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A C.E.O.’s Moral Stand
By D. Michael Lindsay
It seems that every week we hear of a C.E.O. who earned millions from a golden parachute after demonstrating poor business judgment or cutting thousands of jobs with no financ…
Bernie Sanders F***** Up Big Time
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MF Global and The Great Wall St Re-hypothecation Scandal
By Christopher Elias (UK)
(Business Law Currents) A legal loophole in international brokerage regulations means that few, if any, clients of MF Global are likely to get their money back. Although…
MF Global Woes Ripple Into Heartland
CEO Jon Corzine, center, at MF Global last year: A Senate panel Thursday grilled regulators about how loopholes let farmers’ commodity trades end up in risky bonds.
More than 100 Minnesota farmers…
More Than Just Digital Quilting
Technology and society: The “maker” movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution
By The Economist
The scene in the park sur…
Black Friday 2011 Set Gun Sales Record
By Herald Online
Thousands of Americans will be finding guns in their Christmas stockings this year, after the biggest one-day buy-up on record.
Black Friday set the biggest one-day record of back…
BP Says Halliburton ‘Intentionally Destroyed Evidence’ After Gulf Oil Spill
Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico.
By Vivian Kuo
BP is accusing Halliburton of having “intentionally destroyed evidence” re…
$2 trillion Sunstorm Coming, NASA Warns
From Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin
The U.S. is becoming increasingly aware and concerned about the possibility within a few years of an electromagnetic pulse attack from an enemy’s high-altitude nuclea…
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“The Holiday Season is here, and we’re reflecting on our many blessings, including the friendship and support that we’ve enjoyed from you throughout the year.”
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Christmastime in Vienna
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This Saturday I traveled by train from Zurich through Salzburg to Vienna.
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After checking into my hotel, I wandered through the Christmas market next to the W…
Claim: Clinton Collected $50K Per Month From MF Global
William J. Clinton (left) and Jon S. Corzine
By Neil W. McCabe
A former MF Global employee accused former president William J. Clinton of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory fi…
A Banker Speaks, With Regret
By Nicholas D. Kristopf
If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and othe…
Shock Waves From MF Global Collapse Felt on Farms
By Steve Karnowski Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS—The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and ag…
Who Owns This Mess?
Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist who made enough money in Europe to retire before he was 40. Instead he began studying what makes some countries rich and keeps others poor. His advocacy for f…
The Spirit of Enterprise
By David Brooks
Why are nations like Germany and the U.S. rich? It’s not primarily because they possess natural resources — many nations have those. It’s primarily because of habits, values a…
Radiation From Cell Phones and WiFi Are Making People Sick — Are We All at Risk?
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By Christopher Ketcham
We are now exposed to electromagnetic radio frequencies 24 hours a day. Welcome to the largest human experiment ever.
Consider this sto…
The Theory of Everything (else)
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Assange: Using iPhone, Gmail, BlackBerry? You’re screwed!
By RT News
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a press conference at City University London in central London December 1, 2011
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On The World’s Reserve Currency: What’s Past Is Epilogue
By Tyler Durden
Simply put, “it does not last for ever” should be ringing in the ears of every investor in the world with more than a few millisecond return horizon. And neither do any and all charta…
Fall Forward
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing. Nelson Mandela said, “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you’re capable…
Central Banks Cut Cost of Borrowing Dollars to Inflate
By Scott Lanman and Jeff Black
Six central banks led by the Federal Reserve made it cheaper for banks to borrow dollars in emergencies in a global effort to ease Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis.
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American Airlines’ DB Plans Up In Air After Bankruptcy Filing
By Barry B. Burr
AMR Corp.’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection leaves the future uncertain for American Airlines’ defined benefit pension plans, which have a combined $8.3 billion in asse…
Chris Martenson on Exponentially Rising Debt and Rapid Depletion of Resources
By Chris Powell
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Market analyst Chris Martenson made an absolutely brilliant and eloquent presentation to the Spanish Precious Metals Association’s conference in Madrid …
Locking Up Profits
Private prison companies strive to keep millions behind bars to keep their profits up. (photo: Gallo/Getty images)
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“Despite a falling crime rate and widespread overcrowdi…
Food Retailing Industry Joins Fellow Merchants to File Lawsuit against U.S. Federal Reserve
Contact: Heather Garlich
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ARLINGTON VA – November 22, 2011 – Today, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has joined with the National Association of Convenience Store…
Tripwires to a Market Crash
By Cam Hui
The title, which refers to a possible “market crash”, may seem untimely on an occasion when ES futures are deeply in the green, but the newsflow from Europe is getting more and more conf…
The Economist on the Euro: Is this the end?
