Independence Day: Happy 4th of July!
Wishing everyone in the United States and those of you celebrating with us, a happy July 4th weekend!
– Catherine and the Solari Team
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July Solari Toon!
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Just a Taste – Hero Edition
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Aral Balkan – Free Is A Lie | The Next Web
By The Next Web
It’s time for a design revolution in open technology. Companies like Google and Facebook that dominate the Internet promise us free services in exchange for the right to watch and s…
On Income Inequality
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” ~ Plutarch
By Catherine Austin Fitts
As Congressional members increasingly focus on this year’s mid-te…
Back From the Secret Space Program Conference 2014
By David Warner Mathisen
The 2014 Secret Space Program and Breakaway Civilizations conference has come to a close, but the ideas and conversations that it has sparked are just getting started.
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U.S. Imposes Record Fine on BNP in Sanctions Warning to Banks
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***CAF Note: Sanctions are what inspire people to build alternative platforms. Some of the smartest financial people in the world have just been given a year …
Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part VI: They Hate You if You’re Clever
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By Nines
I am still in the belly of the beast, but at least it’s at my safety zone in the Berkeley hills instead of down where freeway exhaust settles on every surface, coats yer lungs, pisse…
Subscriber’s Luncheon With Catherine
For up-coming dates and time, please check the Event page: https://solari.com/events/
All scheduled luncheons will be posted here with link to more details on scheduled luncheon.
Questions conta…
2014 Is On Track To Become The Second Biggest Year For M&A In History
By Rob Wile
M&A activity has hit $750 billion through June, a level we haven’t seen in years, thanks to cash-flush corporations, steadily improving growth, and rising CEO confidence, according to G…
F**k Y**, Facebook
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***CAF Note: Now you know why the Solari Report and Catherine Austin Fitts do not have a Facebook page.***
By RT
Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its us…
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part V: All on Maybe Three Hours’ Sleep
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By Nines
All of us.
My temporary boyfriend had to relinquish the wheel this morning, but we all look to be passably lucid anyway. Of course, Catherine is the very por…
TAN – Pass the Sunscreen, Please
By Chuck Gibson
As a part of the momentum stock selloff that occurred in May, solar stocks were severely punished, most losing 30% or more. The long term prospect for alternative energy, especially s…
‘The World is in a State of Financial War’ – Russian Presidential Advisor
By The Voice of Russia
Vedomosti reports that Sergey Glaziev, the economic mastermind behind the Eurasian Union, sent an official report to Kremlin, stating the necessity of a radical revamp of Rus…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.29.14
Don Coxe: Russia, China and Iran to Become More Aggressive as US Disengages
YouTube | 18 June 2014
Jim welcomes back Donald Coxe, Chairman of Coxe Advisors LLP in Chicago…
California Governor Sign…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.29.14
Government Stops Glenn Greenwald from Publishing His Big Snowden Revelation … But Others to Release ALL of the Snowden Docs
Zero Hedge | 01 July 2014
It’s been a dramatic day for whistleblowing ne…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.29.14
NASA Explores A New World: Crowdsourcing Ideas
NPR | 30 June 2014
NASA is asking the public to help it develop new ways to bring their technology to the commercial market…
Food & Health – Week of 06.29.14
Vaccines: Child Consent Agenda Pushes Forward
Green Med Info | 16 June 2014
Two U.S. states already have laws allowing children to consent to vaccines…
Life – Week of 06.29.14
Carrot Clarinet: Linsey Pollak at TEDxSydney 2014
YouTube | 01 June 2014
Linsey Pollak turns a carrot into a clarinet using an electic drill a carrot and a saxophone mouthpiece…
The Race to Stop L…
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part IV: Interlude
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By Nines
That was one looong day and I have to be to bed about three hours ago, but it turns out the men are fighting over me again and we’ve all been up hashing it out…
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part III: Paint it Black
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By Nines
The marching band turned out to be a very neutral sort of beeping sound, and so did the army of gymnasts. Really inoffensive wake-up calls around these parts. Luc…
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part II – UPDATE
By Nines
Much later that same day. OMG! The meeting started at two, and they served pizza and tequila out of gallon jugs. Very shortly we were all so sloshed we forgot our code words and had to…
Ears to the Ground – June Edition
By Justin Boldenow,
As we’ve set out here in Nashville to explore the diverse musical amalgam that forms the Middle Tennessee music scene, one of our directives was to find a bad case of the blues….
