SAULE OMAROVA

 

BIDEN’S NOMINEE TO HEAD OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

President Biden has nominated Saule Omarova, a graduate of Moscow State University in Russia, author of her thesis on Marxism to be the top regulator of the US banks and financial system.

She is an avowed opponent of big banks and wants to destroy “banking as we know it” to be replaced by a federal system.

She refuses to hand over her writings, as required by the Senate committee for all other nominees, complaining that she is an “easy target” because she is female and a minority.

Biden’s Pick For Top Banking Regulator Refuses To Hand Over Thesis On Marxism | The Daily Caller

Can you believe it?

US DEATH RATE

 

COVID is a serious illness, it should have and continues to require serious responses on the part of individuals and governments.

However, please keep things in perspective: the “Age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 people” in 2020 rose over 15% to 828.7 versus 715.2 in 2019. The same statistic in 2000 was 872.0, then touted as a “record low.”

WE ARE STILL FIVE PERCENT BELOW THE RECORD LOW OF 2000.

I have been a broken record in saying that there are a lot of people in the US who are alive today due to the wonderful health care system that we enjoy. I am one. My grandfather died at age 50 from a condition that sounded very much like my hypercardiomyopathy (HCM). The diagnosis was never made, if it had, they could not have done anything about it anyway because open-heart surgery had not been invented in the 1920’s. Years ago, when people got sick, they died. Now, our lives have been prolonged (and the quality improved for many) by our doctors.

Think about that when you are confronted with critics of the system.

Well, that trajectory of improved longevity was interrupted by the virus. Yet we see headlines on the Internet daily using inflammatory descriptions: “[deaths] at a monstrous scale” (The Economist). The CDC isn’t sure whether it will be safe for us to get together with family for Christmas. Question: how about football games?

On the other hand, the news is misleading in other ways: a paper in Australia reported that the deaths from the vaccine exceed deaths from COVID in Australia this year. Read the article, that means there were two deaths from the vaccine and one death from COVID. Oh, BTW, when we are talking about that monstrous scale of carnage, in Australia that means 915 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. In a country of 25 million.

Meanwhile, the economy that was perking along at a record pace two years ago has been seriously harmed by a President who, to be fair, does not issue mean tweets. Right now, there is a real food shortage and inflation is nearing the rate of the Jimmy Carter days. Remember those? Obama was right, we should never underestimate the ability of Joe Biden to mess things up.

I’ll let someone else determine why all the hype, but it makes you suspicious, doesn’t it?

TAXES

Here is the url:

Residents in AOC's district say how much they think the rich pay in taxes (msn.com)

As you might expect, those voters have been brainwashed by people such as AOC and Bernie telling them that they should support socialism because they are victims.

Also, as you might expect, their opinions about taxes are FAR wrong. Read to the end of the article.

If fact checkers are checking facts, shouldn't they fact check Ol' Joe and his minions who want to "tax the rich?"

Yup.

 Joe Biden finished 75th out of his law school class of 85 at Syracuse University. That law school ranks 102nd or 64th out of 180 depending on who you talk to. Pretty mediocre, whatever.

Joe flunked a class for plagiarism. He keeps lying and cheating to this day.

Forrest Gump would say, "He is not a smart man."

A chronic liar.

But he does not send mean tweets. Thank goodness.

What an embarrassment.

But he has become a very, very rich man through his 46 years in office.

JEOPARDY

 Apparently, the same people managed the search for a new host of "Jeopardy" as managed the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

INFLATION

 OVERWHELMING

 The news about impending inflation has been convincing, but recently, it is overwhelming:

·         Food stamp payments have been increased by 25%, effective October

o   About 42 million people in the US get food stamps

o   A family of four will now get $628 per month

·         Over 2,700 homes in Austin, TX have sold for more than $100,000 above asking price this year, up to August 11.

o   I thought the price was $400,000?

o   Nope, it’s over $500,000.

·         The last increase in Social Security payments for 55 million older Americans was 1.3% or about $20 per month.

The list goes on, and since January of 2021 when the current administration took office, a consumer cannot but notice the price of gas, food and just about anything. Consumer prices in June and July went up 5.4% over last year.

The President says it is temporary. (see his statement on July 19, 2021). He also cancelled the pipeline from Canada on his first day in office and last week asked OPEC to increase production. Hmmmm.

How do you protect yourself and your family? First, wages are not going up that fast. If you are retired, it is tough. The best thing you can do is own property worth about $10 million, but the Biden administration has promised to tax that heavily when you die, so, “temporary.”

I dunno, it’s an issue.

INFRASTRUCTURE

 I’M IN FAVOR OF GOOD ROADS AND BRIDGES

That’s my idea of “infrastructure,” but apparently the politicians view it differently. For example, on page 508 of the bipartisan “Infrastructure” Bill to be voted on later this week is a provision to implement a new tax on the miles you drive in your car or truck. 

Remember when the gas tax in Missouri was raised in the early 2000s? Popular, despite the dig into the pockets of most active people. The roads in Missouri were terrible, example I-70 from Kansas City to St. Louis, and the bridges were the worst in the nation. What did the DOT do?

THEY BUILT A REALLY NICE OFFICE BUILDING AND BOUGHT A JET!

Depend on the driving tax to become permanent and to further boost inflation.