Break-ins Plague Targets of US Attorneys
By Larisa Alexandrovna, et al – TheRawstory.com (1 May 2008)
DC Madame Found Hanged
By Phil Cubeta – Gift Hub (1 May 2008)
How To Avoid Cons That Can Lead …

Sunspot Numbers – In 1610, shortly after viewing the sun with his new telescope, Galileo Galilei made the first European observations of Sunspots. Daily observations were started at the Zurich Observa…

Health Canada – Exposed: Is Your Health At Risk?
At Stop51.com

Health Canada – Exposed: Is Your Health At Risk?
At Stop51.com

Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions
At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008)
My Submission to the 2020 Summit
Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)
Moody’s Begins Downgrading AAA-Rate…

Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions
At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008)
My Submission to the 2020 Summit
Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)
Moody’s Begins Downgrading AAA-Rat…

Ecuador’s Mining Mandate
Aurelian’s English Translation
If You Want Silver, Not Paper, You Face a Premium
By Gene Arensberg – Resource Investor (21 Apr 2008)
Why Gold was Hacked Today – And How
…

India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food
From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008)
Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division
From The Associated Press (23 Apr 2008)…

India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food
From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008)
Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division
From The Associated Press (23 Apr 2008)…

Third NSA Source Confirms: Flight 93 Shot Down by Air Force Jet
By Wayne Madsen – OpEdNews.com (20 Apr 2008)

Local Heroes: 17 Year Old Columnist Fired For Telling Truth
By Mohamma Sagha – Democra…

Remarks by Catherine Austin Fitts
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. Conference
GATA Goes to Washington — Anybody Seen Our Gold?
Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
Saturday, A…

The stock-market guys say you have to reach a bottom before you can recover, and that a bottom is often signaled by the collapse of some big entity. Many people thought it was Bear Stearns Cos. In rea…

Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game
Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008)
Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck"
By Kevin Drawbaugh – Reut…

Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game
Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008)
Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck"
By Kevin Drawbaugh – Reut…

Bank of England to Take on Banks’ Loans to Help Mortgage Market
By Andrew Porter – London Telegraph (17 Apr 2008)

How Much Gold do Vietnamese Keep Under Their Pillows?
By Tuoi Tre – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (16 Apr 2008)
Why High Gold Prices Haven’t Led to More Production
By Fabrice Taylor – The Globe & Mai…

Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe
By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008)
U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef Imports
By Missy Ryan – Reuters (18 Apr 2008)
Cre…

Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe
By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008)
U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef Imports
By Missy Ryan – Reuters (18 Apr 2008)
Cre…

Why Shouldn’t We Be Bitter?
By Michael Winship – Truthout.org (16 Apr 2008)
Bridgette Bardot on Trial for Muslim Slur
By Thierry Leveque – Reuters (15 Apr 2008)
Cheney, Others OK’d Harsh Interrogat…

The Responsibility Project
From Liberty Mutual (16 Apr 2008)

The Triumph of the Big D
By Alexandra Anderson-Spivy – artnet.com (Apr 2008)

Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008)

G7 to Break Bread with Global Bankers By Greg Robb, MarketW…

Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008)

G7 to Break Bread with Global Bankers By Greg Robb, MarketW…

Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008)

The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson, Southwest Farm Press (10 Apr 2008)

Multi-Tasking Worse O…

Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008)

The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson, Southwest Farm Press (10 Apr 2008)

Multi-Tasking Worse O…

Do Satellite Photos Show Iran Ballistic Missile Facility?By Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor (11 Apr 2008)

The Unofficial Judge Alex Kozinski Site

Power to Build Border Fence Is Above U.S. L…

Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008)

Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters (22 Mar 2008)

MBIA’s B…

Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008)

Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters (22 Mar 2008)

MBIA’s B…

Gold Should Shake Off Any Sales by IMFBy Frank Tang, Reuters (08 Apr 2008)

China Would Buy Huge Stake in Mega-Miner BillitonBy Rowan Callick and Dennis Shanahan, The Australian (09 Apr 2008)

Will Is…

The Masai Warriors’ Guide to England By Andrew Pierce, The Telegraph (03 Apr 2008)

