Archive for May, 2009
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions and Sign Up for Hosting with Blue Host
May 15th, 2009I am very late with bookkeeping this month. I apologize for that. Thank you to these kind people for sending contributions in the first half of May: Pookie $75 Eileen $40 Eileen $40 (Farmlet) JS $25 BP $50 SM $20 DR $10 AB $20 DR NZ$50 MS CA$25 CS £10 Thanks also goes out to […]
April Earnings
May 15th, 2009Earnings for April came to a total of $1796.59; a great result. While the month started out very slow (in terms of earnings) reader RP dropped a huge $750 contribution on us. Also, your Amazon activity turned out to be some of the heaviest ever. Note: While the vast majority of Amazon activity happens on […]
Obama Mulls ‘Indefinite Detention’ of Terror Suspects
May 14th, 2009Via: AFP: As part of its plans to close Guantanamo Bay, the Obama administration is considering holding some of the detainees indefinitely and without trial on US soil, US media reported Thursday. President Barack Obama’s “administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on US soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part […]
Boy and Girl Explorer Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More
May 14th, 2009This is a cross between America Fuck Yeah and Starship Troopers. Via: New York Times: Ten minutes into arrant mayhem in this town near the Mexican border, and the gunman, a disgruntled Iraq war veteran, has already taken out two people, one slumped in his desk, the other covered in blood on the floor. The […]
U.S. ‘Sham’ Bank Bail-Outs Enrich Speculators, Says Buy-Out Chief Mark Patterson
May 14th, 2009Via: Telegraph: The US Treasury’s effort to stabilise the banking system through the TARP programme is a hopelessly ill-conceived policy that enriches speculators at public expense, according to the buy-out firm supposed to be pioneering the joint public-private bank rescues. “The taxpayers ought to know that we are in effect receiving a subsidy. They put […]
Canadian Scientist Caught Smuggling Ebola Genetic Material Into U.S.
May 14th, 2009Via: AFP: A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday. Konan Michel Yao, 42, “was taken into custody” while crossing the border from Manitoba province into the western US state of […]
Cargo Ships Treading Water Off Singapore, Waiting for Work
May 14th, 2009Via: New York Times: To go out in a small boat along Singapore’s coast now is to feel like a mouse tiptoeing through an endless herd of slumbering elephants. One of the largest fleets of ships ever gathered idles here just outside one of the world’s busiest ports, marooned by the receding tide of global […]
Sony Suffers First Annual Loss in 14 Years
May 14th, 2009Via: New York Times: Sony reported its first annual loss in 14 years on Thursday and forecast another grim year ahead, as the prolonged economic slump and a strong Japanese yen dashed hopes for a quick recovery at the electronics giant. Facing more losses ahead, Sony said it would close three factories in Japan, part […]
GM Plans China-Made Vehicles for U.S.
May 14th, 2009HA. In other news, Ford is retooling an old SUV factory to produce electric vehicles and hybrids. Via: Reuters: General Motors Corp. plans to begin exports of vehicles made in China to the United States within two years, ramping up sales to more than 50,000 by 2014, reports said Wednesday. A spokeswoman for GM in […]
Fewer Than a Third in U.S. Would Get Swine Flu Jab
May 14th, 2009Via: Reuters: Fewer than a third of U.S. adults would get a shot especially made to protect against the new H1N1 swine flu virus, according to a poll released on Thursday. Most are simply not that worried about the new flu, which has spread around the globe, killed more than 60 people and brought the […]
