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“We all live in the South Bronx because that neighborhood is the unavoidable proof that American civilization can stop….”~ Michael Ventura
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Music of the Week: August 16, 2024: Southern Raised – Take Me Home, Country Roads
https://youtu.be/GGzj37OgQNI
Catherine is back in the United States (welcome home, Catherine!) and is taking to the road again on the great Financial Transaction Freedom tour.
She is going to…
Money & Markets Report: August 15, 2024
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Working Successfully with State Leaders Who Will Take Responsibility – PDF Now Available!
“No one really knows how the game is playedThe art of the tradeHow the sausage gets madeWe just assume that it happensBut no one else is inThe room where it happens.”~ Hamilton, “The Room Where…
2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up: Equity Overview & Rambus Chartology with Tim Caban
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“A dollar four years ago can buy less than 80 cents of goods and services today. But a dollar in the stock market is worth about $1.80. Much of Wall Street applauds the…
Hero of the Week: August 12, 2024: John O’Looney
“I know my days are numbered for daring to speak the truth.” ~ John O’Looney
This week, we recognize British funeral director John O’Looney as our Hero of the Week. With nearly two decades…
Pushback of the Week: August 12, 2024: Whitney Webb
“If you look at headlines about cyberattacks that have happened over the past several years, it’s usually a cybersecurity company that if you look on its website was created by In-Q-Tel, the CIA, o…
Movie of the Week: August 12, 2024: Miracle
“Do you believe in miracles?” ~ Al Michaels, sportscaster
Based on a remarkable true story, the 2004 film Miracle is a captivating tale of everyday individuals coming together to overcome extrao…
Music of the Week: August 9, 2024: Icelandic Folk Song – Á Sprengisandi
https://youtu.be/NTKtmQQaJYE
With Catherine speaking in Reykjavík, Iceland this weekend, today’s Friday music presents us with one of the most popular Icelandic folk songs that locals still sin…
Money & Markets Report: August 8, 2024
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Water Conference 2024 – Livestream with Ulrike Granögger
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This year’s Water Conference in Lisbon, Portugal will also be broadcast as a livestream event. Register before the end of August 8th and enjoy the …
Sophisticated Cybercrime Is Growing: Protect Yourself! with Bob Sullivan
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“The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other side [consumers] is left to guess…
Hero of the Week: August 5, 2024: Dr. Sheila Lewis Ealey
“Take back our children, take back our heritage, and let’s stand together and do it. This is not about a white child, or a black child, or a Filipino child, or a Hispanic child—this is abou…
Action of the Week: August 5, 2024: Finding Sources of Great Food
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” ~ Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
For Solari’s Action of the Week, we again underscore how important it is to prioritize the sourcing of…
Food for the Soul: “Sargent and Fashion” Exhibition
John Singer Sargent. Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, 1892. Oil on canvas. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout
After John Singer Sargen…
Movie of the Week: August 5, 2024: How BlackRock Conquered the World
“When we peel back the layers of propaganda from the past three years, we find that the remarkable events of the scamdemic have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with a virus. We are instea…
Symposium/Conference August 11, 2024 – Reykjavík Iceland
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Music of the Week: August 2, 2024: Camille Pépin – The Sound of Trees: Apaisé, boisé
Don’t we love the summer months, when we soak in as much sun and summer as we can to recharge our batteries of confidence, lightness, and resilience.
