Science & Technology – Week of 07.07.13
Top Solar Power States Per Capita (Updated) vs Top Solar Policy Leaders
Clean Technica | 25 June 2013
Last year, I put together rankings of the top solar power countries per capita…
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Food & Health – Week of 07.07.13
Artificial Sweeteners Could Lead to Obesity, Diabetes
CBS News | 10 July 2013
Many people feel that using artificial sweeteners instead of sugar is the healthier choice…
IRS Provides Details About …
Oregon Legislature Unanimously Passes Tuition Free Higher Education
By Chris Lazare
Oregon has come up with a plan to help provide higher education for free at their 7 state universities. Advocates of the legislation are calling it the “pay it forward” model. S…
Life – Week of 07.07.13
World’s 15 Most Inventive Cities
Forbes | 07 July 2013
Tiny, biodegradable implants known as Bioneedles…
Some Rich People Are Building a Giant Clock Inside a Mountain
Vice | June 2013
Deep within a…
Saxon Angle:ERISA-fication of the IRA
By Plansponsor
Are new distribution regulations around the corner?
Policymakers within the federal government sent yet another strong signal that they are reassessing the role of individual retireme…
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
Photo Credit: Brendan Bannon/The New York Times
By Ron Nixon
Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: a handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instr…
The Zombies – “Summertime”
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2nd Quarter Wrap Up 2013
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The Solari Report 2013-07-04
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Solari Stories – Scandals, Control Files, and Blackmail
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18th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Set for Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Photo Credit: Gobierno de Chile
The 18th round of TPP negotiations will take place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia July 15-24, 2013. Stakeholder events will take place on Saturday, July 20th at the Suter…
Via Campesina and the Fight for Seeds
Photo Credit: Tineke D’haese for Via Campesina
Published on June 15, 2013
By Salena Tramel
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Monsanto and its patented seeds last Monday by throwing out a…
A 4th of July Message from a Senior German Banker
By Folker Hellmeyer, Translation Lars Schall
Since 1997 – 2004, the U.S. was changed from an income-driven economy into an economy, whose economic performance is determined by political control of …
BofA Reportedly Sending Property Reviews to India
By Appraisal Institute
Bank of America reportedly opened a unit in India to review valuation reports in an effort to boost its share of the U.S. mortgage market at a lower cost, Bloomberg reported …
Independence Day: Happy 4th of July!
Wishing everyone in the United States and those of you celebrating with us, a happy July 4th weekend!
– Catherine and the Solari Team
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Board Meeting Minutes
In the spirit of Independence Day, I am publishing the minutes of the board meeting of the Arlington Institute on April 10th, 2000. I have repeatedly stated that I would do so if my description of thi…
Quote du Jour – Einstein
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
~ Albert Einstein
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
~Albert Einstein
The Masters of Deception
By Paul Levy
A few days before my interview on Why Shamanism Now? Internet Radio Show, I received an email from the well-known anthropologist, author and shamanic practitioner Hank Wesselman. He me…
Vatican Bank Director and Deputy Resign Amid Scandal
By BBC News
The director and deputy director of the Vatican bank have resigned following the arrest of a senior Italian cleric over corruption and fraud allegations.
Paolo Cipriani and Massimo Tul…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.30.13
The Madoff Of Munis
Forbes | 05 June 2013
As her renown in the elite world of quarter horse breeding grew…
Global R&D Incentives Compared
Journal of Accountancy | June 2013
The American Taxpayer Re…
Precious Metals – Week of 06.30.13
Tocqueville Gold Strategy Investor Letter Second Quarter 2013
Tocqueville | 01 July 2013
In light of the dramatic developments of the past six months…
In Gold We Trust 2013 – Long Term Gold Price…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 06.30.13
House of 3 Tents: Affordable Cabin Home in California
YouTube | 24 June 2013
When Glen and Gerry bought property in Northern California…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.30.13
Effort to Oust Attorney General Eric Holder Gains Momentum
The New American | 02 July 2013
Last month, more than 75 Republicans in the House of Representatives…
Keith Alexander: NSA’S Prince of Dar…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.30.13
Cortex – Exoskeleton Protecting the Internal Skeleton
Jake Evil Design | 2013
After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts…
NASA’s NEXT Ion Thruster Runs Five and a Half Years Nons…
Life – Week of 06.30.13
Spike Jonze Presents: Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma
YouTube | 11 April 2011
An amazing collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma and a young dancer in LA, Lil Buck…
Wildcards – Week of 06.30.13
50th Anniversary of Eisenhower Military Industrial Complex Warning – The UFO Connection
Exopolitics.org | 17 January 2011
Today is the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s warning about the dangers posed…
Moscow Exchange Launches First Precious Metals Trading
Photo Credit: AFP Photo/Alexander Nemenov
By RT
The stock exchange is going to start trading gold and silver by the end of this year, and platinum and palladium in 2014. Trading physical metals is …
U.S. Housing Markets with Dr. Zinnia Mukherjee – June 27
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Solari Stories – The $400,000,000 Story pt. 2
The $400,000,000 Story Video Part II
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The Anti-Empire Report
CAF Note: This article has an excellent insight into the NSA and economic warfare.
By William Blum
Despite these concerns the US has continued to expand ECHELON surveillance in Europe, partly becaus…
U.S. Needs More Time on Overseas Swaps, Democratic Senators Say
By Silla Brush and Cheyenne Hopkins
U.S. regulators will inject risk into the derivatives market if they don’t take more time to coordinate Dodd-Frank Act rules with their overseas counterparts, si…
Quote du Jour – Hafiz
“Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look at what happens with a love like that – it lights the entire sky.”
– Hafiz
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“Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look at what happens with a love like that – it lights the entire sky.”
– Hafiz
U.S. Tops Confidence Survey on Foreign Investment, Displaces China
Photo Credit: Reuters/Gary Hershorn
[CAF Note: Force rules]
By Daniel Bases and Manuela Badawy
After a 12-year hiatus, the United States reclaimed first place among top executives in a survey on f…
Quote du Jour – Buddha
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
– Buddha
Quote du Jour
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
– Buddha
Transcript of “Internet Freedom: Your Rights in a Digital World with Rainey Reitman” is Now Available!
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The Recent Surge in Yields: How Does It Compare with the Past?
By Doug Short
The bond market selloff after the FOMC meeting and Chairman Bernanke’s surprising specifics about exiting QE was quite stunning. However, his hawkish position was supported by today’s…
Bank of America’s Foreclosure Frenzy
By Jonathan Weil
In one corner, we have five former Bank of America Corp. employees who told a federal court they were instructed to mislead customers on the verge of losing their homes and stall t…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.23.13
Warning of New Financial Crisis as Bond Yields Spike
Investment Week | 24 June 2013
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned spiking bond yields across the world threaten trillion of do…
Precious Metals – Week of 06.23.13
Gold Rush 2013 Style Has Dubai Scrambling
The National | 28 June 2013
There is not enough space on airlines flying in to Dubai to meet the rapidly rising demand for physical gold…
Gold Drops Below …
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 06.23.13
Realtors: Rising Home Prices Are ‘Unsustainable’
NBC News | 20 June 2013
It’s been an impressive stretch for housing sales…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.23.13
Obama Takes on Power Plants as Part of New Climate Plan
Reuters | 25 June 2013
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda…
The 9 Largest Private Armies In The World. W…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.23.13
China’s Tianhe-2 Supercomputer, Twice as Fast as DoE’s Titan, Shocks the World by Arriving Two Years Early
Extreme Tech | 24 June 2013
In a massive escalation of the supercomputing arms race…
C…
Emerging Markets Crushed by Double Squeeze in China and America
Photo Credit: AP
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Shibor overnight lending rate in Shanghai spiked violently to 29pc, with wild moves in seven-day and one-month money. The central bank refused to int…
Food & Health – Week of 06.23.13
Counterfeit Food More Widespread Than Suspected
The New York Times | 26 June 2013
Invisible from the roadway, hidden deep in the lush English countryside…
Health-Care Costs, Not Income, a Retiremen…
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Life – Week of 06.23.13
We Are The 15 Percent: Interracial Family Launches Site In Response To Cheerios Backlash
The Huffington Post | 21 June 2013
It was only two weeks ago that the Internet was ablaze with backlash…
Ja…
Wildcards – Week of 06.23.13
From Karen Silkwood to Michael Hastings, Something is Wrong
Canada Free Press | 22 June 2013
Just a few short years ago, I would have likely considered the death of Rolling Stone Reporter…
Ben’s Last Stand
The Don Coxe Call
A weekly review of the Global Capital Markets.
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Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole – Over the Rainbow
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Summer Solstice
By Wikipedia
The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet’s semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star (sun) that it orbits. Earth’s maxi…
Solari Stories – The $400,000,000 Story Part I
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3-D Printers to Make Things You Need or Like
Photo Credit: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
By Amy O’Leary
You may have seen some odd-shaped plastic trinkets on someone’s desk or heard about the first shots fired a few weeks ago from a 3-…
The NSA, Edward Snowden and What It All Really Means with Jon Rappoport
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The Solari Report 2013-06-06
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Boiling Frogs: Podcast Show #112: NSA Whistleblower Goes on Record -Reveals New Information & Names Culprits!
By: Sibel Edmonds’ Boiling Frogs
In this bombshell episode of the Boiling Frogs Post Podcast Show NSA whistleblower Russ Tice joins us to go on record for the first time with new revelations and th…
Quote du Jour – Paul Craig Roberts
“A mathematician friend once told me that if all of the dimensions in the universe suddenly and simultaneously increased by a factor of 2, we would never know the difference – we would never know th…
Quote du Jour
“A mathematician friend once told me that if all of the dimensions in the universe suddenly and simultaneously increased by a factor of 2, we would never know the difference – we would never know t…
Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web
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By James Risen and Nick Wingfield
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a simil…
AT&T iPhone Users Forced to Receive Obama Alerts Which Can’t Be Turned Off
[CAF Note: A Solari subscriber reported yesterday that they suddenly could not access their e-mail until they signed an agreement that AT&T can scan their e-mail.]
By Joe Schoffstall
Are you a cus…
Jail Reckless Bankers, Standards Commission Urges
[CAF Note: Looks like the Ango-American alliance is moving closer to doing bail-ins!]
By BBC News
The cross-party Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards’ fifth report said bankers should in…
Quote du Jour – Suzanne Sommers
“My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am.”
– Suzanne Sommers
Quote du Jour
“My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am”
-Suzanne Sommers
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Detroit Peddles Its Municipal Assets to Avoid Record Bankruptcy
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By Brian Chappatta, Chris Christoff & Mark Niquette
Detroit (9845MF) is suspending payments on $2 billion of unsecured debt, marketing parking ga…
McD’s Worker Sues: Don’t Pay by Debit Card
By Bill O’Boyle
All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said.
Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald’s Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from Apri…
Father Knows Best
Dear Friend and Reader:
Today’s article is from the “too scary to think about” file. One problem with this particular genre is that it leads most people into shutdown or mindless diversion mode jus…
The Price of Distortion
By John P. Hussman, Ph.D.
The central issue in the current financial markets, in my estimation, is distortion. Because monetary distortion dominates the financial markets here (helped by fiscal dis…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.16.13
New Map Tracks Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Kansas City
Kauffman Foundation | 20 June 2013
A newly created map of Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community…
Guest Post: Fed’s Economic Projections…
Precious Metals – Week of 06.16.13
A Gold Margin Call
FT Alphaville | 21 June 2013
CME Group, which operates the New York Comex exchange on which gold futures are traded…
India’s Reliance Capital Suspends Gold Sales
Mineweb | 21 Jun…
King Trial Testimony – 1999
[CAF Note: Some interesting comments on the relationship between intelligence and enforcement agencies and media disinformation]
Parts 2 through 8 can be found here.
