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Click to access the final schedule (page 1, page 2) for the event: Financial Permaculture: The Greening of A Rural American Community, October 24-28, 2008 in Hohenwald, Tennessee.
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The Finance Team is doing two simulations on Saturday, October 25. Here are two of the handouts for the first simulation that Catherine will be leading:
Financial Team Simulation: What Does a Local I…
Recently we published a review of independent media capital structures.
This analysis looked at shareholder structures that divided investors between voting and non-voting shares or otherwise organiz…
If you have a comment about Financial Permaculture or the Financial Permaculture workshop in Hohenwald, Tennessee October 24-28, 2008, and are not sure where to put it, please place it as a comment to…
Principles of Financial Permaculture
By Jennifer Dauksha-English
View or download this document as a PDF
Financial Permaculture has been a part of the overall concept of Permaculture as it has cropp…
I can’t think of any issue more important to the health and well-being of a community than the health of its water. Here is a quick piece from a member of the Solari network to help you think about yo…
This commentary has been re-printed with Franklin Sanders’ permission:
Well, well, here’s a surprise: another week you’ll never see again in your life — oddly enough, something like the week before….
This commentary has been re-printed with Franklin Sanders’ permission:
Well, well, here’s a surprise: another week you’ll never see again in your life — oddly enough, something like the week before….
Aggregate Monetary Base Now Going at 341%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (23 Oct 2008)
GM Suspends Payments Into 401K Plans
Reuters (23 Oct 2008)
Russian Default Risk Tops Iceland as Crisis Dee…
Aggregate Monetary Base Now Going at 341%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (23 Oct 2008)
GM Suspends Payments Into 401K Plans
Reuters (23 Oct 2008)
Russian Default Risk Tops Iceland as Crisis Dee…
The following has been re-printed with Jon Rappoport’s permission:
NOW VERSUS FOREVER
The space of the NEW WORLD is here. To move into it, a person needs to have some idea of FOREVER. It isn’t jus…
Will the IMF & Co. Let Gold Crash?
MineWeb (23 Oct 2008)
Central Bank Warns of Risks in Illegal Gold Futures Speculation
China View (23 Oct 2008)
Embry Warns of Failure of December Gold Contract
GAT…
Building Flawed American Dreams
NY Times (18 Oct 2008)
Organic Farming Could Feed Africa
The Independent (22 Oct 2008)
Your Privacy is an Illusion: UK Attacks Civil Liberties
arstechnica.com (18 Oct 2008)
Govindappa Venkataswamy
wikipedia.org
Black Fa…
The leaders of the food coop team at Financial Permaculture are pretty incredible. Check out Eric Wagoner from Athens, Georgia and Robert Waldrop from Oklahoma. Bob organized and leads the Oklahoma Fo…
From Phil Cubeta at Gifthub.org:
The Prospects of Financial Permaculture
Greg Landau at Gaia Emerging responds…
Overview of Legal Structures for Small Businesses Financial Permaculture Conference
We wrote up a list of enterprise legal forms for the recommended reading list for the entrepreneurs in Hohenwald. T…
By Catherine Austin Fitts and Carolyn Betts, Esq.
Download a PDF version of this article
The fall in global stock market prices over the last year has had a significant impact on most Americans’…
“The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
— President Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was the 7th President of the United States. Jackson’s efforts to shut down the …
Did you realize that many of the stocks and bonds you and your community invest in are highly dependent on government contracts and purchases? Check out Government Executive Magazine for the latest ra…
Did you realize that many of the stocks and bonds you and your community invest in are highly dependent on government contracts and purchases? Check out Government Executive Magazine for the latest ra…
This came in from the Solari network today. It turns out that the common folk do indeed understand mortgage backed securities!
Forrest Gump Explains Mortgage Backed Securities:
“Mortgage backed Se…
There are numerous factors driving the stock market down. Here are a few important ones:
1. Debt overhang: We have issued far more debt than we can pay back. This is being used, among other things,…
The Money Game and the New World
by Jon Rappoport
The people on this planet who run the money game at high levels have managed to put themselves into a hole. In retrospect, it was inevitable it would…
Thank you to the audience member of Bill Bowsher’s show on SciZone in Cincinnati who wanted to know if the bailout was an example of a conscious parallelism:
conscious parallelism n.
