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According to the UN, 45 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes due to natural disaster or armed conflicts. The World Health O…
Living Expenses From January ’00 to March ’14
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Russia Is Ousted From Group of 8 by U.S. and Allies
By Alison Smale and Michael D. Shear
The United States and its closest allies on Monday cast Russia out of the Group of 8 industrialized democracies, their most exclusive club, to punish President Vl…
My First Etsy Purchase
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I first noticed Etsy when the Mayor of Rockville, Illinois invited the artisan commerce website to help rebuild their local economy.
After trolling around Etsy for a whi…
Israel Closes Embassies Around the World as Diplomats Strike
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By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
Israeli diplomats launched an unprecedented strike on Sunday, forcing the complete closure of embassies around the world as they escalate…
Contact Lenses With Night Vision Could Be on the Way Thanks to Graphene Breakthrough
By James Vincent
Night vision technology has been around for a while, but it’s only really used by professionals (or professional creeps) due to its prohibitive size.
But what if night vision was so…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.23.14
Wal-Mart Sues Visa for $5 Billion Over Card Swipe Fees
Yahoo! Finance | 28 March 2014
Wal-Mart Stores Inc this week sued Visa Inc for $5 billion…
Putin Eyes Russia Credit Card System After Western …
Precious Metals – Week of 03.23.14
JPMorgan Defeats Appeal in U.S. Silver Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Reuters | 27 March 2014
Investors said silver prices driven down illegally…
April Fools’ Drop Dead Date for the Volcker Rule – What i…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 03.23.14
Stick A Fork In The “Housing Recovery” (Spoiler Alert: Blame Record Student Debt)
Zero Hedge | 20 March 2014
The chart below from Bank of America – showing the progression of first-time US homebuyers …
Geopolitical – Week of 03.23.14
Ukraine Faces Hard Road to Economic Recovery with Moscow Pushing Back
Reuters | 28 March 2014
Smarting from Ukraine’s U-turn towards Europe, Russia is likely to employ every weapon in its economic ars…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.23.14
3D-Printed Skull Replacement Transplant a World First for Netherlands Patient
International Business Times | 26 March 2014
A 22-year-old woman has received the world’s first full 3D-printed skull repl…
Food & Health – Week of 03.21.14
‘One in 68 Kids has Autism’
Yahoo! News | 27 March 2014
One in 68 children has autism, a 30 percent rise over the last estimate released in 2012…
8 Foods We Eat That Other Countries Ban
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Life – Week of 03.23.14
Why Likability Matters More at Work
The Wall Street Journal | 25 March 2014
Is the workplace becoming more like high school?
Celebrate Aretha Franklin’s Birthday With a Playlist Of The Queen Of Soul’…
Wild Cards – Week of 03.23.14
Police Execute Homeless Man For Camping
YouTube | 24 March 2014
You can add one more item to the list of things that will potentially get you killed by police: illegal camping…
US Jazz Musicians W…
Tugg – The Movies You Want at Your Local Theater
By Catherine Austin Fitts
How many people have told me they would love to have a screening for a given documentary in their home town. Well now there is a website that would help you do that.
Welc…
John Mann – “Political”
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Solari Toon – Ron Burgundy
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Employment Statistics with John Williams
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Subscriber Luncheon with Catherine and Going Organic Magazine May 4, 2014
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Transcript of “The Breakaway Economy Part 2” is Now Available!
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The Russians Have Already Quietly Pulled Their Money From The West
By Tyler Durden
Earlier today we reported that according to weekly Fed data, a record amount – some $105 billion – in Treasurys had been sold or simply reallocated (which for political reasons is the…
Dollar Strengthens as Fed Changes Guidance for Rates
By Andrea Wong
The dollar gained versus all its major counterparts after Federal Reserve policy makers indicated they’ll probably raise interest rates by the middle of next year with the U.S. eco…
The New Age of Crony Capitalism
By The Economist
As the regime of Viktor Yanukovych collapsed in Ukraine, protesters against it could be found outside One Hyde Park, a luxury development in west London. Their target was Rinat Akhme…
Phasing Fannie and Freddie – From Homeowners to Landlords
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The current proposal to phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has the potential for ever greater back door shenanigans. Lot’s of money that can go out through the back do…
NASA is Being Forced by the US Government to Fly a Mission to Europa
By Sebastian Anthony
In a rather intriguing twist, it appears that NASA is now mandated by law to fly a robotic mission to Jupiter’s watery moon Europa. Europa is an incredibly exciting science t…
General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 Revenue Proposals
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released its General Explanations of the Administration’s FY2015 Revenue Proposals, known as the “Greenbook,” which explains the Administration’s revenue proposals …
How to Keep the NSA From Spying Through Your Webcam
By Kim Zetter
You already know that laptops, desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones are all at risk of being hacked. But did you know that intruders might use the built-in camera to take surrep…
Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff – Who’s The Leader?: 22nd of 22 Challenges
**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ultimately, we must each decide…
Ukraine Crisis: Putin Signs Russia-Crimea Treaty
By BBC News
President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Crimea have signed a bill to absorb the peninsula into Russia.
