Brazil Economy 5-14-24

Nominal GDP $2.126809T, Per capita GDP $10,412, Population 212,457,615, Debt to GDP 84.67%.

Average Wage $5,076, Inflation 20.4%, Unemployment 7.9%, Exports $300B, Imports $213.5B, Trade Surplus $86.5B. Land area 3,278,357 sq miles (about the size of Canada), Urban 87.3% Rural 12.7%, Arable land is 7%.

The following are the top 10 Brazilian exports in 2023. This top 10 accounts for over 70% of the total US$ value of all exports from Brazil.

1. Mineral Fuels – $56.9 billion (17.0%)

2. Oil Seeds – $47.2 billion (14.1%)

3. Orders, Slag & Ash – $32.4 billion (9.7%)

4. Meat – $24.0 billion (7.2%)

5. Iron & Steel – $16.7 billion (5.0%)

6. Cereals – $13.9 billion (4.2%)

7. Machinery including Computers – $12.4 billion (3.7%)

8. Vehicles – $12.3 billion (3.7%)

9. Sugar & Confectionery – $11.2 billion (3.4%)

10. Food Waste & Animal Fodder – $11.1 billion (3.3%)

Source: World’s Top Exports

Imports The top imports of Brazil are Refined Petroleum ($23B), Crude Petroleum ($8.78B), Motor vehicles; parts and accessories ($7.96B), Potassic Fertilizers ($7.59B), and Mixed Mineral or Chemical Fertilizers ($7.44B), importing mostly from China ($64B), United States ($49.4B), Germany ($13.5B)

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

UN Agenda 21 in Hiding 5-14-24

It began as “global warming” in UN Agenda 21 and was repackaged as “climate change in UN Agenda 30.

Europe tried to use solar and wind and failed. Europe removed natural gas from their list of “greenhouse gasses in 2023. Democrats view Trump and voter knowledge about UN Agenda 21 as existential threats. The article below gives some history.

 

Agenda 21 Is Repackaged Socialism, Unsustainable Development, by Chriss Street 2-9-2012 

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nation’s Brundtland Report, which defined Sustainable Development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” But aristocratic socialists have corrupted the sustainable development movement into a vehicle to achieve vast administrative power for themselves. Nations that adopt Sustainable Development are doomed to fail at meeting the needs of the present generation and through debt accumulation from deficit spending will consign future generations to a life as debt slaves.

Through the early 1980s, socialist Latin American economies powered growth by quadrupling their indebtedness from $75 billion to $315 billion. With aristocrats controlling government, while the poor had no voice in these loan matters, nor did they benefit from them as most of the loan proceeds were siphoned off to benefit the aristocrats and their crony amigos.

When Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, the U.S. economy had suffered a decade of stagflation, turning our Midwest manufacturing base into the Rust Belt. Reagan was determined to regain international economic dominance by reasserting our Founding Father’s demand for limited government and maximum personal liberty. Reagan viscerally believed what John Adams wrote:” the moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence”

Reagan’s relentless focus overcame the bi-partisan drumbeat to continue the socialist expansion of the money supply to promote growth. He then leveraged monetary restraint with the largest income tax cut in American history to power the American economy to sustained growth with low inflation.

The inflated prices of raw material exports that Latin American socialists relied upon to pay their inflated debts, plunged by 40%. Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina became insolvent as per capita GDP fell by 9% between 1980 and 1985 and 50% of their people fell into poverty. Popular uprisings drove Brazil’s military junta and Argentine’s authoritarian regime, from power. In desperation, Latin nations turned to the U.S. dominated International Monetary Fund as lender-of- last-resort. But IMF support came with mandatory demands for austerity budget cuts, public industry privatizations, and elimination of trade barriers to shrink socialist power. By 1987, the capitalist U.S. economy was the world’s growth engine and a tidal wave of foreign investment was pouring into capitalist friendly Latin economies. World socialism was in shambles as the Soviet Union disintegrated and China embraced the market economy. The release of the Brundtland Report was seen as recognition of the burgeoning capitalist globalized economy.

By 1992 memories of the pain of the Latin American Debt Crisis were fading. Aristocrats repackaged socialist plans to again usurp economic power into Agenda 21 and introduced this socialist manifesto at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Agenda 21 envisioned bestowing the UN, government bureaucracies, and major interest groups the power to suspend the rights of property under law regarding all global, national and local human economic and social interaction that might affect the environment.

Agenda 21’s four main pillars of action are (1) combating poverty, promoting health, making consumption sustainable (2) assuring atmospheric protection, protecting fragile environments, conserving biodiversity, preventing pollution and regulating biotechnology (3) strengthening the roles of children, youth, women, NGOs, local authorities, workers and indigenous peoples (4) through science, technology transfer, education, international financial mechanisms.” Agenda 21’s four main pillars of action are (1) combating poverty, promoting health, making consumption sustainable (2) assuring atmospheric protection, protecting fragile environments, conserving biodiversity, preventing pollution and regulating biotechnology (3) strengthening the roles of children, youth, women, NGOs, local authorities, workers and indigenous peoples (4) through science, technology transfer, education, international financial mechanisms.”

European aristocrats also quietly embedded Agenda 21 powers into the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, which united 17 sovereign nations under the three pillar structure of the European Union (1) prevent sovereign debt from exceed 60% of GDP (2) delegate authority to supranational decision makers authority to regulate all human economic and social interaction that might affect the environment (3) embrace the euro as their supranational currency.

With aristocratic socialists in control of supranational economic decision making, deficit spending became the preferred stimulus for European economic growth. From 1999 to 2008, the average debt to GDP for Eurozone nations grew from 50% to 70%. But as the Reinhart and Rogoff’s book: “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly” famously warned in early 2009; “once a nation’s debt rises above the threshold of 90%, then growth rates fall.”

When Greece hit over 100% of debt to GDP later that year, rumors swirled the nation would default. Greek GDP shriveled and panicked depositors across Europe pulled their cash out of banks and the European Debt Crisis exploded. Total Eurozone debt now stands at a dangerous 87% of GDP and Greek short term interest rates are at 1400%. Supranational committees are enforcing austerity spending cuts, but the unemployment rate is at a depression level of 20% in Greece and 23% in Spain.

There is no Reaganesque figure today in Europe willing to battle entrenched aristocratic socialists in support of limited government and maximum personal liberty. Instead, the “present” generation of Europeans will continue to be impoverished until a future generation becomes unwilling to endure life of a debt slaves and violently over-throws their aristocratic masters.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/02/09/agenda-21-is-repackaged-socialism-unsustainable-development/

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

South American Economies 5-13-24

South American economies include 33 countries with a total Nominal GDP of $4.04 trillion. The combined Per Capita GDP in $9,240. The total population of South America is 442,466,433. 45% of South Americans have European ancestry. The land area of South America is 6.888 million square miles. North America is 9.540 million square miles. Both are high in arable land. South America is food self-sufficient. 

South America is one of the most urbanized regions of the world, the population of some countries remains highly rural. While countries like Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay are close to 90 percent urbanized, much of Central America, as well as Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia, are only about 50-60 percent urban.

A few South American countries have abysmally low wages and include Haiti ($1200/yr), Cuba ($1248/yr) and Venezuela ($1740/yr).

South America has 150 million (34%) citizens have clean water shortages and 400 million (90%) lack sewer systems. Water borne pathogens are the problem. 20% of the water is treated. 20 million households have septic tanks.

Brazil has the largest Nominal GDP at $2.13 billion and largest Population at 212 million. Mexico has the next largest Nominal GDP at $1.8 billion and a population of 127 million. Inflation 2021-2024 is 43.96%.

Country $Nominal GDP  $PerCapGDP  $Wage/yr    Population      Debt to GDP

Brazil            2.126809T       10,412           5.076        212,457,615      84.67%

Mexico         1.811468T       13,804            8,700       127,792,286       53.09%

Argentina       621.833B       13,297            5,100        45,376,763      154.54%

Colombia       363.835B         6,976            4,140        52,882,000        52.52%

Chile              344.400B       17,254            7,308        19,458,310        39.41%

Peru              264.636B         7,669             4.476        32,325,948        32.09%

Dominican R 120.629B       11,249             3,367        11,332,972        57.06%

Ecuador        118.686B         6,500             6,168        18,516,500        54.67%

Guatemala    102.765B         5,407             5,892        16,858,333         27.84%

Cuba             100.000B         7,842            1,248         11,194,449       119.00%

Venezuela      92.210B         3,474             1,740         28,435,923       260.00%

Costa Rica     85.590B         16,213          10,164          5,111,238          61.12%

Panama         82.348B         18,494            9,396          4,278,500          52.19%

Uruguay         76,244B         21,378         13,464           3,930,512          60.33%

