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Unbeknownst to the giddy participants, they're not just betting on the omnipotence of the Fed Politburo, they're also making a max-leverage bet that "the madness of crowds" will never end. Imagine an economy so dominated by its central bank that all markets hang on every word of its priesthood as life or death. You know, like the Federal Reserve and the American economy. Now imagine this central bank issues enormous sums of new money which supercharges speculative activity such as hundreds of billions of dollars in stock buybacks, special purpose acquisition casinos, oops, I mean companies, and so on. You...

Squid Game, a Netflix show that features characters in dire financial straits competing in deadly children’s games for prize money, has become the most-watched show on the streaming service, reaching 142 million “member households” (as of publication). It’s spawned countless memes and has even been spoofed on Saturday Night Live. To put it lightly, Squid Game is a global phenomenon. The show is certainly a matter of interest to Robert Ji-Song Ku, chair and associate professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and a core faculty member at the Center for Korean Studies, He attributes the success...

Alec Baldwin "is canceling other projects" following an accidental shooting on the set of his film, Rust, that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured.A source tells PEOPLE that Baldwin, 63, is looking "to take some time to himself and re-center himself," as he has during difficult times in the past. "This was pretty devastating," the source says. "This is how he handles difficult times. Whenever something bad happens, in the short term, he removes himself from [the] public eye."

As suspected already last night by the presence of intermittent strombolian activity and the slowly rising tremor, this activity continued to evolve gradually throughout the night and early this morning. Tremor reached high levels at 7.40 a.m., followed by a strong increase of explosive activity at the SE crater from 10.15 a.m. Lava fountaining was observed to have started at around that time, and lasted until 12.20 p.m. It generated a dense ash plume that rose several kilometers and drifted east, producing ash falls in the area of Piedimonte and Linguaglossa.

Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said that White House press secretary Jen Psaki is "one of the best press secretaries ever" after hearing her response to a question from Peter Doocey, the network's White House correspondent, about President Joe Biden claiming that he had been to the southern border.After Biden said during Thursday night's CNN town hall that he had previously visited the southern border, Doocey pressed Psaki during a press briefing Friday on the validity of such statements."There’s been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008," Psaki replied.Wallace,...

Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid 101955 Bennu. Shaped like a spinning toy top with boulders littering its rough surface, the tiny Solar System world is about one Empire State Building (less than 500 meters) across. Frames used to construct this 3D anaglyph were taken by PolyCam on the OSIRIS_REx spacecraft on December 3, 2018 from a distance of about 80 kilometers. With a sample from the asteroid's rocky surface on board, OSIRIS_REx departed Bennu's vicinity this May and is now enroute to planet Earth. The robotic spacecraft is scheduled to return the sample to...

Since Inauguration Day, the U.S. Senate has confirmed five of President Biden’s appellate court judges — the most at this point in a presidency since President Nixon.First Liberty’s legal experts have discussed previously how President Biden has seen a quick start to nominations and confirmations, although it remains to be seen whether he can or will make a lasting impact on the composition of the judiciary.However, the president was recently presented with two more opportunities to fill seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, currently comprised of six conservative-appointed to five liberal-appointed judges.Last week, Second Circuit...

The huge crowd of people gathered in Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border, and reportedly includes thousands of migrants fleeing Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American countries. Violent clashes have taken place between Mexican police and those journeying north, with footage shared online showing the caravan making its way through the streets. Large Migrant Caravan Overruns Police On Journey To US BY : EMILY BROWN ON : 23 OCT 2021 17:26 Large Migrant Caravan Overruns Police On Journey To US@warkentin/Twitter/@GriffJenkins/Twitter A migrant caravan travelling from Mexico overran a roadblock set up by police as they made their way to the...

Just west of the Pacific Coast Highway in the Paradise Cove area of Malibu, a major construction project is underway. Every day, at least 20 pickup trucks full of workers, earthmovers and multiple cranes belching black smoke crowd onto the lot, power up and get to work building Laurene Powell Jobs’ dream beach compound. To date, Steve Jobs’ widow has spent more than $80 million on three oceanfront lots — tearing down the existing houses and, according to one person in the know, now building a “massive 20,000-square-foot home for her and her two grown daughters and two smaller ‘cottages’...

