Argentina President Javier Milei is proposing a new law that would “declare it an imprescriptible crime for the state and the central bank to monetize the public deficit and create inflation.” While it may be politically rejected, it does point to the real dangers of inflation.
With Cris Sheridan Dec 26, 2024 – Well, the exponential curve in AI progress continued in 2024, and it’s likely that we’re going to see some big advancements for 2025 as well. We’ve already been given an early glimpse of what’s to come with OpenAI’s big jump in their…
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond: The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era. (Wall Street Journal) • The Fate of the Finance Bro: Depictions of high finance have oscillated […]
Loletha Hale ended up in a Georgia jail after trying to remove a squatter from her house. It took almost four months, but in November, Hale finally got a court to rule that Sakemeyia Johnson was squatting in her house. Hale said she thought that meant Johnson would be evicted, so she was surprised to find her still living in the house. It turns out Hale still needs a writ of possession, which the judge has yet to […]
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More than a dozen people were killed and many others wounded in senseless vehicular attacks on New Year’s Day. Both attacks were allegedly carried out by U.S. citizens. At least one, and possibly both, of the alleged attackers were Army veterans. In New Orleans, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented Ford pickup truck into a crowd of people celebrating on Bourbon Street Wednesday morning. He killed 15 people and left dozens more injured. After driving through the crowd, […]
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