Bolivia            46.796B           3,858           4,764         12,400,000          83.63%

Paraguay       44.142B           5,843           3,984           7,252,372          40.34%

El Salvador    35.339B           5,558           5,100           6,765,753           84.90%

Honduras       33.992B           3,245          2,748          10,593,798           44.50%

Trinadad        27.887B         19,622        18,000            1,534,937           54.34%

Haiti               25.986B           2,125          1,200          11,724,763          19.63%

Jamaica        18.761B            6,831          7,872            2,825,544          71.75%

Nicaragua     17.353B            2,599          3,156            6,527,691          41.34%

Guyana         16.329B         20,565           5,160              813,834           27.04%

Bahamas      13.876B         34,371         22,368              412,623           83.79%

Barbados        6.220B         21,443         40,416              281,995         114.84%

Suriname        3.539B           5,667           3,276              623,236           91.78%

Belize             3.218B           7,142           5,688               410,825           66.16%

Saint Lucia     2.469B         13,572         34,536               180,251           74.33%

Antigua          1.949B         19,068         36,000                 94,298            80.61%

Grenada        1.306B          11,437        54,840               126,183            97.00%

St Kitts          1.069B          18,159        13,200                 57,755             54.35%

St Vincent     1,039B            9,360          9,108                103,698           85.78%

Dominica        697M            9,356           5,184                  73,040            97.22%

Total           4.04Trillion       9.240         20,400          442,466,433

US Territory

Puerto Rico  117.515B       37,093       26,520                  3,260,314

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_and_Caribbean_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_countries_by_monthly_average_wage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_countries_by_population

Higher incomes are reported in Tourist destination countries and territories.

Inflation in Venezuela is 210%, Cuba 166.75% and Argentina 72.37%.

Comments

South American countries must first rid themselves of the Drug Cartels and Communist governments in order to attract investment needed to let these countries improve conditions for their citizens. We’ve watched South American countries flounder since the 1950s. Their populations have been prone to elect politicians who promise free stuff. Their governments teeter on the brink of Communism or drug cartel infestation or corruption or other misfortunes and investment dries up. Those countries who are more developed need to break this chain. The road to national prosperity is paved with intergenerational family wealth that requires home, farm and business ownership.

The US helped irradicate the drug cartels from Colombia and Panama and will probably help irradicate them from Mexico.  Brazil, Mexico and others should form a commission to ensure that elections in all South American countries are honest and drug cartels are not allowed to return.

Education in South America should offer courses on its political history and outcomes to remind students to avoid the free stuff scam. Guest speakers from countries who have lived through their problems and can witness to its causes and remedies should be included.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

Weather Systems 5-13-24

The Sun's magnetic field goes through a cycle, called the solar cycle. Every 11 years or so, the Sun's magnetic field completely flips. This means that the Sun's north and south poles switch places. Then it takes about another 11 years for the Sun's north and south poles to flip back again. 

The solar cycle is an approximately 11-year cycle experienced by the Sun. During the solar cycle, the Sun's stormy behavior builds to a maximum, and its magnetic field reverses. Then, the Sun settles back down to a minimum before another cycle begins.

G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm Watches 05-06 May 2024. A G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for 05 May and a G2 (Moderate) has been issued for 06 May (UTC Day) due to the potential arrival of a CME that left the Sun on 03 May.

One historical long-term correlation between solar activity and climate change is the 1645–1715 Maunder minimum, a period of little or no sunspot activity which partially overlapped the "Little Ice Age" during which cold weather prevailed in Europe.

The sun heats the ocean and hurricanes occur. The sun heats the air and tornados and thunder storms occur when warm air from the South and cold air from the North collide. There is no proof that CO2 causes global warming. We exhale CO2 and CO2 is a plant food. Carbon is released in forest fires and volcanic eruptions.

Satellite photos are tracking the shrinking of ice at the poles. A better theory would be that the heating and cooling of the earth is ruled by cycles that involve larger systems. Warm ocean water is ruled by currents and it moves to the poles, sinks and moves back down to recycle again. The jet stream moves air from west to east and dips to collide with warm air to produce rain. The tectonic plates move and cause earthquakes and disturb magma to cause volcanic eruptions.

The moon in orbit around the earth creates an electromagnetic field to provide the atmosphere we need to survive and shield us from the solar flares and meteorites burn up in our atmosphere before they can cause any damage. Clouds form from evaporated water to provide needed rain. The sun gives us vitamin D.

