Thursday, December 30, 2010

Breaking News Thurs. Dec. 30, 2010

Financial News
CharlesHughSmith: If We Close Our Eyes, The Monster Will Go Away 
CNNMoney: Kiss 4% mortgage rates goodbye 
BusinessInsider: The Tea Party Plan For 2011: Government Shutdown And Repealing Obamacare
BusinessInsider: IRISH AUSTERITY BONUS: Bad Weather Will Cause Severe Water Shortage, Restrictions
PBSNewshour: (video) Homeowners Express Frustration with Government Loan Modifications
HuffingtonPost: The New Faces of Poverty
TheAmericanDream: In 2011 The Baby Boomers Start To Turn 65: 16 Statistics About The Coming Retirement Crisis That Will Drop Your Jaw
WashingtonPost: 2010 worst year for bank failures since 1992 
FinancialArmageddon: I Wonder How They'll Interpret This?
PBSNewshour: Boston Firm Offers Homeowners a Second Chance After Foreclosure (Video)

Peak Oil and Energy News
TheTelegraph: Brazil to replace oil rigs with 'underwater cities'
RawStory: Brazil to build ‘underwater cities’ to drill for oil
TomWhipple: The Peak Oil Crisis: 2011 – A Pivotal Year?
DiscoveryNews: New Solar Reactor Makes Storable Fuels

War and Conflict
PBSNewshour: U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Rise Over Envoy Flap Revokes Ambassador's Visa
ForeignPolicy: Next Year's Wars The 16 brewing conflicts to watch for in 2011  (slideshow)
BeforeItsNews: South Korea Considers Unification With the North

Environmental News
ScientificAmerican:Abandoned Uranium Mines: An 'Overwhelming Problem' in the Navajo Nation 
CBSNewsCanada: Mystery green substance in B.C. river (Hat tip to Sammy for this disturbing story)
BeforeItsNews: Gulf Activists Harassed By TSA Agents Who Claim Filming Is Illegal
CliateProgress: NOAA reports 2010 hottest year on record so far, while Arctic sea ice extent hits a stunning December low 
USAToday: Magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattles parts of Indiana
Reuters: Minnesota sues 3M over pollution claims
ScientificAmerican: Countdown to Extinction, Another Record Year for Manatee Deaths

Police State, Big Brother and Surveillance
RawStory: Democratic lawmaker: Citizens United puts US on path to fascism
WashingtonPost: Terrorist watch list: One tip now enough to put name in database, officials say
RawStory: Counter-terror ‘expert’ tells cops: Kill militant Muslims, ‘including children’
Cryptogon: Homeland Security Trolling ‘We Won’t Fly Blog’

Intrigue and Wikileaks
PublicIntellegence: WikiLeaks Cables Show DEA Has Become an International Spy Network
Spiegel: Copenhagen Terror Probe, Investigators Look into Possible Ties to 'Mickey Mouse Project'

Science and Technology News
Guardian: Dawn of the age of the robot

Food and Water

bbcNews: Water chaos affects thousands in Northern Ireland
NYT: Global Food Prices in 2011 Face Perilous Rise

Medical and Health
ScientificAmerican: What, Me Care? A recent study finds a decline in empathy among young people in the U.S.
CBSNewsCanada: Swine flu infects 3 female inmates in B.C.
TheTelegraph: 10m alive in Britain today will live to be more than 100 years old
TheTelegraph: Flu cases rise 40 per cent
WashingtonPost: U.S. and D.C. schedule follow-up sessions on national bedbug infestation

Other News
HuffingtonPost: Ashton Kutcher In Men's Fitness: Preparing For Armageddon
msnbc: Police fatalities jump 37 percent in 2010
TheAtlanticWire: Kentucky Creationist Museum Will Feature Dragons, Unicorns
pbs: Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies for K-12th Students
VOA: Former Israeli President Convicted of Rape

News From The Forums
If you are looking for good in depth discussion on current topics, be sure to check out the forums linked below!

TinfoilPalace: U.K.-based International Tribunal to try Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict), Queen Elizabeth II, U.K., Vatican, Irish, Canadian officials for crimes against humanity, child abuse and trafficking - interview with Rev. Kevin Annett by Alfred Lambremont Webre
Hubberts-Arms: iDespair - Suicides at Apple Computers Assembly Plants in China Revealed
TinfoilPalace: Human Rights group's explosive Nazis in America report
SilentCountry: Americans becoming more like sociopaths every day, study says.

Hubberts-Arms: The Urban Survival Supply List 
TheOilAge: Denninger 2011 Guesses
TheOilAge: TAE: 2011 predictions (as per present trends)
SilentCountry: Unemployment applications drop to 388,000 for Christmas week!!!! Yippie!!!

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