
Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.14
‘Houston, We Have a Problem’
Bloomberg | 10 December 2014
It appears that the US is on the verge…
Insider Trading Prosecutions Just Got Harder as Court Raises Bar
Bloomberg | 10 December 2014
He …

China Equities Take Off
“Everyone is talking about the stock market,” [Wu Yunfeng, an individual investor from Shanghai] said. “I was eating dumplings at a street side stall and the old lady running the place was buy…

Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.14
Jamie Dimon Himself Called to Urge Support for the Derivatives Rule in the Spending Bill
Washington Post | 11 December 2014
Let big banks undertake risky…
Statement by IMF Managing Director Christ…

Science & Technology – Week of 12.07.14
London hit by air traffic control computer failure
Yahoo | 12 December 2014
“Some of NATS’ computer systems are…
Quantum Teleportation Reaches Farthest Distance Yet
Motherboard | 03 December 2014
N…

Food & Health – Week of 12.07.14
CDC Issues Flu Vaccine Apology
YouTube | 04 December 2014
CDC officials are urging doctors to prescribe two…
Action Alert — Food Safety Modernization Act: New Draft Rules Comments Due on Decembe…

Life – Week of 12.07.14
The Changing Wealth of Americans
Urban Institute | 2014
But these funds do not…
A Lighthouse in the Fog
Caravan to Midnight | 10 December 2014
…from Catherine Austin Fitts…We won, but it took…..

Wildcards – Week of 12.07.14
Live Coverage of the Senate Torture Report
First Look| 09 December 2014/span>
Any decent person, by definition, would react with…
Revealed; The Men Who Own and Run the U S Government
YouTube| 25…


Year-end Tax Planning with Patty Kemmerer
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The Solari Report 2014-12-04
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Did Ebola and Ferguson Lift Prison Stocks?
“Make a law, make a business.” ~Old New Jersey street saying
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I thought it worth noting that Corrections Corporation of America (known as CCA, their ticker symbol is CXW) …

Congratulations to Congressman Kaptur
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Congressman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. She just won her 17th Congressional term by a landslide. Smart, honest, hardworking, well educ…

The Eco-Oil Card
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The oil card is now getting an enormous push from the climate change chorus.
ISIS, College protests, OPEC, Al Gore’ whining, George Schultz’s electric car, German energ…

False East/West Paradigm Hides The Rise Of Global Currency
[CAF Note: Great discussion of the game between Russia and the G-7 – but be prepared for versions of this geopolitical parttern where the dollar goes much higher too.]
By Brandon Smith
Despite po…

Quote of the Day
“Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, …

Global Bond Yields Decline to 18-Month Low on Inflation Outlook
By Susanne Walker and Eshe Nelson
A gauge of government bond yields around the world fell to an 18-month low as tumbling oil prices push down inflation expectations and economic growth falters.
The …

Finding Alibaba: How Jerry Yang Made The Most Lucrative Bet In Silicon Valley History
(Photo Credit: Ethan Pines/Forbes)
By Parmy Olson
Jerry Yang is giving a quick tour of the conference room at his private investment firm in Palo Alto, Calif. It’s dotted with gifts and photos fr…

Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.14
Why the US is (Temporarily) Outperforming, in Two Charts
Dollar Collapse | 05 December 2014
But next year is where…
Jim Grant: What the Fed calls ‘deflation’ is actually progress
Yahoo | 05 Decembe…

Precious Metals – Week of 11.30.14
Swiss Voters Reject Gold, Immigration Proposals, Salvaging EU Ties
Yahoo News Canada | 30 November 2014
Switzerland’s system of direct democracy gives…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.30.14
4 Million Homeowners Still Underwater, Total Negative Equity $157 Billion
Global Economic Analysis | 04 December 2014
Delinquency rates are…
BofA Mortgage Ruling Helps Seal $16.7 Billion Accord
Blo…

Geopolitics – Week of 11.30.14
How Can the West Solve its Ukraine Problem?
BBC | 03 December 2014
Western media and policy worlds have ignored…
Obama to Nominate Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary
Bloomberg | 05 December 2014
Ex…

