HKEx Agrees to Buy LME in $2.2 billion Deal
By Chris Oliver
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing HK:388 -4.45% HKXCF +2.56% , operator of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, said Friday it has entered into a framework agreement to buy the London Metal …
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Inflation: What It Really Costs
By Ron Bennett
For all the small business owners out there struggling to make it, here is simple calculation of the hidden tax paid due to inflation:
How much is the tax due to 4% inflation on a $1 …
Money & Markets – Week of 6.17.12
IMF’s Lagarde Demands Action to Avert Threat to Euro
CNBC (21 June 12)
The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on Mankind
GoldSeek (15 June 12)
Goldman Short Call on S&P Trips Up Market
Yahoo Finance (21…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.17.12
Short-Term Gold Options Get Physical
CNBC (15 June 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 6.17.12
German Court May Delay Bailout Fund Ratification
Reuters (21 June 12)
Romney Reaps Donations From Backers of Primary Opponents
Bloomberg (21 June 12)
10 Reasons Countries Fall Apart
Foreign Policy (…
Science & Technology – Week of 6.17.12
Why Hand-crafted, High-tech Wooden Bikes Give a Better Ride
YouTube
(11 June 12)
Facebook Acquires Israeli Facial Recognition Company
The New York Times (18 June 12)
Life – Week of 6.17.12
“The Longest Wait: Billie D. Harris”
YouTube
(10 June 12)
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Food & Health – Week of 6.17.12
Med Student Rescues Body Part From Airport Security
npr (20 June 12)
Wildcards – Week of 6.17.12
UFOs and the Military Industrial Complex (Full Documentary)
YouTube
(11 June 12)
Precious Metals Market Report – 6.14.12
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Transcript of Catherine’s Interview of Macaco Tamerice Available to Subscribers
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“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you”
~ Princess Diana
$1,000 and a Click: Buying Stock the Crowdfunding Way
By Karen Weise
It’s been just two weeks since President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, loosening requirements for companies looking to raise capital. The rules aren’t even written yet, an…
Dr. Jim MacKimmie: 1928 – 2012
By Anais Starr
My great good friend and doctor healer, Dr. Jim MacKimmie passed away on Monday evening, June 11. After the initial stab of a shock, jangling of heart strings, sleeping on it overnight…
Estate Planning About to Change
Could this be the golden age of estate planning? Some financial advisers believe it is — at least until the end of the year. That’s when key income tax breaks for transferring wealth are scheduled…
North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax
BISMARCK, N.D. — Since Californians shrank their property taxes more than three decades ago by passing Proposition 13, people around the nation have echoed their dismay over such levies, putting f…
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“Always keep enough GOLD to bribe the Border Guards!”
~ Old adage
Chinese Offer £1.3Bn for Metal Exchange
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which counts the Chinese government among it shareholders, is understood to have tabled a £1.3bn offer for the City’s last “open cry” market, and a d…
Robotic Explorers Set Out for the Moon
The first privately funded mission to the Moon will launch in 2015, pioneered by a legendary roboticist and his team of students. Pittsburgh’s Astrobotic Technology, a company founded by David Gump …
Money & Markets – Week of 6.10.12
“The Carville Memo”
Democracy Corps (11 June 12)
US Coal Use Falling Fast; Utilities Switch to Gas
Yahoo (12 June 12)
As State Revenues Recover, Increasing Health Costs Remain a Burden
The Washingto…
Food & Health – Week of 6.10.12
A1 concepts Let’s Pizza
YouTube
(2 May 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 6.10.12
U.S. Court of Appeals has no confidence in NRC’s “Nuclear Waste Con Game”
Beyond Nuclear (12 June 12)
House Republicans Creating World’s Worst Criminogenic Environment
RSN (14 June 12)
The Kay Grigg…
Life – Week of 6.10.12
Indie Screenings
Science & Technology – Week of 6.10.12
The Biometric Wallet
Spectrum.ieee.org (June 2012)
Robotic Sewing Systems Could Decimate Labour-Intensive Sewing Industry
33rd Square (11 June 12)
Why Apple Is Afraid Of Bitcoin
Forbes (13 June 12)
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Wildcards – Week of 6.10.12
This Week in Crazy: Bill Gates Funding Student ‘Galvanic’ Bracelet Studies
The IND.com (11 June 12)
Who Parked Our Moon?
Disinformation (14 Sep 10)
Is The Moon The Creation of Intelligence?
The …
Quote du jour
“We know that after the introduction of the euro a significant part of the Italian population suffered impoverishment.”
