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“Sometimes I sense what seems to be the shifting of some tectonic plate beneath our own feet and a slight shiver runs down my back that I have to willfully shake off. When I am in the slough of …
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Bernie Sanders: “Guess Which 10 Companies Aren’t Paying Their Share”
Bernie Sanders on The Ten Worst Corporate Tax Avoiders: It’s Time for Them to Pay up and Share the Sacrifice
The following is a news release from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont-I)
Whil…
GLD vs. SPY
As gold has soared close to $1,900 an ounce on market turmoil in recent weeks, the SPDR Gold Shares exchange traded fund GLD, has passed the SPDR S&P 500 SPY to become the largest ETF measured by …
German Village Proves: Local Leadership + Engineers + Local Investment Works
By Christie Allen
Wildpoldsried produces 321 percent more energy than it needs and is generating $5.7 million in annual revenue — a remarkable accomplishment for a modest farming community that h…
Blankfein Hires Defense Attorney; Goldman Down $3 Billion After Close
By Courtney Comstock
Is the Goldman Sachs CEO facing a new lawsuit?
The market seems to think so. Goldman Sachs just tanked in minutes before the close after news that Lloyd Blankfein hired a …
Did Hedge Fund Operator Barry Rosenstein Just Get the S&P Chairman Fired?
By Abhishek Takle,Wayne Cole and Mark Bendeich
The chief of Standard & Poor’s will step down next month, to be replaced by a senior Citibank executive, in a move announced a few weeks after the…
MyBitcoin: “What Did You Think We Did After the Hack? We Got S**tfaced”
By Adrianne Jeffries
The popular Bitcoin transaction processor that disappeared from the internet about 10 days ago, taking at least tens of thousands of Bitcoins in user deposits with it, has be…
Quontron Resonance System
On the last Solari Report, Adam Trombly and I discussed the Quontron Resonance System which we both use. A number of subscribers have asked for a link to make sure they understand the system we were…
The Fed’s Secret $1.2 Trillion Liquidity Lifelines
Click to view Interactive Graphic by David Yanofsky
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A Vote of Confidence for Elizabeth Warren
Question for Catherine:
As a foreigner (Canadian), I am nearly as concerned about the state of American politics as those at home. I hope you can find a moment to give me your opinion of Elizabeth …
Social Security Disability on Verge of Insolvency?
By Stephen Ohlemacher
Washington (AP) — Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security’s disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system towa…
Solving The Mystery of WTC 7
Narrated By Ed Asner and Architect Richard Gage
Continue reading the article . . .
Note:
The SEC has not quantified the number of active cases in which substantial files were destroyed [by the col…
He’s A Solar Pioneer, And Barely A Teen
By Pete Danko
One would be excused for suspecting that Aidan Dwyer, said to be 13, is in fact a small, very young-looking, 37-year-old college-educated con-man of the highest order. Such is not the…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.21.11
UN to Unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan Assets
xinhuanet.com (26 Aug 11)
Ratings Agencies Reaffirm Germany’s AAA After Downgrade Rumor May Have Triggered A DAX Selloff
Business Insider (25 Aug 11)
Buf…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.21.11
Precious Metal Margin Warfare Jumps The Pacific, As Shanghai Hikes Gold Margins For Second Time In A Month, Prepares To Crush Silver
Zero Hedge (23 Aug 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.21.11
Another Look at China’s Property Market and Financial System Stresses
Asia Insight (Aug 2011)
Request for Information:
Enterprise/FHA REO Asset Disposition (PDF)
RFIFinal (10 Aug 11)
NY Attorney…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.21.11
Goldman Launches Probe For To Find Out Who’s Behind The @GSElevator Twitter Account
Business Insider (26 Aug 11)
FCC to Investigate Cell Phone Logjam After Earthquake
CNN (25 Aug 11)
Drudge Exclusiv…
Food & Health – Week of 8.21.11
ConAgra Sued Over GMO ‘100% Natural’ Cooking Oils
Food Safety News (24 Aug 11)
Alice Waters: Edible Education
Nowness (24 Aug 11)
Quantron Resonance System (QRS)
Quantron Medicine (Aug 2011)
Life – Week of 8.21.11
More Cracks Found in Washington Monument
NBC Washington (25 Aug 11)
Motown Hitmaker Nick Ashford Passes Away at 70
The Music Mix EW.com (23 Aug 11)
Bill Moyers to Return to TV With a New Series
Tru…
Science & Technology – Week of 8.21.11
Google Pays $500 Million to Settle DOJ Case Over Illegal Drug Ads
CNN Money (24 Aug 11)
Apple’s Steve Jobs Abruptly Resigns as CEO
USA Today (25 Aug 11)
‘Psychological Screening’ the New TSA Securit…
A Review of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why
by Catherine Austin Fitts
One of my favorite books is Laurence Gonzales’ Deep Survival .
