Archive for November, 2007
FOIA Request for Documents Related to the Plunge Protection Team Yields, “177 Pages of Crap”
November 30th, 2007Via: NY Post: November 29, 2007 — AFTER a year and a half of stalling, the US Treasury finally complied with The Post’s requests for information about The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets – by delivering 177 pages of crap. In essence, the Treasury’s Freedom of Information officials said that the Working Group – […]
U.S. Government, Banks Near a Plan to Freeze Subprime Rates
November 30th, 2007This Wall Street Journal front page story reads like news from some banana republic! You’ve got millions of slobs who took out toxic waste, impossible to pay back loans and the largest banks in the land engaged in a Mexican standoff. Who’s going to pay for all those subprime mortgage lotto winners? U.S. Dollar holders, […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
November 30th, 2007Wow! A flurry of contributions came in over the last few days: DK $5 DM $5 Eileen $50 Pookie $155 Thank you.
More than 50,000 Lost Their Homes in October
November 29th, 2007The momentum phase has only just begun. Via: CNN: Foreclosure filings nearly doubled in October and more people could lose their homes in 2008, according to a report released Thursday. In October, 224,451 foreclosure filings were reported nationwide, up 94 percent from October 2006 and up 2 percent from September, according to RealtyTrac. In the […]
Explosion on Strategic Canadian Pipelines that Supply 1.5 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day to U.S.
November 29th, 2007Awaiting damage assessment… Readers in the Midwestern U.S. should keep an eye on this. I’m assuming that the government can dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but… With winter kicking in, take no chances. UPDATE 1: DO NOT ASSUME SPR AVAILABILITY FOR THIS: Landlocked inland refiners such as Flint Hills Resources’ 280,000 barrels per day […]
Billionaires, Global Elite Will Gather in London for Unveiling of Clean Energy System
November 29th, 2007Oh man, I couldn’t make it up if I tried. Via: Independent: A discovery that could give the world access to vast quantities of energy with minimal damage to the climate will be shown off for the first time at a glittering gathering of the famous, rich and influential next Friday night. Al Gore is […]
Domestic Spying, Inc.
November 29th, 2007Excellent piece. I highly recommend clicking through to read the entire thing. Via: CorpWatch: A new intelligence institution to be inaugurated soon by the Bush administration will allow government spying agencies to conduct broad surveillance and reconnaissance inside the United States for the first time. Under a proposal being reviewed by Congress, a National Applications […]
High-Tech Drones Joining Miami Police Force
November 29th, 2007Via: Local10: The Miami-Dade police department will begin experimenting with high-tech drones as law enforcement tools beginning next year. Although the military has been using unmanned aircraft systems for years, this will be the first time they are used in law enforcement. … “The capability of the unit is phenomenal,” said Miami-Dade Detective Juan Villalba. […]
Feds Lose Bid for Amazon.com Customer Records
November 29th, 2007Which Feds? The Feds who point the business end of the NarusInsight Intercept Suite at our heads didn’t go to court. Since that program doesn’t officially exist, why would They go to court? So, no, those Feds weren’t in court, requesting sensitive information from Amazon, because those Feds already have it. This story is a […]
Google: The Cornerstone of Clean, Green Fascism
November 28th, 2007So few people can see the big picture with regard to clean, green fascism. I’m going to make it painfully clear and simple with the juxtaposition of two of today’s stories about Google. Story #1) Google Hopes to Undercut Coal with Cheap, Renewable Energy: By now, everyone is familiar with Google’s corporate motto, “Don’t be […]
