About Joe Biden's uncle...

Gosh, should I visit Africa and bring care packages to African slaves enslaved by Africans to prove how much I care? Can I come with you when YOU visit with your care packages to show your caring?

We here at WotB will miss you one of these days. Because we care so much about what you care so much about caring about.

Isn't this fun? SO glad you dropped by with all those good words on Apr. 1 and stayed through Apr. 2.

The floor is all yours, you caring care bear.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T21:14:50+00:00

Don't you care? Caring makes SUCH a DIFFERENCE! Let's all sit in a circle and sing kumbaya to show how much we care. What are YOU doing to show how much YOU care? 😺 Because, y'know, all your "good words" are very very cheap. But CARINGLY cheap.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T21:07:33+00:00

You must be as bored as you are boring. I'm leaving your little playground soon so you can poop in the sandbox by yourself. There are other sites to litter with your brand of puerility.

Ciao, little one. Rant on while we grin, probably more broadly than you do with these antics.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T21:05:35+00:00

Are you a native speaker of English? You misuse the word "bully.

Kindly continue the ALL CAPS meltdown. This is a slow news day.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T21:03:57+00:00

You have a unique and narrow understanding of what "shutting down" means. I haven't challenged the "good word" you're spreading all over this joint. I'm asking you what else you're doing about African slaves?

Talk is cheap, newbie.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T21:02:31+00:00

What you're spreading is a lot of the same words, and some whiffy exudate. I'm asking for ACTIONS--what YOU have DONE other than spend time here chastising strangers. [CAPS are CONTAGIOUS!]

What's your motive for badgering and bullying with zero information about YOUR good efforts to improve that situation or links to organizations that are trying to combat it?

You've discharged your self-appointed duty of informing this sub. Now you can use your time informing other social media sites without offering ANY suggestions about what to do about it.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T16:57:21+00:00

So about YOUR suggestions for DOING SOMETHING about those "REAL AFRICAN SLAVES IN AFRICA ENSLAVED BY AFRICANS"--what are they, where are they, your wise words for those who might spare a moment of concern from the pressing challenges of their daily lives?

3andfro · 2024-04-02T16:55:49+00:00

Citations, please. Again: What are you doing about it? Ad pitches need a call to action. What action are you trying to move people to undertake to improve this situation? I see nothing but outrage that sounds faux and castigation of others.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T16:52:07+00:00

Because of the way you blew in here with this post and berating strangers on the Internet about it without a single word about what YOU, for example, or someone else can do to improve the situation you huff and puff about.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T16:49:36+00:00

What are YOU doing about all this, CivilWarrior? C'mon, you're steaming and spewing with Such Outrage! Surely you're sending money, goods, your first-born offspring--something Big and Important and Helpful!

Or maybe you're just playing video games and amusing yourself with your new saidit account.

You're certainly providing amusement here with your principled indignation.

3andfro · 2024-04-02T16:44:19+00:00

Great lecture style there, newbie. Have you considered a career in academia? (for success, you'd need to shed the condescension)

btw, you still haven't answered my question about what you are doing to fight slavery in Africa. Please enlighten us, so that those you've fired up to action will have some direction.

3andfro · 2024-04-01T16:54:43+00:00

In reading this post, maybe we should all remember that this is April 1.

3andfro · 2024-04-01T15:36:17+00:00

It's a big world. We all pick our battles. With all your rah-rah language, what are you doing to free slaves in Africa and India? How about Filipino domestic slaves in Kuwait? How about functional slavery in the US: https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-states/

Edit: Your response to u/Inuma is, shall we say, over the top, as is the post--even for April Fool's Day.

3andfro · 2024-04-01T15:32:21+00:00

There are more humans in the world than at any time in human history. A question is whether the percentage of enslaved humans has held fairly steady rather than the actual numbers. As you note, there are debt slaves as well as physically imprisoned slaves who are unable to leave if they wish.

3andfro · 2024-03-30T15:30:49+00:00

😄

3andfro · 2024-03-30T01:51:29+00:00

A United States Navy medic who blew the whistle on an explosive report showing a massive increase in heart issues among military pilots has been blocked by the Department of Defense (DOD) from accessing his work computer.

Are whistleblower protections and legal counteractions available for members of the military?