Our Music of the Week by French contempora…
Food for the Soul: “Sargent and Fashion” Exhibition
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout After John Singer Sargent died in 1925, his formal paintings of English and American socialites went out of fashion. Throughout the 20th century, the art world was giddy about other things—abstracts, installation art, pop—visual ideas very much removed from the realistic portraiture that was Sargent’s specialty. In that…
Money & Markets Report: August 1, 2024
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Leadership Rambus Blockbuster Chartology
Rambus Blockbuster Chartology By Catherine Austin Fitts My “go to” website for technical analysis of precious metals, the US dollar & the US stock market is Rambus Chartology, where Rambus (that’s his handle – he’s the founding technical analyst) leads a discussion with extensive charts of what the markets are saying. In January 2016, Rambus launched…
Omniwar Rambus Blockbuster Chartology
Rambus Blockbuster Chartology
By Catherine Austin Fitts
My “go to” website for technical analysis of precious metals, the US dollar & the US stock market is Rambus Chartology…
Questions for RFK Regarding Your Proposed Bitcoin Executive Orders
“Transactional freedom [is] as important as freedom of expression under the 1st Amendment.”~ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr
“The law? The law? I don’t have to obey the law. I report to a higher…
The Mystery of the Moon with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell
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“[W]e find [Newton] occupied with the difficult and profound subject of the lunar irregularities…. [I]t was probably from the intense application of his mental po…
Avatar Update: Personal Opinion of Sofia Smallstorm
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Hero of the Week: July 29, 2024: Elsa Widding
Our Hero of the Week is Elsa Widding, a distinguished Swedish politician, author, and commentator. Her notable efforts to raise awareness about the potential consequences of U.S. military occupation …
Pushback of the Week: July 29, 2024: Elsa Widding – Sweden, Finland, and the Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States
“You want to be frightened? Read the new agreement between the U.S. and Sweden. They just signed it after Sweden agreed to go into NATO. They signed a military cooperation agreement, and they’re ba…
Movie of the Week: July 29, 2024: It’s OK
“I’m Ellie; don’t feel bad; it’s okay; it was a long time ago, 1962. I just thought maybe you don’t know about me. My parents didn’t want me anyway; the doctors worked with scientists, and they to…
Music of the Week: July 26, 2024: Carl Maria von Weber – Der Freischütz
https://youtu.be/8GQcGvtYP9Q
Our music this week is determined by Catherine’s visit to Lake Constance and the Bregenz Festival. Last night, after an afternoon “Meet & Greet” with European So…
2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up: News Trends & Stories, Part II with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell
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“You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t stop spring.”~ Pablo Neruda
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Plunder of Private Equity Billionaires
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Proposals are now circulating in Washington to radically increase the privatization of the U.S. federal government and its programs. If past is prologue, such proposa…
An Editorial Comment on Private Equity
“It’s said that in Washington the real scandal is what’s actually legal. The same is true on Wall Street.”~ Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner, Authors’ Note, These Are the Plunderers
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Book Review: Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou
“We must break the money trust or the money trust will break us.”~ Louis Brandeis
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Brendan Ballou’s Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America comes …
Book Review: These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
“The Pennsylvania [Public School Employees Retirement System] pension’s decision to keep investing with Apollo mirrored similar actions taken by public funds across the country. They throw th…
Food for the Soul: London Exhibition “Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920”
Ethel Walker. Decoration The Excursion of Nausicaa, 1920. Oil on canvas. Private collection. Photo: Courtesy of Tate
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout
This summer, the Tate Gallery in London …
Food for the Soul: London Exhibition “Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920”
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout This summer, the Tate Gallery in London is presenting an exhibition entitled “Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920,” showcasing 400 years of women creating art in Great Britain. Some of them, like Artemisia Gentileschi and Angelika Kauffmann, came from other countries in search of clients…
