When so many analysts all point in the same direction it seems that there must be a fair amount of clear evidence to support their predictions. What looks plain to me is that we have inflation coming, as well as a recession.

Inflation because of the huge amounts of cash being produced without the wealth to back it up, and a recession because of the damages done by both this plague and the damages to business through both closings and loss of both market and employees.

so it is not the old "One-Two Punch" this time, but more like a "One, Two, THREE, Four" punch.

The question is how can the general population handle it, and what will the financial part of the population do? Of course the "1%" will enrich themselves because that is what they do.

Indeed, the value of the dollar, and more directly the confidence in the value of the dollar, are what seems to drive the value of gold. While gold does have intrinsic value, it looks like it is more the stability of gold that holds so much value.

Certainly the amount and quality of effort was going to find some solution eventually, and the appearance is that it is finding them.

Now the rather daunting task of implementing solutions, and determining which ones are best, is at hand. The testing and verification of results does not happen instantly, no matter how great the need. But the appearance is that solutions have been found.

Bringing the cure to the world will be a slow task because moving a process from a research laboratory scale to large production scale is "a very big deal."

The financial portions of the solutions will certainly be large in all aspects. What is the correct considerations for lifesaving? These answers will be very interesting indeed.

I would much rather have had this presentation delivered in a text format, for the reason that with text, one can slow down and take in the valuable insights, reading them a second time to grasp them fully. That is much more difficult in a video presentation. And certainly would consider this one worth focusing on quite closely.

While Enbridge is today a financially smart investment, it appears, there does exist a possibility that the organization may make an error that would change that for a while. Presently the company is using an environmentally risky pipeline beneath the water between two Great Lakes. The risk grows daily as the line ages and the use continues. Given all of the loudly voiced concerns and oppositions to this pipeline operation, the response to the failure will be incredibly harsh, and intensely punitive. Since there are alternatives that carry far less environmental risk, the present operation must be considered to be a cost to benefit gamble in process.

While it is rather obvious that the management is willing to take the risk, it seems that they do not yet understand the magnitude of the ultimate cost of a failure of that line. Perhaps they should think more carefully.

Certainly an interesting point of view, and usefully tying it to business. But not everybody learns from a crash-and-burn experience, neither first-hand nor as an observer. Those who do learn become wiser, those who do not learn repeat the cycle.

There could also be a TEN mm camera watching and not being noticed. All sorts of spy cameras have been around a while for those with enough money to spend. It is the medical applications that are an inspiration.

Interesting but complex. What is totally unclear is the relationship between that very small camera and the medical gel materials. THOSE are TOTALLY DIFFERENT in EVERY aspect. So while the concepts make sense the partnership aspect is rather unusual, as I see it.

OK, short answer is YES, I was impacted in the form of financial loss. I am very far from "the rich and powerful", not even part of the "Fairly wealthy and somewhat powerful" group. The impact was not a Disaster, but certainly an inconvenience.

Unfortunately, you are correct. Certainly money does talk, and just as certainly some folks listen and act as requested.