
Vivid Sydney
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Vivid Sydney is an 18-day annual event of light, music and art. Nothing is more spectacular than the light show dancing on the Sydney opera house.
Here are several photos t…

Atamai Village: A Passion for Connection and Resilience
“How do we create a community where people are free to love one another?”
~ Jim Rouse
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On May 27, I flew from Wellington at the southern tip of New Zealand’s North I…

Catherine in Sydney: Planet Debt
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On Tuesday, Solari Report subscribers and selected friends and entrepreneurs joined Jason Bawden-Smith and me for a discussion of Planet Debt and the global re-balancing c…

Texas HB 483
By Franklin Sanders
I read this bill establishing a Texas state precious metals depository a few nights ago and it has everything. I talked to a person involved and learned this bill was also entere…

The Meaning of Negative Interest Rates with Don Coxe
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Restoring the Balance
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the action film Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp plays an intelligence agency operative working in Mexico who explains that his job is to “restore the balance.”
…

Money & Markets – Week of 05.31.15
So Long Big Apple! Chinese Firms Look to Drop NYSE Listings, Return Home
Sputniknews | 06 June 2015
Abandoned plans to list in New York and now is…
The New Saudi Oil Fields: Solar
Revolution- Gree…

Precious Metals – Week of 05.31.15
Russia To Take It’s Gold Reserves Up To $500 Billion From $360 Billion
IRD | 04 June 2015
Needs the amount of gold…
How BitGold Intends to Become a New Standard
GATA | 31 May 2015
Time to at lea…

Housing & Mortgage Market – Week of 05.31.15
The Tell, Shiller: We Need a Rate Hike Soon to Pop ‘New-normal’ Bubbles
Market Watch | 01 June 2015
Problem with central banks like the Fed is…

Geopolitical – Week of 05.31.15
The Top 10 Military Spenders
Russia-Insider | 05 June 2015
NO Military Force…
The Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti, but Built Just Six Homes
RSN | 06 June 2015
Deficit and an org…

Science & Technology – Week of 05.31.15
Florida Biologist Saves Drowning Bear
Telegraph | 30 June 2008
Dived into the Gulf of Mexico…
Trendy Mind Control for Sale: Get Your Smartphone-Enabled, Mood Altering Brain Zapper Today
Truthstream…

Food & Health – Week of 05.31.15
Being Healthy Is Unprofitable
of two minds – charles hugh smith| 03 June 2015
Health has become a national security…
Scientists Hail ‘New Era’ for Cancer Treatment After ‘Spectacular’ Drug Trials
L…

Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends
By Liz Gannes
Two decades after 1995, the year of the Netscape IPO, the Internet population has exploded in size, it’s much more mobile, and it’s increasingly driven by user-created content and…

“Last Thing on My Mind” – Carter Sisters
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Creative Destruction – Launching a Breakthrough Product with Mark Dansie
NOTE: Due to Mark’s remote location phone reception was poor. It is highly recommended to take a look at the transcript if you find yourself having issues following the audio.
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Recharging with Alastair Thompson, Publisher of Scoop Media
“I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.”
~ Helen Thomas, UPI White House Press Corp
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I arrived in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on Monday. Kiwi’…


Catherine in Auckland: The Global Rebalancing
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A wonderful audience turned out yesterday to support the Ficino Educational Trust lecture series at the University of Auckland Business School. I gave a presentation on th…

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and Trade Promotion Authority
A note from Catherine Austin Fitts: As the Obama Administration moves forward aggressively with the TPP, I felt it was important for Solari Report subscribers to have an introduction and overview of…

Quote du Jour
“Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”
~ Unknown

Nourishing Civilization at Ficino School
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
~Leonardo da Vinci
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Monday was one of the most inspiring days of my time “down …

Footnotes from the New Zealand Budget
By Catherine Austin Fitts
There are some interesting footnotes in New Zealand’s new budget which speak to the re-balancing of the global economy.
View the budget numbers here
View the complete r…

Money & Markets – Week of 05.24.15
Japan Limps Into 2nd Quarter as Inflation Stops, Spending Falls
Bloomberg | 28 May 2015
Fail to spur inflation and pressure grows to…
The Shanghai Stock Market Crashed on Thursday — Here’s What i…

