Author: Mark Gilmore
NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes
By NASA
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). The mission, launched in October 2006, has provided a unique and revo…
Quote du Jour
“It is the long-term investor, he who most promotes the public interest, who will in practice come in for the most criticism… For it is in the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric,…
Canada Will Review LSE’s Bid for Toronto Exchange
By Theophilos Argitis and Greg Quinn
Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said he will review London Stock Exchange Group Plc’s C$3.2 billion ($3.2 billion) bid for TMX Group Inc., owner of th…
MERS Lacks Right to Transfer Mortgages, Judge Says
By Thom Weidlich
(Corrects to show parties would come before the judge to lift the automatic ban in 20th paragraph.)
Merscorp Inc., operator of the electronic-registration system that contains abo…
The Blizzard of 2011
By Matt Stopera
A collection of pictures from around the country of the largest snow/ice storm to hit the US in decades.
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Decapitalizing Housing
Capital is slowly withdrawing from the American housing stock.
We are transitioning from a model in which most Americans think of their homes as an investment, to one in which housing is a consumpt…
Krugman on the Budget & the Red Button Problem
By Paul Krugman
On Friday, House Republicans unveiled their proposal for immediate cuts in federal spending. Uncharacteristically, they failed to accompany the release with a catchy slogan. So I’…
NYSE Deal on Tuesday?
By Jacob Bunge and Aaron Lucchetti
Votes on Tap; Schumer Speaks Up for Big Board’s ‘Brand’
New York Stock Exchange operator NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse AG are likely to announce a merger as …
Quote du Jour
Copyright The National Gallery, London
“The Wind of Heaven is that which blows through a horse’s ears.”
~Bedouin proverb
Imagining Life Without Fannie and Freddie
By Gretchen Morgenson
KUDOS to Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for some straight talk about the nation’s broken mortgage system.
A report to Congress from those depa…
Morales Flees Food Price Protests
Bolivian president Evo Morales has abruptly left the southern highlands city of Oruro after protesters angered by rising prices booed him and set off dynamite.
Mr Morales cancelled plans to partici…
Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext Inc. Confirm Advanced Merger Discussions
NEW YORK and FRANKFURT, 9 February 2011 – In light of recent market rumors, Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext (NYX) today confirmed that they are engaged in advanced discussions regarding a po…
Suez Canal 101
From Wikipedia
The Suez Canal (Arabic: ???? ??????? Qan?t al-S?wais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869, it allo…
Good News
This Sunday, I joined Christ Our Hope Church in West Point, Tennessee. The Church is Reformed Episcopal. Reverend Franklin Sanders is the minister.
Christ Our Hope is one of the most beautiful chur…
Money & Markets – Week of 2.13.11
EU Suspends Import Duties on Wheat to Ease Supply Pressures
Bakery and Snacks.com (17 Feb 11)
Vibrant Exports Will Save Spain, And Perhaps The Euro
The Telegraph (18 Feb 11)
Precious Metals – Week of 2.13.11
Update: Counterfeit Collector Coins From China Show up in Port Angeles
Peninsula Daily News (10 Feb 11)
World Gold Council: Global Gold Demand Hit 10-Year High In 2010
Kitco Exclusive News (17 Feb 11…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 2.13.11
Fed Official Calls For Major Foreclosure Reforms
The Huffington Post (15 Feb 11)
Real Estate News: Rise in Rates Is Headwind for Housing
The Wall Street Journal (11 Feb 11)
Rental Market Gets Respec…
Geopolitical – Week of 2.13.11
Obama Joins Wisconsin’s Budget Battle, Opposing Republican Anti-union Bill
The Washington Post (18 Feb 11)
A Breast-Feeding Plan Mixes Partisan Reactions
The New York Times (17 Feb 11)
Jobs, Zuckerb…
Food & Health – Week of 1.13.11
Negative Experiences Can Stop Painkillers Working
BBC News (16 Feb 11)
Church Using Stained Glass Solar Panels
Care2 (16 Feb 11)
Morgellons Syndrome/Chemtrail Illness Protocol -Alzheimers
Gwen Scott…
Life – Week of 2.13.11
Banksy Seems to be Behind New Street Art That Has Popped up Around Town
Los Angeles Times (17 Feb 11)
Aretha Franklin Will Return to the Stage and Release New Album
Rolling Stone (17 Feb 11)
Bill Mo…
Science & Technology – Week of 2.13.11
Computer Wins on ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial, It’s Not
The New York Times (16 Feb 11)
Michael Pawlyn: Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture
Ted.com (Feb 2011)
Animation Nation
The Wall Street Journal…
Excerpt: On the Edge with Catherine Austin Fitts
By Stacy Herbert
Stacy Summary: Max interviews Catherine Austin Fitts. They talk revolution, Ben Bernanke and the US dollar being a unit of war.
