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Bear Markets and Inflation
Column 355 June 24, 2022
It’s been a little over a year now since the SGFM columns started including commentary on money and credit, the stock and bond markets, and general business conditions. Each of the columns emphasized the financial risks people are facing by holding onto investments that had been so fruitful during the previous 40 years. There’s no question the columns have been unabashedly bearish on stocks, bonds, precious metals, real estate, and crypto currencies. But, is it time to change?1
During the past several months the stock market became front page news, espeially when it was recently declared that the S&P 500 Index had entered bear market territory by falling 20%. Greener Grass
Column #354 June 17, 2022
Most of us are familiar with the old saying; “grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” That phrase has been around for a couple hundred years and livestock folks really understand it. Ruminants always find the lush grass growing on the other side of the fence bordering their overgrazed pasture more appealing. It’s really obvious when ranchers aren’t careful about rotating their pastures, you’ll see their livestock sticking their heads through the fences to munch the lush grass on the other side.1
But keep this in mind. Let’s say arancher has divided his pasture into 28 adjoining grazing paddocks and moves his cow herd every day. How’s Your Cholesterol?
Column #353 June 10, 2022
Most meat eaters have high cholesterol. That’s why when people ask about a meat diet, medical personnel usually discourage it because meats are loaded with saturated fats that increase cholesterol levels—especially the dreaded LDL numbers. Conduct a search for “cholesterol” and invariably you’ll find that all of the information refers to lowering cholesterol. Then ask yourself, are the concerns for high cholesterol levels by the masses based on science or mythology?
Over the years I’ve written quite a few articles about cholesterol. In many of th articles I referred to a 2013 report authored by Dr. Bullwhip Effect
Column #352 June 3, 2022
Pull your hat down!
Bronc busters and bull riders know all about pulling their hats down. It’s always a top priority when you’re in for a rough ride. Of course the critters the rodeo cowboys ride do their best to shake the rider off by rocking them back and forth. The cowboy does his best to keep his body upright so his head isn’t snapping back and forth. Once he loses his poise, he’s launched skyward which quickly ends with a hard landing.
There are many examples of the bullwhip effect. All of us as kids, at least those of us in the older generation, used to play Crack the Whip. Is Monkeypox Next?
Column #351 May 27, 2022
Will monkeypox be the next big pandemic scare? So far it has received all the WHO, MSM, leftist, and bureaucratic attention required to maximize fear. Even Biden told us that “everyone should be concerned.” Then, in typical response form given for all the problems his administration has created in the past 18 months, he said, “We’re working on it hard to figure out what we do . . .” Later, Biden did play down the monkeypox threat, but by then the fear level had ramped up. Even in Florida some people are back to wearing worthless masks!1
Belgium, ater recording three monkeypox cases, became the first country to introduce a mandatory, 21-day quarantine for those infected with the virus. 2000 Mules
Column #350 May 20, 2022
Every American should watch Dinesh D’Souza’s controversial documentary about alleged corruption in the 2020 presidential election. His movie will be back in 400 theaters nationwide this weekend and it can also be viewed anytime online. The movie discusses and shows independent tracking data and videos of “mules” stuffing ballot boxes. The resulting conclusion being that all it took to swing the election was lots of money and an army of unscrupulous cheats who wanted to destroy the America dream of self rule.
Because the movie addresses the “Big Li” [as all complaints about the 2020 election are called] “2000 Mules” has been viciously attacked by “fact checking” liberals and RINOs alike. Why Rules are Rules
Column #349 May 13, 2022
Can you imagine what life would be like without “rules?” According to Merriam-Webster, a rule is “a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.” For certain, our mail-order business could not function if rules did not exist that worked consistently over time for both parties involved.
I’m certainly not a legal scholar. But in my youth I took introductory courses in business law, history, and Social Studies. Naturally that exposed me to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Common Law, and evn the Magna Carter. Random Comments
Column #348 May 6, 2022
Sometimes there’s just too many topics and too little time. This past week was one of them. I can’t possibly dwell on the many topics, So I’ll just touch on a couple of my hot buttons. It’s not necessary to even try to cover them all because most readers have already figured them out and they too can say “never in my life have I seen such a state of affairs.” Is the Great Reset to blame? Dr. Robert Malone discusses this point in his recent essay: “Davos Man, his World Economic Forum, and his Servants.”1
One of my greatest concerns is economic rsk. Conquering Obesity
Column #347 April 29, 2022
The American Medical Association (AMA) officially identified obesity as a disease in 2013. But the reaction was pretty ho hum even though some people, and even some doctors, used to think an obese person had hormone problems or some such thing. Always by far, the majority of people have placed the blame on an individual eating too much fat, fried foods, and processed foods as their reason for obesity.1
If we think about it though, there’s good reason to consider obesity to be another chronic disease. It’s now being recognized that obesity causes many othe chronic diseases, so many that some sources regard obesity as “the single greatest threat to public health for this century. Who Can We Trust?
Column #346 April 22, 2022
This column was motivated by a recent “Fireside Chat” with Dennis Prager. In it he asked a question about who can we trust when referring to our nation’s “official” medical “professionals.” During February and March 2020 our government went way off the rails in its approach to minimizing the pandemic’s damage. Its approach utilized masking, distancing, shutdowns, ventilators, no therapeutics, scaremongering, and a huge increase in Federal debt. Then it didn’t seem to matter that all of their tactics flew into the face of science—the ruler kept doubling down on their failed polices. 300+ Health/Nutrition Essays
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