Archive for February, 2010
Royal Dutch Shell: Massive Data Leak
February 15th, 2010Via: ComputerWorldUK: The security measures at Royal Dutch Shell are under close scrutiny after the details of 176,000 employees and contractors were emailed to campaigners. Shell has been the target of extensive campaigning, particularly over its operations in Nigeria. Last year it reached a $15 million out of court settlement, over its alleged involvement in […]
Huge Collection of Videos
February 15th, 2010It’s a good thing that my bandwidth is metered. Via: sprword: The documentaries below epitomize the importance of free flowing information and the lack of it in mainstream media.
Spanish Intelligence Probing Debt “Attacks”
February 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Spain’s intelligence services are investigating the role of investors and media in debt market turbulence over the last few weeks, El Pais reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed sources, El Pais said the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) was looking into “speculative attacks” on Spain following the Greek debt crisis. “The (CNI’s) Economic Intelligence division…is […]
Societe Generale: Breakup of the Euro Region?
February 15th, 2010I doubt it. The Plan is for fewer currencies, not more. Ordo ab chao. Via: Business Week: The Greek budget crisis is a symptom of imbalances that will lead to the breakup of the euro region, according to Societe Generale SA strategist Albert Edwards, and Harvard University Professor Martin Feldstein said monetary union “isn’t working” […]
The New Generation Leaving Ireland
February 15th, 2010Via: Business Week: When Simon Phelan started a civil engineering degree at Dublin’s Trinity College four years ago, he figured his biggest problem upon graduation would be deciding which job to choose. Ireland’s economy was growing at 5.4%, unemployment was a mere 4.4%, and construction was booming. Today, with graduation fast approaching, only two of […]
Caring for Pets Left Behind by the Rapture (Not The Onion)
February 15th, 2010Via: Business Week: Many people in the U.S.—perhaps 20 million to 40 million—believe there will be a Second Coming in their lifetimes, followed by the Rapture . In this event, they say, the righteous will be spirited away to a better place while the godless remain on Earth. But what will become of all the […]
$100 Billion a Year is Escaping U.S. Sales and Income Taxes in Locales Like Aruba and St. Kitts
February 15th, 2010My personal tax minimization strategy involves not making much money in the first place. Via: Business Week: Greg Hennessy designs software in New York, where his $2 million-a-year company, SWAT, is based. His customer credit-card payments go to a bank in Panama, where his business is incorporated. As a result, he pays taxes at Panama’s […]
Algae to Solve the Pentagon’s Jet Fuel Problem
February 15th, 2010If the American Corporate State can design, build and ultimately fly a stealth aircraft in total secrecy, what else are They capable of doing in total secrecy? What other technologies have been sitting on shelves in various underground crypts for the last twenty or thirty years? What’s more important than energy? Anyone who believes that […]
Flashback 2002: Bush Given Plans for Worldwide War Against Al-Qaida Two Days Before 9/11
February 14th, 2010Via: MSNBC: President Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign sources told NBC News. The document, a formal National Security Presidential Directive, amounted to a “game […]
Japanese Food Additive Conglomerate Rebrands Aspartame (Nutrasweet) as AminoSweet
February 14th, 2010Via: NaturalNews: In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world’s most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over […]
