Show Me the Benjamins!

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I was poking around on the internet and discovered this article about Benjamin Franklin.  It seemed too good to pass up. 

33 Facts That Capture The Strange And Salacious Life Of Benjamin Franklin

He is well known for his bifocals and quippy cartoons, but these facts about Benjamin Franklin reveal a much more eccentric man.

Benjamin Franklin is a crucial figure in the history of the founding of the United States. His accomplishments are so well known that he’s often referred to as the “only U.S. President to have never been U.S. President.”

But Franklin was more than a politician. His inventions — which range from the odometer to his own alphabet — show the great grasp of his mind. He also made a name for himself as a talented writer and publisher.

From his political triumphs to his scientific breakthroughs to his colorful and eccentric personal life, these are some of the most surprising facts about Benjamin Franklin, America’s favorite renaissance man.

Benjamin Franklin Was Once The Richest Person In America…

By 1785, Benjamin Franklin had become the wealthiest person in the newly formed United States. They didn’t put his face on the $100 bill for nothing — his estimated net worth in today’s money is around $10 billion.

… But He Could Have Been Richer If He’d Patented His Inventions

Benjamin Franklin decided not to patent his many inventions because he believed that it was enough to help others with his creations. This would also allow other inventors to tinker with and build upon his ideas.

He Played A Crucial Role In Achieving American Independence

Benjamin Franklin was present for many important moments throughout the American Revolution. Not only did he sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but he also signed the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778, the Treaty of Paris in 1783, and the United States Constitution in 1787.

He was also the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence at the age of 70, and the oldest to sign the Constitution at the age of 81.

Benjamin Franklin Almost Died Trying To Electrocute A Turkey

Benjamin Franklin was famously fascinated by electricity. He performed a number of experiments with it, including using it to cook food. Eventually, he created a method of using electricity in order to kill and cook turkeys.

In a letter to his brother, John, Franklin detailed how he decided to show off this method at a party. He brought out the doomed turkey and started setting up the charge when, all of a sudden, the attendees saw a bright flash of light engulf him. Franklin had accidentally electrocuted himself — though in the letter he confessed that his ego sustained the biggest injury.

Surprising Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Published A Lot Of Obscene Writing

Despite his studious reputation, Franklin did not shy away from the salacious. He once wrote a letter titled “Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress,” which was considered obscene at that time and wasn’t published when his collection of papers was made available during the 19th century.

The controversial letter contained many sexual references and basically touted the virtues of choosing an older mistress over a younger one.

Franklin Also Wrote About Farts

Franklin penned an essay called “Fart Proudly” in 1781, which he sent to the Royal Academy of Brussels, a respected scientific organization.

“It is universally well known, that in digesting our common food, there is created or produced in the bowels of human creatures, a great quantity of wind,” Franklin wrote. He also sincerely suggested that the scientists invent “some Drug wholesome & not disagreable, to be mix’d with our common Food, or Sauces, that shall render the natural Discharges of Wind from our Bodies, not only inoffensive, but agreable as Perfumes.”

In other words, the founding father implored the researchers to find ways to make his farts — and other people’s farts — smell better.

He Published One Of The First Famous American Political Cartoons

Concerned about the aggression of the French and the lack of a strong colonial alliance in America, Benjamin Franklin published his famous “Join or Die” cartoon on May 9, 1754, in his Pennsylvania Gazette. In addition, he wrote an op-ed that argued for a more unified colonial government.

This wasn’t Franklin’s first political cartoon — he’d published another one in 1747 — but it was his most enduring. Ten years later, his snake emblem resurfaced when colonists protested the Stamp Act. It would also be used during the Revolutionary War, and even by both sides during the Civil War.

Shocking Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Was A Womanizer

Benjamin Franklin wrote in his autobiography that “the hard-to-be-governed passion of my youth had hurried me frequently into intrigues with low women that fell in my way.” Indeed, he was quite the womanizer.

As a young man, he made advances toward his friend’s mistress and also fathered an “illegitimate” child. And even when he reached his 50s, Franklin spent little time with his wife in Philadelphia. Instead, he chose to gallivant around London and Paris in order to satisfy his urges.

He Invented The Odometer

Tasked by the British government with improving the colonies’ postal system, Franklin worked tirelessly to streamline mail delivery — and invented the first odometer. He measured the distances between postal stations with a geared device fitted to the back wheel of his carriage.

The machine clicked ahead by one mile with every 400 revolutions of the wheel, which allowed Franklin to accurately measure the early colonial roads — and thus thoroughly improve postal routes in the system.

He Suggested Something Similar To Daylight Savings Time

While Benjamin Franklin did not invent what is now known as Daylight Savings Time, he did propose a pretty similar system. Franklin was also the first person to have such an idea in recorded history.

This happened in 1784 when the 78-year-old Franklin was serving as an ambassador to France. After being rudely awakened by the summer sun at 6 a.m., he penned a satirical essay that suggested Parisians could save money through “the economy of using sunshine instead of candles.”

Since time wasn’t standardized back then, his idea had no way of being implemented. But years later, in the early 1900s, William Willett of England led the first campaign to do what Franklin had previously suggested.

Benjamin Franklin Was The 15th Of 17 Children

Born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin was one of 17 children. His father, Josiah, had married twice. Josiah had seven children with his first wife and 10 more with his second, Franklin’s mother Abiah Folger. Franklin was the 15th of 17 kids and the youngest son.

He Was An Early Proponent Of Inoculation

Benjamin Franklin was one of the earliest supporters of vaccination — specifically for smallpox. The outbreaks in Boston in 1721 and 1730 left an impression on him and he preached to everyone, including his wife, that the preventative method of inoculation made scientific sense.

But Franklin’s wife didn’t believe that injecting fluid from an infected person into a healthy person would create immunity and so she chose not to inoculate their son, Francis. Unfortunately, Francis died of smallpox in 1736.

Franklin Invented The Flexible Urinary Catheter

When Benjamin Franklin’s brother John experienced painful bladder stones, the resourceful inventor set to work on finding a solution for him.

Franklin designed the flexible urinary catheter in 1752, the earliest of its kind. It was made of metal parts and hinged together with a wire, which was thoroughly enclosed so that there was enough rigidity during its insertion.

He Had Only Two Years Of Formal Education

Benjamin Franklin learned to read at a young age and was a promising student at the Boston Latin School. But Franklin’s father had a failing candle and soap shop that needed all the help that it could get. So, at the age of 10, Franklin dropped out of school to help in the shop full-time.

Unstimulated by his work, Franklin spent his free time reading books. He also honed his memory skills by reading essays and then rewriting them without looking. And despite his lack of formal education, Franklin earned honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, and several other top institutions.

He Published His Early Writing Under A Female Pseudonym

After working in his father’s shop, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice at the print shop of his older brother, James. Though he learned a lot about newspaper publishing, Franklin was routinely beaten by his brother, who also refused to publish any of his writing in The New-England Courant. So, Franklin submitted his work as a “woman” named “Silence Dogood.”

“Dogood” became wildly popular and Franklin only revealed the writer’s true identity after “she” started receiving marriage proposals.

Eventually, Franklin grew tired of his brother’s “harsh and tyrannical” behavior toward him. He decided to flee Boston in 1723, breaking his contractual obligation to his brother as his apprentice in the print shop.

Astonishing Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Was Briefly A Fugitive

By fleeing his brother’s print shop, Benjamin Franklin became a fugitive. This was illegal since he was contractually obliged to be his brother’s apprentice.

But it also helped Franklin to strike out on his own. In 1728, Franklin and a friend opened a print shop. They published books and pamphlets, and Franklin was named the official printer of Pennsylvania in 1730.

He purchased The Pennsylvania Gazette and transformed it into the most popular newspaper in the colonies. Franklin also launched his popular Poor Richard’s Almanack, which set him on the path to immeasurable riches.

Franklin “Retired” At The Age Of 42

Starting in 1733, Benjamin Franklin published the widely successful Poor Richard’s Almanack once a year for 25 years. It contained weather predictions, poems, recipes, advice, trivia, and proverbs.

It was such a huge hit in the colonies that Franklin eventually accumulated enough cash to retire from the printing business. He became a “gentleman of leisure” at the age of 42 and focused on his studies and inventions.

He Had His Doubts About The American Revolution At First

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin allegedly quipped, “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” But the founding father wasn’t always so gung-ho about the idea of revolting against Great Britain during the American Revolution.

He once wrote, “Every encroachment on rights is not worth a rebellion,” and called the Boston Tea Party an “act of violent injustice on our part.”

Benjamin Franklin’s Son Was A British Loyalist

Benjamin Franklin was close with his “illegitimate” son William — until the American Revolution. Then, William remained a loyal Tory and refused to resign from his position as the royal governor of New Jersey.

