Breaking News Sat. Jan. 1, 2011 New Year's Day!

Today's post will be shorter as I have a meeting later with my most excellent neighbors to go over our seed inventories and get ready to order any new seeds for this season's garden. Those of you out there that haven't learned some gardening skills yet, maybe that might be a good New year's resolution? Learn to garden! Also, I've added a Tip Jar to the blog for anyone so inclined. Hope everyone had a Happy New Year!

Here's something for 'just in case'. ehow: How to Cure a Hangover

And now for the news.

Financial News
TheAmericanDream: What Kind Of Mood Are The American People In As We Enter 2011?
TheDailyBail:Chris Whalen: New Bank Bailouts Under Dodd-Frank For Bank Of America, Wells Fargo Within 12 Months (VIDEO)
ZeroHedge: ScotiaMocatta Sells Out Of Silver Bars
Guardian: The next financial crisis is not far off
We were told the world economy was back on track, but festering problems threaten to hit developing countries hard
24/7WallSt.Blog: American Cities That Are Running Out Of People (this blog has a 60 nag screen, it did for me anyway, but, there are some good articles there. Just go do something else till the screen goes away. LOL)
Examiner: Happy New Year, Philly! (Oh.... and we're going broke!)

Peak Oil and Energy News
BlackListedNews: Oil Juggernaut Unleashed OPEC Ready To Let Oil Run Wild 
CleanTechnica: Maine Residents Get $6000 To Store Wind as Slow Heating

War and Conflict
BeforeItsNews: UPDATED! - Faces of Evil that Rule the World
WSJ: North Korea Warns South in Annual Message
RawStory: 21 dead in Egyptian church bombing at New Year’s Mass
FoxNews: Obama Faces Looming Crisis in West Africa as Leader Shirks Election Results

Environmental News
MSNBC: Flash floods add to twister danger in South
Two more injuries in storm overnight; parts of Alabama see rising waters
MSNBC: 'Biblical' flood heads for Australian city
New evacuations along coast as waters head towards sea

Police State, Big Brother and Surveillance
BeforeItsNews: Almost Everything Is A Crime In America Now:
14 Of The Most Ridiculous Things That Americans Are Being Arrested For
ActivistPost:10 Modern Methods of Mind Control
Hat tip to Bill Hicks at Hubberts-Arms for this one.
BusinessStandard: Defense Research and Development Organisation's surveillance technology
SFExaminer: Caltrain mulls new surveillance technology

Intrigue and Wikileaks
AFP: FBI in hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers: report

Food and Water
YahooFinance: The Ten Biggest American Cities That Are Running Out Of Water
CalorieLab: A Meating of the Mind: Thoughts on the Coming USDA Meat Labeling

Medical and Health
StopSmokingTips: Quit Smoking with Stop Smoking Tips  
PBS: Health Reform Watch: The Return of the End-of-Life Care Debate
TheScientist: The Coming Health Crisis
Indirect effects of global climate change threaten the health of hundreds of millions of people. The very uncertainty that shrouds this issue must serve as an organizing principle for adaptation to its ill effects.
SacBee: Sacramento girl needed amputations after 5-hour wait at emergency room.

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