I REALLY, REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS STORY

The official story is coming unravelled as quickly as 9-11 did, and in the same ways. Thank God I see that many more, experienced and well-funded independent press organizations are going after the story than there were just after 9-11. Yes, Haiti is being occupied. Yes, it is disaster capitalism. Yes, it reminds me of how the beaches in Sri Lanka devasted by the Tsunami were all instantly transformed from slums and shanties into pristine beaches -- subsequently sold to tourist developers exclusively. It starts with one nagging question. Like this:

Why was a British naval flotilla pulled out of the waters around Haiti just days before the earthquake -- the first such gap in British naval coverage since the 1700s?

Many are still asking why the aircraft carriers Hornet, Yorktown, Enterprise, Saratoga and Lexington had left Pearl Harbor just days before Dec 7, 1941. What does it prove? Nothing. That's why it leaves one unsettled. What does it prove that the U.S. military is denying access to Haiti of relief supplies and personnel from CARICOM? Caricom is a joint, multi-nation Caribbean relief effort with doctors, military, medicine and food. A news story today from Trinidad reported that Caricom personnel and supplies were being turned away.

You see. It is not profitable to slow decline. And -- as with 9-11 -- you come to a point where you say, "It's walking like a duck... It just quacked..." There are many out there now who will know how to invesitgate and break this story. I don't need to

I will stay focused on the things I'm doing now. I already have the map. Haiti, I'm afraid is the "Something Evil" which has come this way that I predicted. It is and will definitely be bigger than 9-11: More deaths, more property damage, a crisis in hemispheric politics, all just as a huge economic collapse was looming. -- I wrote my first-ever economic alert at From The WIlderness on Sept. 9, 2001.

Don't throw out the potassium iodide yet. We have a long ways to go.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1157956&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business

Say a Prayer for the New White Trash.

MCR
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Haiti
Police admit gangs have taken over Port-au-Prince
CIA Contractor Now Flying Spy Drone Over Haiti
3500 More Peacemakers to Haiti
US Marines ’Hit the Beaches’ To Help Stricken Haiti
Haiti earthquake: medics warn of infection risk to 3 million people
Haiti Hospital Waits for Patients
Supplies Diverted From Haiti for Fifth Time
Profiting From Haiti's Disaster
Haitian 'Orphans' for Sale

Terror/War/Intelligence
The Coming Oil Conflict In Iran ‎
FBI 'fabricated terror emergencies'
Top Obama czar: Infiltrate all 'conspiracy theorists'
It was less corrupt under the Taliban, say Afghans
Nigeria fights to restore calm after days of riots
Pinera Eschews Pinochet Terror While Embracing Chile Dictator's Economists
Undersea Internet Cables Could Detect Tsunamis
WHO Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity
China Begins Monitoring Billions of Text Messages as Censorship Increases
US: Police Fight Cellphone Recordings
Hackers create opportunity for military firms (from Rice Farmer)
WABC: Airport Security System Draws Senators' Ire
The Department of Defense has issued a new publication (pdf) to update and clarify its doctrine on "psychological operations."

Economy
Inflation in record leap
Markets panic about inflation
Oil Shortages to Reappear in 2011, Goldman Sachs Says
Brown's victory may favor Wall Street
China presses some banks to restrict lending: sources
China tells banks to halt lending ‎
Smaller U.S. mergers to be scrutinized
'G20 and IMF should merge'
Treasury delays first step in new capital rules
Families face years of pain, says Bank
Housing starts take surprise drop in December
Fed Should Read Its Own Memo on Rising-Rate Risk
Half of Young Black People Out of Work (UK)
US Does Not Have Capitalism Now: Stiglitz (from Rice Farmer)

Medicine
Oops! School Staffers Get Wrong Shots
Up To One Third of Cancer Studies Use "Wrong" Cells

From the Life Copies Satire Department:
Bible References on Gun Sights? (from Rice Farmer and Vantage Point)

Gas Supply Suspended as Shortfall Reaches Record High: Pakistan

From Jenna Orkin

Haiti
Haiti's president nowhere to be seen
Guess the US/UN will have to do its honor-bound duty and step in.
UN Wants Troops as Looting Rises In Haiti
UN to Vote on Sending More Troops, Police to Haiti to Aid Recovery Effort
U-2 Flights Likely Over Haiti; Predator May Go
Aid Arrives but Few Are Lucky to Get It
U.S. to fleeing Haitians: You will be sent home
Obamas serve lunch to poor on MLK Day
Imagining a Haitian-scale disaster in the U.S.