Science & Technology – Week of 11.30.14
Why Elon Musk’s Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company
Yahoo | 05 December 2014
Tesla’s home and business energy-storage product…
NASA Unmanned Spaceship Blasts Off
Reuters | 05 Decem…

Food & Health – Week of 11.30.14
Health Spending Grew 3.6% in 2013, Slowest Pace on Record, U.S. Says
LA Times | 03 December 2014
What is unclear is whether…
The Downside of Eating Too Locally
New York Times | 26 November 2014
The…

Life – Week of 11.30.14
The New World Order: Does It All Just Boil Down to a Battle For Your Soul?
Alt Market | 19 November 2014
They try to convince us that there is no…
United: Black Gun Owners Protect White Owned Busi…

Wildcards – Week of 11.30.14
Don Quijones: Mexico on the Verge of a New Tequila Crisis?
Naked Capitalism | 03 December 2014
…coffers of some of the world’s largest private financial institutions.
Yet Another Bankster “Suicid…

Happy Thanksgiving!
“How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child’s personality. A child is resentful…

Vaccine Exemptions with Alan Phillips
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“Our children face the …

Musings on Health
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I sometimes get requests for advice on how to approach medical problems. I am not the person to ask. Each person is unique and effective diagnosis and treatment can be highl…

Turtle Forth
By Catherine Austin Fitts
My use of the word turtle as a verb began in 1998 during a period of extraordinary stress.
Almost all of my 1,001 best friends and colleagues decided to go with the flow …

Hagel to Step Down as Defense Secretary Amid Budget Cuts and Mideast Crisis
***CAF Note: Hagel is competent. This is not good news.***
By Roger Runningen and Phil Mattingly
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down from his post after 21 months in office amid te…

Money & Markets – Week of 11.23.14
Japan 2-Year Yield Drops Below Zero on BOJ Easing, Weak CPI Data
Bloomberg | 28 November 2014
“Yields went negative because…
Dollar Reaches 5-Year High as Oil-Linked Currencies Fall
Bloomberg | 2…

Precious Metals – Week of 11.23.14
HSBC, Goldman Rigged Metals’ Prices for Years, Suit Says
Bloomberg | 26 November 2014
A new mechanism for platinum and palladium is set to be

Celent Report on Electronic Trading in US Corporate Bonds
[CAF Note: I suspect the recent meltdown by Bill Gross related more to his fears of managing the world’s largest bond fund in a world of diminishing dealer and institutional liquidity than personnel i…

Geopolitical – Week of 11.23.14
Oil Seen in New Era as OPEC Won’t Yield to U.S. Shale
Bloomberg | 28 November 2014
“We are entering a new era for oil prices…
Russia, Turkey Agree to Boost Payments in National Currencies
Sputn…

Science & Technology – Week of 11.23.14
Graphene Shows Promise for Bulletproof Armour
Henry Maddox | 25 November 2014
Observations using an electron microscope revealed…
What Google’s Eric Schmidt Doesn’t Understand
Henry Maddox | 25…

Food & Health – Week of 11.23.14
Official Records Show Massive Spraying of Restricted Pesticides on Kauai
Jon Rappoport | 26 November 2014
Even the authorities admit significant…
A Thanksgiving Turkey for the .01 Percent
Bloomberg…

Life – Week of 11.23.14
A Family Affair: 6 Tips for Having the Estate Planning Talk
LearnVe$t | 26 November 2014
It makes sense to at least spend a few minutes explaining…
On conspiracy Theories and Credibility
Vineyard S…

Wildcards – Week of 11.23.14
Blood
Post Secret | 23 November 2014
We are a secret group of…at Harvard…
Video: Edgar Mitchell UFO interview on Kerrang Radio
YouTube | 23 July 2008
“I happened to be privileged to the fact that…

Mechatronics
[CAF Note: the integration of software and digital technology into hardware and infrastructure is upon us. This is an important development.]
By Wikipedia
Mechatronics is a design process that inclu…

