Precious Metals – Week of 6.23.08

Precious Metals – Week of 6.23.08

Inflation Explodes in Manufacturers’ Prices — But Not Gold and Silver By Francesco Guerrera, et al – Financial Times, London (24 Jun 2008) Correspondance re:

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

The Hedge Schools By John Walsh – Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area I Still crouching ‘neath the sheltering hedge, Or stretched on

Life – Week of 6.23.08

Life – Week of 6.23.08

America at Home: Small Houses and Quirky Homes Photos – At Yahoo News (16 Jun 2008) Russian Spa Opens Monument to the Enema Associated Press

Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08

Charges at Bear Stearns Linked to Subprime Debacle By Tom Hays – Associated Pres (19 Jun 2008) ~ Read the PRESS RELEASE – U.S. Attorney’s

Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08

Charges at Bear Stearns Linked to Subprime Debacle By Tom Hays – Associated Pres (19 Jun 2008) ~ Read the PRESS RELEASE – U.S. Attorney’s

Geopolitical – Week of 6.16.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.16.08

Beware the Chicago Boys By Naomi Klein – The Guardian (14 Jun 2008) Israel Seen Rehearsing Iran Attack By Doina Chiacu – Reuters (20 Jun

Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08

Cancer Patient Recovers After Injection of Immune Cells By Roger Highfield – London Telegraph (18 Jun 2008) IPM Matters. Why? Integrated Pest Management website Exposed:

Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.16.08

Cancer Patient Recovers After Injection of Immune Cells By Roger Highfield – London Telegraph (18 Jun 2008) IPM Matters. Why? Integrated Pest Management website Exposed:

Life – Week of 6.16.08

Life – Week of 6.16.08

Americans Drive 1.4 Billion Fewer Highway Miles CNN.com (19 Jun 2008) Court Overturns Father’s Grounding of 12-year-old The Sydney Morning Herald (19 Jun 2008) Old

Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08

Central Bank Body Warns of Great Depression By Gill Montia – Banking Times (9 Jun 2008) Germans Begin Rejecting Euros From Latin Bloc By Ambrose

Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08

Central Bank Body Warns of Great Depression By Gill Montia – Banking Times (9 Jun 2008) Germans Begin Rejecting Euros From Latin Bloc By Ambrose

Precious Metals – Week of 6.09.08

Precious Metals – Week of 6.09.08

Iran Says it Will Sell Euro Instruments for Gold and Stocks By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (10 Jun 2008) U.S. Silver Eagles Illegally Rationed

Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08

Listening to Cellphone Warnings By Tyler Hamilton – thestar.com (31 May 2008) More Evidence of Dangerous Insanity By Dr. Tom O’Connell – doctortom.org (7 Jun

Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.09.08

Listening to Cellphone Warnings By Tyler Hamilton – thestar.com (31 May 2008) More Evidence of Dangerous Insanity By Dr. Tom O’Connell – doctortom.org (7 Jun

Geopolitical – Week of 6.09.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.09.08

BP Statistical Review – 2007 British Petroleum’s review of world energy trends Rating Countries for the Happiness Factor By Marina Kamenev – BusinessWeek.com (11 Oct

Life – Week of 6.09.08

Life – Week of 6.09.08

Transparent Butterfly What Doctors Don’t Tell You ~ Dental Fillings: They Are Toxic WDDTY e-news (12 Jun 2008) Brazil Reveals Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Associated Press

Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08

Economist Challenges Government Data By Sam Zuckerman – SFGate.com (25 May 2008) A Lawyer’s Open Letter to a CFTC Commissioner By Chris Powell – GATA

Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.02.08

Economist Challenges Government Data By Sam Zuckerman – SFGate.com (25 May 2008) A Lawyer’s Open Letter to a CFTC Commissioner By Chris Powell – GATA

Geopolitical – Week of 6.02.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.02.08

Gates Ousts Air Force Leaders in Historic Shake-up By Robert Burns – Associated Pres (5 Jun 2008) Weather Warfare By Michel Chossudovsky – EcologistOnline.org (22

Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Mad Finance Must Not Rule Us By Jacques Delors, et al – Truthout.org (21 May 2008) The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem By Scot Paltrow –

Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Mad Finance Must Not Rule Us By Jacques Delors, et al – Truthout.org (21 May 2008) The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem By Scot Paltrow –

Precious Metals – Week of 5.26.08

Precious Metals – Week of 5.26.08

Weimar Inflation in America By James Turk – Kitco (26 May 2008) The Next Attack on Gold Has Begun By Gary North – LewRockwell.com (28

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.26.08

With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Left Out By David Streitfeld – New York Times (3 Jan 2008) Foreclosures in Military Towns Surge at Four

Geopolitical – Week of 5.26.08

Geopolitical – Week of 5.26.08

Segway – Ultra Efficient Mobility At PeakOilDebunked Blog (27 May 2008) Future Scenarios – Mapping the Cultural Implications of Peak Oil and Climate Change Bush

Life – Week of 5.26.08

Life – Week of 5.26.08

Teenager’s Science Fair Project May Deliver Us Form Plastic By Casey Miner – MotherJones.com (23 May 2008) Energy Fears Looming, New Survivalists Prepare By Samantha

Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08

World Bank ‘Destroyed Basic Grains’ in Hondouras By Alison Fitzgerald, et al – Bloomberg.com (22 May 2008) House Passes Bill to Sue OPEC Over Oil

Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.19.08

World Bank ‘Destroyed Basic Grains’ in Hondouras By Alison Fitzgerald, et al – Bloomberg.com (22 May 2008) House Passes Bill to Sue OPEC Over Oil

Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08

Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08

What the Farm Bill Means for Organic By Samuel Fromartz – Natural Foods Merchandiser (19 May 2008) Bush Aid Package Includes GM By Vicky Uhland

Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08

Food & Health – Week of 5.19.08

What the Farm Bill Means for Organic By Samuel Fromartz – Natural Foods Merchandiser (19 May 2008) Bush Aid Package Includes GM By Vicky Uhland

Life – Week of 5.19.08

Life – Week of 5.19.08

TALKS – Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight A Video at TED – Ideas Worth Spreading (Posted Mar 2008) Read about Dr. Taylor at

Geopolitical – Week of 5.19.08

Geopolitical – Week of 5.19.08

Lawmaker Questions Google Over Privacy Practices By Diane Bartz – Reuters.UK (21 May 2008) America’s Best Days The Rasmussen Report (20 May 2008) China’s All-Seeing

Precious Metals – Week of 5.19.08

Precious Metals – Week of 5.19.08

GATA Appeals Fed’s Denial of Access to Gold Records By Chris Powell – GATA (22 May 2008) Gold Bugs’ Grit Pays Off By Peter Brimelow

Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08

Non-Borrowed Reserves of Depository Institutions Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis All of Inflation’s Little Parts A Chart – New York Times (3 May 2008)

Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08

Money & Markets – Week of 5.12.08

Non-Borrowed Reserves of Depository Institutions Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis All of Inflation’s Little Parts A Chart – New York Times (3 May 2008)

Geopolitical – Week of 5.12.08

Geopolitical – Week of 5.12.08

A New Role for the Exchange Stabilization Fund Cleveland Fed | 01 August 2019 Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program; Files Intent

Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08

Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08

Experts: Twisters Getting Larger, Deadlier By Ashley Phillips – ABC News (12 May 2008) Best Places to Live in Rural America Progressive Farmer Urban Farmers’

Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08

Food & Health – Week of 5.12.08

Experts: Twisters Getting Larger, Deadlier By Ashley Phillips – ABC News (12 May 2008) Best Places to Live in Rural America Progressive Farmer Urban Farmers’

Life – Week of 5.12.08

Life – Week of 5.12.08

National Geographic Channel Strikes Again . . . Mind Blowing! Time Paas website Ostracism Without Natural Selection By Piattelli-Palmarini By Suzan Mazur- Scoop Independent News

Mortgage Markets

Mortgage Markets

Mr. Mortgage on April Foreclosures in California By Mr. Mortgage – Implode-o-Meter.com (13 May 2008)

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

Last Chance to Board Gold Train at Under US$1,000 By Chris Powell – GATA (15 May 2008) New Study Finds Silver Futures Market is Functioning

