The email from “Norton Protection” said I owed $999.99, which was “charged successfully and it will appear on your bank statement in 24 to 48 hours.” Although I have an account with a leading cybersecurity company, I’ve never paid that much for its products. To “cancel” the charge, I was instructed to call a number,… Continue reading Bad News: You’re in Debt. Worse News: You’re in Phony Debt.
Intermarket Sweep Order (ISO) Explained
An Intermarket Sweep Order (ISO) is typically a large order that gets sent to several exchanges simultaneously for the purpose of quickly taking as much liquidity as possible. The factor that divides the ISO from other order types is that it is exempt from the ‘trade-through’ aspect of the SEC’s Order Protection Rule (Rule… Continue reading Intermarket Sweep Order (ISO) Explained
California Presents Plan to Prevent Extreme Heat Deaths
Extreme heat threatens to effect all of California in coming years, prompting state officials to outline life-saving measures in an adaptation report released this week. Average annual temperatures have already jumped in California by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit, and it has exceeded 2 F in some areas, according to the analysis by the California… Continue reading California Presents Plan to Prevent Extreme Heat Deaths
Rolls-Royce Records “Phenomenal Year” As Rich Buy Luxury Vehicles
The Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program was on full display in 2021 as it inflated the largest asset bubbles in history. Elites were showered with free money as asset prices of stocks, bonds, and real estate went quite literally through the roof. One of the results of soaring asset prices is the enrichment of the… Continue reading Rolls-Royce Records “Phenomenal Year” As Rich Buy Luxury Vehicles
The Need for Two Pockets
Like so many things in life, self-esteem needs to be balanced. The balance is between humility and pride. The following is attributed to Rabbi Simcha Bunim, one of the leaders of Hasidic Judaism in Poland in the late 1700s and early 1800s: Everyone must have two pockets so that he can reach into one or… Continue reading The Need for Two Pockets
Tucker Carlson: D.C.’s Conflict With Russia Will Only Benefit China
TUCKER CARLSON: When permanent Washington pushes for war with Russia, who benefits? We don’t ask that question enough. The United States certainly doesn’t benefit. That’s obvious to anyone who thinks about it for a second. It’s so glaringly obvious, in fact, that the people pushing this war immediately denounce you as a traitor if you… Continue reading Tucker Carlson: D.C.’s Conflict With Russia Will Only Benefit China
How Infinite Series Reveal the Unity of Mathematics
For sheer brilliance, it was hard to beat John von Neumann. An architect of the modern computer and inventor of game theory, von Neumann was legendary, above all, for his lightning-fast mental calculations. The story goes that one day somebody challenged him with a puzzle. Two bicyclists start at opposite ends of a road 20… Continue reading How Infinite Series Reveal the Unity of Mathematics
UK Gov’t Advised Against 4th COVID Vaccine Dose
Authored by Lily Zhou via The Epoch Times, The UK government’s vaccination advisory committee on Friday recommended against giving a fourth dose of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) said the three doses of the vaccines are still providing “very good protection against severe disease,” and an immediate… Continue reading UK Gov’t Advised Against 4th COVID Vaccine Dose
Youngkin Rips Off the School Mask Mandate
Newly minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed nine executive orders and two directives that, among other things, ended a mandate that state employees be vaccinated and a school mask mandate. He embraced the radical idea of allowing parents to decide if their children mask up in the classroom, effective Jan. 24. Addressing a joint assembly… Continue reading Youngkin Rips Off the School Mask Mandate
Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy
Intuition tells mathematicians that adding 2 to a number should completely change its multiplicative structure — meaning there should be no correlation between whether a number is prime (a multiplicative property) and whether the number two units away is prime (an additive property). Number theorists have found no evidence to suggest that such a correlation… Continue reading Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy