Archive for March, 2012
LivOn Laboratories: Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C — A Liposomal Vitamin C Supplement
March 31st, 2012Disclosures: I have no relationship with LivOn Laboratories. I am not a medical doctor and nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. — For those of you who are currently using and/or investigating high dose vitamin C therapies, I wanted to let you know about Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C, which is made by […]
Japan’s 1,000-Year-Old Warning
March 31st, 2012The article about Murohama doesn’t mention that there are hundreds of stone tablets in coastal areas of Japan that warn people about tsunamis: Hundreds of so-called tsunami stones, some more than six centuries old, dot the coast of Japan, silent testimony to the past destruction that these lethal waves have frequented upon this earthquake-prone nation. […]
Pesticides Make Bees Lose Their Way
March 31st, 2012Via: Reuters: Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can harm bumblebees and honeybees, interfering with their homing abilities and making them lose their way. In two studies published in the journal Science on Thursday, British and French researchers looked at bees and neonicotinoid insecticides – a class introduced […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions and Sign Up for Hosting with BlueHost in March
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Police Kill 68-Year-Old Man in His Home After He Accidentally Triggered His Medical Alert System
March 30th, 2012Via: New York Times: The niece stood in the darkened stairwell of the Winbrook Houses, listening, as 20 feet away five police officers yelled at her uncle, who had locked himself in his apartment. It was 5:25 on a chill November morning. The officers banged loud and hard, demanding that her 68-year-old uncle open his […]
ATK Secures .40 Caliber Ammunition Contract with Department of Homeland Security for Purchase of Up to 450 Million Rounds
March 30th, 2012Via: ATK – Press Release: ATK announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 […]
In 2011, the Federal Reserve Purchased a Stunning 61% of U.S. Debt
March 30th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: The conventional wisdom that nearly infinite demand exists for U.S. Treasury debt is flawed and especially dangerous at a time of record U.S. sovereign debt issuance. The recently released Federal Reserve Flow of Funds report for all of 2011 reveals that Federal Reserve purchases of Treasury debt mask reduced demand for […]
Drug Lords Targeted by Fast and Furious Were FBI Informants
March 29th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: When the ATF made alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta its primary target in the ill-fated Fast and Furious investigation, it hoped he would lead the agency to two associates who were Mexican drug cartel members. The ATF even questioned and released him knowing that he was wanted by the Drug […]
And Now… Degrees in ‘Drone Studies’
March 29th, 2012Via: The Daily: America’s newest college major may well be Drone Studies. Amid a worldwide boom in unmanned aerial vehicles, a handful of U.S. colleges have begun offering classes and even four-year degrees for students looking for jobs in the fast-growing field where even newcomers can earn six-figure salaries. Jeb Bailey, 28, who has taken […]
LG Begins Mass Production of First Flexible, Plastic E-Ink Displays
March 29th, 2012Via: ExtremeTech: LG, that South Korean conglomerate that has mostly spent the last few years fading into Samsung’s shadow, has just announced that it has begun mass production of the world’s first flexible, plastic e-ink display. This is opposed to the hard, heavy, prone-to-cracking glass-laminate e-ink displays found in devices such as the Kindle and […]
