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Melanie Ham

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Ken

YouTube Star Melanie Ham Dead at 36 After Cancer Battle
By Elyse Dupre

The YouTube community has lost a beloved member, Melanie Ham.

Melanie Ham, DIY YouTube Star, Dies at 36

Melanie Ham, a beloved 36-year-old DIY YouTube star, died on Jan. 12 after her battle with cancer. Ham had nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube and posted weekly videos full of helpful tips and tutorials for knitting, quilting, crocheting and more. Her husband, Robert Ham, confirmed the news on Instagram, writing in part, ‘She loved passionately, created beautifully, provided abundantly and was my best friend all the way to the end.’

She was open about her cancer journey.

Melanie had a hard-fought cancer battle, and she was open with her fans every step of
the way. She initially details her health struggles in a 2019 blog post, where she revealed that doctors discovered a mass on one of her kidneys in Dec. 2018. She got surgery that removed her left kidney, the mass and two lymph nodes. All seemed well, but in Aug. 2020, Melanie revealed that the cancerous mass had returned. She said in a YouTube video that “the tumor came back in multiple locations, very rapidly.”

Melanie later revealed that her official diagnosis was Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma.
From there, Melanie continued to keep her fans updated as she fought the cancer.
In an October 2021 update, she revealed she underwent surgery five months prior that was successful, but the cancer continued spreading. Melanie’s intense chemo caused her to lose her hair. “We’re always trying to stay optimistic that this will be the treatment that works, but the truth is there is no clear path on how to battle this,” she said in her final health update, “so we’re just gonna keep fighting.”

A Celebration of Life will be held for Melanie.
In the wake of Melanie’s passing, a Celebration of Life is planned for Saturday,
January 29 at 11 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Valencia, California.
A post from Melanie’s Instagram said that “colorful attire” is encouraged. Cards and flowers can also be sent to the church to honor Melanie. For fans that wish to participate, they can livestream the event at www.lifeatcrossroads.org/eventstream.
YouTube Star Melanie Ham Dead at 36 After Cancer Battle (msn.com) The social media star’s husband Robert announced “with a heavy heart and deep sadness” that his “sweet, amazing, beautiful wife Melanie” died on Jan. 12 following her battle with cancer.
She was 36 years old.
“If you’ve been following our journey, I’m sure you were, like us, hopeful she could
defeat this insidious disease,” he wrote in a Jan. 12 Instagram post.
“Over the past few months things have been progressively getting worse and we’re thankful that we made it to this point through the holidays and tried to make every moment count.”
Robert revealed that Melanie passed away just nine days before their 16th anniversary. “My family, our doctors, our nurses and especially Melanie fought until the end and did
all we could do to avoid today, but that is not our path,” he continued. “Let me reassure
all those rooting for us, Melanie fought like a warrior queen.”

Celebrity Deaths: 2022’s Fallen Stars
During her lifetime, Melanie created crochet, quilting, sewing and DIY tutorials via her YouTube channel, where she’d accumulated about 811,000 subscribers, and her blog.
In his message, Robert described Melanie as someone who “loved passionately, created beautifully, provided abundantly and was my best friend all the way to the end.”
At the end of his post, he asked her followers to “hug those you love today, put up a toast
of Bourbon (her favorite, that she hasn’t partaken in during her journey) and say a prayer” for their two “beautiful, strong children.”
In December 2018, doctors discovered a mass on Melanie’s left kidney. She had surgery the following week, she explained in a 2019 blog post, in which she had her left kidney,
the mass and two lymph nodes removed. Afterwards, she learned the tumor was benign.

But in August 2020, she shared with her followers that the mass had returned.
“So, it was a benign mass,” she said in a YouTube video at the time, “but now it’s not.”
As she wrote in a blog post, the “tumor came back in multiple locations, very rapidly.”
Melanie said she had an Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma or PEComa, which she described as part of the “Sarcoma family of cancers” and “very. very rare.” She continued to keep fans updated on her surgeries and cancer treatment.

Her last health update post was in October 2021.
“Back in May you might remember I had a surgery. The goal was to be tumor free, and
the procedure was a success at the hands of my amazing surgeons,” she wrote at the time. “We were very happy with the outcome…. but only 5 weeks after surgery I had new symptoms and after a scan, we discovered that the cancer spread and had become very aggressive… again.”
Melanie described the news as “another one of those gut punches” but didn’t lose hope.
“The next best option was to try and get things under control, so we immediately started
a harsher chemo regimen,” she wrote. “So, in June, I started a drug combo that made my hair fall out and have some of the ‘chemo’ side effects I had so far been able to avoid.
That was a really hard moment for me. Robert shaved my head and we just cried together. We were of course hopeful that this chemo would work but after a few rounds we scanned again, and the chemo wasn’t doing a darn thing – all the cancer was still progressing. Another gut punches.”
She noted she “switched chemo drugs” at the end of August and after experiencing
“Some complications” in September was “doing much better.”
“We’re always trying to stay optimistic that this will be the treatment that works, but the truth is there is no clear path on how to battle this,” she wrote, “so we’re just gonna keep fighting.”

A celebration of life for Melanie will be held on Jan. 29.

An Update on My Cancer Journey (16 Years and Counting!)

Crazy Sexy Cancer – YouTube

About Kris Carr | #1 NY Times Author, Activist & Cancer Thriver

Kris Carr: Crazy Sexy Entrepreneur – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

This is a deeply personal blog. In it, I’m sharing an important health update, as well as some hard-earned tips for how to navigate the fear of medical tests and scan anxiety. Though this post is specific to my cancer journey,

these tools can be applied to lots of other scary shit pickles.

A few months ago, I realized that I was overdue for my 2-year CAT scan, blood tests and visit with my oncologist. My first thought was: “Damn it! I don’t have time for this. I’m just too busy.” But I quickly realized that “I’m too busy” is an affirmation. It sends a message to my body that I’m not a priority, my health isn’t important, and neither is my life.
That message certainly isn’t in alignment with my love for myself or my health goals—I needed to flip the script, posthaste!

So, I quickly reached for better thoughts by telling myself that my health and safety
are my top priorities, and that nothing would get in the way of me taking care of myself. Then I made self-care accountability a topic on a recent Wellness Wednesday live broadcast. I asked for you to hold me accountable for making and going to these extremely important appointments.

Pssst… I also encouraged you to schedule any health check-ups you’ve been blowing off. Have you done that yet, dear one?
Something I didn’t share during that Wellness Wednesday is that I was very anxious
about that appointment. Maybe my heightened emotions were influenced by the fear
I have around my dad’s journey with pancreatic cancer and how helpless I feel at times.
Or maybe it was because I’ve been feeling some new pains in my rib cage, which had me wondering if my disease had finally spread to my bones. Or perhaps it was that strange lump in my arm that was secretly freaking me the F out.
Or maybe it was that I’d just agreed to some exciting opportunities this fall, and in the back of my mind I was afraid that my disease had finally woken up and become aggressive. That would mean pressing pause and putting my full focus on my health—again.
As you can tell, there’s been a lot of uncertainty swirling around in my mind.
While I’m skilled at staying grounded and not catastrophizing, these symptoms and fears put my practice to the test!
That’s the thing about being a cancer patient. Every little ache, pain or sneeze can
send you into a tailspin of sweaty worry. And when that happens, we need tools to help diffuse those emotions before they totally take over and spread like a nasty contagion. So, here’s what
I did to calm myself down, return to my center and connect with my heart.

When I got to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

(The self-care accountability did help!), I hunkered down in the public bathroom
(a spiffy place, by the way!) and did two things.
First, I looked in the mirror, stared deeply into my own green eyes and with all the compassion I could muster, I said:
“I love you. I’m here for you. Whatever happens, we’ve got this.
We’ll figure it out. I’ve got your back and I always will. I love you.”

Deep breath… And another… And yet another.
I kept breathing and repeating those words over and over again until I could feel the butterflies (no, more like gassy dragons!) in my stomach calm down. And they did.
Second, I started to make a mental list of all the things that are right with me.

Sure, I have dozens of tumors in my lungs and liver, a weird pain in my ribs and a strange lump in my arm, but there are so many parts of me that are working exceptionally including those that are struggling. This simple exercise brought me back to a place of gratitude for all that is working in my life. And when you’re in gratitude, it’s harder to be in anxiety.

The next time you feel out of control or like the floor is about to fall out from under you, try these tips. They may seem hokey or woo-woo, but believe me, these little exercises are powerful soul medicine.

Ok, and now for the news: All is well. Cue the band!
The lump in my arm is a harmless fatty tumor, there’s nothing going on with my rib cage (looks like I pulled a muscle while using my favorite workout app—no further metastasis, I’m just out of shape, lol), and the tumors in my liver and lungs are still stable. Deep sigh… I’ve been living with this strange stage IV sarcoma for more years than I thought I would, and all truly is well.
But there’s more! My oncologist felt confident enough to suggest that I could
come back in 3-5 years (I’ve been going every 2 years or more since getting diagnosed).
What?! That’s like a lifetime to me. I never thought he’d say something like that or that
I could experience that much time (and freedom) between hospital visits. Tears…
In his words, “we’re just thrilled.” After comparing 16 years of scans, the consensus is that even though I still have cancer, I’m well enough and it’s indolent enough to give me more breathing room—and I’ll gratefully take it.

Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma versus Kris Carr.
Plus, I also learned that there’s a clinical trial underway for my disease (epithelioid hemangioendothelioma). The first of its kind. So that’s some potential progress for my rare sarcoma and all the patients who live with it—some of whom have a more aggressive form.

I can’t tell you how happy I am to share this news with you all, especially those of you
who have followed my journey since the beginning. Though I don’t write about cancer as much as I used to, it’s still always in the background of my mind and it always will be.
It continues to teach me, and I continue to define myself by my values, desires, goals and love—not cancer.

Join me on social media!
I share simple ways you take impeccable care of yourself—body, mind and soul. Instagram and Facebook.
I did a Wellness Wednesday episode on this topic and shared more tips for dealing with health anxiety—
check out the replay here!

Thanks again for supporting me, friends. And don’t forget to make your well-
being a priority. Book those doctor appointments and do whatever else you need to do.
The world needs you (and so do I).

Peace & deep gratitude,

Kris Carr – Bing video

P.S. Need more help dealing with stress and anxiety?
These simple grounding exercises will help you return to your center when
you feel out of control or like the floor is about to fall out from under you.

I swear by my meditation practice because it helps me stay present and access a feeling of safety when anxiety rears its ugly head. Grab my album, Extraordinary Meditations for a Magnificent Life, to start a grounding, stress-busting practice of your own.

YouTube Star Melanie Ham Dead at 36 After Cancer Battle
By Elyse Dupre

The YouTube community has lost a beloved member, Melanie Ham.

Melanie Ham, DIY YouTube Star, Dies at 36

Melanie Ham, a beloved 36-year-old DIY YouTube star, died on Jan. 12 after her battle with cancer. Ham had nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube and posted weekly videos full of helpful tips and tutorials for knitting, quilting, crocheting and more. Her husband, Robert Ham, confirmed the news on Instagram, writing in part, ‘She loved passionately, created beautifully, provided abundantly and was my best friend all the way to the end.’

She was open about her cancer journey.

Melanie had a hard-fought cancer battle, and she was open with her fans every step of
the way. She initially details her health struggles in a 2019 blog post, where she revealed that doctors discovered a mass on one of her kidneys in Dec. 2018. She got surgery that removed her left kidney, the mass and two lymph nodes. All seemed well, but in Aug. 2020, Melanie revealed that the cancerous mass had returned. She said in a YouTube video that “the tumor came back in multiple locations, very rapidly.”

Melanie later revealed that her official diagnosis was Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma.
From there, Melanie continued to keep her fans updated as she fought the cancer.
In an October 2021 update, she revealed she underwent surgery five months prior that was successful, but the cancer continued spreading. Melanie’s intense chemo caused her to lose her hair. “We’re always trying to stay optimistic that this will be the treatment that works, but the truth is there is no clear path on how to battle this,” she said in her final health update, “so we’re just gonna keep fighting.”

A Celebration of Life will be held for Melanie.
In the wake of Melanie’s passing, a Celebration of Life is planned for Saturday,
January 29 at 11 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church in Valencia, California.
A post from Melanie’s Instagram said that “colorful attire” is encouraged. Cards and flowers can also be sent to the church to honor Melanie. For fans that wish to participate, they can livestream the event at www.lifeatcrossroads.org/eventstream.
YouTube Star Melanie Ham Dead at 36 After Cancer Battle (msn.com) The social media star’s husband Robert announced “with a heavy heart and deep sadness” that his “sweet, amazing, beautiful wife Melanie” died on Jan. 12 following her battle with cancer.
She was 36 years old.
“If you’ve been following our journey, I’m sure you were, like us, hopeful she could
defeat this insidious disease,” he wrote in a Jan. 12 Instagram post.
“Over the past few months things have been progressively getting worse and we’re thankful that we made it to this point through the holidays and tried to make every moment count.”
Robert revealed that Melanie passed away just nine days before their 16th anniversary. “My family, our doctors, our nurses and especially Melanie fought until the end and did
all we could do to avoid today, but that is not our path,” he continued. “Let me reassure
all those rooting for us, Melanie fought like a warrior queen.”

Celebrity Deaths: 2022’s Fallen Stars
During her lifetime, Melanie created crochet, quilting, sewing and DIY tutorials via her YouTube channel, where she’d accumulated about 811,000 subscribers, and her blog.
In his message, Robert described Melanie as someone who “loved passionately, created beautifully, provided abundantly and was my best friend all the way to the end.”
At the end of his post, he asked her followers to “hug those you love today, put up a toast
of Bourbon (her favorite, that she hasn’t partaken in during her journey) and say a prayer” for their two “beautiful, strong children.”
In December 2018, doctors discovered a mass on Melanie’s left kidney. She had surgery the following week, she explained in a 2019 blog post, in which she had her left kidney,
the mass and two lymph nodes removed. Afterwards, she learned the tumor was benign.

But in August 2020, she shared with her followers that the mass had returned.
“So, it was a benign mass,” she said in a YouTube video at the time, “but now it’s not.”
As she wrote in a blog post, the “tumor came back in multiple locations, very rapidly.”
Melanie said she had an Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma or PEComa, which she described as part of the “Sarcoma family of cancers” and “very. very rare.” She continued to keep fans updated on her surgeries and cancer treatment.

Her last health update post was in October 2021.
“Back in May you might remember I had a surgery. The goal was to be tumor free, and
the procedure was a success at the hands of my amazing surgeons,” she wrote at the time. “We were very happy with the outcome…. but only 5 weeks after surgery I had new symptoms and after a scan, we discovered that the cancer spread and had become very aggressive… again.”
Melanie described the news as “another one of those gut punches” but didn’t lose hope.
“The next best option was to try and get things under control, so we immediately started
a harsher chemo regimen,” she wrote. “So, in June, I started a drug combo that made my hair fall out and have some of the ‘chemo’ side effects I had so far been able to avoid.
That was a really hard moment for me. Robert shaved my head and we just cried together. We were of course hopeful that this chemo would work but after a few rounds we scanned again, and the chemo wasn’t doing a darn thing – all the cancer was still progressing. Another gut punches.”
She noted she “switched chemo drugs” at the end of August and after experiencing
“Some complications” in September was “doing much better.”
“We’re always trying to stay optimistic that this will be the treatment that works, but the truth is there is no clear path on how to battle this,” she wrote, “so we’re just gonna keep fighting.”

A celebration of life for Melanie will be held on Jan. 29.

An Update on My Cancer Journey (16 Years and Counting!)

Crazy Sexy Cancer – YouTube

About Kris Carr | #1 NY Times Author, Activist & Cancer Thriver

Kris Carr: Crazy Sexy Entrepreneur – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

This is a deeply personal blog. In it, I’m sharing an important health update, as well as some hard-earned tips for how to navigate the fear of medical tests and scan anxiety. Though this post is specific to my cancer journey,

these tools can be applied to lots of other scary shit pickles.

A few months ago, I realized that I was overdue for my 2-year CAT scan, blood tests and visit with my oncologist. My first thought was: “Damn it! I don’t have time for this. I’m just too busy.” But I quickly realized that “I’m too busy” is an affirmation. It sends a message to my body that I’m not a priority, my health isn’t important, and neither is my life.
That message certainly isn’t in alignment with my love for myself or my health goals—I needed to flip the script, posthaste!

So, I quickly reached for better thoughts by telling myself that my health and safety
are my top priorities, and that nothing would get in the way of me taking care of myself. Then I made self-care accountability a topic on a recent Wellness Wednesday live broadcast. I asked for you to hold me accountable for making and going to these extremely important appointments.

Pssst… I also encouraged you to schedule any health check-ups you’ve been blowing off. Have you done that yet, dear one?
Something I didn’t share during that Wellness Wednesday is that I was very anxious
about that appointment. Maybe my heightened emotions were influenced by the fear
I have around my dad’s journey with pancreatic cancer and how helpless I feel at times.
Or maybe it was because I’ve been feeling some new pains in my rib cage, which had me wondering if my disease had finally spread to my bones. Or perhaps it was that strange lump in my arm that was secretly freaking me the F out.
Or maybe it was that I’d just agreed to some exciting opportunities this fall, and in the back of my mind I was afraid that my disease had finally woken up and become aggressive. That would mean pressing pause and putting my full focus on my health—again.
As you can tell, there’s been a lot of uncertainty swirling around in my mind.
While I’m skilled at staying grounded and not catastrophizing, these symptoms and fears put my practice to the test!
That’s the thing about being a cancer patient. Every little ache, pain or sneeze can
send you into a tailspin of sweaty worry. And when that happens, we need tools to help diffuse those emotions before they totally take over and spread like a nasty contagion. So, here’s what
I did to calm myself down, return to my center and connect with my heart.

When I got to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

(The self-care accountability did help!), I hunkered down in the public bathroom
(a spiffy place, by the way!) and did two things.
First, I looked in the mirror, stared deeply into my own green eyes and with all the compassion I could muster, I said:
“I love you. I’m here for you. Whatever happens, we’ve got this.
We’ll figure it out. I’ve got your back and I always will. I love you.”

Deep breath… And another… And yet another.
I kept breathing and repeating those words over and over again until I could feel the butterflies (no, more like gassy dragons!) in my stomach calm down. And they did.
Second, I started to make a mental list of all the things that are right with me.

Sure, I have dozens of tumors in my lungs and liver, a weird pain in my ribs and a strange lump in my arm, but there are so many parts of me that are working exceptionally including those that are struggling. This simple exercise brought me back to a place of gratitude for all that is working in my life. And when you’re in gratitude, it’s harder to be in anxiety.

The next time you feel out of control or like the floor is about to fall out from under you, try these tips. They may seem hokey or woo-woo, but believe me, these little exercises are powerful soul medicine.

Ok, and now for the news: All is well. Cue the band!
The lump in my arm is a harmless fatty tumor, there’s nothing going on with my rib cage (looks like I pulled a muscle while using my favorite workout app—no further metastasis, I’m just out of shape, lol), and the tumors in my liver and lungs are still stable. Deep sigh… I’ve been living with this strange stage IV sarcoma for more years than I thought I would, and all truly is well.
But there’s more! My oncologist felt confident enough to suggest that I could
come back in 3-5 years (I’ve been going every 2 years or more since getting diagnosed).
What?! That’s like a lifetime to me. I never thought he’d say something like that or that
I could experience that much time (and freedom) between hospital visits. Tears…
In his words, “we’re just thrilled.” After comparing 16 years of scans, the consensus is that even though I still have cancer, I’m well enough and it’s indolent enough to give me more breathing room—and I’ll gratefully take it.

Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma versus Kris Carr.
Plus, I also learned that there’s a clinical trial underway for my disease (epithelioid hemangioendothelioma). The first of its kind. So that’s some potential progress for my rare sarcoma and all the patients who live with it—some of whom have a more aggressive form.

I can’t tell you how happy I am to share this news with you all, especially those of you
who have followed my journey since the beginning. Though I don’t write about cancer as much as I used to, it’s still always in the background of my mind and it always will be.
It continues to teach me, and I continue to define myself by my values, desires, goals and love—not cancer.

Join me on social media!
I share simple ways you take impeccable care of yourself—body, mind and soul. Instagram and Facebook.
I did a Wellness Wednesday episode on this topic and shared more tips for dealing with health anxiety—
check out the replay here!

Thanks again for supporting me, friends. And don’t forget to make your well-
being a priority. Book those doctor appointments and do whatever else you need to do.
The world needs you (and so do I).

Peace & deep gratitude,

Kris Carr – Bing video

P.S. Need more help dealing with stress and anxiety?
These simple grounding exercises will help you return to your center when
you feel out of control or like the floor is about to fall out from under you.

I swear by my meditation practice because it helps me stay present and access a feeling of safety when anxiety rears its ugly head. Grab my album, Extraordinary Meditations for a Magnificent Life, to start a grounding, stress-busting practice of your own.

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The Spirit of Water

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Ken

A must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. A timely message for all of us. — Marci Chimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

SPIRITS OF THIS WORLD: THE SPIRIT OF WATER (der geist der welt.blogspot.com)

Germans turned off by tap water.
Thanks, Giorgia Boschetto 🙂

Germans love their bottled water. Tap water largely plays second fiddle, and public drinking fountains are a rarity. But some Germans are trying to wean their countrymen and women off the bottle – and onto the tap. Germans turned off by tap water | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 20.08.2013

Water fountains or any water sources are not that popular in Europe for many reasons:
Local governments do not want to take responsibility for possible group poisoning.

Europeans do pay attention to their water.
It is common knowledge to not drink water from unknown sources.

Water fountain is such a source.
People in Europe are overprotective about their comfort – sharing the same
tap with strangers – even if they didn’t touch it, seems like breaking this zone.

Water in outdoor fountains, ponds and wishing wells are often contaminated by food thrown for water birds, coins and litter making it undrinkable. Rome turns off its public drinking fountains to cope with drought (the local.it)

The Water Fountains of Germany – Bing

The Gospel of water and the spirit – Bing

The Spirit of Water: The Hidden Message for All of Us

Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit Wikipedia: The dove. When Christ c… | Flickr

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A powerful book which teaches us the effect of positive thought on our material world. Nature becomes a sublime reflection, a mirror for our positive intent. This is a must read for those interested in helping to heal the world through consciousness. — Brandon Bays, author of The Journey

Anyone wishing to penetrate the aesthetic, sacred, yet practical dimensions of water should read this book. — Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing
Power of Ordinary Things

The Spirit of Water is a beautiful proof of the interconnectedness of everything and from that, the profound influence each of us has. — Gangaji, author of The Diamond in your Pocket

The Spirit of Water is a must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. This is a timely message for all of us. — Marci Shimoff, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

We are awakened to the fact that we are interconnected with water for not only our physical survival but for wellbeing on every level of body, heart and soul. A fabulous and inspiring book! — Diane and Kerry Riley authors Sexual Secrets for Men and Sexual Secrets for Women.

From the Publisher
What is the Spirit of Water? What hidden message does it carry for all of us?
The answer lies in the emerging research of Masaru Emoto and his innovative discovery revealed through ice crystal photography. For over a decade, Masaru Emoto and the team at IHM in Tokyo, Japan (the International Health Medical Research Institute, established in 1986 by Masaru Emoto), have been photographing ice crystals from water that has been exposed to outer stimuli such as words, music, images and thoughts. These images reveal how water stores and transmits information, revealing how our consciousness manifests through this liquid medium.

This illustrates the ability of our minds to manifest consciousness in physical form.
Ice crystal photography reveals a message for all of us, uniquely depicted in the stunning images presented within this book. The essential message from water is that we are more powerful than we realize. What we do, say and even think has a dramatic effect upon water. After all, our bodies are mostly water (roughly 70 percent). Imagine how our thoughts, words and actions affect our body.

Our mind works the same way.
Water is a mirror which reflects back to us the very nature of our mind.

