
Flash Mob: Il trovatore
CAF Note: This weekend I am seeing Il trovatore at the Amsterdam Opera.
Related Reading:
Il trovatore Wikipedia
Giuseppe Verdi Wikipedia,
Tor di Nona Wikipedia,
Why I Love Opera

Billions in Change Official Film
Published on Oct 4, 2015
The world is facing some huge problems. There’s a lot of talk about how to solve them. But talk doesn’t reduce pollution, or grow food, or heal the sick. That takes doin…

Dominant and Dangerous
As America’s economic supremacy fades, the primacy of the dollar looks unsustainable
IF HEGEMONS are good for anything, it is for conferring stability on the systems they dominate. For 70 years …

Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America
[CAF Note: This was published in December 2012. I am republishing today, in October 2015, as the debate in the US is sadly short of facts, not to mention an understanding or analysis of covert o…

Peabody Energy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
If you think you have had a tough decade so far, consider the leadership of the coal companies. In the last five years, the S&P is up almost 70%. Peabody Energy, the large…

Fox Stock up on Mars
by Catherine Austin Fitts
21st Century Fox stock is flying on the performance of The Martian with Matt Damon.
One of the things that helped The Martian was the announcement last week by NASA that …

What Did Putin Just Say?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Vladimir Putin’s recent speech at the United Nations is well worth reading. I would like to emphasize a section worth contemplating — especially when considering the em…

Welcome to Amsterdam
“The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.” ~ John Lothrop Motley
By Catherine Austin Fitts
When I was growing up in Philadelphia, the boar…

Norah Jones – Sunrise (live in Amsterdam )
Norah Jones – Sunrise (live in Amsterdam )
YouTube | July 2017
Related reading:
Norah Jones
Norah Jones Wikipedia

GoldMoney Stock Down on Continued Losses
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In June, I withdrew my recommendation of GoldMoney as an option for storing precious metals, as did Franklin Sanders of The Moneychanger. My reasons were a change of control…

Beyer Clock and Watch Museum
“Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.” ~Gary Larson
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I was in Zurich for a week to visit with a series of Swiss money managers. These …

Why I Love Opera
“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera ho…

A Week in Assisi
“If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.’
~ Francis of Assisi
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I arrived in Assisi by train from Rome on the Monday before last to attend a workshop on the P…

Levenslied – Fantasy
Related reading:
Music of the Netherlands Wikipedia

What You Need to Know Now
Solari Report Resources:
Entrainment, Subliminal Programming and Financial Manipulation
Audio:Here
Transcript:PDF
Breakaway: The Shift from Global 2.0 to 3.0
Audio:Here
Transcript:PDF
W…

Transcript for “What’s Up This Fall?” Now Available to Subscribers!
Subscribers can now access the transcript for the Solari Report “What’s Up This Fall?” at the post here. Non-subscribers can learn more about subscribing to the Solari Report at the store page here.

Falstaff Highlights – San Francisco Opera (2013)
CAF Note: Next week I am seeing Falstaff at the Zurich Opera – a very special occasion!
Related reading:
Falstaff -Opera Completa (YouTube)
www.arteturismoe.altervista.org
Falstaff Wikipedia
Fa…

Health Freedom
“If we fail to insist on health freedom, we lose our ability to create excellent health. They go hand in hand.”
~ Scott Tips
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Well, good for Donald Trump. He pointed out…

Mapping Your Local Financial Ecosystems
[CAF Note: I am republishing this post – originally published in March 2009 of a taxonomy made in the 1990’s – as a subscriber asked for guidance on the important areas of data collection for ma…

“Prayer of St. Francis” sung by the Philippine Madrigal Singers
Related Reading:
University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers Wikipedia
The Philippine Madrigal Singers
Prayer of Saint Francis Wikipedia

The Refugee Migration
“My record label always says you shouldn’t talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can’t talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can’t talk about …

Heads Up: It’s a Trap
By Catherine Austin Fitts
“The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves…

“That’s How It Still Oughta Be” – Trent Tomlinson
Related Reading:
Trent Tomlinson on Wikipedia

Shadow Work: Your Stolen Time
“Time and tide wait for no man.”
~ Geoffrey Chaucer
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Download Shadow Work: Your Stolen Time as a PDF
Craig Lambert recently published a book called Shadow Work: The Unp…

