If you happened to be in Manhattan’s Financial District on December 12, 2011, you would have witnessed a herd of giant squid floating toward West Street. The papier-mâché puppets, complete with white canvas tentacles and bulbous, golden heads, and upheld by a half-dozen or so Occupy Wall Street protestors, served as the dramatic final act… Continue reading Matt Taibbi Is Still an Outsider
Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy
Authored by Gordon G. Chang via The Gatestone Institute, China’s propagandists tell us the Chinese economy this year will “accelerate to 4.8%.” Foreign analysts are even more bullish. Goldman Sachs estimates growth of gross domestic product of 5.5%. China’s National Health Commission announced the end of the Communist Party’s “dynamic zero-Covid” policy on December 7. It did not take… Continue reading Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy
Choosing God in All We Do
I Believe Kneeling before the tabernacle, it seems quite natural to begin my period of prayer with an act of faith: “I do believe, my Jesus, in the reality of Your presence here.” Just then an unexpected voice intrudes itself upon my pious reflections. Perhaps it is my guardian angel who asks, “Oh, you believe,… Continue reading Choosing God in All We Do
Only A Third Of Ukrainians In Germany Plan To Return Home When War Ends
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The vast majority of Ukrainian refugees currently residing in Germany do not intend to return to their home country immediately after the war, the latest polling has revealed… In a survey conducted by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), just 34 percent of respondents revealed they would go… Continue reading Only A Third Of Ukrainians In Germany Plan To Return Home When War Ends
What Happens to My Brain on the Psychedelic DMT?
Explore One question for Christopher Timmermann, a cognitive neuroscientist at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, where he leads the DMT Research Group and focuses on the nature of consciousness. Photo courtesy of Christopher Timmermann What happens to my brain on the psychedelic DMT? The DMT experience is one in which people… Continue reading What Happens to My Brain on the Psychedelic DMT?
Open the Books | RealClearPolicy
In 1887, Alexander Fraser, a Scottish professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior. A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. Democracy will continue to exist until the time that voters discover that… Continue reading Open the Books | RealClearPolicy
Exorcist Diary: The Demonic Hour
James complained of demonic attacks. One fact especially caught my attention. I asked, “What time do they occur?” He responded, “3am.” I thought, “Ahhh, the demonic hour.” To discern if someone is possessed, we look for the well-known major signs such as occult knowledge, superhuman strength, knowledge of unknown languages, and aversion to the sacred.… Continue reading Exorcist Diary: The Demonic Hour
Kyocera President Says China Is No Longer The “World’s Factory” Due To US Export Controls
In what could be the beginning of a trend, Japanese company Kyocera is now investing in production in its home country of Japan because it says China can no longer be relied on as the “world’s factory”. US sanctions on China’s access to advanced technology have become a headwind in the country’s ability to act… Continue reading Kyocera President Says China Is No Longer The “World’s Factory” Due To US Export Controls
Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Podcast: Download MYS252: Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton’s life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing. Get all new… Continue reading Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Eye Tests May Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
During an embryo’s development, a piece of the still-growing brain branches off to form the retina, a sliver of tissue in the back of the eye. This makes the retina, which is composed of several layers of neurons, a piece of the central nervous system. As evidence builds that changes in the brain can manifest… Continue reading Eye Tests May Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease