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Ask any veteran goldbug about investing in gold, and they'll likely caution you that the precious metal will too often break your heart.True, investing in gold tends to work in times of trouble. For example, gold prices vaulted past $2,000 an ounce in early March 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Cut to today, and with equity markets in turmoil and inflation running high, it's understandable if folks are tempted by the prospects of investing in gold. Just understand that despite some illustrious returns in the 1970s and the first decade of the 21st century, gold has generated...

Infectious Disease Modeling: What’s the Track Record? The London Times has a fascinating story on the tiny, incestuous world of infectious disease modelers. It begins with the two modeling outfits in Great Britain: Oxford University and Imperial College, London. We have all learned about Imperial as the source of the two wildly conflicting estimates that the British government has relied on. Now an Oxford professor is questioning Imperial’s model: The first public signs of academic tensions over Imperial’s domination of the debate came when Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford University, published a paper suggesting that some of...

...[Perry] vowed to "uproot the three branches of government and overhaul government. "They each have contributed to the demise of America," Perry said. Perry has scheduled an Iowa speech on Tuesday where he plans to lay out details of his overhaul. But he told the activists it will be sweeping and form the basis of the case he will make to activists who will show up for Jan. 3 precinct caucuses. "The question for Iowans in 50 days is not whether to embrace change, but for Iowans to decide who is the most credible messenger for that change," said Perry....

What is the definition of hypocrisy? Is America being poisoned with the “Biblically incorrect” cancer of double talking “politically correct” politicians? Gary Glenn is the President of the American Family Association of Michigan. Personally speaking, as an individual citizen aside from the AFA Mr. Glenn has put together an eye-opening information piece relative to Gov. Romney’s “faith in America” speech. …………………………………………………………. Gary Glenn, for purposes of identification only, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, offers the following comments prior to Gov. Romney's "Faith in America" speech...CONTACT: Gary Glenn 989-430-0652 (cell) Americans concerned about protecting life and traditional family...