A Simple, Healing Mountain Cottage
Denise Franklin needed a healing place. She’d been through a major illness (more than 20 years earlier doctors had told her she had six months to live) and had walked away from a house and husband….
One Man, One Cow, One Planet
A member of my Solari Circle ordered this documentary from New Zealand to circulate through our members. If you want to feel optimistic and appreciate what one man can do, this is a goodie!
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Microsoft’s Global Criminal Compliance Handbook Leaked
U.S. Domestic Version March 2008
By Addy Dugdale
Microsoft has acted swiftly after the Web site Cryptome leaked its “Global Criminal Compliance Handbook.” The guide does exactly what it says: outli…
Microsoft's Global Criminal Compliance Handbook Leaked
U.S. Domestic Version March 2008
By Addy Dugdale
Microsoft has acted swiftly after the Web site Cryptome leaked its “Global Criminal Compliance Handbook.” The guide does exactly what it says: outli…
The Ten Commandments of Gold & Silver Buying
On Franklin Sanders’ website you will find the following Ten Commandments of Gold & Silver Buying. If you are interested in investing in precious metals, it is worth keeping a copy of them.
Te…
The Ten Commandments of Gold & Silver Buying
On Franklin Sanders’ website you will find the following Ten Commandments of Gold & Silver Buying. If you are interested in investing in precious metals, it is worth keeping a copy of them.
Te…
Warren Buffett: Health Care Is Like An “Economic Tape Worm”
By Josh Funk
Billionaire Warren Buffett says health care costs are a major drain on U.S. businesses and act like an “economic tape worm.”
The head of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said…
Warren Buffett: Health Care Is Like An "Economic Tape Worm"
By Josh Funk
Billionaire Warren Buffett says health care costs are a major drain on U.S. businesses and act like an “economic tape worm.”
The head of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said…
Tracy Residents Now Have To Pay For 911 Calls
Tracy (California) residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency.
But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allo…
Is Your Gold At An LBMA Bank?
By Adrian Douglas
Recently I have written several articles that have discussed how much “paper gold” has been sold, principally through the unallocated accounts of the London Bullion Market Associat…
$5 Billion In Political Contributions Bought Wall Street Freedom From Regulation
Continue reading $5 Billion In Political Contributions Bought Wall Street Freedom From Regulation, Restraint
Wall Street Watch (4 March 09)
Massive Earthquake Hits Chile
By Jose Luis Saavedra
One of the world’s most powerful earthquakes in a century battered Chile on Saturday, killing at least 214 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami that th…
What Are Banks Doing With Our Money?
By James Turk
Instead of depositor money being used to stimulate economic activity in the private sector by lending to businesses and consumers, the banks are helping to fund the growing federal defi…
Tracking The Nation’s Bank Failures
Produced by Andrew Garcia and Damian Paetta
Continue reading Tracking The Nation’s Bank Failures
Tracking The Nation's Bank Failures
Produced by Andrew Garcia and Damian Paetta
Continue reading Tracking The Nation’s Bank Failures
Money & Markets – Week of 2.28.10
Russia Nudging Belarus, Kazakhstan Away From Dollar
GATA (5 March 10)
Treasury’s Bailout Overseer Shifts Course From ‘Too Big to Fail’
The Washington Post (5 March 10)
Greece Should Sell Islands to…
Money & Markets – Week of 2.28.10
Russia Nudging Belarus, Kazakhstan Away From Dollar
GATA (5 March 10)
Treasury’s Bailout Overseer Shifts Course From ‘Too Big to Fail’
The Washington Post (5 March 10)
Greece Should Sell Islands to…
Precious Metals – Week of 2.28.10
Venezuelan Central Bank to Increase Gold Purchases
GATA (5 March 10)
Sprott Raises $400 Million From Gold Trust IPO
GATA (3 March 10)
Sovereign Default Time Capsule: What People Were Saying In Real…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 2.28.10
Trapped Inside A Property Bubble
Caixin online (10 Feb 10)
Million Dollar Greenwich Houses Fall on Bad Times
NBC Connecticut (1 March 10)
Elizabeth Warren Introduces COP’s February Report
YouTube (1…
Geopolitical – Week of 2.28.10
Panelists Question Citigroup’s ‘Government Guarantee’
The New York Times (4 March 10)
Democratic Defections on Abortion Issue May Imperil Health Bill
Bloomberg.com (5 March 10)
Howard Dean: He…
Technology – Week of 2.28.10
Brain Scanners To Be Used To ‘Design’ Political Candidates
The Register (5 March 10)
Silicon Valley Rules Oscars as Hollywood Looks North
Bloomberg.com (5 March 10)
China to Launch Space Station Mod…
Life – Week of 2.28.10
Music Biz Back to Playing The Blues
Los Angeles Times (25 Feb 10)
Magnitude-6.4 Quake Strikes Taiwan; One Person Hurt
BusinessWeek (3 March 10)
Rethinking College as Student-Loan Burdens Rise
Yahoo …
Food & Health – Week of 2.28.10
Suit Seeks to Bar Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
WBBN 780 (1 March 10)
USDA Stance on GM Alfalfa Threatens “Fabric of Organic Industry”
The Organic & Non-GMO (Jan 2010)
Radical New Treatment M…
Food & Health – Week of 2.28.10
Suit Seeks to Bar Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
WBBN 780 (1 March 10)
USDA Stance on GM Alfalfa Threatens “Fabric of Organic Industry”
The Organic & Non-GMO (Jan 2010)
Radical New Treatment M…
“European Union Squabbles”
Related reading:
Nigel Farage Insults EU President Herman Van Rompu
TimesOnLine (25 Feb 10)
Europe Chooses a President
Stratfor (20 Nov 09)
Herman Van Rompuy: Europe’s First President to Push…
"European Union Squabbles"
Continue reading Who Are You Mr President? Nigel Farage Asks Van Rompuy
Related reading:
Nigel Farage Insults EU President Herman Van Rompu
TimesOnLine (25 Feb 10)
Europe Chooses a President
Str…
Norway Does It Their Way
By Matthew Futterman and Kevin Helliker
Vancouver, British Columbia
Norway’s Olympic team has won a surprising 17 medals in Vancouver so far, enough to place it third overall and only one gold meda…
Administration to Stop Foreclosures ?
By Dawn Kopecki
The Obama administration may expand efforts to ease the housing crisis by banning all foreclosures on home loans unless they have been screened and rejected by the government’s Home…
French Government Queries USA re 1950’s Secret LSD Experiment
By F. William Engdahl
A major diplomatic and political scandal is erupting that could have significant import for French-American relations. It involves new research into the mysterious outbrea…
The Solari Report Digest ~ New Podcast Available!
Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #9.
Listen to Solari Report Digest #9
The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Solari…
Senate Votes to Extend Patriot Act
Democrats have retreated from adding new privacy protections to the primary U.S counterterrorism law, stymied by Senate Republicans who argued the changes would weaken terror investigations.
The prop…
Sultans of Swap
by Gordon T Long
The Bond Vigilantes are dead – RIP – Long Live the Sultans of Swap
Every parent has had that moment when their child asks them the simplest sounding question but in that instance …
Silver and Gold Critics Win CFTC Hearing
When the US commodities regulator sought public input last year on a plan to damp oil speculation, most of the hundreds of missives it received were not about energy, but silver and gold.
One lette…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.25.10
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 onThursday, March 4, 2010.
Click here t…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.25.10
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 onThursday, March 4, 2010.
Click here t…
European Banks Face Showdown Over €Trillion of Debt
European banks need to roll over €1 trillion (£877bn) of debt over the next two years at a much higher cost and in direct competition with hungry sovereign states, according to a report by Morgan…
European Banks Face Showdown Over €Trillion of Debt
European banks need to roll over €1 trillion (£877bn) of debt over the next two years at a much higher cost and in direct competition with hungry sovereign states, according to a report by Morgan…
Fannie, Freddie Post Losses on Tax Credit Writedowns
By Dawn Kopecki
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance companies under government control, are reporting fourth-quarter losses after writing down the value of tax credit…
World’s Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion of Environmental Damage, Report Estimates
Report for the UN into the activities of the world’s 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment
by Juliet…
World's Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion of Environmental Damage, Report Estimates
Report for the UN into the activities of the world’s 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment
by Juliet…
Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs
By Richard Teitelbaum
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg)—When a congressional panel convened a hearing on the government rescue of American International Group Inc. in January, the public scolding of Treasury Sec…
Homeland Chief: Domestic Extremism is Top Concern
Associated Press (21 Feb 10)
WASHINGTON – Americans who turn to terrorism and plot against the U.S. are now as big a concern as international terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitan…
Chart of the Day
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Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
Nano Tech.pdf
View more reports at fas.org. . .
IMF Floats Capital Controls Trial Ballon
Global Crisis Leads I.M.F Experts to Rethink Long-Held Ideas
New York Times (21 Feb 10)
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund has long preached the virtues of keeping inflation low and all…
The Financial Crisis in Greece
Fed Probes Goldman Role in Greek Crisis
Financial Times (25 Feb 10)
Bernanke Probing Goldman’s Dealings with Greece
MarketWatch (25 Feb 10)
London Firm Was Created to Route Cash
GATA (22 …
Datum du Jour
Go to Harper’s Magazine. . .
