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Robinghood is playing more games today
The subReddit group WallStreetBets is livid today, because Robinhood sold out huge numbers of option contracts and stock positions without permission of the owners. Many other nasty bits of market manipulation have gone down here as well, if you believe the r/WallStreetBets group.
It turns out that the firm (Robinhood) is 40% owned by the same firm that owns the hedge fund (Melvin) who's being squeezed. The number of folks joining the class action is climbing rapidly. For a colorful look at this, check out @ClassActionRH on Twitter.
The Religous Right whackos have a new friend
In looking at all that the Far Right Christian movement has done for this country, I'm excited to see that they have a new friend in the international sphere of influence. Yes, when it comes to "constitooshunel rights" relating to face masks, social distancing and business closings, the religious right choose not to "render to Caesar", but instead insists that they are not only experts of Constitutional Law, but pandemic medicine as well.
According to the WaPo (sorry, but it's a paywall), the Far Religious Right in Israel has the same methods of dealing with their government. The article is entitled "Violence erupts in Israels ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods over covid restrictions", and the link is here.
Rioters burned trash and toppled street signs and light poles in several cities across Israel. In Bnei Brak, a bus driver was pulled from his seat and pepper sprayed before the vehicle was torched, according to news and social media reports, leading to several buildings being evacuated as the blaze damaged electric lines. At one point, a cornered police officer fired into the air to halt the advancing crowd.
The riots were eventually quelled in some neighborhoods by police wielding stun grenades and water cannons.
The unrest has been growing in recent weeks as police have stepped up enforcement within insular ultra-Orthodox communities, which traditionally resist government authority. On Friday, protesters attacked a police vehicle patrolling Bnei Brak.
Only two weeks left!
WaPo opinion: Raphael Warnock's Georgia critics don't understand Black churches
When Warnock inveighs against politicians who pick the pockets of the poor to line the pockets of the ultrarich, that doesnt make him anti-capitalist. Hes making the charge that certain policies and policymakers willfully ignore the concerns of the most defenseless among us and insisting that our nation can do better. Saying nobody can serve God and the military at the same time isnt a shot at the faith of our troops. Its a reminder to the faithful of the teaching in Zechariah 4:6 that true victory, according to God, comes Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit that ultimate hope is grounded in love and justice, not weapons of warfare.
These appeals to love and justice have animated progressive Christians to fight to protect rights and expand opportunities for the socially marginalized. This has been true during every epoch of this nation: Abolishing slavery, women securing the vote, defending labor rights and dismantling segregation are just a few examples. In this tradition, clergy must call out the folly of power, industrial efficiency or wealth predicated on the unjust treatment of any segment of society. Whether the ill is human trafficking or the warehousing of the vulnerable by lucrative privatized prisons, dishonest money dwindles away (Proverbs 13:11).
IMO, this is a very well written piece that clearly explains the differences between the 1) Biblical truth of black fundamentalist churches, and 2) the prosperity gospel of Joel Osteen & Franklin Graham.
It's only one week plus one Scaramuchi!
18 days left till DFT is out of our government.
We need more cowbell
The kids all came home for NYE. All were musicians in school, and they found their mother's cowbell. OMG! It's still 2 hours to midnight and the cowbell is in full bloom.
Let's hope the Trumpanzees don't like cowbell sounds.
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