“Your happiness depends on three things, all of which are within your power: your will, your ideas concerning the events in which you are involved, and the use you make of your ideas.” — Epictetus

Great Depression vs NOW 🔊 …🚨🚨🚨 During the Great Depression houses were 3x the average salary. Today it's 8x Cars were 46% of the yearly salary. Today it's 85% Rent only took 16% of the annual salary. Today it's 42% Some ask whether we are already in an unrecognized silent recession (or worse) that is being hidden by massaged data from the govt.

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca

🚨USA 🇺🇸/Iran 🇮🇷: The USA reached a deal with Iran to release 6 billion dollars in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for the release of 5 American citizens detained in Iran. As part of the deal, the Biden administration agreed to release 5 Iranian citizens detained in the US in addition to unfreezing Iranian assets worth $6 billion.

USA 🇺🇸: The organization of J.Biden's re-election campaign is concerned about the low fundraising and donations so far. The new campaign strategy should have a stronger focus on the notion that former President D. Trump and his allies are a threat to democracy, according to “NBC News”

Austria 🇦🇹❌🇹🇷Turkey: Austria requested the closure of Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, speaking to the German newspaper Welt, declared: "We are in favor of rapprochement with Ankara and Brussels, but we cannot imagine Turkey's full membership of the EU.”

🚨China 🇨🇳: In the last 72 hours, China has been accused of interfering in Canada's elections and interfering in the United Kingdom's parliamentary democracy. In Canada, procedures for an investigation into possible interference began last Thursday (7).

🚨China 🇨🇳: Nas últimas 72 horas a China foi acusada de interferência nas eleições do Canadá e de interferir na democracia parlamentar do Reino Unido. No Canadá os procedimentos para uma investigação sobre a possível interferência teve início na última quinta (7).

NATO has announced that it will hold the largest military exercise since the Cold War in Germany, Poland and the Baltic countries in February next year.

🚨United Kingdom 🇬🇧❌🇨🇳China: The British government is being pressured to classify China as a “threat” after the arrest of two people who worked in parliament and were accused of spying for China. In India, PM Rishi Sunak confronted China's PM Li Qiang over his country's “unacceptable” interference in British democracy.

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: As vaccines for C19 and against the grip for the launch of the second half (11) in the whole of Inglaterra, I tend to anticipate the emergence of a new variant from C19 in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom recommends applying the vaccines for people over 65 years of age, people with an impaired immunological system, pregnant women and people living with other people in risk groups.

USA 🇺🇸: A survey by CNN showed that for 58% of those interviewed, Biden's policies worsened economic conditions in the USA, and that for 46% of those interviewed, any Republican presidential candidate would be a better choice than Biden in 2024.

Dear, this is simply uncreditable here

Someone just spent 19 #Bitcoin ($510K) in fees on a single transaction of .07 #Bitcoin 😱 Human error? Money laundering? What’s your guess?

+3,304,442 new addresses connected to the #bitcoin blockchain this week.

World 🌎: The British newspaper “Daily Mail” published a list of the 40 cities with the highest homicide rates per population in the world. Mexico has 15 cities in the ranking, followed by Brazil with 10 cities and the USA with 6.

World 🌏: Azerbaijan threatened to invade Armenia, so Iran threatened Azerbaijan, which in turn was threatened by Turkey. All in the last 3 days.

United Kingdom 🇬🇧: The new book in the “James Bond” franchise features a villain who can be described as a “Brexit supporter and right-wing populist” In the story, James Bond must travel to Viktor Orban's Hungary to infiltrate a right-wing conspiracy and prevent a terrorist attack at Charles' coronation. Author Charlie Higson was authorized by Ian Fleming Publications, owner of the rights to the James Bond franchise, to write the new book.

Brazil 🇧🇷/ Russia 🇷🇺: Several newspapers and news portals echo Lula's statement that V. Putin will not be arrested if he goes to Brazil for the next G20 meeting in 2024.

USA 🇺🇸: Donald Trump was welcomed at the entrance of a stadium in the state of Iowa before an American football match this Saturday (9) Trump won Iowa in 2016 and 2020.