My home state is to blame.
Now It All Makes Sense!
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Good Vibrations
Nope!
I’ve got a great idea for a new quiz show called “Nope!” In it, you will wake a person up and give them three statements, and they have to pick out the one that’s false. Let’s give it a try:
- “A series of 1s and 0s in the form of a complex mathematical puzzle have gone up in value from one penny per puzzle to almost $100,000. The puzzle, by the way, has no real practical value.”
- “Russia has, for the first time, launched an ICBM into the Ukraine war, and therefore all the equity futures are up near record highs.”
- “A man walking down the street stated that Whoopi Goldberg wasn’t that bad looking, and that he would enjoy spending some time with her.”
You’re right. The third is the impossible one. I guess I made it too easy. Still, it’s a good idea.
(more…)From Uber to Flubber
Here’s an interesting tidbit that shows you how fast things can change. Back on October 10th, Tesla did their big “We Robot” event. It was pretty much a huge flop, and the next day, UBER rocketed to a lifetime high, since they figured they would totally own the FSD market for years. Well – – a month later, UBER is down over 20%, and there’s been hardly an uptick to speak of.
Fantasy Up, Reality Down
I believed that – – and wrote – -that Trump would win the election for most of 2024. However, I didn’t think it would be a blowout win. I figured he’d lose the popular vote and win the Electoral College. Instead, it was almost a Reagan-level victory. Popular vote: won. Electoral College: won. Senate: won. House: won. Supreme Court: majority.
With all of that, Bitcoin has been celebrating like mad, up $30,000 over the past ten weeks and up over $10,000 since last Monday. It got within spitting distance of $83,000 last night.
