Money & Markets – Week of 1.1.12
China 2012: The Year of the Bull (Rogers) or the Bear (Chanos)?
Wall Street Pit (9 Jan 12)
Half The World’s Richest 1% Live in the United States
Yahoo Finance (4 Jan 11)
On Eve of $41 Billion MF Glo…
Precious Metals – Week of 1.1.12
Grandich Raises Gold Challenge to $2 Million
The Wall Street Journal (30 Dec 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 1.1.12
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Geopolitical – Week of 1.1.12
The Elite’s Military Problem
The Daily Bell (6 Jan 12)
No Longer the Land of Opportunity
The Washington Post (3 Jan 12)
YouTube
(3 Jan 12)
America is an Insecure Empire with Catherine Austin Fitts…
Science & Technology – Week of 1.1.12
Analysis of Stratfor Site Breach Reveals Weak Passwords, Poor Enforcement
eWeek (4 Jan 12)
“Zombie” Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees
Reader Supported News (4 Jan 12)
UrtheCast Web Platform Demo
UrtheC…
Life – Week of 1.1.12
Echolilia
National Geographic (Jan 2012)
Food & Health – Week of 1.1.12
13 Foods That Fight Pain
Dr. Akilah (8 Dec 11)
Top 10 Ways To Stay Healthy This Winter
care2 (28 Dec 11)
Will Organic Farmers See Their Day in Court?
Voxy.co.nz (31 Dec 11)
Back To Eden
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Wildcards – Week of 1.1.12
Ukraine Raises $788m for Chernobyl Dome
Aljazeera (19 April 11)
YouTube
(1 Jan 12)
Workshop Invitation – November 8 and 9, 2014 – Palo Alto, CA
“How do I Live a Free and Inspired Life,
and Help Others do the Same,
Despite the Big Breakaway Civilization
Pink Elephant in the Room?”
Saturday, November 8, 2014, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
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Quote du Jour
There’s no need to worry, the times dictate a plan
Mother Earth’s given birth to a brand new man
Sister I know you’re misunderstood
But hold on to your man ’cause the future looks good
It’s a new …
Clouded Title: The Gross Illegality of MERS
By Barry Ritholtz
“What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind t…
The History of Superinsulated Houses in North America
By Martin Holladay, GBA Advisor
Several GBA readers have requested a copy of a presentation I gave at the recent annual meeting of the British Columbia Building Envelope Council in Vancouver. The p…
Transcript of Catherine’s 12.15.11 Interview of Peter Dale Scott Available to Subscribers
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China Begins Using New Global Positioning Satellite “Big Dipper”
By Reuters
Beijing (Reuters) – China took a further step on Tuesday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services with the start of trial operations…
The Myth of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’
By Eamonn Fingleton
Tokyo, Japan — In this slot a few days ago I posed some historical questions that, judging by the email I have been receiving, have perplexed a lot of readers.
Let me now f…
The Watchdogs That Didn’t Bark
By Scot Paltrow
Four years after the banking system nearly collapsed from reckless mortgage lending, federal prosecutors have stayed on the sidelines, even as judges around the country are pointing…
James Koutoulas Explains Why JP Morgan’s Involvement In MF Global Is Suspicious
By Lisa Du
James Koutoulas, one of the founders of the Commodity Customer Coalition—which represents the interests of over 8,000 MF Global customers, was just on CNBC to talk about the recent blitz…
Judge: Iran, Taliban, al Qaeda liable for 9/11
People walk over the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001.
By The Associated Press
(AP) New York – A federal judge has si…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.25.11
Princeton Brews Trouble for Us 1 Percenters: Michael Lewis
Bloomberg (29 Dec 11)
Why America’s Financial Future Is Far Better Than Europe’s
24/7 Wall St. (28 Dec 11)
Public Pension Holdings Tak…
Precious Metals – Week of 12.25.11
Keynote Speech At Sydney Gold Symposium 14-15 November 2011 By Alf Field
Jim Sinclair Mineset (14 Nov 11)
A Run On The Global Banking System—How Close Are We?