Egypt And The Pyramid of Power
By Jon Rappoport
January 30, 2011. It’s a grim party. People in the streets, riots, police, soldiers, and nobody seems exactly sure what it’s for.
Take your choice: kick out the dictators; new…
American Workers Not Needed
By Robert Kuttner
Once again, the job numbers are dismal. In January, the U.S. economy created just 36,000 domestic jobs, far below the roughly 145,000 that economists had forecast. The unemploymen…
2010 Year End Wrap-up Available to Subscribers!
As Solari Report subscribers know, Catherine’s quarterly and year end wrap-ups are always an interesting and informative treat.
A text and graphic version of the 2010 Year End Wrap-up: The Road Turns…
P&I 1000 Statistics at a Glance
Assets are in billions as of Sept. 30.
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Food Is the New Fashion
By Martha Stewart
As a professional cook, cookbook author and teacher, I have a noticed a shift in the role that food plays in our lives and in our culture. Food has become more than one of life’s…
“A Servant When He Reigneth”
Three things make earth unquiet
And four she cannot brook
The godly Agur counted them
And put them in a book —
Those Four Tremendous Curses
With which mankind is cursed;
But a Servant when He Reign…
Electro Magnetic Fields (EMFs)
By Better Health Guy
In a world that is full of harmful electromagnetic fields, how to evaluate these issues and what to do about them is often elusive to most of us.
In this blog post, I’ll provi…
Rethinking Electricity
By Darlene Heckman
Virtually all of your electronics are sucking up energy even if they’re turned off or not being used. Some of the biggest culprits include your TV, computer, and printer. Even yo…
White House Plans to Revamp Mortgage Market
By Nick Timiraos
More than two years after the government seized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Obama administration will recommend phasing out the housing-finance giants and gradually reducing th…
Precious Metals Market Report
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The Solari Report – 10 Feb 11
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
I am back in Tennessee, so I am headed over …
Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.10.11
View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, February 10, 2011.
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Quote du Jour
“Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. Do not try to sell and buy back (core positions) on reactions in a bull market.”
~ Jesse Livermore
Here’s Why The Dallas Fed Chief Is Against More QE
By Joe Weisenthal
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Why Can’t The US Legalize Drugs? There’s ‘Too Much Money in it,’ Clinton Says
By Daniel Tencer
In what will likely be seen as something of a Freudian slip by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said recently in a Mexican news interview that the United States cannot le…
All The Big Emerging Markets, And Their PE Multiples
By Joe Weisenthal
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God Bless Dennis Kucinich
By Ashland Current
U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) today took to the floor of the House to oppose the effort to reauthorize expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act, which ultimately failed…
PetroChina Pays $5.4 billion For Canadian Gas Assets
By Jeffrey Jones and Farah Master
PetroChina is purchasing half of a prolific shale gas project from Canada’s Encana Corp for C$5.4 billion ($5.4 billion), marking the largest Chinese investment ye…
Chambersburg Pennsylvania Declaration
We Declare:
That the political, legal, and economic systems of the United States allow, in each generation, an elite few to impose policy and governing decisions that threaten the very survival of …
The More Poverty, the Better for JP Morgan’s Profits!
By Mary Bottari, Bankster USA
Earnings and bonus reports are rolling in and the big, bailed-out banks are back in the black. In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street …
The Moneychanger: Steps to Rebuilding Your Local Economy
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franklin@the-moneychanger.com
(888) 218-9226
THE MONEYCHANGER’S STEPS TO
REBUILDING YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY
Simple, practical steps tha…
One Industry Loving The High Food Prices
By Joe Weisenthal
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Quote du Jour
“Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now … Thus in France the emetic was once forbidden as medicine, the potato as an …
Einstein Was Right – Honey Bee Collapse Threatens Global Food Security
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The bee crisis has been treated as a niche concern until now, but as the UN’s index of food prices hits an all time-high, it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight…
Score One for Chrysler’s Ad Firm
The Chrysler 200 has arrived. Imported from Detroit.
