Archive for February, 2008
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Pentagon: “Psychologically Devastating” Microwave Weapon Can Cause People to Hear Voices in Their Heads
February 20th, 2008Via: Wired: Application of the microwave hearing technology could facilitate a private message transmission. It may be useful to provide a disruptive condition to a person not aware of the technology. Not only might it be disruptive to the sense of hearing, it could be psychologically devastating if one suddenly heard “voices within one’s head.” […]
Britain: Northern Rock Deal Could Cost £3,500 Per Person
February 20th, 2008Via: Telegraph: The cost of the Northern Rock crisis has reached the equivalent of £3,500 for every taxpayer as experts warned that the nationalisation rescue of the bank was bound to fail. Taxpayers’ exposure to the beleaguered bank has doubled since the beginning of the year and now stands at about £110 billion – more […]
Lamp Lit by Gravity Wins Greener Gadget Award
February 20th, 2008UPDATE: This lamp can’t work as described. Inventor admits it. Via: Pure Energy Systems: A Virginia Tech student has created a floor lamp powered by gravity. Clay Moulton of Springfield, Va., who received his Master of Science in Architecture with a concentration in industrial design from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies in 2007, […]
Energy Conflicts and Differential Profits: Poor Performance of Oil Stocks Predicts Middle East Conflicts
February 19th, 2008Via: Alternative Information Center — Economy of the Occupation 10: Cheap Wars: The key beneficiaries of this new, indirect link are the large oil companies. The geographic centre of this process is the Middle East. After the Vietnam War, the Middle East has become the hot spot of global conflict, with obvious corollaries for the […]
UN: Saboteurs May Have Cut Mideast Telecom Cables
February 19th, 2008“I wouldn’t be surprised, however, if the Them were to bring the Internet down as a false flag operation, blame Bin Laden, et al. and provide the pretext for the economic collapse that is, in reality, long over due. If the Internet comes down… it will indicate that the Them feel that there is nothing […]
U.S. Banks Borrow $50 Billion via New Fed Facility Against “Garbage Collateral Nobody Else Wants to Take”
February 19th, 2008Via: Financial Times: US banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch. The use of the Fed’s Term Auction Facility, which allows banks to borrow at relatively attractive rates against […]
California Judge Tries to Take Wikileaks Down: Hilarity Ensues
February 19th, 2008The imbecile judge cut one head off the monster and a thousand more sprang from the wound. Despite forced takedown actions and DDOS attacks, Wikileaks is on the air: http://88.80.13.160. The server is located in Sweden. (Of course, don’t expect the BBC to let you know that.) Also, John Young, over at Cryptome, has provided […]
Largest Meat Recall in U.S. History
February 18th, 2008Which phrase is more bone chilling? Downer cattle, or federal nutrition program? Via: Reuters: A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record — 143 million lbs, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday. Most of the meat, raw and frozen beef products, probably has already been consumed, […]
