According to Doug Ramsey of the Leuthold Group, 334 companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange recently hit a 52-week low, more than double the amount that marked new one-year highs. That’s happened only three other times in history — all of them occurring in December 1999.

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How did we get back to the precipice of the year 2000, where tech stocks plunged 80% and the S&P 500 lost 50% of its value over the ensuing two years? Well, start off with the fact that the amount of new money created by our central bank in the past 14 years is $8 trillion. That, by the way, is an increase in base money supply only and does not include all of the new money created by our debt-based monetary system. So, from 1913 to 2008, the Fed created $800 billion. And, it took from 2008 until today—just 14 years–for it to have created $8.8 trillion in base money supply. Is there really any wonder why inflation has now become a salient issue, especially for the middle and lower classes, and why the stock market is now set up for a meltdown similar to the NASDAQ collapse of two decades ago?

Some might claim that the bubble in the stock market was much different in 2000 than it is today. They are correct. The overvaluation 22 years ago pales in comparison to today. With its record high P/S ratio of 3.5, as opposed to just 1.8 back in 2000. And the mind-numbing record high 210% TMC/GDP ratio, which is an incredible 68 percentage points ahead of where it ascended to 22 years ago.

Ok, so the stock market is much more expensive today than at any other time in history, but what will the catalyst be to set it tumbling off the cliff? Last week I talked about the monetary cliff coming in the next two months. ***To review: The Fed will wind down its record-breaking $120 billion per month counterfeiting scheme to zero dollars in that timeframe. This Q.E. involved the process of handing newly created money to banks, consumers, and businesses to boost consumption. But by ending this flow of new money, the Fed will also end its tacit support for the municipal bond market, primary dealers, money market mutual funds, REPO market, International SWAP lines, ETF market, primary and secondary corporate debt markets, commercial paper market, and support for student, auto and credit card loans. All of which were directly supported by Jerome Powell

I've tried to write this to be as succinct and accessible as possible whilst getting across the most important information available. With the addition of the lyrical analysis, it's actually hitting the character limit. You don't have to read all of that. Don't reply unless you actually read it. I'll be making this into a video too so it's more digestible and sharable if there's interest. Serious replies only. Thank youuu.

How To Do Impossible Things

On the 22nd May at 22:09 BST Death grips drops Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabba Megamix) on their facebook page, letting us know it's 22 minutes long.

22 minutes later, at 22:31, a bomb explodes in the Manchester Arena where Ariana Grande is performing a show as part of her Dangerous Woman tour. 22 people are murdered by the bomber. Most of them are children. Steroids is 22:31 in length. The bomber is 22 years old. He is of Libyan ancestry, which totals to 22 using numerology.

Quaint coincidences, right? At best stretch of the imagination, accidental divination?

This is what I always thought whenever this conspiracy theory would crop up again. However being inspired by this post the other day, my intuition cannot stop ringing. I can't at all, in good conscience, continue listening to the band. I will explain why here.

Firstly we'll address the repetition of 22 and it's supposed significance. In numerology, 22 is one of three 'Master Numbers' that are said to have more power than all others. It is considered the most powerful of all, nicknamed the 'Master Builder', and is most significantly associated with manifesting in material from the archetypical idea space. That is, it's considered the most powerful influencing number in this regard, with 22 having strong associations between the spiritual, intuitive, and the practical reality.

As the video puts it, 'capable of spinning wild dreams into reality.' Think what you will.

Just remember they've used numerology numerous times throughout their releases.

Numbers are just symbols. But symbols carry meaning. Numbers symbolise maths.[http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680Fa06/Hobgood/Pythagoras.html]

Mathematical theory was being developed before modern numbers.

In order for there for be 2, there must be separation from 1, "Mona

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The following document was written by Father Maximus Vazquez during the Spanish Inquisition. Tasked with uncovering heretics in Barcelona, Father Maximus became notorious for his cruel treatment of Muslim and Jewish immigrants. By all accounts, his ability to elicit confessions through torture was unmatched in all of Spain.

Only one woman, a Jewish heretic named Talia, mustered the courage to endure his torture chamber.

