Memories on the Half Shell
By Heidi Jon Schmidt
CHINCOTEAGUE, Moonstone, Bayou La Batre, Blue Point, Wellfleet, Malpeque … this was what I knew of the sea as a child: the list of oysters on the menu board at Grand Central T…
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J Parsson Dying of Money
Dying of Money
Lessons of the Great German and American Inflations [Hardcover]
The author vividly and thoroughly recounts the influence of inflation throughout history with special emphasis on the U…
Mises Institute Offers A Free Week-Long Economics Seminar
By Gary North
On Wednesday, July 28, at 11:30 a.m. central daylight time, I will lecture to about 250 college students at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
You can go to the Web a…
LA is Armed Against Yogurt
Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. ‘How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?’ one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairnes…
Amelia Leavell Askew – April 24, 1920 – July 24, 2010.
Susan Sanders mother (Franklin’s mother in law) passed away this weekend. Prayers are appreciated.
Eulogy for Mrs Amelia Leavell Askew
Readings: Proverbs 3:13-20; Romans 8:31-39; Psalm 23.
28 July …
How to Resist Federal Tyranny
By Tom Woods
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Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10
Goldman’s Leading Indicator Plummets To A Seven-Month Low, Predicts An ISM Collapse Next Week
Business Insider (30 July 10)
China Overtakes Japan as No.2 Economy: FX Chief
Yahoo News (30 July 10)
A …
Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10
Goldman’s Leading Indicator Plummets To A Seven-Month Low, Predicts An ISM Collapse Next Week
Business Insider (30 July 10)
China Overtakes Japan as No.2 Economy: FX Chief
Yahoo News (30 July 10)
A …
Precious Metals – Week of 7.25.10
James Turk: Deciphering The BIS Gold Swap
GATA (28 July 10)
Anthony Weiner Demands Answers From Goldline, Glenn Beck Sponsor
The Huffington Post (28 July 10)
Stewart Thompson: Central Banks Will Pus…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10
Hank Paulson Wants To Fix Fannie And Freddie By… Recreating Fannie And Freddie
Businessinsider (29 July 10)
Mortgage Brokers to be Fingerprinted And Registered
CNBN (28 July 10)
Obama to Hold Aug….
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10
Hank Paulson Wants To Fix Fannie And Freddie By… Recreating Fannie And Freddie
Businessinsider (29 July 10)
Mortgage Brokers to be Fingerprinted And Registered
CNBN (28 July 10)
Obama to Hold Aug….
American’s Household Net Worth
By Gregory White and Kamelia Angelova
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American's Household Net Worth
By Gregory White and Kamelia Angelova
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Geopolitical – Week of 7.25.10
Panel Begins Hearings on Rangel
The Wall Street Journal (30 July 10)
IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in Capital
Bloomberg (30 July 10)
Lawler: “Slam-Dunk” Stimulus? MS = Miss…
Prepare For Emergencies And Disasters
Listening to Katrina is a record of my personal experience of hurricane Katrina, and a guide to help you prepare for emergencies and disasters of all kinds. This work is very straightforward and av…
Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care
By Sarah Lyall
Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search …
Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10
Disputed Chemical Bisphenol-A Found in Paper Receipts
The Washington Post (27 July 10)
Wired And Tired
Chicago Tribune (26 July 10)
Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10
Disputed Chemical Bisphenol-A Found in Paper Receipts
The Washington Post (27 July 10)
Wired And Tired
Chicago Tribune (26 July 10)
Life – Week of 7.25.10
Forecasters Expect World Population to Reach 7 Billion Next Year
The New York Times (29 July 10)
Ellen DeGeneres Quits American Idol
Reality Blurred (29 July 10)
Gen Y: No Jobs, Lots of Loans, Grim …
Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10
Global Warming “Undeniable,” U.S. Government Report Says
National Geographic (July 2010)
Google In Talks To Build Facebook Competitor
Yahoo Finance (28 July 10)
How to Block/kill RFID Chips
Instruc…
Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10
Global Warming “Undeniable,” U.S. Government Report Says
National Geographic (July 2010)
Google In Talks To Build Facebook Competitor
Yahoo Finance (28 July 10)
How to Block/kill RFID Chips
Instruct…
Who Will Be My Sheriff?
My candidate for Sheriff here in Hardeman County has one tough race. It just got dirtier!
