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Sep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

“Happily for the busy lunatics who rule over us, we are permanently the United States of Amnesia. We learn nothing because we remember nothing.”

“You know, I’ve been around the ruling class all my life, and I’ve been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.”

. “Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”

-Gore Vidal

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Sep 21, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

Just finished the Price of Time, Chancellor’s book. Thanks for the tip, it’s a brilliant read.

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Sep 13, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

F brilliant podcast, RH. Again. No shutting u up now. EU will be hiking rates here again. Boiling frogs. Working poor being propped up with welfare payments. And that group is significant and increasing. It is not sustainable in any language.

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Rudy,

I'm disappointed that you capitulated so quickly to the assertion that the central bank of the United States is benign.

A lender of last resort it a preposterous argument to justify the creation of such an institution. I've listened to you long enough to know that you are aware of this and listening to you fold so readily to Tom is strange and unexpected.

Regards,

A Fan

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I don't think I folded, i was just being receptive to the hosts views, and I could see his point. Congress is the ultimate problem. Going off gold, ZIRP, QE and endless bailouts of failed rich people is when the Fed became a threat to most. Meanwhile, Congress is AWOL and approving. Now the Fed is just an inequality machine. I don't think the Fed should've been created, but we're over 100 years into this mess and a Congressional leash would be nice at this point, at minimum. I am still posting my ETF pics, but I am also not delusional.

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Sep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

Never wore a mask once , never complied . Why fuel the insanity ? We actually had curfews .

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Everything I did was not for me but for the belief - right or wrong - that it would be best for vulnerable people I was around daily.

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John Coffey :

He killed them with their love . That;s how it is every day , all over the world.

The Green Mile , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrSArC2dY88

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The N95 masks I think are useful (e.g., I know a number of medical providers who use them, pre-covid). The cloth or blue paper masks most used were theater.

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Dec 7, 2023·edited Dec 7, 2023

Have you ever tried sanding anything while wearing one ?

Do you think a N95 quality dust mask is good for sanding ironwood?

I know N95 with a good seal will filter out the dist particles, does anyone know if iron wood produces any fumes that are toxic. A search only dealt with dust no mention of fumes, I have read that when sanded the stuff stinks like a dead rat.

Cheers Ron.

N95 isn't good enough. Period. It is only preventing 95% of the dusts, and some woods we work with are toxic. So get a better mask.

At best 95% effective for only a short time .

They filter at least 95% of particles in the air when approved by NIOSH and "when you have a proper fit". If you have COVID-19, an N95 or other filtering facepiece respirator with a valve may not protect others as well as one without a valve.

You had good intentions , take the shot for Grandma - They kill us with our love .

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OK, well, you do you. I'll tell the doctors to take 'em off during surgery.

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The doctors told me it was to keep stuff from coming out of their mouth or nose into the patient , not stop a virus smaller than than what the mask was designed for , you know doctors are gods and would never hurt anyone like all the vaccine injured , but hey if content prior to investigation works roll with it .

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That was the reason I fought so hard against it ...... I knew it was harming people wearing those masks , when this financial collapse happens who will protect the vulnerable ?

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Sep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

The discussion of education always strikes a chord with me. Children are the future. Here in AL, we have plenty of money for buildings, ball fields, turf AND to have a separate school system for every town of 8000 people! The money exists for a better but the vested (entrenched) interests will never allow change.

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Sep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

"Who's been held accountable over Afghanistan 20 years ago?"

Easy, Rudy. It takes time.

Judgement day is coming.

Don't doubt it.

BR,

Rafael

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"My kingdom is not of this world."

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Sep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

Is justice for JFK still coming ? LMAO

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Not for anyone personally involved.

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Indeed. But for the nation itself, yes. Including (at least some of) its elites.

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Lots of people missing their trains these days. 😎🎶

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I find myself trying to remember names now more, and if that happend II have to think about it until I remember. I almost always remember, it just takes a few minutes sometimes.

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Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US - It's the worse healthcare among OECD countries but the most expensive - Are doctors still recommending blood lettings and cigarettes ?

https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139

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“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.”

― Chris Hedges

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This was such a fun listen - well done!

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When was the ep recorded? Sorry if I missed the same question already being asked...

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Friday afternoon, 9/8/23

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deletedSep 11, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein
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I'm avoiding Maui. Others are on it. I can't go down every rat hole.

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