Economy
Treasury's Delay Cutting Home-Equity Debt Threatens U.S. Housing Recovery
Illinois Careens Towards Bankruptcy; Governmental Collapse Coming
Housing Bubble Comparison: US, UK, Canada, Spain, Australia, Japan
Could England be the next Iceland?
2009 Saw Sharpest Rate of Decline in Britain in 88 Years
European ministers say Greece must tackle deficit
Corporate-government spread widens
After the stimulus binge, a debt hangover
Newsweek: The real unemployment rate
Goldman takes a stab at gold bugs and 'oil-peak'ers, says dollar will flourish
JAL files for $25 billion bankruptcy, to cut 15,700 jobs
Yen Carry Trade Shows Japan Losing Mojo With Collapsing Market Volatility
Iceland Credit Risk Rises `Considerably' If Bailout Loan Shelved, S&P Says

World/Energy
US Army to 'protect' Pakistan's nuclear sites (from Rice Farmer)
In France It May Become Illegal to Call Your Spouse "Fat"
Presidential Election in Ukraine: Moscow Is the Clear Winner
E.ON chief in call to save coal plants
...to keep the lights on.
Gas supply suspended as shortfall reaches record high ‎(Pakistan)
Power Cuts: Nine Hours a Day in Kathmandu

Intelligence/Technology
Skype, Wireless Companies Fight to Shape Net Neutrality Regs
FBI broke law in phone searches: report
Turkey blocking 3,700 websites, reform needed: OSCE
Foreign reporters' Gmail hacked in China
Jewish newspaper attacked by hackers
Weapons inspector stung in sex case

And...
Cocaine found in NASA shuttle hangar

10,000 US Soldiers Head to Haiti as Violence Intensifies

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Obama Wants Record $708 Billion for Military
Navy commissions newest warship, others coming
Dollar Crisis Looms if US Doesn't Curb Debt, Experts Say

Haiti/Venezuela
10,000 US soldiers head to Haiti as violence intensifies
U.S. carrier arrives off Haiti
US accused of annexing airport
Chavez says U.S. occupying Haiti in name of aid
Wherever did he get that idea?
Venezuela to reinforce troops on Colombia border with Russian Tanks
Experts warned of Haiti earthquake risk
Haiti quake: A medical 'perfect storm'
Medical chief: I ordered docs to leave
...on security concerns. Good to see that U.S. carrier doing its job during the perfect medical storm.
The Lesson of Haiti by Fidel Castro (from Vantage Point)
Bush On Lessons from Previous Disasters: Don't Set Expectations Too High
Haitians May Go Extinct
Haitian Man Behind Second JFK Security Breach

Economy/Energy
Round-the-Clock Car Factories in China Still Can't Fulfill Drivers' Demand
Can U.S-China ties weather perfect storm in 2010?
Japan threatens action on China gas project: report
For ‘Safe’ Investors, This May Be a Challenging Year
The word "challenging" is newsspeak for "fuggedaboudit."
Bernanke’s Days May Be Numbered
Markets to Peak in Late January: Strategist
Is Market About to Take a Tumble?
Banks Making Secret Deals to Allow More Short Sales?
Britain 'risks being insolvency brothel’
It remains likely that Greece is headed for a crisis that tests the stability of the eurozone.
IEA Sees World Oil Use in 2010 Highest Since 2007
JAL agrees tie-up deal with Delta: report
Ariz. to close 13 parks due to budget woes
10,000 protest Ariz. sheriff's immigration efforts
Venezuela arrests alleged drug lord wanted by U.S
Forget Wind. Pickens Turns Focus to Gas.

And...
The shrinking Nile
The 10 Unhappiest States in America
Stephen Colbert on The Word: Honor Bound

US to Double Weapons Stockpile in Israel

From Jenna Orkin

CoLLapse on Time Magazine's Short List
The ten best documentaries of 2009 (includes "Collapse;" from Rice Farmer)

Headlines
US to Double Weapons Stockpile in Israel (from Rice Farmer)
Israel's Looming War in Gaza: Can Obama Stop It Before It Starts?
US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs'
Latin American Cocaine Link To Al Qaeda A ‘Global Threat’ (from Rice Farmer)
China's Foreign Exchange Reserves Jump in 2009
23%.

