Kardashev Scale

Kardashev Scale

By Wikipedia The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring a civilization’s level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is

New Development Bank

New Development Bank

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS,states (Brazil Russia, India, China

A Touch of Greatness

A Touch of Greatness

With link to movie: A Touch of Greatness’ Official Website Also recommended: The School: Humanity’s New Future

Money & Markets – Week of 01.04.15

Money & Markets – Week of 01.04.15

World’s Best Forecaster Targets Euro-Dollar Parity: Currencies Bloomberg | 08 January 2015 Few investors will want… Greek Crisis Jolts QE Juggernaut as ECB Ponders Deflation

Precious Metals – Week of 01.04.15

Precious Metals – Week of 01.04.15

Asian Disenchantment with Western Gold Market Manipulation Mine Web | 06 January 2015 Setting up of the new contracts… Tax-efficient Investing in Gold Journal of

Geopolitical – Week of 01.04.15

Geopolitical – Week of 01.04.15

The Attack on Charlie Hebdo Plays Right Into Marine Le Pen’s Hands New Republic| 07 January 2015 We must not assume… Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia to

Science & Technology – Week of 01.04.15

Science & Technology – Week of 01.04.15

Nokia 215: Microsoft Unveils its Cheapest Ever Internet Phone with 29-day Battery Life and $29 Price Tag Independent| 04 January 2015 It will be useful

Food & Health – Week of 01.04.15

Food & Health – Week of 01.04.15

Dilemma over Deductibles: Costs Crippling Middle Class USA Today | 02 January 2015 Four in 10 working-age adults… Livingston Butcher Shop May be First of

Life – Week of 01.04.15

Life – Week of 01.04.15

Will New Mexico’s Empty Churches Go on Sale? Tom Garrity | 03 January 2015 Religions institutions need to… Europe’s Empty Churches Go on Sale WSJ

Wildcards – Week of 01.04.15

Wildcards – Week of 01.04.15

NEO – Something Strange About ISIS Veterans Today | 03 January 2015 There is a growing consensus that… Admitting Class One Civilization Status…? Giza Death

Our First Donation of 2015

Our First Donation of 2015

By Catherine Austin Fitts What would we do without Wikipedia? Solari is now signed up for a small automatic monthly donation. Wikipedia Donation

Wrap Up Ready!

Wrap Up Ready!

“Our task is to look at the world and see it whole.” ~E. F. Schumacher By Catherine and the Solari Report Team Our theme for

Mark Your Calendar

Mark Your Calendar

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Money & Markets – Week of 12.28.14

Money & Markets – Week of 12.28.14

Why American Entrepreneurship has Been Dying for Decades The Fiscal Times | 26 November 2014 More businesses are… Seattle Tenants Beat Back Plan to Quadruple

Geopolitics – Week of 12.28.14

Geopolitics – Week of 12.28.14

Top 10 Biggest Political Stories of 2014 Yahoo | 28 December 2014 The end result was huge electoral If Obama Were a White Republican, He’d

Science & Technology – Week of 12.28.14

Science & Technology – Week of 12.28.14

The Resonance Project Resonance | 27 December 2014 To change something, build… NSA Analysts Spied on Spouses, Girlfriends: Documents Daily News | 27 December 2014

Food & Health – Week of 12.28.14

Food & Health – Week of 12.28.14

MIT Scholar Warns of Greatly Increased Autism in Children Due to GMO Undernews | 27 December 2014 Side effects of autism closely mimic… TEDxNewy 2011

Life – Week of 12.28.14

Life – Week of 12.28.14

Search for Missing AirAsia Jet #QZ8501 Bound for Singapore from Indonesia Resumes Yahoo | 28 December 2014 Search is now focused…

Wildcards – Week of 12.28.14

Wildcards – Week of 12.28.14

Bush & Cheney Should Be Charged with War Crimes Says Col. Wilkerson, Former Aide to Colin Powel Information Clearing House | 24 December 2014 Prime

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VII

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VII

“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” ~ Charlie Munger

Voilà! I Can Understand My World

Voilà! I Can Understand My World

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” ~Vladimir Lenin By Catherine Austin Fitts It’s Christmas. We hope you take

Missing You, Georgie…

Missing You, Georgie…

YouTube (14 Oct 11) Related Reading: Happy Birthday with Georgie! (24 Dec 10) Celebrating the Life of Georgie LaRue (27 Dec 10) Georgie Anna Branham

In Hoc Anno Domini

In Hoc Anno Domini

Vermont Royster’s Christmas message has been republished by The Wall Street Journal every Christmas since its first publication in 1949. As I can not think

JPM Derivatives Book: Who’s Zooming Who?

JPM Derivatives Book: Who’s Zooming Who?

