Archive for April, 2009
G20, Gordon Brown: “New World Order Is Emerging”; Fox News: The Conspiracy Crazies Were Right
April 3rd, 2009Detroit: To Urban Hunter, Next Meal Is Scampering By
April 2nd, 2009Via: Detroit News: When selecting the best raccoon carcass for the special holiday roast, both the connoisseur and the curious should remember this simple guideline: Look for the paw. “The paw is old school,” says Glemie Dean Beasley, a Detroit raccoon hunter and meat salesman. “It lets the customers know it’s not a cat or […]
Queen Gives Mexico’s President Copy of George Orwell’s 1984
April 2nd, 2009Via: Telegraph: The president of Mexico received one of the more unusual gifts given by the Queen during an incoming state visit today – a copy of the classic dystopian novel 1984. At Buckingham Palace, Felipe Calderon was presented with a first edition of George Orwell’s nightmarish book, which tells of a totalitarian regime and […]
City Traders Bet on the Number of G20 Demonstrators Arrested, Injured or Killed
April 2nd, 2009Via: Guardian: At Coq D’Argent, the restaurant atop the distinctive salmon coloured building at Number One Poultry, adjacent to Bank underground station, the bankers appeared slightly drunk on the excitement of the protests down below; basking in the sunshine, ordering wine and necking oysters. Two traders based in an office opposite RBS on Bishopsgate said […]
UN Chief Says Crisis Could Result in Failed States
April 2nd, 2009Parts of the U.S. are nearly there. Look at Flint, Michigan. What’s the solution? A global currency, a New World Order, etc. Yeah, yeah, tell me another one. Via: AFP: UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that failing to act to halt the global economic crisis could lead to widespread social unrest and failed states, […]
Aircraft Could be Brought Down by DIY ‘E-Bombs’
April 2nd, 2009What they could do to airplanes is child’s play compared to what they could do to a datacenter. Via: New Scientist: ELECTROMAGNETIC pulse weapons capable of frying the electronics in civil airliners can be built using information and components available on the net, warn counterterrorism analysts. All it would take to bring a plane down […]
FBI Now Involved with Investigation Into Slaying of CIA Contractor
April 2nd, 2009I’ll add it to the original post.
Hamid Karzai Signs Law ‘Legalising Rape in Marriage’
April 1st, 2009Via: Telegraph: President Hamid Karzai has signed a law the UN says legalises rape in marriage and prevents women from leaving the house without permission. The law, which has not been publicly released, is believed to state women can only seek work, education or doctor’s appointments with their husband’s permission. Only fathers and grandfathers are […]
Monsanto GM Corn Harvest Fails Massively in South Africa
April 1st, 2009Via: Digital Journal: South African farmers suffered millions of dollars in lost income when 82,000 hectares of genetically-manipulated corn (maize) failed to produce hardly any seeds.The plants look lush and healthy from the outside. Monsanto has offered compensation. Monsanto blames the failure of the three varieties of corn planted on these farms, in three South […]
AIG Crisis Could be the Tip of an Insurance Iceberg
April 1st, 2009Via: Los Angeles Times: The company’s situation reflects problems throughout the life insurance industry as investments suffer. Further strain could bring about a second financial crisis. When insurance giant American International Group Inc. imploded last fall, the firm’s problems were quickly blamed not on its core insurance business but on an obscure operation that traded […]
