I happened to catch this yesterday on YouTube, and was fascinated and repulsed by the odious Bankman-Fried and his apologists who reek of equal measures of mendacity and fake sanctity. It struck me, not for the first time, that this … Continue reading →
I have written at some length before on the government’s war on farmers in the Netherlands, so I refer you to this series of previous posts of mine: this and this, as well as this related post on efforts in … Continue reading →
Apple had a role in the recent demonstrations in China: AirDrop, the file-sharing feature on iPhones and other Apple devices, has helped protestors in many authoritarian countries evade censorship. That’s because AirDrop relies on direct connections between phones, forming a … Continue reading →
Biden and John Kerry, still hard at work in their dotage (and yes, I think Biden is sentient enough to be part of this): In a pathetic bid to “show results” from the latest global climate-change confab, the Biden administration … Continue reading →
[ADDENDUM: My current donation appeal will be winding down soon. A preliminary THANK YOU! to all who’ve contributed to helping keep this blog running.] Now that everyone’s depressed about the elections and strapped for cash with the holidays coming, I … Continue reading →
The latest news: Almost two months after the Russian Nord Stream pipelines blew up in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish prosecutors have found traces of explosives at the underwater site and declared that the incident was an act of “gross … Continue reading →
For anyone still scratching his or her head about what on earth FTX was supposed to do and what it actually did, here’s a good summary entitled “What You Need to Know about the Colossal Mess of FTX”. Some excerpts … Continue reading →
(1) Almost everything you wanted to know about voting in California but were afraid to ask – once you read this piece, you’ll see why it takes so long to count the votes in California, even if fraud isn’t going … Continue reading →
What a guy: The FTX owner told [interviewer] Piper that his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison’s company Alameda was responsible for gambling and losing his company’s money – to which he was “oblivious” until it was too late… “And also thought Alameda … Continue reading →
Hard to not say “WTF?” about FTX. I wouldn’t have trusted these people with a dime. What on earth? This was never going to come out before the election.
Continue reading →Here’s an article called, “The Crypto-Ignorant Person’s Guide To What’s Going On With FTX And Founder Sam Bankman-Fried.” Well, you can’t get much more “crypto-ignorant” than I am, and so I read it. It’s okay as far as it goes, … Continue reading →
You can find the federal criminal complaint here (narration of facts are on pages 4-7), and a brief summary here. The first federal charge: “18 U.S. Code § 115 – Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening … Continue reading →