"Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power."

~ Marcus Aurelius

By Catherine Austin Fitts

This coming week, we begin our publication of the 2019 Annual Wrap Up.

For the first two weeks of January, Dr. Joseph P. Farrell will join me to discuss News Trends & Stories. In Part I, we look at the 10 top stories of 2019 in Economy & Financial Markets; and Geopolitics.

Economy & Financial Markets:

Story #1: Currency Wars
Story #2: FASAB 56—Secret Money for Secret Armies, Secret Operations, Secret Technology, and Secret Weapons
Story #3: Planet Equity and the Big Bad Bond Mess
Story #4: Slowbalization
Story #5: Trade Wars

Geopolitics:

Story #6: The Databeast Deepens Controls Across the Globe
Story #7: The Silk Road: Europe, the Rise of Asia, the War for Eurasia, and the South China Sea
Story #8: Political Furballs and the Territorial Ambitions of a Multipolar World
Story #9: The Climate Change Op
Story #10: The Future of the Rule of Law: Shredding the Treaty of Westphalia, the Nuremberg Code, and the Constitution—What Is the Plan?

As you listen, check out the News Trends & Stories section of the 2019 Annual Wrap Up web presentation, which includes our complete trends list, our choices for top news videos of the year, the Trump Report Card, and our headlines for the top stories. The link will be in your subscriber links when Part I publishes on Thursday.

The following week, in News Trends & Stories, Part II, we will cover the 10 top stories in Culture; Science & Technology; Space; and Food & Health. We will also discuss Unanswered Questions; Inspiration; and Take Action.

In the third week of January, in the Equity Overview, I will cover equity and financial markets and publish the first Blockbuster Chartology from Rambus for 2020.

In the final week, I will address our 2019 Annual Wrap Up theme: Deep State Tactics 101. I will publish the second half of our Deep State Tactics series begun during 2019 with the first five parts. This series has been very well received, with numerous requests to compile and publish the full series in magazine form. Here is the outline:

I. Introduction
II. Solari Report Resources
III. Control System Goals
IV. Tactics by Areas

A. Faith, Hope, & Love
B. Health
C. Communication/Surveillance
D. Mind Control
E. Brand/Prestige
F. Media (including Disinformation)
G. Control Files
H. Personnel Benefits
I. Financial
J. Legal
K. Politics
L. Culture & Consumerism
M. Cybersecurity
N. Covert Operations & Crime
O. Targeting of Children
P. The Beatdowns: Company, Neighborhood, Cohort

V. Hard Times
– My list of the personal worst
VI. Helpful Strategies
VII. Closing Thoughts

In Money & Markets this week, I will discuss the financial and geopolitical news to watch for in 2020. E-mail your questions for Ask Catherine or post at the Money & Markets commentary here.