US Equities vs. Gold and Silver
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last Five Years
Reviewing this comparison of the US equity markets to the performance of the largest gold and silver ETFs shows you why precious metals investors have be…
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Farewell Facebook, and Good Riddance
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By Araceli Cruz
If you haven’t noticed, there’s currently a mass exodus from Facebook taking place. In the past three months there’s been a drop among users in the …
Quarterly Review and Outlook – First Quarter 2013
By Hoisington Investment Management Company
“The Federal Reserve is printing money”. No statement could be less truthful. The Federal Reserve (Fed) is not, and has not been, “printing money…
Vernon Hershberger & Your Food Freedom
By David Gumpert
Now that a Wisconsin judge has rejected raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger’s religious freedom arguments to justify having a witness testify on his behalf, his trial looks likely t…
The Underground Recovery
By James Surowiecki
When we all finished filing our tax returns last week, there was a little something missing: two trillion dollars. That’s how much money Americans may have made in the past ye…
Money & Markets – Week of 4.28.13
Caribbean Bank Accounts are Next IRS Target
USA Today | 30 April 2013
Opening a new front in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion…
Investing: The Option They Never Told You About
The Permacul…
Precious Metals – Week of 4.28.13
Hong Kong Gold Retailers Overwhelmed by Mainland Shoppers
Gata | 02 May 2013
Hong Kong retailers report they were swamped over the three-day May Day holiday by tens of thousands…
Gold Bull Run Seen…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.28.13
Case-Shiller: Home Prices in 20 Cities Rise at Fastest Rate Since 2006
The Christian Science Monitor | 30 April 2013
The good news for the housing market just keeps on coming…
Robert Shiller: Home …
Geopolitical – Week of 4.28.13
Q&A: The FBI’s Role in ‘Manufacturing’ Terrorism
Yahoo! Finance | 02 May 2013
In his new book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism…
‘Killer Robots Should Not Have Pow…
Science & Technology – Week of 4.28.13
Blind Mothers-To-Be Find Solution in 3D Printing
Tech Page One | 02 April 2013
The prenatal sonogram is a life-changing moment for many expectant mothers…
Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Satur…
Food & Health – Week of 4.28.13
Whole Foods CEO: If Syria Has GMO-Regulations So Should the U.S.
Yahoo Finance! | 02 May 2013
Large agribusiness companies like Monsanto and DuPont have long experimented with their crops…
An Effor…
Life – Week of 4.28.13
Low Income Homes From Recycled Goods PBS Special Part 1 of 3
PBS | 01 August 2007
What an unbelievably unique take on housing and architecture!
Happy Birthday Willie Nelson: Rare Photos from the 70s…
Wildcards – Week of 4.28.13
Bombing Suspects’ Family Members Speak Out
Time
The parents, aunt and uncles of Boston bombing suspects…
Sibel Edmonds: CIA Ran Tsarnaev Brothers
YouTube | 26 April 2013
Alex welcomes former FBI …
US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace GPS
By Staff Writers Washington (AFP)
The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of…
Riverbend Returns After Five Years
By Riverbend
April 9, 2013 marks ten years since the fall of Baghdad. Ten years since the invasion. Since the lives of millions of Iraqis changed forever. It’s difficult to believe. It feels like o…
Collective Soul – “The World I Know”
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Jon Rappoport and Catherine discuss Hamilton Securities – April 25
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Solari Stories – Trusted Sources
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‘Dead for now:’ CISPA Halted in the Senate
Photo Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron
[CAF Note: Kudos to the EFF and all those who have stopped a really bad idea dead in its tracks for now]
By RT
Privacy advocates can breathe a sigh of relief as …
Feds Eye State, Local Pension Transparency Reform
By Liz Farmer
In a move that’s expected to stir up staunch resistance from public pension managers, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have proposed new pension transparency regulations for local and st…
Catherine Austin Fitts: Another Gold Smackdown Coming?
By John Rubino
Last weekend the disturbingly-brilliant Catherine Austin Fitts, publisher of the Solari Report, passed through town, giving us a chance to finally meet face-to-face. In the following…
In Celebration: Richie Havens, Legendary Guitarist and Folk Singer
By Jim Farber
Richie Havens, a seminal member of the New York folk scene of the ’60s, died Monday morning from a sudden heart attack.
He was 72.
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Transcript of “Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Yields and Volatility of Stocks vs. Bonds” is Now Available!
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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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Wagner – “Tristan und Isolde – Prelude”
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Transcript of “Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders and Larry Pratt” is Now Available!
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Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Yields and Volatility of Stocks vs. Bonds – April 18
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Solari Stories – 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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“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 …
Terrifying Stand-Off in Boston as SWAT Teams Hunt Teenage ‘Terrorist’ From Chechnya
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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…
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 …
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…
CISPA Plan to Let Feds Receive Confidential Data Wins Big House Vote
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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…
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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“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Nina Simone – “Feeling Good”
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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 …
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
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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…
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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“The endurance of the enemy”
-National Security Advisor Bundy upon being asked what most surprised him about the Vietnam War
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
Quote du Jour – Margaret Mead
“We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.”
– Margaret Mead
Quote du Jour
“We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.”
– Margaret Mead
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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…
Aloe Blacc – “I Need A Dollar”
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1st Quarter Wrap Up – April 4
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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…
Estimating the Amount of Offshore Deposits
By Tax Justice Network
MAIN REPORT 1 – The Price of Offshore Revisited
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MAIN REPORT 2 – Inequality: You don’t know the half of it
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