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In what may be the most damaging blow to Big Banks since the overwhelming success of Bank Transfer Day in late 2011, the City of Berkeley recently announced its intention to withd…
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My sisters and brothers… the title of this sermon is borrowed from the rich colloquial legacy of the African American experience. It’s one of those hidd…
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Washington — The Constitution has seen better days.
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“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.
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“The government is run by special interests clawing away at a shrinking pie and things are becoming quite vicious.”
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The “lead left” bank leads the IPO underwriting process — its name in the upper-left-hand corner of the actual prospectus — and typically receives higher fees than the other banks in the syn…
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The European Union on Wednesday blocked the Deutsche Boerse’s planned merger with NYSE Euronext, a $10 billion deal that would have created the world’s largest financial exchange ope…
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A transcript of Catherine’s January 19, 2012 interview of Lynne McTaggart is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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Last week I did a webcast, Planning for Failure, which makes the assumption that if you haven’t been breached, it i…
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By Ryan Lizza – The New Yorker 23 Jan 12
In a piece this week on Barack Obama’s shift from idealism to pragmatism, I describe an important fifty-seven-page document from Lawrence Summers to Preside…
By Don Lee
The Federal Reserve announces a subdued outlook for growth in the U.S. economy, as well as its intention to keep short-term interest rates near zero through late 2014.
The Federal Reser…
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Catherine will be speaking in The Rogue Valley, in Ashland, and Medford, Oregon, on Thursday, January 26, and Friday, January 27, 2012.
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Economic and political elites meeting this week at the Swiss resort of Davos will be asked to urgently find ways to reform a capitalist system that has been described as “outdated and crumbling.”
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Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. Photograph by Steve Liss.
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A prison is a trap for catching time. Good reportin…
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Americans spent $80.2 billion on seafood last year, $5 billion more than in 2009, but they aren’t always buying what th…
By Yves Smith
Obama’s latest housing market chicanery should come as no surprise. As we discuss below, he will use the State of the Union address to announce a mortgage “settlement” by Federa…
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
I’ve had a wonderful time in Montana.
The Solari team got lots accomplished. We’ve enjoyed some beautiful snow storms, so the snowboarders and skiers are happy! Best of…
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By Jesus Diaz
UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips.
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The Kenguru electric vehicle designed to be driven in a wheelchair
The first Kenguru—the small, yellow electric vehicle designed to be driven in a wheelchair—was unveiled Thursday in Pflugerville…
Left to right: Bram Van der Kolk, Mathias Ortmann, Fin Batato and Kim Dotcom in court today.
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Smart Meter Opt-Out Programs Spread Across North America
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“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
~ Michelangelo
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Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally used by gangs to mark their …
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich is most in his element when he’s fighting against social injustice.
Wherever he sees a…
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The House version of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a planned and widespread internet revolt Wednesday, is likely to undergo a radical ov…
President Obama just signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law despite startling provisions that will allow the military to indefinitely detain American citizens. It’s a travesty, def…
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Note from Catherine: We have been informed that Paypal has frozen Sheriff Richard Mack’s accounts. We are asking for prayers for all concerned. Here is the report:
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As you can see from the posters at the top of our blog, we are supporting the blackout promoted by Wikipedia against SOPA and PIPA.
I have contacted Senator Bob Corker an…
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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, announced on Twitter Monday that the popular site would go dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two controversial …
New research shows that when we eat we’re consuming more than just vitamins and protein. Our bodies are absorbing information, or microRNA.
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Update 1/12: Thanks to science and biology…
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With so many Americans reliant on Social Security for their retirement I find it helpful to check in a couple of times a year and see what, if anything, has changed. Bruce Krastin…
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Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York City on my behalf as a plaintiff against Barack Obama and Secreta…
Paradise is here, it’s time to stop your crying.
The future is this moment and not some place out there.
~ Tina Turner, Paradise is Here
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