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Food & Health – Week of 11.29.09
After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being Tested
The New York Times (03 Dec 09)
Novavax: A Risky But Potentially Lucrative Vaccine Play
DailyFinance (02 Dec 09)
Ukraine Economic Catastroph…
Dubai Financial Crisis
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg)—Dubai’s debt woes may worsen to become a “major sovereign default” that roils developing nations and cuts off capital flows to emerging markets, Bank of America Corp. sai…
Dark Side of the Internet
Nov. 26 (Guardian-UK) Fourteen years ago, a pasty Irish teenager with a flair for inventions arrived at Edinburgh University to study artificial intelligence and computer science. For his thesis pro…
The Value of Leadership
One of the many blessings of living in Hickory Valley, Tennessee is that I know, respect and like my Mayor and the members of my Town Council.
The Council meets monthly and reviews and pay the bills …
Katherine Jenkins – I Believe
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Negative Equity Mortgages
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More Independent Than Ever
By David M. Halbfinger
The Lou Dobbs-for-Senate rumor had barely crested when the Lou Dobbs-for-president rumor suddenly overtook it this week.
Mr. Dobbs, the former cable television anchor of the…
Facebook Creates Dual-Class Stock Structure
By Brian Womack
Facebook Inc., the world’s biggest social-networking site, introduced a dual-class stock structure to let current shareholders hold onto voting control.
The decision shouldn’t …
EU President Promises EU Tax to Bilderbergers
By Bruno Waterfield, Justin Stares and Colin Freeman
Within days of taking office in January, the former Belgian prime minister will put his weight behind controversial proposals already floated by t…
Iran: Will Sanctions Work?
By George Friedman
The Iranian government has rejected, at least for the moment, a proposal from the P-5+1 to ship the majority of its low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment. The group …
Climategate: Dr. Tim Ball on The Hacked CRU Emails
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A Solari Report – Canadian Banking
Overview
Canadian banks, trust companies, loan companies, credit unions, deposit-taking insurance companies, pension funds and retail associations are regulated and examined for safety and soundnes…
Victory For Private PA Food Buying Club
Magisterial District Judge Jene Willwreth today dismissed both charges brought by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture against C.A.R.E. member Jan Haller in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Before cros…
US Commercial Banks: The Turkeys Are Stuffed
by Jesse
The increase in the monetary base created by the Fed’s monetization of debt is striking, not seen since the early stages of the Great Depression.
Banks are not lending despite the massive…
On the "Government Version"
“It only seems controversial because there is a such a glaring difference of opinion between those who believe the government’s version of events and those who have actually studied the case.”
– Jim …
Putting the Gold Market in Perspective
Continue reading Gold Contrarians Will Get Killed
France Finds Monsanto Guilty
Posted By Dr. John Mercola
France’s highest court has ruled that U.S. agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirme…
"Missouri Billboard"
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Will California Become a Federal Territory?
by John Myers
A new report estimates that California officials will face a budget gap of nearly $21 billion over the next year and a half.
Not only is there no light at the end of the tunnel of Cali…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.22.09
‘One Worker, One Vote:’US Steelworkers to Experiment with Factory Ownership, Mondragon Style
Solidarity Economy (27 Oct 09)
Washington Post to Close Three Regional Bureaux
BBC News (25 Nov 09)
Rus…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.22.09
US Mint to Suspend American Eagle Gold 1-oz Coins
Reuters (25 Nov 09)
Gold and Newton’s First Law of Motion
Financial sense Observations (25 Nov 09)
IMF Sells 10 Tonnes of Gold to Sri Lanka
Yahoo …
Geopolitical – Week of 11.22.09
Green World Government
The Washington Times (27 Nov 09)
Obama Says Will “Finish The Job” in Afghanistan
Reuters (25 Nov 09)
Obama to Offer 17% Emissions-Cut Goal in Copenhagen
Bloomberg.com (25 Nov …
Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.22.09
Wall St. Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages
The New York Times (21 Nov 09)
World’s Most Expensive Homes
Yahoo Finance (22 Nov 09)
FHA-Backed Lending Is a ‘Train Wreck,’ Toll Says
Bloomberg.co…
Life – Week of 11.22.09
Oprah’s Departure Presents Problem For TV Stations
Yahoo Finance (20 Nov 09)
Food & Health – Week of 11.22.09
Superstar CBS Reporter Blows the Lid Off the Swine Flu Media Hype and Hysteria
Mercola.com (24 Nov 09)
GlaxoSmithKline Pulls Swine Flu Vaccines in Canada
Forbes (24 Nov 09)
Fat Of Up To 60 Bodies Us…
Europe Chooses a President
Continue reading Europe Chooses a President
Stratfor (20 Nov 09)
More than eight years after the idea was first mooted, Europe has finally got a President. Leaders of the 27 members of the European…
SixthSense Technology
Continue reading Pranav Mistry: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology
YouTube (18 Nov 09)
Catherine Austin Fitts on Alex Jones
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Quote du Jour
Let us guard against inhumans, but let us guard even more against becoming inhuman ourselves.
