Very few governments have embraced cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and many are more likely to view them skeptically because the currencies operate outside government control. There is always the risk that governments could outlaw the mining of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies altogether as China did in ...
(JAN 5) LAS VEGAS, NV- The countdown has officially begun! Mark your calendars for April 4-5, 2025, because the much-anticipated International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) event is set to return to Las Vegas at the vibrant Orleans Hotel & Casino. This year, the “Night of ...
Claim often refers to asserting ownership or the right to something, like claiming a lost item at the lost and found. On the other hand, proclaim typically involves making a public or official announcement, such as a government proclaiming a new law. 11 Claim can also mean stating something ...
There is something that each and every one of us has experienced, whether you have been driving for one year or 40 years. Something that just happens from time to time and we give it very little thought as we continue down the road. What are those black cables that are occasionally stret...
One year after their stages went dark, live music workers from across the country talk about what makes their spaces so important and how you can help them. By PitchforkApril 5, 2021 Graphics by Drew Litowitz, photos by Kirsten Thoen, Tom Farr, Elena de Soto, Mike White, Travis Trautt,...
In addition to seizing the land and distributing it in such a way as to benefit capitalist industry, the "government played its part in helping the bankers and hurting the farmers; it kept the amount of money — based in the gold supply — steady while the population rose, so there was ...
While it's not without its faults, if you've lived in Evansville your whole life like me, or at least long enough to remember a time when "The Lloyd" didn't exist, you have to admit it makes getting from the west side to the east side and all points in between much easier and ...
Wyatt Earp was an outlaw for a time in his youth, while Sheriff Dave Updyke in Ada County, ID, is believed to have been so unlawful that he extorted and stole thousands of dollars - including several bars of gold. Dave Updyke was born in New York but moved to Boise, ID, in 1...
government is purchasing massive quantities of radiation protection pills, but when the Fukushima disaster struck in 2011, President Obama urged the American people to "do nothing" and assured them that they did not need to buy potassium iodide pills?So here we have yet another case where the ...
but they had almost no access to financing. The British and their supporters took most of the city's gold and silver. The Continental, the paper money issued by the revolutionary government, had been inflated into oblivion by 1780 so it took 400 Continental dollars to buy one silver dollar....