Author: Mark Gilmore
Food & Health – Week of 9.01.08
Scientists Use Particle Accelerator to Date Wine
By Claude Canellas – Reuters.uk (3 Sep 2008)
Qatar and Vietnam Set Up Agriculture Fund
Reuters.uk (3 Sep 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 9.01.08
Scientists Use Particle Accelerator to Date Wine
By Claude Canellas – Reuters.uk (3 Sep 2008)
Qatar and Vietnam Set Up Agriculture Fund
Reuters.uk (3 Sep 2008)
Precious Metals – Week of 9.01.08
Uptrends Continue for Gold and Silver
By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (1 Sep 2008)
Deja Vu View
“Deja Vu View” is our title to revive things we have written in the past that are worth revisiting given current events.
The federal government having to assume another $5 trillion in liabilities fo…
Simmons International
In our discussion on “Recommended,” there were several comments on Matt Simmons’ role in promoting the Peak Oil scenario. I thought it would be useful to point out that when Halliburton sold KBR stock…
Deja Vu View 2
Only Convenient Caring Please
A YouTube video by Catherine Austin Fitts
Recommended
I just finished James Norman’s new book: The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century.
Norman makes the case that a suppressed oil price was the most important strategic variable in brin…
September 16-18 in Portland
Our very special ally Paul Levy is sponsoring his very special teachers, Tibetan Buddhist masters Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, to teach three workshops in Portl…
Freddie and Fannie Hammer Regional and Small Banks
Moody’s ratings downgrades of Freddie and Fannie preferred last week are going to be bad news for insurance companies and regional and small banks who are believed to have large holdings in approximat…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.25.08
Dollar Rescue Plan Was Drawn in March, Japanese Paper Says
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss – Reuters (27 Aug 2008)
ECB Slammed by Nobel Economist as European Slump Deepens
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Lo…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.25.08
Dollar Rescue Plan Was Drawn in March, Japanese Paper Says
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss – Reuters (27 Aug 2008)
ECB Slammed by Nobel Economist as European Slump Deepens
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Lo…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.25.08
U.S. Appeals Court Validates Gold Clause in Rental Contract
By Lisa Cornwell – Associated Press (28 Aug 2008)
Let Them Mint Paper: Now They’re Out of Krugerrands Too
By Claudia Carpenter – Bloomberg …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.25.08
Three Fannie Mae Execs Out, Shares Rally Earlier
By Al Yon – Reuters (27 Aug 2008)
Fannie, Freddie Capital Can Absorb Losses: Report
By Al Yoon – Reuters.uk (26 Aug 2008)
China Warns U.S. Against Fa…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.25.08
Russia May Cut Off Oil and Gas to Europe
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (28 Aug 2008)
Steve Jobs Obituary Published by Bloomberg
By Matthew Moore – London Telegraph (28 Aug 2008)
Tran…
Food & Health – Week of 8.25.08
FDA Unleashes Mass Irradiation of Spinach, Lettuce and Other Vegetables
NaturalNews.com (22 Aug 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 8.25.08
FDA Unleashes Mass Irradiation of Spinach, Lettuce and Other Vegetables
NaturalNews.com (22 Aug 2008)
Life – Week of 8.25.08
Where Cell Phones Go To Die
By Kate Greene – TechnologyReview.com (Sept/Oct 2008)
Virus-Assembled Microbatteries
By Lauren Rugani – TechnologyReview.com (21 Aug 2008)
Cosmic Blast 7.5 Billion Years …
The Financial Permaculture Blog Launches
Financial Permaculture Blog:
a resource for gathering information and conversations about financial permaculture
Also see: The Farm Blog
From Sam Smith at Prorev.com
DRINKING AGES IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Albania—No minimum age
Austria—14
Denmark—No minimum drinking age
Finland—No minimum drinking age
France—16 (beer, wine)
Germany—16 (beer, wine)
H…
A New Word From Franklin Sanders
LUNATICKLE – noun. The thrill of fear, laughter, and incredulity that convulses your body when you read the financial news in the morning and realize that the lunatics have taken over not only the asy…
Financial Permaculture
In 1989, I was serving as Assistant Secretary of Housing. The housing bubble of the 1980’s had burst, and foreclosures were rising. The mortgage insurance funds of the Federal Housing Administration…
Gold and Deflation
Now is a time when there is much discussion regarding the performance of gold in periods of deflation. A fine piece addressing some of these issues was written in 2005 by Bob Landis, Chairman of Amari…
Pebble Mine
The financial permaculture conversation continues . . .
