Monthly Archives: October 2022

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ doesn’t outright tell us who the Stranger is — but we have a good guess

Since the start of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, one of the show’s biggest mysteries has been: Who is the Stranger (Daniel Weyman)? Now, after the finale, we know. Kind of. The Stranger crash-landed in Middle-earth in episode 1 and has been tagging along with Harfoot Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh) ever…

Video shows Nancy Pelosi on January 6 talking to Mike Pence, who was still in a garage under the Capitol: ‘Don’t let anybody know where you are’

Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi preside over a Joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol earlier in the day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A video released by…

Jamie Dimon’s ‘gut’ tells him the Fed will have to hike rates over the expected range of 4% to 4.5% to cool inflation

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says a soft landing is unlikely for the US economy. Win McNamee/Getty Images Jamie Dimon said the Fed’s benchmark rate will likely have to go beyond 4% to 4.5%, per Bloomberg. The Fed’s benchmark rate is now in the 3% to 3.25% range, after five rate hikes this year so far….

Mike Lindell went to Florida to distribute 12,000 pillows for hurricane relief and promoted his products in front of a wrecked home

Mike Lindell. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Mike Lindell was seen giving out pillows in Fort Myers, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. He told Insider his company was sending over 12,000 bedding items to Florida. He also went on Steve Bannon’s podcast for a MyPillow promo code shoutout. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was down in…

Nancy Pelosi on January 6 said if Trump came to the Capitol she would ‘punch him out’ and ‘go to jail’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Al Drago/The New York Times/Associated Press, Pool CNN on Thursday published new footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on January 6, 2021. The video showed Pelosi and others scrambling to request help to secure the Capitol. When Trump said he was going…

Some new venture firms are so niche that, at first glance, it’s easy to laugh off their focus

There are big, overarching top-down trends, and there are little-bitty baby trends that have a way of growing into bigger ones. A big trend right now, for example, centers on certain firms that passed out enormous checks to startup founders in recent years and drove valuations sky high in the process. It turns out this…