Archive for July, 2009
U.S. Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time
July 14th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. budget deficit topped $1 trillion for the first nine months of the fiscal year and broke a monthly record for June as the recession subtracted from revenue and the government spent to rejuvenate the economy. The shortfall for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 totaled $1.1 trillion, the first time […]
H1N1 Swine Flu Resembles 1918 Virus
July 14th, 2009As with many events, the extensive Cryptogon archives are very useful. From 2004 we find this: Researchers resurrect deadly ‘Spanish’ flu Updated Thu. Oct. 7 2004 4:09 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A tiny genetic change may be all that stands between us and the next deadly flu pandemic. A team of scientists at the […]
60 Minutes Segment on 1976 Swin Flu Vaccine Victims
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Big Banks Stop Cashing California IOUs
July 13th, 2009Via: CNN: Residents have fewer places to cash in IOUs after large banks stop redeeming them. SEC warns potential buyers and sellers of possible scams. Californians have fewer places to redeem IOUs issued by the cash-strapped state. At least three major banks, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, stopped accepting the IOUs after […]
Crops, Ponds Destroyed in Quest for Food Safety
July 13th, 2009HAHA. If these fascists knew what we were growing our garlic in this season, their heads would explode. F*&%$#@ idiots. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and flowering cilantro around his organic vegetable fields in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville to harbor beneficial insects, an alternative to pesticides. He has since […]
Niels Harrit: “Once you have realized this, there is no way back.”
July 13th, 2009If you’re a professor in a related field and have anything to say about Professor Harrit’s work, send me an email from your university account with the understanding that your comment will appear here along with your name. Via: Russia Today:
Power Sockets Can be Used to Eavesdrop on What People Type on a Computer
July 13th, 2009Via: BBC: Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed. By analysing the information leaking onto power circuits, the researchers could see what a target was typing. The attack […]
French Workers Threaten to Blow Up Factory
July 13th, 2009Via: Reuters: Workers at collapsed French car parts maker New Fabris threatened on Sunday to blow up their factory if they did not receive payouts by July 31 from auto groups Renault and Peugeot to compensate for their lost jobs. New Fabris was declared in liquidation in April, so the workers stand to get no […]
Britain: Swine Flu Vaccine to Be Cleared After Five-Day “Trial”
July 13th, 2009Tell me another one. Via: Times Online: The path of a popular medicine from the laboratory to the chemist or doctor’s surgery can involve years of clinical trials on a select group of patients. When the new vaccine for swine flu arrives in Britain, regulators said this weekend, it could be approved for use in […]
Announcing Cryptogon.Net
July 13th, 2009I’ve started running an automated news robot at cryptogon.net. It’s very basic and I have other plans for cryptogon.net, but I thought I’d let you know about it in case you’re interested in seeing which themes I’m persistently tracking. All it’s doing is pulling data from RSS feeds and turning them into posts. In case […]
