Top Picks ~ Week of April 1, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of April 1, 2007

Fort Knox: Bretton Bacteria Outbreak By Hirus Dhnow – The Applachian Sentinel (Apr 1, 2007) “The Secret”: Creating a Culture of Cheerfulness as Rome Burns

Top Picks ~ Week of March 19, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of March 19, 2007

Blanchard Research Note: Gold Rose Last Week Despite Heavy ECB Sales By Neal R. Ryan – Blanchard & Co. (Mar 20, 2007) Arabs Again Test

Top Picks ~ Week of March 12, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of March 12, 2007

Happy Anniversary! The Salt March Began on March 12 Salt Satyagraha – from Wikipedia China Will Keep Buying US Treasuries, Wu Says (Update3) By Christina

Top Picks ~ Week of March 5, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of March 5, 2007

How Can US Dollar Survive Profligacy Like This? From US Rep Ron Paul (Mar 5, 2007) Critic of Russian Governmenrt Shot in Adelphi By Dennis

Top Picks ~ Week of February 19, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of February 19, 2007

“Vulture Fund” Companies Buy up Debt of Poor Countries at Cheap Prices From Democracy Now! – Greg Palast (Feb 16, 2007) Putin’s Speech at the

Top Picks ~ Week of February 12, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of February 12, 2007

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Online Headquarters What is the Real Cost of Corn Ethanol? – Extracts By Ronald R. Cooke – Sanders Research (Feb 12,

Top Picks ~ Week of February 5, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of February 5, 2007

3D Bar Graph of the Number of Financial Transactions Worldwide FCC Fudges its Broadband Report — But Finally Gets One Thing Right! By David S.

The Long Tail

The Long Tail

One of the smartest technologists I know sent me an e-mail the other day. He said, “If I send you a book, will you read

Top Picks ~ Week of January 29, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of January 29, 2007

Existing Home Sales Plummet in 2006 By Martin Crutsinger – AP (Jan 25, 2007) Even Central Banks Can’t Figure Out Market Risks Now By Gillian

The Moneychanger — Latest Offer

The Moneychanger — Latest Offer

Franklin Sanders’ newsletter, The Moneychanger, has a direct mail promotion going for one or two year subscriptions to the newsletter, his e-mail nudges and a

Be Encouraged

Be Encouraged

What a great week for encouraging listening. This weekend, I drove into Memphis to see The Good Shepherd. I listened each way to great ally

Top Picks ~ Week of January 22, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of January 22, 2007

‘Horror movie’ trial begins of pig farmer accused of killing 26 prostitutes Independent | 22 January 2007 WOW! Sustainable Agriculture – Miguel Altieri Ph.D. Entomology

Top Picks ~ Week of January 15, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of January 15, 2007

Revolution Arising from the Earth, Part I By William Kotke – Speaking Truth to Power (Jan 15, 2007) Children of Men: Everything Your Denial Keeps

Top Picks ~ Week of January 8, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of January 8, 2007

WOW! The Universe Gives Up Its Deepest Secret By Steve Connor – The Independent (Jan 8, 2007) Retrieving the Democrats’ Reason for Being By Sam

Top Picks ~ Week of December 25, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of December 25, 2006

Project Censored – The News That Didn’t Make the News From Project Censored – (Dec 2006) North Korea Selling Gold; May Have Up To 2,000

A Prayer for Gary Webb

A Prayer for Gary Webb

By Catherine Austin Fitts: Gary, we gather in our hearts to say farewell and to tell you how grateful we are for your presence in

Top Picks ~ Week of December 18, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of December 18, 2006

US Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins US Mint Press Release (Dec 14, 2006) Boston Air Traffic Controller Says 9/11 An Inside

Letter to Investor’s Business Daily

Letter to Investor’s Business Daily

  Investor’s Business Daily Letters To The Editor 12655 Beatrice St. Los Angeles, CA Ladies and Gentlemen: Congratulations on your op-ed piece, “If U.S. Wins

Top Picks ~ Week of December 11, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of December 11, 2006

Gold is Cheap, Yamada, Banks Assert as Sales Pared (Update4) By Pham-Duy Nguyen – Bloomberg (Dec 11, 2006) US Dollar Facing Imminent Collapse? By Jerone

