Archive for May, 2010
Booz Allen Hamilton Received $400 Million in Cyberwar Contracts in the Past Six Weeks
May 19th, 2010My guess as to which goon will have the largest role in recovery efforts following any major network centric false flag operation: Mike McConnell. —IEEE: Build Backup Routes for Undersea Communications Infrastructure “Before we have to learn the hard way” Via: Wired: Coincidences sure are funny things. Booz Allen Hamilton — the defense contractor that’s […]
Goldman Sachs Hands Clients Losses in Seven of Nine ‘Top Trades’
May 19th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. racked up trading profits for itself every day last quarter. Clients who followed the firm’s investment advice fared far worse. Seven of the investment bank’s nine “recommended top trades for 2010” have been money losers for investors who adopted the New York-based firm’s advice, according to data […]
Euro Collapse Continues, Germany Bans Speculation on Naked Swaps
May 19th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Credit-default swaps rose as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s curb on using the contracts to speculate on European sovereign debt sparked concern among investors about increasing government regulation. The Markit iTraxx Crossover index of swaps on 50 European companies surged 50 basis points to 582, according to Markit Group Ltd. The jump in the […]
Thai Stock Exchange on Fire, Blackouts Hit Bangkok
May 19th, 2010Via: Reuters: The Thai stock exchange was on fire and parts of Bangkok were hit by power blackouts on Wednesday as violence continued, even though anti-government protest leaders surrendered and troops said they were in control. The stock exchange building was on fire, the exchange’s president told Reuters, while witnesses said major tourist hotels had […]
Virtual Reality Mind Control Experiments
May 19th, 2010Via: Technofascism Blog: Ultra-creepy mind-control experiments now go mainstream. The video of this experiment looks like a scene from the Manchurian Candidate. I’m sure the souped up version of this “experiment” with the “volunteer” on psychosis-inducing pharmaceuticals is much more effective. Notice how the video involves all the classic elements of mind control: loss of […]
And Now… Telepresence Robots
May 19th, 2010Via: Wired: Robots have replaced humans on assembly lines, battlefields, space missions and rescue operations. Now how about doing something useful, like sitting through endless meetings for you? Meet the Anybots QB, a telepresence robot that can represent you in the office by sitting in conference rooms, going to meetings and rolling about through the […]
Hack Attacks On Car Control Systems
May 19th, 2010Via: BBC: The computer systems used to control modern cars are very vulnerable to attack, say experts. An investigation by security researchers found the systems to be “fragile” and easily subverted. The researchers showed how to kill a car engine remotely, turn off the brakes so the car would not stop and make instruments give […]
Conspiracy of Banks Rigging States Came With Crash
May 19th, 2010I had always assumed the entire business of the markets to be a massive criminal enterprise that allowed public participation simply because it made a few people extremely wealthy. —Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets Via: Bloomberg: A telephone call between a financial adviser in Beverly Hills and a trader in New York was […]
TSA Agent Accused of Stealing Cash from Wheelchair-Bound Woman
May 19th, 2010Via: NBC: A Transportation Security Administration agent has been arrested for allegedly stealing $400 dollars from a wheelchair bound passenger as she passed through a security checkpoint at Newark Airport. Leroy Ray allegedly went into the disabled woman’s bag as it passed through the X-ray machine. Ray was caught on surveillance video on February 3, […]
UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA
May 19th, 2010Oh sure. Via: KTVU: UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package — cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past, incoming freshman and transfer students have received a rather typical welcome book from the College of Letters and Science’s “On the Same Page” program, but this year […]
