By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
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In Case You May Miss…
Trump to alter “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.”
“FBI Is Nonetheless Hiding Particulars of Russiagate”: Aaron Maté.
HPMV in China.
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Politics
“So lots of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are the truth is a rational administration of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles
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Trump Transition
“Coming quickly: Gulf of America” [Politico]. “‘We’re going to be altering the title of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a gorgeous ring. That covers numerous territory,’ Trump mentioned. ‘The Gulf of America. What a gorgeous title. And it’s applicable.’ It marked Trump’s newest pledge to broaden america’ attain all through the world, following statements about annexing Canada and Greenland.” • Monroe can be proud. I’m not positive how toponyms are standardized in america, or internationally, however little doubt there may be an entity to which Trump might deal with his issues.
“Trump’s Going Locations With Power, however Biden’s the Backseat Driver” [RealClearInvestigations], “Trump has made it clear he needs to realign U.S. power coverage towards low-cost, plentiful power and away from costly, rising renewable sources, lots of which depend on authorities subsidies. However consultants say his choices could also be restricted in circumstances the place Congress authorized spending payments, contracts had been signed, and even the place he encounters pushback from reluctant ‘inexperienced’ enterprises which have relied on authorities largesse within the push for a ‘NetZero’ future. ‘Congress must repeal a few of that,’ mentioned Travis Fisher, the director of power and environmental coverage research on the libertarian Cato Institute, referring to lots of of billions in climate-relate funding, together with within the Inflation Discount Act and different laws handed over the last 4 years. ‘The query in some circumstances might be, ‘Do you attempt to enhance what’s been finished or repeal it?’ After which, if there are grants which have already gone out the door, these can be laborious to claw again. However there are nonetheless numerous targets for fast adjustments on day one.’ Some Trump supporters assume the avenues which are open to a brand new administration, in addition to Trump’s observe report, give trigger for optimism for individuals who need to cut back authorities spending or let the markets decide power costs and accessibility. ‘When Trump guarantees one thing he normally delivers, and I might anticipate to see vital adjustments in power coverage with him,’ mentioned Geoffrey Pohanka, the 2023 chairman of the Nationwide Vehicle Sellers Affiliation.” • Vehicle sellers. Basic American gentry.
I’m so outdated I bear in mind when “our democracy” was at stake!
Is there a single individual in DC or media performing as if Literal Adolf Hitler is about to imagine energy in 2 weeks as a way to finish American democracy, set up fascism, and create a white supremacist dictatorship?
Is it potential those that mentioned this for years by no means believed it?
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 6, 2025
Lawfare
“FBI Is Nonetheless Hiding Particulars of Russiagate, Newly Launched Doc Exhibits” [Aaron Maté, RealClearInvestigations]. “In response to a Freedom of Info request filed by RealClearInvestigations in August 2022, the FBI on Dec. 31, greater than two years later, launched a closely redacted copy of the doc that opened an explosive and unprecedented counterintelligence probe of the sitting president as an agent of the Russian authorities…. The Digital Communication, dated Could 16, 2017, claimed to have an ‘articulable factual foundation’ to suspect that Trump ‘wittingly or unwittingly’ was illegally performing on behalf of Russia, and accordingly posing ‘threats to the nationwide safety of america.’” So Trump might have been “unwittingly” a Russian spy? Isn’t that just a little over-broad? “The investigation of Trump was undertaken on the behest of then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, one week after Trump had fired his former boss and mentor, James B. Comey…. Based on the declassified doc, McCabe’s resolution was authorized by FBI Assistant Director Invoice Priestap, who had additionally signed off on the opening of Crossfire Hurricane; and Jim Baker, the FBI basic counsel. Baker was a longtime buddy of Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for the presidential marketing campaign of Hillary Clinton, and a key determine within the dissemination of Clinton-funded disinformation to the FBI that falsely tied Trump to Russia… After leaving the FBI, Baker served as deputy basic counsel at Twitter, the place he backed the corporate’s censorship of reporting on the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, based mostly on one more conspiracy principle that the laptop computer recordsdata had been Russian disinformation.” • And that’s just the start of the story.
2026
“Outgoing US transport chief says Boeing has extra to do after 737 MAX” [Reuters]. “Buttigieg, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, has mentioned he has not made any plans for future jobs, however is considered by some Democrats as a possible candidate for Michigan governor in 2026.” • Michigan? Buttigieg goes to carpetbag Michigan?
Our Famously Free Press
“Elon Musk Cusses Out Scholar Who Known as Him a Pretend Information Machine” [Daily Beast]. “‘Elon Musk is quickly changing into the biggest spreader of disinformation in human historical past, hijacking political debates within the course of,’ wrote Joni Askola, a Finnish graduate pupil and activist for protection of Ukraine. ‘The EU should take motion!’ ‘F u retard,’ got here Musk’s response, containing a slur used towards individuals who have psychological disabilities. He then replied saying ‘sure’ to a different one that mentioned: ‘We might have prevented numerous disasters by merely telling leftist retards to stfu.’” I get numerous hope from the concept conservatives don’t “know their enemies” in any respect; there’s no means a pro-Ukrainian activist calling for moar EU is on the left. Extra: “Musk seems to have made a aware option to reintroduce the phrase [“f*ck] into right-wing parlance of late, typically utilizing it on his X platform. An evaluation of his X posts and replies exhibits that he has used the time period or a variant of it 15 instances since Dec. 20, having by no means used it earlier than that.” Again within the day, we within the blogosphere (“foul-mouthed bloggers of the left” –Davd Broder) considered “f*ck” as transgressive, an indication of the start of a brand new media, and many others. It was simply boring, as boring as Musk’s antics have gotten. Extra: “That is regardless of [Musk’s] Dec. 29 plea for extra ‘positivity’ on the platform. ‘Please submit a bit extra constructive, stunning or informative content material on this platform,’ he mentioned. That submit got here simply days after he used his new favourite slur towards Individuals throughout a wild meltdown over H-1B visas.” • The Twitter firehose will get fed proper into xAI’s coaching units. Must be amusing to see the outcomes, on condition that many (a majority?) of Twitter customers are happy with surviving the hellscape, don’t need it to alter, and are gaming Mush’s requests (and xAI’s coaching units) with closely ironiic positivity.
“Elon Musk ‘locks reporter from X’ after article sheds gentle on Tesla proprietor’s alleged alter ego Adrian Dittman” [Daily Mail]. “A weird conspiracy claiming Elon Musk makes use of an alias to reward himself on his personal social media community took an sudden flip when a journalist who debunked the speculation was banned from the platform. Jacqueline Candy gave the impression to be restricted on X after she printed an investigation that proved Adrian Dittmann was an precise individual dwelling in Fiji – and never Musk working beneath the pseudonym as a way to reward himself. Shortly after Candy’s article – outing Dittmann as a German entrepreneur – was printed in The Spectator World, Musk responded a predictably cryptic submit on X.” • I’m glad Musk occupying his stunning thoughts with nonsense like this.
Democrats en déshabillé
“DNC chair hopeful Martin O’Malley says Dems will proceed to lose if social gathering doesn’t join with working class” [FOX]. • This received’t assist:
Discovered nothing, forgotten nothing:
The NYT proudly says Biden’s award of presidential medals of freedom to individuals like Hillary, George Soros, The Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein “indicators his assist for the institution Trump needs to tear down.”
In different information, the NYT asks why Dems “misplaced the working class.” pic.twitter.com/VeIQ2hKk0h
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 5, 2025
Gawd is aware of I’m all for civilty and towards violence…
For this reason Dems maintain dropping. pic.twitter.com/Y80AZnxg9Q
— The Emo Dragon (@midwestem0guy) January 3, 2025
However I want Sanders had punched her out. Kamala, after her butchery of the 2024 marketing campaign, has no standing to make enjoyable of anyone.
