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Crowd Sourced Surveillance

[CAF Note: Geez – why allow our taxes to pay for the police state, when consumers can fund directly?]

Parrot AR Drone Quadricopter

Google Glass on Wikipedia

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Bulls Hit

By Grant Williams

I am a seller of gold.

Just not yet — and certainly not anywhere close to this price.

One day, long into the future, it will be time to sell gold — or, more likely, to excha…

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Fresh Food and Song Blossom on the Palouse

By Catherine Austin Fitts

I stopped in Moscow, Idaho this weekend on my way to Portland Oregon. Moscow is the home of the University of Idaho, in an area known as the Palouse.

I was visiting wit…

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Money & Markets – Week of 4.21.13

AR-15s Flying Off Shelves Amid Gun Control Fears
Yahoo! Finance | 25 April 2013
At the GunRunners Gun Show outside Atlanta, the line stretches out the door and around the corner…

Jon Corzine Sued b…

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Precious Metals – Week of 4.21.13

U.S. Mint’s Sales of Gold Coins Soar After Futures Slump
Bloomberg | 18 April 2013
The U.S. Mint in April has sold 153,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins…

How the Gold Market Was Crashed
Res…

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Geopolitical – Week of 4.21.13

Ron Paul Fans Furious Over Rand Paul’s Drone Flip-flop
Information Clearing House | 24 April 2013
Ron Paul’s vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul’s perceived reversal…

The Ris…

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Science & Technology – Week of 4.21.13

Infographic: If Google Fiber Went Worldwide
Forbes | 26 April 2013
Google is bringing its super-fast broadband network Fiber to…

The Rise of Big Data
Foreign Affairs | May 2013
Everyone knows that …

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Food & Health – Week of 4.21.13

Are Neonicotinoids Too Big To Ban?
The Organic View | 10 April 2013
There has been a huge debate over the impact of Neonicotinoids…

Most Significant Government Health Report on Mobile Phone Radiati…

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Life – Week of 4.21.13

Did Jimmy Savile Abuse 1,350 Victims… Treble the Number Who Have Come Forward So Far?
The Daily Mail | 19 April 2013
Jimmy Savile could have sexually abused up to 1,350 victims..

The National Geogr…

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Wildcards – Week of 4.21.13

Sirius Disclosure Premiere Pleases
Pure Energy Systems Network | 23 April 2013
I count myself very fortunate to have been able to attend the historic premier of Dr. Steven Greer and Amardeep Kaleka’s …

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Before the Blast, West Fertilizer’s Monsanto Lawsuit

[CAF Note: Ever notice how bad things happen to people who stand up to Monsanto?]

By Alexandra Berzon

As details emerge about the Texas fertilizer plant that was the site of Wednesday’s fatal ex…

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Wagner – “Tristan und Isolde – Prelude”

Related Reading:

Richard Wagner on Wikipedia

Tristan und Isolde on Wikipedia

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April Solari Toon!

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Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Yields and Volatility of Stocks vs. Bonds – April 18

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Downlo…

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Solari Stories – Know Your Heroes

Know Your Heroes

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Quote du Jour – Michael Ventura

“We all live in the South Bronx because that neighborhood is the unavoidable proof that American civilization can stop. It can stop literally right around the corner, and if it does nobody can do a …

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Quote du Jour

“We all live in the South Bronx because that neighborhood is the unavoidable proof that American civilization can stop. It can stop literally right around the corner, and if it does nobody can do a …

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Terrifying Stand-Off in Boston as SWAT Teams Hunt Teenage ‘Terrorist’ From Chechnya

Photo Credit:AP

By James Nye, Louise Boyle, Simon Tomlinson and Jill Reilly

Scores of heavily-armed police swarmed a Boston suburb today as the net tightened around an ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect…

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Artist Highlight! – Patricia Coslor

Painting By Patricia Coslor

She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Stephens College in Columbia, MO and also studied at Parson’s School of Design in New York, NY, The Art Student’s League …

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3 New Planets Could Host Life

By Elizabeth Landau

In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets.

Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of three planets that are some of the be…

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CISPA Plan to Let Feds Receive Confidential Data Wins Big House Vote

Photo Credit:Getty Images

by Declan McCullagh

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a controversial data-sharing bill that would authorize e-mail and Internet providers to s…

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It Worked Great For Us…

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Quote du Jour – David Icke

“They say that you need to follow the money to see what is going on and to a large extent that is true; but I have another method: follow the outcome. No matter what people say they stand for, no ma…

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Quote du Jour

“They say that you need to follow the money to see what is going on and to a large extent that is true; but I have another method: follow the outcome. No matter what people say they stand for, no ma…

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Scientists Make ‘Laboratory-Grown’ Kidney

By James Gallagher

A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say.

