Introducing the Solari Coin!
by Catherine Austin Fitts
We have created our first Solari Coin – a one ounce silver round designed for Solari by Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Communication and minted for us by the Northwest Territoria…
G7 Finance Ministers to Discuss Banking Reforms
By BBC News
Finance ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations are set to begin a two-day meeting on Friday.
Banking reforms will be top of the agenda at the meeting, which is being hel…
Number of U.S. Companies that Reach $100-Million in Annual Revenues Remarkably Stable Over Past 20 Years, According to Kauffman Paper
By Kauffman Foundation
The pace at which the United States produces $100-million companies has been stable over the last 20 years despite changes in the economy. However, according to a new Kauffma…
California, New York and DC Look to Ban 3D-Printed Guns
By RT
A handgun made almost entirely using a consumer-grade 3D printer fired a bullet over the weekend for the first time in the history of the infant technology. If some lawmakers have their way, …
McDonald’s Goes Belly Up in Bolivia
By True Activist
McDonald’s leaves Bolivia healthier forever!
After 14 years of presence in the country, and despite all the existing campaigns and having a network, the chain was forced to clos…
Bitcoin Startups Begin to Attract Real Cash
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By Sarah E. Needleman and Spencer E. Ante
Bitcoin startups are beginning to raise sizable investment capital even as industry leaders warn that hackers are abusin…
Transcript of “Getting to Success with Kimberly and Foster Gamble” is Now Available!
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Obama To Ohio State Grads: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny
By InfoWars
Addressing 2013 graduates at the Ohio State University in Columbus today, Obama’s speech writers took the opportunity to remind outgoing grads that the government is definitely not …
Half of Senior Executives Aware of Irregularities
By Julia Irvine
In its annual Fraud Survey, it reveals that of the 3,000 board members, managers and their teams across 36 countries who were questioned, 42% of board directors and senior managers …
Quote du Jour – Michael A. Gayed
“We have shifted away from a world where central banks control inflation, to one where they must create it.”
– Michael A. Gayed
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“We have shifted away from a world where central banks control inflation, to
one where they must create it.”
-Michael A. Gayed
Quote du Jour – Sir Thomas More
Note: Originally posted on Nov 3, 2008
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?…
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Note: Originally posted on Nov 3, 2008
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?…
Julian Assange on the “Lawfare Thing”
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By Truthdig
MR: No, no. Neil MacBride, just so you know, he’s the attorney, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. … He’s the head U.S. attorney gu…
How Cos. Can Prep for Crowdfunding
By Marielle Segarra
As companies wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act rules, they may be eager to pounce on equity-based crowdfunding….
Money & Markets – Week of 05.05.13
Currencies – Wild Volatility In More Than The Yen
The Canadian Technician | 10 May 2013
This chart of the currencies that make up the $USD has been shown before…
Economists: Fed Will Taper Bond Pur…
Precious Metals – Week of 05.05.13
Barrick Agrees to Amend Dominican Republic Mine Contract
Bloomberg | 08 May 2013
Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX), the world’s biggest producer by sales…
Chinese Gold Imports Soar To Monthly Record On In…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.05.13
Florida HB 87, Homeowners, and the Foreclosure Inferno
The Agonist | 10 May 2013
A bill passed last week by the Florida legislature offers efficiencies…
2 Big Banks Face Suits in Mortgage Pact Abus…
Geopolitical – Week of 05.05.13
Air Force Strips 17 Officers Of Authority To Control And Launch Nuclear Missiles
Business Insider | 08 May 2013
The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control…
Ob…
Science & Technology – Week of 05.05.13
Dear Telecom Unions: Time to Fight for the Public Switched Network Infrastructure & Technology (PSNIT) — The State-based Utility Wires
The Huffington Post | 20 February 2013
Since I started writing a…
Food & Health – Week of 05.05.13
Syngenta Charged for Covering up Livestock Deaths from GM Corn
Occupy Monsanto
Biotech giant Syngenta has been criminally charged with denying knowledge…
FDA Finally Admits Chicken Meat Contains Ca…
Life – Week of 05.05.13
Crews Finish Installing World Trade Center Spire
CNN | 10 May 2013
Construction workers bolted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday…
We had a Dream S…
Wildcards – Week of 05.05.13
Former Sen. Mike Gravel and a Panel of Experts says White House Suppressing Evidence of ETs
YouTube | 05 May 2013
Even as most Americans wonder what planet politicians are from…
The U.S. Governmen…
Solar is About to Change Our World
By Michael Sankowski
I’ve been getting into Solar lately – the fall in prices has been absolutely shocking over the last 2-4 years. We are seeing price drops closer to 20% per year after severa…
Cher – “Strong Enough”
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Getting to Success with Kimberly and Foster Gamble – May 2
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FERC Finds JPMorgan Manipulated Power Trading: Report
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By Reuters
Investigators from the agency that regulates power markets have found a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co manipulated trading in the California and Michiga…
Billboards for Real Men and Women
Illboards
[CAF Note: Says what needs to be said to the deeply insulting Foundation for a Better Life.]
