Below is a collection of news articles that may be of particluar interest to the prepper.

Economic

1. Consumer Prices in U.S. Decline More Than Forecast
2. What your Turkey can tell you about the state of the country
3. We Can Ignore Reality!
4. Gold Does Not Need You Or Me
5. Fed’s Balance Sheet To Hit A Shocking $6 Trillion
6. Guest Post: Blue Shield Of California To Hike Insurance Rates Up To 20%
7. Marc Faber: “Paul Krugman Should Go And Live In North Korea”
8. Germany’s Favorite Rabble-Rouser Economist Lashes Out
9. KWN Friday Gold Chart Mania
10. Four Drivers, Little Movement
11. The Crisis of Energy Infrastructures | Andrew McKillop | FINANCIAL SENSE
12. The French Really Are Les Misérables
13. Peter Schiff: Dollar Collapse Before Obama’s Out – Seeking Alpha

Natural and Technological

1. NASA’s Twin Orbiters Will Crash Into The Moon On Monday
2. Hubble Captures Earliest Views Yet Of The Universe
3. Is Light Subject to Gravity?: Gotta-See Video
4. Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything
5. Cybersecurity Experts Expect A Major Hack Of US Banks Early Next Year
6. Threat of mass cyberattacks on U.S. banks is real, McAfee warns

News

1. How North Korea Has Come A Step Away From Being Able To Launch A Nuke
2. Despite Risks, China Stays at North Korea’s Side to Keep the U.S. at Bay
3. Apocalypse Believers Flock to Pyramid Shaped Mountain Peak
4. BBC told to put more gay people on children’s TV
5. Study: Wind blew deadly gas to U.S. troops in Gulf War
6. Disputes spring up over bottled water sources
7. Mississippi River faces shipping freeze as water levels drop
8. Two Earthquakes Hit Near California
9. U.S. to Aid Turkey Against Syria
10. Panetta Orders Deployment of U.S. Anti-Missile Units in Turkey
11. 4th Amendment Over: Public Buses Adding Microphones To Record Conversations
12. No More Loud Commercials!
13. We Are Witnessing The Death Of Small Business In America
14. Weekly News Wrap-Up 12.14.12

General Interest

1. 12 Days of Christmas – Day Eleven
2. Gomadic unveils SunVolt portable device solar charger
3. Excellent Idea of the Day: Heartwarming Memories
4. 10 Alternatives to Using Firearms in Self Defense
5. Pyrethrum: Safe Insecticide You Can Make Yourself After TEOTWAWKI
6. Homemade Velveeta Cheese