Slum Dwellers
December 3rd, 2006Via MSN/Financial Times: Citigroup is rolling out a network of biometric automatic cash machines aimed at illiterate Indian slum dwellers, using the latest technology to woo the country’s millions of “unbanked” poor. The machines will recognise account holders’ thumbprints, eliminating the need for a personal identification number, and will have colour-coded screen instructions and voiceovers […]
Lou Dobbs: North American Union Orwellian Brave New World
December 2nd, 2006After you watch this Lou Dobbs piece, check out the new Visa commercial. People who use cash cause the machine to break down! Trouble makers. Terrorists?
Feds Back Off Mandatory Livestock Registration – For Now
December 1st, 2006Good news? Maybe. Maybe not. My guess is that this will be back with a vengeance, and slammed through VERY fast under the guise of an “emergency”. The system will be up and running on a voluntary basis. After the “emergency” it’s just a flick of the president’s pen to make it mandatory. The hissing, […]
U.S. Warns Financial Firms of Al Qaeda Threat
December 1st, 2006On 8/25/2004, I wrote: I wouldn’t be surprised if critical network infrastructure was physically destroyed. The global economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. When the macro-scale looting has finally run its course, and the collapse is imminent, why no provide an excellent excuse for the collapse?Take away the flow of information and you […]
Steve’s New Business
November 30th, 2006Good luck, Steve! Sounds great: I’m excited to announce that my wife and I just purchased a business. It’s a two-year old start-up company which serves as a dealer/retailer of “green” building supplies and products, chiefly Safecoat’s leading-brand non-toxic paints and cleaning products, that newly hip recycled cotton “blue-jean” insulation, a great recycled roofing-shingles product, […]
U.S., CHINA and EUROPE: FINGERS ON TRIGGERS IN MEXICAN STANDOFF
November 29th, 2006Another day, another déjà vu moment for Cryptogon readers who remember this post. Those of you who are executing your plans, just keep plugging away. As everyone else panics, you don’t have to. That’s the beauty of being through (or close to) the EXIT before the alarm sounds. That’s why you have supported Cryptogon. That’s […]
