Forget stocks, the real crisis is coming… and it’s coming fast.



Indeed, it first hit in 2008 though it was almost entirely off the radar of the American public. While all eyes were glued to the carnage in the stock market and brokerage account balances, a far more serious crisis began to unfold rocking 30 countries around the globe.



I’m talking about food shortages.



Aside from a few rice shortages that were induced by export restrictions in Asia, food received… Continue

(CNSNews.com) – The chairman of the new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has presided over a corporation that has seen a steady U.S. job decline since 2005.

President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive officer of General Electric since 2001, as chairman of the jobs council last month. GE faced hefty fines from the Securities and…

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These days, with Facebook and Twitter and social media galore, it can be increasingly hard to tell who your "friends" are.



But after this, Internet users would be well advised to ask another question entirely: Are my "friends" even real people?



In the continuing saga of data security firm HBGary, a new caveat has come to light: not only did they plot to help destroy secrets outlet WikiLeaks and discredit progressive bloggers, they also crafted detailed proposals for… Continue

Google’s data gathering has come under fire again, this time because of an art contest for children.



The “Doodle-4-Google” contest invites children to redesign the home page logo. The contest has been in place for four years, and this year the theme is “What I’d like to do someday…”



The problem was in the registration form, which asked for the last four digits of the child’s social… Continue

(Audio only) How the bankers take down societies, short break down.

Catherine on Her Soapbox

I would like to propose a contrary theory to the dire views of those looking behind the veil of recent economic statistics.

First, if you look at the amount of money that has been stolen or shifted out of the economy it is more than enough to take care of all that…

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Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist.

Samantha Joye has video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.

That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.

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We have consistently warned that Britain is being attacked by our own government, and under the front page headline of our last edition, “Dark Actors Playing… Continue

The early release of a jihadi turned US supergrass who helped a London bomber has rung alarm bells. Shiv Malik reports on doubts held by the victims' families.



Graham Foulkes's son David, 22, was one of the 52 people killed in a series of terrorist attacks on the London transport system on 7 July 2005





In November 2001 when Mohammed Junaid Babar made his television debut, it was clear what side he was on. "When the American… Continue

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If you've wanted to be part of a powerful effort to bring Bush-era officials to justice for their crimes, now is your chance. We've joined a national effort to reach out to the people of Spain, whose courts are considering prosecuting six of Bush's lawyers under international law. Our campaign includes an open letter and ads in prominent Spanish newspapers and billboards.



Even though the Obama administra tion has… Continue

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into an uptick in young children having febrile seizures following a flu shot. There have now been 36 confirmed reports of such seizures during the current flu season.



All of the seizures took place less than a day after the children were given Fluzone. Fluzone is currently the sole flu shot recommended for very young children in the U.S.



Google News reports:

"The [FDA] said…

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Bugs to Bernanke: That's all, folks!

 

China on Track to Become Top Gold Buyer

 

China's gold imports are estimated to have more than doubled from a year ago in the run-up to Chinese new year, putting the country on track to overtake India as the world's largest consumer of the precious metal.

The growth in demand is being attributed in part to Chinese families giving each other gifts of gold instead of traditional red envelopes…

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Smashed TV Makes Pretty Necklace

Jeweler Alexis Dove imports glass from piles of smashed TV sets in Afghanastan and turns them into beautiful necklaces. Who says the Taliban are all bad?

the pre-tv generations archive

White Dot is compiling an archive of memories and advice from the last generations to grow up without…

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CNN's Anderson Cooper and his camera crew were attacked and repeatedly punched by pro-government forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo today. [Updated with video]

"My team were set upon by the crowd," Cooper said on CNN this morning via telephone from…

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A UN human rights official has been roundly condemned for suggesting that the US government may have orchestrated the September 11 terrorist attacks. Richard Falk, a retired professor from Princeton University, wrote on his blog that there had been an “apparent cover up” by American authorities. He added that most media were “unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced doubts about the official version of the events” on 9/11, despite it containing “gaps and contradictions”. And he…

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