The earth is uniquely placed away from the asteroid belt. NASA is developing ways to deflect asteroids from hitting the earth and did this successfully last year to determine probable forces required.

Global warming periods increase plant growth. Ice ages like the one that ended in 11,000 BC and produced global cooling is far more dangerous to human beings. We should be more concerned if the polar ice was expanding.

We have air conditioning to deal with warmer weather and should have natural gas to burn to stay warm. If we can produce electricity, we can adjust to the warming periods.

There are many reasons to doubt the integrity of the global warming theories and most of them are political. Climate deniers and climate believers are separated by political ideology. The Climate believers are essentially Global Marxists and the Climate deniers are essentially Free Market Capitalists.

None of the theories supported by Global Marxists have panned out. I believe that Climate Change is a hoax designed to bankrupt western countries, end national sovereignty and consolidate nations into a UN front, Oligarchy controlled Marxist global government. The global warming scam was introduced in UN Agenda 21.

The tide has already turned on this hoax. European countries, who supported climate change in 1989 have already taken natural gas off its “greenhouse gas” list.  Underdeveloped countries will continue to burn wood to cook and coal to burn to produce electricity. They need clean water and effective sewer systems. They need to stabilize their economies and increase their productivity to benefit their citizens. 

Freon is a “greenhouse gas” that depletes our ozone layer. It is based on a similar reaction between nitrous oxide and ozone in the lower atmosphere. First, they propose, freons in the stratosphere absorb ultraviolet light in the 1,750 to 2,200 angstrom range, and chlorine is liberated. The liberated chlorine atom in turn attacks ozone, breaking it into oxygen. We were able to find coolants that were affordable and didn’t destroy ozone. I have not seen a similar case being made to make me think that CO2 and Methane in the atmosphere have any affect on global warming.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

Muslim Sunni v Shia 5-12-24

The majority of Muslims are Sunni. Many living in countries that are struggling with low standards of living and want to expand their private sector economies to increase jobs. Sunnis are moderates and don’t like Shia’s strict dress codes or limited women’s rights. They have noticed that terror groups operate with support from Shia dominant countries like Iran and Sunnis want no part of that. They prefer a more moderate version of Islam that encourages needed trade with developed western countries. 

Major religious group membership globally includes: 

• Christianity (31.1%)
• Islam (24.9%)
• Irreligion (15.6%)
• Hinduism (15.2%)
• Buddhism (6.6%)
• Folk religions (5.6%)

There are 1.9B Muslims in 50 countries

Islam is 90% Sunni and 10% Shia. Shia is more common in terrorist-friendly countries.

Of the total Muslim population, 87–90% are Sunni and 10–13% are Shi'a. Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Iraq. Furthermore, there are concentrated Shi'a populations in Lebanon, Russia, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and 10 sub-Saharan African countries.

Muslim Populations by country

Country                  Population     % Muslim    Sunni v Shia

Afghanistan            37,135,000       99.7%      90% Sunni, 10% Shia

Algeria                   44,178,884        99.0%    100% Sunni

Azerbaijan             10,353,296        97.3%      85% Sunni, 15% Shia

Bangladesh         165,200,000        91.0%      99% Sunni

Bahrain                   1,442,659        73.7%       40% Sunni, 60% Shia

Brunei                       450,565         80.9%       82% Sunni, Shia are banned

