Via the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 ended yesterday. Although official figures have not yet been released, our preliminary estimates show high and rising deficits and debt. For FY 2026, we estimate:
A budget deficit of $2.0 trillion, or 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Debt held by the public of $32.3 trillion, or 100% of GDP.
Spending of $7.4 trillion, or 22.9% of GDP.
Revenue of $5.4 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP.
Interest costs of $1.1 trillion, a record 3.4% of GDP.
Interest was the second largest line item in the budget, costing more than defense or Medicare.
Dr Rachel Maurice: “I will never take another single one again. 30 years in medicine, a degree in immunology and it still took everything falling apart for me to see what I hadn’t been shown before.”
“Researchers at the University of Tokyo have brought science fiction closer to reality by covering a working robotic finger with living skin cultured from human cells. Led by biohybrid engineer Shoji Takeuchi, the team submerged the robotic digit in a specialized mixture of collagen and human dermal fibroblasts, creating a supportive dermis layer. They then applied human keratinocyte cells to form a resilient outer epidermis. The resulting living skin is not only flexible enough to withstand continuous joint movement without tearing, but it also develops natural wrinkles at the knuckles, matching the look and texture of a real human hand. Beyond its lifelike appearance, this biohybrid skin has a notable ability to self-heal. When researchers made a small incision on the finger and applied a simple collagen bandage, the skin’s fibroblast cells naturally merged the bandage back into the surrounding tissue, repairing the wound within a week. While the technology currently needs continuous moisture to keep the living cells alive, the breakthrough opens new doors for medical testing, prosthetics and the development of ultra-realistic humanoid robots that can interact safely and seamlessly in healthcare and service industries.”
[Kawai, M., Nie, M., Oda, H., Morimoto, Y., & Takeuchi, S. Living skin on a robot. Matter, 5(7), 2190-2208]
Maryanne Demasi, Ph.D.: “In a move that will blindside supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the CDC has quietly reverted to its old Covid vaccine recommendations. There was no official announcement or media fanfare. The agency simply updated its 2026–27 guidance, recommending Covid shots for healthy infants, children and adults — including outside FDA-approved indications. It comes despite the FDA restricting vaccine approvals in people under 65 to higher-risk groups, and despite federal scientists linking child deaths to the shots. Just last week, Kennedy sought to reassure his supporters, urging patience as he acknowledged their frustration with the slow pace of change. “Let me be clear,” he declared. “You have a strong and steadfast friend at the White House.” Now, for supporters who banked on Kennedy ending childhood Covid vaccination, that reassurance lies in tatters. And it has happened under his watch.
Via Mary Talley Bowden: “Large medical freedom coalition with a social media footprint of over 63 million followers tells Kennedy and Trump “Remove mRNA shots or pay a political price.”
Via The Ethical Skeptic: “As of end of month August 2026 cancer treatment continues its robust escalation in PPI-Neoplasm Treatment volume. This is expressed in Constant Dollars – all price escalations and inflation are removed. $53 billion in added consumer burden from cancer. We continue to substantiate a 3.5% CAGR and an elevation of 28%, which arrived commensurate with the rollout of the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine.
“The Toronto Sun is one of Canada’s largest-circulation daily newspapers — a Postmedia chain flagship, tabloid-format, with a reach that extends well past Toronto into Ontario’s suburbs, the 905, and syndicated op-ed distribution across the country. It is not a fringe blog. It’s a paper that sits on kitchen tables and in Tim Hortons racks from Windsor to Ottawa, and its columnists get read by the exact demographic — working and middle-class Canadians, tradespeople, parents, veterans, immigrants — that the federal government spent four years telling to “trust the science” and roll up their sleeves. The headline is not subtle: ‘Allison Inquiry must now lead to resignations and full public inquiry.‘ The subhead goes further — ‘Biggest health policy mistake in Canadian history at best, or crime against humanity at worst.‘ The author is very credible. Irvin Studin is the president of The Institute for 21st Century Questions and editor-in-chief of Global Brief magazine. He was nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the pandemic-era education catastrophe. This is a man with institutional standing writing in a mass-market daily, and he is saying out loud what the Canadian establishment has spent five years insisting is a conspiracy theory.”
His core claims, in his own words:
The COVID-19 vaccine program “injured tens of thousands of regular Canadians, and killed thousands of Canadians to boot.”
The vaccines were “patently defective” and approved “without having been tested thoroughly (and certainly not in Canada, by Canadians for Canadians!)”
The campaign was “hyper-aggressive” and in many cases “compulsive” — his word — and continued even after officials knew about risks.
Injured Canadians were “doubled down” on second and third doses. “Only maniacs do that!”
He explicitly names myocarditis risk for young males, referencing the testimony of Dan Hartman, whose 17-year-old hockey-playing son Sean died in 2021.
He calls for the immediate resignation of every remaining medical officer of health in Canada, starting with Ontario’s Kieran Moore — a call he first made in these same pages in fall 2021.
He invokes the tainted blood scandal and the Krever Commission as precedent for criminal investigations and civil actions, arguing the vaccine catastrophe is “multiple-fold greater” in human devastation.
He demands the Prime Minister Mark Carney call a full public inquiry today.
