Archive for April, 2010
Occupied Washington DC
April 11th, 2010Via: After Downing Street: As a visitor to our nation’s capital, I cannot tell you how disconcerting it is to step off the metro and find yourself face to face with a F-35 fighter jet. Where you would normally expect to find ads for cell phones or museum exhibitions, Washington’s subway, the second busiest in […]
Hostages Say Chiquita Funded Death Squads
April 10th, 2010Flashback: Lawyer for Chiquita in Colombia Death Squad Case May be Next U.S. Attorney General Via: Courthouse News Service: Three U.S. citizens were held hostage by a Colombian death squad for 5 years, and one was murdered, while Chiquita Brands International gave the terrorists weapons and millions of dollars in “protection payments,” the former hostages […]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Several Other Top Polish Officials, Killed in Plane Crash
April 10th, 2010Via: Guardian: The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife were among 132 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach to a regional airport in Russia early this morning. The governor of the west Russian town of Smolensk confirmed there were no survivors from the Tupulov Tu-154 plane, which came […]
Gold at Record vs. Euro and Sterling
April 10th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The price of gold has risen to an all-time high in sterling and euro terms. In dollar terms the gold price is about 5pc below its record, but the weakness of the pound and the euro against the American currency means that for investors in Britain and the eurozone the precious metal has […]
33 States Out of Money to Fund Jobless Benefits
April 10th, 2010Via: CNN: With unemployment still at a severe high, a majority of states have drained their jobless benefit funds, forcing them to borrow billions from the federal government to help out-of-work Americans. A total of 33 states and the Virgin Islands have depleted their funds and borrowed more than $38.7 billion to provide a safety […]
Bush Regime Knew Guantánamo Prisoners Were Innocent
April 9th, 2010Via: Times: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times. The […]
Major U.S. Banks Masked Risk Levels
April 9th, 2010Via: Reuters: Major U.S. banks temporarily lowered their debt levels just before reporting in the past five quarters, making it appear their balance sheets were less risky, the Wall Street Journal said, citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper said on Friday 18 banks, including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, […]
State Governments Delay Tax Refunds
April 9th, 2010Via: AP / MSNBC: Give people their money. It’s the rallying cry of lawmakers around the country pushing back against states that are delaying tax refunds to shore up their budgets. Holding on to the refunds allows states to use the money for other purposes, earn interest on it or simply wait until there’s enough […]
Backyard Rocketeer
April 9th, 2010This one goes out to all of you who just can’t keep your inner freak down. Via: VBS TV: Juan Manuel Gallegos has a full stable of rocket-powered conveyances in the backyard of his Morelos home/laboratory.
As Greek Bond Rates Soar, Bankruptcy Looms
April 9th, 2010Via: New York Times: As interest rates on Greek debt spiral upward again, the question facing Europe is no longer whether Athens has the political will to cut spending and raise taxes to curb its gaping budget deficit, but whether Greece will run out of money before it gets the chance to do so. With […]