My Other Car is a Bright Green CityAlex Steffen, worldchanging.com (23 Jan 2008)

Coming Soon: Superfast InternetBy …

Money & Markets

Credit Crunch Fallout Could Drag on for Years, Lawyers WarnTimes Online (31 Mar 2008)
Overdue Consumer Debts Highest Since 1992, ABA Saysby Hugh Son, Bloomberg (03 Apr 2008)
T…

Money & Markets
The Sheltering Storm: Uncertainty on Section 8
By Matt Schwarzfeld – CityLimits.org (24 Mar 2008)
—~ Catherine’s comment: Are states and cities expected to vote Democratic in No…

Money & Markets

Federal Agencies Running on Fumes
By Richard Sammon – The Kiplinger Letter (19 Mar 2008)
Don’t Worry About An Audit
By Kevin McCormally – Kiplinger.com (21 Mar…

Money & Markets

US Home Defaults, Foreclosures Rise 60% in February
By Alan Mirabella & Sharon Lynch – Bloomberg.com (14 Mar 2008)
Dollar’s Clout Sinks Worldwide
By Alan Cl…

The New York Fed: The Discount Window

The Fed: The Scope of Monetary Policy Actions Authorized Under the Federal Reserve Act

—Thanks to The King Report for pointing these out.

Since 1996, the American economy has been experiencing a “pump and dump.” During the pump, players made profits from transactions as assets rose in value. While doing so, they and a variety of opinion…

Frozen in Grand Central Station
A video by Improv Everywhere
It’s been exactly four weeks since we posted our Frozen Grand Central mission. The response has been unbelievab…

Well, well, what do you know? The Wall Street Journal has just published an article on arguably the single most important reason the US housing bubble is bursting and the US stock market is going down…

Money & Markets

Follow the Trend
By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (29 Feb 2008)
Pennsylvania Student Loans Halted on Auction Failures
By Adam L. Cataldo – Bloomberg.com (27 …

A network member reports that their broker says that their right to
obtain certificates ends on March 13, 2008.

We can’t find the final proclamation, but here is what came up on at search at the Secu…

Dan Norcini makes a great point today in his article:

CCI Index Makes Another All Time High Making IMF Gold Suppression Attempts Even More Pointless
JSMineset.com (25 Feb 2008)

He says, essentially,…

Fidel Castro Steps Down as President of Cuba
By James C. McKinley, Jr. –
International Herald Tribune (19 Feb 2008)
Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he would step down as the president of Cuba, o…

Providence Miffed by Clear Channel Suit
Associated Press (17 Feb 2008)

Providence Equity Partners

Previous blog posts on this issue:
Update on Clear Channel (15 Feb 2008)

Who Will Control Coast-to…

The Other Way to Deal with the National Debt
By Bob Blain – The Progressive Review (June 1994)
The Guernsey Experience . . .

Guernsey is an island state located among the British Channel Islands abo…

Money & Markets

New Era Dawns for Rail Building
By Daniel Machalaba – Wall Street Journal (13 Feb 2008)
AIG Falls on Concern Losses My Have Been Understated
By Hugh Son &amp…

When I was Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner cleaning up the last housing and mortgage bubble bust, I used to have a deputy who said “FHA is where mortgages go to die.” That’…

My cousin Susan Blair Ross is a Broadway star. She is smart as a whip. She was the person who first suggested I move to Hickory Valley. I had absolutely no interest in Diane, Princess of Wales, until …

Money & Markets

Is Your City a Debt Trap? From Men’s Health

Nonborrowed Bank Reserves Go Negative ~
Data from the Federal Reserve Website
Wachovia Accused of Aiding Tele…

Money & Markets
Vote on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo ~ Lodge your opinion in this Wall Street Journal poll

Robert Rubin: What meltdown?
By Katie Benner – CNNMoney.com (31 Jan 2008)

MBIA Posts Bigge…

Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages
By Christopher Maag – New York Times (12 Jan 2008)

See City of Cleveland Press Release for a list of lenders.
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Money & Markets

You Should Be Wary of This Market Rebound
By John Crudele – New York Post (24 Jan 2008)
US Slides Into Dangerous 1930s ‘Liquidity Trap’
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard …

Money & Markets

FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data
By Owen Bowcott – The Guardian (15 Jan 2008)

Citigroup’s Hopes for Investment From Chinese Bank Hit a Snag
By Eric Dash – Int…

Life gets interesting when the lawyers willing to sue big banks grow in number.