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Geopolitical – Week of 06.16.13
Michael Hastings’ Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary
The Huffington Post | 19 June 2013
In the 24 hours since the tragic death of journalist and author Michael Hastings…
‘KKK…
Appeals Court Binds Monsanto to Promise Not to Sue Organic Farmers
By Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association
A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plain…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.16.13
Use of Tor and E-mail Crypto Could Increase Chances That NSA Keeps Your Data
Ars Technica | 20 June 2013
When it comes to surveillance rules, some US people are more equal than others…
New Matt Dam…
Food & Health – Week of 06.16.13
Official: Water Complaints Could be ‘Act of Terrorism’
USA Today | 21 June 2013
Residents who say children have become ill from drinking water says state is attempting to silence its critics…
The G…
Life – Week of 06.16.13
The Paranoia Industry
The Moneychanger
Some of the people I hear from live in astonishing fear…
The Two Centers of Unaccountable Power in America
Photo Credit: Perian Flaherty
By Robert Reich
There are two great centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today – places where decisions that significantly affect l…
Wildcards – Week of 06.16.13
Reflections And Warnings – An Interview With Aaron Russo
YouTube | 01 June 2009
In an historic final interview, filmmaker and music promoter Aaron Russo…
Noonan: Privacy Isn’t All We’re Losing
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By Peggy Noonan
The U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor …
The Hush Sound – “The Market”
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Internet Freedom: Your Rights in a Digital World with Rainey Reitman – June 13
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Solari Stories – Location-Based Transparency
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ECB Coeure: Moving from Bail-Out to Bail-In Environment
By Wall Street Journal
BERLIN–Europe is currently moving from a bail-out environment to a bail-in environment when it comes to rescuing failing banks, a member of the European Central Bank’s execu…
Second Phase of US Swaps Rules Takes Hold
By FOW Intelligence
This week the latest stage in the US swaps reforms was implemented under a cloud of uncertainty as to how ready the industry was for the change, writes Jonathan Watkins.
The se…
This Island Earth
By Geoff Olson
More of a tourist than a traveller, I’m standing on an outcropping of volcanic rock in the Caribbean, scratching away at my archipelago of bug bites. My guide Calvin, a relaxed fel…
Six States Move Forward With Social Impact Bonds
[CAF Note: On a scale of 1-10, 10 being a terrific idea and 1 being a horrible idea, social impact bonds are a 1. I would much prefer that parties involved would stop engaging in/with financial fraud …
Transcript of “Open Source Intelligence with James Corbett” is Now Available!
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39th G8 Summit
By Wikipedia
The 39th G8 summit will be held on 17–18 June 2013 at the Lough Erne Resort, a five-star hotel and golf resort on the shore of Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It wi…
Quote du Jour – Franklin Sanders
“Following my words last night about how long your yankee government has been spying on you, my dear wife Susan reminded me of an event during our 1991 federal trial for willful failure to file inco…
Quote du Jour
“Following my words last night about how long your yankee government has been spying on you, my dear wife Susan reminded me of an event during our 1991 federal trial for willful failure to file inco…
Bradley Manning Testimony Centers On ‘Terrible’ Afghanistan Air Strike Video
[CAF Note: I spun through all the news channel repeatedly this morning at the gym. There was coverage of a multitude of trials EXCEPT Manning’s trial. That was not an accident]
By Matt Sledge
Four y…
Meet the Contractors Analyzing Your Private Data
Photo Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed
By Tim Shorrock
Amid the torrent of stories about the shocking new revelations about the National Security Agency, few have bothered to ask a central question. Who…
CFTC’s Gary Gensler: In or Out For Pressuring Banks on Swaps?
By Jesse’s Cafe
It appears that President Obama is bidding adieu to CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, purportedly for being ‘too aggressive’ with the Banks over their antics in the markets, with special …
Quote du Jour – Mark Twain
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
– Mark Twain
Quote du Jour
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
– Mark Twain
Start Page – The World’s Most Private Search Engine
The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named “PRISM”. They report that the NSA and the FBI have been tapping directly into the ser…
S&P Revises U.S. Credit Outlook to ‘Stable’ From Negative
By David Gaffen and Daniel Bases
Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, c…