Money & Markets – Week of 12.28.08
IMF Agrees $2.5bn For Belarus
Telegraph.co.uk (01 Jan 2009)
Japan’s Bonds May Post First Loss Since 2003 as Debt Sales Rise
Bloomberg (02 Jan 2009)
Money Flows Out Of Hedge Funds At Record Rate
F…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.28.08
Russia-Ukraine Gas Row Heats Up
News.bbc.co.uk (31 Dec 2008)
Bush Signs Pension Relief Bill Into Law
Reuters (30 Dec 2008)
Pakistan Moves Troops To Indian Border
Financial Times (30 Dec 2008)
IDF …
Food & Health – Week of 12.28.08
Chinese Drywall Causes Problems on Florida’s Treasure Coast
TCPalm.com (24 Dec 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 12.28.08
Chinese Drywall Causes Problems on Florida’s Treasure Coast
TCPalm.com (24 Dec 2008)
Life – Week of 12.28.08
How We Went From $42,000 To $6,500 And Lived To Tell About It!
CountrySide (31 Dec 2008)
Gallup: Americans See Religious Influence Waning
USA Today (29 Dec 2008)
Helen Fisher: The Science of Love, a…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.21.08
Using Your Credit Cards and Other Depression Survival Tactics
lewrockwell.com (17 Dec 2008)
Ecuador Defaults, Says to Fight “Monster” Creditors
Reuters (12 Dec 2008)
America’s Total Debt Report: $53…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.21.08
Using Your Credit Cards and Other Depression Survival Tactics
lewrockwell.com (17 Dec 2008)
Ecuador Defaults, Says to Fight “Monster” Creditors
Reuters (12 Dec 2008)
America’s Total Debt Report: $53…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.21.08
Israel Strikes Demolish Hamas Compounds, Kill 192
Truthout (27 Dec 2008)
Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source in 2008
PewResearchCenter (23 Dec 08)
CIA Using Viagra to Bribe Afghan Warlords
…
2008: Looking Back
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The Solari Report – 26 Dec 2008
The global financial bubble burst in 2008 — and that’s a good thing. It means that the bubble economy will …
Life – Week of 12.21.08
Electric Drag Racing
Oregon Public Broadcasting
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
NY Times (26 Dec 2008)
Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.21.08
Home Foreclosures and Taxes
kiplinger.com (18 Dec 2008)
New Rules on Home-Sale Profits
kiplinger.com (17 Dec 2008)
New Tax Breaks for Homeowners
kiplinger.com (15 Dec 2008)
Precious Metals – Week Of 12.21.08
Venezuela to Seize Gold Concessions as Oil Falls
Yahoo Finance (27 Dec 2008)
Positive Carry
Kitco.com (09 Dec 2008)
GoldDrivers 2009 – Extraordinary Bullish Outlook for Gold
Goldseek.com (23 Dec 2…
In Hoc Anno Domini
Vermont Royster’s Christmas message of 1949 has been republished by the Wall Street Journal every Christmas since. As I can not think of a more beautiful way to celebrate the birth and life of Christ…
Food & Health – Week Of 12.21.08
Dam Breach in Tennessee Releases Tsunami of Toxic Coal Sludge
Solve Climate (23 Dec 2008)
Food & Health – Week Of 12.21.08
Dam Breach in Tennessee Releases Tsunami of Toxic Coal Sludge
Solve Climate (23 Dec 2008)
This Week’s Solari Report: Traditional Portfolio Strategy
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The Solari Report – 18 Dec 2008
It is difficult for me to express how upset I am …
Quote du Jour
What we’re witnessing isn’t finance or investment as usual. We’re watching a shift to a managed economic structure, where government officials determine who will live and who will die. It’s a shift fr…
Look Out Below?
The U.S. Dollar just took a nose dive….
Monsanto’s Destruction of Seed Cleaners
Monsanto’s Destruction of Seed Cleaners and the Immense Threat to Human Access to Seeds
Monsanto's Destruction of Seed Cleaners
Monsanto’s Destruction of Seed Cleaners and the Immense Threat to Human Access to Seeds
Would You Invest With Someone Named “Made-Off?”
Bernie Madoff on the Modern Stock Market
I have started and managed several small businesses. It is hard to run one set of books for a small business. There are other people involved — not just the…
Would You Invest With Someone Named "Made-Off?"
Bernie Madoff on the Modern Stock Market
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I have started and managed several small businesses. It is hard to run one set of books for a small business. There are other people involved — not…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.14.08
UAW Busting, Southern Style
Truthout (18 Dec 2008)
Obama Names Insider to Commodities Post
The New York Times (18 Dec 2008
Toronto Stock Exchange Suffers Daylong Trading Halt (Update3)
Bloomberg (1…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.14.08
UAW Busting, Southern Style
Truthout (18 Dec 2008)
Obama Names Insider to Commodities Post
The New York Times (18 Dec 2008
Toronto Stock Exchange Suffers Daylong Trading Halt (Update3)
Bloomberg (1…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.14.08
US Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare, FM3-05.130
wikileaks.org
Jesse Ventura: CIA Embedded in Every State Government
Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing F…
Precious Metals – Week of 12.14.08
People Used to Buy Certificates — Now They Want Physical Gold
GATA / Reuters (17 Dec 2008)
More on Gold Backwardation
James Turk (12 Dec 2008)
Food & Health – Week of 12.14.08
FDA Stuns Scientists, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers!
Natural News (17 Dec 2008)
Horrifying New Disease Contains Identical Material to GM “Food”
sott.net…
Food & Health – Week of 12.14.08
FDA Stuns Scientists, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers!
Natural News (17 Dec 2008)
Horrifying New Disease Contains Identical Material to GM “Food”
sott.net…
Life – Week Of 12.14.08
A Giant Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field
NASA (16 Dec 2008)
World’s First Refrigerated Beach To Be Built Next To Luxury Hotel In Dubai
Mail Online (17 Dec 2008)
Bloomberg v. The Fed
I have been searching for updates on Bloomberg’s lawsuit seeking disclosure of collateral held by the Fed in exchange for a trillion plus in loans. Kudo’s to Bloomberg’s Mark Pittman for his coverage …
The Solari Report: Dec. 11 Resources
In our December 11 Solari Report, we discussed several of these resources:
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein’s outstanding book explaining the intentional use of violence and torture as part of the ec…
Quotes du Jour
In the 1930s, it was not obvious to people living through debt deflation that their world was coming apart. The crisis came in pulses, each followed by months of apparent normality – like today. The…
Slow Burn or Crash?
One of the most important financial questions on my mind these days is “What is the end game for the ‘strong dollar policy’?”
As members of the economics team who engineered this policy in the mid-…
Firefighters and Sheriffs v. Bob Rubin et. al.
The Minneapolis Firefighters and the Southern Louisiana Sheriffs have taken on CitiGroup and the Citi board and underwriters. It’s one thing to put up with the New World Order bankrupting your local c…
Quote du Jour
“Why does Goldman Sachs run your government? What’s wrong with America is that it’s run by investment bankers, mostly from the same bank. How can Americans stand for it? Is Barack Obama from Goldman…
Bank of America to Politicians: Your Deposits or Else!
So the Governor of Illinois decides to pull the plug on Bank of America:
Illinois Governor Cuts off Bank of America After Chicago Factory-Worker Sit-In
And look what happens:
Illinois Governor Ar…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.08
‘Broken Strategy’: The Fall of Legendary Investor Bill Miller
Yahoo Finance (11 Dec 2008)
Swiss May Have to Print Money to Stave Off Deflation
GATA / The Telegraph (11 Dec 2008)
Is the Fed Taking th…
Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.08
‘Broken Strategy’: The Fall of Legendary Investor Bill Miller
Yahoo Finance (11 Dec 2008)
Swiss May Have to Print Money to Stave Off Deflation
GATA / The Telegraph (11 Dec 2008)
Is the Fed Taking th…
Precious Metals – Week of 12.07.08
Backwardation: Facts From Fiction
Goldseek.com (08 Dec 2008)
Fear Triggers Gold Shortage, Drives Treasury Yields Below Zero
gata.org (10 Dec 2008)
Commodity Crash Tests Faith in Supercycle
The Teleg…
Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.08
The Case for Fraud: All-American Business Enterprise
It’s My Take (21 Nov 2008)
The Case for Fraud: Our “Prison Industry”
It’s My Take (26 Nov 2008)
The Case for Fraud: “HUD is a Sewer”
It’s My …
Food & Health – Week of 12.07.08
Urban Farming Food Chain
urbanfarming.org
The Famine Of 2009
silverbearcafe.com
Last Minute Rulemaking by Bush USDA Threatens Organic Farmers
MarketWatch (03 Dec 2008)
Swat Team Conducts Food Raid …
Food & Health – Week of 12.07.08
Urban Farming Food Chain
urbanfarming.org
The Famine Of 2009
silverbearcafe.com
Last Minute Rulemaking by Bush USDA Threatens Organic Farmers
MarketWatch (03 Dec 2008)
Swat Team Conducts Food Raid …
Life – Week of 12.07.08
In Lean Times, SoCal Residents Trade Guns For Food
The Washington Post (08 Dec 2008)
How to Unplug From The Grid
newscientist.com (03 Dec 2008)
The Solari Report: Dec. 11
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The Solari Report – 11 Dec 2008
As I mentioned in an e-mail to the Solari network, I’ve been struck by the questions I’m getting from friends,…
Critical Issues Not Addressed in the Bailout
On December 2, the US Congress’ investigative arm — the GAO — criticized the Treasury Department’s handling of the $700 billion bailout program:
Read the story on truthout.org
We Ask Your Prayers
This photograph shows me being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Housing by Jack Kemp in 1989. My dear friend, Georgie LaRue, is holding the Bible.
Today, I am sitting with Georgie in Pennyslvania…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.08
‘Ponzi Scheme’ at Citi: Suit Slams Rubin
NY Post (4 Dec 2008)
ECB Cuts Rates to 2.5% and Mulls ‘Printing Money’
GATA / The Telegraph (4 Dec 2008)
China Urges U.S. to Counter Crisis, Prepares for ‘…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.08
‘Ponzi Scheme’ at Citi: Suit Slams Rubin
NY Post (4 Dec 2008)
ECB Cuts Rates to 2.5% and Mulls ‘Printing Money’
GATA / The Telegraph (4 Dec 2008)
China Urges U.S. to Counter Crisis, Prepares for ‘…
Give Mint Oil for Xmas
I just got my box of mint oil drams from Crosby Mint Farm. It is excellent. In fact, I sent the planned presents out to the Solari team, so I am out and ordering more today. These make great presents …
Geopolitical – Week of 11.30.08
Darwinian Struggle To Find Ticket Out Of Thailand
Scoop Independent News (1 Dec 2008)
F2C: Freedom to Connect 2009
freedom-to-connect.net
Spectacular Conjunction
At the end of the day, when the horizon is turning red and the zenith is cobalt-blue, step outside and look southwest. You’ll see Venus and Jupiter beaming side-by-side through the twilight. Glitter…
Cheney Indicted for Prison Profiteering
I decided to search out the reported indictment of Vice President Richard Cheney…
Texas DA Reveals Evidence Against Cheney
The Raw Story (27 November 2008)
Hearing Set for Monday to Oust Judge i…
The Big Lie
Here is a must-see video: 137 pages of foreclosure notices in the Detroit Free Press BEFORE the bailout and resulting layoffs from the big three auto makers:
In 1989, while I was serving as Assista…
Follow-Up to My G20 “Translation”
Following my recent interpretation of the G20 communique, the editor of Expresso wrote back: “Catherine, can you elaborate a little more about this printing euphoria?”
The Chairman of the Federal R…
Follow-Up to My G20 "Translation"
Following my recent interpretation of the G20 communique, the editor of Expresso wrote back: “Catherine, can you elaborate a little more about this printing euphoria?”
The Chairman of the Federal R…
Happy Thanksgiving
A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with…
Coast to Coast “Curriculum”
I was interviewed on Coast to Coast Am Radio last night. As is sometimes the case, we were unable to publicize this interview — I was flying home when they called me.
I discussed several of my earl…
Coast to Coast "Curriculum"
I was interviewed on Coast to Coast Am Radio last night. As is sometimes the case, we were unable to publicize this interview — I was flying home when they called me.
