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By Brian Chappatta, Chris Christoff & Mark Niquette
Detroit (9845MF) is suspending payments on $2 billion of unsecured debt, marketing parking ga…
By Bill O’Boyle
All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said.
Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald’s Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from Apri…
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Today’s article is from the “too scary to think about” file. One problem with this particular genre is that it leads most people into shutdown or mindless diversion mode jus…
By John P. Hussman, Ph.D.
The central issue in the current financial markets, in my estimation, is distortion. Because monetary distortion dominates the financial markets here (helped by fiscal dis…
New Map Tracks Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Kansas City
Kauffman Foundation | 20 June 2013
A newly created map of Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community…
Guest Post: Fed’s Economic Projections…
A Gold Margin Call
FT Alphaville | 21 June 2013
CME Group, which operates the New York Comex exchange on which gold futures are traded…
India’s Reliance Capital Suspends Gold Sales
Mineweb | 21 Jun…
[CAF Note: Some interesting comments on the relationship between intelligence and enforcement agencies and media disinformation]
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Michael Hastings’ Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary
The Huffington Post | 19 June 2013
In the 24 hours since the tragic death of journalist and author Michael Hastings…
‘KKK…
By Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association
A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plain…
Use of Tor and E-mail Crypto Could Increase Chances That NSA Keeps Your Data
Ars Technica | 20 June 2013
When it comes to surveillance rules, some US people are more equal than others…
New Matt Dam…
Official: Water Complaints Could be ‘Act of Terrorism’
USA Today | 21 June 2013
Residents who say children have become ill from drinking water says state is attempting to silence its critics…
The G…
The Paranoia Industry
The Moneychanger
Some of the people I hear from live in astonishing fear…
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By Robert Reich
There are two great centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today – places where decisions that significantly affect l…
Reflections And Warnings – An Interview With Aaron Russo
YouTube | 01 June 2009
In an historic final interview, filmmaker and music promoter Aaron Russo…
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By Peggy Noonan
The U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor …
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By Wall Street Journal
BERLIN–Europe is currently moving from a bail-out environment to a bail-in environment when it comes to rescuing failing banks, a member of the European Central Bank’s execu…
By FOW Intelligence
This week the latest stage in the US swaps reforms was implemented under a cloud of uncertainty as to how ready the industry was for the change, writes Jonathan Watkins.
The se…
By Geoff Olson
More of a tourist than a traveller, I’m standing on an outcropping of volcanic rock in the Caribbean, scratching away at my archipelago of bug bites. My guide Calvin, a relaxed fel…
[CAF Note: On a scale of 1-10, 10 being a terrific idea and 1 being a horrible idea, social impact bonds are a 1. I would much prefer that parties involved would stop engaging in/with financial fraud …
Transcript of Open Source Intelligence with James Corbett is now available to Subscribers!
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By Wikipedia
The 39th G8 summit will be held on 17–18 June 2013 at the Lough Erne Resort, a five-star hotel and golf resort on the shore of Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It wi…
“Following my words last night about how long your yankee government has been spying on you, my dear wife Susan reminded me of an event during our 1991 federal trial for willful failure to file inco…
“Following my words last night about how long your yankee government has been spying on you, my dear wife Susan reminded me of an event during our 1991 federal trial for willful failure to file inco…
[CAF Note: I spun through all the news channel repeatedly this morning at the gym. There was coverage of a multitude of trials EXCEPT Manning’s trial. That was not an accident]
By Matt Sledge
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By Tim Shorrock
Amid the torrent of stories about the shocking new revelations about the National Security Agency, few have bothered to ask a central question. Who…
By Jesse’s Cafe
It appears that President Obama is bidding adieu to CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, purportedly for being ‘too aggressive’ with the Banks over their antics in the markets, with special …
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
– Mark Twain
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
– Mark Twain
The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named “PRISM”. They report that the NSA and the FBI have been tapping directly into the ser…
By David Gaffen and Daniel Bases
Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, c…
[CAF Note: The CPAs are getting ready for crowdfunding!]
The AICPA has issued its Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities. The FRF for SMEsTM accounting framework is desi…
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Responsibility. Coherence. Humanity. Life. The Earth. An inspiring exploration of the real and important were at the heart of John Trudell and Bad Dog’s wonderful concert …
By Matthew Cooper
Nineteen years ago this month, Eric Holder was having a very different spring in Washington. It wasn’t cruel or grueling. Conservatives didn’t want his scalp and liberals didn’t t…
By Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assis…
By Catherine Bosley
The Swiss parliament will probably pass a bill allowing banks to resolve a tax-evasion dispute with the U.S., dropping opposition for fear of leaving the country’s 300 institu…
Treasury Sales By Foreigners Hit Record High In April
Zero Hedge | 14 June 2013
The monthly TIC (foreign capital flows) data gets less respect than it should…
US Budget Deficit Widens $139 Billion …
By Liz Gannes
Mary Meeker both tells and shows how fast the Internet industry is moving, via her rapid-fire delivery of the hundreds of slides that make up her annual trend reports.
