Geopolitical – Week of 2.12.12

Geopolitical – Week of 2.12.12

Fears Of Permanent And Dangerous Fracture In New Zealand Scoop.co.nz (17 Feb 12) Graham Doesn’t Believe Clapper: ‘I’m Very Convinced’ Iran Is Building Nuclear Weapons

Science & Technology – Week of 2.12.12

Science & Technology – Week of 2.12.12

The Himalayas and Nearby Peaks Have Lost no Ice in Past 10 years, Study Shows The Guardian (8 Feb 12) Overview of Theoretical and Experimental

Life – Week of 2.12.12

Life – Week of 2.12.12

THRIVE’s True Agenda Thrive Movement Natural Woman The New York Times (13 Feb 12) Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker The Wall Street Journal (11 Feb 12)

Food & Health – Week of 2.12.12

Food & Health – Week of 2.12.12

Coming Soon To Your Grocery Aisle: Organic Food From Europe npr (15 Feb 12) Peru Passes Monumental Ten-Year Ban on Genetically Modified Foods Natural Society

Wildcards – Week of 2.12.12

Wildcards – Week of 2.12.12

Dreamliner Jet “Draws” Boeing Logo Across North America Yahoo News (15 Feb 12) Detroit Columnist Calls for Sterilants in Drinking Water to Curb Poverty Numbers

Precious Metals Market Report – 2.9.12

Precious Metals Market Report – 2.9.12

By Catherine Austin Fitts I’m in Silicon Valley in California and Franklin is at Top of the World Farm in Tennessee. Given what is happening

Looks Like Romney Banks at Bank of America

Looks Like Romney Banks at Bank of America

Personal finance profiles of recent years view here. Bank of America page 71 Willard M. Romney – 2011 Tax Return Related reading: Wall Street Investing

Treasury Backs Annuities in Retirement Plans

Treasury Backs Annuities in Retirement Plans

By Mary Beth Franklin American retirement security now ranks as a top concern of the White House, right up there with unemployment and the federal

The Insiders Are Selling Heavily

The Insiders Are Selling Heavily

By Mark Hulbert CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Corporate insiders are now selling their companies’ stock at a rate not seen since late last July.

U.S. Sets Money-Market Plan

U.S. Sets Money-Market Plan

YouTube The SEC aims to stabilize the $2.7 trillion money-market fund industry, but critics say rules would cut returns, Andrew Ackerman reports on Markets Hub.

Woman’s Jaw Reproduced by 3D Printer

Woman’s Jaw Reproduced by 3D Printer

(Credit: LayerWise) The transplant demonstrates that precision 3D printing can be effective for both bones and organ implants. By Martin Lamonica An elderly woman has

The Baltic Dry Index

The Baltic Dry Index

[click on the image for a larger version] By Bloomberg Continue reading the article . . .

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“What day is it,?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.”

Facebook Is Using You

Facebook Is Using You

By Lori Andrews Last week, Facebook filed documents with the government that will allow it to sell shares of stock to the public. It is

A Place For Conversation

A Place For Conversation

By Diane Lorence The following photographs are of our home in the mountains of northern California. The house was designed by my husband, Michael Anthony

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.  Just get people to stop reading them.” ~ Ray Bradbury Related reading: Ray Bradbury Wikipedia Ray

U.S. Indicts Wegelin Bank

U.S. Indicts Wegelin Bank

View Indictment By Lynnley Browning The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes

Money & Markets – Week of 2.5.12

Money & Markets – Week of 2.5.12

Argentina Limits Daily Financial Transaction Per Person to 1.000 Pesos (230 Dollars) MercoPress (9 Feb 12) Brokers Suspended in LIBOR Manipulation Inquiry GATA (8 Feb

Precious Metals – Week of 2.5.12

Precious Metals – Week of 2.5.12

Is Gold a Bubble? Sovereign Man (9 Feb 12) Traders Say Iran Paying For Wheat With Gold and Oil GATA (9 Feb 12) Goldcorp, Gold

Geopolitical – Week of 2.5.12

Geopolitical – Week of 2.5.12

Nathaniel Rothschild Loses High Court Libel Battle The Telegraph (10 Feb 12) DOD Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufacturers The Shootist (15 March

Science & Technology – Week of 2.5.12

Science & Technology – Week of 2.5.12

Overview of Theoretical and Experimental Progress in Low Energy Nuclear Next Big Future (8 Feb 12) Google Unveils ‘Solve for X,’ a Secret Project to

Life – Week of 2.5.12

Life – Week of 2.5.12

Keller’s Riverside Store Big Geek Daddy (Oct 11) West Memphis 3: Freed Death Row Prisoner Makes Film About 18-Year Battle to Prove His Innocence Nation

Food & Health – Week of 2.5.12

Food & Health – Week of 2.5.12

Monsanto Lobbyist Uses Power as FDA Food Czar to Target Amish Examiner (30 Jan 12) Organic Farming Blows Conventional Farming Out of the Water Alliance

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Threatens Activism

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Threatens Activism

(photo: Advocacy for Animals – Britannica) By Will Potter, Jurist A recent undercover investigation into one of the nation’s largest egg producers, Sparboe Farms, documented

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“The government is run by special interests clawing away at a shrinking pie and things are becoming quite vicious.” ~ Ron Paul Related reading: Ron

A Culture of $20 Scams

A Culture of $20 Scams

By Catherine Austin Fitts At Solari, we watch our vendor and financial accounts like a hawk. We find it is the only way to stop

Jon Rappoport on Matrix Nuts & Bolts

Jon Rappoport on Matrix Nuts & Bolts

By Catherine Austin Fitts If I were to list the ten people whose brilliance and force of intellect had made the most powerful contribution to

Jon Rappoport on Matrix Nuts & Bolts

Jon Rappoport on Matrix Nuts & Bolts

Listen to the MP3 audio file The Solari Report 2012-02-02 Download the MP3 audio file Interview Read the transcript Catherine’s Interview of Jon Rappoport [PDF] Audio Chapters 1. Introduction & Theme – 0:00   Audio –

Facebook Set to File For $5 Billion IPO

Facebook Set to File For $5 Billion IPO

The “lead left” bank leads the IPO underwriting process — its name in the upper-left-hand corner of the actual prospectus — and typically receives higher

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” ~ Upton Sinclair Related reading: Upton

CBO Report – OMG!

CBO Report – OMG!

By Bruce Krasting The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with its annual report. It’s a blockbuster. This 165 page monster is filled with dozens

Loans to Chilean Entrepreneurs

Loans to Chilean Entrepreneurs

Having received another repayment, I just made my next loan at Kiva.org to a group of entrepreneurs in Padre de las Casas a community in

Catherine in the Rogue Valley

Catherine in the Rogue Valley

Photo by M. Baraka Catherine will report on her events in Oregon on this week’s Solari Report. Related reaing: Catherine Austin Fitts In Your Neighborhood

The Coming Tech-led Boom

The Coming Tech-led Boom

Three breakthroughs are poised to transform this century as much as telephony and electricity did the last. By Mark P. Mills and Julio M. Ottino

Money From MF Global Feared Gone

Money From MF Global Feared Gone

By Scott Patterson and Aaron Lucchetti Nearly three months after MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed, officials hunting for an estimated $1.2 billion in missing customer

This Is Europe’s Scariest Chart

This Is Europe’s Scariest Chart

Youth Unemployment Across Europe % [click on the image for a larger version] Continue reading the article . . .

Money & Markets – Week of 1.29.12

Money & Markets – Week of 1.29.12

Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.3%; Payrolls Jump Bloomberg (3 Feb 12) Fed Fund Futures Point to Hike in Summer 2014 MarketWatch (3 Feb 12) As

Precious Metals – Week of 1.29.12

Precious Metals – Week of 1.29.12

States Seek Currencies Made of Silver and Gold GATA (3 Feb 12) UN Offers Second Link to US-UK Gold Swap Treaty GATA (1 Feb 12)

Geopolitical – Week of 1.29.12

Geopolitical – Week of 1.29.12

STOCK Act Passes Senate by Vote of 96-3 Politico (2 Feb 12) Bill Introduced To Challenge Authority Of NDAA Infowars.com (2 Feb 12) Lawyers Use

Science & Technology – Week of 1.29.12

Science & Technology – Week of 1.29.12

Google Changes Its Privacy Policy: Another Reminder to Use Offshore Email Sovereign Man (2 Feb 12) Bournemouth Resident Mystified by ‘Blue Sphere Shower’ BBC News

Life – Week of 1.29.12

Life – Week of 1.29.12

Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, 6 More Weeks of Winter The Washington Post (2 Feb 12) Read This Moving And Very Funny Letter

Food & Health – Week of 1.29.12

Food & Health – Week of 1.29.12

“The Patient Exhibits Extreme Curiosity” Slate (2 Feb 12) Man With Defibrillator Wants to Know What His Heart is Saying Mercury News (30 Jan 12)

Wildcards – Week of 1.29.12

Wildcards – Week of 1.29.12

Treasure Hunter Says he Found $3B WWII Wreck Yahoo News (2 Feb 12) Don Cornelius Host of ‘Soul Train’ Dies of Apparent Suicide Fox News

The Summers Memo

The Summers Memo

By Ryan Lizza – The New Yorker 23 Jan 12 In a piece this week on Barack Obama’s shift from idealism to pragmatism, I describe

Fed Expects to Keep Interest Rates Near Zero

Fed Expects to Keep Interest Rates Near Zero

By Don Lee The Federal Reserve announces a subdued outlook for growth in the U.S. economy, as well as its intention to keep short-term interest

Bernanke Makes Case for More Bond Buying

Bernanke Makes Case for More Bond Buying

Photographer: Zhang Yan/Xinhua/eyevine/Redux By Caroline Salas Gage and Craig Torres Ben S. Bernanke laid the groundwork for a third round of large-scale asset purchases should

Catherine Speaks in the Rogue Valley, Oregon!

Catherine Speaks in the Rogue Valley, Oregon!

Catherine will be speaking in The Rogue Valley, in Ashland, and Medford, Oregon, on Thursday, January 26, and Friday, January 27, 2012. The theme for

All the Money on the Planet vs. MegaUpload

All the Money on the Planet vs. MegaUpload

By Simon Black With over 150 million registered users, the file sharing site MegaUpload.com is one of the most popular on the Internet. At least,

Intelligence Support to Military Operations

Intelligence Support to Military Operations

By Secrecy News From the Federation of Scientists Project on Government Secrecy The Joint Chiefs of Staff have produced updated doctrine on intelligence support to

Leonard Cohen’s “Going Home”

Leonard Cohen’s “Going Home”

Posted by The New Yorker The Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has a poem in the magazine this week, “Going Home,” that he also set to

The Caging of America

The Caging of America

Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. Photograph by Steve Liss. By Adam Gopnik A prison is

Mystery Fish

Mystery Fish

Illustrations by Tom Garrett Source: December 2011 Consumer Reports Magazine. Americans spent $80.2 billion on seafood last year, $5 billion more than in 2009, but

Good Times in Montana

Good Times in Montana

By Catherine Austin Fitts I’ve had a wonderful time in Montana. The Solari team got lots accomplished. We’ve enjoyed some beautiful snow storms, so the

Megaupload Attempting to Get Back Online

Megaupload Attempting to Get Back Online

Left to right: Bram Van der Kolk, Mathias Ortmann, Fin Batato and Kim Dotcom in court today. By Kirsty Johnston Website Megaupload.com, which was shut

Money & Markets – Week of 1.22.12

Money & Markets – Week of 1.22.12

The Man Who Bought North Dakota Bloomberg Businessweek (19 Jan 12) Currency Risk Drives Automakers to U.S., Mexico The Wall Street Journal (23 Jan 12)

Precious Metals – Week of 1.22.12

Precious Metals – Week of 1.22.12

Volcker Confirms Central Bank Need to Suppress Gold to Stabilize Exchange Rates at ‘Critical Point’ GATA (26 Jan 12) India Mum on Possible Use of

Geopolitical – Week of 1.22.12

Geopolitical – Week of 1.22.12

Who Is Sheldon Adelson, the Gingrich Super PAC’s Billionaire Backer? The Atlantic (25 Jan 12) Russia Gives WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a TV Platform The Christian

Science & Technology – Week of 1.22.12

Science & Technology – Week of 1.22.12

Google Will Now Access and Use all Your Personal Data and Browsing History NetTechBlog (25 Jan 12) One Policy, One Google Experience Google (2012) Google

Life – Week of 1.22.12

Life – Week of 1.22.12

Discover Series ‘Bering Sea Gold’ Aims for Pay Dirt The Seattle Times (22 Jan 12) Inside A $1.5 Million Cave House Yahoo Real Estate (13

Food & Health – Week of 1.22.12

Food & Health – Week of 1.22.12

Smart Meter Opt-Out Programs Spread Across North America tdworld.com (25 Jan 12) Occupy Your Food in 2012 Primal Body-Primal Mind (2012) Federal Study of Morgellons

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

‘Portrait of Michelangelo’, 1535 Florence, Casa Buonarroti “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss

Response to Catherine’s Letter RE PIPA

Response to Catherine’s Letter RE PIPA

Dear Ms. Fitts, Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding S.968, the ‘Preventing Real Online Threats to Economics Creativity and Theft

Tribute To Graffiti

Tribute To Graffiti

Street Art By El Mac – A Collection By Vitaly Friedman Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally