Perspectives Blog 10-31-11

Perspectives Blog 10-31-11

By Melanie Pelayo The announcement of cost of living adjustments by the federal government a week ago not only heralded the first increase to Social

MERS Subpoenaed by New York, Sued by Delaware

MERS Subpoenaed by New York, Sued by Delaware

(Reuters) – MERS, the electronic mortgage registry used by the banking industry, was sued by Delaware on Thursday and accused of deceptive practices that led

Money & Markets – Week of 10.30.11

Money & Markets – Week of 10.30.11

‘He Has a Right to Speak,’ Said The Cop to The Banker Daily KOS (2 Nov 11) Investors Place Big Bets on Buy Here Pay

Geopolitical – Week of 10.30.11

Geopolitical – Week of 10.30.11

Woman Facing Criminal Charges for Posing as Ex on Facebook Fox News (3 Nov 11) A Perversely Perfect War The Daily Reckoning (3 Nov 11)

Food & Health – Week of 10.30.11

Food & Health – Week of 10.30.11

Exposed: CDC Deliberately Manipulated, Covered up Scientific Data Showing Link Between Vaccines Containing Mercury and Autism Natural News.com (2 Nov 11) Hay Shortage Compounds Woe

Wildcards – Week of 10.30.11

Wildcards – Week of 10.30.11

Americans Work Too Much for Their Own Good: de Graaf and Batker Bloomberg (3 Nov 11) The Shadow Superpower Foreign Policy (28 Oct 11) Degas

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

When your country has a body of laws that could fill an entire football stadium, you can always find half a dozen things to indict

Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fiasco

Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fiasco

By Laura Bledsoe (24 Oct 11) When an over-zealous regulator shows up at a farm dinner demanding that food be destroyed as hungry guests await,

Stunning Charts of Manufacturing Complexity

Stunning Charts of Manufacturing Complexity

The products we use everyday are complex combinations of specialized knowledge. Harvard and MIT released a report, “The Atlas of Economic Complexity,” visually mapping the

Urge FDA to Waive Fees for Small Businesses

Urge FDA to Waive Fees for Small Businesses

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) directed FDA to collect fees on businesses that have to be re-inspected because of some noncompliance. This new requirement

COLA Increase on Social Security

COLA Increase on Social Security

By Chuck Gibson Good news was announced for retirees this week as the first time since 2009 Social Security benefits will be increased starting next

Holy Roman Empire – Part II

Holy Roman Empire – Part II

By: Reuters The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to rule over financial institutions

B of A: US Debt Downgrade Coming

B of A: US Debt Downgrade Coming

[Note from CAF: Given that the FDIC just picked up the BofA/Merrill derivatives position, you would think BofA would be a bit more sensitive to

Money & Markets – Week of 10.23.11

Money & Markets – Week of 10.23.11

How the 50% Greek Haircut is Actually Just 28% Zerohedge (26 Oct 11) Pop Goes the Chinese Bubble Zerohedge (26 Oct 11) Bundestag Passes EFSF

Geopolitical – Week of 10.23.11

Geopolitical – Week of 10.23.11

China Takes a Loss to Get Ahead in the Business of Fresh Water New York Times (26 Oct 11) Paul Wants to Phase Out Federal

Food & Health – Week of 10.23.11

Food & Health – Week of 10.23.11

YouTube New Discovery Shakes the Foundation of Cancer Research Mercola.com (15 Oct 11) It’s Official: Glyphosate Used on GM Crops Found in US Rivers, Rainfall

Wildcards – Week of 10.23.11

Wildcards – Week of 10.23.11

The Invisible Slow-Kill Enterprise of Organized Stalking Assaults Organized Stalking Abuse (17 March 11)

Qaddafi Is Killed as Libyan Forces Take Surt

Qaddafi Is Killed as Libyan Forces Take Surt

By Kareem Fahim and Rick Gladstone MISURATA, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into hiding after an armed uprising toppled

Catherine in Mill Valley – October 27, 2011

Catherine in Mill Valley – October 27, 2011

PRESS RELEASE [Mill Valley, CA] October 5, 2011 – In response to the changing financial environment and the growing need for families to build and

Say No to Fiddling with the Constitution

Say No to Fiddling with the Constitution

By Catherine Austin Fitts I just got a message from a reader for the third time today. It proposes that we support Warren Buffet’s proposals

Ron Paul – Plan To Restore America

Ron Paul – Plan To Restore America

SYNOPSIS: America is the greatest nation in human history. Our respect for individual liberty, free markets, and limited constitutional government produced the strongest, most prosperous

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Quote du Jour

Hypocrisy has its own elegant symmetry. ~ Julie Metz

Lead Attorney on the RAWESOME

Lead Attorney on the RAWESOME

YouTube Solari Report Blog Commentaries Update: More on Rawsome Foods Bust Visions Green (5 Aug 11) UnAnswered Questions About Rawesome Food (4 Aug 11) The