Community Data
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
~ Ecclesiastes 3:1
By Catherine Austin Fitts
When I suggested the placed-based data opportunity to Michael Bloo…

Remembering Katrina
“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this t…

The Plunge in Commodities
“Whatever commodity you want, other than truth, is available in great supply, at a good price.” ~ Don Coxe
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I keep talking about the continued plunge in commodities prices…

Happy Anniversary!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Congratulations to Diane and John Shear, two of our amazing subscribers on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Here is a picture of them from our lunch earlier this month when…

“Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Related Reading:
Creedence Clearwater Revival on Wikipedia
Creedence Online

Global Equity Markets
By Catherine Austin Fitts
At last I can stop saying “the US markets are significantly overdue for a 10-25% correction.”
The correction is here. The S&P 500 is down 9.3% for the year and down 1…

Leadership
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the last week, I have gotten several questions on leadership – in particular on women and leadership. I promised to republish a link to my recent series, Promoting Wome…

“Concierto en D Mayor” – Antonio Vivaldi
Related Reading:
Antonio Vivaldi on Wikipedia

False Flags with Richard Dolan
Listen to the Interview MP3 audio file
The Solari Report 2015-08-20
Download the Interview audio file
Interview
Listen to the Money & Markets MP3 audio file
The Solari Report 2015-08-20
Do…

Secret Space Program Conference – October 31, Austin, TX
Following on the heels of the successful 2014 event in San Mateo, this year’s 2-day Secret Space Program Conference will be held in Austin, Texas and will be even more power-packed with top speake…

The Tianjin Crater
(Click to view a larger image)
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Given the volume of Chinese exports to Europe and Japan (and how much the Euro and Yen have fallen against the dollar) it is quite remarkabl…

Solari’s Latest Crowdfunding Recommendation
By Catherine Austin Fitts
If you want your donations to go far and do much, I highly recommend supporting permaculturalist Philip Munyasia in Kenya.
Here is his current crowd funding campaign.
I …

“False Flags” – Massive Attack
Related Reading:
Massive Attack’s Official Website
Massive Attack on Wikipedia

Buffett’s Big Bet on US Federal Mortgage Credit & Housing
“Anything that can’t go on forever will end.”
~ Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, 1987
by Catherine Austin Fitts
I am always surprised when investors in Berkshire Hathaway d…

Are You Not Entertained?
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:11
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last T…

What’s Up This Fall 2015?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
It’s August – and the tension about what’s coming in a busy fall is rising. Some of the tension is created by the forces of disinformation as part of ongoing economi…

“Get Back” – The Beatles
Related Reading:
The Beatles’ Official Website
The Beatles on Wikipedia

Letter to US Department of State
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I strongly oppose the rewrite of the State Department’s arms control regulations (ITAR), which could potentially grant the State Department a wide-ranging power to monitor a…

Junk Science and Mandating Vaccines through Document Destruction
by Jon Rappoport
“Government science exists because it is a fine weapon to use, in order to force an agenda of control over the population. We aren’t talking about knowledge here. Knowledge is…

China’s Military Strategy
“Outer space and cyberspace have become new commanding heights in the strategic competition among all parties.”
~ China’s Military Strategy, May 2015
by Catherine Austin Fitts
China has issu…

“Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” – Bob Dylan
Related Reading:
Bob Dylan’s Official Website
Bob Dylan on Wikipedia

Greek Sovereignty & Digital Systems
By Catherine Austin Fitts
It looks like Varoufakis and Tsipras discovered the same thing that I discovered when I served in the US government. The financial accounting and payment systems are contr…

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part XVIII
“Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the …

“Secret Agent Man” – Johnny Rivers
Related Reading:
Johnny Rivers’ Official Website
Johnny Rivers on Wikipedia

The Iran Deal
Greg Hunter and I had a spirited debate regarding the recent Iran deal on his website, usawatchdog.com. Grossly oversimplified, Greg opposed the deal while I was in favor of it.
My chief point was …

“Here It Is” – Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Related Reading:
Leonard Cohen’s Official Website
Leonard Cohen on Wikipedia
Sharon Robinson’s Official Website
Sharon Robinson’s on Wikipedia

On the Road
“I’ve gone to look for America” ~ Simon & Garfunkel
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I am headed out tomorrow for a five day drive to California, much of it along the old U.S. Route 66.
I am curi…

