Infographic: Kickstarter Dominates Indie Innovation
By Cliff Kuang
Like YouTube, Facebook, or blogging platforms, it’s almost hard to believe there was an Internet without Kickstarter, which may be the greatest testament to its success. In 2009, t…
Swiss to Vote on Central Bank Gold Reserves
By Urs Geiser
A rightwing group has submitted more than 106,000 signatures to the federal authorities, seeking a vote on stopping the sale of gold reserves held by the Swiss National Bank (SNB). It…
Q+A Ben Silbermann
By Tom Simonite
In 2012 the startup Pinterest became a peer of more established social sites by offering things that they didn’t—an attractive design, a focus on images rather than text, and a …
Quote du Jour – Rumi
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
– Rumi
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
– Rumi
2013 BRICS Summit
By Wikipedia
The 2013 BRICS summit will be the fifth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the head of states or heads of government of the five member states Brazi…
Quote du Jour – Area 51 Insider
Insider: “You know what they’re hiding at Area 51?”
Richard Dolan: “What?”
Insider: “Trillions and trillions of dollars.”
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Insider: “You know what they’re hiding at Area 51?”
Richard Dolan: “What”
Insider: “Trillions and trillions of dollars.”
New Laws Take Guesswork Out of Investment Tax Liability
Image Credit: Robert Neubecker
By Tara Siegel Bernard
Until recently, the tax man rarely held you accountable for how much you profited — or lost — when you sold stocks or mutual funds.
Instea…
Are You Ready to Go Live In the Truman Show?
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Google has launched Glass. You can check it out here: Link
Better yet, to understand what it is like to facilitate 24-hour surveillance and data collection, watch The Tru…
US Wants to Centralize Mortgage Market Even More
[CAF Note: How has centralizing the mortgage market worked so far? Great, how about some more?
Anyone considered free markets? Like the kind of markets where the borrowers don’t like crime because wit…
The Complexity of Billionaires
by Catherine Austin Fitts
This weekend I read Forbes’ new special edition on billionaires.
In his introduction, “They succeed by meeting your needs,” Steve Forbes writes: “The overwhelming major…
Prices Spike, but Don’t Worry; It Won’t Last
[CAF Note: The following is a complete lie. Shadowstats estimates the current annual inflation rate at 9+%.
That fits with what I am observing. The theory that price rises are modest, excepting foo…
1 In 10 Doctor Practices Flee Medicare To Concierge Medicine
By Bruce Japsen
As Medicare whacks away at what doctors are paid and health insurers move away from paying fees for service to bundled payments, more physicians who own their own practices will sta…
Obama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change
By Mark Drajem
President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipel…
A Tale of Two Londons
Photo credit: Dylan Thomas
By Nicholas Shaxson
Up until the 18th century, Knightsbridge, which borders genteel Kensington, was a lawless zone roamed by predatory monks and assorted cutthroats. It d…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.17.2013
White-Black Wealth Gap Nearly Triples
Squared Away Blog | 21 March 2013
Over the past 25 years, the difference in wealth held by white and black households in the United States has nearly tripled…
…
Precious Metals – Week of 03.17.2013
These Next Few Days Could See Significant Price Resolution For Silver Investors
The Fundamental View | 20 March 2013
I’ve been reading with great interest over the last month or so all the various a…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 03.17.2013
Micro-Apartments in the Big City: A Trend Builds
Bloomberg | 14 March 2013
Imagine waking in a 15-by-15-foot apartment that still manages to have everything you need…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.17.2013
Congress Clears Legislation to Avoid Government Shutdown
Bloomberg | 21 March 2013
Congress gave final approval to legislation to avert a partial government shutdown…
Bullet Points — Paying for A…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.17.2013
China Is Engineering Genius Babies
Vice | 15 March 2013
It’s not exactly news that China is setting itself up as a new global superpower…
Ancient Underwater Forest Off Alabama is Much Older Than …
Food & Health – Week of 03.17.2013
1 in 3 Seniors Die with Alzheimer’s. 1 in 50 School Kids Have Autism. Scared Yet?
