Archive for August, 2007
In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
August 12th, 2007I thought the British fascists would have implemented this by now, but it looks like the Chinese fascists are going to try to take the lead. Also note the collusion between the Chinese and American firms. Via: New York Times: At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China […]
“One Month from The Anniversary, I’m Thinking Another 9/11 Would Help America.”
August 11th, 2007“Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don’t want war neither in Russia, nor in […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $50
August 11th, 2007Eileen sent $50. Thank you.
Chip Turns Waste Heat Back Into Useful Electrical Power; Promises to Significantly Extend Laptop Battery Life
August 11th, 2007I’m not even going to say it. Via: Computing UK: Eneco, a US-based chip development firm that claims to have developed a “solid state energy conversion/generation chip” capable of turning a proportion of heat energy directly into usable electricity, has claimed that it is in talks with both Dell and Apple about how the technology […]
Citing Four-Day Old Surveillance Law, Bush Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging NSA Spying
August 11th, 2007Via: Wired: Four days after President Bush signed controversial legislation legalizing some warrantless surveillance of Americans, the administration is citing the law in a surprise motion today urging a federal judge to dismisss a lawsuit challenging the NSA spy program. The lawsuit was brought by lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay prisoners. The lawyers and others alleged […]
Central Banks Working Together to Avert Crash
August 11th, 2007Look at the back of a $1 bill. See the glimmering eye above the pyramid? It’s glimmering a bit brighter right now. Via: Bloomberg: Central banks in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada added about $136 billion to the banking system in an attempt to avert a crisis of confidence in global credit markets. […]
DailyKos and the CIA
August 11th, 2007In 2005, “I was content to say, ‘F*ck DailyKOS’ and move on.” As it turns out, there’s a bit more to it. Make sure you listen to him speak for yourself. Some of the weaselly prick effect is lost when you just read the transcript. Via: My Left Wing: You know . . . coughs […]
Bush War Adviser Says Draft Worth a Look
August 11th, 2007Via: Guardian: Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush’s new war adviser said Friday. “I think it makes sense to certainly consider it,” Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said in an interview with National Public […]
Plunge Protection Team Injects $38 Billion Into U.S. Markets
August 11th, 2007Music still playing, no fighting over chairs. Yet. Via: Yahoo / AP: Wall Street closed out a difficult week with a mixed finish Friday after the Federal Reserve injected billions of dollars into the banking system to calm markets torn by worries about evaporating credit. The Dow Jones industrials, down more than 200 points during […]
Massive Intervention by European Central Bank Today
August 10th, 2007The big guns came out today. Printing credit at will. Via: Financial Times: The European Central Bank scrambled to head off a potential financial crisis on Thursday by making an emergency injection of €94.8bn ($131bn) worth of funds into the region’s money markets, after signs that liquidity was drying up. The level of funds markedly […]
