Germany Bans Naked Short-Selling

Germany Bans Naked Short-Selling

By Alan Crawford and Shannon D. Harrington Germany prohibited naked short- selling and speculating on European government bonds with credit-default swaps in an effort to

Greeks Today, Us Tomorrow?

Greeks Today, Us Tomorrow?

I have gotten several questions asking me to explain what is happening in Greece and what it means to us. Greece is being harvested. This

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Fitts, I can’t make money in your past! ~ Luis S. Mendez, Head of Capital Markets, Dillon Read & Co. Inc. explaining to me (Catherine)

Copper Price Decline

Copper Price Decline

View Larger Chart Continue reading Now This Is A Deflationary Collapse

Did you see what Facebook is trying to do?

Did you see what Facebook is trying to do?

Facebook recently made a number of changes to its privacy policy that make your profile information public – even if you thought it wasn’t. Many

The Dangers of Cell Tower and Cell Phones

The Dangers of Cell Tower and Cell Phones

Confidential Report On TETRA Strictly For The Police Federation Of England and Wales What is all this really about? Imagine the field around a magnet

Desert To Farmland

Desert To Farmland

Gulf nations hope science will turn desert areas into arable land to boost food security and avoid the risks inherent in buying farmland abroad, industry

Fresh Water

Fresh Water

I watched two documentaries this weekend about the growing challenges of our fresh water supply. This is a very important topic, one that is hidden

Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers' Houses In DC

Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers' Houses In DC

Huge raucous crowds converged outside bank employees’ houses on Sunday afternoon to demand banks stop lobbying against Wall Street reform. “Bank of America: bad for

Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers’ Houses In DC

Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers’ Houses In DC

Huge raucous crowds converged outside bank employees’ houses on Sunday afternoon to demand banks stop lobbying against Wall Street reform. “Bank of America: bad for

The Khan Academy

The Khan Academy

Youtube Related reading: Math Wiz Adds Web Tools to Take Education to New Limits PBS (22 Feb 10)

Evans-Pritchard: Britain & EU

Evans-Pritchard: Britain & EU

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Just when you thought the EU could not go any further down the road towards authoritarian excess, it gets worse. The outcome –

Evans-Pritchard: Britain & EU

Evans-Pritchard: Britain & EU

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Just when you thought the EU could not go any further down the road towards authoritarian excess, it gets worse. The outcome –

Germans Buying Gold

Germans Buying Gold

By Jack Farchy At the Rand refinery in South Africa, the phone has not stopped ringing this week. Panicking German dealers and banks have been

Magnolia Trees

Magnolia Trees

My magnolia trees started to blossom this week. I also saw my first honey bee of the season. It was big and fat and seemed

Money & Markets – Week of  5.16.10

Money & Markets – Week of 5.16.10

William Engdahl Euro Slump Due To Planned Wall Street And Washington’s Attack – Read Article Germans Fantasize About New Rich-Nation Currency Bloc That Doesn’t Even

Money & Markets – Week of  5.16.10

Money & Markets – Week of 5.16.10

William Engdahl Euro Slump Due To Planned Wall Street And Washington’s Attack – Read Article Germans Fantasize About New Rich-Nation Currency Bloc That Doesn’t Even

Precious Metals – Week of 5.16.10

Precious Metals – Week of 5.16.10

Complete Paulson Q1 Portfolio Update: Major Additions To Gold Exposure, New Casino Stakes, But What About CDS And Gamma? Zero Hedge (17 May 10) Doubts

SRI Demands on Goldman

SRI Demands on Goldman

By Robert Kropp The impact on investors of the business operations of corporations has been receiving unprecedented attention lately, in the aftermath of charges by

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.16.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.16.10

Fed Assets Reach Record $2.35 Trillion on Mortgage Purchases Bloomberg Businessweek (20 May 10) Mortgage Delinquency At Record High, But Borrowers Falling Behind At Slower

Geopolitical –  Week of 5.16.10

Geopolitical – Week of 5.16.10

BP Flak Married to Sheriff’s Deputy, Reporters Barred From Oily Beach Mother Jones (21 May 10) Gulf Faces ‘Difficult Reality’ of Storm-Whipped Oil Bloomberg.com (21

