CRYPTOS 2022: THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. The crypto sector is amply proving it’s not immune to market forces, geopolitical turmoil, and what Gerald Celente has dubbed “DragFlation.” So what’s the best case scenario for the rest of 2022? Let me lay it out by telling a bit of personal history. I’m old enough now to...
Tag: may 3 2022
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DIGITAL COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT WOULD ESTABLISH REGULATION OF CRYPTO FUTURES TRADING
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would be given supervision power over the booming cryptocurrency industry under bipartisan legislation proposed on Thursday. The Digital Commodity Exchange Act is a reworked version of legislation filed in 2020, according to tech and government conduit platform NextGov.com. It would define digital commodities and provide the CFTC authority to...
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MUSINGS ON WOKE CANCELLATIONS’ DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND THRIVING
By Gary Null PhD, Progressive Radio Network During the past two years, the rise in wokeness and its cancel culture has shocked the sensibilities and moral fabric of the nation. It has fuelled divisions between races, class and economic status, levels of education and political allegiances. However, the anger that wokeness has carried into civil...
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WASHINGTON & MOSCOW HAVE COMBINED TO MAKE THE UKRAINIAN SITUATION INTO ARMAGEDDON
By Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy Yesterday morning I posted an explanation of why Russian liberalism was generating a wider war that could end in Armageddon. I find no relief in The Saker acknowledging the same unfolding of events. The Saker and Andrei Martyanov are two competent analysts of Russian military capability. Until...
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U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD SMALL, MOBILE NUCLEAR PLANT
The U.S. defense department’s Idaho National Laboratory will build and test a mobile nuclear power plant, capable of turning out as much as five megawatts of power for up to three years, the department has announced. The “Project Pele” microreactor will be the first next-generation nuke plant build in the U.S. Defense installations are power-hungry,...
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NEW SOLID-STATE HEAT ENGINE MORE POWERFUL THAN STEAM TURBINE
Humanity makes most of its electricity from heat that boils water to make steam to drive turbines. However, the typical turbine uses only about 35 percent of that heat energy; the rest is wasted. Also, turbines’ moving parts degrade at temperatures above about 3,600°F, or about 2,000°C. MIT has overcome both limitations by making an...
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WILL THIS NEW FUSION TECHNOLOGY FINALLY WORK?
For half a century, scientists—and tens of billions of research dollars—have been chasing the dream of “hot fusion,” the idea of mashing hydrogen atoms together to release vast amounts of clean energy. For almost all of that time, research has focused on heating a gaseous mix of charged atomic particles to temperatures higher than the...
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YOUR REACTION TO INJURY—LEARN FROM WILD ANIMALS!
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato One fact about real world self-defense is that it cannot be undertaken risk-free, and frankly it is certain that in a truly dangerous encounter with one or more determined aggressors you will surely be hurt. Many schools of martial art fill students’ heads with notions of invincibility and fail...
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VIRTUAL GATED COMMUNITIES BEGIN TO EMERGE TO COMBAT CRIME
Chicago’s wealthiest residents are hiring private armed security to patrol their neighborhoods in an effort to protect themselves and their property while the city sees an uptick in violent crimes. Paul Ohm, the executive vice president of P4 Security Solutions LLC, told The Wall Street Journal that his business is booming and entire neighborhoods are hiring his...
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COLLEGE-EDUCATED ADULTS SEEN AS MAJOR DRIVER IN UNIONIZATION TREND IN U.S.
College-educated adults in the U.S.—many of whom have advanced degrees—are playing a major role in the growing trend to unionize across the U.S. The New York Times spoke with several of these employees in the service sector who see the growth of unions a positive development in their careers. These are relatively low-paid workers who work...