Life – Week of 05.19.13

Life – Week of 05.19.13

‘Death By a Thousand Cuts’: Coal Boom Could Destroy Great Barrier Reef Spiegel | 21 May 2013 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its

Wildcards – Week of 05.19.13

Wildcards – Week of 05.19.13

Bill Drafted In Secret Would Block Release Of Some Newtown Massacre Records Cryptogon | 22 May 2013 The staffs of the state’s top prosecutor and

Rodriguez at the Ryman

Rodriguez at the Ryman

By Kristen Linton The lights dimmed, the band entered, Rodriguez took the stage. He hadn’t said a word or strummed a note, but the crowd

Save Europe: Split the Euro

Save Europe: Split the Euro

By Brigitte Granville, Hans-Olaf Henkel & Stefan Kawalec On the eve of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln famously said that “a house divided cannot

House Passes JOBS Act Deadline

House Passes JOBS Act Deadline

By The Committee on Financial Services The House of Representatives today passed two bipartisan Financial Services Committee bills, including one that sets a deadline for

US Equity Market P/Es

US Equity Market P/Es

By GuruFocus Prof. Robert Shiller of Yale University invented the Schiller P/E to measure the market’s valuation. The Schiller P/E is a more reasonable market

On the Importance of Food Freedom

On the Importance of Food Freedom

“After all, most civilized and semi-civilized countries known to history had a large class of slaves or serfs completely subordinate to their owners. There is

Meet the 2013 Bay Area Makers

Meet the 2013 Bay Area Makers

[CAF Note: I’m excited. I am headed to my first maker faire this Saturday. Check it out!] Explore makers and projects coming to Maker Faire

Get to Know Mira Nair

Get to Know Mira Nair

by Kristen Linton I had the opportunity to spend some time in TriBeCa at the Film Festival a few weeks ago. My sister is a

May 13, 2013 – Financial Perspectives

May 13, 2013 – Financial Perspectives

By Chuck Gibson Since the calendar just turned its page to May I thought it good to visit that long standing Wall St. axiom regarding

Tax Havens of the Wealthy and Powerful

Tax Havens of the Wealthy and Powerful

Click on the image to view the whole infographic. Continue Reading Related Reading: G7 Nations Agree to Tackle Tax Evasion G7 Finance Ministers to Discuss

Shadow Banking System

Shadow Banking System

By Wikipedia The shadow banking system is the collection of non-bank financial intermediaries that provide services similar to traditional commercial banks. It is sometimes said

Money & Markets – Week of 05.12.13

Money & Markets – Week of 05.12.13

Lower Energy and Food Costs Fuel Big Drop in Wholesale Prices Los Angeles Times | 15 May 2013 Big drops in the cost of food

Precious Metals – Week of 05.12.13

Precious Metals – Week of 05.12.13

CFTC Launches Broad Investigation of Energy and Metals Derivatives Gold Antitrust Action Committee | 14 May 2013 A top US financial regulator has launched a

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.12.13

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 05.12.13

Jumbo Loans, All Cash Investors, and Slow Population Growth: The Gentrification of Southern California. Dr. Housing Bubble | 15 May 2013 Only in Southern California

Geopolitical – Week of 05.12.13

Geopolitical – Week of 05.12.13

Elizabeth Warren Confronts Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke And Mary Jo White On Too-Big-To-Jail Zero Hedge | 16 May 2013 Elizabeth Warren is one of the

Science & Technology – Week of 05.12.13

Science & Technology – Week of 05.12.13

Feds Demand 3D Printed Gun Blueprints Removed From Internet SFGate | 09 May 2013 The State Department has ordered ultra-libertarian group Defense Distributed… Explaining Big

Food & Health – Week of 05.12.13

Food & Health – Week of 05.12.13

Celeb Bono Partners with Monsanto, G8, to Biowreck Africa Green Med Info | 01 June 2012 At the G8 Summit held two weeks ago at

Life – Week of 05.12.13

Life – Week of 05.12.13

Dove Real Beauty Sketches YouTube | 14 April 2013 And don’t forget: YOU are more beautiful than you think! Defense Against the Psychopath (Full Length)

Wildcards – Week of 05.12.13

Wildcards – Week of 05.12.13

Judge Orders Conspiracy Re-Education For Lauryn Hill YouTube | 08 May 2013 Grammy award-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been ordered by a judge… WHO in

Inside the MIT Media Lab

Inside the MIT Media Lab

By Clive Cookson I start to walk across a street in a city of the near future. An autonomous electric car is gliding silently towards

John Trudell and Bad Dog

John Trudell and Bad Dog

By Catherine Austin Fitts I will be attending a “Special Hemp History Week Concert” by artist and ally John Trudell and Bad Dog at the

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trans-Pacific Partnership

(TPP): 17th Round of TPP Negotiations Set for Lima, Peru — May 15-24, 2013 We appreciate your interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The

Buying Local

Buying Local

Click Image to See the Whole Infographic Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent Infographic by CustomMade

Economic Calendars

Economic Calendars

Dear Subscribers: We have been on the lookout for the best economic calendars on the web. Here are some that we have found useful:

Introducing the Solari Coin!

Introducing the Solari Coin!

by Catherine Austin Fitts We have created our first Solari Coin – a one ounce silver round designed for Solari by Ben Lizardi of Lizardi

McDonald’s Goes Belly Up in Bolivia

McDonald’s Goes Belly Up in Bolivia

By True Activist McDonald’s leaves Bolivia healthier forever! After 14 years of presence in the country, and despite all the existing campaigns and having a

Bitcoin Startups Begin to Attract Real Cash

Bitcoin Startups Begin to Attract Real Cash

Photo Credit: flickr / Zach Copley By Sarah E. Needleman and Spencer E. Ante Bitcoin startups are beginning to raise sizable investment capital even as

Quote du Jour – Michael A. Gayed

Quote du Jour – Michael A. Gayed

“We have shifted away from a world where central banks control inflation, to one where they must create it.” – Michael A. Gayed

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“We have shifted away from a world where central banks control inflation, to one where they must create it.” –Michael A. Gayed

Quote du Jour – Sir Thomas More

Quote du Jour – Sir Thomas More

Note: Originally posted on Nov 3, 2008 William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Note: Originally posted on Nov 3, 2008 William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would

Julian Assange on the “Lawfare Thing”

Julian Assange on the “Lawfare Thing”

Photo Credit: bbwbryant/Flickr By Truthdig MR: No, no. Neil MacBride, just so you know, he’s the attorney, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia.

How Cos. Can Prep for Crowdfunding

How Cos. Can Prep for Crowdfunding

By Marielle Segarra As companies wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act rules, they may be eager

Money & Markets – Week of 05.05.13

Money & Markets – Week of 05.05.13

Currencies – Wild Volatility In More Than The Yen The Canadian Technician | 10 May 2013 This chart of the currencies that make up the

Precious Metals – Week of 05.05.13

Precious Metals – Week of 05.05.13

Barrick Agrees to Amend Dominican Republic Mine Contract Bloomberg | 08 May 2013 Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX), the world’s biggest producer by sales… Chinese Gold

Geopolitical – Week of 05.05.13

Geopolitical – Week of 05.05.13

Air Force Strips 17 Officers Of Authority To Control And Launch Nuclear Missiles Business Insider | 08 May 2013 The Air Force stripped an unprecedented

Science & Technology – Week of 05.05.13

Science & Technology – Week of 05.05.13

Dear Telecom Unions: Time to Fight for the Public Switched Network Infrastructure & Technology (PSNIT) — The State-based Utility Wires The Huffington Post | 20

Food & Health – Week of 05.05.13

Food & Health – Week of 05.05.13

Syngenta Charged for Covering up Livestock Deaths from GM Corn Occupy Monsanto Biotech giant Syngenta has been criminally charged with denying knowledge… FDA Finally Admits

Life – Week of 05.05.13

Life – Week of 05.05.13

Crews Finish Installing World Trade Center Spire CNN | 10 May 2013 Construction workers bolted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire into place atop