Apple has removed a popular Bible app and a Quran app in China after the communist country’s regime deemed that the apps violated local laws on hosting religious texts.Bible App by Olive Tree, which has over 1 million downloads, and Quran Majeed, used by millions of Muslims, have been taken down due to compliance issues, the tech company told the BBC.Apple refused to comment but directed the BBC to its Human Rights Policy: “We’re required to comply with local laws, and at times there are complex issues about which we may disagree with governments.”Apple also told the BBC that the...

To their dismay, the Yale School of Public Health just concluded that immunity acquired by COVID-19 infection lasts three times longer and is stronger than that provided by vaccination. Naturally, the Yale Daily News downplayed the info under the headline, “COVID-19 reinfection is likely among unvaccinated individuals, Yale study finds.”The Yale study concluded that the risk of COVID-19 reinfection stands at 5% at three months after recovery and decreases to 50% at 17 months. By contrast, COVID-19 vaccine protection against infection can wane to a mere 20% as early as five months after full vaccination. Now, I may not be...

Dr. Pierre Kory reviews medical literature establishing Ivermectin as a compelling prophylaxis and early treatment for Covid-19. Click to watch 10 minute video.

The attorney general of Arizona is filing a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed the motion, citing the federal government’s overreach on the vaccine requirement along with its willingness to allow illegal immigrants to enter into the country unvaccinated.Fox News reports:“Once a vaccine has been administered, it can never be undone,” Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement announcing the move. “The COVID-19 vaccine mandate is one of the greatest infringements upon individual liberty, federalism, and the separation of powers by any administration in our country’s history.”The...

there are reasons to believe Trump’s dominance is exaggerated and that it is slowly degrading, such that by the time the 2024 Republican primaries roll around, he’ll be challengeable and beatable if he runs. [cut] Trump’s media footprint is much reduced. Data from SocialFlow shows engagement with Trump stories plummeting in March of this year and it took another jag down in August and September. As for Trump’s polling numbers, Republicans might tell pollsters they want him to run again as a way to stick a finger in the eye of the media or as a general statement of warm...

Incredibly, in 2020, approximately 61% of Americans paid no federal income taxes, according to the Tax Policy Center. Therefore, approximately 39% of Americans paid all federal income taxes. They are rewarded for this staggering largess by being told they need to "pay their fair share." Their "fair share," one might logically surmise, would be around 39% of the federal income taxes paid, not 100%. The top 20% of income earners pay about 67% of federal taxes. "Progressive," you know. They should be lauded as pillars of the community, as not only the most productive, but the most charitable folks in...

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At one point, it looked as if Biden's DOJ and FBI were in the catbird seat waging war against parents who dared challenge leftist dominance in schools in the form of school boards authorizing Critical Race Theory, gender madness, and masks on healthy children. The wheel of fortune has turned, though. Merrick Garland exposed his ignorance and partisanship before congress, and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has offered a groveling apology. It works to push back against ascendant leftism. The big news week before last was that an organization most people had never heard of — the NSBA —...

Murphy’s closing argument: attacking Tesla, declares N.J. will never be affordable October 22, 20212 min readMatt Rooney If you had (1) attacking Elon Musk and (2) doubling down on his prior declaration that people looking for affordability should leave the state on your Election 2021 bingo cards, Save Jerseyans? Please report to the winner’s circle to collect your prize! “If your business model includes high value-added, highly skilled workforce, we’re on your list,” Murphy told Bloomberg during a Thursday interview. “We are not going to be the low-cost state to live or work in.” Murphy also took a jab at...

Pope Francis Asks Catholics to be ‘More Courageous’ in Tackling Crisis Exposed by COVID-19The Pope offered participants what he called three “road signs” as they walked “boldly along the road to hope.”VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Catholics on Thursday to be “more courageous” in tackling the crisis exposed by COVID-19. In a message to participants in the 49th Social Week of Italian Catholics issued on Oct. 21, the pope underlined the importance of face-to-face meetings as the world struggles to emerge from the pandemic.“This is all the more necessary in the context of the crisis generated by COVID,...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will spend nearly half a million dollars constructing a security fence around President Joe Biden's Delaware beach property, a move that comes after Biden himself has aborted construction on a wall along the southern U.S. border. A contract at USASPENDING.gov stipulates the "purchase and installation of security fencing" at Biden's Rehoboth beach house, with the total amount of the contract running around $450,000. The contract was first reported on by the New York Post.