Archive for November, 2007
CLUB OF ROME PLAN FOR EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN ENERGY NETWORK: TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION (TREC)
November 25th, 2007Of all the hate-to-say-I-told-you-sos on Cryptogon, this one probably takes the cake… They—the elite, the people who run the world—have a Plan. And anyone who’s trying to convince you that the world is ending because we’re running out of energy is either ignorant of basic, observable, physical phenomena, or they’re in on the scam. It’s […]
Mortgage Failures Could Create Nightmare
November 25th, 2007This is an Associated Press piece. It’s as mainstream as it gets. Via: Yahoo / AP: In the months ahead, millions of other adjustable-rate mortgages like Colombo’s will reset, giving them a higher interest rate as required by the loan agreements and leaving many homeowners unable to make their payments. Soaring mortgage default rates this […]
Australia: John Howard Finally Kicked to the Curb
November 24th, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party won Australia’s election, ending John Howard’s 11-year rule after promising to tackle climate change, restore workers’ bargaining power and withdraw Australian troops from Iraq. Labor won 83 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, gaining 23 seats from 2004, according to Australian Broadcasting Corp. projections. The Liberal-National […]
Soybeans: Highest in 34 Years
November 24th, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Soybeans surged above $11 a bushel to the highest in 34 years as China increased purchases of dwindling U.S. supplies. U.S. exporters reported sales of 1.81 million metric tons last week, up 39 percent from the previous week and the second straight high in the year that began Sept. 1, the Department of […]
Gold Gaps Up Into Weekend: Biggest Weekly Gain Since July 2006
November 24th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Woh. But… Hmm. Thin holiday volume… Decent chance for an ascending triangle long play setting up on the daily interval… or is it a short squeeze??? We’re range bound again, roughly between $772 and $845. The weekly stochastic oscillator is still […]
Nanosolar’s Breakthrough: Solar Now Cheaper than Coal
November 24th, 2007Via: Celsias: Their mission: to deliver cost-efficient solar electricity. The Nanosolar company was founded in 2002 and is working to build the world’s largest solar cell factory in California and the world’s largest panel-assembly factory in Germany. They have successfully created a solar coating that is the most cost-efficient solar energy source ever. Their PowerSheet […]
Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?
November 24th, 2007Via: Wired: Problems with Dual_EC_DRBG were first described in early 2006. The math is complicated, but the general point is that the random numbers it produces have a small bias. The problem isn’t large enough to make the algorithm unusable — and Appendix E of the NIST standard describes an optional work-around to avoid the […]
The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR
November 23rd, 2007The fascist plot to overthrow the U.S. Government in the 1930s is definitely one They’d rather you forgot about, or, better yet, never heard of in the first place. The first time that I was introduced to this information, I thought, “This can’t be true.” In case you don’t want to read the book, or […]
Mobile Phone Companies Provide Real Time Tracking Information to Feds; Probable Cause Optional
November 23rd, 2007“It’s an angle that you haven’t heard about yet.” Via: Washington Post: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. In some cases, judges have granted the requests […]
Is Your Bank at Risk of Failure?
November 23rd, 2007Via: Forbes/ABC News: If your bank is failing, you probably won’t know about it. Regulators deliberately keep a pending closure secret to avoid a mad rush to remove deposits–a run on the bank, if you will. For one thing, a sale of the institution is often possible at the last minute, eliminating the need for […]
