Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t

The Era We Fight Back

The Era We Fight Back

‘Cos its true what they say It’s better the devil you know” ~ Kylie Minogue By Catherine Austin Fitts As you can see from the

Financial Perspectives – Feb 10, 2014

Financial Perspectives – Feb 10, 2014

By Chuck Gibson The stock market dropped 5.2% over the past two weeks, the first such correction in almost 4 months. It appears as if

The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program

The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program

Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press. By Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence,

Money & Markets – Week of 02.09.14

Money & Markets – Week of 02.09.14

JPMorgan Global Program Trading Exec, Dead at 37 Housing Wire | 12 February 2014 Ryan Henry Crane, 37, executive director in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s

Precious Metals – Week of 02.09.14

Precious Metals – Week of 02.09.14

Which Gold Miners Hold The Most Supply? Visual Capitalist | 29 January 2014 Major and mid-tier gold miners hold 54.3% of global reserves and resources

Geopolitical – Week of 02.09.14

Geopolitical – Week of 02.09.14

Did 5 Banksters and 1 Journalist All Fake Their Deaths? Before It’s News | 08 February 2014 We outsiders can only speculate about how 5

Science & Technology – Week of 02.09.14

Science & Technology – Week of 02.09.14

V2V: What are Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications and How Do They Work? Extreme Tech | 06 February 2014 Vehicle-to-vehicle communications moved one step closer to reality… Why

Food & Health – Week of 02.09.14

Food & Health – Week of 02.09.14

Chick-fil-A to Stop Using Chickens Raised on Antibiotics Infowars | 13 February 2014 In yet another victory for food rights activists… Fukushima’s Legacy: Understanding the

Life – Week of 02.09.14

Life – Week of 02.09.14

Camera Falls Off Plane, Lands in a Pig Pen, and Records the Whole Thing Death and Taxes Magazine | 12 February 2014 We realize that

Wild Cards – Week of 02.09.14

Wild Cards – Week of 02.09.14

The Second Machine Age Tech Crunch | 06 February 2014 Andrew Keen talks to Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson about their new book “The Second

Oligarchy & Their Fronts, a Report with Dr. Joseph Farrell

Oligarchy & Their Fronts, a Report with Dr. Joseph Farrell

“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes” ~ Benjamin Disraeli By Catherine Austin Fitts This Thursday, Dr. Joseph Farrell and I will

Letter to the Mayor of Syracuse

Letter to the Mayor of Syracuse

From: Catherine Austin Fitts Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10:57 PM To:”Mayor@SyrGov.net” Subject: Letter to Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner Dear Mayor Miner: I am writing to request

Quote du Jour – A Subscriber

Quote du Jour – A Subscriber

“Collapse is when the pet poop hits your oscillating fan too fast for duck and cover. Slow burn is constantly mapping routes around those pet

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“Collapse is when the pet poop hits your oscillating fan too fast for duck and cover. Slow burn is constantly mapping routes around those pet

Press Release for Cell Spy Stealth

Press Release for Cell Spy Stealth

***CAF Note: Now you know why I leave my cell phone in the car when I get home!*** By PRWeb Cell-Phone-Detective.com has announced the launch

Changing Faces at Microsoft

Changing Faces at Microsoft

By Catherine Austin Fitts The recent Snowden revelations have reminded us yet again how deeply invasive the US software system is: “The National Security Agency

Book Review: Jim Marrs’ Latest

Book Review: Jim Marrs’ Latest

By Catherine Austin Fitts I have long been a fan of Jim Marrs. He is a serious journalist. He never gives up looking for the

Money & Markets – Week of 02.02.14

Money & Markets – Week of 02.02.14

World Payments Report 2013 CapGemini Innovative offerings in the payment acquisition space are flourishing from banks and new entrants… Nearly 1 Billion Smartphones Were Shipped

Precious Metals – Week of 02.02.14

Precious Metals – Week of 02.02.14

Gold and Silver Derivatives in Chart Form: What Market Makers Have Controlling Interests? Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis | 02 February 2014 Here are a