An undiscussed …
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely e…
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely ea…
This Thursday evening, October 16, Catherine Austin Fitts will be on Coast to Coast AM Radio to discuss sustainable businesses, money cycling, local investments, and other ways we can join together to…
During the Clinton Administration, four trillion dollars disappeared through the back door. Rather, than get it back, the Bush Administration has decided to simply hand out more through the same banks…
During the Clinton Administration, four trillion dollars disappeared through the back door. Rather, than get it back, the Bush Administration has decided to simply hand out more through the same banks…
The bumper sticker brainstorm continues with more than 300 posts. Today’s favorite is:
NO BANKER LEFT BEHIND
Thanks, Lizanne!
Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 Billion a Month of Troubled Assets
Bloomberg (11 Oct 2008)
Fears of Lehman’s CDS Derivatives Haunt Markets
GATA / The Telegraph (17 Oct 2008)
Daily Bank Borrowing from Fed…
Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 Billion a Month of Troubled Assets
Bloomberg (11 Oct 2008)
Fears of Lehman’s CDS Derivatives Haunt Markets
GATA / The Telegraph (17 Oct 2008)
Daily Bank Borrowing from Fed…
CFTC ‘Looking Into’ Gold Market as Well as Silver
GATA (13 Oct 2008)
GoldMoney’s James Turk Reports on Getting Real Metal
GATA (10 Oct 2008)
Secret U.S. Mission Hauls Uranium from Iraq
MSNBC (5 July 2008)
Toxic Pellets Found in Russian Rights Lawyer’s Car
NY Times (16 Oct 2008)
Mind Control by Cell Phone
Scientific American (7 May 2008…
Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Cities
Yahoo Finance (15 Oct 2008)
Fannie to Buy $40 Billion in Junk Mortgages Each Month
GATA (11 Oct 2008)
American Planners Recognize 30 Great Neighborhoods, Streets, and Public Spaces
planning.org (8 Oct 2008)
Preview Catherine’…
An Interview with Catherine Austin Fitts by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, editor of Janelanaweb.com.
QUESTION: Which are the roots of the ongoing financial crisis? A group of Wall Street’ criminals, o…
This piece about lavish spending by AIG executives after the $85 billion federal bailout is worth reading. It points out the impossibility of reviving a real economy under the leadership of people who…
“I am genuinely proud that when I was chairman of the Association of Mining Analysts we held two gold seminars at which the much-reviled Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee spoke. What they said about th…
About the Scoop US Electronic Election Integrity Campaign 2008
What is it?
A Pro-Bono (Free) advertising campaign to support the US Election Protection movement and its many diverse groups and partic…
“We want to put down the foundations of a capitalism of the entrepreneur and not of the speculator. We want transparency. We want moralization. We want the creation of value. We want people to have co…
Harry:
Thank you for the opportunity to be on your e-mail list. I appreciate your generosity and hard work.
I am writing to ask you to unsubscribe me from your list. I value your research reports. H…
Britain to Sue Iceland Over Frozen Funds
GATA / The Telegraph (9 Oct 2008)
Tight Money Markets Show More Action Needed
MarketWatch (9 Oct 2008)
Hedge Fund Finds Itself on Defense
NY Times (7 Oct 200…
Britain to Sue Iceland Over Frozen Funds
GATA / The Telegraph (9 Oct 2008)
Tight Money Markets Show More Action Needed
MarketWatch (9 Oct 2008)
Hedge Fund Finds Itself on Defense
NY Times (7 Oct 200…
Races to Watch IX: Wall Street’s Favorite Candidates
OpenSecrets.org (9 Oct 2008)
Did US Government Snoop on Americans’ Phone Calls?
