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  2. Speed reading has its disadvantages, apparently. The Deep Survival author’s father was a bomber piliot who got trapped in his plane as it fell to earth.

  3. I thought you might be interested in this analysis of the rumor going around the Internet that claims the “ObamaCare” bill contains a provision to microchip the public; i.e., “The Mark of the Beast”, etc. Unless something new develops, I think that this is disinformation.

    In my opinion Katherine Albrecht, a guest on the Solari Report a while back, is surely somewhat of an authority on consumer privacy and RFID chips. She currently has a posting on the internet regarding this issue:

    “The rumor that the “Obamacare” health care bill contains a provision to microchip the public has spread far and wide. Thousands of web sites refer to it, so it’s no surprise people are getting it wrong. I’d like to set the record straight, however. The law does not require chip implants.

    The 906-page final version of the PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, otherwise known as “Obamacare,” can be found online here:

    http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/content-detail…. (legislative details)
    http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111pub… (full-text PDF)
    http://docs.house.gov/energycommerce/ppacacon.pdf (full-text PDF with amendments and consolidations through May 2010)

    You can read it cover to cover and you won’t find anything about microchip implants.

    Some commentators are mistakenly referring to an old HOUSE VERSION of the health care bill, H.R. 3200, a 2,454-page mega-bill introduced in 2009 that did not pass. That bill contained a Section 2561 where “implantable medical devices” were mentioned in a section that called for the creation of a “National Medical Device Registry.”

    That section referred to FDA-approved Class II “implantable medical devices” that are in wide use today, such as pacemakers, artificial hips, drug delivery pumps, heart stents, and others. The defunct H.R. 3200 bill would simply have created a requirement to register those implanted medical devices in order to evaluate their post-market risk and evaluate patient safety over time. It made no mention of implantable microchips.

    The FDA is charged with evaluating and approving medical devices before they can be offered for sale, but it does not currently have a way to follow up once they have been sold. The concern over the long-term safety of implantable devices is a real one, given that implanted foreign bodies have the potential to cause cancer. (See my cancer report and FAQ at http://www.antichips.com as well as animal cases at http://www.chipmenot.com for evidence.) Nevertheless, this provision did not make it into the final version of the health care legislation.

    A different bill numbered H.R. 3590 (not H.R .3200) is the version of health care legislation that President Obama actually signed into law on March 23, 2010. That bill did not contain a requirement for a “medical device registry,” made no mention of implantable medical devices, and most assuredly did not mention implantable microchips.

    In sum, as the nation’s leading opponent of RFID and implantable microchips, I can categorically state that the “Obamacare” legislation does not contain a provision for implanting microchips into people. Nor did any previous versions of health care legislation introduced in Congress contain such language.

    With all the other privacy-invading provisions in the health care legislation, I hate to see people spending their energy on something that isn’t there. Hopefully we can now lay the rumor to rest.

    In freedom and in truth,
    Katherine Albrecht, Ed.D.

    RFID and Consumer Privacy Expert, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host, and Bestselling Author
    http://www.KatherineAlbrecht.com
    http://www.AntiChips.com
    http://www.ChipMeNot.com
    http://www.Spychips.com
    US Spokesperson for Startpage.com and Ixquick.com
    The world’s most private search engines.
    http://www.Startpage.com // http://www.Ixquick.com”

  4. Allstar tribute to Curtis Mayfield, July 20, 2012, Lincoln Center Festival, Avery Fisher Hall!

  5. Hi Catherine,
    You’ve commented before on “files” for politicians. Do you think Chief Justice Roberts has one and it was used in his surprising decision? Here are a couple of articles I came across. The first, was this tweet, “Chief Justice John Roberts Was ‘Red-Eyed And Unhappy'” when he read off his decision.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/toobin-chief-justice-roberts-was-red-eyed-and-unhappy-when-he-read-the-obamacare-ruling-2012-6#ixzz1zTyex11a
    And then this: “Roberts switched views to uphold health care law”.

    Quote:

    Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court’s four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama’s health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
    …
    At least one conservative justice tried to get him to explain it, but was unsatisfied with the response, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation.
    …
    Moreover, there are passages in Roberts’ opinion that are consistent with his views that unelected judges have assumed too much power over American life, and that courts generally should take a back seat to elected officials, who are closer to the people and can be voted out of office if the people don’t like what they’re doing.

    End Quote

    “Courts have assumed too much power”? Was he feeling guilt by association for the Supreme Court overruling the 2000 election of Al Gore to the presidency and handed it to George Bush?

    -Rick

  6. Dear Catherine –

    You are amazing!

    The perspectives that I have received from you, your special reports, the Solari Report and your incredible guests are so extremely valuable. I now have a view point that is far different – deeper, well rounded and something that finally makes personal sense to me. I always somehow knew that The Matrix was a lie, but you have put the details in place in a way that I understand. It has provided me with piece of mind.

    Thank you … thank you … and … thank you!

    All the best!

    Dave Kohler

    PS Soooo glad that you’re having Jon Rappaport every month.

  7. Stacey:

    The question you are asking falls in the category of “investment advice” — something that I am not permitted to do on the Solari Report! I can comment on non-securities matters.

    Catherine

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