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Medical Malpractice Caused the 1918 Spanish Flu Deaths

We may be overdue for any number of disasters, but another Spanish Flu pandemic is NOT one of them. That’s the good news. The bad news is that medical malpractice caused that pandemic, not a virulent flu virus. Western medicine continues treating symptoms rather than disease, and that’s what turned an ordinary flu virus into a global Spanish Flu pandemic.

2018 marked the 100^th anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. The exact death toll is unknown, but estimates range somewhere between 20 million and 100 million deaths worldwide. It was considered “the deadliest pandemic in modern history” [Link]

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At the turn of the 21^st Century, there were reports [Link] that scientists planned to exhume some of the frozen victims of the Spanish Flu from Alaskan permafrost. Their research determined to answer the headline question, “What Made the Spanish Flu so Deadly?” [Link] Scientists had hoped to learn why the Spanish Flu was so virulent so they could prepare vaccines against that virus if it again resurfaced.

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Hitler & Trump: “The Great Man” Theory Debunked

By Gerold

We’re told that great leaders make history. Like so much of what we are taught, that’s a load of bunk. Yes, great leaders make it into the history books, but they do not make history. You make history. I make history. All we dirt people together make history. Government-run schools don’t teach us this because it makes us easier to control.

The “Great Man Theory” [Link] tells us that history can be largely explained by the impact of great leaders. This theory was popularized in the 1800’s by the historian and social commentator Thomas Carlyle [Link] The Great Man Theory downplays the importance of economic and practical explanations. It is an appealing theory because its simplicity offers the path of least resistance. That should ring an alarm.

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Flattening Yield Curve Portends Recession

By Gerold

“Events are converging ominously this summer in the direction of unwinding expectations and serial train wrecks of finance and politics,” writes James Howard Kunstler. [Link]

In normal times, long-term interest rates are higher than short-term rates. When the rates converge, the graph of the yield curve flattens. That’s a danger sign. When rates reverse and short-term rates become higher than long-term, we call that an inverted yield curve. That’s worse.

Inverted yield curves always indicate recessions. They don’t cause recessions, but they portend them because 9 of the last 10 times the yield curve inverted, we had a recession. [Link] It’s true that recessions can occur without inverted yield curves (Japan for example,) but inverted yield curves almost always lead to recessions.

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Macleans’ Desperate Globalists

By Gerold

WW III began long ago with the global elites waging economic warfare on the rest of us. The globalists are losing as demonstrated by the UK’s ‘Brexit,’ the election of Trump and Spain’s Catalan separatist movement. But, the “One Worlders’ are not going down without a fight.

Below is an example of the elite’s desperation. This editorial appeared in the December 2017 edition of Canada’s national news-magazine, Macleans. (Link)

In the print edition, it’s given the title “The Four Horrors,” but the online editorial is titled “Canada must step up to defend a globalized world.” I suspect they’re tailoring the title to their audience. Print media readers tend to be older, more conservative and age-blessed with a bit more skepticism than online readers who tend to toward youth and gullibility (except this blog’s readers, of course.)

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The Feminist Lie

By Gerold

A life built upon a lie is doomed to failure. Feminism is such a lie. And, we see the consequences of this lie with the increasing frequency of sexual assaults.

I grew up in a small Northern Canadian mining town in the 1960s. We moved there when I was nine. You couldn’t drive to it because there was no road linking it. The only way in and out was either by plane or train. Automobiles weren’t necessary because everything was within walking distance. Consequently, not many people had cars.

Since we didn’t have a car, one of my duties was walking my sisters’ female friends home after they visited. I did it grudgingly, but I knew why it was necessary. The residential and mining construction boom meant that there were a lot of transient, single men, so a girl alone wasn’t safe. I realized this before I reached puberty. I knew this even before I understood sex.

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Pathological Altruism and White Guilt

By Gerold

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Even the best of intentions often have unintended consequences. Although few people have bad intentions, many of our problems are caused by good intentions gone awry. And, this applies in particular to Westerners.

Note: I use the term ‘Westerner’ for people whose ancestors originated in Western and Northern Europe. And, I use the term non-Westerner for people whose ancestors originated elsewhere. This narrow definition makes it easier to understand the link that connects pathological altruism and Westerner (‘White’) guilt to the Western European Marriage Pattern (WEMP) which I will explain below. First, let’s get some definitions out of the way.

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The Economic Collapse Began Long Ago

By Gerold

My forty-year old Godson was belly-aching about the lack of jobs. He whined it’s all the Boomers’ fault.

I tore a few strips off him. I asked him WTF am I wasting my time researching and writing these articles if he doesn’t read them. Since I had him cornered, I told him a few things he obviously didn’t want to hear.

We are in an economic depression. It was predicted in Strauss and Howe’s 1997 book “The Fourth Turning” [Link] that occurs every four generations as a time of great turmoil. Their Generational Theory is a framework which explains where we are, how we got here and where we’re going. For more details see ‘Notes” at end.

This is a ‘Stealth Depression.’ The government is doing its utmost to hide it with fake statistics. Their ass media handmaidens are carrying their water telling us everything is wonderful. And, if my Godson believes the ass media, he deserves his fate.

At the bottom of this deception are fake inflation (CPI) statistics. They distort everything else because most economic data is ‘inflation adjusted.’ Consequently, when other economic data such as GDP growth is adjusted with fake inflation statistics, then those numbers are also distorted.

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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 3

By Gerold

This article is the last of a three-part series. Categories are in alphabetical order, so it doesn’t matter in what order you read them or the articles Part 1 and Part 2.

This career advice is not intended to help someone claw his way to the top over their colleagues’ broken bodies and souls. Machiavelli already did that long ago. My advice is intended to help people improve and get ahead on the job, become indispensable, more likely to get promoted and less liable to get laid off. It helps both employees and employers, so it’s win-win advice.

Herewith is Part 3.

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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 2

By Gerold

This is the second of a three-part series. See Part 1 if you haven’t already read it. Categories are in alphabetical order, so it doesn’t matter in which order you read these articles.

Herewith is Part 2.

Elevator Speech – Many people have short attention spans. Many people also ramble on and on and never get to the point. That’s a dangerous combination in an era where effective communication is paramount. How do you overcome this? One way is to learn to make ‘elevator speeches.’

An elevator speech is a brief, clear, persuasive message delivered in 20 to 30 seconds (about the time it takes to ride an elevator.) Think of it as a short sales pitch.

An elevator speech is usually prepared ahead of time and practiced until you’ve memorized it and you’re comfortable with it. Try to find that spot between passionate and constraint without sounding like a pre-recorded message (even though it is.)

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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 1

Reading time: 2,340 words, 6 pages, 5 to 9 minutes

There is much career advice available, especially on the internet. Much of it’s a lot of crap about “maximizing personal growth” and “following your passion” and other gibberish. I’m going to give you career advice you won’t get from anyone else. I’ll give it to you good and hard, and I won’t pull my punches so if you want icing sugar blown up your butt, you’re on the wrong website.

This is on-the-job advice for the job you’ve landed. I’m not covering job searches, resumes, references, interviews, etc. An internet search will yield plenty of that and some of it is quite good. This article is what you need to know once you have the job.

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