Archive for October, 2008
Music Videos Prepping the Kids… For What?
October 21st, 2008I don’t know what to make of these videos. They’re produced by the Megacorp media mills Time Warner and Universal. My best guess is that watching revolution on screens is somehow supposed to make the viewers feel as though they’re participating in revolution, as they sit on their asses. Just keep sitting there… I don’t […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $20
October 21st, 2008RM sent $20. Thank you.
Second Bomb Blast Hits B.C. Pipeline
October 21st, 2008Via: GlobalBC: RCMP are investigating what one politician is calling an act of terrorism after a bomb exploded on a sour gas pipeline in northern British Columbia – the second such incident to be discovered in the area in a week. Police said they believe the attack is meant as a threat intended to drive […]
At Least Five Chase Banks Receive Letter Threats
October 21st, 2008Mmm hmm. Possibly related: Emergency Declarations Smooth Way for Vaccine Makers. Via: Reuters: At least five branches of Chase (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) bank in Colorado and Oklahoma received threatening letters on Monday, some containing an unidentified white powder. A spokeswoman for Chase said the letters were delivered to three branches in the […]
Family’s 401(k) Is Herd Of Alpacas
October 21st, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy sell or hold any financial instrument, or alpacas. Via: KMBC: With the volatile stock market and shaky economy, the Swikard family said they are glad their 401(k) comes on four legs. “They’re just gentle, curious, fun-loving animals. (They’re) safe around children,” said Dave Swickard of Lonesome Dove […]
DARPA Contract Description Hints at Advanced Video Spying
October 20th, 2008More inputs for Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation. Via: Washington Post: Real-time streaming video of Iraqi and Afghan battle areas taken from thousands of feet in the air can follow actions of people on the ground as they dig, shake hands, exchange objects and kiss each other goodbye. The video is sent from unmanned […]
North Korean Mata Hari Jailed in Assassination Plots
October 20th, 2008Via: National Post: A North Korean spy, described as Asia’s Mata Hari, was jailed for five years yesterday for using sex to plot assassinations with poisoned needles and obtain secrets from military officers. Prosecutors claimed Won Jeong-Hwa, 35, entered South Korea posing as a refugee when in fact she was a spy with handlers in […]
Paris to Quadruple Number of CCTV Cameras
October 20th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Paris will quadruple the number of closed-circuit police cameras in its streets by the end of next year, after President Nicolas Sarkozy’s promise to emulate London in an attempt to track crime and terrorism threats. While the Paris metro and rail networks already operate around 9,500 CCTV devices, police have only 330 at […]
Emergency Declarations Smooth Way for Vaccine Makers
October 20th, 2008Chilling. Via: Kansas City Star: Sure, the economy is causing a crisis, but what about anthrax? How about smallpox? In a little noticed move, federal officials this month have declared a series of public health emergencies relating to potential weapons of biological terror. On Oct. 1, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt declared an […]
Markets Hold Breath as $360 Billion Worth of Lehman Swaps Unwind
October 20th, 2008Can it all just be added to the tab? We’ll find out over the next 48 hours. Via: Telegraph: The $54trillion credit derivatives market faces a delicate test as $360bn worth of contracts on now-defaulted derivatives on Lehman Brothers are due to be settled on Tuesday. Due to the opacity of the market, which is […]
