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Bretigne Shaffer
Former journalist, author of "Annabel Pickering & the Sky Pirates" and "Urban Yogini", wife to my amazing husband & mom to my incredible kids.
Interests: This is also the personal blog of bretigne shaffer, and i will include announcements about projects i am working on or have completed, interesting things i see or do, and/or "stuff i've made" to read about my films and books, and occasional musings on nothing in particular. if you're not interested in the personal stuff - and why should you be? - just click on the "punditry" or "stuff I've made" category to see only that stuff.
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Someone REALLY Doesn't Want You to See this Summit!
Posted 4 days ago at On the Banks
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WTMWD #65: What Roger Koops Learned When he Audited the CDC
As director of quality assurance for a pharmaceutical company, Roger Koops interacted closely with the FDA for many years. I speak with him in this episode about his experiences, the nature of that agency and about how the regulatory landscape... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2021 at On the Banks
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Brochure for Special Ever After Home:
Posted Apr 22, 2021 at Special Ever After
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Sanctuary Jurisdictions for Medical Freedom
This is the first draft of a presentation I am working on that lays some of the groundwork for what Special Ever After is all about. It includes some of the history of our medical system that can help clarify how it is that we got to where we are... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2021 at Special Ever After
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Who We Are
Posted Apr 21, 2021 at Special Ever After
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WTMWD #64: What Gene Epstein would tell Jordan Peterson about Austrian Economics
Recently, Jordan Peterson asked who he should have as a guest on his show to talk about Austrian economics, and Gene Epstein's name came up. In this episode, I ask Gene what he would say to Dr. Peterson, or to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2021 at On the Banks
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Hope for Humanity #1: Illegal Fireworks Light up the Sky in Los Angeles
I had a fantastic conversation with Don Boudreaux earlier today. I've got a backlog of episodes to put up, so this one won't be up for another week or so, but I promised I'd send him something, so here it... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #63: The Tenth Amendment Center's Michael Boldin: How do we do this?
I start off asking Michael Boldin, of the Tenth Amendment Center, how we can use the principle of nullification to put an end to the lockdown insanity and create free societies... and we end up talking about everything from the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2021 at On the Banks
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Building Free Communities with Private Membership Associations - a webinar with the Freedom Angels
Yesterday, the Freedom Angels hosted a webinar with Vanessa and Mike Colomb of Renegade Ranch, a new Private Membership Association (PMA) grocery store in Penn Valley, Nevada County, California. They talk about Private Membership Associations - how they work, and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #62: Todd Seavey on Secession and Open Borders
In which long-time libertarian writer and friend Todd Seavey does his best to offend those on both left and right on two hot-button issues that might actually unite people if only they would think about them in the right way... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #61: Unbreaking Science with Dr. James Lyons Weiler
How broken are the systems that evaluate scientific research, and what can be done to fix them? I talk with Dr. James Lyons Weiler about these questions, and about his own contributions to independent research - including his analysis of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #60: Epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski on how the lockdowns may have made Covid-19 more dangerous
I speak with Professor Knut Wittkowski, former head of the Rockefeller University's Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design, about what normally happens with viruses when societies are not locked down, and how locking down may have made things much... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2021 at On the Banks
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Sakura
Posted Mar 22, 2021 at On the Banks
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Happy Birthday to "What Then Must We Do?"!
Posted Mar 18, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #59: The economy: Time to panic yet? With Gene Epstein
When eternal optimist Gene Epstein is worried, you know things are bad. So... is he worried? I speak with the former Barrons economics and books editor, now host of the Soho Forum, about where he thinks we are now, and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #58: Roger Koops used to work in vaccine development. Here's why he doesn't plan to get the Covid-19 shot
I speak with retired chemist Roger Koops, about his experience working in vaccine development. We talk about some misunderstandings about how vaccines work, and some of his concerns about the Covid-19 vaccines. Roger Koops is a contributing author for AIER,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #57: "What are we getting wrong?" Jeremy Hammond takes the health-freedom movement to task
I speak with independent journalist Jeremy R. Hammond about some of the things he thinks some of those who are critical of the official Covid-19 narratives are getting wrong. We also talk about censorship, and about how to be good... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2021 at On the Banks
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Do Mask Mandates Violate Federal Law?
Posted Mar 4, 2021 at On the Banks
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Tom Finally Got Me
I've been avoiding joining Tom Woods' online group of supporting listeners for years now. Not because I have anything against Tom Woods, I don't - he is one of the best, and most prolific, advocates for liberty, and one of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #56: "There's something really rotten going on..." Dr. Meryl Nass on the manipulation of Covid-19 case numbers, and the suppression of information about potential treatments.
I speak with Meryl Nass, MD, about some of the blatant manipulation that characterizes official reporting on Covid-19 cases and deaths. We also talk about where the SARS-Cov2 virus may have come from, and the (possibly criminal) efforts to which... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2021 at On the Banks
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WTMWD #55: Kevin McKernan: Is the peer-review process fraudulent?
The last time Kevin McKernan was on the show, he told us about the (devastating) review of the Corman-Drosten PCR methodology that he co-authored. In this episode, he talks about some of the fallout from the review, including a scathing... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2021 at On the Banks
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Thank you!
Commented Feb 16, 2021 on Update: I'm Taking a Short Break at On the Banks
Update: I'm Taking a Short Break
Just a quick update: A couple of days after Christmas, we had to take our daughter into the hospital because she was having non-stop seizures. I'll have more to say about that, but for now I'll just say this: It was heartening to be reminded that there are legions of really good, competent...
Yes, very similar situations.
...and time to start building alternatives.
Commented Feb 16, 2021 on Update: I'm Taking a Short Break at On the Banks
Update: I'm Taking a Short Break
Just a quick update: A couple of days after Christmas, we had to take our daughter into the hospital because she was having non-stop seizures. I'll have more to say about that, but for now I'll just say this: It was heartening to be reminded that there are legions of really good, competent...
I'm Watching this Now - You Should Too!
Posted Feb 15, 2021 at On the Banks
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Why Big Pharma Wants to Stop Hydroxychloroquine
Posted Feb 2, 2021 at On the Banks
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