Similar techniques to make simple body parts have al…

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Human Genome: US Supreme Court Hears Patents Case

By James Gallagher

The case relates to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2009, and centres on whether companies should be able to patent genes.

US authorities have been awar…

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Gold Plunges Most in 33 Years in Record-High Trading

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By Glenys Sim, Phoebe Sedgman & Debarati Roy

Gold plunged the most in 33 years amid record-high trading as an unexpected slowdown in China’s economic expansio…

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Officials: 23 Injured, 2 Dead, “More Devices” as Two Huge Blasts Rock Boston Marathon Finish Line

By Jordan Graham, John Zaremba

Two huge explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square just before 3 p.m. today, apparently causing numerous casualties, some possible with traum…

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Money & Markets – Week of 4.14.13

33 Times, You Poor Dumb Bastards
Stocktwits | 26 October 2012
I’m going to say this here and now for posterity and I hope you bookmark it…

Special Report: The Battle for the Swiss Soul
Reuters | 18…

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Precious Metals – Week of 4.14.13

Gold: A Great Buying Opportunity Approaches
Forbes | 13 April 2013
Gold has officially entered a bear market, declining more than 20% from the September 2011 peak of US$1,924/oz…

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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.14.13

Did Underwater Mortgages Kill the Economy?
The Washington Post | 18 April 2013
The housing market, finally, is recovering…

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Geopolitical – Week of 4.14.13

Huge Grant County Farmland Sale Linked to State Law on Foreign Ownership
The Cap Times | 12 April 2013
One of the largest farmland sales in state history is fueling new speculation…

What Is In The …

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Science & Technology – Week of 4.14.13

3 New Planets Could Host Life
CNN | 21 April 2013
In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets…

Google Glass Comes With Small Print
Geeks Are Sexy | 18…

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Food & Health – Week of 4.14.13

Transcript: Statement from Andrew Wakefield
Age of Autism | 17 April 2013
Good morning. The first thing that I want to say is…

Study Reveals GMO Corn to be Highly Toxic
RT | 15 April 2013
A leaked …

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Peru Bans Monsanto and GMOs

By KristenM

The first time I ever tasted a real tomato, I was in Cusco, Peru. I had picked them up at a Farmer’s Market, bought them from an old lady with wizened wrinkles and sun-browned skin. S…

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Life – Week of 4.14.13

The Real History of the Commons and Today’s Environmental Crisis
UTNE | April 2013
The growth of industrial capitalism has always been predicated…

Out of Time: The Sins of Immediacy
The New York Ti…

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What a Surprise: Cyprus Forced to Sell it’s Gold

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By Heather Stewart and Helena Smith

Cypriot politicians have reacted with fury to news that the crisis-hit country will be forced to find an extra €6bn (£5bn) to co…

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Nina Simone – “Feeling Good”

Related Reading:

Nina Simone Official Website

Nina Simone on Wikipedia

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Getting to Real Solutions: A Dialogue with Catherine Austin Fitts and Bonnie Faulkner

On my last trip to California I kept running into a group of people promoting specific solutions to the problems that face us, including government owned banks, B corporations, impact investing and …

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Transcript of “1st Quarter Wrap Up” is Now Available!

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Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders and Larry Pratt – April 11

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Solari Stories – A State of Amusement

A State of Amusement

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Subscriber Lunch in Portland

If you are a Solari Report subscriber, you are cordially invited to meet and lunch with Catherine.

This will provide an opportunity for you to meet Catherine in person and to get together with othe…

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Transcript of “Exit the Matrix with Jon Rappoport” is Now Available!

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Quote du Jour – McGeorge Bundy

“The endurance of the enemy.”

– National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy upon being asked what most surprised him about the Vietnam War

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Quote du Jour

“The endurance of the enemy”

-National Security Advisor Bundy upon being asked what most surprised him about the Vietnam War

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Teacher’s Resignation Letter: ‘My Profession … No Longer Exists’

by Valerie Strauss

Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because they have had enough.

Here i…

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Hedge Funds Wagering on Fannie-Freddie Reincarnation: Mortgages

By Katherine Burton, Zeke Faux and Jody Shenn

Investors including hedge funds are buying the preferred stock of government-controlled mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a long-shot bet th…

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Estulin Interviews Catherine – Spanish Only

By ActualidadRT

Fraude colateral. ¿Cómo funciona? ¿Quién está por detrás? En este caso Daniel Estulin habla con Catherine Austin Fitts, ex alta funcionaria de la Administración de Bush padre…

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Double-Barreled Threat: U.N. Arms Trade Treaty And Universal Background Checks

By Larry Bell

Do those of us who are determined to defend our constitutional rights to own and bear arms really have anything to worry about? Well no, at least not according to those who have aggre…

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Monsanto Companies – Do Not Buy

These companies all supported Monsanto’s anti GMO labeling act efforts.
 