Accounting Gimmicks Have Boosted The Collective S&P 500 Cash Balance By Over $150 Billion Since Start of the Crisis
Zero Hedge (20 Feb 10)
Much has been said lately about the record cash balance on the books of S&P 500 companies (ex. financials- those are a different story altogether). Bullish pundits claim th…
Accounting Gimmicks Have Boosted The Collective S&P 500 Cash Balance By Over $150 Billion Since Start of the Crisis
Zero Hedge (20 Feb 10)
Much has been said lately about the record cash balance on the books of S&P 500 companies (ex. financials- those are a different story altogether). Bullish pundits claim th…
IRS Has Its Eye on Wisconsin Fund’s Gains
Pensions & Investments (11 Jan 10)
The Internal Revenue Service wants to tax the State of Wisconsin Investment Board some $40 million, including interest, to recover income taxes owed by a compan…
IRS Has Its Eye on Wisconsin Fund's Gains
Pensions & Investments (11 Jan 10)
The Internal Revenue Service wants to tax the State of Wisconsin Investment Board some $40 million, including interest, to recover income taxes owed by a compan…
Help Put the Gold Swap Question to Bernanke Next Week
GATA (20 Feb 10)
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
As you may have seen from the Bloomberg News story dispatched to you previously today,(http://www.gata.org/node/8352), Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Ber…
Supreme Court Allows Manipulation Suit Against Pimco to Proceed
Bloomberg (22 Feb 10)
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Pacific Investment Management Co., clearing the way for a lawsuit seeking more than $600 million for the company’s al…
Conning the Climate
No, it’s not abstract, up there in the clouds!” exclaimed Talita Beck. “I can see it. I can measure it.” We were talking about carbon emissions; Beck is an emissions assessor, a profession t…
The Middle Class Two Income Trap
Two Breadwinners plus Extra Money to support the Banking Industry. How Middle Class Americans are losing Ground by Supporting the Financial Sector.
MyBudget 360 (19 Feb 10)
Continue reading the art…
Gold War: Gold is Money and Nothing Else
By Paul Mylchreest (12 Nov 07)
THESIS: The biggest credit bubble in modern history is showing signs of unraveling in the US. Debt/credit expansion brings forward consumption—it must either be pur…
Disaster Capitalism is Green
The Economist (8 Feb 10)
THERE was a time when conservation meant keeping people away from nature. America’s system of national parks, a model for similar set-ups around the world, was based on the…
Ron Paul Wins CPAC Presidential Straw
Talk about your political upsets.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, hero of a fervant band of libertarians, unexpectedly won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, cl…
Wall Street’s Gravy Train Is About To Hit A Brick Wall
View the article. . .
Wall Street's Gravy Train Is About To Hit A Brick Wall
View the article. . .
Money & Markets – Week of 2.21.10
Thai Court Reading Verdict on Thaksin’s $2.3 Billion
Bloomberg.com (26 Feb 10)
Germany Debt Chief Hints at Greek Rescue
Telegraph.co.uk (25 Feb 10)
An Interview with Hernando de Soto
McAlvany (24 …
Money & Markets – Week of 2.21.10
Thai Court Reading Verdict on Thaksin’s $2.3 Billion
Bloomberg.com (26 Feb 10)
Germany Debt Chief Hints at Greek Rescue
Telegraph.co.uk (25 Feb 10)
An Interview with Hernando de Soto
McAlvany (24 …
Precious Metals – Week of 2.21.10
China Will Bid on IMF’s Remaining Gold Offer, Russian News Agency Says
GATA (25 Feb 10)
India Seen as Potential Buyer For More IMF Gold
GATA (24 Feb 10)
CFTC to Examine Trading in Metals Markets
GAT…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 2.21.10
What’s Up With HUD’s REO Sales?
Bruce Krasting (23 Feb 10)
Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead of Foreclosure
WLWT.com (19 Feb 10)
Geopolitical – Week of 2.21.10
Detroit Mayor Bing Emphasizes Need to Shrink City
The Detroit News (25 Feb 10)
75 Reasons to be Skeptical of Global
Warming
Josh Fulton (21 Feb 10)
Bust the Health Care Trusts
Reader Supported news …
Life – Week of 2.21.10
Top 10 Places You Can’t Go
Listverse.com
Arizona Dog is World’s Tallest
Reuters.uk (23 Feb 10)
Awareness General Life Facts
Drishti…Life’s Vision
Food & Health – Week of 2.21.10
High Hopes for Vertical Farming (video above)
Reuters.uk (23 Feb 10)
Making Vitamins Too Costly For Your Health
Canada Free Press (21 Feb 10)
Interview with Wolfgang Wodard: Swine Flu: “They Organi…
Food & Health – Week of 2.21.10
High Hopes for Vertical Farming (video above)
Reuters.uk (23 Feb 10)
Making Vitamins Too Costly For Your Health
Canada Free Press (21 Feb 10)
Interview with Wolfgang Wodard: Swine Flu: “They Organi…
Technology – Week of 2.21.10
Bloom Box Generates Buzz, Skepticism With 60 Minutes Spot
Christian Science Monitor (22 Feb 10)
Catherine on The Wall Street Shuffle
Listen to the podcast. . .
