Archive for March, 2010
Britain: Strange Triple Suicide
March 18th, 2010I have no idea what to make of this one. Via: Times Online: The mystery of three refugees who jumped to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block took a dramatic turn yesterday when it emerged that one of them had claimed to be a member of the Russian security services and went on to […]
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, UBS Charged With Derivatives Fraud
March 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and Hypo Real Estate Holding AG’s Depfa Bank Plc unit were charged with fraud linked to the sale of derivatives to the City of Milan. Judge Simone Luerti scheduled the trial of the four firms, 11 bankers and two former city officials for May […]
Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
March 18th, 2010Via: Wired: More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments. Police with Austin’s High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar […]
NEW YORK STATE TAX REFUNDS PUT ON HOLD
March 18th, 2010Via: CBS: For hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, the check won’t be in the mail — at least not on time. New York State has stopped paying tax refunds and won’t start again until next month. The tax refund delay is part of a bigger cash crunch. Message to New Yorkers: don’t start spending […]
Britain: Clinic Opens for Children Addicted to Video Games and the Internet
March 18th, 2010Via: Times Online: Doctors claim to have opened the first dedicated clinic in Britain to treat children addicted to video games and other technology. Capio Nightingale Hospital, a private facility in Central London, introduced the service after calls from parents concerned about their children’s use of games, the internet, or mobile phones. A spokeswoman for […]
Thieves Grab Up to $75 Million in Eli Lilly Drugs
March 18th, 2010Maybe it’s just run of the mill theft. I don’t really know what else it could be… Lithium in Water ‘Curbs Suicide’ Future Wars ‘To Be Fought with Mind Drugs’ A vast array of pharmaceuticals have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of […]
Russia Criticizes U.S., NATO Over Afghan Drugs *wink* *wink*
March 18th, 2010If the squeals out of Russia about drug trafficking are real, and I have serious doubts about that, why not mention this bridge? In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed […]
Pitchfork Event on the Horizon
March 18th, 2010Via: Comrad Simba: The major questions of existence I’ve had are answered thus: 1. It’s all about the food. 2. The food issue will drive the zombies. Bubba may be all ammo’d and camo’d up for a rape and pillage fest, but he’s really only looking for a can of beans and a piece of […]
Run, Run, The Dangerous Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming
March 18th, 2010Via: Of Goats and Men: Well, of course, if you have something to hide, then the last person you want around is someone investigating it. Investigating the truth in the face of blatant lies from the mainstream news and governmental propaganda machine is what the ‘conspiracy theorists’ in many cases actually do. So what do […]
China PLA Officer Urges Challenging U.S. Dominance
March 18th, 2010Related: Trinitite: Trinitite, also known as Atomite or Alamogordo Glass, is the name given to the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the plutonium-based Trinity nuclear bomb test on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The glass is primarily composed of arkosic sand composed of quartz grains and feldspar (both microcline and […]