Geopolitical – Week of 02.02.14

Geopolitical – Week of 02.02.14

Timeline of redevelopment dispute involving Christie and Hoboken Mayor Zimmer NJ.com | 22 January 2014 July 2010: The Rockefeller Group announces it is putting the

Science & Technology – Week of 02.02.14

Science & Technology – Week of 02.02.14

Graphene-Based Nano-Antennas May Enable Cooperating Smart Dust Swarms Gizmag | 03 February 2014 Smart dust. Utility fog. Programmable matter. Grey and blue goo… The Robots

Food & Health – Week of 02.02.14

Food & Health – Week of 02.02.14

Missouri AG Challenges California Egg Law The Sacramento Bee | 04 May 2013 Missouri’s attorney general has asked a federal court to strike down a

Life – Week of 02.02.14

Life – Week of 02.02.14

Time for a Ceasefire The Economist | 01 February 2014 Technology and fresh ideas are replacing classroom drill—and helping pupils to learn… Just Beesweet Edible

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

Photo Credit: Dazzlejunction.com By Wikipedia Groundhog Day is a day celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges

Rudimental – “Free”

Rudimental – “Free”

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

We would like to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year, as we welcome in the Year of the Horse! Related Reading Chinese New Year

1st Quarter 2014 Equity Report

1st Quarter 2014 Equity Report

“I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or a .400 baseball hitter. But

Stem Cell ‘Major Discovery’ Claimed

Stem Cell ‘Major Discovery’ Claimed

By James Gallagher Stem cell researchers are heralding a “major scientific discovery”, with the potential to start a new age of personalised medicine. Scientists in

GMOs & Nano-Technology

GMOs & Nano-Technology

**CAF Note: I asked one of our subscribers if I could republish his comment on GMOs and Nano-Technology engineering of the food supply. This guy

Suggestions for President Obama

Suggestions for President Obama

By Catherine Austin Fitts President Obama has the challenging task of trying to persuade us that the US government should have a hand in softening

Suburban Chicken Coops

Suburban Chicken Coops

By Catherine Austin Fitts A subscriber sent me a picture of chicken coops for sale at a Costco in Silicon Valley, in the suburbs south

Hugo Barra on Chinese Internet Growth

Hugo Barra on Chinese Internet Growth

By LeWeb Founders Hugo…updates us on his new role at Xiaomi, running their product portfolio and operations in all markets outside Mainland China. He shares

Money & Markets – Week of 01.26.14

Money & Markets – Week of 01.26.14

Movement is Life-Catherine Austin Fitts USA Watchdog | 27 January 2014 Investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts knows the economy is bad, but not all bad…

Precious Metals – Week of 01.26.14

Precious Metals – Week of 01.26.14

India to Review Gold Restrictions by End-March Reuters | 27 January 2014 India will review its tight curbs on gold imports by the end of

State of Power 2014

State of Power 2014

By The Transnational Institute The Transnational Institute is proud to launch its third annual ‘State of Power’ report as the World Economic Forum meets in

Geopolitical – Week of 01.26.14

Geopolitical – Week of 01.26.14

Uzbek Terror Suspect Challenges U.S. Surveillance Program Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty | 30 January 2014 An Uzbek man living in Colorado has become the

Science & Technology – Week of 01.26.14

Science & Technology – Week of 01.26.14

More “Fringe” Science Again: Quantum Entanglement and “Psychic Teleportation” Giza Death Star | 30 January 2014 I swear, scheduling this next two weeks’ blogs for

Food & Health – Week of 01.26.14

Food & Health – Week of 01.26.14

Hemp Growing Going Legit After Decades-Long Ban Yahoo! Finance | 27 January 2014 The federal government is ready to let farmers grow cannabis — at

Life – Week of 01.26.14

Life – Week of 01.26.14

Archaeologists Unearth What May Be Oldest Roman Temple NPR | 29 January 2014 Archaeologists excavating a site in central Rome say they’ve uncovered what may

Terraforming

Terraforming

Photo Credit: Daein Ballard/Wikipedia By Wikipedia Terraforming (literally, “Earth-shaping”) of a planet, moon, or other body is the theoretical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere,

Whither Bank Profits?

Whither Bank Profits?

