NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Pentagon 'prepared': US set for Operation Iranian Freedom? Washington is prepared to engage in war over the Strait of Hormuz at any moment, the Pentagon says. Some observers say the dangerous move is being viewed as a far from worst-case scenario in America, especially by its hawks.
China Brings US Treasury Holdings To One Year Low, Russia Cuts Treasury Exposure By 50% In One Year. What this means is that the dollar can be dumped in a year. When they are down to their last 100 billion in China and Russia, they can dump their dollars and buy commodities driving up prices so Americans are impoverished. Wages will be cut in half in real dollars over the next 16 months.
World Bank warns on risk of global recession
Captain of Stricken Vessel Says He Fell Overboard in Passenger Panic.
Pro–Romney group leads 2012 super PAC spending blitz
Russia considers military strike on Iran inadmissable
HEALTH/MEDICAL
Chemical In Personal Care Products May Contribute To Child Obesity.
Killer flu creators lash out at US ‘censorship’
Open Anesthesia, includes various learning tools, such as podcasts, videos, and several features that help residents prepare for the American Board of Anesthesiology(ABA) exams.
House Calls with Edward Martin
TECH
Wiktory? Key sponsors abandon SOPA/PIPA after web blackout
Facebook, Google argue against Web censorship in India
BLACKEDOUT: The internet is fighting back!! Even Big Bro Google!!
Firefox Add–on bypasses SOPA DNS blocking
EPIC: FOIA Documents Reveal Homeland Security is Monitoring Political Dissent.
U.S.
Obama kills Keystone XL pipeline
Pentagon outsources War on Drugs to Blackwater
Rick Perry to drop presidential campaign: report
Photography pioneer Kodak files for bankruptcy. Eastman Kodak Co, the photography icon that invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known companies.
24 Stats To Crush Anyone Who Thinks America Has A Bright Economic Future
AMERICAS
The Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos
Iranian president arrives in Cuba; U.S. warns of ‘dangerous alliance’.
CANADA
‘Radioactive iodine in rainwater: Public was in the dark.
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
Iran subs poised to torpedo US warships in Gulf.
Slow and Rude Awakening of Japanese Citizens Over the Nuclear Crisis
AFRICA
Mubarak no tyrant, defense tells Egypt court. CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak was "a just man, not a tyrant" and his accusers have no evidence to support their charge that he ordered the killing of protesters during the uprising against him, …
Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China
MARKETS/BUSINESS
Wall Street shed 2,000 jobs in December
Moody’s warns it will likely cut big bank ratings
SCFL calls on Obama to leave Coast Guard out of Longview
The Big Tell: Oil Prices Fall After Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Rejection
Translating Zero Hedge: Your Wages Will Be Cut In Half
The Business of the Black Market. [Infographic]
SC/ENVIRONMENT
REPORT: 30 Years of the Farming Systems Trial | Rodale Institute