~ Patriarch Pavle
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The Paul-Grayson Amendment Passes
Paul-Grayson “Audit The Fed” Bill Passes Financial Services Committee
Fire Dog Lake (18 Nov 09)
The Paul-Grayson Amendment
Lew Rockwell.com (19 Nov 09)
Showdown: Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Take On …
Family Wealth
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The Solari Report – 19 Nov 2009
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Money & Markets ~ Charts 11.19.09
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, November 19, 2009.
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The Darker Profits from Unemployment
Hi Catherine:
This article and video have been going around on Facebook, and after reading about it I was very disturbed.
I’m wondering what your take on it is beyond the obvious and if you have any…
Goldman, God & the Great Vampire Squid
Goldman Sachs has a political problem and the tension is rising daily as the housing market continues to swoon and unemployment grows.
Goldman’s business model is simple.
The investment bank uses t…
Paulson To Invest $250m In New Gold Fund
By James Quinn
Mr Paulson, best known for making $3.7bn from bets on the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market, is believed to have told investors that the new fund, to be run by Paulson &am…
"Space War"
Continue reading Arsenal of Hypocricy (part 1)
Chart of The Day: An Inflation Warning Sign
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Changing The World With Wireless Broadband
The Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) exists to advance economic opportunity for the wireless broadband industry worldwide. WCAI is a technology-neutral trade association that…
Letter to the Editors of The Wall Street Journal
November 14, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your editorial “The FHA’s Bailout Warning” states that the deterioration in The Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) financial position “is the result of th…
Insiders & Outsiders: Financial Class Society
By Vivien Lou Chen and Sandrine Rastello
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the central bank could curtail the risk of future liquidity crises by providing a “backstop…
Authoring Legislation
“We were approached by the lobbyist, who asked if we would be willing to enter a statement in the Congressional Record. I asked him for a draft. I tweaked a couple of words. There’s not much reason …
Reality? What A Read!
I enjoy reading Barbara Ehrenreich’s work.
Ehrenreich seeks reality. She goes to great lengths to personally experience the phenomenon about which she writes. She combines intimate effort with the …
Goldman's $ Has No Smell
By Geraldine Fabrikant
The latest tax filing for Goldman Sachs’s foundation is as thick as a phone book. The list of trades is more than 200 pages, single spaced. Goldman, it seems, invests like …
USDA Declares Half of Midwest as Agricultural Disaster Area
By Eric deCarbonnel
The graphic below shows counties designated as disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Big Medicare Cuts Coming
Report: Reform would cut senior healthcare.
They simply want to steal $500 Billion of “entitlements”(already paid for) health care for the elderly.
More than $500 billion in cuts from Medicare spen…
Till Death Do Us Part?