What Masaru Emoto was able to discover through his research is that everything has an underlying vibration. When water is exposed to outer stimuli it absorbs this information which is later observed under the microscope when frozen.
Beautiful ice crystals form when exposed to positive vibration whereas a negative stimulus creates distorted formations. At the smallest subatomic level, everything is in a constant state of vibration. Ice crystal photography points to this.

The title of this book, The Spirit of Water, does not suggest that there are ‘spirits’ per say, in our water. Rather, it is that our consciousness or spirit can be imbued and carried by water.

You might think of water much like an artist’s canvas.
Paint it with words, thoughts and actions and you will get a picture.
The question is, what kind of pictures are we painting? In our troubled world, Emoto’s message is timely, perhaps now more than ever. That message is “with our thoughts we create our world.” This message is nothing new.
The sages throughout time have all taught this truth. What is new is that we can now observe this process in physical form and experiment with it. For many people their
view is “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Through Masaru Emoto’s images, `seeing is now believing’.
We co-create our world and it starts with each one of us. Can one person make
a difference to themselves and our world through their thoughts and feelings?

The answer is certainly yes. In our modern times, water has lost its significance to many people. The sacredness of water was always acknowledged by ancient civilizations. They treated water as something sacred. It was revered and cherished as a divine substance of life and purity. In today’s world we have forgotten these things. Water is mostly neglected and seen as nothing more than a cheap commodity. Since water is fundamental to all life, valuing it properly will lead to valuing other things too – it is not possible to value water and not to value ourselves. Like a stone dropped into a still pond, the ripples touch every part of our being and ultimately our fragile world.

When we look upon the beauty of ice crystals, water is providing us an opportunity to see the world through a different lens. To thank water before we drink it and to feel gratitude for its life-giving properties is an attitude, we all can share. It is from this place that we can once again honor water and likewise ourselves. It is this attitude of gratitude which can create an impetus for change. Ice crystal photography reveals that we are so much more than our physical forms. What we experience in our daily lives is but the tip of an iceberg compared with the potential of our minds. Ice crystal photography reveals that the mind is an array of endless possibilities dancing in the free play of space.

When we focus our minds, this unlimited potential concentrates into one place and can be imprinted in water.
Masaru Emoto’s work shows us a way to measure the effects of our minds and the quality of our thoughts.

It reveals how positive or harmful words, thoughts and actions impact on our wellbeing and our environment.
In the coming chapters, I will elaborate on how we can make use of the understanding that water can give us, offering an insider’s perspective of this magnificent microcosmic world.

The Spirit of Water will take you deeper into the inner meaning of ice crystal photography as well as some of the practical applications of Hado in everyday life. We will explore the following topics: * An overview of ice crystal photography, including some frequently asked questions regarding how ice crystals form; * A scientific experiment conducted on ice crystal formation utilizing double-blind conditions; * The eight classifications of ice crystals, the unique properties of water, its structure and how it bonds, as well as its chemical properties; * The origin of water and current problems facing the world’s water.*

The chemical quality of water as well as different methods of water filtration and purification, and also what constitutes positively charged water; * The microcosmic world of water’s hexagonal structure and the significance of the hexagon in relation to physical and vibrational purity. This will illustrate some of the primary methods for generating a hexagonal structure in water as well as the health benefits of drinking hexagonally structured water; * The hexagonal structure found in nature, as in snowflakes and the hexagonal wax structure of beehives. We shall look at sacred geometry, numerology and mathematics in relation to the hexagon.

* The origins of healing water and wells around the world where water is reported to have miraculous healing effects; * How our consciousness, words, images, music and prayer are reflected in water; * The world of Hado, the law of sympathetic resonance, and the Hado of emotions, the senses and how we can relate to our world through the lens of Hado; * The Hado of illness and wellness, and what causes health imbalances; * The Hado of cooking and what constitutes positively-charged food.
* A series of practical exercises demonstrating how to use the principles of Hado in our daily life, including practical meditations and exercises.

Hado is a Japanese word meaning wave motion or vibration.
In the context of this book, it refers to the subtle energy that exists in the universe.
My personal journey with ice crystals Many people ask me how I came into contact with Masaru Emoto’s work. More than ten years ago I came across a Japanese version of his book The Messages from Water, Volume 1 on the desk of my local naturopath. It was in Japanese, and I couldn’t speak the language. But the ice crystal images spoke volumes.
I pored over them with the curiosity of a child. After several fruitless attempts to get the book into Australia, I resigned myself to the fact that it was `not to be’.

It would be a few years until the message from water would once again tap me on my shoulder. The second time I encountered this work was through my Buddhist meditation teacher. During a public lecture the spoke of Emoto’s work with a suitable blend of interest and skepticism. I felt that if Emoto’s work had caught his attention, there must be something to it.

A few years passed and it was not until the screening of worldwide hit What the Bleep do, we know?!, which featured his images of ice crystals, that I was tapped a third time. Although the movie presented just a glimpse of these images, it struck me how widely his message had now traveled.

By a strange coincidence, some weeks later a friend of mine rang me to say that he
was taking a flight to Los Angeles in one week’s time to attend Masaru Emoto’s Hado Instructor School and asked if I would like to come along. Well, I prize myself on being spontaneous, but one week’s notice was a little too spontaneous. I was nonetheless curious to hear about his trip and eagerly awaited news of his return. A couple of weeks passed, and my friend returned with his eyes wider than ever before. Upon hearing of his experiences, I was determined to attend the next instructors’ training, wherever it would be.

In 2005, Masaru Emoto had begun to offer Hado instructor training to Westerners
outside Japan and the third Hado Instructors’ Training was on Big Island, Hawaii. Armed with several questions about the intricate details of the experiments as well as a healthy curiosity, I made the journey to Hawaii. As it turned out I was able to get all my questions answered, despite a series of `lost in translation’ episodes involving a great number of hand gestures and second-hand interpretations through Emoto’s translators. Following my time in training with Masaru Emoto I began to have some interesting experiences in my daily meditations.

My mind was all over the place. I experienced a tremendous bout of creativity and began writing down a series of meditations and practices relating to the application of Hado and ice crystal photography. It was as if something other than myself was writing through me. I had experienced this sort of thing before, but nothing this strong. Over the months that followed, a complete system of practices evolved. I would also receive inspiration in dreams and before going to sleep and waking up. I would keep a notepad and pen beside my bed so I could scribble my inspirations down in the dark, and then I tried to decipher these the following morning.

Following the Hado Instructor School in Hawaii (and having been certified as a Hado Instructor) I was officially granted permission to share the work of Masaru Emoto.
I teamed up with my friend, who had completed the second Hado Instructors’ School
and we decided to form an Australian Institute dedicated to sharing Emoto’s work.
We decided to call it Hado Institute Australia (HIA). What followed was an intensive period of formulating seminar presentations, writing the content for a website and establishing just what we were about.

In April of 2006 I made arrangements to visit IHM in Tokyo with a group of students,
so that we could see the offices and laboratory firsthand.
After navigating our way through the subways of Tokyo, we managed to find Emoto’s office. What followed was a tour of the facility and an official welcome from IHM’s president Mr. Hazaka. Our main aim for visiting IHM was to conduct an experiment on how Reiki affects the tap water of Tokyo. This hadn’t been done before.
The results and full description of this experiment is detailed in Chapter 6.
The results were positive, and we had the opportunity to see how IHM functions.

Following my return to Australia, we embarked on a series of seminar presentations in Australia on ice crystal photography and Hado and we received an encouragingly positive response. We ran workshops on applying the principles of Hado in daily life and shared the Emoto teachings on water. In July 2006 Masaru Emoto commenced an Australian tour and I was invited to be his driver during the west coast leg of his tour. After picking him up from the airport we had several hours to pass until his wife arrived early that morning.

We discussed Hado and his vision for a global shift for humanity.
It was at this meeting that he suggested that I write the first Hado book from a western perspective. Embracing his suggestion, the result is this book you are now reading. Since the first ice crystal photograph was taken in September 1994, a small ripple started. This ripple has spread out across the world and has now touched the lives of millions of people. The majority of the ice crystal images presented in this book have been published for the very first time and I would like to thank Masaru Emoto and his team of researchers for entrusting me with the job of sharing this important message.

As you turn the pages, I invite you to let the images speak directly to you.
Allow some time to reflect. Sink into the vibrational quality of each image. Let the hidden qualities of water speak to you. These natural mandalas are part of you. They represent the potential for peace in our time. I invite you to share them, to make them your own. It is a fascinating and complex topic and I hope you will experience, as I have, the magic of the hidden message of water.

Let me finish this introduction with a traditional Japanese invocation:
moshimo machigaega gozaimashitara arakajime owabi moushi agemasu.
Translated: If you make a mistake, we apologize in advance.

“Please forgive me if I’ve made a mistake.” ~ Lawrence Ellyard Fremantle, Western Australia, November 2006

From the Back Cover
‘The Spirit of Water’ illustrates the world of water in a unique fashion. It takes the reader into the world of ‘Hado’, the universal law of vibration and resonance. Following the international success of Masaru Emoto’s books, this book goes deeper into explaining how to utilize our mind and awareness to use Hado principals in our daily lives not only to benefit ourselves but those around us, and ultimately our world.

The book covers every aspect of water from its worldwide use and current problems of pollution and supply, down to the microscopic world of its hexagonal structure. It looks at its healing properties, health imbalances, its use in food and diet, and features a series of practices and meditations on how to use the principles of Hado in daily life. It includes a world first scientific ‘double-blind’ experiment on the effects of consciousness on water and ice crystal results.

Lawrence Ellyard is a Certified Hado Instructor personally trained by Masar Emoto, author of the New York Times bestseller ‘The Hidden Messages in Water’ and the first Western author to publish on this topic from a Western perspective.

‘A must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. This is a timely message for all of us.’ Marci Shimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul.

‘A beautiful proof of the interconnectedness of everything and, from that, the profound influence each of us has.’ Gangaji, author of The Diamond in Your Pocket.

Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things.
‘Anyone wishing to penetrate the aesthetic, sacred, yet practical dimensions of water should read this book.

These water protection campaigns have a strong message for all of us | Hydrotech (hydrotech-group.com)

BONUS: Emotional Spirit Separation Relationship Thing.

The spirit of water – Bing video

Image result for the spirit of water — A must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. A timely message for all of us. — Marci Chimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

SPIRITS OF THIS WORLD: THE SPIRIT OF WATER (der geist der welt.blogspot.com)

Germans turned off by tap water.
Thanks, Giorgia Boschetto 🙂

Germans love their bottled water. Tap water largely plays second fiddle, and public drinking fountains are a rarity. But some Germans are trying to wean their countrymen and women off the bottle – and onto the tap. Germans turned off by tap water | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 20.08.2013

Water fountains or any water sources are not that popular in Europe for many reasons:
Local governments do not want to take responsibility for possible group poisoning.

Europeans do pay attention to their water.
It is common knowledge to not drink water from unknown sources.

Water fountain is such a source.
People in Europe are overprotective about their comfort – sharing the same
tap with strangers – even if they didn’t touch it, seems like breaking this zone.

Water in outdoor fountains, ponds and wishing wells are often contaminated by food thrown for water birds, coins and litter making it undrinkable. Rome turns off its public drinking fountains to cope with drought (the local.it)

The Water Fountains of Germany – Bing

The Gospel of water and the spirit – Bing

The Spirit of Water: The Hidden Message for All of Us

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A powerful book which teaches us the effect of positive thought on our material world. Nature becomes a sublime reflection, a mirror for our positive intent. This is a must read for those interested in helping to heal the world through consciousness. — Brandon Bays, author of The Journey

Anyone wishing to penetrate the aesthetic, sacred, yet practical dimensions of water should read this book. — Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing
Power of Ordinary Things

The Spirit of Water is a beautiful proof of the interconnectedness of everything and from that, the profound influence each of us has. — Gangaji, author of The Diamond in your Pocket

The Spirit of Water is a must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. This is a timely message for all of us. — Marci Shimoff, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

We are awakened to the fact that we are interconnected with water for not only our physical survival but for wellbeing on every level of body, heart and soul. A fabulous and inspiring book! — Diane and Kerry Riley authors Sexual Secrets for Men and Sexual Secrets for Women.

From the Publisher
What is the Spirit of Water? What hidden message does it carry for all of us?
The answer lies in the emerging research of Masaru Emoto and his innovative discovery revealed through ice crystal photography. For over a decade, Masaru Emoto and the team at IHM in Tokyo, Japan (the International Health Medical Research Institute, established in 1986 by Masaru Emoto), have been photographing ice crystals from water that has been exposed to outer stimuli such as words, music, images and thoughts. These images reveal how water stores and transmits information, revealing how our consciousness manifests through this liquid medium.

This illustrates the ability of our minds to manifest consciousness in physical form.
Ice crystal photography reveals a message for all of us, uniquely depicted in the stunning images presented within this book. The essential message from water is that we are more powerful than we realize. What we do, say and even think has a dramatic effect upon water. After all, our bodies are mostly water (roughly 70 percent). Imagine how our thoughts, words and actions affect our body.

Our mind works the same way.
Water is a mirror which reflects back to us the very nature of our mind.

What Masaru Emoto was able to discover through his research is that everything has an underlying vibration. When water is exposed to outer stimuli it absorbs this information which is later observed under the microscope when frozen.
Beautiful ice crystals form when exposed to positive vibration whereas a negative stimulus creates distorted formations. At the smallest subatomic level, everything is in a constant state of vibration. Ice crystal photography points to this.

The title of this book, The Spirit of Water, does not suggest that there are ‘spirits’ per say, in our water. Rather, it is that our consciousness or spirit can be imbued and carried by water.

You might think of water much like an artist’s canvas.
Paint it with words, thoughts and actions and you will get a picture.
The question is, what kind of pictures are we painting? In our troubled world, Emoto’s message is timely, perhaps now more than ever. That message is “with our thoughts we create our world.” This message is nothing new.
The sages throughout time have all taught this truth. What is new is that we can now observe this process in physical form and experiment with it. For many people their
view is “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Through Masaru Emoto’s images, `seeing is now believing’.
We co-create our world and it starts with each one of us. Can one person make
a difference to themselves and our world through their thoughts and feelings?

The answer is certainly yes. In our modern times, water has lost its significance to many people. The sacredness of water was always acknowledged by ancient civilizations. They treated water as something sacred. It was revered and cherished as a divine substance of life and purity. In today’s world we have forgotten these things. Water is mostly neglected and seen as nothing more than a cheap commodity. Since water is fundamental to all life, valuing it properly will lead to valuing other things too – it is not possible to value water and not to value ourselves. Like a stone dropped into a still pond, the ripples touch every part of our being and ultimately our fragile world.

When we look upon the beauty of ice crystals, water is providing us an opportunity to see the world through a different lens. To thank water before we drink it and to feel gratitude for its life-giving properties is an attitude, we all can share. It is from this place that we can once again honor water and likewise ourselves. It is this attitude of gratitude which can create an impetus for change. Ice crystal photography reveals that we are so much more than our physical forms. What we experience in our daily lives is but the tip of an iceberg compared with the potential of our minds. Ice crystal photography reveals that the mind is an array of endless possibilities dancing in the free play of space.

When we focus our minds, this unlimited potential concentrates into one place and can be imprinted in water.
Masaru Emoto’s work shows us a way to measure the effects of our minds and the quality of our thoughts.

It reveals how positive or harmful words, thoughts and actions impact on our wellbeing and our environment.
In the coming chapters, I will elaborate on how we can make use of the understanding that water can give us, offering an insider’s perspective of this magnificent microcosmic world.

The Spirit of Water will take you deeper into the inner meaning of ice crystal photography as well as some of the practical applications of Hado in everyday life. We will explore the following topics: * An overview of ice crystal photography, including some frequently asked questions regarding how ice crystals form; * A scientific experiment conducted on ice crystal formation utilizing double-blind conditions; * The eight classifications of ice crystals, the unique properties of water, its structure and how it bonds, as well as its chemical properties; * The origin of water and current problems facing the world’s water.*

The chemical quality of water as well as different methods of water filtration and purification, and also what constitutes positively charged water; * The microcosmic world of water’s hexagonal structure and the significance of the hexagon in relation to physical and vibrational purity. This will illustrate some of the primary methods for generating a hexagonal structure in water as well as the health benefits of drinking hexagonally structured water; * The hexagonal structure found in nature, as in snowflakes and the hexagonal wax structure of beehives. We shall look at sacred geometry, numerology and mathematics in relation to the hexagon.

* The origins of healing water and wells around the world where water is reported to have miraculous healing effects; * How our consciousness, words, images, music and prayer are reflected in water; * The world of Hado, the law of sympathetic resonance, and the Hado of emotions, the senses and how we can relate to our world through the lens of Hado; * The Hado of illness and wellness, and what causes health imbalances; * The Hado of cooking and what constitutes positively-charged food.
* A series of practical exercises demonstrating how to use the principles of Hado in our daily life, including practical meditations and exercises.

Hado is a Japanese word meaning wave motion or vibration.
In the context of this book, it refers to the subtle energy that exists in the universe.
My personal journey with ice crystals Many people ask me how I came into contact with Masaru Emoto’s work. More than ten years ago I came across a Japanese version of his book The Messages from Water, Volume 1 on the desk of my local naturopath. It was in Japanese, and I couldn’t speak the language. But the ice crystal images spoke volumes.
I pored over them with the curiosity of a child. After several fruitless attempts to get the book into Australia, I resigned myself to the fact that it was `not to be’.

It would be a few years until the message from water would once again tap me on my shoulder. The second time I encountered this work was through my Buddhist meditation teacher. During a public lecture the spoke of Emoto’s work with a suitable blend of interest and skepticism. I felt that if Emoto’s work had caught his attention, there must be something to it.

A few years passed and it was not until the screening of worldwide hit What the Bleep do, we know?!, which featured his images of ice crystals, that I was tapped a third time. Although the movie presented just a glimpse of these images, it struck me how widely his message had now traveled.

By a strange coincidence, some weeks later a friend of mine rang me to say that he
was taking a flight to Los Angeles in one week’s time to attend Masaru Emoto’s Hado Instructor School and asked if I would like to come along. Well, I prize myself on being spontaneous, but one week’s notice was a little too spontaneous. I was nonetheless curious to hear about his trip and eagerly awaited news of his return. A couple of weeks passed, and my friend returned with his eyes wider than ever before. Upon hearing of his experiences, I was determined to attend the next instructors’ training, wherever it would be.

In 2005, Masaru Emoto had begun to offer Hado instructor training to Westerners
outside Japan and the third Hado Instructors’ Training was on Big Island, Hawaii. Armed with several questions about the intricate details of the experiments as well as a healthy curiosity, I made the journey to Hawaii. As it turned out I was able to get all my questions answered, despite a series of `lost in translation’ episodes involving a great number of hand gestures and second-hand interpretations through Emoto’s translators. Following my time in training with Masaru Emoto I began to have some interesting experiences in my daily meditations.

My mind was all over the place. I experienced a tremendous bout of creativity and began writing down a series of meditations and practices relating to the application of Hado and ice crystal photography. It was as if something other than myself was writing through me. I had experienced this sort of thing before, but nothing this strong. Over the months that followed, a complete system of practices evolved. I would also receive inspiration in dreams and before going to sleep and waking up. I would keep a notepad and pen beside my bed so I could scribble my inspirations down in the dark, and then I tried to decipher these the following morning.

Following the Hado Instructor School in Hawaii (and having been certified as a Hado Instructor) I was officially granted permission to share the work of Masaru Emoto.
I teamed up with my friend, who had completed the second Hado Instructors’ School
and we decided to form an Australian Institute dedicated to sharing Emoto’s work.
We decided to call it Hado Institute Australia (HIA). What followed was an intensive period of formulating seminar presentations, writing the content for a website and establishing just what we were about.

In April of 2006 I made arrangements to visit IHM in Tokyo with a group of students,
so that we could see the offices and laboratory firsthand.
After navigating our way through the subways of Tokyo, we managed to find Emoto’s office. What followed was a tour of the facility and an official welcome from IHM’s president Mr. Hazaka. Our main aim for visiting IHM was to conduct an experiment on how Reiki affects the tap water of Tokyo. This hadn’t been done before.
The results and full description of this experiment is detailed in Chapter 6.
The results were positive, and we had the opportunity to see how IHM functions.

Following my return to Australia, we embarked on a series of seminar presentations in Australia on ice crystal photography and Hado and we received an encouragingly positive response. We ran workshops on applying the principles of Hado in daily life and shared the Emoto teachings on water. In July 2006 Masaru Emoto commenced an Australian tour and I was invited to be his driver during the west coast leg of his tour. After picking him up from the airport we had several hours to pass until his wife arrived early that morning.

We discussed Hado and his vision for a global shift for humanity.
It was at this meeting that he suggested that I write the first Hado book from a western perspective. Embracing his suggestion, the result is this book you are now reading. Since the first ice crystal photograph was taken in September 1994, a small ripple started. This ripple has spread out across the world and has now touched the lives of millions of people. The majority of the ice crystal images presented in this book have been published for the very first time and I would like to thank Masaru Emoto and his team of researchers for entrusting me with the job of sharing this important message.

As you turn the pages, I invite you to let the images speak directly to you.
Allow some time to reflect. Sink into the vibrational quality of each image. Let the hidden qualities of water speak to you. These natural mandalas are part of you. They represent the potential for peace in our time. I invite you to share them, to make them your own. It is a fascinating and complex topic and I hope you will experience, as I have, the magic of the hidden message of water.

Let me finish this introduction with a traditional Japanese invocation:
moshimo machigaega gozaimashitara arakajime owabi moushi agemasu.
Translated: If you make a mistake, we apologize in advance.

“Please forgive me if I’ve made a mistake.” ~ Lawrence Ellyard Fremantle, Western Australia, November 2006

From the Back Cover
‘The Spirit of Water’ illustrates the world of water in a unique fashion. It takes the reader into the world of ‘Hado’, the universal law of vibration and resonance. Following the international success of Masaru Emoto’s books, this book goes deeper into explaining how to utilize our mind and awareness to use Hado principals in our daily lives not only to benefit ourselves but those around us, and ultimately our world.

The book covers every aspect of water from its worldwide use and current problems of pollution and supply, down to the microscopic world of its hexagonal structure. It looks at its healing properties, health imbalances, its use in food and diet, and features a series of practices and meditations on how to use the principles of Hado in daily life. It includes a world first scientific ‘double-blind’ experiment on the effects of consciousness on water and ice crystal results.

Lawrence Ellyard is a Certified Hado Instructor personally trained by Masar Emoto, author of the New York Times bestseller ‘The Hidden Messages in Water’ and the first Western author to publish on this topic from a Western perspective.

‘A must read for anyone interested in our mind’s ability to influence one another and our environment. This is a timely message for all of us.’ Marci Shimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul.

‘A beautiful proof of the interconnectedness of everything and, from that, the profound influence each of us has.’ Gangaji, author of The Diamond in Your Pocket.

Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things.
‘Anyone wishing to penetrate the aesthetic, sacred, yet practical dimensions of water should read this book.

These water protection campaigns have a strong message for all of us | Hydrotech (hydrotech-group.com)

BONUS: Emotional Spirit Separation Relationship Thing.

The spirit of water – Bing video

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What Caused the Great Depression?

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Ken

The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper with the headline ‘Wall St. In Panic As Stocks Crash’, published on the day of the initial Wall Street Crash of “Black Thursday,” Oct. 24, 1929. Icon Communications.

