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Grow!

21 Dec 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Olawalium

We have been mandated to continually grow in grace. Growing means to progress and once you have given your life to Christ, you need to grow and not stay static. God will always do His own part and we also have a part to play in growing. Growing can...

Market Crash issue and Powell's speech

21 Dec 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Yugocean

     The crypto market had a rapid downturn in just a few days, resulting in a significant reduction in the market's capital. analysts are blaming Powell’s speech, but I disagree.   Market Down      The value of Bitcoin fell below $100k. Altcoins als...

Three Men

21 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Three men stand at the crossroads of the world,  each bound to a path carved by his nature,  each faced with the burden of truth's reflection:  the Animal, the Blind Tyrant, the Virtuous Noble.    The Animal:   A creature of the earth, heavy with hun...

The Endless Adios

20 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

What am I doing in Mexico? Right. Of course. I can't remember. What am I doing in Mexico? Leaving. What else? No matter where it is, you know it's time to gowhen people get to know you. It's a life of goodbyes, Of the endless Adios. "Pack light," t...

"Post-communist Europe" after 20 years in the EU - Economic growth and onvergence

19 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Mariusz Próchniak and Ryszard Rapacki, in their European Policy Analysis report for the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS), examine the economic growth and income convergence of Central and Eastern European (CEE11) countries t...

History of Swedish and Russian vandalism - Przecław Castle

19 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  Situated on the Vistula River, one of the most beautiful Renaissance residences in Poland is the Przecław Castle. It is surrounded by a beautiful 17th-century park. The castle has wonderful interiors. It is entered in the register of monum...

How democracies die from the inside

18 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Professor Jesper Stroembaeck, famous for writing about media and democracy in Sweden, recently wrote in the daily progressive Dagens Arena (Today’s Arena) how internal threats to democracy are often led by elected leaders who gradually erode dem...

New decisions regarding European citizenship and political actions

18 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR  In his article on Verfassungsblog, Steve Peers examines recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that strengthen EU citizens' rights to join political parties in member states where they reside. The judgments deemed l...

The EU and the AI

18 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR A recent report from the Centre for European Reform (CER) discusses the European Union's challenges and opportunities in implementing the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). Authored by Zach Meyers, the report critiques the EU's complex regul...

What Kind Of Pizza Are You?

17 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I avoid all insulting manufactured propaganda events, so when Civil War came out earlier this year, I ignored it.  But it made itself available tonight when I wasn't looking for it.  So, in a moment of morbid curiosity, I watched it.  It isn't garbag...