Archive for October, 2008
IMF May Need to “Print Money” as Crisis Spreads
October 28th, 2008There was some foreshadowing to this back in December of 2007. See: ‘How to solve the problem of the dollar’. Via: Telegraph: The International Monetary Fund may soon lack the money to bail out an ever growing list of countries crumbling across Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and parts of Asia, raising concerns that it […]
Solar Material Absorbs Entire Spectrum
October 28th, 2008Via: EETimes: Current solar materials must be chosen to match a specific wavelength of sunlight, but a new hybrid inorganic/organic material could usher in solar cells that absorb all solar wavelengths. The new polymer could also enable much more efficient charge separation since electrons dislodged by light in the material remain free much longer than […]
‘Constitution-Free’ Zones Extend 100 Miles from the Border
October 28th, 2008Set your freedom fries down and step out of the vehicle. Via: Wired: Government agents should not have the right to stop and question Americans anywhere without suspicion within 100 miles of the border, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday, pointing attention to the little known power of the federal government to set up […]
Toy Car Company Worth More Than GM
October 28th, 2008Via: Newsweek: In the fad-driven fantasyland of toys, Hot Wheels has had an incredible ride. Those pocket rockets have been racing down their familiar orange tracks for four decades now and, unlike the real car market, show no signs of slowing down. Last year Hot Wheels set a record, as sales surged by 16 percent, […]
Is Britain On Its Way to Becoming a Surveillance Society? Or Has it Already Arrived?
October 28th, 2008Via: BBC Panorama: We are the CCTV capital of the world and more data is being held on us than ever before, with our phones, our computers, our bankcards and even our cars busily giving away information about where we go and what we do. The government gathers more data on us than anyone else […]
Fluoride Added to Children’s Milk in Schools Throughout UK City
October 28th, 2008Via: PrisonPlanet: Fluoride is being added to children’s milk in 42 schools throughout the city of Sheffield in the UK, despite the chemical’s proven link to liver and kidney damage, cancer and the lowering of IQ. “A new strategy with the focus of preventing dental problems among children is be introduced in Sheffield,” reports the […]
Abu Nidal, Notorious Palestinian Mercenary, ‘Was a U.S. Spy’
October 28th, 2008Via: Independent: Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait when they interrogated him in Baghdad only months before the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Hitherto secret documents which are now in the hands of The Independent – written by Saddam Hussein’s […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
October 28th, 2008Thanks to the owner of merecoincidence.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $65.
Volvo Truck Sales Plunge 99.7%
October 27th, 2008Via: This is Money: The depth of the recession was revealed today as truckmaker Volvo admitted demand across the Continent has crashed by 99.7% as it took orders for just 115 new lorries in the last three months. That compares to orders totalling 41,970 in the third quarter of 2007. Global orders for Volvo slumped […]
“This Is The Biggest Currency Crisis The World Has Ever Seen”
October 27th, 2008Via: Telegraph: The crisis in Hungary recalls the heady days of the UK’s expulsion from the ERM. The financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in Western Europe, tipping the whole Continent into a fully-fledged economic slump. Currency pegs are being […]
