Kurt Nimmo | Romney has called for a continuation of the Federal Reserve and fiat money.

Eric Margolis | The modern US imperium so closely resembles the famed Indian Raj — way the British Empire ruled India.

Los Angeles Times | The United States is not demanding that embattled President Hosni Mubarak step down in the face of continuing demonstrations.

The Telegraph | Gates said it looks increasingly likely that Congress will not act on the Pentagon’s 2011 budget request.

Christian Science Monitor | Clueless VP wonders what the Egyptian protesters want.

AFP | The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, called Falk’s views “despicable and deeply offensive” and said she had registered a protest and called for his dismissal.

Aaron Dykes | Report on the State of the Union and Progress of the Total Takeover of America by Homeland Security Occupation

Bloomberg | The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to hear an expedited appeal from Rahm Emanuel.

Chicago News Cooperative | The court ruled that Emanuel did not meet the residency requirement for eligible candidates.

Agence France-Presse | Kissinger said he would be “disappointed” if China did not make such a move on the yuan or renminbi.

RTT | United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Mexico on Monday to discuss with her Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa key issues that the two countries face individually and as partners.

Matthew Robertson | US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism.

Natural News | In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act which contains a subsection that bans the sale of incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012.

Bloomberg | U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords smiled when she heard applause from bystanders as she was being moved to a Houston hospital to continue recovering from a gunshot to the head.

FreedomsLighthouse | Ryan took time to destroy Democrat arguments that repeal of Obamacare would increase America’s debt and create jobs.

Campaign for Liberty | Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Huffington Post | A House committee has asked the Homeland Security Department to provide documents about an agency policy that required political appointees to review many Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a letter obtained Sunday by The Associated Press.

ABC | When President Hu meets with President Obama this week, it will be the first time the leaders meet as representatives of the two largest economies in the world.

The Emptiness | As could be expected after the shootings last weekend in Tuscon AZ, fingers are being pointed at right-wing politics.

Wall Street Journal | The Justice Department filed a criminal complaint in Seattle federal court Wednesday against a California man for allegedly making threatening phone calls to U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott’s office.

Lew Rockwell | Congress critters have less of a chance of being killed than the rest of us.

NBC Chicago | When asked about a comment attributed to him some years ago about “never let a good crisis go to waste,” Emanuel was taken aback.

Real Clear Politics | “Whether [political rhetoric] caused what happened in Tucson or not, it’ll cause the next tragedy,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) predicts on FOX News.

Dow Jones Newswire | The wife of a senior White House aide was found dead in a burning car in the garage behind her Capitol Hill home on Monday morning, and a joint investigation by the Washington fire and police departments is under way.

NaturalNews.com | As yet more proof that Big Pharma corruption crosses all political lines, Republicans are now considering putting a Pfizer lobbyist, Maria Cino, into the top position at the RNC.

Sarag Kliff | Zeke Emanuel, a health adviser in the Office of Budget Management, left his White House post this week.

AFP | Gates was to brief key lawmakers on Thursday before publicly announcing cuts to a number of weapons projects.

Yahoo News | The nine-digit numbers are surprisingly easy to steal. Now the government is taking steps to change how they’re assigned.

Fox | In an emotionally charged moment during the opening act of the 112th Congress on Wednesday, a teary-eyed John Boehner took the gavel from Nancy Pelosi, officially becoming the 61st House speaker.

Jeffrey Lord | Sarah Palin was right.

CNN | Rep. Darrell Issa said he meant to say the Obama administration instead of the president.

Washington Times | Rep. DarrellIssa, California Republican, is set to lead the House Oversight and Government Reform

Politico | The new Republican-controlled House plans to schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care overhaul before President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address late this month, incoming House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Sunday.

WSJ | New taxes on drug makers, lower prescription-drug costs for seniors and restrictions on tax-free medical spending accounts are among a slate of health-law provisions that kick in Saturday.

John Truman Wolfe | The enemyt has taken control of our very financial lives without a single shot being fired.

FoxNews.com | After failing to get climate-change legislation through Congress, the Obama administration plans on pushing through its environmental policies through other means.

The Hill | GOP Sen.-elect Rand Paul said Monday that he wants to attach spending cuts to every major piece of legislation that comes before the Senate next year.

Washington Examiner | Americans can give thanks in this Christmas season for an end to the reckless and destructive 111th Congress.

Daily Kos | So Rove thinks Barack Obama will be President in 2014 and 2015? Whooooops. I’m sure that’ll disappoint his colleagues at Fox.

Washington Post | The companies that build are pushing their business interests in Washington: hiring dozens of former lawmakers, congressional aides and federal employees as their lobbyists.

Daily Mail | President Obama was involved in a security scare after a man led police officers on a high-speed chase through a security checkpoint near his Hawaii holiday home.

BBC News | The Obama administration has said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants amid opposition from industry and Republicans in Congress.

ABC News | A team of scientists who study pollution’s role in global warming are outraged at a GOP Senator who, they say, has maligned their work as wasteful and petty by describing it as a study of “cow burps.”

Bloomberg | The 111th Congress made more law affecting more Americans since the “Great Society” legislation of the 1960s.

Activist Post | A great open rebuttal letter by a senior from Montana has gone viral via email.

You Tube | A one-hour special hosted by John Stossel. The program examines political promises and their consequences– ‘Cash for clunkers,’ the minimum wage, credit card reform, and health care reform.

Neil Stevens | Today the FCC defied the courts, the Congress, and a clear national consensus in favor of an open Internet.

Wall Street Journal | FCC will mark the winter solstice by taking an unprecedented step to expand government’s reach into the Internet.

Alexander Bolton | Senate unexpectedly approved food safety legislation by voice vote Sunday evening.

Washington’s Blog | Leading bank analyst Chris Whalen has questioned whether criminal charges should be brought against former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.