By Stephanie Baum A company has developed a robot to help autistic children learn social reference skills and is raising $1.25 million to produce

By Katharina Bart An indictment of Zuercher Kantonalbank by U.S. officials in an ongoing tax probe would not mean the state-backed bank’s demise, Chief Executive

By Martin Hutchinson It now looks as though Nicolas Sarkozy’s days are numbered. In the balance lies the fate of the Eurozone itself. It appears

TWO FUTURES? Privacy, piracy, security, sovereignty—the divisions on these issues reflect an even deeper split between those who want tight control and those who want

(30 April 12) Snix and Fizzy is on Facebook. [Note from CAF: One of my favorite cross platform developers created Snix and Fizzy. It is

Joel Salatin talks to Lew about Big Agra authoritarianism, and how to emancipate yourself. Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm website Continue reading the article . .

By Catherine Austin Fitts While I was in Portugal, I received the following e-mail from my assistant in Hickory Valley: “The local energy authority stopped

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By Fred Meier Ford announced today that it would offer a lump-sum payment to its 90,000 salaried retirees as well as U.S. salaried former employees

By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Three targeted Americans: A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker. None of these U.S. citizens was

Sepp Holzer is coming to the US! May 3-13 2012 Advanced Permaculture Training in Flathead Lake, MT ‘Place of Gathering’ Sepp Holzer and Michael Pilarski

By F. William Engdahl The prospect of an unparalleled Eurasian economic boom lasting into the next Century and beyond is at hand. The first steps

By Foster and Kimberly Gamble When unpacking [John] Robbins arguments we notice: He has not corrected a single fact from THRIVE; He confirms the sociopathic

Source: Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Falls Church, Virginia, April 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On March 30 federal district judge Mark W. Bennett issued an

Second International Water Symposium Tamera, Portugal- April 27 – 29, 2012 [Note from Catherine: I am attending this week] We have convened this symposium to

[CAF Note: Well, I guess these guys think precious metals is in a long-term primary trend! Or, perhaps, precious metals is good air cover?] By

Source: The Economist The first industrial revolution began in Britain in the late 18th century, with the mechanisation of the textile industry. Tasks previously done

By Associated Press, New York — Revenue from Internet advertising in the U.S. hit a record $31 billion last year, according to a study released

[click on the image for a larger version] Contributor Madison Ruppert A phenomenal series of Venn diagrams at the end of this article shows in

By Pete Kotz It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance.

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By Marc Ross US exports to China in 2011 total $103.9 billion?30 states now count China as one of their top three export markets Washington,

By Ernest A. Canning Would legalization disrupt the economics of the Prison Industrial Complex and its pool of slave laborers? This is the second of

By Ken Tysiac Americans’ infatuation with technology such as cellphones, cable TV, and satellite radio isn’t helping them fatten their bank accounts, according to a

By Lori Montgomery The painful trade-offs of tax reform came into sharper focus Tuesday as lawmakers for the first time began considering specific tax breaks

Posted by Michael Laprarie An unbelievable story, the source of which appeared to be a single Spanish-language news broadcast, made the blogosphere rounds yesterday: Iceland

What a wonderful brunch we had this weekend in San Jose! Australian Tony Brigstock and his beautiful family played host. Tony is a former PGA

The list below shows the largest banks in the world based on market capitalization as of January 20, 2012. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

From Wikipedia This is a list of countries by gun ownership rate (number of privately owned small firearms divided by number of residents). [click on

< By Catherine Austin Fitts Want to learn more about your state and local government? If they issue official statements in connection with issuance of

YouTube Related Reading: WikiLeaks’ Assange to Launch TV Talk Show CN World News (14 April 12)

By Emily The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) today issued a position paper on “Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields Effect on Human Health”, including wireless

By Staff Writers Petah Tikva, Israel Gilat Satellite Networks has announced completion of a dedicated project for satellite-based web connectivity to support Russia’s national presidential

By Catherine Austin Fitts I was walking through a mall in Corte Madre on Friday afternoon looking for store to arrange for a new phone

By Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer New York (AP) – A 10-month slide in natural gas prices took a breather after the government said U.S.

This film tells the story of a South Los Angeles edible garden planted in a surprising spot. Ron Finley, its planter, constructed the garden the

Is Karl Rove secretly supporting Mitt Romney? (photo: AP) By Jim Rutenberg and Jeff Zeleny,The New York Times American Crossroads, the biggest of the Republican

By Rob Kirby On April 5, 2012, JPMorganChase commodity executive Blythe Masters appeared on CNBC, and she was questioned whether the bank is manipulating metals

From pain rays to guns that can turn people into zombies, these weapons are no longer the stuff of fiction. By Tecca Forget the light

By Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard It has been an unsettling experience for late-comers who joined the gold rush near all-time highs of $1,923 an ounce last September.

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By Steven Rosenfeld Wisconsin’s recall-facing Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative allies received a stunning rebuke from a federal court on Friday that ruled

By Linda Minor Part One of this saga served as an introduction to Pug Winokur, how he rose from the son of a Jewish pawnbroker

Former AIG CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg By Arthur D. Postal The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Monday asked a federal court in Manhattan

By Shawn Pogatchnik Debt-mired Ireland is facing a revolt over its new property tax. The government said less than half of the country’s 1.6 million

By Gordon Cox The latest play by John Patrick Shanley has a new title, “Storefront Church,” and a cast that includes Giancarlo Esposito, Tonya Pinkins

“It was as though in those last minutes he was summing up the lessons that this long course in human wickedness had taught us — the

By Hiroko Tabuchi TOKYO — The damage to one of three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could be worse than previously thought, a

The collapse of Enron occurred in October 2001, one month after the towers fell on 9/11. It’s been more than ten years now, and we