It Is That Simple

It Is That Simple

I just listened to a wonderful David Icke interview in which he says that solutions are simple. Right now, everyone pretty much acts by asking

Correction

Correction

For some reason (groan) a very old article is circulating on the internet. It includes an estimate of presidential campaign contributions from the largest states

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

The Corporate Curse – How Business Culture Dragged America Down With It By Sam Smith – Progressive Review (May 2008) Vallejo Votes for Bankruptcy NBC11.com

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

The Corporate Curse – How Business Culture Dragged America Down With It By Sam Smith – Progressive Review (May 2008) Vallejo Votes for Bankruptcy NBC11.com

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Trilateral Commission: Global Elite Gather in D.C. By James P. Tucker, Jr. – GlobalResearch.ca (6 May 2008) Things We Forgot to Remember: BBC Recording About

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

AngloGold to Reduce Hedge Book By 45% By Jon A Nones – Resource Investor (6 May 2008) Is IMF Trying to Recover Its Gold by

Life

Life

Scientists to Examine the World’s Weirdest Whale Media Release – Te Papa Museum, New Zealand (6 May 2008) The Transformation of the God-Image By Paul

Food & Health

Food & Health

This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health A Video at Mercola.com (May 2008) China Farms the World to Feed a Ravenous

Food & Health

Food & Health

This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health A Video at Mercola.com (May 2008) China Farms the World to Feed a Ravenous

Where Did the People Go?

Where Did the People Go?

I remember going to Washington after 9/11 to meet with attorneys whose offices were on one of the beautiful parks in downtown DC. Each trip

A Question on Philanthropy

A Question on Philanthropy

The Buddha says, “Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.” In the blink of an eye, Bear Stearns goes from $70

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Don Cox on Business News Network ~ Food Inflation Business News Network (30 Apr 2008) James Turk: A Four-Month Review GATA (1 May 2008) Numbers

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Don Cox on Business News Network ~ Food Inflation Business News Network (30 Apr 2008) James Turk: A Four-Month Review GATA (1 May 2008) Numbers

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

The Gold Cartel vs. South African Mines By Peter George – GATA (30 Apr 2008) Al Korelin Interviews Speakers at GATA’s Washington Conference By Chris

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Break-ins Plague Targets of US Attorneys By Larisa Alexandrovna, et al – TheRawstory.com (1 May 2008) DC Madame Found Hanged By Phil Cubeta – Gift

Life

Life

Sunspot Numbers – In 1610, shortly after viewing the sun with his new telescope, Galileo Galilei made the first European observations of Sunspots. Daily observations

Food & Health

Food & Health

Health Canada – Exposed: Is Your Health At Risk? At Stop51.com

Food & Health

Food & Health

Health Canada – Exposed: Is Your Health At Risk? At Stop51.com

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008) My Submission to the 2020 Summit Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Countrywide’s CEO Takes Home Millions At CNNMoney.com (25 Apr 2008) My Submission to the 2020 Summit Steve Keen’s Oz Debtwatch – debtdeflation.com (15 Apr 2008)

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

Ecuador’s Mining Mandate Aurelian’s English Translation If You Want Silver, Not Paper, You Face a Premium By Gene Arensberg – Resource Investor (21 Apr 2008)

Food & Health

Food & Health

India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008) Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division

Food & Health

Food & Health

India To Take Steps to Control Rising Prices For Food From the San Diego Union-Tribune (22 Apr 2008) Rice Rationing Imposed at Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Division

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Third NSA Source Confirms: Flight 93 Shot Down by Air Force Jet By Wayne Madsen – OpEdNews.com (20 Apr 2008) Local Heroes: 17 Year Old

What Can Anyone Do? A Lot!

What Can Anyone Do? A Lot!