Pebble Mine
At Gaiapoiesis – 19 Aug 2008)
Pebble Mine – at Wikipedia
Money & Markets – Week of 8.18.08
Eat the Rich: Investment Banks Can’t Afford to Bail Out Wealthy Clients
By Heidi N. Moore – Wall Street Journal (22 Aug 2008)
A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading
By David Cho – Was…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.18.08
Eat the Rich: Investment Banks Can’t Afford to Bail Out Wealthy Clients
By Heidi N. Moore – Wall Street Journal (22 Aug 2008)
A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading
By David Cho – Was…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.18.08
Congressman Extracts Statement From Mint on Gold Coin Shortage
By Chris Powell – GATA
Gold Derivatives: Moving Up Again
Goldsextant.com Commentary (1 Jun 2008)
Paper Prices No Longer Rule The Precio…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.18.08
Still Bleeding – Fannie, Freddie and Lehman Ensure August is Anything But Quiet
From The Economist (20 Aug 2008)
Russia Will Not Dump Fannie, Freddie Debt: FinMin
By Toni Vorobyova – Reuters.uk (21 A…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.18.08
Who Started Cold War II?
By Patrick J. Buchanan – AntiWar.com (19 Aug 2008)
Scott Forbes 9/11 Power Down: The Elephant in The Room
A YouTube video
There’s A Law That Takes Away Money If You Leave U….
Life – Week of 8.18.08
Lucid Dreaming
By Paul Levy – awakeinthedream.com (Aug 2008)
A Blueprint to Regenerate Limbs
By Emily Singer – Technology Review (18 Aug 2008)
Liver Problems? Paging Dr. Cuervo!
By Alexis Madrigal -…
Fannie and Freddie 1-Year Chart
This weekend, Barrons published a piece on Fannie and Freddie indicating the chances for nationalization were rising. Today, the stocks dropped like a stone.
Bailout Concerns Slam Freddie, Fannie Sha…
Food & Health – Week of 8.18.08
The Smell of Cancer
By Corinna Wu – TechnologyReview.com (20 Aug 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 8.18.08
The Smell of Cancer
By Corinna Wu – TechnologyReview.com (20 Aug 2008)
The Oxygen Crisis by Peter Tatchell
Guardian | 13 August 2008
Knock-on effects…
Let’s Help the Next President Make Real Financial Choices for the People
I have been asked the question, “Why are you coming to Mill Valley, California to give such a significant speech and workshop in August on a Labor Day weekend?”
Here is why.
The 2008 Democratic Na…
Let's Help the Next President Make Real Financial Choices for the People
I have been asked the question, “Why are you coming to Mill Valley, California to give such a significant speech and workshop in August on a Labor Day weekend?”
Here is why.
The 2008 Democratic Na…
Thank you, Prince Charles
Charles Warns GM Farming Will End in Ecological Disaster
By Robert Booth – The Guardian (13 Aug 2008)
In Memorium: Stephen Mackendrick Thompson
Stephen Mackendrick Thompson – 1939 – 2008
Alastair Thompson, of New Zealand’s Scoop Independent News, writes of the passing of his father, Stephen, on 27 July 2008.
