The Department of Homeland Security owes a Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) report to Congress by the end of calendar year 2021 and a department Strategic Plan by February 2022. The QHSR Report is the department’s “capstone strategy document which is updated every four years as required by law.” It is intended to provide direction… Continue reading Charting a Strategic Path Forward for DHS in an Evolved Threat Landscape
While Everyone Cheers Soaring “Wealth”, America’s Social Order Is Unraveling
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So by all means, focus on the inexorable rise of stocks, cryptos and housing as “proof” of America’s soaring “wealth” while the social order unravels beneath our feet. It is a supremely tragic irony that while the corporate media ceaselessly touts America’s soaring financial “wealth,” the nation’s… Continue reading While Everyone Cheers Soaring “Wealth”, America’s Social Order Is Unraveling
St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult, Part 2
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sqpn01/MYS106.mp3 Podcast: Download MYS106: St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest intellects in Christian history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue their discussion of the saint and what he had to say about hidden or “occult” mysteries such as astrology, crystal healing, amulets, demons, ghosts, and psychic powers. Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult, Part 2
Science Isn’t Here for Your Mommy Shaming – Issue 100: Outsiders
A few years ago, Time magazine published an article titled, “Cell-Phone Distracted Parenting Can Have Long Term Consequences.”1 It reported research supposedly showing that “distracted parental attention” could hurt infant development, and especially a baby’s ability to feel pleasure later on. What exactly did this research study? Did it directly measure parental cell phone usage… Continue reading Science Isn’t Here for Your Mommy Shaming – Issue 100: Outsiders
What Does Congress Really Know?
I’m sure you all saw or heard about the Washington Post article of December 9, 2019, “At War With The Truth” which you can find at https://wapo.st/2Plvhyl and is a photo source. The article claimed that “senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making… Continue reading What Does Congress Really Know?
Fed Vice Chair Clarida Traded Millions One Day Before Powell Emergency Pandemic Statement
Earlier this week, with Fed hawks suddenly dropping like flies following the resignations of Boston and Dallas Fed presidents, Rosengren and Kaplan, amid a public outcry over their recently-revealed daytrading activities which benefited them as a direct result of monetary policy decisions they were explicitly and directly involved in, we joked that if the Fed… Continue reading Fed Vice Chair Clarida Traded Millions One Day Before Powell Emergency Pandemic Statement
An important message from Jimmy Akin
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sqpn01/MYS_special_message_July_2020.mp3 Podcast: Download Jimmy shares an important message about the future of Mysterious World. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google Podcasts | Subscribe using Stitcher | Subscribe by Email Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give… Continue reading An important message from Jimmy Akin
‘You Will Receive Power’ – SpiritualDirection.com
A Shattering Event Jesus began his public ministry with this simple message: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:15). That is Jesus’ entire preaching in a nutshell. Fr. Michael Scanlan said, The proclamation of the arrival of the kingdom was a shattering event in human history. Jesus… Continue reading ‘You Will Receive Power’ – SpiritualDirection.com
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze – Issue 100: Outsiders
When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes on the local flora like a junior botanist. He gave science lectures to his older brothers and local kids whose attendance he assured by paying them from his pocket money. Metchnikoff earned the… Continue reading The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze – Issue 100: Outsiders
Civilization Requires Deterrence | RealClearPolitics
Deterrence is the ancient ability to scare somebody off from hurting you, your friends or your interests — without a major war. Desire peace? Then be prepared for war. Or so the Romans believed. It’s an easily understood concept in the abstract. But deterrence still remains a mystical quality in the concrete since it is… Continue reading Civilization Requires Deterrence | RealClearPolitics