When Was the Great Depression?
Before we can explore the causes, we first need to define what we mean by the Great Depression. Economists and historians have struggled for almost 80 years to account
for the American Great Depression, se_710270.pdf (social studies.org)
The Great Depression was a global economic crisis, having been triggered by political decisions including war reparations post-World War I, protectionism such as the imposition of congressional tariffs on European goods or by speculation that caused the Stock Market Collapse of 1929. Worldwide, there was increased unemployment, decreased government revenue and a drop in international trade. At the height of the Great Depression in 1933, more than a quarter of the U.S. labor force was unemployed. Some countries saw a change in leadership as a result of the economic turmoil.
In the United States, the Great Depression is associated with Black Tuesday, the
stock market crash of October 29, 1929, although the country entered a recession months before the crash. Herbert Hoover was the President of the United States. The Depression continued until the onset of World War II, with Franklin D. Roosevelt followed Hoover as president.

Possible Cause: World War I
The United States entered World War I late, in 1917, and emerged as a major creditor and financier of post-War restoration. Germany was burdened with massive war reparations, a political decision on the part of the victors.
Britain and France needed to rebuild. U.S. banks were more than willing to loan money. However, once U.S. banks began failing the banks not only stopped making loans, but they also wanted their money back. This put pressure on European economies, which had not fully recovered from WWI, contributing to the global economic downturn.

Possible Cause: The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve System, which Congress established in 1913, is the nation’s central bank, authorized to issue the Federal Reserve notes that create our paper money supply. The “Fed” indirectly sets interest rates because it loans money, at a base rate, to commercial banks.
In 1928 and 1929, the Fed raised interest rates to try to curb Wall Street speculation, otherwise known as a “bubble.” Economist Brad DeLong believes the Fed “overdid it”
and brought on a recession.
Moreover, the Fed then sat on its hands: “The Federal Reserve did not use open market operations to keep the money supply from falling…. [a move] approved by the most eminent economists.” There was not yet a “too big to fail” mentality at the public policy level.

Possible Cause: Black Thursday (or Monday or Tuesday)
A five-year bull market peaked on September 3, 1929. On Thursday, October 24, a record 12.9 million shares were traded, reflecting panic selling. On Monday, October 28, 1929, panicked investors continued to try to sell stocks; the Dow saw a record loss of 13 percent. On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, 16.4 million shares were traded, shattering Thursday’s record; the Dow lost another 12 percent.
Total losses for the four days: $30 billion, 10 times the federal budget and more than the $32 billion the U.S. had spent in World War I. The crash wiped out 40 percent of the paper value of common stock. Although this was a cataclysmic blow, most scholars do not believe that the stock market crash, alone, was sufficient to have caused the Great Depression.

Possible Cause: Protectionism
The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff was an experiment with lowered tariffs. In 1921, Congress ended that experiment with the Emergency Tariff Act. In 1922, the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act raised tariffs above 1913 levels. It also authorized the president to adjust tariffs by 50% to balance foreign and domestic production costs, a move to help America’s farmers.
In 1928, Hoover ran on a platform of higher tariffs designed to protect farmers from European competition. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930; Hoover signed the bill although economists protested. It is unlikely that tariffs alone caused the Great Depression, but they fostered global protectionism; world trade declined by 66% from 1929 to 1934.

Possible Cause: Bank Failures
In 1929, there were 25,568 banks in the United States; by 1933, there were only 14,771. Personal and corporate savings dropped from $15.3 billion in 1929 to $2.3 billion in 1933. Fewer banks, tighter credit, less money to pay employees, less money for employees to buy goods. This is the “too little consumption” theory sometimes used to explain the Great Depression but it, too, is discounted as being the sole cause.

Effect: Changes In Political Power
In the United States, the Republican Party was the dominant force from the Civil War
to the Great Depression. In 1932, Americans elected Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt
(“New Deal“); the Democratic Party was the dominant party until the election of
Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Adolf Hilter and the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) came into power in Germany in 1930, becoming the second largest party in the country. In 1932, Hitler came in second in a race for president. In 1933, Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.

Black Monday (1987) – YouTube
Black Monday is the name commonly given to the global, sudden, severe, and largely unexpected stock market crash on October 19, 1987. In Australia and New Zealand, the day is also referred to as Black Tuesday because of the time zone difference from other English-speaking countries. All of the twenty-three major world markets experienced a sharp decline in October 1987. When measured in United States dollars, eight markets declined by 20 to 29%, three by 30 to 39%, and three by more than 40%.
The least affected was Austria while the most affected was Hong Kong with a drop of 45.8%. Out of twenty-three major industrial countries, 19 had a decline greater than 20%. Worldwide losses were estimated at US $1.71 trillion. The severity of the crash sparked fears of extended economic instability or even a reprise of the Great Depression.
Bottomline: What caused Black Monday in 1987.

3 Reasons Why Stocks Have Been Plummeting
By Eric Levitz

The first 21 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were tough for human beings.
But they were spectacular for stock markets. The S&P 500 ended 2020 worth 16 percent more than it had been at the year’s onset. In 2021, the index climbed another 27 percent.
Alas, this January has sent a chill down equity traders’ backs.
America’s major stock indexes have declined for three straight weeks. And on Monday morning, shares fell further still, with the S&P 500 shedding another 2.4 percent in value, bringing the benchmark index down to “correction” levels, a threshold defined as a 10 percent drop from a near-term high. Even after an afternoon rally erased the morning’s losses, the S&P 500 remains on pace for its worst month since March 2020’s COVID crash — and its worst start to a year in recorded history.
Many Wall Street analysts believe that stocks remain far from their bottom. Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson, deploying a years-stale Game of Thrones reference, declared Monday that “winter is here” for equities. Legendary asset manager Jeremy Grantham, meanwhile, insists that we’re witnessing the catastrophic pop of the fourth “super bubble” of the past century. Some traders are more bullish about the market’s medium-term fortunes. But virtually all see near-term turmoil and are putting their money where their mouths are.

So, what explains the sudden death of the pandemic rally?

Myriad factors have contributed to the markets’ woes,
but three developments have been especially critical:

1) The Federal Reserve is removing “the punch bowl.”
The S&P 500 forfeited its high on January 5, when Fed officials unveiled the minutes
of their December policy-making meeting. Those notes revealed that the central bank expected to raise interest rates three times in 2022, in light of the tightening labor market and persistent inflation. This was a faster pace of monetary tightening than many traders had anticipated, and they adjusted their portfolios accordingly.
By itself, the Fed’s notes didn’t trigger a stampede for the exits. But it durably shifted the mood among investors. And the new climate of bearishness was reinforced a week later, when new data revealed that December had witnessed the highest rate of inflation in
four decades, a development that seemed likely to reinforce the Fed’s inclination toward tightening.

Central bank policy always influences stock-market values. Equities compete with bonds for the world’s savings. When benchmark interest rates are low, stocks become a better value proposition, as the alternative to investing in risk assets is to accept little to no return on one’s capital. Savings therefore flood into stocks, propping up their value.
By the same token, when interest rates rise, the relative appeal of bonds does, too, and savings slosh out of equities and into Treasuries.
But the pandemic rally was even more sensitive to central-bank policy than most.
After all, the Fed arrested the March 2020 crash — and birthed the ensuing boom — by taking unprecedented measures to increase the appeal of risk assets. Since the pandemic’s onset, the central bank has not only kept short-term interest rates near zero but bought upwards of $80 billion in Treasuries every month. These purchases put further downward pressure on rates by ensuing healthy demand for the government’s bonds, no matter how low their return.
The stratospheric highs of the major stock indexes reflected this tilted playing field more than it did conventional measures of their companies’ likely future earnings.

Further, in part because the pandemic disrupted in-person service and retail firms more than digital giants, the COVID-era rally was powered by tech stocks. At the end of 2021, more than half of the S&P 500’s value derived from Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, the company formerly known as Facebook, Alphabet, Tesla, and the chipmaker Nvidia.
Alas, tech stocks, especially smaller ones, are even more vulnerable to rising interest rates than the typical equity. This is because most tech firms are valued for their long-term growth potential. When the return on safe assets is negligible, the cost of locking up one’s capital in a risk asset that won’t pay off for years isn’t very high. But the more risk-free interest a present-day dollar buys, the less appealing “growth” stocks have.
In 1955, then-Fed chairman William McChesney Martin argued that the central bank’s job during inflationary booms was to serve as the “chaperone” who “has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was really warming up.” One might say that, in the present context, the Fed is removing a punch bowl that it had previously spiked with MDMA, just as the partygoers’ serotonin levels were starting to fall.
And traders fear that Jerome Powell & Co. will become even bigger party-killers after
their meeting this week, in part because of another adverse development:

2) The odds of inflation dissipating in 2022 have declined in recent weeks.
When consumer prices first began spiking last year, both the Federal Reserve and investors were unperturbed. In their view, inflation would prove “transitory.”
As the economy reopened, demand was bound to temporarily run ahead of supply, especially in sectors that were hard-hit by the pandemic.
In time, however, markets would recalibrate. After all, an outsize portion of price increases were concentrated in a small number of goods. Once automakers revved up production, falling car prices alone would take a large bite out of inflation. A heavily caveated version of this analysis remains plausible. Although inflation has proven more persistent than the Fed had hoped, it remains relatively narrowly distributed.
More than half of December’s 7 percent CPI increase derived from spikes in the prices
of energy, new vehicles, and used vehicles. As Leslie Lipschitz and Josh Felman note in Barron’s, if you assume that the prices of those products will stay flat through 2022, while others continue to rise at their present rate, then inflation will fall by 4 percentage points this year.

Yet markets can no longer have much confidence in an imminent stabilization of prices.
If the pandemic subsides come springtime, that could ease some supply-side woes in the automotive sector. However, it might simultaneously drive a demand-induced surge in the prices of restaurant meals, airline tickets, and hotel fares.
More critically, the consumer-price index does not currently reflect the soaring cost of housing in the United States. The rate on a new lease is between 15 and 20 percent higher today than it was one year ago. The CPI’s measure of shelter costs remains dampened because a lot of tenants are still paying rental rates that were set nearly a year ago. As leases turn over, however, that measure will soar. And since housing accounts for such a large share of the typical American consumer’s spending, a 15 percent increase in rents would translate to a four-point increase in overall inflation.

Meanwhile, private demand is likely to remain robust through 2022, as newly hired workers find themselves with more disposable income and middle-class Americans
still have plenty of excess savings left to burn through.

Beyond these structural forces, there’s a growing risk of a contingent inflationary shock. Russia is the world’s No. 2 oil producer, and Ukraine is one of the world’s leading energy hubs. Should the former invade the latter, analysts say that the price of oil could shoot up past $100 a barrel.
Meanwhile, China’s “zero-COVID” policy is all but certain to fail when pitted against the exceptionally transmissible Omicron variant. Given the relatively low levels of natural immunity against COVID among the Chinese population, Omicron has the potential to cause severe outbreaks in the world’s largest exporter, further exacerbating supply-chain difficulties.
If inflation were to once again exceed the Fed’s expectations, it could raise interest rates
by even more than its December minutes projected. Such an occurrence would not only reduce the relative appeal of stocks to bonds, but also threaten to derail the broader economic recovery, depressing profits in the process.

3) Corporate earnings have been a mixed bag.
Finally, corporate earnings have not been robust enough to ease investors’ anxieties. Which isn’t to say that it’s been an especially bad earnings season. About one-fifth of the companies in the S&P 500 have filed their fourth-quarter results, and 82 percent of these firms beat analysts’ expectations.
But stock valuations are forward-looking. And companies’ guidance to investors — which is to say, their official expectations for earnings in the months to come — has been lower than anticipated, with only a single S&P 500 corporation, Micron Technology, beating earnings estimates and raising its expectations for future profits.
None of this means that the present correction is bound to turn into a full-blown crash.
It remains possible, in the coming months, supply-side bottlenecks will ease, tensions between Russia and Ukraine will blow over, Omicron will leave Chinese exporters unscathed, and falling goods prices will mitigate the influence of rising rents. In such a scenario, inflation will cool off, the Fed will leave out a little punch, and stocks could very well recover their lost highs.
Virginia’s new Republican governor, who banned critical race theory in schools, is launching a tip line for parents to report their kids’ teachers (msn.com)

Is the market crashing? No. Here’s what’s happening to stocks, bonds as the Fed aims to end the days of easy money, analysts say (msn.com)

Is Omicron the ‘endgame’ for the pandemic? The World Health Organization’s top health experts offer conflicting outlooks (msn.com)
Worried About the Future of America? (oc-oxfordcommunique.com)

Fall outdoor getaways that won’t break the bank, per Hopper
The National Park Service has released its annual visitation report for 2020.
As you might expect, COVID-19 closures resulted in a significant drop, falling
28% from 327.5 million visitors to national parks in 2019 to 237 million in 2020.
(First Reduction in Attendance in American History.)
Scroll through to see the top 10 most-visited national parks for 2020.
Starting with The Ten Most Visited “National Parks” in 2020. Out of the 423 parks in the National Park System in 2020, there were 62 with the naming designation “national park” when these visitor statistics were collected. Please note, the total of park units and units with the naming designation “national park” may have changed in this current year.

Park Recreational Visits
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 12.1 million
2 Yellowstone National Park 3.8 million
3 Zion National Park 3.6 million
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 3.3 million
5 Grand Teton National Park 3.3 million
6 Grand Canyon National Park 2.9 million
7 Cuyahoga Valley National Park 2.8 million
8 Acadia National Park 2.7 million
9 Olympic National Park 2.5 million
10 Joshua Tree National Park 2.4 million
Visitation Numbers (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

What you need to know before going to Yosemite and other national parks in 2022 (msn.com)
Yosemite’s “Firefall” Is Back—Here’s How to See the Natural Phenomenon (msn.com)

What Arizona voters think of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after filibuster vote, censure
The non-profit Voto Latino has launched its “Adios Sinema” campaign after the Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema was censured by her state’s Democratic party over her filibuster vote. NBC News’ Leigh Ann Caldwell breaks down how Arizona voters are reacting to Sen. Sinema’s vote and how it could impact her re-election campaign.

Blinken: Russian invasion could open Pandora’s box beyond Europe (cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN’s Dana Bash that other countries around
the world may decide to act in similar ways if Russia invades Ukraine “with impunity.”

Market drops 1,700 points, while inflation cancels out wage increases
The price hikes we’re seeing have effectively erased many of the wage increases workers have negotiated during the pandemic.

A long-time bear who called the 2000 and 2007 crashes slammed the Fed and said stocks are headed for a 70% drop. Here are the 7 best quotes. (msn.com)
The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, but the question is whether it will be more deadly, WHO says (msn.com)

Biden says no one knows what Putin will do after White House called Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’ (msn.com)
The West fears Russia is about to attack Ukraine. But that’s not the way Russians are seeing it on TV (msn.com)
Let the wild rumpus start: is the US facing a stock market ‘super-bubble’? | Stock markets | The Guardian

Russia Has Been Warning About Ukraine for Decades. The West Should Have Listened.
The Sneaky Reason You Might Lose a Chunk of Your Social Security Income (msn.com)
Biden warns he would personally sanction Putin if Russia invades Ukraine (msn.com)
Why Biden should be worried about the stock market (msn.com)

But for the moment, investors aren’t betting on it.

Thomas Paine’s common sense – Bing video
Presented here is the full text of Common Sense from the third edition (published a month after the initial pamphlet), plus the edition Appendix — now considered an integral part of the pamphlet’s impact. PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable you (americainclass.org)

Thomas Paine’s common sense pdf – Bing video

Whatever Happened to Common Sense.

The Brightest States of America, From Most to Least Educated.
Federal Reserve expected to signal March interest rate hike — with more to come (msn.com)

US stocks continue to slide as investors await Fed meeting and cascade of earnings results (msn.com)Federal Reserve expected to signal March interest rate hike — with more to come (msn.com)

Biden approval rating: 8 terrible numbers from the new Pew poll (msn.com)
The stock market sell-off won’t find its bottom until these 5 things happen, according to Stifel (msn.com)

Hot mic: Biden swears at Fox News reporter for inflation question (msn.com)
Megyn Kelly on The Truth About Fauci and Collins Trying to Suppress the COVID Lab Leak Theory

Magnus Carlsen stunned by 17-year-old super talent Abdusattorov Nodirbek | World Rapid 2021
Woke and Weak: Biden Punishes Americans, Emboldens Adversaries | Opinion (msn.com)

U.S. considering controlling exports to Russia if there is an invasion of Ukraine (msn.com)
Is Putin bluffing on Ukraine? Allies in the U.S. and Europe are divided. (msn.com)

Hot mic: Biden swears at Fox News reporter for inflation question (msn.com)
U.S. stocks slide as market volatility continues (msn.com)

The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper with the headline ‘Wall St. In Panic As Stocks Crash’, published on the day of the initial Wall Street Crash of “Black Thursday,” Oct. 24, 1929. Icon Communications.

When Was the Great Depression?
Before we can explore the causes, we first need to define what we mean by the Great Depression. Economists and historians have struggled for almost 80 years to account
for the American Great Depression, se_710270.pdf (social studies.org)
The Great Depression was a global economic crisis, having been triggered by political decisions including war reparations post-World War I, protectionism such as the imposition of congressional tariffs on European goods or by speculation that caused the Stock Market Collapse of 1929. Worldwide, there was increased unemployment, decreased government revenue and a drop in international trade. At the height of the Great Depression in 1933, more than a quarter of the U.S. labor force was unemployed. Some countries saw a change in leadership as a result of the economic turmoil.
In the United States, the Great Depression is associated with Black Tuesday, the
stock market crash of October 29, 1929, although the country entered a recession months before the crash. Herbert Hoover was the President of the United States. The Depression continued until the onset of World War II, with Franklin D. Roosevelt followed Hoover as president.

Possible Cause: World War I
The United States entered World War I late, in 1917, and emerged as a major creditor and financier of post-War restoration. Germany was burdened with massive war reparations, a political decision on the part of the victors.
Britain and France needed to rebuild. U.S. banks were more than willing to loan money. However, once U.S. banks began failing the banks not only stopped making loans, but they also wanted their money back. This put pressure on European economies, which had not fully recovered from WWI, contributing to the global economic downturn.

Possible Cause: The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve System, which Congress established in 1913, is the nation’s central bank, authorized to issue the Federal Reserve notes that create our paper money supply. The “Fed” indirectly sets interest rates because it loans money, at a base rate, to commercial banks.
In 1928 and 1929, the Fed raised interest rates to try to curb Wall Street speculation, otherwise known as a “bubble.” Economist Brad DeLong believes the Fed “overdid it”
and brought on a recession.
Moreover, the Fed then sat on its hands: “The Federal Reserve did not use open market operations to keep the money supply from falling…. [a move] approved by the most eminent economists.” There was not yet a “too big to fail” mentality at the public policy level.

Possible Cause: Black Thursday (or Monday or Tuesday)
A five-year bull market peaked on September 3, 1929. On Thursday, October 24, a record 12.9 million shares were traded, reflecting panic selling. On Monday, October 28, 1929, panicked investors continued to try to sell stocks; the Dow saw a record loss of 13 percent. On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, 16.4 million shares were traded, shattering Thursday’s record; the Dow lost another 12 percent.
Total losses for the four days: $30 billion, 10 times the federal budget and more than the $32 billion the U.S. had spent in World War I. The crash wiped out 40 percent of the paper value of common stock. Although this was a cataclysmic blow, most scholars do not believe that the stock market crash, alone, was sufficient to have caused the Great Depression.

Possible Cause: Protectionism
The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff was an experiment with lowered tariffs. In 1921, Congress ended that experiment with the Emergency Tariff Act. In 1922, the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act raised tariffs above 1913 levels. It also authorized the president to adjust tariffs by 50% to balance foreign and domestic production costs, a move to help America’s farmers.
In 1928, Hoover ran on a platform of higher tariffs designed to protect farmers from European competition. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930; Hoover signed the bill although economists protested. It is unlikely that tariffs alone caused the Great Depression, but they fostered global protectionism; world trade declined by 66% from 1929 to 1934.

Possible Cause: Bank Failures
In 1929, there were 25,568 banks in the United States; by 1933, there were only 14,771. Personal and corporate savings dropped from $15.3 billion in 1929 to $2.3 billion in 1933. Fewer banks, tighter credit, less money to pay employees, less money for employees to buy goods. This is the “too little consumption” theory sometimes used to explain the Great Depression but it, too, is discounted as being the sole cause.

Effect: Changes In Political Power
In the United States, the Republican Party was the dominant force from the Civil War
to the Great Depression. In 1932, Americans elected Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt
(“New Deal“); the Democratic Party was the dominant party until the election of
Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Adolf Hilter and the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) came into power in Germany in 1930, becoming the second largest party in the country. In 1932, Hitler came in second in a race for president. In 1933, Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.

Black Monday (1987) – YouTube
Black Monday is the name commonly given to the global, sudden, severe, and largely unexpected stock market crash on October 19, 1987. In Australia and New Zealand, the day is also referred to as Black Tuesday because of the time zone difference from other English-speaking countries. All of the twenty-three major world markets experienced a sharp decline in October 1987. When measured in United States dollars, eight markets declined by 20 to 29%, three by 30 to 39%, and three by more than 40%.
The least affected was Austria while the most affected was Hong Kong with a drop of 45.8%. Out of twenty-three major industrial countries, 19 had a decline greater than 20%. Worldwide losses were estimated at US $1.71 trillion. The severity of the crash sparked fears of extended economic instability or even a reprise of the Great Depression.
Bottomline: What caused Black Monday in 1987.

3 Reasons Why Stocks Have Been Plummeting
By Eric Levitz

The first 21 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were tough for human beings.
But they were spectacular for stock markets. The S&P 500 ended 2020 worth 16 percent more than it had been at the year’s onset. In 2021, the index climbed another 27 percent.
Alas, this January has sent a chill down equity traders’ backs.
America’s major stock indexes have declined for three straight weeks. And on Monday morning, shares fell further still, with the S&P 500 shedding another 2.4 percent in value, bringing the benchmark index down to “correction” levels, a threshold defined as a 10 percent drop from a near-term high. Even after an afternoon rally erased the morning’s losses, the S&P 500 remains on pace for its worst month since March 2020’s COVID crash — and its worst start to a year in recorded history.
Many Wall Street analysts believe that stocks remain far from their bottom. Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson, deploying a years-stale Game of Thrones reference, declared Monday that “winter is here” for equities. Legendary asset manager Jeremy Grantham, meanwhile, insists that we’re witnessing the catastrophic pop of the fourth “super bubble” of the past century. Some traders are more bullish about the market’s medium-term fortunes. But virtually all see near-term turmoil and are putting their money where their mouths are.

So, what explains the sudden death of the pandemic rally?

Myriad factors have contributed to the markets’ woes,
but three developments have been especially critical:

1) The Federal Reserve is removing “the punch bowl.”
The S&P 500 forfeited its high on January 5, when Fed officials unveiled the minutes
of their December policy-making meeting. Those notes revealed that the central bank expected to raise interest rates three times in 2022, in light of the tightening labor market and persistent inflation. This was a faster pace of monetary tightening than many traders had anticipated, and they adjusted their portfolios accordingly.
By itself, the Fed’s notes didn’t trigger a stampede for the exits. But it durably shifted the mood among investors. And the new climate of bearishness was reinforced a week later, when new data revealed that December had witnessed the highest rate of inflation in
four decades, a development that seemed likely to reinforce the Fed’s inclination toward tightening.

Central bank policy always influences stock-market values. Equities compete with bonds for the world’s savings. When benchmark interest rates are low, stocks become a better value proposition, as the alternative to investing in risk assets is to accept little to no return on one’s capital. Savings therefore flood into stocks, propping up their value.
By the same token, when interest rates rise, the relative appeal of bonds does, too, and savings slosh out of equities and into Treasuries.
But the pandemic rally was even more sensitive to central-bank policy than most.
After all, the Fed arrested the March 2020 crash — and birthed the ensuing boom — by taking unprecedented measures to increase the appeal of risk assets. Since the pandemic’s onset, the central bank has not only kept short-term interest rates near zero but bought upwards of $80 billion in Treasuries every month. These purchases put further downward pressure on rates by ensuing healthy demand for the government’s bonds, no matter how low their return.
The stratospheric highs of the major stock indexes reflected this tilted playing field more than it did conventional measures of their companies’ likely future earnings.