Unless Germany and the ECB move quickly, the single currency’s collapse is looming
EVEN as the euro zone hurtles towards a crash, most people are assuming that, in the end, European leaders will …
Secret Fed Loans Helped Banks Net $13B
By Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz
The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the wo…
The Elite Plan for a New World Social Order
By Richard K Moore
This article is Part 1 of a series.
Was first published in New Dawn Magazine
When the Industrial Revolution began in Britain, in the late 1700s, there was lots of money to …
Michael Pritchard’s Water Filter Turns Filthy Water Drinkable
Clean drinking water can be provided to the world for just $20 billion.
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Scare Tactics in Greece
By Gretchen Morgenson
AS the debt mess in Europe deepens, bankers are pressing Greece’s bond holders to swallow big losses.
Leading the charge is BNP Paribas, the big French bank, which has b…
Senators to Vote on Bill “Battlefield” Defined as Being Right Outside Your Window
By Chris Anders
While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are a…
Special Solari Report: Crowdfunding Bill
“Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” HR 2930
By Carolyn A. Betts
House Passes Crowdfunding Bill
On November 3, 2011, the House of Representatives passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H….
Fannie, Freddie Tentacles Embraced Many in Washington
* Freddie and Fannie had deep political connections
* Rahm Emanuel, Tom Donilon were on payroll
By Tim Reid, Margaret Chadbourn and Mark Hosenball
While presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was forc…
Happy Thanksgiving
By Norman Rockwell
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for t…
Happy Thanksgiving! – Alice’s Restaurant
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Euro Zone Unlikely to Survive Intact: Reuters Poll
By Andy Bruce
The euro zone is unlikely to survive its sovereign debt crisis in current form, according to a majority of leading economists and former policymakers polled by Reuters.
Fourteen out …
Occupy Wall Street’s Message For Lawyers
Behind every credit default swap or short of subprime mortgage-backed assets sit legal counsel sanctioning these practices; their hands are no cleaner than those of their clients.
By Katherine Fran…
More Moral Hazard on The Way
By cleg
Brought to us courtesy of senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and one of the banking lobby’s most obedient lap dogs, Bob Corker of Tennessee; The United States Covered Bond Act of 2011 is de…
MF Global Bonds Class Action
View IBEW Local 90 Pension Fund v Corzine (PDF) complaint for violation of the Federal Securities Laws filed November 18, 2011 at the United Sates District Court Southern District of New York
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Banker Heaven: Centralizing European Debt into Eurobond Market
By Barani Krishnan
U.S. stocks skidded on Monday, extending losses from across Europe as fears over out-of-control government debt on both sides of the Atlantic hit financial markets.
Commodities …
Pentagon Successfully Tests Advanced Hypersonic Weapon
By Yahoo News
The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywh…
Cell Phone Radiation
Lecture By Dr. Franz Adlkofer
On Nov. 3, Dr. Franz Adlkofer, former executive director of the VERUM Foundation for Behavior and Environment, spoke to a Harvard Law School audience as part of the le…
Goldman Sachs Advisor Named Prime Minister of Italy
Mario Monti Prime Minister of Italy
Mario Monti (Italian pronunciation: [?ma?rjo ?monti]; born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and academic who has been Prime Minister of Italy, as well as …
NY Court: State-Funded Loans To Private Firms Ok
By Celeste Katz
Our Ken Lovett reports:
In a 5-2 decision, a bitterly split Court of Appeals, said the state’s awarding of tax-payer funded state economic development loans and grants to private…
Thrive: What on the Earth Will It Take?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Thrive is a documentary invitation to a website and a conversation about what it will take for us to thrive. It is:
A formidable intellectual achievement. It builds the…
Central Bank Gold Purchases Soar
By Rhiannon Hoyle
Total central-bank gold purchases in the third quarter more than doubled from the second quarter and were almost seven times higher than a year earlier as countries continued to div…
Occupy Wall Street Declares Goldman Sachs Guilty
General Assembly holds mock trial and journalist Chris Hedges reads indictment accusing Goldman Sachs of financial crimes against humanity.
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NANO Chemtrails
By William Thomas
If you did not enjoy “traditional” chemtrails raining down on you, you are not going to like the new version, which the United States Air Force promises will feature aerial dump…
Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think
By Steven Levy
“What I’m about to show you,” Jeff Bezos says, “is the culmination of the many things we’ve been doing for 15 years.”
