What is Koha?

What is Koha?

I asked my new friend Claude who lives here in New Zealand where I am visiting what the word Koha means. Being a beautiful writer,

Top Picks ~ Week of August 21, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 21, 2006

Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime Source: US v $124,700 (US Court of Appeals, 8th Cir (Aug 19, 2006) Wi-Fi Cloud Covers

9/11: Press for Truth

9/11: Press for Truth

I spent the first day in New Zealand roaming Wellington to get set up for my time here. Special thanks to Alastair Thompson of Scoop

Foreward: Crossing the Rubicon

Foreward: Crossing the Rubicon

A Matter of Life and Death By Catherine Austin Fitts The real deal on corporate media In 1990, a New York Times reporter writing about

From the Wilderness — In Good Hands

From the Wilderness — In Good Hands

I would like to express my confidence in the new Editor of From The Wilderness, Carolyn Baker. FTW Publisher Mike Ruppert has decided to leave

Top Picks ~ Week of August 14, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 14, 2006

The UK Terror Plot: What’s Really Going On? Poster on Craig Murray Blog – Ambassador to Uzbekistan (Aug 14, 2006) With this comment by Richard

Important Message from GATA

Important Message from GATA

9:41p ET Monday, August 14, 2006 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The Reuters story appended here about NovaGold’s resistance to Barrick Gold’s low-ball acquisition

Sad to Say

Sad to Say

Associated Press reports that Representative Cynthia McKinney has lost her primary run-off election in Georgia. What is amazing is how much money and dirty tricks

Top Picks ~ Week of August 7, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of August 7, 2006

AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data By Michael Arrington – TechCrunch.com (Aug 6, 2006) Buffett Timing Off in Dollar Strategy By George Stein

In From Flashpoints

In From Flashpoints

** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY ** An open letter to the KPFT Houston community From: the Flashpoints team RE: The cancellation of Flashpoints during the expanding

Way to Go, FTW!

Way to Go, FTW!

From the Wilderness has announced today that they have removed the link to Goldline from their website.

Buyer Beware — Know Your Coin Dealer

Buyer Beware — Know Your Coin Dealer

I have been e-mailing with a subscriber of From the Wilderness (FTW) who bought Swiss 20 Francs from Goldline, a firm linked to by the

Top Picks ~ Week of July 24, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 24, 2006

Whole Foods Pledges Greater Support of Small Farms Reuters – (June 30, 2006) Fungi Perfecti A family-owned company “specializing in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms for

Too Good Not to Pass On…

Too Good Not to Pass On…

In from one of the most insightful (and charming) members of our network, Kimberly Carter: “….I am delving deeper into the source and mindset of

Escaping the Matrix

Escaping the Matrix

I just finished reading Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world by Richard Moore. It has a good overview of how

Shaolin Kung Fu

Shaolin Kung Fu

One of my lifetime top ten DVD’s is Shaolin Wheel of Life. I just saw Myths and Logic of Shaolin based on a Solari Action

Lebanon: Death & Dollar Up

Lebanon: Death & Dollar Up

Amazing how much better the dollar is doing since the attack on Lebanon started. I spoke today with an investor who has a portfolio positioned

Top Picks ~ Week of July 17, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 17, 2006

Second High-Ranking Afro-American Official in Bush Administration Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances Wayne Madsen Report (July 15/16, 2006) See also the articles on the two recent

Top Picks ~ Week of July 10, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 10, 2006

EVOLUTION & TRANSFORMATION 100 Mile Diet Local Eating for Global Change The Stop Shopping Monitor Catherine’s Latest Interview on Flashpoints Posted at Reverend Billy’s Blog

A Must See

A Must See

If you want to understand why it is essential that we reassert control of financial flows, including taxes and government securities issuance, see the documentary

Top Picks ~ Week of July 3, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of July 3, 2006

More Massive Data Thefts Wayne Madsen Report – Scroll down to 7/03/2006 post Members of Corporate Media & PR Spin Machine Wayne Madsen Report –

A Remarkable Young Talent

A Remarkable Young Talent

For those of you who love Gospel and welcome a delightful musical infusion of vitality and life, check out DeWayne Woods singing “God Is” on

