UK: Huge Iron Age haul of gold coins found
• news.BBC.co.ukThey are thought to have been minted by predecessors of the Iceni Queen Boudicca.
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April 15th: Small Business has a Surprise for Obama
• OfTwoMinds.comLet's move on to April 15--tax day. As another sole proprietor recently told me, "The government is in for a shock on April 15." Why? Because he and a few million other sole proprietors/small businesspeople will be reporting losses inst
The Endgame by John Mauldin
• SafeHaven.comAs I have been pounding the table about, a credit crisis and imploding balance sheets, a housing crisis, and a massive earnings shortfall that yields a relentless stock market drop are all independently deflationary. The combined forces are massively
Recent Developments In The USA In Travel Data
• Papers PleaseThe USA is seeking to establish a global traveling norm requiring government-issued ID for all forms of travel, a life-time record for individual travel histories & mandatory government permission for all travel, particularly air or international tra
Chasing Bonds Rally Is 'Terrible Mistake': Jim Rogers
• CNBC.com"anyone chasing the rally in government bonds is making a "terrible mistake." "The idea that you can fix a period of excess borrowing and excess consumption by more borrowing and more consumption to me is just ludicrous," he
Royal Bank of Scotland Posts the Largest Loss in UK History
• CNBC.comRoyal Bank of Scotland unveiled the biggest loss in British corporate history on Monday, overshadowing a second government bailout for the sector and sending its shares reeling to a 23-year low.
These Bailouts Won't Work Either: Dr. Doom
• CNBC.comThe new bank bailouts are not likely to work because they are run by the same people who prolonged the economic agony by throwing money at weak companies rather than allowing them to fail and encouraging the strong ones, Marc Faber, the publisher...
More Joining American Military as Jobs Dwindle
• NYtimes.comThe last fiscal year was a banner one for the military, with all active-duty and reserve forces meeting or exceeding their recruitment goals for the first time since 2004, the year that violence in Iraq intensified drastically, Pentagon officials sai
Justin Raimondo: Inauguration Day, 2009 - A Day of Mourning
• Antiwar.com/justin/At a time such as ours, the spectacle of jeweled and gowned courtiers feasting on inaugural canapés is beyond tacky. The Bourbons partied, too, right up to the eve of the French Revolution.
The Genocide of a Nation…With Full Support of the United States Government
• http://freedomfighterradio.netI recently read that one of my heroes, Kevin Barrett, is leaving the country. Barrett is a strong proponent of 9/11 truth and an even stronger enthusiast for human rights. He cited several things, pictures of dead babies on the news overseas, probabl
Will United States be forced to nationalize banks?
• Reuters[that's been the plan] The U.S. government's latest bank rescue, this time a multi-billion dollar lifeline handed to Bank of America, has led to more talk of what once would have been unthinkable -- European-style nationalization of major Ame
Rulings of Improper Detentions in Cuba as the Bush Era Closes
• NY TimesFor 6 years, Haji Bismullah, an Afghan detainee at Guantánamo Bay, has insisted that he was no terrorist, but had actually fought the Taliban and had been part of the pro-American Afghan government. The Bush administration flew him home after a milit
FBI joins search for missing Florida money manager
• ReutersThe FBI and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have joined the search and investigation for Arthur Nadel, president of Scoop Management Inc, whose reported disappearance was followed 2 days later by complaints from investors who said
It is the right of the people to alter the government
• http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.orgClearly, when the order to open fire is finally given, it will follow many years of patient, peaceful attempts to find justice according to law, when all peaceful options have been exhausted. ~ Mark Yannone A violation of the “natural born citizen
New E-Paper Technology Speeds Up
• Technology ReviewResearch shows that photonic crystals can change color as quickly as other technologies. (This means that you can buy a magazine and have the entire content changed with a download... Imagine)
Bringing 3-D Home
• Technology ReviewThe electronics industry hopes to woo consumers with eye-popping technology.
Mass Production of Plastic Solar Cells
• Technology ReviewKonarka, a solar-cell startup based in Lowell, MA, has opened a commercial-scale factory, with the capacity to produce enough organic solar cells every year to generate one gigawatt of electricity, the equivalent of a large nuclear reactor.
Life Hunters Target Methane Plumes on Mars
• WiredMethane, an organic molecule that on Earth is usually produced by life, has been found emanating from three specific regions on the surface of Mars.
Nanotube Superbatteries
• Technology ReviewDense films of carbon nanotubes store large amounts of energy.
Obama team weighs government bank to ease crisis
• ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Obama administration is considering setting up a government-run bank to acquire bad assets clogging the financial system, a person familiar with the Obama team's thinking said on Saturday.
Electronic Inks from Carbon Nanotubes
• Technology ReviewCarbon nanotubes can be thought of as sheets of graphite rolled up in different ways to form tubes. Depending on how they fold, the nanotubes can either have metallic or semiconducting properties
A Panic Room for Miners
• Popular ScienceA new inflatable safety device could keep trapped coal miners alive until help arrives
Obama: I 'always thought' Bush was a 'good guy'
• RawStory.comPresident-elect Obama must have either an enormous capacity for forgiveness, or a short memory. On Friday night, he told CNN's John King that he has "always thought" Bush was a "good guy."
Gaza calm as Israeli troops begin pullout
• RawStory.comGaza was enjoying a second night of calm on Monday as Israeli troops began withdrawing after their deadly 22-day onslaught in the battered territory was halted by a fragile ceasefire deal.
Steelers shove aside Ravens for AFC title
• nbcsports.msnbc.comThe Steelers will meet the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl in two weeks in Tampa.
GM to Build Its Own Batteries
• Technology ReviewJust as the company makes engines, it will now make battery packs for electric cars.
Clever Critters: 8 Best Non-Human Tool Users
• Wired ScienceTool use was once thought to distinguish humans from animal — until, that is, so many animals proved able to use them.
Israel prepares for Obama Inauguration
• News LinkIsrael is pulling out of Gaza, conveniently two days before the Obama Inauguration. They had a whole additional day they could have kept bombing.
SNL Web Exclusive: Ann Coulter On Weekend Update
• HuffingtonPost.comSNL has a web exclusive of Ann Coulter stopping by Weekend Update for a chat with Seth Meyers and an impassioned defense of George Bush.
SNL: Dick Cheney's Exit Interview With Diane Sawyer (VIDEO)
• HuffingtonPost.com"Saturday Night Live" opened with Diane Sawyer interviewing outgoing VP Dicky Cheney. No matter what he's asked, Cheney regrets nothing.
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