Archive for July, 2011
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions in July
July 11th, 2011Pookie sent $75 and Global Governance Archive sent $25. Thank you.
June Earnings
July 11th, 2011During the first half of June, I was nearly certain that I was headed for a wide and worrying earnings miss for the month. I thought that people were tapped out, due to the widening economic collapse, sick of Cryptogon or both. But then you guys came through full throttle in the second half of […]
EU Calls Emergency Meeting Over Italian Debt
July 10th, 2011Via: Reuters: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region’s third largest economy. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will attend the meeting along with Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman […]
Upcoming 405 Closure Could Trigger a Domino Effect of Gridlock
July 10th, 2011Here’s one for your It’s A Good Thing That The Terrorists Are Too Stupid To Think Of This file folder. Via: Los Angeles Times: Officials encourage drivers to stay home, warning of possible cascading logjams on alternative routes. Marcella and Richard Tyler may be in the path of a traffic hurricane many fear will whip […]
Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
July 10th, 2011So, here are some guesses as to what voluntary will mean: Do you want to login to your bank? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Online trading account? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Book an airline ticket? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Sign up for Internet service? You’ll need your […]
U.S. Regime May Cite 14th Amendment to Keep Raising Debt Ceiling
July 10th, 2011Forget your gold coins and bars. This is comedy gold! I had guessed that the regime would use something from one or more of the multiple emergency declarations that the U.S. is under to keep the band playing on, but going to the Constitution might make for less worrisome soundbites—assuming that it goes that far, […]
Scariest Jobs Chart Ever
July 9th, 2011Via: Business Insider: Even though we’re “creating jobs” each month, this would seem to point to a large, brewing, structural unemployment problem, with a significant chunk of the population permanently out of the workforce. Historically, we’ve never seen anything like this, and the fact that we only had one down-blip during the recovery is stunning. […]
HULC Robotic Exoskeleton Undergoing Biomechanical Testing with U.S. Army
July 9th, 2011Future headline? ‘Resistance Fighters Use Smartphone to Cause U.S. Troops Wearing Exoskeletons to ‘Walk’ Off Tall Cliff’ They did it for the lulz. Via: Gizmag: Following lab evaluation tests, Lockheed Martin’s ruggedized HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) robotic exoskeleton is now undergoing biomechanical testing at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center […]
U.S. Official Says Pre-Infected Computer Hardware and Software Entering Country
July 9th, 2011Yeah, but that shit from China is cheap, CHEAP! Bargains! Via: MSNBC: Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer hardware and software is already being imported to the United States preloaded with spyware and security-sabotaging components. Research Credit: m
Why Do The Police Have Tanks?
July 9th, 2011Via: AlterNet: How did we allow our law enforcement apparatus to descend into militaristic chaos? Traditionally, the role of civilian police has been to maintain the peace and safety of the community while upholding the civil liberties of residents in their respective jurisdiction. In stark contrast, the military soldier is an agent of war, trained […]