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Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing
By Miguel Bustillo
Apparel supervisor Sonia Barrett uses a handheld scanner to read EPC labels on men’s denim jeans on July 19, while checking inventory at the Walmart Supercenter Store No. 1 in Ro…
Franklin Sanders on the Coming Avalanche of 1099 Forms
Thursday, 22 July a.d. 2010
I have now lost count of all the emails, hysterical & otherwise, I have received about the “new tax on silver & gold” that was slipped into the Obamacare bill.
…
A Solari Report – The Coming Avalanche of 1099 Forms
[CAF NOTE: We originally published this on May 7, 2010 under the title of “A Solari Report – The Biggest 2010 Health Care Act Change You Never Heard About: The coming avalanche of business-to-busin…
Wyoming Food Freedom Act
Want the right to eat real food instead of poison? Now is a good time to organize locally to protect local fresh farmers.
Want to see more jobs in America? Now is a good time to organize locally to…
Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill
The first commercial organic feed mill in Texas and the home of Jeremiah Cunningham’s Worlds Best Eggs
Continue watching Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill at the Entreprenuer Showcase from Slow Money….
Quote du Jour
Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They’ve got a set of Republican waiters on one side and a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no …
Lowering Brain Capacity
Gordon J. F. MacDonald, a geophysicist specializing in problems of war, has written that accurately timed artificially excited electronic strokes could lead to a pattern of oscillations that produce r…
Where Does Your Tax $ Really Go? Find Out With CAFRs!
A Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), now a government accounting standard, found its first roots with the establishment of the “National Committee on Municipal Accounting” (or NCMA, a pri…
Is College Education The Next Bubble Set To Burst?
By Gregory White and Kamelia Angelova
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American Wealth: Destroy or Grow?
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Dr. Nick Begich on HAARP
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The Solari Report – 22 July 2010
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by Catherine Austin Fitts
Dr. Begich in Alaska with his…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10
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, July 22, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10
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, July 22, 2010.
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Obama’s Next Focus of Reform: Housing Finance
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
After President Obama signs into law an overhaul of financial regulation at a ceremony set for Wednesday, his administration will turn to reforming an area at the root of the…
Obama's Next Focus of Reform: Housing Finance
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
After President Obama signs into law an overhaul of financial regulation at a ceremony set for Wednesday, his administration will turn to reforming an area at the root of the…
From Seedlings to Servings: 11-Year-Old Grows Tons of Veggies for the Homeless
By Diane Herbst
It all began in third grade, when Katie Stagliano’s 40-pound cabbage fed 275 homeless people. Now, Katie’s six gardens have produced over 4,000 pounds of vegetables to feed the need…
Create a 3-D Hologram With Your iPad
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Can Malaysia’s Islamic Gold Dinar Thwart Capitalism?
Imagine a world trading solely in gold and silver coins. Imagine the size of your wallet.
Yet this is the ideal world envisaged by some of Malaysia’s activists championing the Islamic gold dinar and…
Can Malaysia's Islamic Gold Dinar Thwart Capitalism?
Imagine a world trading solely in gold and silver coins. Imagine the size of your wallet.
Yet this is the ideal world envisaged by some of Malaysia’s activists championing the Islamic gold dinar and…
Senate Set to Vote on Extended Unemployment Benefits Tuesday
The Senate is expected to vote on a bill to restore extended unemployment benefits on Tuesday, shortly after a successor to the late Sen. Robert Byrd is sworn in.
Byrd’s replacement is expected to …
California Official’s $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests
By Christopher Palmeri
Hundreds of residents of one of the poorest municipalities in Los Angeles County shouted in protest last night as tensions rose over a report that the city’s manager earns …
California Official's $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests
By Christopher Palmeri
Hundreds of residents of one of the poorest municipalities in Los Angeles County shouted in protest last night as tensions rose over a report that the city’s manager earns …
Europe Freezes Out Goldman Sachs
By Elena Moya
Shocked by past deals with Italy and Greece, governments are excluding the Wall Street bank from sovereign bond sales.
European governments are turning their backs on Goldman Sachs, …
“Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation
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"Top Secret America" Washington Post Investigation
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Scientists Baffled By Upper Atmosphere Shrinkage
By Derrick Ho
An upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it, NASA said on Thursday.
