Podcast: Download MYS223: In 19th century London, residents reported a ghostly figure in outrageous costumes would accost them, sometimes bellowing blue flame in their faces, and then vanish in the night. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was Spring-Heeled Jack and did he really exist. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!)
Bank of America’s Equity: Racial Discrimination, Elitism, Fraud, and Bad Business
Bank of America (BoA)’s newest racially discriminatory program provides a casebook study in what “equity” is really about – racial discrimination perpetrated by billionaires against poor white people to atone on the backs of others for the fact that they are very, very rich, while too few non-white people are equally rich. In other words, making other,… Continue reading Bank of America’s Equity: Racial Discrimination, Elitism, Fraud, and Bad Business
See Delicate Rib Vortices Encircle Breaking Ocean Waves
Imagine the perfect ocean wave: a wall of water swells and curls in on itself before breaking dramatically near the shore. Catching such a wave would be any surfer’s dream—and the physics underneath its churning surface is just as mind-blowing as the ride. As an ocean wave coils, it creates a hollow tube made of… Continue reading See Delicate Rib Vortices Encircle Breaking Ocean Waves
Central Bankers From Around The Globe Deliver Hawkish Message At Jackson Hole
For those waiting in anticipation of a sudden central bank reversal on interest rate hikes or full capitulation and a return to stimulus, you might be holding your breath a while longer. A host of central banking heads from around the world delivered a unified message of hawkish intent on Saturday at the Kansas… Continue reading Central Bankers From Around The Globe Deliver Hawkish Message At Jackson Hole
How Blatant Anti-White Racism Won Acceptance in Elite America
In a 2021 lecture at Yale University titled “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” psychiatrist Aruna Khilanani described her “fantasies of unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way, burying their body and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in… Continue reading How Blatant Anti-White Racism Won Acceptance in Elite America
Learning to Let Go with the Little Flower
Wisdom of St. Thérèse “No, there is no joy comparable to that which the truly poor in spirit experience.” Thérèse was acutely aware of the transient nature of material things and of the impermanence of this present life. Even at a very young age she understood that even those who believe themselves to be good… Continue reading Learning to Let Go with the Little Flower
See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions
Breaking more than seven months of calm, the peninsula of Reykjanes in western Iceland has once again burst into volcanic flames. After a swarm of earthquakes in late July and early August rocked the area,lava burst forth from the Fagradalsfjall volcano into the valley of Meradalir—not far from the barely cooled lava from the same… Continue reading See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions
Morgan Stanley Spots A New “Recession Canary” In The Credit Coal Mine
By Srikanth Sankaran, Head of European ABS Strategy at Morgan Stanley As this summer of optimism draws to a close, the Fed path and recession fears are returning to the fore. On the corporate front, the message from 2Q earnings was not overwhelmingly negative, but evidence of weakening demand, shifts in consumer spending and inventory pressures… Continue reading Morgan Stanley Spots A New “Recession Canary” In The Credit Coal Mine
China Answers Sen. Blackburn Visit By Buzzing Taiwan With 4 Nuclear-Capable Bombers
Beijing has issued its response to anti-China hawk Sen. Marsha Blackburn visiting Taiwan on Thursday and Friday. It began with at least 35 PLA jets buzzing the island’s airspace on Friday, including 8 Chinese Navy vessels patrolling off the island. And on Saturday Fox News correspondent Lucas Thomlinson reported “China sends four nuclear-capable bombers near Taiwan Saturday… Continue reading China Answers Sen. Blackburn Visit By Buzzing Taiwan With 4 Nuclear-Capable Bombers
Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself
Along the murky bottom of the Amazon River, serpentine fish called electric eels scour the gloom for unwary frogs or other small prey. When one swims by, the fish unleash two 600-volt pulses of electricity to stun or kill it. This high-voltage hunting tactic is distinctive, but a handful of other fish species also use… Continue reading Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself