Archive for September, 2007
Dollar’s Retreat Raises Fear of Collapse
September 14th, 2007Via: International Herald Tribune: Finance ministers and central bankers have long fretted that at some point, the rest of the world would lose its willingness to finance the United States’ proclivity to consume far more than it produces – and that a potentially disastrous free-fall in the dollar’s value would result. But for longer than […]
Minot Air Force Base Airman Died While on Leave
September 14th, 2007UPDATE: Scroll Down for More Minot Air Force Base Deaths – – – – – Remember the one about the B-52 bomber that, according to legend, had six nuclear weapons loaded onto it by accident, which, of course, could not have happened—by accident—for a dozen different reasons, or more. Airman 1st Class Todd Blue was […]
Bush Gives Horned Hand Sign During 9/11 Moment of Silence
September 14th, 2007WARNING: If you say that this has anything to do with the Texas Longhorns, g0D will kill a kitten. Via: Yahoo: Related: Bush Gives Horned Hand Sign While Being Photographed with the Queen Related: What’s the Story with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Belt Buckle?
UK: Bank of England Provides Emergency Funding to Large Mortgage Company
September 14th, 2007Panic? Why would anyone panic? I mean, I always associate the phrase, “emergency financial support” with smooth sailing and total confidence. Who do these pricks think they’re kidding? Via: BBC: The Bank of England has agreed to give emergency financial support to the Northern Rock, one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders, the BBC has […]
A Secret Time Bomb Made of Gold
September 13th, 2007Anyone who hangs out in gold bug backwaters / Pentecostal snake handling dens already knows this story. What’s different about it this time? Barron’s. No, friends, Barron’s isn’t usually where gold bugs go to catch drippings from the alter. Whether or not The Time is actually upon us, nobody knows. On a technical note, gold […]
U.S. Troops Who Criticised Iraq War Strategy Killed in Baghdad
September 13th, 2007Is the Pat Tillman syndrome spreading? Nothing can or will ever come of it, because, as we know, “Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500.” Via: Guardian: Two US soldiers who helped write a critique from the front saying America had “failed on every […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
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Who Needs Hackers?
September 13th, 2007Via: New York Times: NOTHING was moving. International travelers flying into Los Angeles International Airport — more than 17,000 of them — were stuck on planes for hours one day in mid-August after computers for the United States Customs and Border Protection agency went down and stayed down for nine hours. Hackers? Nope. Though it […]
U.S. Stock Market Index Values vs. Collapsing Dollar
September 13th, 2007IMPORTANT NOTE: If you think, “I’ll just buy Canadian dollars then,” you’re totally missing the point of this. The point is not to suggest one gamble over another, but to let you know the reality behind the high index numbers. Via: University of Michigan: Lupia, who also is a research professor at the Institute for […]
Oil $80
September 12th, 2007Think of $60 as the gateway to $40 on the downside and $80 as the gateway to $100 on the upside. There’s a bit of a perfect storm coming together here with very tight inventories and the collapsing dollar. Via: Yahoo: Oil futures prices rose sharply Wednesday, briefly climbing above a record $80 a barrel […]
