Archive for September, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of September 24, 2007

Top Picks,
September 25, 2007 at 9:09 am

Gallup: Trust in Federal Government, On Nearly All Issues, Hits New Low — Even Less Than in Watergate Era
From Editor & Publisher (27 Sep 2007)

Who Owned Drug Plane that Crashed in Mexico?
By Jay Root & Kevin G. Hall - McClatchy Newspapers (27 Sep 2007)

Morgan Stanley Settles E-Mail Charges for $12.5 Million
From Reuters (27 Sep 2007)

How Barrick’s Hedging Gold in a Rising Market Could Be a Bonanza
By Chris Powell - GATA (26 Sep 2007)

CitiBank Acknowledges Central Bank Scheme to Suppress Gold
By Chris Powell - GATA (27 Sep 2007)

World Clock - poodwaddle.com

Naomi Klein Asks Alan Greenspan About Those Missing Billions in Iraq
At Democracy Now! (24 Sep 2007) / Download-play Audio Files

Fields Neighborhood
Building Sustainable Communities Since 1970

Welcome to the Intentional Communities Web Site
A source for Community Information

Wheat Reaches Record as Ukraine Limits Exports After Drought
By Jae Hur - Bloomberg.com (27 Sep 2007)

Dollar Respite as Saudis Stick to Peg, For Now
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (27 Sep 2007)

Dan Rather: Tased and Confused
By Greg Palast - Scoop Independent News (26 Sep 2007)

Why I Distrust Goldman Sachs’ Good Fortune
By John Crudele - New York Post (27 Sep 2007)

Does Everyone Bow Down to the Health Insurance Industry?
By Barbara Ehrenreich - AlterNet Health Wellness (24 Sep 2007)

A Green Revolution for Your Budget
By Laura Rowley - Yahoo Finance (20 Sep 2007)

US Forest Service Purchases 700 TASER X26 Electronic Control Devices
CNN Money (19 Sep 2007)

International Accumulation of Foreign Reserve Currencies

From Wikipedia - On the US Dollar

Pornography and the End of Masculinity
By Don Hazen - AlterNEt (22 Sep 2007)

Real Deal on Markets - Shadow Government Statistics
John Williams’ Website

Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report
By Alan Miller - OpEdNews.com (23 Sep 2007)

Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented
By Ellen Nakashima - Washington Post (22 Sep 2007)

HUD Muddle Leaves New Yorkers’ Rents Unpaid
By Adam Lisbert - New York Daily News (18 Sep 2007)

Billion Dollar Investing Tips from Warren Buffett
By NJ Yasaswy - rediff News (20 Sep 2007)

OPEC Sees Oil Price Rise Offsetting Dollar’s Fall
From Reuters (23 Sep 2007)

Bernanke Has Snookered Us All
By Gary North - (22 Sep 2007)

The Credit Crisis Could Be Just Beginning
By Jon D. Markman - TheStreet.com (21 Sep 2007)

Capital Flows Promise More Trouble For Dollar
By Dan Norcini - JSMineset.com (18 Sep 2007)

The Lies of Alan Greenspan
By William Greider - The Nation (18 Sep 2007)

Jack Kemp Connected to Saddam, Vincent Shamir and Wyatt
Trial in Oil-for-Food Case Turns to Talk of Iraq Diplomacy
By David Caruso - Associated Press (18 Sep 2007)

Sustainability ~ The Next Fraud?

Daily Musings,
September 20, 2007 at 10:09 am

Barrick Gold Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Marketwire - Barrick Gold Corporation

Peak Gold! - A Primer on True Hedging, Part Four
By A.E. Fekete - Goldseek.com (20 Sep 2007)

To Netflix.com

Daily Musings,
September 19, 2007 at 2:09 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am an enthusiastic user of your services and appreciate what you do.

