Frozen in Grand Central Station A video by Improv Everywhere It’s been exactly four weeks since we posted our Frozen Grand Central mission. The response

Well, well, what do you know? The Wall Street Journal has just published an article on arguably the single most important reason the US housing

Money & Markets Follow the Trend By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (29 Feb 2008) Pennsylvania Student Loans Halted on Auction Failures By Adam L. Cataldo

A network member reports that their broker says that their right to obtain certificates ends on March 13, 2008. We can’t find the final proclamation,

Dan Norcini makes a great point today in his article: CCI Index Makes Another All Time High Making IMF Gold Suppression Attempts Even More Pointless

Fidel Castro Steps Down as President of Cuba By James C. McKinley, Jr. – International Herald Tribune (19 Feb 2008) Fidel Castro said Tuesday that

Providence Miffed by Clear Channel Suit Associated Press (17 Feb 2008) Providence Equity Partners Previous blog posts on this issue: Update on Clear Channel (15

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Money & Markets New Era Dawns for Rail Building By Daniel Machalaba – Wall Street Journal (13 Feb 2008) AIG Falls on Concern Losses My

When I was Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner cleaning up the last housing and mortgage bubble bust, I used to have a deputy who

My cousin Susan Blair Ross is a Broadway star. She is smart as a whip. She was the person who first suggested I move to

Money & Markets Is Your City a Debt Trap? From Men’s Health Nonborrowed Bank Reserves Go Negative ~ Data from the Federal Reserve Website Wachovia

Money & Markets Vote on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo ~ Lodge your opinion in this Wall Street Journal poll Robert Rubin: What meltdown? By Katie

Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages By Christopher Maag – New York Times (12 Jan 2008) See City of Cleveland Press Release for a

Money & Markets You Should Be Wary of This Market Rebound By John Crudele – New York Post (24 Jan 2008) US Slides Into Dangerous

Money & Markets FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data By Owen Bowcott – The Guardian (15 Jan 2008) Citigroup’s Hopes for Investment From

Life gets interesting when the lawyers willing to sue big banks grow in number. Baltimore is Suing Over Foreclosure Crisis By Gretchen Morgenson – New

With thanks to “The King Report.”

Money & Markets China is Quietly Revaluing its Currency By Richard Spencer – London Telegraph (8 Jan 2008) Baltimore is Suing Bank Over Foreclosure Crisis

Brilliant (and darling) investment newsletter writer Rob Kirby and I have been having a heated debate. He says that markets clear through price. I say

Money & Markets Venezuela Cuts Zeroes From Currency in Hope of Stalling InflationBy Jorge Rueda – Associated Press (1 Jan 2008) Cyprus and Malta Adopt

From: Privacy International

From: Privacy International

Money & Markets Dollar’s Shares of Currency Reserves Falls to Record Low By Christopher Swan – Bloomberg News (28 Dec 2007) Exit U.S. By Mike

In 1984, I gave away my television after overhearing a conversation about the subliminal programing and entrainment technology being rolled out to manage public opinion

In 1984, I gave away my television after overhearing a conversation about the subliminal programing and entrainment technology being rolled out to manage public opinion

It’s Catherine’s birthday today!

Money & Markets China Takes 10% Stake in Morgan Stanley to Cover Junk Mortgages By Joseph A. Giannone – Reuters (19 Dec 2007) Credit Crisis

The Checklist If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do? By Atul Gawande – The New Yorker (10 Dec 2007)

One of the newsletters that I use as an excellent predictor of what the Tapeworm will do next (in the rah-rah Tapeworm mode) says that

One of the newsletters that I use as an excellent predictor of what the Tapeworm will do next (in the rah-rah Tapeworm mode) says that

Someone just asked me for a comment on a Presidential candidate’s policies to reform the sub-prime mortgage market. Here are the items I suggested. 1.

