Archive for June, 2010
Foreign Banks Find Fortune in Crisis
June 2nd, 2010Via: Politico: Foreign banks are flexing newfound muscle in Washington, spreading their money and influence while winning government business that’s off-limits to their politically toxic American cousins. While Congress and President Barack Obama have been bashing big American banks as the cause of the nation’s economic troubles, foreign banks have been quietly increasing their presence […]
Goldman Sachs May Settle for $1 Per Share, or About $621 Million
June 2nd, 2010Maybe they’ll pass the hat around and collect some pocket lint before heading out for martinis. —Goldman Set to Settle SEC Fraud Case Soon No. It’s not comedy hour on Cryptogon. Via: Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will probably settle a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission at a cost of a little […]
U.S Launches Criminal Investigation Into Oil Spill
June 2nd, 2010Ahh, like the criminal investigations into AIG and the squid. Also: BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Campaign Cash Via: The Hill: The U.S. government has launched a formal criminal and civil investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday. Holder […]
German President Resigns After Comment Linking Military Deployments with Economic Interests
June 2nd, 2010It’s dangerous to take a page out of the Captain Obvious playbook when you’re a national political figure. Via: The Local: German President Horst Köhler sparked a political storm on Thursday by suggesting Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan was partly motivated by its economic interests rather than solely to guarantee its security.
Japan’s Prime Minister Announces Resignation
June 2nd, 2010Change we can believe in, Japanese style. Via: CNN: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced Wednesday he will resign after eight months in power. “I’m going to step down,” Hatoyama declared in a live broadcast on Japanese television NHK, while addressing party members of both the upper and lower houses of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. […]
Next Up for BP Oil Disaster: Hurricane Season
June 1st, 2010Via: Miami Herald: If the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t contained soon – and the latest efforts suggest that’s unlikely – then the damage to the fragile region will intensify over the coming summer months as changing currents and the potential for hurricanes complicate the containment and cleanup efforts. “It’s all […]
Japan Plans to Build Robot Moon Base by 2020
June 1st, 2010Via: PhysOrg: Believing that a moon base is essential for exploration of the solar system, Japan has recently announced plans to send humanoid robots to the moon to construct a robot lunar base. As part of the $2.2 billion project, the robots will begin surveying the moon around 2015, and then build the unmanned base […]
Navy’s Drone Death Ray Takes Out Targets at Sea
June 1st, 2010Via: Wired: For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses. Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), it may be one step closer to that goal. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the service’s […]
Cries From the Past: Torture’s Ugly Echoes
June 1st, 2010This is too long for general interest Cryptogonner reading, but well worth it for those who are interested in the mind control subject matter. Via: Truthout: A central Artichoke objective, according to one CIA document, centered on: “The problem exists of ascertaining whether effective and practical techniques exist, or could be developed, which could be […]
Giant Sinkhole in Guatemala
June 1st, 2010Must see. Via: National Post: A huge sinkhole caused by a landslide due to tropical storm Agatha, in Guatemala City, on May 30, 2010. Research Credit: T
