Here’s a question for you. You live in Los Angeles. You have a laptop that’s acting up; needs some work. Do you: A) Find a computer repair shop in your neighborhood via Google or whatever and take it there; B) Send it back to the manufacturer; C) Say to yourself, “Oh, I know, I think I’ll go to Wilmington, Delaware, and take it to a legally blind computer repairman, because like obviously, who wouldn’t do that?” Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, not yet indicted, and Steve Bannon, already indicted for allegedly scamming loyal Trumpies no less, want you to believe that […]
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Luis Suarez scored twice and provided an assist in a superb 24-minute cameo on his Atletico Madrid debut, showing former club Barcelona a sign of what they could be missing after his bitter departure. Suarez came off the bench to replace Diego Costa in the 70th minute of Atletico’s game against Granada with his team 3-0 up, and set about making an instant impact for his new club. The Uruguayan teed up fellow substitute Marcos Llorente for a finish two minutes later, before finding the net himself with a looping header at the back post in the 85th minute. He capped […]
For weeks I have attempted to enlist friends to come to the beach with me. Many have declined this invitation, not in the name of social distancing but for fear of another deadly threat lurking in the water: sharks. Visions of pointed grey fins cutting through waves have long been the stuff of summer nightmares, thanks to that forever-terrifying 1975 blockbuster, Jaws. This year in particular, though, the panic has peaked. Reports of sightings in the Northeast are on the rise, maybe because frightened beach-goers are paying more attention to the water after a 63-year-old New Yorker named Julie Dimperio Holowach […]
Cryptographers call out Craig Wright’s latest claims, blockchain business deposits are growing at Signature and Carlos Ghosn’s smugglers were paid in crypto. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Cryptic PaymentsThe son of former Renault and Nissan head and fugitive Carlos Ghosn used Coinbase to pay two men $500,000 in bitcoin to get his father out of Japan last December. U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Ghosn sent 63 bitcoin to Michael and Peter Taylor, a father and […]
[ Editor’s Note: Scott has an excellent analysis below on Trump’s evolving China Jihad. But the first thing that would come to mind for VT is always, “why make this big public move now, on a situation that pretty much existed when Trump came into office?” Sure, China might be a bit “more bad” now, but so is Trump, and the election polls are certainly showing this. When did China declare itself a unipolar power? I seem to have missed that somehow, but I sure do remember Trump blabbering on about it. Here we have Pompeo doing his usual weekly accusation. […]