Archive for December, 2010
Don’t Be a Victim of Telecom New Zealand
December 6th, 2010This is off topic for most of you, but for people in New Zealand who use Telecom: I have gotten the Commerce Commission involved this time. Cross check what Telecom is reporting your XT usage to be vs. what they are billing you for. Maybe some households wouldn’t notice a NZ$36 Christmas bonus for Telecom […]
Human Resources
December 5th, 2010If Cryptogon had a “required viewing” list, Human Resources would be at the top. However, this is not a movie for beginners. I’ve been gazing down the barrel of this predicament of ours for twenty years and I felt my pulse quicken and the hair on my arms standing on end as I watched this. […]
FBI Plants Informant in Mosque to Incite Violence; Muslims Report Him to FBI (Not The Onion)
December 5th, 2010Via: Washington Post: Before the sun rose, the informant donned a white Islamic robe. A tiny camera was sewn into a button, and a microphone was buried in a device attached to his keys. “This is Farouk al-Aziz, code name Oracle,” he said into the keys as he sat in his parked car in this […]
Welcome to Shanghai-on-Shannon: Chinese Plans to Create a City in Co Westmeath That Will Act as a Trading Hub for Europe
December 5th, 2010This is just what Ireland needs! The World’s Largest Shopping Mall — Is Empty China’s Empty City Via: Irish Times: IT HAS BEEN the talk of Athlone for almost two years. What began as vague whisperings of Chinese investors scouting the midlands town for a major project soon developed into umpteen rumours, each one grander […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
December 5th, 2010Thank you. Pookie $75 RH $20 MW $20 areyoutargeted.com $12.06
November Earnings
December 5th, 2010Earnings from all sources came to $1769.94. That’s another outstanding result. While only nine people out of the approximately 42,000 who read Cryptogon in November sent cash contributions, the U.S. Amazon result was astonishing at $816 in commissions. There was also a big purchase on NitroPak which resulted in a $300 commission. Thank you to […]
Why Farmers Are Flocking to Manure
December 5th, 2010I’d be extremely careful with manure from industrial livestock operations in the U.S. Most or all of what those animals eat is genetically engineered and they are pumped full of antibiotics and injections containing heavy metals. Animal manures can be wonderful fertilizers that build soil structure and increase beneficial biological activity in the soil. Just […]
JP Morgan Takes Large Longside Position in Copper Ahead of ETF Launch
December 5th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The American investment bank JP Morgan is the mystery trader that grabbed more than half the copper on the London Metal Exchange, The Daily Telegraph has learned. The $1.5bn (£1bn) trade was described in the LME’s daily update as “between 50pc and 80pc” of the 350,000 tonnes in reserves. This pushed up the […]
Submarine Dive Finds Oil, Dead Sea Life at Bottom of Gulf of Mexico
December 5th, 2010Via: ABC News: A mile below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, there is little sign of life. “It looks like everything’s dead,” University of Georgia professor Samantha Joye said. In an exclusive trip aboard the U.S. Navy’s deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, ABC News was given the chance to observe the impact of this […]
Outbreak of Unidentified, Ebola-Like Disease in Uganda
December 3rd, 2010Via: ReliefWeb: An unidentified deadly disease broke out in Abim village located in the Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda in late October 2010. Several cases of the disease were reported and several deaths have resulted. The disease then spread from Karamoja to neighbouring districts. On December 1, some cases were also reported in Gulu. The […]
