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The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year

By Paul Craig Roberts on January 6, 2012 at 8:58pm
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Jobs offshoring, financial deregulation, and ten years of wars have severely...

Video: No Snow, No Skiing?


The is a look at how much snow is at Boston Mills ski resort in Peninsula, Ohio. Ohio's relative lack of snow so far this season has been a boon to state and local government agencies saving on road salt, but the...

Four More Years -- of This?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Thursday - January 5, 2012

In what The Washington Post called "a bold act of political defiance," President Obama Wednesday announced the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Cordray's nomination had been blocked by a Senate filibuster....

Obama signs 'toughest yet' Iran sanctions

Link: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15638986,00.html

Obama has 180 days to decide how to exercise the sanctions


Mounting tensions between the United States and Iran are likely to flare even further after US President Barack Obama has signed...

Leaked: US to Start ‘Trade Wars’ with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops

Link: http://naturalsociety.com/us-start-trade-wars-with-nations-opposed-to-monsanto-gmo-crops/

Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
January 3, 2012

The United States is threatening nations who oppose Monsanto’s...