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 …
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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.
YouTube
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
YouTube
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)
Zero Hedge …
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
Scoop …
Science & Technology – Week of 9.5.10
YouTube
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
YouTube
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…
Quote du Jour
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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
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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The National Security State & the Clash of Civilizations
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by Catherine Austin Fitts
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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)
By Leewanta
Vi tackar Catherine Austin Fitts för att ha emottagit följande artikel till att publicera på denna blogg. Mrs Fitts har tidigare verkat som VD och styrelsemedlem i investmentbanken D…
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.
– Thomas Jeffer…
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.
Listen to Solari Report Digest #15
The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Sola…
Siskiyou Crest Goat Dairy Renounces State Licenses
YouTube
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Dairy Drops State License
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
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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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
Continue reading the article . . .
Swine Flu Review
The Case for Reforming U.S. Emergency Health Laws
INTRODUCTION
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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
YouTube
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Catherine Austin Fitts: We Must be Self-Sufficient 2/3
Catherine Austin Fitts: We Must be Self-Sufficient 3/3
The Government’s New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS
By Adam Cohen
Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fo…
The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS
By Adam Cohen
Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fo…
Court to Defendant: Stop Blasting That Man’s Mind!
By David Hambling
Late last year, James Walbert went to court, to stop his former business associate from blasting him with mind-altering electromagnetic radiation. Walbert told the Sedgwick County…
Sugar Beet Growers Worried There Might Not Be 2011 Crop
By Justin Corr
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Related reading:
GM Foods and Senate Bill S510
Food Freedom (24 Aug 10)
Judge in California Could Halt Planting of Genetically Modified Sugar B…
Banked Billions Spark Tech Takeover Shopping Spree
By David Goldman,
Cash is king, and Big Tech companies have it pouring out their ears.
A combination of cost-cutting tactics and an improving economic climate have driven tech-sector profits way u…
Pre-Crime Technology To Be Used In Washington D.C.
By Steve Watson
Law enforcement agencies in Washington D.C. have begun to use technology that they say can predict when crimes will be committed and who will commit them, before they actually happe…
The Homebuyer Tax Credit Created A Huge Distortion
By Joe Weisenthal
Continue reading the article . . .
Stefan Molyneux w/Max
YouTube
On the Edge with Stefan Molyneux (2/3)
On the Edge with Stefan Molyneux (3/3)
Bjork Takes On Magma to Stop Takeover of Iceland’s Geothermal
By Omar R. Valdimarsson
Singer-songwriter Björk Gudmundsdottir is spearheading a push that one poll shows is backed by 85 percent of Icelanders to put foreign energy takeovers to referenda if enou…
Bjork Takes On Magma to Stop Takeover of Iceland's Geothermal
By Omar R. Valdimarsson
Singer-songwriter Björk Gudmundsdottir is spearheading a push that one poll shows is backed by 85 percent of Icelanders to put foreign energy takeovers to referenda if enou…
Directed Energy Weapons in Use in Prison
Participatory journalism taken to the extreme.
The reporters standing in front of me in line shouted in agony and crumpled in pain as the laser cannon zapped them.
With each agonizing shriek I hea…
Actual Troop Levels
Based on the best figures we can find, here is a chart of the actual troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan. Non-mercenary troop levels in current wars are equivalent to US military presence in Vietnam …
ShoreBank (Chicago) Closed By FDIC
By James Sterngold
ShoreBank Corp., the unprofitable Chicago lender operating under a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. cease-and-desist order for 13 months, will be shut by the agency and most of it…
Dirt! The Movie
YouTube
Dirt! The Movie was inspired by William Bryant Logan’s book DIRT: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. It connects our deepest positive multi-denominational religious values to the ground benea…
Swedish Defend About-face On WikiLeaks Rape Warrant
Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less t…
States Look for More Ways to Tax Small Business
Remember the line from The Beatles’ “Taxman”? — “If you try to walk, I’ll tax your feet”?
