The “Arrogant And Unethical” Corporate Culture At Fannie Mae From 1998-2004 Sounds Awesome

A US Official In Lahore Kills Two And Is Being Charged With Murder

The Truth About What Will Happen When America Loses Its AAA

Newt/Jeb: Let Broke States Go Bust

Dear Obama, It’s Time To End Our Dependence On Foreign Cocoa

The CEO Of Fannie Mae Had A Startling Response To Being Told His Firm Couldn’t Handle More Risk

It’s Time To Admit That This Earnings Season Is Not What The Bulls Were Hoping For

Big Government Puts Ozarks in the Crosshairs

Pipeline ‘Matter of Critical National Interest’

Air Force training scheduled on Outer Banks for Tuesday and Wednesday (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Rep. West Hopes Obama’s References to ‘Investment’ Are Not ‘A Synonym’ For ‘Government Spending’ (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

GM food needed to avert global crisis, says Government adviser (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

DeMint interrupts Tea Party Caucus for Pledge of Allegiance (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

At White House, Axelrod Outlines Obama’s Post-SOTU Strategy (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Market Manipulation, Why Gold and Silver Have Declined (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

First lady: Army health initiative may be a model (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

Filibuster lives: Senate rejects changes in rules (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

Obama and the Chinese : urgent

Spain jobless rate surges to 20.33%

Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie’s Health Director Quits

Chocolate drought? World’s supply of sustainable cocoa could run out by 2014

School Superintendent gets $1 million retirement package

Credit card rates at record highs near 15%; some have 59.9% APR!

Egypt Shows How Easily Internet Can Be Silenced

Huge anti-government protest in Albania

Thousands protest in Jordan, demand PM step down

GDP 4TH QTR: 3.2%

Less than expected; stocks slide

NASDAQ outage leaves traders scrambling

Irony, Chicago Style

BRACE YOURSELF: Moody’s Basically Just Threatened To Downgrade The US

US Futures Slipping, While India Is Taking Another Large Nosedive

Egypt Gets Even Worse: Now Stocks Are Off Nearly 11%

Jim Rogers Says The US And UK Are Lying About Inflation And Predicts More Government Failures Thanks To Food Prices

Obama Hoover

Why Even The Creator Of The BRICs Thinks India And China Are In For A Rough Year

Correction in Gold Nears a Key Target

Fall of Saudi Arabia to End Dollar Reserve System?

Appropriations Committee Loses Allure in U.S. Congress Targeting Spending

Ford Fourth-Quarter Profit Tumbles 79% on European Loss

Stocks Drop Worldwide as Oil, Dollar Surge After Egypt Protests

Clinton Unites PepsiCo, Coca-Cola at Davos Summit

Dimon Says Deficits, Spending Are New Global Risk

House Republican to Probe Federal Agency Dodd-Frank Spending

China Has Major Concerns Over U.S. Dollar

Obama Goes on Defense Over Health Care Law

FBI Issues Over 40 Warrants for Involvement in Cyber Attacks


CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR ORGANIZING BOYCOTT OF RUSH LIMBAUGH

Sleeper Cells in the USA (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The first GM food crop containing human genes is set to be approved for commercial production. (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

EPA To Regulate Milk Spills (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama’s Message to America: The Era of Big Government is Back, Now Help Me Pay For It (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama Justice Department Colluded with ACLU to Attack Arizona’s SB 1070 According to Documents… (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Obama Recycles Waxman-Markey Utility Sector Target – Neglects to Inform Congress, Public (SOTU) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Report: DOJ Stifled Investigation Into New Black Panther Party and Voter Intimidation Charges

Robert Redford Recognized for Eco-Hypocrisy

CBO Projects Social Security Will Be Drained By 2037: Do You Think The Next Generation Will See a Solvent Social Security System?

Did Obama administration stretch health care stat?

CBS’ Chip Reid Asks Why The President Isn’t At The Podium Talking About Egypt (Hat Tip: Brian B.) Very good question…

Middle East Unrest Could Push Oil Price Skyward, Threaten Recovery

Skinning the Cap-and-Trade Cat with Clean Energy Standards

Hands Off My Purse! Why Money Bills Originate in the House

Green Jobs Cronyism and Cannibalism

Yes Virginia, The Chinese CAN Dump The Dollar (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The End of the Dollar (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

States make it illegal to video tape police (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Egyptian Strife Sends Oil Close To $100 On Suez Canal Closure Fears

Obama Continues to Play the Middle As Violence Erupts in Egypt

Iranian Regime Hails New Islamic Middle East Taking Shape

A Culture of Violence… Obama’s OFA Members Vow: We Will Hang Republicans

Journolist Lives!… Media Coordinates SOTU Response – Networks All Describe Lib Obama As “Reaganesque”

Waivers for Favors: Big Labor’s Obamacare escape hatch

New Obama press secretary has solid conservative-smearing credentials

Warning Signs

No Kidding: Spam Text Message Blows Up Suicide Bomber (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

America Needs Community, Not Collectivism (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Troubling Doubling of Money Supply (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Dem, GOP suggest at hearing that Obama is failing to lead in budget crisis (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Will Gold, Silver and Oil Prices Soar on Social Unrest in the Middle East? (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Barack Obama’s Lying Liars (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

EGYPT LIVE BLOG: Private Jets Leave Egypt With Important Government Announcement Due Shortly

IT BEGINS: Wealthy And Famous Egyptians Flee Country On Board Private Jets

Dramatic Pictures From Today’s Riots In Egypt

Here’s How To Shut Down A Country’s Internet Access

This Is What It Looks Like When An Entire Country Leaves The Internet

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NIALL FERGUSON: Yes, The US Is Screwed

Why This Is Just The Beginning Of Egypt’s Crippling Demographic Crisis

WikiLeaks Spurs On Protests By Releasing New Egypt Corruption Cables

On The Matter Of The Suez Canal

Only One U.S. Bank Was Not At Risk Of Failing During The Financial Crisis… And It Wasn’t Goldman

Asia’s Great Democratic Hope Has Lost $200 Billion In Just Three Weeks

A Brief Tour Of The 7 Oil Chokepoints That Are Crucial To The World Economy

The Rest of the World and Obama (Hat Tip: Curtis Frantz)

Obama Defends Health Care Law: ‘Granny is Safe’

What Role is the Muslim Brotherhood Playing in Egyptian Protests?

Rand Paul Pushes Immediate Half-Trillion in Spending Cuts

SurvivalBlog:

The Fed Won’t Be Able to Combat Inflation by Raising Fed Funds Rate

US Panel Blames Banks for ’08 Meltdown, but not Central Banks

The Great Debt Shift

Greece Default with Ireland to Break Euro by 2016 in Global Investor Poll

Fed to Pursue QE Even as Business Lending Gains

Unemployment Rises in 20 States, Falls in 15

Only 47% of Working-Age Americans Have Full Time Jobs

A Three-Minute Lesson in Gold Investing

The End Is Near For Credit Cards

Watch Out For Hidden Inflation Costs As Packaging “Shrinks”

World moves closer to food price shock

Top 25 countries that could get crushed by food inflation

World Food Prices Reach Nominal High

What China’s Rising Inflation Means for You

Mock city rises at Marine base for urban training. It has 1,560 buildings!

Risk of Riots Rising as Governments Cut Food Subsidies, UN’s Sheeran Says