~ Silvio Berlusconi (shortly before the effort to throw him out of office beg…
Ecovillages with Macaco Tamerice
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30,000 Secret Surveillance Orders Approved Each Year
30,000 secret surveillance orders approved each year
Nate Anderson (5 June 12)
If the government spies on you but brings no charges, you’ll never know.
A federal judge estimates that his fellow fede…
Statement of Purpose
I will create a world where the current manifestation of thought-reflecting-on-itself i.e. humans with consciousness, can be the best they can be, i.e. human’s becoming in harmony with the creative fo…
Hero of the Week
This week’s hero is the graduating Class of 2012!
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You Are Not Special Commencement Speech from Wellesley High School
YouTube (7 June 12)
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Public Comment on Inflation Measurement
Source: Shadowstats
This article replaces the earlier “Primer” on the Consumer Price Index
Consumer Price Index Has Been Reconfigured Since Early-1980s?So As to Understate Inflation versus C…
The Global Debt Clock
Source: Economist
Our interactive overview of government debt across the planet.
The clock is ticking. Every second, it seems, someone in the world takes on more debt. The idea of a debt clock for…
Transcript of the Special Broadcast of Catherine’s Interview of John Laughland Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s June 1, 2012 special interview of John Laughland on Europe is available to Subscribers!
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The Trap
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC documentary series by English filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nigh…
John F. Kennedy’s Commencement Address at American University
Delivered June 10, 1963
“President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree through many years of a…
What’s the Risk of Capital Flight in China?
By Humble Student of the Markets
I wrote before that the likely negative surprise was going to come from China and not Europe (see Focus on China, not Europe). Yes, I am worried about China, but my c…
There Are Three Kinds of People
“There are three kinds of people in the world: those who are asleep, those who are stirring, and those who are awake.
“If you try to wake up the sleeping person he will just mumble and go back to sle…
Quote du Jour: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Josey: You be Ten Bears?
Ten Bears: I am Ten Bears.
Josey: (spits tobacco) I’m Josey Wales.
Ten Bears: I have heard. You’re the Gray Rider. You would not make peace with the Blue Coats. You may g…
Senators, Prime Ministers – and Texas Teachers’ CIO – Attend Bilderberg Conference
By Paula Vasan, aiCIO
Alongside senators, prime ministers, and banking kingpins, one (perhaps) unusual attendee is currently at this year’s Bilderberg meetings: Texas Teacher Retirement System (TRS…
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Most folks haven’t grokked what Honda’s got going in the wings with their ASIMO program, but the answer is simple: ASIMO with a few tweaks and a credit card scanner can wipe out…
Money & Markets – Week of 6.3.12
Insight: Vatican Bank-money, Mystery and Monsignors
Yahoo News (8 June 12)
Take A Look At The New Internet That Opened For Business Today
Business Insider (6 June 120
Bankers Find It Tough to Tap Gu…
Precious Metals – Week of 6.3.12
Gold Bugs Defy Bear-Market Threat With Soros Buying
Bloomberg (6 June 12)
The Hoarding Continues: China Purchases A Record 100 Tons Of Gold In April From Hong Kong
Zero Hedge (4 June 12)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.3.12
The Mortgage Fraud Fraud
The New York Times (1 June 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 6.3.12
Bilderberg 2012: were Mitt Romney and Bill Gates There?
The Guardian (5 June 12)
Syria Could Unite Russia and China Against the U.S.
Bloomberg (7 June 12)
Deal May be Near in Media-Government Spat
M…
Science & Technology – Week of 6.3.12
How to Lease Your Own Home Solar Power System
Kiplinger’s (July 2012)
New Honda Robot ASIMO 2012 – All Features and Behaviors
YouTube
(6 Jan 12)
Is Sci-Fi Surgery Really So Outrageous?
The 2012 Sce…
Life – Week of 6.3.12
YouTube
(19 Nov 11)
Deep Craft: Beyond Etsy & Make; Slow Design & The Good Life
YouTube
(23 May 12)
Food & Health – Week of 6.3.12
In the Garden: The Edible Lawn
Garden & Gun (June/July 12)
Unborn Babies Could be Tested for 3,500 Genetic Faults
The Telegraph (6 June 12)
Nutrition Links to Depression
YouTube
(19 April 10)
Eat…
Wildcards – Week of 6.3.12
NASA’s Edgar Mitchell “Aliens Exist & Government Cover Up is Real” – Fox News
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Book Review: Mary’s Mosaic
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Peter Janney’s new book Mary’s Mosaic: the CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace is a masterpiece.
