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What happened Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE:NCLH) took a tumble on Thursday after the cruise line operator announced plans to sell as much as $2.1 billion worth of senior secured notes due in 2027, senior unsecured notes due in 2029, and exchangeable senior notes due in 2027 -- none of which terms investors need to pay close attention to. Just think of them all as debt. The company will use the cash raised from the sale of these notes to roll over debt that it sold previously, such that the net result of all this activity should be...

In recent weeks inflation has become a major economic concern. Nearly all the commentary emanating from monetary policy makers, economists, and the media is misguided, believing inflation is rising prices and must be addressed accordingly. They are only the symptoms of inflation. The true cause is the expansion of currency and bank credit, which, reflected in the US dollar’s M2 money supply has increased substantially since March 2020, and now stands at nearly three times the level when Lehman failed. After defining the differences between money, currency, and credit which together make up the media of exchange, this article explains...

(WASHINGTON) – The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the ongoing blockade by the Freedom Convoy protest at the United States-Canada border. “The Teamsters Union denounces the ongoing Freedom Convoy protest at the Canadian border that continues to hurt workers and negatively impact our economy. The livelihood of working Americans and Canadians in the automotive, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors is threatened by this blockade. “Our economy is growing under the Biden Administration, and this disruption in international trade threatens to derail the gains we have made. Our members are some of the hardest workers...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.Everything you ever wanted to know about the genetics of vaccination, but were afraid to ask for fear of being cancelled by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, PayPal, Instagram, Spotify and umpteeen misled celebrities, musicians and venue hosts who think that genes are made by Levi Straus.By a concerned readerOur story begins in 1869 when the young Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher...

Governments around the world are heading in two directions. Some are following the science, listening to the people, and succumbing to demands for freedom. Others are doubling- and tripling-down on their authoritarian rule. In Canada, the police have been militarized to deal with protesters. But it appears things are even worse in Paris, France, where President Emmanuel Macron has had police unleash tear gas on protesters. The attacks have bled over to non-participant citizens with families in cafes getting hit with the gas. Watch: Café employees can be seen scrambling to close the doors of the indoor-outdoor venue. Then, police...

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly promised "more boots on the ground" in remarks and Friday and urged protesters not to come to Ottawa but he did not share details about potential police deployments.Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the Canadian province on Friday and both he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned of "consequences" for protesters.Sloly told reporters on Friday that intelligence suggested that the protest this weekend could be as large as last week, which saw around 5,000 protesters and 1,000 trucks in the city."Our message to you is do not come," Sloly said to...

Having up to three cups of coffee a day has a protective effect on heart health. It also reduces the overall mortality rate and the risk of stroke. The participants were divided into three groups: non-coffee drinkers, light to moderate coffee-drinkers and those who consumed a significant amount of coffee a day. The researchers also used MRI scans to gain a better understanding of how coffee-drinking habits affect the anatomy and functioning of the heart over time. Professor Steffen Petersen said: "The large sample size, linked health data, and detailed heart MRI scans available in the UK Biobank offered a...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.Messenger service Telegram, which has “proved popular with far-right groups and people opposed to Covid-related restrictions,” has blocked 64 of its channels in Germany, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday. The move came after Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office sent shutdown requests to the messenger service, the paper said.Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the channels affected included that of Attila Hildmann, a...

NBC has publicly addressed its low-rated broadcast of the Genocide Games, with a senior network executive describing the situation as “difficult” while blaming the pandemic for the low level of enthusiasm.In a conference call with reporters Thursday, NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua laid out a grim assessment of the past week.“For us, it’s been difficult. There’s no way around this,” he said, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.“The fact that we’ve been able to bring these Games to life during a pandemic with only a six-month window between the two [Olympics], the ratings are — of course we...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.A couple of weeks ago we wrote an article on the nanotechnology found in five vaccine types by researchers in Argentina. Since then, nanotechnology has been found in Pfizer’s Comirnaty “vaccines” by New Zealand scientists. And, a laboratory in the United Kingdom has found undisclosed ingredients, for example graphene, in Covid injections.Undisclosed Ingredients Found in New ZealandAt the end...

Twitter video of Chinese woman telling the oncoming cops that she remembers Tienenmen Square in 1989, weeping as she sees it happening again in the country she fled to.Apparently the trucks or at least some of them left during the night. These people are without the protection of the big rigs' presence. The cops (can we call them "pigs" just this once?) are corralling the protestors.

A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop. Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable Jewish fanbase and a reputation of being Jewish among fans of rival teams, made the request in a statement on its website Thursday. “It is time to move on from associating this term with our club,” the club wrote in the statement, which reflected the outcome of an inquiry that the team launched In the statement, the club described the use of “Yid army” and “Yiddo” by its fans as...

Anna Foster is an embalmer with 11 years of experience in Carrollton, MO. She speaks out for the first time in this exclusive interview: The big news is that she found the unusual clots in 93% of the last 30 people who she embalmed. This is significant because she isn’t selective about who she embalms. Not all embalmers will see a 93% clot rate. Richard Hirschman only sees these clots in 65% of his cases. Either way, we have identified what is the #1 cause of death in America today; a killer that is much bigger than COVID. This is...

“‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’” (Matthew 5:3). This beatitude was uttered first because humility is the foundation of all other graces and a crucial aspect to salvation (cf. Matt. 18:3–4). The door into Christ’s kingdom is narrow and low, and no one who sees himself or herself too large or too tall will ever pass through. It makes about as much sense to attempt to grow fruit apart from a tree and its branches as to expect the other graces of the Christian life to grow apart from humility. Until we humble...

Bryan Geels identified nearly 100,000 ballots that should not have been included in the 2020 Election in Georgia. Secretary of State Raffensperger discounted Geels’s results, certified the election results for Job Biden with a 10,000 voter margin even though the standard of proof in an election contest in Georgia is doubt.In the presentation with Garland Favorito at VoterGA on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, a special guest was introduced by the name of Bryan Geels. Mr. Geels was hired by the Trump team in Georgia to review the results of the 2020 Election in that state. The Trump team sued the...

DHS: Mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) being caused by "Domestic Terrorists"Free Speech ends hereRobert W Malone MD, MS4 hr ago29475The U.S. ConstitutionWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;...

After encircling the Soviet Red Army in late September 1941, Nazi forces captured Kyiv and promptly posted notices ordering Jews to gather near a place known as “Grandmother’s Ravine,” or “Babyn Yar” in local parlance. Days later, locals watched long columns of people shuffle past. On Sept. 29 and 30, SS-led forces gunned down nearly 34,000 Jews — not including children, who were often buried alive as Nazi policy forbade wasting bullets on them — and dumped them into the ravine. By the end of the war, some 100,000 dead, including thousands of Ukrainians and Roma, lay in the mass...

In a research review, the researchers found that prunes can help prevent or delay bone loss in postmenopausal women, possibly due to their ability to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, both of which contribute to bone loss. "In postmenopausal women, lower levels of estrogen can trigger a rise of oxidative stress and inflammation, increasing the risk of weakening bones that may lead to fractures," said Connie Rogers, associate professor. "Fruits and vegetables that are rich in bioactive compounds such as phenolic acid, flavonoids and carotenoids can potentially help protect against osteoporosis," said Mary Jane De Souza, professor, "with prunes in...

On Thursday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the designated hitter is expected to be coming to the National League in 2022. Whether or not you’re a fan of the move, it’s certainly the end of an era. Personally, I will welcome it with open arms as it will certainly benefit the Dodgers. They’ll be able to shuffle guys in the lineup and get guys off their feet. With that being said, there is one thing in particular I’ll miss more than anything. Clayton Kershaw’s sacrifice bunts. Not only was Kershaw the best pitcher of the last decade, but he was...

The Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the Jussie Smollet hoax, the attack on the Waukesha Christmas parade, the organized mob lootings in San Francisco, and now the indictment of the Baltimore district attorney have each attracted national attention and spotlighted an issue that many in law enforcement and politics have been warning of for years: the threat of activist district attorneys (DAs). Specifically, the public imagination has been captured by the stories of activist DAs backed by the shadowy figure of George Soros. Many have heard of him, and most understand that he spends millions on U.S. politics, but very few know...