GOLD: A gold back currency

Saturday, April 2, 2022

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/04/02/russia-could-be-planning-the-ultimate-gold-move/

Russia Could Be Planning the Ultimate Gold Move

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Imagine the global response to the first national currency of the 21st Century backed by physical gold! At a stroke, Russia could reposition itself as a globally relevant economy, virtually guarantee international investor interest, and re-establish its currency as a store of value. And it could do all this without violating sanctions.

Consider the response from the U.S. and EU, both suffering four-decade high inflation, both crippled by debt and awash in freshly-printed currency. A new Russian gold standard would represent an economic coup over the west. All without firing a single shot.

Though the odds of such a move seem low, it looks like the kind of out-of-left-field move that Putin delights in. We’ll be paying close attention to developments in this story over the next few months.

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Hell, I’d buy me some roubles.  A gold back currency,  Where do I sign up?

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HEALTH: NY Times Latest to Mislead Public on New Ivermectin Study • Children’s Health Defense

Saturday, April 2, 2022

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ny-times-mislead-public-ivermectin-study/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a00a2e8c-3156-4f4b-85a8-a703c029bc06

NY Times Latest to Mislead Public on New Ivermectin Study • Children’s Health Defense

  • The New York Times on Wednesday sent an email to subscribers titled: “Breaking News: Ivermectin failed as a Covid treatment . . .” The Times was referring to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, covered March 18 by The Wall Street Journal. In both cases, the newspapers failed to provide an accurate critical analysis of the study.

By Madhava Setty, M.D.

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Rather than pounding the final nail in the coffin around ivermectin’s utility in treating COVID, the NEJM study raises more questions.

  • What would the effect have been if a higher dose shown to be effective were administered?
  • What would be the benefit of this medicine in patients with no risk factors?
  • How statistically significant would the results have been if more participants were enrolled?
  • Why weren’t more participants enrolled as the study progressed given the emerging benefit of the drug and the absence of adverse events?
  • Why did the investigators define a primary outcome with such different real-world implications (ER visits vs hospitalizations)?
  • With less than 50% of the placebo arm adhering to the study protocol, why were their outcomes included in the analysis?
  • What effect did vaccination status have on outcome? If this is the primary means endorsed to prevent hospitalization, why wasn’t vaccination status mentioned as a confounder?
  • Did the investigators choose to limit the study as it became clear that an Ivermectin benefit would be too big to ignore?

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​Heaven forbid there would be a real test because it might “embarrass” the experts!

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HEALTH: Did the Covid Vaccine kill Bruce Willis’ career?

Friday, April 1, 2022

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/03/no_author/aphasia-can-be-caused-by-the-covid-vaccine/

Aphasia Can Be Caused by the Covid Vaccine
How do we know Bruce Willis’ aphasia wasn’t caused by the vaccine? Nobody is talking about it.
By Steve Kirsch
Steve’s Kirsch newsletter

March 31, 2022

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I wanted to make sure everyone knows aphasia is one of the thousands of symptoms whose reporting rates were elevated after the COVID vaccines rolled out. It’s #1574 on that sorted list of symptoms elevated by the COVID vaccine that we calculated back in November 2021.

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“Nobody is talking about it.”

So too another tree falls in the forest with no one to hear it.

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RANT: Let the research begin on what was on the laptop,

Thursday, March 31, 2022

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/matt-gaetz-enters-hunter-biden-laptop-data-congressional-record

Matt Gaetz Enters Hunter Biden Laptop Data Into Congressional Record
BY TYLER DURDEN
WEDNESDAY, MAR 30, 2022 – 04:20 PM
Authored by Ken Silva via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

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“I seek unanimous consent to enter into the record on this committee the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, which I am in possession of.”

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I look forward to the “muckrakers” exposing all the corruption to the light of day.

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HEALTH: Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

https://costplusdrugs.com/

I sent this to a few friends.

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I don’t know how you feel about high drug prices, Mark Cuban, or ​trying anything new.

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), here’s a new offering by Mark Cuban of discount generic drugs.

I’m trying it and will let you know how it works for me.

On the surface, it appears to be a big cost saving even over my insurance’s drug plan.

Not all my drugs are there, but enough to give it a try.

Let me know if you’re interested in my experience with it or not.

