New Developments III

[Sabin]

McCain is supporting the tax bill, so...that’s it? We’re all fucked, right?

[Greg]

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are "going to be the biggest bubble of our lifetimes:"

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/novogra ... times.html

[Greg]

Bitcoin futures approval sparks fears: 'The financial crisis all over again':

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/31/bitcoin ... peaet.html

[Greg]

Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/22/world/new ... very-nasa/

[mlrg]

The next Un Secretary General will be Antonio Guterres, born in my country (Portugal)

He was the UN High commissioner for refugees during the last 10 years. Prior to that he was Portuguese prime minister from 1995 to 2002. Although not from the same political family as mine, he was not a bad prime minister. He benefited from a good economic environment during the late 90’s but was unable to maintain his political reforms (mainly based on social welfare) during the last two years of his government. He resigned in December 2001 after his party lost local elections (curiously the prime minister that followed him was Jose Durão Barroso, who later became European Union Comission president).

Guterres is a true humanitarian so he is a very good choice for this role.

[Greg]

Texas Youth Football Team to Continue Protesting Anthem Despite Death Threats:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-youth-fo ... d=42082211

[Greg]

Colin Kaepernick jersey sales have skyrocketed since he began his protest:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/colin ... s-protest/

[Greg]

Sex Toy-Wielding Students Protest Gun Law at University of Texas:

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/201 ... y-of-texas

[Greg]

Stephen Hawking could finally win Nobel prize after scientist 'PROVES' black hole theory:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/6 ... -radiation

[OscarGuy]

And Sanders officially endorses Clinton, meaning the convention will not be a clusterfuck.

I find it amusing that one of the people interviewed in the CNN article talks about Bernie's integrity and honesty and that she'd follow him anywhere except to Clinton. So, either he has integrity or he doesn't. You don't get to pick and choose which part of his personality and rhetoric are filled with integrity and which aren't because if he doesn't have integrity in one area, then he cannot be a candidate of integrity.

[Big Magilla]

Speaking of Giuliani...

http://www.nydailynews.com/ne<em>ws/pol ... -1.2707601

[Big Magilla]

Trump is not a law and order candidate although he may bellow like one. Anything can happen in the next few months, but I think most rational thinking people, and even some irrational ones, see through him.

Most of my close friends and family members are died-in-the-wool liberals and Democrats, but even the hard-nosed, gun-toting Republicans among them, the ones who wish George W. or Reagan were still President, see Hillary as the lesser of two evils. They won't vote for her, but they won't vote for him either. Let them stay home, which bodes well for the down ballot. I just wish if the Democrats do regain control of both Houses that they've learned their lesson well and won't do what they did the last time in trying to appease the Republicans by watering down bills that they won't vote for anyway.

[Mister Tee]

So, that eighth key is still hanging on there, Tee?

I'm not concerned about it. This was of course a very sad week, but hyping that into "it's almost like 1968" is the kind of thing the press does to try to generate attention. If things were to escalate substantially -- retaliatory killings, truly violent protests, rage in the streets -- then there'd be something to the analogy. But what I hear from most corners -- with the exception of bone-deep assholes like Guiliani -- is a desire and determination that none of that happen; that this not split into "you either excuse all police misconduct or you're anti-cop". I have to say, the Dallas police have themselves helped mightily with this...their behavior both at the demonstration and subsequently is a model of what law enforcement should aim for.

[Sabin]

So, that eighth key is still hanging on there, Tee?

[mlrg]

Portugal european football champions! Fuck yeahhhhhh!