Music by Algorithms
Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
Computer-Generated Music, is it Art?
Gold Vs Dow Annual Performance
By Chuck Gibson
As they say, pictures are worth a thousand words
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Alex Jones, Guns, Piers Morgan and My Penis – Part One: Alex Jones Versus Downton Abbey
By Greg Palast
Alex Jones is right. Deport Piers Morgan. NOW. Send him back. In chains.
But not because Piers doesn’t believe in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. (I mean, really, who…
SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
[Note from CAF: As currency wars intensify, expect more attention paid to clearance and settlement systems, particularly SWIFT.]
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT…
The GM Lobby and Its ‘Seven Sins Against Science’
By Peter Melchett
Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic engineering (now usually genetic modification – GM) in agricultural crops since the mid-1990s. They have included many…
Stealth Hoodie Hides Wearer From Drones
By Jesse Emspak
Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous, especially in the U.K.. and in the United States, Congress has already approved the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Then there’s the …
Fun – “Carry On”
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Equity Overview with Chuck Gibson: Secular Trends in the U.S. Equity Markets – January 17
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Equity Overview: Secular Trends in the U.S. Equity Markets – January 17
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Solari Special Report: Coming Clean Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
by Catherine Austin Fitts
Ultimately, the fiscal cliff is the tip of the iceberg of our economic and cultural woes. Our problems are deeper. The more of us who are prepared to look honestly at our …
Air Pollution in Asia: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map
We’ve posted recently about the swelling pollution crisis in China, this map can show you the scope of the problem.
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The Drums of War
By The Economist
WATCH Chinese television these days and you might conclude that the outbreak of war with Japan over what it calls the Senkaku and China the Diaoyu islands is only a matter of time….
2012 Annual Wrap Up – Transcript Updated!
We have just posted an updated version of the transcript for the 2012 Annual Wrap Up. You can find it in the Transcript Announcement. Also find it in the blog post; at the Subscriber Resource Page, …
Transcript of Precious Metals Market Report – January 10 Now Available!
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Transcript of 2012 Annual Wrap Up – January 3
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New Belgium Brewing Becomes a 100% Employee-Owned Company
[Staff Note: I’m a big fan of America’s budding Microbrew industry. It’s based around small, local companies who strive to provide the best product they can. Many of them, like New Belgium, go above…
Poland Joins Growing List of Nations Banning GMOs
Well….now it’s Poland. This nation has joined the growing list of countries, particularly in Europe, that are displaying some rationality and caution with respect to Duponzanto and Mon(ster)santo …
Will SEC’s New Rules on Marketing be a Boon for Start-Ups or a Risk for Investors?
By Dina ElBoghdady
The ads may start coming in the next few months through e-mail, on billboards, even via a passing reference on Facebook — companies looking to give you a chance to invest on th…
Tit for Tat?
Did Congress just pay NY $51 billion to pass a gun control law?
New York Passes Nation’s Toughest Gun-Control Law
House Approves Post-Sandy Relief Bill
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Bundesbank to Pull Gold From New York and Paris in Watershed Moment
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The move marks an extraodinary breakdown in trust between leading central banks and has set off ferment among gold enthusiasts, with some comparing it with France’s wit…
The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Rail
Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail. Beijing departure station
The train speed is 350 km/hr (218.75 mph)
The crew to board the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train.
The crew staff …
No-Book Library? BiblioTech is Coming
By Joanna Stern
A book-less library.
It sounds like an oxymoron, but come the fall of 2013, San Antonio’s Bexar County is going to be home to the BiblioTech, the country’s first book-less public l…
March of the Machines
By 60 Minutes
One of the hallmarks of the 21st century is that we are all having more and more interactions with machines and fewer with human beings. If you’ve lost your white collar job to downsi…
Guns Protect Honest People-Catherine Austin Fitts
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What Government Fears Most: Blacks and Whites United With Guns
By Jon Rappoport
In 1969, William Kunstler, the famous radical-left lawyer, gave a speech in Oakland, California, to the black community. In his concluding remarks, he reminded the audience that the …
Dispelling Wetiko by Paul Levy
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Paul Levy’s new book, Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, is now available. I wrote the forward. This is an intense and powerful exploration of the nature of ev…
Goodbye Piers!
By Catherine Austin Fitts
I took an online course on driver safety tonight. Here are two quotes from the material:
“Most people do not realize that nationally there are over 42,000 people killed eac…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.13.2013
Rio Tinto to Book $14 Billion Charge; C.E.O. Steps Down
The New York Times Dealbook | 17 January 2013
Two expensive acquisitions have come at a steep price for…
Russia Says World Is Nearing Curre…
Precious Metals – Week of 01.13.2013
German Bundesbank Begins Officially Repatriating Gold From the Fed
Mine Set | 15 January 2013
According to Handelsblatt, a respected publication, Germany is serious about…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.13.2013
U.S. Republicans Weigh Short-Term Debt Limit Increase
Reuters | 17 January 2013
The move, described as under consideration by House…
U.S., Japan Review Defense Guidelines Amid Tension with China
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Science & Technology – Week of 01.13.2013
Japan to Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
New Scientist | 16 January 2013
It’s goodbye nuclear, hello renewables as Japan prepares to…
Traffic Jammers
San Jose Mercury News | 08 January 2…
Visionary Internet Activist Aaron Swartz Found Dead; Was This Brilliant Internet Revolutionary ‘Taken Out?’
Adding to the list of mysterious deaths that have happened over the last few days, internet visionary and brilliant internet activist Aaron Swartz was found dead yesterday. Swartz, only 26 years old…
Food & Health – Week of 01.13.2013
Dengue is Fastest-Spreading Tropical Disease, WHO Says
The Baltimore Sun | 16 January 2013
infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents…
Top 5 Reasons Why Bone Broth is The Bomb…
France Determined to ‘Eradicate’ Terrorism in Mali, Official Says
By CNN staff
As a new round of French military strikes targeted Islamist rebels in Mali on Sunday, both sides of the fight said they were determined to win.
French fighter jets bombed rebel training…
Life – Week of 01.13.2013
500,000 Breathing Masks Sold in China in Two Days
ABC News | 16 January 2013
I was still on vacation in the U.S. this past Saturday…
Section 8 Housing Voucher Distribution Canceled After Thousand…
Wildcards – Week of 01.13.2013
The Secret Shadow Government
Bibliotecapleyades
This is a summary report on those elements of that clandestine…
Seen on the Internet
1st Comment:
Jon Corzine goes to jail or it’s all bull***t.
Oh, and Angelo Mozilla needs to go to jail, too.
2nd Comment:
I find it simply amazing that there hasn’t been a mass murder of these crim…
Quote du Jour – Chief John Ross
Once a person gets despair out of the way, few things can slow her progress. Despair is the dividing line between those who can take impossibility in stride and those who wilt at the first sign of opp…
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Once a person gets despair out of the way, few things can slow her progress. Despair is the dividing line between those who can take impossibility in stride and those who wilt at the first sign of opp…
No Ma’am.
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I…
Frau Koma’s Second Coming: Mass Murder, Autism and the Cult of Weaponized Genetics
In September, 2011, Manitoba judge Robert Heinrichs ruled that a sixteen year old accused of murder would remain in youth court where he faces a maximum sentence of four years rather than the possib…
Sinéad O’Connor: 4th and Vine
The music for this weekend is “4th and Vine” by Sinéad O’Connor.
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Precious Metals Market Report with Franklin Sanders – January 10
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Mexican Drug Cartels Celebrate Gun Control
By Jon Rappoport
The best way to depict what’s going on in America is through a letter from the head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, to President Obama.
In case people are ready to assume this letter …
China Warns Citizens To ‘Prepare For The Worst’ As It Sends Fighters To East China Sea
By Robert Johnson
After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, and Tokyo scrambling F-15s in response, China’s now sending fighters of its own on “routine flight…
Every Person on Earth Has the Natural Born Right to Defend Themself From Harm.
By Tim Schmidt, Publisher – Concealed Carry Report
Every person on earth has the natural born right to defend themself from harm.
This is where I believe so many people get off topic. Many folks
arg…
NRA Rips Biden Task Force for ‘Attack’ on 2nd Amendment, as Details of Plan Emerge
By Fox News
The National Rifle Association emerged from a meeting Thursday with Vice President Biden and accused his gun violence task force of leading an “attack” on the Second Amendment — just h…
Quote du Jour – Judge Napolitano
“The 2nd amendment wasn’t written so we could go hunting. It was written so we could shoot at the gov if it was ever taken over by tyrants.”
– Judge Napolitano via Twitter
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“The 2nd amendment wasn’t written so we could go hunting. It was written so we could shoot at the gov if it was ever taken over by tyrants.”
– Judge Napolitano via Twitter
Quote du Jour – Mao Zedong
“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The Communist Party must command all the guns; that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.”
– Mao Zedong
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“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The Communist Party must command all the guns; that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.”
– Mao Zedong
CalSTRS Pension Fund Divests From Some Gun, Ammo Makers
By Jim Christie
The second largest U.S. pension fund decided on Wednesday to sell off its investments in the manufacturer of the rifle used in last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Ne…
Biden: Obama Could Make Executive Order on Gun Control
By Jillian Rayfield
Joe Biden said today that the president is prepared to take unilateral action in order to implement stricter gun control measures. “The president is going go act,” he said. …
Mosaic Crowdfunds 4 Solar Campaigns in 24 Hours
By Eric Markowitz
Just one day after Inc. covered the formal launch of Mosaic, a clean enery crowdfunding platform based in Oakland that connects investors with solar energy projects, the start-up …
Solari Hero of the Year 2013: Alfredo Moser
Our Solari Hero of the year is Alfredo Moser , the Brazilian mechanic and
inventor who pioneered “the liter of light”—the conversion of plastic bottles
inserted into rooftops that provid…
Introducing Solari Toons!
Please enjoy the first SolariToon of 2013. Solari Report cartoonist Bob Parsons designed this for Catherine’s special fiscal cliff article. Read it here.
Enjoy more of Bob Parsons’ work here.
Spec…
Introducing SolariToons!
Please enjoy the first SolariToon of 2013. Solari Report cartoonist Bob Parsons designed this for Catherine’s special fiscal cliff article. Read it here.
Enjoy more of Bob Parsons’ work here.
Spec…
How to Find a Good Local Bank
By Catherine Austin Fitts
[Published in 2005, this checklist was designed to help people shift from large banks whose incentives are out of alignment with people and living systems to community ban…
McDonald’s to Become ‘Macca’s’ in Australia
By News 9 Finance
The world-first change – a temporary measure – comes after a branding survey commissioned by the fast food chain found that 55 percent of Australians called the company by its sho…
Money & Markets – Week of 01.06.2013
Banks Win 4-Year Delay as Basel Liquidity Rule Loosened
CNBC l 07 January 2013
Global central bank chiefs gave lenders four more years to meet…
Irish Newspapers Want To Pass A Law That Would Mean …
Precious Metals – Week of 01.06.2013
New Gold for a Scary New World
Yahoo! Finance | 06 January 2013
Divisible gold ‘Combibar’ can easily be broken into one gram pieces and used…
Geopolitical – Week of 01.06.2013
U.S. Government Increases National Debt—and Keeps 128 Million People on Government Programs
The Heritage Foundation | 08 January 2013
Between 1988 and 2011, the amount of the U.S. population that r…
Science & Technology – Week of 01.06.2013
Proving The Value Of Crowdfunding, Soldsie Raises $425K And Hires One Of 72 Investors Via FundersClub
Tech Crunch | 09 January 2013
Online venture capital firm FundersClub is pioneering equity crowdf…
Food & Health – Week of 01.06.2013
The Connection Between Diet Drinks and Depression
Activist Post | 09 January 2013
A new study has been published from the University of Rochester Medical Center
Cell Phone Radiation Safety Limits A…
Life – Week of 01.06.2013
High School Student Shot in Calif.; Suspect Held
CBS News | 10 January 2013
A student was shot and wounded at a rural San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday…
About That Overpopulation Problem
Sl…
Bank of America Pays Billions in Mortgage Settlements
By Karen Weise for Businessweek
The mortgage settlements just keep coming. On Monday morning, Bank of America said it reached an agreement to resolve virtually all existing and future claims that it …
John Brennan, Obama’s Drone Warrior
By Peter Bergen
President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA.
If there is an emerging Obama doctrine to deal with the thr…
Bioinitiative 2012
These are invaluable sets of abstracts (data-based to be searchable) covering the RFR scientific literature, as well as collections of scientific abstracts on free radical damage (from both RFR and …
Introducing Holly Bedrosian
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Communications designed our wonderful new poster for 2013, using an original art work from Holly Bedrosian. We thought you might like to learn more…
Quote du Jour – Leonardo da Vinci
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Quote du Jour
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Killing With Impunity
By Catherine Austin Fitts
The ability to kill with impunity is the power that runs the planet today. Assassination is an ancient craft.
