On Free Speech

On Free Speech

“Today, we are putting all our ‘Duck Dynasty’ products back in our stores, and, we apologize for offending you. We respect all individuals’ right to

Industrial Robotics: An Introduction

Industrial Robotics: An Introduction

By Catherine Austin Fitts Engineer Onat Ekinci joined me on the Solari Report this year for an excellent briefing on 3D Printing. Onat is briefing

Gates on the Need for Company Creation

Gates on the Need for Company Creation

By Brad Stone Are you optimistic that we can slow down climate change? Anybody who says we’re close to the solution isn’t looking at the

2013 Global Surveillance Disclosure

2013 Global Surveillance Disclosure

By Wikipedia The global surveillance disclosure refers to an ongoing series of news reports in the international media that revealed operational details about the U.S.

Fed Delivers Bah Humbug to Gold

Fed Delivers Bah Humbug to Gold

By Catherine Austin Fitts After the Fed announcement yesterday that it will begin to taper its QE by $10 billion a month in January, precious

Evolving the New Digital Currency

Evolving the New Digital Currency

By Catherine Austin Fitts South Korea just announced that they are starting a physical gold exchange; this follows on the heals of Singapore, Moscow and

Fed Scales Back Stimulus Campaign

Fed Scales Back Stimulus Campaign

By Binyamin Appelbaum The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would reduce its monthly bond-buying campaign to $75 billion in January, beginning a retreat

The Volcker Rule has Been Approved

The Volcker Rule has Been Approved

***CAF Note:The Volcker Rule has been approved. Here is the press release, draft regulation and fact sheet*** By Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

Chart Of The Day: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Chart Of The Day: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

By Tyler Durden The number of employees across the firms of the broad-based Russell 2000 equity index has collapsed by more than half from its

Santa Clause Rallies by Chuck Gibson

Santa Clause Rallies by Chuck Gibson

By Chuck Gibson Most human activities have seasonal cycles. The stock market too, has seasonal cycles that have been powerful trends to follow over the

Waiting for the Financial Godot

Waiting for the Financial Godot

By Catherine Austin Fitts Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain

Dear Catherine

Dear Catherine

***CAF Note: We receive some wonderful testimonials. This one was so delightful, I asked the author if we could share it with you.*** By a

Save Water Works Park

Save Water Works Park

*CAF Note: As municipalities struggle to address their economic problems, the pressure is on to shift valuable land in the commons to private control. Doing

Subscribers: Give the Gift of The Solari Report

Subscribers: Give the Gift of The Solari Report

This Christmas season, we invite all Solari Report subscribers to give someone special a free, two-month gift subscription to The Solari Report. This free subscription

Brainstorming Bitcoin

Brainstorming Bitcoin

Photo Credit: Rolling Alpha ***CAF Note: One of our subscribers had some questions about Bitcoin. Here is our first round of dialogue*** Solari Subscriber: I

‘Crowdfunding’ Gets State-Level Test Run

‘Crowdfunding’ Gets State-Level Test Run

By Ruth Simon and Angus Loten Entrepreneur Adam Lee and his brother couldn’t get a bank loan. Then they learned that Georgia state officials had

ClusterF*** Finances

ClusterF*** Finances

“One’s own employees ought to be one’s own best customers. Paying high wages is behind the prosperity of this country.” ~ Henry Ford By Catherine

Heads Up on Precious Metals

Heads Up on Precious Metals

By Catherine Austin Fitts November was not a strong month for precious metals. The current trends in the market have me concerned. In last month’s

Roaring Centralization

Roaring Centralization

By Catherine Austin Fitts There is no doubt about it. The stocks of pro-centralization team leaders were high flyers this year. Here is a chart

Amazon Chief Reveals Drone Delivery System

Amazon Chief Reveals Drone Delivery System

By Alex Fitzpatrick and Courtney Subramanian Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service on Sunday, in an ambitious move by the online

Announcing MicroHouse Collaboration 2014

Announcing MicroHouse Collaboration 2014

By Catherine Austin Fitts Chris Reinhart is now leading the MicroHouse program for Open Source Ecology (OSE) full time. OSE has exciting plans for workshops