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part II – Report from the Motor Court
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By Nines
All right, you cusses, I’m up. This motel has pretentions to hoteltude and always has, but I think the nazis have ruined that for everyone. You are not allowed…
Events Archive, 2012-2014
Here is a collection of past and future Solari Events.
Upcoming Solari Events & Interviews
June 28-29, 2014
Secret Space Program & Breakaway Civilization
San Mateo, CA
More Information Here
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I Have A Request
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world I do think it’s not aski…
Fear & Loathing in Silicon Valley, Part I: Dear Solarian Hordes
**CAF Note: I asked one of my very favorite bloggers, Nines of “the nines” to blog as correspondent for The Solari Report this weekend from the Secret Space Program & the Breakaway Civilization …
Beware the New ‘Breakthrough’ Transgenic Mosquitoes
By Institute of Science in Society
A team led by Andrea Crisanti at Imperial College London in the UK was widely reported to have made a breakthrough or even a ‘quantum leap’ in creating transgen…
Protecting You and Your Family from Psychiatric Drugs with Kelly Patricia O’Meara
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The Solari Report 2…
SP500 – The Mona Lisa
By Chuck Gibson
This is the final in a series of 3 posts I have done on pattern targets and I have saved the best for last. The chart below is a 10 year look back at the SP500 (the proxy most use for…
Hillary Clinton: I’m Not ‘Truly Well Off’ Compared to Wealthiest Americans
**CAF Note: Did the Clintons just make a deal with Jeb Bush to engineer him into the White House in 2016? Why has Hillary Clinton decided to commit political suicide? Could Rove be right about brain…
The Bay Area is Solari Circling
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A marvelous group of Solari Report subscribers shared lunch yesterday under the tents in a large field in Marin County. Many had joined us for lunch last year and have bee…
Precious Metals – Week of 06.22.14
German Gold Stays in New York in Rebuff to Euro Doubters
Bloomberg | 23 June 2014
Germany has decided its gold is safe in American hands…
Good as Gold: New Law Removes Double-Taxation of Gold, Sil…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.22.14
Pope Francis: Mafiosi are Excommunicated from the Church’
Independent.ie | 21 June 2014
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organised crime groups…
US is Militarizing Ukr…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.22.14
Paradigm Shifts by Moray King
YouTube | 19 May 2014
An edited version of Moray King’s presentation from January 23, 2014…
Russia Wants to Replace US Computer Chips with Local Processors
ITAR-TASS …
Iraq Oil Infrastructure
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Life – Week of 06.22.14
The Real Lord of the Ring – Mesmerizing Street Performer!
The Huffington Post | 09 June 2014
One ring to amaze them all…
Wildcards – Week of 06.22.14
36 Signs The Media Is Lying To You About How Radiation From Fukushima Is Affecting The West Coast
The Truth Wins | 31 December 2013
The west coast of the United States is being absolutely fried by rad…
“Anthem” – Leonard Cohen
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Megatrends with Jim Puplava
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The Solari Repor…
Special Report: Stephen Roach – Seeking US-China Balance
“Both economies, the United States’ and China’s, continue to struggle— trapped in antiquated growth models that are not delivering the prosperity that politicians and leaders continue to pro…
Transcript of “Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith” is Now Available!
The Transcript of “Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith” is now available to Subscribers!
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Also find it in the blog post; at the Subscriber Resou…
25 Ways to Lower Your Grocery Bill
By Carrie Kirby
After housing and transportation costs, food consumes more of the average household’s budget than anything else. I’ve already looked at ways to cut housing and transportation. Now l…
Argentina President Defies US Court Order on Repayment of Debts
(Photo Credit: Reuters)
By Fox News
Argentina’s president has said that she would refuse to comply with a U.S. judge’s order to pay $1.5 billion to winners of a decade-long legal battle over defaul…
Oil – Double Bottom … Again
By Chuck Gibson
Last week I presented the concept of forecasting future price targets based upon patterns which develop within price movement. To illustrate, I used a long term chart of the Nasdaq w…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.15.14
Goldman Wins Dismissal of $450 Million Mortgage-Bond Suit
Bloomberg | 13 June 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) won dismissal of a suit over $450 million in residential mortgage-backed securities…
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Geopolitical – Week of 06.15.14
Haven’t We Already Done Enough Damage in Iraq?
