By Catherine Austin Fitts The other day, I imagined members of the Knights of Malta and Opus Dei (the money guys) gathering in a quiet

by Liz Marshall The essence of a seed is life. Through it, generation after generation of wisdom is carried to the present moment for release

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People handling power are like electrical power systems. Too little resistance and they burn out. Too much resistance and nothing happens. ~ Court Skinner

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Is this the year that the food movement finally enters politics? By Michael Pollan One of the more interesting things we will learn on Nov.

From The Sun It’s going to be illuminating to see whether the government appeals the big ruling on judges’ pay that was handed down last

On 7/8/12 1:00 PM, William Mook wrote about Catherine’s interview with Max Kaiser: Catherine, Max, Great interview! As a kid in high-school I had an

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[CAF Note: I agree!] By Chuck Lorre I believe that Newton’s first law of motion is the reason we will emerge from our current economic

The people of the United States are, as usual, being whipsawed between two ridiculous alternatives.  Every four years, this happens by design.  Stir up the

“A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ“. ~John Steinbeck Related reading: John Steinbeck From Wikipedia John Steinbeck Quotes quotesdonkey.com John Ernst Steinbeck,

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I will create a world where the current manifestation of thought-reflecting-on-itself i.e. humans with consciousness, can be the best they can be, i.e. human’s becoming

This week’s hero is the graduating Class of 2012! Related reading: You Are Not Special Commencement Speech from Wellesley High School YouTube (7 June 12)

[click on the image for a larger version] Photo From Wikipedia By Catherine Austin Fitts On Sunday, I was a tourist, leaving Lisbon to meet

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By Catherine Austin Fitts I am leaving Los Angeles for Ojai today. A blue jay has been appearing in the back yard. My friend Nina

“I have a feeling that my boat, has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. . . –nothing happens? Or has everything

By Pastor/Minister William Wilmore, Jr. My sisters and brothers… the title of this sermon is borrowed from the rich colloquial legacy of the African American experience.

Catherine will be speaking in The Rogue Valley, in Ashland, and Medford, Oregon, on Thursday, January 26, and Friday, January 27, 2012. The theme for

Posted by The New Yorker The Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has a poem in the magazine this week, “Going Home,” that he also set to

Street Art By El Mac – A Collection By Vitaly Friedman Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally

    CAF Note: Here I am in 1988 in East Hampton in a Ferrari I used to lease when I worked on Wall Street.

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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

Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) – Steven Sharp Nelson YouTube (19 Dec 11)

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[Click image to view larger watercolor] [Click image to view larger watercolor] By Catherine Austin Fitts This year, our clients and team members are receiving

Wonderful Christmas Time YouTube |23 December 2007

– “The Holiday Season is here, and we’re reflecting on our many blessings, including the friendship and support that we’ve enjoyed from you throughout the

By Catherine Austin Fitts This Saturday I traveled by train from Zurich through Salzburg to Vienna. View Full Map After checking into my hotel, I

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing.   Nelson Mandela said, “There is no passion to be found playing small – in

By Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the

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“With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”       – Martin Luther

by Catherine Austin Fitts One of my favorite books is Laurence Gonzales’ Deep Survival . Laurence has joined me on The Solari Report — I

YouTube (5 July 10) The mission of Sunfield Education Association is to provide programs in education and sustainable land stewardship that engage the hands, awaken

Myspace Video Released Oct 3 2007 Lyrics Curtis Mayfield Wikipedia

CAF Note: One of the best public sources on government contracting and subsidies by state is now private. Too bad. Here is the announcement. Eagle

Cameron Diaz’s ‘Bad Teacher’ No. 2 at the Weekend Box Office The animated “Cars 2,” with the voices of Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable

From Wikipedia The Tarzan yell is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan, as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on

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For years, every morning, I drank from Blackwater Pond. It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt, the feet of ducks. And always

I was trying to find pictures of the stable in Malvern, Pennsylvania where I used to ride to prove to the wonderful folks at National

Note from Catherine A. Fitts: Given a choice of being entertained by the notion that 9-11 was engineered by a guy living in a cave

Photo courtesy of Martha Fuller by Catherine Austin Fitts I am headed to Pennsylvania for a wonderful Easter weekend with my cousins from the National

A meditation by Alla Renee Bozarth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pack nothing. Bring only your determination to serve and your willingness to be free. Do not wait for

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By Catherine Austin Fitts The dogwood tree at the Hickory Valley office is in full blossom. Every few days we cut a branch and arrange

[Note from CAF: I first published this on the blog on December 5, 2008. Given the current conversion of the many changes upon us, I

San Francisco Bay Area Map I am leaving next week to drive to Montana to meet with the Solari team there and then on to

YouTube A film By Richard Press

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What

By Cecil Rhodes Rhodes originally wrote this on June 2, 1877, in Oxford. Later, that year in Kimberley, he made some additions and changes. What

April Fools’ Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on the April 1 of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools’ Day,

By Stephen Spender I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history Through corridors of light where

A living history is a history that turns the pupil from student to player. To rise from the level of pupil to player requires looking

Dear Catherine, My name is John Henry Hall Jr. and I have been listening to you for a few months now. I first heard about

This Sunday, I joined Christ Our Hope Church in West Point, Tennessee. The Church is Reformed Episcopal. Reverend Franklin Sanders is the minister. Christ Our

Three things make earth unquiet And four she cannot brook The godly Agur counted them And put them in a book — Those Four Tremendous

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the

By “Aridzonan_13” We’ve lived here for almost 21 years. During that time we’ve seen freezing temps capable of making ice two nights in a row.

“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get

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Our thanks to artist and friend, Lesta Frank, for this lovely print. From Wikipedia: In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the plant is called

View images of the life of Georgie LaRue Georgie LaRue Resolution. The Eleanor Gordon Scholarship Fund (27 Jan 1987)

Here is Georgie and me celebrating my birthday at the Rainbow Room in New York in 1988. I will be celebrating today with her in

“A Partridge in a Pear Tree,” is a wonderful symbol for holiday giving. But this year, we’d like to suggest a new symbol—namely, “A White

Thanksgiving Day, presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become

One of the many benefits of a career in New York was having season box tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. I used to see the

–Yes, in those wanderings deeply did I feel How we mislead each other; above all, How books mislead us, seeking their reward From judgments of

Autumn Equinox, September 23 • On or around September 23rd • Sun over equator • After Autumn Equinox, South pole begins tipping towards the sun

–– “Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of

Clarence Dillon and Paul Nitze Driving through New Jersey, Nitze [asked] Dillon if he thought the market decline an omen of hard times ahead .