Remarks by Catherine Austin Fitts Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. Conference GATA Goes to Washington — Anybody Seen Our Gold? Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel,

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

The stock-market guys say you have to reach a bottom before you can recover, and that a bottom is often signaled by the collapse of

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008) Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck" By

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Paulson Blueprint Promotes Insurance Industry Shell Game Posted by Philip Mattera – CorpWatch.org (5 Apr 2008) Salle Mae Affirms Outlook, Warns of "Train Wreck" By

Mortgage Markets

Mortgage Markets

Bank of England to Take on Banks’ Loans to Help Mortgage Market By Andrew Porter – London Telegraph (17 Apr 2008)

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

How Much Gold do Vietnamese Keep Under Their Pillows? By Tuoi Tre – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (16 Apr 2008) Why High Gold Prices

Food & Health

Food & Health

Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008) U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef

Food & Health

Food & Health

Canada Says Chemical in Hard Plastic Bottles May Be Unsafe By Rob Gillies – Associated Press (18 Apr 2008) U.S. Welcomes Korean Decision on Beef

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Why Shouldn’t We Be Bitter? By Michael Winship – Truthout.org (16 Apr 2008) Bridgette Bardot on Trial for Muslim Slur By Thierry Leveque – Reuters

Life

Life

The Responsibility Project From Liberty Mutual (16 Apr 2008) The Triumph of the Big D By Alexandra Anderson-Spivy – artnet.com (Apr 2008)

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008) G7 to Break Bread with Global

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Justice Department Files Injunction Suits in Nationwide Crackdown on Alleged Tax Defier Scheme Promotersby Financial Services (11 Apr 2008) G7 to Break Bread with Global

Food & Health

Food & Health

Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008) The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson,

Food & Health

Food & Health

Mobile Phones May be Death Sentence By Danielle Cronin, Canberra News (12 Apr 2008) The Stench of Fear in the Wheat Industry By Kim Anderson,

Geopolitical

Geopolitical

Do Satellite Photos Show Iran Ballistic Missile Facility?By Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor (11 Apr 2008) The Unofficial Judge Alex Kozinski Site Power to Build

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008) Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters

Money & Markets

Money & Markets

Wall Street Brokerages Borrowing $38.1 Billion a Day from Federal ReserveBy Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (03 April 2008) Warning Issued on Debt of Goldman, LehmanReuters

Precious Metals

Precious Metals

Gold Should Shake Off Any Sales by IMFBy Frank Tang, Reuters (08 Apr 2008) China Would Buy Huge Stake in Mega-Miner BillitonBy Rowan Callick and

Life

Life

The Masai Warriors’ Guide to England By Andrew Pierce, The Telegraph (03 Apr 2008) My Other Car is a Bright Green CityAlex Steffen, worldchanging.com (23

Top Picks ~ Week of March 31, 2008

Top Picks ~ Week of March 31, 2008

Money & Markets Credit Crunch Fallout Could Drag on for Years, Lawyers WarnTimes Online (31 Mar 2008) Overdue Consumer Debts Highest Since 1992, ABA Saysby

Wildcards – Week of 04.02.08

Wildcards – Week of 04.02.08

Another Chimpanzee Escape At Bastrop Facility Monkey Day | 02 April 2008 Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research in…

Top Picks ~ Week of March 24, 2008

Top Picks ~ Week of March 24, 2008

Money & Markets The Sheltering Storm: Uncertainty on Section 8 By Matt Schwarzfeld – CityLimits.org (24 Mar 2008) —–~ Catherine’s comment: Are states and cities

Top Picks ~ Week of March 17, 2008

Top Picks ~ Week of March 17, 2008

Money & Markets Federal Agencies Running on Fumes By Richard Sammon – The Kiplinger Letter (19 Mar 2008) Don’t Worry About An Audit By Kevin

Prison Investment

Prison Investment

To provide another example of Total Economic Return analysis applied to an investment strategy, here is a letter that I wrote to the New York

Top Picks ~ Week of March 10, 2008

Top Picks ~ Week of March 10, 2008

Money & Markets US Home Defaults, Foreclosures Rise 60% in February By Alan Mirabella & Sharon Lynch – Bloomberg.com (14 Mar 2008) Dollar’s Clout Sinks

Fed Disclosure on Intervention Powers

Fed Disclosure on Intervention Powers

The New York Fed: The Discount Window The Fed: The Scope of Monetary Policy Actions Authorized Under the Federal Reserve Act —Thanks to The King