There may be some truth in it–literally. Facing large budget shortfalls and unwilling to raise general ta…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10
Banks Back Switch to China’s Renminbi For Trade
GATA (26 Aug 10)
Fresh Flight to Swiss Franc as Europe’s Bond Strains Return
Telegraph.co.uk (25 Aug 10)
Inside The Secret World of Trader Joe’s
CNN M…
Money & Markets – Week of 8.22.10
Banks Back Switch to China’s Renminbi For Trade
GATA (26 Aug 10)
Fresh Flight to Swiss Franc as Europe’s Bond Strains Return
Telegraph.co.uk (25 Aug 10)
Inside The Secret World of Trader Joe’s
CNN M…
Precious Metals – Week of 8.22.10
Eureka Moment For Stubborn Yukon Prospector Who Wouldn’t Give Up
GATA (16 Aug 10)
The Ethics of Gold
Alrroya (24 Aug 10)
Rethinking Gold: What if It Isn’t a Commodity After All?
Yahoo Finance (21 Au…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.22.10
Rosenberg Explains Why Not One New Home Priced Over $750,000 Sold In July
Zero Hedge (26 Aug 10)
The Trillion Dollar Bailout You Didn’t Hear About
My Budget 360 (Aug 2010)
U.S. Home Sales Fall to…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.22.10
Rosenberg Explains Why Not One New Home Priced Over $750,000 Sold In July
Zero Hedge (26 Aug 10)
The Trillion Dollar Bailout You Didn’t Hear About
My Budget 360 (Aug 2010)
U.S. Home Sales Fall to…
Geopolitical – Week of 8.22.10
Learn more—Take Action—Sign the Petition—-
MoveOn.org (15 Aug 10)
US Ready To Deploy Ray Gun
Brasscheck TV (28 Feb 08)
Germany May Prevent Employer Facebook Checks
Associated Press (26 Aug…
Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10
Government Okays Untested Vaccine for Pregnant Women
The Huffington Post (25 Aug 10)
Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation
jbs.org (25 Aug 10)
YouTube
Living Energy Secrets Teleseminar
Livi…
Food & Health – Week of 8.22.10
Government Okays Untested Vaccine for Pregnant Women
The Huffington Post (25 Aug 10)
Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation
jbs.org (25 Aug 10)
YouTube
Living Energy Secrets Teleseminar
Livin…
Life – Week of 8.22.10
Chilean Miners Told They May be Trapped Until Christmas
Guardian.co.uk (26 Aug 10)
Slideshow: Virtual National Park Tour
The Weather Channel
Science & Technology – Week of 8.22.10
New Microbe Discovered Eating Oil Spill in Gulf
Yahoo News (25 Aug 10)
MIT Unveils Swimming, Oil-cleaning Robots
CNN Tech (26 Aug 10)
Web Scam Hits iTunes And Paypal Users
BBC News (24 Aug 10)
S…
Science & Technology – Week of 8.22.10
New Microbe Discovered Eating Oil Spill in Gulf
Yahoo News (25 Aug 10)
MIT Unveils Swimming, Oil-cleaning Robots
CNN Tech (26 Aug 10)
Web Scam Hits iTunes And Paypal Users
BBC News (24 Aug 10)
Spa…
Retirement Fund Withdrawals Rise in Downturn
* Fidelity exec: Savers tap funds to avoid foreclosure
* Record levels of hardship withdrawals, loans
* 401(k) balances slipped in Q2 as stock market fell
By Ross Kerber
A record number of U.S. …
Bull Blowback
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200 Years – Dow/Silver Ratio
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Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge
By Javier Blas and William MacNamara
The rise of China and India has sparked a renewed surge in aggressive dealmaking in the resources sector, with more than $50bn in proposed takeovers this week a…
Resource Demand Spurs M&A Deal Surge
By Javier Blas and William MacNamara
The rise of China and India has sparked a renewed surge in aggressive dealmaking in the resources sector, with more than $50bn in proposed takeovers this week a…
Soros Slashes US Equities
George Soros has slashed the amount of money he is willing to gamble on the fortunes of the US stock market in the second quarter as market volatility increased.
By James Quinn
The legendary inves…
Initial Unemployment Claims Rising
By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 8.19.10
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, August 19, 2010.
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