Travelers Today 20 July 2012 By John Bolton, July 18th Gun-control advocates and the Obama administration are rushing to complete negotiations in New York on a proposed international agreement called the United Nations Arms Trade

By a Reader Even though he may not be a very good lawyer.  I assumed (incorrectly, it appears) from news accounts that Dann was corrupt and that the case against him had a modicum of

By Tim O’Reilly When we hear the term “cyberwarfare” we think of government-backed hackers stealing data, or releasing viruses or other software exploits to disrupt another country’s capabilities, communications, or operations. We imagine terrorists or

Source: tax justice network Revealed: global super-rich has at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens. At least $21 trillion of unreported private wealth was owned by wealthy individuals via tax havens at the

By Joseph P. Farrell Both alchemy and transhumanism aim for the transformation of mankind. There, perhaps, all resemblance ends (though, as my co-author Scott D. de Hart and I point out in the forthcoming Transhumanism

Nazih is a 55-year-old married man and father of four children. He has more than 35 years of unique experience in agriculture with a deep knowledge in the growing of various products and plant rooting.

The Largest Stand Ever Against Chemtrails August 17th – 19th , 2012Live Conference in LA & Global WebcastEbell Theatre743 S Lucerne BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90010323-931-1277 15 Experts in Chemtrails and Metaphysics Permier of “Why in

By Rob Kirby GATA was born in the late 1990’s – primarily on the back of fundamental research by Frank Veneroso regarding Central Bank Gold Leasing. Veneroso’s intellectual curiosity was aroused after being fed detailed

The Seattle Times 17 July 2012 By Jim Suhr and Steve Karnowski The Associated Press The nation’s widest drought in decades is spreading, with more than half of the continental United States in some stage

Our favorite substitute for the euro while we ride out the storm in the Eurozone is the Singapore dollar. While commodity currencies might be prime beneficiaries of the increased trigger friendliness at major central banks,

Ingo Swan “It’s unkind to point out the Obvious To those who don’t want to see it. But it’s worse to point out the Invisible To those convinced it doesn’t exist.” “What, When, and Who

[ CAF Note: I have asked Fleurette to allow me to publish her letters to me for subscribers.Fleurette is a dear friend, subscribe and force of nature from Vancouver, British Columbia.] Dear Catherine, As you

By Dr. Mercola When I first read that genetically modified humans have already been born, I could hardly believe it. However, further research into this story featured in the UK’s Daily Mail1 proved it to

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By Peter Morici No issue is more misunderstood, or been more purposefully confused by the Romney and Obama campaigns, than outsourcing. Outsourcing is merely the importing side of international trade — purchasing abroad goods and

By Staff Writers The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is considering launching its own bank to better manage its accounts, the new chief of subsidiary Airbus said in an interview. Continue reading the

By Graham Ruddick Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow, Sir Richard said Virgin Galactic wants to “revolutionise the way we get to space” and that he and his children will be the first passengers when the

The story of seed has become one of loss, control, dependence and debt. It’s been written by those who want to make vast profit from our food system, no matter what the true cost.  It’s

Wal-Mart now sells to the citizens of the United States more than one-fifth of their food, which is more than the combined sales of its three largest competitors. Related reading: Walmart From Wikipedia GMO From

(CAF Note: Is the LIBOR scandal sufficiently frustrating that the UK Defense establishment thought we needed some light reading for the weekend?) By Ed Krayewski The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense released 6,700 pages worth

“Catherine Austin Fitts has perspective on the housing and mortgage meltdown like no other. Under President George Herbert Walker Bush, she was Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD, where she basically

[click on the image for a larger version] By Conor Sen Robots have come to destroy our way of life, just as we saw in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, though not as we expected. They’re

Published by Harvard University Whatever the future, the analysis reported in this paper reveals some important points:  • Oil is not in short supply. From a purely physical point of view, there are huge volumes

U.S. Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin talk about the JOBS Act Judge Stanley Sporkin Stanley Sporkin (born February 7, 1932) is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He

By Sarah Horowitz For the First Time, USPTO Will Expand Operations Outside Washington, DC, to Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley, in Addition to Detroit, Which Opens July 13 “Intellectual property protection and innovation are engines

Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday. He was 86. Continue reading the article .

[ CAF Note: We created a mortgage bubble by fraudulent means. When the bubble burst, we solved the banks problem with fraudulent means at taxpayers expense. Now the question is if and how will we

Farmers from Miyagi prefecture raise their fists along with other farmers from across Japan during a rally against Japan participating in rule-making negotiations for the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Tokyo October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko

By John Acher and Ole Mikkelsen * Central bank cuts main policy rate by 25 bps to 0.20 pct * Cuts CD rate by 25 bps to negative 0.20 pct * Keeps current account rate

By Soren Dreier Scientists at Cern, the Geneva-based European laboratory for particle physics, are revealing their latest findings in their search for the Higgs boson. Video the guardian (3 July 12) Continue reading the article

A social and economic system driven by network technologies that enable the sharing and exchange of all kinds of assets from spaces to skills to cars in ways and on a scale never possible before

Stand Up For Your Right To Know The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act of 2012 We All Have a Right to Know What’s in Our Food Consumers have a right to know

The home of the Large Hadron Collider is hot with excitement about what two teams of physicists will report this week By Ian Sample The teams have been searching for the Higgs boson using the

Anyone notice a pattern? By Ben Deighton A Belgian court convicted a subsidiary of commodities trader Glencore (GLEN.L) and others on Wednesday of bribing a European Union official in return for market-sensitive information. Glencore Grain

By Chuck Gibson Buried underneath last week’s news about the Supreme Court’s ruling on “Obamacare”, the House of Representatives passed a transportation bill that included an extension of the low interest rate on government-subsidized student

[CAF Note: When John Gotti, Jr. was asked by the press whether or not the Gotti crime family was trafficking in narcotics, he denied the allegation saying “who can compete with the government?” My research

[CAF Note: I’m a skeptic. Get ready for this to be seriously misused] A federal court decision on Tuesday upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s landmark rulings to control greenhouse gases was a decisive victory for

Image: Stuart Niles / freedigitalphotos.net * By John Butler In what might be the most underreported financial story of the year, US banking regulators recently circulated a memorandum for comment, including proposed adjustments to current

[Note from CAF: Here it comes again. A new effort to push pandemics and vaccines. If ever there is a sign of real weakness in the global economy, medical terrorism is it. For more on swine

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Source: TED In pictures, quotes and more. As the world becomes interconnected, the ways we relate and learn about one another (and the rules about what we share) are changing. That’s

[click on the image for a larger version By Steven Aftergood The Department of Defense has identified 110 sites in the United States that could serve as bases for military unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or

by Catherine Austin Fitts In April, I dropped into the Verizon Store in Corte Madera, California. I was headed to Portugal. My iPhone did not work globally. On my last few trips to Europe, Verizon

From Wikipedia The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), also known as the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement, is a multilateral free trade agreement that aims to further liberalize the economies of the Asia-Pacific region; specifically, Article 1.1.3

[CAF Note: Like Curtis Mayfield sang, “It’s like one way in and no way out.”] By Spatial Information Design Labs The United States currently has more than 2 million people locked up in jails and

By Adam Curtis All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace is a series about how humans have been colonised by the machines they have built — “Although we don’t realise it, the way we

Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. They say that GM crops: Are an extension of natural breeding and

By Charles Riley The average American family’s net worth dropped almost 40% between 2007 and 2010, according to a triennial study released Monday by the Federal Reserve. [click on the image for a larger version

By David Jolly Paris — Washington gained another victory on Thursday in its push to extend surveillance over Americans’ financial dealings when Switzerland joined the list of countries that have agreed to cooperate in an

By Charles Hugh Smith of two minds.com The Master Narrative Nobody Dares Admit All centralized systems, open and shadow alike, act as heavy taxes on the society and economy. This is why they cannot compete

By Dakin Campbell and Michael J. Moore Moody’s Investors Service suffered a downgrade of its own as markets responded to the company’s rating cuts yesterday of 15 of the world’s largest banks by bidding up

Workshop– Saturday June 23 and Sunday, June 24, 2012 Hours: Each day-10:00-4:00 Place: Lesta’s Studio, 135 Evans Ave.,San Antonio., 78209 Fee: One day $50, both days $85 plus supply fee $10 a day Lunch: Bring your

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Source: CNBC The United States is still No. 1 when it comes to the number of millionaires in a single country, but global wealth is continuing its movement eastward. Continue reading the article . .

By a Solari Report Subscriber [CAF Note: Yikes! Has this happened to you? If you are a subscriber, post your story on the blog or, if not, let us know at communicate@wordpressdevurl.com. Let us know

Source: BBC News Japan has announced that it will restart two nuclear reactors – the first to go back online since all the country’s plants were closed following last year’s Fukushima crisis. Reactors at the

Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20, 2012, at 7:09 P.M. (EDT). Here’s more about the first day of summer—the summer solstice—plus, facts, folklore, and some sensational summer photos! Continue reading the article

By Frank Morales Back in 1992 the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff held a “Strategy Essay Competition.” The winner was a National War College student paper entitled, “The Origins of the American Military Coup of

By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of Iran’s big Asian

By Chris Oliver Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing HK:388 -4.45% HKXCF +2.56% , operator of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, said Friday it has entered into a framework agreement to buy the London Metal Exchange