I was dismayed to open my latest netflix and see an ad for Showtime’s show Dexter: The Return of Americas Favorite Serial Killer. It is hard enough to create a decent home and community, without inviting into it a mailing that glorifies serial killers. Please rethink your ad policy. I can chose to not watch shows like Dexter and I can ignore their ads on the highway. It is a completely different matter to find that I have allowed this ad into the intimacy of my own home.

Regards,
Catherine Austin Fitts

Green Party’s New Campaign

Daily Musings,
September 18, 2007 at 10:09 pm

The Green Party has launched a new campaign, Moving the Money to Main Street. We hope to do all that we can to support their efforts and hope you do too.

Top Picks ~ Week of September 17, 2007

Top Picks,
September 18, 2007 at 1:09 pm

Paulson: US to Hit Debt Limit October 1
By Martin Crutsiinger - AP Economics Writer (19 Sep 2007)

Mud City Press - Securing Global Food Resources

Not Guilty! Hung Jury! 189 IRS Counts Bits the Dust in Las Vegas Case
By Christopher Hansen - Independent American Party of Nevada (17 Sep 2007)

Why Iraqi Farmers Might Prefer Death to Paul Bremer’s Order 81
By Nancy Scola - AlterNet (19 Sep 2007)

Tomorrow’s Crises Today: The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanisation - Overview
At Irin In-Depth - Humanitarian News & Analysis (20 Sep 2007)

Policy Reversed, Fannie and Freddie Will Buy Junk Mortgages
By James Tyson & Jody Shenn - Bloomberg News (19 Sep 2007)

Day One: The People vs. Oscar Wyatt
By Mimi Swartz - TexasMonthly (5 Sep 2007)

Nasdaq, Borse Dubai Reach Takeover Deal for OMX
By Jenny Clevstrom, et al - Wall Street Journal (20 Sep 2007)

New York Times to Stop Charging for Online Content
By Sumner Lemon - IDG New Service (18 Sep 2007)

Panic on Street Means Sterling Plunges Against Euro and Dollar as Yen Gets Boost
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (18 Sep 2007)

Some of Those UBS Ghosts Will Not Go Away
By Ian Kerr - Financial News (17 Sep 2007)

Man: Biology of a Fall
Part III of the Defenestration Trilogy

A Scrum with Internet’s Largest Players
A Truthout.org Dialog

Panic Spreading, Britain Guarantees all Northern Rock Deposits
By Jean Eaglesham, et al…. - Financial Times, London (17 Sep 2007)

Couple Divorce After Online ‘Affair’
Ananova News

Exiting Dollar, Iran Puts 70% of Reserves in Other Currencies and Gold
From Agence France-Press (18 Sep 2007)

UFO - Fox News Mexican Air Force
CNN Headline News (9 Jun 2007)

Gold Seen Anticipating Lower Worldwide Interest Rates
By Pham-Duy Nguyen - Bloomberg News (18 Sep 2007)

Scottish Oil Tycoon Launches Foundation
United Press International (15 Sep 2007)

It is The Death of History
By Robert Fisk - The Independent (17 Sep 2007)

Greenspan Was More Rock Star Than Feared Sage
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (17 Sep 2007)

European Union Drawing Cross-Border Bank-Bailout Plans
By Huw Jones - Reuters (15 Sep 2007)

So What’s It Worth When There’s No Regular Market?
By Paul J. Davies, Jennifer Hughes & Gillian Tett - Financial Times, London (13 Sep 2007)

Red List of Threatened Species
The IUCN Species Survival Commission

Rise in Canadian Dollar Shows Break with US Economy
By Haris Anwar - Bloomberg News (17 Sep 2007)

Defense, Homeland Security Can’t Pass Audits
Associated Press (14 Sep 2007)

Northern Rock Hints at Years of Bailouts Ahead
By Michael Kosares - Centennial Precious Metals, Denver (15 Sep 2007)

Senate Blocks Mandatory ID Implants in Employees
By Patrick McGreevy - LA Times (31 Aug 2007)

Solari Advisors

Daily Musings,
September 12, 2007 at 10:09 am
Announcing Solari Investment Advisory Services

View the Solari Update announcement online.

Responses . . .

From Gift Hub - Blogging Philanthropy

“Catherine Austin Fitts announces the opening of Solari Investment Advisors. . . . she organizes money in faith, hope, and love for returns to the investor and to society.”

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GATA Announces Opening of Solari Investment Advisory Services

GATA Announcement

Read the entire post at GATA.

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It’s an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

Daily Musings,
September 10, 2007 at 10:09 pm

I was reminded tonight that I met a very dear friend as a result of 911. I have been thinking about how many wonderful people have come into my life as a result of the unanswered questions of 911.

I remember the first time that evil touched my intimate world. As we give prayers for those who have died and lost love ones on 911 and in the wars since then, remember that death is not the worse thing that can happen.

Our souls are immortal and, come what may, evil will not have its way with them.

Top Picks ~ Week of September 10, 2007

Top Picks,
September 10, 2007 at 12:09 pm

Central Bank Split Over Credit Squeeze
By Chris Giles & Gillian Tett - Financial Times, London (12 Sep 2007)

Fed Believed To Be Considering Unconventional Tools for Bailouts
By Krishna Guha - Financial Times, London (12 Sep 2007)

Andy Mukherjee: Rising Euro is Just What China Needs to Dump Dollar
Bloomberg News Service (14 Sep 2007)

Bank of England Plans Unprecedented Bailout of Mortgage Lender
By Peter Thal Larsen & Neil Hume - Financial Times, London (13 Sep 2007)

This Modern World: The Invisible Hand of the Free Market
By Tom Tomorrow (11 Sep 2007)

Dollar’s Retreat Raises Fear of Collapse
By Carter Dougherty - International Herald Tribune (13 Sep 2007)

First World Results on a Third World Budget
By Ssarah Boseley - Guardian Unlimited (12 Sep 2007)

US Health Insurance Costs Rise Nearly Twice as Fast as Pay: Survey
The Raw Story - (12 Sep 2007)

21 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Recycle
Co-op America Quarterly

CIA Helped Bush Senior In Oil Venture
By Russ Baker - The Real News Project (7 Jan 2007)

Problem Dams on the Rise in US
By Mark Clayton - Christian Science Monitor (13 Sep 2007)

Britain Sees a Bank Run
By Emma Thelwell - London Telegraph (14 Sep 2007)

Germany Warns Citizens to Avoid Using Wi-Fi
By Geoffrey Lean - The Independent (9 Sep 2007)

Driver Sues Feds After They Search Cab, Confiscate $23,000 in Cash
By Charlie Morasch - Land Line Magazine (27 Aug 2007)

Russia Shuns World Gold Market But Buys Domestic Production
From Reuters (10 Sep 2007)

The Shock Doctrine ~ A Short Film by Alfonso Cuaron

The Insurance Hoax
by David Deitz & Darrell Preston - Bloomberg.com (Sep 2007)

“Who indeed will survive as a remnant to repopulate the planet? Will it be those who have misused the planet or those who would heal the inhabitants and the planet with loving intent? Since all that exists, as manifested reality, is vibrational, those that exist in a vibratory rate that is harmonious with the planet will find themselves in safe places. Those safe places will exist where these individuals are. There are no “safe places” as designated on the planet despite any and all predictions. There will be safe places in the midst of any and all disaster experiences. It is the consciousness of the individuals themselves that will create those places.”
From “Becoming” - Bridger House Publishers, Inc.

