The global cryptocurrency market reached a value of US$ 1,782 billion in 2021.
Now 40% of all investments in cryptocurrencies are underwater. That's a lot of paper wealth that was incinerated.
Afternoon folks!
I've got a couple of blues albums, a bunch of blues rock and some rock 'n roll for you this week.
There are blues albums by Snooks Eaglin and Roosevelt Sykes, a live album by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, the first two Ten Years After albums and Brownsville Station's first LP.
Have a great weekend!
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso
Morning folks. Thought I would spend a little more time focusing on using ships to keep tensions high between nations. First a little background.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, (UNCLOS) (Wikipedia)
UNCLOS replaces the older 'freedom of the seas' concept, dating from the 17th century. According to this concept, national rights were limited to a specified belt of water extending from a nation's coastlines, usually 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) (three-mile limit), according to the 'cannon shot' rule developed by the Dutch jurist Cornelius van Bynkershoek.[4] All waters beyond national boundaries were considered international waters: free to all nations, but belonging to none of them (the mare liberum principle promulgated by Hugo Grotius).[5]
In the early 20th century, some nations expressed their desire to extend national claims: to include mineral resources, to protect fish stocks, and to provide the means to enforce pollution controls.
The largest cryptocurrency failure ever happened this week as LUNA coin went from $86 to $0.00002 in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to tank its value and drag bitcoin down with it.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi re-affirms support for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House, ahead of his May 24th runoff:
"It's up to his constituents to make the decision ... He is not pro-choice, but we didn’t need him [to pass a bill codifying Roe]." pic.twitter.com/tCitiBSsVt
— The Recount (@therecount) May 12, 2022
You might think you know just how anti-union Amazon is, but you probably underestimate it by a country mile.
Happy Friday everyone. As always post any photos you like.
On Monday the bird watching group I belong to had it's monthly outing at Santee Lakes. The Bullocks Oriole and Caspian Tern are firsts for me.
Critical Race Theory, Don’t Say Gay, Grooming, Sexualizing Children, Woke Content of Textbooks, etc. are code words meant to stoke fear and provoke grievances, especially among parents, to get-out-the-vote for the Republican Party this November.
Folks, don't do this.
The neighbor's pet chimpanzee escaped again last night. He sneaks across the yard, through the window, and loves to bang on the keyboard of my computer. I've lost count of how many times he's done this.
Soooo, after sharing some 25% Indica and a few nips of Crown Royal with Gunther last night, yeah his name is Gunther (he's Austrian, OK?), I woke up on the sofa with him sleeping at my feet. Now if that's not weird enough, I sat down at my computer this morning and I found an open thread essay all typed out and ready to go.
Well, here it is Friday morning and I've prepared nothing for today's OT, and since I'm not sure who exactly wrote this essay, Gunther or myself, I will throw caution to the wind and publish it anyway.
I'll let you discern which simian brain concocted this flatulation of imagination.
