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Did you ever notice that there is an inverse relationship between the health of people and the environment and the Harvard endowment’s profits?
Return of 8% for Harvard Endowment
By Geraldine Fabrika…
A network member points out that Don Coxe of BMO Financial Group, one of our favorite market analysts, has commented that we have now deleveraged everything that was doing well to help prop up the ban…
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Whether you want to attribute the Federal Reserve and US Treasury’s success to the deflationary effects of globalization …
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
On July 23, when I and my Community Business segment were spiked from KPFA radio, Fannie Mae stock was trading at $15 and…
An Anniversary Prayer — September 11, 2008
Lord, we gather in prayer on the seventh anniversary of 9-11;
We thank you for the many blessings you have given us,
among them the gift of life;
Let our …
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Who were the lobbyists on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s payroll? Who were the politicians who enjoyed their financial supp…
Dear Readers:
If you have comments to Catherine’s talk on Coast-to-Coast radio last night, please place them as a comment to this post.
Thanks!
Anais
Solari Web
Doug Casey’s newsletter reports that the Dow Jones Index companies had consolidated losses in the second quarter. However, the Dow Jones is holding and gold is falling.
Meanwhile, it took 232 years t…
thefarmblog.org
News and views from The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee
Financial Permaculture: Greening a Rural American Community
October 24-28, 2008
Hohenwald, Tennessee
Attend this 5-day regenerative business and community development course and design simulation wi…
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Overwhelming American communities with mortgage, auto and credit card debt as we shift manufacturing and research capacit…
Facing Federal Probe, JPMorgan Exits Municipal Swaps
Business Standard (5 Sep 2008)
“JPMorgan Chase & Co will stop selling interest-rate swaps to government borrowers in the $2.6 trillion US munic…
My focus during the presidential elections — as it has been for the last three elections — is on helping you understand what you can do to protect your assets before, during and after the election, …
I have a terrific friend who is coming home from the hospital tomorrow to recuperate from heart surgery. Her doctors say that this kind of surgery triggers feelings of sadness and depression. So I w…
“Eco-Iconic”
At trendwatching.com
Bahrain World Trade Center
Dubai Wave Tower
Affordable Housing Exists, If You Know Where to Look
By Prashant Gopal – BusinessWeek (4 Sep 2008)
1. Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind.
Median home price: $108,000
Median household income: $65,100
Share of h…
If it is bothering you that the price of everything that is losing value is up and the price of everything that is increasing in value is down, Eric Sprott’s latest may help you stay grounded.
The Ph…
Fighting Foreclosure: Subprime Borrowers Battle (and Beat) Lenders in Court
By Amanda Stutt – Village Voice (3 Sep 2008)
Excerpt: “If the paperwork is garbage I deny it”
More and more Judges have dem…
“Deja Vu View” is our title to revive things we have written in the past that are worth revisiting given current events.
The federal government having to assume another $5 trillion in liabilities fo…
Independent Media Sustainability: A Review of Existing Media Capital Structures
By Carolyn Betts, MBA/JD
Anyone who is focused on building wealth—whether personal financial wealth or community …
In our discussion on “Recommended,” there were several comments on Matt Simmons’ role in promoting the Peak Oil scenario. I thought it would be useful to point out that when Halliburton sold KBR stock…
Only Convenient Caring Please
A YouTube video by Catherine Austin Fitts
I just finished James Norman’s new book: The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century.
