Archive for October, 2010
Sodas, Other Sugary Beverages Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
October 31st, 2010Update: “Sugar-Sweetened” Means… Via: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: SSBs, which are now the primary source of added sugars in the U.S. diet, are composed of energy-containing sweeteners such as sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, or fruit juice concentrates, all of which have essentially similar metabolic effects. —End Update— I […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
October 31st, 2010Thanks to these Cryptogon readers for sending contributions. All of these people expressed appreciation for the backchannel. MO $200 VC €40 SP $10
South Africa Plans World’s Biggest Solar Power Project
October 31st, 2010Via: AFP: South Africa’s plan to build what could become the world’s biggest solar project has drawn keen interest from investors even though it is still in its infancy, an official said Friday. More than 400 investors and solar industry insiders from around the world converged on the town of Upington in South Africa’s arid […]
Police Running Security Screening to Enter London Park?
October 30th, 2010A Cryptogon reader emailed to say that he encountered the police running a security checkpoint at one of the entrances to one of London’s main parks. According to the reader, “There was a metal detector, many police officers, a little tent, and officers with wands if necessary. They asked if I had any ‘sharp objects’ […]
Fraudclosure: ‘When you save broken companies from their own incompetence, this is what you get.’
October 29th, 2010Via: The Big Picture: The banks have gotten the Big Lie technique down to a science: State a lie so colossal that no one could believe anyone “has the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.” In practice, adding factually accurate, but irrelevant or misleading color, helps push the lie on unsuspecting rubes. The banks […]
Halliburton Knew Cement it Mixed for BP’s Well Was Unstable
October 29th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Halliburton Co. may face increased liability in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after the staff of a U.S. presidential panel said the contractor knew cement it mixed for BP Plc’s well was unstable. The staff of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill said documents provided by Halliburton showed […]
‘Gold Will Outlive Dollar Once Slaughter Comes’
October 29th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The world’s monetary system is in the process of melting down. We have entered the endgame for the dollar as the dominant reserve currency, but most investors and policy makers are unaware of the implications. The only questions are how long the denouement of the dollar reserve system will last, and how much […]
And Now… Cheap Fluoride from China Leaves Unknown, Insoluble Residue in Municipal Water Systems
October 29th, 2010Update: Multiple Tests Can’t Determine What The Material Is? Via: The Daily News (Newburyport) on Fluoride Action Network: Desmarais said while soluble sodium fluoride has traditionally proved easy to dissolve and add to the water supply, in recent years he’s found that 40 percent of the product they’ve been buying will not dissolve, and he […]
Britain: No Terror Arrests in 100,000 Police Counter-Terror Searches
October 29th, 2010Via: Guardian: More than 100,000 people were stopped and searched by police under counter-terrorism powers last year but none of them were arrested for terrorism-related offences, according to Home Office figures published today. The statistics show that 504 people out of the 101,248 searches were arrested for any offence – an arrest rate of 0.5%, […]
Overall U.S. Intelligence Budget: $80.1 Billion
October 29th, 2010Does the number include all of the special access programs? Via: Los Angeles Times: The U.S. government on Thursday disclosed for the first time in more than a decade what it spent in total on intelligence gathering in the fiscal year that just ended: $80.1 billion. That’s more than the U.S. spent on the Department […]
