The Oil Card with Jim Norman

The Oil Card with Jim Norman

 “Energy costs are 40 or 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing in the United States.” ~Jim Norman                 

The Volcker Rule has Been Approved

The Volcker Rule has Been Approved

***CAF Note:The Volcker Rule has been approved. Here is the press release, draft regulation and fact sheet*** By Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.” ~ Peter Lynch

Chart Of The Day: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Chart Of The Day: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

By Tyler Durden The number of employees across the firms of the broad-based Russell 2000 equity index has collapsed by more than half from its

Santa Clause Rallies by Chuck Gibson

Santa Clause Rallies by Chuck Gibson

By Chuck Gibson Most human activities have seasonal cycles. The stock market too, has seasonal cycles that have been powerful trends to follow over the

Waiting for the Financial Godot

Waiting for the Financial Godot

By Catherine Austin Fitts Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain

Dear Catherine

Dear Catherine

***CAF Note: We receive some wonderful testimonials. This one was so delightful, I asked the author if we could share it with you.*** By a

Save Water Works Park

Save Water Works Park

*CAF Note: As municipalities struggle to address their economic problems, the pressure is on to shift valuable land in the commons to private control. Doing

Story du Jour

Story du Jour

One day in the late 1940s, Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his predecessor Winston Churchill found themselves standing together at the gents’ urinals at the

Money & Markets – Week of 12.08.13

Money & Markets – Week of 12.08.13

Vatican Clean-Up ‘Has Not Sorted Out Scandal-Hit Bank and Asset Managers’ The Guardian| 12 December 2013 The Holy See’s regulators had not done full inspections

Precious Metals – Week of 12.08.13

Precious Metals – Week of 12.08.13

Swiss Gold Sector Embraces Transparency, Up to a Point Moneybeat | 13 December 2013 The window into the Swiss gold sector is about to become

Geopolitical – Week of 12.08.13

Geopolitical – Week of 12.08.13

Iran Quits Nuclear Talks After US Expands Blacklist Sanctions Zero Hedge | 13 December 2013 “We are evaluating the situation and will make the appropriate

Science & Technology – Week of 12.08.13

Science & Technology – Week of 12.08.13

Human DNA Is Not A Document, It’s An App Forbes | 13 December 2013 Yesterday, scientists at the University of Washington announced… Second Annual Global

Food & Health – Week of 12.08.13

Food & Health – Week of 12.08.13

America’s Descent into Third World Status: Tropical Diseases Rise Among Poor (Update) Naked Capitalism | 12 December 2013 To the extent that middle class and

Life – Week of 12.08.13

Life – Week of 12.08.13

Singularity Or Bust Forbidden Knowledge | 09 December 2013 In 2009, film-maker and former Artificial Intelligence programmer Raj Dye spent his summer following futurist Artificial

Tennessee Christmas

Tennessee Christmas

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Subscribers: Give the Gift of The Solari Report

Subscribers: Give the Gift of The Solari Report

This Christmas season, we invite all Solari Report subscribers to give someone special a free, two-month gift subscription to The Solari Report. This free subscription

Brainstorming Bitcoin

Brainstorming Bitcoin

Photo Credit: Rolling Alpha ***CAF Note: One of our subscribers had some questions about Bitcoin. Here is our first round of dialogue*** Solari Subscriber: I

‘Crowdfunding’ Gets State-Level Test Run

‘Crowdfunding’ Gets State-Level Test Run

By Ruth Simon and Angus Loten Entrepreneur Adam Lee and his brother couldn’t get a bank loan. Then they learned that Georgia state officials had

ClusterF*** Finances

ClusterF*** Finances

“One’s own employees ought to be one’s own best customers. Paying high wages is behind the prosperity of this country.” ~ Henry Ford By Catherine

Heads Up on Precious Metals

Heads Up on Precious Metals

By Catherine Austin Fitts November was not a strong month for precious metals. The current trends in the market have me concerned. In last month’s

Roaring Centralization

Roaring Centralization

By Catherine Austin Fitts There is no doubt about it. The stocks of pro-centralization team leaders were high flyers this year. Here is a chart

Amazon Chief Reveals Drone Delivery System

Amazon Chief Reveals Drone Delivery System

By Alex Fitzpatrick and Courtney Subramanian Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed an experimental drone-based delivery service on Sunday, in an ambitious move by the online

Announcing MicroHouse Collaboration 2014

Announcing MicroHouse Collaboration 2014

By Catherine Austin Fitts Chris Reinhart is now leading the MicroHouse program for Open Source Ecology (OSE) full time. OSE has exciting plans for workshops

Galileo (Satellite Navigation)

Galileo (Satellite Navigation)

By Wikipedia Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) currently being built by the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA). The €5

Quote du Jour – Nathan Myhrvold

Quote du Jour – Nathan Myhrvold

“Most overnight successes come after repeated attempts and failures. You’ve got to keep at it.” ~ Nathan Myhrvold

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“Most overnight successes come after repeated attempts and failures. You’ve got to keep at it.” ~ Nathan Myhrvold

How Science Goes Wrong

How Science Goes Wrong

By The Economist A simple idea underpins science: “trust, but verify”. Results should always be subject to challenge from experiment. That simple but powerful idea

