Kardashev Scale

Kardashev Scale

By Wikipedia The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring a civilization’s level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is

New Development Bank

New Development Bank

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS,states (Brazil Russia, India, China

A Touch of Greatness

A Touch of Greatness

With link to movie: A Touch of Greatness’ Official Website Also recommended: The School: Humanity’s New Future

Our First Donation of 2015

Our First Donation of 2015

By Catherine Austin Fitts What would we do without Wikipedia? Solari is now signed up for a small automatic monthly donation. Wikipedia Donation

Mark Your Calendar

Mark Your Calendar

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Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VII

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VII

“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” ~ Charlie Munger

JPM Derivatives Book: Who’s Zooming Who?

JPM Derivatives Book: Who’s Zooming Who?

By Catherine Austin Fitts Sometimes I have a profound sense of being ignored. Actually, I am not being ignored. Rather, I live among caring, well

North Korea–United States Relations

North Korea–United States Relations

[click on the image for a larger version] North Korea–United States Relations developed primarily during the Korean War, but in recent years have been largely

Tech Investors Plowing Money Into Future Farms

Tech Investors Plowing Money Into Future Farms

By Heather Somerville TRACY, Calif. — Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world’s newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents

2014 Year in Review

2014 Year in Review

The year we piled up risks like a global game of Tetris by David Collum Every December, I write a Year in Review (ref 1–7)

America’s Police on Trial

America’s Police on Trial

[CAF Note: The Economist is dead wrong about gun control, but many of their other points are well taken. What is most interesting is that

Russia Bounces

Russia Bounces

By Catherine Austin Fitts As Russia confirms that it will maintain oil sales at current levels, the oil price and Russia equities see a bounce:

CrowdMed

CrowdMed

CrowdMed harnesses the wisdom of crowds to collaboratively solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online. The company offers individuals, insurance

Quadruple Witching Day

Quadruple Witching Day

[CAF Note: Friday is quadruple witching day!] DEFINITION of ‘Quadruple Witching’ The expiration date of various stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VI

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VI

“Turning off the Bubblevision [your TV] is a great step towards preventing yourself from becoming a slave to the market.” ~James Montier By Catherine Austin

Book Review: The Accidental Super Power

Book Review: The Accidental Super Power

“Everything has to do with geography” ~ Judy Martz By Catherine Austin Fitts Geography contributes mightily to destiny. Yet, appreciation for geography is generally absent

Hiring Managers & Arrest Records

Hiring Managers & Arrest Records

Three decades of tougher laws and policing have left nearly one in three adult Americans with a criminal record, according to data kept by the

The Stock Profits of Obamacare

The Stock Profits of Obamacare

[click on the image for a larger version] Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) by Catherine Austin Fitts I don’t understand why the media

Local: A Better Way to Shop

Local: A Better Way to Shop

[CAF Note: I live in a rural area and do a lot of online shopping – particularly for books, so I found these numbers quite

ALEC is Back !

ALEC is Back !

By Julie Bykowicz Republicans now control the legislatures of 31 states, having just wrested chambers in nine from Democratic hands. Twenty-four of those states also

Wicked Problem

Wicked Problem

A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to

China Equities Take Off

China Equities Take Off

“Everyone is talking about the stock market,” [Wu Yunfeng, an individual investor from Shanghai] said. “I was eating dumplings at a street side stall and

Did Ebola and Ferguson Lift Prison Stocks?

Did Ebola and Ferguson Lift Prison Stocks?

“Make a law, make a business.” ~Old New Jersey street saying By Catherine Austin Fitts I thought it worth noting that Corrections Corporation of America

Congratulations to Congressman Kaptur

Congratulations to Congressman Kaptur

By Catherine Austin Fitts Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Congressman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. She just won her 17th Congressional term

The Eco-Oil Card

The Eco-Oil Card

By Catherine Austin Fitts The oil card is now getting an enormous push from the climate change chorus. ISIS, College protests, OPEC, Al Gore’ whining,

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part V

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part V

“I hate weekends because there is no stock market.” ~ Rene Rivkin By Catherine Austin Fitts Tonight is a big one. We will review our

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

“How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It

Musings on Health

Musings on Health

By Catherine Austin Fitts I sometimes get requests for advice on how to approach medical problems. I am not the person to ask. Each person