Economy
Why Britain needs the stomach to pay off its debts
Spending cuts and tax rises are inevitable
Food Shortages Coming, Buy Commodities: Jim Rogers (from Rice Farmer)
Supermarkets at root of veg shortage
Gold trader quits to run farm
Nose-Biting Traders in Chicago Give Way to Geeks in Documentary `Floored'
Peak Revolving Credit
Recovery in U.S. Extends Into 2010 Without Stoking Inflation, Reports Show
Ahhh...
Is Fed Buying Behind the Stock Rally? (from Rice Farmer)

Earthquake(s)/Caribbean
Haiti earthquake: UN says worst disaster ever dealt with
Quakes in Venezuela and Oklahoma
What You're Not Hearing about Haiti (But Should Be) (from Rice Farmer)
Haiti's Fault Rupture Boosts Long-Term Risk of Jamaica Quake, Experts Say
Plant could save millions from malaria
US Military Bases Surround Venezuela (from Rice Farmer)
Netherlands denies US is using territories to prepare attack (from Rice Farmer)

Energy
API: US drilling activity falls 37% in 2009 ‎
Record Asian oil buying to help absorb stockpiles ‎
Asia reads Jim Rogers.
Energy costs fuel 2009 consumer price rise
Cut-price gas 'put patients at risk'

War/Terror
Afghan Conflict Spreading into Central Asia, Russian Analyst Says (from Rice Farmer)
Official Dutch inquiry concludes Iraq war was illegal
FBI based Bin Laden image on Spanish politician

The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis

From Jenna Orkin

Economy
Fresh global crisis fears
Roubini: The coming sovereign debt crisis
Sovereign Debt Crisis Coming As Recovery Stalls
Small Business Trends Suggest No Recovery On Horizon
Six Months To Live? by James Howard Kunstler
JPMorgan Earnings More Than Quadruple on Fees as Retail Bank Reports Loss
Fed Debate Intensifies on How, When to Drain $1 Trillion From U.S. Economy
More Than Half of Wealthy Americans Fear Outliving Savings, Survey Finds
The end is a little less near
Doomsday clock gets pushed back.
Do bulls have eyes wide shut?
The smaller the better
Estonia Looks Ready to Join the Euro Zone
The Sad End of the Orange Revolution

Quote of the Day: (from Jon Noel)
A man empties out the refrigerator of his home. 'Money is worth nothing right now. Water is the currency,' one foreign aid worker told Reuters.

Energy
China to launch first national water conservancy survey
Pentagon: No evidence that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons
Oil and gas exploration falls to lowest level in five years

Terror
Poll: Majority of Americans would give up liberty for security

Environment/Science
HIV vaccines in Zambia leaves 46 women infected with the virus
Badly written article. Contrary to the implication of the title, the drug trial discussed may or may not have caused the infection.
Major Antarctic glacier is 'past its tipping point'
Arctic permafrost leaking methane
Voodoo wasps that could save the world
The cricket that pollinates plants

HAITI

Jan 13, 2009 --- Remember Katrina and Rita? Those hurricanes that prompted a government response which made most of us ashamed to be American? I am certain that the global response to a devastation far worse, as a result of the Port Au Prince quake, will make Bush's Follies look like a well-oiled machine. Not only is the situation on the ground worse; the governments that might send massive aid are financial and economic basket cases. With the death toll already circling 200,000, and almost all critical infrastructure destroyed, the effort needed would have broken most governments before the collapse. It would take a Marshall Plan. So fuggedboudit. The UN can't help much either. No one can. There will be so many stories of courage, heroism, sacrifice and love to arise from this tragedy. At some point I can just see good souls all over the Gulf with private boats trying to do what they can. Take some fresh water and medical supplies in. Maybe pull a few out before anarchy and disease consume everything. It reminds me of a line Jeff Bridges once spoke: "You human beings are at your best when things are worst." -- That is exactly what must change in us.

We will see lots of footage of aid flights and stories about how other nations are rushing to assist. But it will not be possible to hide the fact for long that Haiti is becoming -- or has become -- a mass grave. Haiti is a stark, cold, and unforgiving metaphor for what we all face... all to soon. We need to listen to and acknowledge the suffering of the Haitian people so that someone might acknowledge ours when the time comes. What happens in Haiti needs to be watched cosely and learned from by those with the stomach for it. The journalist in me wants to be there, right in it.

Our message is spreading quickly. Every day I receive maybe 10 to 15 friend requests on Facebook from all over the world from people who have just seen "Collapse". Almost all say something like, "I thought I was the only one who felt this way." -- almost all are in their twenties. I spend as much time as I can with many to share a few words and bond across a cyberspace that now hums with a lonely echo. An awakening is taking place. Collapse has been invited to the Berlin International Film Festival and I've heard that it is going to be mentioned in one of the largest U.S. weekly news mags this week. Collapse has announced many new theatrical openings around the country and finally in some foreign cities. The awakening has started before the panic that will come... if not over Haiti then over what's coming this year. The faster we reach people, the less damage will be caused by the panic. It is my prayer that the panic can be averted, even if loss of life cannot. There is still time.

MCR
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War/Crime
Al Qaeda linked to air network
Homeland Security ignored a report detailing a clandestine fleet of executive jets regularly crisscrossing the Altantic on drug runs. The problem is now a global security threat.
Afghan Drone War Spikes Under McChrystal
'Killing the Enemy Is Not The Best Route to Success'
House Rep to introduce bill to ban private security contractors
Risk-averse Britain 'losing stomach for war'
Dutch Government Misrepresented Case for Iraq War
Murdered Iranian physicist acquainted with Israeli scientists (from Rice Farmer)
Police Are Told Not To Talk About Crime As It Might Scare the Public

Economy
Sovereign default risk looms
Real estate downturn will “overshadow” all others
Retail sales unexpectedly fall, jobless claims up
Jobless rate to stay above 8 percent until 2012: CBO
Foreclosures set a grim record in 2009
Swiss cheese recovery had more holes than cheese
Data suggests U.S. still overstating employment
S&P lowers California debt rating, cash crunch looms
Lowered to Third World status.
Financial crisis probe could be too late
US insurers have limited exposure in Haiti
In case you were worried about them.
Marc Faber: "We Are Doomed" -- Sees default in America's future (from Rice Farmer)
Where did all our money go?
HMRC 'spying' on tax evaders
'UK depression is over'
German Economy Shrank 5 Percent in 2009
S Korea scrambles to contain won amid export fears

Environment/Science
US primed for Copenhagen collapse
Bon appétit: Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals (from Rice Farmer)
Earthquake worsens health nightmare
Docs seek to stifle patients’ rants on Web sites

Gold
Investor appetite drives gold to new peak
Bullion demand overtakes jewellery, showing speculators’ impact

Race to the Bottom

From Jenna Orkin

Economy/US

One in eight Americans receives food stamps: U.S

And one in five New Yorkers. It says so on the busses.

How nation's true jobless rate is closer to 22%

"When the Labor Department puts out the January employment figures on Feb. 4, they will include an assumption that a lot of companies went out of business. 'This is something called the birth/death model that is used by the department. Last year it caused 356,000 jobs to be subtracted from the January job count."

More than 6 jobless workers chase 1 opening

Firms Scared to Hire Because of New Taxes, Health Care

Why Job Growth Will Be Weak—And Painful—This Time

Obama wants $33 billion more for wars

Measuring the effect of stimulus: If you don't like the results, change the yardstick

White House changes stimulus job accounting

House Plans To Subpoena Geithner Over AIG Decisions; Geithner's Got To Go

Blankfein Tells Crisis Panel He Was Never Asked to Take AIG Swap Discount

SEC order helps maintain AIG mystery
Ex-CEO wants lower U.S. stake in AIG

Housing Bubbles, Global Household Leverage, Why Fed's Reflation Efforts Will Fail

President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors (from Rice Farmer)

"The Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities."

U.S. Expects Steady Climb in Energy Prices

'I See a Giant Monopoly Developing That's Reminiscent of Microsoft'
Google.

