Archive for August, 2008
Lessig: There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act
August 6th, 2008Via Infowars: Amazing revelations have emerged concerning already existing government plans to overhaul the way the internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web. Lawrence Lessig, a respected Law Professor from Stanford University told an audience at this years Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Half Moon Bay, California, that […]
Morgan Stanley Freezing Home-Equity Credit Withdrawals
August 6th, 2008The ATM is closed. Via: Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, told thousands of clients this week that they won’t be allowed to withdraw money on their home-equity credit lines, said a person familiar with the situation. Most of the clients had properties that have lost value, according to the person, who declined […]
Israel’s Secret Police Pressuring Sick Gazans to Spy for Them in Exchange for Medical Treatment
August 5th, 2008Via: Guardian: Israel’s secret police are pressuring Palestinians in Gaza to spy on their community in exchange for urgent medical treatment, according to a report released today by an Israeli human rights organisation. Physicians for Human Rights says the Shin Bet began interrogating Palestinian patients seeking permission to travel from Gaza to Israel for crucial […]
The New Chemistry of Speculation
August 5th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. While this is speculation, I don’t see it as the same type of situation that we’re seeing in the “regulated,” black boxed commodity markets right now. If I understand what’s happening in the case below with the iron ore, the speculator […]
Book Says White House Ordered Forgery of Letter Linking Mohammad Atta to Iraq
August 5th, 2008Via: Politico: A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein. Suskind writes in “The Way of the World,” to be published Tuesday, that the alleged forgery – adamantly denied by the White […]
Hundreds of Banks Will Fail, Roubini Tells Barron’s
August 5th, 2008Nothing new here, but Roubini’s message is worth repeating. Via: Reuters: The United States is in the second inning of a recession that will last for at least 18 months and help kill off hundreds of banks, influential economist and New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini told Barron’s in Sunday’s edition. Taxpayers will pay a […]
Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults
August 5th, 2008Full text below. Via: New York Times: The first wave of Americans to default on their home mortgages appears to be cresting, but a second, far larger one is quickly building. Homeowners with good credit are falling behind on their payments in growing numbers, even as the problems with mortgages made to people with weak, […]
FBI Told to Blame Anthrax Scare on Al Qaeda by White House Officials
August 5th, 2008Via: New York Daily News: In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out, the Daily News has learned. After the Oct. 5, 2001, death from anthrax exposure of Sun photo […]
The “Suicide” of U.S. Army Private LaVena Lynn Johnson
August 4th, 2008Via: Lew Rockewell: According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Private LaVena Lynn Johnson killed herself on July 19, 2005, eight days before her twentieth birthday. Exactly how did she end her life? She punched herself in the face hard enough to blacken her eyes, break her nose, and knock her front teeth loose. She […]
Italian Army Deploys to Cities; Mayor Bans Public Gatherings of Three or More People
August 4th, 2008Via: BBC: Italian troops have begun patrolling cities as part of a government campaign to combat crime and boost security. Some 3,000 soldiers will be deployed over the next week in major cities including Milan, Rome and Naples. They are patrolling alongside police officers and guarding high-profile tourist sites and embassies, as well as immigrant […]
