Archive for November, 2008
American Express Seeking Taxpayer Bailout
November 12th, 2008Don’t leave home without it. Via: AP: American Express Co. is seeking $3.5 billion in funds under the government’s plan to directly invest in financial firms, according to a Wednesday report in The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources. Earlier this week, American Express received approval from the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding […]
“Families Hemorrhaging Into Homelessness”
November 12th, 2008Via: Reuters: Families are flooding homeless shelters across the United States in numbers not seen for years, camping out in motels or staying with friends and relatives, homeless advocates say. “There are lots of families hemorrhaging into homelessness and we need to figure out how to put a tourniquet on the hemorrhaging,” Philip Mangano, the […]
Citigroup Freezes U.S. Home Repossessions
November 12th, 2008In other words, Citigroup doesn’t want to have to pay property taxes and HOA fees on any more properties that will just wind up being vandalized, looted or worse. If you’re one of these upside buyers, be very careful when considering any offer that these bastards present to you. It may not feel like it, […]
Flawed AVG Antivirus Update Cripples Windows XP PCs
November 12th, 2008Via: Tech World: A flawed signature update to AVG Technologies’ antivirus software over the weekend crippled some Windows XP PCs by mistakenly deleting a critical system file, the company has confirmed. According to messages on AVG’s support forums and its own support site, an update released late Saturday for the company’s security software fingered the […]
U.S. MAY LOSE IT’S ‘AAA’ RATING
November 12th, 2008Can you hear me now? Via: CNBC: The United States may be on course to lose its ‘AAA’ rating due to the large amount of debt it has accumulated, according to Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche. “The U.S. might really have to look at a default on the bankruptcy reorganization of […]
Neuroimaging of Brain Shows Who Spoke to a Person and What Was Said
November 12th, 2008And what was said: As long as what was said was limited to one of three vowels. Man, I love the Science Daily headlines. Anyway, this is probably good enough to enable the researchers to swindle some more grant money, buy a few new Macbooks and possibly attract the attention of Darth Vader or some […]
Noosphereoogle Detects Flu Outbreaks Faster Than CDC
November 12th, 2008It’s the Noosphere. It’s Google. It’s the Noosphereoogle. Here are some comments from a previous post called, Astonishing Security Breach at South African Nuclear Facility: There’s a google tool anyone can use to observe meme saturation over time. It’s interesting stuff. http://www.google.com/trends Maybe .mil/.gov has a way of excluding the influence of crap culture and […]
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Palestinian Couple Evicted from Home of 50 Years as Jerusalem Settlers Move In
November 11th, 2008Change. Via: Guardian: Israeli police have evicted a disabled Palestinian man and his wife from their home of 52 years in a Palestinian district surrounded by settlers. The eviction, which took place before dawn on Sunday, comes after years of litigation that culminated in an Israeli supreme court ruling in July ordering the couple out […]
