Archive for January, 2009
Henry Kissinger: The World Must Forge a New Order or Retreat to Chaos
January 24th, 2009What would the new regime be able to accomplish for the dark side with Obama’s cult of personality status and the sycophantic Hollywood myth makers practically experiencing glossolalia over the prospect of serving it? —Obama Orders Closure of CIA’s Secret Prisons In recent years, I can think of three truly astonishing examples of the elite […]
Tice: Wiretaps Were Combined with Credit Card Records of U.S. Citizens
January 24th, 2009See MAIN CORE: The U.S. Government has, almost certainly, established a database and tracking system for something like eight million Americans who have been designated as threats to national security. The system is called MAIN CORE and it is being run under the auspices of highly classified Continuity of Government (COG) operations. MAIN CORE uses […]
Gold Sharply Higher, Moves Above 200 Day Moving Average
January 23rd, 2009Spot: +$45.20 @ $901.60 – $902.40 Via: Marketwatch: Gold futures rallied to a three-week high Friday, as falling equities and worries about the global economy prompted investors to seek a safe haven. Gold for February delivery gained $21.10, or 2.5%, to $879.90 an ounce in electronic trading on Globex. Earlier, gold soared to an intraday […]
TOYOTA: UNPRECEDENTED JOB CUTS AHEAD
January 23rd, 2009Via: Reuters: A warning of unprecedented staff cuts at Toyota, the world’s biggest auto maker, and word of a possible first quarter loss by Volkswagen piled fresh pressure on struggling car manufacturers on Friday. The bleak news came after a halt in dividend payments on Thursday by Italy’s Fiat SpA, the first European car maker […]
Pakistan Drone Attack Kills Nine
January 23rd, 2009Via: BBC: A suspected US drone missile attack has killed nine people in north-western Pakistan, local witnesses say. At least one missile hit a house in a village near the town of Mirali in North Waziristan, a stronghold of al-Qaeda and Taleban militants. A second suspected drone attack has now been reported in South Waziristan […]
Mystery Prison Buses in the Desert
January 23rd, 2009Maybe Cryptogon readers in Arizona know more about this. Via: Global Research: On a recent visit to Tucson, Arizona, where I was invited to give a presentation on monetary reform, I was disturbed by a story of strange goings on in the desert. A little over a year ago, it seems, a new industrial facility […]
Good Bank, Bad Bank All Adds Up to Nationalization
January 23rd, 2009Via: Reuters: Whether it’s called good bank/bad bank, troubled asset relief or some new acronym, the United States appears to be on a course that will lead to the effective nationalization of some of the largest U.S. lenders. Investors have little confidence in the banks’ ability to pull themselves out of the credit mess and […]
Intelligence Agencies’ Databases Set to Be Linked
January 23rd, 2009Heterogeneous data structures. Spread out all over the place. HAHA. The article makes it sound like it’s actually going to work. I suppose anything is possible with enough billions of dollars. I’ve seen some hilarious nonsense on IT projects in my day, but nothing like the antics in .gov/.mil circles. And if you’ve spent any […]
Millionaire Widow Wiped Out by Madoff Swindle; Now an Elder Care Worker and Maid
January 23rd, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. What word—besides WARNING—do I generally include in posts about investing? DIVERSIFICATION What the *&%$ are people thinking when they put ALL OF THEIR EGGS IN ONE BASKET!? Any one basket. For f*&%’$ sake. If my tone seems… apoplectic, you simply wouldn’t […]
Who Is Going to Lend the U.S. $2 Trillion?
January 23rd, 2009Guys, I dunno. There are far more questions than answers here. On the one hand, you might think, “Who would be stupid enough to lend the U.S. any more money?” But, the answer might be, “The countries that have already strapped themselves to the mast of the United States.” The U.S. appears to be running […]
