Tag Archives: Crime

2010 Jun 09 Wednesday

The View From Prostitution Mountain (via Gizmodo)

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Creator Doug McCune has 3D topographical maps of seven more types of San Francisco crime, from assault to vandalism. The View From Prostitution Mountain

by Dr. Agonize @ 1:33 am

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2010 Apr 03 Saturday

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

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From Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney: This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff—from his early years as a gung—ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 2:54 pm

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2009 Dec 23 Wednesday

Movie Review: Revolver (2005)

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If you heard that two film guys like Luc Besson and Guy Ritchie were going to team up and make a psychological crime action drama, you’d wet your pants, right? Well, it turns out they already did team up on 2005′s Revolver starring Ritchie regular Jason Statham. Here’s my review:

by Dr. Agonize @ 3:52 pm

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2009 Aug 06 Thursday

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

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A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements [claiming] the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. Sounds creepy, huh? [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 8:01 am

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2009 Mar 15 Sunday

A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout (via NYTimes.com)

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Word of the bonuses last week stirred such deep consternation inside the Obama administration that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told the firm they were unacceptable and demanded they be renegotiated, a senior administration official said. But the bonuses will go forward because lawyers said the firm was contractually obligated to pay them. A.I.G. Planning [...]

by Jeff @ 11:51 am

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2009 Feb 13 Friday

secret history of the credit card: interviews: elizabeth warren (via frontline, PBS)

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…bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We’re a nation of debtors. Why do you think people left Europe to come to the United States? They left because they were in debt… frontline: secret history of the credit card: interviews: elizabeth warren | PBS

by Jeff @ 12:57 am

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2009 Jan 21 Wednesday

Judge OKs 1st suspension in Gitmo cases (via Yahoo! News)

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The first step towards closing Gitmo has been taken. I will try to chronicle the important events that define Obama’s presidency here. The motions, filed just hours after Obama’s inauguration, will be heard in the cases of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks and of Canadian Omar Khadr, who is accused of killing [...]

by Jeff @ 9:50 am

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2009 Jan 03 Saturday

Afghan corruption: Everything for sale – International Herald Tribune

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Afghan corruption: Everything for sale – International Herald Tribune

by Jeff @ 11:18 am

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2008 Dec 23 Tuesday

One-Man Sabotage Operation Cuts Britain’s CO2 Output By 2 Percent (via Fast Company)

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…for the four hours the plant was shut down, Britain’s climate change emissions were decreased by about 2 percent. They’re calling the unknown activist the “green Banksy”… One-Man Sabotage Operation Cuts Britain’s CO2 Output By 2 Percent (via Fast Company)

by Jeff @ 7:59 pm

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2008 Dec 22 Monday

AP Study Finds $1.6B Went to Bailed-Out Bank Execs – NYTimes.com

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AP Study Finds $1.6B Went to Bailed-Out Bank Execs – NYTimes.com

by Jeff @ 10:35 am

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