Food & Health – Week of  5.16.10

Food & Health – Week of 5.16.10

Wild Birds Shun Organic Food HealthDay (18 May 10) Queens Man Vincent Liew Dies of Uterine Cancer After Kidney Transplant From NYU Medical Center Daily

Food & Health – Week of  5.16.10

Food & Health – Week of 5.16.10

Wild Birds Shun Organic Food HealthDay (18 May 10) Queens Man Vincent Liew Dies of Uterine Cancer After Kidney Transplant From NYU Medical Center Daily

Technology – Week of 5.16.10

Technology – Week of 5.16.10

Assessing the Cell Phone Challenge Pew Research (20 May 10) Sick of Facebook’s Lack of Respect For Your Data? Add Your Name And Commit to

Complete Idiot's Guide to 2012

Complete Idiot's Guide to 2012

By ND, Dr. Synthia Andrews, Colin Andrews I have tried on numerous occasions to sort out what the hullabaloo about 2012 is all about. A

Complete Idiot’s Guide to 2012

Complete Idiot’s Guide to 2012

By ND, Dr. Synthia Andrews, Colin Andrews I have tried on numerous occasions to sort out what the hullabaloo about 2012 is all about. A

Kagan Goes to Bat for Monsanto

Kagan Goes to Bat for Monsanto

By Joshua Frank Alfalfa is the fourth largest crop grown in the United States and Monsanto wants to control it. On April 27, the Supreme

Precious Metals Market Report

Precious Metals Market Report

The outlines of our situation are becoming clearer to a much wider audience. For many years, there has been an assumption that sovereign governments could

Gulf Oil Spill To Reach Shore in Next Few Days

Gulf Oil Spill To Reach Shore in Next Few Days

As the nation’s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.13.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.13.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.13.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.13.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Thought Of The Day

Thought Of The Day

A Gecko appeared today traveling about the fireplace mantel in my office. I have decided it is a sign of great good fortune. ~ Catherine

Gulf Oil Spill

Gulf Oil Spill

YouTube How about using the hay idea (below from CWRoberts) and other low tech ideas to help? Time for enlisting the fisherman and farmers on

Depaving Portland

Depaving Portland

Continue reading Depaving Portland Related reading Depaving Day! StreetFilms depave.org

Morgan Stanley Whac-a-Mole

Morgan Stanley Whac-a-Mole

Last night minutes after midnight, the WSJ announces that federal prosecutors are investigating Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley’s new CEO Jamie Gorman was in Tokyo. According

Gold Price in Euros

Gold Price in Euros

View Larger Chart Continue reading The Ultimate Rejection Of The Euro

Senate Approves Incomplete Audit of Fed

Senate Approves Incomplete Audit of Fed

By Victorial McGrane and Michael R. Crittenden The Senate adopted an amendment Tuesday to the financial-overhaul bill that would boost transparency of the Federal Reserve’s

David Cameron PM Statement

David Cameron PM Statement

YouTube Related reading: David Cameron Enters No10 as Prime Minister ITN (12 May 10) General Election 2010: Timeline of The Day David Cameron Became Prime

The Popsicle Index Rant

The Popsicle Index Rant

I have said it 1,000 times. I will keep saying it. At the root, it is very simple. The Popsicle Index is the % of

Social Irresponsibility Down

Social Irresponsibility Down

I just noticed that stocks high on my list of “least socially responsible” started dropping in April relative to general market levels. Here is a

Growing Number of Earthquakes

Growing Number of Earthquakes

View larger chart at USGS Earthquakes website View larger chart at USGS Earthquakes website Establishment date for HAARP: 1983

40 Million Americans on Food Stamps

40 Million Americans on Food Stamps

By Charles Abbott Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps — the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008

UK FSA & FINRA Whack Goldman Stock Some More

UK FSA & FINRA Whack Goldman Stock Some More

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. disclosed Monday that it has received notices of investigations from FINRA and from the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority regarding its

UK FSA & FINRA Whack Goldman Stock Some More

UK FSA & FINRA Whack Goldman Stock Some More

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. disclosed Monday that it has received notices of investigations from FINRA and from the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority regarding its

Swine Flu: What Happened?

