Archive for November, 2008
In Secret Agreement, Shell Nets 25-Year Monopoly on Natural Gas in Southern Iraq
November 10th, 2008Via: Raw Story: Royal Dutch Shell oil company and the Iraqi Oil Ministry have struck a secret, as-of-yet non-binding agreement that gives a monopoly over southern Iraq’s natural gas to the energy giant. It marks the first time in over 35 years a Western oil company has played a major role in the country’s most […]
Bolivian President: DEA Encourages Drug Trafficking
November 10th, 2008Via: AFP: The United States on Friday rejected as “patently absurd” charges by Bolivian President Evo Morales that the US government encouraging drug-trafficking in Bolivia. “The charges that have been made are just patently absurd,” State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told the daily press briefing in Washington. “We reject them categorically.” In La Paz […]
Cops Stage Fight at Protest to Protect Identities of Undercover Officers
November 9th, 2008Wave your signs. There are so many pigs around that you might get them to pepperspray each other. Via: ABC Denver: Undercover police officers posing as protesters staged a fight with a police commander during the Democratic convention, and it was so convincing they were pepper-sprayed by a deputy who wasn’t in on the ruse, […]
Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim “Raised Without Antibiotics”
November 9th, 2008Via: Natural News: Tyson Foods, the world’s largest meat processor and the second largest chicken producer in the United States, has admitted that it injects its chickens with antibiotics before they hatch, but labels them as raised without antibiotics anyway. In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) told Tyson to stop using the antibiotic-free […]
Stunned Icelanders Struggle After Economy’s Fall
November 9th, 2008Via: New York Times: The collapse came so fast it seemed unreal, impossible. One woman here compared it to being hit by a train. Another said she felt as if she were watching it through a window. Another said, “It feels like you’ve been put in a prison, and you don’t know what you did […]
October Earnings
November 9th, 2008Total earnings in October came to $1271.40. Thank you to all cash contributors. Amazon commissions continue to play a major role in earnings. Thanks to everyone who remembered to begin their Amazon sessions via Cryptogon. It all adds up. BullionVault activity was heavy again in October. Thanks for buying and vaulting your gold via Cryptogon. […]
Garden Shed Sized Nuclear Power Plants
November 9th, 2008Oh great. What could possibly go wrong? Via: Guardian: Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, […]
Treasury Prepares to Broaden Bailout Plan
November 8th, 2008In New Zealand, this would be called a, “Lolly Scramble.” Via: Reuters: The Treasury Department is preparing to open its $700 billion bailout package to companies outside the traditional banking sector, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The initiative would make it easier for the Treasury Department to help a broader variety of firms if […]
FBI Finds Most Terrorism Threat Reports Baseless
November 8th, 2008Captain Obvious strikes yet again. Via: Reuters: The FBI tracked about 108,000 potential terrorism threats or suspicious incidents from mid-2004 to November 2007, but most were found groundless, a Justice Department review found on Friday. The department’s office of inspector general gave the figure in an audit of the FBI’s terrorism case-tracking system, called Guardian, […]
GM Reports Massive Loss; Nearly Out of Cash
November 7th, 2008Via: CBC News: General Motors shook an already embattled auto industry Friday as it reported a huge loss that was much worse than expected and warned it is in danger of running out of cash in the coming months. GM, the nation’s largest automaker, reported it lost $4.2 billion, or $7.35 a share, excluding special […]
