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  1. Hi Catherine:

    Just a couple of questions about GoldMoney, FATCHA, and recent changes. GoldMoney, though they have no US business presence, has decided to comply with FATCHA by requesting SSNs from all US customers and will be reporting each customer’s June 30 balance (measured in USD) to the US Department of Treasury. I have a few questions regarding possible futures. 1) At some point if there is a US-only or global wealth tax of 30%, for example, will my holdings in the City of London be compromised? Will Jersey Common Law protect me? Will I be better off in other jurisdictions — e.g., Gold Money storage vaults in Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland etc.? 2). If the US makes private ownership of precious metals illegal, will my continued holdings in the City of London or elsewhere outside of the US — but known to the IRS — make me a criminal? I feel that the US views me as its property — and that I am not as free as I would like to be. If you wish to touch on this in your next precious metals report with Franklin, that would be fine.

    I thank you in advance for your response,

    Derek

  3. Hi Catherine,
    Thank you for your financial light work! I am learning so much about empowering myself financially through your work.

    I have a question about a statement that Ben Fulford said in his weekly update this week. He said that on April 17, 2015 the US corporate government is officially but not admittedly bankrupt.

    http://hipknowsys.blogspot.com/2015/04/benjamin-fulford-april-20-2015-us.html

    From your view point, is this true, and what are the implications from your point of view?

    Thank you,
    Nora

    1. This is only possible if the US has secret debts denominated in assets or a currency other than dollars. All of the on balance sheet and off balance sheet that I know of are denominated in dollars. Since the US can print an infinite amount of dollars, there is no reason for a default.

      So again it depends on what is happening on the covert side, who is in charge and ultimately what they really want.

      Consequently, I don’t believe what Fulford is saying – it does not make sense when you look at what we know to be true.

  4. Hello Catherine,
    I was wondering if you’ve ever done or thought of doing a financial or capital flow analysis of the monies from illegal wildlife trafficking, such as, the trafficking in elephant ivory. I’ve been trying to find out who the real drivers of this trade are and how to stop them. I have learned from you and others that there is the surface story and then there is the deeper story. I have so many questions about this area. Is it just another version of the trade in illicit goods (drugs, guns, etc.)? Is it the result of the global imbalances of wealth in the world? Is the trade used to destabilize certain countries? Is it all of the above mixed in with the usual run of the mill criminal mentality?

    Is it better to try to solve the trafficking problem by developing an equity model where people get more value out of a living animal vs. a dead one? There must be a better way to stop elephant and rhino poaching rather than hiring rangers to shoot poachers. I realize this is a complex issue, but I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Thank you very much for your efforts.

    Chad

    1. Chad:

      I know nothing about this area. Probably one of the reasons is that protection of wildlife is sometimes used as air cover for genocide and economic warfare against humans. I would think it is important to be specific to one place and then see what financial institutions and traded companies are laundering the flows.

      Catherine

  5. Shiny visualization tool / sales pitch for asteroid mining, http://www.asterank.com/, published by http://www.planetaryresources.com/

    “Asterank is a scientific and economic database of over 600,000 asteroids. We’ve collected, computed, or inferred important data such as asteroid mass and composition from multiple scientific sources. With this information, we estimate the costs and rewards of mining asteroids. “

    There’s also a map, http://www.planetaryresources.com/asteriods/#asteroids-map and cartoon infographic, http://www.planetaryresources.com/2014/04/know-asteroids/

  6. Hi Catherine: In the recent discussion with Richard Dolan, I believe you made a remark concerning national security exemptions for SEC reporting. This article – http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2006-06-04/the-spy-chiefs-new-financial-power – from Bloomberg dated June ’06 discusses this in more detail. The article suggests this power traces back as far as 1977, but who knows . . .

    I had run across this sometime in ’07, from Businessweek if memory serves. At the time, I wondered whether this action was taken ahead of banking system problems which were clearly bubbling up or perhaps in order to obscure problems in the GSEs (Fannie & Freddie). I wondered, also, why the delegation to the DNI? Was political distance required for some reason?

    At any rate – and thanks to the work of you and others – I see that the field of application for such a power is far broader than I had thought.

    JK

    1. James:

      If you look at the increased pressures that the bailouts and the coming pressures of Dodd-Frank, I am wondering if they did not need it to provide more protection at a higher level and/or also assert more centralized control.

      Catherine

  7. Hi Catherine,
    I’ve been a long time lurking subscriber and love your clear and concise work. In the interest of synergies, I would love it if you could reel in Dr. David E Martin for a wide ranging discussion on his work with linguistic genomics, integral economics, correlations and thoughts regarding the metastasizing criminality of our current socio/political/economic governance structures. His presentations are precise and quite impressive and he appears to maintain some serious street ‘cred in both the quasi-mainstream and alt communities for some exceptional assessments in the past. (Not to mention, you both have shared the podium at Global BEM previously.) I understand if you think otherwise, but I (selfishly) would like to hear more about his current work and think he would be an enlightening guest for the Solari subscribers to be in cahoots with. Thanks for your continuing efforts. Best regards.

    1. Fred:

      Thanks for the suggestion – I will check out. When I heard his presentation at GlobalBem it sounded like we were not in alignment on a number of important points. I will check out what he is doing now.

      Catherine

  8. Hi Catherine,
    This site came across my screen today. I am excited to have access to this data and wanted to share with you and the Solari community. Would love to hear your feedback as to whether you think this is valid data that we can confidently make decisions with.
    Cheers. And maybe you already knew about this site but if you didn’t I think it is good to know about!

    http://www.freddiemac.com/mimi/

    1. Karl:

      My guess that this is likely to be relatively accurate and useful for the overt market – but that is not all of the market, so you have to keep that in mind any time a turn is likely. Since I think there is a very good chance the Feds are going to do everything they can to juice the single family market, it is unlikely a turn ahead. The bailouts and take over of 2008 speak to the nature of Freddie Mac’s integrity – however it would be unlike them to fiddle with data that so many market participants could question.

      So bottom line, with sources such as these, always best to use redundant sources. Yes, agreed, always good to have access to data like this. If you look at how many times we have paid for this data, it is always a wonder to me that it is not available at our fingertips.

      Catherine

  9. Katherine, with the now nonstop chemtrailing here in western Colorado, as the powers that be seem to want to kill us all and dry us out like an old buzzard, what difference do all these “big picture” issues make going forward. I also noticed that you and Greg Hunter had internet problems at the same time. Also , it seems that perhaps Greg has modulated his tone on some issues. Don’t suppose “da boys” had a talk with you guys. As an aside , I did write Greg about the chemtrail issue and he has also like yourself never replied. If you don’t reply I would certainly understand with the depth of the police state as it is. Rick

    1. Rick:

      I thought I had replied to your e-mail by either e-mailing or covering in Ask Catherine. We have covered chemtrails – check out the three we did on the topic in the archives. The third one with Clifford Carnicom is the best – a real extraordinary contribution on Clifford’s part.

      I have filmed with Michael Murphy and made one of his documentaries on global spraying Solari Movie of the Year – and there has been plenty of coverage on chemtrails on our site.

      I do not know what the reasons are for chemtrails – however there are many other possible explanations other than depopulation – that is why I recommend you listen to the Carnicom interview or read the transcript.

      A great deal of time and money is spent to convince you and I that things are hopeless. As far as I am concerned, that’s a bunch of baloney. Whatever is going on, Mr. Global appears to me to be very afraid and it looks to me that things are pretty fluid – especially if we can shift conciousness and work together to understand what in the world is really going on.

      To do that we need to try to understand what is happening at the global/macro level and at the micro/local-personal level. So I am a big believer in pressing forward on the big picture and the little picture.

      I don’t believe that things are hopeless whatsoever. Moreover, I am not particularly worried about dying. I am worried about living – and I intend to do so helping others do so as well.

      Other than a very significant systems bill to deal with hackers (whom I believe are likely corporate media competitors who are losing market share and can’t come up with a positive way to win it back, rather than the government), we are just doing our thing here at Solari,

      Catherine

      1. Hi Catherine,

        Could your tech team share a bit about the nature of computer-based attacks and why they result in a higher operational bill, e.g. do you see DDOS traffic which increases bandwidth charges, are WordPress scripts being targeted to increase server load, can your upstream network provider help with blocking offensive traffic, ..? There may be defensive technical expertise within the subscriber base — we all want Solari delivery infrastructure to be safe.

        Rich

        1. Rich:

          Nope – we have had inquiries from tech teams who I believe are working for the other team – so we are being as quiet as possible for now..

          When we launch the new blog, we will move to a new host and arrangement specifically designed to lower the difficultly and cost of dealing with life in a hostile environment.

          Was hoping to discuss further off line when I see you later this month.

          Catherine

          1. Understood, it’s challenging to parse the fine line between attacks that herd sheep towards central shearing and attacks that can be stimulus for strengthening decentralized immune systems. It’s an ongoing learning exercise. Looking forward to the event.

            Rich

  10. Catherine,

    Hi. I really appreciate the work you do. Regarding the planet debt report and in previous reports you make several references to spending money on the black budget and money leaving the system. Could you be more specific about these inferences?

    Thanks.

    Jeff H.

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