Top Picks ~ Week of June 26, 2006

Top Picks ~ Week of June 26, 2006

More signs of housing bubble pop By Mark Kiesel, Pimco Bonds Referred by Larry Chin, Associate Editor of Online Journal Former Chairman of Ex-Im Bank

Geopolitical – Week of 06.27.05

Geopolitical – Week of 06.27.05

Haliburton’s Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion DPC | 27 June 2005 Report prepared for: Rep. Henry A Waxman and Sen. Byron

Chosing an Investment Advisor

Chosing an Investment Advisor

The Solari Investment Strategy Several years ago, one of our clients asked us to help him to develop criteria for choosing an investment advisor for

Verses: Ficino School Song

Verses: Ficino School Song

When a Knight Won His Spurs When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old, He was gentle and brave, he was gallant

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

May 22, 2002 Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.) 114 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Van Hilleary for Governor P.O. Box 680127 Franklin, TN 37068-0127

The Dow Jones in Gold Dollars

The Dow Jones in Gold Dollars

My week was topped off by a message from Franklin Sanders of The Moneychangers, another great way maker. He points out that “From an August

A True Thing

A True Thing

There are times when the walls start to close in on me. When that happens, I reach out for a true thing. Something that pushes

The Great “Incompetency” Heist

The Great “Incompetency” Heist

I never cease to be amazed at the extent to which successful policies are portrayed as failed policies, and the transfer of public resources to

The American Tapeworm

The American Tapeworm

[This article was originally published in April 2003] By Catherine Austin Fitts A Tapeworm’s Triumph The other day, a natural healing practitioner explained the strategy used by a tapeworm to prosper. A tapeworm, she said,

The American Tapeworm

The American Tapeworm

[This article was originally published in April 2003] By Catherine Austin Fitts A Tapeworm’s Triumph The other day, a natural healing practitioner explained the strategy

News of the Week: April 24, 2006

News of the Week: April 24, 2006

Commentary on the IMF & World Bank For this week’s News of the Week First read the White House Press Statement: Statement on International Monetary

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

“How knowledge behaves as an economic resource, we do not yet fully understand … We need an economic theory that puts knowledge into the center

Musings on Saturday

Musings on Saturday

I watched the movie Capote last night. In the movie, Truman Capote is describing his emotional connection to one of the convicted murderers in the

American Theocracy

American Theocracy

I just finished reading American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips. I

Wildcards -04.96

Wildcards -04.96

The Lonely Crusade of Linda Ives WSJ | 18 April 1996 The great Arkansas railway mystery Salon | 18 August 1999

A Comment on the American Economy

A Comment on the American Economy

The traditional American economy is now clearly into the dump phase of a managed “pump and dump” cycle that began in the mid-1990s with the

Letter to the NY Times on the Prison Industry

Letter to the NY Times on the Prison Industry

SOLARILetters to the Editor New York Times letters@nytimes.com Tim Egan’s Article on Prisons, March 7, 1999 Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you for Tim Egan’s article

Geopolitical – Week of 02.03.1984

Geopolitical – Week of 02.03.1984

545 People are Responsible for the Mess, But They Unite in a Common Con Orlando Sentinel | 03 February 1984 Create problems and then campaign

Kay Griggs: Colonel’s Wife Tell-All Interview

Kay Griggs: Colonel’s Wife Tell-All Interview

Originally published in December 2005 Kay Griggs speaks freely about the unimagined corruption and extent of the oppressive systems of deception within the leadership nexus

INTERVIEW CENTRAL: Catherine Austin Fitts, Part 2

INTERVIEW CENTRAL: Catherine Austin Fitts, Part 2

By Jeff Neal, Optionetics.com | Fri November 26, 2004 9:45AM PT Catherine Austin Fitts possesses an extensive array of experience with identifying and managing the various

Day Of The Dead: The Haunting Of The White House

Day Of The Dead: The Haunting Of The White House

Tuesday, 2 November 2004, 3:50 pm Opinion: www.UnansweredQuestions.org Distribution via the Unanswered Questions Wire http://www.unansweredquestions.org/ . Day of the Dead: The Haunting of the White

The Negative Return Economy

The Negative Return Economy

Fascinating and lucrative patriotism, [i] The negative return economy: a discourse on America’s black budget* By Chris Sanders and Catherine Austin Fitts, 2004 *(Also published

Meditations at the Crossroads

Meditations at the Crossroads

Barbara Kinsey Willits Fitts and Dr. William Thomas Fitts, Jr. (then Captain, US Army Medical Corp, circa 1941-2.) Honor thy Father and thy Mother —

Where Would Jesus Bank?