By Catherine Austin Fitts Sometimes I have a profound sense of being ignored. Actually, I am not being ignored. Rather, I live among caring, well

North Korea–United States Relations

North Korea–United States Relations

[click on the image for a larger version] North Korea–United States Relations developed primarily during the Korean War, but in recent years have been largely

Tech Investors Plowing Money Into Future Farms

Tech Investors Plowing Money Into Future Farms

By Heather Somerville TRACY, Calif. — Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world’s newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents

2014 Year in Review

2014 Year in Review

The year we piled up risks like a global game of Tetris by David Collum Every December, I write a Year in Review (ref 1–7)

Money & Markets – Week of 12.21.14

Money & Markets – Week of 12.21.14

China to Launch Yuan Swap Trading With Russian Rubles on Monday Zero Hedge| 26 December 2014 Then things will… Banker Death Update: Slain Mass Mutual

Precious Metals – Week of 12.21.14

Precious Metals – Week of 12.21.14

Marine Le Pen: Open letter to French Central Bank Governor Praag| 25 November 2014 This inventory will need to indicate the country…

Geopolitical – Week of 12.21.14

Geopolitical – Week of 12.21.14

Russian Pivot Michael Hudgson | 14 December 2014 And instead of the Europeans or the Americans… US Taxpayers Spent US $1.6 Trillion on War Since

Science & Technology – Week of 12.21.14

Science & Technology – Week of 12.21.14

Apple Did its First Ever Automatic Security Update on Macs Today Slate | 23 December 2014 Apple added universal automatic updates… Coming Data Deluge Means

Food & Health – Week of 12.21.14

Food & Health – Week of 12.21.14

Signs Of Change in Food Farming The Contrary Farmer | 24 December 2014 Large scale industrial grain farming is… Video: Farmin’ in The Hood 2

Life – Week of 12.21.14

Life – Week of 12.21.14

Pope Francis warns Vatican Leaders Against ‘Spiritual Alzheimer’s’ Washington Post | 22 December 2014 Francis hoped that the Christmas season would…

Wildcards – Week of 12.21.14

Wildcards – Week of 12.21.14

Penn Square Bank Wikipedia | 19 December 2014 The bank made its name in high-risk energy… Former Newspaper Boss Tells Police of VIP Paedophile Cover-up

America’s Police on Trial

America’s Police on Trial

[CAF Note: The Economist is dead wrong about gun control, but many of their other points are well taken. What is most interesting is that

Russia Bounces

Russia Bounces

By Catherine Austin Fitts As Russia confirms that it will maintain oil sales at current levels, the oil price and Russia equities see a bounce:

Money & Markets – Week of 12.14.14

Money & Markets – Week of 12.14.14

The Reemergence of C Corporations AICPA| 18 December 2014 if it appears that double taxation… “It’s a Huge Crisis” – The UK Oil Industry is

Geopolitical – Week of 12.14.14

Geopolitical – Week of 12.14.14

Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton: The Perfectly Illustrative Election Information Clearinghouse| 17 December 2014 It would rub everyone’s noses in… Stratfor: Ukraine Coup Plotted by

Science & Technology – Week of 12.14.14

Science & Technology – Week of 12.14.14

AFSA Open Letter Opposing Human Feeding Trials Involving GM Banana AFSA | 18 December 2014 These crops divert resources… Monsanto: Science and Fraud are the

CrowdMed

CrowdMed

CrowdMed harnesses the wisdom of crowds to collaboratively solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online. The company offers individuals, insurance

Food & Health – Week of 12.14.14

Food & Health – Week of 12.14.14

Study: Octogenarians Indicate 80 Could Be the New 40 BSU| 25 February 2013 hey are simply incredible, happy… Cranberry Ginger Holiday Tea Stepin2 My Green

Quadruple Witching Day

Quadruple Witching Day

[CAF Note: Friday is quadruple witching day!] DEFINITION of ‘Quadruple Witching’ The expiration date of various stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and

Life – Week of 12.14.14

Life – Week of 12.14.14

A Texas Plumbing Truck Ends Up in a Terrorist Photo CNBC | 17 December 2014 In the photo, the truck is equipped with… Man Can’t

Wildcards – Week of 12.14.14

Wildcards – Week of 12.14.14

The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings The Nation | 16 December 2014 techniques…do not themselves produce useful… In Context: Laura Pressley’s

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VI

Team Awesome Solari Circle – Part VI

“Turning off the Bubblevision [your TV] is a great step towards preventing yourself from becoming a slave to the market.” ~James Montier By Catherine Austin

Book Review: The Accidental Super Power

Book Review: The Accidental Super Power

“Everything has to do with geography” ~ Judy Martz By Catherine Austin Fitts Geography contributes mightily to destiny. Yet, appreciation for geography is generally absent

Hiring Managers & Arrest Records

Hiring Managers & Arrest Records

Three decades of tougher laws and policing have left nearly one in three adult Americans with a criminal record, according to data kept by the

Holiday Magic Coast Style

Holiday Magic Coast Style

By Catherine Austin Fitts Who ever thought I would do a Christmas album with Pat Boone and Whitley Streiber? Only the team from Coast to

The Stock Profits of Obamacare

The Stock Profits of Obamacare

[click on the image for a larger version] Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) by Catherine Austin Fitts I don’t understand why the media

Local: A Better Way to Shop

Local: A Better Way to Shop

[CAF Note: I live in a rural area and do a lot of online shopping – particularly for books, so I found these numbers quite

ALEC is Back !

ALEC is Back !

By Julie Bykowicz Republicans now control the legislatures of 31 states, having just wrested chambers in nine from Democratic hands. Twenty-four of those states also

Wicked Problem

Wicked Problem

A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“You begin saving the world one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” – Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski Wikipedia

Book Review: Three Felonies A Day

Book Review: Three Felonies A Day

“When the law becomes a trap for the unwary, it becomes an engine of oppression rather than a statement of the moral and ethical requirements

Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.14

Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.14

‘Houston, We Have a Problem’ Bloomberg | 10 December 2014 It appears that the US is on the verge… Insider Trading Prosecutions Just Got Harder

China Equities Take Off

China Equities Take Off

“Everyone is talking about the stock market,” [Wu Yunfeng, an individual investor from Shanghai] said. “I was eating dumplings at a street side stall and

Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.14

Geopolitical – Week of 12.07.14

Jamie Dimon Himself Called to Urge Support for the Derivatives Rule in the Spending Bill Washington Post | 11 December 2014 Let big banks undertake

Science & Technology – Week of 12.07.14

Science & Technology – Week of 12.07.14

London hit by air traffic control computer failure Yahoo | 12 December 2014 “Some of NATS’ computer systems are… Quantum Teleportation Reaches Farthest Distance Yet

Food & Health – Week of 12.07.14

Food & Health – Week of 12.07.14

CDC Issues Flu Vaccine Apology YouTube | 04 December 2014 CDC officials are urging doctors to prescribe two… Action Alert — Food Safety Modernization Act:

Life – Week of 12.07.14

Life – Week of 12.07.14

The Changing Wealth of Americans Urban Institute | 2014 But these funds do not… A Lighthouse in the Fog Caravan to Midnight | 10 December

Wildcards – Week of 12.07.14

Wildcards – Week of 12.07.14

Live Coverage of the Senate Torture Report First Look| 09 December 2014/span> Any decent person, by definition, would react with… Revealed; The Men Who Own

Year-end Tax Planning with Patty Kemmerer

Year-end Tax Planning with Patty Kemmerer

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” ~ General George S. Patton By Catherine Austin Fitts This

Did Ebola and Ferguson Lift Prison Stocks?

Did Ebola and Ferguson Lift Prison Stocks?

“Make a law, make a business.” ~Old New Jersey street saying By Catherine Austin Fitts I thought it worth noting that Corrections Corporation of America

Congratulations to Congressman Kaptur

Congratulations to Congressman Kaptur

By Catherine Austin Fitts Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Congressman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. She just won her 17th Congressional term

The Eco-Oil Card

The Eco-Oil Card

By Catherine Austin Fitts The oil card is now getting an enormous push from the climate change chorus. ISIS, College protests, OPEC, Al Gore’ whining,

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

“Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part V

Team Awesome Solari Circle, Part V

“I hate weekends because there is no stock market.” ~ Rene Rivkin By Catherine Austin Fitts Tonight is a big one. We will review our

Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.14

Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.14

Why the US is (Temporarily) Outperforming, in Two Charts Dollar Collapse | 05 December 2014 But next year is where… Jim Grant: What the Fed

Precious Metals – Week of 11.30.14

Precious Metals – Week of 11.30.14

Swiss Voters Reject Gold, Immigration Proposals, Salvaging EU Ties Yahoo News Canada | 30 November 2014 Switzerland’s system of direct democracy gives…

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.30.14

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.30.14

4 Million Homeowners Still Underwater, Total Negative Equity $157 Billion Global Economic Analysis | 04 December 2014 Delinquency rates are… BofA Mortgage Ruling Helps Seal

Geopolitics – Week of 11.30.14

Geopolitics – Week of 11.30.14

How Can the West Solve its Ukraine Problem? BBC | 03 December 2014 Western media and policy worlds have ignored… Obama to Nominate Ashton Carter

Science & Technology – Week of 11.30.14

Science & Technology – Week of 11.30.14

Why Elon Musk’s Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company Yahoo | 05 December 2014 Tesla’s home and business energy-storage product… NASA Unmanned

Food & Health – Week of 11.30.14

Food & Health – Week of 11.30.14

Health Spending Grew 3.6% in 2013, Slowest Pace on Record, U.S. Says LA Times | 03 December 2014 What is unclear is whether… The Downside

Life – Week of 11.30.14

Life – Week of 11.30.14

The New World Order: Does It All Just Boil Down to a Battle For Your Soul? Alt Market | 19 November 2014 They try to

Wildcards – Week of 11.30.14

Wildcards – Week of 11.30.14

Don Quijones: Mexico on the Verge of a New Tequila Crisis? Naked Capitalism | 03 December 2014 …coffers of some of the world’s largest private