Science & Technology – Week of 05.18.14
Practical Application of Space-Based Power Generation
JAXA
The Space Solar Power Systems project is a space-based solar power plant that generates energy by collecting sunlight in geostationary orbit….
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Food & Health – Week of 05.18.14
High-Tech Farming
The Economist | 17 May 2014
A grey warehouse in an industrial park in Indiana is an unlikely place to find the future of market gardening… -
Wildcards – Week of 05.18.14
Unknown Unknowns
The International Forecaster | 17 May 2014
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Ready to Turn Over Evolution to Robots? — Transhumanists Are Planning On It
By Foster and Kimberly Gamble
Imagine a “point in time” when computers, in the form of robots, are deemed so much smarter than natural born humans that we are called to turn over the world to t…
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“How Do You Get That Lonely” – Blaine Larsen
Related Reading:
Blaine Larsen on Wikipedia
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Subscriber Lunch in Marin County, California – June 22, 2014
If you are a Solari Report subscriber, you are cordially invited to join Catherine Austin Fitts for lunch in Marin County, CA on June 22, 2014. You may purchase tickets to this event by logging in …
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It Would Have Been More Helpful to Avoid the Crisis
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The American people are so smart. I am laughing my head off reading today’s WSJ. The “Letters to the Editor” are filled with letters from readers outraged by Timothy Gei…
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The Secret Space Program with Henrik Palmgren
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Respite for Bonds
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This morning’s headline in the WSJ is “Nervous Investors Pile Into Bonds.” The old adage is “Sell in May and Go Away.” This morning’s chart looks like investors ma…
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Catherine’s Latest Crowdfunding
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The opportunities to reinvent, restore, and replenish the American economy are endless.
The first opportunity is to let up on the police state and centralized make-work …
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Transcript of “Towards a More Coherent Mind with Jon Rappoport” is Now Available!
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Live Chat: How America Became the United States of Secrets
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By The Guardian
For the past year, the Guardian has reported on how the NSA turned its eye on ordinary American citizens after 9/11, creating a massive surveillance dragnet to collect and monitor…
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CPI: Wow
By Karl Denninger
No problem trying to eat things that won’t give you die-a-beetyou, right? Possible exception? Chicken. Hope you like it (a lot) — but don’t count eggs, as they’re up 9.3% over t…
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Putin Says Ukraine Must Pay Cash for Gas in June
(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev)
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Russia has ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying in a letter released Thursday that it only will …
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Putin Says Ukraine Must Pay Cash for Gas in June
(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev)
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Russia has ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying in a letter released Thursday that it only will …
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For the Love of Learning: Beyond Main Core, Common Core and the Databeast
“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” ~Eartha Kitt
By Catherine Austin Fitts
On Coast to Coast AM the other night I was asked what I thought of the Common Core Curriculum…
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Why I Will Not Use U.S. Government Data for Three More Years
By Dr. Tony Lima
For quite a few years my lovely wife has refused to believe any economic data from the U.S. government. Until recently, I have been a staunch defender of the statisticians and econo…
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Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch
By Stacy Mitchell
Even as their big competitors are awash in capital, many locally owned businesses are struggling to secure the financing they need to grow. A new ILSR analysis has found that, sinc…
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Coming Clean: Crowdfunding
In recent years there have been methods developed to decentralize investing. We take a close look at crowdfunding, the legal issues and dangers involved, and how to approach it as an entrepreneur. Cro…
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Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
As we look over the fiscal cliff into our financial abyss, now is a good time to “Come Clean” about the real state of our lives, our communities, and our economy, starting with the U.S. federal fi…
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Money & Markets – Week of 05.11.14
Texas Dubbed ‘Magnet State’ by Internal Revenue Service
Biz Journals | 12 May 2014
Texas expanded its personal income tax base by $2.4 billion…Scottish Retailer Replaces Pound with Bitcoin
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Precious Metals – Week of 05.11.14
London Silver Fix to Cease from August 14
The Wall Street Journal | 14 May 2014
The London silver fix, an important price-benchmarking process for the metal, will end on Aug. 14… -
Precious Metals – Week of 05.11.14
London Silver Fix to Cease from August 14
The Wall Street Journal | 14 May 2014
The London silver fix, an important price-benchmarking process for the metal, will end on Aug. 14… -
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.11.14
FHFA Official Arrested for Threatening Former Director Ed DeMarco
Reverse Mortgage Daily | 07 May 2014
Richard Hornsby, chief operating officer of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was charged with … -
Geopolitical – Week of 05.11.14
IEA: ‘Radical Change of Course’ Required on Road to Low Carbon Economy
The Carbon Brief | 12 May 2014
We’re all used to the idea of flicking a switch to turn on the lights…Harvard Student Grou…
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Science & Technology – Week of 05.11.14
Internet Well on Way to 3 Billion Users, UN Telecom Agency Reports
UN News Centre | 05 May 2014
Releasing new statistics today, the United Nations International Telecommunications Union…Synthetic …
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Food & Health – Week of 05.11.14
Sulfate, Sleep and Sunlight: The Disruptive and Destructive Effects of Heavy Metals and Glyphosate
Lew Rockwell | 09 May 2014
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Life – Week of 05.11.14
Firefighters Battle Wildfires in California
The Telegraph | 15 May 2014
Firefighters struggle to extinguish fires that have caused California residents to evacuate their homes…Multiple Fires Burni…
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Winners And Losers In The Digital Age
By Six Pixels of Seperation
This is probably one of the most eye-opening perspectives on the digital age that you will see.
We have new business models, brands that explode with popularity, platfo…
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Wildcards – Week of 05.11.14
Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
NYT | 14 May 2014
The CNA Corporation Military Advisory Board found that climate change-induced drought in the Middle East and Afr… -
The Average Stock Is In A Bear Market
By Sam Ro
There are no perfect stock market indexes that’ll give you a complete picture of the state of the market.
Most market-watchers prefer the S&P 500 over the Dow Jones Industrial Average. B…
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China Wants to Build High-Speed Railway to US Through Siberia and Bering Strait
(Photo Credit: Reuters/Stringer)
By RT
The idea of traveling between the United States and China without flying might seem ridiculous to virtually everyone, but if Beijing gets its way that’s exa…
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“Only The Lonely” – Roy Orbison
Related Reading:
Roy Orbison’s Official Website
Roy Orbison on Wikipedia
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1st Quarter Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson
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1st Quarter 2014 Equity Overview
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I’ve Seen People Turn Garbage Into Some Cool Stuff. But THIS…. This Is Absolute Brilliance.
By The Mind Unleashed
Gregory Kloehn goes dumpster diving, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isn’t homeless. In fact, he is an artist from Oakland that is trying to help the…
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Connect the Dots
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
The news today is mapping out a picture. In the first quarter of 2014, the US economy contracted. And yet the OECD says that the global econom…
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Two Economic Trends that Janet Yellen Says are ‘Very Disturbing’
By Annalyn Kurtz
There are two economic trends that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress this week she finds “very disturbing.” Unfortunately, the Fed has very little power to fix either …
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Teen Slang Bodes Well for the Future of Food
By Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist
My teenage son introduced me to a new slang term recently.
He mentioned that a friend said that he needed to try out for a certain soccer club team because he woul…
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Freddie Mac Starts Trailer Loans
By Sarah Mulholland
Want to buy a trailer park? Freddie Mac wants to give you a loan.
The unit of the government-owned mortgage giant that funds apartment buildings is set to begin financing manufac…
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Good Leadership
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” —Maya Angelou
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Mayor Adam Sanchez of Desert…
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Quote du Jour – Ayn Rand
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion. When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing. When you see money flowing t…
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Quote du Jour
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion. When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing. When you see money flowing t…
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How Russia Inc. Moves Billions Offshore — and a Handful of Tax Havens May Hold Key to Sanctions
By Jesse Drucker, Alan Katz and Andy Hoffman
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your as…
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The Solari Coin is a one ounce, silver round designed by Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Studio and minted by the Northwest Territorial Mint….
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Transcript of “Soft Weapons with Charles Hugh Smith” is Now Available!
The Transcript of “Soft Weapons with Charles Hugh Smith” is now available to Subscribers!
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U.S. Businesses are Being Destroyed Faster Than They’re Being Created
By Christopher Ingraham
The American economy is less entrepreneurial now than at any point in the last three decades. That’s the conclusion of a new study out from the Brookings Institution, which …
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Charts on Employment
(Chart Credit: The King Report)
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Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Government Meetings
By Richard Wolf
The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld the centuries-old tradition of offering prayers to open government meetings, even if the prayers are overwhelmingly Christian and citizens …
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Dolan on Secrecy
By Richard Dolan
The very label [conspiracy] serves as an automatic dismissal, as though no one ever acts in secret. Let us bring some perspective and common sense to this issue.
