The New—Cardless!—National ID

Posted by Jim Harper

Your chance to comment on a Department of Homeland Security plan to tap into state drivers’ license databases and create a new national ID system expires next week. It’s the groundwork for a cardless national ID, which threatens liberty even more than card-based schemes like REAL ID.

The E-Verify program’s move to merge federal background checks and state driver license data sets the stage for satisfying all three elements of a national ID. (Two years ago, I discussed what constitutes a national ID in some detail.) E-Verify has not satisfied these criteria up to now, but the pieces are coming together quickly.

First, it is national. That is, it is intended to be used throughout the country, and to be nationally uniform in its key elements. If its proponents have their way, E-Verify will indeed soon go national, a requirement on every employer to vet new workers past the federal government’s databases.

Second, its use is either practically or legally required. This is a judgment call, but in two diferent ways, E-Verify appears to meet this element. First, not having data in the E-Verify databases means not having legal work, so “participation” in E-Verify can be fairly called practically required. Second, try to opt out of the system and you will meet a dead end. The program includes no opportunity I know of to refuse participation. It’s legally required if the state or federal governments have got your identity data.

I could be wrong, of course. Interested researchers should try contacting their state motor vehicle bureaus (cc: your state legislators) and ask not to have data about you transferred to the federal government for E-Verify. Please let me know what you learn.

The final “element” of a national ID is that it is used for identification. Up to now, E-Verify has  largely worked by comparing identifiers. (I.e., Does this name match this Social Security number?) The current plan is to tap into state databases for more identifiers: name, date of birth, driver’s license/permit number, and so on. From there, it’s a short ride to gathering drivers’ license photos and biometric descriptors. (E-Verify already uses federally acquired photos in its “Photo Screening Tool.&#8221 With the inclusion of your driver’s license photo, the E-Verify system will be able to display your picture on the screen of anyone who looks you up, allowing for positive identification.

This is a national identification system. If every employer has to use E-Verify—or even every major employer—it will become the all-purpose security device, used for cashing checks, confirming the name on credit cards, and looking you up at the prescription counter. Of course, it will be used at airport checkpoints. You’ll be screened through E-Verify at entrances to government buildings—maybe private buildings, too. And why not for random, “instant” checks at the subway or bus station? 

Just remember: If you have a tax dispute with the government, the Department of Homeland Security might flag you in the database—or it might de-identify you entirely—until you get right with the government.

Because it’s a database system, you won’t be able to argue your case like you can in the familiar card environment. With a card, at least, you can say, “No, look. This is me. This is my ID card. This is my picture. Give me my prescription.” With E-Verify, the answer will be, “Sorry, you have to talk to DHS or Social Security.” For good reason, I named my paper on electronic employment eligibility verification, “Franz Kafka’s Solution to Illegal Immigration.”

Arguments for the E-Verify system sounding in practicality and common sense do not hold up, but there are also principled reasons to oppose having a government background check system. Using E-Verify, the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly assembling a national ID system that can be converted to boundless uses. In addition to controlling employment, E-Verify can be put to use in regulating access to health care and housing, in gun control and registration, in monitoring travel and lodging—the list goes on and on.

I went through the arguments against having a national identification system in my book, Identity Crisis. In brief, a national ID would strip us of privacy even faster than is already happening, producing formal dossiers and increased surveillance. A national ID would transfer power en masse from individuals to governments. They would administer our rights by controlling the tools we need to navigate a “papers, please” society. A national ID would also be insecure, as it centralizes and homogenizes information assets (identity data) that are more secure if widely dispersed and heterogeneous.

As I noted last week, the federal government cannot and will not implement the REAL ID Act. So it’s on a new tack: E-Verify will soon be the new national ID.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

On Wednesday, the U.S. House ignored the wishes of millions of American voters and passed a do-nothing “Continuing Resolution” (CR) to fund the government for the next three weeks.

The CR now heads to the Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. Gun Owners of America has written Senate members to let them know of its opposition to that CR.

The first issue is ObamaCare. Republicans ran for election promising that they would repeal it -– or at least defund it. But it is increasingly apparent that some members of the leadership lack the courage to defund ObamaCare on the short-term CR … or on the long-term CR on April 8 … or on the debt limit.

So when, exactly, do they intend to show us that their word is worth the paper it is written on?

The problem for gun owners is that ObamaCare will allow the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF) to troll its health database for Americans who suffer from ailments such as PTSD –-millions of whom could find themselves subject to a gun ban under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4).

The second issue for us is that the three-week CR fails to include the Boren-Rehberg amendment, which would block efforts by the ATF to set up an illegal gun registry of multiple firearms sales.

Without defunding ObamaCare –- and without incorporating the Boren-Rehberg amendment -– this CR will continue to fund these unconstitutional activities, thereby endorsing them.

We are particularly sickened by cowards who are so afraid that Barack Obama will shut down his own administration that they are willing to allow him to dictate every provision in each CR.

ACTION: Contact your Senators and tell them to vote against the three-week CR.
Click here to use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send your legislator a pre-written e-mail message.

GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Corinthians I 1:20 (KJV)

DISASTER IN JAPAN

Obama Fiddles While Fukushima Burns
http://bit.ly/h4jxma

Japan warned over nuclear plants, WikiLeaks cables show
http://bit.ly/gcNeco

US Says Spent Fuel Rods Dry - Japan Says No - Radiation Surges
http://bit.ly/h4Gbdy

Heroic Fukushima 50 Battle Radiation Crisis - Walking Dead?
http://bit.ly/hFceRb

Operators Order Workers Back InTo Fukushima Plant After Radiation 'Drops'
http://bit.ly/hhdwRS

Plutonium threat at Japan reactor, expert warns
http://cnet.co/euLIiX

Radiation levels spike, death toll rises
http://bit.ly/hQi0fJ

Good news from Japan for local people
http://bit.ly/eGnWcU

Toyota will match American workers' donations for quake relief
http://bit.ly/eri4Mm

POLICE STATE NEWS

Dad of gas-soaked stun gun victim sues Pa. police
http://on.msnbc.com/gnFy3T

Salem MA: Police, state warn about 'rolling roadblocks'
http://bit.ly/hmFcNB

FL: Senate Will Reinstate E-Verify Requirement
http://bit.ly/gIwg6E

TSA admits bungle as tests on body scanners show TEN times more radiation than expected - OOPS Sorry
http://bit.ly/gk2UbV

Baby girl in NJ kept away from mother for five years after she refused to sign C-section consent form
http://bit.ly/h76eSK

Progressive Insurance to start pushing tracking devices - How long until mandatory?
http://bit.ly/ffXu0i

Egypt ponders how to deal with police snoops who spied on their fellows
http://bit.ly/f723Tg

Miami police buy military drone that can see into houses
http://bit.ly/eV3z8M

Internet user arrested for linking to other websites
http://bit.ly/hvftAt

Are the Real Criminals the ones operating Police CCTV?
http://bit.ly/fH1Gl3

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

Does Rep. Aderholt Support or Oppose Having a National ID?
http://bit.ly/gOsOHs

Feds delay Real ID requirements
http://bit.ly/gUhVMD

Six Indicted For Conspiring To Purchase And Issue Unlawful TN Driver's Licenses
http://bit.ly/hw06ZH

State wins delay of 'Real ID' driver's license program
http://bit.ly/e5CH91

Man sentenced for buying driver's license
http://bit.ly/ifVTaz

DHS Extends REAL ID Act Deadline Again
http://bit.ly/gWcOLB

NAFTA IN THE NEWS

Canada's NAFTA two-step
http://bit.ly/hpMCRJ

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

White House wants new copyright law crackdown
http://cnet.co/fUDLmm

John Feffer: The Age of Activism
http://huff.to/fXZxFV

US backing for One World Currency stuns markets
http://bit.ly/17QQda

ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senators and tell them to vote against the three-week CR
http://bit.ly/eoCVWl

Energy independence - a national priority
http://bit.ly/fNe0lh

ECONOMIC NEWS

Prices go down but jobs leave
http://bit.ly/fSv9bJ

Data security in demand, pays well
http://bit.ly/hplSKO

New GA solar module plant to create 350 jobs
http://bit.ly/fnk8GF

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

VA: DMV Experiences Licensing Outage
http://bit.ly/gA0WJS

Give Schweitzer credit for resisting federal intrusion
http://bit.ly/dUyevq

National REAL ID Program Delayed
http://bit.ly/f72NFD

DMV Investigator Runs Red and Causes Accident
http://bit.ly/fExBnD

Parts of economy that have beat Great Recession Economic Report
http://bit.ly/gt19GM

Gasoline cost to jump $700 for average household
http://reut.rs/i2THAL

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Indiana Elections Chief Charged with Voter Fraud
http://bit.ly/gllyKC

2012 Presidential Race: A Principled American for Our Republic
http://bit.ly/gqw12D

Maine town becomes first to declare food sovereignty
http://bit.ly/hq8LFm

Eric Holder: Black Panther case focus demeans 'my people'
http://politi.co/eUuf43

Holder: Whites Can't Be Victims of Racial Injustice Because They Haven't Suffered Enough
http://politi.co/eUuf43

CHRISTIANITY NEWS

Freedom from Religion goes after senior citizens
http://bit.ly/hidxfF

An opportunity to convey the vision of Christ's love
http://bit.ly/ihFiHl

Christianity becomes a 'qualified' right
http://bit.ly/feckME

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Head Start Fails Children
http://bit.ly/f8SZtL

HEALTH NEWS

Absorbing chlorinated water 'a cancer risk'
http://bit.ly/hvBwgL

How the War on Obesity Went Pear-Shaped
http://bit.ly/eeFTA1

FDA works to avert cancer drug shortage
http://bit.ly/fvI2Es

FDA to oversee J&J plants after flood of recalls - Who's overseeing the FDA?
http://reut.rs/ebOGu3

USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes - Thanks for looking out for our health USDA
http://wapo.st/bvEy90

MADE IN THE USA

Menendez Leads Bi-Partisan Fight to Protect 300 Shirt Manufacturing Jobs in Newark and Perth Amboy
http://bit.ly/fllHZk

Smithsonian pledges to open an American merchandise shop
http://wapo.st/hH1jue

U.S. Trade Deficit Soars, Led by China, Manufacturing, and High-Tech Goods
http://bit.ly/gbkjxR

Can China compete with American manufacturing?
http://ti.me/fDuzvJ

US: Longshot founders back local manufacturing: Apparel and textile news & analysis
http://bit.ly/i1528w

U.S. Manufacturing Can Return To Global Leadership Status
http://bit.ly/hyCTne

Take Five: Economist seeing self-sustaining recovery in U.S.
http://bit.ly/gmSPN4

Former Maytag workers feel betrayed by the 'American Dream'
http://bit.ly/gewZe6

ABORTION NEWS

Funding measure omits pro-life amendment
http://bit.ly/dJvBoy

EUTHANASIA

Infant rescued from Canadian hospital
http://bit.ly/eJ61Ml

IMMIGRATION NEWS

Don't look now! Amnesty is back
http://bit.ly/f9ZCtR

Letter to Americans for Legal Immigration in Regards to Utah Bill HB 116
http://1.usa.gov/htZiZa

House of Representatives Definition of "Natural Born Citizen" = Born of citizen "parents" in the US
http://bit.ly/gpiHDw

Those born of non-citizen parents may not be eligible for POTUS
http://bit.ly/f1SQTj

HACKER NEWS

Twitter turns on HTTPS to counter hackers
http://bit.ly/fWU0ip

Hackers learn new trick to duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures
http://bit.ly/g7ZpMk

McKinnons case goes to the Lords after pleas from hackers mother
http://bit.ly/faBukX

Bank of America Unit Tried to Hide Foreclosure Information, Hackers Say
http://nyti.ms/eVmoYI

Hackers Take Advantage of IE MHTML Weakness
http://bit.ly/fajbVv

News of the World alleged to have paid hackers
http://bit.ly/hamYZn

Louis Vuitton Attack
http://bit.ly/hQbjoE

Hackers to release Bank of America 'fraud' emails
http://bit.ly/guJ2Ov

Hackers caught cheating in virtual stock market game
http://cnet.co/fslRUI

Hackers worry power industry
http://bit.ly/eWXauY

Hackers circulate spam using fake Japan quake videos on Facebook
http://bit.ly/hzghz1

Twitter Settles With Feds Over 2009 Obama Hack
http://bit.ly/f1YdT5

Businesses have recourse when hackers strike
http://bit.ly/dU8oaf

Chinese hackers hijack Google security tool - Corrupting the Android coppers
http://bit.ly/fABDfu

Point Scam Costs Microsoft $1.2 Million
http://bit.ly/i5KJ1S

Making sport of browser security, hackers topple IE, Safari
http://bit.ly/gsbLcK

Hackers quietly looting firms
http://bit.ly/gSte0s

Hackers Exploit BlackBerry 6 WebKit Browser Steal Contacts and Images!
http://bit.ly/dS8Vtv

VoIP Hacker vs. VoIP Server Honeypots
http://bit.ly/fZ0j2O

MORAL DECLINE

Two charged with suffocation murder of Texas pastor
http://bit.ly/eWYeW6

Help us pass the
“Read the Bills Act” (RTBA)

You can read the text of RTBA by clicking the Background tab above, or you can start by reading a summary of the legislation below. Following that summary is a description of our strategy for passing RTBA, and then a call to action.
Part 1: What RTBA does and why

Most Congressmen are lawyers, and many others are businessmen. They know what “fiduciary responsibility” is. For Members of Congress, fiduciary responsibility means reading each word of every bill before they vote.

But Congress has not met this duty for a long time. Instead . . .

* They carelessly pass mammoth bills that none of them have read. Sometimes printed copies aren't even available when they vote!

* Often no one knows what these bills contain, or what they really do, or what they will really cost.

* Additions and deletions are made at the last minute, in secrecy.

* They combine unpopular proposals with popular measures that few in Congress want to oppose. (This practice is called “log-rolling.”)

* And votes are held with little debate or public notice.

* Oh, and once these bills are passed, and one of these unpopular proposals comes to light, they pretend to be shocked. “How did that get in there?” they say.

There's a basic principle at stake here. America was founded on the slogan, “No taxation without representation.” A similar slogan applies to this situation:

“No LEGISLATION without representation.”

We hold this truth to be self-evident, that those in Congress who vote on legislation they have not read, have not represented their constituents. They have misrepresented them.

And since Congress has repeatedly committed “legislation without representation,” strong measures to prohibit these Congressional misrepresentations are both justified and required.

To this end we have created the “Read the Bills Act (RTBA).” RTBA requires that . . .

* Each bill, and every amendment, must be read in its entirety before a quorum in both the House and Senate.

* Every member of the House and Senate who plans to vote in the affirmative – to vote for tax increases, for spending bills, for the retention or creation of programs, in support of laws and regulations – must sign a sworn affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has attentively either personally read, or heard read, the complete bill to be voted on.

* Every old law coming up for renewal under the sunset provisions must also be read according to the same rules that apply to new bills.

* Every bill to be voted on must be published on the Internet at least 7 days before a vote, and Congress must give public notice of the date when a vote will be held on that bill.

* Passage of a bill that does not abide by these provisions will render the measure null and void, and establish grounds for the law to be challenged in court.

* Congress cannot waive these requirements.

The effects of these provisions will be profound . . .

* Congress will have to slow down. This means the pace of government growth will also slow.

* Bills will shrink, be less complicated, and contain fewer subjects, so that Congress will be able to endure hearing them read.

* Fewer bad proposals will be passed due to “log-rolling.”

* No more secret clauses will be inserted into bills at the last moment.

* Government should shrink as old laws reach their sunset date, and have to be read for the first time before they can be renewed.

And all of these things will enable a larger DownsizeDC.org to more effectively lobby Congress for small government.
Part 2: Our Strategy for passing RTBA

Our plan for passing this legislation is simple, but powerful.

* We have submitted a copy of RTBA to every member of Congress.

* We are asking every member of the House and Senate to sponsor this legislation and work for its passage.

* We are mounting a campaign to recruit thousands, and perhaps millions of Americans to lobby Congress to support RTBA.

* We are promoting this campaign with a variety of tactics, from Internet networking, to media interviews, to whatever it takes.

* We will run targeted radio ads, letting citizens know that their Congressman is failing to support this badly needed reform.

The need for this reform is so self-evident that nearly every person in America should support it, and few oppose it. We see no reason why we should not be able to overwhelm Congress with calls to pass this legislation.

* We dare Congress not to pass it. The more they resist, the larger and stronger we will grow.

* We dare anyone to challenge it in Court. The more the lobbyists attempt to defeat this reform, the larger and stronger we will grow.

* We dare the Courts to declare it un-Constitutional. If they do, we will grow larger and stronger as a result — probably big enough to begin a campaign to amend the Constitution to forbid “LEGISLATION without representation.”

There is simply no reason that any normal, tax-paying American should oppose RTBA. And the more the “powers that be” resist these reforms, the larger and stronger we will grow.

We win either way. And thus, we believe, we will win in the end.
Part 3: A Call to Action

You can help pass RTBA. All you have to do is register to use our easy Electronic Lobbyist system and send a message to your Representative and your Senators asking them to pass RTBA. Registering to use our system will also enable you to lobby Congress on other issues, and to receive our free email newsletter, Downsizer-Dispatch. This free email newsletter will keep you posted on progress with RTBA and other Downsize DC lobbying campaigns. To send your message to Congress in support of RTBA click here.

Thank you.

Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org

GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (KJV)

IN THE NEWS

OBAMA NATION

A 2200 calorie White House meal? Michelle Obama accused of hypocrisy
http://bit.ly/gGm0ZX

Gov. Chris Christie has backed Mrs Obama's anti-obesity campaign - Does this mean he's going on a diet too?
http://bit.ly/gybjeI

Mike Huckabee Gains 25 Lbs - Lay off those Big Mac's Mr. H
http://aol.it/38P8bH

POLICE STATE NEWS

Training for the Police-State
http://bit.ly/gWi6wD

TSA-Friendly Sneakers Cash In on Security Theater
http://bit.ly/hgA83W

TSA screenings prompt cries of police state tactics
http://wapo.st/h24ZNB

Smile Patriots, You're On Big Brothers Crime Cameras
http://bit.ly/fFlzVA

Putting The Screws On Internet Security: Will There Be Cyber Cops?
http://bit.ly/egtzyZ

Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
http://bit.ly/i6ZPsp

America's Total Surveillance Society
http://bit.ly/hHDF7w

New York City Council determined to pass police state pregnancy center gag law next week
http://bit.ly/fVxbGc

Pomona College: Police State?
http://bit.ly/fVDWCB

Indiana deputy AG fired after he urged police to 'use live ammunition' on protesters
http://bit.ly/efWRIT

Food Shortages In East Libya Imminent
http://bit.ly/dHppF9

US doctors used citizens as guinea pigs - Of Course This All Stopped in the Fifties - Yeah Right
http://bit.ly/f28ViN

China again cracks down on planned protests across country
http://bit.ly/gjjXWN

China puts on a show of force to block rally
http://on.msnbc.com/eMlGla

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

Real ID act goes into effect on May 11 - Only It Doesn't Really
http://bit.ly/edvipL

REAL ID Drivers License Deadline for States Postponed Until 2013
http://bit.ly/hOPBzQ

REAL ID Law Now Delayed a Third Time
http://bit.ly/i3xQ6p

Letter: DMV won't accept retired military ID
http://bit.ly/ev4lOz

Is the REAL ID Rebellion Coming to Florida?
http://bit.ly/gN71Pd

House Republicans Push Obama Administration to Implement National ID System
http://aol.it/gd0mTk

Lawmakers spar over REAL ID extension
http://bit.ly/iaDfVp

Terror Arrest Does Not Justify REAL ID Revival
http://bit.ly/gOIO0L

House Republicans attempt to revive Real ID
http://cnet.co/e0QwHL

Spread the truth and defund the Real ID Act
http://bit.ly/dJ3Aop

IA:House committee rejects U.S. requirement for REAL ID
http://bit.ly/gKpc47

The saving grace of federalism
http://bit.ly/eWP6MT

Increase for DMV Fees Passes WV Senate
http://bit.ly/ffmfGS

License Plates for Bicycles Whats Next: the Bureau of Big Wheels?!!!?
http://bit.ly/gwhSVn