Killing successfully for political purposes in the modern sta…
Surprise, Surprise: The Banks Win
By Gretchen Morgenson
IF you were hoping that things might be different in 2013 — you know, that bankers would be held responsible for bad behavior or that the government might actually assist trou…
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
Before launching work on the current volume, the NIC commissioned an academic study of the four previous Global Trends studies, beginning with the first edition
in 1996-97. The reviewers examined th…
Swiss Bank Pleads Guilty in US Court to Helping Tax Evasion and Closes Definitely
[Note from CAF: I don’t know the specifics of what Wegelin did or did not do. I assume the US gave them two options. Confess to criminal charge or be individually hounded until not just the bank but…
Handel – Water Music
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NY Times: Trashing the Constitution for Fun and Profit
By Jon Rappoport
It doesn’t surprise me that the NY Times has decided the Constitution is merely a reference document now. The paper’s loyal readership, what’s left of it, lives huddled on the …
Quote du Jour – Solari Report Team Member
“When you put your faith in the people who are trying to kill you, then things can only get worse.”
– Solari Report Team Member
Quote du Jour
“When you put your faith in the people who are trying to kill you, then things can only get worse.”
– Solari Report team member
HUD Unveils Massive Integration Plan
By Housing Affairs Letter
HUD intends to submit a new rule proposal in April targeting massive desegregation of each of the nation’s more than 74,000 census tracts. The plan, modeled on HUD’s Westche…
Liked the Fiscal Cliff? You’ll Love These Coming Attractions
By Market Watch
So, the fiscal cliff brawl is finished. Washington is breathing easy, right?
Wrong. Three more budget-related battles are looming just over the horizon, meaning lawmakers and the Whi…
Proposed Exchange Merger Brings Renewed Calls to Consolidate SEC and CFTC
By Dina ElBoghdady
The proposed merger of a leading commodities exchange and the world’s most famous stock market raises a burning question for Washington: Does it make sense to have two U.S. reg…
Global MetroMonitor
By: Emilia Istrate and Carey Anne Nadeau
This interactive feature provides economic growth data (real GDP per capita and employment change) for the largest 300 metropolitan economies worldwide for th…
Private Prison Company Used in Drug Raids at Public High School
By Beau Hodai
In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations.
The state has graced national headlines in recent years as t…
Cash Feast Update in Sac, Placer & Yolo County
[CAF Note: Is hedge fund and institutional investor activity the reason for the improved housing prices? Note this story from the Sacramento area]
Here are the latest stats for cash purchases in Sa…
How Small Business (and Jobs) Got Done-In
By Barry C. Lynn
Where the independent pharmacist counted pills, we see a CVS employee. Where family livestock farms dotted the landscape, we see immense operations run by Smithfield and Tyson. Where…
‘Tsunami Bomb’ Tested Off New Zealand Coast
By Jonathan Pearlman
The tests were carried out in waters around New Caledonia and Auckland during the Second World War and showed that the weapon was feasible and a series of 10 large offshore bla…
Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
Picture from NPR
By Matt Stoller
Throughout the months of November and December, a steady stream of corporate CEOs flowed in and out of the White House to discuss the impending fiscal cliff. Many o…
Introducing Miki de Goodaboom
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Ben Lizardi of Lizardi Communications designed our wonderful new poster for 2014, using an original art work from Miki de Goodaboom. We thought you might like to learn mor…
Quote du Jour – Leonard Cohen
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light get’s in.”
– Leonard Cohen
Quote du Jour
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light get’s in.”
– Leonard Cohen
Mortgage Rates For the Year at Lowest Rate Since 1947
By V. Dion Haynes
Mortgage rates, which took some dramatic dips in 2012, were among the lowest on record this year, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday.
The 30-year fixed-rate aver…
House Approves Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Deal
By Dana Bash, Dana Ford, and Josh Levs
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a Senate bill to avert a feared fiscal cliff.
The measure that sought to maintain tax cuts for most…
Congress Passes Fiscal Cliff Act
By Paul Bonner and Alistair M. Nevius
Pulling back from the “fiscal cliff” at the 13th hour, Congress on Tuesday preserved most of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts and extended many other lapsed t…
Quote du Jour – Jon Rappoport
“It’s called, in intelligence circles, a limited hangout. You expose a piece of a crime, in order to transmit the illusion of guilt-and-justice, while the true RICO dimensions are kept out of view.
…
Quote du Jour
“It’s called, in intelligence circles, a limited hangout. You expose a piece of a crime, in order to transmit the illusion of guilt-and-justice, while the true RICO dimensions are kept out of view.
…