US Overtakes Russia as Biggest Natural Gas Producer
Shifting demand suggests a future of endless oil

U.S. asked to regulate shipping of bumblebees

World

Iran knew Israel, U.S. planned "terrorist acts": speaker

U.N. cuts back on investigating fraud

China curbs loans, increases bank reserves

Higher rates for China

China Sends Soldiers to Load Coal as Freeze, Snow Limit Supply

Moody's Says Greek, Portuguese Economies May be Faced With `Slow Death'

Venezuela plans blackouts in Caracas, oil town

Venezuelan consumers fear inflation, dump cash

SocGen profit warning rekindles toxic asset fears

Things Fall Apart in Eurozone (from Rice Farmer)

A global fiasco is brewing in Japan

THE MOST INPIRING AND HOPE-GIVING FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN

Jan. 11, 2010 -- "Permalture -- Farms for the Future" --

http://www.viddler.com/explore/PermaScience/videos/4/ It's not just because my friends Colin Capmbell and Richard Heinberg are in it but that helps! This film also totally fits with all of my life's research and the science I used in "Confronting Collapse". At 48 minutes it would be the perfect double feature with "collapse" the movie. We must distinguish real hopes from false ones. We must discard or put aside less important threats and issues to address the only one that matters. Be prepared to learn about Permaculture and be prepared to smile. This is our hope.

MCR
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Headlines
CNBC's Kilduff: $100 Oil in Next Six Months
Constitutional Crisis in Argentina, President Threatens to Take Over Central Bank; Potential Latin America "Cascade Effect"
When the UK Needs Energy, Wind Farms Fail to Produce
Power cuts upset life, candle demand up (Pakistan)
Pakistan Army May Go To North Waziristan - Lieberman (from Rice Farmer, JO)
Pakistan terror death toll worst ever in 2009 – a 48% rise
U.S. household names hit by Venezuela devaluation
Chavez warns businesses after currency devaluation
China the new king of the road
China car sales top U.S. As China Rises, Fears Grow on Whether Boom Can Endure ‎
Chavez Threatens to Seize Businesses, Devalues Currency by 50%; Chavez vs. Obama, Parallels Greater Than You Think!
Massachusetts Miracle: Republicans May Win Senate Special Election For Kennedy's Seat
Guns and goons: Private armies in the Philippines (from Rice Farmer)

Economy
Ponzi Scheme: The Federal Reserve Bought Approximately 80 Percent Of U.S. Treasury Securities Issued In 2009 (from Rice Farmer)
Federal Reserve Earned $45 Billion in 2009
Fed seeks to protect US bailout secrets
America slides deeper into depression as Wall Street revels
Wall Street turns flat as advance fades Fed unlikely to be swayed by jobs data: Bullard
China surprises with bank reserve hike, markets hit
China will likely spend full amount of stimulus
China’s “Terminal Phase” of Credit Bubble Excess
Economy still bleeding jobs
Household Survey Charts Reveal This Is No Garden Variety Economic Downturn (from Rice Farmer)
Will the U.S. Social Security System Survive? (from Rice Farmer)
401(k): Here comes the screw job (from Rice Farmer)
Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast
Schwarzenegger budget ax would fall heavily on poor
Dubai's First Foreclosure Opens Floodgates in World's Worst Housing Market 'The Slums of the 21st Century Are Being Built in Dubai'
Interview with architect - catch the name - Albert Speer Jr.
Rahm Emanuel may quit as Barack Obama's Chief-of-Staff

War
Clinton to talk bases, security on tour
Elite Iran force’s rise may limit U.S. options
Suicide rate of young veterans up 26 percent
Yemen officials admit to losing battle against al-Qaeda
2010: Giant Gathering Storm Clouds (from Rice Farmer)
We Might Just Nuke Those Cyber Attackers - General
Yemen's top al-Qaida scout is American-born
Military deluged with intelligence from drones
NYT: Remote-controlled planes produced 24 years’ worth of video in '09

Energy/Environment
Oil at Heart of Dispute Over Iran Fourth UK gas warning
Freezing conditions lead to new alert as North Sea field is shut.
California Ties Cash to Energy
Cold records are shattered across Florida

And...
"The World Bank Unveiled: Inside the Revolutionary Struggle for Transparency"
by David Ian Shaman, Parkhurst Brothers Inc. Publishers, 2009.
Airport Droids Attack Human Gene Pool (from Rice Farmer)
Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Chávez calls on troops to curb price rises
Rockets fired in India-Pakistan border skirmish (Rice Farmer)
Iran can be bombed says General Petraeus