Bosnia                    3,849,891        50.7%       51% Sunni,  0% Shia

Burkina Faso       21,382,659         63.3%       64% Sunni,  21% Shia

Chad                   15,833,116         58.0%        95% Sunni, 1% Shia

Comoros                  821,164         98.3%        98% Sunni

Djibouti                    884,017         97.5%        94% Sunni

Egypt                  95,000,000         90.0%        90% Sunni

Gambia                2,413,403         96.4%        99% Sunni

Guinea               11,855,411         89.1%        99% Sunni 

Indonesia         266,534,836         86.7%        99% Sunni

Iran                    83,000,000         99.4%        95% Shia

Iraq                    40,462,701         95.0%        55% Shia. 45% Sunni

Jordan               10,458,413         97.2%        96% Sunni

Kazakhstan       18,744,548         70.2%        98% Sunni, 2% Shia

Kosovo                1,907,592         93.0%        95% Sunni

Kuwait                 2,916,467         74.6%        60% Sunni, 40% Shia

Kyrgyzstan          6,500,000         80.0%        89% Sunni, 1% Shia

Lebanon              5,261,372         67.8%        32% Shia

Libya                   6,754,507         97.0%        97% Sunni

Malaysa            32,730,000          63.5%       55% Sunni

Maldives                374,775        100.0%       99% Sunni

Mali                   18,429,893          95.0%      99% Sunni

Mauritania          4,161,925           99.9%      99% Sunni

Mayotte                 256,518           97.0%      90% Sunni, 10% Shia

Morocco           36,738,229           99.0%      99% Sunni

Niger                21,466,863           98.3%      80% Sunni

Nigeria           200,000,000           49.0%      95% Sunni

Pakistan         241,499,431           96.5%      90% Sunni    

Oman                 4,633,752           86.0%      45% Sunni, 5% Shia

Palestine            4,780,978           97.5%      80% Sunni

Qatar                  2,450,285          77.5%       90% Sunni, 10% Shia

Saudi Arabia    34,220,000           96.2%      90% Sunni

Senegal           17,923,036           97.2%       90% Sunni,  6% Shia

Sierra Leone     7,719,729           78.6%       99% Sunni

Somalia          11,000,000           99.8%        99% Sunni

Sudan             40,825,770           96.0%       90% Sunni

Syria               18,000,000           86.0%       74% Sunni

Tajikistan          9,540,000           97.9%       87% Sunni, 3% Shia

Tunisia           11,446,300           97.8%       99% Sunni

Turkey           86,000,000           98.0%        90% Sunni

Turkmenistan  6,031,187           93.7%        89% Sunni

UAE                9,541,615           72.0%        90% Sunni

Uzbekistan   34,036,800            88.7%        88% Sunni  2% Shia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

There are 1.9 billion Muslims world-wide and 91% live in the Middle East and Africa

10% are Shia.  Iran is the global sponsor of Islamic Terrorism. Countries with a Shia population have terror groups operating there. This includes Iran, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen. Terror groups include ISIS, al Quida, Hamas, Hezbollah and others.

The Terror groups are mostly in Shia dominated Muslim countries. Sunni dominated countries are subject to harassment from their Shia minorities. Those governments who want to continue to expand their trade will likely silence their Shia minorities with changes in their constitutions.

ISIS wanted to take over Syria, because they have oil, so they arranged a “civil war”. Palestine wants Iran’s terror groups to take over Israel. Palestine has been attacking Israel since 1948. Now the Arab countries who use to support Palestine now support Israel.

Most countries understand that their populations need to assimilate. The Jews understood this and split to form a large majority of “Reformed Jews” who want to assimilate in their current countries.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

Saudi Arabia Evolving 5-12-24

Saudi Arabia is a Sunni Muslim country and is attempting to westernize to diversify its industries and expand its $1 trillion economic base. 

Occupational courses include engineering degrees and women are allowed to uncover their heads, go to school and take jobs, but require a male guardian to approve of their marriage. Saudi is open to establishing a tourist trade with sports and sponsors golf tournaments.

The Saudi Rial is worth 27 cents. Costs are 4 times lower than the US. Low-income Saudis may qualify for subsidies. Saudi citizens pay no taxes on their wages. Healthcare, dental care and education are free. Home costs are low at $90,000. Rent costs are low from $274 to $335 per month for a 1-bedroom apartment. The average wage is $27,680.

Saudi citizens can weigh-in using opinion polls. 76% support Israel. Saudis can elect local officials. Saudi remains a monarchy and central government officials are appointed by the King. The liberalization for Saudi citizens has been well planned, incremental and cautious to avoid dissent.

Fortune Magazine (March-April) announced Saudi’s plan to invest $500B in building a new city in Neom. This plan is on hold, but Saudi is building a port city in Neom on the Red Sea to expand trade. Saudi’s oil field and pipeline systems allow them to keep their cost of production to $10/bbl.

If Trump is elected in 2024, he will expand energy supply and drive down the price of oil and natural gas. This would lower the Saudi’s oil revenue. Saudi needs to continue its reforms, but will need to have the revenue needed to ride the oil price rollercoaster. Trump will also end Iran sponsored terror attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf and ban oil sales from Iran. Lower energy prices will reduce revenues for all oil exporting countries including Russia.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

Afghanistan Economy 5-11-24

Afghanistan is a failed State. UN aid is $2.9B. 

U.S. taxpayers may be funding the Taliban and Afghan terror groups, watchdog says. The U.S. has provided more than $8 billion in aid to Afghanistan since the chaotic withdrawal of American troops in August 2021.

The Taliban also obtained financial resources from Pakistan. In 1997 alone, after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban, Pakistan gave $30 million in aid and a further $10 million for government wages. From 1996 to 2001 the Al-Qaeda of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri became a state within the Taliban state.

Nominal GDP $7.43B, Per capita GDP $397, Population 42,239,854, Debt $3.4B, Debt to GDP 46%

Inflation 30%, Unemployment 15.4%, Land area 252,071 sq miles, Arable land 12%, Imports $7.8B, Exports $1.9B, Trade Deficit 5.9B, Clean water is available to 42%. Sanitation is 27%. Urban 24%, Rural 76%.

According to UNESCO, Afghanistan is the only country in the world to formally prohibit women from getting an education. The World Bank has warned this ban is hurting the country's prospects for economic growth. Already, about two-thirds of households in Afghanistan don't have enough income to meet their basic needs.

The share of trade was estimated at 51% of GDP in 2021 (World Bank, latest data available). Afghanistan traditionally exports items with low value, such as dried fruit, carpets, cotton, cereals, and non-alcoholic beverages. Its main items of import include wheat, peat, textiles, and petroleum products.

Poppy seed exports for Opium production was 9-14% of GDP before the Taliban banned it.

Poppy cultivation has dropped by around 95 percent – from 233,000 hectares at the end of 2022 to 10,800 in 2023 – since the Taliban officially banned poppy farming in April 2022, according to the report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).Nov 5, 2023.

Poppy seed production continues in many other countries and is used to produce opium as a pain reliever in medications, but is also consumed as an addictive drug.

Most important is the cotton textile industry. The country also produces rayon and acetate fibres. Other manufactured products are cement, sugar, vegetable oil, furniture, soap, shoes, and woolen textiles.

Afghanistan has a 6-3-3 formal education structure. As detailed on EPDC's Afghanistan country page, Primary school has an official entry age of seven and a duration of six grades. Secondary school is divided into two cycles: lower secondary consists of grades 7 - 9, and upper secondary consists of grades 10 - 12.

Pupils are educated in Dari or Pashto. It is compulsory for children aged 6 to 15, so from primary and lower secondary education. Literacy is 37%.

Religious education is the responsibility of clerics at mosques, while the government provides free academic education at state schools. From age 7 to age 13 pupils attend primary schools where they learn the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic and their national culture.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

Covid Vaccine Aftereffects 5-11-24

To date, the systems in place to monitor the safety of these vaccines have found two serious types of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. The two serious adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination currently used in the United States are anaphylaxis and myocarditis or pericarditis.Feb 12, 2024 

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction. It can happen seconds or minutes after you've been exposed to something you're allergic to. Peanuts or bee stings are examples. In anaphylaxis, the immune system releases a flood of chemicals that can cause the body to go into shock.

Myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium — the heart muscle. This inflammation can also cause other changes to the heart muscle cells that may be acute or chronic . Acute myocarditis is typically caused by an infection, like a virus.

Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, a sac-like structure with two thin layers of tissue that surround the heart to hold it in place and help it work. A small amount of fluid keeps the layers separate so there's less friction between them as the heart beats.

CDC reports that 16,000 covid vaccine recipients have died. This data is being questioned and appears inconclusive until further data is secured and verified.

Covid 19 was predicted to reach a death by cases ratio of 2%. The final ratio was 1%. It was also predicted to have variants that were less lethal and that was true. It was predicted to be more lethal for patients who were over 65 and who had pre-existing conditions and that was true. There was little mention that 100 million in the US would have natural resistance. It was inferred that those who took the vaccine would not be carriers, but this was false.

Lessons learned by the patient population included reducing obesity, avoiding diabetes 2, strengthening our immune systems, learning how to keep our vital organs healthier using physician prescribed treatments, nutrition, anti-inflammation, vitamin and mineral supplements.

Gain of Function research should be banned. We should support rapid development and rapid deployment of future vaccines to be delivered in less than 12 months. Government should not control citizens actions or activities during pandemics or public health alerts. We should not shut down schools or businesses. The patient population should assume responsibility for their own strategies to avoid contracting viruses. Businesses should allow work from home strategies.

Medical science should continue learn from our experience with Covid 19 to help us strengthen our immune systems. The identification of individual Patient DNA vulnerabilities should be included.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader