Category Archives: Uncategorized

No More Bill Sardi On SLL

Posted on April 7, 2020 | 1 comment

I have posted a number of articles by Bill Sardi on SLL. Today I received an email from Mr. Sardi demanding I take them all down. He’s entitled to decide where he wants his articles published so I removed them. I think he has a valuable perspective on the coronavirus outbreak, especially concerning the immune system, vitamins, and zinc. Mr. Sardi’s articles appear on lewrockwell.com and SLL readers can find them there.

By the way, my articles can be reposted as long as they are attributed to Robert Gore and there is a link back to the article on Straight Line Logic. Reposting is the sincerest form of flattery.

1 Comment

Posted in Uncategorized

‘The alleged cure is immensely worse than the disease’, by Peter Hitchens and Brendon O’Neill

Posted on April 7, 2020 | Leave a comment

Britain has succumbed to the general insanity. From Peter Hitchens and Brendon O’Neill at spiked-online.com:

In the past few weeks, society has been shut down, the economy has been put on hold, and civil liberties have been curtailed in the name of fighting against coronavirus. There has been hardly any scrutiny of or opposition against these ever-stricter measures. Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens has been one of the few dissenting voices in the media. He joined spiked editor Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. What follows is an edited extract. Listen to the full conversation here.

Brendan O’Neill: We live in a country where parliament has been suspended, our most basic freedoms have been eroded, we are all virtually under house arrest, and there are a whole bunch of new rituals we all have to observe when we encounter other people, which is increasingly rare. Like me, are you a bit terrified by the speed and the ease with which Britain became this country?

Peter Hitchens: I wouldn’t say terrified – distressed and grieved, but not terrified. I am actually not shocked because in several controversies in recent years, where I have thought that the people of this country would stand against the way in which they were being bullied and messed around, I have noticed that there hasn’t been all that much spirit of liberty. I think there is an awful lot of conformism now in this country and people have accepted being pushed around.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Posted in Business, Economy, Government, Media, Uncategorized

Tagged

Covid-19 Derangement Syndrome: A World Gone Mad, by Percy Carlton

Posted on March 31, 2020 | 3 comments

A well-reasoned article on the coronavirus outbreak, from Percy Carlton at thesaker.is:

Covid-19 Derangement Syndrome: A World Gone Mad

The whole world has gone mad with what I call Covid-19 Derangement Syndrome (CDS). I define it as an acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in response to the Covid-19 Corona Virus pandemic. The infection is particularly prevalent among the media and the government officials of the world. Human beings fear what they do not understand and that fear causes them to behave in irrational and destructive ways. The current Covid-19 pandemic is a perfect example of that. I don’t need to describe the paranoia and economic destruction to you because you can see it with your own two eyes everywhere you look. Both the media and the world’s governments are fueling the panic – the media with their hysterical 24/7 coverage and the governments with their draconian police state actions.

I feel like the man in the following cartoon.

[SEE ORIGINAL FOR CARTOON]

I am doomed to helplessly stand by and watch the entire world commit economic suicide for no good reason. At first glance this may seem like a shocking and callous statement but do not mistake this as support for the view that the government should stand back and let the private sector take care of the problem. I have no problem with a strong authoritarian central government response as long as it is reasonable and wise. The current government response is neither.

Continue reading →

3 Comments

Posted in Business, Economy, Governments, Medicine, Politics, Science, Uncategorized

Tagged , ,

The Global Economy Won’t Bounce Back Soon, by Daniel Lacalle

Posted on March 22, 2020 | 1 comment

The world was headed into a ditch before the coronavirus, which is just the cherry on the sundae, to mix a metaphor. From Daniel Lacalle at mises.org:

In February, the general consensus between large investment banks and supranational entities was that there would be a one-time hit to GDP in the first quarter due to the impact of the coronavirus, followed by a stronger, V-shaped recovery. The IMF expected a modest correction of global GDP of 0.1 percent, and the largest cut on estimates for 2020 growth was 0.4 percent.

Those days are gone.

The latest round of global growth revisions includes a slash of growth estimates for the first and second quarters and a very modest recovery in the third and fourth. Average GDP estimates are now down 0.7 percent, and JP Morgan expects the eurozone to enter a deep recession in the next two quarters (–1.8 percent and –3.3 percent in the first and second quarters), followed by a very poor recovery that would still leave the full-year 2020 estimate in contraction. The investment bank also assumes US slumps of 2 percent and 3 percent, respectively, but a modest full-year growth. Capital Economics estimates a hit to the US economy for the full year that would cut 0.8 percent off previous estimates though still predicting growth, but a larger impact on the eurozone, with full-year 2020 growth at an avergae of –1.2 percent, led by a –2 percent prediction for Italy. This, unfortunately, looks like just the beginning of a downgrade cycle that adds to the issue of an economy that was already slowing in 2019.

Continue reading →

1 Comment

Posted in Business, Collapse, Debt, Economics, Economy, Medicine, Uncategorized

Tagged , ,

COVID-19 – Evidence Over Hysteria, by Aaron Ginn

Posted on March 22, 2020 | 6 comments

COVID-19 – Evidence Over Hysteria

 

Update from Zero Hedge:

Update (3/22/2020): After falling under much scrutiny, Medium has deleted Ginn’s post. Of note, Ginn is a former 2012 digital campaign staffer with no background in medicine or infectious disease.

