Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_on_he_me/us_gas_drilling_frackwater%3B_ylt%3DAjxMQ7u6qEouz15dxuaROWes0NUE%3B_ylu%3DX3oDMTFpZHUzaXFwBHBvcwMzNwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDcGFhbGxvd3NkdW1w

The natural gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the stuff by injecting it down shafts thousands of feet deep. Not in Pennsylvania, one of the states at the center of the gas rush. There, the liquid that gushes from gas wells is only partially treated for substances that could be environmentally harmful, then dumped into rivers and streams from which communities get their drinking water.

Link: http://www.declineoftheempire.com/2011/01/29-of-americans-say-its-difficult-to-afford-food.html

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released their year-end survey on December 15, 2010. Their pollling revealed that for the public, a tough year ended on a down note. Consistent with the mood of the nation all year, 2010 is closing on a down note. Fully 72% are dissatisfied with national conditions, 89% rate national economic conditions as only fair or poor, and majorities or pluralities think the country is losing ground on nine of 12 major issues. Pew's survey results are not surprising, and I would cover them in depth if it weren't for some rather important information that was buried in the next to last paragraph. Not to worry they are totally brainwashed sheep. They will never protest or stand up for themselves, they will simply quietly starve and die.

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40887450/ns/us_news-environment/

State officials on Monday were investigating why 80,000 to 100,000 fish washed up dead on the shores of the Arkansas River last week. "The fish deaths will take about a month" to determine a cause, Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, told msnbc.com. They don't know what killed the fish but it was definitely not the bloodthirsty greedy polluting corporations...

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/03/wikileaks-us-eu-gm-crops

US embassy cable recommends drawing up list of countries for 'retaliation' over opposition to genetic modification. Genetically modified corn in a test tube The US embassy in Paris wanted to penalise the EU after France moved to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show. In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/rights/149399/7_shocking_examples_of_cops_getting_away_with_brutal_attacks/

Cops are far less likely than civilians to pay for their crimes. Seven recent incidents bring that point home. It's no surprise that cops are far less likely to face consequences for brutal behavior than civilians are. But a closer look at several recent incidents brings home just how unlikely police are to pay for their crimes. Some cops are shooting unarmed people, sexually assaulting women, stomping, choking, yelling racial slurs and giving false testimony.

Link: http://farmwars.info/?p=4897

Just when we thought that buying “Organic” was safe, we run headlong into the deliberate poisoning of our organic food supply by the FDA in collusion with none other than the folks who brought us Aspartame. NutraSweet, a former Monsanto asset, has developed a new and improved version of this neurotoxin called Neotame.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/economy/149398/why_aren%27t_us_students_rioting_over_crazy_tuition_hikes_like_college_kids_in_europe/

While London has been rocked by student protests over proposed tuition hikes, United States college campuses have been largely quiet. Why? While London has been rocked by student protests over proposed tuition hikes, United States college campuses have been largely quiet. Tens of thousands of students in the UK have taken to the streets -- confronting police, storming the Conservative Party headquarters, even halting the motorcade of the British monarch Prince Charles. Because Americans are a product of the state and the corporate media. American school teachers don't even know how many stars are on the American flag. The corporate media has produced a completely docile dumbed down generation of consumer sheep trained to eat shit- genetic Monsanto food and chemical filled junk food, trained to buy, buy, buy, worthless junk. Their sole purpose in life is to fight endless wars for profit and die like all slaves die in abject poverty. Don't expect them to wake up it isn't possible. When the freight train of economic collapse and police state slams into them they won't even know what hit them.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/world/149393/wikileaks%27_most_terrifying_revelation%3A_just_how_much_our_government_lies_to_us/

Wikileaks has shown that our government and military form a 'vast lying machine' that perpetrates mass murder in our name. "Try as I may I can not escape the sound of suffering. Perhaps as an old man I will accept suffering with insouciance. But not now; men in their prime, if they have convictions are tasked to act on them."

Link: http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Florida-Professor-Arrested-for-Having-aSuspicious-Bagel-on-a-Plane-112825029.html

Passengers claimed man had suspicious package in the overhead compartment. A Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a suspicious package in the overhead compartment. That "suspicious package" turned out to be keys, a bagel with cream cheese and a hat.

Link: http://www.truth-out.org/downward-stagnation-wage-policies-in-times-crisis66543

Not surprisingly wages have fallen during the economic crisis. A new report produced by the ILO, Wage Policies in Times of Crisis, provides evidence on the decline in wage growth during the crisis, and highlights the particularly severe reductions that have occurred in industrialized countries.