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6 more banks failed Friday -- Regulators on Friday shut down six U.S. banks, taking the total number of bank closures in the year to 130. The Power Hour Website
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Government insanity! -- Missouri government plots undercover sting operation against families selling raw milk!!!!!!!!!
Diabetes drug found to promote cancer tumors, but FDA says keep using it anyway -- "Based on the currently available data, the FDA recommends that patients should not stop taking their insulin therapy without consulting a physician, since uncontrolled blood sugar levels can have both immediate and long-term serious adverse effects," the FDA said.
Dubai stocks drop most in world on concern about debt problems -- Dubai shares tumbled to lowest in more than four months, led by Emaar Properties PJSC and Emirates NBD PJSC, on investor concern that a potential Dubai World default will hurt economic growth in the emirate.
Long term unemployment worsens -- Within the vast pool of 15.4 million unemployed workers, a split is emerging: The number of long-term jobless -- those out of work six months or longer -- is growing, while the number of short-term unemployed is declining.
Elderberry: Nature's flu fighter -- Elderberry is an excellent and proven preventative and treatment for influenza and upper respiratory infections. Folk medicine has long recommended an elderberry tincture or tea when treating colds and flu and scientific data now adds credence to those folk medicine claims.
12 days, 3 networks and no mention of ClimateGate scandal -- Even as Copenhagen looms, broadcast news ignores e-mails suggesting warming alarmists 'manipulated' data, conspired to destroy information and thwarted peer reviews.
On the lighter side: YouTube: Silent Monks Singing Halleluia -- High school students get creative.
Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos,140 private planes & caviar wedges -- Copenhagen is preparing for the climate change summit that will produce as much carbon dioxide as a town the size of Middlesbrough.
Watch out for sneaky online shopping scams -- After over a decade of complaints to Better Business Bureaus and state Attorney Generals (AGs), a Senate Commerce Committee finished a full scale investigation of "questionable business practices" in e-commerce this past November. Read More...
Stores face new hurdles in pitching credit cards -- The restrictions, if enacted by the Federal Reserve, would force retailers to gather more financial information from customers— including how much they earn— before giving them credit.
Timetable of US troop pullout in Afghanistan uncertain...it could be 2 to 5 years -- Robert Gates, defense secretary, said US troops could be in Afghanistan for years to come as administration officials sought to refute criticism that setting a 2011 withdrawal date was a strategic error.
Af-Pak war racket: the Obama illusion comes crashing down -- The economic elite have escalated their attack on the U.S. public by surging military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
$10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces -- The government not only told Porcaro she was poor. They said she was too poor to make it in Seattle. "I asked the IRS lady straight upfront — 'I don't have anything, why are you auditing me?' " Porcaro recalled. "I said, 'Why me, when I don't own a home, a business, a car?' " "They showed us a spreadsheet of incomes in the Seattle area," says Dante Driver, an accountant at Seattle's G.A. Michael and Co. "The auditor said, 'You made eighteen thousand, and our data show a family of three needs at least thirty-six thousand to get by in Seattle." Read More...
New evidence shows huge price rises for GM seed –- A stark warning to UK farmers.
Bloomberg & Lautenberg team up to violate the second & fourteeth amendments -- (S. 1317, H.R. 2159 in the House), which would allow the Attorney General to stop watchlisted people from buying guns through NICS. It would also prevent those people from contesting their rejections in a full and open hearing in court. Obviously, that scheme would violate not only the Second Amendment, but also the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against deprivation of liberty without due process of law.
Is Erik Prince 'greymailing' the US government? -- The in-depth Vanity Fair profile of the infamous owner of Blackwater, Erik Prince, is remarkable on many levels--not least among them that Prince appeared to give the story's author, former CIA lawyer Adam Ciralsky, unprecedented access to information about sensitive, classified and lethal operations not only of Prince's forces, but Prince himself.
Sprint manager: 'Half of all police surveillance includes text messaging' -- Half of millions -- including some 8 million automated, web-based requests for GPS location, all in just over a year's time.
* Sprint lawful spying guide(pdf)
* Voicestream lawful spying guide(pdf)
Research reveals most victims of 1918 Spanish flu died from bacterial pneumonia -- Just like those dying from swine flu mutation in Ukraine.
Are large dams altering extreme weather patterns? -- Large dams may cause shifting regional weather extremes. This finding is causing scientists to wonder if aging dams around the world can withstand the extreme weather events they may inadvertently generate.
Freaky fish -- The strange creatures that inhabit the oceans.
The short guide to a healthy dog -- Here are several things to keep in mind as we head to the field with our dogs.
Environmental warfare: Climate modification schemes -- Who would have the wisdom to dispense drought, severe winters, or the effects of storms... If, as history shows, fantasies of weather and climate control have chiefly served commercial and military interests, why should we expect the future to be different?
The weird architecture of rebuilt houses in New Orleans -- A Manhattan-based architect who was born and raised in New Orleans, described the houses as “alien, sometimes even insulting,” adding, “the biggest problem is that they are not grounded in the history of New Orleans architecture.” Visit the link and check out some of the houses being built.
Chinese wind power companies target global markets -- China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines _ a cornerstone of the booming clean power business _ but is virtually unknown outside its home country.
* Meanwhile US windmill company has layoffs -- Cambria County PA windmill company to lay off 114.
You know the economy is bad when they close a dollar store -- Store clerks in Pasco are about to be out of job. The Dollar Store at Sylvester Street and 20th Avenue is closing. The company is blaming the economy.
* Just take a look at the layoffs & closing for the first week of December! -- Schools, grocery stores, hospitals, fire stations, local governments, restaurants, car dealers....Who says the economy is improving?
No Bin Laden information in years says Gates -- The US has had no reliable information on the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has admitted.
* Reports in 2002 said Bin Laden died of kidney failure
