{"id":6101,"date":"2015-02-28T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2015-02-28T08:51:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T13:51:32","slug":"annalys-ceo-accurately-compares-central-bankers-to-witch-doctors-possible-blood-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6101","title":{"rendered":"Annaly\u2019s CEO Accurately Compares Central Bankers to Witch Doctors; Possible \u201cBlood-Letters\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/02\/27\/annalys-ceo-accurately-compares-central-bankers-to-witch-doctors-possible-blood-letters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Annaly\u2019s CEO Accurately Compares Central Bankers to Witch Doctors; Possible \u201cBlood-Letters\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>The story of bloodletting is intertwined in the mysterious fabric of medical lore; it originated from magic and religious ceremonies. The physician and priest were one and the same since disease was thought to be caused by supernatural causes. Witch doctors and sorcerers were called on to drive out the evil spirits and demons. Bloodletting was a method for cleansing the body of ill-defined impurities and excess fluid. The early instruments included thorns, pointed sticks and bones, sharp pieces of flint or shell, and even sharply pointed shark\u2019s teeth. Miniature bow and arrow devices for bloodletting have been found in South America and New Guinea. A small bloodletting instrument resembling a crossbow was once used in Greece and Malta. Wall paintings dating from 1400 B.C. depict the use of leeches for drawing blood from human beings.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 From a PBS article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/redgold\/basics\/bloodlettinghistory.html\">A Brief History of Blood-Letting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On a conference call today to discuss the mortgage-investment firm\u2019s earnings, the chief executive officer talked about \u201cblood-letting,\u201d a \u201cpopular prescription for many ills\u201d until the late 1800s, and the similarly abandoned view that life could be created by spontaneous generation to explain her \u201chealthy dose of concern\u201d over the potential results of all the stimulus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cMy hope is that as policy makers of the world continue to prescribe their remedies for the ailing economic patient, that they do not render it worse off,\u201d she said. \u201cAs with their predecessors, I suspect there is no doubt in the minds of our central bankers that they are the smartest they\u2019ve ever been. Yet, I fear they are not the smartest they will ever be.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 From the Bloomberg article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-02-25\/annaly-s-denahan-sees-central-bankers-as-possible-blood-letters\">Annaly\u2019s CEO Sees Central Bankers as Possible Blood-Letters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annaly\u2019s CEO Accurately Compares Central Bankers to Witch Doctors; Possible \u201cBlood-Letters\u201d The story of bloodletting is intertwined in the mysterious fabric of medical lore; it originated from magic and religious ceremonies. The physician and priest were one and the same since disease was thought to be caused by supernatural causes. 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