Looting Social Security

Looting Social Security

William Greider of The Nation has written a excellent description of the coming assault on the social safety net. Trillions have been stolen, yet rather

Bank Nationalization

Bank Nationalization

A question in from a network member: So I would like your take on the situation: Is the movement to nationalize banks: a way to

Money & Markets  – Week of 2.22.09

Money & Markets – Week of 2.22.09

The Oracle with Max Keiser A YouTube Video (27 Feb 2009) Ex-Treasury Official Confirms Gold Suppression Scheme GATA (24 Feb 09) Delphi Allowed to Cancel

Geopolitical – Week of 2.22.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.22.09

Judge Questions Law Giving Telecoms Immunity Truthout (24 Feb 09) NAFTA Renegotiation Must Wait, Obama Says Truthout.org (20 Feb 09) Army Charity Hoards Millions Truthout.org

Precious Metals – Week of 2.22.09

Precious Metals – Week of 2.22.09

Swiss Party Wants to Punish U.S. For UBS Probe Reuters (21 Feb 09) The Long And The Short Of It plata.com (20 Feb 09)

Food & Health – Week of 2.22.09

Food & Health – Week of 2.22.09

Cash-Strapped Communities Suffer as Corporations Target Water Systems Common Dreams.org (25 Feb 09) Five Brain-Manipulating Technologies That Prove Dollhouse Exists Right Now Mad Science (17

Life – Week of 2.22.09

Life – Week of 2.22.09

A FAMILY CURSE awakeninthedream.com Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans Short Sharp Science (22 Oct 08) Amid The Grieving, a Rare Act of

Rigorous Intuition

Rigorous Intuition

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

John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto

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.

Seed Monopolists

Seed Monopolists

From “Planting Seeds” in The Guardian in January: “Bill and Melinda Gates hate controversy, but the world’s top philanthropists do seem to be moving ever

Kiss an Entreprenuer Today!

Kiss an Entreprenuer Today!

Did you know that from 1980-2005, firms less than five years old accounted for all net job growth in the United States? This statistic is

States vs. Feds

States vs. Feds

There is a war going on but it is not one we are reading about in the news. As tax revenues decline, the federal government

Nassim Taleb & the Black Swan

Nassim Taleb & the Black Swan

Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, talks straight about bailouts and makes sound suggestions about solutions. For example, how can you fix anything if

The Stimulus Wiki

The Stimulus Wiki

Here is a great idea – using wiki technology to bring transparency to government spending, starting with the stimulus package. The Stimulus Wiki OK, anyone

Gold Money; Gold Politics

Gold Money; Gold Politics

I first met James Turk in the late 1970’s while interviewing for jobs on Wall Street. It was many years later thanks to the Gold

Money & Markets – Week of 2.15.09

Money & Markets – Week of 2.15.09

Rep. Manzullo Questions Bailout Czar Neel Kashkari YouTube Robert Brenner: Towards the Precipice “Scoop” top Scoops (01 May 03) Bloggers Will Catch the Next Madoff

Geopolitical – Week of 2.15.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.15.09

Obama Orders More Troops to Afghanistan Reuters.com (18 Feb 09) Obama to Appoint Panel for Auto Recovery ABC News (15 Feb 09) Federal Obligations Exceed

Precious Metals – Week of 2.15.09

Precious Metals – Week of 2.15.09

Beijing Reserves Could Fuel Natural-Resources Deals The Wall Street Journal (19 Feb 09) Gold Hits Record Against Euro on Fear of Zimbabwean-style Response to Bank

Food & Health – Week of 2.15.09

Food & Health – Week of 2.15.09

Response to Drought is Dry Run For a Response to Climate Change San Francisco Chronicle (11 Feb 09) Los Angeles Nears Water Rationing Yahoo.News (17

Life – Week of 2.15.09

Life – Week of 2.15.09

Householders To Be Charged For Each Flush Of Toilet perthnow.com (16 Nov 08) Environment and Rural Development Work Journeytoforever.org (02 Feb 09) KYMATICA video.google.com (01

From the Netherlands

From the Netherlands

View this slide show from a network member: Understanding and Navigating the Economic Crisis update Lots of suggestions to help you take action.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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

Highlights of The Stimulus Bill

Highlights of The Stimulus Bill

The Associated Press breakdown of approximately $700 billion of the $789 billion economic stimulus bill agreed to by the Senate and House: Aid To Poor

The Data Beast – Part V

The Data Beast – Part V

Aaron Russo was a fearless, talented, capable man. He loved life and people. He could not fathom why millions of Americans were adapting to fascism.

