Archive for January, 2007
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $20
January 11th, 2007Thanks to Treason Holdings for the generous donation!
Gates: U.S. Military to Grow by 92,000 Troops
January 11th, 2007Do you get it yet? Via: MSNBC: At a briefing to add details about President Bush’s new Iraq strategy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said he would recommend increasing the Army and Marine Corps by 92,000 troops over the next five years. On Iraq, Gates said that “failure in Iraq is not an option.” […]
Iran Summons Swiss, Iraqi Diplomats
January 11th, 2007I think it would be a good idea to review your contingency plans and increase your state of readiness for an emergency. I’m not saying that this is going to happen, but if any news comes out about military action involving the Strait of Hormuz or Ras Tanura, all bets are off. At that point, […]
U.S. RAIDS IRANIAN CONSULATE IN IRAQ
January 11th, 2007In other words, the U.S. just attacked Iran. Via: BBC: US forces have stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized five members of staff. The troops raided the building at about 0300, taking away computers and papers, according to Kurdish media and senior local officials. The US military had […]
U.S. Will Engage Syria and Iran
January 11th, 2007Can anyone see how this will not result in World War III? Via: BBC: Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity – and stabilizing the region in the face of the extremist challenge. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to […]
Venezuelan Stock Market and Currency Collapse
January 11th, 2007The wheels are coming off the cart. The New World Order is going to look like every-man-for-himself for the foreseeable future. HA! Chávez should demand payment for oil in gold, and then back a new currency with that gold. Can you imagine how fast the U.S. bombers would be scrambled? Via: Times Online: Venezuela’s stock […]
Apple iPhone Development: Deception Tactics Used to Maintain Secrecy and Control
January 11th, 2007I looked at the news about Apple’s new iPhone and felt a bit like Gollum. I felt the evil pull of that thing reaching out to me. I closed the browser window and went on to something else. Later in the afternoon, I was at a house with a TV and saw a news piece […]
Ignorance of the Invisible Law Is no Excuse…
January 10th, 2007Via: Wonkette: In our brave new era of Imperial Stormtroopers marching in the Rose Bowl Parade and people put in prison forever for no reason, it’s no surprise that the Supreme Court declined to get involved in the 9th Circuit’s refusal to reveal the secret invisible law that requires us to show I.D. at the […]
Yoga: Gateway to Satan
January 10th, 2007Via: CBC: A school program to fight childhood obesity that includes yoga is drawing complaints from some Christian parents in the Quesnel area in B.C.’s Cariboo region. They say yoga is a religion, and shouldn’t be taught in public schools. Chelsea Brears, who has two children in the school system, said her son was asked […]
Idiocracy
January 10th, 2007Via: CinemaBlend: Mike Judge’s first movie since 1999’s massive cult hit Office Space rolls out in eight cities this weekend, almost as an afterthought. Actually, afterthought isn’t the word. Idiocracy is being treated like a red-headed step-child. Fox is intentionally and inexplicably trying to kill it. Idiocracy arrives without a movie trailer or even an […]
