Archive for September, 2009
Miami’s Ex-DEA Chief Charged with Shredding Documents for Allen Stanford
September 11th, 2009Via: Miami Herald: The former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office who led the agency’s cases against infamous Panama strongman Manuel Noriega and Medellin cartel kingpin Fabio Ocho, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for ordering the shredding of records once belonging to disgraced banker Allen Stanford. Tom Raffanello, who […]
Change: Obama Extends Bush 9/11 National Emergency
September 11th, 2009Via: whitehouse.gov: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 10, 2009 NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national […]
Glock’s Secret Path to Profits
September 11th, 2009You can’t even shake a stick at all the weird stuff in this one. Via: Business Week: Allegations of corruption permeate Gaston Glock’s empire. His former business associate, Charles Marie Joseph Ewert, now resides in a prison in Luxembourg, having been convicted in 2003 of contracting to have Glock killed. The murder plot—thwarted when the […]
Insiders Sell Like There’s No Tomorrow
September 11th, 2009Just put some more lipstick on Maria Bartiromo and everything will be fine. Via: CNN: Can hundreds of stock-selling insiders be wrong? The stock market has mounted an historic rally since it hit a low in March. The S&P 500 is up 55%, as U.S. job losses have slowed and credit markets have stabilized. But […]
Harvard and Yale Endowments Get Their Asses Handed to Them
September 11th, 2009Via: Reuters: Harvard and Yale, America’s two richest universities, said on Thursday their endowments lost roughly 30 percent of their value last year, showing how severely the financial crisis battered even the world’s best managers. Both schools, long admired for delivering top-notch returns for years, warned about the declines late last year when their presidents […]
U.S. Gold Rises Above $1,010 on Dollar Deterioration
September 11th, 2009Via: Reuters: U.S. gold futures broke above $1,010 an ounce on Friday, reaching their highest level since February, as a steadily weakening dollar increased the status of bullion as an alternative investment. GOLD * December gold GCZ9 up $13.80, or 1.4 percent, at $1,010.60 an ounce at 10:26 a.m. EDT (1426 GMT) on the COMEX […]
Brazil’s Armored Car Culture
September 11th, 2009This is absurd on many levels, but I couldn’t look away. Interestingly, the Brazilian government doesn’t allow vehicles to be outfitted with Level 3 and Level 4 armor. In other words, any assault rifle would cut through the armor on these vehicles like a hot knife through butter. Via: Wall Street Journal: Everywhere 19-year-old Kareen […]
Millions More Thrust Into Poverty: Decade of Headway in Household Income Erased
September 11th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A new comprehensive economic survey shows that the recession has plunged 2.6 million more Americans into poverty, wiped out the household income gains of an entire decade and pushed the number of people without health insurance up to 46.3 million. The grim economic statistics unveiled Thursday in the Census Bureau’s annual report […]
World Architecture News: Explosives and Thermitic Material Brought Down Buildings on 9/11
September 11th, 2009Via: World Architecture News: Conspiracy theory or hidden truth? The 9/11 enigmas… Richard Gage, AIA, Gregg Roberts, and David Chandler Richard Gage, AIA has been a practicing San Francisco Bay Area architect for more than 20 years, and is a registered member of the American Institute of Architects. Most recently he worked on a $400M […]
COAST GUARD INCIDENT IN POTOMAC RIVER SECURITY ZONE
September 11th, 2009Update3: Coast Guard to review exercise after Potomac security scare CNN: The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it will review a training incident along the Potomac River that triggered security concerns about President Obama on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. “We are still gathering information of how this training event might have […]
