Archive for July, 2009
Report Blasts FEMA on Storm Trailer Formaldehyde
July 27th, 2009Children in Katrina Trailers May Face Lifelong Ailments FEMA Trailer Manufacturers Knew About Formaldehyde, Findings Went Undisclosed Via: AP: The Federal Emergency Management Agency took too long to respond to initial reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers delivered to victims of the 2005 hurricanes, exposing people to possible health risks, a report of […]
British Economic Collapse Rivals Great Depression
July 27th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Economic output shrank by 5.6pc in the 12 months to the middle of the year, according to official figures which shattered hopes that the recovery has already begun. The Office for National Statistics said that Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.8pc in the second quarter, following the unprecedented 2.4pc fall in […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
July 27th, 2009Thanks to the owner of becomevocallocal.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90.
The Stealth of Starbucks
July 27th, 2009This worked pretty well for the Organic© industrial complex, maybe it will work for Starbucks. Although, “debranding” didn’t go so well for my last employer. The mothership is dead now. Via: Guardian: Starbucks’ new stealth strategy sees it “rebranding”, or de-branding, stores to give them different names and more local “community personality”. A victim of […]
Bush Considered Use of Military for Arrests Inside U.S.
July 25th, 2009Via: New York Times: Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials. Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued […]
How to Sell a $35,000 Watch to a Man in a Recession: Blow Smoke Up His Bum, Distract His Wife, Offer Tchotchkes
July 24th, 2009This article is so hilarious and ridiculous that I couldn’t resist posting it. Via: Wall Street Journal: Mr. Brücker looked the part of a luxury customer, wearing Car Shoe moccasins and an IWC Big Pilot watch, which has shock absorbers to help it keep time under rough flying conditions. He used PowerPoint to impart what […]
U.S. Firm Looking to Purchase New Zealand’s Most Strategic Asset
July 24th, 2009I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t know who’s behind the wheel of this thing, but it’s not Kiwis. There is some kind of insidious, international banking octopus thing happening here. New Zealand politicians are selling their own country out to a global criminal elite that is going to eat this […]
Microwave Weapon Will Rain Pain from the Sky
July 24th, 2009Even More Change We Can Believe In: The directed energy pain weapons will now be mounted on helicopters and generate multiple beams. Via: New Scientist: THE Pentagon’s enthusiasm for non-lethal crowd-control weapons appears to have stepped up a gear with its decision to develop a microwave pain-infliction system that can be fired from an aircraft. […]
Obama Chooses Former Monsanto Lobbyist for Food Safety Post
July 24th, 2009Via: Organic Consumers: Michael Taylor is a lawyer who has spent the last few decades moving through the revolving door between the employ of GMO-seed giant Monsanto and the FDA and USDA. Taylor is widely credited with ushering Monsanto’s recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply — […]
12,000 U.S. Children To Be Swine Flu Vaccine Guinea Pigs
July 24th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: Around 12,000 U.S. children will be used as guinea pigs for an experimental swine flu vaccine known to contain the dangerous ingredient squalene, which has been directly linked with cases of Gulf War Syndrome and a host of other debilitating diseases. According to a report in the Oklahoman, 12,000 children nationwide will […]
