Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

That Hideous Strength

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From The Author Of Evils & Designs

Last month (Our Addiction Economy), we shared a thought-provoking post by our psuedonymous Twitter correspondent JC Bennett, about the addictive nature of our current economy. Below, we’ve shared another thought-provoking post by him that deserves wider readership. It’s about a dystopian novel that seems uncanny in its predictions of our present, including the Fauci-funded beagle torture. First, a quick note on a once and current top name of ours, the home solar energy company Enphase Energy (ENPH). 

Enphase Energy 

Enphase Energy was one of our system’s top ten names in late April, along with a couple of conventional energy named, Laredo Petroleum (LPI) and the VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH). 

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Getting Going in Crypto

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During the Virtual SlopeFest, Violet asked me if I could put together an introduction to trading crypto. I said yes, but then I realized there were about a gazillion guides and videos already, so there’s not much point in re-inventing the wheel. You can click here, for example, to get an excellent gallery of articles from Investopedia with all manner of subject related to crypto trading. I did some looking in video-land, and below is another good guide for everyone:

Tartar Sauce

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I’m not going to post the graphic here, since it’s absolutely gargantuan, but here is a scan of one of my favorite images ever (I’ve got it framed and hanging in my office). It is a gorgeous representation of world powers, although it ends around 1970 or so, so it’s badly outdated. All the same, it is absolutely fascinating, especially if you might be an amateur history buff like I am.

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