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Catherine Austin Fitts – Immense Possibilities
By Ed Keller
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Bron Suchecki: Fake Bars — The Facts
By C. Powell
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In an essay headlined “Fake Bars — The Facts,” Bron Suchecki of the Perth Mint today explains why tungsten-filled and other counterfeit gold bars like t…
Securitized Distrust (or how the $ is flowing out the back door of FHA, Fannie, Freddie…)
By Gary Victor Dubin
Gary Victor Dubin is a dynamite Honolulu foreclosure defense attorney with over 40 wins by the DUBIN LAW FIRM in Hawaii foreclosure courts for his clients just in the last year…
Health Care Law Reaches High Court
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By Richard Wolf
Health coverage for more than 30 million people. The power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. President Obama’s re-election. The reputati…
Hong Kong Exchange to Launch Yuan-settled Gold, Copper Futures
By Ruby Lian and Fayen Wong – Reuters
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange plans to launch yuan-settled gold and copper futures by July, its president said on Friday, as it looks to tap growing intere…
Money & Markets – Week of 3.25.12
Charlesbank Capital Partners Acquires The Princeton Review Higher Education Readiness Division
Marketwire (27 March 12)
U.S. Airlines Seek Action on EU Carbon Tax
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Precious Metals – Week of 3.25.12
Zero Hedge: Can Gold-plated Tungsten be Rehypothecated Too?
GATA (24 March 12)
James Turk: Chinese Gold Imports Will Keep Increasing
GATA (23 March 12)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.25.12
The U.S. Prison-Cell Economy (IYR, XHB, XLF, ITB, LEN, KBH, DHI, TOL)
ETF Daily News (26 March 12)
The Mortgage-to-Lease Alternative to Foreclosure
CounterPunch (26 March 12)
Foreclosures Expected t…
Geopolitical – Week of 3.25.12
High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents
Yahoo News (26 March 12)
Economic Hitmen
Science & Technology – Week of 3.25.12
400 Chernobyls: Solar Flares, Electromagnetic Pulses and Nuclear Armageddon
Truthout (24 March 12)
Life – Week of 3.25.12
The Best SA Articles Of All Time, As Chosen By Their Authors
Seeking Alpha (26 March 12)
Dick Cheney Heart Transplant Surgery: Former Vice President Able To Stand, Doing Well
Huffington Post (26 Marc…
Food & Health – Week of 3.25.12
CDC: U.S. Kids With Autism up 78% in Past Decade
CNN (29 March 12)
‘Pink Slime’ on The Way Out in Montana School Cafeterias
Bozeman Daily Chronicle (21 March 12)
Wildcards – Week of 3.25.12
Pope’s Visit to Mexico Refocuses Attention on Narco-Church Relations
The 2012 Scenario (22 March 12)
Overwhelming Demand: Ruger Suspends All New Firearms Orders: “Incoming Order Rate Exceeds Our …
Guatemalan President Leads Drug Legalization Debate
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina
By Catherine E. Shoichet
On the campaign trail, Otto Perez Molina vowed to rule his country with an iron fist.
The retired general said he would send troops …
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
From Wikipedia
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) operates a worldwide financial messaging network which exchanges messages between banks and other financia…
Student-Loan Debt Reaches Record $1 Trillion, Report Says
By Janet Lorin
U.S. student-loan debt reached the $1 trillion mark, as young borrowers struggle to keep up with soaring tuition costs, according to the initial findings of a government study.
The …
Laundered Money
By Joseph T. Salerno
Under cover of its multiplicity of fabricated wars on drugs, terror, tax evasion, and organized crime, the US government has long been waging a hidden war on cash. One symptom …
Creating Liquidity in Your Neighborhood & Networks with Thomas H. Greco, Jr.
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Transcript of the 3.15.12 Comfort Calls Solari Report Available to Subscribers
A transcript of the March 15, 2012 Solari Report on “The Comfort Calls Story: Organizing the Legal Structure For Your Start Up” is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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U.S. Exempts 11 States From Iran Sanctions; China, India Exposed
By Arshad Mohammed and Andrew Quinn
The United States exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions because they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian oil, but left Iran’s top cus…
The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
By James Bamford
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits in a bowl-shaped valley in the shadow o…
Town in Australia “Kickstarts” Grocery Story
Dennett’s IGA supermarket in Mullumbimby is FOR SALE
Could the people of Mullumbimby own their own supermarket…?
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Double Fine Kickstarter Ends With Over $3.3 million
< By John Callaham The massive fund raising journey that is the Double Fine "point-and-click" adventure game project on the Kickstarter web site has come to an end. As of the project's deadline...
