Jon Stewart is absolutely right here. US journalists are obsessed with the circus Trump creates around himself, in large part because they feel personally implicated by it, and it not only helps Trump (as Stewart says) but comes at the expense of focusing on actual policies:
8/ “Bitcoin lives and breathes on the internet. It lives because it can pay people to keep it alive. It lives because it performs a useful service that people will pay it to perform. It lives because anyone, anywhere, can run a copy of its code.” — Ralph Merkle
The reactionary pretense of "this is not who we are" can no longer hold. Confronting the truth that white supremacist violence is at the core of this nation is the only way forward.
"If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious."
– John Cleese
How to improve your social skills:
1 do not respond to negativity
2 give without expecting a get
3 choose kind over clever
4 learn people’s names
5 listen without interrupting
6 do not exaggerate/lie
7 do not nitpick
8 promote others
9 be humble
10 forgive first #SundayMorning
The history and depth of the US’ relationship with Saudi Arabia is underdiscussed. Most of my peers don’t realize how tight the relationship between our respective oligarchs is and the history of how it came to be. https://t.co/2QVOeHnB2C
This is disgusting beyond words.
If you ever needed further confirmation of the fact that Black Americans are NOT a monolith, then here you go.
DuBois described the calcification of the Black bourgeoisie back in the 1960s...
Here we are now in 2018.
https://t.co/UpCTaexs9k
Owning a whole bitcoin is still economically within reach for most people. This is crazy. Few realize how scarce bitcoin really is. In five years the concept of owning a whole bitcoin will be nothing but a dream for those who don't act now.