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Catherine speaks at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia on 23 November.
The global financial system is an enigma to many of us. On one hand we appreciate that we can bank in a small bank in o…
GATA Swamped by Gold Demand, Perth Mint Stops Taking Orders
GATA / The Australian (22 Nov 2008)
Is the Gold Bull Over? The Price of Gold From Various Global Perspectives
Jesse’s Cafe Americain (21 No…
This update on Crosby Mint Farm just in:
Peppermint Jim Crosby here,
I just found you folks (on the Internet) and wanted to personally thank you from my heart for your support. We are working ever…
The wonderful Farm Hands in Flathead Valley, Montana have just launched a web site so that on-line folks can access the amazing maps they have been making for local food lovers for years:
http://www.w…
The Editor of Expresso in Portugal wanted my take on the recent G-20 communique. Here is my “translation” of the official statement:
1. Now that the growth of debt and derivatives bubbles has stall…
Following the success of our prayer team meetings by conference call during the Financial Permaculture Conference in Hohenwald, Tennessee, we would love to invite you to participate with us once a wee…
This just in from the network (author unknown) about the marvelous Dr. Riki Ott…
Every so often an idea comes along that rings with such clarity and purpose that it ignites the imaginations of mill…
Dear Solari workshop participants,
I wanted to express my thanks to all of you for attending the Solari workshop last weekend. Even though I didn’t participate in the group exercises, I was ins…
The Eat Well Guide
eatwellguide.org
The Eat Well Guide
eatwellguide.org
Catherine’s speech on local bartering at the IRTA conference is now available on Google Video:
You have heard me say or write before “in the destruction of the old, let there be the creation of the…
I sometimes wonder what use there is in trying to protect the West against fancied external threats when the signs of disintegration within are so striking.”
— George F. Kennan, Former U.S. Ambassado…
I just saw an excellent presentation by James Turk, founder of GoldMoney.com. He had just returned from Europe and was commenting on the severe economic downturn there. He presented this interesting s…
While acknowledging the turmoil in global financial markets — and in many individuals’ personal investments — it would be a mistake to lose sight of the blessings in our lives. Good health, the sup…
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Statistical Release (13 Nov 2008)
Thanks to The King Report – As of Wednesday, the Fed holds $2.249 trillion of paper. This is an increa…
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Statistical Release (13 Nov 2008)
Thanks to The King Report – As of Wednesday, the Fed holds $2.249 trillion of paper. This is an increa…
In light of the recent proposals to turn 401K’s and IRA’s over to the Social Security Administration (see Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts), I recommend reading what I believe was one of the fi…
In light of the recent proposals to turn 401K’s and IRA’s over to the Social Security Administration (see Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts), I recommend reading what I believe was one of the fi…
Obama Set to Push ‘Big Bang’ Reform Package
Financial Times (9 Nov 2008)
Obama and EU to Reinvent Global Politics, Pundit Says
Euro Observer (06 Nov 2008)
Gorbachev Calls on Obama to Carry Out ‘…
Timing the Next Rush to Gold
International Herald Tribune (07 Nov 2008)
The Organic Transitions Movement
organicconsumers.org
Charles Thomas Fitts, M.D., 76, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
He was born in Jackson, TN, on July 4, 1932. He was the son of the late William Thomas Fitts, M.D. and Isobel B…
I do my best to always vote. I particularly feel that local elections are important and each of us can make a big difference if we support strong local leadership.
This year I was eager to vote, de…
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.
– Frederic Bastiat, “The Law,” 1850
“The probability…
Silver, Gold, and the IRS
News With Views (15 June 2008)
President-elect Obama and his transition team now have 77 days to assemble a staff and Cabinet, determine the chief policies and goals for their first term and year in office, rework the federal budge…
Thanks to the Institute of Noetic Sciences Shift in Action series, here is my audio report on the Financial Permaculture conference in MP3 format:
Listen to the MP3 file
The bailout bill resulted in $700 billion of taxpayer funds, much of it going to Wall Street firms who will pay out an estimated $70 billion in bonuses this year. So what do people from Wall Street…
“Do not regard as valuable anything that can be taken away.”
