Archive for March, 2009
Fed Reports Record Fall in Household Net Worth
March 12th, 2009Whack. Via: AP: The net worth of American households fell by the largest amount in more than a half-century of record keeping during the fourth quarter of last year. The Federal Reserve said Thursday that household net worth dropped by a record 9 percent from the level in the third quarter. The decline was the […]
U.S. Army Soldiers Deployed on the Streets of Samson, Alabama
March 12th, 2009Update 18 March 2009: Army Investigating How and Why Troops Were Sent Into Alabama Town After Murder Spree Via: CNSNews: The U.S. Army has launched an inquiry into how and why active duty troops from Fort Rucker, Ala., came to be placed on the streets of Samson, Ala., during last week’s murder spree in that […]
Hitler’s Books: Insights Into an Evil Mind
March 12th, 2009Don’t miss the last sentence. Via: Providence Journal: The vault at the John Hay Library at Brown University is not exactly Hitler’s bunker, but it is below ground and could endure a bomb blast. It’s big. It’s locked. And inside, one finds something fascinating. No, the Führer’s not in there, but his books are — […]
California Hemorrhages Jobs
March 12th, 2009I have a sort of “Leader Board of Doom” that I watch closely. This is the order: Britain U.S. Treasuries Japan China California Mexico Many people don’t realize that California has the potential bring the whole show down. And no, the U.S. can’t just jettison it to sea, like some malodorous trash barge. All there […]
U.S. House to Explore Financial Crisis Prosecutions
March 12th, 2009No, it’s not comedy hour here on Cryptogon… Somewhere, however, Hank Paulson is laughing his ass off. Via: Reuters: The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing next week to ask key justice officials and regulators what they need to prosecute wrongdoers in the financial crisis, the chairman of the committee said on […]
Chicago Area Foreclosures Skyrocket 72 Percent
March 12th, 2009Via: CBS2Chicago: New measures by the federal government to help struggling homeowners start soon, but not fast enough for a growing number of families in the Chicago area. New figures indicate that 290,000 properties around the country were hit with foreclosure notices in February, up 6 percent from January and 30 percent from the same […]
Frightening Google Stories Du Jour
March 12th, 2009First up, Google is going to start using behavioral targeting technology to serve ads: Google has long resisted the emerging but controversial method of showing ads to Web surfers based on the kinds of sites they’ve previously visited. The company appears to have gotten over its reservations. On Mar. 11, Google said it will begin […]
Foreclosures Up 30 Percent in February
March 12th, 2009The crescendo is nowhere in sight because the layoffs are still accelerating. Via: Reuters: Despite halts on new foreclosures by several major lenders, the number of households threatened with losing their homes rose 30 percent in February from last year’s levels, RealtyTrac reported Thursday. Nationwide, nearly 291,000 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice last […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
March 12th, 2009Thank you. TB $25 JH $25 SM $20 JR $10 SP $20 DW NZ$100 Eileen $31 Eileen $31 (Farmlet) Note to Cryptogon Reader with Initials MDS Who Tried to Send $50 Via Amazon Payments I received a notification from Amazon that the payment “was not successful.” It doesn’t say what happened. I emailed Amazon Payments […]
February Earnings
March 12th, 2009Total earnings in February came to $1056.06. About half of the total was from Amazon purchases that you guys made via Cryptogon. Thanks to everyone who helped keep Cryptogon and Farmlet going in February.