Sentencing rescheduled in DMV fraud case
http://bit.ly/i5UmNz

WISCONSIN PROTESTS

State Rep. in Wisconsin Tackled to the Ground By Police
http://bit.ly/dF4wjj

Wisconsin governor tells absent senators: Return or 1,500 get laid off
http://bit.ly/eNffd3

Democrats defiant in the face of arrest
http://bit.ly/f7ipRW

Wisconsin Protestors Claim Victory after...
http://bit.ly/faCI7s

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Ohio sets stage for national union-rights fight
http://yhoo.it/fvNIaN

Obama's views on Islam affect energy policy
http://bit.ly/hDpuQg

ATF Allows Flow of Guns Into Mexico
http://bit.ly/htaKN5

Fla. high court: Governor can reject rail funding
http://bit.ly/fgqgnm

Rep. Kris E. Roberts: Rejecting federal aid will destroy New Hampshire
http://bit.ly/i0jz39

Reminder: President Obama isn't a Supreme Court justice
http://bit.ly/fl7xl1

House approves rule for 1099 repeal
http://bit.ly/f240Qd

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Ted Kennedy rented entire brothel in Chile
http://bit.ly/f2NivE

Waste throws wrench into Los Angeles community colleges' massive project
http://lat.ms/huVcxS

Fraternal Order of Police Expresses Support for Wisconsin Protesters
http://bit.ly/fRhQ0u

Wausau firefighters, cops join massive gathering in Madison
http://bit.ly/fLCXbU

Wisconsin police union joins protesters in statehouse
http://bit.ly/f3lOBH

Senator manages to avoid arrest after fight with jealous girlfriend thanks to 'legislative immunity'
http://bit.ly/gwatGE

Nullification bills fail on House floor
http://bit.ly/gMwI3x

Montana Legislators Stick Up for the Constitution
http://bit.ly/ewTj96

Vicious Attack On Rightmarch President William Greene At Tea Party Protest
http://bit.ly/gf5b7h

ECONOMIC NEWS

Men are biggest losers in U.S. economic downturn
http://bit.ly/huCvFP

Oil Price Shock; You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
http://bit.ly/eHxCSE

HEALTH NEWS

US Pediatric Influenza Deaths Spike Higher In Week 8 Report
http://bit.ly/hgxqAu

Court overturns order to destroy GM sugar beets - Don't Buy Sugar Beets Until They Are Non-GMO
http://bit.ly/e5qXSb

1 in 4 cancer cases missed: GPs send away alarming number of patients, delaying vital treatment
http://bit.ly/fct2za

MORAL DECLINE

Police: Woman on bath salts injures child
http://bit.ly/eG8G4v

Stroke victim has feeding tube removed and left to starve to death because she has no health insurance
http://bit.ly/eAXO2O

Sacked Indian workers burn factory boss in his car
http://bit.ly/fIaEyo

MADE IN THE USA

Service Robots: Rise of the Machines (Again)
http://buswk.co/fmE3Y4

U.S. Manufacturing: Innovation or Bust
http://bit.ly/i6QW0v

Bringing back jobs from offshore to revive American manufacturing
http://bit.ly/g23Dth

ISM U.S. Manufacturing Index Shows Unexpected Increase In February
http://bit.ly/fiyuyS

U.S. manufacturing up, but costs climb
http://bit.ly/fQYxOC

Testimony and Then Questions About Manufacturing in America
http://bit.ly/eKGVwJ

Is U.S. Manufacturing Dead?
http://bit.ly/eqGqSX

What Will America Make & What Does Make Mean?
http://bit.ly/fxA1h3

Manufacturing thriving in north central Ohio
http://bit.ly/gM2SAZ

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Gmail Reset Erases Messages? Users Report All Emails DELETED
http://huff.to/h0GRfa

CHRISTIANITY NEWS

Expect anti-Christian discrimination to 'ramp up' in U.S.
http://bit.ly/g1Lfmt

HOMOESEXUAL AGENDA

Patience not a homosexual virtue
http://bit.ly/hTSwkc

House will defend DOMA
http://bit.ly/gMWYOB

HACKER NEWS

AOL Seeking IT Security Chief
http://bit.ly/fvSCjg

Anonymous hackers declare war on corporate execs, military officials who target WikiLeaks
http://nydn.us/hRCf2Y

WordPress under hacker attack
http://bit.ly/hbhTG9

Phone hackers rack up $10K bill
http://bit.ly/hnAaaz

Virus experts warn next big threat is to mobile phones
http://bit.ly/gkjeXk

Is Starbucks a Sweet Spot for Hackers Looking to Steal Identities?
http://bit.ly/gmfHES

DHS: Computer hackers a top concern for homeland security
http://lat.ms/gfBlOv

The best Web security against hackers and spammers: advanced math!
http://lat.ms/efkMHa

More Foreign Companies Fall Victim to Hacks Originating from China
http://bit.ly/ehY0vf

Online adverts booby-trapped with malware by hackers
http://bit.ly/hoE1ID

5 tax security strategies for small business
http://bit.ly/eZsliu

Australian ATMs gives out 'free' money
http://bit.ly/hNX0Hj

Thousands of home computers infiltrated after hackers infect high-profile websites with booby-trapped ads
http://bit.ly/eOcjjT

Schumer asks Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon to adopt HTTPS
http://bit.ly/gOy2nf

How To Protect Your Facebook Fanpage From Hackers
http://bit.ly/fEu9RU

Google, Mozilla Patch Browsers Before Pwn2Own Hacker Contest
http://bit.ly/hQyxAD

PC fraudsters pose as microsoft windows employees
http://bit.ly/eLwy4h

Ashton Kutcher's Twitter Account Gets Punk'd
http://bit.ly/hzua8S

Ashton's 'kudos' for Twitter hacker
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Infected Android app runs up big texting bills
http://bit.ly/hUBxzS

Rules keep hackers from helping government, ex DHS head says
http://bit.ly/e3tsBj

Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers
http://bit.ly/fQTwwW

Morgan Stanley Attacked by China-Based Hackers Who Hit Google
http://bloom.bg/hVyIm5

Hacked Android App Makes Crooks Cash With Silent Texts
http://aol.it/gmbD2R

Reputed ATandT Hacker Makes Bail, Released
http://bit.ly/gQSQmk

Computer Expert: US Was Behind Stuxnet Virus
http://bit.ly/fhtSBd

Schumer to urge Web providers to boost security
http://on.wsj.com/e5C5qa

Kuwait Hackers hijack several Israeli websites
http://bit.ly/eiw3Eu

Sen. Chuck Schumer calls on Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more to beef up protection from hackers
http://nydn.us/iauyDI

Hackers exploit Libyan unrest to target human rights groups
http://bit.ly/eVt5GB

Enable Facebook encryption to thwart hackers
http://bit.ly/eNXmJB

Does hacker insurance make your business a bigger liability?
http://bit.ly/e99Qms

Has your smartphone been hacked?
http://bit.ly/h9Q1aM

Hackers Vs. Billionaires: Anonymous Takes Down Koch-Supported Websites Amid WI Protests
http://bit.ly/g0aPOI

'Anonymous' Hackers Take Down Koch Brothers-Backed Americans For Prosperity Website
http://huff.to/gqfrwM

Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan
http://bit.ly/eQW2kH

MORE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WEIRDNESS

Why Was Stephen Colbert Wearing an 'Anonymous' Mask?
http://bit.ly/fPbaFR

While the media tries to cover its tracks in presenting the Arizona shooter as a right wing tea party conservative, the real details are coming out and it isn't a pretty picture.

He obviously has some mental issues and his day in court will not come soon enough for the victims and their families in AZ.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords who is still in critical condition and with the family of Federal Judge John Roll, Nine Year Old Christina Green, and the families of the other victims.

I have been to many political events and have seen people getting vicious and hateful even threatening but it was never the conservatives instigating it.

Events like this one may cause conservatives to shy away in fear that if they speak up, they will be looked at as a target or they may be looked at as a suspect if their view is in opposition of the elected representative who is speaking.

We must always remain vigilant while attending these types of events to make certain their are no left wing extremists inciting violence or anyone else for that matter.

Yes our nation has gone in a direction that the majority of Americans do not like, but the answer to the problems in is the voting booth and through the use of civil dialogue.

The 2010 mid term elections proved that we can get the "change" we want without even raising our voices.

GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 5:44 (KJV)

IN THE NEWS

MASS SHOOTING NEWS

Eyewitness “Shooter Was Ready For War!” He Had More Magazines & Attempted To Load One
http://bit.ly/hehE35

Facts of Shooter’s Political Beliefs Do Not Match Liberal Talking Points
http://bit.ly/hSx2hC

Another Tragedy Vulture Exploits Victims To Push Political Agenda To Kill Free Speech
http://bit.ly/hmM6kT

New York Democrat Wastes No Time In Exploiting Tragedy To Introduce Gun Control Bill
http://politi.co/e6csDy

Classy Father Of 9-Year-Old Victim: Don’t Exploit My Daughter’s Death To Revoke Freedoms
http://bit.ly/gBQslM

Leftists Attack Parents Of Murdered 9-Year-Old
http://bit.ly/eExjrm

Packages Explode in Two Md. State Buildings
http://bit.ly/eUslGJ

CHRISTIANITY NEWS

Prayer could alter court's decision
http://bit.ly/eC3IPd

NK keeping heavy thumb on Christians
http://bit.ly/etgQ1a

MORE DEAD ANIMALS

Are mass animal deaths a precursor to human experiments?
http://bit.ly/hrE4Qx

Why ARE thousands of birds falling from the sky?
http://bit.ly/dTnGej

100s of dead birds found in Nashville area
http://bit.ly/gBXGzs

Now It's Dead Doves Falling From Sky in Italy
http://aol.it/hyznyQ

Thousands of dead fish wash up on Folly Beach
http://bit.ly/eGQpsZ

ANOTHER Avian Die Off, Kentucky
http://bit.ly/hO0CHN

'Very large' fish kill reported in bay
http://bit.ly/dFmr4Q

10,000s of Birds found dead in Manitoba
http://bit.ly/fg7mob

OBAMA NATION

Chicago on the Potomac
http://bit.ly/fhaq3k

Repeal not a done deal
http://bit.ly/efPi3b

OBAMA CARE

Will House repeal ObamaCare? - Probably Not But They Will Put On a Good Show
http://bit.ly/gprMyW

'End-of-life options' = death panels
http://bit.ly/f86ltZ

Democrats mount new sales pitch for health-care law
http://wapo.st/fRPTnk

ObamaCare Repeal Propaganda
http://yhoo.it/h6mqYF

Oregon Prepares For Medicare Explosion In 2011
http://bit.ly/e0tewH

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Muslim group sues critic over website's name
http://bit.ly/hrKGX2

U.S. to Open Consumer Product Safety Commission Office in China - Hey that's Great
http://on.wsj.com/hFZvyE

Database for consumer complaints to launch
http://bit.ly/gJSVPG

America's operating manual
http://bit.ly/hNAxEy

The trouble with truce-calling
http://bit.ly/gskrJc

Oversight chairman just doing his job
http://bit.ly/eu0m9N

Push for budget-balancing legislation
http://bit.ly/e2ogzJ

Media favors Dems, no matter the cost
http://bit.ly/hhvIfH

'Telemed' abortions not welcome in Nebraska
http://bit.ly/gMiTE8

Where Did The Sheriff Go?
http://bit.ly/dNGOqY

Facebook-style party picture haunts Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack 4 years later
http://bit.ly/if5mh7

States trying to deny U.S. citizenship
http://usat.ly/fP0XOA

New documents: Hitler-mocking dog enraged Nazis
http://yhoo.it/gVr37B

Chinese 'hiding military build-up'
http://bit.ly/fqzsg3

China: Be Careful What You Wish For
http://bit.ly/dPbbg2

Elizabeth Edwards leaves husband John out of will
http://bit.ly/g3BPNz

Your Ticket to Freedom - Reader Commentary
http://bit.ly/fDz52O

Surviving The New World Nightmare
http://bit.ly/ei9Vkm

Tea Party Preps to Battle Over Constitution
http://bit.ly/i48XrV

RNC Candidates: We Heart Fighting Voter Fraud
http://bit.ly/gPNVJy

POLICE STATE NEWS

No more passwords? Obama considers Internet ID for Americans in bid to boost web security
http://bit.ly/gIsIbK

Internet Identity System Said Readied by Obama Administration
http://bit.ly/ebClsu

Russia: A Police State For The 21st Century
http://bit.ly/hE2b7G

America's Next Failure: the Police State
http://bit.ly/hbwOAl

'Big Sister' Continues Push for Suspicious Activity Program
http://huff.to/gmIMBw

GPS device keeps track of kids at ski school
http://yhoo.it/iegzjs

Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center under way
http://bit.ly/gGPGbE

Dallas-area law enforcement officers gather to thwart ID theft - How About We Stop Giving out our SSN #'s
http://bit.ly/eMedAO

Florida Professor Arrested for Having a "Suspicious" Bagel on a Plane
http://bit.ly/g8YxYR

Woman Arrested After Trying To Return Wallet
http://bit.ly/dRmWLa

CA Court Rules Smartphones Can Be Searched Without A Warrant
http://bit.ly/fFkiNe

Lewis: Touched by an agent
http://bit.ly/hEizqU

Big Sis Responds In Lawsuit To Suspend TSA Scanners
http://bit.ly/hzT8aQ

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

MO: Non-English driver tests questioned
http://bit.ly/gT0PA5

Social Security Numbers How Thieves Can Guess Yours
http://yhoo.it/ibUVBM

Another DMV wait: Production problems delay new California drivers licenses
http://bit.ly/hr55sX

Up to 6 week delay for new Calif driver's licenses
http://bit.ly/eggzRo

Production Problems Delay New California Driver Licenses
http://bit.ly/fOpHGE

Fix the DMV, Raise Trust in Government.
http://bit.ly/fZeWxa

Dangerous fugitive gets fake REAL ID COMPLIANT Florida license
http://bit.ly/ezpK94

North Carolina DMV ~ Why Are They So Angry?
http://bit.ly/emwzc5

Evolution of the identity credential - NUT Job Thinks Chips Should Be added to ID’s
http://bit.ly/hzuDqc

Computer problems affect some Va DMV branches
http://bit.ly/gcpGS4

NJ man gets prison for stealing $1.7M from NY DMV
http://bit.ly/eZSAK9

Internet Cannibalism Joke Lost On Virginia DMV
http://bit.ly/hTGvgI

ECONOMIC NEWS

Food skyrockets to highest prices ever
http://bit.ly/gmbgQK

Bernanke: 4-5 years to reach normal unemployment
http://yhoo.it/gKamRd

Don’t Sweat $3.50 Per Gallon Gas - UMM YEAH RIGHT!
http://yhoo.it/eHgJ3A

Permanent Debt Bondage From America's Student Loan Racket
http://bit.ly/eL0cvi

Beyond Ted Williams: homelessness and second chances
http://yhoo.it/ggWqfX

MORAL DECLINE

'Real Life. Real Talk' a real problem
http://bit.ly/fHLL5h

Couple W/3 Sons Abort Twin Boys Conceived with IVF - Will try again for a girl as 1st daughter died - Revolting
http://bit.ly/e3XA1p

The uncomfortable truth about mind control: Is free will simply a myth?
http://ind.pn/ibqRh5

IRS agent faces 9 years for cheating on his taxes
http://fxn.ws/icya3P

Wife of email 'hacker' speaks out: 'I was so violated, it just wasn't right' - Give me a Break
http://bit.ly/hb2nLM

Inmate who killed teen murder witness found dead at ACI
http://bit.ly/ihtt8N

HEALTH NEWS

Government Recommends Lowering Fluoride Levels in U.S. Drinking Water
http://bit.ly/fbsj7A

GPs told to use old swine flu vaccines as UK death toll hits 50
http://bit.ly/h08MMW

HHS and EPA will recommend lower fluoride levels in water supply
http://lat.ms/gTjFOE

Fluoride Side Effects & Dangers
http://bit.ly/hC7J5K

The USDA’s Organic Deception
http://farmwars.info/?p=4913

Now New York faces an invasion of RATS as garbage bags pile up after snow chaos
http://bit.ly/fIYTqC

IMMIGRATION NEWS

ALIPAC: Napolitano must go
http://bit.ly/gne1gS

HACKER NEWS

Hackers can use SMS messages to attack cell phones
http://bit.ly/fdwPTN

Google Bangladesh site hacked
http://bit.ly/emJwXU

S. Korean hackers trade cyber blows with N. Korea
http://bit.ly/hj5E6j

Video Poker Hackers Charged
http://bit.ly/e4pMLd

Public Wi-fi a Hotspot For Hackers
http://bit.ly/hCWt6L

Hacked iTunes Accounts Being Sold
http://bit.ly/ex9ecS

Hackers steal voters' data in Fine Gael website raid
http://bit.ly/er5Qyh

US demands Dutch hackers Twitter details
http://bit.ly/eifg1i

Hackers make Kinect porn game and Xbox users blame Kinect
http://bit.ly/fqnlSN

Internet hackers attack Kenya's Treasury
http://bit.ly/dRyK7O

Writers' site targeted by hackers
http://bit.ly/g0z3qg

Readers react to student's hacked Internet bill
http://bit.ly/e4bGDh

Hackers Steal Thousands of iTunes Accounts, Sell Them in China
http://aol.it/hazmvs

FBI: Man who says he hacked Miley arrested
http://on.today.com/fTwQnN

Flaw opens Microsoft Windows users to hackers
http://bit.ly/hT01AU

Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack
http://bit.ly/hOwrua

Computer hackers target military, government workers to steal documents
http://bit.ly/e2CNbd

Cell network banking OK for PC but not phone
http://bit.ly/iamNoG

FBI searches a Dallas server used in Wikileaks-inspired PayPal online attack
http://bit.ly/h0cndv

Hackers, Insiders Behind Most Identity Theft
http://bit.ly/fA7yX0

Hackers Shut Down IL State Website
http://bit.ly/igOCEe

DHS goes after Vietnamese hackers, identity thieves
http://bit.ly/i46mQW

Microsoft, Google Clash Over IE 0-Day Leaked to Chinese Hackers
http://bit.ly/hkytNN

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

Bizarre last sighting of top White House aide found murdered and dumped in landfill
http://bit.ly/g2mwpZ

FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS

Bush ally backs Mack for U.S. Senate in 2012
http://bit.ly/hv5vn9

CHRISTIANITY NEWS

Thou Art Wretched And Miserable
http://bit.ly/gA2Klc

A Nation of truth Rejectors
http://bit.ly/hQYBrU

Feds' rhetoric imperils Christian values, beliefs
http://bit.ly/fkkTtj

'Slap in the face' of vets' families
http://bit.ly/hPpWTL

Top Ten Anti-Christian Events in 2010
http://bit.ly/fMlDa4

"Repeal the Real ID Act" is DownsizeDC.org's oldest active campaign.

That's because REAL ID - which is a de facto national ID card - lays the foundation for a future police state.

That's why so many people have fought against it so hard for so long. And thanks to that resistence REAL ID still hasn't been implimented, six years after it became law! A big part of this is because of your pressure.

And now there's more good news . . .

There's a silver lining in the monstrous, 1,926-page appropriations bill (H.R. 3082). This bill rescinds funding for a REAL ID "hub." The House already passed the bill, and the Senate will consider it as soon as TODAY.

This hub would have created a centralized ID verification system, where states share driver information with each other. Without this hub, REAL ID suffers a fatal blow.

That's why we're asking you to tell Congress to support this cut in REAL ID's budget, and to repeal REAL ID altogether.

You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .

I'm glad that the House is rescinding funding for a REAL ID hub in the H.R. 3082 budget bill. My Senators should ensure that this rescission remains in the bill.

But you should do more. Repeal REAL ID entirely.

* REAL ID assumes I am a foreign terrorist or illegal immigrant, and that I must "prove" my innocence
* I am punished with higher fees, more red tape, and longer DMV lines
* And my private information will be centralized, making me more susceptible to identity theft and other dangers

Furthermore . . .

* The REAL ID law still exists as an unconstitutional, unfunded mandate on the cash-strapped states
* 21 states will still be out of compliance when it is scheduled to take effect in May, 2011 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/431425_realid08.html?source=mypi
* By de-funding the verification hub, there's no longer any point in forcing the states to implement REAL ID

This is America, land of the free. It's not the land of "Your papers, please." Help restore liberty to America and repeal REAL ID.

END LETTER

You can send your letter using DownsizeDC.org's Educate the Powerful System.

And please share this good news with your friends. Share this on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/downsizedc

Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

GOD's WORD FOR TODAY

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.Proverbs 29:25 (KJV)

IN THE NEWS

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facecrook: Offences linked to social networking sites increase 7,000%
http://bit.ly/fZC9MR

HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA

In a historic vote, the Senate overturns ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
http://yhoo.it/ekrKEf

OBAMA NATION

Obama’s new tax on…Rainwater!?
http://bit.ly/g1733Q

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
http://bit.ly/h9NVCh

North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
http://bit.ly/iaf9GI

Forget WikiLeaks. How about the photocopier?
http://bit.ly/hvBdCY

G20 fallout resonates
http://bit.ly/dLa0xm

On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
http://bit.ly/etJDmt

Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
http://bit.ly/hWWjGp

Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
http://ind.pn/hUbNV3

The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
http://bit.ly/hlr8Ub

OBAMA CARE

Most Driven Into Debt by Medical Bills HAVE Health Insurance
http://bit.ly/hMMxfw

CORPORATE SCHEMES

More Johnson & Johnson Experimentation - But I Thought They Were the Family Company?
http://nyti.ms/gS5kq1

Bags from Gap’s ‘FEED USA’ campaign actually made in China
http://yhoo.it/hAmpYS

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & BORDER NEWS

DPS urges holiday travelers to avoid Mexico
http://bit.ly/gVDBKq

YouTube - Illegals in my Yard Christmas Song (Unedited Version)
http://bit.ly/7nn1lu

WSSU Professors Asked Faculty to Support DREAM Act
http://bit.ly/fhOfdp

Prof: Hispanics should replace 'old white men'
http://bit.ly/hnovoY

Will Claire McCaskill Suppoer the DREAM Act Or Not?
http://bit.ly/hCO9AB

POLICE STATE NEWS

Monitoring America: How the U.S. Sees You
http://bit.ly/fLjhdZ

Red Light Cameras: Safety Devices or One More Step Toward a Surveillance State?
http://bit.ly/hjlZYr

One more step toward a surveillance state?
http://bit.ly/dZCrA7

U.S. UPS scrutiny of public
http://bit.ly/g2VtPi

U.S. Collecting Information About Americans To Strengthen FBI Investigations
http://huff.to/fuEy18

Local agencies help collect data on Americans
http://bit.ly/ebx8rM

Privacy Courtesy of an Internet Police State? Thanks but No Thanks
http://bit.ly/g83Ati

W.Va. troopers under investigation out of agency
http://bit.ly/fWmC8c

2010 Villain: The G20 Integrated Security Unit
http://bit.ly/goPvrb

Tattle-Tale On Bad Drivers With DriveMeCrazy App
http://bit.ly/hAASkE

Professors: TSA scanners simple to dupe
http://bit.ly/gpD3ZN

iPhone snitch network launched
http://bit.ly/edvSMd

Charges Dropped Against Man Arrested For Saying “Homosexuality Is a Sin”
http://bit.ly/hTWd1u

Heathrow Responds To Big Freeze By Freezing Passengers
http://bit.ly/fQSUwT

TSA under fire after businessman boards international flight with loaded handgun
http://bit.ly/dPDLGW

TSA Too Busy Groping, Perving, Playing God To Notice Guns And Bombs
http://bit.ly/fM4Mf0

The CIA secretly agreed to pay $5 million to shield the architects of its waterboarding programme
http://bit.ly/fj8KI2

Mother's exasperated rant at passport agency call centre worker earns her a visit from the Secret Service
http://bit.ly/fxzcWQ

Washington subway police to begin random bag checks
http://reut.rs/hgHtnV

L.A. dry run shows urban nuke attack ‘a survivable event’
http://usat.ly/gaBAWx

Austin Joins Rebellion Against Naked Body Scanners
http://bit.ly/g3wjre

Warrant needed to snoop on your emails, court finally rules
http://bit.ly/eVEdc8

New Jersey looks to ban TSA searches
http://bit.ly/fa8iKY

‘Birther’ Faces 18 Months in Prison for Refusing Deployment to Afghanistan
http://abcn.ws/e03ldj

New high-tech licenses slow down DMV delivery
http://bit.ly/fmSRbw

Trimming the Powers of the Federal Police Stat
http://bit.ly/fBbDw7

Please don't ignore small restrictions on our liberties
http://bit.ly/fdUvIT

Police Arrested Twelve Year Old Boy for Refusing Vaccine at School
http://bit.ly/g8G6kH

Texans Against Tar Sands - Canadian Company Taking Peoples land in TX
http://on.fb.me/fU6QkJ

Dalton McGuinty's police state: Blizzard
http://bit.ly/dQqgdY

The Potential Cost Of Speaking Out
http://bit.ly/hJJxlY

Activist Calls Wal-Mart: Everyone is a Suspect, The Wal-Mart – DHS Connection (VIDEO)
http://bit.ly/eBPCoX

Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
http://bit.ly/dUH726

Hate to see when police use unreasonable force
http://bit.ly/gTCsqD

Police-state tactics against protesters in Britain
http://bit.ly/dJU9Mz

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

Bridgeport man arrested for paying off DMV worker
http://bit.ly/habc3m

Colorado flunks test of its information security systems
http://bit.ly/elaHgk

Organizations Ask Virginia DMV to Accept Immigrant Work Permits for Licenses Again
http://bit.ly/htn0rZ

Cop Talk: DMV has no reason to check medical records
http://bit.ly/eRCWJH

Another Nail in REAL ID's Coffin
http://bit.ly/eilmPC

Colo. cities concerned, but officials don't lose sleep over cybersecurit
http://bit.ly/gSmGSJ

Audit says Colo. computers at "high risk" of an online attack after hired hackers gain acces
http://bit.ly/exxRP9

Florida DMV to Cancel Online Testing Program, Adding Wait Time to DMV Offices
http://bit.ly/ehOPX4

Expect 2-month wait to get new California driver's license
http://bit.ly/hpsVfW

End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail
http://yhoo.it/hp7rF5

House Strips Funding for Secure Driver's License Program
http://bit.ly/hwXQuR

Despite being outmoded, a confidential license plate program keeps growing
http://bit.ly/hmnNPU

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments
http://bit.ly/dEGKPF

McCaskill Masquerading as a fiscal moderate
http://bit.ly/eUZEGP

FCC Manipulates Net Neutrality With Typical Liberal Trickery
http://bit.ly/fMt6T0

