The fusion of two distinct evolutionary lines is not supposed to work – but the seas are teeming with chimeras that prove it can. Strive

“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” ~ Sir John Harrington Continue reading Sibel Edmonds Deposition:

Why are state and local governments despositing funds with JP Morgan Chase and other banks that refuse to accept California IOUs? Why are the state

“The public finances are one of the best starting points for an investigation of society . . . The spirit of a people, its cultural

Paul Atkinson died on August 4, 2009. Paul was one of my favorite people. He was an excellent business leader having served for many years

Photo by Melissa Brandts By Susan Krashinsky Like a starlet plucked from anonymity, like the moment Norma Jean became Marilyn, an Alberta ground squirrel who

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Carnation milk – 65 Years Ago. This is Priceless. A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since

Oh, I am so relieved that we are seeing the beginning of the recession’s end, and now embarking on a jobless recovery. This is such

James Turk Founder and Chairman of GoldMoney Politicians can put the gloss on this economic contraction and call it whatever they want. But given the

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What we are watching price out through the political process is life vs. death. More specifically, the financial value of the life and death of

Recognize these words? Want your kids to have a fun way to learn the preamble to our Constitution? Click the image to play Texas songwriter

Charles Schultz “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”        ~ Charles Schultz

Marcus Tullius Cicero “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered

By Sue and Pete Hill The sculpture, In the Garden of Dreams, was made by brother and sister team Sue and Pete Hill.This sculpture was

By Sue and Pete Hill The sculpture, In the Garden of Dreams, was made by brother and sister team Sue and Pete Hill.This sculpture was

A little boy and girl in American Patriotic clothing at the Fourth of July fireworks celebrations.

Photo by Baseball Hound How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” –  Satchel Paige

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We are bearish on the renminbi. On the other hand, we are also bearish on the US dollar, euro, pound, Swiss franc, and Zimbabwean dollar.

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told

The heart is the master and the head is the servant. That is always the case, except when it isn’t the case we are in

By: Hub Pages [Catherine’s Note: I originally published this piece in 2007. Because of the California and other state and local fiscal challenges, I thought

Recently, I have been getting questions about how I first learned about my home Hickory Valley, Tennessee. In 1978, after graduating from business school, I

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare

Artist: Antoine Ausustine Preault “What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.” — Jewish Proverb

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death Song of Solomon 8:6

Coming Clean is a process of transforming from the inside out. It is never over, there is always more opportunity, no matter what is going

“The contemplation of things as they are without error or confusion, without substitution or imposture, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest

Play is the highest form of research.        ~ Albert Einstein

Credit: Leeks by Peggy Turchett The rain this Spring has just kept coming. Everything in Hickory Valley is green and lush. My leek stalks are

The Fitts-White Clinic in Jackson, Tennessee I have had a number of recent requests about my family background.  I thought I would provide a collection

Years ago, my dear friend Shoreh was sitting in her elegant Beverly Hills home when a beautiful, white bunny rabbit appeared at her door.  Immediately

There are a number of forces causing small business income and equity to decline that are not related to fundamental economic productivity. Many of these

Kua Tapapahia Nga Korero ~ M?ori Saying Translation: The time for talk has been laid down upon the earth . . . The time for

“Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get at the real meaning

Ever have trouble pronouncing names? Here are two websites that can help: Pronounce Names: The Dictionary of Name Pronounciation How to Say That Name

We have had a Spring ripe with rain and sunshine here in Hickory Valley, Tennessee. My strawberry beds are bursting with fresh strawberries every morning.

In its fourth year of operation, using the SPIN Farming method, the Somerton Tanks Farm produced over $68,000 in gross sales growing high value vegetables

There is a wave coming towards all of us. Be prepared. The political pressure on enforcement bureaucracies is growing. People are mad. They want their

Susan Johann’s website

I am reading Parzival with a friend from British Columbia and it has me thinking about the search for the Holy Grail. I just wrote

A Dragon’s Blood Tree from Socotra Island “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness;

While most investors are worried about the sorry state of the global markets, Soros finds the economic gloom-and-doom “exhilarating,” and reckons a full-blown depression is

“We, the People of these United States of America, hereby call for revolutionary changes in our health care system that encourage health and prosperity instead

Today is Solari’s birthday. We started operations on March 22, 1998. I was sitting in a beautiful mansion in Washington staring at a blank piece

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A Challenge From a Tennessee Hillbilly to Help GATA By Chris Powell – GATA (3 Mar 09) “Thanks to some of you, GATA has met

“It’s with great sadness that we pass along the news that Acres U.S.A. founder/executive editor Charles Walters passed away on January 14, 2009…” . .

Paul Harvey at Wikipedia Paul Harvey Tribute – ABC Broadcasting Pioneer Paul Harvey Dies at Age 90 – Yahoo.com

Simple elixir called a ‘miracle liquid’ Los Angeles Times – By Marla Dickerson (23 Feb 2009)

Sales of “Atlas Shrugged” Soar in the Face of Economic Crisis Washington, D.C., February 23, 2009—Sales of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” have almost tripled over

In 1997, a strategic planning group at the CIA made a visit to my company in Washington. They brought with them a woman whose job

I just heard a recording of an outstanding speech by John Taylor Gatto called “A Short, Angry History of Modern Schooling.” Check out his website.

My favorite man came over this afternoon with a pink rose and a card. The cover read: ” Please, please, please, please be my Valentine!”

Mark Lundeen each week sends me his comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline since October 2007 relative to declines after September 1929. Given

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee National Geographic’s January issue has what has been the usual “global” sort of article about gold

Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2 NASA (08 Jan 2009) This Saturday night, Jan. 10th, a perigee Moon is coming — the biggest

The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he’s from,

One of the things that makes a town wonderful is a great local newspaper. Hohenwald, Tennessee (of financial permaculture fame) has the Lewis County Herald,

The housing and derivatives bubble sure was good for retired Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and wife NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell. They

Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustratation of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undeclared

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

While acknowledging the turmoil in global financial markets — and in many individuals’ personal investments — it would be a mistake to lose sight of

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