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The Sheriff of Nottingham Rides Again

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  1. Dear Catherine,

    When you got to the story about WilmerHale lawyers and the World Bank data probe, you were asking who were the names of the WilmerHale lawyers who were involved.

    Looking at the report itself (https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/84a922cc9273b7b120d49ad3b9e9d3f9-0090012021/original/DB-Investigation-Findings-and-Report-to-the-Board-of-Executive-Directors-September-15-2021.pdf), we see 4 signatories from WilmerHale:
    – Ronald Machen
    o https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/ronald-machen
    o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Machen
    – Matthew T. Jones
    o https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/matt-jones
    o https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-jones-3173283
    – George P. Varghese
    o https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/george-varghese
    o https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-p-varghese-9181a5145
    – Emily L. Stark
    o https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/emily-stark

    Does this connect interesting dots?

  2. Dear Catherine,
    Thanks for another great weekly report. I would just like to chime in, that btc’s energy expenditure is really small, and that btc is magnitudes more efficient than the alternative. Which is why btc is the future.

    Today’s world reserve currency is the usd. Which is ultimately backed by not the US armed forces, but by the energy expenditure of said forces.
    A simple thought experiment will do. Put all those naval assets in port, and bring the entire thing to a standstill, and watch what happens with the dollar.

    The core of the matter, is that all that energy is spent providing security for the network. For btc, than energy expenditure buys a lot of security for a very small price, when compared to it’s core competition, namely central Bank issued fiat backed by armed forces.

    And believe me, the armed security forces of the global empire burn through a lot more energy than the state if Switzerland.

    Thanks to the security provided by the energy expenditure, you can rest assured that the btc you have “in your wallet”, is safer than a dollar would be in a swiss vault.

    1. My understanding is that btc processes 7 transactions a second, VISA processes 65,000 a second and the Chinese CBD prototype over 300,000 a second. Is that correct?

      I agree when you incorporate the military expenditures the dollar system is hugely energy expensive. Question is why – which gets us back to who is really running things and why so much force is required. That is for another day.

      If btc were to play a meaningful currency role it would also require significant military expenditures. Currently, it is allowed to exist and grow without a great deal of regulatory intervention or support. But that can and will change if it becomes structurally significant.

      But there is an even bigger issue. No all digital system is desirable within the existing governance system. Every effort is being made right now to make cryptocurrencies fashionable and filled with “future.” Which make sense. If I was Mr. Global and printing QE to the heavens, I would much prefer crypto price inflation to food price inflation.

  3. Also – is this a mystery bird illness or affect of 5G ramping up? We noticed a DRAMATIC drop in almost all birds (90%) from our feeder in Spring – currently only very small sparrows come around now vs. all kinds of birds. Stop filling bird feeders so you wouldn’t notice the dramatic drop off in birds?

    Over the summer, reports of sick and dying birds with vision problems, eye swelling (often with a crusty discharge), and neurological symptoms were confirmed in CT, IN, KY, MD, NJ, OH, PA, and WV. This illness is different from the conjunctivitis condition known as “finch eye disease,” but the exact cause is still unknown. While many songbirds have been impacted, the illness was most common in juvenile Common Grackles, Blue Jays, European Starlings, and American Robins. https://ct.audubon.org/news/feeding-resumes-songbird-disease-updates

    Residents Told to Stop Filling Feeders to Avert Bird Illness
    Connecticut bird-lovers are being asked to stop filling their feeders to help prevent an affliction that’s killing songbirds in the southern and mid-Atlantic states from spreading here. By Associated Press July 8, 2021, at 3:21 p.m.

    The illness that had killed thousands of birds in several states, and had been confirmed as having been detected in Connecticut earlier this month, has subsided to the point where different species of birds can gather again, DEEP said. In Connecticut the death toll has plummeted to 25% of what it was a few weeks ago. Aug 20, 2021 https://www.courant.com

    2. Hello Andrea,

      I live in Santa Cruz and have seen a dramatic decrease of seagulls over the past 3 years. It’s startling to be in a harbor and only count 5 or 6 hanging around. I am not sure if any other CA residents are aware of this but it’s good to acknowledge and take action if possible.

      -Katherine

  5. Just now getting caught up on M & M 10/21/21. Where can I find the link to “Fauchi Effective Mashup”? Links state “on file” but no URL. It must go viral and I will do my part. God bless you all!

  6. Dear Catherine, regarding your questions on why they emphasized that Powell died from COVID while doubly vaccinated and why Harvard just published a study which purportedly shows that vaccinated people carry the same or more viral load than the unvaccinated, I think the reason is to prepare the ground to revoke the “freedoms” and the status of vaccinated people unless they do the third dose.

    The Harvard paper, whose data are laughable, states that the higher viral load in vaccinated people is due to the Delta variant escaping antibody protection. At the same time, the old media is now saying that the booster shots can protect against Delta. Therefore, they are creating a new narrative where the vaccines are no longer effective against the mutation -look! even Collin Powell didn’t escape- therefore a booster shot is needed if you want to be protected and keep your status as vaccinated.

      1. There seems to be another story emerging: Hybrid immunity? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04005-0_reference.pdf
        Quote: “Strikingly, however, plasma from individuals who had been infected and subsequently received mRNA vaccination, neutralized pseudotypes bearing this highly resistant SARS-CoV-2 polymutant spike, or diverse sarbecovirus spike proteins. Thus, optimally elicited human polyclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 should be resilient to substantial future SARS-CoV-2 variation and may confer protection against potential future sarbecovirus pandemics”

        I was getting suspicious when Drosten here in Germany started talking about “catching SARS on purpose after the vaccinations because that would give the best protection”

        https://www.spektrum.de/news/hybride-immunitaet-das-raetsel-der-corona-superimmunitaet/1937392

        wikipedia was quick to add a definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunity_(medical)#Hybrid_immunity

        Hybrid immunity

        Hybrid immunity is the combination of natural immunity and artificial immunity. Studies of hybrid-immune people found that their blood was better able to neutralize the Beta and other variants of SARS-CoV-2 than never-infected, vaccinated people.[27]

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