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A realistic account of Russia's implosion. While western European nations voluntarily or through ugly wars relinquished all of their territorial possessions by the mid 20th century, Moscow's Soviet empire didn't fall apart until the end of it. Today's Europe includes a number of former Soviet...

We're running in circles here. My only argument against BTC comes from its libertarian/anarchist wing who want complete independence from government oversight but, as this example shows, it isn't and thus is less dangerous than it could be.

How do you know that? Money is a medium of exchange, it's trade. My illicit products for your cash in whatever currency. The drug dealer and drug user trade in cash; the drug dealer and his dealer trade in cash; but the wholesaler can transfer his room full of cash into BTC and now it's gone.

History has never been kind to populist regimes. The dangerous ones simply disbanded the democratic processes that helped elect them, while others fizzled from their inability to transfer idealism/populism to nation management. I suspect the far right will fail to achieve much of anything, as...

Yes, BTC circumvents banking and government controls, and may well be the last and safest way to salvage assets from a country's economic collapse. It's a valid use case sold to the general public to justify its existence. BTC is also a means to launder millions and billions from drugs...

No need to cry wolf before it steps out of line. Italy's democratic institutions are a bit creative, but they are solid enough that the people of Italy would not tolerate anti democratic policies. Also European structure is solid enough no to allow Italy to get out of line too far. The people...

Yeah, the the dismay of the anti government crypto movement that wants full anonymity.

https://finbold.com/terras-do-kwon-made-a-suspicious-3310-btc-transfer-shortly-after-his-arrest-warrant-issuance/ As the widely-publicized saga of Terraform Labs continues to unravel, a suspicious transfer in Bitcoin (BTC) has been discovered from the cryptocurrency platform’s CEO Do Kwon...

Yeah, CA properties were a great investment from 2009 til 2021, when it topped. Now much less so. I'd wait at least through 2024 and a clean up before considering it again.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/09/25/zelensky-circumstances-of-russian-soldiers-voluntary-surrender-into-captivity-will-be-kept-secret-news 18:36, 25.09.2022 “It is better not to take a conscription letter than to die in a foreign land as a war criminal. It is better to run away from...

Yes, and what's your point? Americans are ok with that revolution because that's how America came to be. The secessionists attempted to break from America to preserve their right to own slave and save their cotton industry. So yes, they were traitors who attacked the US government and killed...

With 8% inflation, you're still down some. Finding anything to beat it is hard.

California doesn't require an ID. You can show up at a voting booth, glance at the names in a list and tell them that's you, and vote. I think one should have to show a proof of identity, be it a military ID, a driver's license, a passport... Whatever official gov form of ID

There's no disenfranchisement requiring an ID to vote, especially if cost is removed from the issue. There are enough built it scams used by both parties to screw with each other and in the process disenfranchise voters, but it's nonsense to simply be able to walk to a voting booth and vote...

Was think more in those terms.. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/24/23368759/mississippi-welfare-fraud-scandal-brett-favre-reform

I don't disagree with you at all. The election process in the US is a remnant of history, incoherent with modern America. The process should be nationally standardized, based on 1 person 1 vote. Across the country voters should be able to vote between 6 am and 8 pm on the day of the election...

Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. The US has never managed such emergency programs efficiently and consequently these have always been saddled with fraud. The cynic in me believes it's a feature not a flaw of the process to allow groups of politicians and...

If I can interject... I'm an avowed social and business liberal, that is I believe in global trade and don't support unions. I vote Democratic but would prefer to be defined as a liberal republican but, unfortunately, American politics is stifling. I believe that democracy involves rights and...

While I didn't dare read all 95 pages of this thread, I'm a bit fascinated by the time lap between then and today and truly interested in learning how Tsing Tao lived Trump's election, his attempted coup and his comeuppance after such dramatic temper tantrum over Obama's election and the drastic...

Easier said than done in this market with an 8% inflation on one hand and a crashing market on the other. A fund manager can be deemed successful if they outperform the market by 20% yet still be in negative territory, no?