The thermosphere, which blocks harmful ul…
1977 Environmental Modification Convention
The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques is an international treaty…
BIS Footnote Unlocks Major Development in Gold Use
By Jan Harvey and Veronica Brown
A small footnote in the Bank of International Settlements’ latest annual statement has flagged up a potentially major development in the way the metal can be used a…
Fiscal Localism On Rise In Germany
By Eric Westervelt
The Havelbluete, the Augusta and the Chiemgauer might sound like the names of locally brewed beers, but they are in fact micro-currencies which, like micro-breweries, are in abun…
Why I Don’t Trust Matt Simmons
I remember being puzzled by Matt Simmons hawking of peak oil theories in 2004 and 2005. He was unusually aggressive. While I never took the time to investigate what he was saying in depth, something…
Why I Don't Trust Matt Simmons
I remember being puzzled by Matt Simmons hawking of peak oil theories in 2004 and 2005. He was unusually aggressive. While I never took the time to investigate what he was saying in depth, something…
Competing Currency Being Accepted Across Mid-Michigan
By Dan Armstrong
New types of money are popping up across Mid-Michigan and supporters say, it’s not counterfeit, but rather a competing currency.
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Is The Gold Trade “Crowded”?
By Jeff Clark
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Quote du Jour
Why live in shame of what we have done, when we can live in awe of what we might do?
~ From Battlestar Gallactica
Electronic Reading Devices Are Transforming Books
By Alex Pham and David Sarno
Digital tools advance beyond screens that talk and play videos, connecting readers to authors and online fan communities.
Emma Teitgen, 12, thought the chemistry book …
The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf
With a new containment cap atop the damaged well, many are hopeful.
But all is not well, after all.
National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Friday that the pressure within the cap is not incre…
Rooftop Farm
By Martyn Burns
Amidst the industrial terrain of Greenpoint, Brooklyn sits the magical Eagle Street Rooftop farm – one of the boroughs unique plots and part of the Community Supported Agriculture…
Higher Education Fund Buys Gold Over Economic Worries
By R.G. Ratcliff and Jeannie Kever
Fearing unstable international financial markets and the possibility of high inflation, Texas’ higher education investment managers have bought more than $500 milli…
Money & Markets – Week of 7.18.10
Citigroup, JPMorgan Said to Have Sold AIG Protection to Goldman
Bloomberg (23 July 10)
Here Comes The Real Stress: Only 27% Of China Project Loans To Be Repaid In Full
Zero Hedge (23 July 10)
11th …
Money & Markets – Week of 7.18.10
Citigroup, JPMorgan Said to Have Sold AIG Protection to Goldman
Bloomberg (23 July 10)
Here Comes The Real Stress: Only 27% Of China Project Loans To Be Repaid In Full
Zero Hedge (23 July 10)
11th S…
Precious Metals – Week of 7.18.10
Izabella Kaminska: Looks Like BIS Swaps Relieved Gold Market Squeeze
GATA (22 July 10)
Gold Moving Towards Global Reserve Status – Gartman
Mineweb (22 July 10)
Gold Swaps Signal the Roadmap Ahead
SU…
What It Took To Get An 8th Grade Education in 1895…
By Vincent L. Guarisco
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out.
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Sa…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10
Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Dilemma
Yahoo Finance (23 July 10)
Mortgage Rates Hit 4.56 pct., Record Low
Yahoo Finance (22 July 10)
Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Falls to One-Year Low
Bloombe…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10
Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Dilemma
Yahoo Finance (23 July 10)
Mortgage Rates Hit 4.56 pct., Record Low
Yahoo Finance (22 July 10)
Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Falls to One-Year Low
Bloomber…
Geopolitical – Week of 7.18.10
First Gitmo Trial Under Obama Poses Tough Test For His ‘Swift And ‘Certain Justice’ Pledge
Politico.com (24 July 10)
Rep. Charles Rangel Broke Ethics Rules, House Panel Finds
The Washington Post (23 …
Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10
Government Cover-up of Food Shortage Feared
WorldNetDaily (10 Jan 10)
Bill Gates Talks About
‘Vaccines to Reduce Population’
Geopolitics-Geoeconomics (4 March 10)
Having a Cow
Memphis Flyer (1 J…
Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10
Government Cover-up of Food Shortage Feared
WorldNetDaily (10 Jan 10)
Bill Gates Talks About
‘Vaccines to Reduce Population’
Geopolitics-Geoeconomics (4 March 10)
Having a Cow
Memphis Flyer (1 J…
Life – Week of 7.18.10
Woman in 911 Call Says She Strangled Her Autistic Children
CNN.com (22 July 10)
Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches
Yahoo News (22 July 10)
As NYC Area Spreads, So Do Bears; NJ Hunt Appro…
Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10
Facebook IPO “When Makes Sense”, Zuckerberg Tells ABC
Reuters (22 July 10)
Smartphones Could Be Latest Battle Accessory
Reuters (21 July 10)
Ads that Match a Web Page’s Images
Technology Review (21 …
Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10
Facebook IPO “When Makes Sense”, Zuckerberg Tells ABC
Reuters (22 July 10)
Smartphones Could Be Latest Battle Accessory
Reuters (21 July 10)
Ads that Match a Web Page’s Images
Technology Review (21 …
Cheetah
Cheetah by Follower of Giovannino de’Grassi
Anonymous Lombard (Workshop of Giovannino de’Grassi), Two studies of a cheetah, 1410 (detail).
