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**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 vast majority of the people…
**CAF Note: GAIA is the Grand Award Winner in the Aerospace category for Popular Science’s Best of What’s New 2013**
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Gaia is an unmanned space observatory of the European Space Ag…
By Matt Krantz
Investors’ appetite for IPOs is reaching levels not seen since the rip-roaring stock market during the dot-com boom in 2000.
Thanks to a white-hot stock market in 2013, companies ar…
By The Economist
In 2012 American museums received 850m visitors, says the American Alliance of Museums. That is more than all the big-league sporting events and theme parks combined. In England ov…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I’m preparing the Solari Report Annual Wrap Up on January 2nd.
This is a fruitful time – a time to take stock of the road traveled in 2013 and what’s ahead. What is the dee…
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Dearest Friends and Allies:
We are celebrating from December 24 – January 1. Our office will be closed.
We will post the next Jon Rappoport special on December 26th and the blog post for the Annua…
Vermont Royster’s Christmas message has been republished by The Wall Street Journal every Christmas since its first publication in 1949. As I can not think of a more beautiful way to celebrate the b…
The Slow Burn Wins Again
The US Federal Reserve continued Quanitative Easing throughout 2013,
buying up and – I believe – shredding the fraudulent mortgage
…
Lesta Frank Watermedia
“Today, we are putting all our ‘Duck Dynasty’ products back in our stores, and, we apologize for offending you. We respect all individuals’ right to express their beliefs. We certainly did not…
**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
Global “Empire Building” an…
China Money Rate Tumbles Most Since 2011 as PBOC Injects Cash
Bloomberg | 24 December 2013
China’s benchmark money-market rate tumbled the most since February 2011 after the central bank injected fu…
The Big Squeeze – Mystery Hand Scoops Up Copper
Reuters | 20 December 2013
One investor held over 90 pct of copper contracts…
Obama Repeals ObamaCare
The Wall Street Journal | 22 December 2013
It seems Nancy Pelosi was wrong when she said “we have to pass” ObamaCare to “find out what’s in it.”
Bars Hit With Huge Bill After …
Leo the Maker Prince: Book to Teach Kids 3D Printing
Boing Boing | 20 December 2013
Leo the Maker Prince by Carla Diana is a charming picture book that teaches kids (and grownups who appreciate cute, …
New Maine Co-Op Draws Most Health Care Enrollments
Portland Press Herald | 20 December 2013
The nonprofit reports it’s been selected by about 75 percent of Mainers so far, but the reasons are unclea…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Engineer Onat Ekinci joined me on the Solari Report this year for an excellent briefing on 3D Printing.
Onat is briefing me on Industrial Robotics and has given permissi…
By Brad Stone
Are you optimistic that we can slow down climate change?
Anybody who says we’re close to the solution isn’t looking at the whole systems requirement. There’s 20 companies that I …
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
We’re partial to farmers here at the Solari Report. We are particularly partial to farmers who help other people learn how to farm, like Dave Andrews.
Dave is the executi…
Transcript of “The Oil Card with Jim Norman” is now available to Subscribers!
Subscribers: Click to download/view the Transcript.
Also find it in the blog post; at the Subscriber Resource Page…
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By John Roach
The day when planes, trucks and cars are commonly revved up on pond scum may be on the near horizon thanks to a technological advan…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
After the Fed announcement yesterday that it will begin to taper its QE by $10 billion a month in January, precious metals prices fell, with gold breaching the 1200 price …
By Dave Michaels
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously proposed boosting by 10 times the amount of money companies can raise under a simplified public offering, the agency’s lates…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
South Korea just announced that they are starting a physical gold exchange; this follows on the heals of Singapore, Moscow and Thailand doing the same, not to mention vari…
By Binyamin Appelbaum
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would reduce its monthly bond-buying campaign to $75 billion in January, beginning a retreat from its stimulus campaign, because …
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 7:6
**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 federal government has dele…
***CAF Note: In the world of modified limited hangouts, the Pentagon waste story is the equivalent of the Caddyshack Gopher. You can’t kill it, although it makes no sense, and it just won’t go away….
