[click on the image for a larger version] This piece originally appeared on Tom Dispatch November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever

Allied Arts Center, Menlo Park, California, November 8th & 9th, 2014 By Catherine Austin Fitts Thirty-five subscribers came from all across the United States as

By Catherine Austin Fitts Melissa Millan, Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co (“MassMutual,”) was stabbed to death on November 20th. This raised

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“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” ~ Charlie Munger

By Gaia Pianigiani NAPLES, Italy — One azure morning in December, Laura Cozzolino arrived at her corner cafe in central Naples and ordered her usual:

By Nick Lavars 3D printing technology may be some way off producing fully functional household appliances, but tiny steps are being made toward helping us

By Catherine Austin Fitts Sometimes I have a profound sense of being ignored. Actually, I am not being ignored. Rather, I live among caring, well

[CAF Note: Is a Jeb Bush campaign going to clear the decks by hanging it all on Cheney?] Since the day President Obama took office,

[click on the image for a larger version] North Korea–United States Relations developed primarily during the Korean War, but in recent years have been largely

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By Heather Somerville TRACY, Calif. — Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world’s newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents

The year we piled up risks like a global game of Tetris by David Collum Every December, I write a Year in Review (ref 1–7)

Alarmingly, the Russians in recent months have been using Cuba to build up a menacing Cold War-era presence at America’s doorstep. Some Republican and Democratic

[CAF Note: The Economist is dead wrong about gun control, but many of their other points are well taken. What is most interesting is that

by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell Recently I had a private conversation with a friend of mine about what is going on in Russia, and the

By Catherine Austin Fitts As Russia confirms that it will maintain oil sales at current levels, the oil price and Russia equities see a bounce:

CrowdMed harnesses the wisdom of crowds to collaboratively solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online. The company offers individuals, insurance

[CAF Note: Friday is quadruple witching day!] DEFINITION of ‘Quadruple Witching’ The expiration date of various stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and

Three decades of tougher laws and policing have left nearly one in three adult Americans with a criminal record, according to data kept by the

[click on the image for a larger version] Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) by Catherine Austin Fitts I don’t understand why the media

[CAF Note: I live in a rural area and do a lot of online shopping – particularly for books, so I found these numbers quite

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By Julie Bykowicz Republicans now control the legislatures of 31 states, having just wrested chambers in nine from Democratic hands. Twenty-four of those states also

BIS warned that dollar loans to Chinese banks and companies are rising at annual rate of 47pc and now stand at $1.1 trillion By Ambrose

A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to

“Everyone is talking about the stock market,” [Wu Yunfeng, an individual investor from Shanghai] said. “I was eating dumplings at a street side stall and

“Make a law, make a business.” ~Old New Jersey street saying By Catherine Austin Fitts I thought it worth noting that Corrections Corporation of America

By Catherine Austin Fitts Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Congressman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. She just won her 17th Congressional term

By Catherine Austin Fitts The oil card is now getting an enormous push from the climate change chorus. ISIS, College protests, OPEC, Al Gore’ whining,

[CAF Note: Great discussion of the game between Russia and the G-7 – but be prepared for versions of this geopolitical parttern where the dollar

“I hate weekends because there is no stock market.” ~ Rene Rivkin By Catherine Austin Fitts Tonight is a big one. We will review our

By Susanne Walker and Eshe Nelson A gauge of government bond yields around the world fell to an 18-month low as tumbling oil prices push

(Photo Credit: Ethan Pines/Forbes) By Parmy Olson Jerry Yang is giving a quick tour of the conference room at his private investment firm in Palo

By Catherine Austin Fitts I sometimes get requests for advice on how to approach medical problems. I am not the person to ask. Each person

By Catherine Austin Fitts My use of the word turtle as a verb began in 1998 during a period of extraordinary stress. Almost all of

***CAF Note: Hagel is competent. This is not good news.*** By Roger Runningen and Phil Mattingly U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down from

[CAF Note: I suspect the recent meltdown by Bill Gross related more to his fears of managing the world’s largest bond fund in a world

[CAF Note: the integration of software and digital technology into hardware and infrastructure is upon us. This is an important development.] By Wikipedia Mechatronics is