The CEO of Amazon.com, in regulation blue oxford sh…
Future Wars May be Fought by Synapses
By Laura Sanders
Instead of the indiscriminate destruction of the atom bomb or napalm, the signature weapon of future wars may be precise, unprecedented control over the human brain. As global conf…
Concern Rises for Federal Housing Administration
By Wall Street Journal
Concerns are rising that the Federal Housing Administration could run out money if the economy doesn’t recover soon, raising the risk the agency would seek a taxpayer bailout…
Is This A Pedophile Sex Ring?
By Jon Rappoport
Mark Madden, a Pennsylvania radio host, wrote a piece about Jerry Sandusky, the accused Penn State pedophile, back in April, while a grand jury was deciding whether to indict Sandus…
18- to 34-Year-Olds Want to Start Companies When Economy Rebounds
By Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
In a beleaguered economy, the country needs entrepreneurs – the nation’s job creators. Fortunately, a recent poll shows that the so-called millennial generatio…
Thank You Nissan Motors
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
Something special happened this week. I finished paying off Nissan Motors.
In 2000, I leased or purchased three Nissan Pathfinders for Solari, Inc. As…
Crowdfunding Bill Would Allow People to Invest in Local Businesses
By Stacy Mitchell
Under a measure that passed the House last Thursday, you may soon be able to invest in a portfolio of your favorite independent businesses. The bill, which won bipartisan suppor…
Sarkozy Tells Obama Netanyahu is a “Liar”
France President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Obama
By Yann Le Guernigou
“I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been swi…
US Wealth Gap Between Young and Old is Widest Ever
By Associated Press
The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for youn…
Catherine on KPFA Radio
Listen to Catherine speaking with Bonnie Faulkner on the KPFA radio show “Guns & Butter.”
Title: “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part One” with Catherine Austin Fitts. Derivatives exposure of Bank …
Money Launderers Not Too Different From Tony Soprano
By Nieman Watchdog
Longtime journalist and commentator Bill Moyers was the keynote speaker on October 20 at the 40th anniversary celebration of Public Citizen, the “countervailing force to corporate…
The Real Genius of Steve Jobs
By Malcolm Gladwell
One of the great puzzles of the industrial revolution is why it began in England. Why not France, or Germany? Many reasons have been offered. Britain had plentiful supplies of c…
Marketing of Local Foods Grossed $4.8 billion in 2008
By Sarah A. Low and Stephen Vogel
This study uses nationally representative data on marketing of local foods to assess the relative scale of local food marketing channels. This research documents t…
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
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Annuity vs. Dividend Portfolio
By Intelligent Speculator at Seeking Alpha
I recently spent an entire evening talking to a good friend of mine about annuities. Why? Because his father was considering buying one, as he has just re…
Corzine Hires Criminal Defense Attorney
By Daniel Wagner and Bernard Condon
He set out to create a mini-Goldman Sachs. In the end, he built a mini-Lehman Brothers.
Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s resignation Friday from the securi…
Wall Street v. Greece: G20 Opens as Greek PM Pushes For Referendum on EU Bailout Plan
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Evans-Pritchard is Bullish on USA
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have close…
CME Investigating MF Global
The New York Times (1 Nov 11)
The investigation into hundreds of millions of dollars in missing money at MF Global has widened, as the CME Group confirmed on Tuesday that the brokerage firm failed to…
Amazon Launches Lending Library For Kindle Owners
By The Wall Street Journal
As the e-reader and tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire d…
Success for Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat Cold Fusion System, But Mysteries Remain
By David Hambling
Against all the odds, Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat cold fusion power plant passed its biggest test yesterday, producing an average of 470 kilowatts for more than five hours. (A technical …
Market Share of The World’s Largest Investment Managers by Country
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IMF May Create 6-Month Credit Line for Countries Facing Shocks
By Sandrine Rastello
The International Monetary Fund may create a six-month credit line for countries facing shocks, officials from Group of 20 governments and IMF said, as the European debt crisis…
Farm Bill Goes Behind Closed Doors
By Marc Heller – Waterton Daily Times (30 Oct 11)
WASHINGTON — For three New York lawmakers, serving on the Agriculture Committee is a badge of honor. But on the committee’s main order of busines…
Nevada Makes Illegal Foreclosures Felony
By Mike Colpitts – Housing Predictor (31 Oct 11)
Responding to homeowner complaints, Nevada has become the first state in the nation to make illegally repossessing a home a felony, and may send banke…
World’s Most Powerful Laser to Tear Apart the Vacuum of Space
UK Telegraph (30 Oct 11)
A laser powerful enough to tear apart the fabric of space could be built in Britain as part major new scientific project that aims to answer some of the most fundamental qu…
99 Percent Bulls**t
Here is the WORST idea yet – allowing the NWO to destroy the U.S. Constitution by making it look like a neetsy keen grassroots movement.
~ Catherine
The 99% Declaration
WHEREAS THE FIRST AMENDMEN…
Perspectives Blog 10-31-11
By Melanie Pelayo
The announcement of cost of living adjustments by the federal government a week ago not only heralded the first increase to Social Security benefits in 2 years, but it also increa…
Mortgage Fraud & Housing Market
Catherine with Max Keiser – (28 Oct 11)
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Goldman Attacks Occupy Wall Street’s Non-Profit Bank
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Mega-bank Goldman Sachs (assets $933bn), has declared war on one of the smallest banks in New Yo…
MERS Subpoenaed by New York, Sued by Delaware
(Reuters) – MERS, the electronic mortgage registry used by the banking industry, was sued by Delaware on Thursday and accused of deceptive practices that led to unlawful shortcuts in dealing with the …
Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fiasco
By Laura Bledsoe (24 Oct 11)
When an over-zealous regulator shows up at a farm dinner demanding that food be destroyed as hungry guests await, who do you call? Here’s Laura’s account written as a l…
Stunning Charts of Manufacturing Complexity
The products we use everyday are complex combinations of specialized knowledge.
Harvard and MIT released a report, “The Atlas of Economic Complexity,” visually mapping the vast knowledge contained …
Urge FDA to Waive Fees for Small Businesses
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) directed FDA to collect fees on businesses that have to be re-inspected because of some noncompliance. This new requirement could unfairly penalize small busin…
Holy Roman Empire – Part II
By: Reuters
The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often inef…
Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry – 1996-2008
By Phil Howard
In the last 40 years, the commercial seed industry has transformed dramatically. It has shifted from a competitive sector of agribusiness, composed primarily of small, family-owned fir…
B of A: US Debt Downgrade Coming
[Note from CAF: Given that the FDIC just picked up the BofA/Merrill derivatives position, you would think BofA would be a bit more sensitive to the branding of the federal credit!]
By Joe Weisenthal
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Qaddafi Is Killed as Libyan Forces Take Surt
By Kareem Fahim and Rick Gladstone
MISURATA, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into hiding after an armed uprising toppled his regime two months ago, met a vio…
Ohio Grad Student Denied Law License Due to Unpaid Student Loan
By Susanna Kim
While many law school graduates are all too aware of their accumulating pile of debt, few may realize it can prevent them from practicing law and kill any hopes of paying down their …
Catherine in Mill Valley – October 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
[Mill Valley, CA] October 5, 2011 – In response to the changing financial environment and the growing need for families to build and preserve their wealth, Catherine Austin Fitts is ret…
Louisiana Prohibits Residents From Using Cash When Buying, Selling Secondhand Goods
By Jonathan Benson
If you buy or sell secondhand goods and live in the state of Louisiana, you can no longer use legal tender to complete such transactions. Ackel & Associates LLC (A&A), a professi…
Cartoon on the Proposed Federal Reserve – 1912
The Mises Institute dug up this cartoon from 1912 showing what would happen if the Federal Reserve Act was adopted in 1913; this is exactly what has happened.
The picture above was taken from a pro…
Say No to Fiddling with the Constitution
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I just got a message from a reader for the third time today. It proposes that we support Warren Buffet’s proposals to amend the US Constitution.
I responded, “So you want t…
Kiobel v. Shell Petroleum N.V. – Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Corporations May Be Sued Under the Alien Tort Statute
On October 17, 2011, the Supreme Court granted a certiorari petition to review a decision issued by a divided panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Kiobel v. Shell Petroleum N.V.1 The …
Transcript of Catherine’s Interview of Adam Trombly Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s September 22, 2011 interview of Adam Trombly on Zero Point Energy is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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Ron Paul – Plan To Restore America
SYNOPSIS:
America is the greatest nation in human history. Our respect for individual liberty, free markets, and limited constitutional government produced the strongest, most prosperous country in th…
Lead Attorney on the RAWESOME
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US to Support European Bailouts
By: Jeff Cox
The U.S. plans on being an active partner as efforts intensify to get Europe get back on its feet financially, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told CNBC Friday.
With global leader…
Catherine Offers Interesting Insights on Wall St. Mess & Much More
By Peter B. Collins
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At about 20 minutes in, Catherine Austin Fitts joins us. With a Wharton MBA and heavy experience at Dillon, Read on Wall St., she predicted the burst…
Obama and Congress Agree: Send More Jobs Abroad
By Deirdre Walsh
Congress voted Wednesday on a bipartisan basis to pass free-trade bills with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
President Barack Obama, who dined Thursday at a Korean restaurant wi…