By Ron Bennett For all the small business owners out there struggling to make it, here is simple calculation of the hidden tax paid due to inflation: How much is the tax due to 4%

By Karen Weise It’s been just two weeks since President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, loosening requirements for companies looking to raise capital. The rules aren’t even written yet, and already one new

By Anais Starr My great good friend and doctor healer, Dr. Jim MacKimmie passed away on Monday evening, June 11. After the initial stab of a shock, jangling of heart strings, sleeping on it overnight,

Could this be the golden age of estate planning? Some financial advisers believe it is — at least until the end of the year. That’s when key income tax breaks for transferring wealth are scheduled

BISMARCK, N.D. — Since Californians shrank their property taxes more than three decades ago by passing Proposition 13, people around the nation have echoed their dismay over such levies, putting forth plans to even them,

  Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which counts the Chinese government among it shareholders, is understood to have tabled a £1.3bn offer for the City’s last “open cry” market, and a decision is expected to

30,000 secret surveillance orders approved each year Nate Anderson (5 June 12) If the government spies on you but brings no charges, you’ll never know. A federal judge estimates that his fellow federal judges issue

Source: Shadowstats This article replaces the earlier “Primer” on the Consumer Price Index   Consumer Price Index Has Been Reconfigured Since Early-1980s?So As to Understate Inflation versus Common Experience   CPI no longer measures the

Source: Economist Our interactive overview of government debt across the planet. The clock is ticking. Every second, it seems, someone in the world takes on more debt. The idea of a debt clock for an

By Humble Student of the Markets I wrote before that the likely negative surprise was going to come from China and not Europe (see Focus on China, not Europe). Yes, I am worried about China,

“There are three kinds of people in the world: those who are asleep, those who are stirring, and those who are awake. “If you try to wake up the sleeping person he will just mumble

By Paula Vasan,  aiCIO Alongside senators, prime ministers, and banking kingpins, one (perhaps) unusual attendee is currently at this year’s Bilderberg meetings: Texas Teacher Retirement System (TRS) CIO Britt Harris. Harris’ presence at the historically

By Lee Ferran, Alexander Marquardt and Colleen Curry Flame, also known as sKyWIper, is a veritable “toolkit” of cyber spying programs that is capable of remotely taking screenshots while the computer user works, recording audio

[Note from CAF: This post was originally published here in February of 2009. In light of recent events, I am republishing.] By Catherine Austin Fitts In the fall of 2001 I attended a private investment

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a new rule to place certain restrictions on short selling when a stock is experiencing significant downward price pressure. The measure is intended to promote market stability and

Dear Mr. Blankfein: I write to request information about your firm’s market activities related to credit default swaps on municipal bonds in general, and State of California general obligation (GO) bonds specifically. The State never

View Larger Chart By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova There’s an enormous yet simple reason why America will remain an extremely powerful nation out to 2050. It’s demographics. Thanks to a relatively high fertility

As we read stories about a strong US dollar, it is good to keep a historical perspective in mind. View larger image at FXStreet.com

Here is a tool to track proposed federal food “safety” legislation. Continue reading Tracking Food Safety Proposals

By Oliver Biggadike and Inyoung Hwang The strengthening U.S. economy, subdued inflation and rising stock prices are propelling the dollar rally into its fifth month as traders seek refuge from Europe’s fiscal crisis and Japanese

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have sealed an agreement on a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty. Obama and Medvedev plan to officially sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on April 8 in

As of last week, there is now a U.S. Government national security agency called the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA).  It supersedes a Biometrics Task Force that was established in 2000. Though nominally a component

By William Selway and Martin Z. Braun JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and UBS AG were among more than a dozen Wall Street firms involved in a conspiracy to pay below-market interest

View Larger Chart The fundamentals supporting the long term trend. Continue reading Gold in US Dollars Correlated to US Sovereign Debt

View Larger Chart By Joe Weisenthal and Kamelia Angelova The recent bond sell off might just be noise, but of course it’s causing people to discuss the long-term sustainability of US debt. Continue reading Is

View Larger Chart By Adam Brochert For those who already own Gold and want to buy a house in the future, here’s how to know when to start looking for a house (chart stolen from

MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death. Reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant

By Michael Mackenzie and David Oakley The bond vigilantes are finally flexing their muscles. A long period of stability for the US government bond market showed signs of cracking this week as a lack of

Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy

– Read the full text of the bill as signed by the President – View an index and references at Thomas.gov Related reading: Obama to Sign Executive Order on Abortion Today ABC News (24 Mar

By Laura Litvan, Nicole Gaouette and Kristin Jensen March 22 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House passed the most sweeping health-care legislation in four decades, rewriting the rules governing medical industries and ensuring that tens of

By Jane Hamsher The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in congress since it began last year. The health care bill will come up for a vote in the House on Sunday,