“Busy Earnin'” – Jungle
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Jungle’s Official Website
Jungle on Wikipedia

The Oil Card – What’s Next?
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Your Complete Guide to Obama’s Immigration Executive Action
By Max Ehrenfreund
President Obama unveiled Thursday a major executive action on immigration policy, offering temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, along with an indefinite reprie…

Hunker Down Times
“Now all of political economy from prehistory on to 1932 has been intent upon one thing only—how to take the wealth from the producer, how to take the food from the person who cultivated it and ha…

It’s Been That Kind of Year
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The S&P is up 11% year to date. Alibaba is up 18% from it’s IPO in September. Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the national security state, is up 25% year to da…

Musings on Nuclear Testing
“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed… A few people cried… Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying t…

Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.2014
Wynn Resorts Being Investigated for Possible Money Laundering Violations: DJ
CNBC | 20 November 2014
Wynn Resorts is the third major Las Vegas casino firm…
Iceland Jails Former Landsbanki CEO
FT| 1…

Precious Metals – Week of 11.16.14
Ukraine Admits its Gold is Gone: “There is Almost No Gold Left in the Central Bank Vault”
Zero Hedge | 18 November 2014
Constantly increased hitting a record…

Geopolitical – Week of 11.16.14
Twenty-six Things About the Islamic State (ISIL) that Obama Does Not Want You to Know About
Global Research | 19 November 2014
Since the Reagan Administration, Washington…
Putin Stuns Advisers with…

Science & Technology – Week of 11.16.14
New subatomic particles predicted by Canadians found at CERN
CBCNews | 19 November 2014
The LHC is currently shut…
USA Freedom Act Fails to Move Forward… For Incredibly Stupid Reasons
Tech Dirt |…

Food & Health – Week of 11.16.14
Support GMO labeling or turn the oil tanker around?
Tech Dirt | 18 November 2014
More Monsanto genes…
Prescription Drug Vending Machine Installed on Campus
Tech Dirt | 18 November 2014
For students…

Life – Week of 11.16.14
Why I Stopped Spending My Time on Politics…and Why I Think You Should Too
Casey Research | 21 November 2014
But I’ve become happier and more…
NBC Dumps Bill Cosby Sitcom Plan
Time | 19 November…

Wildcards – Week of 11.16.14
DOC NYC Review: Amy Berg’s ‘An Open Secret’ is a Devastating Exposé of Hollywood’s Sexual Abuse Problem
Indiewire | 15 November 2014E
More than highlighting victimhood, Berg’s film gives…
British …

The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic
by Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist
The stories became far too frequent to ignore. Emails from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United States experienced no symptoms whatsoever wh…

“I Want To Make The World Turn Around” – Steve Miller Band
Related Reading:
Steve Miller Band on Wikipedia
Steve Miller Band’s Official Website

Equity Overview – The Shift to Global 3.0
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Rebalancing the US-China Partnership
“The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the …

Watch the US Dollar Index
“As much as these currency moves may contribute to global rebalancing on paper, I would just caution from a market perspective not to underestimate … the speed and size of currency moves,” ~ Moh…

Europe’s Earnings as a % of Global
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Space Probe Scores a 310-Million-Mile Bull’s-Eye with Comet Landing
By Ralph Ellis
Imagination became reality Wednesday when a mechanical space traveler called the Philae probe plunked down on its target, a comet with a much less romantic name — 67P — some 310 mill…

Honoring Veterans
“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” -Jose Narosky
Related Reading:
History of Veterans Day
Veterans Day

Obama: Regulate Broadband Internet Like a Utility
By Don Reisinger and Roger Cheng
President Obama urged the US government to adopt tighter regulations on broadband service in an effort to preserve “a free and open Internet.”
In a statement relea…

China Opens Doors to Foreign Investment in Stocks
By Morningstar
One of the world’s biggest stock markets, Shanghai, will open up to foreign investors next week with the start of a highly anticipated trading link with Hong Kong that gives global mon…

