Russian President Putin may believe the time is right to invade Ukraine if NATO refuses to meet his demands. Reports indicate that he sees the Biden administration as weak after the pullout from Afghanistan, and in 2014, Russia felt sufficiently confident of success to annex Crimea and impose unappealing terms (PDF) on Ukraine. Massing 170,000… Continue reading Deterring Putin in Eastern Europe
Silver Looks Sexy | ZeroHedge
Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance My readers know that recently, the main commodity I have been harping on has been uranium, which looks like it could be very close to a renaissance. I am still long uranium via numerous names like Cameco (CCJ) and the Global X Uranium ETF (URA). I am also long numerous other commodities and,… Continue reading Silver Looks Sexy | ZeroHedge
Everyday Meditations: Hope in God the Creator
God has created all things for good, all things for their greatest good, everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. God has determined, unless I interfere with his plan, that I should reach that which will… Continue reading Everyday Meditations: Hope in God the Creator
What Is Carry Trading? – Warrior Trading
There’s a concept in trading known as “carry trading,” which is basically how much the asset pays (or costs) you to own it, aside from price appreciation (although there are some exceptions which we’ll explore in this article). A bond, for example, has positive carry in the form of regular interest payments. On the… Continue reading What Is Carry Trading? – Warrior Trading
Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
So Dwyer and his team turned to the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a network of thousands of small radio telescopes mostly in the Netherlands. LOFAR usually gazes at distant galaxies and exploding stars. But according to Dwyer, “it just so happens to work really well for measuring lightning, too.” When thunderstorms roll overhead, there’s little… Continue reading Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace
Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea have hovered at a standstill since 2019, when then-President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un walked away from the negotiating table in Hanoi with a “no-deal.” To date, there has been no contact between negotiators in Washington and Pyongyang aimed at resuscitating talks over the Kim regime’s… Continue reading North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace
As Markets Swing Wildly Seeking The Fed Put, Morgan Stanley Has Some Bad News
With markets swinging around like yoyos spun by drunken monkeys ever since the bizarro ramp following Powell’s uberhawkish presser, which one day later – when humans finally took over trading from the algos – transformed into an even more furious selloff, investors have coalesced around just one question: how low do stocks have to fall… Continue reading As Markets Swing Wildly Seeking The Fed Put, Morgan Stanley Has Some Bad News
Post-Retreat Depression – SpiritualDirection.com
The last day of every retreat is the same. I wake up, usually after not sleeping well, feeling a bit sad and annoyed. I am sad because however long the retreat lasted it had been a time of quiet joy with God and the few people I was called to lead on this retreat. The… Continue reading Post-Retreat Depression – SpiritualDirection.com
The Year in Biology | Quanta Magazine
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Biden’s Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove
As the Biden administration’s first year comes to a close, how is the United States faring in Southeast Asia, a region critical to winning the strategic competition against China in the Indo-Pacific? The returns are mixed, and there are worrying trends. Despite one year of honing an Indo-Pacific strategy, Washington is still no closer to… Continue reading Biden’s Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove