Archive for May, 2007
Outpouring of Support from Cryptogon Readers
May 15th, 2007Two readers tried out Cryptogon’s new Amazon Honor payment system. An anonymous contributor sent $50, the maximum Amazon allows for a single transaction. Eileen decided that she liked the limit even less than she liked Paypal; she sent two $50 payments! Pookie sent $55. Folks, please send good thoughts Pookie’s way. She’s executing her family’s […]
U.S. Government Forces E-gold Redemptions — Seizes Gold
May 15th, 2007I don’t have any reason to believe that this isn’t the case, I just can’t confirm it. If you have additional information, please share it with all of us here. Via: Moneynetnews: In an unprecedented move on or just before Wednesday May 9th, 2007, the United States of America has forced Omnipay et al E-gold […]
Hookers, Spies, Cases Full of Dollars…How BP Spent £45m to Win ‘Wild East’ Oil Rights
May 14th, 2007This article has been pulled from dailymail.co.uk (Google Cache) and thisislondon.co.uk. Prisonplanet.com is mirroring the entire article since the British Government appears to have issued a D-Notice over this. I’ll mirror it here as well: Hookers, Spies, Cases Full of Dollars…How BP Spent £45m to Win ‘Wild East’ Oil Rights GLEN OWEN UK Daily Mail […]
Government Working on Plan for Aftermath of Nuclear Bombing of Major City
May 14th, 2007In, Waiting for Clarity on the Brink of Oblivion, I wrote: You do not want to try to reach the exit as millions of other people attempt to do the same thing. Waiting for clarity is not often rewarded. Many Cryptogon readers think that they’re going to hedge their bets, and stay put for as […]
Cryptogon Readers Contribute $125 and $30; Also, the Amazon Honor System
May 14th, 2007EM sent $125 and GT sent $30. Many thanks to both of you. Some of you have been wondering why I took down the $501 Dagobaz contribution. Paypal, it seems, has dealt me a bit of a setback on that one. I’m keeping my cool, for now, as this is the first and only problem […]
Reminder: Monday Is Wiretap the Internet Day
May 13th, 2007In The Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity, I wrote that, “I made irrationally negative assumptions,” about how pervasive the network surveillance was. As it turns out, my threat assessment was just about right. Via: Wired: May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some […]
Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq
May 13th, 2007If the “newspaper of record” in the U.S. can parrot the GAO theory that the insurgents might have stolen it *chuckle: that’s a good one, har har*, can I make absurd and ridiculous statements too? Piles of corpses, billions of dollars worth of dodgy deals, mercenaries by the thousands and 100,000 to 300,000 barrels of […]
Bush Gives Horned Hand Sign While Being Photographed with the Queen
May 13th, 2007Do you ever wonder if They’re just messing with those of us who notice these things? What is Thy bidding, my Master? Of course, you want to believe that some joker Photoshopped this, but here’s a screen shot that I took from the Telegraph’s web page with the story. Via: Rumor Mill News: Earlier today […]
UK: Factory Milk Production Doomed, but Wait, There’s More
May 13th, 2007I love the description of the robotic milking production line, complete with RFID trackers and pedometers. This isn’t that different from the nine-to-five reality of most people. As you read this, think about the drive time commutes and that office. With both the cows and the people, The Machine is taking everything it can, and […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
May 13th, 2007Thanks to the therichmondgroup.biz for singing for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon receives $65! Cryptogon and our other site, Farmlet, are hosted on BlueHost. Incredibly, Cryptogon is absorbing an extreme jump in traffic because Rense and Infowars have both linked to my piece about the CFR and the U.S. Dollar. I thought that I would have […]
