By Janet Raloff Nanoscale pollutants can enter crop roots, triggering a host of changes to plants’ growth and health, two studies find. These tiny particles

By Jim Stogdill What would happen if we turned off, opted out, and completely disconnected ourselves from the technology that runs our lives? For Jim

By Nicholas Tomasi The ongoing food fight between massive biotech companies and grassroots activists has continued on the west coast, with a monumental vote on

By John Markoff At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric

They’re coming to get you Barbara ~ Night of the Living Dead By Justin Boldenow, Solari Report production assistant There seems to be an unstoppable

By Andrew Blankstein “Top Gun” director Tony Scott fatally jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday afternoon, according to Los Angeles

More Data Here. Related Reading: Monsanto 2011 Proxy Statement PDF Monsanto Co. Major Stock Holders

[Note from CAF: You think there is a drought? Think again. The push to force GMO seed, consolidate farmland and control global agriculture is underway.

By Bryan Behrenshausen I first encountered 3-D printing in Cory Doctorow’s Makers, a science fiction novel set in the wake of economic armageddon. In Doctorow’s

[CAF  Note: Since a great deal global debt was fraudulently induced, the idea of a sovereign government carrying out an audit of the legitimacy of

From I, Cringely Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak this week warned of the perils of depending too much on cloud storage and the general press reacted

By Paul Davenport The Associated Press Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday ordered state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to young

By Mark V The world’s first commercial space launch pad, the Virgin Galactic Gateway Spaceport, was recently opened in the southern part of New Mexico,

By Lesta Frank Our thanks to artist and friend, Lesta Frank, for this lovely print. Related Readings: Sunflowers Transcendent Poinsettias

On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign “Som Sabadell”

Julian Assange’s Wikileaks website published leaked diplomatic cables Source: BBC News UK Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he

From Kelly D. McMillan Director of Operations McMillan Group International, LLC McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing, McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with

From the Erste Group Research The foundation for new all-time-highs is in place. As far as sentiment is concerned, we definitely see no euphoria with

In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, Alaska Native people face staggering suicide rates, yet remain determined to heal & thrive! Historically Alaska Native

From Stratfor Like nearly all of the peoples of North and South America, most Americans are not originally from the territory that became the United

By Chuck Gibson Congratulations – You just bought a new home. Only you didn’t get the house – just the debt. In July 1971, the

“In a digital world, data about money is worth more than money.” – Nicholas Negroponte

By Pam Warhurst What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the

By Florian Gathmann and Philipp Wittrock Chancellor Angela Merkel wants Europe to move toward an ever closer union in a bid to solve the euro

From the CNN Political Unit Mitt Romney on Saturday announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate for the White House —

Here are the particulars of the Presidential appointments being removed from Senate approval. Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 Bill Summary & Status

From a Solari Report Subscriber The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is the most expensive weapons program in US Defense Department history, costing almost

[CAF Note: Actually, if you estimate for the full financial coup d’etat following the GATT adoption of the Uruguay Round and the creation of the

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rim of Gale Crater can be seen in the distance beyond the pebbly ground. The topography of the rim is very mountainous

Source: qrc.depaul.edu Think back a few years.  How much did a gallon of gasoline cost then? A loaf of bread? A 10 inch sausage pizza? 

By The Thinking Moms’ Revolution They say high-pitched screams, fevers and swelling at the injection site are all common, harmless, insignificant side-effects of responsible, preventative

By Mat Honan Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers. In the space of one hour, my entire digital life

By Catherine Austin Fitts One of the most important things we can each do is to support excellent leaders. I have made a campaign contribution

By The CNN Wire Staff The July heat wave that wilted crops, shriveled rivers and fueled wildfires officially went into the books Wednesday as the

[Note from CAF: What are the private contractors who manage information and payments systems for the SEC and NYSE? It is not clear to me

By Kevin J. O’Brien Ocado, an online grocery store in England, prides itself on its delivery of refrigerated foods: When the company says the goods

By Scott Gold Curiosity, the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet, stuck its extraordinary landing Sunday night in triumphant and flawless

By Phyllis D. James of Synthetic Thinking James Eagen Holmes’ interest in synthetic thinking, more commonly known as artificial intelligence, was handed down to him

By an American Traveler So my family and I recently traveled to Germany and Switzerland during the last five weeks. It gave me a really

By Lesta Frank When: Saturday, August 11 , 10:00- 4:00 and Sunday, August 13, 11:00-5:00 Sign up for one or both days. Where: Lesta’s studio,

YouTube July 26, 2012 Related reading: youvebeentrumped.com

[CAF Note: I originally published this is April 2003. I am republishing as we explore ideas to rebuild income and employment.] “Arise, shine: for thy

By Josh Lederman Washington – The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent

By Willie Jones How secure do you feel about the wireless router you use at home? Maybe more than you should. Researchers at AppSec Consulting

By Carl Herman For five weeks I journalistically hammered that California’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) reveals $600 billion in surplus taxpayer assets, and the

By Catherine Austin Fitts A “control file” is a private record that contains secret information or pictures that are the basis of threatening and blackmailing

Among the 21 categories of items shipped by rail, none have a tighter correlation to GDP than waste. According to a 2010 piece on Bloomberg,

Reuters 26 July 2012 By Barbara Lewis Manipulating international commodity benchmarks such as Brent crude oil would be a criminal offence, punishable by jail, under

THE GREATER GOOD looks behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. The film re-frames the emotionally charged

Dear Catherine, You have been very much in my thoughts and prayer as I anticipate writing to celebrate your birthday. I am deeply aware that