Norman makes the case that a suppressed oil price was the most important strategic variable in brin…
Our very special ally Paul Levy is sponsoring his very special teachers, Tibetan Buddhist masters Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, to teach three workshops in Portl…
Moody’s ratings downgrades of Freddie and Fannie preferred last week are going to be bad news for insurance companies and regional and small banks who are believed to have large holdings in approximat…
Financial Permaculture Blog:
a resource for gathering information and conversations about financial permaculture
Also see: The Farm Blog
DRINKING AGES IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Albania—No minimum age
Austria—14
Denmark—No minimum drinking age
Finland—No minimum drinking age
France—16 (beer, wine)
Germany—16 (beer, wine)
H…
LUNATICKLE – noun. The thrill of fear, laughter, and incredulity that convulses your body when you read the financial news in the morning and realize that the lunatics have taken over not only the asy…
In 1989, I was serving as Assistant Secretary of Housing. The housing bubble of the 1980’s had burst, and foreclosures were rising. The mortgage insurance funds of the Federal Housing Administration…
Now is a time when there is much discussion regarding the performance of gold in periods of deflation. A fine piece addressing some of these issues was written in 2005 by Bob Landis, Chairman of Amari…
The financial permaculture conversation continues . . .
Pebble Mine
At Gaiapoiesis – 19 Aug 2008)
Pebble Mine – at Wikipedia
This weekend, Barrons published a piece on Fannie and Freddie indicating the chances for nationalization were rising. Today, the stocks dropped like a stone.
Bailout Concerns Slam Freddie, Fannie Sha…
I have been asked the question, “Why are you coming to Mill Valley, California to give such a significant speech and workshop in August on a Labor Day weekend?”
Here is why.
The 2008 Democratic Na…
Charles Warns GM Farming Will End in Ecological Disaster
By Robert Booth – The Guardian (13 Aug 2008)
Stephen Mackendrick Thompson – 1939 – 2008
Alastair Thompson, of New Zealand’s Scoop Independent News, writes of the passing of his father, Stephen, on 27 July 2008.
Whosoever cometh to me, and hear…
Bohemian Grove 2008 – July 11-27
Wikileaks: Bohemian Grove 2008 Guest List
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 was passed by the United States Congress on July 24, 2008 and signed by Preside…
Place comments about Solari and the Moneychanger’s beta version of the Silver & Gold Payment Calculator here.
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On August 12, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times that Hillary Clinton is planning on staging a commotion at the Democratic convention at the end of August. During the day, I keep hearing rumors…
Even Bloomberg is saying something stinks on the Bear Stearns option trading:
Bringing Down Bear Began as $1.7 Million of Options
By Gary Matsumoto – Bloomberg.com (11 Aug 2008)
Nestlé to renegotiate McCloud Deal
By David Benda – Redding News (6 Aug 2008)
“Nestle Waters North America announced Tuesday it’s pulling out of its original contract with McCloud Community Services …
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008:
An Analysis by Catherine Austin Fitts
~ Click here for the full article.
If there is to be any blessing in this housing bill, perhaps it will be to so …
In the Destruction of the Old, Let There Be the Creation of the New
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is now marketing a new documentary called I.O.U.S.A. I have only seen the trailer. Based on readin…
Gauging life by the Koolee Index
by Micheal Overall – Tulsa World.com (11 Aug 2008
The Two Great Financial Mysteries of Our Time: Missing Money and Collateral Fraud
There are two great financial mysteries in America:
where is all the missing money and how do we get it back?
…
Excerpt:
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth … later was removed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which said he had lost his objectivity. The government had asked t…
Andrew Cuomo Owes Us $5 Trillion
It is not easy to engineer the bankrupting of the American middle class and the U.S. government.
Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve banks and their members can p…
The Tapeworm Corporation Comes Out of the Closet
(Comparison Chart: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the DOW, 1989-2008)
Eisenhower warned us about a military industrial complex. I have read that he had …
When my dog Forest died earlier this year, I was faced with the prospect of raising a new dog while traveling. I discussed my challenge with a farmer who lives nearby. She agreed to share one of her f…
Computing For Everyone Who Can’t Afford Their Own Personal IT Department
By Court Skinner
Computers are a necessity for success in our modern era, but owning and using one has become increasingly c…
$4 trillion missing from the federal government, collateral fraud and 9-11. . .
