How Was Your Weekend?

ZeroHedge- ‘Triple Threat’? Man Diagnosed With HIV, COVID, & Monkeypox At Same Time

An Italian man on a ‘condomless’ sex escapade with men in Spain tested positive for HIV, Covid-19, and monkeypox simultaneously – the first known case to have all three viral diseases, according to a case study in the Journal of Infection.

Researchers stated the 36-year-old male spent five days in Spain between June 16-20 and developed a fever (up to 39°C), accompanied by sore throat, fatigue, headache, and right inguinal lymphadenomegaly about nine days after his trip. He tested positive for Covid on July 2 — and his symptoms worsened that day.

Sand in the gears

By now it’s obvious that central banks are going to continue raising short term interest rates. It seems likely they will continue until the housing market finally snaps.

Albritton is booked out 30 days in advance, compared to the usual 90 to 160 days. Meanwhile, his costs have gone up by more than 30% across the board. Plywood he uses jumped from $72 to $140 a sheet around Christmas. It has gone back down to $85 a sheet, but that’s still higher than it used to be. And he has trouble finding hinges at any price.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is 5.55%, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the average was 2.87%. The increase is forcing some would-be buyers out of the market and sales of previously owned homes have fallen for six straight months.

 

Safe and Effective®

The Daily Sceptic- ONS Data Suggest a Vaccine Fatality Rate in the Over-75s of Up to One Every 275 Doses

The U.K. conducted a unique experiment beginning in late March and winding up in late August. All over-75s were offered a second ‘booster’ vaccination (fourth jab) and to date around 80% have taken up the offer.

eugyppius- Exhaustive study of German mortality data finds excess deaths tightly correlated with mass vaccination

Excess mortality in Germany 2020–2022 is a preprint by Christof Kuhbandner (a psychologist at Regensburg) and Matthias Reitzner (a statistician at Osnabrück) that applies sophisticated actuarial analysis to the publicly available all-cause mortality data provided by the German government. It turns out that when you account for historical mortality trends, the virus no longer looks so dangerous, and the vaccines no longer look so great.

It’s Saturday On Turtle Island

Biden’s America:  The Republicans just don’t get it.  This week in whoppers.  Biden spreading American values.  The week in review.

Woke Britain:  The U.K. is going down the toilet, but civil servants have time for a queer conference.  Eco-terrorists trashing gas stations.  When are the arrests?

Today in Islam:  Muslim deception.  The Da Vinci code attacked the wrong religion.

Trudeau’s Canada:  Another church burns to the ground.  Justin sure likes Palestinian terrorists.  And Trudeau likes to fund terrorists.  If you say anything negative about one of Justin’s cabinet ministers, you are obviously racist.  Rex Murphy on exporting LNG to Europe.

Your morning meme.  And its not funny.

Take That, Putin

Regina: Evraz steel workers feel uncertainty

Earlier this month, Evraz PLC announced it has plans to sell off its North American assets. With its largest shareholder a Russian billionaire, the company has been challenged by sanctions enacted due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

“We’re bystanders in the conflict,” Day said.

“The members and the workforce should not be punished for things beyond our control.”

Still, with the future of the plant unknown, workers have experienced confusion and uncertainty, Day said.

“Everybody is worried about their future,” he said, but added that the situation is “out of our control.

”The task at hand, he said, is for workers to go to work and go home safe to their families.

“Worrying about what’s going to happen or who’s going to buy us, if they sell, it’s just going to add stress to an already dangerous job.”

Temporarily Unexpected

Fox Business;

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday delivered a stark message on the state of the U.S. economy at the annual central bank gathering in Wyoming: Inflation remains painfully high, and cooling it will require forceful action that could bring “pain” to households and businesses nationwide.

In his hotly anticipated speech at the Kansas Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium, Powell reiterated a pledge to “forcefully” wrestle inflation closer to the Fed’s 2% target by raising interest rates into restrictive territory for some time.

“While higher interest rates, slower growth, and softer labor market conditions will bring down inflation, they will also bring some pain to households and businesses,” he said. “These are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation. But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.”

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