Laurence has joined me on The Solari Report — I highly recommend this interview to subscribers – Deep Surv…
Quote du Jour
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
~ Aeschylus
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Wikipedia
Emord on Food Freedom
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Indecision 2012 – Corn Polled Edition – Ron Paul & the Top Tier
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Shadowstats: Inflation at 11.2%
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Samaritan Ministries: An Alternative to Health Insurance?
Samaritan Ministries International is a worldwide health care ministry that provides a non-insurance, non-government way for members from all parts of the Body of Christ to join in bearing one anoth…
U.S. Inquiry Is Said to Focus on S.&P. Ratings
By Louise Story
The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leadin…
Morgan Stanley Cuts Global Growth Forecast With U.S. ‘Close’ to Recession
By Paul Panckhurst
Morgan Stanley cut its forecast for global growth this year, citing an “insufficient” policy response to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, weakened confidence and the prospec…
Chavez Orders $11 Billion of Gold Home
By Daniel Cancel and Nathan Crooks
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the central bank to repatriate $11 billion of gold reserves held in developed nations’ institutions such as the Bank of…
Dark Crosses Everywhere
By Cam Hui
I reviewed many of the world’s stock market charts this weekend and what I found were numerous Dark Crosses where the 50-day moving averaged and crossed under the 200 day-day moving averag…
Voila! The Failure of Centralization Means More Centralization
By Greg Keller and Juergen Baetz
Paris (AP) — France and Germany called on Tuesday for a “new economic government” for Europe, with mandatory balanced budgets enshrined in the constitutions of all…
Congressman Kucinich on Social Security
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Silver Gold Calculator Available at iTunes! Are You Ready for “JUST DO IT” Currency?
Announcing the Silver Gold Calculator from Solari and The Moneychanger now available at the iTunes store!
It’s been a while in coming, but it’s available now. Solari and The Moneychanger’s Silver an…
Quote du Jour
Which leads into the ‘thought’ I’d like to share. That is, to keep in mind that we are in EndGame, and that the ShockDoctrine is in effect. That is to say, the Gloves Are Off. That which you believe…
Catherine Austin Fitts: Time Monk Radio Network Interviews
Catherine Austin Fitts on TMRN Radio
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Quote du Jour
If you violated the conformity of the ancient church you might have found yourself branded a heretic or an apostate. Today, if you violate the rules of the secular culture you may find yourself bran…
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Insurance Mandate
By David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau
Reporting from Washington — A federal appeals court struck down a pillar of President Obama’s national healthcare law, ruling Congress does…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.14.11
Unemployment in July Rose in 28 States, Fell in 9
Yahoo Finance (19 Aug 11)
Bank of America Plans Big Layoffs to Cut Costs
The New York Times (19 Aug 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.14.11
Matt Stoller: Memo to Reporters – How to Cover the 50 State Attorney General Foreclosure Settlement Talks
Naked Capitalism (17 Aug 11)
92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents — Banks…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.14.11
US: Meet Verizon’s Newest Security Force: Blackwater
Sott.net (18 Aug 11)
Dag Hammarskjöld: Evidence Suggests UN Chief’s Plane Was Shot Down
Guardian.co.uk (17 Aug 11)
Whistleblower Claims Massive…
Food & Health – Week of 8.14.11
The Dark Side of ‘Smart’ Meters
YouTube (1 Nov 10)
Urban Foraging in Atlanta
The New York Times (11 Aug 11)
YouTube
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Life – Week of 8.14.11
Oktapodi: Film School Project
InnovationNews Daily (21 April 11)
Those Challenging Books Find Strength in Numbers
USA Today (6 Dec 10)
The Rich Are Different – and Not in a Good Way, Studies Sugges…
Science & Technology – Week of 8.14.11
Science ‘Bulletproof Human Skin’ Made From Spider Silk
FoxNews.com (17 Aug 11)
Electronic Skin Tattoo with RFID Technology to Facilitate Monitoring
The Vigilant Citizen (13 Aug 11)
22 More “Fake” Ap…
Macro Commentary: The Cost of Fiat Money and Gold [Is a Swap from Gold to Land and Real Estate Brewing?]