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Italian Renaissance Drawings
Video About The Exhibition
Fed Gets More Power, Responsibility
By Luca Di Leo
After fending off most challenges to its independence and winning new powers to oversee big financial firms, the Federal Reserve has emerged from a bruising debate on the overhaul of…
Financial Reform? Hah! US Halts Financial Management Systems; $4 Trillion Still Missing
White House officials point to $300 million spent by the Veteran’s Administration over the past decade on a financial systems project that still isn’t done.
At the Department of Homeland Security, me…
Hauser’s Law
From Wikipedia
In economics, Hauser’s Law is an empirical observation that, in the United States, federal tax revenues since World War II have always been equal to approximately 19.5% of GDP, regar…
Hauser's Law
From Wikipedia
In economics, Hauser’s Law is an empirical observation that, in the United States, federal tax revenues since World War II have always been equal to approximately 19.5% of GDP, regar…
Inflating War
By Thomas Dilorenzo
“One can say without exaggeration that inflation is an indispensable means of militarism,” Ludwig von Mises wrote. “Without it, the repercussions of war on welfare become …
Farewell Evergreen Farm
Evergreen Farm, the finest farm and dairy in my county, announced this week that they are closing and will auction their herd and land. This is in response to the cash flow impact of regulatory requ…
Equities vs. Gold
By Joe Weisenthal
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Quote du Jour
“He who controls the Spice controls everything!”
~ Dune, by Frank Herbert
Carnicom Institute – Live Webinar
July 22, 2010 – 7PM MDT with Clifford E Carnicom
The Carnicom Institute will hold a live webinar on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 7PM MDT. Clifford Carnicom will be discussing a recent experiment inv…
Yet Another Options Expiration “Surprise”
By Karl Denninger
Since when does the SEC announce that it’s about to make an announcement – about an hour before the market closes the day before options expiration?
There’s clearly biased and then…
Yet Another Options Expiration "Surprise"
By Karl Denninger
Since when does the SEC announce that it’s about to make an announcement – about an hour before the market closes the day before options expiration?
There’s clearly biased and then…
Subdued AgBank Debut Dampens China Fundraising Outlook
By Samuel Shen and Kennix Chim
Agricultural Bank of China’s (601288.SS) $19 billion IPO made a lackluster debut in Shanghai, weighing on the market and underscoring the difficulty other Chinese ban…
Chinese Rating Agency Strips Western Nations of AAA Status
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co used its first foray into sovereign debt to paint a revolutionary picture of creditworthiness around the world, giving much greater weight …
Identity Theft: Avoiding It If You Can, Surviving It When You Don’t
Read Notes on Guarding yourself from identity theft
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10
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, July 15, 2010.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10
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, July 15, 2010.
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Wall Street Reform Clears Congress
By Andy Sullivan and Kevin Drawbaugh
The Congress on Thursday approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law.
B…
Goldman To Pay $550M To Settle Civil Fraud Charges
By Marcy Gordon and Daniel Wagner
Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay $550 million to settle civil fraud charges that the Wall Street giant misled buyers of mortgage-related investments.
The…
Goldman’s Silent Board
By Richard Teitelbaum
Amid a storm of criticism, government investigations and an SEC suit, the investment bank’s outside directors have failed to speak out.
Greg Palm, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …
Goldman's Silent Board
By Richard Teitelbaum
Amid a storm of criticism, government investigations and an SEC suit, the investment bank’s outside directors have failed to speak out.
Greg Palm, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …
Quote du Jour
After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the government then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface…
Happy Bastille Day!
Bastille Day is the French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (National Celebration) and commonly le quatorze juillet (the…
Shanghai vs S&P 500
By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova
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Shanghai vs S&P 500
By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova
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Small-Business Lending Is Down
By Sewell Chan
The chairman of the Federal Reserve urged banks and regulators on Monday to help the nation’s small businesses get the loans they needed to create jobs.
He also acknowledged that …