The United States c…
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Quantum Meta-Physics
By Paul Levy
I wonder if I am becoming addicted; I can’t get enough of quantum physics, which has captured – and simultaneously liberated – my imagination beyond belief. My appetite for what it i…
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Seen on the Internet
**CAF Note: I am always amazed when someone complains to me that “no one warned us” as, of course, I spent a great deal of time and millions of dollars in an attempt to warn as many people as …
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Money & Markets – Week of 05.04.14
Elder Financial Exploitation
Fifth Third Bank
Older Americans face many financial challenges as they age, one of which is financial exploitation…Almost Half The Russell 2000 Members Are In A Bear …
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Precious Metals – Week of 05.04.14
Was The Price Of Ukraine’s “Liberation” The Handover Of Its Gold To The Fed?
Zero Hedge | 10 March 2014
A curious story, and one which should be taken with a mine of salt…Kiev to Use First Portion…
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.04.14
DoubleLine’s Gundlach Recommends Betting Against Housing
Bloomberg | 05 May 2014
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Geopolitical – Week of 05.04.14
Swearing Off Bad Language: Russia Bans Cussing in Films, Books, Music
CNN | 06 May 2014
Thinking about making a film? Better leave out the foul language…The End Of Democracy As We Knew It
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Science & Technology – Week of 05.04.14
A Foldable Bike Helmet You’ll Just Happen To Have In Your Bag
NPR | 07 May 2014
In our “Weekly Innovation” blog series, we explore an interesting idea…Are We Ready for Contact with Extraterrestria…
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Food & Health – Week of 05.04.14
Faith Drives A Father To Create A Test For Childhood Cancer
NPR | 07 May 2014
When Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw learned that their son Noah had a potentially deadly eye cancer…Look Up
YouTube | 25 A…
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Life – Week of 05.04.14
A Year after The Age of Limits: 5 Responses to the End Times
Root Simple | 05 May 2014
Ever since Erik and I and our friend John attended the Age of Limits conference a year ago…Japan Child Popula…
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Quote du Jour – Rudyard Kipling
By Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;… -
If
By Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
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Wild Cards – Week of 05.04.14
Ecdysone Insect Hormone Switches on Disease
Skizit.biz | 21 July 2013
Morgellons is a military grade entomological terror weapon…Dead Scientists Articles – Index
Steve QuayleDead Scientists 1994…
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Microsoft Research Special Projects group tipped to take on Google X
By Mary Jo Foley
There’s a new Special Projects Group in Microsoft Research (MSR) that is tasked with working on “disruptive technologies that could benefit the company and society.”
That unit sound…
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Putin Says Geneva Agreement No Longer Viable After Ukrainian Military Action
By Alec Luhn
A spokesman for Vladimir Putin said the Geneva agreement to defuse the situation in eastern Ukraine was no longer viable after Kiev launched a military operation against the rebel-held c…
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“Waiting for the Sun” – The Doors
Related Reading:
The Doors’ Official Website
The Doors on Wikipedia
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Physics, Power and the Reinvention of Money
(Photo Credit: bluesideup)
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Health Care & the Economy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
If we watch the pronouncements on the US economy in the first quarter, it is easy to discern that the GNP probably contracted. The claim is that GNP growth “slowed” to…
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Transcript of “Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders” is Now Available!
The Transcript of “Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders” is now available to Subscribers!
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Also find it in the blog post; at the …
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Promoting Women, Part IV
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I received a survey from the ACLU recently. They wanted to know if I was concerned about my rights.
Wow, I thought. Wouldn’t it be great if the ACLU really wanted…
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Join Us at Secret Space Program & Breakaway Civilization, June 28-29
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The Secret Space Program & Breakaway Civilization event in San Mateo, California in the San Francisco Bay Area on the weekend of June 28-29 will be memorable. I will…
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IMF Approves $17bn Aid Deal for Ukraine
(Photo Credit: AFP)
By Agencies
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $17bn aid deal for Ukraine, even as Kiev fights to prevent pro-Moscow separatists from hiving off another chunk of the…
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Glyphosate is a Disaster for Human Health
By Dr. Mae Wan Ho
New research shows that the low levels of glyphosate found in human urine can promote the growth of human breast cancer cells, confirming the carcinogenic potential of the herbicide…
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The US Homeownership Rate Has Fallen To A 19-Year Low
By Sam Ro
The comeback of the U.S. housing market has been one of the most bullish economic stories in the world since the financial crisis. Sales, construction starts, and prices have all trended …
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Chuck Lands the Big One!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Last weekend I had the pleasure of joining that wonderful crew at Rambus Chartology at Gastons in the Ozarks for fishing on the White River and much discussion about the s…
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Quote du Jour – Philo of Alexandria
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
~Philo of Alexandria
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Quote du Jour
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
~Philo of Alexandria
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Ron Paul Redux: Warns Against Arming Land Management Officials In 1997
**CAF Note: While Paul was speaking, I was managing an onslaught of Sheriff of Nottingham enforcers trying to make money by engaging in falsification of evidence to protect mortgage corruption that …
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Transcript of “1st Quarter Wrap Up: 2014” is Now Available!