Whosoever cometh to me, and hear…
Another Remarkable Coincidence
Bohemian Grove 2008 – July 11-27
Wikileaks: Bohemian Grove 2008 Guest List
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 was passed by the United States Congress on July 24, 2008 and signed by Preside…
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There Must Be a Story Here
On August 12, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times that Hillary Clinton is planning on staging a commotion at the Democratic convention at the end of August. During the day, I keep hearing rumors…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.11.08
Dollar Intervention
At Silicon Investor
U.S. Dollar Rallies as Extent of Worldwide Recession Becomes Clearer
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (8 Aug 2008)
Paulson Says Won’t Stay at Tr…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.11.08
Dollar Intervention
At Silicon Investor
U.S. Dollar Rallies as Extent of Worldwide Recession Becomes Clearer
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (8 Aug 2008)
Paulson Says Won’t Stay at Tr…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.11.08
Articles Relating to Mortgage Servicing Fraud
Stop the Housing Bailout
At stopthehousingbailout.com (30 Jul 2008)
Precious Metals – Week of 8.11.08
Gold Near a Bottom? Ask the Western Central Banks
By Chris Powell – GATA (11 Aug 2008)
Undaunted Gold Bug Murphy Looks to East
By Peter Brimelow – MarketWatch.com (11 Aug 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 8.11.08
Householders to be Hit by £1,000 Water Bill With Prices Set to Soar 60%
BY Sean Poulter – DailyMail.co.uk (12 Aug 2008)
Waste Management Raises Bid for Republic
By Helen Chernikoff – Reuters.uk (11 …
Oh Boy, More on the Bear
Even Bloomberg is saying something stinks on the Bear Stearns option trading:
Bringing Down Bear Began as $1.7 Million of Options
By Gary Matsumoto – Bloomberg.com (11 Aug 2008)
Incredibly Good News for Local Ownership Advocates
Nestlé to renegotiate McCloud Deal
By David Benda – Redding News (6 Aug 2008)
“Nestle Waters North America announced Tuesday it’s pulling out of its original contract with McCloud Community Services …
The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008:
An Analysis by Catherine Austin Fitts
~ Click here for the full article.
If there is to be any blessing in this housing bill, perhaps it will be to so …
The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008:
An Analysis by Catherine Austin Fitts
~ Click here for the full article.
If there is to be any blessing in this housing bill, perhaps it will be to so …
Housing Bill, Part IX
In the Destruction of the Old, Let There Be the Creation of the New
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is now marketing a new documentary called I.O.U.S.A. I have only seen the trailer. Based on readin…
Gas prices. Job cuts. Inflation. Everything’s going up, except the Popsicle Index.
Gauging life by the Koolee Index
by Micheal Overall – Tulsa World.com (11 Aug 2008
Gas prices. Job cuts. Inflation. Everything's going up, except the Popsicle Index.
Gauging life by the Koolee Index
by Micheal Overall – Tulsa World.com (11 Aug 2008
Housing Bill, Part VIII
The Two Great Financial Mysteries of Our Time: Missing Money and Collateral Fraud
There are two great financial mysteries in America:
where is all the missing money and how do we get it back?
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Tapeworm Keeps Billions in Missing Money
Excerpt:
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth … later was removed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which said he had lost his objectivity. The government had asked t…
Housing Bill, Part VII
Andrew Cuomo Owes Us $5 Trillion
It is not easy to engineer the bankrupting of the American middle class and the U.S. government.
Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve banks and their members can p…
Housing Bill, Part VI
The Tapeworm Corporation Comes Out of the Closet
(Comparison Chart: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the DOW, 1989-2008)
Eisenhower warned us about a military industrial complex. I have read that he had …
Wilson
When my dog Forest died earlier this year, I was faced with the prospect of raising a new dog while traveling. I discussed my challenge with a farmer who lives nearby. She agreed to share one of her f…
The Real Skinner on Puppy Linux
Computing For Everyone Who Can’t Afford Their Own Personal IT Department
By Court Skinner
Computers are a necessity for success in our modern era, but owning and using one has become increasingly c…
Deeper Money
$4 trillion missing from the federal government, collateral fraud and 9-11. . .
