Archive for July, 2007
UK Floods: Looting, Panic Buying – and a Water Shortage
July 23rd, 2007Via: Times Online: Food and drinking water shortages, panic buying and the threat of looting have followed the worst flooding to hit England in 60 years. Amid concerns that the government-run Environment Agency acted far too slowly in responding to serious flood alerts from the Met Office, parts of the West Country woke up this […]
Australian Counter Terror Officers Wrote Incriminating Information in Suspects Diary
July 23rd, 2007Banana Republic, Aussie style. Via: The Australian: A NEW bungle has emerged in the investigation of Mohamed Haneef as Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty yesterday dimissed reports that the Indian doctor was suspected of being involved in a plot to attack the Gold Coast’s tallest building. The Australian can reveal that investigating AFP officers […]
Several Readers Contribute to Cryptogon
July 23rd, 2007I’d like to acknowledge all of these generous readers for sending contributions: PR $50 KL $50 AH $15 SS $20 They make Cryptogon possible. Thank you.
Chevron Plans to Build Wave Power Farm Off California Coast
July 22nd, 2007“When you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot.” — Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Then what am I? HAHA! Yep, it’s all tinfoil, crackpot, lunatic fringe antics here on Cryptogon; until it actually happens weeks, months or years later. But that’s ok. If most media/bloggers were […]
Old-Line Republican Warns ‘Something’s in the Works’ to Trigger a Police State
July 21st, 2007Via: Raw Story: Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies. He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts — a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan who has recently become […]
Taiwan Plans to Build Ocean Power System with Output that Far Exceeds Current Demand
July 20th, 2007Imagine my shock. Via: Taiwan Headlines: The government is now discussing the possibility of large-scale ocean current power generation, using the strong Kuroshio current off the east coast of Taiwan to generate up to 1.68 trillion kilowatt-hours per year, officials at cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Monday. The project task force, […]
Attorney Acquitted on Federal Income Tax Charges
July 19th, 2007Maybe the Browns should have hired this guy for their trial… Via: Shreveport Times: A Shreveport attorney who has challenged the government for years on the legality of filing federal income taxes has been acquitted on charges he failed to file returns. A federal jury unanimously found Tommy Cryer not guilty this week on two […]
Bush Signs New Executive Order that Allows U.S. Government to Seize Assets without Due Process
July 19th, 2007Via: TPMmuckraker: In a little-noticed executive order issued on Tuesday, President Bush directed the Treasury Department to block the U.S.-based financial assets of anyone deemed to have threatened “the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq” or who “undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.” The order empowers […]
Stolen U.S. Vehicles End Up as Bombs in Iraq, FBI Says
July 19th, 2007The insurgents are getting a hold of stolen SUVs that just happen to be the same as those used by American mercenaries who are operating in Iraq. Sure. I don’t know WTF is going on in Iraq, but the CIA has a long history of using stolen aircraft to carry guns and drugs. Hmm. Via: […]
Total Declares Force Majeure in Angola
July 19th, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Crude oil rose to an 11-month high in New York after Total SA lost production and declared force majeure at the Dalia field in Angola. Total’s decision covered half the oil pumped at the offshore field, which had produced 240,000 barrels a day, said Patricia Marie, a company spokeswoman. A generator failure caused […]
