Archive for March, 2009
Kenya: Wikileaks Related Human Rights Lawyers Assassinated
March 18th, 2009Via: Wikileaks: On Thursday afternoon, Oscar Kamau Kingara, director of the Kenyan based Oscar legal aid Foundation, and its programme coordinator, John Paul Oulo, were both shot dead at close range in their car less than a mile from President Kibaki’s residence. The two were on their way to a meeting at the Kenyan National […]
Australia: Banned Hyperlinks Could Cost You $11,000 a Day
March 17th, 2009Maniac fascism. Via: Sydney Morning Herald: The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site Wikileaks. Wikileaks was added to the blacklist for publishing a leaked document containing Denmark’s list of banned websites. The […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
March 17th, 2009Thanks to the owners of hamburgerzimmer.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90. If you’re looking for webhosting, or if you’re dissatisfied with your current host, take a look at what BlueHost has to offer. Cryptogon and Farmlet are both hosted on a single BlueHost account. Last week, Cryptogon went to the […]
Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses
March 17th, 2009Such concern for the taxpayers… I’d bet that the choreographers of this scam assume that the average person doesn’t know the difference between million and billion. That’s the first bet. The second bet I’d make is that this entire spectacle has been concocted to shift the focus away from where the really big money is […]
Florida Legislator Wants Random Drug Tests for the Unemployed
March 17th, 2009Via: Raw Story: Employers have justified drug tests in the workplace by pointing to such negative effects of drug use as absenteeism and work-related injuries. Now a Florida legislator has proposed that random drug-testing also be applied to those receiving unemployment insurance, justifying it as a way to make state funds go further. Florida State […]
Star Wars Scientists Use Laser Gun to Kill Mosquitoes in Fight Against Malaria
March 16th, 2009Two questions: 1. What happened to the flying syringes? 2. Can this laser gun tech and target ID system be scaled up for the elimination of two-legged pests? Via: Telegraph: Scientists who worked the Star Wars anti-missile programme in the United States are building a ray-gun than can kill mosquitoes in a bid to tackle […]
Department of Defense Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufacturers
March 16th, 2009Kick your heels up on the crates of stuff that you were smart enough to buy beforehand because here comes trouble. Via: Shootist: It is an end-run around Congress. They don’t need to try to ban guns–they don’t need to fight a massive battle to attempt gun registration, or limit “assault” weapon sales. Nope. All […]
AIG Paid Out the Most Bailout Money to Goldman Sachs
March 16th, 2009Imagine my shock. Via: Bloomberg: American International Group Inc., under pressure to reveal how it spent taxpayer funds since its September bailout, said $105 billion flowed to U.S. states and banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Societe Generale SA and Deutsche Bank AG. … Goldman Sachs led beneficiaries, with $12.9 billion, followed by SocGen, France’s […]
Bank of England: Britain Heading Towards 1930s-Style Depression
March 16th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m not convinced that it’s going to be deflation. Not yet. Not with the printing presses preparing to go to afterburner. Your thoughts? Via: Telegraph: The country is displaying early symptoms of being trapped in a so-called “debt deflation trap” where […]
Gardening Industry Sees Boom as Families Grow Their Own Veggies to Save on Groceries
March 16th, 2009Path to Freedom is soooo good. Here’s the Journal, in case you get lost in all of the quality information on the main site. The Dervaes family was my inspiration to learn how to garden. They have taken urban homesteading to unthinkable levels; certainly beyond what might have been thought of as “maximum” even a […]
