Libertarian Leanings

Ivermectin in the News

News of a study on ivermectin claims that ivermectin is completely ineffective against covid.  What is the truth?  Watch the video.

As stated several times in the video, the emergency use authorization for covid vaccines depended upon there being no viable treatments for covid.  Billions upon billions in drug company profits and drug company largess depended upon denial of ivermectin's efficacy.  Pay attention to item (3) of the section 564 of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3 below.

(c) Criteria for issuance of authorization

The Secretary may issue an authorization under this section with respect to the emergency use of a product only if, after consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (to the extent feasible and appropriate given the applicable circumstances described in subsection (b)(1)), the Secretary concludes—

(1) that an agent referred to in a declaration under subsection (b) can cause a serious or life-threatening disease or condition;

(2) that, based on the totality of scientific evidence available to the Secretary, including data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials, if available, it is reasonable to believe that—

(A) the product may be effective in diagnosing, treating, or preventing—

(i) such disease or condition; or

(ii) a serious or life-threatening disease or condition caused by a product authorized under this section,  approved or cleared under this chapter, or licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 262], for diagnosing, treating, or preventing such a disease or condition caused by such an agent; and

(B) the known and potential benefits of the product, when used to diagnose, prevent, or treat such disease or condition, outweigh the known and potential risks of the product, taking into consideration the material threat posed by the agent or agents identified in a declaration under subsection (b)(1)(D), if applicable;

(3) that there is no adequate, approved, and available alternative to the product for diagnosing, preventing, or treating such disease or condition;

(4) in the case of a determination described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii), that the request for emergency use is made by the Secretary of Defense; and

(5) that such other criteria as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe are satisfied.

Item (3) above is the reason hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin were outlawed, ridiculed, referred to in the media and fish tank cleaner and horse paste.  The money involved is simply staggering.

DOJ Arguments "Familiar but Transparently Weak"

Jonathan Turley, Jonathan Turley:  Justice Department Opposes Any Special Master and Alleges That “Obstructive Conduct Occurred” at Mar-a-Lago

Notably, this filing includes the picture which is being widely distributed. It can, however, leave an obviously misleading impression.

The picture could be seen by many that secret documents were strewn over the floor when this appears the method used by the FBI to isolate classified documents.  It also seems entirely superfluous in releasing this one picture. The picture is Attachment F and the textual reference on page 13 simply says

“Certain of the documents had colored cover sheets indicating their classification status. See, e.g., Attachment F (redacted FBI photograph of certain documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container in the “45 office”).”

It is curious that the DOJ would release this particular picture which suggests classified material laying around on the floor. The point is to state a fact that hardly needs an optical confirmation: the possession of documents with classified cover sheets. Indeed, the top of roughly half of the documents are redacted in photo. The government could simply affirmatively state the fact of the covered pages and would not likely be challenged on that point without the inclusion of this one photo.

For critics, the photo may appear another effort (with prior leaks) to help frame the public optics and discussion. Clearly the court did not need the visual aid of a picture of documents with covers. It seems clearly intended for public consumption.

The arguments raised by the Justice Department are not just familiar but transparently weak. The government argues that Trump lacks standing because the records belong to the United States, not him. However, that is the point. The court is trying to determine who has a right to these documents. The Justice Department itself recognizes that it may have gathered some attorney-client privileged documents in this ridiculously broad search. It allowed the seizure of any box containing any document with any classification of any kind — and all boxes stored with that box. It also allowed the seizure of any writing from Trump’s presidency.

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Sound Advice from Joe Rogan

Ruth Hayes, Truth Times:  “Vote Republican:” Prolific Podcast Host Joe Rogan Gives Advice To Voters Who Learned Hard Lessons During The Pandemic

The pandemic was hard on America. Businesses were forced to close, and for some time, people were locked in their homes. But now that the pandemic has eased up, Rogan stated that “people are going to recognize that some serious errors were made and not repeat those.”

“That’s the best you can get out of it. But as far as compensation for all those people that were forced to close their businesses and keep their doors shuttered and lost everything they’d worked for decades to build. Now they’re … they’re just going to be angry,” he said, according to The Hill.

When Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was Rogan’s guest at the time, asked the host what his advice was to people, Rogan was straight: “Vote Republican,” he said. 