Further, in part because the pandemic disrupted in-person service and retail firms more than digital giants, the COVID-era rally was powered by tech stocks. At the end of 2021, more than half of the S&P 500’s value derived from Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, the company formerly known as Facebook, Alphabet, Tesla, and the chipmaker Nvidia.
Alas, tech stocks, especially smaller ones, are even more vulnerable to rising interest rates than the typical equity. This is because most tech firms are valued for their long-term growth potential. When the return on safe assets is negligible, the cost of locking up one’s capital in a risk asset that won’t pay off for years isn’t very high. But the more risk-free interest a present-day dollar buys, the less appealing “growth” stocks have.
In 1955, then-Fed chairman William McChesney Martin argued that the central bank’s job during inflationary booms was to serve as the “chaperone” who “has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was really warming up.” One might say that, in the present context, the Fed is removing a punch bowl that it had previously spiked with MDMA, just as the partygoers’ serotonin levels were starting to fall.
And traders fear that Jerome Powell & Co. will become even bigger party-killers after
their meeting this week, in part because of another adverse development:

2) The odds of inflation dissipating in 2022 have declined in recent weeks.
When consumer prices first began spiking last year, both the Federal Reserve and investors were unperturbed. In their view, inflation would prove “transitory.”
As the economy reopened, demand was bound to temporarily run ahead of supply, especially in sectors that were hard-hit by the pandemic.
In time, however, markets would recalibrate. After all, an outsize portion of price increases were concentrated in a small number of goods. Once automakers revved up production, falling car prices alone would take a large bite out of inflation. A heavily caveated version of this analysis remains plausible. Although inflation has proven more persistent than the Fed had hoped, it remains relatively narrowly distributed.
More than half of December’s 7 percent CPI increase derived from spikes in the prices
of energy, new vehicles, and used vehicles. As Leslie Lipschitz and Josh Felman note in Barron’s, if you assume that the prices of those products will stay flat through 2022, while others continue to rise at their present rate, then inflation will fall by 4 percentage points this year.

Yet markets can no longer have much confidence in an imminent stabilization of prices.
If the pandemic subsides come springtime, that could ease some supply-side woes in the automotive sector. However, it might simultaneously drive a demand-induced surge in the prices of restaurant meals, airline tickets, and hotel fares.
More critically, the consumer-price index does not currently reflect the soaring cost of housing in the United States. The rate on a new lease is between 15 and 20 percent higher today than it was one year ago. The CPI’s measure of shelter costs remains dampened because a lot of tenants are still paying rental rates that were set nearly a year ago. As leases turn over, however, that measure will soar. And since housing accounts for such a large share of the typical American consumer’s spending, a 15 percent increase in rents would translate to a four-point increase in overall inflation.

Meanwhile, private demand is likely to remain robust through 2022, as newly hired workers find themselves with more disposable income and middle-class Americans
still have plenty of excess savings left to burn through.

Beyond these structural forces, there’s a growing risk of a contingent inflationary shock. Russia is the world’s No. 2 oil producer, and Ukraine is one of the world’s leading energy hubs. Should the former invade the latter, analysts say that the price of oil could shoot up past $100 a barrel.
Meanwhile, China’s “zero-COVID” policy is all but certain to fail when pitted against the exceptionally transmissible Omicron variant. Given the relatively low levels of natural immunity against COVID among the Chinese population, Omicron has the potential to cause severe outbreaks in the world’s largest exporter, further exacerbating supply-chain difficulties.
If inflation were to once again exceed the Fed’s expectations, it could raise interest rates
by even more than its December minutes projected. Such an occurrence would not only reduce the relative appeal of stocks to bonds, but also threaten to derail the broader economic recovery, depressing profits in the process.

3) Corporate earnings have been a mixed bag.
Finally, corporate earnings have not been robust enough to ease investors’ anxieties. Which isn’t to say that it’s been an especially bad earnings season. About one-fifth of the companies in the S&P 500 have filed their fourth-quarter results, and 82 percent of these firms beat analysts’ expectations.
But stock valuations are forward-looking. And companies’ guidance to investors — which is to say, their official expectations for earnings in the months to come — has been lower than anticipated, with only a single S&P 500 corporation, Micron Technology, beating earnings estimates and raising its expectations for future profits.
None of this means that the present correction is bound to turn into a full-blown crash.
It remains possible, in the coming months, supply-side bottlenecks will ease, tensions between Russia and Ukraine will blow over, Omicron will leave Chinese exporters unscathed, and falling goods prices will mitigate the influence of rising rents. In such a scenario, inflation will cool off, the Fed will leave out a little punch, and stocks could very well recover their lost highs.
Virginia’s new Republican governor, who banned critical race theory in schools, is launching a tip line for parents to report their kids’ teachers (msn.com)

Is the market crashing? No. Here’s what’s happening to stocks, bonds as the Fed aims to end the days of easy money, analysts say (msn.com)

Is Omicron the ‘endgame’ for the pandemic? The World Health Organization’s top health experts offer conflicting outlooks (msn.com)
Worried About the Future of America? (oc-oxfordcommunique.com)

Fall outdoor getaways that won’t break the bank, per Hopper
The National Park Service has released its annual visitation report for 2020.
As you might expect, COVID-19 closures resulted in a significant drop, falling
28% from 327.5 million visitors to national parks in 2019 to 237 million in 2020.
(First Reduction in Attendance in American History.)
Scroll through to see the top 10 most-visited national parks for 2020.
Starting with The Ten Most Visited “National Parks” in 2020. Out of the 423 parks in the National Park System in 2020, there were 62 with the naming designation “national park” when these visitor statistics were collected. Please note, the total of park units and units with the naming designation “national park” may have changed in this current year.

Park Recreational Visits
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 12.1 million
2 Yellowstone National Park 3.8 million
3 Zion National Park 3.6 million
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 3.3 million
5 Grand Teton National Park 3.3 million
6 Grand Canyon National Park 2.9 million
7 Cuyahoga Valley National Park 2.8 million
8 Acadia National Park 2.7 million
9 Olympic National Park 2.5 million
10 Joshua Tree National Park 2.4 million
Visitation Numbers (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

What you need to know before going to Yosemite and other national parks in 2022 (msn.com)
Yosemite’s “Firefall” Is Back—Here’s How to See the Natural Phenomenon (msn.com)

What Arizona voters think of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after filibuster vote, censure
The non-profit Voto Latino has launched its “Adios Sinema” campaign after the Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema was censured by her state’s Democratic party over her filibuster vote. NBC News’ Leigh Ann Caldwell breaks down how Arizona voters are reacting to Sen. Sinema’s vote and how it could impact her re-election campaign.

Blinken: Russian invasion could open Pandora’s box beyond Europe (cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN’s Dana Bash that other countries around
the world may decide to act in similar ways if Russia invades Ukraine “with impunity.”

Market drops 1,700 points, while inflation cancels out wage increases
The price hikes we’re seeing have effectively erased many of the wage increases workers have negotiated during the pandemic.

A long-time bear who called the 2000 and 2007 crashes slammed the Fed and said stocks are headed for a 70% drop. Here are the 7 best quotes. (msn.com)
The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, but the question is whether it will be more deadly, WHO says (msn.com)

Biden says no one knows what Putin will do after White House called Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’ (msn.com)
The West fears Russia is about to attack Ukraine. But that’s not the way Russians are seeing it on TV (msn.com)
Let the wild rumpus start: is the US facing a stock market ‘super-bubble’? | Stock markets | The Guardian

Russia Has Been Warning About Ukraine for Decades. The West Should Have Listened.
The Sneaky Reason You Might Lose a Chunk of Your Social Security Income (msn.com)
Biden warns he would personally sanction Putin if Russia invades Ukraine (msn.com)
Why Biden should be worried about the stock market (msn.com)

But for the moment, investors aren’t betting on it.

Thomas Paine’s common sense – Bing video
Presented here is the full text of Common Sense from the third edition (published a month after the initial pamphlet), plus the edition Appendix — now considered an integral part of the pamphlet’s impact. PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable you (americainclass.org)

Thomas Paine’s common sense pdf – Bing video

Whatever Happened to Common Sense.

The Brightest States of America, From Most to Least Educated.
Federal Reserve expected to signal March interest rate hike — with more to come (msn.com)

US stocks continue to slide as investors await Fed meeting and cascade of earnings results (msn.com)Federal Reserve expected to signal March interest rate hike — with more to come (msn.com)

Biden approval rating: 8 terrible numbers from the new Pew poll (msn.com)
The stock market sell-off won’t find its bottom until these 5 things happen, according to Stifel (msn.com)

Hot mic: Biden swears at Fox News reporter for inflation question (msn.com)
Megyn Kelly on The Truth About Fauci and Collins Trying to Suppress the COVID Lab Leak Theory

Magnus Carlsen stunned by 17-year-old super talent Abdusattorov Nodirbek | World Rapid 2021
Woke and Weak: Biden Punishes Americans, Emboldens Adversaries | Opinion (msn.com)

U.S. considering controlling exports to Russia if there is an invasion of Ukraine (msn.com)
Is Putin bluffing on Ukraine? Allies in the U.S. and Europe are divided. (msn.com)

Hot mic: Biden swears at Fox News reporter for inflation question (msn.com)
U.S. stocks slide as market volatility continues (msn.com)

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Posted on January 24, 2022 by Ken

Most Controversial Topics for Your Position Paper | Academic Influence

Top 10 Social Problems in the United States – EnkiVillage

How Did We Choose these Controversies?
While some of the topics noted above spring to mind, we wanted to know which topics were the “most controversial.”
Our machine-learning algorithm measures influence based on Wikipedia pageviews and links. This provides a point-based way of scoring the permeation, visibility, frequency, and quality of mentions. At Academic Influence, Influence Rankings are used to identify and rank academics and thought leaders for their relative influence.
Using our behind-the-scenes Ranking Analytics tool, we applied the same standard to measuring the breadth of a given controversy. Those topics which scored the most “influence points,” based on page views and links, could therefore be identified as the “most” controversial for the sheer breadth of coverage they have received in the public forum.
It should be noted that the breadth of topical coverage is not necessarily reflective of the intensity or emotional tumult surrounding a given controversy so much as the degree to which it has been publicly discussed, debated, written on, and read about. In essence, “most controversial” is a measure of how widely a topic is covered and how widely people actually read the Wikipedia articles covering it.

What’s Missing and Why?
There is no limit to the number of topics that could be used to spark a spirited debate. Certainly, countless worthy topics have fallen just short of our decidedly exclusive list of 25. A topic which is close to your heart may not be here. Be assured, this is not because we overlooked these important topics, but because our Ranking Analytics revealed fewer page-views and links in connection with these topics than with those which did make our list.
Time frame also played a big role in our findings. Our search parameters were bound between the years 2000 and 2020. A different time frame would likely have revealed a different landscape of controversies.
Evolutionary theory, for instance, ranked #36 on our list, and therefore fell short of the Top 25. However, it is entirely likely that this topic would have ranked far higher on the same list had it been compiled to coincide with the Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s.

Another example of how these rankings can change over time, medical marijuana fell well short of our list, ranking 40th overall. This is an example of an area in which shifting cultural mores and legal standards have significantly diminished the relevance of a controversy in just a few years. Now you can get a degree in cannabis studies from several universities. Similarly, prayer in school was once a hot-button issue in American public life, but did not at all rank among the 70+ topics used to generate our list.
These “honorable mentions” are examples of topics that may still generate some debate, and which may themselves be worthy of exploration, but which fell short of the Top 25 according to the selection methodology outlined in the section above.
Limitations

Among the limitations to our method, our algorithm doesn’t provide a comprehensive measure of how related terms might rank for page views and links. However, it is our goal over time to refine our machine-learning engine to identify and account for more sweeping views of a given topic.
We should also note that discussions are largely focused on controversy in American public life. Far too many cultural, social, geographic, and political realities shape the different ways in which various national publics perceive and approach controversial topics. Such subject matter demands focus and context. Therefore, while some of the influencers and historical notes included may touch on controversy in countries other than the U.S., this is, by design, an ethnocentric list of controversial topics revolving around American controversies.

Controversy is everywhere.
It’s up to each of us to decide our level of involvement in the public debate. College offers an amazing opportunity to explore these controversies, to determine where you fit into the conversation.
The university is a place where we are taught to question our own assumptions, challenged to defend our ideas, and trained to probe for a more complete understanding of the issues defining our times. College is also an environment where free speech, open discourse, and informed debate are meant to flourish. Embedded in all of these experiences is the inevitability of disagreement. Controversy plays an important role in the experience of higher education—whether your future career is defined by the ideological positions you stake out today, or you’ve simply been assigned an essay on a highly controversial topic.
That’s why we’ve decided to take controversy by the horns. Wherever you are in your educational journey, you should not only anticipate, but embrace, the opportunity to explore topics that generate controversy.
Our spotlight on each controversial topic includes an overview of the subject matter, key points of disagreement, and a look at the role and impact of major influencers. Use it as a way to begin your study on a subject, formulate your own position, and even connect personally with professors, activists, and thought leaders who hold influence over the subject matter.

What Is Controversy?
Controversy is a prolonged public dispute or debate. Controversy is typically played out through public channels like news media, electoral politics, and social media. What perhaps most distinguishes controversy from mere disagreement is the heated, sometimes emotional, and often diametrically opposed viewpoints that frame a given issue.
At the risk of being glib, it’s hard to find a word that better captures public life in America today. We exist in a state of perpetual controversy—from the Civil War to Civil Rights; from guns and God to liberty and justice, America is sharply divided along lines of debate that feel very personal, very emotional, and indeed, extremely heated.
Controversy, as a concept, can refer to any number of issues that either impact large cross-sections of the American population or else move large populations to align along rigidly-defined ideological lines. When we hear the word controversy, we may reflexively think about topics like abortion, the death penalty, or gun control—subjects that engender strong enough disagreement to generate organization, political action, and legislation—often pushing toward one extreme or the other in a given public debate.

Digging Into Controversy: How We Do It?
Now that you know how we’ve identified the most controversial topics, be aware that we have no intention of taking sides. Our goal is to identify these topics, and point you in the direction of those who have helped to define the issue. Historical influencers and books have, like our list of controversial topics, been drawn directly from our Ranking Analytics. More current influencers have been drawn from a vetted selection of findings using our Academic Influence engine.
You will agree with some of the figures on each list. You will disagree with some of them. You may even be offended by the inclusion of some influencer in our discussion. But inclusion is not endorsement. It is merely an acknowledgment of influence, for better or worse.
Our goal is to reach beyond the traditional point-counterpoint approach to controversial topics. Subjects usually generate controversy because they are complex, and because a wide spectrum of parties may be impacted in very different ways by these issues. This is why we do our best to provide a panoramic view of each controversy (as opposed to an approach which merely pits one side in competition with the other). The result, we hope, is the kind of nuanced discussion required to take on subjects of such complexity.
Therefore, we’ll lay out the subject matter, point you to the experts and thought leaders, and let you do the intellectual footwork. Like we said, learning is all about inquiry. Question everything, and don’t be afraid to lean into a little controversy.

The 25 Most Controversial Topics Over the Last 25 Years

1. Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Movement refers to one of the most consequential struggles in American history, one that continues to present date. Civil Rights refer to the freedoms, liberties, and protections under the law that are meant to be accorded to all people. But civil rights advocates argue that racial inequality is ingrained in American life through realities like economic disenfranchisement, police brutality, and mass incarceration. The Civil Rights controversy pits groups, organizations, and communities who advocate for greater racial equality against those who work to maintain or advance a white racial hierarchy.

Learn more about the Civil Rights Controversy.

2. Censorship and Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights protects the freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religious expression, and the right to a free press against government restriction. As a key component in the very first article of the Bill of Rights, free speech is among the most cherished and frequently-cited protections built into the U.S. Constitution. However, because the content of that speech and expression may itself provoke sharp disagreement, the true controversy in this issue extends from differing ideas about what constitutes “protected speech” as well as the methods that should or shouldn’t be used to limit free speech. This underscores the debate around Freedom of Speech and Censorship.

Learn more about the Censorship and Freedom of Speech Controversy.

3. Climate Change
The climate change debate concerns the impact of human activity on the earth’s temperature, as well as its impact on weather patterns, plant-life, wildlife, and human health. On one side of the debate, most in the scientific community believe that human activity is responsible for climate change. On the other side, some journalists, political leaders, and industry advocates argue either that global climate change is not actually occurring, or that shifts into climate are natural meteorological patterns unrelated to
human activity. Some also argue that economic imperatives should be prioritized over environmental concerns.

Learn more about the Climate Change Controversy.

4. Death Penalty/Capital Punishment
Capital punishment refers to the use of the death penalty as a form of legal punishment administered by the state. Capital punishment in the U.S. has long been the subject of constitutional, philosophical and practical disagreement, and as such, has been subject
to legal fluctuation. As of the time of this writing, the United States is one of 56 nations worldwide, and one of just four developed democracies (alongside Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore) which uses death penalty. The U.S. is also the only developed Western nation to employ capital punishment.

Learn more about the Death Penalty and Capital Punishment Controversy.

5. Abortion
Abortion refers to the act of terminating a pregnancy before it can be carried to term.
The abortion controversy concerns the ongoing debate and battle over the legal status of abortion in the U.S., both at the state and national levels. Abortion is among the most divisive issues in American public discourse. Views on abortion often carry religious, political, and cultural overtones. The debate is largely framed by two competing views:
The Pro-Choice view, that abortion is a woman’s constitutionally-protected right; and the Pro-Life view, that abortion is immoral, and that the government should have the right to restrict and/or punish abortion.

Learn more about the Abortion Controversy.

6. Social Security
Social Security refers to the federal social insurance program in the United States, which provides financial and medical benefits to older Americans, as well as the disabled and some who have been widowed or orphaned by working age adults. All working Americans contribute to Social Security through a dedicated payroll tax.
The Social Security controversy refers to a complex economic and philosophical debate over how Social Security should be funded, dispersed, and managed. Some advocate for its continuity as a federal program while others argue that social security should be privatized and removed from government control.

Learn more about the Social Security Controversy.

7. Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in the simplest terms, refers to computing which aims
to mimic human cognitive functions like learning, problem solving, and adaptation to environmental conditions. With the evolution of computer science, computing machines have accelerated in their capacity to demonstrate “intelligence” in areas such as reasoning, planning, natural language processing, perception, and much more.

Learn more about the Artificial Intelligence Controversy.

8. Health Insurance
Health Insurance refers to financial coverage for healthcare expenses.
Health coverage is among the most intensely debated subjects in American life, both because of the generally high cost of healthcare expenses, and because access to coverage varies significantly based on employment and socioeconomic status. Some Americans believe the government should take greater responsibility for the millions who are uninsured or underinsured, with many arguing that the United States should provide universal health coverage for all Americans. By contrast, others believe that paying for health coverage should be the individual responsibility of every American, and argue that universal healthcare coverage is a socialist policy.

Learn more about the Health Insurance Controversy.

9. Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights refers to the ongoing movement in the U.S. to improve gender equity through legislation, activism, public service, political participation, and more. The United States was founded as a patriarchy, restricting women from owning property, voting, or enjoying the rights of citizenship. The women’s rights movement uses activism, policy advocacy, and non-profit organization to improve gender equality, whereas the opponents of this movement may argue that gender equality already exists, or that women are biologically unequal to men and therefore deserving of secondary status.

Learn more about the Women’s Rights Controversy.

10. Religious Freedom
On its surface, the controversy over religious freedom in the U.S. concerns the right of individuals to practice their religion freely and without infringement by individuals, groups, or the government. But since the dawn of American history, the debate over religious liberty has been clouded by conflicts between different groups and belief systems, especially when the belief system of one group risks discrimination against another group. While the right to practice one’s religion is a core Constitutional protection, debate persists over the meaning of religious freedom and whether this freedom can be used to exempt groups from certain laws, including anti-discrimination laws.

Learn more about the Religious Freedom Controversy.

11. Minimum Wage
Minimum wage refers to the lowest hourly wage that an employer may legally pay an employee under state and federal law. The controversy over the minimum wage concerns the belief that a living wage should be a fundamental right for all American workers and is opposed by the belief that regulatory control over wage thresholds risk imposing undue economic burdens on employers with potentially deleterious effects on the economy as a whole.

Learn more about the Minimum Wage Controversy.

12. Atheism
Atheism is defined as the absence of a belief in deities, or the rejection of a belief in deities, or the belief that no deities exist. These nuances underscore the complexity of individual views on religion and theology, and by extension, the complexity of this debate.
The controversy over atheism concerns disagreement between those who believe in the existence of deities and those who do not believe in the existence of deities, and more specifically, how these divergent beliefs should be treated in public spaces.
As a result, this controversy touches closely on issues of religious freedom,
the separation of church and state, and freedom of expression.

How important would you say your religious beliefs are to you?

Very important 48%

Somewhat important 29%

Not at all important 23%

Based on 2,879,556 responses. Snapshot of real-time results.

Learn More about the Atheism Controversy.

13. Reparations
Reparations for slavery refers to the idea of compensating the victims of African slavery and their descendants for the abuses suffered under U.S. law. The idea of reparations for the victims of African slavery in America emerged as early as the colonial era but took on particular relevance after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. While some individual former slaves and their descendants have received reparations of some type,
the vast majority have not, owing to the absence of any lasting or comprehensive federal policy. This absence keeps the reparations controversy relevant, as advocates, activists, and public leaders continue to call for the adoption of some form of reparations, both in compensation for slavery, and for the injustices visited upon succeeding generations of Black Americans.

Learn more about the Reparations Controversy.

14. Hacking
Hacking refers to the use of computing skills to penetrate, disrupt, or interfere with
a computer system by non-standard avenues. Hacking is a controversial issue because
this skill can be used for many different purposes both lawful and unlawful; ethical and unethical. Some hackers use their skills for criminal activities while others may use their skills to create cybersecurity defenses against malicious actors. Activists may use hacking to undermine dictatorship just as dictators might use hacking to suppress individual liberties.

Learn more about the Hacking Controversy.

15. Labor Unions
A labor union refers to an organized alliance of workers, often joined by a shared industry or trade, but also frequently joined across different labor industries. Labor unions use a tactic referred to as collective bargaining to improve worker conditions, advance wages, and secure benefits, as well as supporting members in disputes with management, and engaging in political action and lobbying.
The controversy over labor unions concerns the historical and ongoing conflict of ideals, methods and goals between labor leaders, organizers and union members on one side,
and business management, ownership, and industry lobby groups on the other side.

Learn more about the Labor Unions Controversy.

16. Extremism
Extremism refers to beliefs and actions that are of an extreme or fanatical nature. Extremism is often connected to political, religious or racialist ideologies that fall far outside of the mainstream.
Extremism is often associated with fringe groups such as white supremacists, jihadist terrorists, or religious fundamentalists, and is distinguished from traditional activism for its radical and sometimes violent methods. The controversy over extremism centers on the disagreement between those who subscribe to extremist views and extremist actions, and those who reject the views or methods of extremism, as well as those who work actively to prevent extremism.

Learn more about the Extremism Controversy.

17. Electoral College
The United States Electoral College is a group of 538 delegates—representing the
50 United States and the District of Columbia—who meet every four years to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Though the Electoral College is written into the U.S. Constitution, it is also a source of ongoing controversy. This is because the outcome of the electoral vote is the sole determinant of the presidency. Critics argue that this model renders the national popular vote meaningless, undermines the principle of “one-person, one vote,” and results in widespread voter disenfranchisement. Debate over the Electoral College has been magnified by recent elections in which the winner of the national popular vote did not win the electoral vote and thus, did not win the presidency. *Our Founding Fathers By Implementing the Electoral College — Gave Power to those owning the most land and paying the vast amount of the taxes!!!

Learn more about the Electoral College Controversy.