The Transcript of “1st Quarter Wrap Up: 2014” 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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Giant Chinese 3D Printer Builds 10 Houses in Just 1 Day
By RT
A private company located in eastern China has printed ten full-size houses using a huge 3D printer in the space of a day. The process utilizes quick-drying cement, but the creators are being…
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Money & Markets – Week of 04.27.14
U.S. Lost $11.2 Billion in GM Bailout, TARP Report Says
Bloomberg | 30 April 2014
The U.S. Treasury’s bailout fund lost $11.2 billion on the rescue of General Motors Co. …Biggest Infrastructure …
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Precious Metals – Week of 04.27.14
UK FCA Could Intervene if Fewer Set Commodity Prices
Reuters | 29 April 2014
Deutsche’s resignation leaves four banks to set gold benchmark; two for silver…CME Mulls Price Fluctuation Limits for G…
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 04.27.14
Senators Delay Action on Fannie Mae Amid Democrats’ Rift
Bloomberg | 29 April 2014
Prospects for a bipartisan housing-finance overhaul dimmed as Democrats on a U.S. Senate panel struggled to reach c… -
Geopolitical – Week of 04.27.14
Louie Gohmert Says Obamacare Will Leave ‘People On Lists’ To Die
The Huffington Post | 30 April 2014
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) explained Tuesday why the Affordable Care Act…China Takes On Pollu…
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Science & Technology – Week of 04.27.14
Film Download Prices ‘To Be Determined By Screen Size’
BBC | 30 April 2014
The cost of watching a newly released film will depend upon the size of the screen on which it is viewed…Wake Up, Interne…
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Food & Health – Week of 04.27.14
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Have Now Spread To Every Part Of The World
Huffington Post | 30 April – 04 May 2014
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Catherine’s Latest Petition Sign
By Carrie Tyler
My brother Timothy Tyler was just 25 years old when he was sentenced to die in prison for a nonviolent drug offense. He’s watched murderers and rapists leave prison while he has no…
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“God’s Chorus of Crickets” – Jim Wilson
Audio
Related Reading:
Jim Wilson Biography
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Towards a More Coherent Mind with Jon Rappoport
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The Solari Report 2014-04-24
Additional Resources:
The Mind Has No Firewall
Aldous Huxley, The Ultimate Revolution
Mind Control – Remote Neural Mo…
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Quote du Jour – Joel
“Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.”
~Joel 2:22
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Quote du Jour
“Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.”
~Joel 2:22
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Promoting Women, Part III
“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” ~ George Carlin
By Catherine Austin Fitts
In 1991, after leaving the Bush I Administration, I founded the Hamilton Securities Gr…
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Mission to Mars is Necessary for ‘Survival of Human Race’
By Rob Lyons
A manned mission to Mars is necessary for our ‘species to survive’, says Nasa chief Charles Bolden as he plots a three-step plan to land humans on the red planet by 2030.
To achi…
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The Escalating Game Of Chicken Between China And Japan
By Sam Ro
Tensions are relatively high between China and Japan, respectively the world’s second- and third-largest economies.
Just yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offer…
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Let’s Talk About “Sell in May and Go Away”
By JC Parets
And just like that, we’re almost done with the month of April. So you know what that means? The ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ chatter now begins. Does it work? Does it not work? Should…
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U.S. Aims to Defuse Tension Over Control of Internet
By Loretta Chao, Gautham Nagesh and Frances Robinson
The U.S. has agreed to give up supervision of the Internet policy-making body that controls domain names, hoping to satisfy countries that want mo…
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China Prepares Investments in Crimea
By Stratrisks
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the European Union, said Russia is partnering with China in two major Crimean projects: the “Power of Siberia” gas pipeline and a 25 met…
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Money & Markets – Week of 04.20.14
Banker Death ‘Epidemic’ Spreads To China
Zero Hedge | 23 April 2014
Until now, the terrible trail of dead bankers has been only among US and European financial executives…The Political Poison of V…
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Precious Metals – Week of 04.20.14
Russia: Special Putin Coins Mark Crimea Annexation
BBC News | 22 April 2014
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Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 04.20.14
Chronicling The Fed’s Follies: America’s Housing Fiasco Is On You, Alan Greenspan
Contra Corner | 22 April 2014
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Geopolitical – Week of 04.20.14
F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic
The New York Times | 23 April 2014
The principle that all Internet content should be treated equally as it flows through cables and pipes to consu…
