Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.26.11

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.26.11

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Mornings at Blackwater

Mornings at Blackwater

For years, every morning, I drank from Blackwater Pond. It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt, the feet of ducks. And always

Edwards to Face Criminal Charges

Edwards to Face Criminal Charges

By Katharine Q. Seelye The Justice Department plans to move ahead with criminal charges against John Edwards, the former senator and presidential candidate, contending that

Fight Against The Takeover of Benton Harbor

Fight Against The Takeover of Benton Harbor

By Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg For the residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan the question is will America have prosperity and democracy, or live in

Fukushima Update: A Very Bad Situation

Fukushima Update: A Very Bad Situation

By C. Martenson Well, it now turns out that many of my worst fears about Fukushima have been confirmed with the news that TEPCO has

The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer

Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? By Jane Mayer On June 13th, a fifty-four-year-old former government employee named Thomas Drake is scheduled to

Goldman Awaits Subpoenas on Mortgage Operations

Goldman Awaits Subpoenas on Mortgage Operations

Move Would Follow Senate Subcommittee’s Report By Liz Rappaport and Jean Eaglesh Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives expect to receive subpoenas soon from U.S. prosecutors

Money & Markets – Week of 5.22.11

Money & Markets – Week of 5.22.11

Second Biggest Weekly Drop Ever In Treasurys Held In The Fed’s Custodial Account As Foreigners Dump Zero Hedge (26 May 11) Click to view video

Precious Metals – Week of 5.22.11

Precious Metals – Week of 5.22.11

Gold, Silver Coins to be Legal Currency in Utah CNBC (22 May 11) Shanghai Gold Exchange Planning to Start ETFs, Chairman Wang Zhe Says Bloomberg

Geopolitical – Week of 5.22.11

Geopolitical – Week of 5.22.11

Obama, in Europe, Signs Patriot Act Extension MSNBC (27 May 11) Tension Marks Clinton’s Visit to Pakistan The New York Times (27 May 11) Citi

Food & Health – Week of 5.22.11

Food & Health – Week of 5.22.11

Lawsuit Seeks to Invalidate Monsanto’s GMO Patents Global Research.ca (2 April 11) With Resources Scarce, Food Banks Are Joplin’s Lifeline The Huffington Post (25 May

Life – Week of 5.22.11

Life – Week of 5.22.11

Super Typhoon Churns Through Pacific, Threatens Okinawa CNN (26 May 11) Powerful Storms Pound Several Central US States ajc.com (26 May 11) A Directory of

Science & Technology – Week of 5.22.11

Science & Technology – Week of 5.22.11

Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil Flixxy.com (13 April 09) Iceland Volcano Shuts Island’s Airspace Bloomberg (22 May 11) The AT&T Employee Who

Earthwork (2011)

Earthwork (2011)

By Chris Ordal EARTHWORK (2011) official HD trailer from Chris Ordal on Vimeo.

Oil Card Geopolitics

Oil Card Geopolitics

by Catherine Austin Fitts Jim Norman’s book  The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century is one of the most important books you can

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.19.11

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.19.11

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No Respite From Housing Recession

No Respite From Housing Recession

By Stan Humphries Home values fell three percent in the first quarter of this year, marking a pace of decline not seen since 2008 when

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.” – Muhammad Ali, speaking to a group

NY Attorney General Seeks Mortgage Records

NY Attorney General Seeks Mortgage Records

By Michael Gormley New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking records from three major Wall Street banks as part of a broad investigation into

Morgan Man Takes Over at IMF

Morgan Man Takes Over at IMF

John Lipsky is an American economist. He is currently the acting Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Previously the First Deputy Managing Director, he

Voila! The IMF Disperses $2.24 billion to Ireland

Voila! The IMF Disperses $2.24 billion to Ireland

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first and second reviews of Ireland’s performance under an economic program supported by

Kiva: My Latest Loan

Kiva: My Latest Loan

Dugersuren Tsagaantsooj is 30 years old and lives with his wife and two sons in a house in Hovd province, Mongolia. His older son goes

Corporate Stock Buybacks Rise

Corporate Stock Buybacks Rise

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

Assange: Facebook is a Spying Machine

Assange: Facebook is a Spying Machine

Continue reading the article . . . Related reading: RT’s Exclusive Interview With Julian Assange (Part 1) YouTube (8 May 11) RT’s Exclusive Interview With

Money & Markets – Week of 5.15.11

Money & Markets – Week of 5.15.11

Norway Stops Aid Payments To Greece Zero Hedge (20 May 11) All the President’s Money: Where The Obamas Invested in 2010 CBS MoneyWatch (17 May

Precious Metals – Week of 5.15.11

Precious Metals – Week of 5.15.11

Bullion Banks Sharply Reduce Silver Shorts GATA (18 May 11) Endure Your Way to Gold $2000 Financial Sense (17 May 11 J.P. Morgan Seeks Gold

