The Ends of Mental Prayer In order to practice well mental prayer, or meditation, and to make it truly profitable to the soul, we must well ascertain the ends for which we attempt it. To Unite Ourselves to God We must meditate in order to unite ourselves more completely to God. It is not so… Continue reading Prayer by St. Alphonsus Liguori
Futures Rise, Europe And China Bounce With US Closed For Holiday
It may be a holiday in the US, but US equity futures are once again levitating and on the verge of new all time highs, while global shares posted their longest winning streak in three months on Monday, aided by fading odds of an imminent taper coupled with talk of more stimulus in Japan and… Continue reading Futures Rise, Europe And China Bounce With US Closed For Holiday
Uplisting: How It Works and Why It’s Important
You might be reading this and wondering, I’ve heard of initial public offerings or IPOs, but what is uplisting? Chances are, if you’ve been day trading for any length of time, you’ve bought or sold OTC stocks, which are generally too small to meet the stringent requirements needed to list on a formal exchange… Continue reading Uplisting: How It Works and Why It’s Important
Death at the National Hotel! (Conspiracy? Assassination? Serial Killer? Disease?)
Podcast: Download MYS124: In 1857, President-elect James Buchanan became violently ill during a stay at Washington DC’s National Hotel, as did hundreds of others, many of whom died. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether it was a serial killer, a mysterious disease, or perhaps a presidential assassination plot. Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading Death at the National Hotel! (Conspiracy? Assassination? Serial Killer? Disease?)
New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments
A concentration of one part per billion is like a pinch of salt in 10 tons of potato chips—and scientists can now find radioactive particles at concentrations millions of times smaller. In the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, researchers describe successfully detecting radioactive uranium and thorium hiding among something like a million billion other atoms.… Continue reading New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments
Zoombombing As PSYOP
We’re all confined to quarters thanks to Covid-19. As a result, we have turned to video collaboration platforms such as Cisco WebEx, Adobe Connect, Citrix Go To Meeting MicroSoft Team, GoogleHangout and of course, Zoom. On March 20, 2020 the New York Times ran an article ‘Zoombombing’:when Video Conferences Go Wrong (see: https://nyti.ms/2XoqJM3, which is… Continue reading Zoombombing As PSYOP
Marian Consecration at the Foot of the Cross
St. John Damascene, from the 8th century, prays these words of consecration to Our Lady—words which we can make our own: “O Lady, we bind our hope to you, as to a most secure and firm anchor. Today we offer ourselves to you. To you we consecrate our mind, soul, body, in a word, ourselves,… Continue reading Marian Consecration at the Foot of the Cross
Germany Is Just A Distraction From The Real Story
Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “The bloody uproar of war is over; let’s enjoy the carnival of inflation.” Who cares who replaces Angela Merkel? But the likely inability of the ECB to address the consequences of monetary experimentation and inflation in coming years could cause Germany’s coming generation of bland political nobodies to be… Continue reading Germany Is Just A Distraction From The Real Story
SEC Looking To Ban Payment For Order Flow: What This Could Mean For Robinhood
The U.S. Securities and Exchange and Commission (SEC) is considering a full ban on a controversial practice in the brokerage industry, known as payment for order flow (PFOF), according to Chairman Gary Gensler, who was recently interviewed by Barron’s. On Aug. 30, the day Barron’s published the interview, Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock plunged… Continue reading SEC Looking To Ban Payment For Order Flow: What This Could Mean For Robinhood
Resurrection on Mars? (And More Weird Questions!)
Podcast: Download MYS125: On this fifth Friday of the month, Jimmy Akin answers more weird questions, including whether at the end times people will be resurrected on Mars; could we touch a rediscovered Ark of the Covenant; what was Jesus’ religion; did God create aliens; why is capybara licit in Lent; and more! Get all… Continue reading Resurrection on Mars? (And More Weird Questions!)