Eric Holder Threatens Kansas in Letter on Gun Control Nullification Law
By Michael Boldin
On Thursday, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter from Federal Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should it enforce SB102 which Brownback…
Louise Yamada on the Gold Market
By Louise Yamada
The technical observations suggesting risk for Gold spot price (GOLDS-1,462.09) over the past two months’ reports followed through with a severe decline in Gold through 1,539 sup…
Important EU Seed Law Vote: 6 May
By Bifurcated Carrots
There is an important vote coming up concerning proposed changes to EU seed law. This is a vote in the EU Commission, by written procedure, on Monday 6 May 2013.
If the legi…
IRS Takes A Bite Out Of Bitcoin
By Robert W. Wood
Bitcoin is virtual currency much in the news these days. It’s peer-to-peer so there’s no central bank or government. But if you think that means the IRS won’t get a piece, t…
Central Banks Load Up on Equities
[CAF Note: Is the planetary debt-for-equity we described in the 2nd Quarter Equity Review underway?]
By Sarah Jones
Central banks, guardians of the world’s $11 trillion in foreign-exchange reser…
Transcript of “Jon Rappoport and Catherine discuss Hamilton Securities” is Now Available!
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US Equities vs. Gold and Silver
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last Five Years
Reviewing this comparison of the US equity markets to the performance of the largest gold and silver ETFs shows you why precious metals investors have be…
Farewell Facebook, and Good Riddance
Photo Credit: Daniel Acker/Getty
By Araceli Cruz
If you haven’t noticed, there’s currently a mass exodus from Facebook taking place. In the past three months there’s been a drop among users in the …
Quarterly Review and Outlook – First Quarter 2013
By Hoisington Investment Management Company
“The Federal Reserve is printing money”. No statement could be less truthful. The Federal Reserve (Fed) is not, and has not been, “printing money…
Vernon Hershberger & Your Food Freedom
By David Gumpert
Now that a Wisconsin judge has rejected raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger’s religious freedom arguments to justify having a witness testify on his behalf, his trial looks likely t…
The Underground Recovery
By James Surowiecki
When we all finished filing our tax returns last week, there was a little something missing: two trillion dollars. That’s how much money Americans may have made in the past ye…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.28.13
Caribbean Bank Accounts are Next IRS Target
USA Today | 30 April 2013
Opening a new front in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion…
Investing: The Option They Never Told You About
The Permacul…
Precious Metals – Week of 4.28.13
Hong Kong Gold Retailers Overwhelmed by Mainland Shoppers
Gata | 02 May 2013
Hong Kong retailers report they were swamped over the three-day May Day holiday by tens of thousands…
Gold Bull Run Seen…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.28.13
Case-Shiller: Home Prices in 20 Cities Rise at Fastest Rate Since 2006
The Christian Science Monitor | 30 April 2013
The good news for the housing market just keeps on coming…
Robert Shiller: Home …
Geopolitical – Week of 4.28.13
Q&A: The FBI’s Role in ‘Manufacturing’ Terrorism
Yahoo! Finance | 02 May 2013
In his new book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism…
‘Killer Robots Should Not Have Pow…
Science & Technology – Week of 4.28.13
Blind Mothers-To-Be Find Solution in 3D Printing
Tech Page One | 02 April 2013
The prenatal sonogram is a life-changing moment for many expectant mothers…
Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Satur…
Food & Health – Week of 4.28.13
Whole Foods CEO: If Syria Has GMO-Regulations So Should the U.S.
Yahoo Finance! | 02 May 2013
Large agribusiness companies like Monsanto and DuPont have long experimented with their crops…
An Effor…
Life – Week of 4.28.13
Low Income Homes From Recycled Goods PBS Special Part 1 of 3
PBS | 01 August 2007
What an unbelievably unique take on housing and architecture!
