Archive for July, 2011
Ahmed Wali Karzai, Brother of Afghan President, Killed by Trusted Guard
July 12th, 2011Update: Bodyguard Who Killed Karzai’s Brother Was Trusted CIA Contact Via: Independent: The bodyguard who assassinated President Hamid Karzai’s brother had been working closely with US Special Forces and the CIA before he was recruited by the Taliban, raising fears over the Islamist movement’s increasingly sophisticated intelligence apparatus which has managed to threaten the inner […]
Recovery: Cisco to Cut as Many as 10,000 Jobs
July 12th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the largest networking-equipment company, may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to revive profit growth, according to two people familiar with the plans. The cuts include as many as 7,000 jobs that would be eliminated by the end of August, said the […]
‘Vaccination Program’ in Pakistan Was a CIA Covert Operation
July 12th, 2011The parts about Bin Laden are random gibberish in my opinion. For me, the key information is: CIA ran a vaccination program as a covert operation. Full stop. How many other doctors around the world take CIA bribes to run ‘vaccination programs’? Questions, questions. Via: Guardian: The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the […]
Greek Budget Gap Widens, Widely Misses Target Set Under Bailout Plan
July 11th, 2011Via: Reuters: A deeper-than-expected recession caused Greece’s central government deficit to widen by almost one third in the first half of the year, widely missing an interim budget target under the country’s bailout plan, the finance ministry said on Monday. Budget slippages amid the recession caused the government last month to agree even harsher austerity […]
Dollar
July 11th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Ok, the trouble in Europe caused a big move higher on the dollar. As a result, this bearish triangle is failing. A positive candle close above that top triangle line sets up 76.366. If it takes out 76.366, the bastard could […]
Italy Leads Surge in Sovereign Debt Risk to Record on Contagion
July 11th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The cost of insuring against default on Italian government debt surged to a record, leading an increase in a gauge of European sovereign debt risk to an all- time high on concern the region’s crisis is spreading. Credit-default swaps on Italy surged 32 basis points to 283, according to CMA prices at 12:30 […]
Large Banks Responsible for Mortgage Disaster Might Be Able to Buy Immunity for $30 Billion
July 11th, 2011*meh* Pocket lint. Hell, why bother spending any money on a settlement? If nobody from Lehman went down—fuggetaboutit. Although, it might be worth it since I doubt anyone actually knows how that fraud soaked debt might metastasize in the future. Via: Huffington Post: State and federal prosecutors are pressing to complete a proposed settlement with […]
Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
July 11th, 2011Via: Popular Science: The fastest human butchers can fully debone about 150 chickens per hour. That’s a lot of chickens! But the new Mayekawa Automatic Chicken Deboner easily bests it, masterfully breaking down a whopping 1,500 chickens in the same amount of time–which, if our math is correct, is ten times faster than a flesh-and-blood […]
Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Lawyer
July 11th, 2011Via: Wired: Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton. Now renamed Xe and owned by an investor […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
July 11th, 2011Thanks to the owner of macrochan.us for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90.