— Seneca
(circa 4 B.C.E.-65)
Adjusted Monetary Base Now Going at 785.7%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (6 Nov 2008)
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IMF Urges Radical Action to Fight Global Recession
The Telegraph (07 N…
Adjusted Monetary Base Now Going at 785.7%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (6 Nov 2008)
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IMF Urges Radical Action to Fight Global Recession
The Telegraph (07 N…
From William Greider’s recent article:
“Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you loo…
From William Greider’s recent article:
“Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you loo…
U.S. Government Finally Exacts Revenge on Iran/Contra Whistleblower Cele Castillo
The GM Genocide: Thousands of Indian Farmers are Committing Suicide After Using Genetically Modified Crops
Mail Online (03 Nov 2008)
Live Architecture: Grow Your Own Home
amazing.com (28 Aug 2008)
H…
The most fundamental, essential element, without which any community would fail, boils down to interpersonal skills. The glue that holds any group together is the ability to put aside your own persona…
Bailout Funds Being Spent in Ways Congress Never Foresaw
McClatchy (30 Oct 2008)
Bernanke Says the U.S. Needs to Maintain a Role in Mortgage Securities
Wall Street Journal (1 Nov 2008)
GMAC Aims to …
Bailout Funds Being Spent in Ways Congress Never Foresaw
McClatchy (30 Oct 2008)
Bernanke Says the U.S. Needs to Maintain a Role in Mortgage Securities
Wall Street Journal (1 Nov 2008)
GMAC Aims to …
States in Trouble Due to Economic Downturn
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (24 Oct 2008)
State Revenues Plummet – July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst in Years
Center on Budget and Policy …
Mints Struggle to Meet Metals Demand
GATA (27 Oct 2008)
Gold Sales Pick Up Phenomenally in India
GATA (26 Oct 2008)
Judge Rules Ohio Homeless Voters May List Park Benches as Addresses
Columbus Dispatch (28 Oct 2008)
Gun Sales Thriving in Uncertain Times
MSNBC (27 Oct 2008)
Tonight, Liora Adler, Andy Langford and Albert Bates gave a presentation on Transition Towns. Andy reviewed his estimates of what happens to the local economy each year in Lewis County as all the youn…
Here’s a live wire coming through the global information grapevine –
Last night I blogged here about Eric Wagoner’s incredible LocallyGrown.net, a stunningly simple software solution to the cha…
The ethanol team at the Financial Permaculture conference is amazing. I was in their session last night led by Pat Therrien who manages to combine encylopedia-like knowledge with a sense of humor. S…
This Tuesday evening, November 4, Catherine Austin Fitts will be on Coast to Coast AM Radio with host, George Noory, to discuss the 2008 Presidential election. The show starts at 9PM Pacific Time. G…
View Catherine’s slide show on Financial Ecosystems here.
Also review Catherine’s handout: Starting and Financing a Business Checklist (1).
Here is the Ethanol Project Development Checklist, as well…
Great News! Howard Switzer and Katey Culver are going to present the history of natural homebuilding on Saturday evening during the open space presentations. Howard and Katey have a thriving business …
The challenges we face today are global in scope, but the solutions remain concrete. Our opportunity is to address them in sustainable, profitable ways. Companies can be conceived, launched, and sust…
An offering from Gifthub.org…
The Finance Team is doing two simulations on Saturday, October 25. Here are two of the handouts for the first simulation that Catherine will be leading:
Financial Team Simulation: What Does a Local I…
Recently we published a review of independent media capital structures.
