Author: Mark Gilmore
The Consumer Dies Again
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A Solari Report – Census Fines
Introduction
In our previous blog article about the census A Solari Report— The 2010 Census, we indicated that under 13 U.S. Code § 221, failure to respond to the decennial census was punish…
What The Top U.S. Companies Pay In Taxes
By Christopher Helman
How can it be that you pay more to the IRS than General Electric?
As you work on your taxes this month, here’s something to raise your hackles: Some of the world’s biggest, mo…
Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers – $1Bil+ Each in 2009
By Nelson D. Schwartz and Louise Story
The Lazarus-like recovery of the nation’s big banks did not benefit just the bankers — it also created huge paydays for hedge fund managers, including a r…
Food Stamp Usage Hits Record 39 Million
By Mish
Food stamp usage is up again except the program is now called SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Inquiring minds are looking at a SNAP Participation Table that shows a record 39…
Why The Gold-To-Oil Ratio Suggests Oil Could Go A Lot Higher
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Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms
By David Sanger and Peter Baker
President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear we…
Afghan Poppy Fields
NATO and Russia clashed on Wednesday over how to tackle the drug problem in Afghanistan, where Western nations have been fighting a Taliban-led insurgency for eight years.
The country is the world…
The Next Generation – 3D Mobile Phones
A new generation of 3D mobile phones that don’t require special glasses, could go on sale by the end of this year.
Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp unveiled a new three-inch liquid crystal d…
The World According to Monsanto
The World According to Monsanto The following documentary is a thorough, in-depth look at the history of one of the world’s most dangerous and despised corporations and the serious..
The World Accor…
Stopping Entpreneurship – Make Internships Illegal
With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such in…
Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO’s
Tip #1:
Buy Organic Certified organic products cannot be produced using GMO ingredients. So if you can, buy only products labeled “100% organic”, “organic,” or “made with organic ingredients.”
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Tips To Avoid Brands Made With GMO's
Tip #1:
Buy Organic Certified organic products cannot be produced using GMO ingredients. So if you can, buy only products labeled “100% organic”, “organic,” or “made with organic ingredients.”
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India Launches Biometric Census
India is launching a new census in which every person aged over 15 will be photographed and fingerprinted to create a biometric national database.
The government will then use the information to is…
Adrian Salbuchi from Argentina – Second Republic
Adrian Salbuchi from Agentina. A very competent and serious gentleman. A prime example of where the train is heading. People will drive the corrupt power elites over the cliff. It is not a question if…
Engineered Poison Lurking in Your Everyday Food?
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Robotic Winged Space Plane
By John Antczak
After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide hom…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.4.10
Glenn Beck Inc
Forbes (26 April 10)
Los Angeles Water/Coal Impasse Sees $3.2B GO Debt Downgrade
MarketNews.com (7 April 10)
Moody’s Cuts LA Credit Rating, Warns of More Downgrades
Moneynews.com (7 A…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.4.10
Glenn Beck Inc
Forbes (26 April 10)
Los Angeles Water/Coal Impasse Sees $3.2B GO Debt Downgrade
MarketNews.com (7 April 10)
Moody’s Cuts LA Credit Rating, Warns of More Downgrades
Moneynews.com (7 A…
Precious Metals – Week of 4.4.10
Peter Brimelow: Gold Price Suppression Suspicion Now Mainstream
GATA (5 April 10)
EverBank Deletes the (Now) Infamous Section 6.3.7.3
Zero Hedge (3 April 10)
China’s Insatiable Appetite For Gold As…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.4.10
Ex-Fannie Mae Execs Try to Defend Track Record
Yahoo News (9 April 10)
Panel Sifts Subprime Wreckage, Blames Alan Greenspan
Yahoo News (7 April 10)
Fannie, Freddie To Use Clearinghouse
USA Today (6 …
Geopolitical – Week of 4.4.10
Anger Over Health-care Reform Spurs Rise in Threats Against Congress Members
The Washington Post (9 April 10)
George W. Bush ‘Knew Guantánamo Prisoners Were Innocent’
TimesOnline (9 April 10)
Homme…
