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1. They have a very specific plan. Alison McDowell lays it out better than anyone I am aware of. It’s a specific plan. She admits that she doesn’t know if they will be able to scale it but the plan is clear. She has a website & a youtube channel. Her website is wrenchinthegears.com & her youtube is her name.

2. Thanks so much!

3. Joseph mande the comment that there is no good music now. I have. degree in voice performance and know classical music. For the church I recommend Keith and Kristen Getty. They write beautiful music with lyrics that are sound doctrinally. This is one of their latest songs. I recommend this as music of the week! “What is our hope in life and death? Christ, alone”.
   https://youtu.be/TPT5QEDf9bA

4. Building Wealth Part 2

   Again, thank you for your excellent work, a ballast of well won thoughts and observations in this stormy world.

   A few more observations, comments and offerings;

   1. The words ‘Mind Control’ are really tough to swallow. I notice that Ferrell tends to say ‘mind manipulation’. I am not trying to split hairs. Personally it is very difficult to accept that I am being ‘controlled’. I have have too much hubris. Yet I can look in the mirror and say ‘Yes, I see where my mind has been ‘manipulated’. It is a more compassionate observation. Control connotes powerlessness, where as manipulation requires self awareness…
   2. I was thrilled that you both ushered in one of foundational artists for my life, Mr. Bob Dylan. From the beginning Bob called out the war profiteers and has never stopped. Masters of War, Chimes of Freedom, and Pawn In Their Game, to name a few …

   Another classic from Bob, is Union Sundown from the album Infidels. I would call this collection ‘The Mr. Global’ album. Released in 1983, with titles such as Neighbourhood Bully, Licence to Kill he cracked the code for all to see, but this lyric in Union Sundown says it all…

   Democracy don’t rule the world
   You better get that in your head
   This world is ruled by violence
   But I guess that’s better left unsaid

   Please give these lyrics a read. Bob was not so much ‘ahead of the curve’, for me he defined the curve. Like the greatest poets, he saw it all and spoke it to us, long before it arrived fully formed.

   Union Sundown – Infidels 1983

   Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore
   My flashlight’s from Taiwan
   My tablecloth’s from Malaysia
   My belt buckle’s from the Amazon
   You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines
   And the car I drive is a Chevrolet
   It was put together down in Argentina
   By a guy making thirty cents a day

   Well, it’s sundown on the union
   And what’s made in the USA
   Sure was a good idea
   ‘Til greed got in the way

   Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong
   And the pearls are from Japan
   Well, the dog collar’s from India
   And the flower pot’s from Pakistan
   All the furniture it said ‘Made in Brazil’
   Where a woman, she slaved for sure
   Bringing home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve
   You know, that’s a lot of money to her

   Well, it’s sundown on the union
   And what’s made in the USA
   Sure was a good idea
   ‘Til greed got in the way

   Well, you know lots of people are complaining that there is no work
   I say,”Why you say that for
   When nothing you got is US made?”
   They don’t make nothing here no more
   You know, capitalism is above the law
   I say,”It don’t count ‘less it sells”
   When it costs too much to build it at home
   You just build it cheaper someplace else

   Well, it’s sundown on the union
   And what’s made in the USA
   Sure was a good idea
   ‘Til greed got in the way

   Well, the job that you used to have
   They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador
   The unions are big business, friend
   And they’re going out like a dinosaur
   But they used to grow food in Kansas
   Now they grow it on the moon and eat it raw
   I can see the day coming when even your home garden
   Is gonna be against the law

   Well, it’s sundown on the union
   And what’s made in the USA
   Sure was a good idea
   ‘Til greed got in the way

   Democracy don’t rule the world
   You better get that in your head
   This world is ruled by violence
   But I guess that’s better left unsaid
   From Broadway to the Milky Way
   That’s a lot of territory indeed
   And a man’s gonna do what he has to do
   When he’s got a hungry mouth to feed

   Well, it’ sundown on the union
   And what’s made in the USA
   Sure was a good idea
   ‘Til greed got in the way

   Finally I want to put to rest the B.S. that Bob gave his soul to the devil. Please watch this 1:33 clip where after receiving the Grammy Life Time Achievement Award, he speaks of God’s deep compassion for us all and he is funny in leading up to this compassionate declaration.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7sFHsw8-_w

   I know that there will be more and more to offer, as I go through my 2nd and 3rd listen, but for now thank you so much for all your work. You all are the Bob Dylans of this political word for me. I am always eager for your work. It is real food in this time of illusions.

   Cheers,
   Doug Hamel

   1. Thanks so much for posting this. While I don’t believe that Dylan gave his soul to the devil, I do think he was manipulated and became a pied piper of sorts to lead a generation in a different direction way back in the mid-60’s.

5. Hello. I have 2 questions:
   1. How have low interest rates hurt the insurance industry? Is it the low return on funds stored for claims?

   2. How did LBJ influence individual insurance? I am aware that health insurance started as a benefit to lure workers post WWII, but not aware of the administration’s influence.

   I used to think that self-funded healthcare co-ops were the way to go. As I watch the focus in pharma shift to rare disease where therapies cost $200k – $1MM per year, those co-ops will have to figure out what services to cover.

   Catastrophic insurance won’t work with me the vaccine fallout.

   I look forward to seeing how the market solves this one.

   Thanks!

6. Yes, face to face. I had one today, and we cleared up a lot, so now we can continue to connect at a distance.

   I think insurance companies may just have to go away, or become mutual associations.

7. Catherine,
   Can you post the weekly updates earlier than 6pm. It would be nice to watch earlier than 6pm on Thursdays.
   Thank you

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