Hero of the Week: July 22, 2024: Margaret and Dan Byfield
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” ~ Chief Seattle
This week, we once again honor Margaret and Dan Byfield, who hold the positions of Executi…
Action of the Week: July 22, 2024: Protect and Nurture a Healthy Spirit
“Prioritize some time and give yourself reminders to maintain that higher mind; ultimately, that is crucial for your health.” ~ Catherine Austin Fitts
For many, one of the main challenges …
Movie of the Week: July 22, 2024: From Tyranny to Awakening
https://youtu.be/k3bueObhavI
“If the love weren’t winning, we’d already all be gone.” ~ Suzanne M. Hill, MSc, LAc, Acupuncturist, Healer
Vera Sharav—Holocaust survivor, human rights a…
Music of the Week: July 19, 2024: 40 Fingers – Sound of Silence & Last of the Mohicans
https://youtu.be/vOd6QAuK2YE
Four good-looking Italians with 10 virtuosic fingers each will make your nerve strings vibrate. Enjoy their live performance of a felicitous medley of two iconic bal…
Money & Markets Report: July 18, 2024
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2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up: News Trends & Stories, Part I, Stories 7-12 with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell
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“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”~ Greek proverb
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Hero of the Week: July 15, 2024: Kelli O’Connor
Kelli O’Connor is Hero of the Week for her dedication to taking action in her local community in Sevier County, Tennessee. We admire her support of state and local efforts to protect children a…
Pushback of the Week: July 15, 2024: Letters from Dutch Senators to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Those behind this week’s Pushback are four Dutch senators who have written letters to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), asserting that the c…
Movie of the Week: July 15, 2024: The Grab
“A society that cannot feed its people cannot sustain itself.” ~ Vandana Shiva
In the 2022 documentary thriller The Grab, brave investigative journalism lifts the veil on the global takeover o…
Music of the Week: July 12, 2024: Pater Manuel and Band – Heast as ned
https://youtu.be/3h8lgVaX8TE
Anybody who understands these simple words in the Austrian-German dialect—“Heast as ned” or “Don’t you hear it?”—is immediately captivated. This is a g…
Money & Markets Report: July 11, 2024
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Leadership Movies & Documentaries
Movie List – What Makes a Leader? By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” ~ Brian Tracy LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) A romanticized biography of T.E. Lawrence stars Peter O’Toole as an Englishman who was able to win the respect and…
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Movies and Documentaries: What Makes a Leader?
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” ~ Brian Tracy
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2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up: News Trends & Stories, Part I, Stories 1-6 with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell
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“The two traditional political divisions, liberal and conservative, died with COVID. Now there are simply the sane versus the insane. The sane have had enough of being…
Book Review: Genocide: Russia and the New World Order by Sergei Glazyev
“But where, in a land in which today more of the people die each year than are born, lies the gain? History’s yardstick will measure out the answer, and I suspect it will not suit us.” ~ Anne W…
“Who Is THEY?”
By Corey Lynn of Corey’s Digs
The number one question consistently circulating on social media and infuriating the minds of millions is, “who is they?” Not “who are they,” but “who is th…
Hero of the Week: July 8, 2024: Rhonda Massie
“Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda w…
Pushback of the Week: July 8, 2024: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
“We are lashed up to them [Israel] in a way that is so debilitating, so against our national security interests, so against our humanitarian and reputational interests, that it makes your heart hur…
Movie of the Week: July 8, 2024: The Guardians
https://youtu.be/t8a9fyAcM8I
“They’re using senior citizens as the key to the money; it’s about the money; 47 trillion dollars are about to change hands, from the elderly to their children.”…
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Music of the Week: July 5, 2024: Voices of Concinnity – This Is My Song
https://youtu.be/0CuvFMwrEN0
Celebrating the great American day of independence on this 4th of July, 2024, we are choosing to honor the freedom of all peoples. We think of the sacrifices and her…
Money & Markets Report: July 4, 2024
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USA: Happy 4th of July!
