Archive for April, 2007
George Orwell’s Former London Home Now Surrounded by Dozens of Surveillance Cameras
April 4th, 2007Via: This Is London: The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell’s 1984 has become a reality – in the shadow of the author’s former London home. It may have taken a little longer than he predicted, but Orwell’s vision of a society where cameras and computers spy on every person’s movements is now here. According […]
John McCain Sees Progress in Baghdad; 21 Dead in Bombing the Next Day Where He Stood
April 4th, 2007Via: The Australian: A NEWBORN baby was one of at least 14 children and adults killed today when a suicide bomber detonated a truck laden with explosives close to a primary school in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The latest massacre of Iraqi children came as 21 Shia market workers were ambushed, bound and […]
Enronization of America
April 4th, 2007Via: Prudent Bear: The U.S. economy has been held up for the last half decade only by the housing and consumption bubbles caused by cheap money. Much of its healthy capitalist tissue has rotted internally, and been replaced by corrupt politically-determined rent-seeking. Only when the cheap money finally disappears, and recession occurs, will we be […]
Pay to Upgrade DRM Infested Music Files to Open Format
April 4th, 2007I thought this was a lingering April Fool’s joke. Pay extra to get the music files the way they should have been released in the first place? Tell me another one. Via: The Inquirer: Apple and EMI triumphantly announced that they were removing DRM from Apple tracks for a mere $.30 more, upgradable if you […]
CRYPTOGON READER CONTRIBUTES $100
April 4th, 2007I think a few Cryptogon contributors like to try to get me to spit my coffee all over the screen in the morning as I check messages! NH is one of them. He has used this tactic twice now! 😉 To receive 20% of the monthly goal in a single shot is incredible, and reassuring. […]
Sanitizing Gels and Latex Gloves: Plying the Librarian’s Trade
April 3rd, 2007If this one doesn’t belong in the Collapse category, I don’t know what does. I selected a passage to quote that will not turn your stomach, but be warned, if you click through, that this is an extremely grim account. Via: Tom Dispatch: Although the public may not have caught on, ask any urban library […]
UK: Armed Forces’ Suicides Surpass Combat Deaths
April 3rd, 2007Via: The Independent: More servicemen and women have committed suicide over the past two decades than have died in military action, according to new figures. The latest death toll for those in the armed forces who have taken their own lives has risen to 687 compared with 438 killed during active service in major conflicts […]
New Zealand Dollar Breaks Above 72
April 3rd, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy sell or hold any financial instrument. If youre gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right. You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your […]
New Century, Biggest Subprime Casualty, Goes Bankrupt
April 2nd, 2007Via: Bloomberg: New Century Financial Corp., overwhelmed by rising defaults from borrowers with poor credit records, became the largest subprime mortgage lender ever to fail as it filed for bankruptcy today. New Century plans to sell most of its assets within 45 days, said the Chapter 11 filing in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware. About […]
Iran Accuses U.S. of Violating Its Airspace
April 2nd, 2007The U.S. might be trying to get the Iranians to “paint” aircraft with their air defense systems. The U.S. would use this intelligence for final target selection for the initial phase of the attack. Air defense and communications systems will be hit first. Via: People’s Daily: Two U.S. airplanes have violated Iran’s airspace in the […]