The Daily Bell | 16 June 2014
In 2006, I invited the late General Bill Odom to address my Thursday Congressional luncheon group…
Empty Wallets Expla…
Central Banks Shift Into Shares as Low Rates Hit Revenues
By Ralph Atkins
Central banks around the world, including China’s, have shifted decisively into investing in equities as low interest rates have hit their revenues, according to a global study of 4…
Life – Week of 06.15.14
John Oliver Tears FIFA Apart, Calls It ‘Cartoonishly Evil’
The Huffington Post | 09 June 2014
Paying no mind to the “Sausage principle”…
U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
By Wikipedia
The U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue is a high-level dialogue for the United States and China to discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional and global political, strategic…
Wildcards – Week of 06.15.14
Warming of the Arctic Fueling Extreme Weather
Arctic News | 16 June 2014
Heavy rains and floods hit Serbia and Bosnia in May 2014, as discussed in an earlier post…
Catherine Austin Fitts w/ Dark Journalist
Interview
YouTube | June 15 2014
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“At the End of the Day” – Amon Tobin
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Fructify! – Lessons Learned from Dogwood Mudhole
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The Solari Report 2014-06-12
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All Our Patent Are Belong To You
By Elon Musk
Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, …
The Expensive Illusion of Health Care
By Catherine Austin Fitts
You want to pay attention to the fuss over the waiting times at a VA Hospital. This is what happens when a benefit is promised, but Congress does not appropriate the resou…
Global Private Wealth Rises to $152tn
By BBC News
The amount of private wealth held by households globally surged more than 14% to $152 trillion (£90tn) last year, boosted mainly by rising stock markets.
Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, …
FDA May Destroy American Artisan Cheese Industry
By Greg McNeal
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an executive decree banning the centuries old practice of aging cheese on wooden boards. One bureaucrat within the FDA, without surv…
The True VA Scandal is Shared Across the Federal Government
By The Washington Post Editorial Board
At the Department of Veterans Affairs, the federal government’s largest employer (the Army ranks second), only 56.9 percent of employees believe they can disc…
Washington Reels as House’s Eric Cantor Loses to Pro Free Market Economics Professor
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By Lisa Mascaro, Michael A. Memoli, Mark Z. Barabak
In a shocking political defeat guaranteed to upend Republican Party politics, House Majority Lead…
Quote du Jour – You Are Not a Tree
“If you don’t like where you are, then change it…
you are not a tree.”
— Anonymous
WTO on World Map/NATO Missing Money
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By Robert Giebels, Natalie Righton
NATO might be wasting a lot of money, or maybe they are short of cash. Frankly, we have no idea’, says Saskia Stuiveling, president…
Straight Money Analysis
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Once upon a time I worked on Wall Street in a world full of highly energetic, very smart people who loved what they did and believed that hard work and creativity could figu…
Book Review: The Divide by Matt Taibbi
“The hunt is on and brother you’re the prey”
~ Curtis Mayfield, “New World Order”
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Matt Taibbi’s The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap is a beautif…
The Nasdaq – 3 Years Later
By Chuck Gibson
Many wonder why market technicians spend so much time analyzing the charts. The main reason is a skilled analyst can find opportunities, warnings and most importantly expectations of …
US Stock Exchanges Face Lawsuit Over High-Frequency Trading
By Jill Treanor
The American lawyer who orchestrated a successful class action suit against the tobacco industry 20 years ago has turned his sights on the stock exchanges caught up in the controversy…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.08.14
Shareholders Revolt Against Walmart and Netflix
Yahoo! Finance | 11 June 2014
In the Wild One, Marlon Brando’s Johnny is asked what he’s rebelling against…
What If the Fed Has Created a Bubble?
Blo…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.08.14
How Bill Gates Pulled Off the Swift Common Core Revolution
The Washington Post | 07 June 2014
The pair of education advocates had a big idea, a new approach to transform every public-school classroom …
Food & Health – Week of 06.08.14
One-Size-Fits-All Artificial Blood to Transform Transfusions
Favor Tech | 09 June 2014
An artificial blood substitute that can be stored at room temperature and used on anyone…
Shocking Medical Not…
Life – Week of 06.08.14
Happy 15th Birthday Scoop.co.nz !!!
