Article by Paul Craig Roberts of LewRockwell.com
Obama’s dwindling band of true believers has taken heart that their man has finally delivered on one of his [...]

Published by ProPublica
For more than a decade the energy industry has steadfastly argued before courts, Congress and the public that the federal law protecting drinking water should not be applied to hydraulic fracturing [2], the industrial process that is essential to extracting the nation’s vast natural gas reserves. In 2005 Congress, persuaded, passed a law [...]

By Barbara H. Peterson
Original: http://farmwars.info/?p=2072
Controversy surrounding the use of marijuana, whether it is for recreational or medical purposes, is heating up.
The first state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, California leads the country in decriminalizing the sale and use of cannabis. Other states are considering the issue… Now, a new initiative that will allow local [...]

A study shows that people tend to have worse hangovers due to an increased amount of toxins that are found in darker liquors. Wired
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Butler Shaffer defends Ebeneezer Scrooge and makes the case for his innocence. A must read for those seeking to enhance their way of thinking.
Begin the proceedings at the Mises Institute
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This article goes in depth to reveal the nature of booms and busts and the government’s involvement in them.
Reliving the Crash of ‘29
Mises Daily: Monday, December 21, 2009 by Murray N. Rothbard

[First published in Inquiry, November 12, 1979]
A half-century ago, America — and then the world — [...]

In an extended propagandistic interview in Time magazine, Ben Bernanke is finally asked [...]

Sorry that I’m a little late on this one, but better late than never!
Developers of the widely used WordPress blogging software have released an update that fixes a vulnerability that let attackers reset the administrator password.
The bug in version 2.8.3 is trivial to exploit remotely using nothing more than a web browser and a specially [...]

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University reviewed the distribution of $157 billion in stimulus dollars based on publicly available reports and found that there was “no statistical correlation” between the amount of money a district got and its income or unemployment rate. Rather, the study found that Democratic congressional districts received 1.89 times [...]

In Denver, a new medical-marijuana shop called Ganja Gourmet serves cannabis-infused specialties such as pizza, hummus and lasagna. Across town in the Mile-High City, a Caribbean restaurant plans to offer classes on how to make multi-course meals with pot in every dish. And in Southern California, a low-budget TV show called “Cannabis Planet” has won [...]

“There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits…and investing in job creation and economic growth,” President Obama said last week. “This is a false choice.” During the same speech, he asked his audience to “let me just be clear” that his administration, having racked up the biggest budget deficits ever, [...]

I just got a free golf cart.
Actually, it cost me $6,490—but the dealer, Colin Riley of Tucson, Ariz., points out that there’s a $6,490 federal tax credit on such vehicles. Riley runs ads that say: “FREE ELECTRIC CAR … !”
Some consumers probably assume it’s a car-dealer scam, but it’s not. It’s an Uncle Sam scam.
Article [...]

Meet GJ 1214b, the most Earth-like planet ever found outside our solar system.
It’s not exactly Earth’s twin: It’s about six times bigger, a whole lot hotter and made mostly of water. But compared to the giant gas balls that account for nearly every other extrasolar planet ever found, it’s pretty darn close. And through a [...]

Long ago I quit criticizing the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to avert the latest systemic financial disaster, though I still pity him for enduring the endless Socratic essays, polemics, and indignant soliloquies of his detractors. Criticizing the Fed chairman for a lack of prescience is like criticizing a dog for an inability to recite [...]

Counterfeiting is becoming commonplace. Fortunately, nano threads, color-shifting inks, and even built-in windows are improving our currency.
Story at Fox News
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