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As discussed in last night’s Solari Report, the top story of the week is the abrogation of the social contract in America. Bernake alluded to it in his testimony this week, saying:

“The fun…

By Peter Zeihan

The global recession is the biggest development in the global system in the year to date. In the United States, it has become almost dogma that the recession is the worst since the …

Below are the top 20 financial institutions by market capitalization in 1999 and then in 2009.

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If you want to get an in-depth overview of the many problems facing the American food system, here is a good overview.

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By Shawn Dady

Tennessee Representative Frank Nicely has been quietly working on a cow-share bill for the state of Tennessee. This is a very good thing. He crafted the bill working with the The West…

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QUITO, May 30 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government-run central bank has ordered private banks to repatriate $1.2 billion in overseas deposits and investments to help jump-start the economy, leftist Pres…

[CAF Note: But are they buying real gold or paper gold?]

By Andrew Frye

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., the third-largest U.S. life insurer by 2008 sales, has bought gold for the first tim…

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by Greg Palast

They may be crying about General Motors’ bankruptcy today. But dumping 40,000 of the last 60,000 union jobs into a mass grave won’t spoil Jamie Dimon’s day.

Bu…

By Michael McNutt

Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma’s sovereignty. Unlike House Joint Resolutio…

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By Elana Schor

Can these contractors guide the bailout with the public interest in mind while simultaneously courting bailout-related business for themselves? It’s t…

A local pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a San Diego County official, who then threatened them with escalating fines if they continued to hold Bible studies in their home…

The co…

Now that a variety of factions have harvested the planet for trillions of dollars in the latest round of financial pump and dumps, the questions remains how to launder the money into real assets quick…

By Andrew Lehman

It was clear to me that in preparation for going public, Google was actually seeding its searches with inefficiencies in order to encourage profits. Regarding commercial searches, i…

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Ninety percent of Americans say they pray — for their health, or their love life or their final exams. But does prayer do any good?

For decades, scientists have tried to …

By Chelsea Schilling

As part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chrysler is terminating one-fourth of its franchises – but some say its catalog of doomed dealerships looks more like a hit list tha…

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By Duncan Gardham and Paul Cruickshank

Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the…

Jae-Soon Chang, The Associated Press: “The US and South Korea put their military forces on high alert Thursday after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace between the two Koreas since 19…

by Alex Ansary
February 25, 2009

If you were thinking that the only things we have to be concerned about include wars, famines, and economic crashes, think again.

The earth’s climate has been signi…

There are positive ways to align our economic activities with our natural environment, and then there are negative ways. A sales tax is one of the negative ways  — it reduces consumption in ways tha…

Feel like saving the world today? Great ideas to take action to protect independent farmers and healthy food – Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance – Take Action

An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures.

[Click the image to go to the Slate website to view your county’s stats.]

With trial balloons floating regarding the possibility of preventative detention and now government vaccine programs, the control necessary to keep the dollar high and government subsidies flowing gr…

Gold Derivatives: The Tide Turns
By Reg Howe

On May 19, 2009, the Bank for International Settlements released its regular semi-annual report on the over-the-counter derivatives of major banks and de…

The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119.
From Wikipedia.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a research facility currently being asse…

The standard insurance amount currently is $250,000 per depositor. The $250,000 limit is permanent for IRAs and other certain retirement accounts. The $250,000 limit is temporary for all other dep…

by Jon Rappoport

I’ve been talking and writing about imagination for a long time. I consider it the key to the whole ballgame. It liberates us from the so-called laws of physics and physical ma…

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Jim Wilson integrated two tracks of crickets singing. One was a normal recording. One was slowed down by a divisor that reflects the ratio of a cricket’s lifespan to a huma…

By Patrick McGreevy and Michael Rothfel

Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers scrambled Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown, and public officials across Californ…

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that Iran successfully test-fired a new missile yesterday, the Washington Times reported.

(May. 21) – Iran’s Sajjil 2 missile takes off during a test y…

BankUnited, a newly chartered federal savings bank, acquired the banking operations, including all of the nonbrokered deposits, of BankUnited, FSB, Coral Gables, Florida, in a transaction facilitated …

Feel like a good cry? Check out the new U.S. Debt Clock.

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President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United Sta…

A project to establish a common currency for the Gulf has been dealt a near-fatal blow with the decision by the United Arab Emirates to abandon monetary union after disagreement with Saudi Arabia o…

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Corrected – Update 1-GM Bankruptcy Plan Eyes Quick Sale to Gov’t

Chrysler: Dealership Letters in The Mail

Chrysler Closing 789 Dealerships

GM Whacks 1,100 Dealers

Chrysler Pulls Out of Hundreds …

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The story of Crosby Mint Farm in Michigan is…

a story of why it is essential for farmers to build retail markets — both to sell their prod…

I just voted for the Worst Corporation of 2009. Here were the nominees:

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Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
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Based on a comparison with average production values of other crops from 2003 to 2005 marijuana is the top cash crop in 12 states,…

Wolfram|Alpha (also written WolframAlpha or Wolfram Alpha) is an answer-engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer f…

He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn’t play for the money he wins
He doesn’t play for the respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of c…

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Andrew Feustel, left, and John Grunsfeld work to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope during a spacewalk, Monday, May 18, 2009.

The Atlantis astronauts plan to release the space t…

Rachel Maddow Interviews Eliot Spitzer Part One

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Each year, Americans spend a whopping $39 billion on domestically grown marijuana, and another $7-10 billion on weed smuggled in from Canada. In short, untaxed and unregulated marijuana is America�…

Now that all the money is safely offshore, and the Countrywide mortgage operations are tucked into Bank of America, will Countrywide’s founder Angelo Mozilo be used as one of the whipping boys to te…

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By Jon Rappoport

I’ve been talking to a few people lately who are knowledgeable about the bailout at ground level. There are still many mysteries and half-baked plans in the works, but whatever sh…

This past February, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce authorized the development of a “free zone” dubbed Food City. GCLA, a green landscape architect firm, proposed a master plan for the city sector…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing U.S. troops abusing prisoners, abruptly reversin…

The state of Montana approved what commentators are dubbing a “revolutionary” new law earlier this month. The “Montana Firearms Freedom Act” is set to trigger a legal showdown between the fe…