Happy Birthday Willie Nelson: Rare Photos from the 70s…
Wildcards – Week of 4.28.13
Bombing Suspects’ Family Members Speak Out
Time
The parents, aunt and uncles of Boston bombing suspects…
Sibel Edmonds: CIA Ran Tsarnaev Brothers
YouTube | 26 April 2013
Alex welcomes former FBI …
US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace GPS
By Staff Writers Washington (AFP)
The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of…
Riverbend Returns After Five Years
By Riverbend
April 9, 2013 marks ten years since the fall of Baghdad. Ten years since the invasion. Since the lives of millions of Iraqis changed forever. It’s difficult to believe. It feels like o…
Collective Soul – “The World I Know”
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Jon Rappoport and Catherine discuss Hamilton Securities – April 25
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Solari Stories – Trusted Sources
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‘Dead for now:’ CISPA Halted in the Senate
Photo Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron
[CAF Note: Kudos to the EFF and all those who have stopped a really bad idea dead in its tracks for now]
By RT
Privacy advocates can breathe a sigh of relief as …
Feds Eye State, Local Pension Transparency Reform
By Liz Farmer
In a move that’s expected to stir up staunch resistance from public pension managers, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have proposed new pension transparency regulations for local and st…
Catherine Austin Fitts: Another Gold Smackdown Coming?
By John Rubino
Last weekend the disturbingly-brilliant Catherine Austin Fitts, publisher of the Solari Report, passed through town, giving us a chance to finally meet face-to-face. In the following…
In Celebration: Richie Havens, Legendary Guitarist and Folk Singer
By Jim Farber
Richie Havens, a seminal member of the New York folk scene of the ’60s, died Monday morning from a sudden heart attack.
He was 72.
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Transcript of “Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Yields and Volatility of Stocks vs. Bonds” is Now Available!
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Crowd Sourced Surveillance
[CAF Note: Geez – why allow our taxes to pay for the police state, when consumers can fund directly?]
Parrot AR Drone Quadricopter
Google Glass on Wikipedia
Bulls Hit
By Grant Williams
I am a seller of gold.
Just not yet — and certainly not anywhere close to this price.
One day, long into the future, it will be time to sell gold — or, more likely, to excha…
Fresh Food and Song Blossom on the Palouse
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I stopped in Moscow, Idaho this weekend on my way to Portland Oregon. Moscow is the home of the University of Idaho, in an area known as the Palouse.
I was visiting wit…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.21.13
AR-15s Flying Off Shelves Amid Gun Control Fears
Yahoo! Finance | 25 April 2013
At the GunRunners Gun Show outside Atlanta, the line stretches out the door and around the corner…
Jon Corzine Sued b…
Precious Metals – Week of 4.21.13
U.S. Mint’s Sales of Gold Coins Soar After Futures Slump
Bloomberg | 18 April 2013
The U.S. Mint in April has sold 153,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins…
How the Gold Market Was Crashed
Res…
Geopolitical – Week of 4.21.13
Ron Paul Fans Furious Over Rand Paul’s Drone Flip-flop
Information Clearing House | 24 April 2013
Ron Paul’s vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul’s perceived reversal…
The Ris…
Science & Technology – Week of 4.21.13
Infographic: If Google Fiber Went Worldwide
Forbes | 26 April 2013
Google is bringing its super-fast broadband network Fiber to…
The Rise of Big Data
Foreign Affairs | May 2013
Everyone knows that …
Food & Health – Week of 4.21.13
Are Neonicotinoids Too Big To Ban?
The Organic View | 10 April 2013
There has been a huge debate over the impact of Neonicotinoids…
Most Significant Government Health Report on Mobile Phone Radiati…
Life – Week of 4.21.13
Did Jimmy Savile Abuse 1,350 Victims… Treble the Number Who Have Come Forward So Far?
The Daily Mail | 19 April 2013
Jimmy Savile could have sexually abused up to 1,350 victims..
The National Geogr…
Wildcards – Week of 4.21.13
Sirius Disclosure Premiere Pleases
Pure Energy Systems Network | 23 April 2013
I count myself very fortunate to have been able to attend the historic premier of Dr. Steven Greer and Amardeep Kaleka’s …
Before the Blast, West Fertilizer’s Monsanto Lawsuit
[CAF Note: Ever notice how bad things happen to people who stand up to Monsanto?]
By Alexandra Berzon
As details emerge about the Texas fertilizer plant that was the site of Wednesday’s fatal ex…
Wagner – “Tristan und Isolde – Prelude”
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Tristan und Isolde on Wikipedia
Transcript of “Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders and Larry Pratt” is Now Available!
