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Sunday, February 04, 2024

I (do not) like big books, and I cannot lie Reflecting back on The Bright Ages and giving people a "way in" to the past

MODERN MEDIEVAL by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele When we were writing The Bright Ages, one of the things we had to think long and hard about was what "kind" of history book we wanted to write. This means, of course, a lot of things but perhaps first and foremost it meant making decisions about what to include and what would be left out - or, to put it another way, was this going to be a short book or a long book. We chose the former. cover of the book The Bright Ages The Bright Ages The Bright Ages could have been a very different kind of book. We knew we wanted to tell an accessible story about a permeable medieval Europe, to (as we say) shine light on a period of history that spanned more than 1,000 years and touched at least 4 (but really maybe 5) continents. But we weren't sure at first how we wanted to tell that story. Indeed, our original Table of Contents in our proposal had at least 5 more chapters in it, and would have run probably 30,000 more words than it did. But we decided quite quickly that we might try a different method because we realized there was no way to cover everything. We wanted to invite people in, removing barriers whenever we could, and to produce a book that a reader might willingly read cover-to-cover. But there are other ways we could have gone about it. There were other books that offered overviews of the European Middle Ages (though far fewer than you might think!) but the models we did have available to us were, we felt, were too much like textbooks. They aimed for comprehensiveness, to cover "everything," to derive the authority of their presentation from their sheer scale. This leads to the production of what are called "doorstoppers" - books so big they can hold doors open. Though book lengths are really measured by word counts, some of the most recent English-language surveys of the European Middle Ages intended for popular audiences come in at 656, 504, 632, and 464 pages respectively (and often with quite small text). The Bright Ages runs a very comfortably-spaced, wide-margined 336 pages. Upgrade now Of course, both short and long books come with trade-offs; shorter books most visibly benefit from greater accessibility and lower price, while long books tend to be seen as having heavier gravitas and more authority. And in every case, every book leaves things out. The late scholar Michel-Rolph Trouillot wrote that all histories are bedeviled by 4 silencing moments: At the moment of source creation At the moment of archive creation At the moment of narrative creation At the moment of "retrospective significance" (or, maybe better, canon creation) Not all of these silences, in all cases, have to be intentional. They can at times be inadvertent. History books tend to participate in #3 and #4 here, in some different balance between them. Academic histories tend to deal more with #3 because they (not always but mostly) are determined to say something "new" using the sources from the past. Pop histories, however, tend to participate more in #4 by gathering narratives - other historical works that deal with sources and archives - and refining those narratives down into one. What doorstopper pop histories tend not to do, however, is to acknowledge the absences that pervade their pages. In fact, they quite often do the opposite and emphasize their "comprehensiveness." Doorstopper popular histories are often gifted and shelved. They seem, by their heft, serious and substantial. Indeed, they mostly are serious and substantial! They aim - for very understandable sales and marketing reasons not always in the author's control - to be the book on the subject. And long books often sell very well - there's a whole market branded (problematically) as "dad history" that benefits from the presentation of heft in a book. And we think that if historians want to write long books for popular audiences, that's fantastic. But we should also be aware that perception of comprehensiveness is ultimately an illusion. Shorter popular history books, by necessity, can't do that. And we see that as a virtue. Shorter pop history books need to function as hyperlinks, to acknowledge the vastness of what we know (and what we don't) about a topic. They need to tell a story that spins but then point out all the seeming silences that aren't, to other books and other scholarship that illuminates those dark places between the pages of the original book. Subscribe now As Pascal famously said, writing short is very difficult. It's moreover not what historians are trained to do or to value in graduate school and in the profession. But given the consistent (right-wing and neoliberal) assault on history generally and medieval studies specifically, this is essential work to be done right now. The good news is that in fact we are trained, secretly, to do this kind of work and evaluate whether it's done well, because it's how we teach. There is no 15-week class that covers everything of anything. We all know it, and we evaluate class construction not around comprehensiveness, but on whether they create a pathway for students to begin learning. This doesn't preclude assessing and criticizing courses for the choices reflected in a syllabus, we also do that all the time and rightly so! And so bluntly: we'd suggest that pop history books need to be read. And these books need to be hors d'oeuvres - gateways into more books, more tv, more games, more history, (and ideally) more medieval. Thanks for reading Modern Medieval! Subscribe for free to receive new posts every week. Interested in receiving all emails? 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Thursday, February 01, 2024

Reckless vaccine culture runs rampant with the RSV jab DANIEL HOROWITZ JANUARY 31, 2024 MERYL NASS FEB 1

DANIEL HOROWITZ JANUARY 31, 2024 MERYL NASS FEB 1 https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/reckless-vaccine-culture-runs-rampant-with-the-rsv-jab More than 150 women and babies have received the wrong shot — and those are just the ones we know about. The pharmaceutical industry for 60 years failed to produce a safe RSV vaccine, following a botched attempt in the 1960s. We’ve all lived with this virus, and most babies afflicted with it are treated easily with a nebulizer. Yet suddenly, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control have approved three different vaccines — all for different demographics — at warp speed (ahem), despite serious safety concerns. Now, pharmacies are carelessly mixing up each type of vaccine and even giving children the adult version because, when it comes to vaccines, “it’s all good.” When it comes to vaccination, we are being sold a bill of goods that it’s all or nothing — but if you know what’s good for you, it better be all. The FDA last year approved RSV shots for three different groups: GSK’s Arexvy and Pfizer’s Abrysvo for seniors over 60; Pfizer’s Abrysvo variant for pregnant women; and AstraZeneca’s Nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, for newborn babies. They all have serious problems. Last week, the CDC issued an alert warning that more than 150 women and babies have been administered the wrong shot — and those are just the ones we know about. According to a report from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, 25 babies were given Pfizer’s RSV shot for pregnant women or GSK’s shot for seniors, while at least 128 pregnant women were given the senior shot! The tragic irony is that members of the CDC’s own Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices raised questions about the fact that this shot “can overstimulate the immune system, which is why it is only used for the elderly or immunocompromised.” Set aside the fact that any drug that “overstimulates” the immune system probably should never be approved for anyone after all we’ve seen with COVID and all the associated problems with neuropathies and autoimmune disorders stemming from such overstimulation. But now we know that this shot was given to pregnant women. Can you imagine the long-term effects of overstimulation in an unborn baby? According to FDA briefing documents, two people in the Pfizer RSV trial for people over 60 experienced a dangerous form of neuropathy known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. The rate was 1 in 9,000, which is bad enough. But we’ve seen from COVID that GBS is a known reaction to the jab, and Bell’s palsy, a similar form of neuropathy, has racked up 16,755 entries in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Of course, we know that the shot for pregnant women is just as problematic as the one for seniors, so maybe it doesn’t make a difference which potion they received. GSK was forced to abort its version due to preterm and neonatal deaths during clinical trials. Pfizer’s shot, which was approved last summer, has the same safety signals. No matter. We’re off to the races jabbing as many pregnant women as can be guilted into it. Red-state health departments have an obligation to begin auditing the CDC vaccine schedule — beginning with this wretched RSV vaccine. The CDC recently reported that 13.1% of pregnant women had received the Abrysvo vaccine since the product went to market in the fall, while nearly 21% of mothers of eligible infants (8 months and older) reported they accepted the experimental shot for their babies. Another 27% reported that they “definitely plan” to vaccinate their children. That means half the babies in the country are on their way to getting this shot, as if we’ve learned nothing from the past few years. The disgusting carelessness of the industry in giving people the wrong shots is emblematic of a culture that treats vaccination as more of a religious ritual than a medical procedure. When it comes to medical procedures, we don’t categorically offer them to every living human as if “it’s all good.” We don’t give everyone pre-emptive drugs, surgeries, or chemotherapy. Asking someone if he’s pro- or antivaccine is like asking whether he’s pro- or anti-surgery. There is a time and a place even for proven interventions. They must be precise and tailor-made to individuals. Vaccination is no different. Yet we are being sold a bill of goods that it is all or nothing — but if you know what’s good for you, it better be all. Just get the ever-increasing litany of jabs, and if they happen to throw in a few extra doses of the wrong potion, no biggie. This is why every time someone wants a tetanus shot, they add the quite unnecessary diphtheria vaccine, because … well, why not? It’s all good! In 1983, the CDC's vaccine schedule included just three routine vaccines: diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis; measles, mumps, and rubella; and the oral polio vaccine. Not surprisingly, once the industry was indemnified from liability under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, the number of vaccinations steadily grew. Now, the CDC has 17 routine vaccines of 90 doses for children. Congress extended the liability shield for childhood vaccines to pregnant patients under the 21st Century Cures Act, with the proviso that the CDC recommends it. Including the new RSV shot, pregnant women are now under pressure to get five different shots. We’re still assessing the damage from the COVID shots. We may not know for decades how many people died needlessly. We will feel the effects of countless miscarriages, stillbirths, fertility problems, and birth defects for generations. We already have 3,000 reports of injuries from the RSV shots reported to VAERS, according to data Dr. Jessica Rose sent me. How can we continue to trust the CDC when we absolutely know it is harming us? It’s really just a question of which of the vaccines are bad. The CDC is using “One Health,” a World Health Organization concept that would impose a centrally controlled system of enforcement, surveillance, and incentives on every human being. The goal is to replicate and expand the COVID regime to impose mass vaccination and a host of economic and social objectives in the name of public health. If you thought the last “emergency” was bad, just you wait. It is simply indefensible for red-state health departments to adopt One Health. They have an obligation to begin auditing the CDC vaccine schedule — beginning with this wretched RSV vaccine. Meryl’s COVID Newsletter. © 2024 Meryl Nass 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104

