Story from Politics1.com:
NEW YORK. A Politics1 Exclusive. John McCain’s National Finance Co-Chairman played a key role in the recent downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D). Reliable …
Story from Politics1.com:
NEW YORK. A Politics1 Exclusive. John McCain’s National Finance Co-Chairman played a key role in the recent downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D). Reliable …
Well, the evidence finally emerges. No market forces at work here. “The boys” done bagged and skinned the Bear for quite a pretty penny:
Bear Stearns Buy-Out . . . 100% Fraud
“How Bear Stearns sto…
The following is Catherine Austin Fitts’ presentation at the “GATA Goes to Washington” conference which took place last week in Washington D.C.
I would like to thank our chairman, Bill Murphy, and …
Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions
At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008)
My Submission to the 2020 Summit
Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)
Moody’s Begins Downgrading AAA-Rat…
Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions
At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008)
My Submission to the 2020 Summit
Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)
Moody’s Begins Downgrading AAA-Rate…
Ecuador’s Mining Mandate
Aurelian’s English Translation
If You Want Silver, Not Paper, You Face a Premium
By Gene Arensberg – Resource Investor (21 Apr 2008)
Why Gold was Hacked Today – And How
…
India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food
From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008)
Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division
From The Associated Press (23 Apr 2008)…
India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food
From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008)
Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division
From The Associated Press (23 Apr 2008)…
Third NSA Source Confirms: Flight 93 Shot Down by Air Force Jet
By Wayne Madsen – OpEdNews.com (20 Apr 2008)
Local Heroes: 17 Year Old Columnist Fired For Telling Truth
By Mohamma Sagha – Democra…
Remarks by Catherine Austin Fitts
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. Conference
GATA Goes to Washington — Anybody Seen Our Gold?
Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
Saturday, A…
The stock-market guys say you have to reach a bottom before you can recover, and that a bottom is often signaled by the collapse of some big entity. Many people thought it was Bear Stearns Cos. In rea…
Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game
Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008)
Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck"
By Kevin Drawbaugh – Reut…
Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game
Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008)
Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck"
By Kevin Drawbaugh – Reut…
Bank of England to Take on Banks’ Loans to Help Mortgage Market
By Andrew Porter – London Telegraph (17 Apr 2008)
How Much Gold do Vietnamese Keep Under Their Pillows?
By Tuoi Tre – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (16 Apr 2008)
Why High Gold Prices Haven’t Led to More Production
By Fabrice Taylor – The Globe & Mai…
Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe
By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008)
U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef Imports
By Missy Ryan – Reuters (18 Apr 2008)
Cre…
Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe
By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008)
U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef Imports
By Missy Ryan – Reuters (18 Apr 2008)
Cre…
Why Shouldn’t We Be Bitter?
By Michael Winship – Truthout.org (16 Apr 2008)
Bridgette Bardot on Trial for Muslim Slur
By Thierry Leveque – Reuters (15 Apr 2008)
Cheney, Others OK’d Harsh Interrogat…
The Responsibility Project
From Liberty Mutual (16 Apr 2008)
The Triumph of the Big D
By Alexandra Anderson-Spivy – artnet.com (Apr 2008)
We had a request from a network member to comment on the following article which debunks the prevailing views that we are short of gas or oil.
There is No Gas Shortage
By Ed Wallace – Business…
I just received an e-mail message from a conference speaker –someone I have not yet met in person and would welcome knowing. We know each other by name. He thanked me for attending his speech earlie…
PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed in March to pay $30 Million in a settlement regarding its role as an auditor to Metropolitan Mortgage in Washington State.
Here is the original Complaint:
Metropolitan …
The challenge with all real solutions is that they require telling the truth.
The problem is that maintaining the status quo requires never telling the truth.
