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  1. Hi Catherine,
    I’ve been a long time lurking subscriber and love your clear and concise work. In the interest of synergies, I would love it if you could reel in Dr. David E Martin for a wide ranging discussion on his work with linguistic genomics, integral economics, correlations and thoughts regarding the metastasizing criminality of our current socio/political/economic governance structures. His presentations are precise and quite impressive and he appears to maintain some serious street ‘cred in both the quasi-mainstream and alt communities for some exceptional assessments in the past. (Not to mention, you both have shared the podium at Global BEM previously.) I understand if you think otherwise, but I (selfishly) would like to hear more about his current work and think he would be an enlightening guest for the Solari subscribers to be in cahoots with. Thanks for your continuing efforts. Best regards.

    1. Fred:

      Thanks for the suggestion – I will check out. When I heard his presentation at GlobalBem it sounded like we were not in alignment on a number of important points. I will check out what he is doing now.

      Catherine

  2. Hi Catherine: In the recent discussion with Richard Dolan, I believe you made a remark concerning national security exemptions for SEC reporting. This article – http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2006-06-04/the-spy-chiefs-new-financial-power – from Bloomberg dated June ’06 discusses this in more detail. The article suggests this power traces back as far as 1977, but who knows . . .

    I had run across this sometime in ’07, from Businessweek if memory serves. At the time, I wondered whether this action was taken ahead of banking system problems which were clearly bubbling up or perhaps in order to obscure problems in the GSEs (Fannie & Freddie). I wondered, also, why the delegation to the DNI? Was political distance required for some reason?

    At any rate – and thanks to the work of you and others – I see that the field of application for such a power is far broader than I had thought.

    JK

    1. James:

      If you look at the increased pressures that the bailouts and the coming pressures of Dodd-Frank, I am wondering if they did not need it to provide more protection at a higher level and/or also assert more centralized control.

      Catherine

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  4. Hello Catherine,
    I was wondering if you’ve ever done or thought of doing a financial or capital flow analysis of the monies from illegal wildlife trafficking, such as, the trafficking in elephant ivory. I’ve been trying to find out who the real drivers of this trade are and how to stop them. I have learned from you and others that there is the surface story and then there is the deeper story. I have so many questions about this area. Is it just another version of the trade in illicit goods (drugs, guns, etc.)? Is it the result of the global imbalances of wealth in the world? Is the trade used to destabilize certain countries? Is it all of the above mixed in with the usual run of the mill criminal mentality?

    Is it better to try to solve the trafficking problem by developing an equity model where people get more value out of a living animal vs. a dead one? There must be a better way to stop elephant and rhino poaching rather than hiring rangers to shoot poachers. I realize this is a complex issue, but I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Thank you very much for your efforts.

    Chad

    1. Chad:

      I know nothing about this area. Probably one of the reasons is that protection of wildlife is sometimes used as air cover for genocide and economic warfare against humans. I would think it is important to be specific to one place and then see what financial institutions and traded companies are laundering the flows.

      Catherine

  5. Hi Catherine,
    Thank you for your financial light work! I am learning so much about empowering myself financially through your work.

    I have a question about a statement that Ben Fulford said in his weekly update this week. He said that on April 17, 2015 the US corporate government is officially but not admittedly bankrupt.

    http://hipknowsys.blogspot.com/2015/04/benjamin-fulford-april-20-2015-us.html

    From your view point, is this true, and what are the implications from your point of view?

    Thank you,
    Nora

    1. This is only possible if the US has secret debts denominated in assets or a currency other than dollars. All of the on balance sheet and off balance sheet that I know of are denominated in dollars. Since the US can print an infinite amount of dollars, there is no reason for a default.

      So again it depends on what is happening on the covert side, who is in charge and ultimately what they really want.

      Consequently, I don’t believe what Fulford is saying – it does not make sense when you look at what we know to be true.

  7. Hi Catherine:

    Just a couple of questions about GoldMoney, FATCHA, and recent changes. GoldMoney, though they have no US business presence, has decided to comply with FATCHA by requesting SSNs from all US customers and will be reporting each customer’s June 30 balance (measured in USD) to the US Department of Treasury. I have a few questions regarding possible futures. 1) At some point if there is a US-only or global wealth tax of 30%, for example, will my holdings in the City of London be compromised? Will Jersey Common Law protect me? Will I be better off in other jurisdictions — e.g., Gold Money storage vaults in Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland etc.? 2). If the US makes private ownership of precious metals illegal, will my continued holdings in the City of London or elsewhere outside of the US — but known to the IRS — make me a criminal? I feel that the US views me as its property — and that I am not as free as I would like to be. If you wish to touch on this in your next precious metals report with Franklin, that would be fine.

    I thank you in advance for your response,

    Derek

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