Archive for August, 2011
Paul Krugman on CNN: “If We Discovered That Space Aliens Were Planning to Attack… This Slump Would Be Over in 18 Months”
August 15th, 2011The Al Qaeda swindle isn’t working, so why not double down and shoot for the stars? Via: CNN Clip on YouTube: Paul Krugman wants to create a Keynesian-infused Space Alien Economic Bubble to revive the depressed one we have right now.
Japanese Burning Radioactive Materials Causing ‘Rainouts’ Around Japan and Elsewhere in Northern Hemisphere
August 15th, 2011Via: Washington’s Blog: Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says in a new interview that the Japanese are burning radioactive waste from Fukushima. This ends up not only in neighboring prefectures, but in Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and California. Radioactive rain-outs were documented recently in British Columbia and Oklahoma with geiger counters. Gundersen is working with […]
Pakistan Let China See Crashed U.S. “Stealth” Copter
August 15th, 2011Via: Financial Times: Pakistan allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the top-secret stealth helicopter that US special forces left behind when they killed Osama bin Laden, the Financial Times has learnt. The action is the latest incident to underscore the increasingly complicated relationship and lack of trust between Islamabad and Washington […]
Author Claims Pentagon Can’t Account for $10 Trillion Since 1991
August 15th, 2011Via: Daily Ticker: You think Enron’s accounting was troubled? The Pentagon has very little accountability when it comes to its books. Since first submitting financial accounts in 1991, the Pentagon “has been unable to account for trillions of dollars, well over almost $10 trillion by my own account,” says Glain. Conspiracy theorists suggest this is […]
ooShirts for Custom T-Shirts
August 15th, 2011One of the cool aspects of running Cryptogon is that people occasionally want to give me stuff in exchange for promoting their businesses or products. When Colleen from ooShirts offered me a $100 coupon for custom t-shirts, I was delighted because I had actually just been looking to replace a bunch of VERY old and […]
NZ Snowmageddon
August 15th, 2011Update: Snow in Auckland Via: New Zealand Herald: Snow has fallen in downtown Auckland for the first time in 80 years as a ‘once in a lifetime’ polar blast spreads across New Zealand, forecasters say. Widespread reports of snow emerged this afternoon as bitterly cold and stormy conditions set in around Auckland. — There are […]
Terror Screening Watchlist Service
August 14th, 2011Via: The Informant: Last Friday, the federal government’s new anti-terror database, the Terror Screening Watchlist Service, went live. The database is loaded with an unknown amount of personal information, including names, photographs and biometric data. In a new turn that has civil liberties advocates crying foul, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming all information […]
Actor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars
August 14th, 2011Via: ABC News: Corey Feldman has no idea what it’s like not to be famous. After all, he starred in a McDonald’s ad when he was just 3 years old. “I literally was famous before I knew my own name,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ “Nightline.” The ad led to roles in […]
JAPANESE NUCLEAR EXPERT: FUKUSHIMA DISASTER RELEASED ALMOST 30 TIMES MORE RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION THAN ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
August 14th, 2011Via: Asahi: An exasperated University of Tokyo professor who launched an angry tirade at lawmakers over the Fukushima nuclear crisis has become a hero to many on the Internet. Tatsuhiko Kodama, 58, who heads the Radioisotope Center at Todai, was called to provide expert testimony before the Lower House Health, Labor and Welfare Committee on […]
Georgia: Thousands Line Up for Free Dental Services
August 13th, 2011Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution: Thousands of people stood in line for free dental services Friday at a church in Woodstock. The two-day clinic at First Baptist Church of Woodstock on Hwy. 92 is being sponsored by the Georgia Dental Association and its Foundation for Oral Health. “The line went around the building, all the way […]