Money & Markets – Week of 12.01.13

Money & Markets – Week of 12.01.13

Crypto-Currency Market Capitalizations Coin Market Cap Apple Completes Key China Mobile Deal – Report CNN | 05 December 2013 Apple and China Mobile have reportedly

Precious Metals – Week of 12.01.13

Precious Metals – Week of 12.01.13

Turkey’s Gold Imports, Investment Demand Hit Record High So Far This Year Scrap Register | 06 December 2013 Turkey’s gold imports and gold investment demand

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.01.13

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.01.13

Iceland Sticks It to International Bankers and Writes Off Massive Mortgage Hang the Bankers | 01 December 2013 Iceland’s government has announced that it will

Geopolitical – Week of 12.01.13

Geopolitical – Week of 12.01.13

India’s Stand Prevails in Bali The Hindu | 07 December 2013 India has had its way on the Bali Package at the Ninth Ministerial of

Science & Technology – Week of 12.01.13

Science & Technology – Week of 12.01.13

Scientists Build a Low-Cost, Open-Source 3D Metal Printer Michigan Tech | 26 November 2013 OK, so maybe you aren’t interested in making your own toys,

Food & Health – Week of 12.01.13

Food & Health – Week of 12.01.13

Barton: OCare Website Hidden Source Code Says Users “Have No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” YouTube | 24 October 2013

Life – Week of 12.01.13

Life – Week of 12.01.13

Farmers Describe ‘Worst Storm in 150 Years’ BBC News | 30 November 2013 Nearly two months after devastating blizzards hit parts of South Dakota and

Wild Cards – Week  of 12.01.13

Wild Cards – Week of 12.01.13

2013 GlobalBEM Day 2 Tent 2 Livestream – Richard Dolan YouTube | 19 October 2013 Richard Dolan – Reclaiming Our Destiny From A Lifetime Of

China, Japan and America: Face-off

China, Japan and America: Face-off

By The Economist The announcement by a Chinese military spokesman on November 23rd sounded bureaucratic: any aircraft flying through the newly designated Air Defence Identification

Thanks, Rambus!

Thanks, Rambus!

Photo Credit: Gaston’s – White River, Arkansas “I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy, for from mercy comes courage.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every

TINA Markets

TINA Markets

By Catherine Austin Fitts With the North American markets moving even higher, I was reminded by a colleague of the expression TINA, as in “There

What Percentage of My Assets Should I Hold in Precious Metals?

What Percentage of My Assets Should I Hold in Precious Metals?

*Solari Note: We are now republishing Catherine’s commentary so it can be viewed by all Solari Readers, original publishing date was November 11, 2013* By Catherine Austin Fitts I am often asked what percentage of

Money & Markets – Week of 11.24.13

Money & Markets – Week of 11.24.13

An Update on Two Endangered Tax Breaks Governing | 27 November 2013 With just over a month left in 2013 and Congress’ already abysmal track

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.24.13

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.24.13

Insight: A New Wave of U.S. Mortgage Trouble Threatens The Chicago Tribune | 26 November 2013 U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity

Geopolitical – Week of 11.24.13

Geopolitical – Week of 11.24.13

France Sends in Troops to Central African Republic to Stop ‘Another Rwanda’ as Conflict Threatens to Explode Into Muslim-Christan War The Independent | 27 November

Science & Technology – Week of 11.24.13

Science & Technology – Week of 11.24.13

Japan Wants To Turn The Moon Into A Giant Power Plant Business Insider | 27 November 2012 Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese architecture and engineering firm,

Life – Week of 11.24.13

Life – Week of 11.24.13

Infographic: The 20 Most Charitable Countries in the World Good | 19 November 2013 Do you know which country is considered the most generous nation

Solari Toon!

Solari Toon!

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Assassination

Assassination

“I found out something I never knew. I found out that my world was not the real world.” ~ Robert Kennedy , speaking about the

Rain Garden

Rain Garden

By Wikipedia A rain garden is a planted depression or a hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking

Leadership is a “Just Do It” Thing

Leadership is a “Just Do It” Thing

“This country was built by giants. They died, and midgets moved in. Tiny people were walking around inside this republic like a nine-year-old boy wearing

He Who Archives Writes History

He Who Archives Writes History

“Without debate without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed. And no republic can survive.” ~ John F. Kennedy By Catherine Austin Fitts The

CBO Proposals to Reengineer the Federal Budget

CBO Proposals to Reengineer the Federal Budget

By Catherine Austin Fitts The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released their study on options to reduce the federal budget deficit. They have presented

Internet Security: Besieged

Internet Security: Besieged

Photo Credit: Dave Simonds By The Economist Security guards (at least the good ones) are paid to be paranoid. Computer-security researchers are the same. Many

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

By EFF What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual

Map of the Market

Map of the Market

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Money & Markets – Week of 11.17.13

Money & Markets – Week of 11.17.13

Hugh Hendry Capitulates: “Can’t Look At Himself In The Mirror” As He Throws In The Towel, Turns Bullish Zero Hedge | 22 November 2013 First

Precious Metals – Week of 11.17.13

Precious Metals – Week of 11.17.13

Gold Pours Into China to Meet Record Demand, Bypasses Hong Kong Reuters | 20 November 2013 China, set to pass India this year as the