Archive for the 'Books' Category
Ashton Lundeby, a Sixteen-Year-Old American, Has Been Disappeared by Homeland Security
May 6th, 2009UPDATE: This Looks Like a More Conventional Federal Case Now
Via: Wired:
The boy’s mother, Annette Lundeby, has even acknowledged in interviews that her son has been formally charged, has a court-appointed attorney, and has already made appearances in front of a judge.
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Long ago, I took a class called Soviet Society and Culture. One of the many [...]
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability by Lierre Keith
May 5th, 2009I’ve listened to a few of Lierre Keith’s radio appearances and talks. This information will be nothing new to those of you who are involved with producing your own food in ways that build top soil. To the rest of you, this will be deep, chilling doom… for your belly.
Lierre Keith is absolutely NOT suggesting [...]
Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine Launches in London
April 27th, 2009Reading about something like this is fine, but I had to see it go:
Via: Guardian:
It’s not elegant and it’s not sexy – it looks like a large photocopier – but the Espresso Book Machine is being billed as the biggest change for the literary world since Gutenberg invented the printing press more than 500 years [...]
Crash Gordon and the Mysteries of Kingsburg
April 25th, 2009Derek Swannson, a pen name for a guy with a day job, has been reading Cryptogon for a while and he wanted to send me a copy of his book, Crash Gordon and the Mysteries of Kingsburg. I warned him that I didn’t have time to read it. He sent it anyway.
Well, he actually sent [...]
Queen Gives Mexico’s President Copy of George Orwell’s 1984
April 2nd, 2009Via: Telegraph:
The president of Mexico received one of the more unusual gifts given by the Queen during an incoming state visit today – a copy of the classic dystopian novel 1984.
At Buckingham Palace, Felipe Calderon was presented with a first edition of George Orwell’s nightmarish book, which tells of a totalitarian regime and coined the [...]
Gardening Industry Sees Boom as Families Grow Their Own Veggies to Save on Groceries
March 16th, 2009Path to Freedom is soooo good. Here’s the Journal, in case you get lost in all of the quality information on the main site.
The Dervaes family was my inspiration to learn how to garden. They have taken urban homesteading to unthinkable levels; certainly beyond what might have been thought of as “maximum” even a few [...]
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss
March 13th, 2009I haven’t read Emergency yet, but HOLY COW, the entertainment value on this one should be worth the purchase price alone.
A previous Neil Strauss book, The Game, was about how to pick up women. So, while I doubt that John ‘lofty’ Wiseman has anything to worry about, Strauss seems pretty determined to learn about and [...]
Hitler’s Books: Insights Into an Evil Mind
March 12th, 2009Don’t miss the last sentence.
Via: Providence Journal:
The vault at the John Hay Library at Brown University is not exactly Hitler’s bunker, but it is below ground and could endure a bomb blast. It’s big. It’s locked. And inside, one finds something fascinating.
No, the Führer’s not in there, but his books are — lots of them. [...]
Blackwater Worldwide Changes Its Name to Xe; Same Mercenaries, but Now with More “Aviation Support”
February 14th, 2009reddit_url = ‘http://cryptogon.com/?p=6904′;
Blackwater has probably been used for U.S. Government narcotics trafficking operations before, but it looks like that is going to be a major component of their business going forward.
Note the phrase “aviation support” in the story below. Aviation support is synonymous with narcotics trafficking. If you read, Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA, [...]
Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World
February 12th, 2009UPDATE: Contest Results
The target was a picture of my ancient, tattered Audio Technica headphones sitting on the concrete floor.
There were no direct hits, but 9 of 13 submissions had something to do with round things. For days, it looked like Evil Chopsticks was going to be the closest one, since he or she drew concentric [...]