18. Vaccines
The term vaccine refers to a form of medical treatment which may be used to preemptively inoculate individuals and populations against infectious diseases. The controversy over vaccines stems from a social phenomenon called vaccine hesitancy, as well as an organized anti-vaccination, or anti-vax, movement. Those who support the use of vaccines point to extensive scientific evidence that vaccines are both safe and effective, whereas those who oppose vaccines believe that vaccines are either unnecessary or unsafe.

Learn more about the Vaccines Controversy.

19. Outsourcing
Outsourcing refers to the business practice of hiring outside consultants, freelance workers, or third-party agencies to complete work that might otherwise be handled in-house. The practice of outsourcing is also highly connected to the rise of globalization, free-trade, and the practice of “offshoring,” in which American companies will open facilities and employ laborers in other countries where wage standards, environmental restrictions, and costs of operation are lower. The outsourcing controversy centers on the conflicting interests of corporate profitability and free market capitalism on one side, and, on the other side, concerns over heightened American unemployment and the exploitation of low-wage workers in the developing sphere.

Learn more about the Outsourcing Controversy.

20. Gun Control
Gun Control refers to legislation aimed at curbing gun violence in America. The gun control controversy centers on disagreement between sectors of the American public,
as well as their political representatives, over the legal implications of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which grants Americans the right to bear arms. Some argue that the ongoing public health crisis of gun violence necessitates more restrictions around gun manufacturing, sales and ownership while others argue that such regulation is unconstitutional or disagree that stricter rules would lower the occurrence of gun violence.

Learn more about the Gun Control Controversy.

21. Foreign Aid
United States foreign aid, also referred to as foreign assistance or international
aid, is “aid given by the United States to other countries to support global peace, security, and development efforts, and also providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis,” according to ForeignAssistance.gov. The controversy over foreign aid divides those who believe there are strategic, economic, and moral imperatives while justifying the use of American resources for foreign aid versus those who believe this is a misappropriation of funding that should instead be spent on domestic priorities.

Learn more about the Foreign Aid Controversy.

22. Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy refers to the use of nuclear reactions such as nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and nuclear decay in order to produce power. The controversy over nuclear energy concerns both its perceived impact on the environment and its capacity for weaponization. This history of nuclear energy centers on the expansion of war-making capabilities and, specifically, the creation of weapons capable of mass casualty and mass destruction.
However, over time, nuclear energy has also become at once an ingrained part of the power grid in the United States and the world. Today, the global debate over nuclear energy concerns its safety, environmental impact, capacity for civil energy production, and its global proliferation as a source of potentially catastrophic weaponry.

Learn more about the Nuclear Energy Controversy.

23. Police Brutality
Police brutality refers to the use of excessive or unnecessary force by law enforcement officers, but may also refer to excessive force used by corrections officers and prison officials. The controversy over police brutality centers on disagreement over the extent of force that law enforcement should be entitled to use while engaging suspects, perpetrators, prisoners, and other members of the general public. Those who believe that police brutality is a problem would argue that the current system of law enforcement gives officers too much discretion and impunity in using violent methods of engagement while those who don’t believe police brutality is a problem would argue that the dangerous nature of law enforcement requires that officers have far-reaching discretion in carrying out their duty, including the use of potentially violent confrontational tactics.

Learn more about the Police Brutality Controversy.

24. Affirmative Action
Affirmative action refers to an array of policies and practices aimed at redressing
historical and ingrained inequalities, especially those experienced by people of color and women as a consequence of systemic discrimination. Affirmative action usually takes the form of education and employment initiatives aimed at creating access and opportunities for individuals from groups that have faced such discrimination. The controversy over affirmative action divides those who believe this is an effective way to push back against the sociological impact of systemic discrimination versus those who believe affirmative action is either ineffective or is, itself, a discriminatory policy.

Learn more about the Affirmative Action Controversy.

25. Charter Schools
A charter school is an educational institution that provides free and uniquely
structured educational opportunities to students and families seeking an alternative to traditional public school. Charter schools are a product of the demand for greater school choice, especially in cities where public schools often struggle to provide a high-quality educational experience. The controversy over charter schools concerns the belief that charter schools are a valuable alternative to traditional public schooling, especially for disadvantaged or at-risk student populations versus the belief that charter schools
divert funding and resources from traditional public schools.

Learn more about the Charter Schools Controversy.

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A Spiritual Battle We Are All In

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Ken

WAYNE ROOT: We are in a Civil War. It’s a War of Good vs Evil.

And Democrats are the Confederate South
By Wayne Allyn Root

I have good news and bad news.

Black Democrats in South Carolina giving Biden mixed reviews.

The bad news is this is evil. Look around. What Democrats believe in is not “politics as usual,” it’s not “liberalism,” it’s not “progressive,” it’s not even “socialist-lite.” It’s pure evil. It’s the kind of evil we used to fight wars over. It’s a combination of communism, fascism, Nazism and the slavery of the Confederate South.

Yes, Democrats are the new Confederates.

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First, before I define the evil that Democrats represent, let me start with an explanation. Understand I’m not talking about today’s American South. If it wasn’t for the patriots and conservatives of Southern states today we wouldn’t have a Republican Party. We wouldn’t have lower taxes, prosperity, plentiful jobs, economic freedom, or capitalism. We wouldn’t be America. God bless the Southern states. You are my heroes.

But the Confederate South of the Civil War period is a different story.
The Confederate South was built upon slavery. The Confederate South believed one group of Americans was sub-human and had no rights. Slavery of any group, for any reason, is pure evil. Slavery is the biggest stain on America’s history.

I repeat, today’s Democrats are the new Confederates.
It’s happening again today. It’s time to admit demonizing one group of Americans,
taking their rights away, enslaving them, is evil. It’s un- American. These views don’t belong in American politics. They don’t belong in America.

It’s time to tell the raw truth- no matter how ugly.
Democrats hate us- Republicans, conservatives, capitalists, and most intensely- the unvaccinated. Democrats want no dissent. No freedom of speech. They want to destroy
our lives. It’s all out in the open now. They want to imprison us, censor us, ban us, take
our jobs & businesses away. They even want to take our children away.

In short, they want to make us serfs and slaves. Over a mild flu, or common cold bug,
with a 99.9% chance of recovery. The excuse for slavery in the 1800s was cotton.
Today it’s Covid.

You can’t fight FACTS. Here they are. Read them and weep.

The latest Rasmussen poll is out.

59% of Democrats (nearly two thirds) would support the government confining unvaccinated people to their homes indefinitely. Think about that for a moment.

This is madness. This is unlawful imprisonment.

This is a violation of the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. We fought and died in the American Revolution over this one. This is slavery. We fought a Civil War over slavery.

But wait, it gets worse.
Just about half of Democrats (48%) believe you or I should face prison, or at best,
fines that drive us out of business, for daring to discuss, debate, or question the need for, effectiveness, or safety of Covid vaccines. Free speech is out the window. If Democrats say, “the world is flat” and you disagree, you must go along with it, or go to prison, or also re-education camp.

47% of Democrats support the government tracking an unvaccinated person’s movements at all times. How would they do that? Would they install chips under our skin? Would they assign Gestapo agents to follow us 24/7/365?

45% of Democrats support the government putting unvaccinated people in
“designated facilities or locations” (i.e., internment camps for the unvaccinated).

Almost one third of Democrats (29 percent) support the government taking
children away from unvaccinated parents. It’s no longer “my body, my choice.”

COVID-19: Democratic Voters Support Harsh Measures Against Unvaccinated.
While many voters have become skeptical toward the federal government’s response to
the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of Democrats embrace restrictive policies, including punitive measures against those who haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
A new Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 48% of voters favor President Joe Biden’s plan to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the employees of large companies and government agencies.

That includes 33% who Strongly Favor the mandate. Forty-eight percent (48%) are opposed to Biden’s vaccine mandate, including 40% who Strongly Oppose the mandate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Voters are similarly divided over the federal government’s top COVID-19 expert,
Dr. Anthony Fauci. Forty-five percent (45%) view Fauci favorably, including 28% who
have a Very Favorable impression of him. Forty-eight percent (48%) have an unfavorable impression of Fauci, including 34% who have a Very Unfavorable view of him.

The even split among voters is the result of deep partisan divisions.
While 78% of Democratic voters support the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate plan, only 22% of Republicans and 41% of voters not affiliated with either major party support the vaccine mandate.

And many Democrats would support even harsher measures, including fines for Americans who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine and criminal punishment for vaccine critics. “After two excruciatingly long years, likely voters are beginning to question the federal government’s handling of the pandemic,” said Chris Talgo, senior editor and research fellow at The Heartland Institute, which commissioned this poll.
“First and foremost, likely voters are beginning to sour on Dr. Anthony Fauci,
who seems to have lost credibility after countless flip-flops.”

Talgo continued:
“Moreover, almost half of likely voters oppose President Biden’s vaccine mandates,
which seem less about stopping the spread of COVID-19 and more about increasing the power of the federal government. When asked about several other potential strategies, such as fining those who refuse to get vaccinated, the consensus among likely voters is that the federal government should do less, not more.”

The survey of 1,016 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on January 5, 2022,
by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. The survey found that 75% of likely Democratic voters – but only 21% of Republicans and 38% of unaffiliated voters – have a favorable opinion of Dr. Fauci.

Among other findings of the survey:
– Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters would oppose a proposal for federal or state governments to fine Americans who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
However, 55% of Democratic voters would support such a proposal, compared to just 19% of Republicans and 25% of unaffiliated voters. – Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democratic voters would favor a government policy requiring that citizens remain confined to their homes at all times, except for emergencies, if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Such a proposal is opposed by 61% of all likely voters,
including 79% of Republicans and 71% of unaffiliated voters.
– Nearly half (48%) of Democratic voters think federal and state governments should
be able to fine or imprison individuals who publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines on social media, television, radio, or in online or digital publications. Only 27% of all voters – including just 14% of Republicans and 18% of unaffiliated voters – favor criminal punishment of vaccine critics.
– Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats would favor governments requiring citizens
to temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Such a policy would be opposed by a strong majority (71%) of all voters, with 78% of Republicans and 64% of unaffiliated voters saying they would Strongly Oppose putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities.”
– While about two-thirds (66%) of likely voters would be against governments using digital devices to track unvaccinated people to ensure that they are quarantined or socially distancing from others, 47% of Democrats favor a government tracking program for those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine. How far are Democrats willing to go in punishing the unvaccinated? Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Democratic voters will support temporarily removing parents’ custody of their children if parents refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

That’s much more than twice the level of support in the rest of the electorate –
seven percent (7%) of Republicans and 11% of unaffiliated voters – for such a policy.
The survey also found that more black voters (63%) than whites (45%), Hispanics (55%)
or other minorities (32%) support Biden’s vaccine mandate for government workers and employees of large companies. President Biden’s strongest supporters are most likely to endorse the harshest punishments against those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Among voters who have a Very Favorable impression of Biden, 51% are in favor of the government putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities,” and 54% favor imposing fines or prison sentences on vaccine critics.
By contrast, among voters who have a Very Unfavorable view of Biden, 95% are against “designated facilities” for the unvaccinated and 93% are against criminal punishment for vaccine critics.
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 produces a spike in cases nationwide, about three-quarters of Americans are already vaccinated against the coronavirus, and two-thirds of those have gotten booster shots. Most Americans are concerned about new variants of the COVID-19 virus, but Democrats are more concerned than others, and place more trust in vaccines to protect against the disease.

It’s “government’s way or lose your children.”
And never forget Democrats in deep blue cities call themselves “Sanctuary cities.”
They allow illegal aliens to live, work and vote, without ID. Asking for ID would be “racist” they say. But they demand American citizens show ID to walk into any store, restaurant, bar, movie, sporting event, or workplace 24/7.
Illegal aliens can actually board airplanes now with “arrest warrants” or “deportation orders” as their form of ID. While American citizens who are unvaccinated in blue states have lost all civil and human rights. This is no longer politics.
This is a war of good vs evil. But there is a bright lining. It’s good to know exactly how the enemy thinks. And make no mistake- Democrats with these sickening views are the enemy of good, the enemy of freedom, the enemy of civil and human rights, the enemy of democracy and the U.S. Constitution, the enemy of American exceptionalism.
People with these kinds of abhorrent views don’t belong in America.

It’s clear we’re in a Civil War. A war of good versus evil.

And I Repeat Again Democrats are the new Confederates.
Wayne Allyn Root is known as “the Conservative Warrior.” Wayne’s new book,
“The Great Patriot Protest & Boycott Book” is a #1 bestseller. .
Wayne is host of the nationally syndicated “Wayne Allyn Root: Raw & Unfiltered”
on USA Radio Network, daily from 6 PM to 9 PM EST and the “WAR RAW” podcast.
Visit ROOTforAmerica.com, or listen live at http://usaradio.com/wayne-allyn-root/
or “on demand” 24/7 at iHeartRadio.com.

This is HOGWASH Bernie Sanders responds to Biden’s ‘I’m not a socialist’ remark.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responds to a recent remark from President Joe Biden that singled out the senator.

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Democrats have had enough of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s obstruction (msn.com)

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Corrupt and Unconstitutional Jan 6 Committee Releases Text Messages
Showing Hannity Encouraging McEnany “No More Stolen Election Talk”.
By Joe Hoft Published January 21, 2022.

Text messages show Trump insiders worked to get President Trump past the stolen
2020 Election. The corrupt Jan 6 committee, which is likely unconstitutional and working outside of its mandate — is another entity created by the corrupt and criminal left to again project their crimes onto others. Like the Russia collusion sham projecting Biden’s crimes onto President Trump, the Jan 6 Committee accuses President Trump and Americans who believe the 2020 Election was stolen, of being insurrectionists.

The Democrats stole the 2020 Election and every day we find more and more information that proves this is the case. The 2020 Election steal was the Deep State’s and Democrats’ ultimate coup of President Trump and America. Now they label Americans who were upset about their massive crime “insurrectionists”. This is a total projection.

The Jan 6 Committee has subpoenaed numerous documents from the Trump White House. This corrupt committee is now releasing select documents that they want to get
out to the mainstream media. This whole sham should be shut down and the instigators investigated and prosecuted for codifying the stolen 2020 Election.

Donald Trump Blasts Jan. 6 Panel After Ivanka Request: ‘They’ll Go After Children’.
Donald Trump claimed the panel was overreaching. “They are using whatever powers they have. They couldn’t care less. They are vicious people,” he said of the committee.
He also suggested the committee’s investigation was being used to distract from his successor’s failures.

Newt Gingrich says that January 6 committee members “face a real risk of jail”
should Republicans take over the House after the 2022 election. Appearing on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Baritromo, Gingrich expanded on an op-ed he wrote for Newsweek earlier this week titled “The Wolves Will Become Sheep,” in which he argued that January 6 committee members will have the tables turned on them if the GOP should gain control of Congress.

“You have — both with Attorney General [Merrick] Garland and with this select committee on January 6, people who have run amok,” Gingrich argued. He added,
“What they need to understand is on January 4 next year, you’re going to have a Republican majority in the House and a Republican majority in the Senate. And all these people who have been so tough, and so mean, and so nasty are going to be delivered subpoenas for every document, every conversation, every tweet, every email.”

Gingrich went on to blast Garland and the Jan. 6 committee as a “lynch mob.”
He warned that Republicans may look to imprison their political opponents next January — arguing that their inquiry is breaking the law by “running over peoples’ civil liberties.”
“I think when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down,” Gingrich said. “And the wolves are going to find out that they’re now sheep and they’re the ones who are in fact, I think, face a real risk of jail for the kinds of laws they’re breaking.”

The post Newt Gingrich Says Jan. 6 Committee Members ‘Face a Real Risk of Jail’ if Republicans Win the House first appeared on Mediaite.com

Email From Trump Team Lawyer John Eastman Further Proves Conspiracy to Overturn Election Results

How Trump’s flirtation with an anti-insurrection law inspired Jan. 6 insurrection (msn.com)

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Opinion | ‘Big Lie’ proponent Kayleigh McEnany says she ‘never lied’ as press secretary – The Washington Post
Today we find out that Sean Hannity from FOX News texted Kayleigh McEnany after the stolen election.
Below is a LINK showing the documents released by the corrupt and unconstitutional
Jan 6 Committee. Hannity texted Kayleigh a five-point plan for talking to Trump on January 7th

Has Hannity been subpoenaed?
I’ve lost track of all the subpoenas, but if not, he should be. I want to know what he meant when he said, “I did not have a good call with him today”.

What exactly did Trump say to him?

Not formally, but he was asked to voluntarily cooperate (with expected results):
Sean Hannity is a hypocrite for claiming ’freedom of the press’ to duck the Jan. 6 committee – The Washington Post

The history books will mark 2016-2021 as the darkest time in the American experiment.
The Politics Girl Podcast: The Rise of Autocracy – YouTube

This is criminal activity. The Jan 6 Committee takes text messages, likely illegally, and uses them in a hit job on Hannity and McEnany. (Maybe someday Hannity will have me on to share, from an international audit executive’s perspective,
the massive amount of evidence showing that the election was stolen.)

It is a Spiritual Battle We Fight.
These texts were released to hurt President Trump, Hannity, and McEnany.
Of course, Democrats stole the election.
The Mueller sham proved they would do anything for power.
The Jan 6 committee is another example.
Source: BREAKING: Corrupt and Unconstitutional Jan 6 Committee Releases Text Messages
Showing Hannity Encouraging McEnany “No More Stolen Election Talk” (thegatewaypundit.com)

This Japanese Method Sucks All Toxins Out of the Body
Wellness Guide 101.com

WAYNE ROOT: We are in a Civil War. It’s a War of Good vs Evil.

And Democrats are the Confederate South
By Wayne Allyn Root

I have good news and bad news.

Black Democrats in South Carolina giving Biden mixed reviews.

The bad news is this is evil. Look around. What Democrats believe in is not “politics as usual,” it’s not “liberalism,” it’s not “progressive,” it’s not even “socialist-lite.” It’s pure evil. It’s the kind of evil we used to fight wars over. It’s a combination of communism, fascism, Nazism and the slavery of the Confederate South.

Yes, Democrats are the new Confederates.

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First, before I define the evil that Democrats represent, let me start with an explanation. Understand I’m not talking about today’s American South. If it wasn’t for the patriots and conservatives of Southern states today we wouldn’t have a Republican Party. We wouldn’t have lower taxes, prosperity, plentiful jobs, economic freedom, or capitalism. We wouldn’t be America. God bless the Southern states. You are my heroes.

But the Confederate South of the Civil War period is a different story.
The Confederate South was built upon slavery. The Confederate South believed one group of Americans was sub-human and had no rights. Slavery of any group, for any reason, is pure evil. Slavery is the biggest stain on America’s history.

I repeat, today’s Democrats are the new Confederates.
It’s happening again today. It’s time to admit demonizing one group of Americans,
taking their rights away, enslaving them, is evil. It’s un- American. These views don’t belong in American politics. They don’t belong in America.

It’s time to tell the raw truth- no matter how ugly.
Democrats hate us- Republicans, conservatives, capitalists, and most intensely- the unvaccinated. Democrats want no dissent. No freedom of speech. They want to destroy
our lives. It’s all out in the open now. They want to imprison us, censor us, ban us, take
our jobs & businesses away. They even want to take our children away.

In short, they want to make us serfs and slaves. Over a mild flu, or common cold bug,
with a 99.9% chance of recovery. The excuse for slavery in the 1800s was cotton.
Today it’s Covid.

You can’t fight FACTS. Here they are. Read them and weep.

The latest Rasmussen poll is out.

59% of Democrats (nearly two thirds) would support the government confining unvaccinated people to their homes indefinitely. Think about that for a moment.

This is madness. This is unlawful imprisonment.

This is a violation of the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. We fought and died in the American Revolution over this one. This is slavery. We fought a Civil War over slavery.

But wait, it gets worse.
Just about half of Democrats (48%) believe you or I should face prison, or at best,
fines that drive us out of business, for daring to discuss, debate, or question the need for, effectiveness, or safety of Covid vaccines. Free speech is out the window. If Democrats say, “the world is flat” and you disagree, you must go along with it, or go to prison, or also re-education camp.

47% of Democrats support the government tracking an unvaccinated person’s movements at all times. How would they do that? Would they install chips under our skin? Would they assign Gestapo agents to follow us 24/7/365?

45% of Democrats support the government putting unvaccinated people in
“designated facilities or locations” (i.e., internment camps for the unvaccinated).

Almost one third of Democrats (29 percent) support the government taking
children away from unvaccinated parents. It’s no longer “my body, my choice.”

COVID-19: Democratic Voters Support Harsh Measures Against Unvaccinated.
While many voters have become skeptical toward the federal government’s response to
the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of Democrats embrace restrictive policies, including punitive measures against those who haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
A new Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 48% of voters favor President Joe Biden’s plan to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the employees of large companies and government agencies.

That includes 33% who Strongly Favor the mandate. Forty-eight percent (48%) are opposed to Biden’s vaccine mandate, including 40% who Strongly Oppose the mandate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Voters are similarly divided over the federal government’s top COVID-19 expert,
Dr. Anthony Fauci. Forty-five percent (45%) view Fauci favorably, including 28% who
have a Very Favorable impression of him. Forty-eight percent (48%) have an unfavorable impression of Fauci, including 34% who have a Very Unfavorable view of him.

The even split among voters is the result of deep partisan divisions.
While 78% of Democratic voters support the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate plan, only 22% of Republicans and 41% of voters not affiliated with either major party support the vaccine mandate.

And many Democrats would support even harsher measures, including fines for Americans who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine and criminal punishment for vaccine critics. “After two excruciatingly long years, likely voters are beginning to question the federal government’s handling of the pandemic,” said Chris Talgo, senior editor and research fellow at The Heartland Institute, which commissioned this poll.
“First and foremost, likely voters are beginning to sour on Dr. Anthony Fauci,
who seems to have lost credibility after countless flip-flops.”

Talgo continued:
“Moreover, almost half of likely voters oppose President Biden’s vaccine mandates,
which seem less about stopping the spread of COVID-19 and more about increasing the power of the federal government. When asked about several other potential strategies, such as fining those who refuse to get vaccinated, the consensus among likely voters is that the federal government should do less, not more.”

The survey of 1,016 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on January 5, 2022,
by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. The survey found that 75% of likely Democratic voters – but only 21% of Republicans and 38% of unaffiliated voters – have a favorable opinion of Dr. Fauci.

Among other findings of the survey:
– Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters would oppose a proposal for federal or state governments to fine Americans who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
However, 55% of Democratic voters would support such a proposal, compared to just 19% of Republicans and 25% of unaffiliated voters. – Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democratic voters would favor a government policy requiring that citizens remain confined to their homes at all times, except for emergencies, if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Such a proposal is opposed by 61% of all likely voters,
including 79% of Republicans and 71% of unaffiliated voters.
– Nearly half (48%) of Democratic voters think federal and state governments should
be able to fine or imprison individuals who publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines on social media, television, radio, or in online or digital publications. Only 27% of all voters – including just 14% of Republicans and 18% of unaffiliated voters – favor criminal punishment of vaccine critics.
– Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats would favor governments requiring citizens
to temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Such a policy would be opposed by a strong majority (71%) of all voters, with 78% of Republicans and 64% of unaffiliated voters saying they would Strongly Oppose putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities.”
– While about two-thirds (66%) of likely voters would be against governments using digital devices to track unvaccinated people to ensure that they are quarantined or socially distancing from others, 47% of Democrats favor a government tracking program for those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine. How far are Democrats willing to go in punishing the unvaccinated? Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Democratic voters will support temporarily removing parents’ custody of their children if parents refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

That’s much more than twice the level of support in the rest of the electorate –
seven percent (7%) of Republicans and 11% of unaffiliated voters – for such a policy.
The survey also found that more black voters (63%) than whites (45%), Hispanics (55%)
or other minorities (32%) support Biden’s vaccine mandate for government workers and employees of large companies. President Biden’s strongest supporters are most likely to endorse the harshest punishments against those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Among voters who have a Very Favorable impression of Biden, 51% are in favor of the government putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities,” and 54% favor imposing fines or prison sentences on vaccine critics.
By contrast, among voters who have a Very Unfavorable view of Biden, 95% are against “designated facilities” for the unvaccinated and 93% are against criminal punishment for vaccine critics.
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 produces a spike in cases nationwide, about three-quarters of Americans are already vaccinated against the coronavirus, and two-thirds of those have gotten booster shots. Most Americans are concerned about new variants of the COVID-19 virus, but Democrats are more concerned than others, and place more trust in vaccines to protect against the disease.

