The Man Behind The Curtain

 

A.F. Branco cartoon via Jewish World Review

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Masks on a Plane

 

 

If you still thought the CDC had any credibility left, Nate Jackson at Patriot Post explains:

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of Donald Trump, on Monday issued a nationwide injunction against the CDC’s mask mandate on airlines and other public transportation. She ruled that the CDC had overstepped its statutory authority, for which it had pointed to the “sanitation” provision of the 1944 Public Health Service Act. She also said the CDC’s mandate violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

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That doesn’t mean the White House pretended to be happy about it. “This is obviously a disappointing decision,” huffed Press Secretary Jen Psaki. “The CDC continues recommending wearing a mask in public transit.”

The CDC continues to be wrong and bereft of credibility.

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The dirty little secret is that we never needed to wear masks on planes, or pretty much anywhere else, for that matter. “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci on March 8, 2020. He and all the other experts correctly thought the same thing before COVID was politicized and it became a moral imperative to “do something.”

Read the full article here. 

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Dr Mercola on food and fertilizer

 

Dr Joseph Mercola frequently contributes to the debates over COVID mandates and “vaccine” risks.  Today at NOQ, he sounds the warning on food shortages.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Food shortages and skyrocketing food prices now appear inevitable. The global food price index hit its highest recorded level in March 2022, rising 12.6% in a single month. On average, food prices were one-third higher than in March 2021. In the U.S., food prices rose 9% in 2021, and are predicted to rise another 4.5% to 5% in the next 12 months
• Inflation was already ramping up well before Russia went into Ukraine, thanks to the uncontrolled printing of fiat currencies that occurred in response to the COVID pandemic. Governments’ COVID responses have also wreaked havoc with global supply chains, causing disruptions that continue to this day
• Ukraine has ceased exports of wheat, oats, millet, buckwheat and cattle, and Russia has banned exports of fertilizer
• Together, Russia and Belarus provide nearly 40% of the global exports of potash, a key fertilizer ingredient. Russia also exports 48% of the global ammonium nitrate, and combined with Ukraine, they export 28% of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers. Experts are now predicting fertilizer prices may double as a result of Russia’s ban on fertilizer exports
• The long-term answer lies in regenerative biodynamic farming, which does not use any chemical inputs

The full report is here. For what it may be worth, our experiences at various restaurants over the past couple of months include reduced portions and downgraded cuts of meat.  Beef prices have gone up at the grocery store as well. So far, the shelves are still full. 

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Happy Easter Weekend

 

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Trump rally in Ohio April 23

 

Mark your calendar.  Via cleveland.com:

Donald Trump announces Saturday, April 23 rally in Delaware County

Donald J. Trump will hold a rally later this month at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, his first trip to the state since last summer.

Trump is slated to speak at 7 p.m., with around three hours of speakers before him beginning at 4 p.m.

More here.

Map above shows Delaware County in red, in case you’re considering driving there. 

I am as yet unaware of any endorsements of candidates in various Ohio races.

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President Trump is considering endorsing . . . JD Vance ???

Mike Gibbons is running for Rob Portman’s US Senate seat.  So is J.D. Vance, who is running as a "conservative outsider."  "Outsider," ok.  But "conservative"?  Here’s what candidate Mike Gibbons has to say about Vance:

My bumbling opponent JD Vance has shown how incompetent he is. In a recent tweet, he called for America to abolish the electoral college!

In advocating for France’s national popular voting system, J.D. Vance not only called for automatic voter registration and proxy voting—which would gut the integrity of our elections—but for one-party rule by the same coastal elites that he worked side by side with his entire adult life.

Your representative should understand our election process so they can work to ensure their integrity. I do, but obviously, Vance doesn’t.

Vance’s comments showcase his disregard for our electoral system, his lack of understanding of how to secure our elections, and how he is clearly not ready to take on the many constitutional issues faced in the U.S. Senate.

The Electoral College shouldn’t be abolished. Our elections need protection!

This blog posted earlier on why President Trump’s controversial endorsement of Dr. Oz makes some sense; click here.  However, I do hope he does not endorse Vance.

Bad news.  According to the American Greatness blog, President Trump is considering doing just that.

BTW, click here for Mr. Gibbons’s recent column in the Washington Examiner on the subject of China.

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Inflation and shipping

Our household orders wine online, often from a California-based company.  The other day, the company e-mailed all their customers to give a heads-up on price increases.  Below are the costs associated with the price hikes experienced since 2020, and thus far, it's not showing increases to the costs of growing or processing the actual grapes.  

Warehousing       á 18% 

Staffing                á 15%

Shipping and Materials     á 20%

Trucking                á 25%

Delivery Carriers    á 20%

If vineyards are further impacted by increases in, say, fertilizer or irrigation, the prices will go up some more.   

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