Archive for December 3rd, 2010

The Washington Times Thursday, December 2, 2010 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries. The agency’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules he says will “preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet.” No statement could better reflect the gulf... »

By Ryan Singel Wired.com December 2, 2010 Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows. The document, obtained by security researcher Christopher Soghoian, explains how so-called “Hotwatch” orders allow... »

Big Sis has a history of pursuing political witch hunts Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, December 3, 2010 In light of new reports alleging that the TSA is creating a watch list of individuals who criticized the agency as a form of collective punishment, it’s revealing to note that CNN journalist Drew Griffin... »

Infowars.com December 3, 2010 Alex Jones, a consultant to TruTV’s Conspiracy Theory, can confirm that the controversial episode “Police State,” which dealt with FEMA camps and fusion centers, has been pulled from air and essentially “memory-holed” due to behind the scenes pressure. In short, the series of inconsistencies with the re-airing and promotion for... »

By: Richard Daughty, The Mogambo Guru GoldSeek.com Friday, 3 December 2010 If you want some bad news, then Doug Noland, in his Credit Bubble Bulletin at PrudentBear.com, has some for you. He reports that that “Global yields are on the rise.” I was going to make a complimentary comment about how cleverly Mr. Noland... »

By Bill Bonner DailyReckoning.com 12/02/10 Mumbai, India – The Fed is now bailing out the whole world! But who will bail out the Fed? After the news came out yesterday, the Dow rose 249 points. Gold was up $2. Here’s the latest from Bloomberg: Stocks jumped, sending US benchmark indexes to their biggest gains... »

Pushing Americans to drive instead of fly is killing us By Steven Horwitz The Washington Times Thursday, December 2, 2010 In these weeks leading up to the busy holiday flying season, there is rising popular outrage over the new body-scanning technology that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is installing at an increasing number of... »

By Daniel Tencer TheRawStory.com An expert in the fight against child sexual abuse is raising the alarm about a technique the TSA is reportedly using to get children to co-operate with airport pat-downs: calling it a “game”. Ken Wooden, founder of Child Lures Prevention, says the TSA’s recommendation that children be told the pat-down... »

By Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews.com Thursday, December 02, 2010 – Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.), founder and chairman of the House Tea Party Caucus, told CNSNews.com that there will need to be an “insurrection” against the House Republican leadership if it does not hold an independent, straight up-or-down vote on repealing the entire Obamacare law... »

End the Fed by Matt Stoller LewRockwell.com “We probably know more about tribes in the Amazon jungle than we do about the real nature of power in the United States. Neither political science, nor history, nor economics do very well on this.” ~ Tom Ferguson Something new is happening around the contours of monetary... »