“We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution, were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a person’s duty to under…
“We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution, were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a person’s duty to under…
Six More Countries Sign FATCA Agreements with US
CGMA Magazine | 19 December 2013
The US Treasury Department announced on Thursday that the United States has signed six more bilateral agreements…
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Gold Funds See Unprecedented 31% Slump With World Losing Faith
Bloomberg | 16 December 2013
Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace since the securities were cre…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Subscribers have been asking for a recording of my speech to the Appraisal Institute in San Francisco this fall. I will be incorporating the material into the Annual Wrap Up…
By MakerBot
MakerBot has opened 3D print services in three MakerBot retail stores in New York, Boston and Greenwich, Conn. Customers can simply walk into one of the MakerBot retail stores with a .S…
Forget Golf Course Views; New Subdivisions Are Being Built Around Farms
Grist | 17 December 2013
Unless you’re a wealthy white man, you probably don’t play golf…
Iran Nuclear Sanctions Bill Draws White House Veto Threat
Bloomberg | 19 December 2013
President Barack Obama would veto Iran sanctions legislation introduced in the Senate yesterday…
The 6,000-Pag…
China Vows to Collect Lunar Samples in 2017 After Successful Mission
RT | 17 December 2013
With the Jade Rabbit rover currently reconning the lunar surface…
Wind Power Rivals Coal With $1 Billion O…
Corporate Espionage: The Séralini Affair and Beyond
Farm Wars | 16 December 2013
Compiled by Rosemary Mason MB ChB FRCA on behalf of a global network of independent scientists, beekeepers and environ…
Book ‘Em: In Bozeman, Foibles Yield Sentences of Note
The Wall Street Journal | 19 December 2013
A Montana Newspaper Turns Its Police Blotter Into a Local Best Seller…
Uniquely Detroit: Night Light…
***CAF Note: Looks like the shadow government will own and control BIG BROTHER directly through the telecoms without interference from an agency subject to FOIA laws and Congressionally approved bud…
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China’s lunar probe Chang’e-3, with the country’s first moon rover onboard, successfully landed on the moon on Saturday night, marking the first time that China has sent a spacec…
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
One of our annual Christmas donations goes to a wonderful pre-school educational institution in East Palo Alto, California – the Creative Montessori Learning Center (You c…
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By Paul Mylchreest, Monument Securities
Sir Halford Mackinder’s 1904 speach in which he outlined his “Heartland Theory” was a founding moment for geo-politics. He argued that control of the Eur…
By Charles Kennedy
At a recent petrochemical conference in Pasadena, Exxon Mobil Corp predicted that by 2040 natural gas will be used to generate 25% of the world’s electricity, and overtake coal…
By Michael del Castillo
The United States is no longer tops in global app revenue, ceding the position to Japan thanks to five major companies, according to an App Annie report published today. In …
By Jon Rappoport
Remember something called the War on Poverty? The Great Society?
President Lyndon Johnson declared it and announced it in 1965. Since then, the federal government and state governme…
By BBC News
Robert McDowall, Alderney’s Finance Committee chairman, has been in talks with the Royal Mint about producing coins based on the online money.
He said commemorative coins brought “a go…
***CAF Note:The Volcker Rule has been approved. Here is the press release, draft regulation and fact sheet***
By Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Five federal agencies on Tuesday iss…
“Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.”
~ Peter Lynch
“Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.”
~ Peter Lynch
By Tyler Durden
The number of employees across the firms of the broad-based Russell 2000 equity index has collapsed by more than half from its peak. The price of that index, in the same period, has…
By Wikileaks
On 13 November 2013 WikiLeaks released the draft text of the crucial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Intellectual Property chapter during the lead-up to a TPP chief negotiato…
By Chuck Gibson
Most human activities have seasonal cycles. The stock market too, has seasonal cycles that have been powerful trends to follow over the long term. You have heard me mention the fact I…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot. …
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*CAF Note: As municipalities struggle to address their economic problems, the pressure is on to shift valuable land in the commons to private control. Doing so will make the financial problems worse…
**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
Significant funds have been div…
One day in the late 1940s, Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his predecessor Winston Churchill found themselves standing together at the gents’ urinals at the House of Commons.
