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New York (CNN Business)One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because they were getting by just fine on government aid. People had too much money, went the narrative. Only trouble is, the numbers don’t back it up. Instead, early retirement — whether forced by the pandemic … Read more

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — The tractor-trailer lurches into gear. As the student driver turns the wheel, eyes swiveling from left to right, the 18-wheeler backs into a yellow box outlined on the pavement. But the truck’s wheels cross the line, a rookie mistake that could mean a collision on a city street or at a cargo … Read more

Hype is endemic in the world of cybersecurity, as is the spread of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Lots of software has flaws; they can’t all be so bad. By all accounts, though, the Log4j vulnerability—also known as Log4Shell—lives up to the hype for a host of reasons. First is the ubiquity of Log4j itself. As … Read more

A longtime venture capitalist sees the religious dedication to Elon Musk, hype, and YOLO investing as almost a dot com-style pyramid scheme in the making. Just over two decades ago, Josh Wolfe co-founded Lux Capital, a New York City-based venture capital firm dedicated to investing in science and technology firms developing ideas with the potential … Read more

Adam White was part of Biden’s commission to look at Supreme Court reforms The scholar set out his views in a statement posted to the White House website after the commission’s report was published last week ‘To pack the court would impair the court, not improve it,’ he writes The commission steered clear of offering … Read more

DECEMBER 15–Moments after robbing a Wells Fargo branch in Delaware, a man deposited some of the stolen loot in an ATM outside the bank’s front door, according to police who arrested the suspect on a felony charge. Investigators say that McRoberts Williams, 44, approached a teller Saturday morning at a crowded Wells Fargo in Wilmington … Read more

Brand new head of The Border patrol, Chris Magnus: -In his first message to his men, he referred to the swarm of illegal aliens flooding the border as follows: CBP’s work includes “welcoming and vetting travelers.” – 2007, he faced a lawsuit following accusations of making racist jokes towards black police officers while he was police chief of Richmond, … Read more

The US Treasury has blacklisted 34 Chinese companies and research institutes, with Washington accusing one of the named institutes of developing “brain-control weaponry.” The Chinese institutes and firms were added to the department’s ‘Entity List’ on Wednesday, joining more than 260 other Chinese businesses – including smartphone giant Huawei – already on the list. Placement … Read more

by Chris Black This is serious stuff. George Soros is an oppressed victim who is targeted because of his vulnerability. It’s time for Fox News to be shut down. As we have told @FoxNews numerous times, casting a Jewish individual as a puppet master who manipulates national events for malign purposes conjures up longstanding antisemitic … Read more

by Chris Black Jerome Powell, the genius running the FED, has decided to keep interest rates at zero or near zero and also stop referring to inflation as “transitory.” He used his genius brain to realize that printing more money to solve inflation is a brilliant plan, but that it also means more inflation. This … Read more

by Shaun Richards Today is full of central bank meetings and they all have the same problem which is inflation which is proving not to be “Transitory” as they promised and has gone much higher than they forecast. Let me give you an example of this from my home country the UK. Only 6 weeks … Read more

Proud to know this dude. A fellow teacher fighting to revive what education should be. https://t.co/9ahBXvh3Bt — Paul Rossi (@pauldrossi) December 15, 2021

😂😂 https://t.co/cAUjT96MGV — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) December 16, 2021