Truthout.org (9 Oct 2008)
Secret Bush Admin Plan to Suspend US …
GATA Currency-to-Metal Converter Added to 24hGold
GATA (9 Oct 2008)
Central Banks All But Stop Lending Gold
Financial Times (7 Oct 2008)
GATA: CNBC Airs Prediction of Default in Paper Gold
GATA and …
Illinois Sheriff Scolds Banks for Evictions of ‘Innocent’ Renters
CNN (9 Oct 2008)
Mortgage Crisis Is Foreseen in Housing Owned by Private Equity Firms
NY Times (5 Oct 2008)
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Doctor’s Files Impounded
Pictures of Hurricane Ike
Juan Diego Florez Sings Granada — High-Quality Video/Sound YouTube
“We are now in the golden age of thieves. And where I come from we put thieves in jail, we don’t bail them out.”
– Congressman Pete Visclosky, Democrat, Indiana
“I believe that banking institut…
OUR NEXT BRAINSTORM: WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE TO BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET?
The time has come to purge these people from our lives. How do we do it? Since our readers had such great ideas on the bumper…
OUR NEXT BRAINSTORM: WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE TO BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET?
The time has come to purge these people from our lives. How do we do it? Since our readers had such great ideas on the bumper…
by Catherine Austin Fitts and Carolyn Betts, Esq.
(1) Crime that pays is crime that stays.
There is reason to believe that Wall Street and those they represent are holding loans without collateral, …
I love Lesta Frank’s watercolors. You can learn more about Lesta and how to purchase watercolors, prints and cards at her website and blog. She has kindly granted me permission to share some of them w…
By Adrian Douglas
In the September 29 session on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) Goldman Sachs COVERED 13 short contracts and bought 495 long contracts to bring their long position to 2,525 cont…
Another reason to come to Financial Permaculture is to hook up with one of the fastest growing CSAs in Tennessee, Avalon Acres Farm in Hohenwald, Tennessee.
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Visit Avalon Acres website >>>
By Carolyn Betts, Esq.
WHAT CONGRESS IS GOOD FOR THESE DAYS
Not much, it seems, given that we have what essentially amounts to a single-party system (i.e., the corporatist party). However, the Bus…
Please seed and spread around!
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/09/mussolini-style-corporatism-in-action.html
This is an audio recording of the conference call with the US Treasury Department, gi…
A great man died today—he left us with a family, movies, businesses and gifts that will bring joy for centuries to come. Let’s take a minute to give thanks for his life and say a prayer for him and …
Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System
By Scott Laman & Craig Torres – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008)
Adjusted Monetary Base – 25 Sep 2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve
Financial Sense Ne…
U.S. House Rejects $700 Billion Financial-Rescue Plan
By Allison Vekshin & Laura Litvan – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008)
One of our network members is keen on producing a bumper sticker to express our opposition to bailouts and the institutions engineering them. We could use your help in coming up with a pithy slogan fo…
Sit down and be quiet.
You are drunk, and this is the
edge of the roof.
~ Rumi
This wonderful quote from Rumi was brought to our attention by the amazing Albert Bates. Albert is one of the reasons why…
Hidden in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Daily Paul (2 October 2008)
Franklin Sanders: Somebody’s ‘painting the tape’ with gold and silver
GATA & The MoneyChanger (2 Oct 2008)
…
Hidden in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Daily Paul (2 October 2008)
Franklin Sanders: Somebody’s ‘painting the tape’ with gold and silver
GATA & The MoneyChanger (2 Oct 2008)
…
I went down to Burton’s Sugar Farm in Northern Mississippi outside of Memphis this weekend. This is my third visit to the Sugar Farm and each time I come away thinking that was the finest catfish and …
Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe
By Melvin L. Oliver & Thomas M. Shapiro – American Prospect (22 Sep 2008)
Produce The Note “How-To”
The Consumer Network Warning – Video Collection
Main Core, PROMIS and the Shadow Government (Pt.1)
ManageableAnts Blog (2 Oct 2008)
‘Unseen’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Demand For Bullion By Rich
By Javier Blas – Financial Times, London (30 Sep 2008)
SNB Completes Planned Gold Sales, No More Due
By Emma Thomasson – Forbes.com (29 Sep 200…
Alaska 101 for presidential candidates
Indian Country Today (2 Oct 2008)
U.S. spacecraft poised to fly past Mercury next week
Reuters (2 Oct 2008)
Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble?
