Technology – Week of 2.7.10
Bio-electromagnetic Weapons
Fredomfchs.com
Genetically Modified Forest Planned for U.S. Southeast
Scientific American (29 Jan 10)
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Life – Week of 2.7.10
Washington, Baltimore Set Snow Records as Blizzard Chokes East
Bloomberg.com (10 Feb 10)
The New Face Of America’s Poor?
Christian Science Monitor (09 Feb 10)
Super Bowl Is Most Watched TV Show Ever…
Food & Health – Week of 2.7.10
Pandemic Response Project
Pandemic Response Project
Experienced, Authoritative Help With Vaccine Legal Exemptions And Waivers In The U.S.
Vaccine Rights
The Cell Phone And The Cell – The Role of Ca…
Food & Health – Week of 2.7.10
Pandemic Response Project
Pandemic Response Project
Experienced, Authoritative Help With Vaccine Legal Exemptions And Waivers In The U.S.
Vaccine Rights
The Cell Phone And The Cell – The Role of Ca…
Bank Data Wars Escalate
SWIFT headquarters in La Hulpe.
The civil liberties committee in the European Parliament on Thursday recommended that the parliament’s MPs reject a deal that would allow U.S. authorities to contin…
Summit of Central Bankers This Weekend
The world’s central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets.
Representatives from 24 central bank…
Long-Term Care
Continue reading A No-Nonsense Look at Long-Term Care
Expect al Qaeda Attack Soon: CIA
WASHINGTON – Al Qaeda can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior intelligence officials told Congress yesterday.
CIA Director Leon Panetta said …
National Intelligence Tells Congress Americans Can Be Killed Overseas
By Jason Ditz
In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee today, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair told representatives that American citizens can be assassinated by the US gover…
CIA Moonlights at Hedge Funds
By: Eamon Javers
In the midst of two wars and the fight against Al Qaeda, the CIA is offering operatives a chance to peddle their expertise to private companies on the side — a policy that gives …
Google And NSA Tie the Knot
By Ellen Nakashima
The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.
Under an agreement th…
Eustace Mullins (March 9, 1923 – February 2, 2010)
Eustace Clarence Mullins, Jr. was born in Roanoke, Virginia, the third child of Eustace Clarence Mullins (1899-1961) and his wife Jane Katherine Muse (1897-1971). His father was a salesman in a ret…
Charges Filed Against Former Bank of America CEO
By Stephen Bernard and Ieva M. Augstums
The New York Attorney General’s office said Thursday it filed civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled inve…
The Supreme Court’s New Robes
Photo: Daniel Kurtzman’s Political Humor Blog
The Supreme Court's New Robes
Photo: Daniel Kurtzman’s Political Humor Blog
How Small Business Can Flourish
Dennis Bernstein, of the KPFA radio show, Flashpoints, interviewed Catherine last night (Feb 3, 2010.) Listen to the portion of the interview where Catherine talks about small business:
Listen to the…
“We Can’t Get Enough Drones”
By Tony Capaccio
The U.S. military plans to more than triple its inventory of high-altitude, armed and unarmed drones capable of 24-hour patrols by 2020.
The long-range aviation plan delivered to …
Japanese Rice Fields
Every year, farmers in the rural town Inakadate, Japan create rice field art by using red rice in with their regular rice in special patterns.
Continue reading Japanese Rice Fields
Who Owns Organic
Continue reading Who Owns Organic
The Layman’s Guide to Mind Control
“Your greatest weapon is in your enemy’s mind.”
-The Buddha
Who controls your mind? Is it you? Or is it someone who wants to control you or profit at your expense?
Are your opinions…
Money & Markets Charts ~ 2.4.10
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 4, 2010.
Cl…
Lies We’re Being Told
By John Rubino
The latest piece of deep thought from iTulip’s Eric Janszen explains why, if the recession is over, so many people remain in such bad shape. More specifically, how can U.S. GDP be up b…
Italy Seizes Bank of America Assets In Derivatives Fraud Probe
By Jesse
“more than 519 municipalities that face 990 million euros in derivatives losses”
As the quote indicates, its a big problem, and Bank of America is not the only bank involved. But they are…
Geithner Takes Credit for ‘Strong Dollar Policy’
By Rebecca Christie
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said he has continued to support the strong dollar policy he helped craft in the Clinton administration when he worked for his predec…
Geithner Takes Credit for 'Strong Dollar Policy'
By Rebecca Christie
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said he has continued to support the strong dollar policy he helped craft in the Clinton administration when he worked for his predec…
AIG Plans Another Round of Bonuses!
By Brady Dennis
American International Group plans Wednesday to pay another round of employee bonuses, worth about $100 million, said several people familiar with the matter, a year after similar p…
Soliciting Feedback Regarding The Annuitization Of 401(k)
By Tyler Durden
Yes, slowly but surely it is happening. In a federal notice filed earlier, the DOL and Treasury are soliciting a response on what has been on many investors’ mind, namely the proces…
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
From Wikipedia
A Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is a government financial statement, which goes beyond the minimums established for public sector companies by NCGA (National Council o…
Ice Storms In Tennessee
Dear Catherine:
Hope y’all didn’t suffer any problems from the ice storm and that your fruit trees are OK. Things here are fine, just shut down for a while. I’m been meaning to write to thank you …
What Does George Soros Really Think of Gold?
By Lance Lewis
Since December 2009, gold bears have had a ray of hope as gold has corrected (as all bull markets do), and now the bears are keying in on a headline from George Soros today: Gold…
Volcker Rule Unlikely To Move Forward In Senate
By PK Semler
A proposal by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to limit bank’s proprietary trading will be either be dropped or significantly modified in the Senate, lawmakers and staffe…
The Disastrous Unemployment Situation
By Tyler Durden
The chart below demonstrates the amount of borrowing per state, as well as trust fund holdings.
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Continue reading A Majority Of States Are Now Insolvent: Quantif…
The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti
By F. William Engdahl
Former President becomes UN Special Envoy to earthquake-stricken Haiti.
A born-again neo-conservative US business wheeler-dealer preacher claims Haitians are condemned…
Mandatory IRAs May Burden Small Employers, Business Group Says
By Margaret Collins and Alexis Leondis
U.S. President Barack Obama’s effort to increase retirement savings by requiring all businesses to offer automatic IRA accounts may face opposition from sma…
Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows
By David Reilly
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water, and peanut butter. After this…
Why Larry Summers Must Go Now!
By Scott Thompson and Paul Gallagher
If the rising movement of American patriots is going to clean out the London/Wall Street swamp of the Obama Administration, not only must Treasury Secretary…
Elizabeth Warren ‘Bostonian of the Year’
Continue reading Boston Globe Names Elizabeth Warren ‘Bostonian of the Year’
Elizabeth Warren 'Bostonian of the Year'
Continue reading Boston Globe Names Elizabeth Warren ‘Bostonian of the Year’
Bernanke Wins Confirmation to Second Term
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Should You Care About Bernanke’s Reappointment?
Daily Finance (26 Feb 10)
The Solari Report Digest – New Podcast Available!
Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #8.
Listen to Solari Report Digest #8
The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Solari…
Sir James Goldsmith’s 1994 Globalization Warning
YouTube | February 04 2010
Sir James Michael “Jimmy” Goldsmith (26 February 1933 18 July 1997) was an Anglo-French financier. Towards the end of his life, he became a magazine publisher and a …
Unfinished Business: 2009
By Doug Wakefield and Ben Hill
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This chart is from the December 2009 issue of The Investors Mind)
Continue reading Unfinished Business: 2009
“How Would You Fix the Economy?”
There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg Fl. Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: “How Would You Fix the Economy?”
I think this guy nailed it!
Dear Mr. President,
Ple…
"How Would You Fix the Economy?"
There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg Fl. Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: “How Would You Fix the Economy?”
I think this guy nailed it!
Dear Mr. President,
Ple…
A Letter to Barclays Capital
To:
CorporateCommunicationsAmericas@barclayscapital.com, Corporate.Communications@barclayscapital.com
Ladies & Gentlemen:
I was distressed to read that your head of global investment banking, H…
Money & Markets – Week of 1.31.10
G-7 Splits Hurt Investors as Ministers Seek Exit Plan
Bloomberg.com (05 Feb 10)
JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets $17 Million Stock Award Bonus
Bloomberg.com (05 Feb 10)
Swiss Central Bank Aggressively Pushes…
Money & Markets – Week of 1.31.10
G-7 Splits Hurt Investors as Ministers Seek Exit Plan
Bloomberg.com (05 Feb 10)
JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets $17 Million Stock Award Bonus
Bloomberg.com (05 Feb 10)
Swiss Central Bank Aggressively Pushes…
Precious Metals – Week of 1.31.10
Two Types Of Gold Funds To Glitter On Stock Market Soon
Bangkok Post (02 Feb 10)
Adrian Douglas: An Appeal To The CFTC To Get Serious With Gold And Silver
GoldSeek (31 Jan 10)
Davos 2010: George S…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 1.31.10
US Mortgage Sector Braced For End Of Fed Help
Financial Times (03 Feb 10)
Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie
New York Times (01 Feb 10)
Housing Crash Continues It’s Still A Terrible Time To Buy Wh…
Geopolitical – Week of 1.31.10
Gov’t to Pay More Than Half of U.S. Health Costs
Fox News (04 Feb 10)
U.S. Missionaries In Haiti Charged With Child Kidnap
Reuters (04 Feb 10)
New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 480,000
Fox New…
Technology – Week of 1.31.10
Is Basic American Telephone Service In A Death Spiral?