Submitted by Brian Rogers of Fator Securities
Markets are trading sharply lower this morning after yesterday’s late afternoon rally on the change in language in the Fed statement that will keep sho…
Precious Metals Market Report – Mr. Global’s Squeeze Play
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Well, you have to give Mr. Global credit.
First he engineers another pass on taxing corporations and the wealthy in the latest round of US budget talks, making it l…
Gold Charts
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Being Like Soros in Buying Farmland Reaps Annual Gains of 16%
Perry Vieth, Co-Founder of Ceres Partners, stands in front of corn crops in Granger, Indiana on June 22, 2011.
By Seth Lubove
Perry Vieth baled hay on a neighbor’s farm in Wisconsin for two summe…
White House Seeks Ideas to Shrink Foreclosure Glut
By Margaret Chadbourn
The Obama administration is looking for new ideas to shrink a glut of foreclosed properties held by mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (OTC BB:FNMA.OB – News) and Freddie Mac…
Marilyn Monroe in Chicago
By Erica Orden and Jack Nicas
Marilyn Monroe Sculpture, Skirt Billowing, Has Windy City Breathing Heavily
CHICAGO—Marilyn Monroe was always larger than life. But here in the Windy City, the bomb…
Jackie O Believed LBJ Conspired to Assassinate JFK
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
Jackie O believed LBJ conspired to have her husband assassinated, according to tapes she made in 1964 with the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., which will be revealed…
Lockheed Delivers Hypersonic Good News for the US Dollar?
An experimental, arrowhead-shaped aircraft that could reach blistering speeds of 13,000 mph above the Pacific Ocean is set to blast off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa B…
Quote Du Jour
Remember Rhett Butler’s famous line in Gone With the Wind, when Scarlet asks him how he has managed to do so well during the Civil War. He says,
“Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in th…
Financial Coup d’Etat
[Note from CAF: This post was originally published here in February of 2009.
In light of recent events, I am republishing.]
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the fall of 2001 I attended a private…
Central Bankers Will Soon Feel The Pressure For More QE
By Nils Pratley
The US finished its last round of quantitative easing just five weeks ago. But the cries for more will grow deafening if the economic data gets any worse
It’s at this point that in…
How JP Morgan Took Over All Kentucky’s Financial Services, And Why You Should Be Scared
By Danny Mayer
One of the major players in the global financial crisis is now in charge of all financial transactions in an entire state. Could this spread?
On July 1, JP Morgan Chase became the C…
Paul Ferguson Charts the Dow
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G-7 Vows to Take ‘All Necessary Measures’ to Stabilize Economies, Markets
The Group of Seven central bankers pose for a group photo in front of the U.S. Treasury in Washington
By Toru Fujioka
Group of Seven nations sought to head off a collapse in investor confidence aft…
Housing Subsidies Make Huge Tax Target
By Dan Freed
New York (TheStreet) — The fragile housing market may attract the attention of the Congressional committee charged with finding ways to cut the growing U.S. deficit.
The Joint Select…
Financial Coup d’Etat
[Note from CAF: This post was originally published here in February of 2009. In light of recent events, I am republishing.]
