Cash Injection: Fed plans to keep pumping cash “We realize that sometimes we’ll be criticized for it, but it’s not a factor driving our decisions,” he said. “We have a very clear mandate, and are focused on what we need to do.” Clarida’s speech was “music to the ears of traders and investors who have … Read more
Forever Chemicals Contaminate US Drinking Water The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group. The chemicals, resistant to breaking down in the environment, are … Read more
How To Be Happy: It’s Simpler Than You Think For Epicurus, the most pleasant life is one where we abstain from unnecessary desires and achieve an inner tranquillity (ataraxia) by being content with simple things, and by choosing the pleasure of philosophical conversation with friends over the pursuit of physical pleasures like food, drink, and … Read more
Quantum Computing: 200 Times Faster Than Ever The speediest quantum operation yet “Optimising every aspect of the device design with atomic precision has now allowed us to build a really fast, highly accurate two-qubit gate, which is the fundamental building block of a scalable, silicon-based quantum computer. “We’ve really shown that it is possible … Read more
China’s New High-speed Bullet Train: There’s No One Driving It The Jing-Zhang high-speed railway took about four years to build, according to CNN, and will join Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou. It will have 10 different stations, including Badaling Changcheng, where people can access the Great Wall of China. The trains are considered “smart” with 5G-equipped … Read more
Editor: Vladimir Bajic | Tactical Investor Radical Islam Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State’s appeal. “We have not defeated the idea,” he said. “We do not even understand the idea.” In the past … Read more
Viral Terrorism & Real Terrorism: Time To Wakeup U.S. president-elect Donald Trump blamed Monday’s multiple terrorist attacks on radical Islamic terrorism, calling the deadly day a wake-up call for the world and vowing to destroy the Islamic State. “Today there were terror attacks in Turkey, Switzerland and Germany – and it is only getting worse. The civilized … Read more
Radical Islamic Extremism Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has said the police and security services are no longer enough to win the fight against violent extremism, and the UK must instead improve community cohesion, social mobility and education. In his first major interview since taking up his post last year, the Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Neil … Read more
Persecution Of Christians Pervasive persecution of Christians, sometimes amounting to genocide, is ongoing in parts of the Middle East, and has prompted an exodus in the past two decades, according to a report commissioned by the British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Millions of Christians in the region have been uprooted from their homes, and … Read more
Terrorism In Germany; Child Bomb Plot The Vienna prosecution authority accuses the now 18-year-old Austrian boy Lorenz K. of instigating violence, attempted use of an explosive device and membership in a terrorist organization. The 18-year-old has been in police detention since he was arrested in Vienna in January last year. The son of Albanian immigrants, … Read more
