Recent content by kmoney

:wave2: howdy all. Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy during the pandemic.

I've casually followed Bitcoin but recently I've tried to learn more about it. The current issue of Scientific American has a piece on it with some good information and decided to start a thread. I have no desire to invest in Bitcoin at the moment because it's so unstable but it sounds like...

In a thread someone made a comment about someone else voting for Clinton (Hillary) and being proud of it. It got me thinking. I voted for Clinton over Trump but I wouldn't say I was proud of it. If she wasn't going against Trump I probably would have voted for Gary Johnson again. I'm not...

I thought this was an interesting article. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453468/economic-inequality-crony-capitalism-conservatives The Conservative Inequality Paradox Yes, the game is rigged for the rich. Conservatives have two intellectual commitments that are increasingly...

Now that stuff is really happening I thought I'd start a thread to talk about it. https://lawfareblog.com/robert-muellers-show-strength-quick-and-dirty-analysis Robert Mueller’s Show of Strength: A Quick and Dirty Analysis The first big takeaway from Monday morning’s flurry of charging and...

http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/09/978044-black-lives-matter-showed-pro-trump-rally-happened-next-might-restore-faith-america/ Black Lives Matter Showed Up at Pro-Trump Rally. What Happened Next Might Restore Your Faith in America In Washington, D.C., this past weekend, a pro-Trump rally...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-idUSKCN1B514X SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A free-speech rally planned for San Francisco this weekend that local leaders had urged residents to boycott as dangerous and “white supremacist” was canceled on Friday by organizers who said that those...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-rights-icj-idUSKBN1A42A3 Trump is new breed of 'authoritarian populist': rights watchdog GENEVA (Reuters) - Donald Trump is one of a new breed of leaders around the world who seek to use their democratic mandate to undermine the rule of law, the head of a...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/18/hhs-secretary-tom-price-details-how-gop-health-plan-is-set-apart-from-obamacare.html Tom Price talks about people buying coverage that they want and need. “Coverage comes when people have something that they want to purchase,” Price said. “Coverage...

https://www.vox.com/2017/7/11/15953204/donald-trump-jr-emails-russia The Donald Trump Jr. emails change everything ... The email thread makes clear that Donald Trump Jr. was aware of and willing to support a Russian government effort to help his father’s campaign. It suggests that Kushner and...

"The left is wrong on Islam. The right is wrong on Muslims." — author Ali Rizvi https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/7/7/15886862/islam-trump-isis-terrorism-ali-rizvi-religion-sam-harris Ali Rizvi ... Like most issues, in the United States especially, the conversation around this issue —...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/29/15890954/senate-health-care-bill-insurance-regulations-ted-cruz Ted Cruz has a big idea that just might unlock a Senate health care deal An amendment is under consideration that maybe, just maybe, could unlock the whole Senate Republican health...

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/6/26/15875612/scotus-trinity-lutheran-funding-secularization-belief-religious-freedom SCOTUS ruled that churches qualify for state money. Churches, beware. But there’s a catch. Religious people and groups do deserve and are one step closer to receiving...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-montana-democrats-idUSKBN18L0KE Republican candidate charged with assault, roiling Trump's Montana test A Montana Republican running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat was charged with assaulting a reporter hours before polls opened on...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN18D1XT