Dead and Buried, But Not Forgotten by Rob Kirby
Withholding Taxes Chart – Current through the Daily Treasury Statement dated August 4, 2008
From Matt Trivisonno’s Blog
~ Thanks to The King Report for pointing this out.
Triskaidekaphobia – A phobia of number 13
Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure near Moscow on August 3, 2008 at, at the age of 89.
Putin Says Solzhenitsyn Death is Loss For Russia
By Maria Go…
It looks like Royal Dutch Shell will end up paying about $600 million in connection with global class action lawsuits and enforcement that were triggered by its reclassifications of its oil and gas re…
Overview
I have had several requests to comment on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
This afternoon I read hundreds of pages of bill language. Essentially, my take on the bill is that …
Nation State or Investment Syndicate?
One of the instructive features of the housing bill is the nature of creditor politics that is a subtext on housing and mortgage politics these days. One invest…
Your House Is Bigger than My House
When I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, then Secretary of HUD Jack Kemp asked me to his office for a private discussion. He explai…
The Profits of Playing Ball
The housing bill brings up a number of important questions about the risks and rewards that result from government subsidy and bail outs.
One recent market commentator p…
Where Is the Collateral?
Any government official asked to come up with a workout plan for troubled financial institutions, large portfolios of financial assets and liabilities and/or places that are…
What will be the successful business models of the future? This is an important conversation and our ally at Gaia Emerging has some thoughts. This is right in line with the mission investing conversa…
Pacifica Station Blacklists Commentator on Business & Economics
By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (1 Aug 2008)
Admittedly Catherine Austin Fitts has a pretty unusual background for a commenta…
My being censored (1) (2) (3) is your financial opportunity.
KPFA was going to provide our 2-CD audio seminar Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times as a premium for donations of $120….
Let me repeat something I said many times when I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner during Bush I, lead financial advisor to FHA during the Clinton Administration, an in…
Sometimes it pays to NOT understand what is going on. Can you imagine being the person who had to write the current announcement on the Bear Stearns website if you were fully educated to the real deal…
Reading the Solari webstats is always a fascinating prospect.
Ever since the sub-prime meltdown last August, the big mystery when I fire up my systems each morning is guessing who will be the larges…
For those of you following the censorship of Community Business on Flashpoints by KPFA and the finances of KPFA and Pacifica Foundation including their tax-exempt status, federal government funding, b…
John:
My assessment is that 90% of the value of the U.S. dollar comes from the U.S. military. After we had our satellite systems in place, Cheney said “deficits don’t matter.” The US debt and defic…
This Friday, we will experience a solar eclipse. Here are links to learn more:
NASA Eclipse Web Site
Solari Eclipse of August 1, 2008 – at Wikipedia
When I was wealthy, I would occasionally commission artwork. While I am rebuilding my wealth, I am going to post the people I intend to commission. One of my dearest friends, Susan Johann, is a phot…
If a Single Household Loses $250,000, a Community Loses $3.3 Billion
As someone who lives in a rural community where everyone knows everyone else, I love to see people and communities prosper. In m…
In our new audio seminar, Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times, among the many issues we address are one of the risks of holding your savings in a currency that is falling in value re…
This weekend each American became liable for another approximately $2,666 of debt (and counting) to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Congress Backs Rescue Package
By A…
NAB Will Shock Wall Street
By Robert Gottliebsen – Business Spectator, Australia (25 Jul 2008)
To the Business Speculator, Australia:
Good piece. Thanks.
You stated that “NAB had a 55 per cent loss…
Given the suspension of Community Business – a segment I have been doing on Flashpoints on Wednesday night with Dennis Bernstein, I thought I would take a look at KPFA Radio’s financial informati…
New Green Deal Same as the Last
Gaiapoiesis Blog (21 Jul 2008)
“The deep answer to all of the myriad of social justice, environmental justice, and resource depletion problems lies not in centralized …
Imagine if hundreds of student associations globally formed syndicates. Two hundred student associations at $5,000 each would create a $1MM in winnings.
