A white-haired, green-eyed pixelated character known as a CryptoPunk 9998 just sold for more than half a billion U.S. dollars — or so it appeared — the latest wild development in the booming non-fungible token space. But the Ethereum blockchain shows the money from the NFT trade ended up right back where it started, raising the question of why … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeiYWAvm_ME “You really got to hand it to Amazon for putting your payment in the palm of your hand” h/t sseess
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: How and when gold will take inflation’s cue, Venezuela’s forced adoption of a “gold standard,” and engineers are looking to utilize gold to store more than just monetary wealth. Gold’s lack of … Read more
When you see the women on certain street corners along Roosevelt Avenue in East Elmhurst, wearing mini skirts and sometimes schoolgirl skirts, you notice they’re often scanning their cell phones. Law enforcement believes that’s because they’re making contact with customers who find the women’s “massage” services on a website called Bedpage.com, or they’re simply steering … Read more
US Gen. Says China’s Done ‘Hundreds’ of Hypersonic Weapon Tests While DoD is ‘Bureaucratic’ – Report The development of hypersonic weapons, according to Hyten, exemplifies the vast differences between the US and China’s approaches. In the last five years, he reportedly claimed, the US has conducted nine hypersonic tests, whereas the “Chinese have done hundreds.” … Read more
In order to cut carbon emissions CNN says we have to cut down trees and bury them. “ Plant trees, sure. But to save the climate, we should also cut them down” “ Beyond these practical uses, wood can also serve purely as a long-term carbon storage device. The key to locking away the carbon … Read more
He says Chevron owes $50 billion to "indigenous people." I have been following these cases for awhile and I have literally no idea what she is talking about. Cut a check to the last descendent of Sitting Bull, which is Elizabeth Warren, I guess. — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) October 28, 2021
