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Alexander Kagansky, 45, was found dead Sunday night on a street in Vladivostock, Russia. He had been stabbed, then thrown out a fifth floor window, reports the NY Post, among other news sources. ("What is it with these Russian windows, anyway? They seem to be awfully easy to fall out of," said one wag on Twitter). The internet is rife with speculation that Kagansky was working on a cure to Covid-19, and close to a discovery that Russian or Chinese intelligence did not want him to make....
December's hack of Federal and other government agencies by, was a major event and Americans should be alarmed by its depth and scale. "We're talking about compromises in every major area that one could be alarmed about," said the career cyber security expert, who asked not to be named. "Including nuclear, defense, utilities, financial, etc. Both public and private," he said. "We have never seen something of this scale, sophistication, or outright scariness," he added. He's sure that it's Russia...
RagingBull, a stock advisory service with an email subscription service, has announced that it is ceasing operations for thirty days. The FTC claims that trading services like RagingBull unfairly swing particular stocks, by getting enough retail traders to buy into stock options, that they can actually move the stock price in favor of the retail investors. The money comes from hedgefunds and their managers. It should be said, though, that hedgefund managers often manage money for retail...
New L.A. County D.A. George Gascón's reforms are hitting courtrooms, and at least one judge wasn't happy The sweeping directives Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón issued on his first day in office are rankling longtime justice system officials, with the fight now playing out in some courtrooms. Almost as soon as Gascón announced his reforms in his inaugural speech earlier this month, the powerful Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys representing hundreds of co...
On Christmas eve 2020, an orbiting laboratory from the European Space Agency called "Mars Express" revealed a photo of a natural formation that looks like an angel on the surface of the Red Planet. Below it is -- what else? a heart shape. The shape is due to a meteor impact, which revealed different types of soil. Well look--the planet itself is named after a Greek and Roman God. Most planetary objects are named after mythological figures. So why not an angel? "As the holiday season swiftly...