“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor, and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.” ~ John F. Kennedy
No matter where you are on Earth, we …
Global Bioengineering: A History of Blood Clotting with Clifford Carnicom
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“We really shouldn’t be [alive] with the lack of oxygen, all the toxic metals coming in, and the poisonous food, and yet here we are. So there is a miracle, and there’s…
Book Review: The Tribal Instinct: The Sacred Desire for People and Place by Forrest Maready
“Something called self-determination theory suggests humans need three things in order to be happy. They need to feel they are good at something. They need to feel connected to the people a…
Hero of the Week: July 1, 2024: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
“A social engineering operation has been carried out to manipulate consensus through terror, threats, blackmail, and the violation of citizens’ most sacrosanct fundamental rights.The Judiciar…
Senator Frank Niceley
The Solari Report Senator Frank Niceley When we think of the qualities needed to be considered a true statesman, no politician fits the bill so much as Senator Niceley. A true visionary, Senator Niceley’s wisdom and experience allows him to not only identify the dangers TN may face in the future, but also introduce legislation…
Action of the Week: July 1, 2024: Growing Intelligence about Alternative Transaction Options
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“Part of financial transaction freedom is having ways of transacting without being dependent on train tracks controlled by people and institutions who are trying to contro…
Movie of the Week: July 1, 2024: Finding the Money
https://youtu.be/R47h_ux-nE8
“It’s like we are going through life with one eye shut and one eye open, and we are only getting half the picture.” ~ Stephanie Kelton
The 2023 film Finding t…
A Call for Prayers for Congressman Thomas Massie and His Family
“True love stories never have endings.”~ Richard Bach
By Catherine Austin Fitts and the Solari Team
We are deeply saddened at the news that Rhonda Massie, beloved wife of Congressman Thomas…
Music of the Week: June 28, 2024: Maria Callas – Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
https://youtu.be/-pkNpl-tZIw
Maria Callas was born in December 1923 to Greek immigrants in New York. The rest is history.
Maria Callas was, for many, the greatest opera singer and soprano of …
The Kelly O’Meara Collection
“Without ever using the word ‘money,’ a practice common among inspectors general (IGs), the deputy IG at the Pentagon read an eight-page summary of DOD fiduciary failures.” ~ Kelly O’Meara, 2001 Kelly Patricia O’Meara was the original reporter to break the Missing Money story! Did you ever see the 9/11 testimony when Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney…
senator frank niceley
get to know frank Senator Frank Niceley’s life and family history is deeply embedded in East Tennessee. Frank is the direct descendent of five veterans of the Revolutionary War buried in the 8th District. One of those ancestors was the doorkeeper to the first Tennessee General Assembly which established our state. Frank’s love of Tennessee…
Idaho 2030: A Vision of Freedom
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“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall li…
Book Review: Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order by Saleha Mohsin
“I’m gullible. I think people mean what they say.” ~ Colin Trevorrow
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I typically don’t review books that I do not recommend reading. Paper Soldiers: How the Weapon…
Tell Your U.S. Representative to Cosponsor HJR 167: Stop Mandatory Electronic ID for Cattle and Bison
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) has introduced House Joint Resolution 167 (HJR 167), a measure that would block implementation of a rule issued by the USDA that would m…
Omniwar Table of Contents
Table of Contents
I. Home
Table of Contents
Introduction
Disclaimer
II. Theme
Omniwar
III. Food for the Soul
Women in Art
IV. News, Trends & Stories
Par…
Leadership Table of Contents
Table of Contents I. Home II. Theme III. Food for the Soul IV. News, Trends & Stories V. Financial Market Round Up
Omniwar Part II Inspiration
Part II. Inspiration
Part II Interview with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell
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“You’ve got to love Patrick Kielty, he nailed his closing w…
Leadership Part II Inspiration
Part II. Inspiration Part II Interview with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell “You’ve got to love Patrick Kielty, he nailed his closing words on Israel / Palestine on The Late Late show. For those unaware his Dad John was shot dead by the UFF during The Troubles in N Ireland. He knows what he’s talking about…
Leadership Donations
Donations We believe in doing what we can to support those around us who make a difference in this world or can do with a helping hand. We are here today because others did the same for us. We hope our list inspires you to help others, whether it is a prayer, a kind word,…
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Introduction: The U.S. Misallocation of Capital
“Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.”~Mahatma Gandhi
We…
Leadership News Trends & Stories Table
News Trends & Stories Table Our News Trends & Stories table for the 2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up includes the headlines we posted during the quarter that describe the key trends and events of the year. These are presented in a TablePress so that you can manipulate and search them. Each headline is categorized in…
Leadership News Trends & Stories Table
News Trends & Stories Table
Our News Trends & Stories table for the 2nd Quarter 2024 Wrap Up includes the headlines we posted during the quarter that describe the key trends and events o…