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October 17, 1871: Proclamation Suspending Habeas Corpus Transcript By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas by an act of Congress entitled "An act to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes," approved the 20th day of April, A. D. 1871, power is given to the President of the United States, when in his judgment the public safety shall require it, to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in any State or part of a State whenever combinations and conspiracies exist in such State or part of a State for the purpose of depriving any portion or …

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When Warren Buffett offers investing advice, everyone listens. The world’s greatest investor has never been shy about the strategies that have helped him amass a $72 billion net worth and grow his company, Berkshire Hathaway, into a juggernaut valued at over $212 billion. But one thing he doesn’t do is encourage the average individual investor to try to mimic his success. The best advice he can give those investors, Buffett has said, is to do exactly the opposite. We’ve parsed through some of Buffett’s more popular insights on investing to come up with a few that apply to the average worker looking simply to invest for long-term, steady growth. 1. The worst inv…

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Here is an example from London... The word ‘ Christmas ’ does not figure in the Bible. This festival underwent the pagan influence of the Saturnalia, celebrated around the time of the winter solstice in honour of Saturn, god of agriculture, characterised by their famous drinking sessions and the exchange of gifts. Furthermore, on 25 December 274, the Roman Emperor Aurelius proclaimed the sun-god Mithra the main protective god of the Empire. “The earliest mention of the festival of Christmas is found in the Philocalian Calendar, established in Rome in 336 AD.” - J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough “The choice of 25 December appeared around 330, i…

In a recently published blog post, Dutch crypto exchange Bitvavo stated that the Digital Currency Group (DCG) “has suspended repayments” after “experiencing liquidity problems due to the current turbulence in the crypto market.” Bitvavo also revealed that it has 280 million Euros ($297 million in USD) or 17.5% of the $1.6 billion Euros it currently manages stuck with DCG. However, Bitvavo assured customers that the situation “does not have any impact on the Bitvavo platform.” It has also guaranteed no service disruption to its users and has announced that it will prefund the locked assets. The company stated that it “has been making a profit since its inception …

Crypto exchange OKX has reportedly not processed any withdrawals for almost seven hours due to a hardware failure in the Hong Kong data centre of its primary infrastructure provider Alibaba Cloud. OKX announced that it was working together with Alibaba Cloud to resolve the issues. In the meantime, users have listed complaints that state that they are unable to withdraw and deposit funds, and account balances have glitched to show $0 in their funds. Some investors also confirmed that their trades got stuck midway and have shown concerns about possible losses. https://cointelegraph.com/news/okx-cites-intermittent-outage-amid-alibaba-cloud-equipment-anomaly

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of FTX, has reportedly reversed his decision to contest extradition and is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on December 19 to seek a reversal. This means that SBF has consented to be extradited to the US. Before the U.S. courts, SBF currently faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on customers and lenders, securities fraud, commodities fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate campaign finance law. If convicted on all counts, he could potentially face 115 years in jail. According to defence lawyer Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, SBF will likely be held at the Metropolitan …

According to a report by the New York Times, U.S. federal prosecutors have reached out to top members of the Democratic Party seeking more information about political donations made by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and the two executives he worked with. A prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent an email to a law firm representing prominent Democratic political groups, asking for details on donations made by SBF and colleagues. Similar emails were sent over to other members of the Democratic and Republican parties, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/us/politics/sam-bankman-fried-poli…