Swine Flu: What Happened?

Swine flu kept the world in suspense for almost a year. A massive vaccination campaign was mounted to put a stop to the anticipated pandemic.

Open Letter to EU Heads of State

Open Letter to EU Heads of State

Did you know that Greece alone has 14 times as much gold per capita as China? Do you realize that your “PIGS” actually have the

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.” ~ Sir

Lying to Cut Retirement Benefits

Lying to Cut Retirement Benefits

Continue reading U.S. Retirement Benefits To Be Cut? Continue reading Campaign to Cut Entitlements Picking Up in U.S. Did you notice they did not suggest

Precious Metals – Week of 5.9.10

Precious Metals – Week of 5.9.10

Gold ETFs Try to Lure Indians Away From Metal And Into Paper GATA (13 May 10) The Worlds Biggest Gold Reserves CNBC First Gold, Now

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.9.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.9.10

States: Let Taxpayers Cover Your Mortgage CNN Money.com (12 May 10) Taking Back Homes From The Banks Information Clearing House (12 May 10) Mortgage Holders

Geopolitical –  Week of 5.9.10

Geopolitical – Week of 5.9.10

Obama Sends Bomb, Mars Experts to Fix BP Oil Spill Bloomberg.com (14 May 10) El Pais: France Threatened to Leave the Euro The Atlantic (14

Food & Health – Week of  5.9.10

Food & Health – Week of 5.9.10

‘Hangover’ Molecule in Brain Found Live Science (9 May 10) Psychiatry Almost Drove Me Crazy Awaken in The Dream FDA Wants To Control Everything Your

Food & Health – Week of  5.9.10

Food & Health – Week of 5.9.10

‘Hangover’ Molecule in Brain Found Live Science (9 May 10) Psychiatry Almost Drove Me Crazy Awaken in The Dream FDA Wants To Control Everything Your

Life – Week of 5.9.10

Life – Week of 5.9.10

New Jobless Claims Fall Less Than Expected, Continuing Claims Rise All Headline News (13 May 10) We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For Spirit

Technology – Week of 5.9.10

Technology – Week of 5.9.10

Jupiter Loses One Of Its Stripes And Scientists Are Stumped As To Why Mail Online (12 May 10) Volcanic Ash Disrupts Air Traffic in Europe

Unemployed for Over 27 Weeks

Unemployed for Over 27 Weeks

Chart of the Day: No Green Shoots at All for the Long-Term Unemployed We saw this coming long ago. Some wonderful people warned us and

Spanking Buffett

Spanking Buffett

Last weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Goldman Sachs preferred stock investor Warren Buffet made a big deal about supporting Goldman Chairman and CEO

Former CEO of Iceland’s Kaupthing in Custody

Former CEO of Iceland’s Kaupthing in Custody

Former CEO of the Icelandic bank Kaupthing, Hreidar Már Sigurdsson, was given a 12-day custody sentence in Reykjavík District Court today at the request of

GS&Co-SEC Talk Settlement

GS&Co-SEC Talk Settlement

By Susan Pulliam and Susanne Craig Sides Remain Far Apart as Criminal Probe, Deal Structure Pose Hurdles; Shareholder Meeting Today Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:

GS&Co-SEC Talk Settlement

GS&Co-SEC Talk Settlement

By Susan Pulliam and Susanne Craig Sides Remain Far Apart as Criminal Probe, Deal Structure Pose Hurdles; Shareholder Meeting Today Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

– “Socialized medicine is the keystone in the arch of the socialized state.”         ~ Vladimir Lenin – Thanks to Bill King of the King Report

Wealth And Inequality In America

Wealth And Inequality In America

Inequality is worst around Wall Street and Oil Land Continue reading 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Homes Priced In Gold Down 75%

Homes Priced In Gold Down 75%

Today’s chart presents the median single-family home price divided by the price of one ounce of gold. This results in the home / gold ratio

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. You may find you can get away

Dow Closes Down $347.80

Dow Closes Down $347.80

“Heard of the lone assassin? Or the lone trader? Or the lone computer “glitch.” Get ready for the lone typo.” – ~Catherine Austin Fitts –

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.6.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.6.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.6.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.6.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The