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There is an article floating around from The Expose that makes an explosive claim: There is a wildly statistically-significant skew in the death rate from Covid-19 vaccines by lot number.What originally got my attention was the tinfoil hat crowd screaming about lots being intentionally distributed to certain people to kill them -- in other words certain Covid-19 vaccine lots were for all intents and purposes poisoned. That was wildly unlikely so I set out to disprove it and apply some broom handles to the tinfoil hatters heads. What I found, however, was both interesting and deeply disturbing.Lots are quite large,...

There Is Only One Business: SCAM You either steal, rob, lie, launder money and otherwise rip people off or you go out of business. The only exception? If you're small enough not to attract any of the so-called "great businesses" attention. You can run a bar. You can run a small restaurant (as long as it doesn't compete with any of those large firms.) You might be able to run a small consulting outfit. Otherwise, forget it. You can't emulate their game because you will get prosecuted. They will not. Investors will not care and thus the so-called "efficient market"...

The Game Is About DoneKarl Denninger November 23, 2011 It's pretty-much over at this point.... This morning Germany had a failed Bund auction. That's not particularly noteworthy; it happens from time to time. But what's noteworthy is what happened to bond yields everywhere through Europe in response: They blew out. The Greek and Italian "problem" is no longer about Greece and Italy. It has been creeping into Spain and more-recently France, but this morning jumped into Germany and everywhere else "all at once." Capital has said "no more" to the lies in Europe. While this does not mean an instant...

I'm not sure I believe what I'm hearing on CNBC coming out of The President's mouth. Is he really listening to Paul Volcker? Finally? Here's what I heard that I liked - a lot. 1. Limit the Scope - The President and his economic team will work with Congress to ensure that no bank or financial institution that contains a bank will own, invest in or sponsor a hedge fund or a private equity fund, or proprietary trading operations unrelated to serving customers for its own profit. 2. Limit the Size - The President also announced a new proposal to...

Karl's Opus!

I don't know where to start today - there's too much to make sure I hit all the points, but I'll give it a decent shot. Be warned - if you don't like rants, this Ticker isn't for you. First, China: "Chinese premier Wen said America's voracious appetite for debt and "blind pursuit of profit" had led to the worst recession since the Great Depression which has rocked the 2,500-strong political and business elite gathered in the Swiss mountain resort." Premier Wen: Bite me. Let's quit the lying, eh? Since I never intend to visit your corrupt, polluted and putrid...