Money & Markets Citigroup to Consolidate Seven SIVs on Balance Sheet By Shannon D. Harrington & Elizabeth Hester – Bloomberg News (13 Dec 2007) World

Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007) The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when

Bill Moyers’ Journal (23 Nov 2007) The power and beauty found in the African American church and spiritual experience reminds me of St. Timothy when

Money & Markets Top hedge Fund blow-up news and commentary Britain’s Rate Cut Opens Gulf With European Central Bank By Chris Giles & Ralph Atkins

Pentagon Poised to Resume Open Air Weapons Testing By Sherwood Ross (4 Dec 2007) Burma: Junta Charges Monks’ Leader With Treason By Terry Evans (3

Paying Taxes 2008 – The Global Picture The Doing Business Project

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Montana, Connecticut Hold Downgraded by Moody’s By David Evans – Bloomberg.com (3 Dec 2007) Montana and Connecticut state-run investment pools hold debt tainted by the

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Read the first story, published by CounterPunch: CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces By James Petras – CounterPunch (28 Nov 2007) Then read this story from

Money & Markets E*Trade Gets Help From Citadel [Must subscribe to read full article.] By Susanne Craig, et al – Wall Street Journal (29 Nov

Update from Kiva on my current loan . . . Francisco is doing well. He is working hard at both of his businesses everyday. He

Money & Markets Dollar to Fade, Not Fly, From Scene as Gulf Reforms By Daliah Merzaban – Reuters (21 Nov 2007) The Currency Manipulation Follies,

Money & Markets Belgian Treasury Promises No Default By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Nov 2007) Fund Managers Hold Nerve Despite Fears By Ambrose

Globally human populations are growing, trade is increasing, and living standards are rising for many. But, according to the UN’s latest Global Environment Outlook report,

Shock Doctrine’s Shocking Short Shrift By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power New York’s $25,000 Dessert Sets Guinness Record By Vivianne Rodrigues – Reuters

Compelled Iraq Duty Angers US Envoys From Associated Press (1 Nov 2007) My Nobel Moment By John R. Christy – Wall Street Journal (1 Nov

Consumers Face Record Heating-Oil Bills By Ana Campoy – Wall Street Journal (24 Oct 2007) Russia To Control Food Prices [Register to View Full Article]

Scenes From the Fringe By Russ Alan Prince – Private Wealth (5 Aug 2007) New VNR Catches Prove the Fake TV News Problem Continues Press

Carney, Former Goldman Banker, To Head Bank of Canada By Greg Quinn & Theophilos Argitis – Bloomberg.com (4 Oct 2007) Francis Ford Coppola’s Laptop Stolen

Treasury Department Simulating Bank Runs By Martin Crustinger – Associated Press (4 Oct 2007) The Martyrdom of Burma’s Marching Monks By Rev. John Dear –

Gallup: Trust in Federal Government, On Nearly All Issues, Hits New Low — Even Less Than in Watergate Era From Editor & Publisher (27 Sep

Paulson: US to Hit Debt Limit October 1 By Martin Crutsiinger – AP Economics Writer (19 Sep 2007) Mud City Press – Securing Global Food

Central Bank Split Over Credit Squeeze By Chris Giles & Gillian Tett – Financial Times, London (12 Sep 2007) Fed Believed To Be Considering Unconventional

OECD Calls for US Rate Cut To Ward Off Crisis By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (6 Sep 2007) Compendium on Subprime Crisis London Telegraph

Schwab Sells Majority of His Position on Aug 15, 2007 At Yahoo Finance (28 Aug 2007) Judge Allows Saddam Link in Wyatt Oil Trial By

Highly Recommended ~ How the White House Drowned New Orleans By Greg Palast (23 Aug 2007) Now Russia’s Banks May Be in Trouble By Catherine

In Withdrawal Line, Countrywide Customer Muses About Buying Gold By Alexandria Sage – Reuters (17 Aug 2007) Fed Lectures Financial Houses: Borrow Quick at Our

Will Paulson Ever Consent to Answer the Right Questions? By John Crudele – NY Post (9 Aug 2007) Outsourcing Intelligence: How Bush Gets His National

California 2007 Drought Photos US Housing is Among ‘Biggest Bubbles,’ Rogers Says By Chen Shiyin & Pimm Fox – Bloomberg.com (3 Aug 2007) New York

