Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.
Claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians is modern day blood libel — propaganda pushed as more horrific details emerge about Hamas’ systematic torture on Oct. 7.
For being Jewish — Hamas raped a woman and burnt half of her face off in front of her husband; shoved nails, metal, and sharp objects into Israeli women; forced family members to sexually assault each other so that if they survived they would be traumatized by the sight of each other; raped corpses; the list goes on.
Distracting from these atrocities and smearing Israel while victims still fight for acknowledgment is sickening.
Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.
Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…
Arab invaders attacked a convent of nuns and captured a beautiful virgin, whom they offered as a gift to the commander of their troop.
= When the commander saw her, he was dazzled by her beauty and sought to corrupt her. She then said to him:
"Wait a moment, for I have learned a skill passed down among virgins, and it can only be performed by a virgin — otherwise, it is of no use."
= He asked her: "And what is this skill?"
She replied:
"It is an oil: if someone is anointed with it, no sword or weapon can harm them. You, who go often to war, would greatly benefit from it."
= He said to her: "And how can I be sure of that?"
So she took some oil and said to him:
"Anoint your neck with it and give me your sword so that I may strike you."
= He replied: "No! You shall anoint your own neck first, and I will strike with the sword."
She agreed gladly, anointed her neck with the oil, and said:
"Strike with all your strength!"
He drew his sword, which was very sharp, and she bent her neck. He struck with all his might, and her head rolled to the ground.
Thus, she chose to die by the sword rather than to defile her virginity.
The commander was deeply grieved and wept bitterly for having killed such a beautiful soul. He then realized that she had deliberately deceived him in order to escape defilement and sin…
(This is Saint Febronia of Syria.)
Blessed are you, O pure bride… May her blessing be upon you all… Amen 🙏
Intercede for us, O great saint, before the Throne of Grace. Amen 🙏
~ctto~
crazy thing i did in my 20s. i dated a guy who had a lil boy. he used to have him every weekend when the mom works. he never really watch the kid; just dropped him to me. fast forward 9 months later and he cheated. we broke up. then i got a call from his ex crying and begging me to watch him so she could work. if she can’t work then she would have to drop out of nursing school. i said yes. continue watching him for like 8 months for free. he’s graduating high school this year and i’m invited
The biggest W Sam Darnold had after the Super Bowl wasn't the trophy, but the millions he took home in incentives 👀
Despite a breakout year last season, a lot of people still weren't convinced about Darnold.
Sure, the Seahawks paid him a 3-year $100.5 million contract, but only $55 million of it was guaranteed.
To make sure they were right about Darnold, they gave him a bag he had to unlock 💰
If he balled out and led Seattle to heights the franchise hadn’t seen since the peak Legion of Boom days, he’d be well-rewarded.
That's exactly what he did.
As outlined by Spotrac, here's what Darnold’s made this season from bonuses:
✅$500K for 4,000+ yards
✅$500K for 67.5%+ completion rate
✅$500K for Top 10 offense
✅$500K for Playoff berth
✅$500K for Divisional Round win
✅$500K for Conference Championship win
✅$2.5 million for Super Bowl win
That's an extra $5.5 million.
Of course, he won't get the bulk of that.
Per Yahoo, since Super Bowl LX was played in California, players on both teams took a sizable tax hit.
For Darnold's case, since the Seahawks spent eight “work days” in the state, he was taxed $249K for the Super Bowl win.
If they lost, he would still be taxed $235K.
Still, what began as a 'prove em wrong' season has now become one of the most profitable stretches of Darnold's career 🙌
This is probably the greatest mystery of my childhood
One day my mom and dad told my sister and I to come to the garage, they said they had a surprise
I must have been like 5 or 6? I was really excited thinking it would be a present or something
We went to the garage and they told us to close our eyes, which we did
Then they just…threw pies in our faces
They’re genuinely not overly silly people, dad a bit stern, mom a bit animated, but they just threw pies in our faces
They burst out laughing and my mom took a picture, but then came the weird part
They just…never talked about it again?
They’d say “don’t be so dramatic” and change the topic, we’ve never gotten a straight answer from them, no rhyme or reason
For the longest time I thought I dreamt it or saw it on TV until I was going through family photos and finally found it
Confronted my mom, same old story “don’t be so dramatic”
I don’t think I’ll ever get an answer but I’ll think about it occasionally for the rest of my life
WALL STREET JUST BANNED BITCOIN COMPANIES FROM THE STOCK MARKET
January 15, 2026. Mark it down.
MicroStrategy gets deleted from every major index on January 15, 2026.
$9 billion in forced selling follows automatically. The biggest financial exile in modern history happens in 55 days and almost nobody knows it’s coming.
Here’s what actually matters:
Michael Saylor spent five years building a machine. Buy Bitcoin with shareholder money. Stock price goes up. Raise more money. Buy more Bitcoin. Repeat.
It worked flawlessly. MicroStrategy accumulated 649,870 Bitcoin. Worth $57 billion today. They became the largest corporate Bitcoin holder on planet Earth.
The machine just broke.
MSCI’s rule is simple: when cryptocurrency exceeds 50% of your assets, you’re not a company. You’re a fund. MicroStrategy is at 77%. They crossed the line months ago.
On January 15, 2026 … every pension fund and index tracker that owns MicroStrategy stock must sell.
Not because they want to. Because the index forces them. Algorithms don’t negotiate.
The premium already died. MicroStrategy used to trade at 2.5 times the value of its Bitcoin. That premium let Saylor raise $20 billion extra. Today it trades at 1.11 times. The market already priced in the funeral.
What this actually means:
The five year experiment where companies could disguise Bitcoin buying as corporate strategy just ended. Wall Street drew a permanent line. Bitcoin is its own asset class now. Want exposure? Buy an ETF.
Every future dollar that would have gone into MicroStrategy flows to BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF instead. The game didn’t just change. The board got flipped.
Tesla holds Bitcoin. Block holds Bitcoin. They’re safe because they stayed under 50%. They’re still companies that happen to own Bitcoin.
MicroStrategy became a Bitcoin fund that happens to own a software business. That’s why they’re getting exiled.
This is the reset. Corporate treasuries can hold Bitcoin as one asset among many. But build your entire strategy around it? Wall Street just showed you the exit door.
55 days until the most boring document in finance rewrites the entire rulebook.
Read what’s happening - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
@pete_rizzo_ This was always my biggest hurdle. This helps allot! Still more needs to be done like long term capital gains need to be lowered or exempt.
MASSIVE BREAKING: A NEW STRATEGIC #BITCOIN RESERVE BILL WAS JUST INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
BILL WILL ALLOW TAXES TO BE PAID IN BTC EXEMPT FROM CAPITAL GAINS
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GAME CHANGING 🚀
This man is a GenX’er and he realized a long time ago that there was going to be no retirement for him.
“I sold all the things that I had, cashed in my retirement, and purchased some land out here in Tennessee to live on.
And now what I have to do is pay for permission to live on this land, buy permits, and I also have to pay taxes, every year, whatever amount they decide, forever, in this land of the “free”.
You can never escape this system they have built for us. There is no end to it. It goes on forever, until you die. This system, where we’re constantly paying a tithe to the government in hopes that they will do the right thing at some point, ever.”
"Whatever price they decide" is the icing on the cake.
Property Taxes are the biggest scam ever to force people to stay in the Matrix, in my opinion. We are never free. You're only as free as what you can afford. Perpetual property taxes should be abolished. You get taxed once when you buy it, and that should be it!
There are people using 0% APR cards as "ink" for their money printer and 99% of business owners are too dumb to see the play...
Here's the glitch:
You need $250k to buy inventory. You don't have $250k in cash. Banks have $250k they want to lend at 0% APR for 12-18 months. Banks are desperate to hit Q4 quotas
The setup:
Get $250k in 0% APR business cards (Chase Ink, Amex, Citi)
Buy $250k in Amazon FBA inventory
Inventory sells for $500k over 6 months
Amazon deposits $500k into your account
Pay off the $250k in cards before 0% promo ends
Keep the $250k profit
Get NEW 0% APR cards
Repeat the cycle
You just made $250k using the bank's money. Paid zero interest. The bank PAID YOU in points (750k+ = $15k in travel)
Actual numbers from one cycle:
January: Applied for Chase Ink Unlimited ($30k), Chase Ink Preferred ($25k), Amex Blue Business ($35k). Total approved: $90k at 0% for 15 months
February-March: Bought $90k in Amazon inventory across 3 product lines
April-August: Inventory sold out. Revenue = $198k
September: Paid off all cards. Profit = $108k. Collected 270k points
October: Applied for NEW cards at different banks (Citi, Capital One, Wells Fargo). Approved for $110k more at 0%
And the cycle continues...
Here's what makes it "infinite":
The cards you paid off still exist. In 6 months you can do a balance transfer back to them at 0% again. Or apply for NEW cards from same banks. The 0% offers keep rotating. The inventory keeps selling. The profit keeps stacking
Average business loan: 12% interest. Your cost: $30k per year on $250k loan
0% APR card cycling: 0% interest. Your cost: $0 per year on $250k funding
That's $30k/year in your pocket instead of the bank's. Over 10 years = $300,000
Want my Exact playbook on?
-Card Sequence
-Exact banks we use with timing
-What the banks look for during applications
-14 card Value vault
reply w/ "FUNDING" and ill dm it to you
Most people use their 750+ credit score to get 2% cashback on Starbucks lattes
Some people use it to get $250k at 0% and turn it into $500k
The weapon is the same. The ammunition is different.
Most mfs brought a knife to a gunfight and don't even realize they're holding a gun
"pay a credit repair company $2,000 to fix your score"
no mf
i deleted $30k in collections for $0 in 90 days while you're paying scammers to mail the same 3 letters
debt collectors bought your $10k balance for $300 and are betting you don't know fdcpa laws
same system 1,400+ people used to flip collections into fdcpa violations and force deletions
one guy had $70k in medical debt - all removed without paying a single collector
credit repair companies designed their scam for scared people - they just didn't expect us to reverse-engineer debt validation better than their paralegals
follow, like & comment "DELETE" and i'll send the legal playbook that makes collectors delete YOUR debt or you sue THEM
I can’t comment on Candace because it’s quite obviously a freak show. It’s like driving on the highway and seeing a farmer having sex with a sheep. You don’t want to look, but you can’t look away either. The problems begin when you try to analyze it. It is what it is.