AUSA Offers $5000 for Citizen’s Arrest of Rice…
Sasha Lilley
Interim Program Director
ipd@kpfa.org
Lemlem Rijio
Interim General Manager for KPFA
igm@kpfa.org
Dear Lemlem and Sasha:
I learned from e-mail which was cc:ed to me yesterday that:
1. …
I just got a call this morning from another tenant in a HUD affordable building that a large developer would like to control and tear down. These calls trickle in.
If you think predatory lending is …
Spin #1: The problem has been unregulated markets.
Real Deal: The problem was a debt bubble engineered by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government with massive amounts of government guaranteed deb…
For a number of years I have been interested in the impact of the solar cycle on weather, mood and other aspects of our lives that impact the economy and markets. I am convinced that understanding our…
Case-Schiller Home Prices and Consumer Confidence Index
By Natalie – Swivel Preview (10 Jul 2008)
SEC Short-Sale Rule Gets Negative Reviews
By Kara Scannell – Wall Street Journal (19 Jul 2008)
The Backbone Campaign has asked Cabinet nominees to record recommendations for candidate positions. Here’s mine as nominee for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Listen here >>>
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We live in a flow of economic warfare. There are no markets. There are resources, politics that weave into highly complex legal and regulatory issues, as well as operational and market issues which im…
Posted On: Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:33:00 PM EST
“Receiving Share Certificates For Stocks In An IRA Without Being Penalized”
Author: Jim Sinclair
Dear CIGAs,
The following comes with a disclaimer a…
“Sir John Templeton was an investor and mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to religion and science. Templeton was born in the town of Winchester, Tennessee. He attended Yale Univers…
One of my favorite stories about community development was told to me by Jim Rouse and his colleagues about what happened at the charrette sponsored by the Rouse Company to design the planned city of …
If we look at a community as a financial ecosystem with financial sustainability as one of our goals in achieving overall sustainability, one of the questions we should ask as we reduce waste is “who …
Sometimes, it helps to step back and see the big picture.
Let’s say that I serve as the depository for a large government and I also own the central bank. I get my partners appointed to run the gover…
Fannie and Freddie are down again this morning…
Fed’s Discount Window Said Open to Fannie and Freddie
By Romain Bostick – Bloomberg News (11 Jul 2008)
In 1997, in my attempt to persuade US leaders…
Our evaporating mortgage bubble represents the culmination of a long evolution of systemic mortgage fraud in the United States. If you want to understand the deeper story, here is the the update we wr…
Fannie and Freddie are down this morning:
One consensus is emerging on line that the Fed is to blame for mortgage market woes:
Who Killed the Economy? – At Portfolio.com (24 Jun 2008)
The respon…
I am quite inspired these days by the folks I am working with on sustainability issues here in Tennessee. (Example: see Financial Permaculture ) I asked one of our sustainability leaders recently for…
Here is the heartwarming story of two British activists, Helen Steel and David Morris, achieving the impossible by rewarding McDonald’s lawsuit against them with a PR nightmare, a watchdog website “Mc…
The inflation of the U.S. financial and mortgage finance stocks that began in the mid-1990’s with institution of the strong dollar policy, the suppression of the gold price and the movement of signifi…
I grew up in a community where all the kids freely used the “F” word. Then I went to work on Wall Street, where the “F” word was quite common. If you want a taste of the Wall Street culture multivaria…
“In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen Hughes, I had a meeting with a senior adviser to B…
We had our July 4th Parade this morning. We had our three fire trucks, lots of ATVs brimming with kids and flags and a procession of beautiful, polished tractors and farm equipment. One mysterious gen…
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was a five-term United States Senator from North Carolina, and a member of the Republican Party. He served as chairman of the Senate Fore…
I don’t know which is more nourishing – getting to know my cousin Jane or getting some of the Powell Farm’s sweet corn grown by her husband Billy and son Bob. You can do both this Saturday at the Farm…
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