Organic Industry Structure – A Chart By Phil Howard – Michigan State University (Jul 2007) New Zealanders Decry Ban on Political Satire AngusReid Global Monitor

Organics for Everyone By Anna Cynar – Utne.com (Jul 19, 2007) New Road to Serfdom By Michael Hudson – On iTulip (Jun 2006) Ron Paul

BIS Warns of Great Depression Dangers From Credit Spree By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 25, 2007) Libby a Long-Time Mossad Agent By Wayne Madsen

Credit Crunch Will Shred Investment Portfolios to Ribbons Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – GATA / telegraph.co.uk (Jul 4, 2007) New Drug Deletes Bad Memories Bill Christensen –

Will BAE Scandal of Century Bring Down Dick Cheney? By Jeffrey Steinberg – Executive Intelligence Review (Jun 29, 2007 Issue) Putin’s Arctic Invasion: Russia Lays

Vivoleum, Solves Global Warming and Peak Oil The Yes Men – (Jun 14, 2007) Regional Economic Measurement Division Interactive Map Bureau of Economic Analysis New

Bush Shafts Enron Victims By Robert L. Borosage – TomPaine.commonsense (Jun 14, 2007) Swiss Sales Dash Hopes of Gold Recovery By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk

Judge Halts Award of Iraq Contract By Alec Klein & Steve Fainaru – Washington Post (Jun 4, 207) Gold Joins the Mainstream By James Grant

US Buy-out Groups in Record $82bn Bids [Sign in to read Full Article] By Francesco Guerrera – Financial Times.com (May 28, 2007) Feds Lost $1.3Trillion

The Era of China Sprott Asset Management (Apr 2007) Welcome to Speed Trap Exchange List of Top Ten Speed Traps in the US Goldman Puts

Cox Confirms Possibility of Sea Change in SEC Regulation of Foreign BDs, Exchanges By Rachel McTague – Bureau of National Affairs (May 14, 2007) Profit

Doug Casey: GATA is Right By Doug Casey – Casey Research (May 2007) The Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt By Erik Hedegaard – Rolling

9/11 and the Evidence By Paul Craig Roberts – Information Clearing House (Mar 27, 2007) The Growth Consensus Unravels By Jonathan Rowe – dollars&sense (Jul-Aug

John Kerry: Building 7 Was Deliberately Demolished By Paul Joseph Watson & Aaron Dykes – Prison Planet (Apr 23, 2007) BBC Reported Building 7 Had

DHA Demand for DNS Master Key Alarms Nations By Deep Harm – Daily Kos (Mar 31, 2007) Are Mobile Phones Wiping Out Our Bees? By

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By Catherine Austin Fitts CAF Note: I recently wrote a letter to the CEO of a continuing care retirement community. I realized subsequently that the

Fort Knox: Bretton Bacteria Outbreak By Hirus Dhnow – The Applachian Sentinel (Apr 1, 2007) “The Secret”: Creating a Culture of Cheerfulness as Rome Burns

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How Can US Dollar Survive Profligacy Like This? From US Rep Ron Paul (Mar 5, 2007) Critic of Russian Governmenrt Shot in Adelphi By Dennis

“Vulture Fund” Companies Buy up Debt of Poor Countries at Cheap Prices From Democracy Now! – Greg Palast (Feb 16, 2007) Putin’s Speech at the

3D Bar Graph of the Number of Financial Transactions Worldwide FCC Fudges its Broadband Report — But Finally Gets One Thing Right! By David S.

Existing Home Sales Plummet in 2006 By Martin Crutsinger – AP (Jan 25, 2007) Even Central Banks Can’t Figure Out Market Risks Now By Gillian

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WOW! The Universe Gives Up Its Deepest Secret By Steve Connor – The Independent (Jan 8, 2007) Retrieving the Democrats’ Reason for Being By Sam

By Catherine Austin Fitts December 10, 2004 After a discussion this afternoon with loved ones, I thought I would write up questions that would be

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