For that choice, he’d eventually spend two years in colonial prison. And Franklin would ultimately cut him out of his will.

He Started The First Volunteer Fire Department In America

In articles published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin expressed the need for better fire prevention methods. This led to the formation of the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia in December 1736. Unofficially, the department became known as Benjamin Franklin’s Bucket Brigade.

Interesting Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Was A Champion Chess Player

Benjamin Franklin was a prolific chess player who introduced the board game to America and wrote the famous essay “The Morals of Chess.” He was eventually inducted into the Chess Hall of Fame in 1999.

He Was Never The President…

Franklin is often referred to as the “only U.S. President to have never been U.S. President.” But he was the governor of Pennsylvania and the ambassador to France and Sweden. And Franklin was close with some men who did become president, including John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

… But He Was The First Postmaster General Of The United States

In 1753, the British Crown made Benjamin Franklin the postmaster of all 13 colonies, a post he held for two decades. And in July 1755, the Continental Congress made Franklin the first postmaster general.

Little-Known Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Was A Great Swimmer

Franklin loved the water and even invented hand flippers to go faster. He later earned a spot in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.

He Became A Fashion Icon While Living In Paris

When Franklin went to France in 1776 to rustle up support for the Revolution, he played up the rustic American look with a fur hat and plain clothes.

The French loved it. Women across the country could soon be seen in fur caps and big wigs in a style dubbed “coiffure à la Franklin.”

Fascinating Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Perfected The Glass Armonica

By the 1700s, Europeans had devised a way of filling glasses with wine and rubbing the rims to make music. But Franklin took this idea and ran with it. He invented the glass armonica in 1761, which was made of 37 glass bowls.

“Of all my inventions,” Franklin declared, “the glass armonica has given me the greatest personal satisfaction.”

He Became An Abolitionist Later In Life

Benjamin Franklin once owned slaves at his print shop, but he later became convinced of the gross inhumanity of the practice.

Franklin presented an abolitionist petition to Congress shortly before his death at age 84 in 1790, and he also included a provision in his will that his daughter had to free her slave in order to receive her inheritance.

Franklin Left Huge Sums Of Money To His Favorite Cities

Benjamin Franklin left $2,000 sterling to his birthplace (Boston) and his hometown (Philadelphia). However, Franklin also stipulated that the money had to be placed in a trust for 200 years. So by the time the cities gained access to the gift, it was worth a total of $6.5 million.

He Lived His Life According To 13 Virtues

Benjamin Franklin wrote down 13 virtues when he was 20 years old — and sought to practice them throughout the rest of his life.

They included: Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity, and Humility.

But even Franklin admitted that he couldn’t always live up to them.

“On the whole, tho’ I never arrived at the Perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining but fell short of it,” he wrote of his failure to follow his own virtues all the time. “Yet as I was, by the Endeavor, a better and a happier Man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it.”

Franklin Thought He Could Improve The Alphabet

Benjamin Franklin came up with many enduring ideas during his life. But one of his inventions that didn’t stick had to do with trimming down the alphabet. In his version, there was no C, J, Q, W, X, or Y.

Startling Fact About Benjamin Franklin: He Liked To Take Air Baths In The Nude

In Franklin’s time, cold baths were considered to be good for health. But Franklin found them uncomfortable. Instead, he liked to take “air baths.”

“I have found it much more agreeable to my constitution to bathe in another element, I mean cold air,” he explained in a letter. “With this view, I rise early almost every morning, and sit in my chamber without any clothes whatever, half an hour or an hour, according to the season, either reading or writing.”

Benjamin Franklin Enjoyed Discussing Philosophy Over Drinks

Benjamin Franklin founded a group known as the Junto in 1727. Initially consisting of 12 members with different backgrounds, the group would meet in taverns, have a drink, and discuss philosophical matters. Eventually, Franklin would also start to discuss social issues of the time.

“Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory,” he wrote. “[To] prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction, were after some time made contraband, and prohibited under small pecuniary penalties.”

At these meetings, Franklin would come up with some of his best civic ideas like founding a public hospital, a lending library, the first American volunteer fire department, and even the University of Pennsylvania.

The Remains Of 10 People Were Later Found In His Basement

From 1757 to 1775, Franklin lived in a four-story home on 36 Craven Street in London. And when it was renovated into a museum in 1998, construction workers made a disturbing discovery — human remains.

At first, it seemed as though there was only a thigh bone sticking out of the dirt floor. But after the authorities were called, officials found a whopping 1,200 pieces of human remains belonging to 10 people, including six children. The remains were all more than 200 years old.