Precious Metals – Week of 05.24.15
Russia Acquires Gold as Defense Against ‘Political Risks,’ Central Banker Explains
GATA | 26 May 2015
it is a 100-percent guarantee from…
BitGold Announces Acquistion of GoldMoney
Goldmoney | 22 M…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.24.15
Sales of New U.S. Homes Climbed More Than Forecast in April
Bloomberg | 26 May 2015
Improving housing market, but…

Geopolitical – Week of 05.24.15
Birds Have Fundamental Rights, Can’t Be Kept In Cages: HC
Times of India | 17 May 2015
Running the trade of birds is in violation of…
How NATO Deliberately Destroyed Libya’s Water Infrastructure
In…

Science & Technology – Week of 05.24.15
Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends (Slides)
recode | 27 May 2015
Dove into topics like on-demand economy jobs, drone …
“Loomio Unleashes the Internet’s Potential to Bring People Towards Cons…

Food & Health – Week of 05.24.15
Chipotle Backs Off GMO-free Claim
Heartland Magazine | 14 May 2015
Not enough organic corn in the world to…

“Tour Eiffel” – Kronos Quartet With Bryce Dessner
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Bryce Dessner’s Official Website

The Global Financial System with James Turk
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Greetings From Sydney
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
~ Charles M. Schulz
I returned from the Australian Outback (see my commentary Stories of Uluru) to Sydney …

The Stories of Uluru
“Tell me a story.
In this century, and moment, of madness, tell me a story.
Make it a story of great distances, and starlight.
The name of the story will be time – but you must not speak its nam…

Money & Markets – Week of 05.17.15
Bullish call on Gold from HSBC as Its Chief Economist Stephen King Warns Global Economy on the Cusp of a Major Collapse
Arabian Money | 21 May 2015
Finally joined the gold…
Wall Street’s Hot New …

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.17.15
Housing By The Numbers: Something Is Weird
CNBC | 15 May 2015
Recorded the highest volume of nonowner…

Geopolitical – Week of 05.17.15
Iran: What Will Become of the Near East After the Agreement Between Washington and Teheran? by Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Net | 23 May 2015
Myth pretending that the Islamic Republic of Iran was…
I…

Science & Technology – Week of 05.17.15
Is the USDA Rigging Science in Favor of Mosanto?
Undernews | 21 May 2015
Routinely suffer retaliation and…
New Class of Swelling Magnets
Revolution Green| 21 May 2015
Potential to energize the…
…

Food & Health – Week of 05.17.15
U.S. Loses Meat Labeling Case; Trade War Looms
Yahoo News | 18 May 2015
Beef and pork industries…
IBM’s Watson Computer Can Now Do In A Matter Of Minutes What It Takes Cancer Doctors Weeks To Perf…

Life – Week of 05.17.15
TU Delft – Ambulance Drone
YouTube | 26 October 2014
Over 100 km/h and reaches its destination within…

“The Thrill Is Gone” – B.B. King
(September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)
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Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89
B.B. King’s Official Website
B.B. King on Wikipedia

Money & Markets – Week of 05.10.15
India To Grow At 8.1% In 2015-16: UN Report
DNA India | 14 May 2015
opening up of 120 million…
The Decline In S&P 500 Leverage Is Unprecedented
Business Insider | 12 May 2015
Not something inve…

Precious Metals – Week of 05.10.15
BitGold Begins Trading On TSX Venture Exchange As Gold Transaction Platform Builds Momentum
Financial Post| 12 May 2015
BitGold is the first serious…

Geopolitical – Week of 05.10.15
Stephanopoulos Pulls Out Of Debate After Clinton Donations Revealed
CNN Money | 14 May 2015
Chief anchor of ABC News…
Democrats Fold on Shady Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal
Alternet | 13 May 2015
S…

Science & Technology – Week of 05.10.15
New ‘E-Kaia’ Technology Harvests Excess Energy From Plants
Revolution-Green | 12 May 2015
What stands out is…
The Economics Of Tesla’s PowerWall Don’t Make Sense For Most Customers In North A…

