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If Loot Boxes are Attacked Legislatively, I'm Leaving TCGs

19 Aug 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman

Loot boxes are a popular game mechanic which generates revenue for companies that produce games. Recent legislation threatens them. But it also threatens trading card games. I’ve been playing TCGs for a number of years. My first MTG purchase was a...

How Criminalizing Holocaust Denial Brings Us Closer to Fascism

17 Aug 2019 5 minute read 5 comments Daniel Goldman

Europe is horribly embarrassed by the events of the holocaust, and its governments should be. However, in response to this past, European governments have implemented policies which echo the oppressive regimes of the past. Antisemitism, along with...

New Jersey Bill Signs Blockchain Research Task Force Into Law

13 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments BlockchainSEO

On August 9th, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed blockchain bill S2297 into effect to implement a Blockchain Initiative Task Force for the exploration of potential blockchain-tech use cases in the state of New Jersey. Specifically, Bill S2...

1984 in 2018

6 Aug 2019 5 minute read 0 comments pushpedal

Pheng first heard about George Orwell's 1984 book in social studies class at Edgewater College. At that time, his interests were mainly naming countries and their capital city. In this journey through Asia, we engaged with many people discussing the...

Crypto Ban Or Just A lot Of Fluff ?

29 Jul 2019 1 minute read 1 comment bitcoinflood

Lately all we hear in the news now is that bitcoin is going to be banned by this government and that government. However will that actually ever happen? I feel like we have down this road in the past... Anyone recall China ? India recently went on th...

Facebooks LIBRA “the next horrific terrorist attack against Americans.”

27 Jul 2019 1 minute read 3 comments Hippos4ever

Well after going through the first round of questioning on the hill it seems Facebook's Libra project might not end up going through, or at least in the capacity that Facebook may have hoped for...  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked Facebook, and Faceb...

A Philosophical Construction of Rights, Independent of Government

26 Jul 2019 3 minute read 1 comment Daniel Goldman

Are personal rights a myth? A fairytale? Is it true that you have no true freedom, that you only have temporary privileges that you enjoy until someone tells you to stop enjoying them? This is definitely a philosophy that is prevalent among the supp...

Government as Institutionalized Force: A Definition

18 Jul 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman

What is government? It’s not pretty. That’s for sure.   I’ve been writing about politics for the last 15 years or so. I’ve thought a lot about government, and have reached the conclusion that I don’t like it. But I haven’t really been able to define...

salad oil scandal possible in crypto currency ?

17 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Snow Under Sun

Some crypto currencies , especially some stable coins, ( plus Facebook's Libra ) claimed that "backed by non-digital assets" Let's go back to 1963.  Salad Oil Scandal , also known as Soybean Scandal. A trading company brought 1.8 billions of soybean...

PRESIDENT TRUMP UNITES CRYPTO…AGAINST HIM

14 Jul 2019 5 minute read 1 comment dragonwolftech

On Thursday, July 11th, 2019, a miracle happened. Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, managed to unite (however briefly) the various factions in Cryptocurrency…against him.  In a series of tweets, President Trump declared his views...