Archive for September, 2008
“He spotted a triangular-shaped object measuring ‘about a mile in diameter’ in the sky, where it remained static for about half an hour”
September 30th, 2008One of the greatest WTF moments in my life occurred when I stood before, and gazed upon, the Newgrange megalithic structure in County Meath, Ireland in 1996. “What really happened on this old dirt?” was about the only thought running through my head on that chilly morning. Anyway, reading that large UFOs are flying within […]
Senior Barclays Executive, in Charge of Assets Worth £133 Billion in 21 Countries, Killed by Street Gang
September 30th, 2008Via: Times Online: Detectives hunting the killers of a senior banking executive are today hunting for at least five men who are believed to have been caught on CCTV running from the scene of the street attack early on Sunday morning. Frank McGarahan, 45, the chief operating officer of Barclays Wealth, in charge of assets […]
The Risk of a Total Systemic Meltdown Is Now as High as Ever
September 30th, 2008Via: Roubini: The next step of this panic could become the mother of all bank runs, i.e. a run on the trillion dollar plus of the cross border short-term interbank liabilities of the US banking and financial system as foreign banks as starting to worry about the safety of their liquid exposures to US financial […]
Severe Fuel Shortage Grips Parts of U.S. Southeast
September 30th, 2008Just keeping an eye on this situation… Via: Reuters: A severe fuel shortage has gripped parts of the southeastern United States, causing long lines at filling stations and symbolizing for some people their fears about the wider economy. The shortage began two weeks ago in Atlanta, the region’s largest city, when oil refineries on the […]
Dow Takes 7% Whack, But in the Scheme of Things… * Meh *
September 30th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. In terms of the percentage, it was the 17th biggest decline. When it’s a grand a day, for a few days, that’ll really start to rattle the chook house. This is definitely not a recommendation, but, if it’s another down day, […]
Bill Mollison, 1981: Permaculture Design Course Transcript
September 29th, 2008Interesting, useful, free: Permaculture Design Course Transcript. Research Credit: TF
Cryptogon Reader Contributes CA$25
September 29th, 2008Thanks, MS.
Australia Plans Mass Surveillance System
September 29th, 2008Via: The Australian: CRIMTRAC’s planned automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system could become a mass surveillance system, taking as many as 70 million photos of cars and drivers every day across a vast network of roadside cameras. State and federal police forces want full-frontal images of vehicles, including the driver and front passenger, that are […]
UK Government Nationalizes Bradford & Bingley
September 29th, 2008Via: AP: The British government is nationalizing troubled mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley, the Treasury confirmed Monday, taking over the bank’s 50 billion pound ($91 billion) mortgage and loan books as turmoil from the U.S. credit crisis spread across Europe. The sweeping move is intended to preserve financial stability, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told reporters […]
Chocolate of Mass Destruction
September 29th, 2008This small excerpt doesn’t do it justice. Click through to gaze upon the face of hissing, snarling fascism. Via: Natural News: When Ron and Nadine from the Living Libations beauty care and chocolate company (www.LivingLibations.com) attempted to fly to the United States in August of this year, they ran into something completely unexpected: Drug-sniffing dogs […]