 

Aunt Jemima

Aurora Foods

Banquet

Best Foods

Betty Crocker …

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Porn Downloaded From IP Address In Vatican City

Photo Credit: Enrique Cornejo

By Simon McCormack

Someone in Vatican City had better get to confession.

Torrent Freak has unearthed the download history from an IP address in the Pope’s place of re…

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Global Crowdfunding Volumes Rise 81 Percent in 2012

By: Kylie MacLellan

Crowdfunding websites helped companies and individuals worldwide raise $2.7 billion from members of the public in 2012, an 81 percent increase on the previous year, data showed …

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Quote du Jour – Margaret Mead

“We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.”

– Margaret Mead

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Quote du Jour

“We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.”

– Margaret Mead

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Navy Laser Gun Takes Down Drone

By Spencer Ackerman

The video above is what the Navy’s top officers view as the future of their dominance on the surface of the world’s waterways. A laser cannon, its magazine limited only by t…

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The Slow Death of the American Author

[CAF Note: Notice the double standard in the treatment of an artists or author copyright and Monsanto’s seed patents? Ain’t no accident! And please don’t ask me to use Google Circles or Google analy…

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Property and the Lady

[Note from CAF: The Economist is laying the philosophic basis for eminent domain actions on scale. Given the recent leads about the TransPacific negotiations and the President’s proposal for private…

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Obama Budget to Take Aim at Wealthy IRAs

By Bernie Becker

President Obama’s budget, to be released next week, will limit how much wealthy individuals – like Mitt Romney – can keep in IRAs and other retirement accounts

The proposal …

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Why A Cyprus-Like Seizure Of Your Money Could Happen Here

[CAF Note: In the following editorial from Forbes, Steve Forbes describes the dangers of various forms of confiscation. While we have covered these issues for many years on this blog and on The Sola…

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Money & Markets – Week of 4.07.13

Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money
Dealbook | 11 April 2013
The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler — Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg…

Bitcoin Crash Spurs Race…

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Precious Metals – Week of 4.07.13

Unencumbered Gold
TF Metals Report | 11 April 2013
After yesterday’s nearly 17 metric ton withdrawal, it is becoming increasingly clear…

Gold, Long a Secure Investment, Loses Its Luster
The New Yor…

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Geopolitical – Week of 4.07.13

Elizabeth Warren Shocked by Obama CPI Proposal
Buzz Flash | 11 April 2013
Elizabeth Warren is defying party allegiance…

Fukushima Remains a Huge Problem
Undernews | 11 April 2013
Increasingly, expe…

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Science & Technology – Week of 4.07.13

This Material Will Power the Future — If Somebody Can Profit From It
Wired | 04 April 2013
It was a Friday evening at the University of Manchester and scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov were…

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Food & Health – Week of 4.07.13

US Rice Imports ‘Contain Harmful Levels of Lead’
BBC News | 10 April 2013
Some samples exceeded the “provisional total tolerable intake”…

Antibiotics in Organic Tree Fruit Production — Simple Que…

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Life – Week of 4.07.13

Dad Furious After Finding This Crayon-Written Paper in Florida 4th-Grader’s Backpack
The Blaze | 12 April 2013
The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child’s scrawl…

1…

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Wildcards – Week of 4.07.13

Daniel Hopsicker Wants to Know
Quixotic Joust | 08 April 2013
Kris Millegan is a musician, who became fascinated with spies after his own father…

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Quote du Jour – Roger Ebert

“We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.”

– Roger Ebert

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Quote du Jour

“We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.”

– Roger Ebert

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Canada-EU Integration Moves Forward, U.S. and NAFTA Next

By Alex Newmann

After almost four years of negotiations, the Canadian government and the European Union are reportedly close to finalizing a controversial integration deal known as the “Comprehen…

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Aloe Blacc – “I Need A Dollar”

Related Reading:

Aloe Blacc Official Website

Aloe Blacc on Wikipedia

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1st Quarter Wrap Up – April 4

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Solari Stories – The Mom and Pop Predicament

The Mom and Pop Predicament

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Cyprus – Banks In Europe May Now Seize Deposits To Cover Their Gambling Losses

By Henry Blodget

Cyprus and the EU reached a new late-night bailout deal last night that will reduce the chance that Cyprus’s financial system and economy will completely implode.

