Wall Street Journal Federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose.

Steve Watson | Those who pass through the scanners will be at risk of long term health effects, such as cancers, according to some scientists.

Jason Douglass | Oklahoma first grader suspended for ‘offensive’ hand gesture.

John Butler | An amazing animated vignette by John Butler utilizes the T.R.I.A.G.E. concept to illustrate the globalist agenda and the coming police state.

LewRockwell.com | Just like the rest of us during financial problems, the government has to get its house in order.

CNET | A new report warns that smart-grid systems are being deployed without built-in security features.

Jason Douglass | Around the country ‘regular people’ are coming face to face with terror!

The Physics arXiv Blog | Computer scientists have developed software that spots flashers in the act on video chat sites.

Mark Rockwell | A person who refuses a bag search at transit police checkpoints in the Washington D.C. subway system and walks away could come under further observation by Federal Bureau of Investigation by FBI.

1787Network

Jason Douglass | TSA asserts their body scanners cannot store images even though technical specifications suggest otherwise.

PC World | A fragment of DNA appeared to ‘teleport’ or imprint itself between test tubes.

Economic Assassin | Twelve days into the New Year (2011) and China has already set the wheels in motion to use their most powerful weapon, the Yuan, in order to combat inflation.

Denver Westword | Alexander Landau got pulled over for an illegal left turn — and ended up being beaten bloody.

Reuters | Some of the United States’ top bankers descended on a law firm in midtown Manhattan on Thursday to make a pitch for managing what could be one of the largest share sales in history.

Jason Douglass | Cyber Security Coordinator announces a new PSA video challenge from Department of Homeland Security for the ‘Stop. Think. Connect’ campaign.

Jason Douglass | Invasive new program called ‘Snapshot’ helps drivers, who curb their driving habits, save money.

Jason Douglass | Thousand of gizzard shad dying along the Chicago lakefront.

RealityReport.tv | RealityReport.tv caught Beck calling the Arizona Shooter a “truther”.

Jessica Bown | Wind farms are failing to produce electricity when the temperatures drop, costing billions of pounds and potentially leading to blackouts.

The Telegraph UK | The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis. Self-congratulation by the US authorities that they have this time avoided a repeat of the 1930s is premature.

Fox News | Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appeared on Fox News on January 7th, 2011 to talk about her proposal for 5% pay cut for all members of congress.

Politico | “My staff is working on looking at the different legislation fixes that we might be able to do and we might be able to introduce as early as tomorrow,” said McCarthy.

MoneyandMarket.com | The “BRIC” club is expanding to include South Africa.

Jason Douglass | Pioneer, a DuPont Company has filed with APHIS to have a particular GM corn line deregulated.

Data Center Pulse | Welcome to the world of the future where everyone is plugged into the grid and the cloud.

The New York Times | Is another bubble being formed by ‘too big to fail’ Goldman-Sach’s valuation of FaceBook?

The Economic Voice |

Charleston City Paper | ‘National security’ is thrown around so liberally the term has lost its meaning entirely.

BBC News | The first oil pipeline linking the world’s biggest oil producer, Russia, and the world’s biggest consumer of energy, China, has begun operating.

Michael Boldin | Various bills attempt to address the ObamaCare.

San Francisco Chronicle | The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees’ cell phones without a warrant.

Jason Douglass | Wikileaks exposes an intergovernmental pact to disquise a spy satellite array as a tool to study ‘global warming’.

Andrew Ross Sorkin and Evelyn M. Rusli | Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion.

FoxBusiness.com | Microsoft (MSFT) has been busy announcing over the last few days a new privacy feature on Internet Explorer and a first-of-its-kind service deal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

EmptyWheel Blog | A lawyer in Nigeria has reminded the country’s anti-corruption watchdog that the recent deal buying Cheney’s freedom for $35 million is not legal.

FastCompany.com | Skype received a booting from China today, the same day the company announced the addition of video calling to its iPhone app (and iPad and iPod Touch).

Jason Douglass | A new revolution in computing is just another means of control.

The Huffington Post | Kutcher predicts that the “end of days” is on its way.

BusinessInsider.com | It is not a question of if China is a bubble and going to burst, but when.

Phoenix Rising from the Gulf | A new report coming out of the Gulf warns of the impending death of the region.

Economic Policy institute | Despite some positive numbers the forecast for the unemployed is still not good.

Accounting Today | Government Accountability Office Can’t Hold Government Accountable.

NaturalNews.com | Australian organic farmer ruined by multinational corporation and their GM products.

Paul Craig Roberts | America’s future is the world of Winston Smith.

BuffaloNews.com | Ex-TSA supervisor fired in 2005 fighting for complaining about sexual harassment.

WIVB News | In Cheektowaga, an apparent case of mistaken identity led to the wrong man being tasered at the Walden Galleria.

AFP | The government has confirmed that it trains a Bangladeshi police unit labelled a “death squad” by human rights groups.

CNSNews.com | Interview shows nation’s intelligence chief unaware of significant U.K. terror plot.

Engadget.com | A marketing webinar openly discusses a system that identifies customer internet activity and charges a different rate for using Facebook than watching YouTube, while allowing access to Vodafone services for free.