Archive for June, 2007
The ‘Most Severely Wounded’ American Soldier
June 25th, 2007After a couple of paragraphs, I started thinking about fates worse than death and how those are some of the only things still made in America. One wonders what the man would say to his parents if he could communicate… I know what I’d say. The incredible thing about Americans is that they almost never […]
BUSH AND CHENEY BOTH CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM OVERSIGHT LAWS THAT APPLY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
June 24th, 2007The U.S. now has five branches of government: 1) Legislative 2) Judicial 3) Executive 4) Bush 5) Cheney And then it was too late… Via: Los Angeles Times: The White House said Friday that, like Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, President Bush’s office is not allowing an independent federal watchdog to oversee its handling of […]
My Application for Residence in New Zealand Has Been Approved
June 24th, 2007* Phew! * Now, a little backstory for those of you who continue to dawdle. If you think that you’re just going to be able to snap your fingers and sail off to a far away land, friend, it’s probably not going to work out that way. You might be in for a long, hard, […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
June 24th, 2007Thanks to the Cryptogon reader who decided to host bne-cpt-lon.com with Blue Host. Cryptogon receives $65!
Drought: State of Emergency Declared in Part of California Central Valley
June 24th, 2007Via: Central Valley Business Times: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Kings County due to drought conditions. The Kings County Board of Supervisors has asked for emergency status, citing low water tables, limited precipitation and reporting at least $1.2 million in crop damages due to drought conditions. On May […]
‘Taco Bell High’ or ‘Wal-mart Public School’ Coming to Canada?
June 24th, 2007Eh? Via: AFP / RawStory: Canadian students could soon be graduating from “Taco Bell High” or “Wal-Mart Public School” if trustees here go ahead with a scheme to sell school naming rights to corporations to raise extra funds. The proposal has pitted members of the cash-strapped Ottawa-Carleton District School Board with public education advocacy groups […]
Special Operations Prepared for Domestic Missions
June 24th, 2007Full throttle fascism. Via: Washington Post: The U.S. Northern Command, the military command responsible for “homeland defense,” has asked the Pentagon if it can establish its own special operations command for domestic missions. The request, reported in the Washington Examiner, would establish a permanent sub-command for responses to incidents of domestic terrorism as well as […]
Delaware County Cops “Stop and Frisk”
June 24th, 2007Just how far gone is this thing… Via: abcnews: One police department in Delaware County is now implementing a controversial police procedure called Stop and Frisk. … Dr. Sherman said we only have to look to the nearest airport to see how effective “stop and frisk” can be. “We’re all getting stopped and frisked every […]
British Military’s “Mad Max” Vehicle for Iraq and Afghanistan
June 24th, 2007Via: Daily Mail: It looks more like a vehicle from one of Mel Gibson’s Mad Max movies. But this four-ton monster truck is the British Army’s new weapon designed to take on insurgents on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan. British-made, the Supacat Weapons Mounted Installation Kit boasts awesome firepower which will be unleashed […]
A Horror Movie Come to Life
June 23rd, 2007Most “targeted individuals” are schizophrenics who suffer from persecutory delusions. A couple of them have written to me over the years, and, having an open mind, I suggested some simple techniques that they could use to get to the bottom of whatever it was that was happening to them, if, of course, it was being […]