SWIFT Reaction: Iran ‘Will Retaliate’, Closing Hormuz Strait
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Tehran’s threats to block the Strait of Hormuz in response to sanctions are not mere words, warned Iran’s senior spokesman on sanctions. As long as the West ignores interna…
America’s Freakishly Inefficient Healthcare System
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Map of Where GMO Crops Grown Worldwide
By Paddy Allen
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President Obama Issues Executive Order Friday
Executive order issued Friday entitled “National Defense Resources Preparedness”
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[Note from CAF: Yes, it is simply an update of existing Executive Orders. However, why now? La…
Michigan DNR Going Hog Wild
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
In a brazen power grab threatening the livelihood of hundreds of small farmers, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the state Invasive Species Act to e…
Money & Markets – Week of 3.18.12
As the Winter Ends, the De-Dollarization Begins
Hamsayeh.net (24 March 12)
JPMorgan Sued by Currency Trader Over $3 Million Decimal Point
Yahoo Finance (23 March 12)
A Primer for Those Considering E…
Precious Metals – Week of 3.18.12
Turkey Targets Gold Stashes
GATA (22 March 12)
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts – New Moon, New Year, Dollar Oil
Jesse’s Café Américain (19 March12)
Court Overturns Order to Slash Dutch Pension…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.18.12
Mortgage Settlement? Not So Fast!
Zero Hedge (20 March 12)
Overvaluing Residential Properties and the Growing Glut of REO
ritholtz.com (16 March 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 3.18.12
Secret Nuclear Drone Plan Nixed by ‘Political Realities’
WIRED (22 March 12)
Swift Blows to Iran and Nuclear Talks
Asia times (21 March 12)
U.S. Top Court Backs Landowners, Limits Power of EPA
R…
Science & Technology – Week of 3.18.12
Apple Pads Investor Wallets
The Wall Street Journal (19 March 12)
Social Media Scam Alert: Top Ten Ways to Tell Kony is Phony
Black Agenda Report (14 March 12)
Life – Week of 3.18.12
Meditation Helps Lower Truancy and Suspensions
Food & Health – Week of 3.18.12
US Government Approves Monsanto Seed Experiment Across America
Organic Consumers.org (16 March 12)
Composting,Indoors or Out-By Michelle
Remodelista (7 March 12)
New CDC Autism Numbers Coming Soon;?…
The Human Project – Barrie Trower Interview
Part 1 – YouTube
Interview playlist (Parts 1-13)
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
Secret Deals, Foreclosure Settlements,Stress Tests, and Vampire Squid Whistle-Blowers
By L. Randall Wray
No Hollywood scriptwriter could plot a more implausible story. Here is the plotline sequenc…
The Comfort Calls Story: Organizing the Legal Structure for Your Startup
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National Foreclosure Settlement Documents Finally Available
Complaint:
National Foreclosure Settlement Complaint (PDF)
Individual Bank Agreements:
Ally/GMAC Settlement (PDF)
Bank of America Settlement (PDF)
Citi Sett…
Transcript of the 3.8.12 Precious Metals Market Report Available to Subscribers
A transcript of the March 8, 2012 Precious Metals Market Report is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
[CAF Note: Goldman’s head of derivatives for Europe just happens to resign in the middle of the Greek CDS debacle and writes a big NY Times piece attacking Goldman on culture? What a coincidence! A …
A Quick Reminder That Higher Oil Prices Are DEFLATIONARY
By Joe Weisenthal
Sectoral Excess returns
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OCC Probing JPMorgan Chase Credit Card Collections
By Jeff Horwitz
JPMorgan Chase & Co. took procedural shortcuts and used faulty account records in suing tens of thousands of delinquent credit card borrowers for at least two years, current and for…
Derek Paravicini
Lesley Stahl profiles British musical savant Derek Paravicini, whose computer-like memory for music is matched by his creative abilities to play it in any style.
13 Years After Leaving Treasury, Rubin Says He Has Too Many Dollars
By Nina Mehta
New York — Robert Rubin, who as U.S. Treasury secretary in the 1990s promoted a stronger dollar, said he has too much of his personal investments in the currency.
A “disproportionat…
Apple Patent Paves Way for Next iPhone to Be an iWallet
Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock for last 5 years
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[CAF Note: Beware a digital currency in a closed system like Apple. Trojan horse possibilities here. Time to head…
US Military Unveils Ray Beam as Latest Non-lethal Weapon
Quantico Us Marine Corps Base, Virginia
By Staff Writers
A sensation of unbearable, sudden heat seems to come out of nowhere — this wave, a strong electromagnetic beam, is the latest non-lethal we…
Congress vs. Executive Branch: War Powers Spat
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The Face of Gold and Silver Price Volatility
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, Casey Research writes: On February 29, gold dropped 4.8% and silver 6.2% (based on London fix prices). That’s quite the fall for one day. We’ve seen prices that have ris…
Assange: Facebook, Google, Yahoo are Spying Tools
JULIAN ASSANGE RT EXCLUSIVE – FULL INTERVIEW (PART 1 of 2)
He famously warns that social media and in particularly Facebook, Google, Yahoo are among the greatest spy machines ever invented. Once ag…
Pols Fear ‘SOPA Backlash’
By Kim Hart
In the wake of the Internet blackout that led to the dramatic death of two controversial online piracy bills, a new warning has entered the Hill vernacular: “Don’t get SOPA’d.”
…
Money & Markets – Week of 3.11.12
SWIFT Cuts Off Iran As Sanctions Vice Tightens
Huffington Post (15 March 12)
Exclusive: U.S., Britain set to Agree on Emergency Oil Stocks Release
Reuters (15 March 12)
US Treasury Yields Rising
Blo…
Precious Metals – Week of 3.11.12
India Raises Gold-Import Tax for Second Time; Prices Drop
Bloomberg (16 March 12)
South African Gold Production Dives Again To 90 Year Lows
GoldCore (15 March 12)
Is the Banque de France Eager to Sh…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.11.12
HUD’s Foreclosure Report
The Washington Post (15 March 12)
Foreclosures Pick Up In Many States
NPR (15 March 12)
Whistleblower Says BofA Defrauded HAMP
Reuters (7 March 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 3.11.12
Netanyahu says Israel Won’t Need U.S. OK to Hit Iran
The Washington Times (15 March 12)
Director of DARPA Departs Pentagon for Google, Further Reinforcing Government Ties
The 2012 Scenario (14 Marc…
Science & Technology – Week of 3.11.12
Note to Self: Siri Not Just Working for Me, Working Full-Time for Apple, Too
ACLU (10 March 12)
3D Printing: How “Desktop Factories” Will Create the Next $1 Trillion Industry
Money Morning (8 March 1…
Life – Week of 3.11.12
Archive for the ‘Tiny Houses’ Category
Tiny house Talk (11 March 12)
They Made Main Street Their Own
The New York Times (7 March 12)
Food & Health – Week of 3.11.12
Monsanto’s Roundup Ravaging Butterfly Populations, Study Shows
Truthout (9 March 12)
Wildcards – Week of 3.11.12
No, They’re Not Photographs! The Astonishing Pictures Drawn by PENCIL
MailOnlne (15 March 12)
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses
The New York Times (13 March 12)
Annie Leona…
Great Things A-Happenin
By Katey Culver
Hello friends and family,
As many of you know I have been involved in 2 lawsuits against the State of TN with the Green Party of TN. Our first lawsuit took 3 years and ended in a W…
Precious Metals Market Report – 3.8.12
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Transcript of Catherine’s Solari Report on “Living in Faith” Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s March 1, 2012 Solari Report on “Living in Faith” is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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A Solar Storm Is A Bad Omen For Stocks
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USDA to Give Speedy Approval to New GE Crops
By Jenna Blumenfeld
Lately it seems like non-GMO supporters simply can’t catch a break.
In the wake of an unsuccessful lawsuit between the Organic Seed Growers and Monsanto Co., and news that B…
Quotation of the Day
“It’s a little late in the game to worry about anticorruption measures because what in the world is the alternative going to be? If you find people who aren’t corrupt it is largely because they haven’…
Quote du Jour
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
– Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Bluebird
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I am leaving Los Angeles for Ojai today.
A blue jay has been appearing in the back yard. My friend Nina says she has never seen one in her garden before. She says the blu…
Kucinich’s Politics Career Defined by Adversity
By Heidi Przybyla
Representative Dennis Kucinich’s exit from Congress is among many setbacks defining his 42-year political career, dating to the 1978 attempt to recall him as the “boy mayor”…
Special Ops: Engineering the Slow Burn
By Steven Aftergood
U.S. special operations forces are engaged in “more than 100 countries worldwide,” said Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), in tes…
Quote du Jour
My wonderful friend Nina takes pictures of beautiful birds as she travels. This one has a quote from St. Francis that I love:
“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”
~ St Fr…
Tornadoes Kill at Least 39 in Five States
March 3, 2012, in Henryville, Ind.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.
By Daniel Politi and Abby Ohlheiser
Angel Babcock, the 15-month-old found alive in an Indiana field, died on Sunday, bringing t…
This Country Defaulted, And Now It Has One Of The Healthiest Public Sectors In The World
By Joe Weisenthal
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NY Times Lets Walker Todd Denounce Fed For Coddling Big Banks
By Gretchen Morgenson
Stop your bellyaching.
That was the message delivered last Thursday to Americans who today make almost nothing on the savings in their bank accounts.
It came from Sarah Bloom…
Mortgage-free, Tiny Home on a Housekeeper’s Salary
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Money & Markets – Week of 3.4.12
Insight: Coke, Conoco, Icahn Among Big Fish on MF Global Hook
Yahoo Finance (9 March 12)
Why High Oil Prices Are Now Affecting Europe More Than the US
Our Finite World (5 March 12)
Banking Giant Ac…
Precious Metals – Week of 3.4.12
US Trade Balance Worst In 39 Months With Largest 3 Month Drop In 20 Years
Zero Hedge (9 March 12)
Agitation in Switzerland and Germany to Bring Their Gold Home From U.S.
GATA (7 March 12)
Chinese Ba…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.4.12
Vancouver B.C. vs. Donegal Ireland Real Estate: What Will $890,000 Buy?
MISH’S (3 March 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 3.4.12
Obama Admin Admits ACTA “Legally Binding” on Americans
Science & Technology – Week of 3.4.12
CleanPrint: The New Superhero of Printer Longevity
ASTEK blog (2 Dec 11)
Software Gives Visual Representation of Who’s Following You Online
The Raw Story (1 March 12)
Life – Week of 3.4.12
Twin Baby Moose in Sprinkler
Food & Health – Week of 3.4.12
The ‘Vertical Gardener’ on Creating Urban Rainforests
BBC News (5 March 12)
What’s Really Making Us Fat?
The Atlantic (8 March 12)
Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of …
Tornadoes Hit Homes, Schools Across U.S. Midwest, South, Killing 15 People
By Brian K. Sullivan and Lynn Doan
Dozens of unusually strong tornadoes cut a path across five states in the U.S. Midwest and South, smashing houses and damaging schools. A least 15 people were ki…
Oceans
“I have a feeling that my boat, has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. . .
–nothing happens?
Or has everything happened, and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?…
Catherine on Living in Faith – 3.1.12
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Quote du Jour
“Be watchful — the grace of God appears suddenly.
It comes without warning to an open heart.”
– Rumi
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Morgan Stanley Details Effect of Possible Downgrade
Source : Reuters
Morgan Stanley said it will have to post another USD 6.52 billion in collateral to counterparties and clearinghouses if Moody’s follows through on a warning that it might cut the Wa…
Super-powerful Rail Gun in Development for U.S. Navy Warships
By Brock Vergakis
A super-powerful gun that shoots rounds more than 160 kilometres away — at several times the speed of sound — is being developed for Navy warships.
Subscriber Question Regarding Home Refinancing Option
Hi Catherine
I’m a home owner in California. My wife and I are trying to refinance our house. Since the housing market has collapse right after we have purchased our home, the value has gone down…
Seattle to Create Nation’s First Public Food Forest
In the heart of Seattle, a public park is planned like no other: an urban food forest that is free for the plucking!
By Michael Ricciardi
Due to its mild temperatures and routinely wet climate, Seat…
Windows on The iPad, and Speedy
[CAF Note: Your data is in the clouds. NO PRIVACY! Good luck with this…]
By David Pogue
You’re probably paying something like $60 a month for high-speed Internet. I’m paying $5 a month, and …
Why Doctors Die Differently
By Ken Murray
Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. It was diagnosed as pancreatic cancer by one of the best surgeons in the country,…
Wyoming House Advances Doomsday Bill
By Jeremy Pelzer
Cheyenne — State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the Uni…
The ECB Has Opened Pandora’s Box
By Tyler Durden
“…they [ECB] can exempt themselves from a “collective action clause” then they can exempt themselves from any clause, in any sovereign indenture, for any European country. The fact …
Quote du Jour
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bambooz…
Money & Markets – Week of 2.26.12
Inflation Not as Low as You Think, American Institute for Economic Research Says
GATA (29 Feb 12)
Bubbles – Sales of Cognac In Hectoliters
Zero Hedge (Feb 12)
Fannie Asks Gov’t for Almost $4.6B Afte…
Precious Metals – Week of 2.26.12
A Single Seller Drove Gold Down as Bernanke Testified
GATA (1 March 12)
Return to Gold Standard Would be Damaging, Study Group Says
GATA (28 Feb 12)
LATimes Notes That ‘The Gold Market is Moving Eas…