By Dean Baker
“Free trade” is a sacred mantra in Washington. If anything is labeled as being “free trade”, then everyone in the Washington establishment is required to bow down and support it. Otherw…
By Michael Ramos
In 2010, many sectors of the U.S. economy began to improve from the Great Recession—however, small businesses lagged behind, largely as a result of having trouble raising th…
By Josh Cothran, Georgia Institute of Technology
[CAF Note: Ever notice that the more private insurers and the government get involved, the worse and more expensive things get?]
In 1960, almost 100%…
By Chuck Gibson
A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that the bulk of equity returns for more than a decade are due to actions by the US central bank. The S&P 500 index w…
To proceed in the face of one’s own nausea is kind of courage no one ever told us about, but it is the courage we needed and still need.
-Michael Ventura
$2500 Gold Means War
Financial Survival Network | 29 August 2012
Catherine Austin Fitts interview (audio available)
Copper Users Seek to Block JPM and BlackRock ETFs
Institutional Investor | 1 August…
Lawrence Lessig on the Coming “i-Patriot Act”
Boing Boing | 05 August 2012
Lawrence Lessig, a respected Law Professor from Stanford University
Video of RNC Teleprompter Showing Results of Scripted V…
Apple Lists 8 Samsung Products it Wants Banned
Associated Press|27 August 2012
Apple Inc. on Monday gave a federal judge a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves a…
Remote Alaska to Stockpile Food, Just in Case
Yahoo! 29 August 2012
Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather.
Jonathan Drori: W…
HOW TO: Remove Yourself from ALL Background Check Websites.
Reddit 2011
I decided to go ahead and use this list to collect removal procedures from ALL of these websites and provide direct links or ins…
Aerial Crop Circles
cropcircleconnector.com 27 August 2012
By Janet Raloff
Nanoscale pollutants can enter crop roots, triggering a host of changes to plants’ growth and health, two studies find. These tiny particles can stunt plant growth, boost the plan…
By Jim Stogdill
What would happen if we turned off, opted out, and completely disconnected ourselves from the technology that runs our lives? For Jim Stogdill, tuning out brought greater productivi…
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Transcript of Equity Markets: The View from Silicon Valley with Chuck Gibson [PDF]
Listen to the MP3 audio file
The Solari Report 2012-08-09
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Best Books for the 21st Century Part 2 with Jon Rappoport is now available to Subscribers!
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By Nicholas Tomasi
The ongoing food fight between massive biotech companies and grassroots activists has continued on the west coast, with a monumental vote on the mandatory labeling of genetically m…
By John Markoff
At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old way.
Robot arms li…
They’re coming to get you Barbara ~ Night of the Living Dead
By Justin Boldenow, Solari Report production assistant
There seems to be an unstoppable force that is spreading, growing, and changing p…
By Andrew Blankstein
“Top Gun” director Tony Scott fatally jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday afternoon, according to Los Angeles police sources.
His body was pulled o…
More Data Here.
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Monsanto 2011 Proxy Statement PDF
Monsanto Co. Major Stock Holders
[Note from CAF: You think there is a drought? Think again. The push to force GMO seed, consolidate farmland and control global agriculture is underway. It threatens our lives and those of future g…
By Bryan Behrenshausen
I first encountered 3-D printing in Cory Doctorow’s Makers, a science fiction novel set in the wake of economic armageddon. In Doctorow’s imagined near-future world, hulking …
[CAF Note: Since a great deal global debt was fraudulently induced, the idea of a sovereign government carrying out an audit of the legitimacy of outstanding debt is a good one. This is a fearl…
From I, Cringely
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak this week warned of the perils of depending too much on cloud storage and the general press reacted like this was: A) news, and; B) evidence of some in…
By Paul Davenport The Associated Press
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday ordered state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to young illegal immigrants who obtain work auth…
Fed Minutes Show a Slant Toward More Stimulus
Barron’s 22 August 2012
The latest reading on the Fed’s ever-mercurial Stimulus-O-Meter seems to point in the direction of more stimulus,
Fiscal Cliff…
Gold Hits Its Golden Age as a High-Tech Material
Next Big Future 22 August 2012
Despite its reputation as an inert material, nanostructured gold is a very promising candidate.
Fixing the Mortgage Mess: The Game-changing Implications of Bain v. MERS
Before It’s News 22 August 2012
Two landmark developments on August 16th give momentum to the growing interest of cities and co…
Statement of SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro on Money Market Fund Reform
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 22 August 2012
Germany Backs Draghi Bond Plan Against Bundesbank
The Telegraph 23 August…
10 Ways Mobile Technology Is Changing Our World
Time 23 August 2012
From the battle for the White House to the dynamics of a first date, our lives are being reshaped by the constant presence of our ph…
Student ‘Subversives’ And The FBI’s ‘Dirty Tricks’
NPR 21 August 2012
In 1964, students at the University of California, Berkeley, formed a protest movement to repeal a campus rule.
