So I just walked by the Art Institute of Chicago where an elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious, on the museum's front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency.
I asked a museum security guard about it and she said she had woken him 3 times and suggested he move into the shade and he refused each time.
I called 911 and the operator said, "Well, is he ASKING for help?"
When I said no, she said, "Well I'm not going to send anyone."
So the man remained, passed out in the blazing noon sun.
I guess that's how the City of Chicago deals with such situations.
Perhaps I should have tried to wake him to try and persuade him to move into the shade but I'm embarrassed to say I didn't. I moved on, like many others who simply ignored him.
I hope we're not all complicit in assisting an unintended suicide.
@ChicagosMayor; @Chicago_Police; @artinstitutechi.
@Ronycoder If you want to understand options and how they work, start by studying (studying, not reading) the book, “Options as a strategic investment”. And if you want to understand how to make $ using options, be prepared to study and experiment in financial markets for 20 years after
@KevinScottFF The 0 WR strategy :). I don’t see many of these WRs as having weekly upside, at least not enough upside. Maybe would have picked a WR in place of JK Dobbins.
@RepRitchie@twobitidiot@RepRitchie thank you for your leadership in this area. Please continue to beat the drum with the other members of your party. As you stated, the status quo is not working and Congress needs to legislate.
@timseymour Seems unsustainable to me and flies in the face of “the consumer is in good shape” narrative. At least 50% of consumers have not been in good shape for many, many years.
Regarding the SEC complaint against us today, we're proud to represent the industry in court to finally get some clarity around crypto rules.
Remember:
1. The SEC reviewed our business and allowed us to become a public company in 2021.
2. There is no path to "come in and register" - we tried, repeatedly - so we don't list securities. We reject the vast majority of assets we review.
3. The SEC and CFTC have made conflicting statements, and don't even agree on what is a security and what is a commodity.
4. This is why the US congress is introducing new legislation to fix the situation, and the rest of the world is moving to put clear rules in place to support this technology.
Instead of publishing a clear rule book, the SEC has taken a regulation by enforcement approach that is harming America. So if we need to avail ourselves of the courts to get clarity, so be it.
Btw, in case it’s not obvious, the Coinbase suit is very different from others out there – the complaint filed against us is exclusively focused on what is or is not a security. And we are confident in our facts and the law.
We'll get the job done. In the meantime, let's all keep moving forward and building as an industry. America will get this right in the end.
@Travis_in_Flint Sad how we have endless amounts of money to fight wars. Both parties are to blame and need to end their allegiance to the military industrial complex!
@milesjennings This thread seems ridiculous on the surface, but it’s a pretty accurate assessment of the situation. The fact that the SEC is going down this path is inexcusable, inexplicable, and embarrassing.