Archive for June, 2009
Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order
June 25th, 2009Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order by F. William Engdahl: For the faction controlling the Pentagon, the military industry, and the oil industry, the Cold War never ended. They engineered an incredible plan to grab total control of the planet, of land, sea, air, space, outer space and cyberspace. Continuing ‘below […]
Ministry of Defence Blocks Wikileaks
June 25th, 2009Via: Guardian: The Ministry of Defence is trying to block all internet access to the whistleblowing site Wikileaks from thousands of its own computers after discovering that dissidents have been using it to leak copies of British military manuals. Newly obtained MoD emails reveal alarm over the discovery that Wikileaks is freely publishing manuals that […]
California Set to Issue IOUs as Fiscal Crisis Weighs
June 25th, 2009Via: Reuters: California’s controller said on Wednesday that he would have to issue IOUs in a week if lawmakers can’t quickly solve a $24 billion budget deficit, and the state’s treasurer plans to tap a reserve fund to meet debt service costs. The measures came as a budget crisis deepened in the most populous U.S. […]
Sam’s Club Giving Kids Candy In Pill Bottles
June 25th, 2009Via: Consumerist: The Sam’s Club in Salisbury, Maryland, is promoting its pharmacy by handing out pill bottles filled with candy to kids. I guess that’s better than filling Dots boxes with Vicodin. Or handing out gallon-sized jugs of Nerds. On the downside, as a pill recipient at Salisbury News notes, “Now my 3 year old […]
China Buys Addax for £4.4bn to Tap Iraqi Oil
June 24th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Who provided the credit for the U.S. to go to war in Iraq? Mmm hmm. See the part in bold below for a hint on where oil prices are headed. Via: Telegraph: China has made its first big foray into Iraq […]
MTA Sells Subway Station Names
June 24th, 2009How about ads for pork rinds on the cop cars? The MTA officially has sold naming rights to one of its busiest subway stations in Brooklyn. That means McDonald’s 42nd Street and Taco Bell 59th Street-Columbus Circle could be right around the corner — or not. Sell the name of a station to an advertiser: […]
Whistleblower Who Linked “Taliban” Leader to U.S. Intelligence is Assassinated
June 24th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: A whistleblower who defected from the Pakistani Taliban has been assassinated just days after he claimed that the group was working with US intelligence to destabilize the country. Qari Zainuddin, a tribal leader of the South Waziristan region in Pakistan was shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman said to be loyal […]
And Now… Mark Sanford Found in Argentina; Needed a Recharge
June 24th, 2009The bullshit meter just exploded and now I must crawl to safety. In the meantime, fill in the blank with what this is actually about: __________________ Via: Reuters: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford returned to the United States on Wednesday from a secret private trip to Argentina, ending days of speculation over his whereabouts and […]
Pensioners ‘Kidnap and Torture’ Financial Adviser Who Lost Their Money
June 24th, 2009Via: Telegraph: A group of wealthy pensioners have been accused of kidnapping and torturing a financial adviser in Germany after he lost £2 million of their savings in the financial crisis. The men, dubbed the “Geritol Gang” by police after an arthritis drug, face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of subjecting […]
Dick Cheney Working on Grimoire
June 24th, 2009Working title: “It Rubs the Lotion on Its Skin or Else It Gets the Hose Again.” Via: AP: Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested in his story. The memoir by Cheney, widely […]