Age of Autism | 21 March 2013
One out of three seniors is now dying with Alzheimer’s disease…
State Raw Milk Bills
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Life – Week of 03.17.2013
Christo Creates The Largest Indoor Sculpture In History
Co.Design | 21 March 2013
Christo’s first show since the passing of his long-time partner Jeanne-Claude deals in massive volumes of light and …
Quote du Jour – John Wayne
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”
– …
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“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean.
It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”
-J…
Wildcards – Week of 03.17.13
Graham Hancock The War on Consciousness BANNED TED TALK
YouTube | 16 March 2013
Graham Hancock’s banned lecture…
Francis Calls on The Church to Keep to Its Roots or It Could Become “A Passionate NGO”
By Merco Press
The pope, addressing cardinals in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected pontiff on Wednesday, said the Church should be more focused on the Gospels of Jesus Christ.
“We can walk…
Global Breakthrough Energy Conference
by Catherine Austin Fitts
The first Global Breakthrough Energy Conference was held in Holland in November 2012. Created by
a group of primarily Dutch entrepreneurs and organizers (More Info)
they h…
Bob Dylan – “Times They are a-Changin”
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Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders and Dr. Edwin Vieira – March 14
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Step One: Rinse and prepare your fruits and vegetables for juicing.
Step Two: Juice all fruits and vegetables and combine in one container.
Step Three: Share and enjoy!
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8 green apples
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Landlord Blackstone Rushes To Capitalize On Housing Bubble By Launching First Ever REO-To-Rent Securitization
By Tyler Durden
In addition to the phenomenon of “foreclosure stuffing” described here extensively before, one of the main reasons for the artificial drop in housing supply has been the ongoing gover…
Quote du Jour – Stewart Thompson
“This gold bull market has never been about Fudd buying your junior gold stocks at much higher prices. Fudd isn’t going to financially exist, when we arrive at the gold prices you want. This bull has …
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“This gold bull market has never been about Fudd buying your junior gold stocks at much higher prices. Fudd isn’t going to financially exist, when we arrive at the gold prices you want. This bull has …
600-Year-Old Chinese Coin Found in Kenya
Photograph by John Weinstein, AP
By The Province
A rare, 600-year-old Chinese coin has been found on the Kenyan island of Manda.
The coin proves that trade existed between China and eastern Afric…
Pope Francis
By Wikipedia
Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. …
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Quote du Jour – George Fox
“Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk chee…
Quote du Jour
“Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk chee…
Kuroda Says Bank of Japan Will Consider Buying Derivatives
By Bloomberg
Bank of Japan (8301) governor nominee Haruhiko Kuroda said that the central bank will consider buying derivatives if he’s confirmed as governor and signaled a readiness for a quick e…
Managing DHS Checkpoints
Checkpoints (some would say illegal checkpoints) have been popping up quite frequently in the USA. As you see in this video, you DO NOT have to comply with their question’s or demands. Don’t forget,…
IMF Faces Losing Another French Boss
By Matthew Campbell
An inquiry into whether former government officials were complicit in the payment of huge damages to a tycoon could lead to a second French head of the International Monetary Fu…
Mar. 11, 2013
By Chuck Gibson
Sometimes it’s fun to stroll down memory lane (or not) and when I saw a list on Zerohedge last week I couldn’t resist in taking a look back and reminiscing. On October 11th 2007 t…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.10.2013
Kyle Bass Warns “The ‘AIG’ Of The World Is Back”
Zero Hedge | 12 March 2013
Kyle Bass, addressing Chicago Booth’s Initiative on Global Markets last week…
Sugar Bailout Is Govt. Policy at Its Worst:…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.10.2013
Democratic Guest To Hannity: Solution To Rape Is Not Arming Women, But ‘Training Men To Not Rape’
YouTube | 06 March 2012
During a heated debate on Hannity last night on Fox, Democratic strategist Ze…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.10.2013
Bumblebees Sense Electric Fields in Flowers
Nature | 21 February 2013
As they zero in on their sugary reward, foraging bumblebees follow an invisible clue: electric fields…
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting…
Food & Health – Week of 03.10.2013
Immune Cells Share Information Like Bees
Medical News Today | 14 March 2013
When bees come across new information, such as a good new source of honey…
Research Ties Economic Inequality to Gap in Li…
Life – Week of 03.10.2013
Harvard Spied On Its Faculty
Gawker | 10 March 2013
Administrators at Harvard University secretly accessed the email accounts…
Wildcards – Week of 03.10.13
Dr. Rauni Kilde
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Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde is a Finnish physician who has been an author and lecturer on parapsychology…
The Farming Technique That Could Revolutionize the Way We Eat
Photo Credit: Urban Farmers Ltd.
By Roman Gaus
On an early June morning in 2010, I stood outside the Aquaponics research facility at the University of Applied Sciences, perched on a green hilltop i…
Yamada – 4 Spectacular Gold & Silver Charts
By Economic Crisis
With continued volatility in the gold and silver markets, today King World News is pleased to share a piece of legendary technical analyst Louise Yamada’s “Technical Perspect…
The Science Delusion: Rupert Sheldrake at TEDxWhitechapel
By TEDx
The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality, in principle. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. Th…
Noah Gundersen – “Garden”
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The Non-Revolution in Digital Payments with Eric Hughes – March 7
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The Solari Report 2013-03-07
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Senator Warren Grills US Treasury: How Many Billions Of Drug-Laundered Money Does It Take To Shut Down A Bank?
SENATOR WARREN: … if you’re caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you’re going to go to jail. If it happens repeatedly you may go to jail for the rest of your life. But evidently, if…
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DARPA Scientists Want to Create Database of All Conversations
By RT
Your digital footprint could be getting a whole lot bigger: Pentagon scientists are searching for a way to transcribe every real-world conversation that happens into computer-readable files.
…
Pension Transparency Fight Brewing on Capitol Hill
By Liz Farmer
Public pension managers are gearing up for another battle against what they say would be costly — and unnecessary — accounting disclosure requirements being floated on Capitol Hill ev…
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Cypherpunk Rising: WikiLeaks, Encryption, and the Coming Surveillance Dystopia
By R. U. Sirius
In 1989, when the internet was predominantly ASCII-based and HyperCard had yet to give birth (or at least act as a midwife) to the world wide web, R.U. Sirius launched Mondo 2000. …
The UK Goes After a Piece of the Afghan $1 Trillion Mining Pie
By Cecilia Jamasmie
The UK government decided Wednesday to get a foot on the door to Afghanistan’s $1 trillion of untapped mineral wealth, by providing a three-year, $15 million (£10m) plan to b…
North Korea Threatens Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike Against U.S.
By Edith M. Lederer and Hyung-Jin Kim
North Korea vowed on Thursday to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric as U.N. diplomats voted on …
Why US Gas Exports Will Shake Up Global Market
By Patti Domm
Despite objections, the U.S. is heading down the road to export natural gas, and that could ultimately help shake up world energy markets.
The boom in U.S. natural gas, thanks to new…
Transcript of “Jon Rappoport and Catherine Austin Fitts, Singularity: Creating a Mind” Now Available!
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What American Nuns Built
WHEN BENEDICT XVI became the first pope in almost 600 years to resign earlier this month, most of the initial speculation had to do with obscure succession rules, and whether the next pope would be …
Dealing with Wolves
Excellent short speech by a former secret service agent about the realities of gun control.
“We live in a society of wolves. You do not fight back by creating more sheep!”
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Links To GeoEngineering Patents
This link is a list of GeoEngineering Watch’s list of important GeoEngineering Patents to pay attention to.
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Louis F. Oberdorfer, Federal Judge in D.C. Court (1919 – 2013)
[Note from CAF: In all things there are lessons. I sat for many hours in Judge Oberdorfer’s court room as part of civil litigation of the lawless kind.
I have seen more than a few judges compromis…
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Quote du Jour – Franklin Sanders
“Maxine Waters of California alerted the entire country with a devastating result of sequestration. She warned that 170 MILLION jobs could be lost to sequestration.