Baltimore is Suing Over Foreclosure Crisis
By Gretchen Morgenson – New York Times (8 Jan 2008)

Lawyers’ fear of bein…

With thanks to “The King Report.”

Money & Markets

China is Quietly Revaluing its Currency
By Richard Spencer – London Telegraph (8 Jan 2008)
Baltimore is Suing Bank Over Foreclosure Crisis
By Gretchen Morgenson – …

Brilliant (and darling) investment newsletter writer Rob Kirby and I have been having a heated debate. He says that markets clear through price. I say they clear through force. At the heart of the deb…

Money & Markets

Venezuela Cuts Zeroes From Currency in Hope of Stalling InflationBy Jorge Rueda – Associated Press (1 Jan 2008)
Cyprus and Malta Adopt the Euro
By Menelaos Hadijicostis – A…

From: Privacy International

From: Privacy International

Money & Markets
Dollar’s Shares of Currency Reserves Falls to Record Low
By Christopher Swan – Bloomberg News (28 Dec 2007)

Exit U.S.
By Mike Muehleck posted by Eric Fry – the Rude Awakening (2…

In 1984, I gave away my television after overhearing a conversation about the subliminal programing and entrainment technology being rolled out to manage public opinion through television. Not being s…

In 1984, I gave away my television after overhearing a conversation about the subliminal programing and entrainment technology being rolled out to manage public opinion through television. Not being s…

It’s Catherine’s birthday today!

Money & Markets

China Takes 10% Stake in Morgan Stanley to Cover Junk Mortgages
By Joseph A. Giannone – Reuters (19 Dec 2007)

Credit Crisis Hits Top US Bond Insurer
By Stephen Bernard – Asso…

The Checklist
If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do?
By Atul Gawande – The New Yorker (10 Dec 2007)
“If a new drug were as effective at saving lives as Peter Pronovo…

One of the newsletters that I use as an excellent predictor of what the Tapeworm will do next (in the rah-rah Tapeworm mode) says that state and local governments are going to plug their deficits with…

One of the newsletters that I use as an excellent predictor of what the Tapeworm will do next (in the rah-rah Tapeworm mode) says that state and local governments are going to plug their deficits with…

Someone just asked me for a comment on a Presidential candidate’s policies to reform the sub-prime mortgage market. Here are the items I suggested.
1. Return currency issuance to the US Treasury;

2. …

Money & Markets
Citigroup to Consolidate Seven SIVs on Balance Sheet
By Shannon D. Harrington & Elizabeth Hester – Bloomberg News (13 Dec 2007)

World Bankers Resort to Firebreak
By Ambrose Evans-…

Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007)
The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when he wrote “For God hath not given us the spirit of f…

Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007)
The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when he wrote “For God hath not given us the spirit of f…

Money & Markets

Top hedge Fund blow-up news and commentary

Britain’s Rate Cut Opens Gulf With European Central Bank
By Chris Giles & Ralph Atkins – Financial Times, London (6 Dec 2007)

Top CD…

Pentagon Poised to Resume Open Air Weapons Testing
By Sherwood Ross (4 Dec 2007)

Burma: Junta Charges Monks’ Leader With Treason
By Terry Evans (3 Dec 2007)

New Zealand One of the World’s Simplest…

Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture
The Doing Business Project

Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture
The Doing Business Project

Montana, Connecticut Hold Downgraded by Moody’s
By David Evans – Bloomberg.com (3 Dec 2007)
Montana and Connecticut state-run investment pools hold debt tainted by the subprime mortgage collapse whose…

Montana, Connecticut Hold Downgraded by Moody’s
By David Evans – Bloomberg.com (3 Dec 2007)
Montana and Connecticut state-run investment pools hold debt tainted by the subprime mortgage collapse whose…

Read the first story, published by CounterPunch:

CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces
By James Petras – CounterPunch (28 Nov 2007)

Then read this story from today’s New York Times (top of fol…

Money & Markets
E*Trade Gets Help From Citadel [Must subscribe to read full article.]
By Susanne Craig, et al – Wall Street Journal (29 Nov 2007)

China’s Hong Kong Pilot Stock Plan Will Proceed, …

Update from Kiva on my current loan . . .