Fortunately, the reason these skeletons were stashed in Franklin’s house wasn’t as grisly as it may seem. Franklin had allowed William Hewson, a former anatomy student, to use his basement for practice. It’s unclear whether Franklin knew the young man was working on cadavers.

SOURCE: https://allthatsinteresting.com/benjamin-franklin-facts

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    1. What an interesting open, Pat! Good morning! He was really one helluva man. He was dead-right on the mistress – older women ALWAYS make better lovers! This is just a scientific fact! And speaking of farts….ever read that book, “The People’s Pharmacy” by Joe Gradeon, who is a pharmacologist, published in 1976? There was one entire chapter titled “Don’t Fight The Fart.” It isn’t healthy! And I can see where he got his sexual proclivities – good heavens! 17 children???? Yeah, he came by it naturally!

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  11. been looking for the thread reader on this but don’t see one yet…

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      1. OK, doing a little research here on the badges shown in the picture of the 4 undercover officers pulled over by the bike police. I can’t find anything that matches the one on the left but the one on the far right looks similar to a DEA ID:

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  12. The entire Epoch Times article is included at the link but I also went to ET and was able to read it w/o signing in, even tho it is marked “premium.”

    Must-read: Biden Admin Negotiates Deal to Give WHO Authority Over US Pandemic Policies/ Epoch Times — New international health accord avoids necessary Senate approval

    Meryl Nass
    14 hr ago

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-admin-negotiates-deal-to-give-who-authority-over-us-pandemic-policies_5066631.html?utm_source=Morningbrief

    Kevin Stocklin

    https://merylnass.substack.com/p/must-read-biden-admin-negotiates

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    1. i dunno…seems like ultra maggot is walking a thin line there. there is nothing in the constitution allowing the president to relinquish our sovereignty to any entity. and that’s what signing that damn thing would do.
      and the who may try to take control, but that might be the last step that unites the left and the right, who knows?
      but we are NOT just a member. we are a free country or at least we used to be.

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  14. Now they are seeing it in the melting snow on the roads in Canada!

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  15. “Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson Reignites Effort to Protect America’s Sovereignty Against World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty — 17 Repub Senators cosponsor bill to require WHO treaty to undergo Senate ratification before becoming US law”

    Meryl Nass
    13 hr ago

    https://thestarnewsnetwork.com/2023/02/18/wisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-reignites-effort-to-protect-americas-sovereignty-against-world-health-organizations-pandemic-treaty/

    [Hat tip to EmilyTVProducer for this new article.]

    Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) reintroduced legislation Wednesday that seeks to protect the sovereignty of the United States against the World Health Organization’s (WHO) attempt to push through a pandemic treaty onto its member states. Johnson led other Republican senators as he reintroduced the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act.

    The legislation would require any agreement the WHO’s intergovernmental negotiating body creates to be deemed a treaty, thereby requiring the advice and consent of a supermajority of the Senate. The WHO, the international health agency of the United Nations, has continued to press for a pandemic treaty and is expected to formally present a draft to member states later this month, Johnson’s office explained in a press release.

    The release added: “After the Biden Administration’s failed COVID-19 response and the WHO’s mismanagement of the pandemic, Americans remain skeptical of continuing infringements on personal liberties and freedoms. The legislation would provide more transparency in WHO agreements and a constitutional check on the administration.

    “The WHO, along with our federal health agencies, failed miserably in their response to COVID-19,” Johnson said in a statement. “This failure should not be rewarded with a new international treaty that would increase the WHO’s power at the expense of American sovereignty.”

    More: https://merylnass.substack.com/p/wisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-reignites

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    1. JP’s video this week hit home. Lately there have been a number of deep fake posts regarding me by the UK Army’s 77th brigade. Fortunately, they are easy to spot as fakes for anyone that follows me but it is still disturbing. In a world where “deep fakes” are common, it is good recognize and laugh at how easy it is to fool people. Get ready for the coming reality where AI and Deep Fake technologies make it almost impossible to discern what is real and what is just another fifth gen warfare psyops weapon.

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  20. OK – Brandon Straka has been touting a big announcement coming and has done a 3-part video series. The first part was really cheesy, tbh, but I like Part 2 – I think you would like it, Pat. Kind of funny and patriotic. Supposedly, Part 3 and the announcement will be dropping later today. I received his e-mail less than an hour ago.