The Data Beast – Part IV

The Data Beast – Part IV

From Sam Smith The Progressive Review – 11 Feb 2009 Washington Monthly – The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology isn’t “new”; it was created

The Data Beast – Part III

The Data Beast – Part III

I grew up next to a University campus. My parents loved to learn. Our home was filled with books and people from diverse backgrounds. One

Credit Freeze

Credit Freeze

I froze my credit recently. Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws requiring the credit bureaus to enable consumers to protect their

The Data Beast – Part II

The Data Beast – Part II

In assessing the advisability of a national health database, it is valuable to understand that a national health database will be: one of many databases

The Financial Stability Plan

The Financial Stability Plan

Here is the fact sheet and the new website for the Administration’s Financial Stability Plan. Lord Acton once said, “The issue which has swept down the

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Ford’s Model T, the working man’s car, could be bought for around $300 in the 1920s. A more upscale manufacturer, Studebaker, advertised their “Big Six

Precious Metals: Frequently Asked Questions

Precious Metals: Frequently Asked Questions

This is the second week of the month. That means I am headed over to Westpoint, Tennessee on Thursday, February 12, to join Franklin Sanders

US Government Debt Grows

US Government Debt Grows

“The net supply of Treasurys in 2009 and 2010 combined seems likely to total more than $3 trillion and could climb as high as $4

The Data Beast – Part I

The Data Beast – Part I

When I served as Assistant Secretary of Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the first Bush Administration, I discovered that

Money & Markets – Week of 2.08.09

Money & Markets – Week of 2.08.09

10 Must-Know IRA Terms Finance Yahoo (11 Feb 09) A Proposal to Shore Up Banks With Pension Funds The New York Times (09 Feb 09)

Geopolitical – Week of 2.08.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.08.09

Jonathan Turley Discusses Obama Administration Prosecutions of Bush War Crimes MSNBC / YouTube (10 Feb 2009) Congress Nears Passage of $789 Billion Stimulus Plan Bloomberg.com

Food & Health – Week of 2.08.09

Food & Health – Week of 2.08.09

Tours of Los Angeles Eco-Village LAEV (Feb 09) Proactive With Permaculture Whole Ecosystems Design (05 Feb 09) USDA Considers Using GE Corn for Ethanol My

Life – Week of 2.08.09

Life – Week of 2.08.09

Andreas Helgstrand – WEG2006 Freestyle Final YouTube Newseum: Nationwide Newspaper Front Pages in Their Original, Unedited Form newseum.org Tata Unveils the World’s Cheapest Car Businessweek

Financial Permaculture: What Is It?

Financial Permaculture: What Is It?

Financial Permaculture on Vimeo. Watch the video from the first-ever Financial Permaculture Summit in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

Executive Order on Health Information Technology

Executive Order on Health Information Technology

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (popularly referred to as the President’s economic stimulus plan) as engrossed in the House of Representatives (as

Produce the Note

Produce the Note

Here is an excellent idea from one of our finest Congressional Representatives: Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. View the Mortgage Squatting video on YouTube

Kentucky Now — What's Next?

Kentucky Now — What's Next?

A member of the Solari network just called me. Several years ago, inspired by our warnings, she moved to a home that is much more

Derivatives R' Us

Derivatives R' Us

Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics is the Sherlock Holmes on the tail of the derivatives cabal. Here is the product of his latest sleuthing.

Rethinking Diversification

Rethinking Diversification

[Originally Posted on Feb 2, 2009] For our entire lives, most of us have depended on highly centralized systems. Our food comes from a thousand

Money & Markets – Week of 2.1.09

Money & Markets – Week of 2.1.09

U.S. Treasury in Plans For Record Debt Sale Financial Times (04 Feb 2009) How to Rescue the Bank Bailout truthout.org (26 Jan 2009) Fiscal Stimulus

Geopolitical – Week of 2.1.09

Geopolitical – Week of 2.1.09

County to State of California: Check Is Not In the Mail sun-herald.com (04 Feb 2009) Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael T. Conahan Plead Guilty to

Precious Metals – Week of 2.1.09

Precious Metals – Week of 2.1.09

Gold Currency Bill in the Colorado Legislature state.co.us Gold Currency Bill in Indiana indiana.gov RBI Yet To Renew Silver Import Licence The Economic Times (04