Wildcards – Week of 05.05.13

Wildcards – Week of 05.05.13

Former Sen. Mike Gravel and a Panel of Experts says White House Suppressing Evidence of ETs YouTube | 05 May 2013 Even as most Americans

Solar is About to Change Our World

Solar is About to Change Our World

By Michael Sankowski I’ve been getting into Solar lately – the fall in prices has been absolutely shocking over the last 2-4 years. We are

Louise Yamada on the Gold Market

Louise Yamada on the Gold Market

By Louise Yamada The technical observations suggesting risk for Gold spot price (GOLDS-1,462.09) over the past two months’ reports followed through with a severe decline

Important EU Seed Law Vote: 6 May

Important EU Seed Law Vote: 6 May

By Bifurcated Carrots There is an important vote coming up concerning proposed changes to EU seed law. This is a vote in the EU Commission,

IRS Takes A Bite Out Of Bitcoin

IRS Takes A Bite Out Of Bitcoin

By Robert W. Wood Bitcoin is virtual currency much in the news these days. It’s peer-to-peer so there’s no central bank or government. But if

Central Banks Load Up on Equities

Central Banks Load Up on Equities

[CAF Note: Is the planetary debt-for-equity we described in the 2nd Quarter Equity Review underway?] By Sarah Jones Central banks, guardians of the world’s $11

US Equities vs. Gold and Silver

US Equities vs. Gold and Silver

By Catherine Austin Fitts Last Five Years Reviewing this comparison of the US equity markets to the performance of the largest gold and silver ETFs shows

Farewell Facebook, and Good Riddance

Farewell Facebook, and Good Riddance

Photo Credit: Daniel Acker/Getty By Araceli Cruz If you haven’t noticed, there’s currently a mass exodus from Facebook taking place. In the past three months

Vernon Hershberger & Your Food Freedom

Vernon Hershberger & Your Food Freedom

By David Gumpert Now that a Wisconsin judge has rejected raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger’s religious freedom arguments to justify having a witness testify on

The Underground Recovery

The Underground Recovery

By James Surowiecki When we all finished filing our tax returns last week, there was a little something missing: two trillion dollars. That’s how much

Money & Markets – Week of 4.28.13

Money & Markets – Week of 4.28.13

Caribbean Bank Accounts are Next IRS Target USA Today | 30 April 2013 Opening a new front in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion…

Precious Metals – Week of 4.28.13

Precious Metals – Week of 4.28.13

Hong Kong Gold Retailers Overwhelmed by Mainland Shoppers Gata | 02 May 2013 Hong Kong retailers report they were swamped over the three-day May Day

Geopolitical – Week of 4.28.13

Geopolitical – Week of 4.28.13

Q&A: The FBI’s Role in ‘Manufacturing’ Terrorism Yahoo! Finance | 02 May 2013 In his new book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War

Science & Technology – Week of 4.28.13

Science & Technology – Week of 4.28.13

Blind Mothers-To-Be Find Solution in 3D Printing Tech Page One | 02 April 2013 The prenatal sonogram is a life-changing moment for many expectant mothers…

Food & Health – Week of 4.28.13

Food & Health – Week of 4.28.13

Whole Foods CEO: If Syria Has GMO-Regulations So Should the U.S. Yahoo Finance! | 02 May 2013 Large agribusiness companies like Monsanto and DuPont have

Life – Week of 4.28.13

Life – Week of 4.28.13

Low Income Homes From Recycled Goods PBS Special Part 1 of 3 PBS | 01 August 2007 What an unbelievably unique take on housing and

Wildcards – Week of 4.28.13

Wildcards – Week of 4.28.13

Bombing Suspects’ Family Members Speak Out Time The parents, aunt and uncles of Boston bombing suspects… Sibel Edmonds: CIA Ran Tsarnaev Brothers YouTube | 26

US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace GPS

US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace GPS

By Staff Writers Washington (AFP) The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including

Riverbend Returns After Five Years

Riverbend Returns After Five Years

By Riverbend April 9, 2013 marks ten years since the fall of Baghdad. Ten years since the invasion. Since the lives of millions of Iraqis