The FCC’s Threat to Internet Freedom (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner/Brian B.) Drudge puts it best: THEY’RE COMING FOR THE INTERNET! Julius Seizure…

EXCLUSIVE: FCC Dems Narrowing Net Neutrality Gaps (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

FCC Can’t Force Net Neutrality, Court Rules (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Dems play politics with ‘net neutrality’ vote

‘Sweeping new rules’

SHUT: Music Web Sites Dispute Legality of Their Closing

UK ministers threaten: Censor web, or we will legislate ‘to protect children’

Plan to block all online porn

Hugo Chavez defends plan for web regulations

Firefox backs ‘Do Not Track’ with online stealth (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Monitoring America (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

If Pigford Is Fair, Then I’m A Black Farmer, Too!

In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate passes food safety legislation (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner/Brian B.)

Scarborough: Chris Christie Reduces Me To A 14-Year-Old Girl At A Beatles Concert (Hat Tip: Carey B.)

A ‘Green’ Christmas Won’t Save the Economy

Morning Bell: The Ghost of Broken Promises Past

The Euro Suffers an Identity Crisis

15 Facts About McDonald’s That Will Blow Your Mind

JEFF GUNDLACH: The US Economy Is A Complete Horror [Slides]

Short Treasuries: America’s Debt Default Will Happen Sooner Than Anyone Thinks

Sorry Joseph Stiglitz, Nothing In Your Five Point Plan To Cut The Deficit Will Work

The Market Is Overbought, Overextended And Overvalued

QE2 And Exploding Mortgage Rates

Ernst & Young Said to Face Fraud Lawsuit Over Lehman Audits

Christmas Gets Costly as U.S. Retailers Avoid Panic

French AAA Grade at Risk as Downgrades Sweep Europe

In Tough Economy, Santas Are Also Suffering

Drinking Water Crisis in California

Two Californias

Need A Job? Too Bad! Good Jobs Are Being Shipped Out Of America As Part Of New One World Economy (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Trash collectors serve as eyes, ears for police

Alwaleed Is Richest Arab Businessman

Thousands try to storm govt building in Belarus

Chinese endure power shortages as coal runs short

Unreal… Napolitano Says DHS Is Going to Start Battling Climate Change As Homeland Security Issue

Al Sharpton Meets With FCC to Plan Public Hearings For Rush Limbaugh & Others (Audio)

FIRST TIME EVER… Majority Believes Obamacare Will Be Overturned

Sunday Night Surprise… US Senate UNANIMOUSLY Passes the Food Safety Bill

THOUSANDS Of Protesters Storm Government Building After Rigged Elections in Belarus – Opposition Candidate Beaten to a Pulp

Gross… Millions of Funky Dead Sea Creatures Wash Ashore After Record Florida Freeze (Video)

Bad News For Dems… Ultra-Blue States Continue to Lose Population to Red States – Texas Will Gain 4 House Seats

Watch out: More Obama union pay-offs in the works

White House Science Czar Orders No Political Interference in Global Warming Sham

Did The Price Of Oil Help Cause The Financial Crisis Of 2008? Will Surging Oil Prices Soon Spark Another Financial Crisis?

‘$823,200 to Study Genitalia Washing’: Sen. Coburn Releases Gov’t Waste Report

‘Socialism’ Loses to ‘Austerity’ in Race for ‘Word of the Year’

Senate Passes Food Safety Bill…Again

FCC Chair ‘Calling CEOs’ to Garner Support for Net Neutrality

SurvivalBlog:

After much foot dragging, the Federal Reserve banking cartel finally fessed up to lavishing $3.3 trillion in new liquidity and in excess of $9 trillion in “short term” loans. But in doing so, they soft-pedaled the fact that a good portion of that was used to bailing out soured or failed mortgage-backed securities (MBS) derivatives contracts. Gee, even the biggest casino in the world can get insurance, these days. But I suspect that the next derivatives meltdown will be so big that it will bring down the global financial system.

Any Talk of Recovery is False. Here is snippet: “As you can see, the great retail recovery of 2010 is a sham. Comparable store sales increases of 3% are inflation-adjusted decreases of 5%. If you drive around with your eyes open, you would think the hot new retailer in America is called Space Available.”

Quest for Revenue Department: San Francisco plans tolls between Peninsula and the city.

The Dollar Threads a Needle

10 Signs That Confidence In US Treasuries Is Dying And That Financial Armageddon May Be Approaching

Droughts, Floods, Cold, and Snow Hit Global Commodities

The Fed’s Final Days

Doomsday For The US Dollar: Post Mortem for the World’s “Reserve Currency”

Dollar May Drop 11% in 2011 as Treasuries Fall, Says CitiGroup

Chinese Take-out Of The US Economy, Debt Crisis Triggering Reserves Conversion Into Gold and Silver

Santelli: Clarity From Fed? No. Inflation? Yes.

ShadowStats: Hyperinflation Special Report (Recently updated)

China’s inflation rises at fastest pace in two years

The CPI Is Broken. Here’s Why.

“Food prices rise sharply – and there’s more to come”

Bloomberg’s “Chart Of The Day” Warns of Coming Surge in Wheat, Corn Prices