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Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Yields and Volatility of Stocks vs. Bonds – April 18
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Solari Stories – Know Your Heroes
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Quote du Jour – Michael Ventura
“We all live in the South Bronx because that neighborhood is the unavoidable proof that American civilization can stop. It can stop literally right around the corner, and if it does nobody can do a …
Quote du Jour
“We all live in the South Bronx because that neighborhood is the unavoidable proof that American civilization can stop. It can stop literally right around the corner, and if it does nobody can do a …
Terrifying Stand-Off in Boston as SWAT Teams Hunt Teenage ‘Terrorist’ From Chechnya
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By James Nye, Louise Boyle, Simon Tomlinson and Jill Reilly
Scores of heavily-armed police swarmed a Boston suburb today as the net tightened around an ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect…
Artist Highlight! – Patricia Coslor
Painting By Patricia Coslor
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Stephens College in Columbia, MO and also studied at Parson’s School of Design in New York, NY, The Art Student’s League …
3 New Planets Could Host Life
By Elizabeth Landau
In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets.
Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of three planets that are some of the be…
CISPA Plan to Let Feds Receive Confidential Data Wins Big House Vote
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by Declan McCullagh
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a controversial data-sharing bill that would authorize e-mail and Internet providers to s…
Quote du Jour – David Icke
“They say that you need to follow the money to see what is going on and to a large extent that is true; but I have another method: follow the outcome. No matter what people say they stand for, no ma…
Quote du Jour
“They say that you need to follow the money to see what is going on and to a large extent that is true; but I have another method: follow the outcome. No matter what people say they stand for, no ma…
Scientists Make ‘Laboratory-Grown’ Kidney
By James Gallagher
A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say.
Similar techniques to make simple body parts have al…
Human Genome: US Supreme Court Hears Patents Case
By James Gallagher
The case relates to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2009, and centres on whether companies should be able to patent genes.
US authorities have been awar…
Gold Plunges Most in 33 Years in Record-High Trading
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By Glenys Sim, Phoebe Sedgman & Debarati Roy
Gold plunged the most in 33 years amid record-high trading as an unexpected slowdown in China’s economic expansio…
Officials: 23 Injured, 2 Dead, “More Devices” as Two Huge Blasts Rock Boston Marathon Finish Line
By Jordan Graham, John Zaremba
Two huge explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square just before 3 p.m. today, apparently causing numerous casualties, some possible with traum…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.14.13
33 Times, You Poor Dumb Bastards
Stocktwits | 26 October 2012
I’m going to say this here and now for posterity and I hope you bookmark it…
Special Report: The Battle for the Swiss Soul
Reuters | 18…
Precious Metals – Week of 4.14.13
Gold: A Great Buying Opportunity Approaches
Forbes | 13 April 2013
Gold has officially entered a bear market, declining more than 20% from the September 2011 peak of US$1,924/oz…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.14.13
Did Underwater Mortgages Kill the Economy?
The Washington Post | 18 April 2013
The housing market, finally, is recovering…
Geopolitical – Week of 4.14.13
Huge Grant County Farmland Sale Linked to State Law on Foreign Ownership
The Cap Times | 12 April 2013
One of the largest farmland sales in state history is fueling new speculation…
What Is In The …
Science & Technology – Week of 4.14.13
3 New Planets Could Host Life
CNN | 21 April 2013
In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets…
Google Glass Comes With Small Print
Geeks Are Sexy | 18…
Food & Health – Week of 4.14.13
Transcript: Statement from Andrew Wakefield
Age of Autism | 17 April 2013
Good morning. The first thing that I want to say is…
Study Reveals GMO Corn to be Highly Toxic
RT | 15 April 2013
A leaked …
Peru Bans Monsanto and GMOs
By KristenM
The first time I ever tasted a real tomato, I was in Cusco, Peru. I had picked them up at a Farmer’s Market, bought them from an old lady with wizened wrinkles and sun-browned skin. S…
Life – Week of 4.14.13
The Real History of the Commons and Today’s Environmental Crisis
UTNE | April 2013
The growth of industrial capitalism has always been predicated…
Out of Time: The Sins of Immediacy
The New York Ti…
What a Surprise: Cyprus Forced to Sell it’s Gold
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By Heather Stewart and Helena Smith
Cypriot politicians have reacted with fury to news that the crisis-hit country will be forced to find an extra €6bn (£5bn) to co…
Nina Simone – “Feeling Good”
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Getting to Real Solutions: A Dialogue with Catherine Austin Fitts and Bonnie Faulkner
On my last trip to California I kept running into a group of people promoting specific solutions to the problems that face us, including government owned banks, B corporations, impact investing and …
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