Archive for November, 2010
Federal Reserve Buying $600 Billion in U.S. Government Debt
November 3rd, 2010Via: CNBC: The Federal Reserve, in one of the most eagerly awaited decisions in months, agreed to buy $600 billion more of government debt to help jump-start the US economy, despite worries that the move carries significant risks for the US dollar and financial markets.
Did Somebody Just Try to Buy the British Government?
November 3rd, 2010Update: Video —End Update— Wow, oh wow. Here’s one for your Double Plus WTF? file folder. It’s in the Lords Hansard. That’s the link. Scroll down to 1 Nov 2010 : Column 1538. Tell me this is simply a case of a codger and too many single malt drinkies. If not, this is the most […]
2% of Netflix Users Account for 20% of U.S. Internet Traffic at Peak Times
November 3rd, 2010Via: Slate: On Sept. 22, Netflix began offering its streaming movie service in Canada. This was Netflix’s first venture outside of the United States, and because the company wasn’t offering its traditional DVD-by-mail plan to Canadians, its prospects seemed questionable. How many people would pay $7.99 per month (Canadian) for the chance to watch Superbad […]
A Tale of Two Ghettoes
November 3rd, 2010Via: National Post: Why is Shoppers Drug Mart pulling 3,500 copies of Adbusters, my magazine, off its shelves? A week ago, in the National Post, the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) accused Adbusters of anti-Semitism for publishing side-by-side photographs of the Gaza and Warsaw ghettos ( “Anti-Semitism on your magazine rack — courtesy of Adbusters,” Oct. […]
GoldMoney Now Using Ultrasound on Clients’ Gold Bars
November 3rd, 2010Disclosure: I have no relationship with GoldMoney. Via: GoldMoney: As of October 2010 we have begun using ultrasound scanning technology to verify that each of the gold bars we store for you is free of foreign materials and defects. Any bar that fails the ultrasound test is melted down, assayed and then recast into a […]
British Innovation: New Speed Camera Can Catch Drivers Committing Five Offenses at Once
November 2nd, 2010Via: Guardian: A speed camera designed to catch motorists committing up to five offences at the same time could be heading to Britain’s roads. As well as catching speeding motorists, the Asset camera should be able to pick out drivers who are not wearing seatbelts and accurately measure distances between moving cars to identify tailgating. […]
Is a Federal Nordic State on the Cards?
November 2nd, 2010Via: Guardian: Today the leaders of the five Nordic states are meeting to discuss the possibility of creating a Nordic federal state. Ever since the Kalmar Union of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden – reaching to Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney – collapsed in 1523, the idea of reinstating some […]
Back to the Scene of the Crime: A Return to Jekyll Island: The Origins, History, and Future of the Federal Reserve
November 2nd, 2010See: The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin. Via: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: This special conference marks the centenary of the 1910 Jekyll Island meeting that resulted in draft legislation for the creation of a U.S. central bank. Parts of this draft (the Aldrich plan) were incorporated into the 1913 Federal Reserve […]
Canada: Tories Reintroduce ISP Intercept Bill
November 2nd, 2010Via: CBC: The federal Conservatives have reintroduced legislation that would allow police and intelligence officials to intercept online communications and get personal information from internet service providers (ISPs) about their subscribers without first obtaining a warrant.
Sarkozy: “Britain and France have pooled their sovereignty.”
November 2nd, 2010Via: Guardian: Britain and France today signed a landmark 50-year treaty on defence and security that envisages the joint use of aircraft carriers, a 10,000-strong joint expeditionary force and unprecedented new levels of co-operation over nuclear missiles. … Cameron disclosed that the two treaties would: * Create a joint expeditionary task force in which around […]
