Zimbabwe Monetary Policy

Zimbabwe Monetary Policy

The inflation in Zimbabwe is a current example of how monetary bailouts send the price of food and other essentials into the stratosphere. [Click image

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

Posts on Mission Investing

Posts on Mission Investing

Human Flourishing in a Constitutional Republic By Phil Cubeta – Gift Hub (4 May 2008) Two Gems From Gift Hub Catherine Austin Fitts Blog Post

More Slow Burn . . .

More Slow Burn . . .

Special Thanks to Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics and LeMetropole Café.

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

The Tapeworm Revealed

The Tapeworm Revealed

Those of you who wonder what I mean by “the Tapeworm” will better understand the concept after reading the following article: The Real Matrix: The

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

Financial Ecosystems – Capitalism 3.0

Financial Ecosystems – Capitalism 3.0

I find Peter Barnes proposals in Capitalism 3.0 to be/have: 1. Well intended. That’s important. Smart people, who are willing to try to figure out

Not Enough Silver?

Not Enough Silver?

If ten percent of the Bay Boomers allocated $9,000 to buy silver, we would have 7.5 million (ten percent of the boomer population) times $9,000.

The Solari Model – Total Economic Return

The Solari Model – Total Economic Return

Introduction I am writing a series of posts on aligning investment with mission and values, including some point-counterpoints with Phil Cubeta at gifthub.org. I thought

GATA Goes to Washington

GATA Goes to Washington

I just returned from Washington where I attended GATA Goes to Washington: View the Schedule (PDF) View Speakers Bix Wier attended the conference and wrote:

The Bear Stearns Buy-Out . . . 100% Fraud

The Bear Stearns Buy-Out . . . 100% Fraud

Well, the evidence finally emerges. No market forces at work here. “The boys” done bagged and skinned the Bear for quite a pretty penny: Bear

Gold, GATA and the Turn to Higher Ground

Gold, GATA and the Turn to Higher Ground

The following is Catherine Austin Fitts’ presentation at the “GATA Goes to Washington” conference which took place last week in Washington D.C. I would like

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)

Will The Real Mr. Global Please Stand Up?

Will The Real Mr. Global Please Stand Up?

We had a request from a network member to comment on the following article which debunks the prevailing views that we are short of gas

Will The Real Mr. Global Please Stand Up?

Will The Real Mr. Global Please Stand Up?

We had a request from a network member to comment on the following article which debunks the prevailing views that we are short of gas or oil. There is No Gas Shortage By Ed Wallace

Calling Jason Bourne

Calling Jason Bourne

I just received an e-mail message from a conference speaker –someone I have not yet met in person and would welcome knowing. We know each

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed in March to pay $30 Million in a settlement regarding its role as an auditor to Metropolitan Mortgage in Washington State. Here is

Real Solutions vs. the Status Quo

Real Solutions vs. the Status Quo

The challenge with all real solutions is that they require telling the truth. The problem is that maintaining the status quo requires never telling the

A Global Plan

A Global Plan

The way to view the Paulson Plan is as a piece of a global plan to centralize the financial system: Global Revamp Urged For the

Catherine on BlogTalkRadio

Catherine on BlogTalkRadio

Catherine was interviewed on BlogTalkRadio on April 12 at 2PM CST. Get the details >>

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

The Slow Burn

The Slow Burn

People often ask whether I am concerned about inflation, deflation, peak oil, or a global financial meltdown. My answer is as follows. The future is

The Slow Burn

The Slow Burn

People often ask whether I am concerned about inflation, deflation, peak oil, or a global financial meltdown. My answer is as follows. The future is something to be created, rather than feared. Allocating our time,

Is Gold Going East?

Is Gold Going East?

Chris Powell of GATA recently published this important insight: If one puts today’s news together … Arabian Gulf Oil Principalities Will Stick with Dollar Until

Weather Manipulation: It’s For Real

Weather Manipulation: It’s For Real

In our Top Picks this week, there is a story entitled Weather Engineering in China by Technology Review. While a number of people have hinted

Weather Manipulation: It's For Real

Weather Manipulation: It's For Real

In our Top Picks this week, there is a story entitled Weather Engineering in China by Technology Review. While a number of people have hinted

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

Overview of The Paulson Plan

Overview of The Paulson Plan

I thought I would lay out the specifics of the U.S. Treasury plan to centralize and consolidate the U.S. financial regulatory system before commenting on

Financial Coup d’Etat

Financial Coup d’Etat

Former Goldman Sachs chairman Hank Paulson is not the only person supporting increased powers for the Federal Reserve: Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations

More Financial Coup d’Etat

More Financial Coup d’Etat

Former Goldman Sachs chairman Hank Paulson is not the only person supporting increased powers for the Federal Reserve: Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations

We Can Do This Nice…Or Rough

We Can Do This Nice…Or Rough

“We can do this nice or we can do this rough.” —Tina Turner from Proud Mary OK, so this morning’s on-line Wall Street Journal provides

A Deeper Karma

A Deeper Karma

I am still amazed when I hear comments that the U.S. housing bubble started in this decade. In November 2001, I presented a paper at

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

New Weekly Radio Segment

New Weekly Radio Segment

Also, An Open Letter to the KPFA Community from the Flashpoints Team

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…

Tons of Useful Stuff

Tons of Useful Stuff

One of the challenges of building a map of reality is knowing what you don’t know. For years, I have subscribed to a service called

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

Event: Catherine on Flashpoints Tonight

Event: Catherine on Flashpoints Tonight

Catherine and Dennis Bernstein continue their conversation about financial markets and current events on Flashpoints Radio tonight: Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30pm US Central Time

Another of Our Heroes

Another of Our Heroes

The Chronicle on Boverton Beaver’s Bakery By Phil Cubeta – Gift Hub (25 Mar 2008) As a reporter for The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Give and

Our Hero!

Our Hero!

Farmer Percy Schmeiser settles contamination battle with Monsanto By Vicky Uhland – Natural Foods Merchandiser (25 Mar 2008) Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser, who has

The Bear Skinning Continues

The Bear Skinning Continues

So now JP Morgan is going to pay $10 per share for Bear Stearns? JP Morgan Agrees to Increase Bear Price By Kevin Kingsbury –

And More on Mortgage Fraud and Sex

And More on Mortgage Fraud and Sex

For those who want to understand the relationship of sex to mortgage fraud, The Franklin Cover-Up by Nebraska Senator John DeCamp is a must read.

More on Mortgage Fraud and Sex

More on Mortgage Fraud and Sex

The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development after Jack Kemp was Henry Cisneros. Cisneros was HUD Secretary in the Clinton Administration from

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

More on Bear Stearns-JP Morgan Deal

More on Bear Stearns-JP Morgan Deal

As if last weekend’s shotgun merger agreement between Bear Stearns and JP Morgan was not wild enough, things just keep getting weirder. Bear Stearns stock

Event: Catherine on Flashpoints

Event: Catherine on Flashpoints

Dennis Bernstein interviews Catherine on Flashpoints Radio: xx Thursday, March 20, at 6pm USA Central Time This is a follow-up to Catherine’s March 17th Flashpoints

US Ag Power

US Ag Power

A great insight from Jim Willlie in his Golden Jackass March Newsletter. Imports to the US are slowing, but import prices are seriously in uptrend.

The Chances of War Increase

The Chances of War Increase

The US economy depends on access to energy and the role of dollar as the reserve currency. Take those two things away and the source

American Bar Association Heaven

American Bar Association Heaven

Well, now we have a hint as to why the American Bar Association does not seem to object to predatory lending and weekend bailouts. Either

Unanswered Questions About Bear Stearns

Unanswered Questions About Bear Stearns

I wonder who made money on puts on Bear Stearns stock? Was this a highly profitable economic hit? SEC: Bear Stearns’s Liquidity Eroded Rapidly Since

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

Percolating in Tennessee

Percolating in Tennessee

I am excited about all the good things percolating here in Tennessee. Saturday was a rainy day full of the promise of Spring – perfect

Greenspanspeak

Greenspanspeak

Alan Greenspan’s comments on the current financial situation here: Greenspan Sees Many Casualties From Crisis By Jamie McGeever & Ian Chua – Reuters (17 Mar

Wheat Fungus

Wheat Fungus

Dangerous Wheat-Killing Fungus Detected in Iran From the UN News Centre (5 Mar 2008) “A dangerous new fungus with the ability to destroy entire wheat

“The Wire’s War On The Drug War”

“The Wire’s War On The Drug War”

letters@time.com Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you for publishing “The Wire’s War on the Drug War” by this TV series producer and writing team, Ed Burns,

"The Wire's War On The Drug War"

"The Wire's War On The Drug War"

letters@time.com Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you for publishing “The Wire’s War on the Drug War” by this TV series producer and writing team, Ed Burns,

Morgan Bags The Bear

Morgan Bags The Bear

Well, Eliot Spitzer’s resignation was just in time. Can you imagine what he would have said about this? As of December 31, 2007, the New

Unanswered Questions about NY Pension Funds

Unanswered Questions about NY Pension Funds

On February 14th, Eliot Spitzer published an editorial in the Washington Post about the federal role in promoting predatory lending: “When history tells the story