It’s “government’s way or lose your children.”
And never forget Democrats in deep blue cities call themselves “Sanctuary cities.”
They allow illegal aliens to live, work and vote, without ID. Asking for ID would be “racist” they say. But they demand American citizens show ID to walk into any store, restaurant, bar, movie, sporting event, or workplace 24/7.
Illegal aliens can actually board airplanes now with “arrest warrants” or “deportation orders” as their form of ID. While American citizens who are unvaccinated in blue states have lost all civil and human rights. This is no longer politics.
This is a war of good vs evil. But there is a bright lining. It’s good to know exactly how the enemy thinks. And make no mistake- Democrats with these sickening views are the enemy of good, the enemy of freedom, the enemy of civil and human rights, the enemy of democracy and the U.S. Constitution, the enemy of American exceptionalism.
People with these kinds of abhorrent views don’t belong in America.

It’s clear we’re in a Civil War. A war of good versus evil.

And I Repeat Again Democrats are the new Confederates.
Wayne Allyn Root is known as “the Conservative Warrior.” Wayne’s new book,
“The Great Patriot Protest & Boycott Book” is a #1 bestseller. .
Wayne is host of the nationally syndicated “Wayne Allyn Root: Raw & Unfiltered”
on USA Radio Network, daily from 6 PM to 9 PM EST and the “WAR RAW” podcast.
Visit ROOTforAmerica.com, or listen live at http://usaradio.com/wayne-allyn-root/
or “on demand” 24/7 at iHeartRadio.com.

This is HOGWASH Bernie Sanders responds to Biden’s ‘I’m not a socialist’ remark.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responds to a recent remark from President Joe Biden that singled out the senator.

Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator, says it was ‘absolutely’ appropriate for Sen. Kyrtsen Sinema to be censured (msn.com)

Democrats have had enough of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s obstruction (msn.com)

THE GREAT RESET, JOE BIDEN AND THE RETURN OF NAZI-FASCISM

https://peertube.su/w/8Rj3pwS4PZqdEC1rjkagqz

Corrupt and Unconstitutional Jan 6 Committee Releases Text Messages
Showing Hannity Encouraging McEnany “No More Stolen Election Talk”.
By Joe Hoft Published January 21, 2022.

Text messages show Trump insiders worked to get President Trump past the stolen
2020 Election. The corrupt Jan 6 committee, which is likely unconstitutional and working outside of its mandate — is another entity created by the corrupt and criminal left to again project their crimes onto others. Like the Russia collusion sham projecting Biden’s crimes onto President Trump, the Jan 6 Committee accuses President Trump and Americans who believe the 2020 Election was stolen, of being insurrectionists.

The Democrats stole the 2020 Election and every day we find more and more information that proves this is the case. The 2020 Election steal was the Deep State’s and Democrats’ ultimate coup of President Trump and America. Now they label Americans who were upset about their massive crime “insurrectionists”. This is a total projection.

The Jan 6 Committee has subpoenaed numerous documents from the Trump White House. This corrupt committee is now releasing select documents that they want to get
out to the mainstream media. This whole sham should be shut down and the instigators investigated and prosecuted for codifying the stolen 2020 Election.

Donald Trump Blasts Jan. 6 Panel After Ivanka Request: ‘They’ll Go After Children’.
Donald Trump claimed the panel was overreaching. “They are using whatever powers they have. They couldn’t care less. They are vicious people,” he said of the committee.
He also suggested the committee’s investigation was being used to distract from his successor’s failures.

Newt Gingrich says that January 6 committee members “face a real risk of jail”
should Republicans take over the House after the 2022 election. Appearing on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Baritromo, Gingrich expanded on an op-ed he wrote for Newsweek earlier this week titled “The Wolves Will Become Sheep,” in which he argued that January 6 committee members will have the tables turned on them if the GOP should gain control of Congress.

“You have — both with Attorney General [Merrick] Garland and with this select committee on January 6, people who have run amok,” Gingrich argued. He added,
“What they need to understand is on January 4 next year, you’re going to have a Republican majority in the House and a Republican majority in the Senate. And all these people who have been so tough, and so mean, and so nasty are going to be delivered subpoenas for every document, every conversation, every tweet, every email.”

Gingrich went on to blast Garland and the Jan. 6 committee as a “lynch mob.”
He warned that Republicans may look to imprison their political opponents next January — arguing that their inquiry is breaking the law by “running over peoples’ civil liberties.”
“I think when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down,” Gingrich said. “And the wolves are going to find out that they’re now sheep and they’re the ones who are in fact, I think, face a real risk of jail for the kinds of laws they’re breaking.”

The post Newt Gingrich Says Jan. 6 Committee Members ‘Face a Real Risk of Jail’ if Republicans Win the House first appeared on Mediaite.com

Email From Trump Team Lawyer John Eastman Further Proves Conspiracy to Overturn Election Results

How Trump’s flirtation with an anti-insurrection law inspired Jan. 6 insurrection (msn.com)

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Wisconsin Speaker Vos Is Secretly Pushing Legislation to Increase Number of Drop Boxes After Judge Ruled Them Illegal in State

Opinion | ‘Big Lie’ proponent Kayleigh McEnany says she ‘never lied’ as press secretary – The Washington Post
Today we find out that Sean Hannity from FOX News texted Kayleigh McEnany after the stolen election.
Below is a LINK showing the documents released by the corrupt and unconstitutional
Jan 6 Committee. Hannity texted Kayleigh a five-point plan for talking to Trump on January 7th

Has Hannity been subpoenaed?
I’ve lost track of all the subpoenas, but if not, he should be. I want to know what he meant when he said, “I did not have a good call with him today”.

What exactly did Trump say to him?

Not formally, but he was asked to voluntarily cooperate (with expected results):
Sean Hannity is a hypocrite for claiming ’freedom of the press’ to duck the Jan. 6 committee – The Washington Post

The history books will mark 2016-2021 as the darkest time in the American experiment.
The Politics Girl Podcast: The Rise of Autocracy – YouTube

This is criminal activity. The Jan 6 Committee takes text messages, likely illegally, and uses them in a hit job on Hannity and McEnany. (Maybe someday Hannity will have me on to share, from an international audit executive’s perspective,
the massive amount of evidence showing that the election was stolen.)

It is a Spiritual Battle We Fight.
These texts were released to hurt President Trump, Hannity, and McEnany.
Of course, Democrats stole the election.
The Mueller sham proved they would do anything for power.
The Jan 6 committee is another example.
Source: BREAKING: Corrupt and Unconstitutional Jan 6 Committee Releases Text Messages
Showing Hannity Encouraging McEnany “No More Stolen Election Talk” (thegatewaypundit.com)

This Japanese Method Sucks All Toxins Out of the Body
Wellness Guide 101.com

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Japanese Centenarians’

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Ken

Japanese Centenarians May Have Unique Gut Microbiome
Which Is Important in Preventing Illness.
By Rhoda Wilson – The Expose (daily expose.uk)

Microbiome and disease correlation – Bing video

Listen to this Article: Centenarians May Have Unique Gut Microbiome
Which Is Important in Preventing Illness – The Expose (daily expose.uk)

There have always been hopes that a cure would be discovered for aging, whether it was magical waters of the Fountain of Youth or stem cell research. Yet, this magical fountain
is likely closer than you think. Researchers from Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, recently released data.1
After studying the gut microbiome of centenarians living in Japan. What they discovered was a unique bacterium that produces a type of bile acid, which seemed to be common to most of the study participants. People have been searching for the proverbial Fountain of Youth for centuries.2
In his later years, author Mark Twain noted that “life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.”3

Summary
Data from a group of centenarians whose average age was 107 revealed gut microbiota that include Odoribacteraceae, which reliably produces a bile acid called isoallolithocholic acid, are important to preventing illness.
A strong balance of beneficial gut microbiota may also help lower chronic inflammation, which is associated with atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, frailty and early death.
Eating probiotic fermented foods to seed your gut microbiome and prebiotic foods rich in insoluble fibre to nourish the beneficial bacteria is an important strategy to benefit your health and wellness.
More ways to optimize your gut health are to eliminate sugar, implement a cyclical ketogenic diet and use antibiotics sparingly. Fasting is another strategy that helps
support autophagy, boost growth hormone and burn calories.

Extracted from ‘What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives?’
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, 17 January 2022,

key-to-japanese-centenarians-long-lives-mercola.pdf (daily expose.uk)

Introduction to the human gut microbiota (nih.gov)

Gut Bacteria in Health and Disease (nih.gov)

Centenarians May Have Unique Gut Microbiome
Data from the research team in Japan were published in the journal Nature.4
They noted the centenarians displayed a decreased susceptibility to illnesses associated with the elderly, namely illnesses, chronic inflammation and infectious diseases.5
The researchers analyzed fecal samples from 160 centenarians living across Japan.
The average age of the individuals was 107 years. They compared the gut microbiome found in the fecal samples to that of another 112 people in their 80s and to another 47 participants who were younger.
The goal was to look for differences in the gut microbiome that may help explain
the differences in inflammation and chronic disease noted between the groups.
The researchers began with an understanding that the gut microbiomes of centenarians likely have a higher diversity of core microbiota as found in a study of residents in Sardinia, Italy, who had lived more than 100 years.6
A functional analysis of the gut microbiota in the study from Italy showed a high capacity for central metabolism and a gut microbiota that was “low in genes encoding enzymes involved in degradation of carbohydrates.”7
The recent study from Japan looked at the differences in the bacterial species present in the gut microbiomes of each group and analyzed the type of compounds the gut microbiome produced.
The researchers hope that by identifying the bacterial communities that support longevity and health, it may be possible to correct imbalances that would prevent disease and improve health in other people.

It May Also Be About Bile Acids
However, it’s also important to remember that the gut microbiome is complex and sensitive. Past research has shown that changes in what you eat can rapidly alter the composition of your gut microbiome.8,9
However, as you may imagine, reaching an age over 100 is not common, so the data collected from these individuals may help identify health practices that reduce disease.
While some of the participants exhibited low levels of inflammation.
ScienceAlert reports the researchers wrote that “the majority of centenarians were free
of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension [high blood pressure], and cancer.”10

Over the course of two years as the fecal samples were collected, the type of bacterial community in the centenarians remained stable.
However, the study did not look at other lifestyle factors, such as diet. On further analysis, the researchers found that the centenarians had a group of bacteria (Odoribacteraceae) that reliably produced a bile acid called isoallo-lithocholic acid (isoalloLCA).
The research team did further experiment which showed that the bile acid produced by Odoribacteraceae could inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) in a lab culture. Using an animal study, they also found the same bile-producing strain of bacteria could reduce the amount of C. difficile infected mice shed below detectable levels.

This suggested to the researchers that this strain of bacteria could help ward off an infection with C. difficile. Scientists are finding the bile acids may be a new class of intestinal hormones that do more than aid in digestion.
Research physiologist Kim Barrett from UC San Diego was not involved in the study.
She believes that this work revealed more correlation than causality but also said:
“It is certainly conceivable that manipulating concentrations of specific bile acids,
whether microbial or by giving them directly, could exert health benefits.” 11

Aging and Inflammation
Inflammation is at the core of many negative health conditions.
This includes atherosclerosis,12 cardiovascular disease, multimorbidity and frailty.13
Researchers now call it inflammaging, which is “a condition characterized by elevated levels of blood inflammatory markers that carries high susceptibility to chronic morbidity, disability, frailty, and premature death.”14
Inflammation affects people of all ages. For example, adults with obesity and children with skin and respiratory allergies all struggle with high degrees of inflammation in the body. Researchers understand that aging is complex and chronic information is a pervasive feature in the elderly.15

Inflammaging represents a significant mortality and morbidity risk factor and even
low-grade inflammation observed in aging can result in dysregulation of the innate immune system and cell death. Inflammation is also related to your mental health.
In one study, researchers connected depressive symptoms and behavioral disorders strongly with chronic inflammation.16
For example, in melancholic depression, bipolar disorder and postpartum depression, white blood cells called monocytes express pro-inflammatory genes provoke secretion
of cytokines.17

At the same time, cortisol sensitivity goes down, which is important as it is a stress hormone that buffers against inflammation. These inflammatory agents transfer information to your nervous system, typically by stimulating your vagus nerve,
which connects your gut and brain.18

Prebiotic and Probiotic Foods Can Help Nourish Your Gut
Prebiotic foods are the nutrients beneficial bacteria need to thrive.
They are found primarily in fibre-rich foods, which is perfect because your gut bacteria thrive on indigestible fibre.
In animal research, data showed dietary prebiotics had a significant effect on rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (nonREM) sleep cycles. 19
This may positively affect your sleep quality. Researchers studying the effect of probiotics on gut health and REM sleep found that the animals who ate the prebiotics had an increase in beneficial gut bacteria, 20 and excreted metabolites beneficial to brain health. 21 Prebiotic foods include those high in indigestible fibre, such as asparagus, cashews, fennel bulb, leeks and snow peas.22,23

Although I highly recommend getting most of your nutrients from real food, probiotic supplements can be helpful when you’re unable to eat fermented foods.
For probiotics to do their job, you also need to optimize the conditions where they flourish, which means eating plenty of prebiotic foods.
In other words, if you take a probiotic supplement and continue to eat a highly processed diet with added sugars, you’re only feeding the potentially pathogenic bacteria in your gut since they love sugar.
On the other hand, pathogenic microbes do not thrive in the presence of fibre rich foods or those with healthy fats, proteins and complex carbohydrates. When the gut microbiome is unbalanced, it can affect the immune system, mental health, mood & even brain function. In other words, it can raise the level of chronic inflammation in your body and speed the aging process.

More Ways to Optimize Gut Health
Following are several key dietary components that will help you nourish your gut microbiome, thereby protecting yourself against a whole host of chronic diseases: Eliminate sugars and processed foods from your diet, as sugar feeds microbes
known to have a negative influence on your health. Sugar is Poison Documentary.

Implement a cyclical ketogenic diet.
While nutritional ketosis will initially improve your gut microbiome, thanks to the elimination of excess sugars, in the long term, continuous ketosis may be problematic.
To optimize your gut health, be sure to eat lots of fibre-rich vegetables and implement a cyclical ketogenic diet, where once or twice a week you increase the amount of net carbs (total carbohydrates minus fibre).
Eat plenty of fibre-rich foods/prebiotics. There are two main types of dietary fibre: soluble and insoluble. Ideally, you need both on a regular basis. Soluble fibre, found in cucumbers, blueberries, beans and nuts, dissolves into a gel-like texture, helping to slow down your digestion.

Insoluble fibre, found in foods like dark green leafy vegetables, green beans, celery
and carrots, does not dissolve and stays basically intact as it moves through your colon.
By adding bulk to your stool, it helps food to move through your digestive tract more quickly for healthy elimination.
Prebiotics are found primarily in fibre-rich foods, which is perfect because your good
gut bacteria thrive on indigestible fiber. Inulin is one type of water-soluble fiber found
in asparagus, garlic, leeks and onions that helps nourish your beneficial gut bacteria.
Regularly consume traditionally fermented and cultured foods, which are loaded with a wide variety of healthy live bacteria. Healthy choices include lassi, kefir, natto and various pickled fermentations of cabbage, turnips, eggplant, cucumbers, onions, squash and carrots.

Consider a spore-based probiotic supplement, especially when taking a course of antibiotics. Sporebiotics are part of a group of derivatives of the microbe called bacillus. This genus has hundreds of subspecies, the most important of which is Bacillus subtilis.
Essentially, sporebiotics consist of the cell wall of bacillus spores, and they are a primary tool to boost your immune tolerance. Because sporebiotics do not contain any live Bacillus strains, only its spores — the protective shell around the DNA and the working mechanism of that DNA — are unaffected by antibiotics.
Antibiotics indiscriminately kill your gut bacteria, both good and bad, which is why secondary infections and lowered immune function are common side effects of taking antibiotics.

Chronic low-dose exposure to antibiotics through your food also takes a toll on your gut microbiome, which can result in chronic ill health and increased risk of drug resistance. Since they’re not destroyed by antibiotics, sporebiotics can more effectively help re-establish your gut microbiome.

Fasting Is a Significant Part of the Longevity Solution.
In the interview below with David Sinclair, Ph.D., professor of genetics and co-director
of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School, another important strategy to slow the aging process was discussed. Dr. Sinclair is the author of “Lifespan: Why We Age — and Why We Don’t Have To.”
Watch Dr. Joseph Mercola: Extending Your “Lifespan” With Dr. David Sinclair HERE. Transcript attached below:
Microsoft Word – David Sinclair – June 2019 – transcript (daily expose.uk)

ARTICLE REFERENCES:
1, 4 NATURE, JULY 29, 2021
2 HISTORY, APRIL 2, 2013
3 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
5, 10 SCIENCEALERT, JULY 31, 2021
6, 7 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, 2019; DOI.ORG/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00325-19
8 JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 2017;15:73
9 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, DECEMBER 14, 2013
11 SCIENCE ALERT, JULY 31, 2021, PARA 3 FROM BOTTOM
12 PLOS BIOLOGY, 2020; DOI.ORG/10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3000726
13, 14 NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY, 2018;15:505
15 FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, 2018;5:12
16 BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY, 2013; 31(1)
17 TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY (2014) 4, E344
18 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2019;9(14290)
19 FRONTIERS OF BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2017; DOI.ORG/10.3389/FNBEH.2016.00240
20, 23 HINDUSTAN TIMES, FEBRUARY 25, 2017
21 MEDICAL NEWS TODAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
22 MONASH UNIVERSITY, PREBIOTIC DIET FAQS
24 PLOS|ONE, 2014; DOI.ORG/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0102031
25 MEDICINE NET, MARCH 22, 2021
26 CELL METABOLISM, 2015;22(1)

Source:
What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives? – Fast Rope
What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives? | Dr. Joseph Mercola
What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives? – Gospel News Network

Ruby Ray Media – MAGNIFICENT MERCOLA: What Is the Key to Japanese Centenarians’ Long Lives?

Role of bile acids and gut bacteria in healthy aging of centenarians (nature.com)

Read More: Healthy Living Archives – Gospel News Network
12 Warning Signs You Have Poor Gut Health — Eat This Not That

(PDF) Postbiotics-A Step Beyond Pre-and Probiotics (researchgate.net)

7 Best Probiotic Supplements (Recommendation and Reviews) (lifehack.org)

Microbiome Research Solutions – Creative Proteomics (creative-proteomics.com)

High Stomach Acid Symptoms: Side Effects, Causes & Treatment (healthline.com)

The Microbiome | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Eating This After 65 Can Add Years to Your Life, New Study Says (msn.com)

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Mark of the Beast

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Ken

MOST WATCHED VIDEOS ON BANNED.VIDEO!

DEEP STATE GLOBALISTS DEPOPULATION.

Human 2.0 Warning: Doctor Issues Wake Up Call to The World.

(Banned. Video.) Unshackledminds.com

Genetic Transmutation: how to build a better more docile slave.

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist proves Covid-19 Vaccines have caused
huge increase in Miscarriages and Stillbirths – The Expose (dailyexpose.uk)

Dr. Carrie Madej issues a wakeup call to people around the world to the dangers of transhumanism, especially the genetically modifying RNA vaccines being pushed on
the global population in a mass experiment.

This is agenda 2030; depopulation and mind-control program.

There are two technologies they will use in covid vaccine:

1. Genes will be injected into the body, and they permanently alter the genetic makeup
of the recipient.

2. Nano-sensors, would issue real time data-reports on body/brain functioning to ops centers and from those ops’ centers, data – including instructions – would be sent back
to the nano-sensors, which would impose those instructions on the brain and body. So programmable humans; that would make a very complex computer system. That it alI
they want to develop while they steal mankind’s consciousness and connection to GOD.

Human 2.0 and Human 3.0 are discussed in this interview:
https://wingmakers.com/writings/nerudainterviews/fifth interview/

Expand your horizon of possibilities and read the Neruda interviews.

Mark of the beast. God bless you all.
The Gospel is 1Corinthians 15:1-4, Ephesian 1:13, 2:8-9, Roman 3:23-26.
Without blood there is no life and without Jesus BLOOD no eternal life.
Faith in Jesus BLOOD and his finished work at cross.

The goal is to create “an infinite human on the Earth plane”.
Even the Guardian newspaper admits RNA can change DNA.

They are doing it with mosquitos. Human’s next, via the RNA vaccine:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/04/us-military-agency-
invests-100m-in-genetic-extinction-technologies

EUGENICS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT

I read up on mRNA vaccines. They said something about nanoparticles. These particles could cause Toxicology and may not be safe. These scientists are called social scientists and humanists. Of course, the mRNA will make it to the DNA because of the Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERV) we have.

mRNA vaccines are designed to poison people says
Michael Palmer, MD, Prof of Biochemistry (bitchute.com)

In the medical Nuremberg Trials, it was number 1 rule:
NO MEDICAL PROCEDURE CAN BE FORCED ONTO SOMEBODY AGAINST HIS WILL.
Fraudci, Walensky dodge question when asked about number of vaccine deaths (wnd.com)

I guess all governments go full blown NAZI by pushing force vaccination.
This brings up ethical issues. What the hell has happened to science?

We have a person who is unqualified to run the WHO. WE have two people who are on
the covid 19 task force who are corrupt and have ethical problems and have a conflict of interest. Then we have the wonderful Gates, who by the way have no medical background.

Bill Gates software tech or software thief!

The Man Who COULD Have Been Bill Gates [Gary Kildall]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDIK-C6dGks

Why hasn’t the brand new Plandemic documentary been uploaded yet?

It’s the best documentary on the COVID hoax ever made!

It’s SO WELL DONE. https://plandemicseries.com

The filmmaker is begging people to download it and upload it everywhere!

https://videos.galaxyverge.com/2020-05-06_plandemic.mp4

This is why they are fast tracking. This is evil shit.

If this isn’t the “mark of the beast”:

I don’t know what other interpretation can fit so well to the biblical record.

Sounds so similar to demon possession in the way this ‘technology’ ‘takes over the body’.

Is this the new way then to ‘possess’ a human being?

These type of shit people invest billions and want a return before they die.

I don’t care what kind of treatment they have. No one is forcing a vaccine on me or my family that I don’t want to take. I don’t care what authority they have granted themselves. I answer to a higher authority. I live in the Spirit and not the flesh. So be it.

The History of The House of Rothschild (rense.com)

Vaccine Secrets – Covid Crisis (rumble.com) Thanks Carla 🙂

https://videos.galaxyverge.com/2020-08-29-the_purple_pill.mp4

GXV | videos.galaxyverge.com/

MOST WATCHED VIDEOS ON BANNED.VIDEO!

DEEP STATE GLOBALISTS DEPOPULATION.

Human 2.0 Warning: Doctor Issues Wake Up Call to The World.

(Banned. Video.) Unshackledminds.com

Genetic Transmutation: how to build a better more docile slave.

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist proves Covid-19 Vaccines have caused
huge increase in Miscarriages and Stillbirths – The Expose (dailyexpose.uk)

Dr. Carrie Madej issues a wakeup call to people around the world to the dangers of transhumanism, especially the genetically modifying RNA vaccines being pushed on
the global population in a mass experiment.

This is agenda 2030; depopulation and mind-control program.

