As I embarked on my journey with a new spiritual director I brought with me a mental list of ways the spiritual director might help. Our regular meetings would bring greater accountability in my commitment to daily prayer, mass, and regular confession. I was looking forward to having another partner in discernment, and I of… Continue reading How Spiritual Direction Made Me a Better Parent
Why We Hold Losing Trades Too Long
Hey, everyone. All right. I’m going to give folks a second to get tuned in here. So this is a live broadcast and what I’m going to talk about in this video is why we hold losers too long. This is something that a lot of traders struggle with. It’s something that I struggled… Continue reading Why We Hold Losing Trades Too Long
Plants are Stuck as Seed-Eating Animals Decline
As Earth heats up from the burning of fossil fuels, the climate conditions that species have adapted to are increasingly shifting away from their historical ranges. But while birds and other animals can often fly, walk or swim to follow their preferred environment, plants are quite literally rooted to the ground. They require outside forces… Continue reading Plants are Stuck as Seed-Eating Animals Decline
“Mass Vaccination Should End” – Former UK Task-Force Chair Says We Should “Treat COVID Like The Flu”
Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance If you stop watching each individual headline, diverge your eyes and step back like you’re looking at one of the classic Magic Eye 2D patterns, you just might start to see the 3D mainstream Covid narrative pivot right before your eyes. Photo: Mallrats For at least a year now, in print and on… Continue reading “Mass Vaccination Should End” – Former UK Task-Force Chair Says We Should “Treat COVID Like The Flu”
Americans Are Being Sold Out by Government Insiders
The Washington D.C. wheeler-dealers are making patsies out of the rest of us. Members of Congress get million-dollar-plus expense accounts, lifetime pensions and lavish perks, but for the greedy, that’s not enough. They’re also racking up big bucks trading stocks in the very same companies Congress regulates. Stock picking by members of Congress should be… Continue reading Americans Are Being Sold Out by Government Insiders
Microsoft’s Big Bet on Activision Blizzard
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Tuesday morning that it’s buying Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) for $68.7 billion, the tech giant’s largest acquisition ever. The deal further extends Microsoft’s position in the gaming industry and also gives the company a huge boost as it seeks a piece of the so-called metaverse, a virtual world where… Continue reading Microsoft’s Big Bet on Activision Blizzard
What’s Holding Up New Omicron Vaccines?
All the vaccines we use to ward off SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, share one crucial feature: they were designed to protect against its ancestral form, which surfaced in Wuhan, China, more than two years ago. Today’s virus, however, is not the same as it once was. SARS-CoV-2 has been evolving, with successive variants… Continue reading What’s Holding Up New Omicron Vaccines?
Djokovic Training Hard In Melbourne As Possibility Of Deportation Looms
With the possibility of a deportation order still hanging over his head, Novak Djokovic suited up Tuesday for a day of practice at Melbourne Park – with only members of his core team allowed in the facility – as the Serbian government held talks with the Australian government about the situation at hand. According to… Continue reading Djokovic Training Hard In Melbourne As Possibility Of Deportation Looms
Live Today Well with Saint Francis de Sales
Taking a mental glance at the day’s calendar, we preview what awaits us in terms of places to go and things to do and people to see. Here we activate the insightfulness of Salesian spirituality — namely, that the responsibilities of our personal vocation constitute the real place where we act out the devout life. But this conjecture… Continue reading Live Today Well with Saint Francis de Sales
Biden’s ‘Blue-Collar’ War on Monopolies
President Biden believes he’s waging an economic war against big business, though that may surprise the general public, which has a long list of other distractions in these fraught times. Biden’s stated struggle is with monopolization — the unfair concentration of power in business, which, the White House now argues, has driven consumer prices ever… Continue reading Biden’s ‘Blue-Collar’ War on Monopolies