HEALTHCARE: an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)

Saturday, February 21, 2026

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/what-is-the-smallest-worthwhile-difference?publication_id=1119676&post_id=188707056&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

What is the Smallest Worthwhile Difference in Cardiovascular Risk?
Novel measure tested for public acceptance of statin therapy
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Feb 21, 2026

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The investigators applied an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)—defined as the minimum absolute risk reduction in ASCVD events that individuals consider sufficient to justify long-term statin use.

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I’m on a statin and have been for awhile.  Both my GP and cardio doc recommended it, back before the COVID craziness and I, along with a lot of people, lost confidence in Big Pharma and Big Medicine.  Of course, no one should ever have any trust in Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats.  During the interim after I started static, I’ve seen a lot of chatter about statins, side effects, and risks.  Makes me less confident in the therapy.  

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I’ve gotten this far with their advice so I’ll stick with it.  Concerned but befuddled.

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary!)

As Sharyl says: “Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

If you’re wrong, at least you make your own decision with “informed consent”.

I trust my car to an “expert”; in the absence of evidence to the contrary, I guess I’ll trust my doctors.  For Now!

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HEALTH: Left-Handedness Into a Bad Thing?

Saturday, February 21, 2026

https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/hidden-bias-left-handedness-bad-thing

The Hidden Bias in Language That Turned Left-Handedness Into a Bad Thing: While the days of forcing left-handed children to use their right hands are mostly over, the bias against lefties continues in most languages around the world. The word “sinister” literally means “left.” From Latin roots to modern idioms, language has been quietly slandering lefties for centuries. (Mental Floss)

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I was lefty before Katholick Skrule beat me out of it.

Wonder how that impacted me?

Too long ago to know much and all the folks in my family have long passed.

Time to invoke my “one year rule” —  Less than a year ago, admit mistakes may have been made; more than a year ago, it’s history, immutable, forget about it.

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VOCABULARY: Copium, Hopium, Mopium, and Pepe the Frog

Friday, February 20, 2026

https://www.malone.news/p/friday-funnies-promises-promises?publication_id=583200&post_id=187789750&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Friday Funnies: Promises, Promises…
And other true stories
Dr. Robert W. Malone
Feb 13, 2026

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Copium, Hopium, Mopium, and Pepe the Frog … … 

… … gives me three new words to add to my vocabulary.

  • Copium ==> to deal with a state of denial
  • Hopium ==> to have false hope
  • Mopium ==> to complain about mundane issues

Useage: 

  • I use copium to handle all the Epstein fodder.
  • I take hopium that all the villains in the Epstein matter get justice.
  • I use mopium to complain about all the politicians and bureaucrats obfuscating about Epstein.

Three good new words.

Credit where credit is due.

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DISCOURAGING: It’s the debt, deficits, waste, fraud, corruption, and the deep state.

Thursday, February 19, 2026

https://internationalman.com/articles/the-empire-killer-strikes-again/

The ‘Empire Killer’ Strikes Again
by Nick Giambruno
2026-02Feb-11

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The US federal government has the biggest debt in the history of the world. And it’s continuing to grow at a rapid, unstoppable pace.

While the US government can extend the charade of solvency longer than any other entity on the planet, not even the most powerful empires in human history can do so forever, particularly when they start to struggle to pay the interest costs.

The situation has reached a tipping point.

That’s because the federal debt’s annualized interest cost exceeded the defense budget for the first time last year.

It’s on track to exceed Social Security and become the BIGGEST item in the federal budget.

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It’s the debt, deficits, waste, fraud, corruption, and the deep state.

Everything else —  Big Pharma, Military Industrial Congressional Complex, Illegal Immigration, and Socialism rot — are all “minor” in comparison.

“We, The Sheeple” MUST wake up and demand the politicians and bureaucrats address the national debt NOW.  Let’s have some old fashioned “innovation” —  no Federal welfare period, full stop.  No Federal intrusion into States. Let’s have some long term Gooferment bonds in gold to refinance the 39T$ in Gooferment debt.  With a plan to pay it off over the next 100 years. 

Argh!

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POLITICAL: Voting is the problem

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2026/02/05/what-if-epstein-is-about-something-worse/

What if Epstein is About Something Worse?

By
Eric Peters  –
February 5, 2026

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As has been observed, if voting constituted a meaningful threat to politicians it would not be allowed. Stalin allowed people to vote. It was meaningless then. It is meaningless now – because your vote to be left alone is meaningless. It will only have meaning when your right to be left alone cannot be voted away. And that will only happen when people – most people, at least – decide they do not want to be gangsters themselves. This will take some soul searching. They will have to come face-to-face with the ugliness many – most of them – wish to pretend they’re not part of. The ugliness of violence. Of taking what is not theirs – by voting to have someone else threaten other people with violence to get what isn’t theirs.

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“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.” — Emma Goldman ― often incorrectly attributed to American humorist Mark Twain ― but very very true imho!

Walter Block’s Libertarian Voting Rule is that in close races you vote for the major party candidate that is less evil. In races that aren’t close, you cast a protest vote for the Libertarian Party candidate. https://buff.ly/2GFxxPl

I’m beginning to think that all those who refuse to vote have the correct strategy.

Not that, by ignoring it, the gang that calls itself Gooferment will just go away.

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), they can never ever claim a “mandate” since half the population just stays home.

