2022 Current Affairs

State of Play at the End of 2021

Vaccine mandates are still new - many needing 2nd dose by end of year. Who will be liable for adverse events?
Vaccines only have emergency use authorization, not full approval
Vaccines clearly ineffective - boosters needed. MSM guaranteed immunity and prevention of transmission
Side effects inevitable including myocarditis. Risk without reward is absurd
Censorship is rife - McCullough & Malone Joe Rogan podcasts removed by YouTube
Many don't understand roles between executives, legislatures, courts, and law enforcement
The anti-Antivaxxers are vicious, arrogant hypocrites

January

20th - McGowen cancels the border reopening. WA normies lose their minds
26th - Neil Young tries to cancel Joe Rogan off Spotify
- Lawyer Thomas Renz at US Senate panel: leaked DoD data showing ~300% increase in miscarriages & cancers, 1000% increase in neurological issues
28th - Trudeau describes views of freedom truckers as unacceptable
30th - Freedom convoy reaches Ottawa. Trudeau claims he has covid

February

2nd - Freedom convoys spring up all around the world
3rd - Convoy to Canberra begins
4th - JL resigns as Australia coach
7th - Beijing winter olympics
8th - Alberta & other provinces drop vax mandates
9th - Heather McDonald collapses on stage mid anti-vax joke
10th - Prince Harry calls for HIV testing to become as normal as covid testing
11th - Freedom convoy GoFundMe donations cancelled
12th - Police begin stealing truckers diesel
13th - Bob Saget found dead in bed of head injury
14th - Court bans GiveSendGo. GiveSendGo hacked & donors doxxed
15th - German news anchor heart attack live on air
16th - Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act. Durham report - Clinton paid tech firm to infiltrate White House. Superbowl celebrities above wearing masks
17th - Ottawa lifts vax mandates
18th - Freedom convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested
24th - Russia invades Ukraine - special military operation. Western propaganda like Ghost of Kiev
25th - I stand with Ukraine people can't stand for their own rights
26th - Trudeau re Ukraine: fighting for democracy

March

4th - Shane Warne dies of heart attack at 52. MSM blames kale!
10th - Senator Kimberly Kitching dies of heart attack at 52. DuckDuckGo CEO announces censoring Russian disinformation
13th - Dean Wallis (also 52!) has heart attack, survives
15th - Biebers missus hospitalized for blood clot in brain at 25
17th - NYT finally admits Hunter Biden laptop is real, 15 months after NY Post censored
22nd - Nadal bows out of US Open with breathing issues. Chinese 737 vertical crash ~130 killed
25th - McGowan to drop Level 2 restrictions
26th - Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) dead at 50. Trump suing Clinton campaign re Russiagate
29th - Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at Oscars

April

2nd - Russia loosely pegs Ruble to gold at 5000/oz
3rd - Ruble recovered from sanctions
5th - Riots in Peru over cost of living/inflation
6th - US judge issues first Jan 6 acquittal
7th - Footy show discusses myocarditis. Host has Bells Palsy
10th - Shanghai locked down 26M people. Riots
11th - French presidential elections - Le Pen vs Macron
13th - Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. Black supremacist shooting in NY
14th - Elon Musk offers $43B to buy Twitter
15th - NFT of Jack Dorseys 1st tweet resold for $300 (originally $2.9M)
16th - Twitter board take poison pill
17th - Saudi Arabian TV mocks Biden/Harris admin
18th - Unvaxxed free to leave Australia again
29th - WA drop level 2 restrictions/mandates

May

3rd - Supreme Court leak - Roe v Wade to be overturned
4th - RBA raises rates from 0.1 to 0.35%
5th - US Fed raised rates by 50bps to 1%
10th - McGowan extends state of emergency to 2023
11th - WHO assembly vote on pandemic powers - failed thanks to African nations
12th - Baby formula shortage. Famine in Ethiopia/Somalia
13th - ARKK collapses from 21 to 6bn
14th - US mortgage rates rise to 5.3%, highest since 2009
15th - Musk puts Twitter deal on hold. Andrew Symonds passes away in car accident
16th - Sri Lankan crisis continues
17th - Terra de-pegged and went to 0. Luna also to 0
20th - 2000 Mules released. Wheat hits $480 in WA
21st - George Bushs Freudian slip: wholly unjustified attack on Iraq. Musk to vote Republican
22nd - Federal election - Labor/Albanese win
23rd - Canada: suspected Monkeypox cases were shingles
24th - Monkeypox outbreak traced to gay festival in Denmark
26th - Wheat $500+, Barley $420+, Canola $1200+
29th - Normies start admitting Ukraine is not winning
30th - Peter Matera has heart attack
31st - Sussman (Clinton) lawyer acquitted in Durham investigation

June

1st - New WA Premier Roger Cook. Brian Houston steps down as Hillsong pastor
3rd - Ricky Ponting heart scare. More cricketers having heart issues
4th - Elon Musk in talks with Twitter again
6th - US fuel nearing $6/gal
10th - Jan 6 committee first televised hearing
15th - RBA hikes 50bps to 0.85%
17th - Michael Burry predicts bigger 2008 crash. Bitcoin to low 20s
21st - Pfizer documents: 1223 deaths reported in 3 months post rollout
22nd - RvW overturned!
24th - Russia defaults on FX debt. Won't pay in anything but Rubles
26th - Steve Kirsch on vax deaths
28th - India puts export ban on wheat
30th - Brazil bans Monsanto soy exports

