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McDonald’s to Become ‘Macca’s’ in Australia
By News 9 Finance
The world-first change – a temporary measure – comes after a branding survey commissioned by the fast food chain found that 55 percent of Australians called the company by its sho…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.06.2013
Banks Win 4-Year Delay as Basel Liquidity Rule Loosened
CNBC l 07 January 2013
Global central bank chiefs gave lenders four more years to meet…
Irish Newspapers Want To Pass A Law That Would Mean …
Precious Metals – Week of 01.06.2013
New Gold for a Scary New World
Yahoo! Finance | 06 January 2013
Divisible gold ‘Combibar’ can easily be broken into one gram pieces and used…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.06.2013
U.S. Government Increases National Debt—and Keeps 128 Million People on Government Programs
The Heritage Foundation | 08 January 2013
Between 1988 and 2011, the amount of the U.S. population that r…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.06.2013
Proving The Value Of Crowdfunding, Soldsie Raises $425K And Hires One Of 72 Investors Via FundersClub
Tech Crunch | 09 January 2013
Online venture capital firm FundersClub is pioneering equity crowdf…
Food & Health – Week of 01.06.2013
The Connection Between Diet Drinks and Depression
Activist Post | 09 January 2013
A new study has been published from the University of Rochester Medical Center
Cell Phone Radiation Safety Limits A…
Life – Week of 01.06.2013
High School Student Shot in Calif.; Suspect Held
CBS News | 10 January 2013
A student was shot and wounded at a rural San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday…
About That Overpopulation Problem
Sl…
Bank of America Pays Billions in Mortgage Settlements
By Karen Weise for Businessweek
The mortgage settlements just keep coming. On Monday morning, Bank of America said it reached an agreement to resolve virtually all existing and future claims that it …
John Brennan, Obama’s Drone Warrior
By Peter Bergen
President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA.
If there is an emerging Obama doctrine to deal with the thr…
Bioinitiative 2012
These are invaluable sets of abstracts (data-based to be searchable) covering the RFR scientific literature, as well as collections of scientific abstracts on free radical damage (from both RFR and …
Introducing Holly Bedrosian
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Communications designed our wonderful new poster for 2013, using an original art work from Holly Bedrosian. We thought you might like to learn more…
Quote du Jour – Leonardo da Vinci
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Quote du Jour
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Killing With Impunity
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The ability to kill with impunity is the power that runs the planet today. Assassination is an ancient craft.
Killing successfully for political purposes in the modern sta…
Surprise, Surprise: The Banks Win
By Gretchen Morgenson
IF you were hoping that things might be different in 2013 — you know, that bankers would be held responsible for bad behavior or that the government might actually assist trou…
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
Before launching work on the current volume, the NIC commissioned an academic study of the four previous Global Trends studies, beginning with the first edition
in 1996-97. The reviewers examined th…
Swiss Bank Pleads Guilty in US Court to Helping Tax Evasion and Closes Definitely
[Note from CAF: I don’t know the specifics of what Wegelin did or did not do. I assume the US gave them two options. Confess to criminal charge or be individually hounded until not just the bank but…
Handel – Water Music
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NY Times: Trashing the Constitution for Fun and Profit
By Jon Rappoport
It doesn’t surprise me that the NY Times has decided the Constitution is merely a reference document now. The paper’s loyal readership, what’s left of it, lives huddled on the …
Quote du Jour – Solari Report Team Member
“When you put your faith in the people who are trying to kill you, then things can only get worse.”
– Solari Report Team Member
Quote du Jour
“When you put your faith in the people who are trying to kill you, then things can only get worse.”
– Solari Report team member
HUD Unveils Massive Integration Plan
By Housing Affairs Letter
HUD intends to submit a new rule proposal in April targeting massive desegregation of each of the nation’s more than 74,000 census tracts. The plan, modeled on HUD’s Westche…
Liked the Fiscal Cliff? You’ll Love These Coming Attractions
By Market Watch
So, the fiscal cliff brawl is finished. Washington is breathing easy, right?