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  21. “CDC confirms 100% of reported Covid-19 Vaccine Deaths were caused by just 5% of batches produced & the majority were sent to red Republican States across the USA”

    2nd Smartest Guy in the World
    3 hr ago

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    “On October 31st we exclusively revealed how an investigation of the USA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) found extremely high numbers of adverse reactions and deaths have been reported against specific lot numbers of the Covid-19 vaccines numerous times, meaning deadly batches of the experimental injections have now been identified.

    That investigation also led to the discovery that 130 different lot numbers of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine distributed to more than 13 states, harmed on average 639 times more people, hospitalised on average 109 times more people, and killed on average 22 times more people than the 4,289 different lt number of Pfizer vaccine distributed to 12 states or less.

    However, the most shocking finding of the investigation was that 100% of Covid-19 vaccine deaths reported to VAERS with identified lot numbers had been caused by just 5% of the batches produced. But the deeply troubling findings don’t end there, because we decided to conduct further analysis of the VAERS data on the Covid-19 vaccines, and we’ve discovered that the majority of the deadliest batches were clearly sent to Republican controlled red states across the USA.

    More: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/cdc-confirms-100-of-reported-covid

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      1. mostly? hubby drinks it…LOL
        but we give some away at Christmas, and gees, when the kids come up they go thru several bottles over the weekend.
        altho sometimes my son and my hubby drink bourbon.
        we bottle about 100-120 bottles a year. he reserves 2 of each “vintage” in a special place on his shelves (for who knows what reason…LOL) but it’s his hobby.
        and I have several closets, drawers and bins filled with fabric–so I can’t complain.

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  23. 30 bottles corked and standing in a row. they have to remain upright for 3 days, then i can label them and take them down to the wine cellar section of the basement…LOL

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  24. SunnyFlower5
    February 19, 2023 11:17 am

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    Ron DeSanctimonious wants to cut your Social Security and Medicare, closed up Florida & its beaches, loves RINOS Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, and Karl Rove (disasters ALL!), is backed by Globalist’s Club for NO Growth, Lincoln Pervert Project, & “Uninspired” Koch — And it only gets worse from there. He is a RINO in disguise!, whose Poll numbers are dropping like a rock. Good luck Ron!

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  25. interesting reply

    Martha in VT
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      1. And my job is done for the day! It is sad and when I think that my military doctor gave me a script for Bendectin when I was pregnant with HB – I am thankful all over again that I declined. My doctor when I was pregnant with my son also gave me a script for something – IDR now what it was – but I didn’t take that either.

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      2. Too many references to cite…do a search for “thalidomide repurposed” seems like playing with a loaded revolver with someone else’s safety at risk…

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          1. Lost my sister when she was in her late 30’s with two young boys…she was what is referred to as a DES baby. Our mother was given that drug as a treatment for “spotting” during the pregnancy. The well established consequence was the cervical cancer that took my sister’s life. Big Pharma…

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    1. The Wildfire Newsletter
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      ‘See You in Court, Criminals!’ Pfizer Whistleblower Case is Being Taken to the Next Level
      “Pfizer has fought ‘discovery’ in its court battle with Brook Jackson every step of the way. If she is successful in her court hearing in March, this charade will come to an end”…

      Kyle Becker
      16 hr ago

      “Brook Jackson, the clinical trials superviser who blew the whistle on Pfizer over its testing of Covid vaccines, has announced that a court date has been assigned to her case. It will be held on March 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm at the Jack Brooks Federal Courthouse in Beaumont, Texas. The critical point: “All parties are required to attend in person.”

      https://thekylebecker.substack.com/p/see-you-in-court-criminals-pfizer

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      1. “The case is extraordinary in many regards, but most concerning is that the United States has taken a position against the U.S. citizen seeking accountability against the allegedly offending corporate interests.

        On October 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) took “the extraordinary step of filing a Statement of Interest Supporting Dismissal of the Amended Complaint,” the case notes. “It is not unprecedented for the Government to file statements of interest supporting plaintiffs in declined qui tam actions. But the Statement of Interest here is entirely different. It sides with the defendant, Pfizer, and the other defendants, and urges the Court to dismiss Relator’s lawsuit because it fails to identify any ‘false or misleading’ claims, its allegations are ‘implausible,’ and the United States continues to have ‘full confidence’ in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.”

        However, Pfizer has made several ‘false or misleading’ claims. Firstly, Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla has falsely implied that the mRNA vaccines “stop the spread” of viral infection and transmission.”

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  35. what utter baloney!
    FTA

    “Fetterman has basically been forced to contend with the effects of a severe brain trauma while working an absurdly demanding job in one of the most polarized and toxic political climates the country has ever known.” — @JenSeniorNY:https://t.co/57sey4ucfi

    — Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) February 18, 2023

    No one forced Fetterman to do anything. He’s not a bystander who woke up one day and just so happened to be a senator. He pursued this, he mislead his voters, and now he’s suffering the consequences of trying to do a stressful job that he can’t handle.

    What truly blows my mind, though, is that these are the same press outlets that reported on Donald Trump walking down a ramp slowly and holding a glass of water with two hands, as if it was grounds for forced removal from office. Meanwhile, they pretend that Fetterman is just fine and shouldn’t resign despite how obvious it is that he’s not going to recover. The hypocrisy is off the charts.

    https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/02/18/the-headlines-on-fettermans-latest-health-crisis-are-truly-unbelievable-n705384

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  37. I had never watched Lawrence Jones’ show, Cross Country, so I recorded it last night. I really like it. He had the father of the young teen girl who recently killed herself due to bullying at her school on the show last night – really heart-wrenching! Much better than Hannity, Laura, etc., etc. Very little about politics, thankfully.

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  38. Well, temp is up to 42 and bright sun so I decided to refill all the feeders. There was still some suet in one feeder but the squirrels were getting after it now since they were out of sunflower seeds and corn. Now everyone’s feeder is full again!

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  39. seeing some responses to the “kick the creek” videos of Ohio…like these…

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  43. The Spanish Flu
    It’s not what we thought it was

    Linda Lazarides
    4 hr ago
    EXCERPT: “I will leave you to peruse these interesting and enlightening videos. Tip: use the little cogwheel on the video display to choose a faster playback speed.

    1. Could it be true that only the vaccinated died?

    Eleanor McBean, PhD, N.D. wrote a book with her first hand experiences of what was truly going on at the time of the Spanish flu. Mass vaccinations had been imposed on the population, followed by flu like symptoms, a host of different Illnesses, and massive deaths. She knew of not a single unvaccinated person who died of this alleged ‘Spanish flu’, while most vaccinated lost their lives.

    2. Experiment attempting to prove that flu is contagious
    3. Dr Tom Cowan: The Viral Delusion, Episode 3
    4. Dr Lee Merritt — Look out for as much as you can from this doctor. She joins up the dots in a way that few have achieved so far.
    5. From The Fall of the Cabal documentary — If you haven’t watched the series yet, you need to, in order to understand that vaccines are for population control and gene modification, not to protect us from disease.

    Videos: https://linlaz.substack.com/p/the-spanish-flu

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  44. Reality TV star dropped from management over Instagram post critical of “drag queen story time”
    By Cindy Harper
    Posted 11:34 am

    ENTIRE ARTICLE @ ReclaimTheNet: “Australian reality TV star Dean Wells has been dropped by his management over a post criticizing a “drag queen story time” event. He received backlash over the post, which was deemed harmful to the “LGBTQIA+” community.

    Wells’ agency, Stage Addiction, dropped him because the “hurtful comments” he made “do not align with our values.” Wells re-posted an image that drag performer Charisma Belle had himself posted on his Instagram account. The image of the drag queen who would be reading at the event, Charisma Belle, legs spread, and a taco in the crotch.

    (The original post, posted by the drag queen Charisma Belle.)
    In the caption, Wells criticized the event, arguing that it was not fit for kids as young as three because drag queen performances are “inherently sexual.” His post sparked backlash. In a statement to the Daily Mail, Wells insisted that he is not transphobic or homophobic. However, he argued that drag queen performances are inappropriate for kids and should not be paid for by the government.

    “In no way am I transphobic, homophobic or hateful,” said Dean. “My post was about one thing. Is it appropriate for three-year-old kids to be exposed to advanced gender and sexual ideologies? I would personally think around the age of 12 is more suitable for that kind of thing. I was curious to know what other people thought. After all this is a taxpayer-funded event in my neighborhood, I think I have the right to ask that question,” he added.

    Wells blamed “online bullies” for Stage Addiction’s decision to drop him. “My income and my ability to put food on the table taken away because I expressed an opinion.”

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  48. I just got a book that uses words that are not words

    e/em/eir
    I think e is very nice. ; I asked em if I can borrow eir pencil. ; told me that the house is eirs. ; said e would rather do it emself.

    🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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