I had a history professor many years ago, whose tests all ended with a big, complicated historical question, and a very short answer line. It was a freebie, if you had paid any attention to the man, but also a lesson. The answer was always:
‘Multiple Factors of Causation’
GM & Merry Christmas Stu!
GM & Merry Christmas!!
Shrimp & grits, with Andouille……
Merry Christmas!!

100%.
I use Swan, but that is more because I have been for so long.
River (bitcoin interest on fiat is sweet!) and Strike are great as well.
Shouldn’t she be watching to make sure Princess Leia remains chained to Jabba?!?!?
Julius II was also the Pope who commissioned the current St Peter’s Basillica.
Old movie with Charleton Heston as Michaelangelo also features Julius leading a papal army into battle. Not sure if that last was historically accurate.
No idea, but what are you infusing it with. I’m intrigued!
You are 100% right……but man do people act like self custody is free climbing El Capitan…..
Wouldn’t it be more of a Private Bank Digital Currency or a hybrid, in the very American Public/Private way? Not saying that is any less nefarious.
So, I’ve been pondering D.O.G.E.
Everyone is saying ‘you can’t get to $2 Trillion, because you can’t touch Social Security, Medicaid/care, Defense, and the Interest on the debt’.
I’ll grant the debt payments. But as to the rest, I think a distinction is being missed. We keep talking about how much they cost/spend, not how much they deliver.
If, say 60% of Social Security’s cost is payments to recipients, the other 40% (or most of it) is fair game through streamlining and efficiency, no?
Kind of makes me think Elon has played this game before (Twitter).
I understand you still have Congress to deal with - last week was not promising - but I don’t think it is mathematically impossible.
I have several friends from HS who I knew only by last name or nick-name, until we were approaching 30
‘Dan, who the hell is Dan?!?’
‘Oh, Verno. Got it’