Catherine on The Wall Street Shuffle (Feb 2010)
Listen to the podcast. . .
Class Warfare’s Next Target: 401(k) Savings
By Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara
You did the responsible thing. You saved in your IRA or 401(k) to support your retirement, when you could have spent that money on another vacation, or an upscale…
Class Warfare's Next Target: 401(k) Savings
By Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara
You did the responsible thing. You saved in your IRA or 401(k) to support your retirement, when you could have spent that money on another vacation, or an upscale…
George Noory – Going Where Corporate Media Dare Not Go
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The Solari Report – 18 Feb 2010
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On this week’s Solari Report, we will talking with George Noory, host of Co…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.18.10
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, February 18, 2010.
C…
Tesla Motors Execs Die in Plane Crash
Tesla Motors, makers of sporty electrical cars, filed their registration statement on January 29th to go public with a $100 million offering through Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and D…
Pension Gap of $1 Trillion is ‘Daunting’ Bill to U.S. States
By Darrell Preston and Nanette Byrnes
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.S. states must contend with a more than $1 trillion gap between what they have saved and what they have promised to retired workers for …
Pension Gap of $1 Trillion is 'Daunting' Bill to U.S. States
By Darrell Preston and Nanette Byrnes
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.S. states must contend with a more than $1 trillion gap between what they have saved and what they have promised to retired workers for …
Plane Crash Suspect’s Online Diatribe
Posting rages at IRS, claims, “I have had all I can stand”
FEBRUARY 18—The man suspected of intentionally crashing an airplane into a Texas office building today appears to have posted a lengthy on…
Plane Crash Suspect's Online Diatribe
Posting rages at IRS, claims, “I have had all I can stand”
FEBRUARY 18—The man suspected of intentionally crashing an airplane into a Texas office building today appears to have posted a lengthy on…
43% Say Local Government Better Than Feds, States
Rasmussen Reports (16 Feb 10)
Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level.
A new Rasmu…
Requiring Banks to Offer Gold and Silver Deposits
Introduced in the Georgia General Assembly
B 416 – “Sound Money In Banking Act”; require any bank serving as a depository for the state to offer/accept gold and silver coin for deposit
A BILL to b…
Beauty and Grace
View the video at YouTube. . .
Virtual Tour: Jerusalem—El Aksa Mosque—The Wailing Wall—The Holy Sepulcher
The Common Project of Humanity: Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the name of a-six-thousand year history. This makes her one of the oldest cities in the world. Jerusalem is special and holy for the three Abr…
Volker Says Must Let Big Financial Firms Fail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Large financial institutions that engage in speculative activities for profit should be allowed to fail if they get in trouble, White House advisor Paul Volcker said on Sunday…
Algae to Solve Pentagon’s Jet Fuel Problem
By Suzanne Goldenberg
The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.
The claim, which comes from…
Algae to Solve Pentagon's Jet Fuel Problem
By Suzanne Goldenberg
The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.
The claim, which comes from…
FDA Invades Non-Commercial Amish
Kinzers, PA – At 9:40 a.m. Thursday, February 4, only a few miles from the scene of the Nickel Mines Amish massacre of 2006, another drama against the Amish began as agents of the U.S. Food and Dr…
Permaculture School Garden in Jordan’s Dead Sea
With Geoff Lawton
Also see previous blog post:
Greening the Desert
Permaculture School Garden in Jordan's Dead Sea
With Geoff Lawton
Also see previous blog post:
Greening the Desert
Financial Houses Now Profit From Destroying and Taking Over Whole Countries
From Chris Powell – GATA – 7:45p ET Monday, February 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In a fascinating 50-minute interview with Eric King of King World News, JSMineSet.com’s Jim Sincla…
The Stats: Terrorism is More Dangerous to Americans Than Sharks—But Not Much Else
By Tom Engelhardt, Tom Dispatch
Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you’re not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Ye…
Goldman Sachs Wants You to Pay-by-theMile to Drive U.S. Roadways
By Mark Anderson
According to an independent British newspaper editor, in the not-so-distant future, English drivers will be charged based upon the number of miles they drive, as is being done step…
Bloomberg’s Lawsuit vs. the Fed
By Alan Feuer
The critical lawsuit challenging that mystery of finance known as the Bailout started, oddly enough, with a casual newsroom chat.
Mark Pittman, an investigative reporter for Bloomber…