Wrong. Three more budget-related battles are looming just over the horizon, meaning lawmakers and the Whi…
Proposed Exchange Merger Brings Renewed Calls to Consolidate SEC and CFTC
By Dina ElBoghdady
The proposed merger of a leading commodities exchange and the world’s most famous stock market raises a burning question for Washington: Does it make sense to have two U.S. reg…
Global MetroMonitor
By: Emilia Istrate and Carey Anne Nadeau
This interactive feature provides economic growth data (real GDP per capita and employment change) for the largest 300 metropolitan economies worldwide for th…
Private Prison Company Used in Drug Raids at Public High School
By Beau Hodai
In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations.
The state has graced national headlines in recent years as t…
Cash Feast Update in Sac, Placer & Yolo County
[CAF Note: Is hedge fund and institutional investor activity the reason for the improved housing prices? Note this story from the Sacramento area]
Here are the latest stats for cash purchases in Sa…
How Small Business (and Jobs) Got Done-In
By Barry C. Lynn
Where the independent pharmacist counted pills, we see a CVS employee. Where family livestock farms dotted the landscape, we see immense operations run by Smithfield and Tyson. Where…
‘Tsunami Bomb’ Tested Off New Zealand Coast
By Jonathan Pearlman
The tests were carried out in waters around New Caledonia and Auckland during the Second World War and showed that the weapon was feasible and a series of 10 large offshore bla…
Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
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By Matt Stoller
Throughout the months of November and December, a steady stream of corporate CEOs flowed in and out of the White House to discuss the impending fiscal cliff. Many o…
Introducing Miki de Goodaboom
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Communications designed our wonderful new poster for 2014, using an original art work from Miki de Goodaboom. We thought you might like to learn mor…
Quote du Jour – Leonard Cohen
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light get’s in.”
– Leonard Cohen
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“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light get’s in.”
– Leonard Cohen
Mortgage Rates For the Year at Lowest Rate Since 1947
By V. Dion Haynes
Mortgage rates, which took some dramatic dips in 2012, were among the lowest on record this year, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday.
The 30-year fixed-rate aver…
House Approves Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Deal
By Dana Bash, Dana Ford, and Josh Levs
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a Senate bill to avert a feared fiscal cliff.
The measure that sought to maintain tax cuts for most…
Congress Passes Fiscal Cliff Act
By Paul Bonner and Alistair M. Nevius
Pulling back from the “fiscal cliff” at the 13th hour, Congress on Tuesday preserved most of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts and extended many other lapsed t…
Quote du Jour – Jon Rappoport
“It’s called, in intelligence circles, a limited hangout. You expose a piece of a crime, in order to transmit the illusion of guilt-and-justice, while the true RICO dimensions are kept out of view.
…
Quote du Jour
“It’s called, in intelligence circles, a limited hangout. You expose a piece of a crime, in order to transmit the illusion of guilt-and-justice, while the true RICO dimensions are kept out of view.
…
Sandy Hook: More Television Brainwashing Using Guests as Fodder
By Jon Rappoport
Somebody has to write about these things. Since I’ve worked as a reporter for 30 years, I know enough about how the game is rigged.
I’m talking about the big mass tragedies. San…
Sandy Hook: Aleister Crowley, Interview Freak-Show, Police Audio
By Jon Rappoport
I’ve been listening to a stream of police dept. audio during the initial response to the Sandy Hook shooting.
At roughly 2:38, a police voice says: “Party in custody.”
Then a…
Gandhi on Bearing Arms
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Of Benghazi and the Liberty
By Barry Chamish
A Texas writer, Robert Morrow, sent me the following:
There is an extremely important book that came out in 2003 and was published by Vision. It is “Operation Cyanide-Why the Bomb…
Harvests and Farmland: Unyielding
The Economist magazine highlights research that suggests farmland yields have peaked.
[CAF Note: On the contrary, demonizing the likes of Monsanto is a very good idea.]
By The Economist
SOME of th…
Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America by Gary Kleck
By Catherine Austin Fitts
As the specter of federal gun control legislation in 2013 rises, the debate is being defined
by primarily fiction, rather than fact. For those interested in shifting th…
Settlement Expected on Past Abuses in Home Loans
By Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Banking regulators are close to a $10 billion settlement with 14 banks that would end the government’s efforts to hold lenders responsible for foreclosure abuses like …
Money & Markets – Week of 12.30.2012
Fed Minutes Show Some Concerns on Bond Purchases
Yahoo! Finance | 03 January 2013
Federal Reserve policymakers expressed broad support last month for the Fed’s…
Seeds of Doubt: Brazilian Farmers …
Geopolitical – Week of 12.30.2012
Bigger Fights Loom After “Fiscal Cliff” Deal
Reuters | 03 January 2013
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans face even bigger budget…
San Bernardino Judge Plans to Reject Calpers B…
Science & Technology – Week of 12.30.2012
A Vault for Taking Charge of Your Online Life
The New York Times | 08 December 2012
“YOU are walking around naked on the Internet and you need some clothes,” says Michael Fertik. “I am going to…
Tax-Status Threat Fuels Worst Losses Since Whitney: Muni Credit
The $3.7 trillion municipal market is poised for its steepest monthly decline since 2010 as investors spooked by threats to the debt’s tax-exempt status withdrew the most money in almost two years.
…
Food & Health – Week of 12.30.2012
Is Sugar the Next Tobacco?
Salon | 01 January 2013
Among the least likely viral megahits on YouTube is a 90-minute lecture by…
Study Confirms Anecdotal Link Between Flu Vax and Miscarriage
The He…
Life – Week of 12.30.2012
Chinese Bride Marries With £100 Million Dowry
The Telegraph | 01 January 2013
Wu Ruibiao included as part of his largesse four boxes of gold which were placed…
Philadelphia School District Plans…
Wildcards – Week of 12.30.2012
Man Captures Video Of Strange Explosion In The Sky « CBS Sacramento 12/30/12
YouTube | 31 December 2012
Documentary- A Silent Forest. The Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees- Full Movie
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London Fireworks 2012
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Source: Fiscal Cliff Talks See Major Setback
By Dana Bash
A Democratic source familiar with the talks tells CNN they have hit a “major setback” because Republicans are now insisting that any fiscal cliff deal include “chained CPI,” whic…
Settlement Expected on Past Abuses in Home Loans
By Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Banking regulators are close to a $10 billion settlement with 14 banks that would end the government’s efforts to hold lenders responsible for foreclosure abuses like fa…
Best Space Photos of the Year 2012
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By Adam Mann
This year has seen some amazing space photos, including gloriously shining dust in the Orion nebula, Saturn wreathed in rings and accompanied …
Dealers Tighten Treasuries Grip as New Fed QE3 Suppresses
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By Cordell Eddings
The world’s biggest bond dealers are growing more reluctant to give up their record holdings of Treasuries, providing support for a ra…
See Where Residents in your State are Moving To, From
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By Mike Maciag
Relatively few Americans moved this year, and those who did find new homes didn’t travel far.
The Census Bureau estimated this week about…
A Quote from Gandhi
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The Goldberg Variations
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Chilling Economic Report Strikes Fear Into CEO’s
Over an early-morning coffee with the chief executive of a FTSE 100 business last week, talk turned to the outlook for 2013. Where I had expected some guarded optimism, instead I heard a chilling an…
Jon Rappoport on “Covert Engineering of Information”-December 27
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The Solari Report 2012-12-27
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Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America
As the specter of federal gun control legislation in 2013 rises, the debate is being defined primarily by fiction, rather than fact. For those interested in shifting the debate to fact, including s…
Happy Christmas from Holland
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I want to wish you all on behalf of Globalbem a happy Christmas and a wonderful 2013 and lets hope we are all going to be a witness …
Quote du Jour
“Here’s what a guy told me when I was just coming up about working on a crew – You can’t be counted on, you can’t be counted in.”
– Andrew Vachss
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What a Coincidence!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Now let’s get this straight. On December 11th, the Department of Justice announces that HSBC is paying a $1.92 billion settlement for money laundering. However, no officers …
Precious Metals Market Report – December 13
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Discovery of Higgs Boson Rated Year’s Top Scientific Achievement by Science
By Robert Booth
From landing the Curiosity rover on Mars after a 350m-mile journey, to the discovery of the world’s most wanted sub-atomic particle, the top 10 scientific achievements of 2012 have …
Transcript of Precious Metals Market Report – December 13
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Surprisingly Powerful Close-Up Portraits of Seeds
By Caroline Stanley
You wouldn’t think that images of seeds would be very compelling, but thanks to Sarajevo-born, Washington DC-based photographer Svjetlana Tepavcevic’s incredibly detailed, …
Obama Proposes Social Security Cuts
By Patrick Martin
The cuts in Social Security and other critical social programs proposed Tuesday by the Obama White House as part of negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner over the so-called…
December Gold Futures Chart
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IntercontinentalExchange to buy NYSE for $8.2B
The New York Stock Exchange (NYX) is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board.
The buyer, IntercontinentalExchang…
Quote du Jour
“Gun control? Its the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. I’m a bad guy; I’m always gonna have a gun… Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on…
A Plea From the Scariest Kid on the Block
By Kassiane Sibley
Yet another mass killing. Yet another tragedy. It is terrible. It is horrible. It is wrong.
People are scared.
People are looking for a group to be scared of.
Ladies, gentlemen,…
Developers Selling ‘Dragonfly’ Robotic Drone for About $100
By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News
The Air Force has spent more than $1 million to help develop a small and versatile robot dragonfly. But in a move to raise funds for the Dragonfly, the developers are …
This Bird Loves Ray Charles!
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[CAF Note: The news is just too ugly this week. I grew up in West Philadelphia. When the neighborhood experienced a beat down, we would take a break and dance. So I am reviving this post fro…
Dear Mr President:
Obama: Biden to Lead Effort Against Gun Violence
Source : Posted by CNN Wire Staff
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an administration effort to develop r…
Agenda Driven News
By Paul Craig Roberts
I have known for a long time that US news is agenda-driven. Tonight (December 18) I was made aware of the extent to which agenda-driven US news drives the news of the rest of …
Sandy Hook, Dark Knight Rises, Aurora, Skull&Bones
by Jon Rappoport
The confirmed discovery that at 1hr:58 of the Dark Knight Rises, Commissioner Gordon is pointing to the words “Sandy Hook” on a map of the Gotham area has caused a storm of inter…
John Seymour – The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency
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The Corbett Report – 3D Printing
Ever dream of a future free from the shackles of mindless mass-produced consumerism? A future of complete freedom, instantaneous manufacturing, and self-designed made-to-order one-of-a-kind goods? Wit…
Maps of the 2012 US Presidential Election Results
Here is a map of US counties, again colored red and blue to indicate Republican and Democratic majorities respectively:
Now the effects we saw at the state level are even more pronounced: the red a…
Two Movies, Two Mass Murders
By Jon Rappoport
The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games.
We’ll get to them in a minute.
This article is in the interest of full disclosure. The easy way out is to accept the basic facts given…
Kaufman: Best of 2012
Source: Kauffman Foundation
The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity once again tops the list of downloaded reports. The leading indicator of new business creation in the United States reve…
A Dialogue on Gun Control
E-mail sent by a Solari Report subscriber to their list, including Catherine:
Shooting little children in their school is just too much.
We can no longer allow the NRA and some people to dictate our…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.16.2012
Amazon Infographic: How a Single Company Gained a Stranglehold over Online Shopping and the Future of Retail
Institute for Local Self-Reliance | 5 June 2012
Amazon, which started as an online booksel…
Precious Metals – Week of 12.16.2012
Precious Metals Summary
The Short Side of Long | 16 December 2012
The recently published update of the OECD Leading Economic Indicators…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.16.2012
How to Beat the Hedge Funds Buying Properties in Your Real Estate Market
Bigger Pockets | 22 October 2012
I never liked bullies. Since I was never the biggest kid in school…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.16.2012
“Fiscal Cliff” Efforts in Disarray as U.S. Lawmakers Flee
Reuters | 21 December 2012
Efforts to avoid the looming U.S. “fiscal cliff” were thrown into disarray on Friday…
Benghazi report leaves l…
Science & Technology – Week of 12.16.2012
The Super Supercapacitor | Brian Golden Davis
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Sierra Nevada Corp. Wins $56.5M Contract for Electronic Warfare Systems
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Food & Health – Week of 12.16.2012
FarmedHere, the First Commercial Scale Indoor Vertical Farm in Chicagoland, Receives USDA Organic Certification
PR Newswire | 13 December 2012
FarmedHere has recently moved its indoor aquaponic and a…
Life – Week of 12.16.2012
Calif. Teacher Inherits Recluse Cousin’s $7 Million in Gold
ABC News | 19 December 2012
A California substitute teacher will inherit over $7 million in gold coins found…
Preschoolers at Play Show…
