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  1. U Penn – my daughter chose Purdue over U Penn this year for her college decision precisely because of the school letting (and celebrating) a man swimming as a woman.

    1. `Just read the U Penn including Wharton is requiring full vaccination. Why would anyone want to study at a university that had no knowledge of science or medicine. It is one thing to live in the dark ages. It is another thing to pay fantastic amounts of tuition to live in the dark ages. I am shaking my head. Stupefying.

  2. For subscriber who asked about healthshare options in “Ask Catherine.”
    I used a healthshare option for about five years (not one of the plans you mentioned). I did not have heavy use of the plan but did need to use it a few times. The doctors offices accepted the cards and payments without question. The hospital we used would not accept it (they said they did not have a contract with the healthshare company so they would not accept the lower payment). It took me many months of working with the hospital and the healthshare to get the bill paid. The healthshare eventually did pay the full bill (the hospital refused to reduce the bill although they accepted the healthshare card at the time of service which spelled out the payment terms).

    I learned a lot about the way healthcare billing works and, overall, was satisfied with the healthshare. However, you may want to check with your providers ahead of time. The healthshare does work differently than insurance.

    I read the “The Self-Care Patient” by Sean Parnell to help navigate. It’s probably a little outdated now but it may still be a worthwhile resource.

  3. I was going to comment that I was relieved that “insects” was not listed on your commodities chart! Har har- and then came the cheese puffs with its list of contents- Yummy crickets, included! I will be closely inspecting my purchases.

    1. https://www.cpecn.com/news/aspire-completes-worlds-largest-cricket-production-facility-in-ontario/

      “Aspire Food Group announced that it has completed construction of its alternative protein manufacturing facility, making London, Ont. home to the world’s largest cricket production facility. Aspire’s new plant will reportedly produce 9,000 metric tons of crickets every year for human and pet consumption. That’s about two billion insects to be distributed annually across Canada and throughout the United States. Aspire also reports that it already has orders for the next two years … showcases four first-of-a-kind newly developed technologies; an automated storage retrieval system (ASRS), a new type of HVAC system, a 5G IoT network and an AI solution that’s been recognized by UNESCO.”

  4. Thank you as always! What I don’t understand is how the bis can give themselves immunity/sovereignty just bc they wrote it in their charter

    1. Good question. As I understand it, it is through international treaties that other countries (then Switzerland) recognize the sovereign immunity “granted” in the BIS organizing documents. In this country, treaties must be approved by Congress.

  5. I loved,loved,loved this program! Thank you John and Catherine for the valuable timely information again.

  6. So, how can you ever have a non GMO product which contains insects…i.e. crickets? If a cricket eats a genetically modified plant leaf, then, in fact, the cricket is forever tainted. If the cricket becomes flour, it would follow that the flour can not qualify as non-GMO if it is made of crickets who munched on GMO plants. Bizarro world indeed! Gonna love to see the spin on this one regarding food labeling!

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