Archive for December, 2010
The TSA’s State-Mandated Molestation
December 31st, 2010Via: Guardian: The ACLU maintains an ever-growing database of these indignities, many so graphic they’re illegal to broadcast over public airwaves. Actions that violate FCC standards are embraced by the TSA. “Mary in Texas” reported: The TSA agent used her hands to feel under and between my breasts. She then rammed her hand up into […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
December 31st, 2010The last Cryptogon BlueHost signup of the decade was from dantrevoice.com. Cryptogon received $90. Thank you.
Coal Fires Burn in 20 States, Thousands Burn Worldwide
December 30th, 2010This is from February 2010. Via: Christian Science Monitor: The fire burning deep below Centralia, Pa., is just one of numerous coal fires burning in at least 20 states today, with thousands more worldwide. They gobble up resources, spew dangerous emissions, and scar the land. Yet little is known about their impact on climate change […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
December 30th, 2010Thank you. JW $100 CL $10 DK $5
Letter from Poland
December 30th, 2010Via: Letter from Poland / YouTube:
One Tip Now Enough to Put Name on Terrorist Watch List
December 30th, 2010Oh, well, “As long as it is deemed credible.” But of course. This is The Land of the Free. We don’t just add people to the Magic 8 Ball shit list for Whistling Dixie. Who helped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board Northwest Airlines Flight 253? Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane […]
Empathy Declining: ‘The American Personality Is Shifting In An Ominous Direction’
December 30th, 2010Via: Scientific American: Humans are unlikely to win the animal kingdom’s prize for fastest, strongest or largest, but we are world champions at understanding one another. This interpersonal prowess is fueled, at least in part, by empathy: our tendency to care about and share other people’s emotional experiences. Empathy is a cornerstone of human behavior […]
Dawn of the Age of the Robot
December 30th, 2010This article reminded me of reading OMNI magazine in the 1980s, when I should have been doing my homework. Hopefully, much of this stuff will remain as science fiction / grant swindles for another 20 years… but I doubt it. Via: Guardian: The robots are coming. The second decade of the 21st century will see […]
California Woman Charged with Insider Trading; Selling Secret Information for Over $200,000
December 30th, 2010International Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars Through U.S. Financial Institutions, and Invest Profits in Publicly Traded Companies Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market Rest assured: This is the chicken feed. Via: AFP: US prosecutors have charged a California woman […]
Brazil to Replace Oil Rigs with ‘Underwater Cities’
December 30th, 2010When I saw the headline, I had a terrifying Bioshock flashback, but there won’t be any people down there. Via: Telegraph: Traditional oil rigs will be replaced with “underwater cities” within a decade under ambitious plans being drawn up by Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned energy group. Petrobras plans to turn science fiction into reality to extract […]
