Archive for March, 2007
Toddler Hospitalized After Contracting Infection from Father’s Smallpox Vaccination
March 18th, 2007Extremely ominous. Do I need to add a “Kill Off” category? Via: Chicago Sun Times: A 2-year-old boy stricken with a rare infection from the smallpox vaccine is improving but remained in critical condition Saturday at the Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago. The boy was infected by his father, a U.S. soldier […]
U.S. Colleges Taking Loan Kickbacks, Reaping Other Benefits from Broke Students
March 17th, 2007The invisible hand of the market, shaking down students. Via: MSNBC: Colleges across the country are taking kickbacks from student loan companies and reaping other benefits while making it harder for students to get better deals on their loans, the state attorney general has charged. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday an investigation […]
U.S. Swamped with Passport Requests
March 17th, 2007Waiting for clarity on the brink of oblivion… in a passport line. Via: Washington Post: …Waiting games are being played out at passport processing sites across the country as the State Department wades through an unprecedented crush of passport applications. They are pouring in at more than 1 million per month. Passport requests usually shoot […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $30
March 17th, 2007Long time readers, contributors and fellow small scale farmers and explorers into the realm of self sufficiency, P and J, sent $30. Thanks, P and J. We’re looking forward to seeing a site based on your efforts there! No pressure or anything, of course. 😉
Jim Cramer on Staying Upwind When You Start a Fire
March 16th, 2007I’ve written about leverage, the Plunge Protection Team, manipulation and funny money squeezes for years on Cryptogon. I told you that trying to trade this crap, as a retailer, is the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight, and that the smart money doesn’t rely on luck. Don’t take my word on any of […]
The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
March 16th, 2007Via: Cornell University: The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Scholars have […]
Imposter Sits in On Aussie Defense Meetings
March 16th, 2007This is hilarious, but it’s also a good lesson in social engineering. Via: Yahoo / Reuters: A truck driver who was once jailed for armed robbery posed as an army officer, mixed with the top brass and talked his way into high-level security meetings, an Australian court has been told. Peter Bennett, 54, started his […]
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confession
March 16th, 2007A few readers submitted stories about the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confession antics. Yes, I saw it. No I didn’t post about it. Why? Sometimes, I just can’t force myself to take the nonsense seriously enough formulate a response, or even do a copy-paste post. This, however, is the best commentary I’ve seen yet on this […]
UK: Jails Inside Malls, Supermarkets for Short-Term Confinement, DNA Collection
March 15th, 2007Via: Times Online: Short-term “jails†are planned for supermarkets and town centres to deal with yobs and shoplifters under Home Office proposals to ease the burden on police. Discussions have already started about building a “retail jail†inside the Selfridges store in Oxford Street, London. Suspects would be held for up to four hours in […]
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
March 14th, 2007Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Via: Amazon: From Publishers Weekly Scahill, a regular contributor to the Nation, offers a hard-left perspective on Blackwater USA, the self-described private military contractor and security firm. It owes its existence, he shows, to the post–Cold War drawdown of U.S. armed forces, […]
