chasfh Posted December 3 Posted December 3 17 hours ago, guy incognito said: I’d ask how, precisely, she defines whether individuals “look suspicious”, but I’m pretty sure I already know. Paper bag test. Quote
chasfh Posted December 3 Posted December 3 16 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: Just gonna sit here and wait for the crash... Because I'm old and don't trust the stuff, yet There's nothing to trust. Crypto is not actual real money. You can't pay a mortgage with it or buy groceries with it or use it to pay your taxes to the government. You can only use crypto for criminal transactions like buying narcotics in traffickable quantiies or artwork stolen from the Louvre. For all the claims about its potential to revolutionize commerce and spending, crypto is worthless until you convert back to real money. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted December 3 Posted December 3 31 minutes ago, chasfh said: This is too facile a reply. I think it had the right amount of facile. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted December 3 Posted December 3 (edited) 43 minutes ago, chasfh said: There's nothing to trust. Crypto is not actual real money. You can't pay a mortgage with it or buy groceries with it or use it to pay your taxes to the government. You can only use crypto for criminal transactions like buying narcotics in traffickable quantiies or artwork stolen from the Louvre. For all the claims about its potential to revolutionize commerce and spending, crypto is worthless until you convert back to real money. It's a scam, but a very successful one. There were only ever two justifications for crypto - to hide transactions from legal oversight, and to create a currency 'free' from central bank 'manipulation. Turns out crypto fails on both counts. Forensic accountants have demonstrated that with a little effort, bit-coin transactions can be traced and reconstructed, the 2nd concept was nonsense to begin with. The only value of a fiat currency in the first place (and the reason they have replaced "hard" money like gold) is that some central bank does 'manipulate' it to try and hold its value constant so it can be useful as an exchange medium over reasonable time scale (and not inflate or deflate the economy just because someone opened or closed a mine somewhere.) You can argue central banks don't always do a good job of it, or do it wrong, but the value of a dollar holds well enough for markets to function - this was never going to be true of a cryptocurrency exactly because there is no 'manipulation' for keeping it's value constant - thus it is totally useless as a pricing/exchange medium. As you note - at every moment in time the value of a bit-coin *in dollars* has to be found in order for any transaction to be possible. OTOH, as a 'greater fool' investment scam, it's outperformed anyone's wildest dreams. Edited December 3 by gehringer_2 1 Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Remember when it would be considered a career ender if a politician went on a racist/xenophobic rant against an entire group of people based on the country they are from? Ah, the good old days… 2 Quote
oblong Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Gary Hart's career ended because he had a girlfriend on a boat with him. Howard Dean's career ended because he yelled into the microphone in a weird way. 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted December 3 Posted December 3 They were both Democrats. George Romney's political career (or at least Presidential aspirations vanished) when he made a comment about being brainwashed by generals. Seems that current Republicans can get away with murder Quote
CMRivdogs Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Just now, CMRivdogs said: They were both Democrats. George Romney's political career (or at least Presidential aspirations vanished) when he made a comment about being brainwashed by generals. Seems that current Republicans can get away with murder I guarantee there will be a snarky meme about bj's Quote
Edman85 Posted December 3 Posted December 3 22 hours ago, guy incognito said: I’d ask how, precisely, she defines whether individuals “look suspicious”, but I’m pretty sure I already know. 1 Quote
guy incognito Posted December 3 Posted December 3 3 hours ago, oblong said: Gary Hart's career ended because he had a girlfriend on a boat with him. Howard Dean's career ended because he yelled into the microphone in a weird way. Ed Muskie cried a little. Mike Dukakis rode a tank. Quote
chasfh Posted December 3 Posted December 3 6 hours ago, Motown Bombers said: I think it had the right amount of facile. Touché, turtle. Quote
smr-nj Posted December 4 Posted December 4 I’m not amused. Are you? Then you’re a traitor, too. 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted December 4 Posted December 4 2 minutes ago, smr-nj said: I’m not amused. Are you? Then you’re a traitor, too. the people in this country are so f'ing asleep. The good people of 18th century New England would have a man in the stocks on Boston Common for that kind of crap. Talk about a fallen society. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted December 4 Posted December 4 This is cold comfort but heard that the GOP reps and senators who are planning to go after the Admin are asking each other to wait until the filing deadlines for 2026 pass. That still leaves a lot of time for admin to crime. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted December 4 Posted December 4 ICE is also apparently ramping up in Dearborn. I have no more ****s to give. Quote
chasfh Posted December 4 Posted December 4 12 hours ago, smr-nj said: I’m not amused. Are you? Then you’re a traitor, too. If the Democrats do not use this and other posts like to hammer home the point that Trump wants to be an actual King, then they will be guilty of campaigning malfeasance. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted December 4 Posted December 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said: What country do we think SS is posting from? Edited December 4 by romad1 1 Quote
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