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Someone just asked me for a comment on a Presidential candidate’s policies to reform the sub-prime mortgage market. Here are the items I suggested.
1. Return currency issuance to the US Treasury;
2. …
New Zealand ally Claude Lewenz reminds me that ‘doing good’ first got split from ‘doing well’ with granting of a royal charter to the Honourable East India Company 407 years ago in December 1600 and…
Extraordinary Popular Debt
By Bill Bonner – Rude Awakening Blog (10 Dec 2007)
“What has happened? Credit, it turns out, soon reaches the point of diminishing returns. During the entire period up until…
P.S. Financial Fraud vs Financial Coup d’etat
By Catherine Austin Fitts – Scoop Independent News (11 Dec 2007)
Catherine Austin Fitts’ Mapping the Real Deal ~ A Serialized Story ~ Part 20 of 20 (pub…
P.S. Financial Fraud vs Financial Coup d’etat
By Catherine Austin Fitts – Scoop Independent News (11 Dec 2007)
Catherine Austin Fitts’ Mapping the Real Deal ~ A Serialized Story ~ Part 20 of 20 (pub…
One reason why trampolines may be dangerous.
These 3 snippets from Doug Noland’s Tight Money were pointed out by one of my favorite GATA team mates:
November 26 – Bloomberg (Glen Carey and Matthew Brown): “The United Arab Emirates, the seco…
Money & Markets
Citigroup to Consolidate Seven SIVs on Balance Sheet
By Shannon D. Harrington & Elizabeth Hester – Bloomberg News (13 Dec 2007)
World Bankers Resort to Firebreak
By Ambrose Evans-…
UBS Admits $10B Subprime Loss, Gets Rescue From Singapore
By Andrew Hurst – Reuters (10 Dec 2007)
ZURICH, Switzerland — UBS revealed a $10 billion writedown and an emergency injection of funds from S…
I named my last company after the first US Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton believed in the sanctity of a contract. One of his quotes I often use is “a promise must never be broken….
Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007)
The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when he wrote “For God hath not given us the spirit of f…
Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007)
The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when he wrote “For God hath not given us the spirit of f…
Robert Greenwald’s on-line video on Henry Kravis, partner of leveraged buyout and private equity firm, KKR, “Fight the War on Greed,” does not mention the European Union’s allegations in its lawsuit a…
Money & Markets
Top hedge Fund blow-up news and commentary
Britain’s Rate Cut Opens Gulf With European Central Bank
By Chris Giles & Ralph Atkins – Financial Times, London (6 Dec 2007)
Top CD…
From November 2004 Interview in Optionetics —
Interview ~ Part I
Interview ~ Part II
Pentagon Poised to Resume Open Air Weapons Testing
By Sherwood Ross (4 Dec 2007)
Burma: Junta Charges Monks’ Leader With Treason
By Terry Evans (3 Dec 2007)
New Zealand One of the World’s Simplest…
Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture
The Doing Business Project
Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture
The Doing Business Project
Is more profiting underway from the dump (as in “pump and dump”) of the US economy?
Goldman Short the Housing Market?
See Ben Stein – New York Times (2 Dec 2007)
Cuomo Helping?
See Staff Reports – Ma…
In from Sam Smith at Progressive Review:
The Vortex
A Justice Policy Institute Report (Dec 2007)
ACCORDING TO THE Department of Health & Human Services, the highest rate of illicit drug use is amo…
AMC Chief Urges States to Drop Dollar Peg
By P.K. Abdul Ghafour – Arab News (1 Dec 2007)
US Intelligence Says Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003
By Gary Thomas – Voice of America News (3 Dec…
Montana, Connecticut Hold Downgraded by Moody’s
By David Evans – Bloomberg.com (3 Dec 2007)
Montana and Connecticut state-run investment pools hold debt tainted by the subprime mortgage collapse whose…
Montana, Connecticut Hold Downgraded by Moody’s
By David Evans – Bloomberg.com (3 Dec 2007)
Montana and Connecticut state-run investment pools hold debt tainted by the subprime mortgage collapse whose…
I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline.
I got a call center in Pakistan.
I told them I was suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could fly a plane.
Susan Sontag was someone who had astonishing insights into our collective situations. Here is one that I read recently.