“Says” – Nils Frahm
Related Reading:
Nils Frahm’s Official Website
Nils Frahm on Wikipedia

Greece and Puerto Rico Ring the Bell
“If we had been obliged to get permission from a board of directors, from banking interests, or from outside stockholders, for the expenditure of the millions that we have put into new buildings, ne…

We Apologize!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
We apologize!
You may have noticed that we have been managing repeated Denial of Service and hack attacks. They have been quite fierce this year – coming from many differ…

Trade in Services Agreement
By Wikileaks
Today, 1500 CEST Wednesday, 1 July 2015, WikiLeaks releases a modern journalistic holy grail: the secret Core Text for the largest ‘trade deal’ in history, the TiSA (Trade In Services …

Latest Solari Donation – Indiegogo Greek Bailout Fund
By Thom Feeney
All this dithering over Greece is getting boring. European ministers flexing their muscles and posturing over whether they can help the Greek people of not. Why don’t we the people j…

Pope Francis: Care for Our Common Home
“Yet it must also be recognized that nuclear energy, biotechnology, information technology; knowledge of our DNA, and many other abilities, which we have acquired, have…given those with the knowl…

“Yankee Doodle Dandee” – James Cagney
Related Reading:
James Cagney on Wikipedia
Yankee Doodle Dandy on Wikipedia

“America The Beautiful” – Ray Charles
Related Reading:
Ray Charles on Wikipedia
Ray Charles’ Official Website

2nd Quarter 2015 Equity Overview: Unpacking the Important Risk Issues
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
~ William G.T. Shedd
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Listen to the Equity Markets MP3 audio file
The Solari Report 2015-07-02
I ha…

The Turn Is Upon Us
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Ligh…

“Subterranean Homesick Blues” – Bob Dylan
Related Reading:
Bob Dylan’s Official Website
Bob Dylan on Wikipedia

My View: The Trans-Pacific Coup d’Etat
“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.”
~ H. L. Mencken
By Catherin…

The Worricker Trilogy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
If you like action films half as much as I do, then you are going to love The Worricker Trilogy, three political thrillers staring Bill Nighy and written and produced by D…

Dressing Fascism in Skirts
“Trust is central to an economy that works.”
~ Stephen Covey
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the late 1990’s, I conducted a deep analysis of control techniques in the United States. From my analysis…

A Reply to The WSJ’s “Letter to Stingy American Consumers”
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On June 2, 2015, the Wall Street Journal published its daily report on global central banks, Grand Central. The report was entitled, A Letter to Stingy American Consumers….

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part XVII
“People are always asking me where is the outlook good, but that’s the wrong question, The right question is: Where is the outlook most miserable? ” ~ John Templeton
By Solari Team
We are back t…

“Small Town” – John Mellencamp
Related Reading:
John Mellencamp on Wikipedia
John Mellencamp’s Official Website

Solari’s New Crowdfunding: Liberty Goes to Seattle
By Catherine Austin Fitts
We are supporting our great friend and ally Liberty Bain in financing her study with the Seattle School of Counseling. Liberty is doing great things in this world and thi…

Report from Down Under
“You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.”
~ William Hazlitt
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The way I understand what’s happening in the …

Vivid Sydney
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Vivid Sydney is an 18-day annual event of light, music and art. Nothing is more spectacular than the light show dancing on the Sydney opera house.
Here are several photos t…

Atamai Village: A Passion for Connection and Resilience
“How do we create a community where people are free to love one another?”
~ Jim Rouse
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On May 27, I flew from Wellington at the southern tip of New Zealand’s North I…

“Spirit of the Radio” – Rush
Related Reading:
Rush on Wikipedia
Rush’s Official Website

Catherine in Sydney: Planet Debt
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On Tuesday, Solari Report subscribers and selected friends and entrepreneurs joined Jason Bawden-Smith and me for a discussion of Planet Debt and the global re-balancing c…

Texas HB 483
By Franklin Sanders
I read this bill establishing a Texas state precious metals depository a few nights ago and it has everything. I talked to a person involved and learned this bill was also entere…

Real Estate: Juicing the US Housing Market
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Speaking as a former Assistant Secretary of Housing, an important traditional formula for Democratic Administrations to win Presidential elections is to juice the mortga…

Restoring the Balance
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the action film Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp plays an intelligence agency operative working in Mexico who explains that his job is to “restore the balance.”
…

Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends
By Liz Gannes
Two decades after 1995, the year of the Netscape IPO, the Internet population has exploded in size, it’s much more mobile, and it’s increasingly driven by user-created content and…

“Last Thing on My Mind” – Carter Sisters
Related Reading:
The Carter Sisters on Wikipedia

Recharging with Alastair Thompson, Publisher of Scoop Media
“I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.”
~ Helen Thomas, UPI White House Press Corp
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I arrived in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on Monday. Kiwi’…

Catherine in Auckland: The Global Rebalancing
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A wonderful audience turned out yesterday to support the Ficino Educational Trust lecture series at the University of Auckland Business School. I gave a presentation on th…

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and Trade Promotion Authority
A note from Catherine Austin Fitts: As the Obama Administration moves forward aggressively with the TPP, I felt it was important for Solari Report subscribers to have an introduction and overview of…

Nourishing Civilization at Ficino School
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
~Leonardo da Vinci
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Monday was one of the most inspiring days of my time “down …

Footnotes from the New Zealand Budget
By Catherine Austin Fitts
There are some interesting footnotes in New Zealand’s new budget which speak to the re-balancing of the global economy.
View the budget numbers here
View the complete r…

“Tour Eiffel” – Kronos Quartet With Bryce Dessner
Related Reading:
Kronos Quartet on Wikipedia
Kronos Quartet’s Official Website
Bryce Dessner on Wikipedia
Bryce Dessner’s Official Website

Greetings From Sydney
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
~ Charles M. Schulz
I returned from the Australian Outback (see my commentary Stories of Uluru) to Sydney …

The Stories of Uluru
“Tell me a story.
In this century, and moment, of madness, tell me a story.
Make it a story of great distances, and starlight.
The name of the story will be time – but you must not speak its nam…

“The Thrill Is Gone” – B.B. King
(September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)
Related Reading:
Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89
B.B. King’s Official Website
B.B. King on Wikipedia

Slow Burn Stats: The Case of the Vanishing Worker
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing the unemployment picture in the town of Decatur, IL.
Although the unemployment rate in Decatur …

The Race to Call the Top
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I wonder who flipped the switch.
Apparently last week spin central sent out the e-mail blast, telling everyone to call the top.
Goldman Sachs (who lead the bust of the …

“Scarborough Fair” – Sarah Brightman
Related Reading:
Sarah Brightman on Wikipedia
Sarah Brightman’s Official Website

The Entrapment Machine
“All government money comes with a sock in the jaw.”
~ Franklin Sanders
By Catherine Austin Fitts
While I was at the gym this weekend – a rare occasion when I watch television – Senator Bernie…

Has MIT Lost Its Mind???
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Nights Dream
And who, exactly, is “WE?” Inquiring minds would like to know…
— Catherine Austin Fitts
Related Reading
Ap…

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part XVI
“The miracle of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.” ~ John C. Bogle
By Solari Team
Last week we decided to hold off and wait in making any investments into the…

Celebrating the Life of Dr Gwen Scott
“Appreciate the Grace” ~ Dr. Gwen Scott
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I was informed by a reader last week that Dr. Gwen Scott has passed from this world. I confirmed this with Clifford Carnicom o…

The Truth About ‘Sell in May and Go Away’
By Sam Ro
It’s May. And one of the oldest “rules” on Wall Street is “sell in May and go away.”
Based on some rough historical observations, someone decided that it might be a great idea to stay ou…

“Stand by Me” – Ben E. King
Ben E. King (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015)
Related Reading:
Ben E King: R&B legend dies at 76
The Ben E. King Stand By Me Foundation
Ben E. King on Wikipedia
Ben E. King’s Official Website
…

Catherine’s letter to FDA
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane
Rm.1061
Rockville, MD 20852
RE: Docket No. FDA-2002-N-0323”
Ladies and Gentleme…

Catherine in Sydney, June 2nd: Planet Debt
Catherine will join entrepreneur Jason Bawden-Smith at Enlightened Events in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday June 2nd from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Click here to learn more and purchase tickets!
Solari sub…

Catherine in Auckland, May 23rd: The Global Rebalancing
Catherine will be speaking at the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday May 23rd from 4 pm to 6 pm. Ticket proceeds go to the Ficino Education Foundation.
Read m…