Nieman Watchdog (03 Feb 10)
VeriChip Buys Steel Vault, Creating Micro-Implant Health Record/Credit Score Empire
BNET (11 Nov 09)
Virtual Battle…
Life – Week of 1.31.10
North Carolina Schools May Cut Chunk Out of U.S. History Lessons
Fox News (03 Feb 10)
DIY, Super-Efficient Fridge Uses .1 kWh a Day
EcoRenovator.org (01 Dec 08)
Heists Targeting Truckers On Rise
The…
Food & Health – Week of 1.31.10
Violence Is Part of the Job, Say Nurses, as Study Shows Only 1 in 6 Incidents Are Reported
ScienceDaily (03 Feb 10)
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
USDA HOSTS OUTREACH WEBINARS ON MOBILE SLAUGHT…
Food & Health – Week of 1.31.10
Violence Is Part of the Job, Say Nurses, as Study Shows Only 1 in 6 Incidents Are Reported
ScienceDaily (03 Feb 10)
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
USDA HOSTS OUTREACH WEBINARS ON MOBILE SLAUGHT…
Meditations on Volatility and Our Financial Tapeworm
We are in a period in which volatility is rising and is going to keep rising.
Markets are centrally managed. Economic warfare has overridden the capital raising and allocation functions of currency a…
Wolf Moon of 2010
By Robert Britt
Tonight’s full moon — called the wolf moon — will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. It offers anyone with clear skies an opportunity to identify easy-to-see …
Project Censored – Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010
1. US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street
2. US Schools are More Segregated Today than in the 1950s
3. Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates
4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina
5. Europe Blocks US Toxi…
Child Abuse
Whitley Strieber writes, “For years, I have grappled with strange memories from early childhood that suggested involvement in some sort of abusive program. But I was never sure what these memorie…
“Catcher in the Rye” Author Salinger Dies
J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
Salinger died of…
"Catcher in the Rye" Author Salinger Dies
J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
Salinger died of nat…
Memories of Beijing Ten Years Past
By Jesse
Just returned last night from Beijing. While on standby at airport from 11:30 AM until 6:30 PM (all classes of all half-hourly flights of all airlines were overbooked and loaded full, and …
Head of Davos Security Dead
By Sven Egenter
The police commander heading security at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was found dead on Tuesday, local authorities said, adding that his death appeared to be suicide.
Mark…
Was Goldman Liable for SocGen’s Deals Too?
The heavily-redacted regulatory filing that spells out the details of the New York Federal Reserve’s controversial bailout of American International Group is a secret no more.
Reuters has obtaine…
Was Goldman Liable for SocGen's Deals Too?
The heavily-redacted regulatory filing that spells out the details of the New York Federal Reserve’s controversial bailout of American International Group is a secret no more.
Reuters has obtained …
Calsters Underfunded
By Michael B. Marois
The California State Teachers Retirement System, the second biggest U.S. public pension, will need to ask taxpayers for more money after investment losses left it underfunded b…
Young Blood Reverses Sign Of Aging In Old Mice
By Emily Singer
The anti-aging power of blood might not be just the stuff of vampire stories. According to new research from Harvard University, an unspecified factor in the blood of young mice can r…
Administration Approves Bank Book Cooking
From the Federal Register today:
[Federal Register: January 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 18)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4635-4654]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo….
The Trillion Dollar Mean Reversion
Ben Bernanke’s great reflation gamble appears to be working. Unfortunately, it appears to be working in all the wrong places.
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Money & Markets Charts ~ 1.28.10
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, February 4, 2010.
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur Questions Tim Geithner
CAF Note: Not enough time to ask about:
the Chair of the NY Fed being a former Goldman Co-Chair, a member of the Goldman board and shareholder;
what % of the shares of the NY Fed bank are owned …
Hemp Crop of The Future?