Top 16 Crowdfunding Sites for College and Education Costs
[CAF Notes: I am working on a presentation on how to achieve a college education on the most economic basis and without student loans. Send and post best articles and ideas! Thanks]
By Salvador Brigg…

Outside the Box
By Ken Auletta
In the spring of 2000, Reed Hastings, the C.E.O. of Netflix, hired a private plane and flew from San Jose to Dallas for a summit meeting with Blockbuster, the video-rental giant that…

Money & Markets – Week of 11.09.14
Inflation Chronicles, Part 1: Art Prices so High, “The Crowd Forgot To Clap”
Pensions &>Dollar Collapse | 13 November 2014
Super-rich who are converting it into…
State Pension Funds’ Co…

Geopolitical – Week of 11.09.14
Shock: Mendocino County Declares its Independence from Fedgov
The Daily Bell | 13 November 2014
The ordinance provides for waters free from toxic…
Davos-Man Ackermann Lured to Cyprus Bank by Billio…

Science & Technology – Week of 11.09.2014
Rosetta’s Comet Sounds Like This (Magnetic Oscillations)|Video
Space | 11 November 2014
ESA’s Rosetta probe detected cyclical changes…
FCC Chair ‘Under the Bus’ After Obama Call on Web Rule…

Food & Health – Week of 11.09.14
The Vaccine Court Wayne Rohde -—The Dark Truth of America’s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Truthout | 12 November 2014
Vaccine Court is not set up like a regular court, there are no “rules …

Life – Week of 11.09.14
Video: Sainsbury’s Official Christmas 2014 Ad
Youtube | 12 November 2014
Commemorates the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914 when…
What It’s Like to Be Black or Female in Silicon Valley
Bl…

Wildcards – Week of 11.09.14
Secret Features Hidden in Your Smart TV
YouTube | 07 November 2014
Bet you didn’t know your Smart TV could…

“Be Grateful” – The Farm
Related Reading:
The Farm’s Official Fan Site
The Farm on Wikipedia

Successful Homebuying with Dr. Gary W. Eldred
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The Ebola Strategy is Working
“In vast laboratories in the Ministry of Peace, and in experimental stations, teams of experts are indefatigably at work searching for new and deadlier gases; or for soluble poisons capable of being…

Why I Love the Lehman’s Catalog
“Simpler Products for a Simpler Life.” ~Lehman’s Motto
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The holidays are approaching so it is not surprising that this morning’s mail is spilling over with catal…

Book Review: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
“I don’t believe stories are one-sided, or easily made simple.” ~ Annie Jacobsen
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I listened to Annie Jacobsen’s reading of her book Operation Paperclip on the drive…

Mandatory Mandarin: Portuguese Kids Take Compulsory Chinese Class
By RT
A town in northern Portugal has made Chinese obligatory for 8- and 9-year old school children, in order to boost the kids’ abilities for future competition in the thriving Chinese market.
Sa…

Friday’s SF Giants Parade
(Photo Credit: Leah Millis / The Chronicle)
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60,000 Books and a Few Toy Bananas
***Note from CAF: The first “skinner” is our very own Court Skinner, who occasionally posts here and was been named Solari Hero on numerous occasions***
By Jay London
Brother Guy Consolmagno …

Money& Markets – Week of 11.02.14
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare
Rolling Stone | 06 November 2014
The number-crunchers who had been complaining about the loans suddenly…
IPO that was Worth $1 Billion …

Precious Metals – Week of 11.02.14
Greenspan’s Stunning Admission: “Gold Is Currency; No Fiat Currency, Including the Dollar, Can Match It”
Zero Hedge | 07 November 2014
Every time you get some really serious questions, the 50 percent …

Geopolitical – Week of 11.02.14
Mike Bloomberg’s Technocratic Agenda
The Daily Bell | 07 November 2014
They will turn to more extra-legal and even…
The European Central Bank – ECB – Invented yet another Tool to hold Europe H…

Science & Technology – Week of 11.02.14
A Sad Fact of Life: It’s Actually Smart to Be Mean Online
Wired | 07 November 2014
This so-called negativity bias…
Gartner’s Top 10 Technology Trends for 2015: All about the cloud
Tech Republic …

