Archive for March, 2010
Britain: Teacher ‘Shot Dead’ In School Science Stunt
March 25th, 2010Remember this one? Children Traumatized by ‘War of Worlds’ Abduction of Teacher Via: Sky / Yahoo: A school has been forced to apologise after faking the murder of a teacher that terrified pupils thought was real. Children as young as 10 – including one whose dad is said to have been shot dead – were […]
Potato or Tomato?
March 25th, 2010Research Credit: ottilie
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Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
March 25th, 2010Thanks to the owner of jessicagrable.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90.
Loose Units in Hemet Torching City Vehicles, Setting Potentially Deadly Traps for Police
March 25th, 2010Via: AP: Four municipal trucks were set ablaze in a rural Riverside County town plagued by bizarre booby trap attempts to kill police officers, and authorities said Wednesday the fire may be linked to the earlier attacks. “Everyone is worried, everyone is being careful,” Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart said. “You get scared a little […]
WikiLeaks Indicating Their Personnel Are Under Physical Surveillance
March 25th, 2010There is a WikiLeaks tweet related to a, “Pentagon murder-coverup” that isn’t appearing in their feed, however, it does show up as an individual tweet via the permalink. It states: # WikiLeaks to reveal Pentagon murder-coverup at US National Press Club, Apr 5, 9am; contact press-club@sunshinepress.org It was posted at 6:43 AM Mar 22nd. The […]
Saudis Claim to Have Stopped Attacks on Energy Infrastructure
March 24th, 2010Via: Reuters: Saudi Arabia said it had arrested 113 al Qaeda militants including suicide bombers who had been planning attacks on energy facilities in the world’s top oil exporter.
Internet Connected Bottle Caps Remind People to Take Their Drugs, Send Emails, Make Phone Calls, Generate “Progress Reports” And More!
March 24th, 2010When it’s not watching TV, Homo Allopathicus can entertain itself by fielding calls and emails from its pill bottles! And analyzing drug consumption statistics is fun for the whole family. Yes, friends, keep eating the same toxic sludge that turned you into Homo Allopathicus, but kick it up a notch by leveraging cutting edge communication […]
Debt Saturation: Each Dollar of New Debt Now Subtracts 45 Cents from GDP
March 24th, 2010Click through for plenty of chart doom. Via: Nathan’s Economic Edge: This is a very simple chart. It takes the change in GDP and divides it by the change in Debt. What it shows is how much productivity is gained by infusing $1 of debt into our debt backed money system. Back in the early […]
Bomb Pulse: Radioactive Carbon from Nuclear Weapon Tests Used to Verify Authenticity of High End Wines
March 24th, 2010Via: Guardian: A trace of Bikini atoll could join hints of black cherry and complex citrus notes in the sommelier’s lexicon for describing fine wines, research has suggested. Harmless amounts of radioactive carbon have been found in wines made from grapes harvested since the last atmospheric atomic bomb tests were carried out in the 1960s. […]