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In the fall of 2001 I attended a privat…
Muni Market Prepares For Downgrades
By Tyler Durden
While the impact on Treasurys as a result of the downgrade may be limited (after all the other side of the Atlantic is about as ugly as the US, so where could $8 trillion in marketabl…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.7.11
Lawyers in C. Falls Cost RI $1M So Far
WPRI.com (10 Aug 11)
YouTube
(8 July 11)
Swiss Franc Falls as SNB Sees Possible Euro Peg
Bloomberg (11 Aug 11)
It’s The Economy, Dummkopf!
Vanity Fair (Sep…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.7.11
What The Debt Downgrades Mean For Your Mortgage
Yahoo Finance (9 Aug 11)
Geopolitical – Week of 8.7.11
Help Us, Protect Your Privacy Online
Sonic.net (1 Aug 11)
Republicans Hold Off Dems in Recalls, Win Enough Seats to Keep Majority in Senate
Wisconsin State Journal (10 Aug 11)
Kiss Stands by Lockhee…
Food & Health – Week of 8.7.11
Bioshelter Market Garden
New Society Publishers
The Citizen Scientists
Wired (Sept 2001)
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Life – Week of 8.7.11
Tent Cities – is This The Future of The American Dream?
off-grid (2 Aug 11)
Georgia St. for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final (Photo)
Gigapixel.com (15 June 11)
Science & Technology – Week of 8.7.11
Sun Emits Violent Solar Flare, Earth Under Threat if Aimed Directly [VIDEO]
International Business Times (10 Aug 11)
Lightning Strike Zaps EC2 Ireland
ZDNet (8 Aug 11)
Nasa Warns Solar Flares From ‘…
New York Attorney General Accuses Bank Of New York Mellon Of Fraud, Moves To Block Bank Of America’s Mortgage Deal
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked a state judge to reject a proposed $8.5 billion settlement agreement over soured loans between Bank of America and a group of investors, claiming in…
S&P Downgrades USA to AA+
By John Detrixhe
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S.’s AAA credit rating for the first time, slamming the nation’s political process and criticizing lawmakers for failing to cut spending …
Full Text of S&P Statement
“We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ and affirmed the ‘A-1+’ short-term rating.
* “We have also removed both the short- and lon…
Fannie Mae Seeks $5.1bn More From Taxpayers
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae said it would ask for an additional $5.1 billion from taxpayers as a weaker housing market causes continued losses on loans ma…
Federal Budget 101 & Catherine’s Response
By: David Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
Equitas Capital Advisors LLC
The U.S. Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we crea…
UnAnswered Questions About Rawesome Food
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Yesterday, Rawesome Foods in Venice, California was raided by a Los Angeles swat team. Several people were arrested.
There are numerous unanswered questions about why.
Nea…
Sally Fallon on Nourishing Traditions
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The Oiling of Amer…
The Whistleblower
Note from Catherine: Check out “The Whistleblower” opening this weekend, a story based on the efforts of a few brave people to stop sex slave trafficking involving a US/UN contractor. The story is an …
Does MERS Make the US a “BBB” Credit?
By David Woolley
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, – go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and l…
Quote du Jour
“The imagination of the individual has no limits. It has no borders.”
~Jon Rappoport
Related reading:
Jon Rappoport
Wikipedia
Jon Rappoport’s Blog
Debt Debacle: A Few Things to Bear in Mind
By Sam Smith
Not since the Civil War has there been such a major assault on accepted principles of the Union as defined by a majority of its citizens over many years. This is not just a fight over …
8 Ways Young Americans’ Resistance to Domination Has Been Subdued
By Bruce Levine
Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and…
Crossing America
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I left San Francisco on Saturday, July 23 and drove to Laguana Beach. The next day I drove to Tucson, Arizona. After two days in Tucson, I headed east and north to Santa F…
Quote du Jour
“We are living now, not in the delicious intoxication induced by the early success of science, but in a rather grisly morning after, when it has become apparent that what triumphant science has do…
Debt-Limit Deal to Get Congress Vote Today
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Mike Dorning
Congressional leaders, leaving no extra time before a default threatened for tomorrow, are racing to push through a compromise sealed with President Bara…
Where is the Money? Let’s Get it Back!
