Archive for October, 2010
The Toyota Hilux: The Vehicular Equivalent of the AK-47
October 16th, 2010We visited a very reputable used car dealership—that handles lots of Japanese used vehicles—and asked the owner: Why are there so few utes (pickups) available? The owner of the used car dealership told us, “Well heeled Pakistanis are pretty much outbidding everyone at the used vehicle auctions in Japan. The utes are winding up in […]
BBC Ad from March (You’ll Love This)
October 15th, 2010Britain: Another Primary School Presents Students with UFO Scenario Has There Ever Been This Much “Alien” Entertainment at Once? Via: BBC / YouTube: Related: BBC Superpower: Exploring the Power of the Internet Research Credit: AT
Family Farm Ordered to Destroy 50,000 Pounds of Cheese
October 15th, 2010Via: Poor Richard’s Blog: Morningland Dairy is the latest attempt by the FDA to fulfill the Healthy People 2020 objective to kill raw dairy. Morningland is owned by Joseph and Denise Dixon, who operate the cheese plant and make raw cheese from cows kept right on the property and managed by one of their eldest […]
Alan Grayson to FBI: Bring Criminal Charges Against Banks Over Foreclosure Fraud
October 15th, 2010Via: Market Ticker: October 14, 2010 Robert S. Mueller III Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535 Robert O’Neill U.S. Attorney Middle District of Florida 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 3200 Tampa, FL 33602 Dear U.S. Attorney O’Neill and Director Mueller, When it comes to foreclosures, there is mounting evidence […]
India’s Richest Man Moves Into “Home” with 27 Stories
October 14th, 2010You have to see the picture of this thing. I was thinking, “Where have I seen this. I looks somehow familiar.” Check out the cover of The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Note to self: Consider a Future Dystopias Today category. Via: Telegraph: The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new […]
Department of Homeland Security’s “Social Networking Monitoring Center”
October 14th, 2010Via: EFF: Narcissistic tendencies in many people fuels a need to have a large group of “friends” link to their pages and many of these people accept cyber-friends that they don’t even know. This provides an excellent vantage point for FDNS to observe the daily life of beneficiaries and petitioners who are suspected of fraudulent […]
Canada: Secret Cold War Plan Included Mass Detentions
October 14th, 2010Via: CBC: At the height of the Cold War, the Canadian government crafted a top-secret plan to detain thousands of citizens with Communist links in the event of a national security threat, according to a joint CBC/Radio-Canada investigation. The secret contingency plan, called PROFUNC, allowed police to round up and indefinitely detain Canadians believed to […]
Gold: New Record High, $1388
October 14th, 2010Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Continuing its sharp decline, the U.S. Dollar Index is nearing an important “make or break” level as indicated on the monthly interval chart below. This pattern is a massive bearish pennant, but as you can see, there are significant rallies as […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
October 14th, 2010Thanks to MercOut.com for sending NZ$100. Thanks also go to CS, who sent a second contribution this month of £10 (£25 total for the month).
50 State Attorneys General Announce Foreclosure Probe
October 13th, 2010Via: Washington Post: The attorneys general of all 50 U.S. states announced Wednesday that they are joining to probe mortgage loan servicers who are accused of submitting false affidavits, but they stopped short of calling for a national moratorium. The multistate investigation will initially focus on whether Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, Ally Financial […]
