Archive for January, 2008
Wealthy May be Next in Line in Home Crisis
January 17th, 2008Use this handy Realty Track tool to see how many distressed properties are in your area. Hint: Prepare to experience shock and awe. Via: Reuters: A house in this wealthy Chicago suburb is far beyond the reach of most Americans. Unfortunately, Hinsdale may also now be too expensive for some of the people who already […]
How Will You Spend Your Government Cheese?
January 17th, 2008I wonder what would happen if just five percent of people refused to consume according to Their plan? Hint: This is my affiliate link to BullionVault. Via: Guardian / Reuters: An economic stimulus package to help stave off recession is on the fast track in Congress after Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. House […]
Microsoft Seeks Patent for Office ‘Spy’ Software
January 16th, 2008You betcha. Via: Telegraph: Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. The Times has seen a patent application filed by the company for a computer system that links workers to their computers via wireless sensors that measure their metabolism. The system would allow managers to […]
Japan Poised to Assist Wall Street Banks
January 16th, 2008The Matrix is robust. Look how so many nodes close ranks when a situation threatens to take it down. Simple greed is another explanation that works well here. Via: Telegraph: The three wealthiest Japanese finance houses are set to step into the worsening sub-prime carnage as the “silent investment partners” of Wall Street and Europe’s […]
Thieves Target Kansas Grain Elevators
January 16th, 2008Via: KMBC: The high cost of corn, wheat and soybeans is leading to a rash of thefts from grain elevators in western Kansas. The thieves have driven big rigs to the grain elevator, filled the truck with cash crops and then sold the grain somewhere else. “There’s incentives there for the wrong people,” said Adrian […]
Recent Daily Gold Action with Fibonacci Fan and Retracement Grid
January 16th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. The move on gold has been so extreme for so long that I thought I’d take a look at it from a technical perspective. Since we’re above the previous all time high of $850 (yes, I know that the dollar is […]
WHOLESALE PRICES IN 2007 UP 6.3%
January 15th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. You’re going to cut, Ben. Don’t even give me any of this “dilemma” nonsense. The Fed can continue to cut, and keep the coke heads on Wall Street twitching for another few weeks or months, or not, and crash the whole […]
US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Building Biometric Database
January 15th, 2008This article expands on points touched on in FBI Prepares Vast Biometrics Database. Of course, there’s still no mention of the fact that the states involved make up the ECHELON club. A couple of interesting notes: Northrop Grumman built the systems that comprise the UK’s biometric fusion center known as IDENT1. Also, a future database […]
Modeling Urban Panic
January 15th, 2008Via: Pruned: Paul Torrens is someone after our hearts, for he has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations. It can simulate, for instance, how people navigate through busy city streets, shoppers through urban shopping centers, and tourists through unfamiliar landscapes. “The goal of this project is […]
Government Must Have Access to All Internet Traffic in the U.S.
January 15th, 2008They already have it, so I don’t know WTF black hole the next round of funding and bleating is going to be about. Via: Wall Street Journal: Spychief Mike McConnell is drafting a plan to protect America’s cyberspace that will raise privacy issues and make the current debate over surveillance law look like “a walk […]
