BUBBLE: Bitcoin Blasts Past $34K for First Time, Less Than 24 Hours After Blowing Through $30K.
Bitcoin’s rise could also be explained by worries over the dollar while Congress spends more trillions we don’t have at a time when much of the economy is effectively shuttered.
Of course, it could also be a bubble.
MAYBE. IF THEY’D START CUTTING TAXES AND REGULATIONS (PARTICULARLY ON HOMEBUILDING): Can California stop Big Tech from decamping for cheaper places?
As the tech industry becomes more virtual and services-based, the companies’ workforces have less of a need to all be in one place. While these companies create vast wealth for a relatively small group of people, this is not a formula for broad-based economic prosperity.
In contrast to the old Silicon Valley, the Bay Area has become “a region of segregated innovation,” as described by CityLab, where the upper class waxes, the middle class wanes, and the poor live in poverty that is unshakable.
Neofeudalism suits California’s neofeudal lords just fine.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Poll Observer Claims ‘Statistically Impossible’ Number of Military Ballots in Georgia County Went for Biden.
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Cold drinks. Hot takes. Your questions.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why Are Reporters Covering for Hilaria Baldwin’s Epic Con? “The Identity Politics mob is suddenly standing down. Here’s the real reason why.”
‘TIS THE SEASON: Arkansas doctor wipes away cancer patients’ bills totaling $650,000.
MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Oregon Mayor Leads the Charge to Open Businesses on Jan 1, Despite Lockdowns.
OH, YEAH? JUST WATCH HIM DO IT WITH A BIG ASSIST FROM THE PRESS: Warnock Can’t Dismiss ‘Traumatizing and Disturbing’ Camp Abuse Story.
BECAUSE IT’S ESSENTIALLY TOTALITARIAN: Why cancel culture can target anyone. “The end game of cancel culture isn’t just to humiliate and punish the offender but to intimidate and ultimately silence any dissenting voices including those calling for some measure of mercy.”
THE RETROACTIVE ENDORSEMENT OF BARACK OBAMA WAS THE POINT OF NO RETURN, ASSUMING THERE HAD EVER BEEN ONE: 2020 Is The Year NeverTrump Finally Admitted They’re NeverRepublican.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: California Tumbles Into the Sea.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: Are you ready for the Great Tech Worker Reverse Migration out of California?
Answer: You’d better be, because it sure looks like it’s coming.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Portland police forced to dial 911 for assistance
- FDA makes distillers pay up for helping out
- Andrew Cuomo graciously allows a few thousand Bills fans to attend playoff game, takes a seat for himself
Bonus Sanity: Sorry, couldn’t find any today.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
TYLER O’NEIL: 5 Great Trump Victories in 2020. “Trump achieved five great victories in 2020, opposing abortion, standing up for America, fast-tracking vaccines, peace in the Middle East, and more.”
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Boycotts, bans, and burn books: 8 outrageous incidents of Ivy League leftism in 2020.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Alec Baldwin’s Phony Wife Is An SNL Skit Waiting to Happen. “Over here in the comedy trade, Joe Biden is a target rich joke environment the likes of which hasn’t been seen in the modern era. Sadly, mainstream comedy has been castrated by political correctness and pledged fealty to the Democratic party. Unless I can get back on stage soon, you’re not going to be hearing any jokes about Joe Biden. I don’t even do political comedy on stage, but I’d break my own rules just to have a go at this guy.”
The world has never needed Stephen Kruiser more than right now.
THE PROGRESSIVE GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD: Trump Invokes Saint Thomas Becket In Defense Of Religious Liberty. Expect The Opposite From Biden-Harris. “Trump’s proclamation honoring the famous saint and martyr is a stark reminder that religious liberty is under threat by Democrats.”
NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS HOPING FOR: The Air Force Is Building a Spacecraft That Will Beam Solar Power to Earth.
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY FINDS A WAY: Apple pulls iPhone app promoting secret parties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY RETIRED: Another Democrat Official Caught Violating COVID-19 Restrictions He Enforces.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Video of NYC Mob Taking Over Street, Attacking Car, As Murder Rate Skyrockets.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: Will the last person to flee from Bill De Blasio’s New York City please turn off the lights?
Answer: We’re sorry for being so flip. The power will have been shut off long before that happens.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- HuffPo senior politics reporter has difficulty counting to 2
- Antifa holds entire motel hostage, Tacoma government yawns
- Joe Biden refers to Kamala Harris as “president-elect”
Bonus Sanity: H.L. Mencken proven right once more. (An ongoing series.)
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
SANITY NOT WELCOME: Gabbard’s Exit From House to Leave Democrats With 1 Less Centrist Voice.
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