Dead and Buried, But Not Forgotten by Rob Kirby
Withholding Taxes
Withholding Taxes Chart – Current through the Daily Treasury Statement dated August 4, 2008
From Matt Trivisonno’s Blog
~ Thanks to The King Report for pointing this out.
A New Word
Triskaidekaphobia – A phobia of number 13
Money & Markets – Week of 8.04.08
Storms on the Horizon
By Richard W. Fisher – Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (28 May 2008)
Citigroup and Merrill to Buy Back Auction-rate Debt
By Grant McCool & Jonathan Stempel – Reuters.uk (8 Au…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.04.08
Storms on the Horizon
By Richard W. Fisher – Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (28 May 2008)
Citigroup and Merrill to Buy Back Auction-rate Debt
By Grant McCool & Jonathan Stempel – Reuters.uk (8 Au…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.04.08
U.S. Attorney Scandal Probe Enters White House Circle
By Murray Waas – The Huffington Post (7 Aug 2008)
Libraries Step Into The Age of iPod
By Paul Thomasch – Reuters.uk (7 Aug 2008)
Major Internet …
Alexander Solzhenitsyn – In Memorium
Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure near Moscow on August 3, 2008 at, at the age of 89.
Putin Says Solzhenitsyn Death is Loss For Russia
By Maria Go…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.04.08
Pending Home Resales in U.S. Unexpectedly Rose 5.3%
By Timothy R. Homan – Bloomberg.com (7 Aug 2008)
Record Foreclosures Sweep CA in July – Breaking News
Mr. Mortgage (7 Aug 2008)
Covered Bonds Offe…
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Life – Week of 8.04.08
How to Be Positive During Tough Times
By Liz Wolgemuth – U.S. News (7 Aug 2008)
Blow-up Church Looks to Lure Italian Beachgoers
By Olivia Scarlett & Phil Stewart – Reuters.uk (5 Aug 2008)
Ho’o P…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.04.08
Thai Gold Shops Fear Pretend Gold Will Suppress Real Gold
By Darana Chudasri – Bankok Post, Thailand (7 Aug 2008)
Consumer Prices Rise Fastest in 25 Years — and Gold Plunges
By Glenn Somerville – Re…
What’s In a Number?
It looks like Royal Dutch Shell will end up paying about $600 million in connection with global class action lawsuits and enforcement that were triggered by its reclassifications of its oil and gas re…
What's In a Number?
It looks like Royal Dutch Shell will end up paying about $600 million in connection with global class action lawsuits and enforcement that were triggered by its reclassifications of its oil and gas re…
Housing Bill, Part I
Overview
I have had several requests to comment on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
This afternoon I read hundreds of pages of bill language. Essentially, my take on the bill is that …
Housing Bill, Part II
Nation State or Investment Syndicate?
One of the instructive features of the housing bill is the nature of creditor politics that is a subtext on housing and mortgage politics these days. One invest…
Housing Bill, Part III
Your House Is Bigger than My House
When I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, then Secretary of HUD Jack Kemp asked me to his office for a private discussion. He explai…
Housing Bill, Part IV
The Profits of Playing Ball
The housing bill brings up a number of important questions about the risks and rewards that result from government subsidy and bail outs.
One recent market commentator p…
Housing Bill, Part V
Where Is the Collateral?
Any government official asked to come up with a workout plan for troubled financial institutions, large portfolios of financial assets and liabilities and/or places that are…
Financial Permaculture: Business Models
What will be the successful business models of the future? This is an important conversation and our ally at Gaia Emerging has some thoughts. This is right in line with the mission investing conversa…
Pacifica Station Blacklists Commentator on Business & Economics
Pacifica Station Blacklists Commentator on Business & Economics
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (1 Aug 2008)
Admittedly Catherine Austin Fitts has a pretty unusual background for a commenta…
Pacifica Station Blacklists Commentator on Business & Economics
Pacifica Station Blacklists Commentator on Business & Economics
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (1 Aug 2008)
Admittedly Catherine Austin Fitts has a pretty unusual background for a commenta…
Message to KPFA Listeners
My being censored (1) (2) (3) is your financial opportunity.
