There is much talk about the impact on Wall Street and the banking system of the dramatic drop in the price of mortgage backed securities. Last week I heard a presentation that estimated that 94% of a…

I just returned from Anchorage, Alaska. What a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.

The following enterprises in Alaska/relevant to Alaska government and investment flows or mentioned in my …

Stroger’s $888 Million Tax Hikes
By Mickey Ciokajlo – Chicago Tribune (17 Oct 2007)

Housing Downturn Takes Toll on Cities’ Revenue
By Monica Davey – New York Times (18 Oct 2007)

~ An inquiry and Catherine’s response:

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I stumbled onto your site quite serendipitously a few months back and have subsequently read almost everything posted here, including your es…

Catherine was interviewed on the Talk of Alaska radio show on Tuesday, October 16. You can listen to, or download this great interview by navigating to the Alaska Public Radio Network website:
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I am someone who is critical of the Wall Street Journal. That means, it is important to say something when they hit a home run. They have published an outstanding editorial that is worthy of your cons…

The Chattanooga Declaration was drafted and approved by delegates to the Second North American Secessionist Convention on 4 October 2007.

The deepest questions of human liberty and government fac…

I am occasionally asked where my donations go.

One of the things I have done for many decades is to gift directly to individuals. Indeed, I believe the practice saved my life. In 1997, when I was tar…

Barrick Gold Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Marketwire – Barrick Gold Corporation

Peak Gold! – A Primer on True Hedging, Part Four
By A.E. Fekete – Goldseek.com (20 Sep 2007)

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I was dismayed to open my latest netflix and see an ad for Showtime’s show Dexter: The Return of Americas…

The Green Party has launched a new campaign, Moving the Money to Main Street. We hope to do all that we can to support their efforts and hope you do too.

I was reminded tonight that I met a very dear friend as a result of 911. I have been thinking about how many wonderful people have come into my life as a result of the unanswered questions of 911.

I …

Thanks to a very special member of the Solari Action Network, we have been able to post the documentation at the Solari – The Missing Money related to then Secretary of Defense statements regarding $2…

Well the fool (or morals tutor as he prefers) over at gifthub.org has done it again. For some reason, he thinks philanthropy is supposed to be REAL. It is one thing to out the criminal enterprise of h…

RE: Federal Mandate for “Pasteurization” of Almonds

To:
Secretary Mike Johanns
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave SW
Whitten Building Suite 200A
Washington, D.C. 20250
gse…

We face real challenges in maintaining liquidity in the mortgage market by “dropping” money out of central banking “helicopters.” It is one thing to keep the price of an asset inflated. It is another …

I have been developing a methodology for Solari to determine the total economic return (impact on both investor and living ecosystem) of a mining operation. I have been inching along as my understand…

To paraphrase Utah Phillips, the sub-prime mortgage market is not crashing. Rather, the families and communities induced to borrow and invest are being killed. And the people killing them have names a…

Thanks to wonderful allies Nan Garrett (Georgia Green Party) and Katey Culver and Howard Switzer  (Green Party of Tennessee) I had the opportunity to speak to the Green Party national convention in…

I highly value recommendations from Phil Cubeta at gifthub.org. He recently recommended Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family – How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, an…

I have a habit of trolling through discounted DVD bins at truck stops and out of the way local video stores. Such bins are great sources of aging B grade movies that illuminate real politics and cover…

Several people have asked me for names of documentaries I enjoyed/found useful recently. Here are some of my favorites (in no particular order) from the last two years.

Scoop Media is my top source for news on current U.S. government and political events. Yes, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have far more writers and more resources. Yes, the London pap…

Our favorite Fool at one of our favorite blogs, Gift Hub: Blogging Philanthrophy has done it again. Check out “Why Laundering Drug Money through Philanthropy is Good for America.” It takes a Master Fo…

The Federal Trade Commission is opposing Whole Food’s acquisition of Wild Oats on anti-trust grounds? I don’t think so.

I am sitting here in the middle of the country trying to figure out how I can g…

Thanks to Progressive Review for bringing the following to our attention. If you are looking to understand what is holding up the stock market, here is an item for your consideration:

70% OF CLASSIFI…

The following in today from Secrecy News: a Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy – as described in a recent posting, provides insight into one of the flows of government mon…

I am in the middle of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near I am not sure what I think of it yet. The gist of it is clear — change will continue to accelerate. Today a quick video called Shift Happe…

I just had one of my most favorite activists tell me that he never heard of the Yes Men. Goodness! This is one team and DVD that you do not want to miss.

Tom Greco made a comment on why he believes that there is no role for gold and silver in community currencies. Franklin Sanders and I jump in on Tom’s Blog to make a comment . In the process I visited…

The other night, someone sent me a link in an e-mail entitled “Greg Palast discredits 911 Truth.” Clicking on the link, I found myself at 911blogger.org watching an INN Report interview of Greg Pala…

This week James Altucher published a column, Profit From the Plight of the Honeybees, on how to profit in the stock market from the disappearing honeybees. I have posted several stories on the disappe…

Several years ago, I went to California to do a speaking tour and to raise money to help me through the most difficult part of eleven years of litigation resulting from my efforts to prevent corruptio…

In the early 19th century, the little British Channel island of Guernsey faced a problem. Its sea walls were crumbling. its roads were too narrow, and it was already heavily in debt. There was little …

I have said all along that reading or watching anything to do with Presidential politics is not an effective use of time.

Senator Mike Gravel’s performance during the recent Democratic Candidate Deba…

Whether your goal is to transform our world, end corruption or protect your assets from the Tapeworm, the time has come to consider taking physical delivery of our stock certificates. It appears that …

Late last year I had the opportunity to speak in Salt Spring Island. I returned to Salt Spring last month for a visit and Tangachee Goebl, the talented owner of Dancing Light Cottage had saved an arti…

In the last week, five of the most talented and lively members of the Solari Action Network have strongly recommended a new DVD called “Money as Debt.” It is an animated feature by artist and videogra…

Blanchard Research Note: Gold Rose Last Week Despite Heavy ECB Sales
By Neal R. Ryan – Blanchard & Co. (Mar 20, 2007)

Arabs Again Test Whether Their Dollars are any Good in US
By Lina Saigol & Stepha…

One of the smartest technologists I know sent me an e-mail the other day. He said, “If I send you a book, will you read it?” I said yes, and I am glad I did. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business …

Franklin Sanders’ newsletter, The Moneychanger, has a direct mail promotion going for one or two year subscriptions to the newsletter, his e-mail nudges and a new compendium of his interviews on healt…

What a great week for encouraging listening.

This weekend, I drove into Memphis to see The Good Shepherd. I listened each way to great ally Caroline Casey do her winter solstice solo, interview Graha…

Sam Smith rates as one of the finest critical thinkers of our day. He just keeps hitting that ball out of the park. If you read the New York Times, I have a hard time taking you seriously. If you read…

Ignotas nulla curatio morbid – do not attempt to cure what you do not understand – is the opening theme in this study of evil. Political Ponerology is “a science on the nature of evil adjusted for pol…

H A P P Y * N E W * Y E A R !
Baghdad Burning
Riverbend Blog (Dec 31, 2006)

NetGuard Service Extended to Business Customers
Scoop Independent News (Dec 29, 2006)

Lawyer Ends up Dead After Taki…

Project Censored – The News That Didn’t Make the News
From Project Censored – (Dec 2006)

North Korea Selling Gold; May Have Up To 2,000 Tonnes
From Yomiuri Shimbum, Tokoyo (Dec 26, 2006)

Value of Eu…

US Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins
US Mint Press Release (Dec 14, 2006)

Boston Air Traffic Controller Says 9/11 An Inside Job
By Paul Joseph Watson – prison planet.com (Dec 14, 200…

China Seeks Direct Talks with OPEC
By Jim Krane – AP (Dec 4, 2006)

Revealed: The Real Rate of Inflation
By Edmund Conway – The Telegraph, London (Dec 4, 2006)

Bank of New York to Buy Mellon for $16….