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"My son Hunter" Available for Pre-Order

John Nolte, Breitbart:  Nolte: Daily Beast Goes Full-McCarthy Against ‘My Son Hunter’

The fact that this is all the left has got — shameless, straight-up McCarthyism — to attack My Son Hunter, is a beautiful sign. Why? Because it means they got nothing else. They mad. That’s it… That’s all they got… They mad.

If you’re wondering why they mad, it starts with the fact that the laptop is as real as real gets, which means it proves that a number of (you’re going to want to click these links) degenerate, lying, fake news-spreading, scumbag news outlets have been caught red-handed deliberately deceiving their own readers.

Another reason they mad is that their once-powerful fascist bottleneck on information and distribution has crumbled. Not only can Breitbart News get the truth out, Breitbart News is proving perfectly capable of distributing a movie the Left’s McCarthyites want blacklisted.

Oh, and the movie looks professional, slick, well-acted, produced, and directed. The trailer has millions of views.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91

Ben Whedon, Just the News:  Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

The Soviet Union's final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91, roughly 30 years after the collapse of the communist superpower he once led.

“Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness,” according to a statement from the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital, per CNN.

Gorbachev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991 and held the office of president from 1990 to 1991 until his fall from power, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

During his tenure, he worked to de-escalate tensions between the communist bloc and the Western powers while also pushing the Soviet Union toward democratic reforms, in a policy he termed glaznost or "openness." Many historians and analysts have pointed to this policy as a reason for the country's ultimate collapse.

He also pursued perestroika, or “restructuring,” which included programs to introduce more free market elements to the Soviet economy, though this was met with intense resistance from entrenched communist bureaucrats.

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General Bolduc in the Lead to Challenge Hassan

Caroline Vakil, Yahoo Sports:  Retired general holds wide lead in New Hampshire GOP Senate primary race: poll

Retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc holds a wide lead among other Republican challengers in New Hampshire’s GOP Senate primary, according to a new poll out on Tuesday.

A University of New Hampshire Survey Center Granite State Poll found that among likely Republican primary voters in the state, 43 percent of those surveyed would back Bolduc if the GOP primary for the New Hampshire Senate seat was held today. New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse got the second highest percentage of support, at 22 percent.

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The development comes ahead of the state’s primary, scheduled for Sept. 13. Neither Trump or Sununu have weighed in on the race, which will determine who will take on Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in November. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the seat as “lean Democrat,” with Hassan considered one of the more vulnerable Democrats up for reelection.

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Thread: It's a Coverup

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All 22 June

Kash says they’re going to release all the Spygate docs

Reinhart recuses from law suit against Clinton

Trump gets a subpeona asking for CCTV footage of storage locker

— Piper Ginny (@PiperGinny1) August 16, 2022

Fed Admits It CAN'T Tame Inflation, Promises More Economic Pain Anyway

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service  

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is talking tough and warning of more interest rate pain to come. At the same time, Fed officials are now admitting that their sized-up rate hikes won't even be sufficient to tame the price inflation they have helped create.

That's because fiscal policy under the Joe Biden administration has gone off the rails.

Over the weekend, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released to the public a white paper titled “Inflation as a Fiscal Limit” for purposes of shifting more blame to elected officials.

The paper states that this year's inflation spike “could not have been averted by simply tightening monetary policy. The conquest of post-pandemic inflation requires mutually consistent monetary and fiscal policies to avoid stagflation.” 

n other words, the Biden administration's expansionary fiscal policy is working at cross-purposes with the Fed's attempts to tighten monetary policy. The consequence will be economic stagflation.

It's a stunning critique given the source. Central bankers normally go out of their way to avoid commenting on fiscal policy for fear of getting involved in politics. But apparently they've become exasperated by the level of fiscal irresponsibility being implemented by Congress and the White House. 

Barack Obama's former top economic advisor, Jason Furman, has decided he can no longer sit idly by while members of his own party run the country's finances into the ground.

He called Biden's unilateral move to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans “reckless.”

Student loan forgiveness was initially supposed to cost around $300 billion. But – surprise, surprise! – that number turned out to be grossly understated. The latest estimates show it will add at least $500 billion to the federal budget deficit.

As the national debt explodes at the same time as the Fed is hiking rates at its most aggressive pace in decades, the government faces a massive increase in debt servicing costs in the years ahead. Interest on the national debt is set to become the single largest component of the federal budget.

But instead of forcing Uncle Sam to tighten his belt, higher interest rates will only exacerbate the problem. Faced with rising interest costs, the Treasury Department will move to borrow even more money to avoid making cuts elsewhere.

As a consequence, rate hikes won't tame inflation. The Fed will have no choice but to continue enabling the government's spending spree by creating new currency and buying Treasuries in whatever amounts are necessary to keep federal finances afloat. 

The authors of the Kansas City Fed's paper state that central bankers will be to get control over inflation “only when public debt can be successfully stabilized by credible future fiscal plans,”

Such plans aren't currently being made by elected officials. They are more interested in bribing voters ahead of the mid-term elections.  

As for investors, they are stuck in a difficult place between the Fed's attempts to tighten and the Biden administration's inflationary spending schemes.

Jerome Powell and company are expected to serve up another punishing 75 basis-point rate hike in September. Powell admitted in comments at central bankers' Jackson Hole gathering last Friday that higher interest rates will “bring some pain to households and businesses.”

Investors who are betting on interest-rate sensitive bonds or stocks may also be in for some pain ahead. Stagflation erodes the real returns offered by fixed-income instruments and dampens the growth prospects for large corporations. 

Few asset classes do well during periods when rates are rising and growth is slowing. But one asset class with very real potential to outperform is precious metals.

Gold and silver tend to shine when social mood dims and investors seek safe havens. So far this year, however, gold and silver have attracted little interest – at least among traders and investors in conventional financial markets. 

Fed rate hikes have boosted the U.S. dollar's exchange rate on foreign currency markets. That, in turn, has triggered trading algorithms to sell gold and Wall Street cheerleaders to pooh-pooh it.

But this illusory dollar “strength” is only temporary. What isn't temporary is the depreciation of the Federal Reserve Note's purchasing power. History shows that the more value it loses, the more gold and silver prices will eventually readjust on the upside. 

 

Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange, the company recently named "Best Overall Online Precious Metals Dealer" by Investopedia. A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, TheStreet, and Seeking Alpha.

Largely Symbolic at this Point

Natalie Winters, The National Pulse:  NEW: ‘Defund Davos’ Bill Would Deny World Economic Forum Taxpayer Cash.

House Republicans have introduced a bill to block any taxpayer funds from potentially supporting the activities of the World Economic Forum – the corporate dominated non-governmental organization promoting global governance and centralized, undemocratic authority.

Sponsored by Representative Scott Perry, Representative Tom Tiffany, and Representative Lauren Boebert, the legislation follows controversy over the group’s exploitation of COVID-19 to advance its corporate-leftist social agenda. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has also weaponized climate change as an excuse to implement the tenets of its “Great Reset” theory which includes the abolition of private property.

The “Defund Davos Act” would ensure that U.S. taxpayer funds don’t support the WEF’s ambitions and follows previous efforts from the Trump administration to withdraw from other international organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Garland and Wray Using Washington Field Office SAC Tim Thibault as Sacrificial Lamb

Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution:  THE START OF THE UNRAVELING OF THE TRUMP MAR A LAGO RAID

Donald Trump is having a very good week, notwithstanding the flood of negative stories from the Deep State media. It started with the Judge releasing the sealed search warrant and the affidavit that provided the predicate for the search. Now, it is true most of the substance was blacked out, but the documents revealed that this operation was done at the behest of the Washington Field Office.

Well guess what? The head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Tim Thibault, was removed forcibly from his office by other FBI agents last Friday. That news just broke today. It comes in tandem with other news that some of the documents taken from President Trump’s residence were covered by Attorney/Client privilege. The FBI violated Mr. Trump’s Constitutional Rights. Or, to be specific, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office, Tim Thibault, violated Mr. Trump’s rights.

Details about Mr. Thibault’s criminal activities over the last five years are likely to emerge in the coming weeks. For example, Mr. Thibault obstructed justice in the Hillary Clinton case. And he reportedly played a critical role in Cross Fire Hurricane, operating behind the scenes. Thibault was the one who ensured the Hunter Biden laptop never saw the light of day. He helped cover that up. And he has allegedly been involved in other chicanery intended to discredit and destroy Donald Trump.

This is more than rumor. More than a dozen FBI agents have come forward as whistleblowers and are talking to members of Congress and prosecutors.

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