Mr Putin told parliament that Crimea, which was taken over by pro-Russian for…
Putin Strikes Back: Russia’s Sanctions List Said To Include US Senators, High Ranking Administration Officials
**CAF Note: If the US and Russia target the finances and assets of individual officials, then the only people who will be able to hold government office are people with no laundered or illegal offshor…
Peace On Earth – An Interview With Daisaku Ikeda
By Alastair Thompson
Japanese peace builder and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda has a unique perspective on the path humanity needs to follow to achieve Global Peace. Ikeda is President of Soka …
Putin Debt to Equity Hit on Crimea Seizure: Russia Reality Check
By Bloomberg
Markets are reacting in real time to Russia’s military incursion into the Crimea section of Ukraine.
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Gazprom Chairman Sold All His Shares Just Before Russia Invaded Crimea
By Tyler Durden
We are sure it is just coincidence – and awkward combination of luck and suspicious timing – but Vedomosti reports that Viktor Zubkov, the Chairman of Russia’s massive energy monopo…
The Ukrainians Still Have A Sense Of Humor…
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Money & Markets – Week of 03.16.14
LARRY PAGE: I Would Rather Give My Billions To Elon Musk Than Charity
Business Insider | 20 March 2014
Google CEO Larry Page has an unusual idea about what should happen to his billions should he die….
Precious Metals – Week of 03.16.14
India Allows More Banks to Import Gold in Easing of Curbs
Reuters | 19 March 2014
India has allowed five domestic private sector banks to import gold…
Gold Trading to Open Up to Foreigners in Shang…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.16.14
Video: Insurance Companies Will Receive $5.5 Billion in Bailouts in 2015
Ben Swann | 18 March 2014
Insurance companies such as WellPoint and Humana will receive $5.5 billion in bailouts…
Russia Tak…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.16.14
Lockheed Martin Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Robotics for Space Exploration
Lockheed Martin | 11 March 2014
In a breakthrough that will help make it possible for astronauts and robots to work t…
Food & Health – Week of 03.16.14
France Bans Monsanto GM Maize ahead of Sowing Season
Sustainable Pulse | 16 March 2014
France’s agriculture ministry on Saturday banned the sale…
California Drought: Why State’s Big Cities Aren’…
Life – Week of 03.16.14
Quality of Life
Village News | 10 March 2014
My daughter, Marly, had her baby on Thursday after 40 hours of labor…
Build Yourself. Build Your World.
Open Source Ecology
This 3 or 4-day workshop –…
Why Russia Stresses Out Europe Way More Than The US
By Steven Perlberg
Global markets are still jumpy about the situation between Russia and Ukraine. But as one market analyst notes, there’s a reason Europe has more to fear than the U.S.
Wells Farg…
Wild Cards – Week of 03.16.14
Synthetic Biology – Fidelity Investments: Thinking Big
YouTube | 27 April 2012
Goats are making silk stronger than steel…
U.S. Criticized for Lack of Action on Mortgage Fraud
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By Matt Apuzzo
Four years after President Obama promised to crack down on mortgage fraud, his administration has quietly made the crime its lowest prior…
C.P.E. Bach – “Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, H.409 W.6”
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The Breakaway Economy Part 2
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Transcript of “Fed Taper and Commodities with Don Coxe ” is Now Available!
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Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says
By John Glover
The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of reces…
The Precautionary Principle
**CAF Note: the following article identifies the core problem involving transhumanism and trans-ecology – they have the potential to destroy the food supply.**
By Yaneer Bar-Yam, Rupert Read, and Nas…
Bank of England Drops a Bombshell on Parliament: It Shredded Its Crisis Era Records
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The report on the Bank of England is jus…
GM vs. Tesla vs S&P – 2014 YTD
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President Kennedy Visits Grave of James Forrestal
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last night I had a life changing moment.
