Bloomberg | The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that more than 2 trillion barrels of untouched crude is still locked in the ground.

Washington Post | An estimated $1.2 billion of customer money was looted from accounts at MF Global

The Burning Platform | The false storyline last week was the dramatic surge in new jobs.

Zero Hedge | Bernanke’s recognition of penalizing savers with low rates as an ‘issue for people.’

Bill Mitchell | IMF paper presents a nonsensical transmission model of government spending and its impact on the domestic economy.

Reuters | Euro zone ministers had hoped to meet on Monday to finalize the second Greek bailout.

Washington Post | American Airlines’ plan for pension bailout is drawing heavy criticism – for good reason

Matt Cover | Number of long-term unemployed was unchanged at 5.5 million in January, near its record of 6.7 million in April 2010.

Zero Hedge | The headlines are blaring of a massive surge in January employment that blew away analysts expectations.

Washington Post | Mullahs have warned big player speculators with execution for working against Rial

PF Louis | The hypocrisy of the war on drugs is centers on the amount of drug trafficking that benefits the CIA and international banking system.

Commodity Online | As Chinese goes bullish on gold, COMEX speculator positions surge

Washington Post | What Obama didn’t mention in his SOTU address – the housing bust has reached a new all-time low

Dr. Ron Paul | The Federal Reserve’s interest rate price-setting board, the FOMC, met last week.

Zero Hedge | Greek courts will also give employed indebted Greeks a financial lifeline with new landmark ruling

NPR | Freddie Mac prevented households from being able to take advantage of today’s mortgage rates, and then bet on it

Gordon G. Chang | China says: “The only choice to hedge risks is to hold hard currency – gold”

The Independent | Rip-off Britain lives up to its reputation again, this time opportunists have shot themselves in the foot

John Rubino | Breaking down peak energy, societal and economic collapses, as our current system falls off a cliff

Carl Herman | JP Morgan & Co purchased control over America’s leading 25 newspapers in order to propagandize US public opinion in favor of his corporate and banking interests.

The Independent | The bankers’ game is nearly up, as the useless eaters begin to catch on to them

Daily Bell | The “good news” is aimed primarily at furthering the hopes of President Barack Obama for a second term.

Washington’s Blog | Top Military Man Invokes the Occupy Movement in 1933.

Press TV | In response to EU sanctions which kick in from June, Iran looks to beat them to the punch

Southern Reporter | Diesel thefts are on the rise in UK, as fuel crisis hits across industry

Daily Bail | “I’ve disagreed right from the beginning of this blanket blame of all banks… that’s just a form of discrimination that should be stopped.”

Bloomberg | Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in December for the first time in four months.

Oil Price | If demand outpaces supply, the West’s boycott against Iranian oil is sure to fail

Mail Online | Deputy PM goes libertarian with income tax cut amid impending economic catastrophe

Ray Massey | Fuel crisis: experts are now warning of ‘£100 fill-up’ if UK refinery is not put back online soon

J. D. Heyes | Treasury stealing cash from federal employees pension funds so the government can obtain more credit to pay its debts.

James Hall | Our the current record of trade deficits proves that global free trade is damaging the US

New York Times | Billions in commercial real estate loans made during boom year 2007 are coming due this year

All Gov | Rather than deal with the complexities of U.S. tax law, Americans are opting for citizenship overseas

Robert Wenzel | This winter, Davos elite will be calling out capitalism – directly, as an ‘inferior product’

Mail Online | Slowly, slowly, this is how the globalist can eliminate all traces of the middle class.

John Rubino | Illinois owes tens of billions to various investors, stakeholders and will clearly have to default on some

AFP | “The main issue would be the preoccupation with the global economy.”

Infowars.com | A timeline of the most amusingly disturbing speeches delivered by the Federal Reserve & Co.

Mark Matheny | Situation in the U.S. is much worse than that of Europe.

Oil Price | War tensions in the Gulf is not the only factor which will determine world oil prices in early 2012

Guardian | European and Asian economies are having second thoughts about US call for sanctions on Iran

Hans Nichols | Summers nomination may draw criticism from some Democrats who disagree with his past stances on deregulating the financial industry.

Alternet| Yes, they accumulated too much debt, but the problem would be manageable if not for Hedge greed

The Independent | American icon blamed for not keeping pace digital photography technology

Reuters | Treasury started dipping into federal pension funds to give Obama administration more credit to pay government bills.

AFP | Available for rent: The Acropolis.

Guardian | Christine Lagarde is on the fundraising campaign, hoping to shore-up the IMF coffers with extra trillion

Canada Free Press | Obama is gradually distancing himself from the anti-fossil fuels obsessives in Washington

Reuters | Spike in credit card usage could mean that people are taking out new debt just to meet costs of day-to-day living.