Gonzalo Lira (27 Dec 11)
Answering Yo…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.25.11
Survey: Home Prices Down in Most Major U.S. Cities
USA Today (27 Dec 11)
Firms Give U.S. Plans to Rent Seized Homes
Bloomberg (27 Dec 11)
Housing Slump Was Deeper
The Wall Street Journal (23 Dec 11)…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.25.11
Romney, Paul Lead Ahead of Iowa Caucus
The Slate (28 Dec 11)
Cyber War Against U.S. – China Involved In “The Greatest Transfer of Wealth In the History of the World”
SHTFplan.com (22 Dec 11)
F…
Science & Technology – Week of 12.25.11
Anonymous Stratfor Hack: Public Supporters Of Company Also At Risk
Huffington Post (27 Dec 11)
‘Anonymous’ Hacking Network Attacks US Security Think Tank Stratfor, Promises More Targets
Newser (25 De…
Life – Week of 12.25.11
Man Builds Fairy Tale Home for His Family – For Only £3,000
Gaia Health (21 Dec 11)
Some Things We Can Do…
Simon Dale (Dec 2011)
YouTube
(18 Nov 11)
Would Anyone Miss You?
Dreams of a Life
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Food & Health – Week of 12.25.11
Southern Wisconsin Vegetable Workshop – Feb 7, 2012
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Fatty Foods Addictive as Cocaine in Growing Body of Science
Bloomberg (2 Nov 11)
Monsanto’s GM Corn Link…
Wildcards – Week of 12.25.11
Kim’s 2-Day Funeral Begins
Newser (28 Dec 11)
The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You Probably Used for Your Holiday Shopping
AlterNet (23 Dec 11)
Silver Gold Calculator for Android Available! Are You Ready for “JUST DO IT” Currency?
Announcing the Silver Gold Calculator Android application from Solari and The Moneychanger .
We’ve taken the popular Apple application and made it into an application available to Android device user…
The Piano Guys
Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) – Steven Sharp Nelson
YouTube
(19 Dec 11)
Response to Charles Eisenstein’s Critique of THRIVE
By Foster Gamble
Charles Eisenstein, the author of Sacred Economics, has written an article,”Synchronicity, Myth and the New World Order”, and a critique of THRIVE: What on Earth Will It Take? , …
Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced Blueprints For Civilization
By TED and The Huffington Post
Watch Open Source Ecology Founder Marcin Jakubowski discuss the prospects for an open source, do it yourself civilization. Then read Isaiah Saxon’s follow-up blog post …
The Truth About Wealth
Illustration by M.K. Perker
By Robert Frank
Who says the rich always get richer?
Despite heated rhetoric emanating from politicians and pundits, the top 1% is hardly a fixed group that enjoys consi…
Nevada Attorney General Sues Lender Processing Services for Fraud
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The Book of Jobs
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
It has now been almost five years since the bursting of the housing bubble, and four years since the onset of the recession. There are 6.6 million fewer jobs in the United Sta…
CME in Talks to Enter China Derivatives Market
By Reuters
CME Group Inc., operator of the world’s leading energy, grains and precious metals markets, is in talks with China’s securities regulator to enter the mainland’s financial derivati…
Old Answers to the New Atheism: An Interview with Peter Hitchens
By Peter Hitchens
TT: What is the major failure of Christian education in the modern West?
PH: Its lack of poetry. The abandonment of the great poetic text of the King James Bible (and of the Boo…
Anonymous Donors Pay Off Kmart Layaway Accounts
By Margery A. Beck
Maha, Neb. (AP) — The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.