There are two technologies they will use in covid vaccine:

1. Genes will be injected into the body, and they permanently alter the genetic makeup
of the recipient.

2. Nano-sensors, would issue real time data-reports on body/brain functioning to ops centers and from those ops’ centers, data – including instructions – would be sent back
to the nano-sensors, which would impose those instructions on the brain and body. So programmable humans; that would make a very complex computer system. That it alI
they want to develop while they steal mankind’s consciousness and connection to GOD.

Human 2.0 and Human 3.0 are discussed in this interview:
https://wingmakers.com/writings/nerudainterviews/fifth interview/

Expand your horizon of possibilities and read the Neruda interviews.

Mark of the beast. God bless you all.
The Gospel is 1Corinthians 15:1-4, Ephesian 1:13, 2:8-9, Roman 3:23-26.
Without blood there is no life and without Jesus BLOOD no eternal life.
Faith in Jesus BLOOD and his finished work at cross.

The goal is to create “an infinite human on the Earth plane”.
Even the Guardian newspaper admits RNA can change DNA.

They are doing it with mosquitos. Human’s next, via the RNA vaccine:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/04/us-military-agency-
invests-100m-in-genetic-extinction-technologies

EUGENICS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT

I read up on mRNA vaccines. They said something about nanoparticles. These particles could cause Toxicology and may not be safe. These scientists are called social scientists and humanists. Of course, the mRNA will make it to the DNA because of the Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERV) we have.

mRNA vaccines are designed to poison people says
Michael Palmer, MD, Prof of Biochemistry (bitchute.com)

In the medical Nuremberg Trials, it was number 1 rule:
NO MEDICAL PROCEDURE CAN BE FORCED ONTO SOMEBODY AGAINST HIS WILL.
Fraudci, Walensky dodge question when asked about number of vaccine deaths (wnd.com)

I guess all governments go full blown NAZI by pushing force vaccination.
This brings up ethical issues. What the hell has happened to science?

We have a person who is unqualified to run the WHO. WE have two people who are on
the covid 19 task force who are corrupt and have ethical problems and have a conflict of interest. Then we have the wonderful Gates, who by the way have no medical background.

Bill Gates software tech or software thief!

The Man Who COULD Have Been Bill Gates [Gary Kildall]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDIK-C6dGks

Why hasn’t the brand new Plandemic documentary been uploaded yet?

It’s the best documentary on the COVID hoax ever made!

It’s SO WELL DONE. https://plandemicseries.com

The filmmaker is begging people to download it and upload it everywhere!

https://videos.galaxyverge.com/2020-05-06_plandemic.mp4

This is why they are fast tracking. This is evil shit.

If this isn’t the “mark of the beast”:

I don’t know what other interpretation can fit so well to the biblical record.

Sounds so similar to demon possession in the way this ‘technology’ ‘takes over the body’.

Is this the new way then to ‘possess’ a human being?

These type of shit people invest billions and want a return before they die.

I don’t care what kind of treatment they have. No one is forcing a vaccine on me or my family that I don’t want to take. I don’t care what authority they have granted themselves. I answer to a higher authority. I live in the Spirit and not the flesh. So be it.

The History of The House of Rothschild (rense.com)

Vaccine Secrets – Covid Crisis (rumble.com) Thanks Carla 🙂

https://videos.galaxyverge.com/2020-08-29-the_purple_pill.mp4

GXV | videos.galaxyverge.com/

Bonus: Alive After the Fall

If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves — among you, help them as you –would a foreigner and stranger, so they — can continue to live among you. Leviticus 24:38

I drove cross-country and these were the 16 coolest places I stopped along the way, plus 3 spots I’d skip next time (msn.com)

This is the best beach town to live in in America, according to data (msn.com)

All eyes on California’s proposed single-payer health system (msn.com)

101 lesser-known US attractions nobody should miss (msn.com)

Where People from Alaska Are Moving to the Most (msn.com)

This Quiet Ski Resort Is Utah’s Best Hidden Gem (msn.com)

The Coolest National Park in Every State (msn.com)

America’s most wonderful waterfalls (msn.com)

15 Top Ski Destinations in the US (msn.com)

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Big Underwear

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Ken

A Speech on Laughter Is the Best Medicine – Bing video

I Am Very Happy Today to Be Able to Have the Chance to Discuss
with You About the Topic “Laughter Is the Best Medicine”.

‘Laughter is the best medicine’ is a very well-known proverb which means that laughter is the best process and medicine to get cured emotionally as well as physically. It is a natural health tonic to recover faster than other medicines. Laughter yoga is a mind-body exercise, which is always mentioned as a reliable therapy for depression, stress, anxiety and other numerous mental problems.
The ability to laugh happily is the best resource to overcome most of your problems
which you have to face in your entire life. A good laugh always helps in reducing the stress and physical tension. It improves the condition of your body and the function of the blood and also increases the flow of blood in your body while maintaining your healthy condition throughout your life. This will help in protecting the good condition of the heart and many other diseases. Laughter also helps in increasing the energy level of your body that would keep you charged throughout the day.
Humor helps in building a positive and confident attitude towards many different situations in our life and also helps in decreasing negativity. Negative attitude shall have
a negative effect on a person’s life and health while a positive attitude will affect one’s life in a positive way. Positive attitude is also very important to stay focused properly and to develop positive relationships within the entire lifetime. Sharing joy and happiness will always increase your delight thus increasing good mental health.

There are many people in our world who benefit and recover from the laughing
therapies. It replenishes and rejuvenates your mind and mood. It is the kind of exercise that improves our overall health of body and as well as the mind. It helps us flow of blood to everybody’s parts and thus relaxes our muscles and prevents the release of stress hormones in our body.
Laughing exercises also help the production and secretion of endorphins which
makes you feel happy, relaxed and relieves the pain. It works as a wonder in reducing stress and depression. It boosts up your immunity and refreshes you, making you feel more energetic. It is also an activity that will help to develop your social health and connections with your surroundings.
Life is stressful these days but ignoring our health is not a good thing for ourselves. Therefore, we must try to laugh as much as we can.
Like this a person should always continue to maintain his/ her positive attitude in life
and keep laughing. You will spread joy and happiness everywhere as that is the one and only way you will feel joy from within. So, stay happy all the time and spread happiness
to everyone.
I give many thanks and good wishes to all of you for bearing with this speech of mine. Hope you all are in good health as always. Life is short so it’s important to not take it
too seriously.

Laugh always and make people happy.

Louie Anderson, Mar 24, 1953 – Jan 21, 2022 (age 68)
the beloved star of Baskets and Search Party, not to mention —
Life with Louie and Family Feud, from blood cancer, according to reports.
He was “in a Las Vegas hospital being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,
a form of cancer,” his rep Glenn Schwartz, told Rolling Stone in a statement.
“More than 18,000 people are diagnosed with DLBCL each year.
Despite being an aggressive lymphoma, DLBCL is considered potentially curable,” according to the Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Early life
Anderson was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Ora Z. (née Prouty), a Mayflower descendant, and Louis William Anderson.^[1][5] His father was a trumpeter for singer Hoagy Carmichael.^[6] Anderson was the second youngest of 11 children in his family. In a 2016 interview on WTF with Marc Maron, Anderson revealed that his mother actually gave birth to 16 children, but five of them—the first baby and then two sets of twins—died at birth.^[7] Anderson described his father as “abusive” and an alcoholic.^[8] Anderson attended Johnson Senior High in Saint Paul.^[9]

Career
Anderson made his television debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield‘s
Young Comedians Special on HBO. ^{[citation needed]} On November 20, 1984,
Anderson made his network debut as a comedian on The Tonight Show.^[10]
In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on
the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers for ABC (which was known in this early stage as
The Greenhorn). When the show was picked up, Anderson was replaced by Mark Linn-Baker in the role of Appleton (whose first name was then changed from Lou to Larry) as the producers didn’t think the chemistry between Anderson and Pinchot was quite right. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC.

In 1986, Anderson had a small role in the singing-telegram scene
in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.^[11]
In 1987, Anderson appeared in a comedy special on Showtime.^[12]
In 1988, Anderson played a role in John Landis‘ film Coming to America, which starred Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall,^[13] a role which he reprised in the 2021 sequel. Anderson also starred in the 1988 camp comedy The Wrong Guys, based on a story by John Hughes.
In 1989, Anderson guest-starred on the first episode of the Muppet Television segment of The Jim Henson Hour.^[14]
In 1995, Anderson created and produced a Saturday-morning animated series for Fox called Life with Louie.^[15] The series was based on Anderson’s childhood
with 10 siblings, a sweet-hearted mother and a loud, war-crazed father.
It also detailed how he was picked on for his weight, and how he used comedy
to deal with the teasing. The show was a 3-year hit on Fox and won two
Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.^[15]
In 1996, Anderson created and starred in The Louie Show for CBS.
The show had Anderson playing a psychotherapist in Duluth, Minnesota.^[16]
The show ran six episodes and was canceled.
In 1999, Anderson landed the role of host of the new version of Family Feud.^[2]
Anderson asked former Feud host Richard Dawson to appear on the premiere show to give him his blessing, but Dawson declined.^[17] Anderson organized a 9/11-themed tournament week of Family Feud between the FDNY and the NYPD, putting up $75,000 toward both organizations for recovery from the September 11, 2001, attacks.^[17] Anderson was let go from the show in 2002 and was replaced by Richard Karn.^[18]

In 2000, Anderson appeared as a panelist on an episode of To Tell the Truth hosted by John O’Hurley.
In 2001, Anderson appeared on an episode of Weakest Link, winning $31,000.^[19]
He made appearances on network television in Scrubs,^[13] Grace Under Fire,^[13]
Touched by an Angel (Then Sings My Soul, November 28, 1999), and Chicago Hope.
He guest starred on the Adult Swim cameo-filled show Tom Goes to the Mayor.
Anderson played in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[20]
In 2012, Anderson filmed a standup special entitled Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer. In it, Anderson poked fun at his bad habits, pesky family members, and aging body.^[21]
In 2013, Anderson appeared in the ABC reality television series Splash.
After practicing several dives into a swimming pool then nearly drowning,
he needed help getting out from co-star football player Ndamukong Suh.^[22]
In October 2014, Anderson signed on as the promotional spokesperson for his home state’s Land O’Lakes Sweet Cream butter brand. Anderson appeared in radio jingles,
web ads, and television commercials promoting the product.
From 2016 to 2019, Anderson played the part of Christine Baskets on the FX comedy series Baskets.^[23] Anderson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Christine Baskets in 2016.
On July 23, 2017, Anderson competed on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud (hosted today by Steve Harvey); his opponent was singer/actress Christina Milian. This made him one of only a small number of individuals to have both hosted and been a contestant on the same game show, and also marked his first appearance on any form of Family Feud since his departure as host in 2002. Anderson was a regular panelist on the TV game show Funny You Should Ask from September 2018 until the show went on hiatus in 2020.
Stand-up style
Dennis Miller called him “one of the lightest on his feet comedians I know … There
are very few guys I’m going to leave my dressing room early (to watch). … (Louie has) a Fred Astaire, with a broken leg, approaches. Very nimble, and he wouldn’t hammer points home, but he would do a ‘weave-back’ that was almost Pulp Fiction-like.”^[24]

Personal life
In 1985, Anderson married his high school sweetheart.
The marriage only lasted four weeks.^[25]

In 2003, Anderson underwent two successful heart procedures.^[29]
On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Anderson had been hospitalized in Las Vegas for large B-cell lymphoma.^[30] He died of complications from the cancer three days later, on January 21, at the age of 68.^[31][32]
\
Signs You Have Blood Cancer Like Louie Anderson
What are the signs and symptoms? Read on—and to ensure your health
and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.
\
You May Have Swollen Glands (Lymph Nodes)
“The main symptom of DLBCL is having swollen glands (lymph nodes). These won’t necessarily be painful,” says Blood Cancer UK. “The most common place for you to notice these would be in your neck, armpit or groin (at the top of your leg on the inside, where it meets your body). In these areas the lymph nodes lie just under the skin, so you’re more likely to notice if they’re swollen.
Sometimes, the affected lymph nodes can be deeper in your body. You may not be able to see the swelling, but you might have other symptoms caused by this. The symptoms you get will depend on where the swollen lymph nodes are, and which organs they’re pressing against. These symptoms might include:

– Pain in the chest or stomach area (abdomen)

_ Bone pain

– Skin lumps

– Coughing or breathlessness.”

– You Might Have a Fever
Doctors consider your “B symptoms” when it comes to DLBCL. A Fever may be one
of them. If you have a temperature over 100.4 degrees F, that’s considered a fever.

– Drenching Night Sweats
If you wake up with soaked night clothes and bedding, this is cause for concern. “Most patients say that either their nightclothes or the sheets on the bed are actually soaked. Sometimes, heavy sweating occurs during the day,” says Cancer.net.

– Unexplained Weight Loss
You may suffer from “unexplained weight loss in the last six months (at least 10% –
one tenth – of your previous weight),” says Blood Cancer UK. “You may also experience other symptoms, which won’t be used to guide treatment decisions. These include fatigue (an extreme tiredness that doesn’t go away after rest or sleep) and itching, which can be widespread or in one place.”

What to Do If You Experience These Symptoms
If you experience these symptoms, contact a medical professional.

“They may order any or all of these tests:”

“Lymph node biopsy: This involves taking a small sample of a
swollen lymph node to confirm the diagnosis of lymphoma.

Full blood count: This is a blood test that checks if you have developed anemia
(a low level of red blood cells that can lead to tiredness and breathlessness).

Liver function test: This is a blood test that checks how well your liver is functioning.

Urea and electrolytes test: This is a blood test that checks how well your kidneys
are functioning.”

How Louie “Big Underwear” Anderson Is Striving to Make Better Food Choices

Angela Channell | Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Comedy Debate at The Oxford Union

The prison of your mind | Sean Stephenson | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison

MAGNIFICENT Fall Colors HIKING The Boulder Louie Loop

Also protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these
35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.

The illegitimate US Communist Government now festering in D.C. has global blood on their hands including the head of the snake doctor Mengele Fauci.

Fauci continues to scare: The epidemic has five stages, and we are still in the first stage – World-Signals News

How and Why Some People Can Get COVID-19 Twice, According to Dr. Fauci – video Dailymotion

This government must be legally destroyed by the American People who value truth and liberty for ALL.

– It’s all been lies from the beginning.

Biden Administration Has ‘No Solution’ for Supply Chain Crisis: Andy Puzder

Watch: Dr. Robert Malone on Dana Loesch – Bing

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good?

U.S. studies highlight the need for COVID boosters to fight Omicron.

The Way ‘COVID Deaths’ Are Being Counted Is a National Scandal.

This is a true, albeit anecdotal, story. Note my name on the meme.

MUST WATCH: Dr. Robert Malone Drops BOMBSHELLS During Much-Anticipated Interview With Joe Rogan –
Says Federal Government is “Lawless” and Actively “Violating the Nuremberg Code” (thegatewaypundit.com)

The full interview is over 3 hours long, so here are a few of the best and most important parts. The entire podcast can be found below:
Joe Rogan Experience #1757 – Dr. Robert Malone, MD Full Transcript – Nehls (house.gov)

#1747 – Dr. Peter A. McCullough – The Joe Rogan Experience …

Search results for: Peter Mccullough (rumble.com)

Vaccine Secrets – Covid Crisis (rumble.com) Thanks Carla 🙂

The Zelenko protocol (utrgv.edu)

“Are They Censoring Terrorists or Pedophiles?” – Takes Shot at Biden’s Legitimacy as President – “I Guess He Got 81 million Votes” (thegatewaypundit.com)

Joe Rogan DEFENDS Aaron Rodgers, Calls Him ‘A Smart F**king Dude’.

Green Bay Packers fans are brave for weathering the cold.

The unfiltered year of Aaron Rodgers (espn.com)

A Speech on Laughter Is the Best Medicine – Bing video

I Am Very Happy Today to Be Able to Have the Chance to Discuss
with You About the Topic “Laughter Is the Best Medicine”.

‘Laughter is the best medicine’ is a very well-known proverb which means that laughter is the best process and medicine to get cured emotionally as well as physically. It is a natural health tonic to recover faster than other medicines. Laughter yoga is a mind-body exercise, which is always mentioned as a reliable therapy for depression, stress, anxiety and other numerous mental problems.
The ability to laugh happily is the best resource to overcome most of your problems
which you have to face in your entire life. A good laugh always helps in reducing the stress and physical tension. It improves the condition of your body and the function of the blood and also increases the flow of blood in your body while maintaining your healthy condition throughout your life. This will help in protecting the good condition of the heart and many other diseases. Laughter also helps in increasing the energy level of your body that would keep you charged throughout the day.
Humor helps in building a positive and confident attitude towards many different situations in our life and also helps in decreasing negativity. Negative attitude shall have
a negative effect on a person’s life and health while a positive attitude will affect one’s life in a positive way. Positive attitude is also very important to stay focused properly and to develop positive relationships within the entire lifetime. Sharing joy and happiness will always increase your delight thus increasing good mental health.

There are many people in our world who benefit and recover from the laughing
therapies. It replenishes and rejuvenates your mind and mood. It is the kind of exercise that improves our overall health of body and as well as the mind. It helps us flow of blood to everybody’s parts and thus relaxes our muscles and prevents the release of stress hormones in our body.
Laughing exercises also help the production and secretion of endorphins which
makes you feel happy, relaxed and relieves the pain. It works as a wonder in reducing stress and depression. It boosts up your immunity and refreshes you, making you feel more energetic. It is also an activity that will help to develop your social health and connections with your surroundings.
Life is stressful these days but ignoring our health is not a good thing for ourselves. Therefore, we must try to laugh as much as we can.
Like this a person should always continue to maintain his/ her positive attitude in life
and keep laughing. You will spread joy and happiness everywhere as that is the one and only way you will feel joy from within. So, stay happy all the time and spread happiness
to everyone.
I give many thanks and good wishes to all of you for bearing with this speech of mine. Hope you all are in good health as always. Life is short so it’s important to not take it
too seriously.

Laugh always and make people happy.

Louie Anderson, Mar 24, 1953 – Jan 21, 2022 (age 68)
the beloved star of Baskets and Search Party, not to mention —
Life with Louie and Family Feud, from blood cancer, according to reports.
He was “in a Las Vegas hospital being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,
a form of cancer,” his rep Glenn Schwartz, told Rolling Stone in a statement.
“More than 18,000 people are diagnosed with DLBCL each year.
Despite being an aggressive lymphoma, DLBCL is considered potentially curable,” according to the Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Early life
Anderson was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Ora Z. (née Prouty), a Mayflower descendant, and Louis William Anderson.^[1][5] His father was a trumpeter for singer Hoagy Carmichael.^[6] Anderson was the second youngest of 11 children in his family. In a 2016 interview on WTF with Marc Maron, Anderson revealed that his mother actually gave birth to 16 children, but five of them—the first baby and then two sets of twins—died at birth.^[7] Anderson described his father as “abusive” and an alcoholic.^[8] Anderson attended Johnson Senior High in Saint Paul.^[9]

Career
Anderson made his television debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield‘s
Young Comedians Special on HBO. ^{[citation needed]} On November 20, 1984,
Anderson made his network debut as a comedian on The Tonight Show.^[10]
In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on
the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers for ABC (which was known in this early stage as
The Greenhorn). When the show was picked up, Anderson was replaced by Mark Linn-Baker in the role of Appleton (whose first name was then changed from Lou to Larry) as the producers didn’t think the chemistry between Anderson and Pinchot was quite right. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC.

In 1986, Anderson had a small role in the singing-telegram scene
in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.^[11]
In 1987, Anderson appeared in a comedy special on Showtime.^[12]
In 1988, Anderson played a role in John Landis‘ film Coming to America, which starred Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall,^[13] a role which he reprised in the 2021 sequel. Anderson also starred in the 1988 camp comedy The Wrong Guys, based on a story by John Hughes.
In 1989, Anderson guest-starred on the first episode of the Muppet Television segment of The Jim Henson Hour.^[14]
In 1995, Anderson created and produced a Saturday-morning animated series for Fox called Life with Louie.^[15] The series was based on Anderson’s childhood
with 10 siblings, a sweet-hearted mother and a loud, war-crazed father.
It also detailed how he was picked on for his weight, and how he used comedy
to deal with the teasing. The show was a 3-year hit on Fox and won two
Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.^[15]
In 1996, Anderson created and starred in The Louie Show for CBS.
The show had Anderson playing a psychotherapist in Duluth, Minnesota.^[16]
The show ran six episodes and was canceled.
In 1999, Anderson landed the role of host of the new version of Family Feud.^[2]
Anderson asked former Feud host Richard Dawson to appear on the premiere show to give him his blessing, but Dawson declined.^[17] Anderson organized a 9/11-themed tournament week of Family Feud between the FDNY and the NYPD, putting up $75,000 toward both organizations for recovery from the September 11, 2001, attacks.^[17] Anderson was let go from the show in 2002 and was replaced by Richard Karn.^[18]

In 2000, Anderson appeared as a panelist on an episode of To Tell the Truth hosted by John O’Hurley.
In 2001, Anderson appeared on an episode of Weakest Link, winning $31,000.^[19]
He made appearances on network television in Scrubs,^[13] Grace Under Fire,^[13]
Touched by an Angel (Then Sings My Soul, November 28, 1999), and Chicago Hope.
He guest starred on the Adult Swim cameo-filled show Tom Goes to the Mayor.
Anderson played in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[20]
In 2012, Anderson filmed a standup special entitled Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer. In it, Anderson poked fun at his bad habits, pesky family members, and aging body.^[21]
In 2013, Anderson appeared in the ABC reality television series Splash.
After practicing several dives into a swimming pool then nearly drowning,
he needed help getting out from co-star football player Ndamukong Suh.^[22]
In October 2014, Anderson signed on as the promotional spokesperson for his home state’s Land O’Lakes Sweet Cream butter brand. Anderson appeared in radio jingles,
web ads, and television commercials promoting the product.
From 2016 to 2019, Anderson played the part of Christine Baskets on the FX comedy series Baskets.^[23] Anderson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Christine Baskets in 2016.
On July 23, 2017, Anderson competed on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud (hosted today by Steve Harvey); his opponent was singer/actress Christina Milian. This made him one of only a small number of individuals to have both hosted and been a contestant on the same game show, and also marked his first appearance on any form of Family Feud since his departure as host in 2002. Anderson was a regular panelist on the TV game show Funny You Should Ask from September 2018 until the show went on hiatus in 2020.
Stand-up style
Dennis Miller called him “one of the lightest on his feet comedians I know … There
are very few guys I’m going to leave my dressing room early (to watch). … (Louie has) a Fred Astaire, with a broken leg, approaches. Very nimble, and he wouldn’t hammer points home, but he would do a ‘weave-back’ that was almost Pulp Fiction-like.”^[24]

Personal life
In 1985, Anderson married his high school sweetheart.
The marriage only lasted four weeks.^[25]

In 2003, Anderson underwent two successful heart procedures.^[29]
On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Anderson had been hospitalized in Las Vegas for large B-cell lymphoma.^[30] He died of complications from the cancer three days later, on January 21, at the age of 68.^[31][32]
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Signs You Have Blood Cancer Like Louie Anderson
What are the signs and symptoms? Read on—and to ensure your health
and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.
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You May Have Swollen Glands (Lymph Nodes)
“The main symptom of DLBCL is having swollen glands (lymph nodes). These won’t necessarily be painful,” says Blood Cancer UK. “The most common place for you to notice these would be in your neck, armpit or groin (at the top of your leg on the inside, where it meets your body). In these areas the lymph nodes lie just under the skin, so you’re more likely to notice if they’re swollen.
Sometimes, the affected lymph nodes can be deeper in your body. You may not be able to see the swelling, but you might have other symptoms caused by this. The symptoms you get will depend on where the swollen lymph nodes are, and which organs they’re pressing against. These symptoms might include:

– Pain in the chest or stomach area (abdomen)

_ Bone pain

– Skin lumps

– Coughing or breathlessness.”

