Archive for July, 2012
U.S. Government Health Journal: Fluoride Lowers IQ
July 26th, 2012Via: Environmental Health Perspectives: Thus, children in high fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low fluoride areas. Related: The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson
Tell-All Telephone
July 26th, 2012Anyone who has read Cryptogon over the last several years knows that it’s not as bad as the following piece suggests; it’s actually much worse. Via: Zeit Online: Green party politician Malte Spitz sued to have German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom hand over six months of his phone data that he then made available to […]
With Nuclear Power Plants Offline, Japan Runs Up Record Trade Deficit Burning Imported Fuels; Export Markets Slumping
July 25th, 2012Via: Washington Post: Japan posted its biggest first-half trade deficit on record, according to government figures released Wednesday, highlighting the economic consequences as this nuclear-averse country imports fossil fuels to meet its energy needs. The Ministry of Finance reported a 2.92 trillion yen (or $37.3 billion) trade deficit, which reflected not only Japan’s surging need […]
Is Delisle Espionage Case Related to ECHELON?
July 25th, 2012Via: The Star: The ongoing fallout from the opaque espionage case of Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle has reached Australia. Classified documents and data contained in the massive cache of secrets allegedly leaked by the Nova Scotia naval intelligence officer have “compromised Australian intelligence information,” according to a report Tuesday in the Melbourne-based newspaper The Age. … […]
Media Farce: ‘Reporters’ Consult with Regime Censors Before Publishing Stories
July 24th, 2012Via: New York Times: They are sent by e-mail from the Obama headquarters in Chicago to reporters who have interviewed campaign officials under one major condition: the press office has veto power over what statements can be quoted and attributed by name. Most reporters, desperate to pick the brains of the president’s top strategists, grudgingly […]
Anglo Irish Bank’s Ex-CEO Arrested for Fraud
July 24th, 2012Released on bail of €1,000? Really? Via: USA Today: Fraud detectives arrested the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank and charged him Tuesday over a conspiracy to hide colossal losses at the bank that brought the nation to the brink of bankruptcy. Officers of the Bureau of Fraud Investigation arrested Sean FitzPatrick, 64, at […]
VA Must Disclose Documents to MK-ULTRA Victims
July 24th, 2012Via: Courthouse News Service: Veterans won another court order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hand over more documents about its Cold War-era drug experiments on thousands of Vietnam veterans. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in Oakland, Calif., said the documents requested were “squarely relevant” to the claim that the government failed […]
DNI Admits FISA Surveillance Violated the 4th Amendment
July 23rd, 2012Shocker. Via: Wired: The head of the U.S. government’s vast spying apparatus has conceded that recent surveillance efforts on at least one occasion violated the Constitutional prohibitions on unlawful search and seizure. The admission comes in a letter from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassifying statements that a top U.S. Senator wished […]
Research Firm Correlates Spending on Lobbying with Stock Market Performance
July 23rd, 2012Via: Breakout: While this financial connection, in and of itself, is hardly a great revelation, new analysis from Strategas Research Partners shows irrefutable evidence that companies are getting a real bang for their buck on the money they spend trying to influence lawmakers. By tracking the 50 companies that spend the most money — as […]
U.S. Poverty Rate to Hit Highest Level Since 1960s
July 23rd, 2012Via: AP: The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the […]