July

1st - Abe Shinzo assassinated. Bob Hawkes son arrested for DV
2nd - Dutch farmer protests. Nitrogen restrictions
5th - Boris Johnson resigns
6th - Georgia Guidestones destroyed by lightning
7th - Bitcoin crash
8th - Roe v Wade codified in some states
9th - Ukrainian wheat corridor negotiations
10th - Tesla Shanghai produces millionth car
12th - Hyperinflation in Sri Lanka and Argentina
13th - Biden Saudi fist bump
14th - Canada protest arrests - Ottawa citizens being punished for using their rights
15th - Nordstream 1 shut for maintenance
17th - RBA hikes 50bps
21st - Italy PM resigns
22nd - Polio in NY! How?
25th - Recession talk. 2 consecutive quarters of GDP decline
27th - US GDP contracts 0.9%. Recession by definition
28th - US Fed raises rates 75bps to 2.5%
29th - Tucker calls Trump Mount Rushmore speech July 4th 2020 the best he'd heard
31st - Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. China threatens war

August

1st - Alex Jones trial begins
3rd - China launches missile drills around Taiwan
5th - US jobs report surprisingly good
8th - FBI raids Mar-a-Lago
10th - Trump may have nuclear documents claims
12th - Salman Rushdie stabbed
14th - IRS to hire 87,000 new agents
16th - Trump takes the 5th
19th - CDC relaxes covid guidelines - finally
21st - Darya Dugina assassinated. Alex Jones fined $45M
24th - Biden student loan forgiveness $300B+
25th - Ukraine independence day
27th - Zuckerberg confirms FBI asked Facebook to suppress Hunter Biden story
28th - Fauci to step down in December
30th - Gorbachev dies at 91

September

1st - Trump Wilkes-Barre rally
5th - Liz Truss becomes UK PM
8th - Queen Elizabeth II passes away at 96
9th - King Charles. Commonwealth reactions
15th - Russian military retreating
19th - Queen funeral. 4 billion viewers
21st - US Fed 75bps hike to 3.25%. Putin partial mobilisation and annexation of 4 regions
24th - Nord Stream pipelines sabotaged
26th - Italian elections - right wing coalition wins
28th - Elon Musk back to buying Twitter at $54.20
30th - Hurricane Ian hits Florida

October

1st - Bolsonaro vs Lula election in Brazil
3rd - Credit Suisse CDS at 2008 levels
4th - UK pension crisis
7th - Biden pardons all federal marijuana offences
8th - Crimean bridge explosion
11th - Kanye buys Parler
12th - European energy crisis
14th - Liz Truss fires chancellor Kwarteng
15th - Biden Saudi oil rebuff
17th - UK bond market collapse
19th - New UK chancellor reverses mini-budget
20th - Liz Truss resigns as PM - 45 days
24th - Rishi Sunak becomes UK PM
27th - Elon Musk closes Twitter deal. Fires top executives
28th - Pelosi husband attacked with hammer
29th - Musk fires 50% of Twitter. Twitter files begin
30th - Lula wins Brazil election
31st - Halloween Seoul crowd crush - 150+ dead

November

1st - RBA hikes 25bps
3rd - Crypto exchange FTX in trouble
5th - US midterms - no red wave
8th - FTX collapses. Sam Bankman-Fried. $6B customer funds missing
9th - Binance pulls out of FTX deal
10th - SBF had donated millions to Democrats
11th - FTX declares bankruptcy
12th - Zelensky enters Kherson
13th - COP27 - reparations discussions
14th - G20 Bali. Biden and Xi meeting
15th - Trump announces 2024 presidential run
16th - Poland missile incident
17th - Disney CEO Chapek replaced by Iger
18th - SBF arrested in Bahamas
20th - FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar
22nd - Club Q Colorado Springs shooting
24th - China covid protests spread
27th - Kanye on Alex Jones goes too far
28th - Twitter files Part 1 - censorship exposed
30th - Christine McVie passes away at 79

December

2nd - Twitter files Part 2 - secret blacklists
6th - Raphael Warnock wins Georgia Senate runoff
7th - Peru president impeached and arrested
8th - Brittney Griner released in prisoner swap
9th - Twitter files Part 3 - Trump removal
10th - EU corruption scandal
12th - SBF arrested
13th - Nuclear fusion breakthrough announced
15th - Elon suspends journalists from Twitter
18th - Title 42 Supreme Court ruling
19th - Jan 6 committee refers Trump for prosecution
20th - Zelensky visits Washington
22nd - Twitter files show FBI-Twitter relationship
25th - Merry Christmas
27th - Buffalo blizzard
29th - Pele passes away at 82
30th - Andrew/Tristan Tate arrested in Romania
31st - Pope Benedict XVI passes away at 95

Summary

2022 - worst year for stocks & bonds. 15% higher mortality in high vax regions