– You Might Have a Fever
Doctors consider your “B symptoms” when it comes to DLBCL. A Fever may be one
of them. If you have a temperature over 100.4 degrees F, that’s considered a fever.

– Drenching Night Sweats
If you wake up with soaked night clothes and bedding, this is cause for concern. “Most patients say that either their nightclothes or the sheets on the bed are actually soaked. Sometimes, heavy sweating occurs during the day,” says Cancer.net.

– Unexplained Weight Loss
You may suffer from “unexplained weight loss in the last six months (at least 10% –
one tenth – of your previous weight),” says Blood Cancer UK. “You may also experience other symptoms, which won’t be used to guide treatment decisions. These include fatigue (an extreme tiredness that doesn’t go away after rest or sleep) and itching, which can be widespread or in one place.”

What to Do If You Experience These Symptoms
If you experience these symptoms, contact a medical professional.

“They may order any or all of these tests:”

“Lymph node biopsy: This involves taking a small sample of a
swollen lymph node to confirm the diagnosis of lymphoma.

Full blood count: This is a blood test that checks if you have developed anemia
(a low level of red blood cells that can lead to tiredness and breathlessness).

Liver function test: This is a blood test that checks how well your liver is functioning.

Urea and electrolytes test: This is a blood test that checks how well your kidneys
are functioning.”

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The Twin Study

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Ken

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 (@theturnertwiins) • Instagram photos and videos

Twin Study Shows benefit of a good diet – Bing video
One Twin Went Vegan, The Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened.

By Tom Hale

Here’s What Happens To Your Brain and Body When You Go Vegan | The Human Body

HEALTH AND MEDICINE COMPARED TO MEAT-EATER ROSS, VEGAN HUGO EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE DROP IN CHOLESTEROL AND A SHARP INCREASE
IN RESISTANCE TO TYPE 2 DIABETES.

Healthy diet (who.int)

Identical twins Hugo and Ross Turner have submitted themselves to become a pair of human guinea pigs and investigate whether a vegan diet is healthier than eating meat and dairy. The Turner brothers are typically seen adventuring around the world, but the pair have recently been using their credentials as genetically identical twins for the benefit of science.

As part of a recent study at the Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology
at King’s College London, the twins followed two distinctly different diets for 12 weeks:
Hugo ate strictly vegan food, while Ross continued to eat meat and dairy products.

“We wanted to use the model of identical twins, who are genetic clones, to test the
effect of diet and exercise and how these individuals respond to different types of food,” explains Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s who also led the research,
speaking in a video for B.B.C. Reel.

Is a vegan diet healthier than eating meat and dairy? – BBC REEL
The results were subtle, but significant. Compared to meat-eater Ross, vegan
Hugo experienced a massive drop in cholesterol and a sharp increase in resistance to
type 2 diabetes. Hugo said that he struggled with the vegan diet for the first few weeks, experiencing huge cravings for meat and cheese, but he eventually got used to it and claimed to feel more energetic.

Notably, the vegan diet was associated with a steadier blood sugar level and energy level, while the carnivorous diet resulted in harsher peaks and dips of energy. Interestingly, however, the vegan diet resulted in a severe reduction in gut bacteria diversity, while it remained stable during the meat and dairy diet. In theory, this means that vegan Hugo could potentially have been more susceptible to illnesses compared to Ross.

This picture was taken after the pair completed the 12-week diet. Image credit: ©theturnertwins

Larger-scale research has revealed some surprising insights into gut bacteria and how individuals respond to food. A 2019 study by the same team at King’s College London found that peoples’ responses to the same foods are unique, even between identical
twins. Despite eating the same meals, some people have sharp increases in blood sugar and insulin, which are linked to weight gain and diabetes, while others have fat levels
that linger in the bloodstream, raising the risk of developing heart disease.

The reason for this, the study argues, is likely down to the gut microbiome – the trillions
of bacteria that inhabit the intestinal tract. Although genetics does play an important role in how we process food, the gut microbiome also has a profound effect by influencing how the food is broken down. Since the composition of the microbial colony varies from person to person, so do our responses to the same food. “We find that, on average, most identical twins only share between 25 and 30 percent of their microbes with each other,” explained Professor Spector. “We think this is why many of their metabolisms are different and why they react to food differently.”

How Tracking Your Metabolism Is the Secret to Lose Weight Fast lumen.me

Left: Viola Vaccarino. Right: Ambar Kulshreshtha

Twin Studies: A Unique Epidemiological Tool (nih.gov)

Two of a kind: Emory study of twins shows
what’s good for the heart is good for the brain.

Media Contact
Megan Jentz
(770) 789-7690
megan.jentz@emory.edu

Twin Study Shows benefit of a good diet
By studying pairs of twin brothers, researchers were able to observe the relationship between cardiovascular health and cognitive performance that may be explained by genetics and/or exposures or behaviors that are shared by members of the same family.

Emory University researchers are giving us double the reasons to pay attention to our cardiovascular health – showing in a recently published study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that good heart health can equal good brain health.

The American Heart Association defines ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) across seven modifiable risk factors (blood sugar, serum cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index, physical activity, diet and cigarette smoking). Higher CVH scores point to better heart health and lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Prior studies have indicated that ideal CVH also benefits brain health and cognitive aging. However, it was unclear how genes and/or environment played into the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline.

By studying pairs of twin brothers from the Vietnam Era Twin (VET) registry, researchers were able to observe the relationship between CVH and cognitive performance across all participants that may be explained by genetics and/or exposures or behaviors that are shared by members of the same family.

Twin studies are a special type of epidemiological study that allow researchers to examine the overall role of genes and environment in a behavioral trait or disorder. Identical twins share 100 percent of their genetic material, while fraternal twins — share on average 50 percent of genetic material. For a given trait or medical condition, any excess similarity between identical twins compared with fraternal twins, is likely suggestive of genes rather than environment. Twin studies can serve to differentiate between “nature vs. nurture.”

“Our study across the entire sample of twins confirmed that better CVH is associated with better cognitive health in several domains,” says senior author Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Wilton Looney Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Rollins School of Public Health, and professor, division of cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine. “The analyses further suggested that familial factors shared by the twins explain a large part of the association and thus could be important for both cardiovascular and brain health.”

To determine whether these familial factors were genetically or environmentally driven, researchers further stratified the within-pair analysis to determine whether the relationship between CVH and cognitive function was different between identical and fraternal twins.

The within-pair association was similar in identical and fraternal twins. Therefore, familial factors, such as early family environment, early socioeconomic status and education, and parenting – rather than genetics – may be important precursors of both cardiovascular and brain health – thus explaining some of the association between CVH and cognition.

“Improving population-level CVH scores. Which is extremely low in the United States,
has the potential to reduce the burden of dementia along with heart disease,” says study co-author Ambar Kulshreshtha, MD, PhD, assistant professor of family and preventive medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.

“Because CVH factors are modifiable, prevention of cardiovascular risk factors and promotion of a healthy lifestyle beginning early in life should achieve the best results
for promoting not only cardiovascular health, but also cognitive health.”

Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study shows | Food | The Guardian

Benefits of Healthy Eating | Nutrition | DNPAO | CDC Twin Study Shows
benefit of a good diet – Bing

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 (@theturnertwiins) • Instagram photos and videos

Twin Study Shows benefit of a good diet – Bing video
One Twin Went Vegan, The Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened.

By Tom Hale

Here’s What Happens To Your Brain and Body When You Go Vegan | The Human Body

HEALTH AND MEDICINE COMPARED TO MEAT-EATER ROSS, VEGAN HUGO EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE DROP IN CHOLESTEROL AND A SHARP INCREASE
IN RESISTANCE TO TYPE 2 DIABETES.

Healthy diet (who.int)

Identical twins Hugo and Ross Turner have submitted themselves to become a pair of human guinea pigs and investigate whether a vegan diet is healthier than eating meat and dairy. The Turner brothers are typically seen adventuring around the world, but the pair have recently been using their credentials as genetically identical twins for the benefit of science.

As part of a recent study at the Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology
at King’s College London, the twins followed two distinctly different diets for 12 weeks:
Hugo ate strictly vegan food, while Ross continued to eat meat and dairy products.

“We wanted to use the model of identical twins, who are genetic clones, to test the
effect of diet and exercise and how these individuals respond to different types of food,” explains Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s who also led the research,
speaking in a video for B.B.C. Reel.

Is a vegan diet healthier than eating meat and dairy? – BBC REEL
The results were subtle, but significant. Compared to meat-eater Ross, vegan
Hugo experienced a massive drop in cholesterol and a sharp increase in resistance to
type 2 diabetes. Hugo said that he struggled with the vegan diet for the first few weeks, experiencing huge cravings for meat and cheese, but he eventually got used to it and claimed to feel more energetic.

Notably, the vegan diet was associated with a steadier blood sugar level and energy level, while the carnivorous diet resulted in harsher peaks and dips of energy. Interestingly, however, the vegan diet resulted in a severe reduction in gut bacteria diversity, while it remained stable during the meat and dairy diet. In theory, this means that vegan Hugo could potentially have been more susceptible to illnesses compared to Ross.

This picture was taken after the pair completed the 12-week diet. Image credit: ©theturnertwins

Larger-scale research has revealed some surprising insights into gut bacteria and how individuals respond to food. A 2019 study by the same team at King’s College London found that peoples’ responses to the same foods are unique, even between identical
twins. Despite eating the same meals, some people have sharp increases in blood sugar and insulin, which are linked to weight gain and diabetes, while others have fat levels
that linger in the bloodstream, raising the risk of developing heart disease.

The reason for this, the study argues, is likely down to the gut microbiome – the trillions
of bacteria that inhabit the intestinal tract. Although genetics does play an important role in how we process food, the gut microbiome also has a profound effect by influencing how the food is broken down. Since the composition of the microbial colony varies from person to person, so do our responses to the same food. “We find that, on average, most identical twins only share between 25 and 30 percent of their microbes with each other,” explained Professor Spector. “We think this is why many of their metabolisms are different and why they react to food differently.”

How Tracking Your Metabolism Is the Secret to Lose Weight Fast lumen.me

Left: Viola Vaccarino. Right: Ambar Kulshreshtha

Twin Studies: A Unique Epidemiological Tool (nih.gov)

Two of a kind: Emory study of twins shows
what’s good for the heart is good for the brain.

Media Contact
Megan Jentz
(770) 789-7690
megan.jentz@emory.edu

Twin Study Shows benefit of a good diet
By studying pairs of twin brothers, researchers were able to observe the relationship between cardiovascular health and cognitive performance that may be explained by genetics and/or exposures or behaviors that are shared by members of the same family.

Emory University researchers are giving us double the reasons to pay attention to our cardiovascular health – showing in a recently published study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that good heart health can equal good brain health.

The American Heart Association defines ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) across seven modifiable risk factors (blood sugar, serum cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index, physical activity, diet and cigarette smoking). Higher CVH scores point to better heart health and lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Prior studies have indicated that ideal CVH also benefits brain health and cognitive aging. However, it was unclear how genes and/or environment played into the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline.

By studying pairs of twin brothers from the Vietnam Era Twin (VET) registry, researchers were able to observe the relationship between CVH and cognitive performance across all participants that may be explained by genetics and/or exposures or behaviors that are shared by members of the same family.

Twin studies are a special type of epidemiological study that allow researchers to examine the overall role of genes and environment in a behavioral trait or disorder. Identical twins share 100 percent of their genetic material, while fraternal twins — share on average 50 percent of genetic material. For a given trait or medical condition, any excess similarity between identical twins compared with fraternal twins, is likely suggestive of genes rather than environment. Twin studies can serve to differentiate between “nature vs. nurture.”

“Our study across the entire sample of twins confirmed that better CVH is associated with better cognitive health in several domains,” says senior author Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Wilton Looney Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Rollins School of Public Health, and professor, division of cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine. “The analyses further suggested that familial factors shared by the twins explain a large part of the association and thus could be important for both cardiovascular and brain health.”

To determine whether these familial factors were genetically or environmentally driven, researchers further stratified the within-pair analysis to determine whether the relationship between CVH and cognitive function was different between identical and fraternal twins.

The within-pair association was similar in identical and fraternal twins. Therefore, familial factors, such as early family environment, early socioeconomic status and education, and parenting – rather than genetics – may be important precursors of both cardiovascular and brain health – thus explaining some of the association between CVH and cognition.

“Improving population-level CVH scores. Which is extremely low in the United States,
has the potential to reduce the burden of dementia along with heart disease,” says study co-author Ambar Kulshreshtha, MD, PhD, assistant professor of family and preventive medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.

“Because CVH factors are modifiable, prevention of cardiovascular risk factors and promotion of a healthy lifestyle beginning early in life should achieve the best results
for promoting not only cardiovascular health, but also cognitive health.”

Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study shows | Food | The Guardian

Benefits of Healthy Eating | Nutrition | DNPAO | CDC Twin Study Shows
benefit of a good diet – Bing

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Wrongway Feldman

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Ken

The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan’s Island (the Show’s Creepy Inspiration)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan’s Island theory is quite simple. Each of the seven characters on the island represents each of the seven deadly sins. Now, this theory
seems to fit upon initial inspection — there are technical difficulties when you get
down to THE MAN himself, Gilligan.

Run with me on this one . . .

Is Gilligan the Devil?
Years ago, CBS had a popular little series called “Gilligan’s Island”. There is, however,
a dark secret about this “comedy” you may never have realized. The island is a direct representation of Hell.

Nobody on the island wants to be there, yet none are able to leave.

Each one of the characters represents one of the 7 deadly sins:

1. Most obvious is the Professor, who fits PRIDE to a T. Any man who can make a ham radio out of some wire and two coconuts has to be pretty cocky. His character was later revised and given a series of his own, called “MacGyver.”

2. For the sin of ENVY we need look no further than Maryann, who may have worn those skimpy little tops, but could never achieve Ginger’s glamour. (An interesting and completely irrelevant side note, a nationwide survey of college students a few years ago revealed that the professor and Maryann were voted the most likely couple to have ‘done it’ on the island.)

3. And who could doubt for a moment that Ginger is LUST incarnate? Sure, the kids were supposed to think she was ACTING, but we all know what being deprived episode after episode was doing to her. You know and I know that glazed look wasn’t boring.

4. Mr. Howell is about GREED. What kind of person takes a trunk full of money on a three-hour cruise?

We are now left with three characters and three Deadly Sins. We have Gilligan, the Skipper and Mrs. Howell to whom we must match GLUTTONY, Wrath and SLOTH.

5. Certainly we can further eliminate Mrs. Howell from this equation by connecting
with Gluttony always taking more than her fair share. She did jack shit during her many years on the island and everybody knows it. After much consideration, I have decided that he can easily do double-duty, covering the two remaining Deadly Sins.

6. The Skipper portrayed Wrath which he had no shortage of. He hated it there,
and he took it out on his little buddy Gilligan. He was, after all, a big guy with the tendency to hit Gilligan with his hat at least once an episode.

7. Being a Sloth is the Devils workshop. Gilligan kept his emotions inside, but that made it worse. He was responsible for stranding them on the island. He was the one — with whom “accidentally” sabotaged every attempt the Castaways made to escape the island. He had been bullied his entire life, especially by the Skipper, and this was his way of getting back at them.

Gilligan is SATAN. Think about it.

So here we have the Seven Deadly Sins trapped in an endlessly recurring Hell of hope followed by denial and despair, forced to live with each other in our TVs until the last
re-run ends. As you can see, there is a Gilligan problem here. Who is their captor?

The Seven Deadly Sins.

Is What keeps them trapped there?

But a closer viewing indicates that the island may well have been Hell —
and the red-clad Gilligan the devil who kept them on his island.

The greatest part of the metaphor, though, is that if the others ever wanted to get off the island, what they needed to do was kill Gilligan — and that each of us has our own inner Gilligan, that sweet-natured, well-meaning part of us. . . that always sabotages us from getting what we really want.

Maybe if we truly want to succeed in life, we need to kill our own inner Gilligan.

Why wouldn’t the other men on Gilligan’s island just kill Gilligan considering that he was constantly putting their lives in danger and he foiled every attempt they ever had of being rescued?

In the TV show “Gilligan’s Island”, why was it that other people were able to come to the island but Gilligan’s crew couldn’t get off it?

Given the choice who would you prefer to spend time with from the TV show Gilligan’s Island: Mary Ann Summers or Ginger Grant?

What is something from Gilligan’s Island that is really kind of dark, but gets ignored?
The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan’s Island (the Show’s Creepy Inspiration).
How did the castaways end up getting rescued from Gilligan’s Island?
Surviving Gilligan’s Island Documentary (2001) – Bing video
Why was Gilligan’s Island named after Gilligan?

Why Joe Biden Would’ve Left the Gilligan’s Island Castaways Stranded

[WATCH] If Joe Biden Was a ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Character,
Which One Would He Be? – PJ Media

Gilligan’s Island Wrongway Feldman (ok.ru)

Why Is Joe Biden So Unpopular?

#1 Reason is Liars Never Prosper and Biden didn’t create 6 million jobs. He opened up blue states to go back to work from lockdowns. I’m sure I could’ve come up with a more dated reference — if I’d really put my mind to it.

Which Marx Brothers foil would Joe Biden be? Which villain from The Shadow would Biden be? If Joe Biden visited the farm on Green Acres, how quickly would he set it on fire while losing a debate with Hank Kimball?

Gilligan’s Island was a 1960s TV show in which seven people; representing the Seven Deadly Sins, according to some — were stranded on an island after their three-hour
boat tour off Hawaii got involuntarily extended by a massive storm.

The castaways spent every episode trying to escape the island, and in most episodes, loveable doofus Gilligan (Bob Denver) would somehow screw it all up. But there were a handful of episodes in which someone else screwed everything up for the stranded seven.

It was never Skipper (Alan Hale), Ginger (Tina Louise), or Mary Ann (Dawn Wells),
it was usually a guest character. The castaways would pin all their hopes on that guest
to save them, only to finish up the episode right back where they started — stranded, listening to their radio.

I can’t help but think of one of those guest failures every time I see Joe Biden take any action or make any statement regarding foreign policy. He’s simply not very bright & has never been seen as a leader. Just this past week, Biden blundered into fights with Germany, India, and Russia. Two of those are our allies, and we need India to counter any China-Russia axis in Asia. His unforced blast at Putin caused an international row.

Back in 1987, Ronald Reagan identified Biden as a demagogue. That reflects Reagan’s ability to read character accurately, and just how long that Joe Biden has been in office.
By the time Reagan jotted that down, Biden had already been in politics, failing to solve any problems, for about 14 years. Everything since then about Washington has changed, except Biden.

He’s still there, still failing to solve any problems, he just fails much more consequentially now. To paraphrased, former Obama administration Defense Secretary Robert Gates, For more than 40 years. Joe Biden has always been going the wrong way.

After one year in office, what has Biden done about the four crises he pledged to address?
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The Prof. — The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan’s Island (the Show’s Creepy Inspiration)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan’s Island theory is quite simple. Each of the seven characters on the island represents each of the seven deadly sins. Now, this theory
seems to fit upon initial inspection — there are technical difficulties when you get
down to THE MAN himself, Gilligan.

Run with me on this one . . .

Is Gilligan the Devil?
Years ago, CBS had a popular little series called “Gilligan’s Island”. There is, however,
a dark secret about this “comedy” you may never have realized. The island is a direct representation of Hell.

Nobody on the island wants to be there, yet none are able to leave.

Each one of the characters represents one of the 7 deadly sins:

1. Most obvious is the Professor, who fits PRIDE to a T. Any man who can make a ham radio out of some wire and two coconuts has to be pretty cocky. His character was later revised and given a series of his own, called “MacGyver.”

2. For the sin of ENVY we need look no further than Maryann, who may have worn those skimpy little tops, but could never achieve Ginger’s glamour. (An interesting and completely irrelevant side note, a nationwide survey of college students a few years ago revealed that the professor and Maryann were voted the most likely couple to have ‘done it’ on the island.)

3. And who could doubt for a moment that Ginger is LUST incarnate? Sure, the kids were supposed to think she was ACTING, but we all know what being deprived episode after episode was doing to her. You know and I know that glazed look wasn’t boring.

4. Mr. Howell is about GREED. What kind of person takes a trunk full of money on a three-hour cruise?

We are now left with three characters and three Deadly Sins. We have Gilligan, the Skipper and Mrs. Howell to whom we must match GLUTTONY, Wrath and SLOTH.

5. Certainly we can further eliminate Mrs. Howell from this equation by connecting
with Gluttony always taking more than her fair share. She did jack shit during her many years on the island and everybody knows it. After much consideration, I have decided that he can easily do double-duty, covering the two remaining Deadly Sins.

6. The Skipper portrayed Wrath which he had no shortage of. He hated it there,
and he took it out on his little buddy Gilligan. He was, after all, a big guy with the tendency to hit Gilligan with his hat at least once an episode.

7. Being a Sloth is the Devils workshop. Gilligan kept his emotions inside, but that made it worse. He was responsible for stranding them on the island. He was the one — with whom “accidentally” sabotaged every attempt the Castaways made to escape the island. He had been bullied his entire life, especially by the Skipper, and this was his way of getting back at them.

Gilligan is SATAN. Think about it.

So here we have the Seven Deadly Sins trapped in an endlessly recurring Hell of hope followed by denial and despair, forced to live with each other in our TVs until the last
re-run ends. As you can see, there is a Gilligan problem here. Who is their captor?

The Seven Deadly Sins.

Is What keeps them trapped there?

But a closer viewing indicates that the island may well have been Hell —
and the red-clad Gilligan the devil who kept them on his island.

The greatest part of the metaphor, though, is that if the others ever wanted to get off the island, what they needed to do was kill Gilligan — and that each of us has our own inner Gilligan, that sweet-natured, well-meaning part of us. . . that always sabotages us from getting what we really want.

Maybe if we truly want to succeed in life, we need to kill our own inner Gilligan.

Why wouldn’t the other men on Gilligan’s island just kill Gilligan considering that he was constantly putting their lives in danger and he foiled every attempt they ever had of being rescued?

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Why Is Joe Biden So Unpopular?

#1 Reason is Liars Never Prosper and Biden didn’t create 6 million jobs. He opened up blue states to go back to work from lockdowns. I’m sure I could’ve come up with a more dated reference — if I’d really put my mind to it.

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Gilligan’s Island was a 1960s TV show in which seven people; representing the Seven Deadly Sins, according to some — were stranded on an island after their three-hour
boat tour off Hawaii got involuntarily extended by a massive storm.

The castaways spent every episode trying to escape the island, and in most episodes, loveable doofus Gilligan (Bob Denver) would somehow screw it all up. But there were a handful of episodes in which someone else screwed everything up for the stranded seven.

It was never Skipper (Alan Hale), Ginger (Tina Louise), or Mary Ann (Dawn Wells),
it was usually a guest character. The castaways would pin all their hopes on that guest
to save them, only to finish up the episode right back where they started — stranded, listening to their radio.

I can’t help but think of one of those guest failures every time I see Joe Biden take any action or make any statement regarding foreign policy. He’s simply not very bright & has never been seen as a leader. Just this past week, Biden blundered into fights with Germany, India, and Russia. Two of those are our allies, and we need India to counter any China-Russia axis in Asia. His unforced blast at Putin caused an international row.

Back in 1987, Ronald Reagan identified Biden as a demagogue. That reflects Reagan’s ability to read character accurately, and just how long that Joe Biden has been in office.
By the time Reagan jotted that down, Biden had already been in politics, failing to solve any problems, for about 14 years. Everything since then about Washington has changed, except Biden.

He’s still there, still failing to solve any problems, he just fails much more consequentially now. To paraphrased, former Obama administration Defense Secretary Robert Gates, For more than 40 years. Joe Biden has always been going the wrong way.

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