Archive for March, 2011
Congo Gold Smuggling Ring’s Big Texas Ties
March 2nd, 2011Via: Mad Cow Productions: A Dallas-based Gulfstream V luxury jet seized for gold smuggling last month by authorities in the war-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also under investigation for drug running by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The Gulfstream implicated in gold trafficking in Goma was on the DEA’s […]
New Hampshire: Bill Would Make Some Airport Screening Sexual Assault
March 2nd, 2011Via: WMUR: Lawmakers and residents engaged in heated debate Tuesday over a bill that would make random airport security pat-downs and body scans criminal in New Hampshire. The bill (HB628-FN) “makes the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person’s breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual […]
Christchurch Earthquake: Need a Toilet?
March 2nd, 2011The situation around the lack of toilets in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. All this talk about having to import toilets from Australia and people trying to flag down workers, begging for toilets… Come on, people. Please try to spread the word about how […]
Iran Arrests Opposition Leaders
March 1st, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Oil rose from the lowest in a week in New York as Libyan crude exports were curbed by fighting in the North African country while demonstrations planned in Iran raised concern of wider disruptions. Futures climbed as much as 1 percent after authorities in Iran, the second-largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum […]
SAUDI ARABIA SENDS TANKS INTO BAHRAIN [?]
March 1st, 2011Update: Bahrain Denies Via: Dow Jones: Bahrain’s government Tuesday denied rumors that Saudi Arabian tanks had crossed into the island kingdom. “There are no Saudi Arabian tanks in Bahrain,” Bahrain’s information ministry said in a statement, adding that tanks identified in news reports as crossing the border Monday evening were Bahraini tanks returning from Kuwait, […]
China’s Holdings of U.S. Debt Larger than Previously Reported
March 1st, 2011Via: AFP: China’s holdings of US bonds reached $1.16 trillion at the end of December, almost $270 billion more than previously estimated, new data showed Monday. Beijing, which has converted much of a huge trade surplus with the United States over the past two decades into buying up US treasuries and other securities, held 26.1 […]
Ideas for a Television Show About ‘Conspiracy Theories’
March 1st, 2011The executive producer of a television show that deals with conspiracy theories emailed me. He stated that he reads Cryptogon and likes it. He then went on to ask me for ideas for his show. I responded with some ideas. For whatever reason, the person no longer wishes to communicate with me. That’s fine. The […]
