Archive for February, 2010
New U.S. Embassy in London Will Cost $1 Billion; Yes, That Includes the Moat
February 24th, 2010Via: Times Online: The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy in London — the most expensive it has ever built. The proposals were met with relief from both the present embassy’s Mayfair neighbours and the residents and developers of the Battersea wasteland where the vast crystalline cube, surrounded by […]
Baby DNA Sent to Military Lab for Potential Use in National Database
February 24th, 2010Via: Statesman: An Austin lawyer threatened to pursue a new federal lawsuit Monday after learning that some newborn blood samples in Texas went to the U.S. military for potential use in a database for law enforcement purposes. The Department of State Health Services never mentioned the database to Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil […]
Regulators Report 27 Percent Jump in Problem Banks
February 23rd, 2010Related: FDIC to Open Illinois Office with 500 Employees to Handle Midwest Bank Failures Via: Reuters: The number of “problem” U.S. banks jumped 27 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009 to 702, the highest level since 1993 and a sign the industry’s recovery is still shaky, regulators reported on Tuesday. The Federal Deposit Insurance […]
Joe Stack, Austin ‘Suicide’ Pilot, Co-owned Hanger with Homeland Security Initiative Program Manager
February 23rd, 2010Must see update on Joe Stack’s Apparent Suicide Attack on the IRS. Heavy on the apparent part.
Basically, It’s Over: A Parable About How One Nation Came to Financial Ruin
February 23rd, 2010Via: Slate: As it worked out, the politicians ignored the Good Father one more time, and the Basicland banks were allowed to open bucket shops and to finance the purchase and carry of real securities with extreme financial leverage. A couple of economic messes followed, during which every constituency tried to avoid hardship by deflecting […]
U.S. Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition
February 23rd, 2010Via: Slate: Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people […]
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth Press Conference
February 23rd, 2010Larger version at link. Note: There’s a problem with the left audio channel. A & E for 9/11 Truth Press Conference More: Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth Fire Fighters For 9-11 Truth
Law Enforcement is Tracking Americans’ Cell Phones in Real Time Without Warrants
February 23rd, 2010In summary, my thesis was that the NSA operation that Tice was involved with was related to tracking individual Americans, on the ground, in real time, using the mobile phone networks. —AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance If this is happening on an almost indiscriminate basis with law enforcement cases, how wide of a […]
51 Turkish Military Officers Suspected of Planning Coup
February 23rd, 2010Via: AP: Prosecutors on Tuesday interrogated 51 Turkish military commanders, including former Air Force and Navy chiefs, over alleged plans to destabilize the country by blowing up mosques to trigger a coup and topple the Islamic-rooted government. It was the highest profile crackdown ever on the Turkish military, which has ousted four governments since 1960. […]
Faber: Buy Farmland and Gold
February 23rd, 2010Via: Times Online: The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash. The bleak warning of social and financial meltdown, delivered today in Tokyo at a gathering of […]