Macie claimed that members of the U.S. military have experienced massive increases in heart-related issues, presenting Defense Department data showing the following:

937% increase in heart failure
152% increase in cardiomyopathy
69% increase in ischemic heart disease
36% increase in hypertensive disease
63% increase in other forms of heart disease

What a mystery! Probably a new artifact of climate change. Or sun spots.

3andfro · 2024-03-29T22:18:41+00:00

Talk about parsing an apology as grudgingly as possible. Sheesh.

Overdue, barely adequate, and execrably typical of the time in ways that haven't changed enough.

3andfro · 2024-03-25T23:09:30+00:00

FDA on social media to the public: You are not a horse.

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to the FDA: You are not a physician.

"Even tweet-sized doses of personalized medical advice are beyond the FDA's statutory authority."

3andfro · 2024-03-24T14:38:22+00:00

Anger and anxiety are hallmarks of some dementias.

3andfro · 2024-03-24T14:36:59+00:00

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (many attributions)

This is the inviolate bedrock of freedom of speech. Even a small chip into that foundation dooms that freedom.

3andfro · 2024-03-24T14:33:29+00:00

Because self-policing is such a good idea in any sector....

3andfro · 2024-03-23T16:09:48+00:00

Yet again, "one rule for me, another for thee."

3andfro · 2024-03-16T23:26:09+00:00

"Most people have minds like concrete: mixed up or permanently set."

3andfro · 2024-03-16T23:06:03+00:00

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/03/new-evidence-the-german-taurus-attack-plan-was-leaked-by-the-us-air-force.html

3andfro · 2024-03-16T22:59:12+00:00

Lies? Please be more specific about where u/penelopepnortney has lied. I see only challenges to your claims, which reflect the approved story (aka, the official narrative). You appear to believe it, and that's your choice.

However: If you can entertain the idea that you might be misled about any aspect of that conflict--historical or current--perhaps spend some time seeking out countering views across the widest range of opinion you can find. A little uncertainty might ensue.

Or not.

3andfro · 2024-03-16T22:46:38+00:00

Another perspective with possible food for thought: https://tomluongo.me/2024/03/14/europe-panics-as-trump-rises-from-the-political-grave/

3andfro · 2024-03-14T02:18:18+00:00

so very different

3andfro · 2024-03-13T23:56:54+00:00

but that won't stop a critical mass of right- and left-populist opposition from developing and I think we're seeing signs of that across the West.

I SOOOooooo hope you're correct! Everywhere I see signs of things continuing to fall apart here and build elsewhere. What will emerge, and as important, when, well, I can't see through the smoke and mirrors to answers.

3andfro · 2024-03-13T17:52:24+00:00

The last paragraph excerpted explains what I see in world affairs, trickling rapidly to the local level.

3andfro · 2024-03-08T03:27:12+00:00

Can I have my fight with chocolate sauce instead of butter?

Sorry, Random. My ignobler side couldn't resist. But yah, unions with not-currupt leadership are badly needed.

3andfro · 2024-03-07T20:57:54+00:00

They're using carrots (e.g., Belt and Road Initiative) toward a more multipolar world.

The US and its lackeys use sticks (e.g., sanctions, asset confiscation, assassinations, "destabilization," etc.) to try to maintain a waning unipolar hegemony.

Edit: I posted this comment before I read your last excerpt, which covers this and a lot more.

3andfro · 2024-03-07T20:56:22+00:00

That's Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY. This is a case where I have to applaud the action and quote regardless of the (increasingly immaterial) letter after the name.

3andfro · 2024-03-06T16:26:23+00:00

This point is critically important to current events:

it’s true that most neoconservatives are Jewish and, increasingly, Republican. So it’s very important to stress that the very large majority of Jews in this country are neither neoconservative nor Republican—a source of considerable frustration to Jewish Republicans over the last 30 years.

3andfro · 2024-03-06T16:23:42+00:00

Those bulleted points:

If I were asked to boil down neoconservatism to its essential elements—that is, those that have remained consistent over the past nearly 50 years—I would cite the following:

a Manichean view of a world in which good and evil are constantly at war and the United States has an obligation to lead forces for good around the globe.

a belief in the moral exceptionalism of both the United States and Israel and the absolute moral necessity for the U.S. to defend Israel’s security.

a conviction that, in order to keep evil at bay, the United States must have—and be willing to exercise—the military power necessary to defeat any and all challengers. There’s a corollary: force is the only language that evil understands.

the 1930s—with Munich, appeasement, Chamberlain, Churchill—taught us everything we need to know about evil and how to fight it.

democracy is generally desirable, but it always depends on who wins.

3andfro · 2024-03-03T02:45:03+00:00

What galls so many ordinary humans is the gulf between (often self-righteous) talk and actual walk, whether from a politician, a political party, or a government.

3andfro · 2024-03-02T16:18:18+00:00

Imagine if Bernie had been capable of saying "I despise her"

He probably didn't, though it was apparent she despised him.

3andfro · 2024-03-02T00:29:32+00:00

That dog often manages to catch the follower's shoes along with the pole.

3andfro · 2024-02-25T01:14:36+00:00

Agree with you down the line on the post and poster's comments. As you point out, in this free-speech zone, OP is welcome to post what he likes that doesn't violate rules, and all here are free to support, rebut, or ignore it.

3andfro · 2024-02-24T00:31:46+00:00

The truth of that last paragraph hurts.

3andfro · 2024-02-23T19:32:14+00:00

Biden repeatedly confused. 'nuff said.

3andfro · 2024-02-22T23:18:42+00:00

Apologies to be back again, but I had to post this excerpt:

For those who are researchers, writers, academics, or just curious people who want to understand the world better – even improve it – to have one’s intellectual operating system so profoundly disturbed is an occasion of profound disorientation. It is also a time to embrace the adventure, recalibrate, and set about correcting and finding a new path.

When your ideological system and political allegiances fail to provide the explanatory power we are seeking, it is time to improve them or give them up entirely.

Not everyone is up to the task. Indeed, this is a major reason why so many want to forget about the past three and a half years. They would rather close their eyes to the new realities and default back to their intellectual comfort zones. [bold added]

I see this all around me IRL. I'm sure others here do, too. Part of me understands, but it's still frustrating and hazardous, to them and the rest of us.

3andfro · 2024-02-22T23:07:42+00:00

Now I've read the whole thing and kept nodding in agreement. Thanks for the post. Most of us need validation now and then for what we've come to see and believe, when so many around us still don't see the multiple dangers ad debacles of the pandemic and refuse to recognize the extent of the rot across institutions, both public and private.

3andfro · 2024-02-22T21:55:41+00:00

In case we didn't know before, we now know that big pharma rules the journals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6zMZMDoO0&ab_channel=Dr.JohnCampbell (9:07 minutes) Yet more "cui bono?"

3andfro · 2024-02-22T21:20:49+00:00

This is big stuff and deserves what the interviewee calls a "signal boost." It's yet another example of the dangerous interface of government, public health and medicine, and information suppression.

3andfro · 2024-02-22T18:54:34+00:00

Abstracts don't provide enough info to ascertain the quality of the study; they're like academic click-bait to give you an idea whether you want to read the whole thing. The actual data that give a clue about the reliability of the study's methodology, analysis, and conclusions aren't there.

I'm not surprised about the influence of "mathiness."

3andfro · 2024-02-20T22:11:23+00:00

It's the embodiment of "nefarious" with a lot of slimy bodies wriggling beneath the rocks, as shown by the brave and tenacious few who work to roll those rocks away: Follow the Money: Conflicts of Interest https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/multimedia/conflicts-of-interest-fahrie-hassan/?utm_source

3andfro · 2024-02-20T20:08:51+00:00

It certainly calls into question the concept of "the current state of medical knowledge," when questions raised early on by reputable people were ignored, shouted down, and ridiculed and later found to be justified on many counts--"knowledge" that is available but still not widely acknowledged.

3andfro · 2024-02-18T18:46:46+00:00

An encouraging piece at a time when most of us can use any reason for optimism.

