Archive for May, 2010
Jefferson Parish Officials Commandeered All of BP’s Hired Boats in Grand Isle
May 23rd, 2010Via: WWLTV: Jefferson Parish Emergency managers say they have commandeered all of BP’s hired boats in Grand Isle. A representative for Jefferson Parish Emergency chief Deano Bonano said they requested immediate action after oil moved into the marsh passes and onto the beaches in Grand Isle. He said more than 40 boats were sitting idle […]
Backyard Gardens Become Income Generators in Lean Times
May 23rd, 2010Of course, the Dervaes family is the center of gravity for urban farming in Los Angeles. If you’re wondering about what’s possible along those lines, you won’t find a more astonishing and encouraging example than Path to Freedom-Urban Homestead. Via: Los Angeles Times: Locking up his station wagon, the one with the scratched paint and […]
USC/DARPA LittleDog Robot
May 23rd, 2010House Votes to Expand National DNA Arrest Database
May 23rd, 2010Via: CNet: Millions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly extracted and added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. By a 357 to 32 vote, the House approved legislation that will pay state governments to require […]
California Throws Away Enough Food to Fill 35 Stadiums Per Year
May 22nd, 2010Over at Technofascism Blog, Tony writes, “Keep this story in mind next time you hear that nonsense from people like Bill Gates insisting we need GM crops to feed a hungry world.” Besides Atomic Audit, this represents just about the clearest proof that the depth of our society’s madness is infinite. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: […]
SSL Enabled Google Searches
May 22nd, 2010“Your investigative staff will collect its best evidence while users are lulled into a false sense of security afforded by web, e-mail or VOIP encryption.” —Governments Using Forged SSL Certificates for Man in the Middle Attack on “Secure” Web Sessions A reader asked me if SSL enabled Google search was worth using. I would say […]
FDIC: ‘Problem’ Banks at 775 or 10% of the Total
May 21st, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: A total of 775 banks, or one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s list of “problem” institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the commercial real-estate market weighed on bank balance sheets. Poor loan performance in other sectors also continued to hurt banks, with […]
BP Admits Underestimating Oil Leaking from Gulf of Mexico Well
May 21st, 2010Imagine our shock. Via: Telegraph: BP was on Thursday accused of seriously underestimating the flow of oil from its Gulf of Mexico well. In a further blow the beleaguered oil giant was also ordered to use less toxic chemicals to disperse its growing slick. It came as more damaging, heavy crude hit Louisiana’s coastal wetlands […]
Cryptogon Readers Sign Up for Hosting with BlueHost
May 21st, 2010Thanks to the owners of worldwatchers.info and birthcenterofgainesville.org for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $180.
TD Ameritrade Clients Unable to Log In, Trade
May 20th, 2010Say what? Morningstar analyst Michael Wong said all of the online brokers had similar problems during the sudden market plunge on May 6. There was sharp selling today as well. Still believe that ‘fatfinger’ nonsense from May 6? Via: AP: Some clients of online brokerage T.D. Ameritrade Holding Corp. were unable to log into their […]