This is terrifying, especially whe…
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“Maxine Waters of California alerted the entire country with a devastating result of sequestration. She warned that 170 MILLION jobs could be lost to sequestration.
This is terrifying, especially whe…
15 Year Old Invents Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer- Costs 3 Cents!
Jack is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents. He conducted his resea…
Profiles: China’s New Leaders
By BBC News
China’s ruling Communist Party has unveiled the next generation of leaders who will take charge of the country.
The seven men will sit at the top of the Politburo Standing Committee, C…
Promises, Promises at the New York Fed
By Gretchen Morgenson
Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about a secret agreement struck in July 2012 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America. The existence of the confidential deal …
Water Treatment Contaminants: Too Much Toxic Trash in American Water
By Renee Sharp and J. Paul Pestano
Water Treatment plants along the east coast are struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy, whose torrential rains washed tens of millions of gallons of raw or par…
Swiss Voters Approve a Plan to Severely Limit Executive Compensation
By Raphael Minder
Swiss citizens voted Sunday to impose some of the world’s most severe restrictions on executive compensation, ignoring a warning from the business lobby that such curbs would un…
Introducing Joulies
www.joulies.com/
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I love really fine coffee. I also love it hot. Keeping it hot is a challenge given all the long road trips I take. I have been known to spend way too …
Obamacare: A Deception
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly referred to as the ACA or Obamacare, will go into full effect in 2014. This decree mandates that all Americans must purchase and mainta…
Quote du Jour – Buddhist Saying
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
– Buddhist Saying
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“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
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The Investment Case for Gold Part 2
By John Hathaway
The investment case for gold, in our opinion, rests squarely on the prospect for U.S. sovereign credit, and by extension, the value of the U.S. dollar. The prospect, in short, ap…
Money & Markets – Week of 03.03.2013
Resolving Globally Active, Systemically Important, Financial Institutions
FDIC | 10 December 2012
The financial crisis that began in 2007 has driven home the importance of an orderly resolution proces…
Geopolitical – Week of 03.03.2013
Homeland Security Drones Designed to Identify Civilians Carrying Guns
Breitbart | 05 March 2013
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department…
Russia Carries Out its ‘Bigg…
Science & Technology – Week of 03.03.2013
Chinese Physicists Measure Speed of Einstein’s ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’: At Least 10,000 Times Faster Than Light
ExtremeTech | 07 March 2013
A team of Chinese physicists have clocked the sp…
Food & Health – Week of 03.03.2013
Food Cravings Engineered by Industry
CBC News | 06 March 2013
Standing in her kitchen in downtown Toronto chopping vegetables for dinner…
Direct Farm Subsidies May be Ending; California Rice Farmer…
Life – Week of 03.03.2013
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Ingrid Michaelson – “Live it with Love”
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Jon Rappoport and Catherine Austin Fitts, Singularity: Creating a Mind – February 28
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
By Witta Priester
What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not appear to be harbingers of me…
How AT&T Is Planning to Rob Americans of an Open Public Telco Network
By S. Derek Turner
AT&T has a sneaky plan.
It wants to exploit a loophole in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s rules to kill what remains of the public telecommunications network —…
Transcript of “The Non-Revolution in Digital Payments with Eric Hughes” Now Available!
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A Brain-to-Brain Interface for Rats
By Dan Cossins
Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats, enabling the animals to communicate directly via implanted microelectrode arrays to solve simple behavioral proble…
Most Innovative Companies of 2013: LANDWASHER for Building the (Mostly) All-Natural Toilet of the Future
By April Rabkin
Beijing’s Forbidden City was the Chinese empire’s seat of power for 500 years. It was built out of rammed earth and wood in the early 1400s, and its majesty has been largely preserv…
Farewell, Pope Benedict
By Catherine Austin Fitts
A governance transition by the largest organization in the world is always important. In a world in which we are encouraged to forgo the sacred or to forget that our freedom…
Unbridled Secrecy
[CAF Note: One must ponder whether the Justices were really free to decide or are subject to control file fears.]
By The New York Times
The Supreme Court severely damaged the rule of law in its deci…