Author: tremendousblog
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Birds call in a cemetery in the early hours. Two men appear on a balcony. One hands the other a newspaper. Their faces are grave. This is the backdrop for a classic scene of The Sopranos. Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero brings FBI Special Agent Skip Lipari onto his balcony, where…
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp earned compensation worth about $1.1 billion in 2020, primarily through equity awards granted shortly before his software company went public. More here. This company is losing $100 million a month and has never turned a profit in 18 years of existence. I know, I know, Amazon.…
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“Gerry warned you Eli!” Dim streetlights reflect off wet pavement. In the background, a red neon sign flickers out. “Kay’s Spring Garden.” As Hesh Rabkin and his son-in-law Eli prepare to head home, a black Lexus suddenly pulls in front of them. In an instant, they’re surrounded by thugs banging…
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+ Cosa Nostra, Dramas, Episodes, HBO, James Gandolfini, Jersey City, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, New York City, NYC, Series, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, TV+
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At its widest point, Russia spans nearly 5,000 miles from the Vistula Spit in the west to the Kuril Islands in the east. In 1994, its military numbered 1.4 million. It had a massive air force and heavily armed infantry, along with the latest technologies like guided missiles. Chechnya is…
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+ Podcasts+ Army, Chechnya, Combat, History, Insurgency, Leadership, Military, Military history, Russia, USSR, War, Warfare+
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Our car wound into the hills along deserted roads. The scenery went from small towns to vast woods. We crunched down a gravel path to a secluded camp site along a lake. This was Stokes State Forest. This weekend, I went camping with some friends in this beautiful spot in…
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A new survey finds that young black Americans now invest in stocks at the same rate as whites: In a year like no other, however, there is also evidence of growing engagement in the stock market by younger Black Americans, with 63 percent under the age of 40 now participating…
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Norway’s electric car market is powering ahead, with most new cars registered in September either fully electric or hybrids. Electric cars accounted for 61.5% of the 15,552 cars registered that month in the country. When hybrids are included, the total jumps up to 89%. The new Volkswagen ID.3 was the…
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Bitcoin is often referred to as “digital gold.” A major attraction of the cryptocurrency is its fixed supply and lack of connection to fiat money like the US dollar. But unlike gold, bitcoin has no storage costs and is hard to steal. Given these facts, bitcoin could be poised to…
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EMT’s jump into a vintage ambulance and speed off past NYPD Chevy Caprices. The backdrop: a spooky, mostly disused hospital on the fringes of New York City. Two menacing men in flat-top fades and thick gold chains saunter toward the entrance. This is the world I spent yesterday in, as…
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