This analysis looked at shareholder structures that divided investors between voting and non-voting shares or otherwise organiz…
If you have a comment about Financial Permaculture or the Financial Permaculture workshop in Hohenwald, Tennessee October 24-28, 2008, and are not sure where to put it, please place it as a comment to…
Principles of Financial Permaculture
By Jennifer Dauksha-English
View or download this document as a PDF
Financial Permaculture has been a part of the overall concept of Permaculture as it has cropp…
I can’t think of any issue more important to the health and well-being of a community than the health of its water. Here is a quick piece from a member of the Solari network to help you think about yo…
This commentary has been re-printed with Franklin Sanders’ permission:
Well, well, here’s a surprise: another week you’ll never see again in your life — oddly enough, something like the week before….
This commentary has been re-printed with Franklin Sanders’ permission:
Well, well, here’s a surprise: another week you’ll never see again in your life — oddly enough, something like the week before….
Aggregate Monetary Base Now Going at 341%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (23 Oct 2008)
GM Suspends Payments Into 401K Plans
Reuters (23 Oct 2008)
Russian Default Risk Tops Iceland as Crisis Dee…
Aggregate Monetary Base Now Going at 341%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (23 Oct 2008)
GM Suspends Payments Into 401K Plans
Reuters (23 Oct 2008)
Russian Default Risk Tops Iceland as Crisis Dee…
The following has been re-printed with Jon Rappoport’s permission:
NOW VERSUS FOREVER
The space of the NEW WORLD is here. To move into it, a person needs to have some idea of FOREVER. It isn’t jus…
Will the IMF & Co. Let Gold Crash?
MineWeb (23 Oct 2008)
Central Bank Warns of Risks in Illegal Gold Futures Speculation
China View (23 Oct 2008)
Embry Warns of Failure of December Gold Contract
GAT…
Building Flawed American Dreams
NY Times (18 Oct 2008)
Organic Farming Could Feed Africa
The Independent (22 Oct 2008)
Your Privacy is an Illusion: UK Attacks Civil Liberties
arstechnica.com (18 Oct 2008)
Govindappa Venkataswamy
wikipedia.org
Black Fa…
The leaders of the food coop team at Financial Permaculture are pretty incredible. Check out Eric Wagoner from Athens, Georgia and Robert Waldrop from Oklahoma. Bob organized and leads the Oklahoma Fo…
From Phil Cubeta at Gifthub.org:
The Prospects of Financial Permaculture
Greg Landau at Gaia Emerging responds…
Overview of Legal Structures for Small Businesses Financial Permaculture Conference
We wrote up a list of enterprise legal forms for the recommended reading list for the entrepreneurs in Hohenwald. T…
“The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
— President Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was the 7th President of the United States. Jackson’s efforts to shut down the …
Did you realize that many of the stocks and bonds you and your community invest in are highly dependent on government contracts and purchases? Check out Government Executive Magazine for the latest ra…
Did you realize that many of the stocks and bonds you and your community invest in are highly dependent on government contracts and purchases? Check out Government Executive Magazine for the latest ra…
This came in from the Solari network today. It turns out that the common folk do indeed understand mortgage backed securities!
Forrest Gump Explains Mortgage Backed Securities:
“Mortgage backed Se…
There are numerous factors driving the stock market down. Here are a few important ones:
1. Debt overhang: We have issued far more debt than we can pay back. This is being used, among other things,…
The Money Game and the New World
by Jon Rappoport
The people on this planet who run the money game at high levels have managed to put themselves into a hole. In retrospect, it was inevitable it would…
Thank you to the audience member of Bill Bowsher’s show on SciZone in Cincinnati who wanted to know if the bailout was an example of a conscious parallelism:
conscious parallelism n.
An undiscussed …
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely e…
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely ea…
This Thursday evening, October 16, Catherine Austin Fitts will be on Coast to Coast AM Radio to discuss sustainable businesses, money cycling, local investments, and other ways we can join together to…
During the Clinton Administration, four trillion dollars disappeared through the back door. Rather, than get it back, the Bush Administration has decided to simply hand out more through the same banks…
During the Clinton Administration, four trillion dollars disappeared through the back door. Rather, than get it back, the Bush Administration has decided to simply hand out more through the same banks…
The bumper sticker brainstorm continues with more than 300 posts. Today’s favorite is:
NO BANKER LEFT BEHIND
Thanks, Lizanne!
Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 Billion a Month of Troubled Assets
Bloomberg (11 Oct 2008)
Fears of Lehman’s CDS Derivatives Haunt Markets
GATA / The Telegraph (17 Oct 2008)
Daily Bank Borrowing from Fed…
Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 Billion a Month of Troubled Assets
Bloomberg (11 Oct 2008)
Fears of Lehman’s CDS Derivatives Haunt Markets
GATA / The Telegraph (17 Oct 2008)
Daily Bank Borrowing from Fed…
CFTC ‘Looking Into’ Gold Market as Well as Silver
GATA (13 Oct 2008)
GoldMoney’s James Turk Reports on Getting Real Metal
GATA (10 Oct 2008)
Secret U.S. Mission Hauls Uranium from Iraq
MSNBC (5 July 2008)
Toxic Pellets Found in Russian Rights Lawyer’s Car
NY Times (16 Oct 2008)
Mind Control by Cell Phone
Scientific American (7 May 2008…
Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Cities
Yahoo Finance (15 Oct 2008)
Fannie to Buy $40 Billion in Junk Mortgages Each Month
GATA (11 Oct 2008)
American Planners Recognize 30 Great Neighborhoods, Streets, and Public Spaces
planning.org (8 Oct 2008)
Preview Catherine’…
An Interview with Catherine Austin Fitts by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, editor of Janelanaweb.com.
QUESTION: Which are the roots of the ongoing financial crisis? A group of Wall Street’ criminals, o…
This piece about lavish spending by AIG executives after the $85 billion federal bailout is worth reading. It points out the impossibility of reviving a real economy under the leadership of people who…
“I am genuinely proud that when I was chairman of the Association of Mining Analysts we held two gold seminars at which the much-reviled Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee spoke. What they said about th…
About the Scoop US Electronic Election Integrity Campaign 2008
What is it?
A Pro-Bono (Free) advertising campaign to support the US Election Protection movement and its many diverse groups and partic…
“We want to put down the foundations of a capitalism of the entrepreneur and not of the speculator. We want transparency. We want moralization. We want the creation of value. We want people to have co…
Harry:
Thank you for the opportunity to be on your e-mail list. I appreciate your generosity and hard work.
I am writing to ask you to unsubscribe me from your list. I value your research reports. H…
Britain to Sue Iceland Over Frozen Funds
GATA / The Telegraph (9 Oct 2008)
Tight Money Markets Show More Action Needed
MarketWatch (9 Oct 2008)
Hedge Fund Finds Itself on Defense
NY Times (7 Oct 200…
Britain to Sue Iceland Over Frozen Funds
GATA / The Telegraph (9 Oct 2008)
Tight Money Markets Show More Action Needed
MarketWatch (9 Oct 2008)
Hedge Fund Finds Itself on Defense
NY Times (7 Oct 200…
Races to Watch IX: Wall Street’s Favorite Candidates
OpenSecrets.org (9 Oct 2008)
Did US Government Snoop on Americans’ Phone Calls?
Truthout.org (9 Oct 2008)
Secret Bush Admin Plan to Suspend US …
GATA Currency-to-Metal Converter Added to 24hGold
GATA (9 Oct 2008)
Central Banks All But Stop Lending Gold
Financial Times (7 Oct 2008)
GATA: CNBC Airs Prediction of Default in Paper Gold
GATA and …
Illinois Sheriff Scolds Banks for Evictions of ‘Innocent’ Renters
CNN (9 Oct 2008)
Mortgage Crisis Is Foreseen in Housing Owned by Private Equity Firms
NY Times (5 Oct 2008)
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Pictures of Hurricane Ike
Juan Diego Florez Sings Granada — High-Quality Video/Sound YouTube
“We are now in the golden age of thieves. And where I come from we put thieves in jail, we don’t bail them out.”
– Congressman Pete Visclosky, Democrat, Indiana
“I believe that banking institut…
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