US to Support European Bailouts

US to Support European Bailouts

By: Jeff Cox The U.S. plans on being an active partner as efforts intensify to get Europe get back on its feet financially, Treasury Secretary

Money & Markets – Week of 10.16.11

Money & Markets – Week of 10.16.11

YouTube (19 Oct 11) Student Loans Outstanding Will Exceed $1 trillion This Year USA Today (19 Oct 11) Beltway Earnings Make U.S. Capital Richer Than

Food & Health – Week of 10.16.11

Food & Health – Week of 10.16.11

Radio: Food Rights Hour w/Pete Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (15 Oct 11) Homesteading Quantified: How Much Land You Need To Go Off The Grid Huffington

Geopolitical – Week of 10.16.11

Geopolitical – Week of 10.16.11

US Troops to Leave Iraq by End of Year Yahoo Finance (21 Oct 11) In Bid to Cut Costs at Some Texas Prisons, Lunch Will

Life – Week of 10.16.11

Life – Week of 10.16.11

YouTube (17 Oct 11) Ground-shaking Booms Puzzle Louisville Neighborhood NHNE Pulse (19 Oct 11) Suzan Mazur: Betsey Johnson, 2nd Skin & Darpa $$$ Scoop News

Precious Metals Market Report – 10.13.11

Precious Metals Market Report – 10.13.11

By Catherine Austin Fitts We have a lot to talk about. Events in the financial and precious metals markets are a clear indication of the

Obama and Congress Agree: Send More Jobs Abroad

Obama and Congress Agree: Send More Jobs Abroad

By Deirdre Walsh Congress voted Wednesday on a bipartisan basis to pass free-trade bills with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. President Barack Obama, who dined

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

The problem goes far beyond gold price suppression. Indeed, since central bank intervention in the currency, bond, equities, and commodity markets has exploded over the

Funding Wall St. Protest

Funding Wall St. Protest

Kaltura Video By Matthew DeLuca They’re protesting big banks and corporations, so which start-ups are Occupy Wall Street looking to for collecting donations and financing

FDA Approves Genetically Modified Fish

FDA Approves Genetically Modified Fish

By SN Staff In a controversial and potentially groundbreaking decision, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has submitted a document supporting the commercial production of

Retirement Heist

Retirement Heist

How Firms Trimmed Pensions As companies have been moving away from traditional pension plans, they have been shifting employees to new retirement plans, such as

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Quote du Jour

People who complain about progressives are like the man from Virginia who went to college on the GI Bill and bought his first house with

Stetzerizers Discount for Solari Report Subscribers

Stetzerizers Discount for Solari Report Subscribers

In response to Dr. Milham’s recommendations of Stetzer products, one of their distributors Stetzerizer-US.com has offered a 7% discount for Solari Report subscribers. Solari Report

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Quote du Jour

“Don’t asked yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. Then do that. Because what the world needs is people who

Back to the Land, Reluctantly

Back to the Land, Reluctantly

By Susan Gregory Thomas Susan Gregory Thomas is the author of “In Spite of Everything: A Memoir.” ’I’M not interested in being hip or a

On Outing CIA Agents

On Outing CIA Agents

By Catherine Austin Fitts I have had several people try to persuade me that it is ok to identify CIA agents by name in the

Money & Markets – Week of 10.9.11

Money & Markets – Week of 10.9.11

California’s 20-Year Revenue Bonds for Prisons Sell for 5.34% Bloomberg (14 Oct 11) Foreigners Dump $74 Billion In Treasurys In 6 Consecutive Weeks: Biggest Sequential

Precious Metals – Week of 10.9.11

Precious Metals – Week of 10.9.11

Chris Powell: Gold price Suppression Purposes and Proofs GATA (10 Oct 11) The Chinese Mean To Control The Global Gold Market Forbes (27 Sep 11)

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.9.11

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.9.11

Strategic Mortgage Delinquencies as High as 27% Bloomberg (3 Oct 11) Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Cast Wider Net in Mortgage Repurchases, PHH Says Yahoo Finance

Food & Health – Week of 10.9.11

Food & Health – Week of 10.9.11

‘No Food Rights’ Judge Quits to Work for Monsanto Law Firm Food Freedom (11 Oct 11) Gardasil HPV Vaccines Found Contaminated With Recombinant DNA That Persists

Geopolitical – Week of 10.9.11

Geopolitical – Week of 10.9.11

The Federal Reserve Plans To Monitor Facebook, Twitter, Google News Fast Company (11 Oct 11) Georgia Considers Replacing Firefighters With Free Prison Laborers Truthout (13

Life – Week of 10.9.11

Life – Week of 10.9.11

Utah Girl Scout Raises Thousands of Dollars for Community Garden The Salt Lake Tribune (26 Sep 11) Millions Stroll in New York’s ‘Park in The

Science & Technology – Week of 10.9.11

Science & Technology – Week of 10.9.11

Pre-earthquake Ionosphere Disturbance Could Lead to Early Warning System Yahoo News (10 Oct 11) Clone on the Range Texas Observer (14 Sep 11) Interview- Michael

Wildcard – Week of 10.911

Wildcard – Week of 10.911

$100K Steel Bridge Dismantled, Stolen From Rural Area WTAE.com (7 Oct 11) EP Heidner:  Collateral Damage Want To Know.info

Parks and Demonstration

Parks and Demonstration

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart America cannot expect a bunch of disenfranchised park-dwellers to come up with a solution to its economic woes —

The Decline of The Dollar

The Decline of The Dollar

In 1910, some of the Nation’s most powerful bankers met secretly off the coast of Georgia to draft a proposal for a private central banking

Finland Funds Lifetime Care After Swine Flu Vaccine

Finland Funds Lifetime Care After Swine Flu Vaccine

Via: AFP The Finnish government and major insurance companies announced Wednesday they will pay for lifetime medical care for children diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving

Thank You, Steve Jobs!

Thank You, Steve Jobs!

“”No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“We have lost control….These big global companies, in relation to specific activities, are more powerful than the governments they’re dealing with. ~ Richard Harding, former

Declared Natural Disasters thru Sep. 2011

Declared Natural Disasters thru Sep. 2011

Out of America’s 3,141 counties, almost 90% have declared at least 1 natural disaster so far this year and there’s still three months to go…

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Quote du Jour

If we are to move toward sustainable development, the industrialized countries will have to accept special responsibility–not only because of their past ecological sins, but

Dick Cheney’s Fluffernutter

Dick Cheney’s Fluffernutter

By Catherine Austin Fitts Sinclair Lewis once said “When fascism comes to American it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Dick

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

Where: Liberty Square (How to get there) Help & Directions: +1 (877) 881-3020 General Inquiries: general@occupywallst.org Press Inquiries: press@occupywallst.org Watch: This 10-Min Documentary Read: Latest

Money & Markets – Week of 10.2.11

Money & Markets – Week of 10.2.11

Return to Real Money: China to Install More Than 2,000 Gold ATMs Natural News (6 Oct 11) Soros Loses Challenge to Insider Trading Conviction Yahoo

Precious Metals – Week of 10.2.11

Precious Metals – Week of 10.2.11

Venezuela Says Gold Repatriation to Start Soon Reuters (6 Oct 11) US Mint Sells Nearly 3/4 MILLION SILVER EAGLES 1st Day of October! SilverDoctors (4

Geopolitical – Week of 10.2.11

Geopolitical – Week of 10.2.11

Polish Candidate Lashes Out at Germany The New York Times (6 Oct 11) Unions, Students Join Wall Street Protesters MSNBC (6 Oct 11) Senate Democrats

Food & Health – Week of 10.2.11

Food & Health – Week of 10.2.11

Dr Dietrich Klinghardt’s Academy – Welcome Klinghardt Academy How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres. Wake Up World (26

Science & Technology – Week of 10.2.11

Science & Technology – Week of 10.2.11

Report: Stem Cells Created From Cloned Human Embryos MSNBC (5 Oct 11) Watch: ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Uses Mirages to Make Objects Vanish Wired (4 Oct 11)

Wildcards – Week of 10.2.11

Wildcards – Week of 10.2.11

Harvard Loses Top World University Ranking for First Time Bloomberg (6 Oct 11) The Elite and the Planned Crisis with Pre-Determined Solutions Dont Tread On

Meltdown

Meltdown

The Secret History of the Global Financial Collapse By Al Jazerra Meltdown Part 1: “The Men Who Crashed The World” Zero Hedge (29 Sep 11)

Perspectives Blog 10-03-2011

Perspectives Blog 10-03-2011

By Melanie Pelayo Although Halloween is still a few weeks away, there were plenty of scary moments during the third quarter. Over the last few

Perfect Storm Brewing

Perfect Storm Brewing

By Chuck Gibson I prefer not to spend time on short term market volatility because, well … I view short term movement as noise but

Justice Department Probing Chinese Accounting

Justice Department Probing Chinese Accounting

By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Sarah N. Lynch The Justice Department is investigating accounting irregularities at Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, said an official

California Government Map

California Government Map

Welcome to the interactive display of California’s organizational structure, a research database designed to expose systemic inefficiency and help you visualize the scale of the

Botany of Desire

Botany of Desire

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Ygrene Energy Fund consortium

Ygrene Energy Fund consortium

By a Reader Dear Catherine, I read on Sunday in the Business Section E of the Press Democrat  two articles (only one could I find online and