By Catherine Austin Fitts The latest round of bank profit announcements is worth contemplating, as is the chart above which shows the stock history of

Tech Startups: A Cambrian Moment

Tech Startups: A Cambrian Moment

By The Economist About 540m years ago something amazing happened on planet Earth: life forms began to multiply, leading to what is known as the

Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to

Money & Markets – Week of 01.19.14

Money & Markets – Week of 01.19.14

Stronger Tank Cars Needed to Ship Oil by Rail: Agencies Bloomberg | 23 January 2014 Crude oil hauled by rail needs to be shipped in

Precious Metals – Week of 01.19.14

Precious Metals – Week of 01.19.14

That Was The Weak That Worked: Part 3 Mauldin Economics | 20 January 2014 What a year this has been for gold… No Plans to

Did the NSA Kill Hugo Chavez?

Did the NSA Kill Hugo Chavez?

(Rough Translation, original article can be found here) By Eva Golinger 3-1-14 – . During 2013, Venezuela experienced one of the most difficult times in

Geopolitical – Week of 01.19.14

Geopolitical – Week of 01.19.14

Whistleblower: Google Chrome Can Listen To Your Conversations Infowars | 23 January 2014 Programmer goes public four months after company failed to fix exploit… ObamaCare

World Economic Forum 2014 Risk Report

World Economic Forum 2014 Risk Report

By World Economic Forum First launched in 2005 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Risks report is widely recognized as one of the world’s

Science & Technology – Week of 01.19.14

Science & Technology – Week of 01.19.14

A Radiation Detector In Your Smartphone NPR| 23 January 2013 A smartphone camera can make you a walking gamma ray detector… 2013 Invention Awards: Cardboard

Food & Health – Week of 01.19.14

Food & Health – Week of 01.19.14

No Label? No Problem! TellSpec to Boost Clean Food Revolution The Healthy Home Economist | 19 January 2014 A common topic on this blog is

Life – Week of 01.19.14

Life – Week of 01.19.14

Schumpeter: Measuring management The Economist | 18 January 2014 Management is one of the most successful industries of the past century… Geoff Lawton Urban Permaculture

Wild Cards – Week of 01.19.14

Wild Cards – Week of 01.19.14

Shocking Documentary – How You Are Being Mind Controlled And Don’t Know It YouTube | 02 May 2013 North Korea is only one of a

Estate Planning 101 with Ann Christensen

Estate Planning 101 with Ann Christensen

By Catherine Austin Fitts “I am thirty and healthy. I don’t need a will. ” “The world is so depressing, planning a will would just

Virtual Currency vs the Stock Market

Virtual Currency vs the Stock Market

By Catherine Austin Fitts Mobile marketing company Jana just published a new survey of 1,000+ mobile users in Asia, Africa and South America. What they

The Big Shift

The Big Shift

By Catherine Austin Fitts If you follow market commentators, one of the themes you are hearing a great deal about is the question of what,

Privatisation: The $9 trillion sale

Privatisation: The $9 trillion sale

By The Economist Imagine you were heavily in debt, owned a large portfolio of equities and under-used property and were having trouble cutting your spending—much

Welcome to the Texas Theatre!

Welcome to the Texas Theatre!

By Catherine Austin Fitts I am always on the look out for gems. There is a new one in West Texas, in a small town

Reflections on a Medical Career

Reflections on a Medical Career

By Robert S. Dotson, M.D. Avoid contact with the existing health care system as far as possible. Yes, emergencies arise that require the help of

Money & Markets – Week of 01.12.14

Money & Markets – Week of 01.12.14

Bank of America CFO: M&A is Ramping Up The Wall Street Journal | 15 January 2014 Bank of America’s chief financial officer thinks M&A activity

Precious Metals – Week of 01.12.14

Precious Metals – Week of 01.12.14

China Seen by Bloomberg Industries Boosting Bank Gold Reserves Bloomberg | 10 January 2014 China may have vaulted ahead of Italy and France last year

Geopolitical – Week of 01.12.14

Geopolitical – Week of 01.12.14

China Confirms New Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Test-Flight RT | 15 January 2014 China confirmed conducting a test flight of a new hypersonic missile delivery vehicle