What follows is Father Vazquez’s horrific response to her bravery.

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I’m at my wit’s end. I’ve been interrogating the same woman for two weeks, but she still refuses to decry her heresy. How she has endured my pincers and strappado for so long, I do not know. She hasn’t opened her mouth once during her time in my chamber. It’s as if she is unable to feel pain.

A priest with less experience would take her courage as a sign of God’s grace.

But not I.

Her disdain for Catholicism clogs the air and fills her eyes every time she gazes upon the tapestry of the passion draped behind my desk.

So tomorrow, I will put her through my true test: exposure to The Artifact.

It’s been years since I’ve used The Artifact, but I can’t think of a more opportune moment. For who better to expose to the horrors of Hell than such an insolent woman?

I pray that her descent into madness comes slowly. I want to savor her despair—savor the crumbling of her faith.

Tomorrow cannot come soon enough.

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My hands are shaking as I write this. Not only am I fatigued, but my mind burns with questions.

The heretic’s reaction to The Artifact perplexes me. Never before have I seen such an intense response to the pagan chalice.

Perhaps by relating my experience on this tattered page, I will make sense of what seems unexplainable on the surface.

I entered my chamber just before sunrise to find the heretic asleep in her chains. Her restful face filled me with anger. Burns and lacerations covered her body. That she could endure the inflictions of my instruments—many of which I forged myself—challenged my ability to perform my holy duties. Given that I’m the most revered inquisitor in Spain, I cannot allow peasants to make a mockery of my art.

I must succeed where others fail. My work is God’s work.

To fail means to tarnish God’s glory.

So I approached the heretic on silent feet and lowered The Artifact to her lips.

Her eyes flew open as liquid splashed onto her tongue.

“Spill a drop,” I said, “and I will break your legs.”

Not wanting to test the tru

I do not own SSB nor the right to call any of this Cannon. As always, those pleasures belong to BlueFishcake.

Special thanks to Shadyx94 for helping me with this chapter's names.

Last

Chapter 6:

The Tranquility's command deck was dead silent in the moments after the first shot. Then one of the communication officers vomited all over her station. The Second Princess couldn't even have her removed before four others began to follow suit. One of the few who didn't was the ship's Master of Arms, Lu'cresha Throm. With a thousand yard stare she walked over to the station responsible for relaying targets to the fleet and gently moved its incapacitated officer to the side.

"Should we also target the other evacuation zones, your highness?" Her voice was monotone, her spirit broken. All that remained was duty.

"Why would we do that? I'm a surgeon not a butcher," the princess said with a smirk. "No, have the fleet target every base known to have nuclear capabilities and have them fire again. I want to make sure they're buried." The Princess then spun to face a communication officer. "You there! Station 3."

"Me," the woman replied, barely managing to register what was going on around her.

"Obviously. Send the carriers the order to begin landing operations."

"Uh... Yes, your Highness."

The Second Princess leaned back in her chair with a sense of great pride and accomplishment. Everything was proceeding in its due course. Earlier she'd successfully bribed the mission analysts to increase their estimated projections for the length of this campaign, shifting it from a mere hour and a half to 2 weeks. Now she was well on the way to making the original projection a reality.

She had little doubt that when the Empress received the report of her astoundingly quick progress that she would be moved enough to declare her as heir apparent. She wouldn't have to share the glory with the "esteemed" former Admiral and with pitiful, young Dur'a soon to meet with an unfortunate "accident" in line of duty. She'd be the only royal attributed with this victory. Yes, everything was going according to plan.

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The Glaives had been one of the groups tasked with securing the immediate surrender of the 9 local tribes possessing nuclear weapons. With at least 30% {potentially 3,924 action ready

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

I want to help them get through this as easily as possible, and how do I talk to them so they don't faint because they can't comprehend my new form?

