Archive for November, 2008
Lawyer for Chiquita in Colombia Death Squad Case May be Next U.S. Attorney General
November 20th, 2008Change™ and Hope™, now with 100% more WTF!? Via: Huffington Post: In its recent report entitled, “Breaking the Grip? Obstacles to Justice for Paramilitary Mafias in Colombia,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) had specific recommendations for the U.S. Department of Justice. Specifically, HRW recommended that, in order to assist with the process of ending the ties […]
Superbug in Supermarket Meats; CDC Says Don’t Worry
November 20th, 2008Supersize your Superbug Burger! Actually, it’s a Superbug Clone Burger now. Via: MSNBC: A potentially deadly intestinal germ increasingly found in hospitals is also showing up in a more unsavory setting: grocery store meats. More than 40 percent of packaged meats sampled from three Arizona chain stores tested positive for Clostridium difficile, a gut bug […]
Citigroup Could Go Down
November 20th, 2008In other news, the Chinese might buy GM. HA. Via: Reuters: Citigroup Inc faced a crisis of confidence on Wednesday as investors questioned the survival prospects of the U.S. banking giant, and its shares tumbled 23 percent to a 13-year low. The second-largest U.S. bank by assets has been reeling on concerns that mounting losses […]
Prosecutor Who Indicted Cheney and Gonzales… Disappeared
November 20th, 2008Via: Express News: Willacy County prosecutor Juan Angel Guerra stumped a presiding judge and attorneys for clients as high up as Vice President Dick Cheney when he failed to show up to court on his own grand jury’s indictments. The no-show infuriated attorneys who’d spent the day milling about with what they’d hoped would be […]
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science
November 20th, 2008Can Kurzweil’s consciousness be raptured into one of those things now? Via: Wired: A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could change science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, leading researchers say. When the Top 500 list of the world’s […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
November 20th, 2008In response to my note that earnings were sharply lower this month, several readers sent contributions. Even though I specifically addressed that message to the 99% of people who read Cryptogon and do nothing to support it, most of the people below are longtime contributors. I was glad to see a few new people pitch […]
Statement From G-20 Summit: In English
November 20th, 2008Via: Solari: The Editor of Expresso in Portugal wanted my take on the recent G-20 communique. Here is my “translation” of the official statement: 1. Now that the growth of debt and derivatives bubbles has stalled, we are committed to using governmental-central bank mechanisms to cover the positions of any of the large private financial […]
New Affiliate: Swanson Health Products
November 20th, 2008I have noticed that readers are increasingly helping Cryptogon by ordering their nutritional supplements through Amazon. I went looking for a dedicated health products company to offer you more variety and value when it comes to making your choices in this area. I am extremely impressed with Swanson Health Products, and feel proud that they […]
U.S. Dollar Index Shows Strong Divergence Pattern
November 19th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. There’s potential for a sharp move lower on the dollar in the near term. Indicator trends should be moving with the index trend, but the trends on the indicators have turned down. The shooting star-type candle is more evidence that we’re […]
Consumer Prices in U.S. Decline 1%, the Most Ever
November 19th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Is Helicopter Ben getting ready to make another drop? I think so. From Confusion reigns: A crisis-driven global rush to dollar liquidity is not deflation: In the crisis stage of a debt deflation, defined by Fisher and Minsky as a reduction […]
