Archive for June, 2010
Pentagon Zombie-Maker’s New Project: Suffocate, Freeze, Reanimate
June 18th, 2010Via: Wired: The scientist responsible for some of the Pentagon’s wildest research has devised a method that could one day save trauma patients, and even extend the shelf life of transplant organs. Step one: Suffocate the wounded. Step two: Put ‘em on ice. Mark Roth, a biochemist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, has been […]
Damaged Well Billowing Methane Into Gulf of Mexico
June 18th, 2010Maybe this one deserves a re-read: Detonating Nuclear Bomb at BP Oil Spill Site… Might Produce a Bad Result. Via: AP: It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico’s fragile ecosystem. […]
Call the Politburo, We’re in Trouble
June 18th, 2010Via: Asia Times: As in the Soviet Union before its collapse, the exaltation and feeding of the military at the expense of the rest of society and the economy had by now become the new normal; so much so that hardly a serious word could be said – lest you not “support our troops” – […]
Obama Regime Moves to Finance Development of Brazil’s Tupi Offshore Oil Field
June 18th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil. The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. […]
Qataris Raise Bet on London Real Estate
June 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has been buying up some of the highest quality properties in London, as the Persian Gulf country takes advantage of lower prices and the pound’s weakness to invest its gas wealth. Barwa Real Estate Co., controlled by the fund, yesterday agreed to buy Park House for 250 million pounds […]
Gold: New Record High; Up and Out of Previous Range
June 18th, 2010Spot: $1257.76.
Cracks Show BP Battled Well Two Months Before Blast
June 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It took 10 days to plug the first cracks, according to reports BP filed with the Minerals Management Service that […]
Afghan Mineral Deposits Actually Worth $3 Trillion, Not $1 Trillion
June 18th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth is worth at least $3tn – triple a US estimate made this week – according to the government’s top mining official. Geologists have known for decades that Afghanistan has vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and other prized minerals, but a US briefing this week put […]
More Than 90 Banks Miss TARP Payments
June 18th, 2010Via: Reuters: More than 90 U.S. banks and thrifts missed making a May 17 payment to the U.S. government under its main bank bailout program, signaling a rising number of lenders are struggling to meet their obligations. The statistics, compiled by SNL Financial LC from U.S. Treasury data, showed 91 banks and thrifts skipped the […]
Southwest Airlines Employee Finds Human Heads on Their Way to Fort Worth
June 18th, 2010The company that shipped the heads had its business license revoked. Is this strange? Via: NBC: A Southwest Airlines employee called police after finding human heads in a package set to be transported to a Fort Worth medical research company, the airline said. “It wasn’t labeled or packaged properly,” said Ashley Rogers, a Southwest spokeswoman. […]
