Count Sen. Ted Cruz among those who are betting that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are set for a rebound in the coming months. Cruz (R‑Texas) bought between $15,001 and $50,000 of bitcoin in a transaction dated Jan. 25, according to a Senate financial disclosure. The Texas senator made the purchase on River Financial, a leading … Read more
The CSI 300 Index ended down just 0.6% at the close, paring an earlier slump of 2.4%. State-related funds entered the market to buy local shares in the afternoon session, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, who asked to not be identified because the matter is private. Meanwhile, U.S.-listed Chinese shares … Read more
The Chinese government-run Global Times newspaper asserted in a column on Sunday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D‑CA) “was right” to tell athletes last week to resist criticizing the Communist Party while competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Pelosi, a vocal critic of the Chinese government decades ago, advised athletes during a hearing organized … Read more
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Singing National Anthem on the steps of parliament. h/t Mad Kelly
Standard police procedure in the US, and now Canada https://youtu.be/gA_4LoqFXl8 AC
pic.twitter.com/DIQlHzINGQ — Rahim (@UlyanovRahim) February 2, 2022 h/t dr0id
The Department of Defense and the CIA have a long and controversial history of “involvement” in the American film and television industry. A recent story in MintPress News highlights ways that “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen used connections with the CIA to facilitate certain memorable scenes in a series of films. Jimmy speaks with comedian … Read more
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — As the Bay Area continues to struggle under the weight of its homelessness crisis, officials and nonprofits are asking local residents to do more than hand out meals or donate spare change. They’re asking them to open up their homes. Nearly 30,000 people are unhoused in the five-county Bay Area, and … Read more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-08/cathie-wood-dumps-142-million-of-twitter-stock-before-earnings Cathie Wood stepped up selling of social media platform Twitter Inc. shares days before its earnings. Wood’s firm ARK Investment Management LLC sold nearly 4 million Twitter shares on Monday, the most in one day since at least May, according to trading data from ARK compiled by Bloomberg. The social-media company is set to … Read more
Seems like “freeze them out” is a tactic used by high school staff against minors protesting mask mandates and the Ottawa police to disrupt an “occupation.” h/t Settlemente
https://youtu.be/x6fBFdLGUZw Justin Trudeau will ultimately resign https://t.co/qQVSj64OJt — Doomberg (@DoombergT) February 8, 2022
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, according to estimates released Tuesday by the gambling industry’s national trade group. The American Gaming Association forecasted that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football’s championship game set for Sunday. Both the amount of people … Read more
Music by Jimmy Kimmel. (Warning, he uses the N word a lot.) Featuring the Liberal Uncancellables. pic.twitter.com/isUtz12x0W — MAZE (@mazemoore) February 8, 2022
Don’t look to why so many people trust joe Rogan, look to why so few people trust the mainstream media — Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) February 6, 2022 Rogan is "corporate media" only in the most technical and least meaningful sense of the term. Yes, he's paid by a large corporation so they can carry his … Read more
In a speech on Monday, the first lady acknowledged that her signature legislative initiative is “no longer” in the Democrats’ spending bill. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/jill-biden-free-community-college.html
