NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
US Moves EMP Attack To Iran From North America After Russian Report. An urgent follow-up report from General Director Vladimir Popovkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) to Prime Minister Putin on the failed Phobos-Grunt Mars space probe mission circulating in the Kremlin today states that since his last report (which we reported on in our 26 December report US Warned Could Soon Face Russian Wrath From Space) the Americans who have taken control [...]
War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil? (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz," state television reported, after the U.S. said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf...
Special Report: Energy giant hid behind shells in "land grab"
HEALTH/MEDICAL
New Clues as to Why Some Older People May Be Losing Their Memory. New research links ‘silent strokes’’ or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly.
Breast implant scare now worldwide . Tens of thousands of women in more than 65 countries, mainly in South America and western Europe, have received breast implants produced by now bankrupt French firm Poly Implant Prothese ...
Monsanto’s GM Corn Linked To Organ Failure
Can Patients Handle the Truth? Getting Access to Doctors’ Notes
Health Basics: Why are fried foods terrible for your health?
TECH
Face Recognition – Great New Updates to Google +. There is no stopping Google at the moment. The brand has gone from a powerful search engine to a vast online empire and shows no signs of stopping. Google now offers numerous great tools and apps for web users. The latest addition is the Face Recognition software for Google +.
U.S.
Iowa GOP moving vote-count to ‘undisclosed location’: to prevent a Ron Paul victory.
Two killed, dozens injured in 40-vehicle wreck in New Orleans
AMERICAS
Venezuela to Open up Massive Natural Gas Field with European Investment
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has cancer, set to undergo surgery Jan. 4 .
CANADA
Toronto goes TOU - Smart Grids in Canada
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
Iran Rejects US Warning Against Closing Strait of Hormuz. Iran has rejected a U.S. warning against blocking oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a war of words between the two countries continues. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency Thursday quoted Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami as saying Iran can carry out its own “defensive strategies.” Tehran threatened earlier this week to block [...]
Iranian plan to mine Hormuz puts US, NATO on Persian Gulf alert. (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz," state television reported, after the U.S. said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf.
Afghanistan, China sign ink oil pact
Bahrain medics recall jail ‘horror’.
Indonesian anti-mine protestors shot dead by police
AFRICA
Egyptian Anarchists and Revolutionary Socialists under attack.
MARKETS/BUSINESS
U.S. Net Exporter of Petroleum Products - A Look at the Numbers
Obama to Approve a Series of Anti-Small Business Policies That Will Cheat the Middle Class out of Billions. Huffington Post
The Great Worker Shortage Lie is Alive and Well
Unrelenting Global Economic Crisis: A Doomsday View of 2012. The economic, political and social outlook for 2012 is profoundly negative.
A new banking crisis: You can bank on it
Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump
House Prices Fall Sharply in October
China and Japan plan direct currency exchange agreement
SC/ENVIRONMENT
The Benefits of Shale Gas Far Outweigh the Negatives of Fracking ~ Written by Barry Stevens
Springtime for Toxics ~ By Paul Krugman
Satellite Imagery Indicates Shell Spill May Be Worse Than Reported
