Archive for July, 2010
Ex-Clinton Fundraiser Gets 12 Years in Prison
July 15th, 2010Via: AP: A wealthy Manhattan investment banker who was once a top fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other big-name Democrats has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for bank fraud. Hassan Nemazee (hah-SAHN’ nah-MAH’-zee) was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He had reached a plea deal in March. He has admitted […]
Banks Repossess U.S. Homes at Record Pace
July 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Banks repossessed a record number of U.S. homes in the second quarter, but slowed new foreclosure notices to manage distressed properties on the market, real estate data company RealtyTrac said on Thursday. The root problems of job losses and wage cuts persist, making a sustained U.S. housing recovery elusive. Banks took control of […]
U.S. Home-Buying Applications Sink to 13-Year Low
July 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Demand for loans to purchase U.S. homes sunk to a 13-year low last week, and refinancing demand also slid despite near record-low mortgage rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday. Requests for loans to buy homes dropped 3.1 percent in the week ended July 9, after adjusting for the Independence Day holiday, […]
Questions, Questions: Terawatt Research
July 15th, 2010How many “free energy” companies have a former Director of the CIA and FBI on their payrolls? By my math, there’s just one: Terawatt Research, LLC. Here is William Webster’s bio on the Terawatt Research website: Judge William H. Webster (Milbank Tweed Hadley & Mc Cloy) Strategic Advisor William H. Webster was sworn in as […]
Retired NASA Flight Director: 9/11 Aircraft Speed Is The “Elephant In The Room”
July 14th, 2010Via: Pilots for 9/11 Truth: A Responsibility to Explain an Aeronautical Improbability Dwain Deets NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (Senior Executive Service – retired) AIAA Associate Fellow The airplane was UA175, a Boeing 767-200, shortly before crashing into World Trade Center Tower 2. Based on analysis of radar data, the National Transportation and Safety Board […]
Boeing Unveils Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered Spy Plane
July 14th, 2010Via: BBC: Boeing has unveiled its unmanned hydrogen-powered spy plane which can fly non-stop for up to four days. The high-altitude plane, called Phantom Eye, will remain aloft at 20,000m (65,000ft), according to the company. The demonstrator will be shipped to Nasa’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California later this summer to prepare for its […]
U.S. Company Set to Ship Billions of Gallons of Water from Alaska to India
July 14th, 2010Tell me this is a hoax. Via: TreeHugger: India is hurting for water. With rapidly growing populations of people and a rising middle class that is mimicking the wasteful water consumption habits well known here in the United States, coupled with poor water management practices, India is set to be one of the first parts […]
SmithKline Hid Test Data on Dangerous Diabetes Drug
July 14th, 2010Via: New York Times: In the fall of 1999, the drug giant SmithKline Beecham secretly began a study to find out if its diabetes medicine, Avandia, was safer for the heart than a competing pill, Actos, made by Takeda. Avandia’s success was crucial to SmithKline, whose labs were otherwise all but barren of new products. […]
Former Member of Clinton Regime: Obama Needs “A 9/11 Event or an Oklahoma City Bombing” to Command Confidence
July 14th, 2010Via: Financial Times: “The bottom line here is that Americans don’t believe in President Obama’s leadership,” says Rob Shapiro, another former Clinton official and a supporter of Mr Obama. “He has to find some way between now and November of demonstrating that he is a leader who can command confidence and, short of a 9/11 […]
Thousands of Laptops Stolen During Nine-Hour Heist from Government Contractor
July 14th, 2010Via: AP: Thousands of laptops have been stolen from the Florida office of a private contractor for the U.S. military’s Special Operations Command. Surveillance cameras caught up to seven people loading the computers into two trucks for nine hours. U.S. Special Operations Command coordinates the activities of elite units from the Army, Navy, Air Force […]