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Vatican Clean-Up ‘Has Not Sorted Out Scandal-Hit Bank and Asset Managers’
The Guardian| 12 December 2013
The Holy See’s regulators had not done full inspections of the Vatican bank or of the Administr…
Swiss Gold Sector Embraces Transparency, Up to a Point
Moneybeat | 13 December 2013
The window into the Swiss gold sector is about to become a little less fogged up…
Iamgold Shares Plunge After Di…
By Gonzalo Lira
However, thinking about cryptocurrencies from the point of view of the Federal Reserve, or a senator on the Banking Committee, or a trader at a bank’s prop desk, cryptocurrencies…
By J. D. Heyes
There are parts of the earth where plant life simply doesn’t grow well, if at all. But that isn’t deterring NASA from attempting to grow veggies on the moon.
According to Britain’s Da…
Iran Quits Nuclear Talks After US Expands Blacklist Sanctions
Zero Hedge | 13 December 2013
“We are evaluating the situation and will make the appropriate response,”…
Government Spies Are Forcing P…
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By Kim Zetter
In 2008, two security researchers at the DefCon hacker conference demonstrated a massive security vulnerability in the worldwide internet traffic-routing system …
Human DNA Is Not A Document, It’s An App
Forbes | 13 December 2013
Yesterday, scientists at the University of Washington announced…
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America’s Descent into Third World Status: Tropical Diseases Rise Among Poor (Update)
Naked Capitalism | 12 December 2013
To the extent that middle class and more affluent people think about poverty…
Singularity Or Bust
Forbidden Knowledge | 09 December 2013
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Dear Friends, Clients & Subscribers, The 2013 holiday season is here. We want to acknowledge our many blessings and give thanks for the strength of your support and friendship. Every year at this time, we celebrate by sharing our good fortune. Here they are — our choices for Christmas 2013 donations. We would like to…
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“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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A judge urged Detroit and its creditors to keep negotiating Thursday in a 150-page opinion that mimics his decision earlier this week that the city is…
By Ruth Simon and Angus Loten
Entrepreneur Adam Lee and his brother couldn’t get a bank loan. Then they learned that Georgia state officials had taken steps that might make it easier for their star…
By Marianne Garvey, Brian Niemietz and Lachlan Cartwright
It’s a leak Barbara Walters doesn’t want you to know about.
The ABC News doyenne pushed hard to have NSA leaker Edward Snowden at the …
“One’s own employees ought to be one’s own best customers. Paying high wages is behind the prosperity of this country.”
~ Henry Ford
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The debate continues regardin…
By Peter Coy and Susan Berfield
The public images of low-paying employers such as Wal-Mart and McDonald’s take a hit during the holidays, when Americans are seized by a spirit of charity. Stephen…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
November was not a strong month for precious metals. The current trends in the market have me concerned.
In last month’s Precious Metals Market Report, Franklin and I dis…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
There is no doubt about it. The stocks of pro-centralization team leaders were high flyers this year. Here is a chart of Lockheed Martin, Google and Facebook compared to th…
By Alex Fitzpatrick and Courtney Subramanian
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service on Sunday, in an ambitious move by the online retailer to capitalize on a te…
By Simon Kennedy
Not long ago, before the financial crisis and the global recession it triggered, economists referred to Americans as the consumers of last resort. When the U.S. grew at a healthy pac…
By Bloomberg News
China’s move to end a 14-month ban on initial public offerings and allow the sale of preferred shares led to a rally in financial stocks as investors bet the measures will boost f…
**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
Federal laws and regulations en…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Chris Reinhart is now leading the MicroHouse program for Open Source Ecology (OSE) full time. OSE has exciting plans for workshops in 2014. If you and yours would like to …
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“Most overnight successes come after repeated attempts and failures. You’ve got to keep at it.”
~ Nathan Myhrvold
“Most overnight successes come after repeated attempts and failures. You’ve got to keep at it.”
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Apple Completes Key China Mobile Deal – Report
CNN | 05 December 2013
Apple and China Mobile have reportedly inked a long-anticipated deal that …
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