Food & Health – Week of 4.4.10
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Millions of Americans Using Food Stamps
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Ways To Lose Weight
Womens World (25 Feb 10)
Monsanto GM-Corn Harvest Fails Massively In South Africa
Digital Journal (7 March …
Food & Health – Week of 4.4.10
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Millions of Americans Using Food Stamps
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Ways To Lose Weight
Womens World (25 Feb 10)
Monsanto GM-Corn Harvest Fails Massively In South Africa
Digital Journal (7 March 0…
Life – Week of 4.4.10
Death Toll in Brazil Mudslides Worsens
The Wall Street Journal (9 April 10)
Ryanair Going Ahead With Pay-To-Potty Plan
The Consumerist (7 April 10)
Scientist Researching Radio Frequency Waves for C…
Technology – Week of 4.4.10
What Your TV Is Telling You to Do
The Wall Street Journal (7 April 10)
China and Yahoo: Investigate Email Infiltration
Scoop.co.nz (7 April 10)
A Personal Cell-Phone Tower
Technology Review (7 April…
A Joyous Easter…Welcome to the Sistine Chapel
Online Tour of the Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture, evocative of…
Celebrating Passover
Jewish men wrapped with prayer shawls take part in the Annual Cohanim prayer or Priest’s blessing for the Pesach (Passover) holiday at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem on April 1, 2010. T…
Andrea Bocelli Unforgettable Rendition Of “The Lord’s Prayer”
Continue listening to Andrea Bocelli & The Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City
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Andrea Bocelli Unforgettable Rendition Of "The Lord's Prayer"
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In Memorium. . . 40 Years Later
“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to …
Here Come China Gold ETFs?
The World Gold Council (“WGC”) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation within China’s gold market….Both parti…
“Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food”
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"Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food"
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The Chutzpah Award to JPMorgan Chase
I just noticed a 3/4 page add in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. I thought I would publish the entire copy.
Here it is:
The Way Forward
JPMorgan Chase & C
Small Business Lending Makes A Big D…
US Down, Trans-Texas Corridor Up
By The Daily Bell
So it turns out it is full speed ahead for the Trans-Texas Corridor! You know, it’s kind of incredible. We can hardly keep track of the pressure being applied to the poor, bleedin…
Federal Reserve Meeting: April 5th
Advance Notice of a Meeting Under Expedited Procedures
It is anticipated that a closed meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2010, will b…
UK Town Prints Its Own Currency
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Tim Muffett went to Stroud in Gloucestershire, which prints its own currency, to find out how it has been working.
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1st Quarter 2010: Looking Back
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The Solari Report – 01 April 2010
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In our year-end wrap up, 2009: The Year of the Giant Vampire Squid, …
Sultans of Swap: Fearing The Gearing!
Ever imagine getting your tie caught in a mechanical set of gears (sorry ladies – but I will spare you). The results are nasty! Now you know what the Sultans of Swap in the $695 Trillion global OTC …
Health Care Bill – Page 1001 – National Medical Device Registry
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The Micro Chipping of Americans?
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Mark Schapiro from Max Keiser on Carbon Trading
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 4.01.10
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, April 1, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 4.01.10
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Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
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To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part II
To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part III
To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part IV
To Rob A Country, Own A Bank Part V…
China Reviews Yuan Policy
The Chinese government is reviewing proposals to adjust its currency exchange rate system next month, Chinese media reported, as international pressure grows on Beijing to revalue the yuan.
