Reuters | Dec. 3, 2008
When U.S. President-elect Barack Obama met Defense Secretary Robert Gates to discuss keeping him at the Pentagon, the encounter had a whiff of Gates' former life as a Cold War spymaster.

By Mark Shenk | Bloomberg.com | Dec. 4, 2008
Crude oil fell below $44 a barrel to the lowest since January 2005 and gasoline dropped below $1 a gallon as the deepening recession in the U.S., Europe and Japan cuts fuel consumption.

By Catherine Boyle | Times Online | Nov. 20, 2008
Demand for gold smashed the previous record in the three months between July and September as fearful investors switched funds from the stock market and savings into ingots and coins, often storing them at home as their trust in banks fell.

Huffington Post | Dec. 3, 2008
Joe Romm at ClimateProgress gives Ford's viability plan a good grade:
Assuming we believe they will do what they say, the reports reveal a fair amount about the company's plans for cleaner car. Interestingly, Ford does not use the word "hydrogen" or "fuel cell" at all -- a huge shift from even a year ago when briefings that I received from the car company suggested they were still enamored of "The car of the perpetual future." For Ford, the future now seems to be electrons:

By Paul Joseph Watson | Prison Planet.com | Dec. 4, 2008
Technical difficulties or deliberate censorship? CNN does not usually afford a soapbox to Peter Schiff because he’s one of a rare breed of financial analysts, he can actually identify the root of the problem - the Federal Reserve.

By Margaret Griffis | AntiWar.com | Dec. 4, 2008
At least 96 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 171 were wounded in today's attack. Two U.S. soldiers were killed during a suicide bombing as well. A significant bombing occurred in Fallujah, while mass graves continue to be found in Diyala province. Meanwhile, U.S. President Bush welcomed the news that the Iraqi council gave their final approval to a U.S.-Iraqi security agreemen. Also, Azerbaijani troops formally handed over their operations to Iraqi troops during a ceremony ending their mission in Iraq.

By Steve Watson | Infowars.net | Dec 3, 2008
A renowned Pakistani strategic defence analyst has described last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai as a “botched” false flag operation designed to imitate the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

By Chris Snyder | Wired | Dec. 3, 2008
Recession — and social network glut — be damned! Frank DeRose, managing partner of Ferrata Capital Management, plans to invest at least $1 million into Total Prestige, an invitation-only networking site for one of the world's most underserved internet demographics: the super- and super-duper rich.

By James Slack | Mail Online | Dec. 3, 2008
State officials are to be given powers previously reserved for times of war to demand a person's proof of identity at any time. Anybody who refuses the Big Brother demand could face arrest and a possible prison sentence. The new rules come in legislation unveiled in today's Queen's Speech.

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Alex Jones on Russia Today 12/3/08. Speaks about the police state, 9/11, economy, etc...

AFP | Dec. 3, 2008
Some 100 nations began putting their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them.

Reuters | Dec. 3, 2008
Private employers cut 250,000 jobs in November, the most in seven years, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.

By Patrick A. Heller | Numismaster.com | Dec. 2, 2008
Those who really understand what happens in the gold market have long observed the following pattern: If there is some significantly poor economic or financial news that will be released during the day, invariably there is an unexpected decline in the price of gold either before or at the same time that the news is released to the public.

By Rep. Ron Paul | House.gov | Dec. 1, 2008
As the printing presses for the bailouts run at full speed, those in power are no longer even pretending that the new giveaways will fix our problems. Now that we are used to rewarding failure with taxpayer-funded bailouts, we are being told that this is “just a start,” more funds will inevitably be needed for more industries, and that things would be much worse had we done nothing.

AFP | Dec. 1, 2008
US manufacturing slumped to a 26-year low in November, highlighting the abrupt downturn in the world's biggest economy, a survey showed Monday.