He asked to pay so…
Carlson School of Management Flash Mob, Deck the Halls
YouTube
(30 Nov 11)
Lesta Frank Watercolors
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
This year, our clients and team members are receiving watercolors painted by Lesta Frank fo…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.18.11
U.S. Faces Fitch AAA Downgrade By End of 2013 Unless Deficit Cuts Made
Bloomberg (21 Dec 11)
Biggest Tax Stories of 2011
SmartMoney (21 Dec 11)
US Tax “Ultimatum” has Swiss Banks Sweating
swissi…
Precious Metals – Week of 12.18.11
Gold to Drop in Q1, Far From Retesting Record High: Reuters Poll
Reuters (18 Dec 11)
Charlatan Exposed: Negative Gold Lease Rates
Metal Augmentor(13 Dec 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.18.11
SEC Sues Former Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Execs
Los Angeles Times (17 Dec 11)
Headwinds for Housing
Chris Martenson.com (12 Dec 11)
Geopolitical – Week of 12.18.11
McConnell Calls for House GOP to Cave on Pay Roll Extension
The Slate (22 Dec 11)
Eliot Spitzer: Our Rallying Cry Should Be, “We Own Wall Street and We Can Stop Corporate America’s Worst Behavior.”
A…
Food & Health – Week of 12.18.11
Raw Dairies Everywhere Can Learn An Important Lesson from OPDC: Turn Your Customers Into Warriors
The Complete Patient (18 Dec 11)
Orange Juice’s ‘Secret’ Flavor Packet Surprises Some Moms
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Science & Technology – Week of 12.18.11
Amazing Green Building Looks Like It’s Made of String
grist (12 Dec 11)
Strange Nuclear Waste Lint Might be “Biological in Nature”
The Augusta Chronicle (16 Dec 11)
Wildcards – Week of 12.18.11
A Vandalized Valley
National Review Online (21 Dec 11)
Evacuation Plan for Brits in Spain Amid Warning Euro Collapse Could Leave Them Stranded
Mirror (19 Dec 11)
Vaclav Havel, Czech Leader and Playw…
The Biggest Company You’ve Never Heard of…
YouTube
By Nina Bernstein
The men showed up in a small town in Australia’s outback early last year, offering top dollar for all available lodgings. Within days, their company, Serco, was flying i…
Kauffman’s Hottest Research and Video Topics in 2011
By Barbara Pruitt
Kauffman’s most popular content this year discovered a “jobs leak,” illustrated entrepreneurs’ contributions and recommended policy reforms for growth.
(Kansas City, Mo.), Dec. 1…
Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas Time
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Quote du Jour
“Nothing astonishes men so much as much as common sense and plain dealing”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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IRS Releases Guidance on Foreign Financial Asset Reporting
By IRS
Washington—The Internal Revenue Service in coming days will release a new information reporting form that taxpayers will use starting this coming tax filing season to report specified fo…
Peter Dale Scott on Deep Politics and the War Machine
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Transcript of The 12.08.11 Precious Metals Market Report Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s December 8, 2011 interview of Franklin Sanders on the Precious Metals Market Report is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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Payroll Tax Cut and Spending Bill Stall in Senate, Raising Threat of Shutdown
By Rosalind S. Helderman
Negotiations over how to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans and avoid a government shutdown this weekend ground to a halt Wednesday after a standoff in…
Census Data: Half of U.S. Poor or Low Income
The St. Columbanus Church food pantry in Chicago feeds 500 households a week, but some weeks it struggles to keep up with demand. (CBS)
By CBS
Washington – Squeezed by rising living costs, a record …
Regulators Know Where MF Global Funds Went
Corzine is sworn in to testify about MF Global’s bankruptcy before a US senate committee in Washington, December 8, 2011.