Read the first story, published by CounterPunch:
CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces
By James Petras – CounterPunch (28 Nov 2007)
Then read this story from today’s New York Times (top of fol…
China Wins From Credit Crunch Fallout
Special Investigation – London Telegraph (27 Nov 2007)
Just as the United Arab Emirates are bailing out Citigroup, Sony and
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.:
Dubai Fund Appoints Sony ex-CEO to Advisory Board
By Kiyoshi Takenaka – Reuters (29 Nov 2007)
Arab E…
Talkin’ to America
”Talkin’ to America” is a weekly series of provocative, hard-hitting interviews that is posted in MP3 format on our website each week. We also post interview notes for each interv…
One . . . with courage makes a majority.
~ Andrew Jackson
An excellent strategic overview of the global drain engineered via a
falling dollar…
Dollar’s Fall is Now a Bigger Political Issue Than an Economic One
By Liam Halligan – London Telegraph (25 Nov 2…
Money & Markets
E*Trade Gets Help From Citadel [Must subscribe to read full article.]
By Susanne Craig, et al – Wall Street Journal (29 Nov 2007)
China’s Hong Kong Pilot Stock Plan Will Proceed, …
I just installed a freezer, bought my first lamb and quarter calf from
two local farmers, and joined the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
through the Weston Price Foundation where Solari is already…
Northern Norway Towns Lose $167MM on CitiCorp InvestmentsÂ
Townships Caught up in International Credit Crisis
By Nina Berglund – Aftenpolten News from Norway (20 Nov 2007)
Will Investigate Invest…
PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT – The nonprofit watchdog journalism organization the Center for Public Integrity published “Windfalls of War II.” Here are some of the Center’s key findings:
– U.S. g…
Largest study on angel investing is released by the Kauffman Foundation and Angel Capital Education Foundation.
From the Press Release:
The largest study on the financial returns of angel investors…
Update from Kiva on my current loan . . .
Francisco is doing well. He is working hard at both of his businesses everyday. He has finished all payments on his first loan despite a huge setback; he …
Meet Andrew Cuomo:
Andrew was Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development overseeing the largest mortgage insurance and securities operation in the world when it “los…
US Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Right to Own Gun
By Greg Stohr – Bloomberg News (21 Nov 2007)
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms, a…
Money & Markets
Dollar to Fade, Not Fly, From Scene as Gulf Reforms
By Daliah Merzaban – Reuters (21 Nov 2007)
The Currency Manipulation Follies, Chapter Umpteen
By Peter Garnham – Financial Ti…
I have just added Micheal Moore’s documentary Sicko to my list of favorite recent documentaries.Sicko is a home run.
Thanks, Mike.
“In any event Bill King, editor of The King Report, may have had the most telling observation on the controversy: that the government would have had no problem with the Liberty Dollar organization …
They were laying new power cables which were strung on the ground for miles. The moose are rutting right now and very agitated. He was thrashing around and got his antlers stuck in the cables. When t…
Sh** Happens in World Religions:
Taoism
Sh** happens
Confucianism
Confucius say, “Sh** happens.â€
Buddhism
If sh** happens, it’s not really sh**.
Zen-Buddhism
What is the sound of sh** …
Money & Markets
Belgian Treasury Promises No Default
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Nov 2007)
Fund Managers Hold Nerve Despite Fears
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegra…
Globally human populations are growing, trade is increasing, and living standards are rising for many. But, according to the UN’s latest Global Environment Outlook report, long-term problems includi…
Pete McCormack has taken my Financial Sense Newshour Interview
and provided detailed links and documentation to help the reader understand the relationship between finances and freedom and the finan…
Well, they left out the part about creating 10 mortgages on one home and
using dirty tricks to stop the market (such as Hamilton Securities bringing
transparency to the market as a good business), b…
US Dollar Index Price & Chart Quote
Daily Updates ~ Ron Paul 2008
A day for the record books!
Shock Doctrine’s Shocking Short Shrift
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power
New York’s $25,000 Dessert Sets Guinness Record
By Vivianne Rodrigues – Reuters (7 Nov 2007)
The Witches’ Brew of 19…
Compelled Iraq Duty Angers US Envoys
From Associated Press (1 Nov 2007)
My Nobel Moment
By John R. Christy – Wall Street Journal (1 Nov 2007)
CitiGroup Calls Emergency Board Meeting
By Damian Reece …
There is much talk about the impact on Wall Street and the banking system of the dramatic drop in the price of mortgage backed securities. Last week I heard a presentation that estimated that 94% of a…
I just returned from Anchorage, Alaska. What a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.
The following enterprises in Alaska/relevant to Alaska government and investment flows or mentioned in my …
Stroger’s $888 Million Tax Hikes
By Mickey Ciokajlo – Chicago Tribune (17 Oct 2007)
Housing Downturn Takes Toll on Cities’ Revenue
By Monica Davey – New York Times (18 Oct 2007)
Consumers Face Record Heating-Oil Bills
By Ana Campoy – Wall Street Journal (24 Oct 2007)
Russia To Control Food Prices [Register to View Full Article]
By Neil Buckley & Javier Blas – Financial Time…
~ An inquiry and Catherine’s response:
Hello Catherine:
I stumbled onto your site quite serendipitously a few months back and have subsequently read almost everything posted here, including your es…
Catherine was interviewed on the Talk of Alaska radio show on Tuesday, October 16. You can listen to, or download this great interview by navigating to the Alaska Public Radio Network website:
http://…
I am someone who is critical of the Wall Street Journal. That means, it is important to say something when they hit a home run. They have published an outstanding editorial that is worthy of your cons…
Scenes From the Fringe
By Russ Alan Prince – Private Wealth (5 Aug 2007)
New VNR Catches Prove the Fake TV News Problem Continues
Press Release: Center for Media & Democracy (11 Oct 2007)
Al Gore’s …
The Chattanooga Declaration was drafted and approved by delegates to the Second North American Secessionist Convention on 4 October 2007.
The deepest questions of human liberty and government fac…
Carney, Former Goldman Banker, To Head Bank of Canada
By Greg Quinn & Theophilos Argitis – Bloomberg.com (4 Oct 2007)
Francis Ford Coppola’s Laptop Stolen
By New York Daily News Staff (28 Sep 200…
I am occasionally asked where my donations go.
One of the things I have done for many decades is to gift directly to individuals. Indeed, I believe the practice saved my life. In 1997, when I was tar…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In 1998, I took a first-year Bible class. My teacher was a woman of fearless intelligence who, after spending her work day in a high-powered law firm, had no problem in…
Catherine has written a new article — “How Does Your Money Work?” published in Common Ground magazine, Western Canada’s “biggest and best-loved monthly magazine dedicated to health, wellness, ecology…
Treasury Department Simulating Bank Runs
By Martin Crustinger – Associated Press (4 Oct 2007)
The Martyrdom of Burma’s Marching Monks
By Rev. John Dear – CommonDreams.org (4 Oct 2007)
El-Erian Will …
Gallup: Trust in Federal Government, On Nearly All Issues, Hits New Low — Even Less Than in Watergate Era
From Editor & Publisher (27 Sep 2007)
Who Owned Drug Plane that Crashed in Mexico?
By Jay Ro…
Barrick Gold Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Marketwire – Barrick Gold Corporation
Peak Gold! – A Primer on True Hedging, Part Four
By A.E. Fekete – Goldseek.com (20 Sep 2007)
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I am an enthusiastic user of your services and appreciate what you do.
I was dismayed to open my latest netflix and see an ad for Showtime’s show Dexter: The Return of Americas…
The Green Party has launched a new campaign, Moving the Money to Main Street. We hope to do all that we can to support their efforts and hope you do too.
Paulson: US to Hit Debt Limit October 1
By Martin Crutsiinger – AP Economics Writer (19 Sep 2007)
Mud City Press – Securing Global Food Resources
Not Guilty! Hung Jury! 189 IRS Counts Bits the Dust…
I was reminded tonight that I met a very dear friend as a result of 911. I have been thinking about how many wonderful people have come into my life as a result of the unanswered questions of 911.
I …
Central Bank Split Over Credit Squeeze
By Chris Giles & Gillian Tett – Financial Times, London (12 Sep 2007)
Fed Believed To Be Considering Unconventional Tools for Bailouts
By Krishna Guha – Financi…
Thanks to a very special member of the Solari Action Network, we have been able to post the documentation at the Solari – The Missing Money related to then Secretary of Defense statements regarding $2…
OECD Calls for US Rate Cut To Ward Off Crisis
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (6 Sep 2007)
Compendium on Subprime Crisis
London Telegraph (Sep 2007)
Housing Layoffs
From MarketWatch
A…
Schwab Sells Majority of His Position on Aug 15, 2007
At Yahoo Finance (28 Aug 2007)
Judge Allows Saddam Link in Wyatt Oil Trial
By Christiane Kearney – Washington Post (30 Aug 2007)
Save Sharehol…
Well the fool (or morals tutor as he prefers) over at gifthub.org has done it again. For some reason, he thinks philanthropy is supposed to be REAL. It is one thing to out the criminal enterprise of h…
RE: Federal Mandate for “Pasteurization” of Almonds
To:
Secretary Mike Johanns
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave SW
Whitten Building Suite 200A
Washington, D.C. 20250
gse…
Highly Recommended ~ How the White House Drowned New Orleans
By Greg Palast (23 Aug 2007)
Now Russia’s Banks May Be in Trouble
By Catherine Belton – Financial Times, London (23 Aug 2007)
Russian G…
In Withdrawal Line, Countrywide Customer Muses About Buying Gold
By Alexandria Sage – Reuters (17 Aug 2007)
Fed Lectures Financial Houses: Borrow Quick at Our Discount Window
By James Politi & Eoin C…
We face real challenges in maintaining liquidity in the mortgage market by “dropping” money out of central banking “helicopters.” It is one thing to keep the price of an asset inflated. It is another …
Catherine: I’ve dealt with state and local government in many different – you know, just as a citizen or dealing in business or – and it’s amazing. Everywhere you go, you get somebody that yo…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In 1995, a senior Clinton Administration official shared with me the Administration’s targets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage volumes in low- and moderate-income com…
Will Paulson Ever Consent to Answer the Right Questions?
By John Crudele – NY Post (9 Aug 2007)
Outsourcing Intelligence: How Bush Gets His National Intelligence From Private Companies
By R.J. Hill…
I have been developing a methodology for Solari to determine the total economic return (impact on both investor and living ecosystem) of a mining operation. I have been inching along as my understand…
To paraphrase Utah Phillips, the sub-prime mortgage market is not crashing. Rather, the families and communities induced to borrow and invest are being killed. And the people killing them have names a…
Thanks to wonderful allies Nan Garrett (Georgia Green Party) and Katey Culver and Howard Switzer (Green Party of Tennessee) I had the opportunity to speak to the Green Party national convention in…
I highly value recommendations from Phil Cubeta at gifthub.org. He recently recommended Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family – How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, an…
I have a habit of trolling through discounted DVD bins at truck stops and out of the way local video stores. Such bins are great sources of aging B grade movies that illuminate real politics and cover…
California 2007 Drought Photos
US Housing is Among ‘Biggest Bubbles,’ Rogers Says
By Chen Shiyin & Pimm Fox – Bloomberg.com (3 Aug 2007)
New York Green Fest 2007
Activists Share Sustainability Skil…
Organic Industry Structure – A Chart
By Phil Howard – Michigan State University (Jul 2007)
New Zealanders Decry Ban on Political Satire
AngusReid Global Monitor (Jul 19, 2007)
Crunch Time: Market An…
Organics for Everyone
By Anna Cynar – Utne.com (Jul 19, 2007)
New Road to Serfdom
By Michael Hudson – On iTulip (Jun 2006)
Ron Paul Owns the Whiplash Point on the Political Spectrum
By Michael J. Mi…
BIS Warns of Great Depression Dangers From Credit Spree
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 25, 2007)
Libby a Long-Time Mossad Agent
By Wayne Madsen – OpEdNews.com (Jul 5, 2007)
Gore V…
Credit Crunch Will Shred Investment Portfolios to Ribbons
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – GATA / telegraph.co.uk (Jul 4, 2007)
New Drug Deletes Bad Memories
Bill Christensen – Technovelgy.com (Jul 2, 200…
Several people have asked me for names of documentaries I enjoyed/found useful recently. Here are some of my favorites (in no particular order) from the last two years.
Will BAE Scandal of Century Bring Down Dick Cheney?
By Jeffrey Steinberg – Executive Intelligence Review (Jun 29, 2007 Issue)
Putin’s Arctic Invasion: Russia Lays Claim to the North Pole And All Its …
Vivoleum, Solves Global Warming and Peak Oil
The Yes Men – (Jun 14, 2007)
Regional Economic Measurement Division Interactive Map
Bureau of Economic Analysis
New Age Town in US Embraces Dollar Altern…
Scoop Media is my top source for news on current U.S. government and political events. Yes, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have far more writers and more resources. Yes, the London pap…
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