Food & Health – Week of 2.1.09

Food & Health – Week of 2.1.09

Don’t Underestimate Agrotherapy’s Curative Powers pressdemocrat.com (01 Feb 2009) Addiction Is A Genetic Disease Power And Control (18 Jan 2007) Few Changes Expected for Recently

Life – Week of 2.1.09

Life – Week of 2.1.09

Chinese Earthquake May Have Been Man-made, Say Scientists Telegraph.co.uk (03 Feb 2009) Car Wreck, Circa 1912 safetycenter.navy.mil (Feb 2009) To Avoid Going Broke, Mainers Are

Look at the Time

Look at the Time

Occasionally I have someone tell me that they have to subscribe to corporate media because they need to know what “they” are saying. I understand

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that

Money & Markets – Week of 1.25.09

Money & Markets – Week of 1.25.09

Lending Drops at Big U.S. Banks Wall Street Journal (26 Jan 2009) Fannie Mae Foreclosure Sale at 50 Cents on $1 Shows Price Reset Bloomberg

Geopolitical – Week of 1.25.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.25.09

Grand Jury Investigates Los Angeles Priest Cases NY Times (29 Jan 2009) Wen and Putin Lecture Western Leaders Financial Times (29 Jan 2009) Behind the

Precious Metals – Week of 1.25.09

Precious Metals – Week of 1.25.09

Gold Pushes Above $900 in Buying Spree Financial Times (26 Jan 2009) Silver Investigation: Stakes Are Enormous investegate.co.uk (27 Jan 2009)

Food & Health – Week of 1.25.09

Food & Health – Week of 1.25.09

Honey Laundering: Tainted Product Still Slips Easily Into U.S. Seattlepi.com (25 Jan 2009) Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury Washington Post (26 Jan 2009)

Life – Week of 1.25.09

Life – Week of 1.25.09

Meltdown Madness: The Human Costs of the Economic Crisis truthout.org (28 Jan 2009) Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut breitbart.com (28 Jan

The Dow: 2009 vs. 1929

The Dow: 2009 vs. 1929

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

US State & Local Government Pension Funds

US State & Local Government Pension Funds

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, in The Funding Status of Locally Administered Pension Plans by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry,

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! – Romans 10:15

More on NAIS

More on NAIS

The Department of Agriculture continues its efforts to implement the National Animal Identification System. Here are proposed new rules published on January 13, 2009.

What Companies Are Actually Doing Well?

What Companies Are Actually Doing Well?

According to a NY Times article, the following industries have experienced significant sales growth in the last 12 months (privately owned companies only): View a

The Godfather's World — Your World

The Godfather's World — Your World

Michael Corleone: “My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.” Kay Adams: “Do you know

IRA Rollovers:Tax Laws Affecting Investors

IRA Rollovers:Tax Laws Affecting Investors

Leaving your current place of employment? Here are frequently asked questions about IRA rollovers from employee sponsored plans. Read the complete article …

The Fed's Blueprint for Market Intervention

The Fed's Blueprint for Market Intervention

by James Turk Read the full article on gata.org An important document buried in the Federal Reserve’s archives has been discovered by writer and researcher

Money & Markets – Week of 1.18.09

Money & Markets – Week of 1.18.09

What Companies Are Actually Doing Well? NY Times (20 Jan 2009) The Economy Gets Top Billing, but Congress May Also Try to Revamp 401(k) and

Geopolitical – Week of 1.18.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.18.09

Intelligence Agencies’ Databases Set to Be Linked Wall Street Journal (22 Jan 2009) Henry Kissinger: The World Must Forge a New Order or Retreat to

Precious Metals – Week of 1.18.09

Precious Metals – Week of 1.18.09

Gold Is Shifting From West to East – Along With The Balance of Power Money Week (21 Jan 2009) GATA’s Tenth Anniversary: Gold Manipulation Evidence

Food & Health – Week of 1.18.09

Food & Health – Week of 1.18.09

Counterfeit Foods Enter the U.S. Market USA Today (19 Jan 2009) Six Reasons Why Appointing Monsanto’s Buddy Vilsack for USDA Head Would be a Terrible

Life – Week of 1.18.09

Life – Week of 1.18.09

Back on Tracks Washington Monthly (Jan 2009) 2008 Global Temperature NASA (21 Jan 2009) Vatican To Get Own YouTube Channel Reuters (19 Jan 2009)

Money R' Us: We Break It, We Fix It

Money R' Us: We Break It, We Fix It

Larry Summers, engineer of the housing bubble and gold price suppression, is returning to power on Monday. Ditto, the folks who lost $3.3 trillion at