Beautifully wr…
Special Friday Broadcast: John Laughland on Europe
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Rockefellers and Rothschilds Unite
Source:News.com.au
The Financial Times (FT) reported yesterday that Lord Jacob Rothschild’s listed investment trust, RIT Capital Partners, agreed to take a 37 per cent stake in Rockefeller Financia…
Flame Cyber Attack: Israel Behind Largest Cyber Spy Weapon Ever?
By Lee Ferran, Alexander Marquardt and Colleen Curry
Flame, also known as sKyWIper, is a veritable “toolkit” of cyber spying programs that is capable of remotely taking screenshots while the comput…
Europe’s Debtors Must Pawn Their Gold for Eurobond Redemption
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The German scheme — known as the European Redemption Pact — offers a form of “Eurobonds Lite” that can be squared with the German constitution and breaks the political …
Transcript of Catherine’s 5.24.12 Interview of Jamie Bartholomew Aller & Andrew Bartholomew Available to Subscribers
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Bilderberg Meet in the US
By Elisheva Wiriaatmadja
The 2012 Bilderberg Group meeting will take place from May 31st to June 3rd at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles hotel in Chantilly, Virginia.
(RT.com) Every time …
U.S. Expelling Syrian Diplomats
By The CNN Wire Staff
The United States joins Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Britain, Canada, Australia in expelling Syrian diplomats Tuesday in a coordinated move …
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Nearly Half of Recent Vets Filing For Disability
Source: Associated Press
America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nat…
Quote of the Day
‘With President Obama’s campaign centering on the slogan “Forward” we wonder how many people would like to go backward?’
~ George Ure
Why Politicians Don’t Care That Much About Reelection
By Matt Stoller
“There was a kind of inflection point during the five-year period between 1997 and 2003 — the late Clinton and/or early Bush administration — when all the rules just went away…
Report from the Tamera Water Symposium
[Note from CAF: Special thanks to Leila Dregger and the team of journalists at Tamera who documented our discussions.]
The Second InternatIonal Water Symposium in Tamera, Portugal • April 27Th …
OWS Movement
By A Solari Subscriber
City of Las Cruces is cutting off utilities for the non payment of speed camera tickets.
[http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/37/3774.asp] In Phx 75k people refused to pay speed c…
Crowdfunding via Customers is The New Startup Capital
By Wil Schroter, Fundable
When the JOBS Act was signed in April, the startup community gave itself a collective high five. Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get …
Behind the Scenes
From Jim Sinclair from Harry Schulz [and said to be from Bob Chapman]
On May 14, Russia’s Prime Minister Medvedev delivered a speech at an international law conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, …
The U.S. Housing Crisis: Where Are Home Loans Underwater?
Source: Zillow
With U.S. home values falling by nearly 25% since peak in 2007, many homeowners are now underwater in their mortgages, meaning they owe more than their home is worth. Search our in…
Drugs, Oil, and War
By Peter Dale Scott
Preface
I delivered the following remarks at an anti-NATO conference held in Moscow on May 15, 2012. I was the only North American speaker at an all-day conference, having been…
Japan is Working Around EU/US Sanctions
By Jiji
The government is considering legislation that will allow it to effectively reinsure tankers carrying crude oil from Iran to Japan, sources said.
The legislation, if enacted, will allow Ja…
Money & Markets – Week of 5.27.12
Exclusive: Greek Power Regulator Warns of Energy Meltdown
Yahoo Finance (1 June 12)
The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families
GlobalResearch.ca(1 June 12)
America’s Most Unwanted
Slope of hope …
Precious Metals – Week of 5.27.12
Ross Norman – The Next BIG THING in Gold – Possible Purchase of 1700 Tonnes Gold
Sharps Pixley (June 2012)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.27.12
Keith Jurow: Prepare For The Coming Housing Collapse
Business Insider (30 May 12)
Fannie and Freddie: “Where the Money Went.”
Mortgage News Daily (24 May 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 5.27.12
Montreal Pots And Pans Video Of Protest Against Bill 78 Goes Viral
Huffington Post (29 May 12)
Report: Justice Dept. Tells Fla. to Stop Purging Voter Rolls
OnDeadline (31 May 12)
UK Supreme Court Ru…
Science & Technology – Week of 5.27.12
Wowhaus: Craft, Tiny Architecture & Back-to-land Home/Studio
YouTube
(21 May 12)
Surfing For Change: Is Nuclear REALLY Green?
