Archive for June, 2007
Israel Plans Attack on Gaza
June 17th, 2007Via: Times Online: ISRAEL’s new defence minister Ehud Barak is planning an attack on Gaza within weeks to crush the Hamas militants who have seized power there. According to senior Israeli military sources, the plan calls for 20,000 troops to destroy much of Hamas’s military capability in days. The raid would be triggered by Hamas […]
UK: Garbage Rules Enforced with Surveillance Cameras
June 16th, 2007Via: Telegraph: Householders in a seaside town have been told to put their bins out at the front of their homes and not in an alleyway to the rear. They must also leave their rubbish out between set times to ensure it does not attract pests or miss the dust cart. To enforce the new […]
“Markets Could Cope with Doubling of U.S. Deficit”
June 16th, 2007Just double from current levels? Why not triple or quadruple it and really get this party started? Via: Financial Times: Global capital markets would be able to finance a near-doubling of the US current account deficit to $1,600bn a year by 2012, a McKinsey study published on Friday argues. The study, by McKinsey Global Institute, […]
All Pentagon War Game Scenarios on Iraq Resulted in Disaster
June 16th, 2007Via: Times Online: General Anthony Zinni, the chief of US central command, war-gamed Iraq for more than a year before the invasion and every scenario he devised ended in a disaster, requiring many hundreds of thousands of US troops to bring it under control and remain in occupation for many years. Yet none of these […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $20
June 16th, 2007MW, a long time reader and contributor, sent $20. Thank you.
Lowest Food Supplies in 50 or 100 Years: Global Food Crisis Emerging
June 16th, 2007Via: National Farmers Union Canada (PDF document): Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its first projections of world grain supply and demand for the coming crop year: 2007/08. USDA predicts supplies will plunge to a 53-day equivalent- their lowest level in the 47-year period for which data exists. “The USDA projects global […]
Americans Unready to Revolt, Despite Revolting Conditions
June 16th, 2007Entertaining the author’s proposed solution will waste valuable time that people should be using to escape/prepare, but he describes the situation well. Via: OpedNews: Part of the genius of our contemporary ruling class elites is that they have engineering a state of political and economic oppression that paradoxically is still embraced by the Lower Class. […]
China: Shocking Child Slavery Situation
June 16th, 2007Mostly shocking because this is where the U.S. is headed. This kind of thing, and much worse, is standard operating procedure in China. The factory operators must have fallen behind in bribe payments to the local party bosses. Not to worry. The diabolical Chinese regime can be seen as rescuing the children from hell. Via: […]
Clintons Sell Off Stock Holdings
June 16th, 2007To avoid any conflict of interest, eh? And Hillary just happened to be good at trading cattle futures. Right? Tell me another one. I like a good laugh in the morning. Ahh, the loving liberals with the armaments, oil and drug stock portfolios. Walmart, News Corp (Fox News) and Exxon, true bastions of progressive values. […]
BBC Headline: Are Global Market Bubbles Set to Blow?
June 15th, 2007Via: BBC: There is a strange fascination in blowing a bubble, when despite your better judgement, you keep willing it to get bigger regardless of the dangers. Then, suddenly, the violent pop that leaves you picking bubblegum off your eyebrows, or crying soapy tears. For many observers, global markets are getting dangerously close to such […]