Scoop | 10 June 2014
As you have now reached a working age it is fitting that you to start figuring out…
“It Don’t Matter” – Donavon Frankenreiter
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June Solari Toon!
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Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith
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View the Money and Markets Presentation
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The Sola…
Speak Life Into Our Situation
(Photo Credit: Miles Pfefferle)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
~Proverbs 18:21
By Catherine Austin Fitts
When did our deepest des…
Transcript of “Music, Writing and the Creative Process with Peter Guralnick” is Now Available!
The Transcript of “Music, Writing and the Creative Process with Peter Guralnick” is now available to Subscribers!
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Also find it in the blog post…
Pope Fires Entire Board of Vatican Financial Watchdog
By Philip Pullella
Pope Francis sacked the five-man board of the Vatican’s financial watchdog on Thursday – all Italians – in the latest move to break with an old guard associated with a murky past…
Too Small to Have Internet? Tiny German Village Builds Own Broadband Service
(Photo Credit:AFP Photo / Thomas Coex)
By RT
Inhabitants of a small village in Germany have taken the digital law into their own hands. They laid their own fiber optic cables setting up their own b…
NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Readies for First Test Flight
By NASA
NASA’s flying saucer-shaped test vehicle is ready to take to the skies from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, for its first engineering shakeout flight.
The …
Americans Are Getting Less And Less Of Their Money From Their Jobs
By Sam Ro
Going to work and collecting paychecks isn’t the only way to make money in America.
“Since 1980, direct labor income has become a smaller share of personal income, while income from tran…
Wither the US Dollar?
“For now we see through a glass, darkly…”
~ Corinthians 13:12
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I don’t remember a week in which I have had more conversations about the value and the future of the U…
Scientists Achieve Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough That Could Prove Einstein Wrong
By James Vincent
Scientists in the Netherlands have achieved a breakthrough in quantum teleportation that could quash Albert Einstein’s objection to the notion of quantum entanglement, which he f…
Climate Rules Threaten to Rewrite U.S. Energy Map
By Mark Chediak and Jim Polson
Coal-dependent power companies from American Electric Power Co. (AEP) to Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) face billions of dollars in added costs, while renewable-energy backers…
Turkey Cuts Off Euphrates Flow
By Suhaib Anjarini
The Turkish government recently cut off the flow of the Euphrates River, threatening primarily Syria but also Iraq with a major water crisis. Al-Akhbar found out that the water lev…
Google Privacy Law ‘Means Total Rethink of Basic Freedoms’
By Tom Harper and Jonathan Owen
Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change completely the way they use the internet, according to one of Google’s key advisers.
The era o…
Money & Markets – Week of 06.01.14
ECB Hurls Cash at Sluggish Euro Zone Economy, Seeks to Force Bank Lending
Reuters | 05 June 2014
The European Central Bank launched a raft of measures on Thursday to fight low inflation…
Buffett’…
Precious Metals – Week of 06.01.14
Ecuador Sends Gold Bricks to Goldman Sachs in Liquidity Hunt
Bloomberg | 02 June 2014
Ecuador agreed to transfer more than half its gold reserves to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for three years to give th…
Unstoppable $100 Trillion Bond Market Renders Models Useless
(Photo Credit: Scott Eells/Bloomberg)
By Susanne Walker and Liz Capo McCormick
If the insatiable demand for bonds has upended the models you use to value them, you’re not alone.
Just last month…
Geopolitical – Week of 06.01.14
The Secret Service is Purchasing Software to Watch Users of Social Networks in Real Time
Nextgov | 02 June 2014
The Secret Service is purchasing software to watch users of social networks in real time…
Science & Technology – Week of 06.01.14
US Panel Sets Sights on Mars
Nature | 04 June 2014
Sending humans to red planet touted as NASA’s wisest long-range goal…
New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
Wall Street Journal | 02 June 201…
Food & Health – Week of 06.01.14
Chinese Army Bans All GMO Grains and Oils
EcoWatch | 15 May 2014
China’s military is the world’s largest with nearly 2.3 million in personnel…
Australian Organic Farmer Loses GM Test Case
Seed …
Life – Week of 06.01.14
All That I Am – The Aaron Baker Story
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Houston’s Clear Thinkers | 02 J…
Wildcards – Week of 06.01.14
Scientists Use Supercomputers to Show that Climate Change will Cause More Intense Summer Storms in Britain.
The Conversation | 02 June 2014
Our study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, s…