The way to view the Paulson Plan is as a piece of a global plan to centralize the financial system:
Global Revamp Urged For the Regulation of MarketsWall Street Journal (07 Apr 2008)
It will now be …
Catherine was interviewed on BlogTalkRadio on April 12 at 2PM CST. Get the details >>
Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008)
G7 to Break Bread with Global Bankers By Greg Robb, MarketW…
Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008)
G7 to Break Bread with Global Bankers By Greg Robb, MarketW…
Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008)
The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson, Southwest Farm Press (10 Apr 2008)
Multi-Tasking Worse O…
Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008)
The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson, Southwest Farm Press (10 Apr 2008)
Multi-Tasking Worse O…
Do Satellite Photos Show Iran Ballistic Missile Facility?By Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor (11 Apr 2008)
The Unofficial Judge Alex Kozinski Site
Power to Build Border Fence Is Above U.S. L…
People often ask whether I am concerned about inflation, deflation, peak oil, or a global financial meltdown. My answer is as follows.
The future is something to be created, rather than feared. Al…
Chris Powell of GATA recently published this important insight:
If one puts today’s news together …
Arabian Gulf Oil Principalities Will Stick with Dollar Until They Achieve Monetary Union in 2010…
In our Top Picks this week, there is a story entitled Weather Engineering in China by Technology Review. While a number of people have hinted that “weather modification” may be real, this is the firs…
In our Top Picks this week, there is a story entitled Weather Engineering in China by Technology Review. While a number of people have hinted that “weather modification” may be real, this is the firs…
Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008)
Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters (22 Mar 2008)
MBIA’s B…
Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008)
Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters (22 Mar 2008)
MBIA’s B…
Gold Should Shake Off Any Sales by IMFBy Frank Tang, Reuters (08 Apr 2008)
China Would Buy Huge Stake in Mega-Miner BillitonBy Rowan Callick and Dennis Shanahan, The Australian (09 Apr 2008)
Will Is…
The Masai Warriors’ Guide to England By Andrew Pierce, The Telegraph (03 Apr 2008)
My Other Car is a Bright Green CityAlex Steffen, worldchanging.com (23 Jan 2008)
Coming Soon: Superfast InternetBy …
I thought I would lay out the specifics of the U.S. Treasury plan to centralize and consolidate the U.S. financial regulatory system before commenting on it. A description of Treasury Secretary Paulso…
Former Goldman Sachs chairman Hank Paulson is not the only person supporting increased powers for the Federal Reserve:
Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations
Did you know that Goldman Sa…
Former Goldman Sachs chairman Hank Paulson is not the only person supporting increased powers for the Federal Reserve:
Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations
Did you know that Goldman Sa…
“We can do this nice or we can do this rough.”
—Tina Turner from Proud Mary
OK, so this morning’s on-line Wall Street Journal provides us with an excellent example of the multiple personality …
I am still amazed when I hear comments that the U.S. housing bubble started in this decade. In November 2001, I presented a paper at an investment conference in London in one of many attempts from 199…
Money & Markets
Credit Crunch Fallout Could Drag on for Years, Lawyers WarnTimes Online (31 Mar 2008)
Overdue Consumer Debts Highest Since 1992, ABA Saysby Hugh Son, Bloomberg (03 Apr 2008)
T…
Also, An Open Letter to the KPFA Community from the Flashpoints Team
Another Chimpanzee Escape At Bastrop Facility
Monkey Day | 02 April 2008
Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research in…
One of the challenges of building a map of reality is knowing what you don’t know. For years, I have subscribed to a service called United Readers, which allows me to try many different magazines, dip…
Money & Markets
The Sheltering Storm: Uncertainty on Section 8
By Matt Schwarzfeld – CityLimits.org (24 Mar 2008)
—~ Catherine’s comment: Are states and cities expected to vote Democratic in No…
Catherine and Dennis Bernstein continue their conversation about financial markets and current events on Flashpoints Radio tonight:
Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30pm US Central Time
Click here to navigate to the TruNews website and view their event calendar.
