Interesting Headlines in the News Dec 11

Food stamp use reaches another high in September:

Only 37 countries willing to back Kyoto Protocol extension
Unions vow political payback for Michigan right-to-work law
Why Are Preppers Hated So Much?
The World's Economy Is In Peril, The Government Knows It
A real cliff of incompetence, excuses
How To Prepare For The Coming Gold Crunch
Why Obama May Mint a Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
How the Koch Brothers Manipulate Climate Change Studies
Romanticizing Taxation
15 Signs That The Economy Is Rapidly Getting Worse

Report: By 2030, US will lose superpower status
US approves $647M weapons deal to Israel
Senate Dems push climate change amendment
States cannot do partial Medicaid expansion,

Obama jumps headfirst into fight

Why gold is money

Euro Area Pushed Into Recession as Trade Slows, Spending Drops
Oil Trades Near Three-Week Low as ECB Cuts Europe Growth Outlook
Dollar Falls Before Fed Considers Added Monetary Stimulus
U.S. Intelligence Agencies See a Different World in 2030
Treasury Breakeven Rate Is Near One-Month High

Europe: The new market cliff
Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law
In Some Stores, the Mannequins Are Watching You
Obamacare: For State Republicans, It's Decision Time
Chris Christie Really Doesn't Want Obamacare Near His State
The Bitter Fight That Still Might Take Us Over the Fiscal Cliff
The Value of the Dollar
What's At Stake With the Fiscal Cliff?
To Cliff or Not to Cliff
Is the U.S. Already in Recession?
Israeli Special Forces Track Chemical Weapons in Syria
Watch yield spreads as Monti calls it quits
US citizens leaving the country to avoid stiff tax bills
Is the Economy Creating a Lost Generation?
Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work
Mario Monti's exit is only way to save Italy
More US Service Jobs Heading Offshore
Five ways raising eligibility could change Medicare
FTC probes mobile apps firms over child privacy concerns
Standard Chartered Bank forfeits $227 million

Pennsylvania woman sues Google over Gmail privacy
Egyptian military's power in keeping order alarms liberals
Iran says it has decoded data from captured CIA drone
Navy sends 2 more warships for N. Korean missile launch