Archive for December, 2009
Move to National ID Cards Delayed
December 16th, 2009Helpful map shows states that passed anti RealID legislation (Orange): Via: Wired: The United States’ quest for a national identification database associated with driver’s licenses won’t be finished by year’s end. The deadline was Dec. 31 for the states to create what would be the largest identification database of its kind under the auspices of […]
Pilots at British Airways Move Millions Out of Company Pension
December 16th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Pilots at British Airways are moving millions of pounds out of the company’s lucrative pension scheme amid fears it will go bust. Workers fear the troubled company will fail to deliver on its pension promises after the airline announced this week that its pension deficit had reached almost £4 billion. Experts said it […]
GULF OIL STATES LAUNCHING SINGLE CURRENCY
December 16th, 2009I’ll believe it when I see it. Anyway, maybe it will be backed by this thing: Via: Telegraph: The Arab states of the Gulf region have agreed to launch a single currency modelled on the euro, hoping to blaze a trail towards a pan-Arab monetary union swelling to the ancient borders of the Ummayad Caliphate. […]
Moody’s Warns of ‘Social Unrest’ as Sovereign Debt Spirals
December 16th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Britain and other countries with fast-rising government debts must steel themselves for a year in which “social and political cohesiveness” is tested, Moody’s warned. In a sombre report on the outlook for next year, the credit rating agency raised the prospect that future tax rises and spending cuts could trigger social unrest in […]
Bernanke Named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
December 16th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was named “Person of the Year” by Time magazine today for leading the “most-powerful, least-understood government force shaping our lives,” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said. Bernanke, 56, was picked for his efforts to shepherd the U.S. out of the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression, Stengel said […]
Cryptogon Readers Sign Up For Hosting with BlueHost
December 16th, 2009Thanks to the owners of puppetgov.com and crackfora.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. There was a third signup by a New Zealand business that deals with the retail food sector. If you’re reading, I couldn’t imagine that you would want me to mention your site on Cryptogon. Know that I appreciate that you […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
December 16th, 2009Thank you to Cryptogon readers who sent contributions in the first half of December. Pookie $75 TR $25 DT $25 DP $5 DR NZ$50
November Earnings
December 16th, 2009Earnings in November came to a total of $1246.66. That’s yet another great earnings result. Thank you to everyone who sent contributions and conducted business via Cryptogon affiliate relationships.
UK’s Richest Man Could Make More Than £1 Billion from Carbon Trading Scheme
December 16th, 2009Via: ClickGreen: New analysis released by climate change NGO Sandbag has revealed that the UK’s richest resident, Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and major shareholder of the steel giant ArcelorMittal, could make over £1 billion between now and 2012 from his company’s participation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme.
Mexico: Widespread Theft of Oil by Drug Traffickers
December 15th, 2009Via: Washington Post: Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, miles of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks have siphoned more than $1 billion worth of oil from Mexico’s pipelines over the past two years, in a vast and audacious conspiracy that is bleeding the national treasury, according to U.S. and Mexican law enforcement […]
