Archive for October, 2009
October Contributions
October 12th, 2009These generous readers have sent contributions in October: Pookie $75 TB $30 RP $40 MS CA$25 SM $25 JS $25 ES €25 Thank you.
September Earnings
October 12th, 2009Earnings for September came to a total of $1332.14. That’s an excellent result. Here’s the earnings breakdown: 56% affiliate commissions 44% direct contributions To all September Cryptogon supporters, thank you.
Why Obama Doesn’t Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize: An Unabridged List
October 11th, 2009Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize! Hell freezes over!
California Budget Is Already in the Red 10 Weeks After Passage
October 10th, 2009Sure, believe the shortfall is just a “one-time event.” Via: Bloomberg: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will know within a month whether a $1.1 billion drop in revenue collections is part of a growing budget shortfall or an isolated event, his budget spokesman said. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 was 5.3 percent less […]
UK Faced ‘Bank Runs, Riots’ as RBS and HBOS Neared Collapse
October 10th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: A year ago today, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and HBOS Plc were close to collapse, causing a chain reaction that could have ended with riots in U.K. cities, security analysts and economists said. Bank failures would have forced the government to cancel police leave and deploy troops as the breakdown of […]
The Lost Generation
October 10th, 2009Via: Business Week: Bright, eager—and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to young people who can’t grab onto the first rung of the career ladder. Affected are a range of young people, from high school dropouts, to college grads, to newly […]
The World’s Largest Shopping Mall — Is Empty
October 10th, 2009Must see. Beyond must see, especially for connoisseurs of the surreal and the absurd. Via: PBS: Is nothing American sacred anymore? The largest mall in the world turns out not to be the famous Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. It’s the South China Mall outside of Guangzhou, China. Outdoing the techniques of American consumerism, […]
TARP Deadbeats
October 10th, 2009Via: Reuters: Thirty-three TARP recipients missed a scheduled dividend payment to taxpayers last month, according to the Treasury Department, including 18 banks that missed a payment for the first time. It’s a powerful indication that the U.S. banking system remains troubled. And it throws cold water on talk that taxpayers are “making money” on the […]
China Detects Sarin Gas Along Border with North Korea
October 10th, 2009Via: AFP: China has detected deadly nerve gas at its border with North Korea and suspects an accidental release inside the secretive state, a Japanese news report said Friday. The Chinese military is strengthening its surveillance activities after detecting the highly virulent sarin gas in November last year and in February in Liaoning province, the […]
U.S. Government Considers Dealings with Telecommunications Companies as “Intra-Agency”
October 9th, 2009att.gov? Via: Wired: The Department of Justice has finally admitted it in court papers: the nation’s telecom companies are an arm of the government — at least when it comes to secret spying. … The feds argued that the documents showing consultation over the controversial telecom immunity proposal weren’t subject to the Freedom of Information […]