Energy/Food/Environment
Last hurrahs of the petrol age
The end of food as we know it?
In 2008, American pundit Paul Roberts published The End of Food. Roberts argued that the "bullet" attacking the world's food system could come from any number of sources: avian flu, "a sharp spike in the price of oil, a series of extreme weather conditions, an outbreak of some new plant disease"
First grit, then gas – now it's vegetables in short supply - UK
Cameron: 70m is too many people for Britain
Tory leader says current trends are 'too much' and reducing net immigration to 1990s levels is not ‘unrealistic'
Greens 'on course for first Commons seat' - UK
Why Antarctica Isn't Melting Much -- Yet

Economy
Dethroning the U.S. dollar
Hawaii Can't Afford Congressional Election
Invest in U.S. Biz, Get an Immigrant Visa
White House plans more to trim joblessness: aide
Census May Jump-Start U.S. Jobs Rebound With 1.2 Million Temporary Workers Schwarzenegger Seeks Permanent State Pay Cuts, Proposes Privatizing Prisons
Consumer Credit Drops Record $17.5 Billion; Steepest Declines Since WWII
2010 Census Hiring Employment Scam
CBI pours cold water on economic green shoots

Terror/Intelligence
Russia says kills two Dagestan rebel leaders
Court Says FCC Has No Power to Enforce Net Neutrality
Cybersecurity: Here’s What Really Worries the Pentagon (from Rice Farmer)

Hitler? A scapegoat. Stalin? I can empathise. Oliver Stone

Civilization at Its Finest
Now you can be mummified just like the Egyptians
"Channel 4 backs project to find terminally ill volunteer who would be embalmed for the cameras. "

Comment: This is almost as good as Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull.

Bolivar Devalued 50%; Chavez Says Intercepted US Plane

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Hugo Chavez Says Venezuelan Jets Intercepted US Military Plane
U.S. denies U.S. plane flew over Venezuelan airspace
Chavez Devalues Bolivar by 50% to Boost Economy Amid Falling Oil Revenue
Belarus says oil supply talks with Russia halted (Rice Farmer)
Japan Airlines' Largest Banks Said to Agree to Bankruptcy Plan for Carrier
Why the government's job figures won't add up
By John Crudele, fierce crusader for transparency from the Plunge Protection Team.
Shrinking U.S. Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate From Climbing Above 10%
Forget The Unemployment Rate, The Real Nightmare Is The EMPLOYMENT Rate (from Rice Farmer)

Economy
Denmark trims key lending rate to 1.15 pct
Chile Posts Fifth Straight Month of Annual Deflation ‎
Hank Greenberg Tells WSJ Goldman Sachs Is Responsible for AIG's Collapse
Eliot Spitzer, et al.: The New Geithner-AIG Emails Are Merely The Tip Of The Iceberg (from Rice Farmer)
Top investor warns on UK's credit rating
Jobs figures hit US recovery
Japan government to explain to 35 nations on JAL: report
India Car Sales Rise 40% in December (from Rice Farmer)
End of consumerism: Our way of life is 'not viable'

Environment
The dairy farmer reduced to tears
"[O]ne a week commits suicide."
Food costs to soar as big freeze deepens
Bee Colony Collapse May Have Several Causes
Obama pushes for cash for green jobs
Eco-friendly stimulus package.
How could one bird cause so much trouble?
"The iconic sage-grouse is threatening oil, gas and wind energy development -- and could hurt Democratic candidates in coming elections, including Senate leader Harry Reid.
'Climate change resistant crops' move nearer after gene breakthrough
Giant wind farm plan needs £100bn
Britain also needs a 'super-grid' for plan to take off.
Rationing imposed on UK's dwindling supply of grit
Temperature drops as low as -2C, and even colder weather is forecast for weekend in Britain's worst winter for three decades
Deep freeze forces Britain to import salt
Waning H1N1 pandemic may let in new viruses

Terror/Law
Mind-reading systems could change air security (from Rice Farmer)
Mumbai terror suspect David Headley was ‘rogue US secret agent’ (from Vantage Point)
One in five troops unfit to fight on the front line
Former Bush lawyer charged with attempted murder
Military Scrambles F-16s Over Another Unruly Passenger
Bill to Criminalize "Psychological Violence"
Read the particulars and figure out how much time you and everyone you know would spend in jail.