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

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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

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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

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[Note from Catherine Austin Fitts: I disagree with the conclusion of this new documentary. IMO, Bill Colby was most certainly assassinated. Whatever, the truth of

       ~originally published in 2006~ By Catherine Austin Fitts I resisted learning real history for many years. Instead I satisfied my curiosity about

By Stephen Church Stockton, one of a growing number of California cities in financial collapse, said it asked bondholders and other lenders owed more than

Travelers Today 20 July 2012 By John Bolton, July 18th Gun-control advocates and the Obama administration are rushing to complete negotiations in New York on

By a Reader Even though he may not be a very good lawyer.  I assumed (incorrectly, it appears) from news accounts that Dann was corrupt

By Tim O’Reilly When we hear the term “cyberwarfare” we think of government-backed hackers stealing data, or releasing viruses or other software exploits to disrupt

Source: tax justice network Revealed: global super-rich has at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens. At least $21 trillion of unreported private wealth

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to discuss foreign investment in Greece. Clinton is in Greece to promote

By Joseph P. Farrell Both alchemy and transhumanism aim for the transformation of mankind. There, perhaps, all resemblance ends (though, as my co-author Scott D.

[Note from Catherine Austin Fitts: Keep an eye out for fire sale leasing and transfer of valuable state assets to insiders at below market prices

Nazih is a 55-year-old married man and father of four children. He has more than 35 years of unique experience in agriculture with a deep

By Michael Hoven The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an office of the US Department of Defense, will soon be producing jet fuel made

The Largest Stand Ever Against Chemtrails August 17th – 19th , 2012 Live Conference in LA & Global Webcast Ebell Theatre 743 S Lucerne Blvd

By Rob Kirby GATA was born in the late 1990’s – primarily on the back of fundamental research by Frank Veneroso regarding Central Bank Gold

The Seattle Times 17 July 2012 By Jim Suhr and Steve Karnowski The Associated Press The nation’s widest drought in decades is spreading, with more

Our favorite substitute for the euro while we ride out the storm in the Eurozone is the Singapore dollar. While commodity currencies might be prime

Ingo Swan “It’s unkind to point out the Obvious To those who don’t want to see it. But it’s worse to point out the Invisible

Watch “A Day Made of Glass” and take a look at Corning’s vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it.

[ CAF Note: I have asked Fleurette to allow me to publish her letters to me for subscribers.Fleurette is a dear friend, subscribe and force

By Dr. Mercola When I first read that genetically modified humans have already been born, I could hardly believe it. However, further research into this

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By Peter Morici No issue is more misunderstood, or been more purposefully confused by the Romney and Obama campaigns, than outsourcing. Outsourcing is merely the

By Staff Writers The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is considering launching its own bank to better manage its accounts, the new chief

By John Melloy A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that the bulk of equity returns for more than a decade

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By Graham Ruddick Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow, Sir Richard said Virgin Galactic wants to “revolutionise the way we get to space” and that he

The story of seed has become one of loss, control, dependence and debt. It’s been written by those who want to make vast profit from

Wal-Mart now sells to the citizens of the United States more than one-fifth of their food, which is more than the combined sales of its

(CAF Note: Is the LIBOR scandal sufficiently frustrating that the UK Defense establishment thought we needed some light reading for the weekend?) By Ed Krayewski

Lloyds Banking Group could have to pay out more than £1bn over claims it was involved in the manipulation of Libor, according to City analysts.

“Catherine Austin Fitts has perspective on the housing and mortgage meltdown like no other. Under President George Herbert Walker Bush, she was Assistant Secretary of

[click on the image for a larger version] By Conor Sen Robots have come to destroy our way of life, just as we saw in

Published by Harvard University Whatever the future, the analysis reported in this paper reveals some important points:  • Oil is not in short supply. From

U.S. Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin talk about the JOBS Act Judge Stanley Sporkin Stanley Sporkin (born February 7, 1932) is a former judge of the

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By Sarah Horowitz For the First Time, USPTO Will Expand Operations Outside Washington, DC, to Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley, in Addition to Detroit, Which

Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,”

[click on the image for a larger version] Source: The Economics A scandal over key interest rates is about to go global. THE most memorable

[ CAF Note: We created a mortgage bubble by fraudulent means. When the bubble burst, we solved the banks problem with fraudulent means at taxpayers

Farmers from Miyagi prefecture raise their fists along with other farmers from across Japan during a rally against Japan participating in rule-making negotiations for the

By John Acher and Ole Mikkelsen * Central bank cuts main policy rate by 25 bps to 0.20 pct * Cuts CD rate by 25

By Soren Dreier Scientists at Cern, the Geneva-based European laboratory for particle physics, are revealing their latest findings in their search for the Higgs boson.

A social and economic system driven by network technologies that enable the sharing and exchange of all kinds of assets from spaces to skills to

Stand Up For Your Right To Know The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act of 2012 We All Have a Right to Know

The home of the Large Hadron Collider is hot with excitement about what two teams of physicists will report this week By Ian Sample The

By Robert Lee Hotz The biggest and best-equipped robotic rover ever launched to another planet is hurtling toward a rendezvous with Mars, in a $2.5

Anyone notice a pattern? By Ben Deighton A Belgian court convicted a subsidiary of commodities trader Glencore (GLEN.L) and others on Wednesday of bribing a

By Peggy Noonan It is a big victory for the White House. ObamaCare, including the insurance mandate, was upheld. What would have been a political

[CAF Note: When John Gotti, Jr. was asked by the press whether or not the Gotti crime family was trafficking in narcotics, he denied the

Source: Flixxy.com What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly blank patch of sky? A view that takes you to the