I discussed several of my earl…
A GATA Gathering in Estonia
Before I left for Estonia, GATA Treasurer Chris Powell sent a message out on the GATA wire, Meet GATA Board Member Austin Fitts in Estonia, inviting members of the global GATA network to have lunch wi…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.23.08
‘Shadow ECB’ Calls for Immediate and Drastic Rates Cuts
The Telegraph (28 Nov 2008)
Germany Gives Chilly Welcome to EU Calls for €200Bn Fiscal Boost
The Telegraph (27 Nov 2008)
China’s Banks to Pu…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.23.08
‘Shadow ECB’ Calls for Immediate and Drastic Rates Cuts
The Telegraph (28 Nov 2008)
Germany Gives Chilly Welcome to EU Calls for €200Bn Fiscal Boost
The Telegraph (27 Nov 2008)
China’s Banks to Pu…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.23.08
Maybe Citi Can Save Itself by Heeding Its New Advice
GATA (26 November 2008)
CBGA member and China Said to be Buying Gold
GATA (27 November 2008)
Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs, Grinches Finally Agree on…
Food & Health – Week of 11.23.08
Land Grab for Food Security: Corporatising Agriculture
Deccan Herald (13 Nov 2008)
Breast Cancer Rates Soar after Mammograms and Some Cancers may Heal Naturally
Natural News
Thousands Pick Up Free V…
Food & Health – Week of 11.23.08
Land Grab for Food Security: Corporatising Agriculture
Deccan Herald (13 Nov 2008)
Breast Cancer Rates Soar after Mammograms and Some Cancers may Heal Naturally
Natural News
Thousands Pick Up Free V…
Life – Week of 11.23.08
For Exchange Bank, Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Press Democrat (23 Nov 2008)
Facebook wins $873M judgment against spammer
Yahoo Business (24 Nov 2008)
“Anger is a Gift,” Saith the Mad Monk, Quoting Arist…
Geopolitical – Week of 11.23.08
Obama to Keep Gates as Defense Secretary
TruthOut (25 November 2008)
One Kind of War Morphs Into Another Kind: Bolivia Halts US Anti-Drug Efforts
progress.org (2 Nov 2008)
Obama, Democrats Plan $70…
Christmas is Coming in Estonia
After watching a fantastic movement performance by a troupe of Von Krahl students, giving my speech on the global financial system and listening to Paul Jay’s presentation on the state of media in the…
Is There Life After Capitalism?
This is a question that the producers and artists of the Von Krahl Theatre in Estonia have asked.
They lived through the meltdown of the Russian empire. That is how Estonia achieved independence in A…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.08
Naomi Klein: Bailout is ‘Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene’
YouTube
Dick Morris: Bush signed US into the EU yesterday!
dickmorris.com (18 Nov 2008)
Switzerland’s Shock Rate Cut Unnerves Market
GATA …
Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.08
Naomi Klein: Bailout is ‘Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene’
YouTube
Dick Morris: Bush signed US into the EU yesterday!
dickmorris.com (18 Nov 2008)
Switzerland’s Shock Rate Cut Unnerves Market
GATA …
Tallinn Old Town
After flying through Amsterdam, I arrived in Tallinn this evening. The temperature is -7 and the air is dry, crisp and clear. I am staying at St. Olav Hotel in the Old Town near the Von Krahl Theatr…
Catherine Speaks at The Von Krahl Theater in Estonia
Catherine speaks at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia on 23 November.
The global financial system is an enigma to many of us. On one hand we appreciate that we can bank in a small bank in o…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.16.08
GATA Swamped by Gold Demand, Perth Mint Stops Taking Orders
GATA / The Australian (22 Nov 2008)
Is the Gold Bull Over? The Price of Gold From Various Global Perspectives
Jesse’s Cafe Americain (21 No…
Help a Farmer in Need and Preserve a Piece of History
This update on Crosby Mint Farm just in:
Peppermint Jim Crosby here,
I just found you folks (on the Internet) and wanted to personally thank you from my heart for your support. We are working ever…
Farm Hands Web Site
The wonderful Farm Hands in Flathead Valley, Montana have just launched a web site so that on-line folks can access the amazing maps they have been making for local food lovers for years:
http://www.w…
Statement From G-20 Summit: In English
The Editor of Expresso in Portugal wanted my take on the recent G-20 communique. Here is my “translation” of the official statement:
1. Now that the growth of debt and derivatives bubbles has stall…
Join Our Solari Team Prayer Call on Thursdays Beginning November 20
Following the success of our prayer team meetings by conference call during the Financial Permaculture Conference in Hohenwald, Tennessee, we would love to invite you to participate with us once a wee…
Cordovan Riki Ott Proposes 28th Amendment: Separation Of Corporation And State
This just in from the network (author unknown) about the marvelous Dr. Riki Ott…
Every so often an idea comes along that rings with such clarity and purpose that it ignites the imaginations of mill…
"Free and Inspired Life Workshop" Assessment
Dear Solari workshop participants,
I wanted to express my thanks to all of you for attending the Solari workshop last weekend. Even though I didn’t participate in the group exercises, I was ins…
Food & Health – Week of 11.16.08
The Eat Well Guide
eatwellguide.org
Food & Health – Week of 11.16.08
The Eat Well Guide
eatwellguide.org
The Barter Opportunity
Catherine’s speech on local bartering at the IRTA conference is now available on Google Video:
You have heard me say or write before “in the destruction of the old, let there be the creation of the…
Quote du Jour
I sometimes wonder what use there is in trying to protect the West against fancied external threats when the signs of disintegration within are so striking.”
— George F. Kennan, Former U.S. Ambassado…
Volvo Truck Sales Down 99.7%
I just saw an excellent presentation by James Turk, founder of GoldMoney.com. He had just returned from Europe and was commenting on the severe economic downturn there. He presented this interesting s…
Gratitude
While acknowledging the turmoil in global financial markets — and in many individuals’ personal investments — it would be a mistake to lose sight of the blessings in our lives. Good health, the sup…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.09.08
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Statistical Release (13 Nov 2008)
Thanks to The King Report – As of Wednesday, the Fed holds $2.249 trillion of paper. This is an increa…
Money & Markets – Week of 11.09.08
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Statistical Release (13 Nov 2008)
Thanks to The King Report – As of Wednesday, the Fed holds $2.249 trillion of paper. This is an increa…
401K’s and IRA’s: Shilling for a New World Order
In light of the recent proposals to turn 401K’s and IRA’s over to the Social Security Administration (see Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts), I recommend reading what I believe was one of the fi…
401K's and IRA's: Shilling for a New World Order
In light of the recent proposals to turn 401K’s and IRA’s over to the Social Security Administration (see Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts), I recommend reading what I believe was one of the fi…
Geopolitical – Week of 11.09.08
Obama Set to Push ‘Big Bang’ Reform Package
Financial Times (9 Nov 2008)
Obama and EU to Reinvent Global Politics, Pundit Says
Euro Observer (06 Nov 2008)
Gorbachev Calls on Obama to Carry Out ‘…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.09.08
Timing the Next Rush to Gold
International Herald Tribune (07 Nov 2008)
Life – Week of 11.09.08
The Organic Transitions Movement
organicconsumers.org
In Memorium: Dr. Charles Thomas Fitts
Charles Thomas Fitts, M.D., 76, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
He was born in Jackson, TN, on July 4, 1932. He was the son of the late William Thomas Fitts, M.D. and Isobel B…
Going to the Polls
I do my best to always vote. I particularly feel that local elections are important and each of us can make a big difference if we support strong local leadership.
This year I was eager to vote, de…
Quotes du Jour
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.
– Frederic Bastiat, “The Law,” 1850
“The probability…
Precious Metals – Week of 11.02.08
Silver, Gold, and the IRS
News With Views (15 June 2008)
Obama Won – What is Next?
President-elect Obama and his transition team now have 77 days to assemble a staff and Cabinet, determine the chief policies and goals for their first term and year in office, rework the federal budge…
Report from Hohenwald on Financial Permaculture
Thanks to the Institute of Noetic Sciences Shift in Action series, here is my audio report on the Financial Permaculture conference in MP3 format:
Listen to the MP3 file
Follow the Money
The bailout bill resulted in $700 billion of taxpayer funds, much of it going to Wall Street firms who will pay out an estimated $70 billion in bonuses this year. So what do people from Wall Street…
Quote du Jour
“Do not regard as valuable anything that can be taken away.”
— Seneca
(circa 4 B.C.E.-65)