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Gold Bears Return as ETP Rout Extends to 17th Week: Commodities
Bloomberg | 14 June 2013
Gold traders turned bearish for the first time in a month…
Mortgage Rates Near 4% Barrier
Yahoo! Finance | 13 June 2013
Mortgage rates moved to within a hair of the 4% barrier this week…
How Home Ownership Causes Unemployment
CNBC | 07 June 2013
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Long-Dormant Civil Liberties Board to Meet on NSA’s PRISM
Federal Times | 13 June 2013
A long dormant and little known presidentially appointed panel…
Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong …
$27,500 Gun Hits Targets at 1,000 Yards
Yahoo! Finance | 11 June 2013
A new company in Texas is selling a precision rifle with a unique technology…
Netherlands, Belgium Racing to Okay Euthanasia for Disabled Children
Life News | 14 June 2013
The Netherlands and Belgium seem to be in a race to the bottom of medical ethics…
No Appetite for Austr…
A New York Landmark Moves Toward an I.P.O. Despite Legal Appeals
Investors hoping to own a piece of the Empire State Building may soon get their chance.
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Living the Green Life – Behind Bars
Earth Island Journal
California’s San Quentin State Prison is a tough place to live…
UFO Alien Disclosure By Canadian Minister of Defence May 2013
YouTube | 07 June 2013
Hon. Paul Hellyer – Minister of National Defense Testified knowing of 4 Alien races actively visiting Earth…
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
On June 1st, twenty-five Solari subscribers gathered in a field in Marin County, California for a delicious lunch and much discussion. The marvelous photographer Leonardo …
Federal Financial Ingorance
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“The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofits rose 4.5% in the first quarter to $70.349 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve. It is a significant milestone as it shows, on average, American…
By Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats,…
By Matt Clinch
Tight security restrictions at Thursday’s Google (GOOG) shareholder meeting led even the company’s much-hyped Google Glass technology to be banned, infuriating a consumer watchdog gr…
By Brian Pretti CFA
To suggest gold is a controversial asset is not bold. For those watching long term, you know gold rose over 300% in the last decade before it even gained mainstream attention, l…
By Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone
In October, a foreign national named Mike Fikri purchased a one-way plane ticket from Cairo to Miami, where he rented a condo. Over the previous few weeks, he’d made …
By Veracode
On April 22, 2011 Sony announced their network had been breached, but released limited details regarding the attack vector. This announcement was a precursor to a series of new attacks …
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I always believed that the China internet model was an experiment which the Americans were part of in the hopes of learning how to implement the same draconian practices…
By Leo Kelion
Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognise human gestures based on how they affect wi-fi signals.
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[CAF Note: We originally published this article in January 2013. I wrote it over the Christmas holidays in 2012 because it was obvious that, despite enormous noise throughout the media, most …
By Amy Davidson
Among the stranger aspects of the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified files to WikiLeaks, is the prosecut…
By Scott Wilson and Colum Lynch
President Obama announced Wednesday that national security adviser Thomas E. Donilon is resigning his post and will be replaced by U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice, a c…
By Cyrus Farivar
On Tuesday evening, Iowa City is scheduled to hold the first reading (PDF) of what is likely the first municipal bill anywhere in the country to simultaneously ban the local use of…
[CAF Note: This is a summary of one of my favorite books, Political Ponerology. A wonderful subscriber reminded me today “Start anywhere, but read this first.”]
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FROM: Getting to Real Solutions – A Dialogue with Bonnie Faulkner
Catherine Austin Fitts: So let me tell you another one of my bugaboos: B corporations.
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By Jess Bravin
A divided Supreme Court held Monday that police can take DNA samples from people under arrest in the hope of tying them to unrelated crimes, in a ruling that touched both on fast-cha…
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Federal regulators have proposed a group of firms that aren’t banks to be deemed potential threats to the financial system that need stricter government oversight.
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By Russ Baker
A huge story can set off alarm bells everywhere, but somehow, with ever increasing frequency, we note the silence of the mainstream media. Having avoided doing its job, it then protec…
By BBC
Turkey’s main share index closed 10.47% down following investor concerns over the escalation of anti-government protests over the weekend.
The Borsa Istanbul 100 index tumbled as investors …
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Advising Clients Regarding Erroneous Tax Return Positions: Part I
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Tax practitioners occasionally uncover or otherwise become aware of errors…
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France Prohibits Sending Currency, “Coins And Precious Metals” By Mail
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Makerbot May Or May Not Be Getting Acquired, And It May Or May Not…
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Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H’s associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary…
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
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“There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in”
~Leonard Cohen
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When it comes to understanding the governance of planet earth, my favorite expres…
“There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in”
~Leonard Cohen
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