Bitcoin is booming again After several months of price stability in the $200-$300 range, the exchange rate for Bitcoin into USD has skyrocketed over the past few days, making for a nearly 100% price gain over the last month. This after the news of a record $1 billion being invested in Bitcoin firms, as large financial players and Silicon Valley…
Why I Wear a Bitcoin Lapel Pin “What’s that?” This is how it starts. With a squint of curiosity at my jacket lapel, these two words express not only a simple inquiry but an opportunity to share some ideas I know will change the world. I, like a freshly pressed vinyl album longing to be…
Connor D. Wolf A coalition of business and labor groups launched a campaign Wednesday in opposition to New York raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour. The main goal of Minimum Wage Reality Check Campaign is to educate state residents. The coalition hopes to inform New York about the negative consequences of a $15…
Josh Fatzick America’s population has gotten exponentially fatter over the past two decades, and a new study shows how far the country has gone. Mississippi took the prize as the fattest state, while Hawaii has the least amount of obese and overweight people, according to a study released Wednesday by the personal finance website WalletHub….
Ryan Reynolds must have had the best Halloween ever! The star of the upcoming Deadpool movie donned a costume (which he actually stole from the set of the movie) and decided to hang out with some tyke-sized super heroes. The video shows Reynolds portraying Deadpool, apparently dissatisfied with his new super hero team. “How many…
From a city not too far from the one that brought you stories of cops breaking into cars to teach owners a lesson, comes the tail of a mayor who wouldn’t let felony corruption charges stop him from reclaiming his job. Apparently, Bridgeport, CT just prefers the authorities to be criminals. Of course, being a Democrat…
From Bankable Insight By Charles Seeburger Whether it’s Black Market or Legal, Weed is a Serious Cash Crop From the legal markets thriving in states like Colorado and Washington, to the underground trade that generates billions of Mexican cartels, the economics of weed are crazy. Ganja. Smoke. Dro. Chronic. Spliffage. The names are as varied…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Despite polls showing a majority of support for marijuana legalization, Issue 3, a ballot initiative to make recreational and medical marijuana legal in Ohio, failed Tuesday night. Marijuana advocacy groups were disappointed, but also drew attention to the fact that Issue 3 had several provisions that divided the cannabis community. The ‘no’ vote grabbed 65…
Amnesty activists have released a video link to the effort to prevent Donald Trump from hosting Saturday Night Live. The video features Latino children yelling profanities at Trump. Groups favorable to immigrants have staunchly criticized Trump for his immigration policies. Here is the transcript, watch the video below. ¡Hola, Donald Trump! Screaming, “get out of my country!”, Republicans…
A grisly video has surfaced of a failed ISIS suicide bomber who was found torn in half but still alive after his explosives detonated too early. Footage of the incident, posted online, showed him muttering a few words and moving his head – despite missing the lower half of his body. It’s believed he was…