Author: Mark Gilmore
Money & Markets – Week of 10.5.08
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…
Money & Markets – Week of 10.5.08
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…
Geopolitical – Week of 10.5.08
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 …
Precious Metals – Week of 10.5.08
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 …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.5.08
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)
Food & Health – Week of 10.5.08
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Food & Health – Week of 10.5.08
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Life – Week of 10.5.08
Pictures of Hurricane Ike
Juan Diego Florez Sings Granada — High-Quality Video/Sound YouTube
Quotes du Jour
“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…
Our Next Brainstorm: Let's Bail OUT OF Wall Street
OUR NEXT BRAINSTORM: WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE TO BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET?
The time has come to purge these people from our lives. How do we do it? Since our readers had such great ideas on the bumper…
Ten Reasons NOT To Bail Out Wall Street
by Catherine Austin Fitts and Carolyn Betts, Esq.
(1) Crime that pays is crime that stays.
There is reason to believe that Wall Street and those they represent are holding loans without collateral, …
Introducing Lesta Frank
I love Lesta Frank’s watercolors. You can learn more about Lesta and how to purchase watercolors, prints and cards at her website and blog. She has kindly granted me permission to share some of them w…
Goldman Sachs Goes Net Long Gold on TOCOM
By Adrian Douglas
In the September 29 session on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) Goldman Sachs COVERED 13 short contracts and bought 495 long contracts to bring their long position to 2,525 cont…
Avalon Acres – Financial Permaculture
Another reason to come to Financial Permaculture is to hook up with one of the fastest growing CSAs in Tennessee, Avalon Acres Farm in Hohenwald, Tennessee.
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A Solari Report – How to Influence Your Congressperson
By Carolyn Betts, Esq.
WHAT CONGRESS IS GOOD FOR THESE DAYS
Not much, it seems, given that we have what essentially amounts to a single-party system (i.e., the corporatist party). However, the Bus…
Treasury Conference Call
Please seed and spread around!
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/09/mussolini-style-corporatism-in-action.html
This is an audio recording of the conference call with the US Treasury Department, gi…
Paul Newman: 1925 – 2008
A great man died today—he left us with a family, movies, businesses and gifts that will bring joy for centuries to come. Let’s take a minute to give thanks for his life and say a prayer for him and …
Wall Street to Main Street: Who Needs You?
Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System
By Scott Laman & Craig Torres – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008)
Adjusted Monetary Base – 25 Sep 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve
Financial Sense Ne…
Main Street to Wall Street: Drop Dead
U.S. House Rejects $700 Billion Financial-Rescue Plan
By Allison Vekshin & Laura Litvan – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008)
Bumper Sticker Brainstorm
One of our network members is keen on producing a bumper sticker to express our opposition to bailouts and the institutions engineering them. We could use your help in coming up with a pithy slogan fo…
Rumi and Bates
Sit down and be quiet.
You are drunk, and this is the
edge of the roof.
~ Rumi
This wonderful quote from Rumi was brought to our attention by the amazing Albert Bates. Albert is one of the reasons why…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.29.08
Hidden in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Daily Paul (2 October 2008)
Franklin Sanders: Somebody’s ‘painting the tape’ with gold and silver
GATA & The MoneyChanger (2 Oct 2008)
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Money & Markets – Week of 9.29.08
Hidden in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Daily Paul (2 October 2008)
Franklin Sanders: Somebody’s ‘painting the tape’ with gold and silver
GATA & The MoneyChanger (2 Oct 2008)
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Sorghum Festival, October 4th
I went down to Burton’s Sugar Farm in Northern Mississippi outside of Memphis this weekend. This is my third visit to the Sugar Farm and each time I come away thinking that was the finest catfish and …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.29.08
Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe
By Melvin L. Oliver & Thomas M. Shapiro – American Prospect (22 Sep 2008)
Produce The Note “How-To”
The Consumer Network Warning – Video Collection
Geopolitical – Week of 9.29.08
Main Core, PROMIS and the Shadow Government (Pt.1)
ManageableAnts Blog (2 Oct 2008)
Precious Metals – Week of 9.29.08
‘Unseen’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Demand For Bullion By Rich
By Javier Blas – Financial Times, London (30 Sep 2008)
SNB Completes Planned Gold Sales, No More Due
By Emma Thomasson – Forbes.com (29 Sep 200…
Life – Week of 9.29.08
Alaska 101 for presidential candidates
Indian Country Today (2 Oct 2008)
U.S. spacecraft poised to fly past Mercury next week
Reuters (2 Oct 2008)
Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble?
Live Science (…
Food & Health – Week of 9.29.08
What is Permaculture?
How to Boil a Frog—A Short Interview with Albert Bates
Food & Health – Week of 9.29.08
What is Permaculture?
How to Boil a Frog—A Short Interview with Albert Bates
Ode To Big Bankers
A network member requests that we offer up a place to post limericks and songs to lift our spirits in a dire hour. Here is her contribution:
Ode to Big Bankers & Politicians
Enjoy yourself, you …
Radio New Zealand Interviews Alastair Thompson
Alastair Thompson: Politics and Pilgrimage
Scoop Independent News (20 Sep 2008)
For more on Scoop’s Campaign >>>
For more on Alastair’s recent Pilgrimage >>>
Final Bailout White Paper
Proposed $700 Billion Bailout Is Too Little, Too Late to End the Debt Crisis; Too Much, Too Soon for the U.S. Bond Market
By Martin D. Weiss & Michael D. Larson (24 Sep 2008)
Submitted to U.S. Con…
A Comment on the Bailout Bill
By Carolyn Betts, Esq.
I agree with every point in Bernie Sanders’ proposal but have a suggestion.
I worked with lead counsel to the RTC (the government entity that served as receiver for defunct sa…
Total U.S. Debt
John:
You asked, what is the size of the total consolidated national debt?
The President of the Dallas Fed says $99.2 trillion. I would add $20-50 trillion for bailouts and collateral, securities an…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.22.08
China Asks Local Lenders Not To Lend to U.S. Banks: Report
By V. Phani Kumar – MarketWatch (24 Sep 2008)
China Stops Its Banks From Lending to U.S. Banks
By Jane Cai and Adam Chen – South China Morni…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.22.08
China Asks Local Lenders Not To Lend to U.S. Banks: Report
By V. Phani Kumar – MarketWatch (24 Sep 2008)
China Stops Its Banks From Lending to U.S. Banks
By Jane Cai and Adam Chen – South China Morni…
Precious Metals – Week of 9.22.08
CFTC Relents and Probes Silver Market
By Carolyn Cui – Wall Street Journal (25 Sep 2008)
Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.22.08
Freddie and Fannie Bank Losses Grow
By Saskia Scholtes – Financial Times (23 Sep 2008)
Life – Week of 9.22.08
The Story of a Sign
A video at adnstream.tv
Food & Health – Week of 9.22.08
FTC Launches Operation False Cures to Suppress Natural Cancer Remedies
At NaturalNews.com (18 Sep 2008)
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
Reuters.uk (23 Sep 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 9.22.08
FTC Launches Operation False Cures to Suppress Natural Cancer Remedies
At NaturalNews.com (18 Sep 2008)
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
Reuters.uk (23 Sep 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 9.22.08
Time For A Gold Ruble?
By John Laughland – Russia News & Information Agency (24 Sep 2008)
October 1st Military Starts Martial Law Mission
YouTube Video
MikeandJake.com – The Fire Team for Freedo…
Project Censored Top 25 Stories for 2009
# 1 Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
# 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA
# 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business
# 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars…
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part VI
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Oh, boy. The Solari network does it again.
It turns out that David Hisey, the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae appo…
Proposed Bail Out Bill
The New York Times has posted a draft copy of the U.S. Treasury bail out bill.
As a practical matter, this bill gives the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury – the former chairman of one of the Wall Stree…
Fellowship Opportunity at Spikenard Farm & Apiary
Note from Catherine:
I think biodynamic farming is an area with a great past, present and future. So when a network member told me that Spikenard Farm was looking for someone to help them with fundr…
Fellowship Opportunity at Spikenard Farm & Apiary
Note from Catherine:
I think biodynamic farming is an area with a great past, present and future. So when a network member told me that Spikenard Farm was looking for someone to help them with fundr…
Quote du Jour
“Driving through New Jersey, Nitze [asked] Dillon if he thought the market decline an omen of hard times ahead . . . Dillon thought for a few minutes and replied, “I think it presages the end of an …
How to Find a Local Bank
In response to questions from listeners about how to find a local bank, we are reproducing below Catherine’s article on this topic. The full article may also be accessed at the Solari website.
Plea…
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part VII
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like the…
The Way To Santiago Compostella – My Pilgrimage
From our friend Alastair Thompson (Scoop Independent News co-editor)
In the month of May this year my wife Wendy and I went on a pilgrimage across Northern Spain, walking 810kms from the village of …
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part V
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
The financial press this morning reports that Daniel Mudd, the retiring CEO of Fannie Mae, is leaving with a severance pa…
Catherine on Coast-to-Coast 9.15.08
Listen via archived audio (requires subscription.)
* Please place comments or questions regarding the 9.15.08 interview as comments to this post.
Slow Burn Capital Controls
A broker reported to me today that their clearing agent is requiring them to mark purchases of AAA sovereign bonds denominated in foreign currencies as “speculative” investments.
Pressure to do this …
Lehman Bankrupt, AIG Next? – Please Position ASAP!
As the leaders of the mortgage bubble continue to hit the wall, the importance of repositioning your assets into the “real” economy and out of a “bubble” economy is urgent.
In Frantic Day, Wall Stree…
Scoop’s Ad Campaign for U.S. Electronic Election Integrity
I am writing to ask for your help and support for someone and something of great importance to me.
Alastair Thompson, General Manager of Scoop Independent News, has just announced the launch of a…
Scoop's Ad Campaign for U.S. Electronic Election Integrity
I am writing to ask for your help and support for someone and something of great importance to me.
Alastair Thompson, General Manager of Scoop Independent News, has just announced the launch of a…
Why Is Scoop And Their Campaign So Important To Me?
(Continuation of previous blog post: Scoop’s Ad Campaign for US Electronic Election Integrity)
In January 2002, I sent an e-mail to the Solari network list posing 20 questions designed to illuminate …
Money & Markets – Week of 9.15.08
SEC Bans Naked Shorting For All Securities
Press Release (17 Sep 2008)
Treasury Announces Debt Auctions for Fed
By Martin Crutsinger – Associated Press (17 Sep 2008)
The administration to consider w…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.15.08
SEC Bans Naked Shorting For All Securities
Press Release (17 Sep 2008)
Treasury Announces Debt Auctions for Fed
By Martin Crutsinger – Associated Press (17 Sep 2008)
The administration to consider w…
Precious Metals – Week of 9.15.08
The Law of Supply and Demand is Dead for Gold and Silver
By J.S. Kim – Seeking Alpha (15 Sep 2008)
Gold Starts to Look Good to Commodities Guru Rogers
By Christ Powell – GATA (12 Sep 2008)
Gold Bar …
Geopolitical – Week of 9.15.08
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): A “Doorway” to The New World Order?
By Paul Bondarovski – WarIsCrime.com (10 Sep 2008)
City Uses DNA to Fight Dog Poop
By Avida Landau – Reuters.uk (16 Sep 2008)
Ron…
Life – Week of 9.15.08
Help To Save The World, Pope Tells Australia
By Paola Totaro – Sydney Morning Herald (14 Jul 2008)
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits Northern Japan
Yahoo News (10 Sep 2008)
Possible First Photo of Plane…
Food & Health – Week of 9.15.08
Be As Healthy As The Wealthy
By Laurence Roy Stains – MensHealth.com
Food & Health – Week of 9.15.08
Be As Healthy As The Wealthy
By Laurence Roy Stains – MensHealth.com
Popsicle Index Down, Harvard Endowment Up, Again!
Did you ever notice that there is an inverse relationship between the health of people and the environment and the Harvard endowment’s profits?
Return of 8% for Harvard Endowment
By Geraldine Fabrika…
The Bank Index
A network member points out that Don Coxe of BMO Financial Group, one of our favorite market analysts, has commented that we have now deleveraged everything that was doing well to help prop up the ban…
Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks – Part IV
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Whether you want to attribute the Federal Reserve and US Treasury’s success to the deflationary effects of globalization …
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part III
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
On July 23, when I and my Community Business segment were spiked from KPFA radio, Fannie Mae stock was trading at $15 and…
An Anniversary Prayer — September 11, 2008
An Anniversary Prayer — September 11, 2008
Lord, we gather in prayer on the seventh anniversary of 9-11;
We thank you for the many blessings you have given us,
among them the gift of life;
Let our …
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part II
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Who were the lobbyists on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s payroll? Who were the politicians who enjoyed their financial supp…
Comments to Catherine on Coast-to-Coast
Dear Readers:
If you have comments to Catherine’s talk on Coast-to-Coast radio last night, please place them as a comment to this post.
Thanks!
Anais
Solari Web
Orwellian Markets
Doug Casey’s newsletter reports that the Dow Jones Index companies had consolidated losses in the second quarter. However, the Dow Jones is holding and gold is falling.
Meanwhile, it took 232 years t…
The Farm Blog Up
thefarmblog.org
News and views from The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee
Event – October 2008: “Financial Permaculture”
Financial Permaculture: Greening a Rural American Community
October 24-28, 2008
Hohenwald, Tennessee
Attend this 5-day regenerative business and community development course and design simulation wi…
Event – October 2008: "Financial Permaculture"
Financial Permaculture: Greening a Rural American Community
October 24-28, 2008
Hohenwald, Tennessee
Attend this 5-day regenerative business and community development course and design simulation wi…
Fannie and Freddie Become Penny Stocks – Part I
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Overwhelming American communities with mortgage, auto and credit card debt as we shift manufacturing and research capacit…
Erie, Pennsylvania Sues JP Morgan Chase
Facing Federal Probe, JPMorgan Exits Municipal Swaps
Business Standard (5 Sep 2008)
“JPMorgan Chase & Co will stop selling interest-rate swaps to government borrowers in the $2.6 trillion US munic…
Welcome to the Solari Invention Room!
At Solari, the invention room is a place in our imagination where we go to collaborate on creating and developing great ideas. There are several protocols that apply in the invention room.
1. We st…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.08.08
Computer Glitch Derails London Stock Exchange
By Julia Werdigier – International Herald Tribune (8 Sep 2008)
FTSE Rally Supported By Banks
By Simon Falush – Reuters.uk (8 Sep 2008)
China’s Central B…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.08.08
Computer Glitch Derails London Stock Exchange
By Julia Werdigier – International Herald Tribune (8 Sep 2008)
FTSE Rally Supported By Banks
By Simon Falush – Reuters.uk (8 Sep 2008)
China’s Central B…
Precious Metals – Week of 9.08.08
U.S. Must Buy More Assets To Prevent ‘Tsunami,’ Bond Manager Gross Says
By Jody Shenn – Bloomberg News (4 Sep 2008)
Rosen Special Update
By Ronald Rosen & Alistair Gilbert – Kitco (4 Sep 2008)
D…
A Comment On Our Election Coverage
My focus during the presidential elections — as it has been for the last three elections — is on helping you understand what you can do to protect your assets before, during and after the election, …
Geopolitical – Week of 9.08.08
America’s Best Days
Rasmussen Report (28 Aug 2008)
Early Security Issues Tarnish Google’s Chrome Browser
By Nancy Gohring – ITWorld.com (3 Sep 2008)
Rense.com Now Under Severe, Routine Attack
At Ren…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.08.08
U.S. Takeover of Fannie, Freddie Offers ‘Stopgap’
By Rebecca Christie & John Brinsley – Bloomberg.com (8 Sep 2008)
Treasury Statement on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Reuters (7 Sep 2008)
In Rescue to…
Food & Health – Week of 9.08.08
Huge Rise In The Price of Food in Britain
By Jon Swaine – London Telegraph (5 Sep 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 9.08.08
Huge Rise In The Price of Food in Britain
By Jon Swaine – London Telegraph (5 Sep 2008)
Life – Week of 9.08.08
The Genetic Early Adopters
By Emily Singer – Technology Review (8 Sep 2008)
Turner Adds New Concert Dates To Tour
By Mitchell Peters – Reuters (4 Sep 2008)
Microwave News
A Report on Non-Ionizing Ra…
Going Green First Class
“Eco-Iconic”
At trendwatching.com
Bahrain World Trade Center
Dubai Wave Tower
The 10 Most Affordable Housing Markets
Affordable Housing Exists, If You Know Where to Look
By Prashant Gopal – BusinessWeek (4 Sep 2008)
1. Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind.
Median home price: $108,000
Median household income: $65,100
Share of h…
September Slow Burn
If it is bothering you that the price of everything that is losing value is up and the price of everything that is increasing in value is down, Eric Sprott’s latest may help you stay grounded.
The Ph…
Thank Heavens For Honest Judges
Fighting Foreclosure: Subprime Borrowers Battle (and Beat) Lenders in Court
By Amanda Stutt – Village Voice (3 Sep 2008)
Excerpt: “If the paperwork is garbage I deny it”
More and more Judges have dem…
Quote du Jour
Thanks to Bill Murphy and his Midas Report at LeMetropole Café for this one.
Money & Markets – Week of 9.01.08
Judge Considers Pretrial Release in Tax-Fraud Case
By Sanne Spect – MailTribune.com (3 Sep 2008)
BP Loosens TNK-BP Grip to End Fight With Oligarchs
By Tom Bergin & Melissa Akin – Reuters.uk (4 Se…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.01.08
Judge Considers Pretrial Release in Tax-Fraud Case
By Sanne Spect – MailTribune.com (3 Sep 2008)
BP Loosens TNK-BP Grip to End Fight With Oligarchs
By Tom Bergin & Melissa Akin – Reuters.uk (4 Se…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.01.08
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bailout Near
TheStreet.com (5 Sep 2008)
Freddie, Fannie Shareholders To Be Wiped Out
U.S. Rescue Seen at Hand for 2 Mortgage Giants
By Stephen Labaton & Andrew Ross Sorkin…
Geopolitical – Week of 9.01.08
Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC
A YouTube Video (1 Sep 2008)
Supercomputer Weather: Super Hurricane Gustav
By Alastair Thompson & David Mclellan – Scoop Independent News (31 Aug 2008)
Oil, Gas Fall …