3andfro · 2024-02-14T16:23:28+00:00

Our understanding of COVID-19 vaccinations and their impact on health and mortality has evolved substantially since the first vaccine rollouts. Published reports from the original randomized phase 3 trials concluded that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could greatly reduce COVID-19 symptoms. In the interim, problems with the methods, execution, and reporting of these pivotal trials have emerged. Re-analysis of the Pfizer trial data identified statistically significant increases in serious adverse events (SAEs) in the vaccine group. Numerous SAEs were identified following the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), including death, cancer, cardiac events, and various autoimmune, hematological, reproductive, and neurological disorders. Furthermore, these products never underwent adequate safety and toxicological testing in accordance with previously established scientific standards. Among the other major topics addressed in this narrative review are the published analyses of serious harms to humans, quality control issues and process-related impurities, mechanisms underlying adverse events (AEs), the immunologic basis for vaccine inefficacy, and concerning mortality trends based on the registrational trial data. The risk-benefit imbalance substantiated by the evidence to date contraindicates further booster injections and suggests that, at a minimum, the mRNA injections should be removed from the childhood immunization program until proper safety and toxicological studies are conducted. Federal agency approval of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines on a blanket-coverage population-wide basis had no support from an honest assessment of all relevant registrational data and commensurate consideration of risks versus benefits. Given the extensive, well-documented SAEs and unacceptably high harm-to-reward ratio, we urge governments to endorse a global moratorium on the modified mRNA products until all relevant questions pertaining to causality, residual DNA, and aberrant protein production are answered.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38274635/

3andfro · 2024-02-14T00:06:04+00:00

That last sentence is a spot on.

3andfro · 2024-02-14T00:05:41+00:00

Speaking of failed pandemic policies, I don't know how many of these schools were closed or required masking as pandemic policy, but it's a question worth asking: https://wirepoints.org/not-a-single-student-can-do-math-at-grade-level-in-53-illinois-schools-for-reading-its-30-schools-wirepoints/

3andfro · 2024-02-12T18:23:32+00:00

Let us be plain: this trifecta of policies, rather than gel into a single doctrine, are falling like dominoes. Their collapse owes to one thing: The original decision to back Israel’s use of overwhelming violence across Gaza’s civil society – ostensibly to defeat Hamas. It has turned the region and much of the World against the U.S. and Europe.

How did this happen? Because nothing changed by way of U.S. policies. It was the same old western bromides from decades ago: financial threats, bombing and violence. And the insistence on one mandatory ‘stand with Israel’ narrative (with no discussion).

The rest of the world has grown tired of it; even defiant towards it.

3andfro · 2024-02-12T16:56:55+00:00

US foreign policy heavily favors sticks over carrots. The contrast with the Belt and Road projects is striking.

3andfro · 2024-02-09T18:11:41+00:00

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-05-29/gates-foundation-donations-to-who-nearly-match-those-from-us-government

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969

As ever, cui bono?

3andfro · 2024-02-06T17:22:43+00:00

...or if government still found it desirable to teach citizens critical thinking....

3andfro · 2024-02-04T23:51:07+00:00

I appreciate seeing pieces like this here.

3andfro · 2024-02-04T23:49:13+00:00

:D!!!

3andfro · 2024-02-04T03:59:18+00:00

Bwahahahah! <snort, choke, guffaw> You gotta be kidding.

And hang up.

3andfro · 2024-02-04T03:56:01+00:00

At least one of them probably doesn't know himself by that or any other name at this point.

3andfro · 2024-01-28T22:30:09+00:00

7 Rs, 2 Ds. On more and more topics, we really are living in Opposite World.

When I call my US Rep., I'll tell the constituent staff I'll be routed to that I find those numbers disturbing and informative in a way that doesn't put the party I identified with for > 40 years in a good light.

3andfro · 2024-01-28T20:01:05+00:00

This past year we saw a bitter strike between the UAW and the “Big 3” U.S. carmakers, which ended in significant increases in pay and benefits for workers. How will these companies that have plants in the U.S. and Canada be competitive with Chinese cars being made in Mexico?

Just this week, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said during the company’s quarterly earnings call that “if there are not trade barriers established, Chinese EV companies will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world.”

How will politicians in the U.S., Canada and Mexico respond? Will the U.S. consider breaking or modifying the USMCA free trade agreement to raise tariffs on Chinese cars made in Mexico to protect American and Canadian UAW jobs? Will the U.S. and Canada allow Chinese cars made in Mexico to enter duty-free? Will Mexico somehow try to find a path to cater to both Chinese auto companies and U.S./Canadian politicians?

3andfro · 2024-01-26T23:23:28+00:00

Welcome, sage one! A request from the lowly uninformed: perhaps you'd be so kind as to favor us with a post on those "reasons leading to oppression" so we can focus on understanding them.

3andfro · 2024-01-23T20:14:48+00:00

A 2017 report by the peer-reviewed journal The BMJ also showed that about half of medical journal editors receive payments from drug companies, with the average payment per editor hovering around $28,000. But these statistics are only accurate if researchers and editors are transparent about payments from pharma. And a 2022 investigative analysis of two of the most influential medical journals found that 81% of study authors failed to disclose millions in payments from drug companies, as they’re required to do. [bold added] https://medium.com/@bexstrong/big-pharma-corruption-and-lawsuits-amidst-covid-vaccine-c734a494b776

3andfro · 2024-01-23T00:38:21+00:00

Should be required viewing in every statehouse in the land, in every city council, and of course, by every member of Congress and the top officials of the FDA and CDC. Yes: mandates for "our" elected and unelected decision-makers to see in vivid detail what they did.

3andfro · 2024-01-18T17:54:02+00:00

The FDA knew, so why wouldn't CDC? The excerpt below is from the FDA:

The FDA conducted a rigorous evaluation of the post-authorization safety surveillance data pertaining to myocarditis and pericarditis following administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and determined that the data demonstrate increased risks, particularly within the seven days following the second dose. The observed risk is higher among males under 40 years of age compared to females and older males. The observed risk is highest in males 12 through 17 years of age. Available data from short-term follow-up suggest that most individuals have had resolution of symptoms. However, some individuals required intensive care support. Information is not yet available about potential long-term health outcomes. https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/qa-comirnaty-covid-19-vaccine-mrna

3andfro · 2024-01-17T18:06:50+00:00

Read the whole thing for some entertaining word-spinning. Excerpt:

Donald Trump enjoys one major advantage over Nikki and Ron — his foibles, his weaknesses and his failures are widely known. There is no new dirt on him. Nine years of excavation and fabrication have turned up nothing. If anything, the relentless persecution of Trump has made his more popular with the middle and working class.

The same cannot be said for Nikki or Ron. Neither has been subjected to the vivisection that Trump has endured since he first declared for President in 2015. The frantic, desperate efforts by the Clinton and Obama sycophants to paint Trump as a racist, Jew hating, Commie lover have failed. Trump is still very popular with his base and turns out crowds that neither Haley nor DeSantis could corral if they were offering attendees at their ralies a $1,000 bucks per person.

This is the heart of the problem — wealthy people dominate the leadership of the Republican (and Democrat) party. They live in a cloistered realm and have convinced themselves that they have their hands on the electorates pulse. What they don’t realize is that they are grasping their own tiny cock in their lobbyist greased fingers. They have no clue what working stiffs are feeling or believe.

3andfro · 2024-01-15T16:45:59+00:00

An exercise in behavior modification and obedience training using established fearmongering and "greater good" peer-pressure techniques. This is groundwork implanting Pavlovian cues that can be activated when desired.

3andfro · 2024-01-14T00:53:37+00:00

Summary from link:

In this study we investigate the UK trends in death rates and disabilities for malignant neoplasms for individuals aged 15 to 44 by computing excess death rates and excess disability claims, which are the difference between observed deaths/disability rates and a given baseline for expected death rates/disabilities. We measure changes in the behaviour of morbidity and mortality before the Covid-19 pandemic with the post-pandemic period, for malignant neoplasms.

We show a large increase in morbidity (disabilities) and mortality due malignant neoplasms that started in 2021 and accelerated substantially in 2022. The increase in disability claims is consistent with the increase in excess deaths in 2022, and both are highly statistically significant (extreme events). The results indicate that from late 2021 a novel phenomenon leading to increased malignant neoplasm deaths and disabilities appears to be present in individuals aged 15 to 44 in the UK.

3andfro · 2024-01-06T18:48:08+00:00

On its face, this makes sense.

3andfro · 2024-01-06T16:58:37+00:00

seems to be

3andfro · 2024-01-05T22:10:17+00:00

Related: Wider war in the Middle East looms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pHXpvwU8y0&pp=wgIGCgQQAhgB&ab_channel=TheDuran - 35 mins

3andfro · 2024-01-05T21:05:26+00:00

The "what" query could refer to "their brains." /s ?

3andfro · 2024-01-05T21:05:06+00:00

Dear Dems (and Rs):

What goes around comes around.

Sincerely,

Voters who see you truly (and know you don't need to give a damn)

3andfro · 2024-01-05T21:02:00+00:00

Indeed it could.

3andfro · 2024-01-05T15:50:40+00:00

Just a note: "Jewish people all over the world" don't necessarily have a cause, including defense of Israel. Like all ethnic groups, Jewish people around the world are highly diverse rather than monolithic. That includes Jews in the US.