Francisco is doing well. He is working hard at both of his businesses everyday. He has finished all payments on his first loan despite a huge setback; he …

Money & Markets

Dollar to Fade, Not Fly, From Scene as Gulf Reforms
By Daliah Merzaban – Reuters (21 Nov 2007)

The Currency Manipulation Follies, Chapter Umpteen
By Peter Garnham – Financial Ti…

Money & Markets
Belgian Treasury Promises No Default
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Nov 2007)

Fund Managers Hold Nerve Despite Fears
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegra…

Globally human populations are growing, trade is increasing, and living standards are rising for many. But, according to the UN’s latest Global Environment Outlook report, long-term problems includi…

Shock Doctrine’s Shocking Short Shrift
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power

New York’s $25,000 Dessert Sets Guinness Record
By Vivianne Rodrigues – Reuters (7 Nov 2007)

The Witches’ Brew of 19…

Compelled Iraq Duty Angers US Envoys
From Associated Press (1 Nov 2007)

My Nobel Moment
By John R. Christy – Wall Street Journal (1 Nov 2007)

CitiGroup Calls Emergency Board Meeting
By Damian Reece …

Consumers Face Record Heating-Oil Bills
By Ana Campoy – Wall Street Journal (24 Oct 2007)

Russia To Control Food Prices [Register to View Full Article]
By Neil Buckley & Javier Blas – Financial Time…

Scenes From the Fringe
By Russ Alan Prince – Private Wealth (5 Aug 2007)

New VNR Catches Prove the Fake TV News Problem Continues
Press Release: Center for Media & Democracy (11 Oct 2007)

Al Gore’s …

Carney, Former Goldman Banker, To Head Bank of Canada
By Greg Quinn & Theophilos Argitis – Bloomberg.com (4 Oct 2007)

Francis Ford Coppola’s Laptop Stolen
By New York Daily News Staff (28 Sep 200…

Treasury Department Simulating Bank Runs
By Martin Crustinger – Associated Press (4 Oct 2007)

The Martyrdom of Burma’s Marching Monks
By Rev. John Dear – CommonDreams.org (4 Oct 2007)

El-Erian Will …

Gallup: Trust in Federal Government, On Nearly All Issues, Hits New Low — Even Less Than in Watergate Era
From Editor & Publisher (27 Sep 2007)

Who Owned Drug Plane that Crashed in Mexico?
By Jay Ro…

Paulson: US to Hit Debt Limit October 1
By Martin Crutsiinger – AP Economics Writer (19 Sep 2007)

Mud City Press – Securing Global Food Resources

Not Guilty! Hung Jury! 189 IRS Counts Bits the Dust…

Central Bank Split Over Credit Squeeze
By Chris Giles & Gillian Tett – Financial Times, London (12 Sep 2007)

Fed Believed To Be Considering Unconventional Tools for Bailouts
By Krishna Guha – Financi…

OECD Calls for US Rate Cut To Ward Off Crisis
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (6 Sep 2007)

Compendium on Subprime Crisis
London Telegraph (Sep 2007)

Housing Layoffs
From MarketWatch

A…

Schwab Sells Majority of His Position on Aug 15, 2007
At Yahoo Finance (28 Aug 2007)

Judge Allows Saddam Link in Wyatt Oil Trial
By Christiane Kearney – Washington Post (30 Aug 2007)

Save Sharehol…

Highly Recommended ~ How the White House Drowned New Orleans
By Greg Palast (23 Aug 2007)

Now Russia’s Banks May Be in Trouble
By Catherine Belton – Financial Times, London (23 Aug 2007)

Russian G…