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

The key to recovery is jobs and income. Real income must increase across a broad cross-section of the country – unlike the past decade or

Financial Coup d’Etat & Your 401k

Financial Coup d’Etat & Your 401k

In 1997, I had approximately $500,000 of assets sitting in a 401(k) at T. Rowe Price. The funds represented a portion of the money I

Money & Markets – Week of 1.11.09

Money & Markets – Week of 1.11.09

Chaos & Order – A Breakpoint for the Global Monetary System dollardaze.org (12 Jan 2009) Wall Street Powerhouses Invested Alongside Madoff Pam Martens / counterpunch.org

The Pump and Dump

The Pump and Dump

The financial fraud known as “pump and dump” involves artificially inflating the price of a stock or other security through promotion, in order to sell

Geopolitical – Week of 1.11.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.11.09

Chávez Lets West Make Oil Bids as Prices Plunge NY Times (14 Jan 2009) U.S. Military Report Warns ‘Sudden Collapse’ of Mexico is Possible El

Food & Health – Week of 1.11.09

Food & Health – Week of 1.11.09

An Interview with Albert Bates Hen & Harvest (14 Jan 2009) Mississippi Family Uses ‘Permaculture’ Methods for Sustainable Food Source commercialappeal.com (16 Jan 2009) The

Life – Week of 1.11.09

Life – Week of 1.11.09

Williard Wigan, Micro Sculpter, Sells Life Work for $20MM youtube.com Never Speak to a Policeman Without Your Lawyer Present Gary North Californians Look for the

Biggest Full Moon of the Year

Biggest Full Moon of the Year

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

I.O.U.S.A. Documentary

I.O.U.S.A. Documentary

CNN is running the documentary ‘I.O.U.S.A.’ this weekend. We thought you might find our commentary from this summer regarding ‘I.O.U.S.A.’ of interest.

Citigroup says Rubin Has Retired from Bank

Citigroup says Rubin Has Retired from Bank

Citigroup Inc. said Robert Rubin has retired from the bank. According to a spokesman, “Rubin did not anticipate the ‘extreme circumstances’ that the financial system

Will Defense Run the "Real" Stimulus Package?

Will Defense Run the "Real" Stimulus Package?

In fiscal 1999, the Department of Defense was “missing” $2.3 trillion dollars. To put that amount of money in perspective, it is approximately 3X what

Red Brocade

Red Brocade

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,

Financial Fraud: The Tip-Off

Financial Fraud: The Tip-Off

“Tell me why I’m so lucky!” This was the challenge hurled by the head of Capital Markets of my former Wall Street firm at any

The Fix Is In

The Fix Is In

There appears to be a chorus of people with very good resumes predicting that the dollar is about to fall. While the economic fundamentals for

Panetta Picked to Head CIA

Panetta Picked to Head CIA

Obama Picks Leon Panetta to Head CIA Yahoo News (05 Jan 2009) Leon Panetta on Wikipedia wikipedia.org Central Intelligence Agency on Wikipedia wikipedia.org

Money & Markets – Week of 1.04.09

Money & Markets – Week of 1.04.09

Bank of England Says Interest Rate Cuts Won’t Be Enough The Telegraph (8 Jan 2009) State Unemployment Claim Systems Overwhelmed Yahoo News (6 Jan 2009)

Geopolitical – Week of 1.04.09

Geopolitical – Week of 1.04.09

Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair Call for New Capitalism Yahoo News (8 Jan 2008) Obama’s Black Widow truthout.org (23 December 2008) Time to Stop Being Afraid of

Precious Metals – Week of 1.04.09

Precious Metals – Week of 1.04.09

Merrill Lynch Says Rich Are Turning to Gold Bars for Safety The Telegraph (08 Jan 2009) Former Fed Governor Hints at Big Upward Revaluation of

Food & Health – Week of 1.04.09

Food & Health – Week of 1.04.09

The Outcry is Muted, but the Food Crisis is Getting Worse The Guardian (9 Jan 2009) A 50-Year Farm Bill NY Times (4 Jan 2009)

Life – Week of 1.04.09

Life – Week of 1.04.09

Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months Fox News (9 Jan 2009) Philips Illuminates World’s First LED Nation colorkinetics.com Pelicans Fall Out of

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

This government has lost the capacity to govern because a shadow government has taken over. The narco-mafia state is now completely consolidated. — Ashraf Ghani,