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Primitive, Expensive, and Dangerous Those three words are the common keywords when we heard of Papua. It’s as if the city isn’t so highlighted and we only see the tribes living deep in the jungle. The

Indodax was hacked and they lost $22M more than 19 hours ago wasn't on my bingo card. For anyone who doesn't know what indodax is, they are the oldest exchange operating in Indonesia and have hive listed

This is without a doubt the weirdest opinion piece I've ever read. Spends half the piece repeating his point without elaborating. Then when he finally gets to elaborating it is to acknowledge that people,

He's a hybrid of Tesla and Edison, picking up the best and worst of each. He has Tesla's genius, vision and concern for humanity, but also his instability, weirdness, and complete inability to deal with

An interesting essay by Russia's principal opposition leader, Alexei Navalny (for those who read Russian, there is also a link to the original Russian version). I by no means agree with everything he says.

Some thoughts on the mass shootings and gun control.

An exploration of the theory of "being a good consumer" and its detriments.

Thought I'd share some of my thoughts on current events. Covid, inflation, WW III. What a glorious time to be alive!

In today's NYT opinion piece, Blow asks an important question, but his answer is simplistic, if not dishonest: "So, what does it mean for a system to be racist? Does the appellation depend on the

“Original sin, in Christian doctrine, the condition or state of sin into which each human being is born; also, the origin (i.e., the cause, or source) of this state. Traditionally, the origin has been

“There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No” What nonsense! Definition of despicable : "deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation" On

This article is an interesting criticism of binary thinking - covid, no covid - as opposed to holistic thinking - an awareness of the multiple tradeoffs involved in adopting top down lockdowns. What they

A short time ago, President Donald J. Trump selected the next person to be subjected to the "gauntlet" of the Senate confirmation process. May God help Amy Coney Barrett and her family, through

Since this subject is touchier than a Vatican summer camp, I'll preface my statements: I've never had a person tell me about an experience of sexual abuse who I haven't believed. Moreover, it's shocked

(Link to Forward article above) Yes, I know. I probably should not read anything from the Forward because it is bad for my blood pressure. But, on the other hand, I need to know what the idiots are saying.

Some OpEd on Lack of Mass Adoption.

We have to make it so simple that an 80 year old grandmother can do it. It might be easy for us, but not so much for the electronically & technologically challenged. This is onne of the reason's I

Ego Vandal "Out The Yang" November 4, 2019 "Out The Yang" An Opinion On Why You Have To Be High To Reach This New Low! Of course there's no country with "Lazy" in its title.

Okay, that's not a real thing .......yet! I try to keep my finger on the pulse of what I read in chats and get in messages and one theme is there seems to be a lack of diversity on the much adored Trending

Randall Kennedy is absolutely right about this. Harvey Weinstein is scum and quite likely deserves to be convicted. But it is nonetheless important that everyone accused of a crime be entitled to a competent