Where Would Jesus Bank?

“And Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the

Letter to John D. Hawke, Jr.

Letter to John D. Hawke, Jr.

June 4, 2004 John D. Hawke, Jr. Comptroller of the Currency 250 E. Street, SW Washington, DC 20219 Dear. Mr. Hawke: An essential step in

US News & World Report Doth Protest Too Much

US News & World Report Doth Protest Too Much

Friday, 19 December 2003, 12:42 am Column: Catherine Austin Fitts Mapping The Real Deal with Catherine Austin Fitts US News & World Report Doth Protest

Letter to the Editor, US News & World Report

Letter to the Editor, US News & World Report

LETTER TO THE EDITOR US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, December 2003 Ladies & Gentlemen: Sam Smith of Progressive Review once said that corruption in Washington

Geopolitics November 2003 (Back Dated)

Geopolitics November 2003 (Back Dated)

The Black Budget Report: An Investigation into the CIA’s Black Budget and the Second Manhattan Project Michael Salla | 11 November 2003

What’s Up with the Black Budget?

What’s Up with the Black Budget?

[This article was originally published in September 2003) “What is relevant is what solves the problem. If we had thought through real relevancies, we would

A Backcasting about a Solari Venture Fund

A Backcasting about a Solari Venture Fund

[CAF Note: The following presentation is a “back casting.” It is a fictionalized story set in the future that envisions the success of one of

20 Questions On “Where Is The Money?”

20 Questions On “Where Is The Money?”

“When the government pays your expenses, then your gross is your net.” — Philadelphia Mafia Leader Think about it: 1. Rigging gold and oil prices

The American Tapeworm

The American Tapeworm

[This article was originally published in April 2003] By Catherine Austin Fitts A Tapeworm’s Triumph The other day, a natural healing practitioner explained the strategy

The Community Wizard of Sebastopol

The Community Wizard of Sebastopol

How knowledge behaves as an economic resource, we do not yet fully understand…We need an economic theory that puts knowledge into the center of the

RJR Takeover Wars

RJR Takeover Wars

The European Union Sues RJR Tobacco for Two Decades of Global Money Laundering for Colombian Drug Lords, Russian Mafia, Italian Mafia, Saddam Hussein’s Family &

Mildred Mitchell & the Power of Praise

Mildred Mitchell & the Power of Praise

By Catherine Austin Fitts I stood in a visitation receiving line for four hours tonight in front of Mildred Mitchell’s open casket with my cousins

The Real Deal: Hitting On HUD

The Real Deal: Hitting On HUD

Monday, 12 August 2002, 11:32 am Column: Catherine Austin Fitts Mortgage Market Unanswered Questions – Hitting On HUD Questions For Investors and Financial Analysts to

Economics 101

Economics 101

Economics 101 – A Curriculum by Catherine Austin Fitts My house is full of those yellow books that have titles like “Law for Dummies”, “NASCAR

Enron Let’s Play 20 Questions

Enron Let’s Play 20 Questions

Enron-gate: Let’s Play 20 Questions (2002) [CAF & BEN: Do you want a brief introductory or conclusion paragraph here, or do you want the sarcasm

The Real Deal on 9:11: Rewarding Failure

The Real Deal on 9:11: Rewarding Failure

BY CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS On September 11, America experienced a national security failure. Despite America’s annual investment of approximately $350 billion in what is supposed

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

Letter To Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn)

May 22, 2002 Congressman Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.) 114 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Van Hilleary for Governor P.O. Box 680127 Franklin, TN 37068-0127

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law

“How knowledge behaves as an economic resource, we do not yet fully understand … We need an economic theory that puts knowledge into the center

Letter to Congressman Isakson re: Missing Money

Letter to Congressman Isakson re: Missing Money

A Letter to Congressman Isakson (R-GA), April 2002 Sent through Congressman Isakson’s website: Senator Isakson’s Contact info In response to his comments on Congresswoman McKinney