KPFA was going to provide our 2-CD audio seminar Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times as a premium for donations of $120….
Falling Real Estate Values
Let me repeat something I said many times when I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner during Bush I, lead financial advisor to FHA during the Clinton Administration, an in…
Webstats
Reading the Solari webstats is always a fascinating prospect.
Ever since the sub-prime meltdown last August, the big mystery when I fire up my systems each morning is guessing who will be the larges…
Money & Markets – Week of 7.28.08
Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts Amid Fiscal Crisis
By Don Thompson – Associated Press (31 Jul 2008)
Fannie’s Favorite Son
By Matthew Lewis – The Center Blog PaperTrail (28 Jul 2008)
Brace for More Bank F…
Money & Markets – Week of 7.28.08
Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts Amid Fiscal Crisis
By Don Thompson – Associated Press (31 Jul 2008)
Fannie’s Favorite Son
By Matthew Lewis – The Center Blog PaperTrail (28 Jul 2008)
Brace for More Bank F…
KPFA’s Small Business Blacklist
For those of you following the censorship of Community Business on Flashpoints by KPFA and the finances of KPFA and Pacifica Foundation including their tax-exempt status, federal government funding, b…
KPFA's Small Business Blacklist
For those of you following the censorship of Community Business on Flashpoints by KPFA and the finances of KPFA and Pacifica Foundation including their tax-exempt status, federal government funding, b…
The Military Holds the Dollar Up
John:
My assessment is that 90% of the value of the U.S. dollar comes from the U.S. military. After we had our satellite systems in place, Cheney said “deficits don’t matter.” The US debt and defic…
The Myth of the Market
The Engine Room of American Monetary Policy
By Rob Kirby – FinancialSense.com (28 Jul 2008)
“Who hasn’t heard of the Federal Reserve’s vaunted interest rate policy group, the FOMC? We’re all awa…
Eclipse This Friday
This Friday, we will experience a solar eclipse. Here are links to learn more:
NASA Eclipse Web Site
Solari Eclipse of August 1, 2008 – at Wikipedia
Susan Johann
When I was wealthy, I would occasionally commission artwork. While I am rebuilding my wealth, I am going to post the people I intend to commission. One of my dearest friends, Susan Johann, is a phot…
Positioning Your Assets: Is Your Community Waving Goodbye to $3.3 Billion?
If a Single Household Loses $250,000, a Community Loses $3.3 Billion
As someone who lives in a rural community where everyone knows everyone else, I love to see people and communities prosper. In m…
Positioning Your Assets
In our new audio seminar, Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times, among the many issues we address are one of the risks of holding your savings in a currency that is falling in value re…
This Weekend National Debt Increased $800 Billion
This weekend each American became liable for another approximately $2,666 of debt (and counting) to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Congress Backs Rescue Package
By A…
Precious Metals – Week of 7.28.08
Gold Options Point to $1,200
By Frank Tang – Reuters (25 Jul 2008)
Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08
All The Privileged Must Have Prizes
By John H. Summers – TimesHigherEducation.co.uk (10 Jul 2008)
The Border Wall – A Film
By Wayne Ewing
Kremlin’s Heavy Hand Triggers Foreign Exodus
By Ambrose Evan…
Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08
“Bridging Industry to Permaculture”
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Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak
At RareSeeds.com
Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs
By Kristen Gelineau – Associated Press (30 Jul 2008)
How You Can …
Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08
Ecosutra
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Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak
At RareSeeds.com
Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs
By Kristen Gelineau – Associated Press (30 Jul 2008)
How You Can Turn a Vacant Lot Into a Co…
National Australian Bank Mortgage Loss
NAB Will Shock Wall Street
By Robert Gottliebsen – Business Spectator, Australia (25 Jul 2008)
To the Business Speculator, Australia:
Good piece. Thanks.
You stated that “NAB had a 55 per cent loss…