But yes, US support of what Israel's doing in Gaza can lead to ugliness against Jews anywhere who aren't Zionists.

3andfro · 2024-01-05T15:43:47+00:00

From John Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htRavAZ6jVE&ab_channel=Dr.JohnCampbell (14:4 mins), more data analysis on deaths by age group

WEF and excess deaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD_tB6RluJ0&ab_channel=Dr.JohnCampbell

3andfro · 2024-01-04T23:44:18+00:00

I haven't formed an opinion about her beyond concluding that on academic merit, she didn't deserve the position she occupied before it was bestowed on her.

Interesting reminder of the Spitzer saga.

3andfro · 2024-01-04T22:23:40+00:00

Another followup from eugyppius about the fall of Claudine Gay: https://www.eugyppius.com/p/on-academic-standards-fair-play-and?utm_source

Paragraph 2 references thoughts here from u/kingsmeg and u/chakokat. He raises the issue but explains why he disagrees.

3andfro · 2024-01-04T00:53:06+00:00

Take a look at the last paragraph in the eugyppius piece.

3andfro · 2024-01-04T00:12:28+00:00

Companion piece from eugyppius, with excerpt to entice further reading:

There is a lot of butthurt in the American press right now. Gay’s appointment, once hailed as a “victory for diversity,” has become instead the occasion of a “victory” for “Dr. Gay’s critics … in the escalating ideological battle over American higher education.” Reporters for the Associated Press in particular deplore the fact that nefarious actors on the right are wielding a new “conservative weapon against colleges.” This weapon, they inform us, is “the threat of unearthing plagiarism.”

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/after-claudine-gays-resignation-associated?utm_source

3andfro · 2023-12-30T17:27:17+00:00

Look for costly and profitable maintenance drugs, not treatment regimens that produce long-term remission or durable cure.

3andfro · 2023-12-29T21:31:33+00:00

Astounding that they continue to do it (with straight faces) under the guise of protecting democracy.

The stench of hypocrisy is heavy on the Democrats these days.

3andfro · 2023-12-23T22:42:05+00:00

And didn't Ursula von der Leyen cut that deal with Pfizer on her own, with no input from EU member states?

yes

IIRC her dog ate the records related to her conversations with Pfizer so guess we'll never know what she got out of the deal.

good dog! [echoes of a German accent]

3andfro · 2023-12-23T20:59:01+00:00

Posted at the other site: https://twitter.com/PeterSweden7/status/1737949547123310755

Excerpts:

Poland and Hungary have refused to accept any more vaccines and are now being sued by Pfizer for not paying for millions and millions of doses.

In Romania, prosecutors are looking to take legal action against it's former Prime Minister and Health Ministers. They say it's because they bought too many vaccines which caused the state massive financial losses.

The EU has a contract with Pfizer which has locked countries into keep buying more and more vaccines until 2027. Isn't this amazing - For Pfizer's wallet?

3andfro · 2023-12-23T19:12:40+00:00

This explanation couldn't be clearer and is a ringing indictment of all mandated [edit: and coerced] mRNA shots, particularly for children. For example: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/brazil-to-mandate-covid-19-shots-for-children-as-young-as-6-months-5546834?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge

3andfro · 2023-12-21T22:19:43+00:00

Ssssh! You're not really meant to read the small-print footnotes about how those numbers are calculated.

3andfro · 2023-12-21T20:51:58+00:00

A bagatelle in context:

In 2022, U.S. Bancorp achieved record net revenue of $24.3 billion, completed the acquisition of MUFG Union Bank — which meaningfully increased the bank's market share in California — and expanded capabilities for purposeful, strategic growth

https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/company-blog/article-library/us-bank-2022-annual-report-now-available.html

3andfro · 2023-12-15T17:33:13+00:00

They're not trained in chess, in looking far down the board to lay out all possible moves and outcomes in advance. Living in the moment has value, but planning for potential future moments (decision algorithms: if this, then that down every imaginable branch of action) should be an essential practice of those who make momentous decisions that affect nations and the world and those tasked with laying out the plethora of possibilities that make decisions truly informed. Defense industry contractors do this routinely for regions of possible engagement decades in advance.

3andfro · 2023-12-13T22:17:18+00:00

How about his entire long, plagiarizing, lying career in politics?

Note to addled Joe: Liars come in forms other than dog-faced pony soldiers.

3andfro