Food & Health – Week of 05.10.15
Mexico Suspends Infant Vaccinations After Two Die, Dozens In Serious Condition
Fox News Latino | May 2015
Vaccinations for tuberculosis, rotovirus and…
California SB 792: Oppose Mandated Vaccinatio…

Life – Week of 05.10.15
Lotteries: America’s $70 Billion Shame
Yahoo Finance | 11 May 2015
Average hides…
Italy’s Prison Inmates Rehabilitated Through Winemaking
YouTube | 11 May 2015
“learn to take pride in”…

Wildcards – Week of 05.10.15
Jeffrey Tambor Explains The N.W.O. And The Trilateral Commission On Barney Miller In 1981
YouTube | 12 March 2015
New world order…
That Money Laundering Thing: Chinese Oligarchs and Some HOS(HIGH…

Engineering Failure: Common Core with Anthony Cody
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Slow Burn Stats: The Case of the Vanishing Worker
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing the unemployment picture in the town of Decatur, IL.
Although the unemployment rate in Decatur …

The Race to Call the Top
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I wonder who flipped the switch.
Apparently last week spin central sent out the e-mail blast, telling everyone to call the top.
Goldman Sachs (who lead the bust of the …

“Scarborough Fair” – Sarah Brightman
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Sarah Brightman’s Official Website

National Security: Looking Ahead with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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D…

Catherine Austin Fitts on Global Debt – USA Watchdog Interview
Global Debt
USA Watchdog | May 04 2015
Special Offer: Planet Debt Q1 2015 Wrap Up Book
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The Entrapment Machine
“All government money comes with a sock in the jaw.”
~ Franklin Sanders
By Catherine Austin Fitts
While I was at the gym this weekend – a rare occasion when I watch television – Senator Bernie…

Has MIT Lost Its Mind???
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Nights Dream
And who, exactly, is “WE?” Inquiring minds would like to know…
— Catherine Austin Fitts
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Celebrating the Life of Dr Gwen Scott
“Appreciate the Grace” ~ Dr. Gwen Scott
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I was informed by a reader last week that Dr. Gwen Scott has passed from this world. I confirmed this with Clifford Carnicom o…

The Truth About ‘Sell in May and Go Away’
By Sam Ro
It’s May. And one of the oldest “rules” on Wall Street is “sell in May and go away.”
Based on some rough historical observations, someone decided that it might be a great idea to stay ou…

Money & Markets – Week of 05.03.15
Illinois Supreme Court Rules Pension Law Unconstitutional
Truth In Accounting | 07 May 2015
All stated the state is breaking the…
Beijing Approved Shenzhen Hong Kong Connect, To Launch in Q4: Local…

Precious Metals – Week of 05.03.15
Gold Withdrawals From NY Fed Vault Refuse To Stop: 200 Tons Of Gold Repatriated In Past Year
Zero Hedge | 05 May 2015
March redemption means that…
Family Wins Back Seized Gold Coins That Could Be W…

Geopolitics – Week of 05.03.15
Israel’s Role In The Baltimore Crisis
Undernews | 07 May 2015
City police returned to Israel for more…
Ukraine SITREP May 07th, 2015 by Scott
The Saker | 07 May 2015
New American owners of Ukraine …

Science & Technology – Week of 05.03.15
NSA’s Phone Spying Program Ruled Illegal By Appeals Court
Reuters | 07 May 2015
Give Congress a chance…
Learn How To Build Green
Green Building Learning Center | 07 May 2015
Online classes on smart…

Food & Health – Week of 05.03.15
Great Gut Extinction: Has Modern Life Destroyed Our Health?
BBC News | 03 May 2015
Mainly come from our mother’s…
Dr. Andrew Moulden: Every Vaccine Produces Harm
Health Impact News | 29 April 2015
…

Life – Week of 05.03.15
Vladimir Putin Reveals Family’s WWII Ordeals In Magazine Article
Russia Beyond The Headlines | 07 May 2015
During the Siege of Leningrad…
Letter To Loretto: John Kiriakou Is A Former CIA Officer
…

