Archive for March, 2010
CDC Uses Shopper-Card Data to Trace Salmonella
March 12th, 2010Via: PhysOrg: As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time – the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. With permission […]
Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies
March 12th, 2010Via: Time: Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health […]
French Bread Spiked with LSD in CIA Experiment
March 11th, 2010Via: Telegraph: A 50-year mystery over the ‘cursed bread’ of Pont-Saint-Esprit, which left residents suffering hallucinations, has been solved after a writer discovered the US had spiked the bread with LSD as part of an experiment. In 1951, a quiet, picturesque village in southern France was suddenly and mysteriously struck down with mass insanity and […]
Cryptogon Reader Sends $25
March 11th, 2010Thanks, DS.
Mass School Closures Approved in Kansas City
March 11th, 2010Via: AP: The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district’s schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy. The board voted 5-4 after parents and community leaders made final pleas to spare the schools even as the beleaguered district seeks to erase a projected […]
Papal Aide Linked to Vatican Gay Prostitution Ring
March 11th, 2010Via: Irish Times: “AT WHAT time does he have to be back in the seminary?” The question might seem innocent enough, were it not for the fact that the man asking it is a Papal Gentleman, Angelo Balducci, and the man of whom he is asking it is his pimp, Vatican chorister and Nigerian, Chinediu […]
Chief Exorcist: “The Devil Is at Work Inside the Vatican”
March 11th, 2010Via: Times: Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said […]
New York State Assemblyman Trying to Outlaw the Use of Salt in the Preparation of Food in Restaurants
March 11th, 2010Via: New York Daily News: If State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has his way, the only salt added to your meal will come from the chef’s tears. The Brooklyn Democrat has introduced a bill that would ban the use of salt in New York restaurants – and violators would be smacked with a $1,000 fine for […]
Another Deficit Record Set in February
March 11th, 2010Via: AP: The government ran up the largest monthly deficit in history in February, keeping the flood of red ink on track to top last year’s record for the full year. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the February deficit totaled $220.9 billion, 14 percent higher than the previous record set in February of last […]
NSA Communication System Interfering with Garage Door Openers?
March 11th, 2010Via: San Antonio Express News: If the first complaints to City Councilman Ray Lopez’s office had come anywhere close to the truth, they probably wouldn’t have gotten much attention. I mean, “My garage door opener’s not working and I think the government’s involved”? That’s tinfoil hat territory. But the calls kept coming, and soon Lopez […]