Thanks to Michael Salla’s new book, Kennedy’s Last Stand, I learned two things that I did not know. First, that President Eisenho…
Second Opinion: Laetrile at Sloan-Kettering
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I Have Risked My Life, To Tell You The Truth
**CAF Note: Edward Snowden is describing an economic warfare machinery. If the machine turned off, the slow burn would be difficult, if not impossible, to maintain, and we might have to return to a le…
Now This Toon is Spot – On!
Our gifted cartoonist Bob Parsons and I have been wrangling over a cartoon about what is happening in the Ukraine. He keeps thinking events reflect decisions being made by Obama and Putin whereas I…
Ukraine Gold Reserves Said To Be Put On Plane For Safekeeping in the US
By Jesse’s Café Américain
This is a story based on a report out of the Ukraine. Obviously I do not know yet if it is accurate. The information coming out of the Ukraine and Crimea should be sifted …
Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff – Trust: 21st of 22 Challenges
**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Financial systems operate on tr…
Financial Perspectives – Mar 10,2014
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By Chuck Gibson
We closed out 2013 with a bifurcated market. US stocks were the only place to be while the balance of the choices vying for your investment doll…
Quote du Jour – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Don’t believe them, don’t fear them, don’t ask anything of them.”
~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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**CAF Note: Yes, we just keep peeling the onion, and keep finding there is more to peel!**
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I am taking time off to write to one of my favorite people simply because y…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.09.14
Meet The Secretive 24-Year-Old Woman From Hong Kong Who Is The World’s New Youngest Billionaire
Yahoo! Finance | 10 March 2014
A secretive 24-year old woman from Hong Kong recently took the title of w…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 03.09.14
Senate Banking Leaders Reach Housing Finance Deal
Politico | 11 March 2014
The leaders of the Senate Banking Committee have reached a bipartisan agreement…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.09.14
Deadly Warning for Detroit Thugs: Police Chief Cheers on Armed Citizens
BizPac | 08 March 2014
Detroit’s police chief knows 911 can be too late…
CIA: We Only Spied On Senate Intelligence Committe…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.09.14
CUPID Drone to ‘Shock the World’ with 80,000 Volt Stun Gun
RT | 08 March 2013
A Texas film has revealed an app controlled security drone that can zap intruders with an 80,000 volt taser dart…
A…
Food & Health – Week of 03.09.14
Vaccine Industry Watchdog Obtains CDC Documents That Show Statistically Significant Risks of Autism Associated with Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal
PR Web | 19 February 2014
For nearly ten years, Bri…
Life – Week of 03.09.14
Amazon’s Killer New App for Books
Marketwatch | 09 March 2014
With linked e-books/audiobooks, there’s ‘time enough at last’ to read…
S&P 500 vs. MSCI Russian ETF
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Paul Simon – “Graceland”
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Fed Taper and Commodities with Don Coxe
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The Solari Report 2014-03-06
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Special Solari Report: FBAR Developments For Individuals For the 2013 Tax Year
A new Solari Special Report, FBAR Developments for Individuals for the 2013 Tax Year.
By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq.
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The requirements for individuals to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Fina…
Transcript of “The Breakaway Economy Part 1” is Now Available!
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Attorney Client Privilege
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Money makes the world go round. For the trillions of annual dollars transacting through illegal activities, financial fraud or simply transferred illegally or engaged in t…
Ukraine’s Government Mulling Privatization of Energy Sector – Yatseniuk
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By Interfax
The government of Ukraine has the idea of privatization of the energy sector in the country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk ha…
The US, Russia & The Power of Soft Weapons
By Charles Hugh Smith
All those focusing on the West’s lack of leverage are forgetting that the Empire retains multiple way of striking back.
Many observers have focused on the relative paucity of t…
Exclusive: Russia Wants IMF to Move Ahead on Reforms Without U.S.