The 10 billion e…

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Estimating the Amount of Offshore Deposits

By Tax Justice Network

MAIN REPORT 1 – The Price of Offshore Revisited

Press Release

Key Issues

Main Report

MAIN REPORT 2 – Inequality: You don’t know the half of it

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KKR to Carlyle Target $3.6 Trillion in 401(k)s Accounts

By Margaret Collins & Devin Banerjee

Private-equity firms, the exclusive money managers overseeing $3 trillion worldwide for the wealthiest investors, are discovering a new type of client: ordinary…

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SEC Describes How Social Media Can be Used to Distribute Company Info

Photo Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

By Ken Tysiac

U.S. public companies can use social media to make company announcements as long as they inform investors of the channels they will use to di…

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How the Monsanto Protection Act Snuck Into Law

By Natasha Lennard

Slipped into the Agricultural Appropriations Bill, which passed through Congress last week, was a small provision that’s a big deal for Monsanto and its opponents. The provisi…

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Catherine’s Latest Kickstarter Donation

By Eric Toensmeier

To save the planet we may need to turn it into an edible paradise… help me write the book that explains how and why.

Continue Reading

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Comparison of Form 8938 and FBAR Requirements

By IRS

The new Form 8938 filing requirement does not replace or otherwise affect a taxpayer’s obligation to file Form TD F 90-22.1 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts). Individuals mus…

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Quote du Jour – Rumi

“When someone is counting out gold for you, don’t look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.”

– Rumi, The Masnavi: Book Two

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Quote du Jour

“When someone is counting out gold for you, don’t look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.”

– Rumi, The Masnavi: Book Two

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When You Weren’t Looking, Democrat Bank Stooges Launch Bills to Permit Bailouts, Deregulate Derivatives

By Yves Smith

One of the big lessons of the fraught negotiations over bailing out (or more accurately, in) Cyprus’s banks is that deregulating institutions with an implicit or explicit state guaran…

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Obama Unveils Plans to Pump Billions Into US Infrastructure in Miami Speech

[CAF Note: Now that we have turned over $27 trillion in bailouts to private investors and $4 trillion is “missing”
from the US government, we are now going to transfer control of the infrastructure …

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Domestic Drones and Their Unique Dangers

By Glenn Greenwald

The use of drones by domestic US law enforcement agencies is growing rapidly, both in terms of numbers and types of usage. As a result, civil liberties and privacy groups led by …

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America’s JOBS Act Still Not Working

By The Economist

On April 5th 2012 the pitched political battles in Washington, DC, briefly paused as Barack Obama signed a law endorsed by both Republicans and Democrats. The Jump Start Our Busine…

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Happy Easter

Painting by Claude Monet

“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~Martin Luther

Related Reading:

Easter
From Wikipedia

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Money & Markets – Week of 3.31.13

Labor Force Participation Rate Since 1987: Some Eerie Demographic Trends
Seeking Alpha | 04 April 2013
Tomorrow’s employment report is the major economic event of the week and one of the most closely …

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Precious Metals – Week of 3.31.13

The Assault On Gold – Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts | 04 April 2013
For Americans, financial and economic Armageddon might be close at hand…

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Geopolitical – Week of 3.31.13

MLK Killed by Government, Jury Finds: Special Report

YouTube | 05 April 2013
A jury finds government conspiracy involvement with the slaying of MLK…

North Korea Says Military Cleared to Wage Nucle…

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Science & Technology – Week of 3.31.13

Global Hacker Network Unites in Anonymous Campaign Against Israel
Analysis Intelligence | 02 April 2013
We recently reported on the revival of Operation Israel (#OpIsrael) being coordinated by a group…

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Food & Health – Week of 3.31.13

Truth In Olive Oil
Truth in Olive Oil was born out of my love of great olive oil, and my concern about low-grade oils…

Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ
The Huffington Post | 28…

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Life – Week of 3.31.13

6-y.o. Who Walked Alone to Post Office May be Removed from Her Home
Free Range Kids | 03 April 2013
Dear Free-Range Kids: A few days ago CPS served my wife and me with a complaint alleging that we are…

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Wildcards – Week of 3.31.13

Short Circuit: Burn Out Your Dead
Ground Zero | 19 February 2013
Today there was a remarkably Fortean story that was actually covered by CBS News…

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One Eskimo – “Amazing”

Related Reading:

One Eskimo Official Website

One Eskimo on Wikipedia

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Exit the Matrix with Jon Rappoport – March 28

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“Imagine.” ~John Lennon…

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Solari Stories – The Black Budget

The Black Budget Video

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Hammond, Brown, Swartz, Assange, Manning: Information Warriors of the Digital Wasteland

By Darker Net

Glenn Greenwald…”Brown – who has been imprisoned since September on a 17-count indictment that could result in many years in prison – is a serious journalist who has spent the…