Archive for October, 2009
“Signs of Recovery”: New Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected to 531,000
October 22nd, 2009Via: AP: The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, as employers remain reluctant to hire even with the economy showing signs of recovery.
Sid the Science Kid Gets a Flu Shot
October 22nd, 2009Stalin could learn a thing or two about propaganda from the present day U.S. Government. Via: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
The Deserted Shopping Mall That U.S. Taxpayers Bought
October 22nd, 2009See the oil well in the parking lot? Mineral rights not included. Via: Reuters: A $29 billion trail from the Federal Reserve’s bailout of Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns ends in a partially deserted shopping center on a bleak spot on the south side of Oklahoma City. The Fed now owns the Crossroads Mall, […]
Two UN Employees Killed in Falls from Same Building Over Four Week Period
October 22nd, 2009Update: British Nuclear Expert’s 17th Floor UN Death Plunge ‘Was Not Suicide’ —End Update— According to Austrian Times, the dead man’s name is Timothy Hampton. Via: Telegraph: The 47-year-old man, who has not been named, died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell. He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, […]
Gary Null on Vaccines: New York State Assembly Hearing
October 21st, 2009The date on these is 10-13-2009:
Large Hadron Collider Sabotaging Itself from the Future?
October 21st, 2009Via: Times Online: Explosions, scientists arrested for alleged terrorism, mysterious breakdowns — recently Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has begun to look like the world’s most ill-fated experiment. Is it really nothing more than bad luck or is there something weirder at work? Such speculation generally belongs to the lunatic fringe, but serious scientists have […]
Britain: Man Arrested for Shining Flashlight at Apache Helicopter Hovering Over His House
October 21st, 2009Via: BBC: A man who was arrested after he shone a torch at an Apache attack helicopter flying “10ft” above his garden will not be charged, police have said. Torben Merriott, 63, of Stradbroke, Suffolk, was arrested on “suspicion of “acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft” on 18 September. Police said Mr […]
Hank Paulson Held A Secret Meeting With Goldman Sachs In Moscow
October 21st, 2009Via: Business Insider: During that long summer between the collapse of Bear Stearns and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Hank Paulson held a secret meeting with the board of Goldman Sachs in Moscow. Andrew Ross Sorkin tells the tale of the meeting in his new book, Too Big To Fail: When Paulson learned that Goldman’s […]
Hunting Banned in Parts of Austria After Hailstones Kill 90 Percent of Wild Game
October 21st, 2009Via: Telegraph: Hunting has been banned in parts of Austria after freak storms with tennis ball-sized hailstones killed up to 90 per cent of the wild game population. Hundreds of deer were discovered either dead or so badly injured they had to be put down by wildlife experts. In the country’s rural Salzburg province, 90 […]
Update on Desiree Jennings
October 20th, 2009Update: Hoax? —End Update— Related: Woman’s Life Ruined by Seasonal Flu Shot
