I’m here right now, wrapping up from a conference.

This place is dead.

I’ve been to Vegas many times, and the lack of foot traffic and crowds is incredible. The most notable thing is the lack of Americans and the strange increase in Hispanic visitors. I saw 8 separate tejano bands set up near the Bellagio with moderate crowds, similar to how it used to be for buskers in the early 2010s. You can get a reservation about anywhere for dinner, same day. Attractions are all walk in.

I’ve been chatting up my uber drivers, and they think it’s down 30-40% based on ride frequency.

Last time Texas sent troopers to force their will on the North, it didn’t go so well.

All their estates are going to healthcare bills.

Fun trump story. Obama was quoted saying that the military will present you with 2 bad options and the one they want to do. He said once he made them go back and do the work again because of this.

Early in trump’s first term, he chose one of the two bad options (massive cruise missile strikes out of proportion to the event). This says one of two things.

Either trump didn’t know he was being given bad options on purpose… or he did know, and didn’t care, choosing to do a bad thing to make the military give better options.

Neither would surprise me.

Send them paper, that’s their problem.

Ukrainian special forces.

But then it would smell like bird shit outside the oval office as well.

The discussions are on average much more civil, and can actually be worth reading rather than to watch a fight. It reminds me of old school slashdot.

Her father’s funeral was attended by multiple former Mossad chiefs. It’s believed he gave israel the bomb.

I’d definitely look in that direction.

This won’t go away until they release trump’s long-form rape certificate.

I feel the mine density and ability to react with artillery and their own drones still slows the Ukrainians on large scale offensives, we’re seeing conditions even the US never planned for. More likely russia cracked like germany in WW1, a rear collapse that leads to terms.

Once went to a home where a very obese patient was laying on the floor with a foot injury, and called because her leg felt numb. I adjusted her to the other side due by moving some pillows, and she felt a painful “pins and needles feeling” for a moment, which then got better. I explained to her and her mother that she had put too much pressure on a nerve and needed to adjust her position regularly.

Two. Hours. Later. Same house called for leg feeling numb. I called for lift assist and took her to the hospital, because if they couldn’t follow directions she needed adult supervision rather than taking one of two county ambulances out of service over and over.

You can’t have sex with a video game though.

Is it because they’ll only let you inside if you paid a lot of money?

Fiction accomplished.

Everyone dies alone, especially the evil ones.

Edit: google sent me to the wrong bill, this is in committee. Apparently when I searched for new crypto law text, google thought I wanted bills written by high schoolers about crypto.

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s954/BILLS-119s954is.pdf

So I decided to read this bill to work my way through all the FUD and report back, and I can say with some confidence this bill was written by old people with no idea what bitcoin does, and 20-year-olds who think language is substance. Here are some gems:

The facilities to hold the bitcoin need to be spread around in secure places, to prevent theft. Of a digital currency. They literally un-memed “the files are in the computer.”

It does state that Bitcoin is a currency and it shows stability, comparing it to gold. So a point for the fears it legitimizes a very unstable digital currency held by a number of anonymous large stakeholder that can push price.

Terminology vaguely describes vague terms. They define terms poorly, which opens the door to later confusion and argument what they mean. “Fork” I especially call out; I read legal documents and I wouldn’t sign this without clarifications.

The government is buying a million coins over 5 years, then they are permitted to sell 10% a year. So they just backstopped bitcoin.

They are paying for it (in part) by making banks hand in their gold certificates, having them revalued, and making banks pay the difference. Banks will Not like this. I wonder if they’ll refuse the new certificates.

This is a very short bill, give it a read. This is very poorly written and thought out in my opinion, but spot on for the current government. It will, however, greatly stabilize and increase bitcoin prices.

How do you list Joe Rogan as a news source and not The Daily Show?

They’re going to speak Chinese on Mars because of this president.

You can see it in his eyes as he’s about to say it… both the inevitable use on the Daily Show and the desire to strangle his speechwriter.