Archive for May, 2013
Taxes On Some Wealthy French Top 100 Percent Of Income
May 19th, 2013Via: Reuters: More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxation was due to a one-off levy last year on 2011 incomes for households with assets of […]
Dear Class of ’13: You’ve Been Scammed
May 18th, 2013Via: MarketWatch: You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history. It is a conspiracy so big and powerful that Dan Brown won’t even touch it. It’s a conspiracy so insidious that you will rarely hear its name. Move over, […]
Gladio B
May 18th, 2013Via: Cease Fire Magazine: While the reality of Gladio’s existence in Europe is a matter of historical record, Edmonds contended the same strategy was adopted by the Pentagon in the 1990s in a new theatre of operations, namely, Asia. “Instead of using neo-Nazis, they used mujahideen working under various bin Ladens, as well as al-Zawahiri”, […]
Reader Supports Cryptogon with $75 Donation
May 18th, 2013Thanks to Pookie for sending $75.
April Earnings
May 18th, 2013Thanks to everyone who supported Cryptogon in April. Total earnings came to $1017.24.
Captain Obvious: Gen X On Track To Be Worse Off Than Boomers In Retirement
May 17th, 2013Via: CNN: Boomers lost a significant chunk of their retirement nest eggs in the recession, but it was members of Generation X who were really hit the hardest, according to a report released Thursday. If they don’t start paying off debt and saving more, Gen Xers (those between the ages of 38 and 47) and […]
IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office
May 17th, 2013Via: ABC: The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012. But Ingram has since […]
U.S. Congress Restricts Government Purchase of Chinese Computer Equipment, Citing Cyber-Espionage Concerns
May 17th, 2013haha. Good luck with that. Via: The Verge: The latest US appropriations bill, signed into law just this week, includes a provision that is likely to further raise tensions between the country and China. The provision requires the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, NASA, and the NSF to perform a formal assessment of risk […]
And Now… ‘Boston Bombings Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Left Note In Boat He Hid In’
May 16th, 2013Oh sure. Via: CBS: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack on the Boston Marathon, reports CBS News senior correspondent John Miller. Sources tell Miller that Tsarnaev wrote the note in the boat he was hiding in as police pursued him, and as he bled from gunshot […]
‘Pentagon Spec Ops Chief Sees ’10 to 20? More Years of War Against al-Qaida’
May 16th, 2013Via: Wired: The war in Afghanistan may be winding down. But the Pentagon’s chief of irregular warfare still sees a war against al-Qaida that will last decades, all over the world — a prospect that prompted astonishment and constitutional debate in the Senate. Asked at a Senate hearing today how long the war on terrorism […]
