Archive for October, 2007
Italian Government: “Testing of Top Secret Weapons by an Unknown Power” May Have Caused Sicily Fires
October 27th, 2007I almost wanted to take a screenshot of this… Yes: This story is actually posted on the Telegraph. And it’s not little green men, mind you! It was either, “Unnatural forces capable of creating a large amount of electromagnetic energy,” or, “The testing of top secret weapons by an unknown power which are also capable […]
European and American Rights Groups File Torture Complaint Against Rumsfeld
October 26th, 2007Via: The Canadian: American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, the groups said Friday. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human […]
SEC Sees “Rampant” Insider Trading on Wall Street
October 26th, 2007Imagine my shock. Via: Reuters: A senior Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday insider trading appeared to be “rampant” among Wall Street professionals and the agency has formed a working group to focus on it. “I believe we’re going to see more insider trading cases,” Linda Chatman Thomsen, the SEC’s enforcement director, told […]
It’s the Oil
October 26th, 2007Via: London Review of Books: Iraq is ‘unwinnable’, a ‘quagmire’, a ‘fiasco’: so goes the received opinion. But there is good reason to think that, from the Bush-Cheney perspective, it is none of these things. Indeed, the US may be ‘stuck’ precisely where Bush et al want it to be, which is why there is […]
Dollar Falls as Orders for U.S. Manufactured Goods Decline
October 26th, 2007Via: AP/IHT: The dollar fell against a basket of six other major currencies Thursday following a report that showed orders for manufactured goods in the United States fell unexpectedly in September. Investors sold dollars in a climate of market nervousness ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates next week. The dollar hit a […]
OIL $91, GOLD NEARLY $780
October 26th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Congratulations to all Cryptogon BullionVault clients who have stood so hard on the bid lately. I hope you are diversified and managing your risk well. Gentle reminder, after looking at the weekly gold chart, stochastics and RSI: Nobody ever went broke […]
Pandemic Test Undertaken by Financial Services Paints Dire Scenario
October 26th, 2007Mmmm Hmmm. Via: Computerworld: If a pandemic strikes the U.S., it will kill about 1.7 million people, hospitalize 9 million, exhaust antiviral medications and reduce basic food supplies, according to a planning scenario developed by financial service firms preparing for such a catastrophe. This particular disaster occurred only on paper. But those grim numbers are […]
Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard
October 26th, 2007From site statistics, I can see that about 15% of Cryptogon readers are Apple Mac users. If you happen to be planning on upgrading to Leopard, please consider using this handy Amazon link to make your purchase. Links to Amazon global sites with Cryptogon affiliate goodness built in: amazon.ca – amazon.co.uk – amazon.de – amazon.fr […]
Putin Comments on Bush: “Running Around Like a Madman with a Razor Blade”
October 26th, 2007This comment might be a bit of a tipoff into strategic thinking inside Russia. Mainly, that Bush is nuts. Stark raving, speaking in tongues, doolally nuts. (Los Angeles Times: Straitjacket Bush: The President’s Warmongering Remarks on the Iranian Threat Suggest He Is Psychotic) Seriously. International Relations assumes “rational actors.” Putin’s comment could mean that the […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
October 26th, 2007Thanks to the owner of megahaters.com who signed up for webhosting at Blue Host. Cryptogon receives $65.
