Archive for September, 2012
Fewer Than 100 Adult Cod Left in the North Sea
September 17th, 2012Via: Telegraph: A survey of catches at European ports has found that fishermen did not catch a single cod over the age of 13 last year. The findings raise concerns for future stocks of cod, which become more fertile as they age. The fish can live as long as 25 years and grow to 6ft. […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
September 17th, 2012Thank you. Anonymous – Gift for Our Boys AS $25 MW $20 SP AU$50 AZ CA$40
France: Half of Drugs Prescribed Useless or Dangerous
September 17th, 2012Via: Guardian: Half of all medicines being prescribed by doctors in France are either useless or potentially dangerous for patients, according to two eminent medical specialists. They blame the powerful pharmaceutical companies for keeping these drugs on sale at huge expense to the health system and the taxpayer. Professor Philippe Even, director of the prestigious […]
Boy Scouts Helped Alleged Molesters Cover Tracks for Decades
September 17th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from parents and the public. A Los Angeles Times review of 1,600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found that Scouting officials frequently urged admitted offenders […]
Thanks to the Purchaser of the Hohner Bravo Piano Accordion
September 17th, 2012You guys support Cryptogon by buying some pretty wild stuff on Amazon, but my jaw hung slack when I saw this in my commission report: To the accordion playing Cryptogon reader out there somewhere: Thank you.
Panetta: China, Japan Heading Towards War
September 17th, 2012Via: AFP: CHINA and other Asian countries could end up at war over territorial disputes if governments keep up their “provocative behaviour”, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said. Speaking to reporters before arriving in Tokyo on a trip to Asia, Mr Panetta appealed for restraint amid mounting tensions over territorial rights in the East […]
Gold
September 16th, 2012Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I haven’t posted a gold chart in a long time. Gold has been painfully rangebound for months. It has been very strong over the last few weekly candles and is now nearing a couple of overhead resistance levels. You can see […]
Armada of British Naval Power Massing in the Gulf as Israel Prepares an Iran Strike
September 16th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war. Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to mine or blockade the shipping […]
‘Muslims’ Movie Producer Was Arrested for PCP, Snitched for Feds
September 15th, 2012Via: Wired: Before he was involved in the making of a noxious video that provided an excuse for anti-American riots in the Middle East, and before he was convicted of federal bank fraud, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was arrested on charges relating to the making of angel dust. Court records reviewed by Danger Room show that […]
TSA Screener Busted for Child Pornography
September 15th, 2012Via: NBC Miami: A Transportation Security Administration employee was arrested on 25 counts of possessing child pornography, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. TSA screener Andrew Smeal, 39, was being held at the Broward County Main Jail on $50,000 bond Thursday night, according to online BSO records.
