Archive for May, 2008
Clinton Still In Race Because Obama Might Be Assassinated
May 24th, 2008As you know, I make an attempt to block out “news” related to the meaningless Selection. However, there was no avoiding this one. Many of my feeds were polluted with this story, as well as my inbox. Sorry to inflict it upon you again, as I’m sure you’ve already seen it a thousand times over […]
Unmarked Chopper Patrols New York, Scanning Faces and License Plates
May 24th, 2008Via: AP: On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty’s frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering […]
How Japan Helped Ease the Rice Crisis
May 23rd, 2008Fascinating. Weird. Must read. Via: Business Week: With prices now falling, the global rice crisis seems to be subsiding. That’s thanks in part to a policy announcement by a Japanese bureaucrat. On May 19, Japan’s Deputy Agriculture Minister, Toshiro Shirasu, said that Tokyo would release some of its massive stockpile of rice to the Philippines, […]
South Africa: Migrant Attacks Spread to Cape Town, Army Deployed
May 23rd, 2008Via: Reuters: Anti-immigrant violence has spread to South Africa’s second largest city, Cape Town, where mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their homes and shops, police said on Friday. Hundreds of African migrants were evacuated overnight from a squatter camp near Cape Town, the hub of South Africa’s prized tourism industry. Somali-owned shops also […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $20
May 23rd, 2008AZ sent $20. Than you.
Draft Discussed in Senate
May 22nd, 2008Via: Military.com: In an exchange sure to send ripples of anxiety through the all-volunteer military, the Senate’s senior defense spending member asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen if it is time to “consider reinstituting the draft.” Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, asked Gates […]
Auto Fuel Rationing in India
May 22nd, 2008Via: Time of India: As crude oil prices keep soaring and the Centre refuses to bail out public sector oil marketing companies, which are under tremendous strain, the oil crisis has literally reached your neighbourhood gas station. Vehicle owners can no longer be sure that petrol or diesel will be available on demand. Beginning Tuesday, […]
Indictment for Former #3 Spook Over Hookers, Bribery
May 22nd, 2008You know, the usual. Via: AP: A new indictment of a former top CIA official alleges that he received bribes in the form of “sexual companionship” in exchange for helping a friend get an edge in landing multimillion-dollar contracts from the agency. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday obtained a superseding indictment against Kyle […]
Former CIA Chief Puts Terrorism and Global Warming on Even Par
May 22nd, 2008Occasionally, when I get irritated, I write rants—that usually contain jokes… That eventually come true. For example, when I joked about the upcoming War on Global Warming… Here’s part of a comment that I wrote on, “Green Confessions” to Help Eco-Sinners Find Forgiveness: Do you notice how there’s some form of pointless distraction for every […]
Gav’s Electric Vehicle Conversion
May 22nd, 2008Becky and I are damn lucky that we don’t have to drive much. We use the car about once per week. Petrol is now just under NZ$2 per litre (about US$5.70 per gallon). No, fuel is not as expensive as it is in Norway, but when the nice man at the petrol station sincerely says, […]