YouTube
(28 May 12)
Life – Week of 5.27.12
Bishop Otis G. Clark, Survivor of 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, Dies at 109
Black Wallstreet (28 May 12)
Food & Health – Week of 5.27.12
NHS Ordered to End The ‘Killing Season’ When Patient Death Rate Jumps as Thousands of Graduate Doctors Start Work
DailyMail (28 May 12)
Health Bargain Hunters Use Websites to Cut Doctor Bills
Bloombe…
Wildcards – Week of 5.27.12
There’s Something Strange On The Moon
disinformation (15 May 12)
Honoring Memorial Day
Executive Mansion
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864
To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass.
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that …
Quinta da Faianca -Almocageme Sintra Portugal
While I was in Portugal, one of my Portuguese friends took me by his brother’s home for an early dinner. We watched the sunset across the Atlantic Ocean. It was truly beautiful.
It turns out his brot…
How Do I Find a Great Local Bank? – The Next Generation
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The Natural Gas Massacre Gets Bloodier
By testosteronepit
Wolf Richter
The plight of natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy could almost make you feel sorry for the board of directors and CEO Aubrey McClendon. He lost his chairmanship af…
Is the Earth a Sentient Living Organism?
Source: The Daily Galaxy via University of Maryland
New Study May Provide the Proof
Is the Earth a giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of …
Transcript of Let’s Go to the Movies II with Jon Rappoport Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s May 17, 2012 interview of Jon Rappoport and the review of their favorite documentaries is available to Subscribers!
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On Assignment
On Assignment: A Guide to Reporting in Dangerous Situations
In the early months of 2002, Wall Street Journalreporter Daniel Pearl was abducted and executed by his captors while pursuing a story abo…
Eurozone Debt Web: Who Owes What to Whom?
Source: Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank, UN Population Division
The circle below shows the gross external, or foreign, debt of some of the main players in the eurozone as well as …
My Conversation With Kickstarter Co-founder Perry Chen
By Om Malik
We are on the cusp of a big economic shift. I believe that the industrial era is coming to an end and Kickstarter just might be the most visible representation of that. When I look at K…
TED Talk on Inequality
Nick Hanauer
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The Organic Watergate: Alarming Report
By Common Dreams staff
Today, the Cornucopia Institute released a report titled The Organic Watergate revealing widespread corruption in the USDA’s organic food monitoring panel — the National Org…
JPMorgan vs Gold vs the Dow
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Source: Yahoo Finance
May 21, 2012
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Japanese Pension Fund Switches To Gold For First Time Ever
By Tyler Durden
China is now on its way to becoming the biggest source of gold demand, surpassing India, but more importantly as of hours ago, in a truly historic move, “Okayama Metal & Machine…
FDIC Sues on Mortgage-Backed Securities Sold to Banks
By Bob Van Voris
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued a group of banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Bank of America Securities and Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) in two…
Panic Like It’s March 2009
By Chris Puplava
The decline in bullish optimism towards stocks is usually associated with more severe declines than what we typically see and is likely a result of the chronic market volatility. For…
Community Banks Say Goodbye to SEC Registration
By Danielle Douglas
John Marshall Bank in Reston has de-registered its shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission, taking advantage of a provision in the JOBS Act permitting small banks to…
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“The fact is, California has been living beyond its means. The United States of America and its federal government has been living beyond its means. This is a day of reckoning and we have to take th…
Transcript of the 1st Quarter Wrap-up & Precious Metals Market Report Available to Subscribers
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Money & Markets – Week of 5.20.12
Fiscal Cliff, Debt Ceiling Cast Dark Cloud Over Market Outlook
Yahoo Finance (25 May 12)
JPMorgan Gave Risk Oversight to Museum Head Who Sat on AIG Board
Yahoo Finance (24 May 12)
The Scene From Gol…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.20.12
Most Underwater Homeowners Still Paying Mortgages
Yahoo Finance (24 May 12)
Geopolitical – Week of 5.20.12
Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in Canadian History
The 2012 Scenario (24 May 12)
Iran Nuclear Talks End With No Deal; New Meeting in June
The New York Times (24 May 12)
Electronic Voting Declared…
Science & Technology – Week of 5.20.12
Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth and the Future
Fairewinds (12 May 12)
IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips
Wired (22 May 12)
The Honeymoon Effect
Odewire (16 May 12)
Food & Health – Week of 5.20.12
French Ban of Monsanto GM Maize Rejected by EU
The Guardian (22 May 12)
The Fat Duck Reservation Experience
Protein (12 March 12)
Wildcards – Week of 5.20.12
Texas Puts More People in Treatment and Fewer People in Prison
Nola.com (20 May 12)
Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada’s (Native Peoples) Genocide
YouTube
(17 April 11)
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Canada’s Genocide (Documentary)
YouTube (7 Oct 11)