We are leaving it up for anyone who wants to read, while also including a thread from a biologist who debunked it. Click on the tweet below to read.

SLL will also leave this up for its  readers, as well as access to the purported debunking from Carl T. Bergstrom below. Take it with a grain of salt; the original articles makes salient points, many of which are not addressed by Bergstrom at all. He’s also heavy into sarcasm and ad hominem attacks.

 

This article is on Zero Hedge. It discusses the science and metrics of the coronavirus outbreak and reaches conclusions at odds with the current media and government-driven panic and hysteria. The link back to Medium.com displays the following message:

Error
410

This post is under investigation or was found in violation of the Medium Rules.

There are thousands of stories to read on Medium. Visit our homepage
to find one that’s right for you.

COVID-19 – Evidence Over Hysteria

by Aaron Ginn

After watching the outbreak of COVID-19 for the past two months, I’ve followed the pace of the infection, its severity, and how our world is tackling the virus. While we should be concerned and diligent, the situation has dramatically elevated to a mob-like fear spreading faster than COVID-19 itself.

When 13% of Americans believe they are currently infected with COVID-19 (mathematically impossible), full-on panic is blocking our ability to think clearly and determine how to deploy our resources to stop this virus. Over three-fourths of Americans are scared of what we are doing to our society through law and hysteria, not of infection or spreading COVID-19 to those most vulnerable.

The following article is a systematic overview of COVID-19 driven by data from medical professionals and academic articles that will help you understand what is going on (sources include CDC, WHO, NIH, NHS, University of Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, NEJM, JAMA, and several others). I’m quite experienced at understanding virality, how things grow, and data. In my vocation, I’m most known for popularizing the “growth hacking movement” in Silicon Valley that specializes in driving rapid and viral adoption of technology products. Data is data. Our focus here isn’t treatments but numbers. You don’t need a special degree to understand what the data says and doesn’t say. Numbers are universal.

I hope you walk away with a more informed perspective on how you can help and fight back against the hysteria that is driving our country into a dark place. You can help us focus our scarce resources on those who are most vulnerable, who need our help.

Note: The following graphs and numbers are as of mid-March 2020. Things are moving quickly, so I update this article twice a day. Most graphs are as of March 20th, 2020.

Continue reading →

6 Comments

Posted in Business, Civil Liberties, Cronyism, Economy, Governments, Medicine, Politics, Uncategorized

Tagged

Covid-19 Rescue Plan Should Be Vehemently Opposed, by Bruce Wilds

Posted on March 17, 2020 | 1 comment

The few small businesses that aren’t bankrupted by quarantines and lock downs will be destroyed by Washington’s Covid-19 legislation. From Bruce Wilds at brucewilds.blogspot.com:

More than a few reasons exist to vehemently oppose the federal covid-19 economic rescue package. This is the hastily drawn up package, which Trump said he fully supports and is rapidly working its way through Washington on its way to becoming law. The two major reasons for strongly objecting to this bill are, we have no idea what it will cost and it will totally miss its target while dealing a crushing blow to small businesses across America. Still, because of politics, the measure passed in an overwhelming 363-40 vote in the House soon after Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reached an agreement.

 Politics And Grandstanding For The Masses

The 110-page bill is being painted as proof lawmakers could work together during a crisis after being sharply divided over party lines during the failed impeachment of President Trump.  By framing the poorly and hastily crafted pork-packed bill this way promoters are positioned to demonize those unwilling to support it. The chamber approved the bill less than an hour after the text was released. This bill is aimed at assisting millions of Americans directly and is in addition to the $8.3 billion emergency spending bill already approved to curb the spread of covid-19.

Continue reading →

1 Comment

Posted in Business, Collapse, Debt, Economics, Economy, Government, Law, Medicine, Politics, Uncategorized

Tagged ,

The Fed’s Irresponsible Rate Cut Accelerated Panic, by Daniel Lacalle

Posted on March 11, 2020 | Leave a comment

Central banks can’t cure what ails the economy and financial markets and they’re just going to make things worse. From Daniel Lacalle at dlacalle.com:

The monumental mistake of the Federal Reserve cutting rates this week can only be understood in the context of the rising God’s complex of central planners. An overwhelming combination of ignorance and arrogance.

Less than a week ago, several members of the Federal Reserve board reminded – rightly so – that cutting rates would not have a significant impact in a supply shock like the current one. We must also remember that the Federal Reserve already cut rates in 2019 and inflated its balance sheet by 14% to almost all-time highs in recent months, completely reversing the virtually nonexistent prior normalization. Only a few days after making calls for prudence, the Fed launched an unnecessary and panic-inducing emergency rate cut and caused the opposite effect to what they desired. Instead of calming markets, the Federal Reserve 50 basis points cut sent a message of panic to market participants. If the jobs and manufacturing figures were better than expected, and the economy is solid with low unemployment, what message does the Fed transmit with an emergency cut? It tells market participants that the situation is much worse than it seems and that the Fed knows more than the rest of us about how dire everything can be.  A communication and policy mistake driven by an incorrect diagnosis: The idea that the market crash would be solved with easy monetary policy instead of understanding the impact on stocks and growth of an evident supply shock from the coronavirus epidemic.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Posted in banking, Business, Currencies, Debt, Economy, Uncategorized

Tagged , , ,