By Carrie A. Moore
Women diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis are over six times more likely to be divorced than men with the same diagnosis, according to a new study co-authored by a former…
ETF Investors Are Still Fleeing U.S. Stocks
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Super-rich Seen Buying Gold, Selling Hedge Funds
By Steve Lodge
The investment preferences of the world’s wealthiest families have shifted significantly in favour of gold and other commodities and away from hedge funds in the wake of the financ…
The Geography of a Depression
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Money & Markets – Week of 11.15.09
Stocks Plunge as Treasury Three-Month Bill Yields Turn Negative
Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09)
Wells Fargo to Pay $1.4 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Settlement
Law.com (19 Nov 09)
Geithner Blames C…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.15.09
U.K. Royal Mint Quadruples Production of Gold Coins (Update2)
Bloomberg.com (19 Nov 09)
Mauritius Buys IMF Gold, Follows India as Metal Soars (Update4)
Bloomberg.com (17 Nov 09)
Waiting For The Tr…
Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.15.09
Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over Brief
Law.com (11 Nov 09)
Latest Foreclosure Activity Report Presents Conflicting Perspectives
Zero Hedge (12 Nov 09)
Geopolitical – Week of 11.15.09
DynCorp Says It May Have Broken U.S. Law
The Wall Street Journal (19 Nov 09)
Karzai Sworn In As Afghan Leader; Vows To Fight Graft
Reuters (19 Nov 09)
His & Her Benefits: Getting Ex’s Social Securi…
Technology – Week of 11.15.09
Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion in Sudden Settlement
Law.com (13 Nov 09)
A Fresh Way to Take The Salt Out of Seawater
The Economist (29 Oct 09)
Life – Week of 11.15.09
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives
The New York Times (15 Nov 09)
India Rain A Harvest of Water
National Geographic (Nov 2009)
Food & Health – Week of 11.15.09
Crimes And Abuses Of The Pharmaceutical Industry (pdf)
Sister Teresa Forcades I Vila, PhD
49 mn Americans Food Insecure
Market Skeptics (19 Nov 09)
Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon’s Mandatory H1N1 V…
Quote du Jour
“Do the kinds of things that come from the heart.
When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you
won’t be longing for somebody else’s things.
On the contrary, you’ll be …
Reviving Local Economies: Set Up Your Own Silver Exchange
By Franklin Sanders
~ Franklin Sanders has graciously agreed to allow us to post his article which originally appeared in the October 14, 2009 issue of The Moneychanger newsletter.
After I spoke in…
Precious Metals Market Report
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The Solari Report – 12 Nov 2009
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It’s the second week of the month. That means I am headed over to see …
Economy Is Once Again Top Issue For Voters
The Rasmussen Report
After being knocked out of first place last month for the first time in nearly two years, the economy is back as the issue voters view as most important.
The latest Rasmussen …
Money & Markets ~ Charts 11.12.09
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, November 12, 2009.
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US Stock Market: Driving Out Healthy Companies and Investors
ZeroHedge.com (10 Nov 09)
The decline in the number of U.S. listed companies has cost our economy millions of potential jobs.
Market structure changes began to erode support for small cap stocks an…
Problem: Journalism Class Uncovers Innocent in Jail. Solution: Subpoena Class Grades
November 8, 2009
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard b…
"Oldie But Goodie" March 07, 1997
By J.N. Tlaga
Between January 3 and April 18 of 1995, the value of US dollar in Japanese yen declined 20% from 100 to 80 yen. This 20% drop created automatic 20% price subsidy in Japan for American…
G20 Leaves Door Open For Fresh Pressure on Dollar
By Andrew Torchia
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar may come under renewed pressure from emerging market currencies and the euro after a meeting of the world’s top finance officials failed to take c…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.08.09
Barrick Shuts Hedge Book as World Gold Supply Runs Out
Telegraph.co.uk (11 Nov 09)
Barclay’s Remarkable Bargain
New York Times (9 Nov 09)
How the Government Is Swallowing the Economy
Yahoo Finance (…
Geopolitical – Week of 11.08.09
58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican
Rasmussen Reports (8 Nov 09)
Although House Passes Health Care, Most Voters Still Oppose the Legislation
Rasmussen Reports (9 Nov 09)
45% Now Rate Obam…
Food & Health – Week of 11.08.09
Victory at Codex!
National Health Federation (8 Nov 09)
Life – Week of 11.08.09
The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers
Mental Floss (10 Nov 09)
Confessions of a Vision Impaired Stakeholder With Dubious Management Practices Embarking on an Ill-defined Mission
Sam Smith -…
Unemployment Rate Jumps to 26-year High
By Timothy R. Homan
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — The unemployment rate in the U.S. jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983, casting a pall over the prospects for a sustained recove…
House Passes Health Care Reform
By Jason Leopold
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who was the sponsor of an amendment that would have allowed individual states to create a single-payer system—essentially a Medicare-for-all bill—v…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.08.09
Investment Firm Chief Backs GATA on Bloomberg Asia TV
GATA.org (9 Nov 09)
Air Force: 'Overwhelm Enemy Cognitive Abilities' With Bioscience
By Katie Drummond – Wired.com (4 Nov 09)
The Air Force is looking to harness advances in bio-science so they can “degrade enemy performance and artificially overwhelm enemy cognitive abilities.�…
Climate Change Talks and Obama's China Visit
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"GM's Money Trees"-Brazil and the Consequences of "Cap and Trade" System
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La Grace du Ciel
[La Grâce du Ciel is a French interpretation of Amazing Grace (literally:The Grace of Heaven) written by David E. Marcantel andperformed by Southwest Louisiana singing group, Les Amies Louisianaise…
On The Edge With Catherine Austin Fitts
Catherine with Max Keiser at maxkeiser.com.