“Bernie Sanders Plans to Pressure Vote on H-1B Reforms” [Lee Fang]. “Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., plans to shake issues up with a brand new political combat over the controversial H-1B visa program. What started as a dispute on social media over the past week will quickly hit the halls of Congress. A supply near his workplace instructed me that the senator is drafting a number of amendments to enhance this system radically – together with elevating earnings ranges for overseas employees taking jobs by the H-1B visa and climbing the appliance charges for firms using this system. The push is a reprisal of comparable 2007 amendments Sanders provided in the course of the debate over the Bush immigration invoice. Throughout that interval, he labored carefully together with his Republican colleagues. The brand new amendments might be connected to main laws provided over the approaching weeks — primarily forcing lawmakers to go on the report. Sanders is presently in talks with potential cosponsors and expects to convey a novel pro-American labor coalition of Democrats and Republicans collectively to crack down on H-1B abuse. The Vermont senator, now a rating member of the Committee on Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions, could profit from a reshuffle in committee assignments. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., two Republican opponents of visa packages utilized by firms to import overseas employees, have joined the committee this 12 months.” • A Sanders-Tuberville H-1B reform alliance wasn’t on my Bingo card….
“New Dem additions to a plum panel are spurring non-public angst” [Politico]. “An under-the-radar resolution so as to add Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and about half a dozen different members to the Home Power and Commerce is inflicting some angst amongst Home Democrats, based on three individuals accustomed to the matter who had been granted anonymity to element non-public discussions. In an uncommon transfer, the Steering and Coverage panel crammed six out of the seven open slots on the Power and Commerce Committee Tuesday morning and left the final place open for a 10-way race. The spots had been extremely aggressive, and a few lawmakers are questioning why sure members like Ocasio-Cortez had been chosen whereas others had been left to compete for the final open spot…. Since [2020], Ocasio-Cortez has claimed an inside observe within the caucus, paying dues to the caucus’ marketing campaign arm and making up with different lawmakers. She additionally backed away from assist for main challenges when she mounted an unsuccessful bid to be the highest Democrat on the Oversight Committee final month. The committee has broad jurisdiction over well being care, power, know-how and different coverage areas that might be within the highlight within the new Congress, because the GOP takes full management of Washington. The panel chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) has an extended custom of bipartisanship.”
NY: “The Democratic Panic in New York” [Washington Magazine]. “Torres, an outspoken critic of ‘woke politics,’ has change into essentially the most fascinating politician in New York. He has positioned himself as a centrist various for governor in 2026, lambasting Hochul as ‘the brand new Joe Biden’ for being smooth on crime and endangering public security. In a post-election interview with Hanna Rosin of The Atlantic, Torres recognized himself as pro-immigration however blamed the Biden administration for letting the border disaster get uncontrolled. ‘So we are able to blame the voters. We are able to declare that the voters are misogynist and white supremacist. We might blame Fox Information and the New York Submit. However these establishments have all the time been with us in current political historical past,’ he mentioned. When pressed on his imaginative and prescient for Democrats, Torres replied, ‘Economically populist, proper? We now have to convey the sense that we’re combating for working individuals and that we’re holding highly effective pursuits accountable, proper?… Folks do care about border safety. Folks do care about public security. We now have to make sure that we’re on the middle of these points whereas doubling down on financial populism.’” • Any New Yorkers need to touch upon Torres?
Realignment and Legitimacy
“State governments by social gathering management, 2025” [Axios]. “‘Republicans notched the 2 largest legislative victories’” of Election Day 2024, per Cook dinner’s Matthew Klein: Flipping Michigan’s Home of Representatives and splitting the Minnesota Home.” • Helpful map:
“Luigi Mangione Court docket Case Hit With Delay” [Newsweek]. “On Monday, prosecutors and protection attorneys collectively requested further time to organize the case for trial, additional delaying proceedings. Attorneys for either side agreed in a letter to the court docket to increase the deadline for indicting the accused, Luigi Mangione, from January 18 to February 17. Mangione, 26, is presently charged by a prison grievance, a preliminary doc filed towards people earlier than a proper indictment is issued. Prosecutors said that they consulted with the protection workforce and agreed on the necessity to prolong the indictment deadline, citing the significance of permitting “each events ample preparation for pretrial proceedings and the trial itself.’ • The Federal case, which presumably the incoming administration must get a deal with on.
“Luigi Mangione visited gun vary on Thailand trip months earlier than UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing: report” [New York Post]. “Accused killer Luigi Mangione hit up an costly gun vary throughout a visit to Thailand — simply months earlier than he allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson within the Massive Apple, his journey buddies have claimed. The 26-year-old accused murderer visited the gun vary after leaving the US on a solo Asia journey early final 12 months, two German vacationers who met him throughout his travels instructed TMZ’s new ‘Luigi Mangione: The Thoughts of a Killer‘ documentary. Mangione opted to skip a seaside day and head to the vary as an alternative, based on the chums — who had been solely recognized as Paul and Max… The pair, who mentioned they traveled extensively with Mangione by Asia, additionally claimed he was obsessive about Indian creator Jash Dholani’s guide “Hit Reverse: New Concepts From Outdated Books,” which examines philosophical viewpoints from a spread of authors. He even apparently bought 400 copies of the guide and flew to Mumbai to attempt to give the creator his private suggestions, the German vacationers mentioned.” • Hmm.
Syndemics
“I’m in earnest — I can’t equivocate — I can’t excuse — I can’t retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.” –William Lloyd Garrison
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Covid Assets, United States (Nationwide): Transmission (CDC); Wastewater (CDC, Biobot; consists of many counties; Wastewater Scan, consists of drilldown by zip); Variants (CDC; Walgreens); “Iowa COVID-19 Tracker” (in IA, however nationwide knowledge). “An infection Management, Emergency Administration, Security, and Normal Ideas” (particularly on hospitalization by metropolis).
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Transmission: HPMV
“China’s newest virus surge is the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has additionally seen spikes within the U.S. Listed below are the signs and whether or not it may very well be the following pandemic” [Fortune]. “However HMPV isn’t new, and the U.S. has additionally seen spikes, which receded, most lately in spring of 2023. HMPV is ‘in all probability rather more frequent than we all know,’ Dr. Georges Benjamin, govt director of the American Public Well being Affiliation, beforehand instructed Fortune. ‘We’re discovering it extra actually because we’re testing individuals for respiratory ailments post-COVID and RSV,’ he says. Human metapneumovirus is a number one reason for acute respiratory an infection, based on the American Lung Affiliation. As with RSV, most people have been contaminated with HMPV by age 5. Whereas the overwhelming majority will fare nice at house, as many as 10% of pediatric hospitalizations are on account of decrease respiratory infections attributable to the virus, based on the Nationwide Library of Drugs. A 2010 research discovered that it was the one of the frequent viruses amongst 256 kids hospitalized with respiratory illnesses, second solely to RSV. In relation to aged adults, about 22 in each 10,000 are hospitalized with the virus annually—notably seniors with heart problems, based on a 2013 article within the journal Viruses. Signs are just about similar to different respiratory viruses, and testing is important to inform them aside. As with its relative, RSV, HMPV has the potential to hit tougher for the younger and the aged, in addition to for these with weakened immune methods.”
“CNA Explains: What’s HMPV, why are circumstances rising in China and do you have to be fearful?” [Channel News Asia]. “Professor Paul Tambyah, a Senior Advisor on the Nationwide College Hospital’s (NUH) Division of Infectious Ailments, famous that Chinese language well being officers have enormously stepped up surveillance of acute respiratory infections with higher diagnostics and deployment of know-how. ‘It isn’t shocking that extra HMPV infections are being picked up. This does occur in China each winter frequently, particularly in northern China,’ Prof Tambyah mentioned. ‘The underside line is that we shouldn’t be overly involved as there are not any stories of a serious public well being impression from the elevated detection in Northern China (however) in fact, all this might change with extra knowledge,’ he added. Public well being consultants have famous vital variations between each [HMPV and SARS-CoV-2], with HMPV typically much less extreme with a decrease mortality charge.”
