Archive for April, 2008
Esoteric Agenda
April 19th, 2008What can I say… If you liked Zeitgeist, you’ll love Esoteric Agenda. I noticed a couple of nitpicky issues (he gets the chakras wrong—mentions two heart chakras, and citing the Hundredth Monkey theory will invite all kinds of scorn and negative comments), but, overall, I’d say that the film is definitely worth watching. Torrent DVD […]
NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan
April 19th, 2008Britain in Secret Talks with the Taliban Afghanistan: Planned British Covert Operation Included Training in “Farming and Irrigation Techniques” for Taliban Fighters Narco Aggression: Russia Accuses the U.S. Military of Involvement in Drug Trafficking Out of Afghanistan But this was a mistake. Trust us. Via: Guardian: Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to […]
What’s that Smell? A Whiff of Europe
April 19th, 2008When I first read about this, I thought that it might be the sweet musk of corruption emanating from banks in The City of London. Via: Guardian: The Met Office described it as an “atmospheric aroma”. But those who caught a whiff of the foul smell hanging around southern England yesterday used rather less dainty […]
Rice: Panic
April 18th, 2008Via: Financial Times: Rice prices hit the $1,000-a-tonne level for the first time on Thursday as panicking importers scrambled to secure supplies, exacerbating the tightness already provoked by export restrictions in Vietnam, India, Egypt, China and Cambodia. The jump came as the Philippines, the largest rice importer, failed for the fourth time to secure as […]
Toronto Hydro Gives Away Free Clotheslines
April 18th, 2008When Becky and I tell Kiwis that using clotheslines is illegal where we lived in the U.S., they think we’re kidding. Via: National Post: Toronto Hydro is giving 75,000 homeowners a “low-tech,” energy-saving device — a free clothesline. “This is the first time we’re doing the campaign with a clothesline,” Toronto Hydro spokeswoman Denise Attallah […]
Vacant Homes in U.K. Prove Speculator Nightmare as Losses Mount
April 18th, 2008Via: Bloomberg: Richard Lee spent 5.3 million pounds ($10 million) buying 20 rental homes across the U.K. with just 150,000 pounds of his own money. Today, the properties are worth about 60 percent less and owned by the banks that financed the purchases. Lee was one of thousands enticed by one of Europe’s top five […]
Carter Calls Gaza Blockade a Crime and Atrocity
April 18th, 2008How about: Made in America? Via: Reuters: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called the blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity on Thursday and said U.S. attempts to undermine the Islamist movement Hamas had been counterproductive. Speaking at the American University in Cairo after talks with Hamas leaders from Gaza, Carter said Palestinians in […]
What Would You Pay to Never See Obama-McCain-Hillary Stories on Reddit Again?
April 18th, 2008If you answered $0, here’s the solution: Greasemonkey and the Reddit Content Filter script for Firefox. You can easily eliminate a lot of the cult/imbecile spam on Reddit with those tools. Here’s my filter string for titles: obama, hillary, clinton, mccain, pic, photo, vid, debate And look, the Politics subreddit is usable again. Priceless The […]
Polygamist Sect Gets Millions from U.S. Government
April 17th, 2008Via: McClatchy: American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts. The ability of the Fundamentalist Church of […]
California Real Estate: March Early and Mid Stage Foreclosures Exceed February Sales by 342%
April 17th, 2008Mr. Mortgage on the latest real estate numbers from California. It’s not that bad, it’s worse: He has a blog: mrmortgage.typepad.com
