Fidel Castro Steps Down as President of Cuba
By James C. McKinley, Jr. –
International Herald Tribune (19 Feb 2008)
Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he would step down as the president of Cuba, opening the way for his brother Raul Castro to become Cuba’s head of state. Continue…

Money & Markets

German State-Owned Banks on Verge of Collapse
By Wolfgang Reuter – SpiegelOnline (20 Feb 2008)

Drug War Clock ~ drugsense.org

Shadow Government Statistics ~ SGS M3 Continuation, GDP Annual Growth and more . . .

US To Turn up Heat on Tax Protesters
By Robert Schmidt – Bloomberg News (20 Feb 2008)

United Natural Foods Stock Plummets
By Cara Rubinsky – Associated Press (22 Feb 2008)

Supreme Court Rules Employees Can Sue Over 401(k) Misconduct
By Carrie Johnson – Washington Post (21 Feb 2008)

Coffee, Cotton and Sugar Look to Gain Amid Commodity Boom
By Blake Robben – BarChart.com (20 Feb 2008)

German Wages, Prices Limit ECB’s Room for Rate Cut
By Simone Neier & Christian Vits – Bloomberg.com (20 Feb 2008)

KKR Debt Delay Fans Credit Fears
BBC News (20 Feb 2008)

Iran Opens its 1st Oil Products Bourse

From the Associated Press (18 Feb 208)

Rural Development Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Program
At USDA Rural Development website

Vallejo On Brink of Bankruptcy
By John Boitnott – NBCll.com (19 Feb 2008)

Arcane Market is Next to Face Big Credit Test
By Gretchen Morgenson – New York Times (17 Feb 2008)

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CitiGroup Shuts London Fund to Withdrawals
By Angela Jameson – Times Online (15 Feb 2008)

Bond Insurer Split May Trigger Lawsuits, Analysts Say
By Cecile Gutscher – Bloomberg.com (18 Feb 2008)

US Banks Borrow $50bn Via New Fed Facility
By Gillian Tett – Financial Times, London (18 Feb 2008)

Northern Rock Deal Could Cost Us Each L3,500
By Andrew Porter, et al – London Telegraph (19 Feb 2008)

Inflating Away Debt
By Mike Mish Shedlock – Minyanville (19 Feb 2008)

New Trouble in Auction-Rate Securities
By Jenny Anderson & Vikas Bajaj – New York Times (15 Feb 2008)

Mainstream vs. Main Street
By P. Joseph Potocki – Metrosantacruz.com (13 Feb 2008)

Cassandra of U.S. Fiscal Issues, Walker Leaving Government Accountability Office
By Elizabeth Williamson – Washington Post (16 Feb 2008)

Internet and the Iran Oil Bourse
By Sandhya Jain – Organizer.org (24 Feb 2008)

Iranian Envoy Suggests Pricing Iranian Oil in Rubles
From Islamic Republic News Agency (15 Feb 2008)

The Breakdown of Wall Street Alchemy
By Doug Noland – Credit Bubble Bulletin
(15 Feb 2008)
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Mortgage Market

The Subprime Primer

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Food & Health

Industry Concerns Follow Massive US Beef Recall
By Linda Rano – foodproductiondaily.com (19 Feb 2008)

Wheat Market Gone Wild
By Tom Webb – Pioneer Press (Feb 2008)

How Corn is Quickly Becoming the New Crude
By Carrie Taie – Financial Post, Canada (16 Feb 2008)

Agribusiness Gaining More Control Over Universities
By Nancy Scola – Alternate (15 Feb 2008)

I Was Right About the Bird Flu Hoax
Dr. Mercola.com (14 Feb 2008)

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Life

Cellphone Radiation Alters Skin Proteins
Associated Press (12 Feb 2008)

The Milky Way is Twice the Size We Thought It Was
Press Release: University of Sydney (20 Feb 2008)

Total Lunar Eclipse – Feb 20-21, 2008 ~ Animation

Musicians Sue Universal Music for Lost Royalties
By Edith Honan – Reuters (15 Feb 2008)

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Geopolitical

Experts Fear Debris Isn’t the Only Fallout From Satellite Shoot-Down
By Nancy A. Youssef – McClatchy Newspapers (21 Feb 2008)

Map Shows Toll on World’s Oceans
By Helen Briggs – BBC Science Reporter (14 Feb 2008)

Kosovo MPs Proclaim Independence
BBC News (17 Feb 2008)

Dahlgren Rail Gun Shot Sets World Record
By Doug Devant – Naval District on dcmillitary.com (14 Feb 2008)

The Most Dangerous Political Malaise
By Billy Konrad – BillyKonrad.com (15 Feb 2008)

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4 Comments

  1. On Coast to Coast AM on January 26, 2008, you said:

    “There was a recent, you’ll see it up on my blog, there was a recent article about a private Zagat survey that was, um, commissioned that showed 10 percent of the people in America, 10 percent of the population, are either leaving the country or making arrangements to leave the country or making arrangements for a backup home outside the country in case they need to leave the country.”

    However, I was unable to locate the article on your blog (http://www.solari.com/blog/), nor was I able to locate it on the internet. Could you kindly point me to a source for this survey? Thanks in advance! 🙂

    Oh, I also note that in your January blog, you say “That’s it. I’m ditching Google. It is lots of little things, but the reality is I don’t trust ‘em. Centralizing internet data does not lend itself to promoting freedom, particularly the way these guys are doing it.” Yet I note that you’re still using Google on your website as the primary search engine?

  2. Billy K’s concerns about Obama’s connection to Zbig seem to rely extensively on an article by Tarpley, whose own connections to LaRouche leave me skeptical.

    Tarpley discredits the people-power revolutions in Europe as being orchestrated from above, and seems to malign the work of Gene Sharp who is an intellectual grandfather of nonviolent action in the modern age, including popular movements against elites in Central America, South Africa, the Phillippines, and corporate globalization, to name a few.

    The excellent documentary Bringing Down A Dictator shows the student-led people-power overthrow of Milosevic as an inspiration for all of us, esp in the decentralization effort.

    I’m no doubt naive to see Obama as a constitution defender and community organizer on a national scale. If there is better evidence to be skeptical of Obama I’d like to see it, but Billy’s piece doesn’t cut it for me.

  3. Catherine,
    I am dumb in economics. There was even a time in school where I found it unholy that mathematics should be used to ‘count money’, lol.
    However as economy failing do peak in on reports. With that warning about my abilities wish to comment in regard to economic situation being underplayed as global military effect will make impact far greater and for the worse than most are seeing.
    Point one. (just a note) Believe Citicorp was called Citibank in past. Around 1993 Citibank was used for inside private/secret investment in Balkan infrastructure prior to ‘reorganization’ . Sample ‘steganography’ in that regard in WRENCH at my site. Actions against Serbia trying to take back investments. BTW Serbia not one location but altitude and you can be ‘Serbian’ (going way way back) if ‘high’ enough and rarely defeated in all actions between Romanofs, Hapsburgs and Osmislis.
    Two: 1- Recently: a- Russian general referring to Admiral McMan (1860s) states we have overstepped militarily and have set course that will end in defeat. b- Iran stages military message- strong- Straits of Homoz. c- Followed by Chinese navy stopping Kitty Hawk battle group in Straits of Formosa- 28 hour standoff. d- At same time four US minesweepers refused safety port while in storm off of China. e- Putin’s follower next to be Russian head flatly states US can no longer control sea lanes. Not that threat is from those quarters but others. e- Strong message in Russian bomber flyovers of both Kitty Hawk group and Nemitz (?spelling) d- Changes in Pakistan giant concern. They have allowed supply lines that most likely will be stopped. Then all by air through Turkistan. (excuse my spelling). (Adage: newcomers think strategy but pros think logistics.) Wonderful article in msm to effect Afghanistan is end of NATO. SACLANT a mess. AFRICOM rebuffed, only Liberia would allow.
    General Ward does not take Liberia up because would look awful. For a time pres of Liberia (Taylor? mid 1990s) was only person (drugs) to escape from Plymouth County jail in Mass. Then he goes to Liberia with mucho ‘help’. But good for General Ward as he allows heavy criticism of actions on his official Army site. UN targeted all over Africa which will increase (for reasons see play -the truth in form of play, A Spy In Time, at my site. ) Head of NATO is German general calling for reinforcements from Germany. Merkel says ‘no’. Then US asked that what Germany has be transfered to south. Germany says ‘hell no’. South deployments look more and more like a front.
    As Africa goes the world will go and is going away from Western powers. Time magazine last ditch suggestion, recolonize. More to Kony Musevini agreement than meets eye.
    Now for ‘what is missing’. Do note that with all the cable cuts underwater, (professional), there was not one official accusation. Most likely ‘we will ignore you’.
    Just know ‘in general’ this will worsen Western economics more even than bad forecasts but how…., well…, again economics worse subject for me. Wrote General Ward PRIOR to any violence in Kenya. May I post this?
    Michael Donovan, Camden, Maine.

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