More Americans Are Creating Their Own Jobs
By Los Angeles Times
New job figures released Friday might have been more meager than most economists had expected, but at least one set of numbers made some people happy. That’s because the Bureau…
Proposal Would Exempt Utah Food From Federal Regulation
By Robert Gehrke
Rep. Bill Wright, as he puts it, “grew up in the dirt,” raising dairy cattle since he was a boy.
But now he fears farming is in jeopardy, threatened by the heavy hand of federa…
The Real Skinner on GnuCash
By Court Skinner
I’m just getting started in a new, at least to me, software for keeping track of money. The software is the open source, GnuCash, which is available for download here http://www.gn…
A “Mini Katrina” in Northern New Mexico
From a Subscriber:
Hi Catherine,
I trust you are well. I’m still enjoying and very much impressed by your weekly Solari Reports, guests, and the Solari blog. Your perception, level head and lack of …
Imagining a New World
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
~ Isaiah 43:19
In From the Network: Frozen in Phoenix
By “Aridzonan_13”
We’ve lived here for almost 21 years. During that time we’ve seen freezing temps capable of making ice two nights in a row. This week has seen hard freeze temps. We’ve had ice in …
Money & Markets – Week of 2.6.11
Germans in Talks to Buy Big Board
The Wall Street Journal (10 Feb 11)
UK Accelerates Bank Levy to Raise Extra £800m This Year
Business Report (9 Feb 11)
Precious Metals – Week of 2.6.11
Here Comes Executive Order 6102 For The QE Generation: Dutch Central Bank Orders Pension Fund To Sell Its Gold
Zero Hedge (10 Feb 11)
The Rarest Earth
SilverSeek.com (9 Feb 11)
Silver Class-action S…
Geopolitical – Week of 2.6.11
Mubarak Steps Down, Ceding Power to Military
Truthout (11 Feb 11)
State Nullification: Requisite To Freedom
Infowars.com (11 Feb 11)
Kyl to Retire, Won’t Seek Another Term
Politico (10 Feb 11)
Afte…
Food & Health – Week of 2.6.11
David Meets GMO-liath: Get Your Sling Shots Ready
Organic Valley (7 Feb 11)
New York’s Bed Bug Problem Spreading to London
Reuters (9 Feb 11)
Outrageous! FDA Shuts Down Production of Non-drug Cancer…
Life – Week of 2.6.11
Debunking Education Myths: America’s Never Been Number One in Math
Good Education (10 Feb 11)
Oklahoma Sees Record Cold: -31
MSNBC.com (10 Feb 11)
Love Me, Love My Dog, Say Britons
Reuters (11 Feb 1…
An Era of Cheap Food May be Drawing to a Close
By KT Arasu
U.S. grain prices should stay unrelentingly high this year, according to a Reuters poll, the latest sign that the era of cheap food has come to an end.
U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat pr…
Our Inheritance: A World of Galaxies
What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly blank patch of sky? A view that takes you to the edge of the universe!
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Unemployment Continues
By Joe Weisenthal
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Black Slams Financial Commission
Tuesday, senior S&L regulator William K. Black slammed the FCIC for failing to call out fraud. As told the Real News:
• The Commission was unwilling to use the “F” word (“fraud”)
• “They’ve d…
If You Think Wheat Prices Have Gotten Expensive…
By Joe Weisenthal
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Chris Martenson: The Crash Course
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The Solari Report – 3 Feb 11
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
This Thursday evening on The Solari Report, I …
Scientists Under Attack
Genetic Engineering in The Magnetic Field of Money
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.03.11
View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, February 3, 2011.
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Fed Can Keep Most Gold Secrets But Must Yield One, Judge Rules
By C. Powell
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The Federal Reserve can keep secret most of the gold documents at issue in GATA’s freedom-of-information lawsuit against it, a federal judge ruled today….
The Solari Report Digest ~ New Podcast Available!
Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #20.
Listen to Solari Report Digest #20
The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Sola…
Doing It Right
By Paul Ferguson
A junior mining company I’ve followed for years recently announced that they were raising money. The initial response from some investors was to cry “Dilution!”. Virtually all mi…
Excerpt: Catherine on the Financial Coup D’Etat
Straight Talk
By Adam
This week’s Straight Talk contributor is Catherine Austin Fitts: investment advisor and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Solari, where she offers subscribers guidance fo…
Complexity And Art
There is complexity because the artist, the writer, doesn’t know why he or she is doing the work. That complexity results from a lack of clarity.
