Precious Metals – Week of 08.18.13
Is Obama About To Crash The Gold Market Again?
Zero Hedge | 19 August 2013
CBS’ White House correspondent Mark Knoller noted earlier…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 08.18.13
Fannie, Freddie Should Recognize Bad Loan Costs Immediately: Watchdog
Yahoo! Finance | 19 August 2013
Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are possibly masking billions of dollars…
Geopolitical – Week of 08.18.13
Eric Holder Owes the American People an Apology
Bloomberg | 11 August 2013
The Justice Department made a long-overdue disclosure late Friday…
Has Eric Holder Found Wall Street’s Nightmare?
Bloomb…
US Health Care Political Power Factoid
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the pharmaceutical and health-care-product industries, combined with organizations representing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, health services an…
Science & Technology – Week of 08.18.13
New Technology and Better Strategy Could Cut Data Centre Emissions by 88%
The Guardian | 21 August 2013
Server farms could revolutionise sustainability with easy steps…
Dropbox and Similar Services…
Food & Health – Week of 08.18.13
The Real Future of Clean Water
The New York Times | 21 August 2013
What would it take to ensure that everyone in the world had access to clean water?
When You Have the Right Vibe, It’s Not a Coinci…
Life – Week of 08.18.13
For Want of a Tub
The Nines
There are just some days when I should not look at the internet at all…
Infographic: Meyers-Briggs Type and Social Media
CPP
Two-thirds of online adults use social media…
Last Summer Song – “Acoustic Alchemy”
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Coming Clean, Transforming Lives through the Power of Cleaning with Eunice Boston
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The Boom-Bust Economy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
My theme on Money & Markets this week on the Solari Report was “The Boom Bust Economy.”
Globally, some people, areas and industries are enjoying an economic boom. Some …
Dog
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality
and the things he sees
are bigger than himself
and the things he sees
are his reality
Drunks in doorways
Moons on trees
…
A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways
By Cathy Horyn
Not long ago, I got an e-mail from a man thanking me for mentioning his label, Pointer Brand, in an article in 2006. This was no thank-you note. I read on: “With a lot of hard work a…
Stocks and Bonds Trade Off
[CAF Note: We’ve all been waiting for the summer correction. Has it started? Too soon to tell. However, it is interesting to note that bonds are trading down with equities. This is telling us someth…
Real Solutions
By Catherine Austin Fitts
You are probably walking around the world wondering why industry after industry and government agency after government agency are behaving like they are not under adult supe…
Quote du Jour – John Glenn
“As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.”
~ John Glenn
Quote du Jour
“As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.”
~ John Glenn
Every Important Person In Bitcoin Just Got Subpoenaed By New York’s Financial Regulator
By Kashmir Hill
Things are getting serious for Bitcoin this month: a federal judge declared it real money, Bloomberg gave it an experimental ticker (XBT), and New York’s financial regulator annou…
Event Survey
As a Solari Report subscriber and friend, we want to thank you for your participation in recent months – whether attending one of our recent luncheons or the San Mateo conference (whether in person …
Alfredo Moser: Bottle Light Inventor Proud to be Poor
By Gibby Zobel
Alfredo Moser’s invention is lighting up the world. In 2002, the Brazilian mechanic had a light-bulb moment and came up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without el…
Ubiquitous Encryption – The Promise Of Kim Dotcom’s MEGA
By Alastair Thompson
While the following story is about Kim Dotcom and his new encrypted data delivery network MEGA.co.nz, it addresses a great deal more than piracy and copyright law enforcement. Th…
Musk Unveils Plans for $10 Billion Hyperloop
By CNBC
Air cushioning: That’s the high-concept technology behind the high-speed transit concept that billionaire Elon Musk calls the Hyperloop.
Musk – who already plays leading roles in the Space…
The Prison Switch Hit
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the 1990’s, the US intentionally grew the US prison population to a mind boggling per capita leadership globally. This effort had several goals. One was to disenfranchi…
The Economist: Liberty’s Lost Decade
[CAF Note: This is an important signal. Now that the financial coup is complete, the trail is cold and the money across, we are proceeding to rebuild the overt side of the economy. Now that new econ…
Money & Markets – Week of 08.11.13
Wal-Mart Outlook Reveals a Tale of Two Consumers
Yahoo! Finance | 16 August 2013
The Walmart (WMT) consumer is revealing a troubling new side to the economy…
Amazon’s Secret Plan to Sell You Ever…
Precious Metals – Week of 08.11.13
India Increases Gold Tax Third Time This Year to Cut Deficit
Bloomberg | 13 August 2013
India, the world’s biggest gold user, raised the tax on imports…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 08.11.13
Private Mortgage Insurers Back in Black Post-Crash
Yahoo! Finance | 12 August 2013
Four companies lost a combined $20 billion-and they were the survivors…
Geopolitical – Week of 08.11.13
Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions
The New York Times | 13 August 2013
Soon after the 10th anniversary of the foundation bearing his name…
America’s Nation-Building at Gunpoin…
Science & Technology – Week of 08.11.13
The West Virginia Town Where Wireless Signals are Illegal
Yahoo! Travel | 15 August 2013
Shhh! The scientists are listening to space!
The Patent Wars Begin Over Graphene, A Material That’s About To C…
Food & Health – Week of 08.11.13
Where in the World There Are No McDonald’s
Bloomberg | 18 July 2013
As of the end of March, McDonald’s had 34,565 restaurants…
Investment Trouble Ahead for GMOs Giants?
Giza Death Star | 13 Aug…
Life – Week of 08.11.13
Richie Parker: Drive
YouTube | 22 July 2013
Tom Rinaldi reports on the life of Richie Parker…
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C40 Cities
Every one of us can make a difference…
Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg Works as S…
The Most and Least Trusted Occupations
Photo Credit: Pew Research Center
By Althea Chang
Lawyers and business executives are among the least trusted occupations in America, and members of the military, teachers and scientists are highly…
Fleetwood Mac – “Landslide”
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Five Whopping Big Lies About State and Local Pensions
CAF Note: The leaders of the financial coup are now waging war on state and local pension funds. They want to lower the boom on retirees, direct the flow of these assets and related fees and make priv…
Open Source Ecology with Marcin Jakubowski
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A Health-Insurance Criminal Pleads His Case
By James L. Payne
If mandatory health insurance goes through, it will turn me into a criminal. I don’t have health insurance. I don’t want it. And I will refuse to buy it even though I can affor…
Fukushima Leak: Japan Government ‘To Take Measures’
Photo Credit: American Free Press
By BBC News
On Wednesday, a government official said up to 300 tonnes of highly radioactive water may be flowing into the sea every day.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
We Aren’t the World
Photo Credit: Mark McGinnis
By Ethan Watters
In the summer of 1995, a young graduate student in anthropology at UCLA named Joe Henrich traveled to Peru to carry out some fieldwork among the Machigu…
My Latest Kiva Loan
Flamboyan I group successfully completed their first cycle with a loan from Kiva and is running smoothly. With that loan in the first cycle, their businesses began to flourish. For this second cycle…
Revisiting Sam and Dave
CAF Note: We were discussing the Pope’s current dilemma with the Vatican bank – to launder or not launder? The Solari team and I decided to revisit the fundamental economics of conceding the high …
Ruling Against Sun Capital Could Have Wider Private Equity Impact
By Gregory Roth
In a court case that could add a new risk factor to some private equity deals, the First Circuit Court of Appeals last month ruled in favor of the New England Teamsters and Trucking I…
JPMorgan Faces Criminal and Civil Probes Over Mortgages
By David Henry and Peter Rudegeair
JPMorgan Chase & Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said on Wednesday it is being investigated by criminal and civil divisions of the U.S. Department of Justic…
Crowdfunding
By Wikipedia
Crowdfunding (alternately crowd financing, equity crowdfunding, crowd-sourced fundraising) is the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Int…
This Chart Of The Economy And Stocks Makes Almost No Sense
Photo Credit: Bloomberg, Business Insider
By Sam Ro
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on Friday.
Meanwhile, estimates for U.S. GDP growth in 2013 have been falling for two and a half years.
…
Transcript of “The Surveillance State – What Does It All Mean?” with Jon Rappoport is Now Available!
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Obama to Back Mortgage Finance Reform to Speed Housing Recovery
Photo Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
[CAF Note: Now that large corporate entities have accumulated large portfolios of residential real estate, the US will make changes that makes corporate cost of …
Warfare Has Many Faces
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Once upon a times we used to drop armies on each others lands to kill each other. We still do so – although as Afghanistan and Iraq have proved – that can be terribly expe…
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Buy the Washington Post
By Jennifer Saba
The Washington Post Co has agreed to sell its newspaper assets, including its flagship daily, to Amazon Inc founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million.
The move comes as newspapers face …
Money & Markets – Week of 08.04.13
Pope Francis Tightens Vatican Bank Controls
BBC News | 08 August 2013
The Pope has stepped up the fight against corruption at the Vatican by strengthening supervision of financial transactions at its …
HSBC Demands Diplomats Cancel Bank Accounts
Photo Credit: AFP Photo / Fabrice Coffrini
By RT
HSBC has requested embassies and consulates around the world to close their accounts and transfer their funds to other banks within 60 days.
The US…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 08.04.13
Home Prices Climb in 87% of U.S. Cities Amid Recovery
Bloomberg | 08 August 2013
Prices for single-family homes climbed in 87 percent of U.S. cities…
Pimco, BlackRock Seek to Bar California Mortgag…
Geopolitical – Week of 08.04.13
Snowden’s E-mail Provider is Closing, Cannot Legally Say Why
The Washington Post | 08 August 2013
The e-mail service used by National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden is suspending operat…
Science & Technology – Week of 08.04.13
3D Printed Rifle 2.0 Successfully Fires 14 Shots
Infowars | 08 August 2013
Maker vows to share blueprints while authorities continue with crackdown…
Giant Crab Robot to Scan Sea Floor
Scientific A…
Food & Health – Week of 08.04.13
This Little Piggy was Fed GMOs
Institute for Responsible Technology | 01 August 2013
Dr. Judy Carman, associate professor in Health and the Environment…
Stunning Ag-gag Bill News
The Huffington Po…
Life – Week of 08.04.13
Rembert Explains America: Detroit vs. Everybody
Grantland | 06 August 2013
An interesting exchange takes place when you tell people you’re headed to Detroit…
Crumbling American Dreams
The New York …
Wildcards – Week of 08.04.13
Krugman Calls for Space Aliens to Fix U.S. Economy
YouTube | 15 August 2011
Krugman calls for space aliens to fix U S economy…
2011: Vorticular Madness Of The Dark Magicians; Hidden in Plain Sigh…
Edward Snowden’s Not the Story. The Fate of the Internet is.
By John Naughton
As an antidote, here are some of the things we should be thinking about as a result of what we have learned so far.
The first is that the days of the internet as a truly global n…
CAPACITY: Downtown Los Angeles
By Gensler LA
The intent of this Gensler Los Angeles led academic studio was to survey, understand and visualize the dynamic set of infrastructure constraints impacting and contributing to Downtown…
IRS: The Financial Cleaner Commeth
[CAF Note: This is big. Koskinen is the guy who gets sent in to clean up and manage serious liabilities. In covert operations, a “cleaner” is a person who destroys or removes any incriminating evide…
Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody”
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“Debt Equals War and Equity Equals Peace”
By Lars Schall
On behalf of Matterhorn Asset Management, independent German financial journalist Lars Schall talked with U.S. financial investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts. Inter alia, they dis…
Parable of the Talents or Minas
By Wikipedia
The Parable of the talents or minas, (also known as the Parable of Talents or The Parable of the Pounds), is one of the well known parables of Jesus….
The parable in Matthew 25:14-3…
Apple, Google Among Top U.S. Companies Parking Cash Offshore To Reduce Taxes, Study Says
By Connie Guglielmo
Apple may get the brunt of the attention for its use of offshore havens to offset the taxes it pays in the U.S., but it’s hardly alone.
Six of the biggest names in technology…
Spending Surge for Renewables
By Du Juan
China’s investment in renewable energy during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) will reach 1.8 trillion yuan ($294 billion) in addition to 2.3 trillion yuan being spent on energy-saving …
Yes We Scan
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Out of Control Control
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Buddha said, “Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.” If you have been following the science and technology news posted on our blog this week, you …
DARPA to Genetically Engineer Humans by Adding a 47th Chromosome
By Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
We’re no molecular biologists over here, but have you ever seen the sci-fi flick Gattaca?
In that 1997 film, society is structured around eugenics as people are…
Old System Dying, New System Being Born – Catherine Austin Fitts
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Money manager Catherine Austin Fitts says, “You are seeing a tug of war between the new system that’s coming up and the old system that’s struggling and dyi…
Ben: Another $85 Billion to Fuel the Slow Burn
Photo Credit:Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg News
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ben and the FOMC spoke today confirming that they will continue monthly quantitative easing at the $85 billion level. There is n…
15 Charts That Should Terrify Saudi Arabia
By Rob Wile
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed has sounded the alarm about the threat shale oil and gas development poses to the petro-kingdom’s barely diversified economy.
It’s taken a while for …
ATM Hacker Barnaby Jack Dies
Photo Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET
By Seth Rosenblatt
The computer-security community is in mourning following news that superstar hacker Barnaby Jack died on Thursday. The San Francisco resident …
Quote du Jour – Edward R. Murrow
“Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.”
– Edward R. Murrow
Quote du Jour
“Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.”
– Edward R. Murrow
Building to a Summer(s) Correction?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Chinese are doing an audit of their debt? How scary is that?
Not as scary as an audit of US debt – after all Secretary O’Neill got fired by Bush-Cheney for daring t…
China Orders Audit of Government Debt
Photo Credit: AFP
By BBC
China has ordered a nationwide audit of all government debt, underlining fears that the recent slowdown in its economy may impact the financial sector.