Geopolitical – Week of 5.15.11

Geopolitical – Week of 5.15.11

Top Lawmakers Agree to Patriot Act Extension Associated Press (19 May 11) President Obama Will Call For Billions in Aid to Arab Nations Azcentral.com (19

Food & Health – Week of 5.15.11

Food & Health – Week of 5.15.11

YouTube (12 May 11) New Briefing: Food Safety For Whom? Corporate Wealth Versus People’s Health Grain (May 2011) PLU Codes Do Not Indicate Genetically Modified

Life – Week of 5.15.11

Life – Week of 5.15.11

The Top 10 Most Diverse Cities in America CNBC (May 2011) Farmers Across America Ditch Tractors For Oxen in Bid to Beat Rising Fuel Prices

Science & Technology – Week of 5.15.11

Science & Technology – Week of 5.15.11

Google Cautions Against Anti-privacy Measures GMA News Online (19 May 11) Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake Technology Review (18 May 11) Dropbox

Ah, the Equestrian Life!

Ah, the Equestrian Life!

I was trying to find pictures of the stable in Malvern, Pennsylvania where I used to ride to prove to the wonderful folks at National

How A Bank Makes Money

How A Bank Makes Money

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

Precious Metals Market Report

Precious Metals Market Report

by Catherine Austin Fitts What goes up, can come down. When it comes to silver, a series of exchange margin hikes sure helps to make

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.12.11

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.12.11

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Ireland to Tax Pension Funds

Ireland to Tax Pension Funds

By Joe Brennan and Dara Doyle Ireland’s government will impose a temporary levy on domestic private pension savings to fund a jobs plan aimed at

“There Goes Skype”

“There Goes Skype”

By Nadia Damouni and Bill Rigby Microsoft Corp plans to buy Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion in its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich

Student Loan Debt That Never Stops Rising

Student Loan Debt That Never Stops Rising

By Joe Weisenthal The big news of the day: Yet again, students are graduating college with a record amount of debt. Continue reading the article

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“The contemplation of things as they are without error or confusion, without substitution or imposture, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.”

Neighborhood Courts

Neighborhood Courts

San Francisco’s one-of-a-kind program puts nonviolent criminals to work for clean records. By Caroline Cournoyer In San Francisco, people accused of low-level, nonviolent crimes were

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

When you estimate the cost of trying to control everyone and everything, you realize that an out of control world could be pretty economic. ~

Money & Markets – Week of 5.8.11

Money & Markets – Week of 5.8.11

Fuel Prices Squeeze Shoppers The Wall Street Journal (13 May 11) Gas Prices Could Drop 20 Cents by Memorial Day, Experts Say CSMonitor.com (12 May

Precious Metals – Week of 5.8.11

Precious Metals – Week of 5.8.11

G-10 Minutes From 1997 Show Central Bankers Conspiring About Gold GATA (18 Feb 11) Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years Human Events (11

Geopolitical – Week of 5.8.11

Geopolitical – Week of 5.8.11

Court: No Right to Resist Illegal Cop Entry Into Home NWI Times (13 May 11) Texas TSA Nullification Passes House, Moves on to Senate The

Food & Health – Week of 5.8.1

Food & Health – Week of 5.8.1

Latest Bedbug Worry: MRSA Chicago Sun-Times (12 May 11) Local Honey For a Runny Nose The New York Times (9 May 11) Bedbugs With ‘Superbug’

Life – Week of 5.8.11

Life – Week of 5.8.11

Floodwaters to Stay High in Memphis After Mississippi River Crests Recordnet.com (11 May 11) Sales of Home Safes Surge, Driven by the Recession and Recent

Science & Technology – Week of 5.8.11

Science & Technology – Week of 5.8.11

New “Doomsday Scenario” Map From The Corps Explained WAFB.com (12 May 11) It’s Time to Break Up AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and the Rest of

Puttin’ On the Ritz

Puttin’ On the Ritz

Note from Catherine A. Fitts: Given a choice of being entertained by the notion that 9-11 was engineered by a guy living in a cave

Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone

Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone

By Christian Reiermann The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government’s actions have informed SPIEGEL

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on National Security

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on National Security

by Catherine Austin Fitts When I served in the first Bush Administration, I had something called my “sugar packet goals.” Those were three goals that

Remember $100 Oil?

Remember $100 Oil?

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

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.05.11

Money & Markets Charts ~ 5.05.11

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Crowdfunding: Raising Money From Strangers

Crowdfunding: Raising Money From Strangers

By Rhodri Marsden Need help producing your new album or financing a film? Just ask someone you’ve never met to stump up the cash. ‘Crowdfunding’

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

How can we know the dancer from the dance? – William Butler Yeats Related reading: William Butler Yeats Wikipedia

Army Corps Breaks Southeast Missouri Levee

Army Corps Breaks Southeast Missouri Levee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee Monday in a desperate attempt to protect an Illinois town

The Chinese Navy

The Chinese Navy

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or PLA Navy) is the naval branch of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the military of the People’s Republic