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My mum still in hospital. I have reported on the terrible air quality and lack of respiratory protection but I was unprepared for what happened on tonight's visit.
For the 40th time, I visit the ward she's on. As I walk in, nurse says "you know your mum isn't here, right?"
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For the 40th time, I visit the ward she's on. As I walk in, nurse says "you know your mum isn't here, right?"
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Well of course I did not know this.
"They moved her in the night"
Where to?
"I'm not too sure - ask at the nursing station"
Why did they move her?
"I don't know"
Another nurse arrives "They moved her to W9"
Why?
"I don't know - ask W9"
Why did nobody inform me?
"I don't know"
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"They moved her in the night"
Where to?
"I'm not too sure - ask at the nursing station"
Why did they move her?
"I don't know"
Another nurse arrives "They moved her to W9"
Why?
"I don't know - ask W9"
Why did nobody inform me?
"I don't know"
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As her next of kin, I can't understand not being told this.
Anyway. I arrive in W9.
I'm looking for (mum's name).
"Are you sure she is on this ward"
As it happens, not really but I've been told she was moved here.
"Not on my section. Ask the nurse on Bay A"
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Anyway. I arrive in W9.
I'm looking for (mum's name).
"Are you sure she is on this ward"
As it happens, not really but I've been told she was moved here.
"Not on my section. Ask the nurse on Bay A"
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Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness RN.
He is dangerous in the same way that a cornered, rabid raccoon is dangerous. He is looking for points of weakness where he can escape. Stay focused on the reasons why the walls are closing in. Don't flinch when he froths at the mouth.
It is shameful that we have to talk about the President of the United States this way. But it is who he is. He is behaving exactly the way you would expect a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who was granted immunity by John Roberts to behave. Know your enemy.
Attempting to criminalize the actions of an independent public servant, Fed Chair Jay Powell, for the sin of acting independently—in the public interest rather than the President's political interest—is an outrage. It's bad economics, bad politics, bad for the rule of law, bad for the public sector, bad for American credibility and bad for Americans.
The Department of Justice has become the Department of Recriminations, and it would be terrible for the Federal Reserve to become the Federal Subserve.
Congress didn't give Trump the power to run monetary policy, and it's up to Congress to ensure that he doesn't just steal it.
Congress didn't give Trump the power to run monetary policy, and it's up to Congress to ensure that he doesn't just steal it.
Don't doubt that Jay Powell is going to war.
I've never seen a central bank release an evening video so directly taking on a head of state. In this case, the medium is the message: Powell is taking his case to the people.
I've never seen a central bank release an evening video so directly taking on a head of state. In this case, the medium is the message: Powell is taking his case to the people.
This week I wrote an 11 page summary of violence my 6-yr-old stepson witnessed. I provided this to his biological mother. The bio parents each gave their accounts to the therapist. My stepson, based on my testimony, provided by bio mom, got enrolled into DV-specific therapy.
It is such a strange, horrific experience. To document one's own abuse so extensively for another woman. In this case, my partner's ex-wife. The rewards can feel so small. But therapy is not small. I told the truth. To other adults. A child will not live in that darkness alone.
That's how I got separated from all of my things. I had a whole escape plan. But I was so scared for my stepkids. I made a calculation. I asked their bio mom, "Will you use your legal power to put them in therapy?" She said, "Yes." Then I told her, "Ok, I'll give you everything."
A new blog, on the challenges China now faces as it manages renewed pressure on its currency to appreciate
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cfr.org/blog/chinas-cu…
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cfr.org/blog/chinas-cu…
I of course think that China should allow its currency to appreciate -- the yuan is absolutely very weak (see the PPP comparisons) and, in real terms, it is about as it weak as it has been in the last 15 years while China's trade surplus is at an all time high
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And I don't think the magnitude (and breadth) of China's sustained export outperformance (in volume terms) over the last two plus years can be explained w/o reference to the yuan's real depreciation in 22/23
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@MikeCarlton01 It’s actually getting a lot of attention see the links below. What you’re really saying is that you think Jews get too much attention.
@MikeCarlton01 theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news…
@MikeCarlton01 abc.net.au/news/2026-01-1…
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "A few months ago, the dishonest, antisemitic, UN General Assembly voted to recognize a Paləstine state in violation of International law.
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You see, to be recognized as a state, there has to be recognized borders that that state controls, a unique nation and culture within those borders, and a legitimate government controlling that territory. None of which can be claimed as accurate for anything called Paləstine.
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But there are nations around the world that fit all those internally understood qualifications, that desaerve to be recognized as independent and sovereign national states.
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IRAN IN THE AUTUMN OF US IMPERIALISM, a historical & analytical 🧵 to dispel the myths. Research articles included.
Since 1979, Iran has been the greatest nation-state threat to US imperialism's domination of West Asia. The US armed Iraq & launched the Iran-Iraq War to destroy the Revolution and the threat it posed to imperialism. It failed. 2/n
The US maintains one of the strongest sanctions regimes in world history against Iran, blocking it from its own bank accounts around the world, medicine, critical machinery, etc. These sanctions have also failed, even as they harm the masses. 3/n
There is a behavior, predating even social media, called a crackpot. These are people who, despite their lack of information, or precisely because of it, believe they understand more than experts and scientists in the field. Many spend years trying to prove things like...
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"Einstein made a huge mistake in the Theory of Relativity, and I can prove it."
Their texts and "proofs" don't make sense, but they are unable to perceive it. When people laugh, don't respond, or even try to explain their mistake, they get angry and accuse them of a ...
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Their texts and "proofs" don't make sense, but they are unable to perceive it. When people laugh, don't respond, or even try to explain their mistake, they get angry and accuse them of a ...
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...conspiracy. Crackpots invented the World Conspiracies Against Me.
This pattern found fertile ground among anti-vaxxers, anti-science, anti-medicine advocates, and as a sales tool for the "dietary supplements, wellness and pseudoscience" industry.
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amazon.com/Quackery-20-Mi…
This pattern found fertile ground among anti-vaxxers, anti-science, anti-medicine advocates, and as a sales tool for the "dietary supplements, wellness and pseudoscience" industry.
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amazon.com/Quackery-20-Mi…
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “In the USA, three things need to be seriously investigated:
A. Who and what organizations, domestic or foreign, are funding protest demonstrations against ICE, are pro-Hamas, and pro Antifa.
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A. Who and what organizations, domestic or foreign, are funding protest demonstrations against ICE, are pro-Hamas, and pro Antifa.
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It appears to be that the funding is coming from a number of US-based organizations, plus Qatar, and plus China.
What we know is that in many cases, protesters are being organized and paid by professionals.
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What we know is that in many cases, protesters are being organized and paid by professionals.
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B. When there is fraud, illegal use of federal grants and subsidies, that money is going to someone. It does not just disappear. There needs to be both an investigation and a serious effort to recoup that money.
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*** Ontario Virus & Variant Update | Jan 11 ***
Hospitalizations due to COVID increased from 176 to 241 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations have start dropping from the peak of 1,400 to 1,095 with RSV increasing from 121 to 156. 🧵1/
Hospitalizations due to COVID increased from 176 to 241 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations have start dropping from the peak of 1,400 to 1,095 with RSV increasing from 121 to 156. 🧵1/
Looking back over the past few years, new hospitalizations for RSV have remained pretty stable the last two years around 2,500 and a decrease from 2023, while COVID has been significantly dropping each year, 26,571 in 2023 to 15,739 in 2024 to 6,788 in 2025. 2/
Influenza has been doing the opposite, increasing significantly each year from 3,486, to 4,380 in 2024, to 12,818 in 2025. 3/
After looking up some of the leaked contacts from the head of Mossad in Iran, I've noticed that a very large proportion of the US-based contacts are Iranian--which means we have thousands of Mossad allies among us, apparently working hard to subvert US foreign policy.
After all this time after the deposition of the Shah, there are probably second and third generations among us--likely citizens by now. Which may help to explain this:
Surely many of them have been going back and forth between Iran and the USA to stir up trouble, at the Mossad's direction. So there's a good chance that those crowds are made up largely of American citizens...and Trump has a duty to protect them.
