Max Keiser On The Middle Class
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Stocks For The Long Run? Not So Much
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Blackwater’s Black Ops
By Jeremy Scahill
Blackwater author Jeremy Scahill reveals in The Nation new evidence about the connection between the security firm and a host of companies, from Disney to Monsanto. Says Scahill: …
Blackwater's Black Ops
By Jeremy Scahill
Blackwater author Jeremy Scahill reveals in The Nation new evidence about the connection between the security firm and a host of companies, from Disney to Monsanto. Says Scahill: …
The United States of Inequality
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By Timothy Noah
The American aristocracy is less different from you and me than it was in Fitzgerald’s day. “Before World War II,” they wrote, “the richest Americans were overwhel…
Do You Have The Balls to Really Change The Food System?
By Rebecca Thistlewaite
You watched Food, Inc. with your mouth aghast. You own a few cookbooks.
You go out to that hot new restaurant with the tattooed chef who’s putting on a whole-animal, nose-…
Global Regulators Agree Tougher Basel III Bank Rules
By Rachel Armstrong
New bank capital requirements agreed by global regulators brought relief to Asia’s financial sector on Monday as fears that lenders might be forced into fresh capital raising we…
42% of Homeowners in Illinois Say Mortgage Worth More than Home
Homeowners in Illinois are almost evenly divided on whether the value of their home is worth more than their mortgage, and they are not very optimistic about their home values in the near future.
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“The main economic policy of the Administrations has been subsidies for capital, and not for labor.”
~ Lawrence Lindsey
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Money & Markets – Week of 9.12.10
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tablet For U.S. Market
Reuters (17 Sept 10)
Was Stagflation in ‘79 Really Hyperinflation?
Gonzalo Lira (16 Sept 10)
Columbia Joins Japan, Brazil, and Peru in Propping Up Do…
Money & Markets – Week of 9.12.10
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tablet For U.S. Market
Reuters (17 Sept 10)
Was Stagflation in ‘79 Really Hyperinflation?
Gonzalo Lira (16 Sept 10)
Columbia Joins Japan, Brazil, and Peru in Propping Up Do…
Precious Metals – Week of 9.12.10
Brett Arends: The 10 Biggest Myths About Gold
GATA (17 Sept 10)
Soros Warns on Gold Rally
Reuters (15 Sept 10)
Greenspan vs. Gold’s Anti-salesman
GATA (16 Sept 10)
Greenspan’s Warning on Gold
The…
Aspartame: Sweet Misery A Poisoned World
This is the movie that Pepsi and Coca Cola don’t want you to see.
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.12.10
Trading Eludes Dodd-Frank as Investors See Black Box
Bloomberg (12 Sept 10)
US Homes Lost to Foreclosure up 25 pct on Year
Yahoo Finance (16 Sept 10)
10 Amazing Homes You Won’t Find In Your Neighbo…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.12.10
Trading Eludes Dodd-Frank as Investors See Black Box
Bloomberg (12 Sept 10)
US Homes Lost to Foreclosure up 25 pct on Year
Yahoo Finance (16 Sept 10)
10 Amazing Homes You Won’t Find In Your Neighbor…
Geopolitical – Week of 9.12.10
America’s Wealthiest (And Poorest) States
Yahoo Finance (16 Sept 10)
What is “BuildingWhat?”
BuildingWhat (2010)
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Clash Over Yuan Escalates, Risking Superpower Standoff
G…
Food & Health – Week of 9.12.10
Bill Gates Death Panels Tip of Iceberg
infowars.com (15 Sept 10)
The Corporate-Government War on Private Food Production
Brasscheck TV (4 Aug 10)
Healthcare Workers to be Fired if They Refuse Flu S…
Food & Health – Week of 9.12.10
Bill Gates Death Panels Tip of Iceberg
infowars.com (15 Sept 10)
The Corporate-Government War on Private Food Production
Brasscheck TV (4 Aug 10)
Healthcare Workers to be Fired if They Refuse Flu S…
Life – Week of 9.12.10
The World Is Psyche
Awaken In The Dream (Sept 2010)
Obama Pens a Children’s Book
The Wall Street Journal (14 Sept 10)
Odd Pet Records: New Guinness World Records Released
USA Today.com (15 Sept 10…
Science & Technology – Week of 9.12.10
X Prize Marks Fuel-Efficiency Spot For Future Cars
NPR (16 Sept 10)
NASA Discovers ‘Bridge’ on Far Side of Moon
news.com.au (9 Sept 10)
Science & Technology – Week of 9.12.10
X Prize Marks Fuel-Efficiency Spot For Future Cars
NPR (16 Sept 10)
NASA Discovers ‘Bridge’ on Far Side of Moon
news.com.au (9 Sept 10)
Sweet Water Organics
Our Sweet Water Tilapia are ready for you! This one and only batch is available for public purchase at three open house fish sales.
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Quote du Jour – Einstein
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“Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries …
Feeling Curious
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“Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries …
Crosby Mint Farm – Giving Thanks!
Want proof of what wonderful people Americans are and how much we care about our small farmers? Just take a look at the Crosby Mint Farm “Expect Miracles” Gratitude List
The support for Crosby Mint…
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“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.”
~ Robert E. Lee
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Dr. Burzynski: Cure for Cancer
Dr. Burzynski has found cures for cancer. He practices in Texas. The US government has attempted to indict him more than 5 times since 1976. Persecuted at the hands of the FDA with its long arm to t…
Edward Burtynsky’s Aerial Views of The Oil Spill
By Paul Laster
Photographer Edward Burtynsky knows a lot about oil and our uncontrollable dependency on it. The 2005 TED prizewinner traveled the world for more than a decade photographing polluted…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 9.09.10
View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, September 9, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 9.09.10
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Precious Metals Market Report
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Yuan Trading Against Russian Ruble to Start in Shanghai
By Artyom Danielyan and Emma O’Brien
China and Russia plan to start trading in each other’s currencies as the world’s second-biggest energy consumer and the largest energy supplier seek to di…
German Farmer’s 24 Hour Milk Filling Station
A German dairy farmer has come up with a novel way to drum up new business — he opened a “milk filling station.”
The “Milchtankstelle” near Cologne in the town of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid dispenses …
German Farmer's 24 Hour Milk Filling Station
A German dairy farmer has come up with a novel way to drum up new business — he opened a “milk filling station.”
The “Milchtankstelle” near Cologne in the town of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid dispenses …
UK Agency Fines Goldman Sachs $27 Million
By Robert Barr
Britain’s financial regulator hit Goldman Sachs International with a 17.5 million pounds ($27 million) fine on Thursday for failing to notify U.K. authorities about an investigation …
Austrian 100 Corona
By David Liechty
The Austrian 100 Corona coin is a good choice for investors looking to maximize the value of their gold investment purchase. Weighing just under an ounce, at 0.9802 ounces (gold…
The Oiling of America
Margarine is the bad guy and butter and eggs are the good guys.
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The Oiling of America: How the Vegetable Oil Industry Demonized Nutritious Animal Fats…
Quote du Jour
As investors, we seem to live in a prelude of the “World of Absurdities” that Günter Reimann brilliantly defined in the last chapter of his 1939 The Vampire Economy?Doing Business under Fascis…
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Clarence Dillon and Paul Nitze
Driving through New Jersey, Nitze [asked] Dillon if he thought the market decline an omen of hard times ahead . . . Dillon thought for a few minutes and replied, “I …
Joshua’s Farm vs. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dairy Herdshare Told to Cease Operations by Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture
Former 1st Assistant Attorney General Takes the Case
By Kimberly Hartke
Brigitte Ruthman is 50 years old, a career j…
A Message to Garcia
By Elbert Hubbard
In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When war broke out between Spain & the United States, it was very n…
Goldman Following Morgan in Ending Proprietary Trading
By Christine Harper and Saijel Kishan
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is shutting its principal-strategies business, a group that makes bets with the firm’s own capital, to comply with new U.S. rules aime…
The Great American Food Experiment
By Alex Bogusky
Video Interview with Jeffrey Smith author of Seeds of Deception.
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The Great American Food Experiment and how to opt out. Jeff is in the middle of everything you see and read…
US Students – Drowning in Debt
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A ticking time bomb of American debt. Over $830 billion are owed by college students in the US with $3 thousand more added on every second. This is debt that is NOT extinguished in bankruptc…
A Letter From Fleurette
Dear Catherine,
I miss having our mini conversations but I am thrilled that you have had that road trip and time in Montana. I l-o-v-e Montana and have driven its vast and varied expanses of beauty s…
Precious Metals – Week of 9.5.10
IMF Sells 10 Tonnes of Gold to Bangladesh
GATA (9 Sept 10)
Exclusive: The Paulson Portfolio Post-Mortem (In Which We Learn That The Maestro Himself Is Advising J.P. On Future Gold Prices)
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.5.10
How House Prices And Debts Are Building Ugly Tensions Between Parents And Their Children
Telegraph.co.uk (8 Sept 10)
Housing Woes Bring a New Cry: Let the Market Fall
The New York Times (5 Sept 10)
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.5.10
How House Prices And Debts Are Building Ugly Tensions Between Parents And Their Children
Telegraph.co.uk (8 Sept 10)
Housing Woes Bring a New Cry: Let the Market Fall
The New York Times (5 Sept 10)
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Geopolitical – Week of 9.5.10
Sheriffs Want Lists of Patients Using Painkillers
NewsObserver.com (8 Sept 10)
Community Hospitals Scramble to Survive, Stay Independent
USA Today (9 Sept 10)
PROMISES, PROMISES: FAA Fatigue Rules F…
Food & Health – Week of 9.5.10
Students Want to Bring More ‘Real Food’ to University
DiamondbackOnline (9 Sept 10)
E. Coli Superbug on The Verge of Being Untreatable
Rodale Institute (8 Sept 10)
FDA Warns Green Tea Makers Ag…
Food & Health – Week of 9.5.10
Students Want to Bring More ‘Real Food’ to University
DiamondbackOnline (9 Sept 10)
E. Coli Superbug on The Verge of Being Untreatable
Rodale Institute (8 Sept 10)
FDA Warns Green Tea Makers Ag…
Life – Week of 9.5.10
Thousands Evacuated as Colorado Wildfire Grows
CNN.com (8 Sept 10)
UNICEF Refocuses On Poorest Of Poor Children
The Huffington Post (6 Sept 10)
Canterbury Picks Up Pieces After Massive Quake
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Science & Technology – Week of 9.5.10
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Origin of Crop Circles Baffles Scientists
UFO Evidence (Sept 2010)
Climate: New Study Slashes Estimate of Icecap Loss
Yahoo News (8 Sept 10)
Study: Two-thirds of Web Surfers Fall Prey to…
Science & Technology – Week of 9.5.10
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Origin of Crop Circles Baffles Scientists
UFO Evidence (Sept 2010)
Climate: New Study Slashes Estimate of Icecap Loss
Yahoo News (8 Sept 10)
Study: Two-thirds of Web Surfers Fall Prey to O…
White House Considers Pre-midterm Package of Business Tax Breaks to Spur Hiring
By Anne E. Kornblut and Lori Montgomery
With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks – potentially worth hundreds of bil…
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“I found out something I never knew. I found out that my world was not the real world.”
Robert Kennedy , speaking about the assassination of his brother, John F. Kennedy
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 9.02.10
View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, September 2, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 9.02.10
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The National Security State & the Clash of Civilizations
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The Unhealthy Truth
Read How One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply– and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself The Unhealthy Truth By Robyn O’Brien
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Disturbing Debt Seizures
Minnesotans struggling with debt have their bank accounts and pay seized with no judicial oversight.
By Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt
After two weeks without a decent meal, Van Tran looked tired …
Emerging Stocks Rebalancing Against Advanced Country Stocks
By Michael Patterson and Tal Barak Harif
Emerging-market stocks are trading at the highest valuations relative to advanced-country shares in more than two years as faster economic growth persuades th…
Finansiell Coup d’Etat (Translated into Swedish)
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Loving Montana
Flathead Lake, MT
I left Hickory Valley on August 21st. I drove into Memphis first, to pack my cooler full of fresh organic salads and fruits. I have learned not to search for fresh food on the road…
59% Support Arizona Law; 53% Trust States More than Feds To Enforce Immigration Law
Despite a judge’s ruling putting key provisions of Arizona’s new immigration law on hold,most U.S. voters still favor passage of such a law in their own state. They also think it’s better to hav…
On the Food “Safety” Bill
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
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On the Food "Safety" Bill
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
– Thomas Jeffer…
The Abyss
“I don’t want to see this country ever go across the bridge… I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency [NSA] and all agencies that po…
Behind the Wheel
By Lars Schall
Hardly another serious plague to society is associated with more hypocrisy and erroneous assumptions than the drug business. So Lars Schall talked with Catherine Austin Fitts, who ex…
US Post Office Now Quoting Conversion to SDRs for International Mail
323.1 Description
For a fee, the sender may purchase insurance to protect against loss, damage, or missing contents for Priority Mail International parcels containing merchandise. Insurance may not…
Daily Bread Is a Local Call Away
By Marian Burros
The 250 farmers, bakers, millers, scientists and just plain eaters, all of them fanatics about the kind of bread that is so good it doesn’t need butter or jam, gathered here last…
Is the Real Unemployment Rate 16.5%, 22%, or. . .?
By Pallavi Gogoi
Raghavan Mayur, president at TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, follows unemployment data closely. So, when his survey for May revealed that 28% of the 1,000-odd households surveye…
Fears of Regime Change in New York
From Naked Capitalism
Normally, I don’t report on anecdotes from my immediate circle, but a set of conversations in less than a 24 hour period suggests that even those comparatively unaffected by t…
Quote du Jour
‘I thought I’d hit the jackpot.'”
