Precious Metals – Week of 12.22.13

Precious Metals – Week of 12.22.13

The Big Squeeze – Mystery Hand Scoops Up Copper Reuters | 20 December 2013 One investor held over 90 pct of copper contracts…

Geopolitical – Week of 12.22.13

Geopolitical – Week of 12.22.13

Obama Repeals ObamaCare The Wall Street Journal | 22 December 2013 It seems Nancy Pelosi was wrong when she said “we have to pass” ObamaCare

Food & Health – Week of 12.22.13

Food & Health – Week of 12.22.13

New Maine Co-Op Draws Most Health Care Enrollments Portland Press Herald | 20 December 2013 The nonprofit reports it’s been selected by about 75 percent

Industrial Robotics: An Introduction

Industrial Robotics: An Introduction

By Catherine Austin Fitts Engineer Onat Ekinci joined me on the Solari Report this year for an excellent briefing on 3D Printing. Onat is briefing

Gates on the Need for Company Creation

Gates on the Need for Company Creation

By Brad Stone Are you optimistic that we can slow down climate change? Anybody who says we’re close to the solution isn’t looking at the

Christmas with J.S.Bach

Christmas with J.S.Bach

Related Reading: Johann Sebastian Bach on Wikipedia J.S. Bach.org

Winter Wellness with Dr. Laura Thompson

Winter Wellness with Dr. Laura Thompson

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?”   ~ John Steinbeck By Catherine Austin Fitts I love

Thank You, Dave Andrews!

Thank You, Dave Andrews!

By Catherine Austin Fitts We’re partial to farmers here at the Solari Report. We are particularly partial to farmers who help other people learn how

2013 Global Surveillance Disclosure

2013 Global Surveillance Disclosure

By Wikipedia The global surveillance disclosure refers to an ongoing series of news reports in the international media that revealed operational details about the U.S.

Fed Delivers Bah Humbug to Gold

Fed Delivers Bah Humbug to Gold

By Catherine Austin Fitts After the Fed announcement yesterday that it will begin to taper its QE by $10 billion a month in January, precious

Evolving the New Digital Currency

Evolving the New Digital Currency

By Catherine Austin Fitts South Korea just announced that they are starting a physical gold exchange; this follows on the heals of Singapore, Moscow and

Fed Scales Back Stimulus Campaign

Fed Scales Back Stimulus Campaign

By Binyamin Appelbaum The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would reduce its monthly bond-buying campaign to $75 billion in January, beginning a retreat

Quote du Jour – Matthew

Quote du Jour – Matthew

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn

Quote du Jour – Ernest Hemingway

Quote du Jour – Ernest Hemingway

“We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution, were most important, into that more difficult time

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution, were most important, into that more difficult time

Money & Markets – Week of 12.15.13

Money & Markets – Week of 12.15.13

Six More Countries Sign FATCA Agreements with US CGMA Magazine | 19 December 2013 The US Treasury Department announced on Thursday that the United States

Precious Metals – Week of 12.15.13

Precious Metals – Week of 12.15.13

Gold Funds See Unprecedented 31% Slump With World Losing Faith Bloomberg | 16 December 2013 Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.15.13

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.15.13

Forget Golf Course Views; New Subdivisions Are Being Built Around Farms Grist | 17 December 2013 Unless you’re a wealthy white man, you probably don’t

Geopolitical – Week of 12.15.13

Geopolitical – Week of 12.15.13

Iran Nuclear Sanctions Bill Draws White House Veto Threat Bloomberg | 19 December 2013 President Barack Obama would veto Iran sanctions legislation introduced in the

Science & Technology – Week of 12.15.13

Science & Technology – Week of 12.15.13

China Vows to Collect Lunar Samples in 2017 After Successful Mission RT | 17 December 2013 With the Jade Rabbit rover currently reconning the lunar

Food & Health – Week of 12.15.13

Food & Health – Week of 12.15.13

Corporate Espionage: The Séralini Affair and Beyond Farm Wars | 16 December 2013 Compiled by Rosemary Mason MB ChB FRCA on behalf of a global

Life – Week of 12.15.13

Life – Week of 12.15.13

Book ‘Em: In Bozeman, Foibles Yield Sentences of Note The Wall Street Journal | 19 December 2013 A Montana Newspaper Turns Its Police Blotter Into

Thank You, Court Skinner!

Thank You, Court Skinner!

By Catherine Austin Fitts One of our annual Christmas donations goes to a wonderful pre-school educational institution in East Palo Alto, California – the Creative

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

Related Reading: Bill Gaither on Wikipedia Bill Gaither Official Website

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