Crop Yields Expand, But Nutrition Is Left Behind
By Alana Herro - Worldwatch Institute (10 Sep 2007)

Jonathan Kozol Blows No Child Left Behind Out of the Water
By Sam Smith - Undernews (10 Sep 2007)

Judge Tosses NYC Calorie-Posting Rule
By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press (11 Sep 2007)

FOREX-Dollar Index Plumbs 15-Year Low, All Eyes on Bernanke
By Marek Petrus - Reuters (11 Sep 2007)

The Hum ~ From Wikipedia

Banks Seek Haven From Stormy Weather
By Ian Kerr - Financial News Online US (10 Sep 2007)

Peter Brimelow: Gold’s on a Roll — Again
By Peter Brimelow - MarketWatch.com (10 Sep 2007)

The Shock Doctrine
By Naomi Klein - The Guardian UK (8 Sep 2007)

Post-Mortem American and the Hard Way Ahead
By Phil Cubeta - Gift Hub (9 Sep 2007)

Treasury Rally May Falter as Foreign Investors Keep Selling
By Wes Goodman & Daniel Kruger - Bloomberg News (10 Sep 2007)

The Artist as Healer of the World
By Paul Levy - awakeinthedream.com (Sep 2007)

Gold Provide Refuge from Declining Dollar
By Javier Blas - Financial Times, London (7 Sep 2007)

Billions Over Baghdad
By Donald Bartlett & James Steele - Vanity Fair (Oct 2007)

Where You Live Can Be Crucial To Your Future
By Lucy Ward - The Guardian (8 Sep 2007)

Barrick Gold Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Marketwire (7 Sep 2007)

US Backing for Two-Tier Internet
BBC News (7 Sep 2007)

Suicide Rate for Young Girls Jumps 76%
Chicago Sun-Times (7 Sep 2007)

Organic Farm Takes Root
By Karen Miltner - Rochester Democrat (4 Sep 2007)

CNBC Commentator Seth Tobias Found Dead in Florida Pool
By Scott Wenger & Dave Goldiner - New York Daily News (5 Sep 2007)

US Administration Proposes Forgiveness of Indebtedness Change to Tax Code for Mortgage Relief
White House - Office of the Press Secretary (31 Aug 2007)

Flood of 2007 ~ Back to the Land….Again

Midwest Flood Solidarity Action Alert!
familyfarmdefenders.org

No Inflation? Rivals Quickly Match Southwest Air Fare Hike
By Matt Curry - Associated Press (4 Sep 2007)

London Banks Hoard Cash as Liquidity Crunch Worsens
By Gillian Tett - Financial Times, London (4 Sep 2007)

Liquidity Crisis Grows as Libor Rates Gap Hits 20-Year High
By Philiip Aldrick - London Telegraph (5 Sep 2007)

Documents Show FBI Spied on King’s Widow
USA Today (Sep 2007)

Monsanto Goes GMO Free — In Its Cafeteria
Information Liberation (8 Aug 2007)

Thanks Once Again, Solari Network

Daily Musings,
September 8, 2007 at 8:09 pm

Thanks to a very special member of the Solari Action Network, we have been able to post the documentation at the Solari - The Missing Money related to then Secretary of Defense statements regarding $2.3 trillion of undocumentable adjustments at the DOD on September 10, 2001. We have added related videos of Rumsfeld’s statement and subsequent congressional testimony about missing money and the Pentagon’s refusal to disclose contractors responsible for the related accounting and information systems. While we were at it, we have also added Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele’s new smashing story for Vanity Fair, “Billions over Baghdad.”

Top Picks ~ Week of September 3, 2007

Top Picks,
September 4, 2007 at 9:09 am

OECD Calls for US Rate Cut To Ward Off Crisis
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (6 Sep 2007)

Compendium on Subprime Crisis
London Telegraph (Sep 2007)

Housing Layoffs
From MarketWatch

Australian Central Bank Will Buy Mortgage-Backed Debt
By Laura Cochrane - Bloomberg News (6 Sep 2007)

European Mayhem as Treaty Triggers UK’s Exit
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (4 Sep 2007)

Will Japan Be the Next to Feel Fallout of US Financial Crisis?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - London Telegraph (4 Sep 2007)

Treasury Market Volatility is Highest in Three Years
By Elizabeth Stanton & Daniel Kruger - Bloomberg News (4 Sep 2007)

Credit Turmoil Seen as a Run in the ‘Shadow’ Banking System
By Krishna Guha - Financial Times, London (2 Sep 2007)