Archive for August, 2007
Semper Fi in His Eye
August 21st, 2007Via: SF Gate: Semper fi in his eye: There’s no mistaking which branch of the military Nicholas Popaditch served with — his prosthetic eye is embedded with the Marine Corps emblem. Popaditch, a retired gunnery sergeant and tank commander from San Diego, was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade in Fallujah, Iraq. He lost his right […]
World of Warcraft ‘Disease Model’
August 21st, 2007Via: BBC: An outbreak of a deadly disease in a virtual world can offer insights into real life epidemics, scientists suggest. The “corrupted blood” disease spread rapidly within the popular online World of Warcraft game, killing off thousands of players in an uncontrolled plague. The infection raged, wreaking social chaos, despite quarantine measures. The experience […]
WELLS FARGO CRIPPLED BY SYSTEM FAILURES
August 20th, 2007Via: CNN: Service problems disabled ATMs and online accounts at Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) for at least 24 hours starting Sunday afternoon, leaving some customers of the nation’s fifth-largest bank unable to get cash or use debit cards to pay for goods. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo wouldn’t say how many customers or machines were […]
MSNBC: Lead in Food and Toys from China Keeps Prices Low, and Mortgage Rates Low, Too
August 19th, 2007Via: The Vanguardian: “I think people should be careful what they wish for on China. Ya know, if China were to revalue it’s currency or China is to start making say, toys that don’t have lead in them or food that isn’t poisonous, their costs of production are going to go up and that means […]
Former Deutsche Bank Building on Fire in Lower Manhattan
August 18th, 2007It hasn’t collapsed yet? The second I read about this incident, I thought: I wonder if we’re all going to get a lesson in how fire CAN cause skyscrapers to collapse… “Look,” Fox News, et al will say about people who talk about demolition of the buildings on 9/11, “The Deutsche Bank building collapsed due […]
China Bans Buddhist Monks in Tibet from Reincarnating without Government Permission
August 18th, 2007Via: MSNBC: In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $50
August 18th, 2007PR sent $50. Thank you.
Californians Rush to Pull Money from Countrywide Bank
August 17th, 2007Via: AJC: Anxious customers jammed the phone lines and Web site of Countrywide Bank and crowded its branch offices to pull out their savings because of concerns about the financial problems of the mortgage lender that owns the bank. Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest home-loan company in the United States, sought Thursday to assure depositors […]
Russia: Putin Orders Strategic Bomber Patrols
August 17th, 2007Via: AP: President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he had ordered the military to resume regular long-range flights of strategic bombers, news agencies reported, returning to a practice that ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaking as Russian and Chinese forces held major war games exercises for the first time on Russian territory, […]
Clock is Ticking on Las Vegas’ Water Supply
August 17th, 2007Via: Las Vegas Now: The news coming from the Southern Nevada Water Authority Thursday about the valley’s future water supply is worrisome. Unless we act quickly, there will be no water for hundreds of thousands of Las Vegas Valley residents in just three years. Eyewitness News looked deeper into the problem and why time may […]
