Archive for December, 2007
U.S. Marines Request Airborne Death Ray; Seek ‘Psychological’ Edge by Roasting Foes with Laser
December 6th, 2007Via: Wired: Exactly one year ago today, the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq signed off on an “urgent operational need” for an airborne tactical laser that could, in the words of the formal request, create “instantaneous burst-combustion of insurgent clothing, a rapid death through violent trauma, and more probably a morbid combination of both.” […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
December 6th, 2007Thanks to the owner of Orgonise Africa for signing up for webhosting with Blue Host. Cryptogon received $65 as a result.
Cryptogon Reader Sends $10
December 6th, 2007Thanks AB.
U.S. Department of Defense Acquiring System to Scan Irises of Many People in a Crowd at Once
December 6th, 2007Wave your stupid sign and smile for the birdy. Congratulations, you’re now f*cked for life. Enjoy your protest, though. Via: USA Today: A growing number of sheriff’s departments are using iris scans to identify sex offenders, runaways, abducted children and wandering Alzheimer’s patients. More than 2,100 departments in 27 states are taking digital pictures of […]
Fed About to Drown U.S. Dollar Holders with “Liquidity”
December 6th, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Federal Reserve officials, who are forecast to lower their main interest rate next week, are signaling that they are looking for additional ways to increase credit to companies and consumers. The Fed may lower the discount rate — what it charges banks for short-term direct loans — by a quarter-point more than the […]
Subprime Mortgage Crisis: U.S. Takes Page from Banana Republic Playbook
December 6th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Once again, the gangsters on Wall Street have succeeded in getting the American Corporate State to force a shit sandwich down the collective throat of U.S. Dollar holders. It’s nanny state lotto time for billionaires on the one hand, and the […]
Goldman Sachs Shorted Toxic Waste Paper it Was Selling
December 5th, 2007This isn’t news, but it drives home the point: Hedging is key to juggling chainsaws and hand grenades. Via: New York Times: The point to bear in mind, as Mr. Sloan brilliantly makes clear, is that as Goldman was peddling C.M.O.’s, it was also shorting the junk on a titanic scale through index sales — […]
Virus-Hit Island Seeks Urgent Aid
December 4th, 2007Via: BBC: Britons living in what is described as the remotest community in the world are seeking help after the outbreak of an acute virus. Many of the 271 British citizens living on the volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha, in the south Atlantic, have developed severe breathing problems. They need urgent medical supplies which […]
Bill Gates, Rockefeller and the GMO Giants Know Something We Don’t
December 4th, 2007I’m sure that the elite’s obsession with submarines has nothing to do with this… * uncomfortable chuckle * Via: Global Research: So when Bill Gates decides through the Gates Foundation to invest some $30 million of their hard earned money in a project, it is worth looking at. No project is more interesting at the […]
European Las Vegas Planned for Spanish Desert
December 4th, 2007What do people with $25 billion to invest in a development like this know about the future of the energy situation that the hardcrash blogosphere doesn’t know? Hmm? A lot is my guess. Bonus points to you if you manage to read the part about the Spyland theme park without doing a double take. And […]
