January 2009 – The Solari Library

Look at the Time

January 30, 2009

Occasionally I have someone tell me that they have to subscribe to corporate media because they need to know what “they” are saying. I understand

Wall Street Bailout Exceeds Cost of All U.S. Wars Combined

January 29, 2009

The following appeared in the Rock Creek Free Press Casey Research, of Vermont, has analyzed the costs of the government bailouts of the housing crisis,

Miracles Do Happen

January 29, 2009

Quote du Jour

January 28, 2009

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that

Money & Markets – Week of 1.25.09

January 26, 2009

Lending Drops at Big U.S. Banks Wall Street Journal (26 Jan 2009) Fannie Mae Foreclosure Sale at 50 Cents on $1 Shows Price Reset Bloomberg

Geopolitical – Week of 1.25.09

January 26, 2009

Grand Jury Investigates Los Angeles Priest Cases NY Times (29 Jan 2009) Wen and Putin Lecture Western Leaders Financial Times (29 Jan 2009) Behind the

Precious Metals – Week of 1.25.09

January 26, 2009

Gold Pushes Above $900 in Buying Spree Financial Times (26 Jan 2009) Silver Investigation: Stakes Are Enormous investegate.co.uk (27 Jan 2009)

Food & Health – Week of 1.25.09

January 26, 2009

Honey Laundering: Tainted Product Still Slips Easily Into U.S. Seattlepi.com (25 Jan 2009) Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury Washington Post (26 Jan 2009)

Life – Week of 1.25.09

January 26, 2009

Meltdown Madness: The Human Costs of the Economic Crisis truthout.org (28 Jan 2009) Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut breitbart.com (28 Jan

The Dow: 2009 vs. 1929

January 25, 2009

Mark Lundeen each week sends me his comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline since October 2007 relative to declines after September 1929. Given