Stephen Ritz: A T…
West Nile: They’re Lying to You Again
No More Fake News 23 August 2012
The government PR machine has swung into high gear promoting West Nile disease. It’s a “national outbreak.”
Vaccine Bombs…
The James Holmes Conspiracy (2012 Full Documentary)
YouTube 15 August 2012
By Mark V
The world’s first commercial space launch pad, the Virgin Galactic Gateway Spaceport, was recently opened in the southern part of New Mexico, attracting around 800 guests at the opening…
By Lesta Frank
Our thanks to artist and friend, Lesta Frank, for this lovely print.
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Sunflowers
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Poinsettias
On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign “Som Sabadell” (We are Sabadell) . This is the flashmob that we arranged as a fi…
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The Solari Report 2012-08…
If you are a Solari Report subscriber, you are cordially invited to meet and have lunch with Catherine at one of the many places she will be traveling to.
This will provide an opportunity for you t…
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks website published leaked diplomatic cables
Source: BBC News UK
Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London…
A transcript of Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders is now available to Subscribers!
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From Kelly D. McMillan Director of Operations McMillan Group International, LLC
McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing, McMillan Group International have been collectively bank…
From the Erste Group Research
The foundation for new all-time-highs is in place. As far as sentiment is concerned, we definitely see no euphoria with respect to gold. Skepticism, fear, and panic a…
In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, Alaska Native people face staggering suicide rates, yet remain determined to heal & thrive!
Historically Alaska Native peoples lived solely from the lan…
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication“
– Leonardo da Vinci
From Stratfor
Like nearly all of the peoples of North and South America, most Americans are not originally from the territory that became the United States. They are a diverse collection of peoples p…
By Chuck Gibson
Congratulations – You just bought a new home.
Only you didn’t get the house – just the debt.
In July 1971, the population of the US was 207.6 million and Treasury funded deb…
“In a digital world, data about money is worth more than money.”
– Nicholas Negroponte
By Pam Warhurst
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunt…
By Florian Gathmann and Philipp Wittrock
Chancellor Angela Merkel wants Europe to move toward an ever closer union in a bid to solve the euro crisis. But she is already pushing at the limits of wha…
From the CNN Political Unit
Mitt Romney on Saturday announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate for the White House — a bold and risky move that energized both conservatives and…
The World’s Safest Banks 2012
CNBC
JP Morgan Liquidation Plan
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Orderly Liquiidation of a Failed SIFI
Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse
Spiegel Online 13 August 2012
Banks, comp…
Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets
Infowars.com 15 August 2012
First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic an…
Army Tests Spy Blimp Over NJ
NBC 10 August 2012
Manufacturer Northrop Grumman says the 302-foot long airship is designed to be a high altitude observation platform.
Spaceport America: Not Just ‘Rich …
Rich Kids of Instagrm
richkidsofinstagram 15 August 2012
They have more money than you and this is what they do.
You Probably Have Too Much Stuff
The New York Times 13 August 2012
When a man named A…
The Mississippi River is Drying Up
Activist Post 15 August 2012
The worst drought in more than 50 years is having a devastating impact on the Mississippi River.
America’s 2012 Great Drought, As Bad a…
Nasa Masons Reveal Truth
YouTube 2 April 2012
“My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.”
~Wilma Rudolph
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Here are the particulars of the Presidential appointments being removed from Senate approval.
Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011
Bill Summary & Status
From a Solari Report Subscriber
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is the most expensive weapons program in US Defense Department history, costing almost 1.5 trillion dollars for around 25…
[CAF Note: Actually, if you estimate for the full financial coup d’etat following the GATT adoption of the Uruguay Round and the creation of the WTO combined with the “strong dollar policy,” the numbe…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The rim of Gale Crater can be seen in the distance beyond the pebbly ground. The topography of the rim is very mountainous due to erosion. The ground seen in the middle sho…
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
~ John Lennon
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dontgiveupworld.com
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Think back a few years. How much did a gallon of gasoline cost then? A loaf of bread? A 10 inch sausage pizza? A movie ticket? Almost undoubtedly these items now cost m…
By The Thinking Moms’ Revolution
They say high-pitched screams, fevers and swelling at the injection site are all common, harmless, insignificant side-effects of responsible, preventative medical c…
By Mat Honan
Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers.
In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted…
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
~ Plato
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Transformations & Renewals
A Gathering: October 12-14, 2012
Information/Registration
We invite you to a gathering in the beautiful countryside of Tennessee this October to meet many other…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
One of the most important things we can each do is to support excellent leaders.
I have made a campaign contribution to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s (D-Ohio) campaign thi…
By The CNN Wire Staff
The July heat wave that wilted crops, shriveled rivers and fueled wildfires officially went into the books Wednesday as the hottest single month on record for the continental …
[Note from CAF: What are the private contractors who manage information and payments systems for the SEC and NYSE? It is not clear to me that any agreement between the two will solve the leakage, espe…
By Kevin J. O’Brien
Ocado, an online grocery store in England, prides itself on its delivery of refrigerated foods: When the company says the goods will arrive at a certain temperature, they mean i…
By Scott Gold
Curiosity, the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet, stuck its extraordinary landing Sunday night in triumphant and flawless fashion, and is poised to begi…
By Phyllis D. James of Synthetic Thinking
James Eagen Holmes’ interest in synthetic thinking, more commonly known as artificial intelligence, was handed down to him by his father, Robert Milton Holme…
US Will Not Prosecute Goldman Sachs, Employees for Abacus Deal
Yahoo! Finance 9 August 2012
Neither Goldman Sachs Group Inc nor its employees will face U.S. criminal charges related to trades.
Fed Ex…
FT Says CFTC to Drop Silver Investigation
GATA 5 August 2012
But such an outcome would be completely consistent with a finding that the really big player in the silver market is not JPMorgan
Gold and…
Millionaire Snatches Up An Entire County’s Worth Of Foreclosed Homes For $4.8 Million
Business Insider 7 Aug 2012
Alan Greenspan: “We Can Always Print Money” To Pay Debts
Greenspan 7 August 2012
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan explains how the United States can pay down the debt. By printing…
Cyborg America: Inside The Strange New World of Basement Body Hackers
The Verg 8 August 2012
Shawn Sarver took a deep breath and stared at the bottle of Listerine on the counter. “A minty fresh fe…
The Great Culling has begun: Will your genetic lineage survive?
Natural News 10 August 2012
The “Great Culling” of the human population has quietly begun. Covertly, insidiously, mercilessly, a global …
Surfing For Change Headed For Nicaragua
Surfing For Change
On August 10, Surfing For Change is heading down to cover the story of a country in radical transition.
Readers Are Now Buying More E-books …
A transcript of Catherine’s 8.02.12 interview of Nick Bryant author of The Franklin Scandal is now available to Subscribers!
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Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
Zero 911 28 April 2008
By an American Traveler
So my family and I recently traveled to Germany and Switzerland during the last five weeks. It gave me a really different perspective, as I expected, but not in the directio…
By Lesta Frank
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[CAF Note: I originally published this is April 2003. I am republishing as we explore ideas to rebuild income and employment.]
“Arise, shine: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is ris…
By Josh Lederman
Washington – The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Departmen…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This Thursday on the Solari Report, I will be talking with Nick Bryant, author of The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal.
Two stories…
By Willie Jones
How secure do you feel about the wireless router you use at home? Maybe more than you should. Researchers at AppSec Consulting Inc., in San Jose, Calif., reported new vulnerabilitie…
Every day Franklin Sanders and I meet and work with great people—people who are hard working and industrious, people who take time to care for others—their family, their communities, their co…
Bank Of America Has Lost Money Trading On Only Three Days In 2012
Zero Hedge Aug 2, 2012
From the just released Bank of America 10-Q: “During the three months ended June 30, 2012, positive trading-rel…
By Carl Herman
For five weeks I journalistically hammered that California’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) reveals $600 billion in surplus taxpayer assets, and the various local gov…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A “control file” is a private record that contains secret information or pictures that are the basis of threatening and blackmailing a person. Perhaps the most famous histor…
U.N. Decides Against Gun Control Treaty
Rome Observer August 2, 2012
The United Nations is no longer trying to draft a treaty on gun control!
Report: Russia Moves Nuclear Missiles to Cuba
Infowars.co…
You Think GMO Is Scary? Nano Tech is Here, In Your Store
Activist Post 30 July 2012
Nanotechnology is measured in billionths of a meter, encompassing all aspects of life from food to medicine.
Things…
The Underground Gardens Of Fresno, California
Permaculture College Australia
This was a grand adventure for a day off during the PDC in Southern California, a trip to Fresno to visit the amazing unde…
Some Spare Change With Which To Terrorize The World
New York Times 1 August 2012
A federal jury awarded $1 billion in damages to the crop biotechnology leader Monsanto on Wednesday.
Games to Sharpen …
MSN Reports UFO Over Olympics Opening Cermonies
MSN Now 30 July 2012
You weren’t the only one wanting to catch a glimpse of the world’s best athletes during the Olympics’ opening ceremonies.
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