Questions to Inform Investment Strategy

Questions to Inform Investment Strategy

By Catherine Austin Fitts December 10, 2004 After a discussion this afternoon with loved ones, I thought I would write up questions that would be

Top Picks – 1995

Top Picks – 1995

Jim Norman: Possible Motive for the Vince Foster Murder FBI Cover Up | 07 December 1995 How did Hillary Clinton and the Israeli Mossad…

Top Picks ~ Week of December 4, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of December 4, 2006

China Seeks Direct Talks with OPEC By Jim Krane – AP (Dec 4, 2006) Revealed: The Real Rate of Inflation By Edmund Conway – The

Geopolitical – 12.01.2004

Geopolitical – 12.01.2004

Verdict Favors World Trade Center Leaseholder CNN | 06 December 2004 Airplanes at two separate times was…

Top Picks ~ Week of November 27, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of November 27, 2006

Parks Not for Sale: Stop Commercial Bioprospecting in our National Parks! A site dedicated to informing the public about this The Amsterdam Declaration on Global

Top Picks ~ Week of November 20, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of November 20, 2006

Derivates Market Grows by 25% By Gillian Tett – Australian-FT Business (Nov 20, 2006) Congressman: American Concentration Camps “On the Books” By Steve Watson –

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Fitzgerald, A. Ernest: Memorandum for the record, December 9, 1968 JEC | 18 November 1969

Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.00

Money & Markets – Week of 11.16.00

Michael P. Mortara, 51, a Developer of Mortgage-Backed Securities NY Times | 16 November 2000 Death, Mr. Mortara…Goldman… GS Ventures…mortgage-backed securities… packages…

Top Picks ~ Week of November 13, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of November 13, 2006

Paul McCartney’s ‘Ecce Cor Meum’ Live in Concert NPR – Listen Online Tuesday 11.14.06 – 7:30pmET White Dog’s Owner Ready to Move On By Dianna

Top Picks ~ Week of November 6, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of November 6, 2006

US History Uncensored: What Your High School Textbook Didn’t Tell You By Carolyn L. Baker – With a forward by Catherine Austin Fitts Bush’s Chernobyl

Top Picks ~ Week of October 30, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of October 30, 2006

Global Cash Glut Fuels Investment Frenzy, Pushing Up Rates By John Fraher & Simon Kennedy – Bloomberg (Oct 30, 2006) Hawai Court Restrains Health Dept.

Hickory Valley, Tennessee — The Song

Hickory Valley, Tennessee — The Song

Good friend Dave Webb bought the farm next to me in Hickory Valley. He and his beautiful wife just came for a visit. While he

Top Picks ~ Week of October 23, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of October 23, 2006

How to Avoid Debt Slavery From Life After the Oil Crash America and the Dollar Illusion By Gabor Steingart – Der Spiegel (Oct 25, 2006)

Top Picks ~ Week of October 16, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of October 16, 2006

Costello Seeks Orderly $US Withdrawal By John Garnault – The Sydney Morning Herald (Oct 18, 2006) Great Lakes for sale! Michigan’s Odawa Indians Lead Anti-Nestle

Popsicle Culture

Popsicle Culture

A thriving residential and business community in downtown Washington, DC has created a new model of what community really means. Solari Village resident Catherine Austin

Howard Switzer to Richard Ciziks

Howard Switzer to Richard Ciziks

My ally and candidate for Governor of Tennessee Howard Switzer just wrote a letter to Richard Ciziks, the evangelical Christian encouraging Christians to extend pro-life

Top Picks ~ Week of October 9, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of October 9, 2006

An Interview with Green Evangelical Leader Richard Cizik By Amanda Griscom Little – Cizik Matters (Oct 5, 2006) The Real Story of Money (Parts I

Top Picks ~ Week of October 1, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of October 1, 2006

Legislation to Reopen Hearings Into Cointelpro Press Release: US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (Sept 24, 2006) The Trillion Dollar Question: China is Grappling with How to

Unanswered Questions About Andrew Cuomo

Unanswered Questions About Andrew Cuomo

By Catherine Austin Fitts “HUD is Being Run as a Criminal Enterprise” In 2000, three and a half years after Andrew Cuomo became Secretary of

Top Picks ~ Week of September 25, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of September 25, 2006

Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades By McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Brashears – American Sociological Review (2006, Vol 71 June:353-375)

Testimony of Anne Williamson

Testimony of Anne Williamson

Testimony of Anne Williamson Before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives September 21, 1999 Before I begin

Top Picks ~ Week of September 18, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of September 18, 2006

Feds Lower Boom on Alternative Money By Barbara Hagenbaugh – USA Today (Sept 15, 2006) Massive Surge in Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice Sparks Global

Francis Parvin Willits

Francis Parvin Willits

Francis Parvin Willits, recognized as one of the most progressive and successful representatives of the agricultural interest of Concordville, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, is a member

Memo on Community Databanks

Memo on Community Databanks

Memo To:          A National Reporter From:     Catherine Austin Fitts Date:      Fall 1998 Re:         Community Databanks, The Popsicle Index and How the

Science & Technology – Week of 09.07.1977

Science & Technology – Week of 09.07.1977

The CIA Tells Meyerson University Participated in Secret Research (PDF) The Daily Pennsylvanian | 09 September 1977 Behavior control research MK…

Top Picks ~ Week of September 4, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of September 4, 2006

“Orion” Project: Spaceship for Moon and Mars By Traci Watson – USA Today (Aug 31, 2006) Your Money or Your Life Simple Living Network &

Money & Markets – Week of 09.01.03

Money & Markets – Week of 09.01.03

Soros Hires Executive to Lead New Credit, Lending Business WSJ | 03 September 2016 (subscription) SFM Capital Mgmnt…

Anne Williamson Testimony

Anne Williamson Testimony

The Rape of Russia by Anne Williamson The following is Anne Williamson’s testimony before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the U.S. House

From Matt Savinar

From Matt Savinar

In today from Matt Savinar at Life After the Oil Crash: About a month ago I sent you a message regarding the absolutely fantastic Chicago

Top Picks ~ Week of August 28, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 28, 2006

The Real Dow Jones Industrial Average By An Anonymous Analyst – iTulip.com (at Jul 7, 2006) Congressional Election Nullified — Nobody Noticed By Michael Collins

Ecological Options Network

Ecological Options Network

Wonderful allies Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle at the Ecological Options Network have launched a new tv video blog at http://eon.blip.tv/. Check it out.

What is Koha?

What is Koha?

I asked my new friend Claude who lives here in New Zealand where I am visiting what the word Koha means. Being a beautiful writer,

Top Picks ~ Week of August 21, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 21, 2006

Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime Source: US v $124,700 (US Court of Appeals, 8th Cir (Aug 19, 2006) Wi-Fi Cloud Covers

9/11: Press for Truth

9/11: Press for Truth

I spent the first day in New Zealand roaming Wellington to get set up for my time here. Special thanks to Alastair Thompson of Scoop

Foreward: Crossing the Rubicon

Foreward: Crossing the Rubicon

A Matter of Life and Death By Catherine Austin Fitts The real deal on corporate media In 1990, a New York Times reporter writing about

From the Wilderness — In Good Hands

From the Wilderness — In Good Hands

I would like to express my confidence in the new Editor of From The Wilderness, Carolyn Baker. FTW Publisher Mike Ruppert has decided to leave

Top Picks ~ Week of August 14, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 14, 2006

The UK Terror Plot: What’s Really Going On? Poster on Craig Murray Blog – Ambassador to Uzbekistan (Aug 14, 2006) With this comment by Richard

Important Message from GATA

Important Message from GATA

9:41p ET Monday, August 14, 2006 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The Reuters story appended here about NovaGold’s resistance to Barrick Gold’s low-ball acquisition

Sad to Say

Sad to Say

Associated Press reports that Representative Cynthia McKinney has lost her primary run-off election in Georgia. What is amazing is how much money and dirty tricks

Top Picks ~ Week of August 7, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 7, 2006

AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data By Michael Arrington – TechCrunch.com (Aug 6, 2006) Buffett Timing Off in Dollar Strategy By George Stein

In From Flashpoints

In From Flashpoints

** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY ** An open letter to the KPFT Houston community From: the Flashpoints team RE: The cancellation of Flashpoints during the expanding

Way to Go, FTW!

Way to Go, FTW!