The WHO Constitution is at Odds with the WHO's Attempted Power Grab

The WHO has its own Constitution, which guides and circumscribes what the WHO can do. Let’s look at what it says. https://apps.who.int/gb/bd/PDF/bd47/EN/constitution-en.pdf. The commentary is mine. I am seeking an international lawyer well versed in these documents to help us understand how much wiggle room the WHO has to ignore its own specified procedures and rules. 1. Information Article 1 The objective of the World Health Organization (hereinafter called the Organization) shall be the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Article 2 lists the many roles of the WHO, all of which are either advisory or standard-setting, with the exception of the last: (v) generally to take all necessary action to attain the objective of the Organization The WHO Constitution wants the citizens of the world to be informed. The Cambridge dictionary says this means “having a lot of knowledge or information about something. The Collins dictionary says, ”Someone who is informed knows about a subject or what is happening in the world.” Page 1 of the WHO Constitution says: Informed opinion and active co-operation on the part of the public are of the utmost importance in the improvement of the health of the people. Article 2, which lists the functions of the WHO, says in paragraph (q): (q) to provide information, counsel and assistance in the field of health There is no authority given to the WHO to control information or direct nations to censor their citizens. 2. What regulations can the WHO adopt? Article 21 delineates those subjects for which the WHO is authorized to issue regulations. They are limited. The IHR (2005) which is currently in force is in conformance with these guidelines, but the proposed IHR amendments exceed the WHO's authority for issuing regulations. Article 23 states that the WHA can make recommendations to members about any issue in which it has competence, but it fails to say that it can issue regulations over as broad a range of issues. I conclude that the extent of the powers that will accrue to the WHO as proposed in the amendments to the IHR exceed the scope for which the WHO is permitted to issue regulations. Therefore, if the WHO wishes to ask the WHA to approve the amended IHR, it must do so as a treaty, agreement or convention, and not as amendments to the IHR. This would require a 2/3 vote of the WHA. 3. How is the Director-General and his staff allowed to interact with outside organizations? Article 33 says, " He may also establish direct relations with international organizations whose activities come within the competence of the Organization." However, he must not be instructed or unduly influenced by them, according to Article 37. How does this accord with 85% of the WHO budget coming from special interests, not from dues, and with the WHO carrying out activities at the behest of its donors, spending 73% of its budget on earmarked activities, which the WHO does not disclose? We know that the Director-General and other WHO officials meet with "stakeholders" like Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) staff often to plan or carry out WHO activities. This may involve funding provided by the BMGF but it may also extend to other activities. For example, when an expert committee was convened to discuss adding hydroxychloroquine to the WHO's Solidarity trial, 5 of the 25 experts on the WHO-convened committee worked for the BMGF. This manner of doing the business of the WHO does not appear to be in accord with Article 37 of the WHO Constitution: 4. How are matters decided by the World Health Assembly (WHA)? Article 19 is clear that conventions and agreements require a 2/3 vote by the WHA, not just those present in the room; nor does it say that abstentions will not be counted in the vote. Article 60 defines how the WHA must vote on "important questions." The range of important questions is not defined, but it includes votes on conventions and agreements. Article 60 furthermore indicates that the WHA will vote with a simple majority to determine what categories of questions will need to be voted on by a 2/3 majority. Articles 59 and 60 specify how votes will occur. Within the WHO Constitution there is no delegation of authority to committees or to consensus processes in lieu of voting by the WHA. Yet decisions on past IHR amendments appear to have been delegated to committees that used a so-called 'consensus procedure' without a vote. 5. Immunity Article 67 points out that all WHO staff and all member state representatives have legal immunity "as may be necessary for the fulfilment of its objective and for the exercise of its functions." Has the broad immunity given to all WHO staff been limited in any way when staff are not fulfilling their official duties? Has this immunity been used to avoid civil or criminal prosecutions? 6. Relations with Other Organizations Articles 70 and 71 imply there are likely to be formal agreements about how the WHO interacts with other organizations. Is there a formal agreement with the EU? Does it explicitly give the EU and WHO the right to negotiate with each other, even though the EU has never been a member or observer of the WHO? Meryl’s COVID Newsletter © 2024 Meryl Nass 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Your job feed for January 24, 2024

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Friday, January 19, 2024

Stock Market Update Thursday January 18, 2024 Today

Stock Market Update Thursday January 18, 2024 Today, Apple received an upgrade, and Taiwan Semiconductor expressed optimism, stating that the technology sector had hit bottom and forecasting a robust growth year in 2024. This announcement ignited enthusiasm across the tech industry, especially in the chip sector. As a result, the Nasdaq experienced a midday rally of about 1%, while the S&P showed roughly half the strength, and the Dow lagged behind. Later in the afternoon, the Nasdaq surged higher, concluding the day with an impressive gain of almost 1.5% Away From Stocks: Treasury's came under some pressure at the long end with 30-year yields rising six basis points to 4.37%, while the two-year note remained at 4.34% after yesterday’s 12 basis point march higher. WTI crude closed $73.95 a barrel, gold rose to $2,023 per ounce and the VIX retreated from yesterday’s multi-week highs back towards 14.34. In technical analysis, a bear flag is a continuation pattern that can signal a potential downtrend continuation in the price of an asset. It consists of two main components: Flagpole: The pattern begins with a sharp and steep downward price movement, known as the flagpole. This represents a significant and rapid decline in the asset's price. Flag: Following the flagpole, there is a consolidation period marked by a rectangular-shaped pattern with parallel trendlines, known as the flag. The flag typically slopes upward slightly against the prevailing downtrend.

Sunday, January 07, 2024

Stock Market Update Friday January 5, 2024 ALGOTRADEALERT JAN 6

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Stock Market Update Friday January 5, 2024 Solid labor market data tempered optimism for a potential rate cut, putting pressure on stock prices. The substantial jobs report on Friday presented a mixed picture. In December, nonfarm payrolls grew by 216k, maintaining the unemployment rate at 3.7%, with hourly earnings increasing by 0.44%. However, enthusiasm was tempered by revisions, with October revised down and November. This marks a trend where 10 of the last 11 months have seen downward revisions from the initial nonfarm payroll figures.

Initially, stock index futures reacted negatively to the news, but a turnaround occurred at the opening bell, leading to a rally until around lunchtime. However, most of these gains were later retraced. In a down cycle, we are likely to see rallies being sold, indicative of a downtrend. Despite the volatility, the major averages mostly closed in positive territory. It is crucial that the markets close positively on Fridays. Our economy is primarily consumer-based, and a positive market close on Fridays tends to boost consumer confidence, encouraging weekend shopping.

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Saturday, January 06, 2024

FAA grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes for mandatory inspections by Jenny Goldsberry, Social Media Producer January 06, 2024 02:22 PM

What decision-making role will the Australian parliament have in relation to the proposed IHR amendments?

Complacent Australians who think parliament will be asked to pass legislation to implement the IHR are sadly mistaken. Libby disabuses us of the happy falsehoods.

MERYL NASS

JAN 6

Attorney Libby Klein lays out how the public and MPs have been snookered by lies and lack of knowledge of the WHO Treaty and IHR amendments. in fact, laws are already in place in Australia to implement whatever the WHO passes.