By James MacPherson
A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit by two North Dakota farmers who said they should be allowed to grow industrial hemp wit…
How The AIG Bailout Really Worked
By Joe Weisenthal and Kamelia Angelova
Continue reading Chart of The Day: How The AIG Bailout Really Worked
Catherine’s Investment Rules of Thumb
1. You and those you love are your assets – invest in you, your health, your homebase and your own business first;
2. Bank and do business with people you respect and trust;
3. Stick with the primar…
Catherine's Investment Rules of Thumb
1. You and those you love are your assets – invest in you, your health, your homebase and your own business first;
2. Bank and do business with people you respect and trust;
3. Stick with the primar…
2010 State of the Union Address
The 2010 State of the Union Address will be given by United States President Barack Obama on January 27, 2010, to a joint session of Congress. It will be Obama’s first State of the Union Address, th…
Watching the Testimony
I am watching the Congressional testimony about AIG. It’s a parade of people lying to themselves and to you. My expectation is that you will get a much more accurate explanation of the government’s gi…
The Federal Bailout of AIG
Today the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held hearings on: “The Federal Bailout of AIG” to examine the Federal response to the collapse of AIG. The hearing will focus on the deci…
Suspending Money Market Redemptions Is Now Legal
By Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge discussed a month ago the disastrous prospects of what would happen if the new proposal contemplated by the SEC, which would allow the suspension of redemptions from Money …
HuffPo’s Ryan Grim: Is Bernanke Hiding A Smoking Gun?
By Ryan Grim
A Republican senator said Tuesday that documents showing Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernake covered up the fact that his staff recommended he not bailout AIG are being kept fro…
HuffPo's Ryan Grim: Is Bernanke Hiding A Smoking Gun?
By Ryan Grim
A Republican senator said Tuesday that documents showing Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernake covered up the fact that his staff recommended he not bailout AIG are being kept fro…
Two At Fed Had Doubts About Payout By AIG
By Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story
Weeks after rescuing the American International Group with an $85 billion taxpayer loan in late 2008, Federal Reserve Board officials rejected a proposal that…
Interest Rate Roulette
By Rob Kirby
According to the most recent data from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the notional value of derivatives held by U.S. commercial banks increased $804 billion in the t…
Food Stamp Funded GMO and MSG is Too Good for “Those People”
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You’re facilitating the problem if you give an anim…
Food Stamp Funded GMO and MSG is Too Good for "Those People"
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You’re facilitating the problem if you give an anim…
State Budget Gaps, Fiscal Year 2010
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Hunting Humans With Unmanned Aerial Drones
By Nick Turse
One moment there was the hum of a motor in the sky above. The next, on a recent morning in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a missile blasted a home, killing 13 people. Days later,…
Say Goodbye To The Great Liquidity Wave
By Joe Weisenthal and Kamelia Angelova
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In the last several days, a view emerged that the tightening has un-officially begun.
Continue reading Chart of The Day: Say Goodbye To The…
UBS Tax Ruling May Prompt Fresh U.S. Legal Battle
By David Voreacos, Carlyn Kolker and Klaus Wille
A Swiss court ruling that impedes the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to collect data on 4,450 UBS AG accounts may prompt the U.S. to revive a …
Local Stock Exchanges and National Stimulus
By Michael Shuman
Since the global financial system unraveled in 2008, U.S. policymakers have struggled heroically to improve the performance and oversight of global banks and investment firms. But t…
‘Backdoor Bailout’
U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve’s bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of n…
'Backdoor Bailout'
U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve’s bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of n…
Geithner Phone Log Released
By Tyler Durden
Politico has obtained the phone log of conversations performed by then FRBNY President Tim Geithner during the period of the financial crisis, or specifically September 14, 2008 throu…
The Myth of Haiti’s Lawless Streets
By Inigo Gilmore
As a member of the media covering the tragedy in Haiti, it’s with a sense of alarm and astonishment that I’ve witnessed how some senior aid officials have argued for withholding ai…
The Myth of Haiti's Lawless Streets
By Inigo Gilmore
As a member of the media covering the tragedy in Haiti, it’s with a sense of alarm and astonishment that I’ve witnessed how some senior aid officials have argued for withholding ai…
Water Conservation? The Sky’s The Limit
By Susan Carpenter
It isn’t often that it rains in L.A. for six days running, as it did this week. The inches Mother Nature dumped on us may not have cured the drought, but they did more than just …
Goldman’s Head in the Clouds
It would appear that Goldman thinks that raising interest rates would be a disaster. What that means is the folks borrowing for 0-1/2% on the yen carry trade, now the Fed carry trade, or getting $10 b…
Goldman's Head in the Clouds
It would appear that Goldman thinks that raising interest rates would be a disaster. What that means is the folks borrowing for 0-1/2% on the yen carry trade, now the Fed carry trade, or getting $10 b…
Bernanke In Play
By Tyler Durden
We apologize in advance for the NY Magazine-style headline, but this is a report that has to be read by all Senators who are preparing to reconfirm Bernanke for a second term. When v…
“Yes, We Want Change”
By Peggy Noonan
What does the Massachusetts election mean? It means America is in play again. The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appear…