Archive for October, 2010
California: State Cancels Access to Welfare Benefits on Cruise Ships and Casinos
October 7th, 2010I should have a California category to complete with Florida. Via: Los Angeles Times: California officials are cutting off use of state-issued welfare debit cards at casinos across the country and on cruise ships, in the wake of Times reports that the aid cards have been used to spend or withdraw millions of dollars in […]
UK Home Prices Plunged Record 3.6% in September
October 7th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: U.K. house prices plunged in September by the most since at least 1983, adding to evidence that the housing market faces a renewed slump as the government readies the biggest spending cuts since World War II. The average cost of a home fell 3.6 percent from August to 162,096 pounds ($258,000), Halifax said […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions in October
October 7th, 2010Thank you. Pookie $75 areyoutargeted.com $75 AN $25 MW $20 CS £15
9/11: Firemen Explosion Testimony
October 7th, 2010The video below is from the NIST data dump that the International Center for 9/11 Studies obtained through FOIA. The files are now available as a torrent. (Since I’m in New Zealand, there’s no way for me to download an 86GB torrent, but most of you aren’t dealing with small-remote-island Internet issues like me.) There […]
White House Blocked Government Scientists from Warning American Public of the Potential Environmental Disaster Caused by BP Oil Spill
October 7th, 2010See floridaoilspilllaw.com for full time coverage of the ongoing disaster in the region. Via: Guardian: The White House blocked government scientists from warning the American public of the potential environmental disaster caused by BP’s broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, a report released by the national commission investigating the oil spill said yesterday. The […]
U.S. Arrests 130 Puerto Ricans, Including 90 Police Officers, on Charges Related to Drug Trafficking
October 7th, 2010Clear out the upstarts. Eliminate the competition. Keep prices high. Via: AP: Hundreds of FBI agents flew into Puerto Rico to round up dozens of police officers accused of aiding drug traffickers Wednesday — one of the darkest days yet for a force tarnished by recent allegations of brutality, discrimination and incompetence. In pre-dawn raids, […]
Killing Each Taliban Soldier Costs $50 Million?
October 6th, 2010There are, however, a few metrics by which “victory” for the U.S. in Afghanistan may be measured. First of all, the fact that mayhem continues is a victory for the corporations that profit from the absurd war-related contracts. There’s the unknown billions of heroin related dollars that are generated from covert operations in Afghanistan. The […]
Passat BlueMotion Enters Record Books: Travels 1,527 Miles Without Refueling
October 6th, 2010This is impressive, but you don’t need to own a fancy car to improve mileage by slowing down: Slow down. Air resistance goes up as the square of velocity. The power consumed to overcome that air resistance goes up as the cube of the velocity. Rolling resistance is the dominant force below about 40 mph. […]
Reminder: Possible DX Support Ahead
October 5th, 2010Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Gold is sharply higher today, with the spot metal reaching a new record high of $1342.30. Let’s look ahead a few days to a couple of weeks. Gold may pull back a bit if DX sees the support ahead, but the […]
Super-Rich Investors Buy Gold by Ton
October 5th, 2010Via: Reuters: The world’s wealthiest people have responded to economic worries by buying gold by the bar — and sometimes by the ton — and by moving assets out of the financial system, bankers catering to the very rich said on Monday. Fears of a double-dip downturn have boosted the appetite for physical bullion as […]