Turtle Forth

Turtle Forth

By Catherine Austin Fitts My use of the word turtle as a verb began in 1998 during a period of extraordinary stress. Almost all of

Mechatronics

Mechatronics

[CAF Note: the integration of software and digital technology into hardware and infrastructure is upon us. This is an important development.] By Wikipedia Mechatronics is

Hunker Down Times

Hunker Down Times

“Now all of political economy from prehistory on to 1932 has been intent upon one thing only—how to take the wealth from the producer, how

It’s Been That Kind of Year

It’s Been That Kind of Year

By Catherine Austin Fitts The S&P is up 11% year to date. Alibaba is up 18% from it’s IPO in September. Lockheed Martin, the prime

Musings on Nuclear Testing

Musings on Nuclear Testing

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed… A few people cried… Most people were silent. I remembered the line

The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic

The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic

by Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist The stories became far too frequent to ignore. Emails from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United States

Rebalancing the US-China Partnership

Rebalancing the US-China Partnership

“The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in

Watch the US Dollar Index

Watch the US Dollar Index

“As much as these currency moves may contribute to global rebalancing on paper, I would just caution from a market perspective not to underestimate …

Outside the Box

Outside the Box

By Ken Auletta In the spring of 2000, Reed Hastings, the C.E.O. of Netflix, hired a private plane and flew from San Jose to Dallas

The Ebola Strategy is Working

The Ebola Strategy is Working

“In vast laboratories in the Ministry of Peace, and in experimental stations, teams of experts are indefatigably at work searching for new and deadlier gases;

Why I Love the Lehman’s Catalog

Why I Love the Lehman’s Catalog

“Simpler Products for a Simpler Life.” ~Lehman’s Motto By Catherine Austin Fitts The holidays are approaching so it is not surprising that this morning’s mail

Friday’s SF Giants Parade

Friday’s SF Giants Parade

(Photo Credit: Leah Millis / The Chronicle) Continue Reading Related Reading: Giants Win the Series; Madison Bumgarner is MVP Why I Love the SF Giants

60,000 Books and a Few Toy Bananas

60,000 Books and a Few Toy Bananas

***Note from CAF: The first “skinner” is our very own Court Skinner, who occasionally posts here and was been named Solari Hero on numerous occasions***

What’s Driving the Week

What’s Driving the Week

By Alex McIntyre, Edward Adams, Jeremy Scott Diamond and Blacki Migliozzi With a week to go before Election Day, here are the issues people are

Eurasia and the New Silk Road

Eurasia and the New Silk Road

By DeepResource Pepe Escobar, Brasilian born and roving correspondent for RT and other outlets, is not a fan of the US global empire, to put

The Dance of Fascism

The Dance of Fascism

“The strategic adversary is fascism… the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love

Goodbye Harry’s-Roswell, GA USA

Goodbye Harry’s-Roswell, GA USA

By Rhonda Mapp Friday, October 10, 2014, I took my final stroll through Harry’s Farmer’s Market in Roswell, Georgia, USA. It was a bittersweet goodbye.

Staring Down the On-Off Switch

Staring Down the On-Off Switch

By Catherine Austin Fitts “You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month.” ~CIA operative We

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part IV

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part IV

“You’ve got to be in it to win it.” ~ Old Saying By Catherine Austin Fitts One way to learn about investing is to just

Mortgage Lending Standards

Mortgage Lending Standards

By Catherine Austin Fitts I have been listening to commentators criticize the decision by regulators and financial institutions to loosen the terms and conditions in

Why I Love the SF Giants

Why I Love the SF Giants

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.” ~ Babe Ruth By Catherine Austin Fitts It does not

Meditations at the Crossroads

Meditations at the Crossroads

Barbara Kinsey Willits Fitts and Dr. William Thomas Fitts, Jr. (then Captain, US Army Medical Corp, circa 1941-2.) Honor thy Father and thy Mother —

The Ebola Hit Man Commeth

The Ebola Hit Man Commeth

[CAF Note: Should some of us now be prepared to revisit the 1990’s in Washington – such as having our Sunday brunches interrupted by undercover agents taking

WPost’s Slimy Assault on Gary Webb

WPost’s Slimy Assault on Gary Webb

By Robert Parry Jeff Leen, the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor for investigations, begins his renewed attack on the late Gary Webb’s Contra-cocaine reporting with

Oil Deflation

Oil Deflation

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