According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose 7.5 percent in January, year over year. This was, the BLS notes, the ”largest 12-month increase since the period ending February 1982.” Moreover, 

The all items less food and energy index rose 6.0 percent, the largest 12-month change since the period ending August 1982. The energy index rose 27.0 percent over the last year, and the food index increased 7.0 percent.

Despite all that can be said about the Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) calculation, a reading of 7.5% is relatively high compared to the last 40 years. On Monday the Federal Reserve will have a closed door meeting “held under expedited procedures” for:

Today would have been the ninety-third birthday of Burt Blumert, one of the greatest personalities of the modern libertarian movement. Burt was the indispensable man behind the scenes and was a key figure in the Mises Institute, the Center for Libertarian Studies, the Rothbard Rockwell Report, and LewRockwell.com. He was one of Murray Rothbard’s closest friends; and when you met him, it was easy to see why Murray liked him. He was a genial and kind person and a source of wise counsel to all those fortunate to know him.

I must admit that I rarely pay attention to cancel culture because empty vessels are unworthy of my attention. As a professional guy, who is constantly working, researching, and preparing for my Youtube interviews, I can’t afford to indulge headless chickens. Currently, the world is fixated on the exodus of creators from Spotify to protest Joe Rogan’s apparent promotion of Covid Vaccine Misinformation, and although twitter is plastered with commentaries the truth is that most people are only polluting the internet with their unbearable inanity.

The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Skyhorse Publishing, 2021; 449 pp.

Canadian truck drivers are continuing their protest against the government’s covid/vaccine mandates. The protest was triggered by the federal government’s November mandate that truck drivers must be fully vaccinated by January 15 or they would be subject to mandatory testing and quarantine requirements when entering Canada.

For the past two years, governments in the European Union have engaged in contradictory actions by both suppressing economic growth through lockdowns and other covid-19 restrictions and simultaneously trying to “stimulate” their economies through monetary expansion by the European Central Bank. The results, not surprisingly, have fallen far short of hopes and expectations by central bankers.