Food & Health – Week of 11.02.14
Reconstruction of a Mass Hysteria: The Swine Flu Panic of 2009
Spiegel | 05 November 2014
“As a doctor, my first obligation is to harm no one…We will not purchase any”…
Maui Defies Monsanto, Pas…

Life – Week of 11.02.14
Stand with Mexico: Organize in Solidarity with the Disappeared Mexican Student Activists and their Families
School Of the Americas | 30 October 2014
The case of 43 student activists, who were disappea…

“Girl From The North Country” – Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
Related Reading:
Bob Dylan on Wikipedia
Bob Dylan’s Official Website
Johnny Cash on Wikipedia
Johnny Cash’s Official Website

Happy Halloween!
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Global 3.0 – The Scientific Breakthroughs with Dr. Joseph Farrell
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“Everything is theo…

Giants Win the Series; Madison Bumgarner is MVP
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last night found me sitting in the driveway with the car full of groceries. I could not unpack because I was glued to the radio as San Francisco Giant Madison Bumgarner pi…

What’s Driving the Week
By Alex McIntyre, Edward Adams, Jeremy Scott Diamond and Blacki Migliozzi
With a week to go before Election Day, here are the issues people are tweeting about, politicians are making ads about, and t…

Eurasia and the New Silk Road
By DeepResource
Pepe Escobar, Brasilian born and roving correspondent for RT and other outlets, is not a fan of the US global empire, to put it mildly. In one of his latest articles he gives though…

The Dance of Fascism
“The strategic adversary is fascism… the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits …

Goodbye Harry’s-Roswell, GA USA
By Rhonda Mapp
Friday, October 10, 2014, I took my final stroll through Harry’s Farmer’s Market in Roswell, Georgia, USA. It was a bittersweet goodbye. Harry and I had been through so much to…

Staring Down the On-Off Switch
By Catherine Austin Fitts
“You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month.”
~CIA operative
We tend to think of various intelligence and media agenci…

Tesla Boss Elon Musk Warns Artificial Intelligence Development is ‘Summoning the Demon’
By Emma Finamore and Kunal Dutta
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has described artificial intelligence as a “demon” and the “biggest existential threat there is”, in his latest dramatic state…

Money & Markets – Week of 10.26.14
The Ghost of “Dark Alliance”
Project Sensored| 31 October 2014
If there is one group of people that is portrayed…more unflatteringly…
Japan’s Pension Fund Cutting Local Bonds to Buy Equitie…

Geopolitical – Week of 10.26.14
RAID FILMED: Ankeny Police ‘Traumatize’ Family
WHO TV | 03 February 2014
“It doesn’t make any sense to go to such extremes…
ClubOrlov: Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over
ClubOrlov …

Science & Technology – Week of 10.26.14
Virgin Galactic Crash: Branson Virgin Galactic Crash: Vows to Persevere with Space Travel after Pilot’s Death
Independent | 1 November 2014
Said he was “shocked and saddened” by the event, but ple…

Food & Health – Week of 10.26.14
High-intensity sound waves shape platform for regenerative medicine
Medical News Today | 31 October 2014
In tissue engineering, one of the holy grails is to develop…
Exclusive: U.S. Government Orde…

Life – Week of 10.26.14
Afterglow the Film
Vimeo | 28 October 2014
Deep pillows and Alaskan spines, all filmed at night…
Amazon Brings Crowdsourcing to the Publishing Industry
Advantage Family | 28 October 2014
Similar to…

Wildcards – Week of 10.26.14
Virginia Highway Completely Closed for Mysterious Convoy
RT | 30 October 2014
The official story says Highway…
Lockheed Martin Scientist on Deathbed Says Aliens are Real (VIDEO)
RT | 30 October 20…

“Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” – Ray Charles and Betty Carter
Related Reading:
Ray Charles on Wikipedia
Ray Charles’ Official Website
Betty Carter on Wikipedia
Betty Carter’s Official Website