I think that the Walter Block strategy, that I’ve been following, isn’t getting me a better life.  If anything, it’s getting worse. 

Short of another Civil War, I don’t see how we are going to get back to the Dead Old White Guys’ vision of liberty.  Sound money, no taxes, and rugged individualism.  

No robbing Peter to bribe Paul to vote.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: On The Border is closing the new brunswick location

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

On The Border is closing the new brunswick location on Sunday 2026-02Feb-22. According to the bartender, they can’t afford the rent. The employees got a weeks notice and no severance. They may be able to transfer to another OTB location like Princeton. I guess the developers want something more “up scale”? Demonstrates that there is no such thing as “loyalty” to Anyone — employees, Customers, suppliers. Argh!

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HEALTHCARE: Reality About Modern Medicine — the doctors are shills with pocketbooks to be filled

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/the-most-unsettling-reality-about?publication_id=975571&post_id=187200412&isFreemail=true&r=60qmwq&triedRedirect=true

Real Health
The Most Unsettling Reality About Modern Medicine
Money is often the root of all evil, and the medical system is no exception. But there’s something even more disturbing going on that nobody is talking about.
The Vigilant Fox
Feb 09, 2026

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There’s a reason doctors love pushing vaccines. The more they inject, the more money they make.

The foot traffic alone brings in big money, but there’s another perverse incentive, and once you hear it, it will make you angry.

RFK Jr. explains: “Pediatricians who vaccinate 80-85% of the kids in their office, get these giant bonuses… And that’s why they throw you out of the office if you fight back…You’ll lose them their bonuses.”

Sadly, these perverse financial incentives aren’t limited to vaccines but across many areas of medicine.

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It revealed how, during COVID, core medical ethics quietly collapsed—how consent became optional, coercion was reframed as care, and vulnerable people were treated as obstacles rather than patients.

This isn’t about ideology. It’s about what happens when fear, authority, and institutional pressure override conscience.

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Disgusting. Any wonder why no one respects ”experts”?

“If you’re not paying for it, then you are the product.” — Unknown, but old internet adage

In this case, “We, The Sheeple” are nothing more that cash cows to be milked, abused, and killed when “necessary”.  Informed Consent —  that’s a joke.  Medical ethics are another joke.

This is a “War Crime” and the perps should be hung!

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FUN: hóngbāo aka “lucky money”

Monday, February 16, 2026

2026-02Feb-16

Year of the Fire Horse

Lunar New Year celebrations kick off tomorrow, ushering in the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac. The 15-day festivities, observed by billions worldwide, start with the new moon and end with the Lantern Festival. China anticipates a record 9.5 billion trips during the 40-day travel rush around the holiday, the world’s largest annual human migration.

The horse is the seventh animal in the 12-year zodiac cycle and symbolizes energy, independence, and ambition. Those born in horse years are seen as dynamic, courageous, and charismatic. Many see the Year of the Fire Horse as a time to take bold steps, embrace change, and pursue new opportunities. The last Fire Horse year occurred in 1966; notable births include Adam Sandler, Gordon Ramsay, Halle Berry, and Helena Bonham Carter. See your zodiac animal here.

Traditions focus on family and fortune (see our overview), including gifting lai see or hóngbāo to children—red envelopes filled with “lucky money.” See a guide to the holiday, closely associated with the Spring Festival and Chinese New Year, here.

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We can all use some “lucky money”!

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VETERANS: We are not the world’s police

Monday, February 16, 2026

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-02-09/okinawa-guam-marines-relocation-20676544.html

Think tank calls for keeping Guam-bound Marines on Okinawa to counter China
By Brian McElhiney Stars and Stripes • February 9, 2026

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The report, released Feb. 3 by the Atlantic Council, recommends keeping about 5,000 Marines on Okinawa rather than relocating them to Guam and retaining the Corps’ airfield in densely populated central Okinawa along with a replacement runaway under construction farther north.

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Sorry, but they should come home to the USA.

“A veteran is someone who at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to the ‘United States of America’ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.'” -Anonymous

Time for the “American Empire” to shrink back to its Constitutional size.

“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” ~ Albert Einstein

Let’s bring all the girls, boys, women, and men home now! We have so many politicians and bureaucrats to send in their place if it’s really needed!

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DISCOURAGING: Any wonder why crime is rampant in the USA?

Sunday, February 15, 2026

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/five-robbers-three-wanted-by-ice-held-up-couple-in-nyc/

Armed migrant robbery crew busted after NYC hold-up— immediately released without bail
By Tina Moore
Published Feb. 7, 2026, 2:55 p.m. ET

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Wilson Eduardo, 18; Emerson Valenzuela, 20; Christopher Serrano, 18, and Edwin Ramos, 18, were arrested and charged with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and menacing, police said.

They all pleaded not guilty and were released on non-monetary conditions, online court records show.

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Any wonder why crime is rampant in the USA?

Sorry, but criminals get back out on the street before the cops get the paperwork done.

“Victim disarmament is the view that it is somehow better to see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose, than see her with a gun in her hand.” — T.D. Melrose

The cash cows of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk can’t even defend themselves.

But politicians and bureaucrats get armed security?

Argh!

And, three of the CRIMINALS has ICE “detainers” on them.  Lot of good that does.

Sorry, but the gang called Gooferment is failing in its “raison d’être”, reason for existence.

Time to start impeaching judges!

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