By Christopher Doering
Regulators now have a more complete picture of mon…
SOPA: Washington Vs. The Web
By Ryan Grim
Washington — A month ago, Google lobbyist Katherine Oyama absorbed one of the more unusual congressional tongue-lashings in years when she appeared before a hearing of the House Judi…
Cities, States Pushed on Financial Projections
By Michael Corkery
Cities and states would be required to release projections of cash flows and pension costs five years into the future under a proposed financial-reporting rule due to be released…
HSBC Sues MF Global Over $850,000 of Gold
HSBC Holdings plc is a public limited company incorporated in England in 1990, and headquartered in London since 1993.
By Linda Sandler and Tiffany Kary
An HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) unit sued the MF…
Crony Capitalism
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Victorian Mill Town Growing ALL its Own Vegetables
By Vincent Graff
Admittedly, it sounds like the most foolhardy of criminal capers, and one of the cheekiest, too.
Outside the police station in the small Victorian mill town of Todmorden, West Yor…
Bernanke’s Obfuscation Continues
The Fed’s $29 Trillion Bail-out of Wall Street
By L. Randall Wray
Table 1- Cumulative facility totals, in billions
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Money & Markets – Week of 12.11.11
$29,000,000,000,000: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s Bailout by Funding Facility and Recipient
Levy Institute | December 2011
$29,000,000,000,000: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s Bailout of the Finan…
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.11.11
Inflated Home Sales Figures From 2007-10 to be Lowered
USA Today (12 Dec 11)
Geopolitical – Week of 12.11.11
Most U.S. Unemployed No Longer Receive Benefits
CBS News (5 Nov 11)
U.K. Said to Face Derivatives-Law Setback After EU Summit Clash
Bloomberg (15 Dec 11)
Putin Defends Election Result, Blames West
Y…
Food & Health – Week of 12.11.11
If You Go to Church, Heed This Warning
Mercola (6 Dec 11)
Rootworms Defy Monsanto and Eat Away at GMO Corn in U.S. Midwest
Natural News.com (5 Sep 11)
E.P.A. Links Tainted Water in Wyoming to Hydrau…
Life – Week of 12.11.11
Married Couples at a Record Low
The Washington Post (14 Dec 11)
Science & Technology – Week of 12.11.11
Google to Launch Siri Rival for Android
Forbes (15 Dec 11)
Shock as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas
Common Dreams (14 Dec 11)
Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants o…
Wildcards – Week of 12.11.11
1,500 Birds Die Crashing Into Utah Parking Lot, Roads
Los Angeles times (14 Dec 11)
Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn’t a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court–Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her
Seattl…
Quote du Jour
“The Natural Law will prevail regardless of man-made laws, tribunals, and governments.”
— Traditional Circle of Elders, NAVAJO-HOPI Joint Use Area
Hopi Mythology
Wikipedia
Cameron Negotiates U.K.’s Isolation in EU
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron
By Gonzalo Vina and Rebecca Christie
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain refused to sacrifice sovereignty to save the euro, remaining outside an agreement by …
A C.E.O.’s Moral Stand
By D. Michael Lindsay
It seems that every week we hear of a C.E.O. who earned millions from a golden parachute after demonstrating poor business judgment or cutting thousands of jobs with no financ…
Bernie Sanders F***** Up Big Time
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Precious Metals Market Report – 12.8.11
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Transcript of Catherine’s 12.01.11 Interview of Foster Gamble Available to Subscribers
A transcript of Catherine’s December 1, 2011 interview of Foster Gamble and discussion of the new film Thrive is now available to Solari Report Subscribers!
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MF Global and The Great Wall St Re-hypothecation Scandal
By Christopher Elias (UK)
(Business Law Currents) A legal loophole in international brokerage regulations means that few, if any, clients of MF Global are likely to get their money back. Although…
MF Global Woes Ripple Into Heartland
CEO Jon Corzine, center, at MF Global last year: A Senate panel Thursday grilled regulators about how loopholes let farmers’ commodity trades end up in risky bonds.