“Stand by Me” – Ben E. King
Ben E. King (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015)
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The Ben E. King Stand By Me Foundation
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Ben E. King’s Official Website
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The Big Picture with Whitley Strieber
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“One ought never to turn one…

Catherine’s letter to FDA
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane
Rm.1061
Rockville, MD 20852
RE: Docket No. FDA-2002-N-0323”
Ladies and Gentleme…

Catherine in Sydney, June 2nd: Planet Debt
Catherine will join entrepreneur Jason Bawden-Smith at Enlightened Events in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday June 2nd from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Click here to learn more and purchase tickets!
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Catherine in Auckland, May 23rd: The Global Rebalancing
Catherine will be speaking at the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday May 23rd from 4 pm to 6 pm. Ticket proceeds go to the Ficino Education Foundation.
Read m…

Latest Fed FOMC Statement “Translation”
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Why I Love Barbàra Extra Virgin Olive Oil
“If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virgin olive oil.” ~ Alain Ducasse
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I am one of those people who are perpe…

What’s Really Happening in Baltimore?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I would encourage you to read Michael Snyder’s article posted at zerohedge.com regarding what’s currently taking place in Baltimore:
12 Unanswered Questions About The Balt…

Lunch with Catherine and Richard Dolan in NYC
“Living well is the best revenge.”
~ Paul Newman
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On Saturday, April 25, 44 Solari Report subscribers and guests gathered for lunch in the private Gallery Room at New …

Money & Markets – Week of 04.26.15
The Richest People in Every State
Yahoo Finance | 29 April 2015
Only 10 of the 50 are…
All Eyes on BOJ (Bank of Japan) Statement Amid Deflation Fears
Prime Pair | 29 April 2015
To devalue the…
F…

Geopolitics – Week of 04.26.15
Meet the Candidate: Bernie Sanders
WSJ | 30 April 2015
“Billionaires do not flock to my”…
Give ‘Em Hell, Bernie
Rollingstone | 29 April 2015
A completely honest…
Powerful Video Interview Of Crip…

Science & Technology – Week of 04.26.15
Elon Musk Debuts the Tesla Powerwall
YouTube | 01 May 2015
“The Missing”…
Geoengineering-Fast Track to Total Disaster & Total Collapse-Dane Wigington
USA Watchdog | 29 April 2015
Enough data …

The Hidden System of Finance, Breakaway Civilization, and Bank Vaults in Space
By Dr. Joseph Farrell
Ms. P.H., whom readers here know to be a regular contributor of articles, found this one, and it’s so bizarre, and tends to confirm in an even more bizarre way, some of the idea…

Weekend Report…Precious Metals : It’s ALL about the Big Picture After All
By Rambus
Today I would like to focus in on the bigger picture by looking at some long term charts for the precious metal complex. I know most enjoy the action by looking at the minute charts but the…

Food & Health – Week of 04.26.15
We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Very Idea of Ownership
Wired | 21 April 2015
Access to diagnostic…
Feds Pay for Drug Fraud: 92 Percent of Foster Care, Poor Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics Get…

Life – Week of 04.26.15
Inside Baltimore’s Closed-Door MLB Game
WSJ | 29 April 2015
Played with an attendance of…
China’s Top Universities Shine In Global Ranking
Forbes | 28 April 2015
Peking University led…
Nepal e…

Wildcards – Week of 04.26.15
Humans Need Not Apply
YouTube | 13 August 2014
When a robot replaces…
Pentagon Can’t Account for $1 Billion In Afghan Reconstruction Aid
McClatchyDC | 23 April 2015
What happened to 6 in 10 dol…

“Gone Fishin’ ” – Bill Dance Theme Song
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Bill Dance on Wikipedia
Bill Dance’s Official Website

A Word from Our Sponsor
“il nous faut de l’audace, et encore de l’audace, et toujours de l’audace” ~ George Danton
By Catherine Austin Fitts.
In 1998, the leading Washington newspaper pulled a story on the targeting of m…

A Reader Comments on the U.S. Software Industry
[CAF NOTE: While you watch tech stocks go up, you might want to ponder their business model. This one just in from a very funny subscriber. One of my favorite quotes is from Sir Peter Medawar who wa…