The Chronicle on Boverton Beaver’s Bakery
By Phil Cubeta – Gift Hub (25 Mar 2008)
As a reporter for The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Give and Take, you are sitting, knees crossed, and back straight, i…
Farmer Percy Schmeiser settles contamination battle with Monsanto
By Vicky Uhland – Natural Foods Merchandiser (25 Mar 2008)
Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser, who has battled biotech company Mon…
So now JP Morgan is going to pay $10 per share for Bear Stearns?
JP Morgan Agrees to Increase Bear Price
By Kevin Kingsbury – Wall Street Journal (24 Mar 2008)
Bear May Have Lived
By Paul Tharp – New …
For those who want to understand the relationship of sex to mortgage fraud, The Franklin Cover-Up by Nebraska Senator John DeCamp is a must read. This is because it is essential to understand what Ell…
For those who want to understand the relationship of sex to mortgage fraud, The Franklin Cover-Up by Nebraska Senator John DeCamp is a must read. This is because it is essential to understand what Ell…
The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development after Jack Kemp was Henry Cisneros.
Cisneros was HUD Secretary in the Clinton Administration from 1992 to 1996. For the steps to be t…
Money & Markets
Federal Agencies Running on Fumes
By Richard Sammon – The Kiplinger Letter (19 Mar 2008)
Don’t Worry About An Audit
By Kevin McCormally – Kiplinger.com (21 Mar…
As if last weekend’s shotgun merger agreement between Bear Stearns and JP Morgan was not wild enough, things just keep getting weirder. Bear Stearns stock is trading above $5, which says something…
Dennis Bernstein interviews Catherine on Flashpoints Radio:
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Thursday, March 20, at 6pm USA Central Time
This is a follow-up to Catherine’s March 17th Flashpoints interview where she discussed Bea…
A great insight from Jim Willlie in his Golden Jackass March Newsletter.
Imports to the US are slowing, but import prices are seriously in uptrend. Total US import prices are up 13.6% on an annual bas…
The US economy depends on access to energy and the role of dollar as the reserve currency. Take those two things away and the source of funds to finance the US military-industrial interests shrink ra…
Well, now we have a hint as to why the American Bar Association does not seem to object to predatory lending and weekend bailouts. Either that or Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden Arps are insisti…
I wonder who made money on puts on Bear Stearns stock? Was this a highly profitable economic hit?
SEC: Bear Stearns’s Liquidity Eroded Rapidly Since Tuesday
By Judith Burns – Dow Jones Newswire…
To provide another example of Total Economic Return analysis applied to an investment strategy, here is a letter that I wrote to the New York Times in March 1999 regarding investment in private pris…
I am excited about all the good things percolating here in Tennessee. Saturday was a rainy day full of the promise of Spring – perfect for a trip with my dog over to Hohenwald, Tennessee.
I spe…
Alan Greenspan’s comments on the current financial situation here:
Greenspan Sees Many Casualties From Crisis
By Jamie McGeever & Ian Chua – Reuters (17 Mar 2008)
Catherine’s translation here:
Our …
Dangerous Wheat-Killing Fungus Detected in Iran
From the UN News Centre (5 Mar 2008)
“A dangerous new fungus with the ability to destroy entire wheat fields has been detected in Iran, the United Natio…
letters@time.com
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you for publishing “The Wire’s War on the Drug War” by this TV series producer and writing team, Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Richard Pric…
letters@time.com
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you for publishing “The Wire’s War on the Drug War” by this TV series producer and writing team, Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Richard Pric…
Well, Eliot Spitzer’s resignation was just in time. Can you imagine what he would have said about this?
