Trump completes his first full year in office and he has not been run out or impeached. The Russia-accusations have not stuck and Mueller, I predict will basically fail in the core aspirations of Trump’s adversaries, indictment and removal from office. In the meantime, the economy roars, questionable legislative influence is made all OK by […]
Blockchain, Cryptos, and Your Future, a Reading List
Anyone taking in news over the past month has been informed of the exponential rise in the value of crypto-currencies (cryptos). To the average person interested in growing an investment, albeit a new and volatile type, they hear the news, find an online exchange and put some money in. Especially since Thanksgiving, the mad rush […]
TIR 12/1/17: ‘Bitcoin Is a Delusion That Could Conquer the World’
Bitcoin Is a Delusion That Could Conquer the World Web Publication: The Atlantic, by Derek Thompson I’m sure most people have caught a glimpse of Bitcoin news in the past few weeks if they’re watching the news at all. There’s a lot of confusion about what is Bitcoin. This article addresses that as best as […]
Crazy Day
Here’s what happened today: Matt Lauer and Garrison Keillor were fired from their respective employers for various levels of sexual impropriety. North Korea fired a missile capable of reaching anywhere in the USA. Bitcoin briefly hit $11k. Weird huh? And these are just the top of the top headlines. What do all these headlines have […]
Hey Still Here & What’s New
Northeastern Reader has been on hiatus for a while now; all unplanned but in the moment, since October 23 to be precise. This entry is about the nature of writing a blog like this. I do news, things that seem important to me in the news cycle but yet seem under-appreciated. It might be someone’s […]
TIR 10/23/17: Moguls and starlets: 100 years of Hollywood’s corrosive, systemic system
Moguls and starlets: 100 years of Hollywood’s corrosive, systemic system Web Publication: The Guardian, by Pamela Hutchinson For the past couple weeks I’ve sat back and watched the flurry of ‘revelations’ regarding Harvey Weinstein. Is it a revelation if everyone already knew it? That’s one of the points that Hutchinson makes in her article on […]