Local governments i…
Harvard Creates Brain-to-Brain Interface, Allows Humans to Control Other Animals With Thoughts Alone
[CAF Note: How do we think they are handling the markets?]
By Sebastian Anthony
Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human…
Scientists Make Mice “Remember” Things That Didn’t Happen
By Susan Young
Scientists have created a false memory in mice by manipulating neurons that bear the memory of a place. The work further demonstrates just how unreliable memory can be. It also lays …
Money & Markets – Week of 07.28.13
Green Light for City-owned San Francisco Bank
The Huffington Post | 31 July 2013
When the Occupiers took an interest in moving San Francisco’s money into a city-owned bank in 2011…
Nashville ETF De…
Precious Metals – Week of 07.28.13
How Bank of England ‘Helped Nazis Sell Gold Stolen From Czechs’
The Guardian | 30 July 2013
Official account of what many believe was British central bank’s most shameful episode…
A Shuffle of Alum…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 07.28.13
Audit the National Land Record
Landtegrity
Integrity in our land registry…
Richmond Threatens Eminent Domain To Address Foreclosure Crisis
CBS News | 30 July 2013
Richmond city leaders were moving …
Detroit Gap Reveals Industry Dispute on Pension Math
Photo Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
[CAF Note: The official creation of the cover story for the hit on pension funds has begun.]
By Mary Williams Walsh
Until mid-June, there was one ray of ho…
Geopolitical – Week of 07.28.13
Brazil Refused to Back New IMF Aid for Greece, Says Billions at Risk
Reuters | 31 July 2013
Brazil’s executive director at the IMF refused to back the Fund’s move this week…
Obama’s Master Class…
Science & Technology – Week of 07.28.13
World’s First Test-Tube Burger to be Served in London This Week
Daily News | 29 July 2013
The artificial burger costs $380,000-plus to make…
Giant 3D Printer Builds Homes in 20 Hours
Tom’s Hardwa…
Food & Health – Week of 07.28.13
Top 10 Medical Innovations: 2013
Cleveland Clinic
Which are the up-and-coming technologies and which will have the biggest impact on health care in 2013?
The FDA Doesn’t Want Chickens To Explore The …
Life – Week of 07.28.13
Peter M. Flanigan, Banker and Nixon Aide, Dies at 90
The New York Times | 31 July 2013
Peter M. Flanigan, a Wall Street investment banker who became one of President Richard M. Nixon’s most trusted,…
Transcript of “Precious Metals Market Report with James Turk and Franklin Sanders” is Now Available!
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Wildcards – Week of 07.28.13
9/11 False Flag Conspiracy – Finally Solved
YouTube | 27 December 2012
9/11 False Flag Conspiracy – Finally Solved (Names, Connections, Motives)
The Phoenix Lights – The Documentary
YouTube | 11 S…
Norah Jones – “Nightingale”
Related Reading:
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Norah Jones on Wikipedia
“The Surveillance State – What Does It All Mean?” with Jon Rappoport
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The Solari Report 2013-07-18
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This Saturday – Here Comes Permafacture!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ready to start building the blueprints for the open source tools that can create a more diversified, healthier civilization? Are you ready to build your very own tractor? …
Food Documentaries: Let’s Go to the Movies with Catherine Austin Fitts
Accessing and creating your own food sources can be fun. Often it involves collaborating with friends and neighbors. What if you were to organize a regular potluck dinner and show documentaries that…
The Birth of a New American Music: Dakota Wind
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I drive the full length of North America at least once a year.
From Tennessee, I drive West to San Francisco and back once or twice a year. Sometimes I go the Northern ro…
Book Review: Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet
“The universe believes in encryption. It is easier to encrypt information than to decrypt it.” ~Julian Assange
By …
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Send Musicians To Prison
Do you believe music can heal and restore?
Do you believe music communicates what words alone cannot?
Do you believe music can impart worth, and provoke a soul to change…
The Rise of the Intangible Economy: U.S. GDP Counts R&D, Artistic Creation
Photo Credit: Getty Images; Illustration by 731
[CAF Note: Combine this with crowd funding, and you will have quite a financial cocktail!]
By Peter Coy
On July 31, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Anal…
Wall Street Commodity Trading in Jeopardy Amid Fed Review
By Bob Ivry
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) are among lenders whose commodity-trading is in jeopardy as the Federal Reserve reconsiders letting ban…
Solar Impulse Flies From San Francisco To New York
By Wikipedia
Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circu…
Sir Ken Robinson: The Most Popular TED Speech Ever
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Money & Markets – Week of 07.21.13
Russia Sees Risks Emerging as Foreigners Amass State Debt
Bloomberg | 26 July 2013
Russia’s financial industry faces risks from surging demand for domestic ruble bonds…
Detroit Bankruptcy a “Ga…