Archive for March, 2007
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown Wants ‘New World Order’ to Fight Global Warming
March 13th, 2007A few of you just don’t want to accept that your most precious, deeply held religious beliefs were created by evil people to control you. If you want to spout off like a deranged, Pentecostal snake handler, that’s fine with me, but if you’re still capable of critical thinking, spend a few minutes with these […]
U.S. Military Plans Iraq Fallback Strategy, Salvador Option
March 12th, 2007Early stages of planning, eh? I showed that U.S. Central Command was looking into the Salvador option over two years ago. Via: Yahoo / Reuters: U.S. military planners have begun work on a fallback strategy in case the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq fails, including a gradual pullout of U.S. forces and more emphasis on […]
Bloomberg: U.S. Housing Bust Deepens
March 12th, 2007Uglier by the minute. Via: Bloomberg: Hold on to your assets. The deepest housing decline in 16 years is about to get worse. As many as 1.5 million more Americans may lose their homes, another 100,000 people in housing-related industries could be fired, and an estimated 100 additional subprime mortgage companies that lend money to […]
Visa Chief: Cashless Society by 2012
March 12th, 2007Sure. Via: Independent Online: Paying for goods with notes and coins could be consigned to history within five years, according to the chief executive of Visa Europe. Peter Ayliffe said that, by 2012, using credit and debit cards should be cheaper and more convenient than cash. Some retailers could soon start surcharging customers if they […]
How to Save the World
March 12th, 2007Via: How to Save the World: One Man, One Cow, One Planet: Our existence on this planet is precarious. How to Save the World exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By […]
Scientists Threatened for ‘Climate Denial’
March 12th, 2007A shapeless figure bent over him, he smelt the fresh leather of the revolver belt; but what insignia did the figure wear on the sleeves and shoulder straps of its uniform–and in whose name did it raise the dark pistol barrel? —Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon Meet the new fascist religion. Same as the old […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
March 12th, 2007Thanks to Bespoke Beads for choosing to host with Bluehost! Cryptogon receives $65! Related: Hosting with Blue Host
UK: Don’t Like ID Cards? Hand Over Your Passport
March 11th, 2007And then it was too late. Via: Daily Mail: Anybody who objects to their personal details going on the new “Big Brother” ID cards database will be banned from having a passport. James Hall, the official in charge of the supposedly-voluntary scheme, said the Government would allow people to opt out – but in return […]
New York Times: Crisis Looms in Mortgages
March 11th, 2007If you liked my Wall Street Chop Shop piece, here’s a New York Times version of it; months late, of course… Via: New York Times: Like worms that surface after a torrential rain, revelations that emerge when an asset bubble bursts are often unattractive, involving dubious industry practices and even fraud. In the coming weeks, […]
The Outsiders
March 11th, 2007Via: Prometheus Society: A lesson which many gifted persons never learn as long as they live is that human beings in general are inherently very different from themselves in thought, in action, in general intention, and in interests. Many a reformer has died at the hands of a mob which he was trying to improve […]
