Archive for September, 2010
Recovery: Foreclosures Rise; Repossessions Set Record
September 16th, 2010Via: CNBC: US foreclosure activity rose in August from the previous month, and banks and lenders took ownership from homeowners at a record pace, according to a new report released Thursday. Bank repossessions, often the final step in the foreclosure process after a home fails to sell at auction, increased about 2 percent from the […]
Banner Image: Not Photoshop
September 16th, 2010Some questions have been coming in with regard to the current banner image. No, I didn’t make that in Photoshop. Yes, that’s marijuana. Via: Boston Globe – Big Picture – Reuters: Cpl Ryan Belgrave with the Canadian Army’s 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, walks through a field of marijuana plants during a […]
DIY, Small Scale Algae Production
September 16th, 2010Via: Shareable: Microscopic spinning orbs and spirals of green goo are the answers to our planet’s energy crisis and arable land shortage. At least that’s what Aaron Baum, a 40-year-old Harvard graduate and Stanford PhD, has concluded. And Baum should know. After a mid-life crisis of sorts, he spent months researching the types of science […]
Twitter Feed Working Again
September 16th, 2010A reader let me know that Cryptogon’s Twitter feed has been broken for the last couple of weeks. (Shows you how much I deal with Twitter.) It should be working again.
FBI Forwards Letters to Political Prisoners to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
September 15th, 2010Via: IndyMedia: Recently we began receiving documents in response to a FOIA request we filed with the FBI about Eric McDavid. The documents have uncovered a few alarming pieces of information, but one in particular we felt it necessary to share with the public as soon as possible. For years people have been speculating that […]
Privacy Tool for Iranian Activists Disabled After Security Holes Exposed
September 15th, 2010Via: Wired: A highly lauded privacy tool designed to help Iranian activists circumvent state spying and censorship has been disabled after an independent researcher discovered security vulnerabilities in the system that could potentially expose the identities of anonymous users. Users have been instructed to destroy all copies of the software, known as Haystack, and the […]
Protesters Put on State Terror Watch List
September 15th, 2010Via: Pittsburgh Tribune Review: An activist who believes he was improperly included on a state terror threat list said this morning he is preparing a federal lawsuit. “When people’s civil rights are trampled it’s a federal issue,” said Gene Stilp of Harrisburg, who holds a Virginia law license but does not practice as an attorney. […]
New Name for High Fructose Corn Syrup: Corn Sugar
September 15th, 2010Via: Food Consumer: On September 14, the Corn Refiner’s Association said in a press release posted on its website that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration to allow manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, to use the name “corn sugar” instead of high fructose corn syrup.
‘About 90% of Americans are walking around with a portable tracking device all the time, and they have no idea’
September 15th, 2010Via: Time: As long as you don’t leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go — a record the government can then get from your telephone company. … It is not hard to imagine that the government could also one day use cell-phone data to stifle dissent. Cell-phone […]
Britain: Under New Plan, Government Would Deduct Taxes Directly from Workers’ Gross Pay and Issue Pay Checks
September 15th, 2010Wow! Do you think it will stop at just the income tax? Just wait. Property taxes. Unpaid speeding tickets. Fart taxes. Oh, baby. The sky’s the limit on this terrifying nonsense. That’s the beauty of a “centralised deductions system.” Her Majesty can authoritatively and effortlessly lift your wallet and send you on your way. Via: […]