The pro…
Military Jobs & Spending
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Military Jobs & Spending
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Understanding Big Bang
By Robert Evans
Scientists smashed sub-atomic particles into each other with record energy on Tuesday, aiming to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang that gave rise to the universe 13.7 bill…
Capital Controls, By Another Name
By Gretchen Morgenson
With all the hoopla over the health care bill, hardly anybody noticed that a job creation bill that President Obama signed on March 18 makes it much harder for United States c…
Treasuries Find Greenspan’s Canary Fainting in Mine
Higher yields are the “canary in the mine,” Greenspan said in a March 26 interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt.” The increases reflect concern over “this hu…
Bill Murphy of GATA Testifies Before CFTC
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Thanks to our friend Robert Ian of La Crosse, Wisconsin, video of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy’s testimony at today’s hearing of the U.S. Commodity Futures …
Apocalyptic Zombie Finance
By Spengler
By 2014, International Monetary Fund official John Lipsky remarked March 21, the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of the Group of Seven countries will reach 100%, and the gove…
Michael Pollan's Letter To The Farmer In Chief
Dear Mr. President-Elect,
It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food polic…
Precious Metals – Week of 3.28.10
A “New Dynamic” In The Gold Market
Free Gold Money Report (1 April 10)
Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.28.10
Mortgage Problems? Fed Can Relate
The Wall Street Journal (1 April 10)
Fed Ends Its Purchasing of Mortgage Securities
The New York Times (31 March 10)
Commercial Real Estate: Half of Commercial Mort…
Geopolitical – Week of 3.28.10
Tea Party Cheers As Tennessee Health Freedom Act Advances
Tennessean.com (1 April 10)
Feds: Homes With Chinese Drywall Must Be Gutted
Yahoo Finance (2 April 10)
Cops & CPS Seize Child From Parents F…
Food & Health – Week of 3.28.10
Meet the Toxic 100 Corporate Air Polluters
Truthout (31 March 10)
New Mexico’s Future
Dreaming New Mexico
Pharma Planning to Dump Experimental and Controversial Vaccines in US Public Schools
The Flu…
Food & Health – Week of 3.28.10
Meet the Toxic 100 Corporate Air Polluters
Truthout (31 March 10)
New Mexico’s Future
Dreaming New Mexico
Pharma Planning to Dump Experimental and Controversial Vaccines in US Public Schools
The Flu…
Life – Week of 3.28.10
Virtuoso International School of Music
Virtuosoism
2009 Migration Patterns
Atlas (2010)
Shamanic Transference
Awaken In The Dream (26 March 10)
Americans Get Set For Disaster Day
BBC News (26 March…
Technology – Week of 3.28.10
Asilomar Dispatch: Geoengineering Bad Fixes for Worse Problems
Mother Jones (26 March 10)
Think Really Different
Newsweek (26 March 10)
Pure Energy Systems Wiki
Directory Suppression
Robotic Plane…
Gardening in a Nutshell
By Anais Starr
The image above comes from a wonderful book I’m reading titled “Carrots Love Tomatoes” by Louise Riotte. The book’s byline is “Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening.”…
The Solari Report Digest ~ New Podcast Available!
Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #10.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 3.25.10
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 on Thursday, April 1, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 3.25.10
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Health Care Bill Promises Lawsuits And Heated Rhetoric By Republicans
By Huma Khan
President Obama will sign the historic health care bill into law this morning, but Republicans are still fighting back with promises of lawsuits and heated rhetoric, including a shot f…
Montana Food Facts
“If each household in Montana spent just $10 a week on Montana-produced food, we would redirect $186 million dollars each year to the state’s food producers.”
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A Solari Report – The 2010 Census
“Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding …
Dave Eggers' Wish: Once Upon a School
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Farm to School Action Alert!
The following action alert came from Grow Montana and the Community Food Agriculture Coalition of Missoula County.
The National Farm to School Network is a collaborative project of the Center for Foo…
World Water Day ~ March 22
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Water Quality: Theme o…
What's On Your Plate?
WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows …
Money & Markets – Week of 3.21.10
U.S. Stocks Rise as Drug Shares Gain on House Health Bill
Bloomberg.com (22 March 10)
SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices
Wired (16 March 10)
Sudden Death For The U.S. Dollar!
