Archive for October, 2008
U.S. Government’s Borrowing Needs “Unprecedented”
October 31st, 2008At the last minute, Hank splits and throws this Anthony Ryan guy under the bus to deliver the news. Via: Blomberg: The U.S. Treasury faces historic financing demands from a weakening economy and the added costs of a $700 billion Wall Street rescue program, the department’s top domestic finance official said today. “This year’s financing […]
The 2008 sElection
October 31st, 2008Very briefly, I’d like to write a couple of things about the next farce, nonsense pageant that’s about to go down. The way I see it is as follows: If Obama and Biden are installed, it means that the U.S. will continue to be Sovietized for integration into the ascendant global prison system. Biden is […]
European Countries Tired of ‘Difficult’ Irish Says Eurocrat
October 31st, 2008People standing in the way of a greater Soviet Europe will need to be made offers they can’t refuse. Via: Belfast Telegraph: European countries are in no mood to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty just to accommodate the “difficult” Irish, according to the highest-ranking EU civil servant from Ireland. Secretary General of the European Commission, Catherine […]
California to Cut Water Deliveries to Cities, Farms
October 31st, 2008Death trap. Via: AP: California said Thursday that it plans to cut water deliveries to their second-lowest level ever next year, raising the prospect of rationing for cities and less planting by farmers. The Department of Water Resources projects that it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California […]
UK: Maniac Nanny State Kidnaps Obese Children
October 30th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Obtained under Freedom of Information laws, reports showed one boy aged six in Derby was taken from his home by social workers because he was dangerously obese. Another boy in London, aged 12, was put into care with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28 – 60 per cent above the 17.5 average […]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Visits Cryptogon
October 30th, 2008The U.S. Department of Homeland Security user (host: bcp2.cbp.dhs.gov, ip: 63.167.255.152) visited the following Cryptogon page: They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market The session began as a referral from Reddit. (Defending the Homeland on Reddit? Mmm hmm.)
Don’t Look Now, There’s a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us
October 30th, 2008Via: Alternet: …The policies that Paulson and Bernanke did implement at such staggering cost have only begun to do their full long-term damage, which will probably come in a round of even more serious inflation. Together, the Treasury and the Fed have spent or loaned over a trillion dollars in financial-sector aid. As set out […]
U.S. Missile Defense Agency Visits Cryptogon
October 30th, 2008The U.S. Missile Defense Agency user (host: BHT5201EWa.mda.mil, ip: 140.32.107.150) viewed the following Cryptogon page: They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market The session began as a referral from BlackListedNews.
Exxon Mobil Posts Biggest U.S. Quarterly Profit Ever
October 30th, 2008Via: AP: Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, reported income Thursday that shattered its own record for the biggest profit from operations by a U.S. corporation, earning $14.83 billion in the third quarter.
Half of T. Boone Pickens’s Energy-Oriented Hedge Fund Investors Have Asked to Withdraw Their Money
October 30th, 2008Via: Wall Street Journal: About half of the investors in T. Boone Pickens’s energy-oriented equity hedge fund have asked to withdraw their money on the heels of losses of about 60% this year, according to people close to the matter. Mr. Pickens and his investment firm have lost $2 billion since peaking in late June, […]