No ‘substantive’ damage from Wikileaks, Biden admits
http://bit.ly/ffGaTd

Indiana Land Owner, Dick Thompson Facing Eviction Sells Land and is Leaving Corrupt County
http://bit.ly/fR9Sdm

The Age Of Rage: Europe Is Exploding
http://bit.ly/f7v5bm

US may charge Assange with conspiring to leak cables: report
http://bit.ly/e0W6oa

Senate GOP likely to force confrontation of FCC net neutrality rules
http://bit.ly/fiGoLD

Chinese rush to gold as inflation fears bite
http://bit.ly/fSl4ss

Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney, firm
http://bit.ly/fCleAP

Tax package heads toward passage in Senate
http://yhoo.it/ih2T5T

ECONOMIC NEWS

Some Michigan Schools May Not See Inspections
http://bit.ly/fTFVCI

10 Trends for 2011
http://bit.ly/dEa6Rb

Snow storms could put 1,000 firms out of business
http://bit.ly/ijLTWC

America's worst cities for finding a job
http://on.msnbc.com/eTDptd

Desperation Sets In: More Than 100,000 People Apply For Low Paying Flight Attendant Positions
http://bit.ly/gBbQU7

Need A Job? Too Bad! The Good Jobs Are Being Shipped Out Of America
http://bit.ly/gyZAp6

When Americans Lose Everything, They Start To Lose It
http://bit.ly/hukTvq

16 Nightmarish Economic Trends To Watch Carefully In 2011
http://bit.ly/ieTJjG

Yahoo rings in holidays by trimming work force 4% as 600 people lose their jobs
http://yhoo.it/hIpeFa

Sales being lost as lenders adopt much tougher rules for homes' worth
http://on.msnbc.com/gpsvfi

State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
http://bit.ly/h9NVCh

North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
http://bit.ly/iaf9GI

G20 fallout resonates
http://bit.ly/dLa0xm

On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
http://bit.ly/etJDmt

Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
http://bit.ly/hWWjGp

Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
http://ind.pn/hUbNV3

The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
http://bit.ly/hlr8Ub

Start A Business? In The United States? Are You Kidding Me?
http://bit.ly/dUfb6h

CHRISIANITY NEWS

Mark your calendars for Jesus' return - A Reason Why you should never make predications like this
http://bit.ly/eSOCvw

Christian broadcaster censored
http://bit.ly/f8dTiy

Chaplain: Congress redefines morality
http://bit.ly/giB5C8

How Great Is That Darkness
http://bit.ly/gosNrU

MORAL DECLINE

White Teen Couple Attacked By Blacks On WA Bus - Was This a Hate Crime?
http://abcn.ws/fLrFbU

Mother killed, 6 hurt in gunbattle at Calif. mall
http://yhoo.it/el6Egw

Police Seize $22,000 in Sex Toys and Other Explicit Items from Spencer’s Gifts
http://bit.ly/gXGtKx

The Death Of Common Sense
http://bit.ly/guZ5jU

Sault Ste. Marie police chief suspended over drunken-driving arrest
http://bit.ly/dIsUVm

Grandma: Teacher Used Duct Tape to Stop 5 Year Old's Thumb Sucking
http://bit.ly/fSzsF2

Utah Girl tied up during Home Burglary
http://bit.ly/hsKQBJ

Woman robbed by 2 people she had considered friends
http://bit.ly/fWyktm

STRANGE NEWS

Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
http://bit.ly/ebnKrc

HEALTH NEWS

EPA Complicit in Colony Collapse Disorder?
http://bit.ly/hiOJmz

Warning: Christmas colored chips, cookies and treats may be poisoning your children
http://bit.ly/hT8k8l

HACKER NEWS

English Defence League member list stolen by hackers
http://bit.ly/g1Mla4

Survey reveals passwords are weakest link in online security
http://bit.ly/gLoT0M

Most hacker attacks are quietly blocked
http://bit.ly/hgVk9D

Researchers Create Controlled Botnet to Foil..
http://bit.ly/h7kpI9

Romanian Police Arrest 42 VoIP Hackers
http://bit.ly/hgOnE2

Performance management - Hackers attack e-retailers on peak shopping days
http://bit.ly/hlHsgt

$4 Million Price Tag to Clean Up after OSU Hacker Attack
http://bit.ly/ifiTFv

CMP tells forum its 'smart' meters are safe from hackers, fire - Yes and Democrats are fiscally conservative
http://bit.ly/hxCykt

Hacker warning over internet-connected HDTVs
http://bit.ly/dIFi8y

Twitter and LinkedIn users among millions told to change passwords after hackers strik
http://bit.ly/g9sDfz

Hacker breaches OSU computers
http://bit.ly/fseApE

13 million deviantART e-mail addresses exposed by hackers
http://bit.ly/eDIr72

FBI Memos Reveal Cost of Hacker Attacks
http://bit.ly/hra36d

McDonald's and Walgreens: email addresses, birth dates stolen by hackers
http://bit.ly/hgynTT

Email, Birthdays of McDonald's Customers Hacked
http://abcn.ws/f0STU5

The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords
http://on.wsj.com/gRD03P

The legal risks of joining a botnet which is participating in DDoS attacks
http://bit.ly/dJFn9z

Assange granted bail but still jailed, 3 hackers arrested, Air Force blocks access to cables
http://bit.ly/eAgIzf

Iowa's AMBER Alert to be tested
http://bit.ly/hDdltx

'Anonymous' Hackers Take the Battle to Fax Machines
http://bit.ly/gcIZzJ

Pro-Wikileaks hackers face retaliation
http://bit.ly/ewL5An

Gawker, McDonald's, DeviantART Attacks Suggest Massive Hacker Race for Glory: Expert
http://bit.ly/ethc0x

Gawker Media boss to meet with FBI after hackers stole readers' email addresses and passwords
http://bit.ly/eS9Mh5

Gawker security still not solved
http://bit.ly/fGfCtT

Spam Attack Hits Twitter, Tied To Gawker Breach
http://n.pr/giYeiq

Forget WikiLeaks. How about the photocopier?
http://bit.ly/hvBdCY

NY officials want global effort for online attacks
http://on.wsj.com/f9M4F9

Operation Payback has new target: Corporate fax machines
http://bit.ly/eV4YVj

WikiLeaks Indirectly Reveals IT Holes in Data and Payments Protection
http://bit.ly/eQk9c0

Hackers Are Old News: Why All The Hype On Cyber Terrorism
http://bit.ly/fVaSBl

Walgreens warns hackers sent fake emails to customers trying to get credit card numbers
http://bit.ly/gnh0Ui

Hackers could use leaked Gawker info to attack government workers
http://bit.ly/he0zJR

GAWKER HACKED!
http://read.bi/ehoM0k

Hackers Steal McDonald's Customer Data
http://bit.ly/fjL61Z

McDonald's Customer Data Compromised through Contractor
http://bit.ly/gXlj8V