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By Anna Yukhananov and Lidia Kelly
Russian officials are pushing for the International Monetary Fund to move ahead with planned reforms without the United Sta…
Fed Nominee Stanley Fischer Has a Citigroup Problem
By Pam Martens
Last evening, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee made the unexpected announcement that it was postponing the confirmation hearing of Stanley Fischer to serve as Vice Chairman of the F…
150 Global Scientists Condemn Retraction of Seralini GMO Study
By Sustainable Pulse
The number of scientists and experts condemning a journal editor’s retraction of a study that found serious health effects in rats that ate a Monsanto genetically modified (GM)…
An Anti-Pension Billionaire Shows the Five Rules of Deceptive Native Advertising
By David Sirota
The term “native advertising” may be new, but the principles of deception and camouflage that define it are not.
The Federal Trade Commission used to call this kind of thing “d…
Stakes Rise for Bitcoin Backers as Hackers Attack
Stakes rise for Coinbase as hackers attack bitcoin
By Philip Pearlman
Over the last week, thefts have been reported at three different bitcoin sites, one of which was the first exchange and at one…
Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff – Performance: 20th of 22 Challenges
**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The remarkable and miraculous s…
Bailing In Down Under
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A subscriber from “down under” sent a series of interesting links on blog posts published last year on Australia’s plans to be prepared for “bail-ins.” My thanks…
26 Top American Corporations Paid No Federal Income Tax From ’08 to ’12 – Report
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By RT
Twenty-six of the most powerful American corporations – such as Boeing, General Electric, and Verizon – paid no federal income tax from 2008 to…
High-Interest Web Banks on the Rise in China
By David Barboza
Last June, an affiliate of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba made an offer to its hundreds of millions of users: Give us your cash, and we will pay more than Chinese banks will.
…
Kickstarter Passes $1 Billion in Pledges
By Kickstarter
On March 3, 2014, Kickstarter passed $1 BILLION in pledges.
That’s $1,000,000,000 pledged by 5.7 million people to creative projects.
More than half was pledged in the last 12 m…
Support Your Local Slaughterhouse
By Nicolette Hahn Niman
LATE on Saturday, Feb. 8, news broke of the recall of 8.7 million pounds of beef that had come through a Northern California slaughterhouse. Social media buzzed with tweets …
NYSE Margin Debt and the S&P 500
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Strange Weather
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On Sunday morning, March 1 at 6:05am, the temperature in Hickory Valley TN was 64F. By 9pm, it was 34F and is expected to drop to 15F. My e-mail subscribers are repor…
Quote du Jour – Warren Buffet
“That may seem easy to do when one looks through an always-clean, rear-view mirror. Unfortunately, however, it’s the windshield through which investors must peer, and that glass is invariably fogged…
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“That may seem easy to do when one looks through an always-clean, rear-view mirror. Unfortunately, however, it’s the windshield through which investors must peer, and that glass is invariably fogged…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.02.14
Consolidation of Ukrainian Stock Market Brings New Opportunities to Investors
Kyiv Post | 06 March 2014
The merger of Ukraine’s two main stock trading platforms…
Retail Sales Drop was Enormous-Ka…
Precious Metals – Week of 03.02.14
Barclays, Deutsche Bank Accused of Gold Fix Manipulation
Bloomberg | 04 March 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and three other banks were accused in a lawsuit of manipulating the Londo…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.02.14
Russia Sinks Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Entry to Black Sea
The Sydney Morning Herald | 07 March 2014
An anti-submarine ship may have been the first casualty of the Russian incursion into Crimea…
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Nixon, Rockefeller, IG Farben, and Global Control
By Jon Rappoport
To learn why Richard Nixon was really blown out of the White House, you could begin with the infamous Nazi chemical/pharmaceutical cartel, IG Farben. The cartel that pushed Hitler ov…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.02.14
China to Test Cutting-Edge Anti-Smog Drone
RT | 06 March 2014
Government agencies in China are set to test a new aerial drone to tackle their overwhelming air pollution…
Atlantic Oil Drilling Using…
Russia Moves to Deploy Troops in Ukraine
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By Alan Cullison, Paul Sonne, and Gregory L. White
The American and Russian presidents spoke on the phone for 90 minutes on Saturday after Russia’s parliament voted unanimously t…
Food & Health – Week of 03.02.14
Meet the New Farm Bill
Sustainable Food Center | 26 February 2014
In the US, the Farm Bill is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government…
Surge in Babies Born Without …
Life – Week of 03.02.14
Snowiest Cities of Winter 2013-2014
The Weather Channel | 07 March 2014
Erie is America’s snowiest city with a population of 100,000 or greater this winter through March 3…
Shilling Discovery Could…