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Caveman Approved Products of the Week
If you like to girll, you should consider this wireless meat thermometer, which allows you to monitor your cooking from over 1000 feet away with its user-friendly app
How Do Police Sketch Artists Accurately Depict Perpetrators?
When I was a victim of an armed robbery, I was eager to get this violent criminal off the streets. Unfortunately, the Bay Area city in which this occurred did not employ a composite sketch artist, and my case was not considered high-profile enough to warrant the investigator traveling an hour to another city with me to do the drawing. This was not satisfactory. I began working with a private investigator to help find the attacker and put him behind bars where he belongs.
“$131,500 debt at 22”
This all started in 2022 when I turned $2k to $80k trading options. I lost it all clearly and have had the chase mentality ever since.
I ended up taking out a personal loan for $20k which I lost and went to collections. I racked up $18k in credit card debt. Borrowed around $85k from my friends and family. I even went to the extent of taking money from work and applying for payday loans.
Don’t Let Your Truck Payment Steal Your Future
Hey there, folks. It’s time for a little dose of financial tough love, so buckle up and brace yourself for some hard truths. I’m talking to you, Mr. or Ms. “I-need-a-massive-$80,000-truck-to-feel-good-about-myself.” It’s time to wake the hell up and realize that financing this behemoth of a vehicle is a colossal waste of your hard-earned money.
Teaching Children to Recognize Inappropriate Behavior From Adults
As parents, educators, and caregivers, one of our most important responsibilities is to ensure the safety and well-being of the children in our care. A critical aspect of this is teaching children to recognize and respond appropriately to inappropriate behavior from adults. The goal is not to instill fear, but to foster a sense of empowerment and awareness. Here’s how you can teach your children to recognize inappropriate behavior from adults, ensuring they feel safe and supported.
Linkage
The Psychology of Fear-Based Scams: How Scammers Exploit Your Emotions – Shield and Fortify
A Few Memes For All Those People Struggling Financially Out There – Ned Hardy
Fast portable charger that doesnt require wires. Snaps onto your iPhone’s magsafe – Amazon
Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones’ media company – AP News
Mapped: The Income a Family Needs to Live Comfortably in Every U.S. State – Visual Capitalist
5 Mason Jar Salad Recipes for Healthy Lunches All Week Long – HUM Nutrition
Watch Jabari Parker gets emotional when asked about his first year overseas – Streamable
Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s 1st female president – Fox News
Loyalty at work no longer pays — and it’s employers who are to blame – Business Insider
4 leadership principles that drive company culture – Fast Co
If You Wish You And Your Sibling Were Closer, Try Asking Them These Pretty Deep Questions – BuzzFeed
The last 10 years, explained – The (wild! scary! surprising!) moments that mattered – VOX
Trivia Question of the Day – Ned Hardy
If you like to girll, you should consider this wireless meat thermometer, which allows you to monitor your cooking from over 1000 feet away with its user-friendly app – Amazon
They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching – NY Times
You can get 90,000 rewards points on this Amex card after after $6,000 spend in 6 months, using my referral code – AmEx
Building Trust in Yourself – Zen Habits
Cowboys Hall of Famer Larry Allen dies suddenly at 52 – ESPN
Feds accuse investor of $4 billion “pump and dump” scheme – Axios
Forgotten ’90s Horror Games That Deserve a Remake – Den of Geek
How I Eliminated Negativity From My Life by Refusing to Check My Account Balance – The Hard Times
The Dumping Grounds
Picture of the Day
Lost German Girl, 1945
She would be identified as Lore Bauer, a young German girl who had been assigned as a Luftwaffenhelferin to operate anti-aircraft guns, as Germany was experiencing massive losses of male soldiers.
Stationed in Czechoslovakia when the war ended, she and her other german and austrian female were brutally beaten and raped.
When she ran into an American unit on the road, you can see her bury her face into a small notebook. It turns out that she had hidden about 100 Czech crowns (currency) which she did not realize was worthless at the end of the conflict. She flashed the currency to bribe the soldiers into allowing her to pass.
To let her know that the unit was American, cameraman Haglund handed her a US penny.
False Confessions: Why Innocent People Admit to Crimes They Didn’t Commit
Thomas Perez Jr. first felt anxious that something bad might have happened to his father, Papa Tom, on an August night in 2018. Papa Tom had taken their dog, Margosha, on a quick walk to the mailbox in their Fontana neighborhood, though it was nearly 10 p.m.
But when Margosha returned alone with the leash hanging off her collar and Papa Tom was nowhere to be found, Perez’s worry began to escalate. Though initially thinking his father might have met up with a lady friend, Perez’s concern grew when there was still no word by the next day. He decided to call the Fontana Police Department to report his elderly father as missing.
That simple call for help would leave Perez a broken man. By the end of the week, under intense pressure from police detectives, he had falsely confessed to killing his father and was locked inside a psychiatric ward—even though Papa Tom was alive and unharmed.