Archive for February, 2007
U.S. Funding “The Terrorists”
February 28th, 2007Do you get it yet? Via: New Yorker: To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization […]
China: Remote Controlled Pigeons
February 28th, 2007Why not have the rat brain slices control the flying rats? Via: Wired: Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China’s Shandong University of Science and Technology say they implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up or down. […]
BBC Reported Building 7 Collapse 20 Minutes Before It Fell
February 28th, 2007I sat on this story for a day because I wanted to make sure that the clip is authentic. It is authentic. BBC’s lame response is as good as the clip itself, in my opinion: “We’re not part of a conspiracy. Nobody told us what to say or do on September 11th….” Oh yeah: “We […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average “Tabulation Trouble”
February 28th, 2007The New York Stock Exchange should be cordoned off and sealed with “CRIME SCENE” tape! As the black boxes were flushing the DOW30 issues yesterday, the system that calculates the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced—wait for it—“tabulation trouble.” The futures were not reflecting the values of the underlying stocks because the average was not updating! […]
DOW ENDS DOWN 416 POINTS
February 27th, 2007The tapped-out U.S. consumer was like the iceberg that pierced the hull of the Titanic. We moved through a brief phase where the band kept playing and the tumblers were refilled with booze, again and again. (This was when the writing on the wall became crystal clear to people like you and me and we […]
U.S. DURABLE GOODS ORDERS PLUNGE BY RECORD 7.8%
February 27th, 2007Via: CNN: New orders for U.S.-made durable goods fell by a much worse-than-expected 7.8 percent in January, as a steep drop in civilian airliner orders helped push orders for nondefense goods to their biggest monthly decline on record, a government report showed Tuesday. The Commerce Department reported that excluding volatile transportation orders, which are heavily […]
U.S. Troops to Forgo Training in Rush to Iraq
February 27th, 2007Via: CNN: Rushed by President Bush’s decision to reinforce Baghdad with thousands more U.S. troops, two Army combat brigades are skipping their usual session at the Army’s special training range in California. They are now making preparations to leave their home bases. Some in Congress and others outside the Army are beginning to question whether […]
CHINESE STOCKS SUFFER BIGGEST LOSS IN TEN YEARS; 249 of the 300 ISSUES HALTED AFTER LIMIT DOWN
February 27th, 2007It would have gone further; 249 of the 300 issues on the main Shanghai and Shenzhen index went limit down—they lost 10% in a single session—before being halted. My take, in ten words or less: China wants fewer U.S. dollar time-bombs in its house. With regard to U.S. markets: Watch for the Plunge Protection Team […]
Textron Employee Searches for Information on Modified Bedini Cole Window Motor
February 27th, 2007The Textron user (host: srv5-1.dc1.textron.com, ip: 216.148.248.31) conducted the following Google search: modified bedini cole window motor Hmm. Someone from Textron, a company that received a U.S. Department of Defense grant to build a 100kW battlefield laser by 2009, is doing Google searches for information related to free energy machines… I know. It’s just a […]
Afghan Base Bombed During Cheney Visit
February 27th, 2007Man, it’s not easy for Cheney these days. Aircraft trouble, now this… Hmm. Via: The Australian: A SUICIDE bomber killed as many as 20 people outside the main US base in Afghanistan today, coinciding with a visit to the base by US Vice President Dick Cheney. Mr Cheney was not hurt, according to his spokeswoman. […]