Valuing Bonds, Dollar Is Crazy in a World Gone Mad
By Mark Gilbert – Bloomberg.com (5 Nov 09)
“In price is knowledge,” an editor used to scream at me. Whether or not you believed in efficient markets, you could be sure the price of a bond, a currency…
Money as Spiritual Practice
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The Solari Report – 05 Nov 2009
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Money & Markets ~ Charts 11.05.09
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, November 5, 2009.
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FHA Delays the Release of Disputed Audit of Its Finances
By Dina ElBoghdady – The Washington Post (5 Nov 09)
The Federal Housing Administration abruptly delayed the release of a long-awaited independent audit of the financial soundness of the agency, cit…
Chart of the Day: Bernanke Rips A Page From Japan's Suicidal Playbook
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JP Morgan Chase Settlement with SEC Worth Over $700M
By Marcy Gordon / Associated Press (4 Nov 09)
WASHINGTON – JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a settlement worth more than $700 million over federal regulators’ charges that it made unlawful pa…
Tuesday Night Football
There is nothing like cheering for your cousins on a crisp Fall evening in Tennessee. Our team won, 42-0. Both teams were just perfect!
“Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s…
Chart of the Day: First-Time Home Buyers
First Time Home Buyers As A Percent of Total Home Purchases
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Half of U.S. Kids Will Get Food Stamps
By Lindsey Tanner
Breitbart.com (2 Nov 09)
CHICAGO (AP) – Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from t…
RBI to Buy 200 Tonnes of IMF Gold
By Tamal Bandyopadhyay and Anup Roy
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, is buying 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), nearly half of what the fund plans to sell.
In…
U.S. Housing Not Affordable Yet
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How Do His Veggies Grow? The No-Dig Way
Pat Marfisi carries alfalfa hay into his Hollywood Hills bakyard, but there aren’t any animals to feed. It’s for his “no-dig” vegetable garden. (Robert Lachman / LA Times)
View the article ~ By Lisa…
How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash
McClatchy (1 Nov 2009)
WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it…
Robins Can See Earth's Magnetic Field
The information, relayed to a specialized light-processing region of the brain called ”cluster N”, helps the robin find its way on migration flights.
Experts know birds possess an internal magnet…
Our Hero – Kathryn Bolkovac
Oh, boy! A movie about Kathryn Bolkovac is on the way. I can’t wait! Here is the description:
Kathryn Bolkovac is a Nebraska cop who is thrust into the gravelly snake pit of UN regulated Bosnia. Sh…
The Next Financial Crisis Hits Wall Street
By Pam Martens
The financial tsunami unleashed by Wall Street’s esurient alchemy of spinning toxic home mortgages into triple-A bonds, a process known as securitization, has set off its second ro…
NYS Halts Mandatory Vaccines
Albany, NY – Oct 23, 2009. NYS State Health Commisioner Dr. Richard Daines has suspended the controversial mandatory influenza immunization requirement for New York health care workers, citing a sho…
Family Wealth – Keeping It In the Family
James E. (Jay) Hughes, Jr. is the author of Family Wealth—Keeping It in the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual and Financial Assets as well as Family�…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.01.09
World’s Central Banks Signal End to Policy ‘Largesse’
Bloomberg.com (6 Nov 09)
U.S. Stocks Erase Gain as House Votes to Limit Card Rates
Bloomberg.com (4 Nov 09)
Buffett Joins Goldman in Bid for Fan…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.01.09
Chinese Gold Cheaper Than IMF’s – ex-PBOC Adviser
Reuters India (5 Nov 09)
How Can You Tell When Gold is in a Bubble?
Jesse’s Cafe Americain (4 Nov 09)
Barrick Gold Posts US$5.4 Billion Net Loss on …