More than 100 Minnesota farmers…
More Than Just Digital Quilting
Technology and society: The “maker” movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution
By The Economist
The scene in the park sur…
Black Friday 2011 Set Gun Sales Record
By Herald Online
Thousands of Americans will be finding guns in their Christmas stockings this year, after the biggest one-day buy-up on record.
Black Friday set the biggest one-day record of back…
BP Says Halliburton ‘Intentionally Destroyed Evidence’ After Gulf Oil Spill
Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico.
By Vivian Kuo
BP is accusing Halliburton of having “intentionally destroyed evidence” re…
$2 trillion Sunstorm Coming, NASA Warns
From Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin
The U.S. is becoming increasingly aware and concerned about the possibility within a few years of an electromagnetic pulse attack from an enemy’s high-altitude nuclea…
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Christmastime in Vienna
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This Saturday I traveled by train from Zurich through Salzburg to Vienna.
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After checking into my hotel, I wandered through the Christmas market next to the W…
Quote du Jour
“The Lord’s prayer contains 70 words, the Ten Commandments 297, the American Declaration of Independence 1,300 and the Common Market Directive on the export of duck eggs 26,911.”
~ Michael Nield fro…
Claim: Clinton Collected $50K Per Month From MF Global
William J. Clinton (left) and Jon S. Corzine
By Neil W. McCabe
A former MF Global employee accused former president William J. Clinton of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory fi…
A Banker Speaks, With Regret
By Nicholas D. Kristopf
If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and othe…
Shock Waves From MF Global Collapse Felt on Farms
By Steve Karnowski Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS—The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and ag…
Who Owns This Mess?
Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist who made enough money in Europe to retire before he was 40. Instead he began studying what makes some countries rich and keeps others poor. His advocacy for f…
The Spirit of Enterprise
By David Brooks
Why are nations like Germany and the U.S. rich? It’s not primarily because they possess natural resources — many nations have those. It’s primarily because of habits, values a…
Radiation From Cell Phones and WiFi Are Making People Sick — Are We All at Risk?
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By Christopher Ketcham
We are now exposed to electromagnetic radio frequencies 24 hours a day. Welcome to the largest human experiment ever.
Consider this sto…
The Theory of Everything (else)
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Money & Markets – Week of 12.4.11
Marcy Kaptur: Financial Fraud 12-7-11
YouTube (7 Dec 11)
Warren Buffett Wants Farmer Son to Succeed Him
MarketWatch (9 Dec 11)
Analysis: China Factory Unrest Flares as Global Economy Slows
Reuters …
Precious Metals – Week of 12.4.11
Macquarie Research: Indians Carry Gold Worth Over $950B
IBTimes Gold (5 Dec 11)
Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.4.11
Investor Sees Huge Cost to Settle Mortgage Mess
Reuters (6 Dec 11)
Geopolitical – Week of 12.4.11
MF Global’s Corzine Tells Congress: I Don’t Know Where the Money Is
AdvisorOne (8 Dec 11)
Euro Rescue Deal Limited to 17-EU Countries and With a March Deadline
MercoPress (9 Dec 11)
Los Angeles …
Food & Health – Week of 12.4.11
Sellers of Weight Loss Aid Warned
azcentral.com (6 Dec 11)
YouTube
(30 Nov 11)
Japan Expands Rice Ban as Contamination Spreads
Bloomberg (7 Dec 11)
YouTube
(4 Dec 11)
Wi-Fi in Schools is Safe. T…
Life – Week of 12.4.11
YouTube
(29 Nov 11)
Science & Technology – Week of 12.4.11
Return of The Human Computers
The Economist (3 Dec 11)
Warning: High Frequency
Earth Island Journal (Dec 2011)
Wildcards – Week of 12.4.11
Aunt Midge Not Dying in Hospice Reveals $14B Market
Bloomberg (6 Dec 11)
Former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn Dies
thestar.com (5 Dec 11)
Quote du Jour
“He who attempts to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity to love will not have anything to give others. He wi…