Uncommon Wisdom (Marc…
Money & Markets – Week of 3.21.10
U.S. Stocks Rise as Drug Shares Gain on House Health Bill
Bloomberg.com (22 March 10)
SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices
Wired (16 March 10)
Sudden Death For The U.S. Dollar!
Uncommon Wisdom (Marc…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.21.10
Anti-Flippers Buy And Hold Cheap Homes
Yahoo Finance (18 March 10)
More Homeowners Are Opting For ‘Strategic Defaults’
Los Angeles Times (4 March 10)
Geopolitical – Week of 3.21.10
Byrd Rule To Send Health Care Back To House, Rules Parliamentarian
The Huffington Post (25 March 10)
Pope Accused of Ignoring Pleas to Stop Priest Who Molested 200 Deaf Boys
TimesOnline (26 March 10)…
Food & Health – Week of 3.21.10
The 40 Deadliest Fast-Food Meals
The Daily Beast (24 March 10)
Parents’ Smoking Gives 15,000 Children A Year Asthma, Doctors Warn
Guardian.com (24 March 10)
Synthetic Marijuana A Growing Trend Among…
Food & Health – Week of 3.21.10
The 40 Deadliest Fast-Food Meals
The Daily Beast (24 March 10)
Parents’ Smoking Gives 15,000 Children A Year Asthma, Doctors Warn
Guardian.com (24 March 10)
Synthetic Marijuana A Growing Trend Among…
Life – Week of 3.21.10
Central African Gorillas May Go Extinct
CNN (25 March 10)
6.0-magnitude Earthquake Hits West of Manila; No Immediate Reports of Damage
Chicago Tribune (25 March 10)
Little Improvement In 4th-grade…
Technology – Week of 3.21.10
Nano-based RFID Tag, You’re It
Rice University (18 March 10)
Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship
The New York Times (22 March 10)
Federal Reserve Must Disclose Bank Bailout Records
By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris
The Federal Reserve Board must disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest U.S. government bailout ever, a federal…
GATA Chairman Murphy's Planned Testimony
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The formal statement GATA Chairman Bill Murphy plans to submit as a witness at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s hearing next week on position limits in …
The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
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The Solari Report – 18 March 2010
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On this week’s Solari Report, I will be speaking with James R. (“J…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 3.18.10
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 3.18.10
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A Solari Report – The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The financial reform legislation passed in the House on December 11, 2009 is now in the Senate.
The Democrats in the Senate have produced a new version, .
The House version (which surely will not…
Central Bank Gold Holdings Expand at Fastest Pace Since 1964
By Nicholas Larkin
Central banks added the most gold to their reserves since 1964 last year amid the longest rally in bullion prices in at least nine decades, data compiled by the World Gold Counci…
Quote du Jour
“He is appointed to some petty office in one of the city departments, and presently is himself nominated for an elective office. By this time he has also found his way on to the ward committee, whe…
A *Very Serious* Warning to Nancy Pelosi
By Karl Denninger
I know you’re not going to listen to me.
I’m going to say it anyway, because as a concerned citizen of The United States of America, I must.
You are making a grave, perhaps natio…
"The BBC Movie: The Last Days of Lehman"
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Depopulating California
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Kiva: Supporting Local Entrepreneurs
I have made a new loan through Kiva to Concepcion Aracely Herrera Martillo who will use the funds to increase productivity of her plantain chip business.
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Show Us The AIG E-mails!
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Michael Lewis on Wall Street Profits
Michael Lewis, author of one of the defining books about Wall Street excess, “Liar’s Poker,” told 60 Minutes that bonuses at banks bailed out by the government are akin to “a very elegant form of th…
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'Pay it Forward' Pays Off
For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation – spread just as eas…
Money & Markets – Week of 3.14.10
Power Cost To Surge In Three Years
The Sydney Morning Herald (20 March 10)
Record Weekly Outflow From Money Market Funds-EPFR
Reuters (18 March 10)
Greenspan Disputes View That Fed Left Rates Too Lo…