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Where are the new polls about Afghanistan?

When it comes to say, a presidential debate, there are snap polls within the hour, and more comprehensive polls the very next day.
However, with the debacle in Afghanistan, which has been happening all week now, I have not seen any new polls. Instead you have the media universally spinning this as "we shouldn't have pulled out".

Punditry Crisis -- Afghanistan

About three and a half hours before President Biden addresses the nation on the Punditry Crisis unfolding at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, I checked in at Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC to hear from names like Pinetta and McCaffery. And this super in front of the face of some other National Security Expert, "Questions arise on how the system failed in Afghanistan?"

Vatican Trial Part I: Institutional Sleaze

A Vatican trial began on July 27. Ten defendants were charged with a various financial crimes including fraud and embezzlement. The accusations show an organization where corruption usually goes unnoticed in a city/state whose leaders consider themselves to be so superior in religious training and practice that they are the sole legitimate interpreters of what is sin for the rest of us.

Most of the defendants were involved in purchasing a commercial building in London.

The Vatican Trial Part II: Long on Process, Short on Justice

The Vatican trial that began on July 27 with the naming of 10 defendants for various financial crimes is going to take a very long time due to the “complexity” involved with having so many defendants, cruxnow.com noted. Most were involved in the Vatican’s purchase of a London commercial building.

The Weekly Watch

Fifty Years of Fiat

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Since its founding in 1776, the United States has had a variety of monetary systems including bimetallic systems where the dollar was backed by both gold and silver (1792-1862), a fiat monetary system (1862-1879), a full gold standard (1879-1933), and a partial gold standard (1933-1971). From 1971 to present the United States has been on a fiat monetary standard. https://gold-standard.procon.org/history-of-the-gold-standard/ https://www.uscurrency.gov/history

August 15, 1971 - Richard Nixon Closes the Gold Window (1.3 min)

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

From the various discussion medical discussion thought I would do a short series on self-care. Good resources of drug information is essential. One of the foundational sources I use to gather information on medications is the Package Insert (PI). The current format of the PI has been consistent since 2006. The content is not as readily influenced by shifts in political winds. Dosing information will be limited to FDA approved treatments for specific dosage formulations. Other sources need to be used for off label information.

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