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Melvin C. McDowell
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I am a Christian and a retired attorney (I am no longer licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction ), former IRS revenue officer, and former naval intelligence officer. I am also a Son of the American Revolution and a Gideon. I oppose racism and antisemitism (please keep such stuff off my timeline). You can follow me on Mastodon at melmc@freeatlantis.com. #DeSantis2028 Make America Florida - Quiero practicar español - SOLI DEO GLORIA
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melmc 2 years ago
Assessing the Health of Bitcoin
Lyn Alden
Assessing the Health of Bitcoin
Published January 2024 When investing in bitcoin as an asset, or companies that build on top of the Bitcoin network as part of an asset mix, we nee...
 When investing in bitcoin as an asset, or companies that build on top of the Bitcoin network as part of an asset mix, we need some set of metrics with which to evaluate the progress of the investment thesis, and by extension, the health of the Bitcoin network. It’s more than just a price on […]
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melmc 2 years ago
House GOP leaders eye Democrats for help on $80 billion tax bill as Republicans defect
Fox News
House GOP leaders eye Democrats for help on $80 billion tax bill as Republicans defect
Congress rolled out a bipartisan, bicameral $78 billion tax policy bill earlier this week, and it's already hit speed bumps before House lawmakers ...
 Meanwhile, top members of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus told Fox News Digital that hardliners have their separate issues with the bill, namely arguing that the CTC can be claimed by illegal immigrants who have children in the United States.
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melmc 2 years ago
Where Is This Pandemic Threat?
The Epoch Times
Where Is This Pandemic Threat?
 In the detailed statistical review of 100 years of pandemic threats, they show that pandemic risk is dramatically decreasing, not increasing. That has been true for a very long time. Data that shows the contrary is due to better pathogenic surveillance but overall deaths from pandemics show that they are getting more mild by the year. The one exception is Ebola but even here, it “is a localized disease and normally rapidly contained.”
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melmc 2 years ago
War Is Always Inflationary
The Epoch Times
War Is Always Inflationary
 The United States spends nearly three times more on defense than does China and 10 times more than does Russia. At the same time, the depletion of U.S. military stockpiles and other reserves is accelerating through multiple conflicts
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melmc 2 years ago
Apocalypse in the Air
The Epoch Times
Apocalypse in the Air
 I’ve gone on too much about our dark night of the soul, which, by the way, is a meditative poem about the relationship of God and man as written by St. John of the Cross. His core point, if I may dare to sum it up, is as follows. The darkness is our opportunity to learn, discover, find our way out, and emerge on the other side with more strength, conviction, and awareness of our purpose and the meaning of life.
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melmc 2 years ago
The Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision Disqualifying President Trump
The Epoch Times
The Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision Disqualifying President Trump
There were two fundamental flaws in the Colorado Supreme Court’s 4–3 decision removing former President Donald Trump from the Colorado 2024 ele...
 “As the dissenting justices pointed out, disqualification for public office is a drastic punishment that should be inflicted only after compliance with all due process standards: timely notification, disclosure of evidence among the parties, an impartial adjudicator, the right to call witnesses, the right to cross-examine, time to prepare, and—because of the seriousness of the punishment—proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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melmc 2 years ago
The CCP’s Gene Warfare
The Epoch Times
The CCP’s Gene Warfare
 In 2021, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned that Beijing is attempting to dominate the bioeconomy by building the world’s largest biological database. Although much of the DNA data gathering is done by private companies, they are still tools of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through its "military-civil fusion" policy. “Compared with traditional biological weapons and chemical weapons, genetic weapons are more concealable, deceptive, easy to spread and harmful in the long term, and are difficult to prevent, difficult to isolate and low-cost. Once used in war, the consequences will be devastating.” So, even if the CCP has not yet deployed such weapons, it is clearly thinking about them.
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melmc 2 years ago
Finally, Conservatives Have Workable Plan
The Epoch Times
Finally, Conservatives Have Workable Plan
 If you want to see what the target is, have a look at the Federal Register that lists 436 agencies, only a few of which can justify their existence according to the words of the U.S. Constitution. Here you have the problem. Here is the core issue. And now we have also the answer to the great question: what then should be done? What needs to be done is wholesale reform and abolition.
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