Archive for June, 2009
Nigeria: Rebels Attack Multiple Oil Production Facilities
June 29th, 2009The ongoing oil infrastructure attacks in Nigeria have been stepped up in recent days. Shell is now having to shut in some production. Via: Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it had shut in some oil production at its western operations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta while it investigated reports of attacks on two well […]
U.S. Air Force Test Fires ICBM from California Coast
June 29th, 2009Via: AP: The Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile Monday from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away. The ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara at 3:01 a.m. and carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles to their targets near […]
Bush Regime Creature Now Shilling for Financial Firms
June 29th, 2009With the Obama regime crawling with Wall Street Shills, this should make for a successful partnership in crime. Via: Mother Jones: The strategic communications specialist advising a financial industry effort to enhance Wall Street’s image has plenty of experience in spinning the American public: In the Bush White House, he was one of the aides […]
Military Coup in Honduras
June 29th, 2009Via: AFP: Honduran troops ousted President Manuel Zelaya Sunday and flew him out of the country, ending a bitter power struggle with the military as parliament swiftly voted in a new leader. Zelaya insisted as he arrived in regional neighbour Costa Rica that he remained the president of his Central American nation, but just hours […]
“Within a few years, the Franken-insects could be airborne.”
June 28th, 2009Guess who? I know. It’s not a tough question. Yes, Bill Gates is at it again. I have to wonder, though: Have they backed off from talking about the flying syringes, genetically engineered mosquitoes that deliver vaccines when they bite people? Maybe that idea was just too f*&^%$# nuts for maintaining the right appearances. Via: […]
The Union of Soviet Indian Republics Is Rolling Out a National ID Card
June 28th, 2009Tens of millions of people who who can’t read or write (see: literacy in India) will need an identity card to get their government food handouts. Yes, it has come to this. Via: New York Times: Policy makers see a national ID card as critical to improving the delivery of social services, subsidies and other […]
More Obama Lies: Signing Statement on $106B War Bill
June 28th, 2009Via: The Hill: President Obama signed the $106 billion war-spending bill into law Friday, but not without taking a page from his predecessor and ignoring a few elements in the legislation. Obama included a five-paragraph signing statement with the bill, including a final paragraph that outlined his objections to at least four areas of the […]
Sine Wave Google Searches
June 28th, 2009UPDATE: Vitamin D? I told Becky about the “ringing ears” chart, and when the waves peaked. She said, “Maybe it’s related to Vitamin D.” Indeed, the searches peak around the nadir of Vitamin D availability in the Northern Hemisphere. —End Update— I’m developing some tools on another website—partially to help me keep track of information […]
U.S. Confirms U-Turn in Afghan Counter-Narcotics Policy
June 28th, 2009My previous guess was that the USUK drug cartel was going to try to drive prices back up and then unload the tons of stuff that have been stockpiling. According to the information below, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Perhaps the new goal is to get as many acres as possible going with […]
IRAN: BRITISH EMBASSY STAFF ARRESTED
June 28th, 2009Via: CNN: Local staff members at the British Embassy in Tehran have been arrested, the Foreign Office in London told CNN Sunday, confirming earlier reports from Iran’s government-backed Press TV. Press TV said eight staffers had been seized for their role in the unrest following the disputed presidential elections on June 12. The Foreign Office […]
