Archive for June, 2009
Cryptogon Readers Have Sent Contributions
June 26th, 2009Wow, look at this list of contributors. These generous people have sent these contributions over the last two weeks. Thank you very much. Eileen $40 Eileen $40 (Farmlet) AH $25 SM $25 KL $20 MW $20 MO $25 AM $50 JS $25 DT $15 DP $5 DS $25 CM €15 MB $50 WR $25 BL […]
China Reiterates Call for New World Reserve Currency
June 26th, 2009Yeah, yeah. We understand. Get on with it already. Via: Bloomberg: China’s central bank renewed its call for a new global currency and said the International Monetary Fund should manage more of members’ foreign-exchange reserves, triggering a decline in the U.S. dollar. “To avoid the inherent deficiencies of using sovereign currencies for reserves, there’s a […]
Michael Jackson Searches Trigger Google’s Denial of Service Defenses
June 26th, 2009Via: BBC: The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson’s death. Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack. Millions of people who Googled the star’s name were greeted with an error page […]
British Man Details Torture Claim
June 26th, 2009Via: BBC: A British man who has accused the government of collusion in his alleged torture in Bangladesh has spoken for the first time. Jamil Rahman, who is suing the Home office, says he believes MI5 were responsible for his arrest in 2005. He claims Bangladeshi officers beat him and threatened to rape his wife […]
Citigroup Ordered to Suspend Some Operations in Japan
June 26th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Citigroup Inc. was ordered by Japan’s financial regulator to suspend marketing of banking services to individuals for a month, after failing to put in place adequate internal controls to prevent money laundering. The Financial Services Agency told Citibank Japan Ltd. to halt retail banking sales from July 15 to Aug. 14, except in […]
ECB Lends Record $622 Billion in Bid to Ease Crisis
June 25th, 2009Coincidence? Bonds Rise After Strong Auction of 7-Year Notes Via: Wall Street Journal: The European Central Bank pumped a record €442 billion ($622 billion) into euro-zone money markets Wednesday in its first-ever offer of one-year funds as it battles the Continent’s recession. Euro-zone banks borrowed the one-year funds, the largest amount the central bank has […]
Kurt Sonnenfeld: 9/11 FEMA Videographer at Ground Zero Goes Public
June 25th, 2009This was a longer one, so I put it on hold until I was able to read it all the way through. I shouldn’t have sat on this one. Please click through to the source on this and read the entire piece. Via: Voltairenet: As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed […]
“Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough”: The U.S. Eugenics Legacy
June 25th, 2009Via: USA Today: Paul Lombardo hadn’t planned on a three-decade detour when he stopped at a greasy-spoon restaurant for breakfast in February 1980. Lombardo, then a graduate student at the University of Virginia, picked up a newspaper to read as he ate his bacon and eggs. And the rest is history, literally and figuratively. For […]
H.R. 675: Building Obama’s Civilian National Security Force
June 25th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: In January, without any recognizable corporate media coverage, Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat, introduced H.R. 675. The bill would amend title 10 of the United States Code and extend to civilian employees of the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. The bill was referred […]
Emails Between Mark Sanford and His Mistress Were Turned Over to Newspaper Back in December
June 25th, 2009UPDATE: The Mistress’ Other Boyfriend (Not Sanford, but Some Other Punter) Sent the Emails to The State Ok, I guess we can put this one to bed. (Sorry, I could resist.) Via: New York Times: The mystery of who revealed Gov. Mark Sanford’s e-mail messages may finally be solved. A business associate of Mr. Sanford’s […]
