Archive for May, 2009
Food Companies Are Placing the Onus for Safety on Consumers
May 15th, 2009Produce high quality, nutrient dense foods outside the absurd “food safety” Matrix and prepare to meet the SWAT team. You are free, of course, to consume as many ConAgra’s salmonella ridden, genetically engineered gut bombs are you wish. Just don’t forget the “kill step.” Via: New York Times: The frozen pot pies that sickened an […]
Authorities Probe Insider Trading at SEC
May 15th, 2009Standard operating procedure… The insider trading part, that is. Via: Reuters: Two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employees are under investigation by federal criminal authorities for allegedly using insider information to trade stocks, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A report by the SEC’s internal watchdog alleges that the two SEC lawyers […]
U.S. Core Inflation Rose More Than Expected in April
May 15th, 2009*tick tock tick tock* Via: Reuters: New York gold futures turned higher on Friday after data showed that U.S. core inflation rose more than expected in April, bolstering the status of gold as a hedge against inflation. However, when food and energy are included, U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in April from March.
And Now… DARPA’s Battlefield Telepathy Antics
May 15th, 2009Via: Wired: Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs or even infantry hand signals. When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they’ll read each other’s minds. At least, that’s the hope of researchers at the Pentagon’s mad-science division Darpa. The agency’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $4 million to start up […]
Euro-Zone Economy Posts Sharpest-Ever Fall
May 15th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m sticking to my assessment that it’s going to take some kind of wildcard event to move the show on to the next act. Something big. I don’t know what, but it will probably involve a reduction in the number of […]
China’s Yuan ‘Set to Usurp U.S. Dollar’ as World’s Reserve Currency
May 15th, 2009Via: Telegraph: The Chinese yuan is preparing to overtake the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, economist Nouriel Roubini has warned. Professor Roubini, of New York University’s Stern business school, believes that while such a major change is some way off, the Chinese government is laying the ground for the yuan’s ascendance. Known as […]
Geithner at Bilderberg
May 15th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: Intrepid Bilderberg investigator and reporter Jim Tucker of the American Free Press confirms that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will attend this year’s Bilderberg meeting in Athens, Greece. Geithner’s presence will be in violation of the Logan Act, intended to prohibit American citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United […]
UK Repossessions Up 50% in a Year
May 15th, 2009Via: BBC: The number of homes repossessed in the UK rose to 12,800 in the first three months of the year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said. This was up 23% from the 10,400 in the previous three months and 50% up on the 8,500 in the same period last year.
U.S. Winter Wheat Forecast Down About 20 Percent
May 15th, 2009Via: AP: The nation’s farmers are expected to harvest about 20 percent less winter wheat this season, in part because of fewer planted acres and exacerbated by floods and other weather conditions, the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service said. Nationwide, winter wheat production was forecast at 1.5 billion bushels, down 20 percent from last year. The […]
Detainee Who Gave False Iraq Data Dies In Prison in Libya
May 15th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died in a Libyan prison, an apparent suicide, according to a Libyan newspaper. A researcher for Human Rights Watch, who met Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi at the Abu Salim […]