From the Wilderness has announced today that they have removed the link to Goldline from their website.

Buyer Beware — Know Your Coin Dealer

Buyer Beware — Know Your Coin Dealer

I have been e-mailing with a subscriber of From the Wilderness (FTW) who bought Swiss 20 Francs from Goldline, a firm linked to by the

Top Picks ~ Week of July 24, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 24, 2006

Whole Foods Pledges Greater Support of Small Farms Reuters – (June 30, 2006) Fungi Perfecti A family-owned company “specializing in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms for

Too Good Not to Pass On…

Too Good Not to Pass On…

In from one of the most insightful (and charming) members of our network, Kimberly Carter: “….I am delving deeper into the source and mindset of

Escaping the Matrix

Escaping the Matrix

I just finished reading Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world by Richard Moore. It has a good overview of how

Shaolin Kung Fu

Shaolin Kung Fu

One of my lifetime top ten DVD’s is Shaolin Wheel of Life. I just saw Myths and Logic of Shaolin based on a Solari Action

Lebanon: Death & Dollar Up

Lebanon: Death & Dollar Up

Amazing how much better the dollar is doing since the attack on Lebanon started. I spoke today with an investor who has a portfolio positioned

Top Picks ~ Week of July 17, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 17, 2006

Second High-Ranking Afro-American Official in Bush Administration Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances Wayne Madsen Report (July 15/16, 2006) See also the articles on the two recent

Top Picks ~ Week of July 10, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 10, 2006

EVOLUTION & TRANSFORMATION 100 Mile Diet Local Eating for Global Change The Stop Shopping Monitor Catherine’s Latest Interview on Flashpoints Posted at Reverend Billy’s Blog

A Must See

A Must See

If you want to understand why it is essential that we reassert control of financial flows, including taxes and government securities issuance, see the documentary

Top Picks ~ Week of July 3, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 3, 2006

More Massive Data Thefts Wayne Madsen Report – Scroll down to 7/03/2006 post Members of Corporate Media & PR Spin Machine Wayne Madsen Report –

A Remarkable Young Talent

A Remarkable Young Talent

For those of you who love Gospel and welcome a delightful musical infusion of vitality and life, check out DeWayne Woods singing “God Is” on

Top Picks ~ Week of June 26, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of June 26, 2006

More signs of housing bubble pop By Mark Kiesel, Pimco Bonds Referred by Larry Chin, Associate Editor of Online Journal Former Chairman of Ex-Im Bank

Geopolitical – Week of 06.27.05

Geopolitical – Week of 06.27.05

Haliburton’s Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion DPC | 27 June 2005 Report prepared for: Rep. Henry A Waxman and Sen. Byron

Chosing an Investment Advisor

Chosing an Investment Advisor

The Solari Investment Strategy Several years ago, one of our clients asked us to help him to develop criteria for choosing an investment advisor for

Verses: Ficino School Song

Verses: Ficino School Song

When a Knight Won His Spurs When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old, He was gentle and brave, he was gallant

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

May 22, 2002 Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.) 114 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Van Hilleary for Governor P.O. Box 680127 Franklin, TN 37068-0127

The Dow Jones in Gold Dollars

The Dow Jones in Gold Dollars

My week was topped off by a message from Franklin Sanders of The Moneychangers, another great way maker. He points out that “From an August

A True Thing

A True Thing

There are times when the walls start to close in on me. When that happens, I reach out for a true thing. Something that pushes

The Great “Incompetency” Heist

The Great “Incompetency” Heist

I never cease to be amazed at the extent to which successful policies are portrayed as failed policies, and the transfer of public resources to

The American Tapeworm

The American Tapeworm

[This article was originally published in April 2003] By Catherine Austin Fitts A Tapeworm’s Triumph The other day, a natural healing practitioner explained the strategy

News of the Week: April 24, 2006

News of the Week: April 24, 2006

Commentary on the IMF & World Bank For this week’s News of the Week First read the White House Press Statement: Statement on International Monetary

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

“How knowledge behaves as an economic resource, we do not yet fully understand … We need an economic theory that puts knowledge into the center

Musings on Saturday

Musings on Saturday

I watched the movie Capote last night. In the movie, Truman Capote is describing his emotional connection to one of the convicted murderers in the