Archive for September, 2009
Iceland: “This Was No Ordinary Crash”
September 21st, 2009“The smallest central bank in the world is central to a financial scandal that threatens to engulf much of the West. What secrets must the larger banks hold?” — The Daily Bell: Iceland: What Ugly Secrets Are Waiting to Be Exposed in the Meltdown? From August. Via: Telegraph: Almost a year since the collapse of […]
And Now… No Bike Policies at Public Schools?
September 21st, 2009Via: Saratogian: The first day of school, already a happy and trying event for any student, saw a little additional stress for Maple Avenue Middle School student Adam Marino. Marino and his mother, Janette Kaddo Marino, left for school by bicycle on Wednesday morning, as they often do in good weather, despite a phone call […]
The Dark Years Are Here
September 21st, 2009Good reading from July. Via: Matterhorn Asset Management: In this newsletter we will outline what is likely to be the devastating effect of the credit bubbles, government money printing and of the disastrous actions that governments are taking. Starting in the next 6 months and culminating in 2011-12 the world will experience a series of […]
Top U.S. Commander for Afghan War: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’
September 21st, 2009Failure? Someone wound up with a whole lot of opium and heroin, and a bunch of corporations made a killing from a gusher of absurd and lucrative contracts. That sounds more like just another day at the office than failure to me—considering the criminal organizations involved and their blood soaked gravy train. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s […]
American Police Force: Web Sites Offer Hints About Jail Company
September 21st, 2009The Billings Gazette has published new information about American Police Force. The author, Ruffin Prevost, contacted me after seeing my post on the matter. I have to clarify something. It’s not that big of a deal, but I feel as though it’s worth getting right. Here’s the full text of the email that I sent […]
Cryptogon Reader Sends $50
September 20th, 2009Thanks, DJ.
EU Funding Artificial Intelligence Plan to Monitor Public for “Abnormal Behavior”
September 20th, 2009It looks like 2002 all over again. Also: Did Bush Continue to Secretly Operate Total Information Awareness? Via: Telegraph: The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing “Orwellian” technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for “abnormal behaviour”. A five-year research programme, called Project Indect, aims to develop computer programmes which act […]
Iraq Emerging as Drug Transshipment Point
September 20th, 2009Via: Al Jazeera:
Real Estate: Many More Strategic Defaults Than Industry Estimates
September 20th, 2009Via: Los Angeles Times: Who is more likely to walk away from a house and a mortgage — a person with super-prime credit scores or someone with lower scores? Research using a massive sample of 24 million individual credit files has found that homeowners with high scores when they apply for a loan are 50% […]
Air Force Training More Drone Pilots Than New Fighter and Bomber Pilots
September 20th, 2009Via: Newsweek: In 2007, the year before Schwartz became chief, UAVs were performing 21 combat air patrols at any one time, for a total of just over 100,000 hours. By 2011, they’ll reach 54 patrols and almost 350,000 hours. For now, the joystick pilots have to be certified fighter pilots as well. But Schwartz says […]