James Baldwin, responding to a television interviewer who asked him to describe the challenges he faced starting his career as a black, impoverished homosexual.
R…
Hardship Withdrawals Give Access to Your 401k Savings, But at a Cost
If you’re in a financial pinch, you might be able to tap your 401k for a bailout — but it could really cost you.
You’re not alone in wondering if you should tap your retirement savings. With an un…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.29.10
BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Spill Payouts
The New York Times (2 Sept 10)
Employers Sharply Raise Workers’ Share of Health Costs
The Wall Street Journal (3 Sept 10)
Karzai: Afghan Govt Will B…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.29.10
BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Spill Payouts
The New York Times (2 Sept 10)
Employers Sharply Raise Workers’ Share of Health Costs
The Wall Street Journal (3 Sept 10)
Karzai: Afghan Govt Will Ba…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.29.10
China Central Bank Researcher Suspects ‘Intensive Gold Sales’ by U.S.
GATA (31 Aug 10)
IMF Sells 16.85 Tons, Russia Buys 16.2 Tons in July
GATA (1 Sept 10)
JPMorgan to Store Precious Metals in Si…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.29.10
Jamie Dimon Slashes His Chicago Mansion Down To Half Price
Business Insider (3 Sept 10)
US Homeowners Flock to Florida Event in Desperate Bid to Save Properties
Guardian.co.uk (30 Aug 10)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.29.10
Jamie Dimon Slashes His Chicago Mansion Down To Half Price
Business Insider (3 Sept 10)
US Homeowners Flock to Florida Event in Desperate Bid to Save Properties
Guardian.co.uk (30 Aug 10)
Geopolitical – Week of 8.29.10
Mozambique Riots Toll Seven Killed, 288 Hurt: Govt
Yahoo News (2 Sept 10)
Bundesbank Asks German President to Dismiss Sarrazin
Bloomberg Businessweek (2 Sept 10)
An Oil Platform Burns, Blanketing T…
Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10
National Gleaning Day!
Marin Organic
Gary Oppenheimer Connects American Gardeners Who Have Extra Produce to Local Food Pantries in Need
CNN.com (2 Sept 10)
Permaculture Forums
permies.com
The O…
Food & Health – Week of 8.29.10
National Gleaning Day!
Marin Organic
Gary Oppenheimer Connects American Gardeners Who Have Extra Produce to Local Food Pantries in Need
CNN.com (2 Sept 10)
Permaculture Forums
permies.com
The Ot…
Life – Week of 8.29.10
How Panhandlers Use Free Credit Cards
The Star (28 Aug 10)
Amazon River Level in Peru at 40-year Low
BBC News (2 Sept 10)
Hurricane Earl Strengthens, Heads for North Carolina
Bloomberg Businesswee…
Science & Technology – Week of 8.29.10
NASA Plans to Visit the Sun
Mashable/Tech (3 Sept 10)
Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle?
Discovery News (25 Aug 10)
How Cadavers Made Your Car Safer
Wired (31 Aug 10)
Facebook, Google, Others…
Science & Technology – Week of 8.29.10
NASA Plans to Visit the Sun
Mashable/Tech (3 Sept 10)
Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle?
Discovery News (25 Aug 10)
How Cadavers Made Your Car Safer
Wired (31 Aug 10)
Facebook, Google, Others …
Ruling Gives Towns Power Over Drillers
By Elizabeth Skrapits
Would local officials be powerless to stop a natural gas company from drilling a natural gas well in the middle of a housing development?
Not according to a new state court r…
The Solari Report Digest ~ New Podcast Available!
Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #15.
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Siskiyou Crest Goat Dairy Renounces State Licenses
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Mail Tribune (24 Aug 10)
Owners’ Move Is A First, Officials Say
Mail Tribune (24 Aug 10)
Fed in Emergency Bid to Put Bailout Ruling on Hold
The Federal Reserve asked a U.S. appeals court to delay implementing a ruling that would force the central bank to disclose details of its emergency lending programs to banks during the financial cri…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10
View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report on Thursday, September 2, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.26.10
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Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
By Andy Greenberg
As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where bac…
Unemployment Data Masks Jump In Emergency Claims
By Vincent Fernando
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Swine Flu Review
The Case for Reforming U.S. Emergency Health Laws
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The 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic is officially over, but many serious risks remain–not so much from the flu, but from the flu vacci…
Catherine on Food Freedom
The Alex Jones Show August 24, 2010
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