There is complexity because the creator of the work…
Private Sector Gear Up Small-Business Initiative
By Jason Fell
On the heels of President Barack Obama’s big State of the Union address last week, during which he talked up the vital role of entrepreneurs in the recovery of the U.S. economy, the Whi…
Egypt and Tunisia Usher in The New Era of Global Food Revolutions
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Political risk has returned with a vengeance. The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that …
More Icelandic Bankers Arrested
Iceland’s special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed that raids have taken place today and that arrests have been made. The Central Bank of Iceland is among the institutions under i…
Hope for 1099 Rule Revision
President’s Speech Offers Hope for Some Relief; Exceptions for Rental Income Reporting Remain Vague
For small businesses that were dreading the thought of having to produce a Form 1099 for every pa…
Updated List Of Animal Die-Offs
Here’s your list of 60+ of the recent animal die-offs. I didn’t include the honeybees, earthworms, or most insect life, as they’re a subject all by themselves. I also skipped most frog die-offs. …
Nanoparticles – More Terrifying Than GMO?
The European Food Safety Authority has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance document for engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed.
The guidance document, prepared…
Money & Markets – Week of 1.30.11
Kinder Morgan Gearing Up For $2.3 billion IPO
Reuters (4 Feb 11)
J.P. Morgan Chase Knew of Madoff Fraud Scheme, Suit Alleges
The Washington Post (4 Feb 11)
IMF Raises Spectre of Civil Wars as Glob…
Precious Metals – Week of 1.30.11
US Mint Sells Absolute Record 6.4 Million Ounces Of Silver In January, 50% More Than Previous Highest Month
Zero Hedge (2 Feb 11)
China Central Bank Advisor Urges Increase In Official Gold And Silver…
Geopolitical – Week of 1.30.11
Egyptian Government Figures Join Protesters
The New York Times (4 Feb 11)
Algeria to Lift Emergency Powers
Aljazeera (3 Feb 11)
Small Farms And The Farm Subsidies Scandal
The Huffington Post (3 Feb …
Food & Health – Week of 1.30.11
YouTube
Sustainable Family Outside LA — Keeping it Extra Real!
Next World TV
“Making More With Microbes” Soil Training Program
Soil Doctor (2011)
YouTube
Total War: Agri-business Style
Brassche…
Life – Week of 1.30.11
Gabrielle Giffords’s Husband Mark Kelly Will Command Final Shuttle Flight
Politico (3 Feb 11)
Snowy Spectacle Leaves Residents of Gloucestershire, England Baffled
Sott.net (9 Dec 10)
12 Things That …
Science & Technology – Week of 1.30.11
Parrots Tend to be “Left Handed,” Study Finds
Reuters (3 Feb 11)
Tracing Families’ Escape From Poverty
MIT News (10 Jan 11)
The Greatest Epidemic Sickness Known to Humanity – Part 3
Let’s spread the word: Wetiko
By Paul Levy
In the first part of this series, we contemplated the idea of a psycho-spiritual disease of the soul that has been wreaking havoc throughout human history …
America’s Most Dangerous Extremists:The Muddled, Myopic, Miasmic Middle
By Sam Smith
One of the greatest myths draped over this land is that the so-called wing nuts mainly come from the far right and left. And that there is, however, a wise and moderate establishment t…
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?
By Ronnie Cummins
The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must.” – Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011
In the wake of a 12-…
The Housing Bubble was Global
By Joe Weisenthal
Today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission releases its full report on the crisis.
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So Long Facebook!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
An authorized someone from Allendale Michigan kept logging in to my Facebook space. Then I started having challenges with unauthorized posts and photo tags. Finally some m…
On the Truth
“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anyt…
E-mails Suggest Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out of Billions
By Teri Buhl
Lawsuit alleges the bank took extreme measures to defraud investors, and now JPMorgan may be on the hook
Former Bear Stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of Gold…
All the Mass Deaths of Animals Plotted on a Map
By Casey Chan
The world is ending! Okay, maybe not. But doesn’t it seem like every day animals are dying in masses? So, it must mean something!
I think the West Coast is safe. The South, um, prett…
Desert Solitaire
From Ed Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire”
Benedicto:
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May yo…
Quote du Jour
“There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell them.”
~ Louis Armstrong
Fannie & Freddie Stick Fraudster Legal Bills to the Taxpayers
By Gretchen Morgenson
Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives…
Here It Comes – The Big Lie – We Need GMO To Feed The World
Genetically-modified crops could help prevent a future global hunger crisis, the Government’s chief scientific adviser said.
By The Telegraph
Professor Sir John Beddington said there was no one ”s…
V for Victory
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