Live Science (…
What is Permaculture?
How to Boil a Frog—A Short Interview with Albert Bates
What is Permaculture?
How to Boil a Frog—A Short Interview with Albert Bates
A network member requests that we offer up a place to post limericks and songs to lift our spirits in a dire hour. Here is her contribution:
Ode to Big Bankers & Politicians
Enjoy yourself, you …
Alastair Thompson: Politics and Pilgrimage
Scoop Independent News (20 Sep 2008)
For more on Scoop’s Campaign >>>
For more on Alastair’s recent Pilgrimage >>>
Proposed $700 Billion Bailout Is Too Little, Too Late to End the Debt Crisis; Too Much, Too Soon for the U.S. Bond Market
By Martin D. Weiss & Michael D. Larson (24 Sep 2008)
Submitted to U.S. Con…
By Carolyn Betts, Esq.
I agree with every point in Bernie Sanders’ proposal but have a suggestion.
I worked with lead counsel to the RTC (the government entity that served as receiver for defunct sa…
John:
You asked, what is the size of the total consolidated national debt?
The President of the Dallas Fed says $99.2 trillion. I would add $20-50 trillion for bailouts and collateral, securities an…
China Asks Local Lenders Not To Lend to U.S. Banks: Report
By V. Phani Kumar – MarketWatch (24 Sep 2008)
China Stops Its Banks From Lending to U.S. Banks
By Jane Cai and Adam Chen – South China Morni…
China Asks Local Lenders Not To Lend to U.S. Banks: Report
By V. Phani Kumar – MarketWatch (24 Sep 2008)
China Stops Its Banks From Lending to U.S. Banks
By Jane Cai and Adam Chen – South China Morni…
CFTC Relents and Probes Silver Market
By Carolyn Cui – Wall Street Journal (25 Sep 2008)
Freddie and Fannie Bank Losses Grow
By Saskia Scholtes – Financial Times (23 Sep 2008)
The Story of a Sign
A video at adnstream.tv
FTC Launches Operation False Cures to Suppress Natural Cancer Remedies
At NaturalNews.com (18 Sep 2008)
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
Reuters.uk (23 Sep 2008)
FTC Launches Operation False Cures to Suppress Natural Cancer Remedies
At NaturalNews.com (18 Sep 2008)
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
Reuters.uk (23 Sep 2008)
Time For A Gold Ruble?
By John Laughland – Russia News & Information Agency (24 Sep 2008)
October 1st Military Starts Martial Law Mission
YouTube Video
MikeandJake.com – The Fire Team for Freedo…
# 1 Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
# 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA
# 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business
# 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars…
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Oh, boy. The Solari network does it again.
It turns out that David Hisey, the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae appo…
The New York Times has posted a draft copy of the U.S. Treasury bail out bill.
As a practical matter, this bill gives the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury – the former chairman of one of the Wall Stree…
Note from Catherine:
I think biodynamic farming is an area with a great past, present and future. So when a network member told me that Spikenard Farm was looking for someone to help them with fundr…
Note from Catherine:
I think biodynamic farming is an area with a great past, present and future. So when a network member told me that Spikenard Farm was looking for someone to help them with fundr…
“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 think it presages the end of an …
In response to questions from listeners about how to find a local bank, we are reproducing below Catherine’s article on this topic. The full article may also be accessed at the Solari website.
Plea…
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like the…
From our friend Alastair Thompson (Scoop Independent News co-editor)
In the month of May this year my wife Wendy and I went on a pilgrimage across Northern Spain, walking 810kms from the village of …
~ Click here to view the full Freddie and Fannie Become Penny Stocks article.
The financial press this morning reports that Daniel Mudd, the retiring CEO of Fannie Mae, is leaving with a severance pa…
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