They were cooked in Greece.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Note: Please use spoiler tags if talking about spoilers discussed in the reviews. For general spoiler discussion, go here: https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/rlfbjw/do_you_want_to_talk_spoilers_you_can_do_it_here/

71% @ Rotten Tomatoes at the moment. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_matrix_resurrections

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/the-matrix-resurrections-review-a-worthy-sequel-fueled-by-nostalgia-and-romance/

>While The Matrix Resurrections has its flaws, it's a great return to a world that shaped so many film fans. Wachowski delivers a sequel worthy of the Matrix name that's fun, funny, and romantic.
>
>Rating: 4 out of 5

https://gizmodo.com/the-matrix-resurrections-is-the-matrix-sequel-youve-alw-1848182562

>It’s hard to talk about The Matrix Resurrections without ruining some of its most exciting surprises or, frankly, after having only seen it once. This is, even more than the first three movies, a film built for repeat viewing. Nevertheless, after two decades away, the main thing fans need to know is that Resurrections is an excellent Matrix sequel that knows what you think you want in a Matrix sequel, and gives it to you in ways you aren’t expecting. Sometimes those things don’t work, but mostly they do, and as a result I’m confident to say: The Matrix is back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIieobDcOsE

>I do think I prefer it to Reloaded and Revolutions, both of which, I think I like more than most, just so you know.
>
>3.5/5

https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-matrix-resurrections-review-hbo-max-keanu-reeves-matrix-revolutions/

>Still, considering how poorly this project could have been (it's only got one Wachowski sibling involved) I think most will be pleased with the result. It's good to plug in again.
>
>TV Guide rating: 3.5/5

[https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/metapocalypse/#sthash.8sldQePQ.dpbs](https://maddwo

It really does, I swear!

After a horrific injury that left him near death, Henry was pieced back together with the best cybernetic prosthetics that the Akan Corporation could buy. When he wakes up on the operating table, Akan himself arrives to greet him, claiming that Henry is his corporate property and is to be made into the corporation’s perfect soldier. The cyborg soon discovers that Akan has an army of cybernetic soldiers based off of Henry’s design, waiting to be produced and distributed across the world to further Akan’s goals of terrorism, organized crime and world domination. Now, it’s up to Henry to rescue his wife, kill the psychic bastard and save the world.

Towards the end of the film, Henry receives a huge boost to his physicals from two giant vials of adrenaline. Feats from this scene will be marked.

##Strength##

Striking

• Kicks in a metal panel
• Kicks a door into a cop, throwing him back
• Breaks a bus window with his elbow
• Drops a man with a headbutt
• Kicks a man’s knee, eliciting a crunching noise
• Kicks open a locked gate, breaking the padlock
• Stomps in a vent cover on the top of an armored vehicle
• Shatters glass with a punch
• Can knock enemies aside with his blows
• Breaks a guy’s back by stomping on it with both feet
• [Adrenaline] Kicks an enemy across a floor and off a skyscraper

Slamming

• Breaks open a big guy’s head on a tile floor with a few slams
• Slams a man’s head through a chunk of concrete, breaking it apart
• [Adrenaline] Breaks a man’s arms by slamming them onto a length of metal
• Slams a helicopter door on a woman’s fingers, causing her to fall

Grip

• [Crushes an apple](https://gfycat.com/alivemajorcheetah

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

I wrote some DD back in late DEC (on another subreddit), but here is an update from me.

AVCT seems like it should have another pop before OPEX on 01/21/2022.

FINRA SI REPORT

There was a 35x increase in SI% from 11/30 - 12/15.

I fully expect another large increase when the next report gets released on 01/11 (Tue, EOD).https://www.finra.org/filing-reporting/regulatory-filing-systems/short-interest

Look at the crazy price action and volume that occurred in-between 12/16-12/30

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Ortex shows the shorts have covered approximately 14% this past FRI.
I'm highly skeptical and this isn't the first time I've seen Ortex show an SI% change, only to re-update with an entirely different amount by the next trading day.

Here's a post from Will Meade from S3 this past Friday (01/07).
That's a large discrepancy b/t Ortex's ~10% and S3's ~25%.

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Also, a lot of tickers that have been called out for a potential short squeeze were derived from Fintel's list.
Here, we see AVCT is currently number 3 on the list.

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Social media sentiment seems to still be there, with another large increase in SI as a potential catalyst.

The PUT/CALL ratio shows that 90% of OI on the options chain are CALLS for the JAN-21 expiration.

https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quotes/AVCT/options

Here's the volume activity pulled from Schwab from this past FRI for the 2.50 strike.

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I know shorts are going to try and do everything they can do not let the 2.50 get ITM, but you can't deny call options help the price movement upwards.
As the contracts OI and keeps increasing, this may end up more than a thorn on their side coming up

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

A play on words.

Lactose intolerance is on the rise. This gastrointestinal rejection of our beloved dairy products tells us more than just the truth, it tells us how to invest. This occurred to me just yesterday when I was checking Robinhood on the toilet. Little did I realise, my excessive flatulence was trying to tell me something. Not just how to address my lactose malabsorption, but also how to manage my investment fund.

Got Milk?

The United States federal government has been artificially sustaining the dairy industry for decades. The USDA recommends every child and adult consume 3 cups of dairy every day despite the fact that 25% of the US is lactose intolerant. The global prevalence of lactose malabsorption is averaged at 68%. How could milk be such an important aspect of our diet if it’s indigestible by more than half the globe? The answer lies in understanding the true consequence of World War 1; an excessive increase in cattle farmers. This overproduction of milk resulted in an unsustainable industry which was promptly addressed via massive subsidization. Big dairy is real and so is the deep soy state.

Oatly ($OTLY)

Oatly was founded by the Swedish scientist Rickard Öste, the inventor of oat milk. Its products include oat milk, ice cream, cold brew coffee, and other cooking products. (All non-GMO and vegan). This ties well into the trendy vegan globalist agenda, a psyop designed to control the populace and drive the profits of vitamin supplement companies.

How do I judge a company? The same way I judge political candidates, by their website. And to be honest, Oatly’s website has a nice horizontal scroll with a design that subverts techno feudalistic minimalist websites- in exchange for something a little more visually engaging. The art is a bit corporate but aesthetically sensible. The reason I’m mentioning this is that a well-designed website is a positive signal that the management team is able to find and identify capable talent when scaling for growth.

Trendy DIY Baristas

It goes without saying that Becky wants to make her own drinks. Even my wife’s boyfriend, Kenneth, makes Oatmilk Mocha Vanilla Frappes every morning. Just look at the pinterest boards, the Google search trends, it all connects. This follows the trend shift from retail to aesthetic consumerism. Oatly is the clearest Becky play.

Starbucks Partnership

✰$ gets all its Oatmilk from Oatly. I wouldn’t know if it’s any good because Kenneth only lets

Another year nearly over, and many stories consumed. 2021 was a weird year for me and I've been fairly absent around here recently aside from the occasional comment. I got really burnt out but life just kept happening, so participating here and reviewing books were activities that got dropped. But I also found a great community of people that helped me re-engage and kept me from getting too isolated. I hope to get back in the swing of things soon, but I'm not putting any hard dates or goals on myself for now. I did want to write up a review of this year's reading for now though. So, without further ado:

The Highlights

Highly Recommended Books, in order of my consumption of them

Firewalkers: A novella set on post-apocalyptic Earth where what remains of humanity is confined to climate-controlled cities due to scorching temperatures outside. Recommended for people who like post-apocalyptic sci-fi and a 'Fuck The Rich' attitude.

The Chronicler Saga: Companion (book 2) released early this year and I enjoyed catching up with these characters again so much. Full review for Construct here. I have 3 US Amazon ebook codes for book 1, Constuct, if anyone wants one. Recommended for people who like character-driven, slower-paced fantasy in a steampunk-ish setting.

Los Nefilim: The third and final book released early this year and landed the ending in such a satisfying way. Love this series. Recommended to people who like fantasy stories set around real-world historical events.

The Kingston Cycle: Another series whose finale released this year and was just so damn good. Recommended to people who like historical or political fantasy.

The Four Profound Weaves: A lovely novella that was beautifully written, following two trans elders. Recommended for people who like poetic writing.

The Masquerade: Very political and often heart-wrenching, this series follows a protagonist trying to take down a colonial empire from the inside. Recommended for people who want to be hurt by their books.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

And boy are my arms legs.