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[el gato malo @boriquagato]

all regulation works this way. it's ossification and preferencing for incumbents masquerading as "safety" or "equity."

one cannnot understand the american healthcare (or the electoral) system until one foregrounds a simple fact:

these systems are not horrendously dysfunctional and broken, they are captured and that is a very different thing.

they are not like this because those running them are stupid or know no better, they are like this because someone wants it this way.

once one realizes that this is the relevant lens, it's actually easy to work back to seeing who the problem is. you just ask "cui bono?" (who benefits?)

you'll note that it's never the voter, the patient, the consumer and always the party, the guild, the cartel.

certificate of need (amusingly abbreviated "CON") for hospitals, practitioners, and kinds of medical equipment is one of the most anti-consumer regulations imaginable. it literally states that "no, you cannot buy and operate an MRI machine in this area without first getting permission from the guys who currently have MRI machines in the area."

if one did this with, say, a burger stand, and said "no, you cannot sell burgers in this town unless you get permission from the guy over there who sells crummy burgers for $27" you'd get run out of town on a rail as an anti-competitive monopolist. but somehow when a hospital does this exact same thing, everyone nods sagely and says "ah, yes, too important to be left to a free market" and prices are left to spiral.

again, this is not a bug, it's a feature. price is a signal. high prices say "provide more of this" and a free market will do so. the entire point of the CON con is to break that adaptive mechanism and prevent new supply from entering a market and thereby reducing price.

there is always a song and dance about how "if we do not do this some very bad thing will happen" to make such interference look like safety or reason, but the truth is always this:

it's not protection, it's plunder.

maybe it started with good intent, but this can never last. big business and big government do not like free markets, they like control and mono/oligopoly. and it's always cheaper to buy politicians and regulators than it is to compete.

that is why regulatory capture is always the outcome of regulatory regimes.

it is not the exception, it's the rule.

gato's third law: any sufficiently evolved regulatory regime will devolve into a system of legal plunder backed by a system of faux morality used to disguise it as safety and justice.

[Mr. Anderson @Truecrypto]

A few rules that save people a lot of pain

Before you pray, believe.
Before you speak, listen.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you write, think.
Before you quit, try.
Before you die, live.

A lot of wisdom is simple. The hard part is obeying it.

[Greg Cello @gregcello]

nothing turns me off from eating at a restaurant than seeing a giant Sysco tractor trailer parked in front of it.

[Dr. C ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @OG_DrC]

Pineapple contains manganese and potassium
The supplement aisle sells Mn and K capsules derived from fruit and roots

Avocados contain magnesium and potassium
The supplement aisle sells Mg and K capsules derived from fruits and roots

Sweet potatoes contain magnesium , manganese and potassium
The supplement aisle sells Mg, Mn, and K capsules derived from fruits and roots

For those only eating animals products , these three essential and critical minerals for the CNS, Detox, and electric function are notoriously deficient

And if you only eat animal products you will inevitably be required to supplement them using the supplement aisle that derives them from fruits and roots.

Brought to you by those who tell you that you do not have to eat fruits and roots in order to survive and be healthy

lol

But , over all yes. Whole food is best.
But in America where everything is lab grown , gmo corn fed, and refined to remove all inherent nutrients , then fortified with cheap and/or synthetic nutrients - nutrients across the board are deficient in everyone.

For those trying to be regain health , supplementation may be required as therapeutic doses needed won’t be found in current foods found in America.

[MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra]

End of transmission..

I want to remind each of you to hold tightly to your faith in God. Look around at all the blessings we have already witnessed— the ways He has shown up, provided, protected, and guided us through every step. Even when some things feel unclear or uncertain, remember that God’s plan for us is not always meant to be fully understood in the moment. His ways are higher, and His timing is perfect. I remind myself of this everyday..

There’s no use stressing over what lies outside of our control. Instead, focus on doing what we can with the strength and wisdom He gives us each day, and then release the rest into His capable hands. God is our rock— firm, steady, and unchanging. Stand on that rock unshaken, no matter what storms may come.

I am so incredibly blessed to have experienced this journey with all of you. Through it all, we have grown into better people, more spiritually connected, and more deeply in sync with one another than ever before. What a beautiful gift this has been for all of us who embrace one another.

And remember… God is still writing this story. Just have faith in Him to see where all the twists and plots take us. He knows the ending, and it is good.

Hold on with hope, trust in His love, and keep walking forward in faith.
We’ve got this— because He’s got us.

[Liz Churchill @liz_churchill10]

6 years ago the world was side smacked with the greatest psychological operation of our time. Pandemic Planners convinced our planet that the flu simply ‘disappeared’ while a new virus with a 97% cure rate was killing everyone…as empty hospitals featured dancing medical staff.

[The Wolf Of All Streets @scottmelker]

This hilarious dialogue about banking was originally published in the British humor magazine Punch on April 3, 1957.

It appears as the introduction to The Creature from Jekyll Island.

Nearly 70 years later, it might be even funnier – and more accurate.