Netflix is Now Bigger than CBS
By John McDuling
Netflix shares are soaring after another outstanding quarter. And as of right now, that’s pushed the market value of the disruptive streaming TV company above CBS Corp, which, by…

Money & Markets – Week of 04.19.15
40 Days: Treasury Says Debt Has Been Frozen at $18,112,975,000,000
cnsnnews | 24 April 2015
Extraordinary measures to continue…
Largest Bank In America Joins War On Cash
Zerohedge | 23 April 2015
A…

Geopolitical – Week of 04.19.15
Land Grab in Ukraine is Monsanto’s backdoor to the EU
Oriental Review | 06 April 2015
Increase in the acreage of ??GMO cropland in…
What does Putin Want? A Major Analysis by Rostislav Ishchenko
T…

Science & Technology – Week of 04.19.15
Tesla Wants to Power Your Home With a Battery
CNN Money | 22 April 2015
Those batteries start at…
White House Backs Cyber Legislation in Congress Despite Some Reservations
Sputnik News | 22 April 2…

Food & Health – Week of 04.19.15
The GMO Scrapbook: Rappoport on the Maui Case and Mon(ster)Santo
Giza Death Star | 24 April 2015
Oligarchy-driven “scientific” memes such as…
Ending GMOs Now
Institute of Science in Society | 21 Ap…

Life – Week of 04.19.15
US Poetry Audience Dying
Undernews | 24 April 2015
Doesn’t show signs of…
Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
The Saker | 24 April 2015
Video: Good overview of…
Time-Lapse: Southern Chil…

Wildcards – Week of 04.19.15
TIDBIT: MEANWHILE, BACK ON EARTH, SANITY REIGNS: THE USA, FRANCE, THE UK, GERMANY, AND ITALY PLAN ON DESTROYING AN ASTEROID JUST TO CHECK OUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK…
Giza Death Star | 20 April 2015
“Ga…

“Metamorphosis 4” – Philip Glass
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Philip Glass on Wikipedia

Anne Williamson on the Ukraine: Europe’s Expansion East
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Lawmakers Unveil Secretly Negotiated Deal To Fast-Track Free Trade
[CAF Note: Pay attention – not a word about this until the day after citizens paid their federal taxes.]
By Michael McAuliff
Congress’ tax committees announced an agreement Thursday to speed throu…

Targeting Teachers
[CAF Note: The Chinese have a saying that the way to scare the monkeys is to kill a chicken. The American oligarchy intends to convert US education to a richly profitable corporate business that allow…

Solari Toon!
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Money & Markets – Week of 04.12.15
Exclusive: Wary of Natural Disaster, NY Fed Bulks Up in Chicago
Reuters | 14 April 2015
Chicago office was partly protection against…
Is A Trap About To Be Sprung?
Dollar Collapse | 16 April 2015
C…

Geopolitical – Week of 04.12.15
Unworthy Victims: Western Wars Have Killed Four Million Muslims Since 1990
Information Clearing House | 08 April 2015
Ignored the areas subject to the heaviest…
Is the Whole “War on Terror” a F…

Science & Technology – Week of 04.12.15
The Information War on a Whole New Level: Space
Activist Post | 15 April 2015
“U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around…
EU Alleges Google’s Abuses Hurt Consumers, Innovation
ABC News | 15 April 2…

Food & Health – Week of 04.12.15
The Bolivian Women Who Knit Parts for Hearts
BBC | 29 March 2015
Successfully used them on hundreds of…
110 Bills Currently Being Proposed in 36 States to Enact Medical Tyranny Regarding Vaccines
…

Life – Week of 04.12.15
Charles Bukowski – Bluebird
YouTube | 23 July 2011
“I say stay in…”
Taylor Mali on “What Teachers Make”
YouTube | 12 May 2011
Vocal advocate of…

Wildcards – Week of 04.12.15
Why Is WalMart Mysteriously Shuttering Stores Nationwide For “Plumbing Issues”?
Zerohedge |15 April 2016
None of the five affected stores have sought any plumbing…
Walmart Directly Tied To DHS – In…