Month: January 2022

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Is It Covid or the Condescension?

As Democrats gradually awaken to the political detriments posed by their efforts to cling to Covid hawkishness, we wonder when or if they will decide that self-preservation demands that they loosen pandemic-related restrictions. Do Democrats even have a vocabulary that would allow them to do that? Source

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Headlines From The Times - A new Honduras president-elect is set to make herstory

Xiomara Castro is about to be inaugurated as the first-ever female president of Honduras. But la presidenta has a daunting task in front of her. Her countrymen continue to leave the nation, tired of poverty, government corruption and violence.

And the legislative majority she was counting on to help her reform Honduras is now gone.

Today, we’ll talk about how Castro promises to solve her country’s problems. But, in light of what’s happening right now in the National Congress of Honduras, will she even get a chance?

More reading:

Honduran Congress splits, threatens new president’s plans

Kamala Harris headed to Honduras for inauguration of country’s president

La diáspora hondureña en EE.UU mira a Xiomara Castro como el ‘cambio’ y la ‘esperanza’

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.25.22

Alabama

  • The European Union decides to weigh in on Alabama's execution case
  • AL congressman Jerry Carl co-sponsors the FAUCI act re: financial disclosures
  • Montgomery county DA calls on Parents to help stem the wave of crime in city
  • Walker county Deputies rescue almost 100 dogs from deplorable home in Jasper
  • Senator Tuberville makes 33 military service academy recommendations

National

  • 8,500 US troops now stand ready for deployment to Ukraine Russia border
  • White House Press Secretary urges Americans in Ukraine to get out
  • President Joe Biden curses at Fox News reporter for question on inflation
  • The "Second Opinion" senate panel gets underway re: national covid response
  • NY state Supreme Court call governor's mask mandate unconstitutional
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Time To Say Goodbye - Inflated burritos and SCOTUS race quotas

Hi from a Korean hot-stone bed!

It’s Jay and Tammy this week, talking trash about Andy.

Plus:

* Pandemic alcoholism and human bonds: We read and discuss an essay in Jezebel, “I Got Sober in the Pandemic. It Saved My Life.” What has this tragic time clarified and obscured? What’s the off-ramp?

* Does a day-trader’s lunch budget say anything about inflation? People were mad about this New York Times story, but the Big Mac Index remains durable (Tammy gets the description about half-right). The tech stock market (read: Peloton, Netflix, Amazon) seems less durable.

* The Supreme Court will hear the Harvard / University of North Carolina case on affirmative action, with Asian American plaintiffs front and center. We assess the history of race and class in admissions and consider the wedge that is Asian America.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - What’s it good for? Putin’s Ukraine calculus

More Russian troops piling in. Embassy staff pulling out. American forces on alert and sober diplomacy still on the docket. We examine Vladimir Putin's ways, means and motivations. The Omicron variant is making its mark in Mexico, a place that our correspondent says never really shut down. And considering the merits and the risks of work-related drinks. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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The Best One Yet - 🎈 “It’s a balloon, not a bubble” — What’s happening to stocks. Taco Bell’s business school. Insurance’s surveillance.

If you’re feeling pain in your portfolio, it’s because the stock market has dropped 10%. But don’t call it a bubble… it’s a balloon. Taco Bell just launched a business school (guac, like tuition, is still extra) because it’s pivoting to people. And we just had a record year of fatal car accidents in the US, so insurance companies are trying a new thing: Surveillance Insurance - you give up privacy, you get $$$. $YUM $ALL  Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Long Jump

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In November 1943, the Big Three leaders of the allied powers in world war II, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joesph Stalin, were scheduled to meet in person for the first time in Tehran, Iran. 


When the Germans got wind of this, Hitler figured this would be a great opportunity to just kill all of his enemies at once. 


Learn more about Operation Long Jump and Hitler’s plot to kill all of the allied leaders in one fell swoop, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NBN Book of the Day - Spencer Jakab, “The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors” (Penguin, 2022)

In The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors (Portfolio/Penguin, 2022), WSJ columnist Spencer Jakab weaves together personal narratives, the key market institutions, and social media to tell the fascinating tale of the GameStop short squeeze of early 2021. The surprising truth? What appeared to be a watershed moment—a revolution that stripped the ultra-powerful hedge funds of their market influence, placing power back in the hands of everyday investors—only tilted the odds further in the house’s favor. The Revolution That Wasn't is the definitive account of an event that has immediately joined the list of best and worst stock market moments. 

Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Hermes in Pittsburgh. He can be reached at DanielxPeris@gmail.com or via Twitter @HistoryInvestor. His History and Investing blog and Keep Calm & Carry On Investing podcast are at https://strategicdividendinves...

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