About the Author
Catherine Austin Fitts is president of Solari, Inc. Ms. Fitts served as Assistant Secretary of Housing during the first Bush Administration, lead financial advisor to the U.S. De…
Sunfield Farm
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The mission of Sunfield Education Association is to provide programs in education an…
Room to Rent, via The Web
By Jenna Wortham
When Lisa Marion’s roommates moved out of her apartment in Toronto in February, she scrambled to find replacements. But instead of finding one or two, she found 30.
Ms. Marion, …
Debt-limit Standoff: Top Democrats Revive 14th Amendment Option to Raise Ceiling
By Brad Plumer and Aaron Blake
As lawmakers struggle to resolve the debt crisis, a growing number of observers wonder whether President Obama has one last trump card at his disposal: ignoring the d…
Developing Economic Reforms
Republished Article
Original (5 Nov 2008)
Obama has proposed restoring the PAYGO policy that prohibits increases in federal spending without a way to compensate for the lost revenue.
So what can a n…
“Uh, Oh – Time To Get Off The Grid”
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Administration officials today to announce initiatives aimed at modernizing the nation’s electric grid, including USDA’s goal to invest $250 million in sma…
Money & Markets – Week of 7.31.11
Dow Falls 512 in Steepest Decline Since ’08 Crisis
Yahoo Finance (4 Aug 11)
BNY Mellon to Slap Fees on Some Big Deposits Amid Global Race to Cash
The Wall Street Journal (4 Aug 11)
GM Profit Nearly …
Precious Metals – Week of 7.31.11
No US Rating Agency to Ever Downgrade UST’s Below AAA with Negative Outlook
TF Metals Report (3 Aug 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.31.11
Bulldoze: The New Way to Foreclose
Time.com (1 Aug 11)
Geopolitical – Week of 7.31.11
French Court Orders Investigation of Lagarde
The Wall Street Journal (4 Aug 11)
Home Visits And Other ‘Secrets Of The FBI’
NPR (2 Aug 11)
Dispatch: Russian Privatization and Modernization
Stratfor (…
Food & Health – Week of 7.31.11
Breaking News: Multi-agency Armed Raid Hits Rawesome Foods, Healthy Family Farms For Selling Raw Milk and Cheese
Natural News.com (3 Aug 11)
Rawsome Foods Raided AGAIN by SWAT
Food Renegade (3 Aug 11…
Life – Week of 7.31.11
Enjoy Park Greenery, City Says, But Not as Salad
The New York Times (29 July 11)
Random Reflections About This Blog/Site
of two minds.com (30 July 11)
Science & Technology – Week of 7.31.11
NASA Study Shatters Climate Alarmists’ Assumptions
National Review Online (30 July 11)
NASA Satellite Crashes Back to Earth
National Geographic News (24 Feb 09)
Broadband Access: Exploring Interne…
Catherine Austin Fitts on How to Really Find a Job; Plus: Will Silver Hit $500/oz?
In the second installment of our 2-part interview with investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts, we hear her advice for both the young and young at heart in navigating today’s job market.
Cath…
The Cost of US University
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By Michael Feldstein
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Solari Report Blog Commentaries
Special Solari Report: The Student Loan Scam
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Quote du Jour
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”
~ Sun Tzu
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Sun Tzu
Wikipedia
Solari Report Blog Commentaries:
The Art of War
(19 Aug 10)
Fed President Hints at Broad Money-market Fix
By Ross Kerber
A senior Federal Reserve official is prescribing sweeping medicine to stabilize the $2.5 trillion money market mutual fund industry, which would be rattled by potential downgrades of…
‘Super Congress’: Debt Ceiling Negotiators Aim To Create New Legislative Body
By Ryan Grim
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Washington – Debt ceiling negotiators think they’ve hit on a solution to addres…
The Fed Audit: $16 Trillion in Secret Loans
By Senator Bernie Sanders
The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out Amer…