“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.” ~ Colossians 4:5

By Catherine Austin Fitts

In the early 1990’s I started to load data on mortgages and federal credit and spend…

By Augmented Ether

An interesting summary of what has transpired; The ambitions,hope and policy failures. Mikhail gives us the gist of the matter and what needs to change in order for Putin (and Ru…

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By Daniel Bean

You might get annoyed when you sit down in a cafe and find that there’s no free WiFi.

Well, this Canadian coffee shop was definitely not for …

***CAF Note: The push is on to organize the web to serve centralizing machines***

By Wikipedia

The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by international standards body the World Wide Web C…

Sharyl Attkisson talked about her career, the state of the media, and her future plans. Ms.Attkisson left CBS News in March 2014 after more than 20 years at the network.

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By Catherine Austin Fitts

It is worth noting the wave of mortgage related settlements occurring this month. The most sensitive has yet to be finalized – Goldman Sachs. Expect that soon.

Looks li…

By Peggy Noonan

All this reflects a political culture of brute and mindless disdain, the kind of culture that makes divisions worse…..They do this because they do not understand that they have an a…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

I said in our 2nd Quarter Wrap Up that the slow burn was fraying and challenges lay ahead. Looks like I am far from the only person worried about taking risk in this envir…

***CAF Note: Just goes to show Abraham Lincoln was right: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the ti…

By Acha Leke, Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Sree Ramaswamy

The White House has invited some 50 African heads of state to Washington, DC, this week, presenting a historic opportunity to deepen US t…

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.”
~ Daniel Bursting

By Catherine Austin Fitts

I was re-reading a chapter called “Information Overload” in Jam…

By Naomi Creason

It was a letter officials with the Cumberland County Library System were surprised to receive.

The system had spent some time working in partnership with the Cumberland County Commi…

By Jad Sleiman

For the first time since U.S. troops arrived in Europe during World War II, a German general will serve as chief of staff of U.S. Army Europe.

Brig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal is expect…

By CNN Wire Service

A mom faces a charge of child neglect after she allowed her son to go to a park alone. She says he’s old enough but Port St. Lucie Police disagree. Now she’s fighting back.

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By Catherine Austin Fitts

Unbelievable. Low interest rates continue to support MORE growing dependency on debt. Check out some of the latest reports:

Total NYSE margin debt is spiking

Corporate d…

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Bond yields have fallen to the lowest level in modern history in Germany, France and the eurozone’s core states, signalling a high risk of deflation and mounting concerns…

“What is relevant is what solves the problem. If we had thought through real relevancies, we would be on Sirius by now.” ~Sir Peter Medawar

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The news informs us this morni…

On January 31, 1992, NBC conducted a telephone survey asking American citizens who they thought killed President John F. Kennedy. NBC received 30,000 calls in 3 hours….51% said the CIA did it.

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By William Alden

Regulators on Wednesday imposed new restrictions on a vast market that played a significant role in the 2008 financial crisi…

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By Catherine Austin Fitts

One of the points made to me at last mo…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

Here is the bottom line from our “2nd Quarter 2014 Wrap-Up”.

Slower US and global growth in the first half of 2014 means the slow burn is fraying. This means that the re…

“The Post World War II System of Hidden Finance” with Dr. Joseph Farrell

The National Security Finance Intelligence Military Industrial Complex

“Guns & Butter” investigates the relationships among c…

Andrey has been growing vegetables on his own plot in Vodyanoye for five years. He has nine large, heated greenhouses where he grows tomatoes and cucumbers.

Andrey studied at the Zaporozhye Nationa…

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NAFBPO’s mission is “to contribute to the security and stability of the United…

“But sooner or later baby, here’s a ditty
Say you’re gonna have to get right down to the real nitty gritty”
– “The Nitty Gritty,” by Lincoln Chase

By Cath…

By Dr. Joseph Farrell

Now, while the world cup soccer finals were going on – which Germany eventually won – the nations of the BRICSA bloc were busy talking to each other, and one of them, Mr. Pu…

The archive of the Secret Space Conference and Breakaway Civilization conference is now available on line for $35!

http://www.stream.secretspaceprogram.org/

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By Simon Kennedy

Wall Street (SPX) doesn’t lead to Jackson Hole this year.

As the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City prepares to host next month’s ann…

Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, talks exclusively to Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, and reporter Ewen MacAskill in Moscow. The 31-year-old former intelligence analyst discu…

***CAF Note: This is a classic. Worth checking out!***

By J. Russell Smith

I stood on the Great Wall of China near the borders of Mongolia. Below me in the valley, standing up square and high, was a…

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***CAF Note: There are lots of reasons to wonder about the trajectory of the US equity markets, which are at all time highs. First, historical patterns say that ga…

***CAF Note: This is an oldie but goodie from one of my favorite writers about the cultural roots of rock and roll***

By Michael Ventura

The Voodoo ceremonies of Haiti are danced around a centerpost…

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By David Kravets

Global governments, the tech sector, and scholars are closely following a legal flap in which the US Justice Department claims that Microsoft must hand o…

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. ~Deuteronomy 30…

By Institute of Science in Society

The first hint that fathers can pass on acquired characters was the discovery that the experience of young boys could affect not just their health in later life, bu…

As we look over the fiscal cliff into our financial abyss, now is a good time to “Come Clean” about the real state of our lives, our communities, and our economy, starting with the U.S. federal fi…

By MarkWhittington

“Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) announced on Thursday that he was introducing a bill along with Rep, Derek Kilmer (D-WA) called the American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportu…

By Washington’s Blog

Bloomberg reports:

Wall Street’s biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger financial panic…

By Binyamin Appelbaum

The Federal Reserve intends to end its bond-buying program in October provided the economy continues to grow, according to an account published Wednesday of the central bank’s…

On the road again –
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We’re the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
~ Willie Nelson

By Catherine Austin Fitts

I left San Franc…

You are not it; it actually is you. —Ch’an Master Tung-shan

By Nines

Now that I meatspace love you, everything’s changed. You might not know this, but in satori the world looks different….

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An experimental fiction film that investigates the…

By Jessica Bliss

Stephen Gaskin…a proud “freethinker” and iconic founder of The Farm — died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 79.

More than four decades ago, Mr. Gaskin — an ex-combat mari…

***CAF Note: The airwaves are full of intellectual trash. First from Facebook executives, now from academia to help try and ruin our July 4th. Our freedoms come to us by divine authority. Daniel Web…