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If the money supply is increased by 100%, prices will inevitably rise approximately 100%. Milton Friedman (1972), and Batini, Nelson (2001) published studies showing an 18 month time lag from an increase in money supply and the peaking of inflation.

Several Israeli government officials have said if U.S. returns to the JCPOA agreement Israel will go it alone against Iran. In 2015 a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was agreed upon.

Many conservatives have become disillusioned with politics. However, peace of mind does not come from emotions or reliance on people. Peace comes from knowing the truth and faith in the final outcome in history.

Central bankers are planners who believe they know better than free markets. Central banks have trapped themselves. It is a trap with no escape, without causing a major economic crash. Boom and bust cycles can be delayed, not stopped.

Professor Steve Hanke, Johns Hopkins University, believes commodities are seeing a long-term bull supercycle. Supply is very constrained, and inventory is low, as the economy starts kicking in, commodity prices go up as you start a supercycle.

The market likes a divided government. If the Democrats take the white house, the Republicans still hold the Senate. A Joe Bidden administration will not be able to pass a Green New Deal or raise taxes, without control of the Senate.

Business store fronts are putting up plywood to protect store windows from looters and protestors if Trump wins re-election. Many are painting "we support Black Lives Matters" on the boards. They are not writing we support Trump.

During a virtual rally with supporters, the Democratic presidential nominee, 77 year old Joe Biden forgets President Donald Trump's name.

It was semi-private knowledge Hunter Biden prospered from his Father's connections. What is news, is this information was made public and published in the New York Post, and Joe Biden was paid directly for influence.

Joe Bidden is seen on a you tube video bragging he withheld $1 billion in U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine unless the President of Ukraine fired prosecuting attorney. Joe Bidden denied he knew anything about his son's business dealings in Ukraine.

Research shows non pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) - such as lockdowns, and mask mandates do no affect virus transmission or save lives. Policies have varied in timing and implementation across countries and states, but outcomes are not effected.

Vice-President Biden brought a knife to a gun fight. Everyone was playing checkers but President Trump was playing three dimensional chess.

The battle over replacement of Justice Ginsburg by Barret is more than political, it is part of a "Cultural War". Ginsburg was a strident leader of the progressive wing and Barrett is expected to have an influence on the conservative wing.

An insulted veteran recently wrote an editorial in the Curry Pilot repeating a Democrat talking point in the Atlantic Magazine. It was a coordinated hit job involving the press, Democratic operatives, and leftist groups connected to the military.

Presidential polls are paid for by media companies with a strong bias against President Trump and often have a pre-determined outcome.

Virologist claims COVID-19 came from Chinese military lab. Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a former researcher at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, posted a paper that she claims shows how SARS-CoV-2 was created in a Wuhan laboratory.

The distorted hate-filled curriculum based upon the 1619 Project of the New York Times should be excluded from Oregon Schools. Parents of Oregon school children should fight back at attempts to shame children about patriotism and family values.

Jerome Powell, at the Jackson Hole Wyoming Central Bank symposium, gave a speech entitled "Monetary Policy Framework Review" which makes a major shift in Fed policy in regards to inflation.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been reading policy statements to the public from his basement. He appears to have trouble reading the statements. Who is making his policy?

The fake media, the elite, and Dr. Anthony Fauci are using COVID-19 to fundamentally transform our society. Neo-Marxists are using the Critical Theory as a crowbar to dismantle Western Culture and create a Marxist Revolution.

Black Lives Matters and Antifa are not primarily interested in police reform. Their main objective is the overthrow of the U.S. Government and the establishment of a Marxist Utopian society ruled by a politburo.

Many technical analysts look at a twenty year chart of gold during the current bull market in gold, and project gold to make a new high, exceeding the $1,917 high of August 2011.

Mandatory wearing of masks by healthy people has no medical purpose. It is used as a tool by tyrants to destroy individuality and create passive fearful zombies and promote dependence on government.

Flattening the curve by draconian measures does not change the number of people with weak immune systems who will die. The Federal Reserve cannot print gold only fiat paper money.

Churches want to honor God, be good citizens, obey Romans 13, and watch out for the health of our church, family and community. They need to balance church rights with the police state powers.

Progressives declare they care about lives and capitalists only care about money. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton all claim the ends justify the means and destruction of civil liberties is based upon science.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx sit on the boards of organizations that have received billions from the Bill Gates foundation. Gates is heavily invested in Coronavirus vaccine candidates in competition with less expensive chloroquine.

Life, liberty and property are unalienable rights endowed by our Creator. The First Amendment prohibits the abridging of right of public assembly and religious expression.

In private, President Trump has become agitated with Dr. Fauci's public comments. The President is "fuming privately" that Fauci has advised shutting down businesses and social distancing.

The Fed cut rates to a target range of 0% to 0.25% effective March 16, and said it would expand its balance sheet by at least $700 billion in coming weeks through quantitative easing.

Dow dropped over 2,000 points as WTI oil dropped to $31.13 a barrel as Saudi Arabia and Russia fight for market share during the current oil glut. Viruses are nothing to dismiss lightly, but people should not panic in regards to Covid-19.