As of December 31, 2007, the New York State Teacher’s Retirement System owned 493,007 shares…
On February 14th, Eliot Spitzer published an editorial in the Washington Post about the federal role in promoting predatory lending:
“When history tells the story of the subprime lending crisis and re…
To understand the political issues that determine the rise and fall of New York Attorney Generals and Governors such as Eliot Spitzer, it is helpful to map the financial flows in New York and how they…
To understand the political issues that determine the rise and fall of New York Attorney Generals and Governors such as Eliot Spitzer, it is helpful to map the financial flows in New York and how they…
Money & Markets
US Home Defaults, Foreclosures Rise 60% in February
By Alan Mirabella & Sharon Lynch – Bloomberg.com (14 Mar 2008)
Dollar’s Clout Sinks Worldwide
By Alan Cl…
HOW IS THE WAR GOING IN IRAQ?
MARCH 13, 2008. Media reports about the surge in Iraq indicate it’s been working, and now the war is dropping off the radar screens of voters, according to new polls.
…
In the summer of 1989, I was serving as Assistant Secretary of Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the first Bush Administration. The Secretary of Housing was Jack Ke…
In the summer of 1989, I was serving as Assistant Secretary of Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the first Bush Administration. The Secretary of Housing was Jack Ke…
The New York Fed: The Discount Window
The Fed: The Scope of Monetary Policy Actions Authorized Under the Federal Reserve Act
—Thanks to The King Report for pointing these out.
Special kudos to Jim Sinclair of jsmineset.com who has dubbed the new fed loan system to member banks as “the monetization of bankruptcy.”
I think Jim is still a tad gracious. I would say that the “…
So, with rumors circulating of more write offs and major financial institutions in trouble, does Wall Street want Elliot Spitzer out? Could it be he offended both banks and black budget folks with his…
So, with rumors circulating of more write offs and major financial institutions in trouble, does Wall Street want Elliot Spitzer out? Could it be he offended both banks and black budget folks with his…
Since 1996, the American economy has been experiencing a “pump and dump.” During the pump, players made profits from transactions as assets rose in value. While doing so, they and a variety of opinion…
Frozen in Grand Central Station
A video by Improv Everywhere
It’s been exactly four weeks since we posted our Frozen Grand Central mission. The response has been unbelievab…
This weekend, mega defense contractor United Technologies announced an offer for Diebold (1) (2) at a 66% premium to the current stock market price. Leading this effort is the board of directors of Un…
This weekend, mega defense contractor United Technologies announced an offer for Diebold (1) (2) at a 66% premium to the current stock market price. Leading this effort is the board of directors of Un…
An unanswered question proposed for our discussion:
Is M3 rising at 15-25% rate really a combination of a much higher M3 printing loans and money (including in the form of fictitious marking up abov…
Well, well, what do you know? The Wall Street Journal has just published an article on arguably the single most important reason the US housing bubble is bursting and the US stock market is going down…
The new spin is that the recession will be short, but the recovery will not be because “Father Fed” is going to deal with inflation for our own good. Kind of like the pedophile who insists he tenderl…
Money & Markets
Follow the Trend
By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (29 Feb 2008)
Pennsylvania Student Loans Halted on Auction Failures
By Adam L. Cataldo – Bloomberg.com (27 …
A network member reports that their broker says that their right to
obtain certificates ends on March 13, 2008.
We can’t find the final proclamation, but here is what came up on at search at the Secu…
Dan Norcini makes a great point today in his article:
CCI Index Makes Another All Time High Making IMF Gold Suppression Attempts Even More Pointless
JSMineset.com (25 Feb 2008)
He says, essentially,…
Sometimes I am asked how to prepare for a worst case scenario if we experience a financial or political meltdown in the U.S. or the global banking system. One way to help yourself imagine what such …
“Due to budgetary constraints, the Economic Indicators service will be discontinued effective March 1, 2008.â€
Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Ad…
Fidel Castro Steps Down as President of Cuba
By James C. McKinley, Jr. –
International Herald Tribune (19 Feb 2008)
Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he would step down as the president of Cuba, o…
Thanks to the wonderful opensecrets.org, here are the top 20 contributors for the candidates running in the Presidential primaries.
[* These charts list the top donors to the candidate in the 2008 ele…
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