Galileo (Satellite Navigation)

Galileo (Satellite Navigation)

By Wikipedia Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) currently being built by the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA). The €5

How Science Goes Wrong

How Science Goes Wrong

By The Economist A simple idea underpins science: “trust, but verify”. Results should always be subject to challenge from experiment. That simple but powerful idea

China, Japan and America: Face-off

China, Japan and America: Face-off

By The Economist The announcement by a Chinese military spokesman on November 23rd sounded bureaucratic: any aircraft flying through the newly designated Air Defence Identification

Thanks, Rambus!

Thanks, Rambus!

Photo Credit: Gaston’s – White River, Arkansas “I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy, for from mercy comes courage.

TINA Markets

TINA Markets

By Catherine Austin Fitts With the North American markets moving even higher, I was reminded by a colleague of the expression TINA, as in “There

Assassination

Assassination

“I found out something I never knew. I found out that my world was not the real world.” ~ Robert Kennedy , speaking about the

Rain Garden

Rain Garden

By Wikipedia A rain garden is a planted depression or a hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking

Leadership is a “Just Do It” Thing

Leadership is a “Just Do It” Thing

“This country was built by giants. They died, and midgets moved in. Tiny people were walking around inside this republic like a nine-year-old boy wearing

He Who Archives Writes History

He Who Archives Writes History

“Without debate without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed. And no republic can survive.” ~ John F. Kennedy By Catherine Austin Fitts The

CBO Proposals to Reengineer the Federal Budget

CBO Proposals to Reengineer the Federal Budget

By Catherine Austin Fitts The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released their study on options to reduce the federal budget deficit. They have presented

Internet Security: Besieged

Internet Security: Besieged

Photo Credit: Dave Simonds By The Economist Security guards (at least the good ones) are paid to be paranoid. Computer-security researchers are the same. Many

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

By EFF What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual

Map of the Market

Map of the Market

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Companies Want a Piece of the Moon

Companies Want a Piece of the Moon

Photo Credit: Mark Garlick Words & Pictures Ltd/Science Photo Library/Corbis By Irene Klotz Corporations are interested in partnering with NASA for lunar and other deep-space

#Ask JPM

#Ask JPM

By Catherine Austin Fitts JP Morgan Chase’s social media team offered folks a chance to tweet in questions to #AskJPM. The results were not what

Spain’s Solar Police to Kick in Your Door

Spain’s Solar Police to Kick in Your Door

By Alex Dunham As if Spaniards had not already been dissuaded by the potential €60 million fines they face for illegally generating their own solar

Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)

Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)

By Wikileaks Today, 13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP

Libor Scandal

Libor Scandal

By Wikipedia The Libor scandal was a series of fraudulent actions connected to the Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate) and also the resulting investigation and

Canadian Province Closes Debt Issue in HK

Canadian Province Closes Debt Issue in HK

By By Chen Jia Canada’s British Columbia province has completed its sale of yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong, the provincial government said on Tuesday. The

Honoring Veterans

Honoring Veterans

“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” -Jose Narosky Related Reading: History of Veterans Day Veterans Day

Brothers: The Hidden History of The Kennedy Years

Brothers: The Hidden History of The Kennedy Years

From Brothers: The Hidden History of The Kennedy Years Brothers is an epic story told from a uniquely personal perspective. Based on David Talbot’s best-selling

IRS – Electronic Filing PIN Request

IRS – Electronic Filing PIN Request

Planned Outage: November 9 — November 12, 2013 This service will be unavailable beginning approximately 4:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 9, 2013 until approximately

FlyKly Smart Wheel

FlyKly Smart Wheel

By FlyKly Lightweight and highly efficient all-in-one design pedal assist that fits on practically any bicycle. Continue Reading

Commodity Divergance

Commodity Divergance

By Catherine Austin Fitts The extraordinary divergence between the prices of commodities and equities this year can be seen in a chart of Starbucks. The

Christie’s Reelection

Christie’s Reelection

Photo Credit: Marco Grob/Trunk Archive “Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional,