Oh dear, I just made the mistake of looking at The Unz review.
Apparently, the war in Ukraine is a Talmudic, neo-Con, Anglo-Imperialist, Zionist conspiracy organised by Bill Gates, the Ukrainians are Nazis, the Polish army is in combat in Ukraine and the Russians are going to win because they are fighting a defensive war. https://www.unz.com/article/how-long-can-the-ukraine-war-last/ And the commentators are all praising the article. The mind boggles.
From a posting of mine in early February, this year: "Various people have done calculations, and most of them come up with the figure of about 2 billion - the population in 1950 - as being a sustainable population. 7.9 billion - 2.0 billion = 5.9 billion people that are "off the island"... Now, if you offer people an injection that will result in their death - or radically foreshortened life expectancy, and the sterilization of their wives and children, chances are they won't take it. But if the injection is the answer to a fearsome pandemic where people go to hospitals and die horribly, they will gladly take it - and urge it on others, if they think they will be protected. So, in a short time, the globalists' problem is solved. And corporations never let mass murder get in the way of profits, growth, or, frankly, continued enjoyment of a certain lifestyle..." https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/the-vaccines-work-just-not-as-normal
Deficit "only" growing by ~ $1T/year. Still a huge unsustainable number. Not to worry 2023 will see a constant 5% inflation devalue the dollar even more so that $500B interest can be paid.
Odd stuff about employment, unemployment and excess deaths in working age people. Not clear what it all mean yet.
I love it! The only time I carried health insurance in the US was when my ex-wife insisted and her company paid for it. It is indeed a scam. Health care here in Ukraine is supposedly free. Not exactly, but not bad, and there are private doctors as a reasonable price. In fifteen years I have never needed medication that required a prescription. This country works.
Health insurance is a scam. It was created so doctors, hospitals, and drug companies will get paid, and they do get paid. The health care industry is the only growth industry in the US right now. They advise young people to become some cog in the great industrial health care mix for job security. All those fancy machines must get paid for. In the US, if I wanted to get a prescription, I have to go to the doctor before going to the pharmacy. That was $150 the last time I did it. Plus, the drugs were about $180. In Berlin, I go to the doctor's office for a cost of 10 Euros, and I buy the same drugs for $30. And Germany has a corrupt medical system that charges retirees for their health insurance. There is no Medicare here for the OAPs. They must pay in Germany until they die. The problem with health insurance is that if you don't pay for it, you don't care what it costs. Here in Germany, they had Covid test centers where you could get tested free at any time. In the US, it cost a minimum of $200 for the same test. Early on, I read an article about a couple who were going on vacation and they wanted to get tested before they flew. The guy paid cash. It was $150 for the antigen test. His girlfriend put it on her insurance and she was billed $2000. Exact same test, exact same time. She called the insurance company and they were very upset when they found out that there is a two tier pricing system.
I used to go to a dermatologist for an annual check up, but the doctor retired and sold his practice to Sierra medical. I used to pay the doctor in advance $150 and he would do all the checks and other things. So, I went to Sierra for a check up and I tried to pay them in advance. But their billling office is in Texas, so I called them, but they couldn't give me a price because they didn't know what code to bill for or what the doctor would do. I explained it was just a check up. I called the office back, they couldn't tell me. It took me five phone calls to get them to quote a price of $170 for the check up. The new dermatologist did exactly the same procedure as the old doctor. I left knowing I had settled my account in advance. Low and behold, I got a bill for $750 about three weeks later. You see, they broke the treatment down into several codes. It was no longer a check up, but every single thing that the doctor did was extra. I was furious and I called the office in Texas and told them off, and we negotiated a reduced price. $400. I have never been back to them. I expect robbers to at least have a gun before they rob me.
I always object to your debt rants. How much of the US debt is held by the Federal Reserve? It's over $10 trillion, right? How can it be considered debt if you owe it to yourself? Of course, we know that they are never going to pay the money back. The Biden bean counters are giving this money away to buy votes, and get Biden reelected. That's the whole point of the overspending. On the other hand, they need treasuries to keep the world money supply liquid. If the US had no debt, there would not be enough money sloshing around in the system to keep all the countries of the world going.
" They are now shooting at hotels, hospitals, schools and other soft targets. It is of course totally reprehensible, but reprehensible seems to be a part of the Russian moral vocabulary. "
I do not think they are doing that, not unless Kiev military are usurping those premises for their own ends and I am sure you know better than the second remark.
There are millions, quite literally, millions of Russians who feel the import of the word 'reprehensible' very, very strongly.
In many cases it is that which causes them to lend their weight to promoting the war.
And you know that. It is common sense. You meant it as a jibe only, a sneer, an insult. I know.
But I am surprised that you allow your pain to distort your reason so much.
To forget those millions and the truth about them is akin to what your mad comic is doing.
Forgetting the millions of Ukrainians who can well do without this madness and who are suffering adn have suffered immense pain and loss because of his promotion of it.
Calling to mind the people of Russia and the people of Kiev Ukraine would mend this.
This just in. Japan's excess mortality. Frightening charts.
https://metatron.substack.com/p/mortality-in-japan-2010-to-2022-the?publication_id=579085&post_id=94246567&isFreemail=true
Oh dear, I just made the mistake of looking at The Unz review.
Apparently, the war in Ukraine is a Talmudic, neo-Con, Anglo-Imperialist, Zionist conspiracy organised by Bill Gates, the Ukrainians are Nazis, the Polish army is in combat in Ukraine and the Russians are going to win because they are fighting a defensive war. https://www.unz.com/article/how-long-can-the-ukraine-war-last/ And the commentators are all praising the article. The mind boggles.
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From a posting of mine in early February, this year: "Various people have done calculations, and most of them come up with the figure of about 2 billion - the population in 1950 - as being a sustainable population. 7.9 billion - 2.0 billion = 5.9 billion people that are "off the island"... Now, if you offer people an injection that will result in their death - or radically foreshortened life expectancy, and the sterilization of their wives and children, chances are they won't take it. But if the injection is the answer to a fearsome pandemic where people go to hospitals and die horribly, they will gladly take it - and urge it on others, if they think they will be protected. So, in a short time, the globalists' problem is solved. And corporations never let mass murder get in the way of profits, growth, or, frankly, continued enjoyment of a certain lifestyle..." https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/the-vaccines-work-just-not-as-normal
Deficit "only" growing by ~ $1T/year. Still a huge unsustainable number. Not to worry 2023 will see a constant 5% inflation devalue the dollar even more so that $500B interest can be paid.
Odd stuff about employment, unemployment and excess deaths in working age people. Not clear what it all mean yet.
Alex Berenson writes today about IgG4.
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/something-wicked-this-way-comes-and?publication_id=363080&post_id=93302931&isFreemail=false
I love it! The only time I carried health insurance in the US was when my ex-wife insisted and her company paid for it. It is indeed a scam. Health care here in Ukraine is supposedly free. Not exactly, but not bad, and there are private doctors as a reasonable price. In fifteen years I have never needed medication that required a prescription. This country works.
Health insurance is a scam. It was created so doctors, hospitals, and drug companies will get paid, and they do get paid. The health care industry is the only growth industry in the US right now. They advise young people to become some cog in the great industrial health care mix for job security. All those fancy machines must get paid for. In the US, if I wanted to get a prescription, I have to go to the doctor before going to the pharmacy. That was $150 the last time I did it. Plus, the drugs were about $180. In Berlin, I go to the doctor's office for a cost of 10 Euros, and I buy the same drugs for $30. And Germany has a corrupt medical system that charges retirees for their health insurance. There is no Medicare here for the OAPs. They must pay in Germany until they die. The problem with health insurance is that if you don't pay for it, you don't care what it costs. Here in Germany, they had Covid test centers where you could get tested free at any time. In the US, it cost a minimum of $200 for the same test. Early on, I read an article about a couple who were going on vacation and they wanted to get tested before they flew. The guy paid cash. It was $150 for the antigen test. His girlfriend put it on her insurance and she was billed $2000. Exact same test, exact same time. She called the insurance company and they were very upset when they found out that there is a two tier pricing system.
I used to go to a dermatologist for an annual check up, but the doctor retired and sold his practice to Sierra medical. I used to pay the doctor in advance $150 and he would do all the checks and other things. So, I went to Sierra for a check up and I tried to pay them in advance. But their billling office is in Texas, so I called them, but they couldn't give me a price because they didn't know what code to bill for or what the doctor would do. I explained it was just a check up. I called the office back, they couldn't tell me. It took me five phone calls to get them to quote a price of $170 for the check up. The new dermatologist did exactly the same procedure as the old doctor. I left knowing I had settled my account in advance. Low and behold, I got a bill for $750 about three weeks later. You see, they broke the treatment down into several codes. It was no longer a check up, but every single thing that the doctor did was extra. I was furious and I called the office in Texas and told them off, and we negotiated a reduced price. $400. I have never been back to them. I expect robbers to at least have a gun before they rob me.
I always object to your debt rants. How much of the US debt is held by the Federal Reserve? It's over $10 trillion, right? How can it be considered debt if you owe it to yourself? Of course, we know that they are never going to pay the money back. The Biden bean counters are giving this money away to buy votes, and get Biden reelected. That's the whole point of the overspending. On the other hand, they need treasuries to keep the world money supply liquid. If the US had no debt, there would not be enough money sloshing around in the system to keep all the countries of the world going.
I think this is wrong:
" They are now shooting at hotels, hospitals, schools and other soft targets. It is of course totally reprehensible, but reprehensible seems to be a part of the Russian moral vocabulary. "
I do not think they are doing that, not unless Kiev military are usurping those premises for their own ends and I am sure you know better than the second remark.
There are millions, quite literally, millions of Russians who feel the import of the word 'reprehensible' very, very strongly.
In many cases it is that which causes them to lend their weight to promoting the war.
And you know that. It is common sense. You meant it as a jibe only, a sneer, an insult. I know.
But I am surprised that you allow your pain to distort your reason so much.
To forget those millions and the truth about them is akin to what your mad comic is doing.
Forgetting the millions of Ukrainians who can well do without this madness and who are suffering adn have suffered immense pain and loss because of his promotion of it.
Calling to mind the people of Russia and the people of Kiev Ukraine would mend this.