I sometimes have parts of a favorite litany rolling around in the back of my mind. One of those prayers is the Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. The entire litany pounds into my heart how much Jesus personally loves me: fully, unconditionally, and without limits. It also reminds me that He loves… Continue reading Like Father, Like Son – SpiritualDirection.com
Banks Are So Stuffed With Cash They Tell Companies: No More Deposits
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Banks are so overloaded with cash they are losing money on deposits… No More Cash Please Some banks, awash in deposits, are encouraging corporate clients to spend the cash on their businesses or move it elsewhere. It’s a strange case of “No More Cash Please“. U.S. companies are holding… Continue reading Banks Are So Stuffed With Cash They Tell Companies: No More Deposits
Trend Trading for Beginners – Warrior Trading
Trend trading, in its simplest form, is the act of buying assets that are going up and selling short assets that are going down. It takes many forms too. Some take a long-term view, buying the best performing futures contracts and try to hold them for years, only winning about 25% of their trades… Continue reading Trend Trading for Beginners – Warrior Trading
Spontaneous Human Combustion
Podcast: Download MYS149: Every so often, there are reports of people bursting into flames for no apparent reason, reducing most of their body to ashes, but with little or no fire damage around them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what we should make of these reports of spontaneous human combustion and what could be… Continue reading Spontaneous Human Combustion
Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Picks are Changing the Lock Picking Game
We’re not exaggerating when we say that the Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Pick Tool is the biggest revolution in lock picking we’ve seen in our 12 years in business! These tools enable someone not familiar with how to pick a standard pin & tumbler lock to quickly and efficiently open one like it’s magic! The Lishi… Continue reading Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Picks are Changing the Lock Picking Game
Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? – Issue 102: Hidden Truths
People often ask me whether human-level artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. My response is: Do you want it to be conscious? I think it is largely up to us whether our machines will wake up. That may sound presumptuous. The mechanisms of consciousness—the reasons we have a vivid and direct experience of the world… Continue reading Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? – Issue 102: Hidden Truths
Introducing the Gen 3 ITS 10-4 Radio Pouch™ and ITS SHARP™ (Shears Holster and Retention Pouch)
The new Gen 3 version of our 10-4 Radio Pouch™ now fits additional radios thanks to the flexible elastic base, along with new refinements to the retention and drawbridge functionality! This pouch is lightweight and skeletonized, offering rapid acquisition, ultimate retention and multiple mounting methods for Baofeng UV-5R style radios (transceivers) with extended batteries. This… Continue reading Introducing the Gen 3 ITS 10-4 Radio Pouch™ and ITS SHARP™ (Shears Holster and Retention Pouch)
Russian Covid Vaccine in Latin America: Disinformation or Aggressive Marketing?
The Russians have been aggressive in their promotional tactics for their new Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. On February 5, 2021, the NY Times reported “Russian Vaccine Promotions Undercut U.S.-Made Shots” (see: http://nyti.ms/3cSg6sBm, which is also a photo source). According to the Times, the Russians are harnessing Spanish-language social media and the official Twitter… Continue reading Russian Covid Vaccine in Latin America: Disinformation or Aggressive Marketing?
The Underrated Virtue of Moderation
A priest I went to college with was on Pints With Aquinas recently. He became a Benedictine after college, and I knew him to be a truly humble, holy, and sensible guy. He spoke of the history of Benedictine monasticism and how St. Benedict had “an appreciation of the limits of our humanity.” Before I… Continue reading The Underrated Virtue of Moderation
Household Net Worth Hits Record $137 Trillion, Up $25.6 Trillion Since COVID
Another quarter, another record high in (mostly 0.01%er) household net worth. The Fed’s latest Flow of Funds report released at noon today showed the latest snapshot of the US “household” sector as of March 31 2021, which confirmed that one year after the biggest drop in household net worth on record when $8 trillion was… Continue reading Household Net Worth Hits Record $137 Trillion, Up $25.6 Trillion Since COVID