Archive for April, 2013
Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever
April 27th, 2013Via: Rolling Stone: Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in […]
You know another con… uhh… organized… highly organized attack on the country.
April 27th, 2013Let me know if there’s a dubstep remix of this. Via: Youtube: Research Credit: RP
Man Dies in Police Raid on Wrong House
April 27th, 2013Via: ABC: A 61-year-old man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house. Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night. They intended to raid the home next door. […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Defense Team May Claim He Was Brainwashed
April 27th, 2013Via: Bloomberg: The best chance for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to avoid execution for the deadly Boston Marathon bombing may be to cooperate fully with investigators, or convince a jury he was “brainwashed” by his older brother. … His lawyers will probably blame his involvement on the “overpowering influence” of his 26-year-old brother, said Harvey Silverglate, […]
Body of Sunil Tripathi Found in River; Falsely Accused of Being Boston Marathon Bomber
April 27th, 2013Via: ABC: The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office has identified the body pulled from a river on Tuesday as missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi. A forensic dental examination helped confirm the identity of the 22-year-old’s body this morning, according to Dara Chadwick, spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Health. “At this time, the […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Talked for 16 Hours Before He Was Read His Rights
April 27th, 2013Via: Salon: According to the AP, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev answered questions for 16 hours before he was read the Miranda warning that he could remain silent and could ask for a lawyer. Once Tsarnaev was told that, he stopped talking. (So much for the idea that everyone has heard Miranda warnings so many times on TV […]
Gold Futures Log Biggest One-Day Gain of the Year
April 26th, 2013Via: MarketWatch: Gold futures jumped by nearly $40 an ounce on Thursday to log the biggest one-day gain of the year, supported by physical demand for the precious metal, prospects for easier global monetary policies and a weaker U.S. dollar. Thursday’s rally has brought gold back to roughly 50% of the massive recent sell off, […]
Corexit: Countless Gulf Residents with Symptoms Resembling Something from a Sci-Fi Horror Film, Bleeding from Nose, Ears, Breasts, Anus; Others Complain of Cognitive Damage
April 26th, 2013Via: Huffington Post: Three years ago, when BP’s Deepwater Horizon began leaking some 210 million gallons of Louisiana Crude into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. government allowed the company to apply chemical “dispersants” to the blossoming oil slick to prevent toxic gunk from reaching the fragile bays, beaches, and mangroves of the coast, where […]
DHS Used 1,000 More Rounds Per Person than Army in 2012
April 26th, 2013Via: Fox: Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is using roughly 1,000 rounds of ammunition more per person than the U.S. Army, as he and other lawmakers sharply questioned DHS officials on their “massive” bullet buys. “It is entirely … inexplicable why the Department of Homeland Security needs so […]
U.S. Believes Syria Used Chemical Weapons
April 25th, 2013Here we go again. Via: USA Today: The United States now believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and a White House letter to Congress. The White House informed Congress about the chemical weapons use in letters to Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, […]