Q. What are banks for?
A. To make money.
Q. For the customers?
A. For the banks.

Q. Why doesn’t bank advertising mention this?
A. It would not be in good taste. But it is mentioned by implication in references to reserves of $249,000,000 or thereabouts. That is the money that they have made.
Q. Out of the customers?
A. I suppose so.

Q. They also mention Assets of $500,000,000 or thereabouts. Have they made that too?
A. Not exactly. That is the money they use to make money.
Q. I see. And they keep it in a safe somewhere?
A. Not at all. They lend it to customers.

Q. Then they haven’t got it?
A. No.
Q. Then how is it Assets?
A. They maintain that it would be if they got it back.

Q. But they must have some money in a safe somewhere?
A. Yes, usually $500,000,000 or thereabouts. This is called Liabilities.
Q. But if they’ve got it, how can they be liable for it?
A. Because it isn’t theirs.

Q. Then why do they have it?
A. It has been lent to them by customers.
Q. You mean customers lend banks money?
A. In effect. They put money into their accounts, so it is really lent to the banks.

Q. And what do the banks do with it?
A. Lend it to other customers.
Q. But you said that money they lent to other people was Assets?
A. Yes.

Q. Then Assets and Liabilities must be the same thing?
A. You can’t really say that.
Q. But you’ve just said it. If I put $100 into my account the bank is liable to have to pay it back, so it’s Liabilities. But they go and lend it to someone else, and he is liable to have to pay it back, so it’s Assets. It’s the same $100, isn’t it?
A. Yes. But—

Q. Then it cancels out. It means, doesn’t it, that banks haven’t really any money at all?
A. Theoretically…
Q. Never mind theoretically. And if they haven’t any money, where do they get their Reserves of $249,000,000 or thereabouts?
A. I told you. That is the money they have made.

Q. How?
A. Well, when they lend your $100 to someone they charge him interest.
Q. How much?
A. It depends on the Bank Rate. Say five and a-half per cent. That’s their profit.

Q. Why isn’t it my profit? Isn’t it my money?
A. It’s the theory of banking practice that—
Q. When I lend them my $100 why don’t I charge them interest?
A. You do.

Q. You don’t say. How much?
A. It depends on the Bank Rate. Say half a per cent.
Q. Grasping of me, rather?
A. But that’s only if you’re not going to draw the money out again.

Q. But of course, I’m going to draw it out again. If I hadn’t wanted to draw it out again I could have buried it in the garden, couldn’t I?
A. They wouldn’t like you to draw it out again.

Q. Why not? If I keep it there you say it’s a Liability. Wouldn’t they be glad if I reduced their Liabilities by removing it?
A. No. Because if you remove it they can’t lend it to anyone else.

Q. But if I wanted to remove it they’d have to let me?
A. Certainly.

Q. But suppose they’ve already lent it to another customer?
A. Then they’ll let you have someone else’s money.

Q. But suppose he wants his too—and they’ve let me have it?
A. You’re being purposely obtuse.

Q. I think I’m being acute. What if everyone wanted their money at once?
A. It’s the theory of banking practice that they never would.

Q. So what banks bank on is not having to meet their commitments?
A. I wouldn’t say that.

Q. Naturally. Well, if there’s nothing else you think you can tell me—
A. Quite so. Now you can go off and open a banking account.

Q. Just one last question.
A. Of course.

Q. Wouldn’t I do better to go off and open up a bank?

[VB Knives @Empty_America]

If I had to give generalized life advice to young men, based on maximizing their individual outcome, I would say:

1. Go to 4 year college with lowest net cost of attendance (instate public or a "no loan" elite private).

2. It's usually best to enter a career path in public service with an accelerated retirement schedule and/or extensive time off, such as military, police, border patrol, firefighter, school teacher, merchant mariner, etc.

3. In the *unlikely* event you are cut out for it, true high paying professions such as Medical Doctor or Finance are of course options. Law also but be careful you need a plan to transcend the default outcome of grinding nights and weekends for non-stellar wages.

4. If you can't stand regimentation, do the exact opposite of the above and begin building your business as soon as you possibly can, and reject employment to the extent possible, be prepared to live like a monk at first. Business can be anything that suits you, including trades.

5. Avoid the typical full time, full year office jobs at all costs. You basically have one chance to avoid working a 8-5-50 from 21 until you are an aged husk at 67. Just don't start, getting out of this is usually impossible and much harder than just avoiding it entirely.

[Vivid Void @vividvoid]

Extremely high quality work here

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

You live in the most propagandized society in history. You’ve seen more kids get bullied on TV than in real life, watched more weddings than you’ve attended, mourned over more characters than people. Your mind records it all. You live in the most propagandized society in history.

[Jesse Kelly Show @JesseKellyShow]

We pay MILLIONS of Americans not to work.

[Amity @amitylee13]

The Founders didn’t fight a revolution for you to pay 40% of your paycheck in various taxes.

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NEW - Peer-reviewed study shows only one in seven positive PCR tests in Germany corresponded to an actual COVID infection.

https://t.co/TJLl0UuaQz

[MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra]

Someone asked for some info on Ozempic for a Family Member who is considering taking it for weight loss… Here are three clips

Please DO NOT let them take it…

Ozempic is being promoted by celebrities like Oprah as the new miracle weight-loss drug..

• Ozempic is a weekly injection for the rest of your life, that costs approximately $20k per patient

The largest pharmaceutical company in Europe, Novo Nordisk, created it but it is outlawed for use in Europe and other countries
—— Why? Because it’s too dangerous and America is the only nation that will allow it.

• The company claims 100% of their revenue will come from America. They’ve literally banked on it.

• It paralyzes the stomach
• Stops you from producing serotonin
• It causes suicidal ideations
• It causes severe gastrointestinal issues
• You regain all the weight when you stop using it

• Lawsuits are already pouring in due to gastrointestinal issues

• This drug is being fast-tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has now been recommended as a first line of defense for teens, and more recently, for children as young six years old as the first line of defense fighting obesity.

• Nova Nordisk is literally paying every notable institution off…
— they are now one of the 5 largest funders of news ads
— they’ve paid off all the Top funders of obesity research
— they’re the largest funders to Universities on the obesity topic

• The NAACP is a Registered Lobbyist for Ozempic and Ozempic is Paying the NAACP to say You’re a Racist if you Don’t Support Ozempic https://t.co/mUcqoOF8X5

• Nova Nordisk has given $30 million to obesity doctors.

• Dr. Fatima Stamford, Head of Obesity Research at Harvard has been Paid Off by Nova Nordisk to “Study” their Drug, Ozempic https://t.co/3vAEfl399H

Tuckers Full Episode on Ozempic
https://t.co/b9rMln0nBN

RFK Jr Clip
https://t.co/BsdE2snBBt

[Mr. Anderson @Truecrypto]

Never take advice from someone who doesn’t live it.

Your mentor should have peace.
Your advisor should have wealth.
Your doctor should have health.
Your trainer should have strength.

Anything less isn’t wisdom, it’s hypocrisy.

[hoe_math = PsychoMath @ItIsHoeMath]

This is it, friends. This is where I come from. These are the fires in which my disgust was forged.

The vacant stare. The Miss America smile. The trappings of middle-class conformist consumerism. The self-assured, momentary, "tell me I'm pretty" pose clashing with the lack of effort in self-presentation and the impatience of choosing an unflattering background. The smug, condescending delivery of the message: "I have done what you warned me not to do."

All of it completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, forced awkwardly in front of it. Obscuring it. Replacing it. Upstaging it, or so she hopes. Standing between you and what matters, she says only: "Look at me. Look at the difficulty I have caused for you. Witness the joy that I can only derive from being your problem."

This is not about politics. She doesn't understand them. She doesn't even think she knows better than you. She only knows that you can't tell her what to do.

She doesn't even think she has power. She only knows that you have even less, and this is where she places her heart.

When the bill for her foolishness comes due, oh, how her expression will change! No longer a bold and toothy smile! Now a pouting bottom lip! No longer a triumphant hand in presentation of her own radiance! Now a through-the-eyebrows scowl, arms folded! No longer an empowered, educated feminist! Now, a hapless princess in need! "A real man pays the bill without asking!"

She offers nothing. She demands everything. She will never be held accountable for the destructiveness of her choices. She will be celebrated then as she is now, not for her contributions, but because where she is celebrated is where she will choose to be.

She is the table.

And the table is set. And she has placed her order. And all that now remains is waiting to be served.

[Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreytucker]

The wealth of six years ago didn’t sink in the ocean. It was transferred from one group to another. It went from the poor and middle class to the elites in well-connected industries and government. It was simply sucked away from one sector to another, achieving in a matter of a few years what would have been impossible in normal times.

The forced transfer of wealth went from small business to large, from physical enterprise to digital, from store fronts to online, from citizens to government-connected contractors, from workers to leveraged capital, from families to corporations, from savers to a deeply indebted government, and so on.

You are perfectly free to believe that this was all a mistake. Just bad policy.

The Coup, the Calamity, and the Conspiracy https://t.co/tE471yKVOW via @brownstoneinst

[james hennessy @jrhennessy]

you have no idea how cognitively disadvantaged i will allow myself to become

[Sean Davis @seanmdav]

The woman on the right is Ghislaine Maxwell. She trafficked children for Jeffrey Epstein. The woman on the left owns your magazine.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’ve come back from vacation to learn that Epstein apparently wasn’t an international child sex trafficker (even though he was arrested for being one), there is no client list (even though the Attorney General said she had it on her desk), he did kill himself (even though the video “proving” this point was edited), no prominent or powerful people are implicated (even though dozens of them flew on his plane to his pedophile island), and the whole issue doesn’t matter so we should move on and never talk about it again. Wow. Well I’m glad that’s settled!