FWIW YMMV

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I think it’s worth trying and it MIGHT save a lot of money.

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ECONOMICS: The economy has yet to recover from covid, but the stock market is being inflated

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nothing-has-changed-except-everything

Nothing Has Changed, Except For Everything
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 – 09:30 AM

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The signs and symptoms I’m paying attention to are as follows (read this list slowly, and take it all in):

  • We have a market that saw the NASDAQ (an index) rise about 120% in less than 2 years off its March 2020 lows, despite the fact that our economy never materially recovered during the same period of time.
  • Our money supply (M2) rose between 21.7% and 26.92% year over year, between April 2020 and February 2021. Its long term YOY average rise, including this data, is just 7.16%. Prior to 2020, most YOY growth was between 3% and 5%.
  • Our inflation rate is at its highest point in about 30 years, and that is using a totally different method for measuring inflation than we used to. If we used the standards for measuring CPI in the 1980s, inflation would likely be at all time record highs for our nation.
  • We have the most material hot war in Europe since World War II taking place, with little visibility on how it will end. At the same time, relations with Russia and China have not been this contentious in decades. Russia and China also look to be posing a serious, calculated challenge to the U.S. dollar’s reserve status.
  • As I pointed out days ago, stocks relative to GDP are also in uncharted territory, where reversion to the mean would mean a minimum of a 40% drop from here.

But hey, Jim Cramer says he thinks “the bear market is over”. He’s on CNBC. I’m not.

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Hard to imagine what will happen when the politicians and bureaucrats have “managed” the US into a horrific depression.

Sigh!

It’s not going to be pretty for the non-rich.

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RANT: Don’t punish the dogs for weather

Monday, March 28, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/iditarod-race-punishes-mushers-for-sheltering-dogs-from-storm/

Alaska’s Iditarod race punishes mushers for sheltering dogs from storm
By Rich Calder
March 26, 2022 2:21pm  Updated

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Iditarod rules say dogs cannot be taken inside shelters except for race veterinarians’ medical examination or treatment. However, cruel or inhumane treatment of dogs is also prohibited during the event.

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I suggest that rule writers be kept outside.  The humans and dogs should be inside.  Then let’s see if the “rules” change.

Sorry but the dogs should be inside and the humans outside.

Argh!

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We’ve Defined ‘Woman’ for You

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Over the last few days, there has been much “debate” over the word “woman” and how to define it. The discussion over the proper definition of the word erupted across social
— Read on townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2022/03/25/we-know-the-definition-of-a-woman-n2605031

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Why did the nominee tiptoe around an easy question?

Perhaps to avoid a discussion of the “trans” issue?

Dumb.

Hit it head on. “There is a difficult issue but courts don’t make public policy. We interpret laws based on specific facts of a case.”

Or at least we should.

Argh!

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HEALTH: Wayne Mackie dead at 62 — why?

Sunday, March 27, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/longtime-nfl-official-wayne-mackie-dead-at-62/

SPORTS

Longtime NFL official Wayne Mackie dead at 62
By Ryan Dunleavy
March 26, 2022 2:24am  Updated

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Longtime NFL official Wayne Mackie died unexpectedly Thursday night in Florida. He was 62.

Mackie, a Brooklyn native and Colgate graduate, was described by those who knew him as a “New Yorker through and through.” He worked a 20-year career at New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, serving as director of operations and inspecting homes to make sure they met residential code.

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Requiescat In Pacem, good sir.

I read recently that a way to recover the public’s trust in the Covid “vaccine” would be to autopsy all premature unexplainable deaths.

This fellow was probably in great shape for his age after being an NFL official for years.

So, what caused his death?

Not to invade his, or his family’s, privacy, but this is an important public policy question that needs to be answered.

(IMHO)

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RANT: Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was “worth it” wins Medal of Freedom

Saturday, March 26, 2022

https://youtu.be/omnskeu-puE

Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was “worth it” wins Medal of Freedom

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I try never to speak ill of the dead.

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I’ll make an exception.

As a little L libertarian, I am ashamed at this video … … … over and over again.

Killing little children is a national disgrace.

And, it continues in Yemen and scores of other places.

Like Gandhi, Lennon, and Jesus … suffer the little children.

Shame on us!

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