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TABLE 1: Each day Covid Charts
Lambert: New York Metropolis hospitalization is one in all oldest and most constant datasets, and it’s going up; approaching “bounce” territory after the vacations. I don’t like that in any respect, and I just like the New York state knowledge even much less:
Wastewater
This week[1] CDC December 30
Final week[2] CDC (till subsequent week):
Variants [3] CDC December 21
Emergency Room Visits[4] CDC December 28
Hospitalization
★ New York[5] New York State, knowledge January 6:
Nationwide [6] CDC Janurary 2, 2005:
Positivity
★ Nationwide[7] Walgreens January 6:
★ Ohio[8] Cleveland Clinic January 4:
Vacationers Knowledge
Positivity[9] CDC December 16:
Variants[10] CDC December 16
Deaths
Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11] CDC November 20:
Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12] CDC November 20:
LEGEND
1) ★ for charts new right this moment; all others aren’t up to date.
2) For a full-size/full-resolution picture, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Home windows) on the chart thumbnail and “open picture in new tab.”
NOTES
[1] (CDC) Seeing extra purple and extra orange, however nothing new at main hubs.
[2] (CDC) Final week’s wastewater map.
[3] (CDC Variants) XEC takes over. That WHO label, “Ommicron,” has finished an excellent job normalizing successive waves of an infection.
[4] (ED) Just a little uptick.
[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Gradual and small however regular enhance.
[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Leveling out.
[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.
[8] (Cleveland) Continued upward development since, effectively, Thanksgiving.
[9] (Vacationers: Positivity) Leveling out.
[10] (Vacationers: Variants). Positivity is new, however variants haven’t but been launched.
[11] Deaths low, positivity leveling out.
[12] Deaths low, ED leveling out.
Stats Watch
Provide Chain: “United States LMI Logistics Managers Index” [Trading Economics]. “The Logistics Supervisor’s Index dropped to 57.3 in December 2024 from 58.4 in November, the bottom in 4 months. This slowdown was largely pushed by a seasonal lower in Stock Ranges, which fell by 6.1 factors to 50.0, signaling no total change. Nonetheless, this masks the underlying developments: upstream corporations like producers and wholesalers noticed stock ranges rise to 57.9 on account of elevated imports, whereas downstream retailers skilled a big decline in stock ranges, dropping to 33.9, as anticipated in the course of the vacation season.”
Employment State of affairs: “United States Job Openings” [Trading Economics]. “The variety of job openings elevated by 259,000 to eight,098 million in November 2024, from an upwardly revised 7.839 million in October and above market expectations of seven.70 million. The variety of job openings elevated in skilled and enterprise providers (+273,000), finance and insurance coverage (+105,000), and personal academic providers (+38,000) however decreased in data (-89,000).”
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Manfacturing: “Boeing wants to begin designing a brand new aircraft quickly to assist flip issues round, former CEO says” [Business Insider]. “Phil Condit, who led the planemaker from 1996 to 2003, instructed The Wall Avenue Journal, ‘You’ve bought to get individuals enthusiastic about what they’re doing. You don’t come to work only for a paycheck. You come to work since you care about what you’re doing.’” • Undecided I might give an entire lot of weight to a former Boeing CEO’s views on labor…..
Manufacturing: “Boeing progresses on manufacturing enchancment plan” [Manufacturing Dive]. “‘Because the strike ended, I spoke instantly with the CEO [Kelly Ortberg] in regards to the significance of adhering to safety-management ideas as Boeing resumed manufacturing,’ outgoing FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker mentioned within the company’s Jan. 3 weblog submit reflecting on the 12 months because the Alaska Airways incident. ‘It’s clear that message hit house, as Boeing spent a full month post-strike ensuring the mandatory security steps had been taken earlier than restarting manufacturing.’” • “A complete month”…..
Tech: “Uber And Lyft Will Roll Out Robotaxis This 12 months. However There’s A Drawback” [InsideEVs]. “The robotaxis, nonetheless, have a mountain to climb when it comes to security, public belief and logistics. Waymo riders are going through a brand new type of harassment as individuals have been hostile in direction of self-driving vehicles—vandalising, threatening passengers and obstructing the automobiles. Normal Motors’ Cruise robotaxi division suspended operations final 12 months after one in all its Chevrolet Bolt EVs dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco.” • Oh,
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As we speak’s Worry & Greed Index: 26 Worry (earlier shut: 27 Worry) [CNN]. One week in the past: 33 (Worry). (0 is Excessive Worry; 100 is Excessive Greed). Final up to date Jan 2 at 1:24:36 PM ET.
Rapture Index: Closes down one on drought. “Rain chips away at basic drought circumstances” [Rapture Ready]. File Excessive, October 10, 2016: 189. Present: 181. (Keep in mind that bringing on the Rapture is sweet.) • Onerous to consider the Rapture Index isn’t at an all-time excessive. Doesn’t the collapse of Syria convey the Third Temple nearer? Do these individuals know one thing we don’t?
Gallery
Awwwww!
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)Margot, 1881oil on canvas, 76×88 cmprivate assortment pic.twitter.com/OK7kUjidI9
— Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) January 5, 2025
Musical Interlude
Flubs and all, from a reside efficiency:
Fairly the rhythm part, Wyman and Watts. Wyman is usually buried thus far down within the combine you don’t hear him…
Public Well being
“Fluoride Publicity and Kids’s IQ Scores: A Systematic Assessment and Meta-Evaluation” [JAMA]. Meta. “This systematic evaluation and meta-analysis discovered inverse associations and a dose-response affiliation between fluoride measurements in urine and ingesting water and kids’s IQ throughout the big multicountry epidemiological literature. There have been restricted knowledge and uncertainty within the dose-response affiliation between fluoride publicity and kids’s IQ when fluoride publicity was estimated by ingesting water alone at concentrations lower than 1.5 mg/L. These findings could inform future complete public well being risk-benefit assessments of fluoride exposures.” • Maybe some sort reader who’s actually skilled in methodology will have a look,
Information of the Wired
“Mistletoe” [Anderson Valley Advertiser]. “[John Lee, MD, a family practitioner in Mill Valley, back in 1967] was then enhancing the Marin Medical Society Bulletin and on the look-out for matters for his month-to-month column. He got here throughout an article in a Harvard alumni publication describing the pagan rituals of the Celts who lived within the British Isles within the millennium earlier than Christ. For his or her winter solstice celebration, the Celtic clergymen -Druids- would accumulate berries from timber bearing mistletoe. Coincidentally, Lee had simply learn an merchandise within the Journal of the American Medical Affiliation stating that mistletoe accommodates a compound similar to progesterone. He had an perception: ‘The berries had been life in the course of that chilly European winter, when every little thing else was bleak and apparently lifeless. The Druids known as mistletoe ‘a present from the gods.’ They’d take these berries and blend them with sizzling mead [an alcohol drink made from fermented honey] and they’d all have a weeklong social gathering the place items had been exchanged and they’d have a good time that the solar was going to return and winter wouldn’t imply the top of the world. ‘When a lady takes progesterone after which quits, a interval is induced. I spotted the mead laced with mistletoe would lower everybody’s inhibitions and enhance everybody’s libido for his or her four- or five-day social gathering. It was free intercourse! And after 4 or 5 days of celebration they’d give up. All the ladies would have their intervals, and no infants would happen. No surprise they known as it ‘a present from the Gods!’ Lee compares the invention that mistletoe prevented being pregnant to the invention that limes prevented scurvy -a main advance within the annals of drugs. ‘The sailors didn’t understand it was Vitamin C. The Celts didn’t understand it was progesterone. They simply knew it labored.’” • And numerous medication remains to be that means, for good or in poor health…
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