Archive for October, 2007
TOPOFF: Largest Terror Exercise in U.S. History
October 3rd, 2007Via: AP: The nation is preparing for its biggest terrorism exercise ever next week when three fictional “dirty bombs” go off and cripple transportation arteries in two major U.S. cities and Guam, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. Yet even as this drill begins, details from the previous national exercise held in […]
Blackwater Mercenary Wrote Government Report on Massacre
October 3rd, 2007Via: CNN: The State Department’s initial report of last month’s incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy security detail, according to government and industry sources. A source involved in diplomatic security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said a Blackwater contractor, […]
Catch a Falling Knife: Weak Dollar Prompts Record Foreign Buyouts of U.S. Companies
October 3rd, 2007As long as greater fools keep showing up to the party, the band will play on. Via: International Herald Tribune: European, Asian and Canadian companies are taking advantage of the weaker dollar to buy their U.S. counterparts at a record pace, increasing investment in the United States but also raising fears about a potential loss […]
Gold Down as Traders Lock in Profits After Record Highs
October 3rd, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. “Use extreme caution if considering adding to long gold positions in the near term. There is a strong possibility of a pullback. If you are looking to lock in profits, tighten stops, or consider a stop target of $738. Consider long […]
Maxed Out
October 2nd, 2007America is not only far from the world’s wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Sure, most of us may have that […]
UK: More Big Brother Phone Surveillance
October 2nd, 2007Via: Daily Mail: Officials from the top of Government to lowly council officers will be given unprecedented powers to access details of every phone call in Britain under laws coming into force tomorrow. The new rules compel phone companies to retain information, however private, about all landline and mobile calls, and make them available to […]
Burma: Thousands of Executed Protesters Dumped in Jungle
October 2nd, 2007Via: This Is London: Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma’s ruling junta has revealed. The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: “Many more people have been killed in recent days than you’ve […]
Woman Dies in Airport Police Custody
October 1st, 2007Via: NY Daily News: The daughter-in-law of one of New York’s top officials screamed, “I’m not a terrorist!” and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed, witnesses told the Daily News yesterday. Carol Anne Gotbaum, 45, of the upper West Side, died less than an hour […]
Radiohead: Pay What You Want for New Album
October 1st, 2007Radiohead just blew the support columns out from underneath the already doomed music industrial complex. I know that Cryptogon is read mainly by people who have never heard of Radiohead, so, if you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, just know that Radiohead is a very big deal in the music world and they […]
U.S. MINT FAILS TO RESTART SALES OF AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD COINS
October 1st, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. When I initially mentioned that the U.S. Mint had stopped selling American Eagle gold coins, that represented such a weird situation that I turned a screen shot of the U.S. Mint’s web page into the banner image for Cryptogon, as you […]
