Escobar: Why The Taliban Still Can’t Form A Government

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Internal Taliban divisions come to the fore as squabbling hinders the formation of Afghanistan’s new Islamic Emirate… It looked like everything was set for the Taliban to announce the new government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after this Friday’s afternoon prayers. But then internal dissent prevailed.… Continue reading Escobar: Why The Taliban Still Can’t Form A Government

Alien Moon Bases & Remote Viewing (Ingo Swann’s Penetration)

Podcast: Download MYS118: In his 1998 book, gov’t psychic Ingo Swann claimed he’d been hired in 1975 to remote view certain sites on the Moon where he perceived alien bases. In part 2 of their discussion, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether Ingo was telling the truth and whether there really could be aliens… Continue reading Alien Moon Bases & Remote Viewing (Ingo Swann’s Penetration)

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Update to the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule Makes Life Tough For Retail Traders

  FINRA just made updates to their pattern day trader (PDT) rule that punishes violators much more harshly.  Here’s a quick rundown on what that means: The Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule allows for no more than three (3) day trades within a rolling five day period, if the account has less than $25,000. Before… Continue reading Update to the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule Makes Life Tough For Retail Traders

Electric Vehicle Orders Are Zooming at Ford

Ford Motor Co. nearly tripled its electric vehicle sales last month, according to a company report. The auto giant increased its EV and hybrid sales this May by 184% compared to May 2020, marking a record number of 10,364 EVs sold in a given month, the sales report found. The significant increase is due in part to… Continue reading Electric Vehicle Orders Are Zooming at Ford

Why Kansas for Russia’s Sputnik Radio?

In case you missed it, last Friday, February 14, 2020, the NY Times ran an article “On the Air in Kansas City: Russian Propaganda” which is a photo source and which you can see at: https://nyti.ms/38L2Elt The article profiles how Russia’s media organization, Rossiya Segodnya. You can find some background on it from the Center… Continue reading Why Kansas for Russia’s Sputnik Radio?

Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect “Undesirable Behavior” Including Groups Of “More Than Five People”

Slowly but surely, the world is transforming into a 1984-Robocop-Terminator-Minority Report–Judge Dredd fusion dystopia. And while we wait for Elon Musk’s dancing humanoid robot (wonder how much the deposit on that particular pipe dream will be), Singapore is wasting no time, and according to Mothership the small Asian nation is deploying ground robots on trial… Continue reading Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect “Undesirable Behavior” Including Groups Of “More Than Five People”

Does the Bible Teach We’re Living on a Young Earth? (Creationism, Creation Science)

Podcast: Download MYS119: For centuries, Jews and Christians have read the Bible and thought the Earth is only a few thousand years old. But the scientific revolution claimed it’s billions of years old. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what does the biblical and scientific evidence really say, how is it being misread, and by… Continue reading Does the Bible Teach We’re Living on a Young Earth? (Creationism, Creation Science)

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Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap

We discuss how Truth Decay is fueling Americans’ vaccine hesitancy; the debate over vaccine patent waivers; how the shift to remote work is reinforcing inequalities; preventing the Capitol attackers from becoming martyrs; the Arctic region’s role in climate and national security; and whether the U.S. government should invest in a GPS backup. Photo by Jose… Continue reading Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap