Archive for October, 2013
Russia Planning ‘Near-Total Surveillance’ of Visitors, Athletes at Sochi Winter Olympics
October 6th, 2013HAHA. Warning, Americans, the Russians will be doing to you what the U.S. Government does to you 24/7. Via: Telegraph: Security measures at the Sochi winter Olympics will include such extensive electronic eavesdropping and surveillance that the US State Department has advised Americans headed to Russia to leave smart phones and laptops at home, an […]
Recovery: ‘Families Hoard Cash 5 Years After Crisis’
October 6th, 2013Voluntary simplicity, or, living well on very little money, kicks evil people in the nuts and gouges out their eyes… Doing this in the U.S. has a force multiplier effect because the U.S. is the largest source of the funds that keep the global ponzi scheme running. When people in wealthy countries opt out, the […]
Harvest Time: Canadian Government Takes Man’s Farm to Build Military Base
October 6th, 2013Via: Maclean’s: In Frank Meyers’s eyes, the view from his dining room window is priceless. Literally. He can see the old wooden house where he lived as a little boy. The family barn, rebuilt with his talented hands. Rows and rows of sweet corn, sprouting from prime Ontario soil. No matter how many federal bureaucrats […]
Treasury Will Run Out of Borrowed Money by October 17
October 6th, 2013“Or maybe it’s just a date in a video game”: 😉 Via: USA Today: The United States will run out of borrowed money “no later than Oct. 17” unless Congress raises the $16.7 trillion debt limit, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a letter to Congress Wednesday. Lew’s letter marks the first time he has […]
On the Possibility of Social Security Payments Not Going Out
October 6th, 2013I’m almost sure that they won’t let this situation hit the wall, but beware: If the dole train stops running for any reason, the U.S. will be facing a large scale internal collapse situation very fast. Again, my guess is that the Social Security and Food Stamp band will keep playing on for now. Via: […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributions in October
October 5th, 2013Thank you very much. Pookie $75 DM $15 Banana Farmers $50 JB $30 RD $50 In addition to the financial support, people have sent lovely cards celebrating Niamh’s birth. We’ve made a little shrine out of all of these cards in our kitchen/living room area. The Banana Farmers also sent a heavy box of homegrown […]
September Earnings
October 5th, 2013Earnings in September totaled $1383.49, which is a fantastic result. Thanks very much to everyone who sent funds and conducted business via Cryptogon’s affiliate links.
Laurel Farm Creamery
October 5th, 2013Via: Laurel Farm Creamery: Laurel Farm Creamery is a small farm outside Asheville, NC. For years we have raised dairy animals and made cheese, and we have finally decided that, since there’s nothing any of us enjoy more, we should be doing it for a living. This blog will chronicle our adventures as we make […]
‘Implanted Electrodes Reboot Brain Out of Intractable Depression’
October 5th, 2013Via: Scientific American: Psychological depression is more than an emotional state. Good evidence for that comes from emerging new uses for a technology already widely prescribed for Parkinson’s patients. The more neurologists and surgeons learn about the aptly named deep brain stimulation, the more they are convinced that the currents from the technology’s implanted electrodes […]
Swiss to Vote on Basic Income for All Adults and Maximum Wage Limits for Executives
October 5th, 2013Via: Reuters: Switzerland will hold a vote on whether to introduce a basic income for all adults, in a further sign of growing public activism over pay inequality since the financial crisis. A grassroots committee is calling for all adults in Switzerland to receive an unconditional income of 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,800) per month from […]
