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Climate change is the LEAST of anyones' REAL problems. The REAL problem is the accumulation of deep piles of Snowflakes, who believe climate change is caused by mankind.

couple things to put in perspective. we have only eradicated 2 diseases from the planet, smallpox and rinderpest. the bubonic plague is still around. there was another case this year in the us. antibiotics have rendered the once greatest plague in history almost an afterthought. H1N1 was the common flu strain in 2018. that is the same viral lineage that spawned the spanish flu of 2018 and swine flu. these plagues continually fade away and resurface. So yes, covid will fade, but it may come back a later date. the key is keep an eye out for aggressive strains, and take appropriate actions to contain them. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/dr-anthony-f…

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After noting the Chinese and Russians are excellent allies and have engaged in several military drills together of late, Japanese State Defense Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, in a press interview, had this to say, “[Russian naval forces] are really exercising just right in front of the western part of Honolulu, and so I don’t want to remind the [sic] seventy years ago, but we have to be careful of the exercising of the Russians.” Russian ships just practiced sinking an aircraft carrier roughly 35 miles off of Honolulu’s coast Russia and China are engaging in a large number of military drills together

Just this week: • BNY Mellon partners with Grayscale • BoA approves Bitcoin trading futures • Square will launch Bitcoin DeFi • Fidelity will add 100 crypto employees • Visa to approve BTC debit card in Australia

The first 200,000 units will be hosted in Alberta Canada, powered by natural gas wells at an energy cost of three cents Canadian per KWH. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/15/2263800/0/en/Black-Rock-Petroleum-Company-Announces-Bitcoin-Mining-Agreement.html

Bank of France governor François Villeroy de Galhau said that Europe should make crypto regulation a priority or risk digital assets challenging its monetary sovereignty. He warned the European Union only has “one or two years” left to establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. “We in Europe need to move as quickly as possible,” the governor added.

21 : Bitcoin Millions (Intangible, virtual world) + 21 (Everything tangible in the universe) ======== = 42 Any questions?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microstrategy-stock-rises-after-disclosing-capital-international-had-acquired-a-large-equity-stake-2021-07-09

The broke spend. The middle class save. And the wealthy invest. It’s really just that simple.

"To achieve this level of decentralization and immutability, ION is built on top of the shared database that's used for recording bitcoin transactions, which is known as the blockchain. Though Microsoft is contributing most of the work, the company would have no control over who participates in the system."

A hydroelectric plant in Mechanicville, New York, has been nominated for national engineering landmark status for being the oldest renewable energy facility in the world that's still running. The plant, which was built in 1897, still uses all of the original 1800s machinery, which is now being used to produce bitcoin. "We can actually make more money with bitcoin than selling the electricity to National Grid," said Jim Besha Sr., CEO of Albany Engineering Corp. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mechanicville-hydro-plant-gets-new-life-16299115.php

Some people can't do the math. It's really quite simple - if you've been vaccinated, go about your life as normal. No need for a mask. I think it's a rather simple IQ test. If you're still wearing one after you're vaccinated because "How do I know if the other people are really vaccinated?", the answer is simple "It's none of your business". If you aren't vaccinated for various reasons, that's your problem - take whatever precautions you feel necessary. But if you are vaccinated, stop being weird and sticking your nose into other people's business. …

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/feds-seized-robinhood-ceos-phone-as-part-of-gamestop-trading-probe.html Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s phone was seized by federal attorneys in one of the stock-trading app company’s many legal battles, it revealed in its IPO filing on Thursday. In a section outlining legal risks from investigations and subpoenas, the company noted that “a related search warrant was executed by the USAO to obtain Mr. Tenev’s cell phone.” Here, “USAO” refers to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, which was investigating Robinhood’s restrictions on trading during the meme stock flurry around GameStop and other st…

The European Central Bank is actually headed by a convicted criminal.

That’s not in any of your charts or data. - Michael Saylor

Deputy Trade Minister: there should be a lot of cryptocurrency circulating in Indonesia rather than abroad.

Paraguay has become the second country after El Salvador to propose a bill to make Bitcoin legal tender. The bill in support of the cryptocurrency was proposed on Thursday night. Paraguay believes that it can become a crypto hub as it has a lot of cheap renewable energy. However, concerns about bitcoin mining and its environmental impact remain.

Dogecoin prices surged but did not skyrocket after receiving another endorsement from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday. Musk’s first tweet declared “Release the Doge!” — sending the joke cryptocurrency up 8.42% to $0.261. A sell-off followed suit, taking DOGE/USD down to $0.247. Less than an hour later, Musk tweeted a rather unusual message that said: “Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge.” DOGE/USD subsequently rose 5.22% to $0.26 after the second tweet. This is modest compared with the wild gains we’ve seen after Musk’s tweets in the past.

Payment platform Strike has launched a new product called the Bitcoin Tab, which would enable users in the US to buy bitcoin at one of the cheapest rates. The company would only charge 0.3% as market spread execution cost, which could reduce to below 0.1% as volume grows. Strike CEO Jack Mallers said that the company is aiming to become the cheapest place for users to purchase bitcoin.

"Blockstream’s Liquid Network is a sidechain-based settlement network that enables “more confidential Bitcoin transactions”. The company’s website claims that the transfers with this product can be settled within two minutes and it’s open to all companies. According to Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow, representatives from the company and El Salvador’s government met to discuss the proposal. The government expressed interest in the project but is yet to decide. Mow highlighted those tokenized securities based on the Liquid Network have greater liquidity than traditional securities. This sidechain operates every day without restrictions and, Mow said…

"While we don’t regulate cryptoassets like Bitcoin or Ether, we do regulate certain cryptoasset derivatives (such as futures contracts, contracts for difference and options), as well as those cryptoassets we would consider ‘securities’ – find out more information. A firm must be authorised by us to advertise or sell these products in the UK – check our Register to make sure the firm is authorised. You can also check our Warning List of firms to avoid. You should do further research on the product you are considering and the firm you are considering investing with. Check with Companies House to see if the firm is registered as a UK company and for directors’ names. To…