Archive for June, 2009
Obama Regime Wants to Allow Detainees Charged with Capital Offences to Plead Guilty, Which Would Result in the Detainees Being Executed Without Trials
June 6th, 2009Via: New York Times: The Obama administration is considering a change in the law for the military commissions at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that would clear the way for detainees facing the death penalty to plead guilty without a full trial. The provision could permit military prosecutors to avoid airing the details of […]
Iron Filings in “Fortified” Breakfast Cereals
June 6th, 2009Yummy! Via: Times Online: The reason it is added in a form that you can extract is that iron ions (iron that would more easily combine with other molecules in the cereal) increase the spoilage rate of the food. Using iron in its pure metal form gives the cereal a longer shelf-life. More: Intestinal Infections, […]
Deadly Clashes in Peru’s Amazon
June 6th, 2009Via: BBC: At least 31 people have died in clashes in Peru between the security forces and indigenous people in the Amazon region. Those killed included at least 22 tribesmen and nine policemen. The violence took place as security forces tried to end a road blockade. There have been fuel and transport blockades in Peru’s […]
China Explores Buying $50 Billion in IMF Bonds
June 6th, 2009Via: Financial Times: China is “actively considering” buying up to $50bn of International Monetary Fund bonds, the country’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange has said. John Lipsky, IMF first deputy managing director, confirmed the Chinese proposal, which follows one by Russia to buy $10bn (€7.1bn, £6.2bn) in IMF bonds. Friday’s statement by China said any […]
The Lear Jet Repo Man
June 6th, 2009Must read. Via: Slate: Nick Popovich is a repo man, but not the kind that spirits away Hyundais from suburban driveways. Popovich is a super repo man, one of a handful of specialists who get the call when a bank wants back its Gulfstream II jet from, say, a small army of neo-Nazi freaks. For […]
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon’s Black World
June 6th, 2009The Ralph Nader Library has placed the full text and images of Trevor Paglen’s I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me online.
Feds Search for Man Allegedly on ‘Mission to Kill the President’
June 5th, 2009Via: ABC News: Federal authorities in Utah search for a man who allegedly made threats against President Obama. Daniel James Murray has been charged with making threats against Obama, after telling a bank teller he was part of a “mission” to kill the president. The Secret Service says Murray has at least eight registered firearms. […]
Rik Clay’s Interviews on Red Ice Creations
June 5th, 2009I stumbled across Rik Clay’s interviews on Red Ice Creations. Rik Clay was a blogger and researcher who focused on 2012 issues and the religion of the elite. He was dead about two months after he gave these interviews. Some of you might find these interviews interesting. I did.
U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 9.4 Percent in May [SIC]
June 5th, 2009Pick your multiplier to get the real rate. Via: AP: With companies in no mood to hire, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the fewest since September. The much smaller-than-expected reduction in payroll jobs, […]
Over 90% of the Global Rare Earth Resource Held by Chinese Companies
June 5th, 2009Via: Financial Times: The Chinese acquisition of stakes in Australian rare earth miners Lynas Corporation and Arafura Resources has “caught the rest of the world sleeping,” said Rod McIllree, managing director at Australian-based Greenland Minerals & Energy (GME). Following two acquisitions in the past six months for an aggregate USD 163m, Korean, Japanese and Western […]
