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Portuguese physician Isaac Cardoso was a classic Renaissance man. He studied medicine, science, and philosophy. He wrote papers and lectured widely on topics ranging from theology to physics to natural disasters. He was regularly employed by leading nobles of the day. And he was highly respected by the Catholic church. But Cardoso was
Charles II was only three years old when he became the supreme ruler of the Spanish Empire in 1665. But anyone who took just one look at the child knew they were all doomed. Charles had come from a long line of prominent European nobles known as the Habsburgs– a family so exclusive
Every Friday we publish a roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty. For the end of 2021, we collected the best—or worst— stories that we wrote about this year. Enjoy… perhaps with the alcohol of your choice to ease the pain. “Chestfeeding People” is
Fancy an extended beach break in tropical paradise? In today’s episode, we unpack four island-based Digital Nomad Visa Programs that can help make your bucket list dreams a reality in 2022… Four Island-Based Digital Nomad Visa Programs For 2022 Since the beginning of the pandemic, the world has been opening up to digital
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Paramedics Refuse to Aid Victim of Cardiac Arrest Due to Old COVID Rules A small clinic in California was not equipped to treat one
When the New York Stock Exchange opened for trading on January 2, 1970, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 809 points. It was the start of a new decade, and expectations were high. Consumer confidence was high, the economy was strong, and NASA had just put a man on the moon only
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Injured on the Commute… While Working From Home? One major perk of working from home is having no commute. Well, a shorter commute. You
Elon Musk didn’t have a care in the world last week as he hilariously mocked questions in a live interview with the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s reporter had essentially prepared a number of softball questions designed for Elon to praise the US government’s new ‘Build Back Better’ bill. If you haven’t heard,
Two Weeks in an Australian COVID prison Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Australian Woman Describes Two Weeks in Quarantine Camp A 26 year old woman from Australia, Hayley Hodgson,
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and engineering skills were so highly renowned that he was in extremely high demand among European nobility in the early Renaissance. Leonardo started in the independent city-state of Florence as an apprentice artist, where he worked for the famous Medici family. Then in the early 1480s, da Vinci went
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Santa Cruz California Issues Mask Mandate for Private Residences Now that another COVID variant has emerged with a scary new name, governments are excited
In early 2007, the brand new District Attorney for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin gave an interview to a local newspaper spelling out his ‘progressive’ approach to crime. He told the reporter: “Is there going to be an individual I divert [i.e. release back onto the street] or I put into treatment program, who’s going
In 1894, a retired university professor named Paul Bachman was living out his golden years in Weimar, Germany. Recently divorced, Bachman filled his days writing books, including what would become a five volume series… about analytical number theory. It wasn’t exactly a James Bond novel; number theorists study things like prime numbers, infinity,
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. True story about woman’s captivity by terrorists could “foster Islamophobia” A Toronto-based book club whose members are primarily teenage girls regularly works with local
When Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia in the summer of 1854, he assumed it would be an easy victory that would restore his crumbling empire back to its former glory. But Abdulmejid’s dream never came true. The Ottoman Empire was already in dire economic condition by the
