Rear View Mirror Investing

An interesting 'coulda shoulda woulda' on bitcoin from Brian Doherty of Reason:

In Search of the Elusive Bitcoin Billionaire

Bitcoin is booming. Libertarians were there first. So where are all the cryptocurrency tycoons?

I am not a bitcoin multimillionaire.

I could have been: I was aware of the cryptocurrency's existence in July 2010.

I should have been: Dozens of smart people with sympatico worldviews to my own eagerly explained to me how the creation of an online "blockchain"—a reliable yet anonymous ledger of transactions—had the potential to change the world. 

And I would have been: Had I shelled out, say, $2,000 on this innovative, anti-inflationary currency even a lazy six weeks after I was introduced to it, today I would be sitting on 28,571 bitcoins, the equivalent at press time of over $212 million in cash.

But I didn't.

But his quest for those who did is entertaining. I should add, this is somewhat dated since Bitcoin was a mere $7,500 when published and is currently bounding about above $15,000.

Comments

[henry]

I could have bought tulips, but was born too late.

[narcisoyea]

5Where does one store bitcoin, in the ghost busters containment vessel. What backs it?

[Another Bob]

Willowed

Nice touch having Barron Trump also sign the WH Christmas card.

DJT clearly taught Melania how to produce a signature.

[Another Bob]

I do that right CH?

[henry]

What backs it?

Same thing that backed the dotcoms. It has tech. Nobody understands it. The price is going up. Pure popular delusions and the madness of crowds at work.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

David Martosko‏Verified account @dmartosko

Between Al Franken, John Conyers, Roy Moore, tax reform, Jerusalem, Obamacare, the War on Christmas, #denturegate and Robert Mueller's Russia probe, tomorrow's Trump rally in Pensacola is going to be a real sh*tshow.
==================================
Martosko is a pretty fair reporter, but as far as I am concerned that list means "plenty of material."

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Josh Caplan‏ @joshdcaplan
9m9 minutes ago

NBC NEWS: Lawsuit filed against "X-Men" Director Bryan Singer for sexual abuse of 17-year-old boy

[henry]

What is #denturegate? Or should I not ask!

[JimNorCal]

I'm falling so far behind ... I have read nothing really about bitcoin.

And what is "denture gate".

[daddy on iPad]

5Where does one store bitcoin,

In Al Gore's lockbox with all the Social Security funds.

[Skoot]

I read Erik Prince's testimony where Schiff tells him "You don't determine when this hearing ends" after Prince says he's getting tired of their fishing expedition and he's leaving. Prince reminds Schiff he's there voluntarily says "Yeah, I do" It's pretty entertaining if you've got some time.

And Schiff and CNN bitching about Jr's claiming privilege with his father about the set-up meeting in Trump tower - he's answering voluntarily. Schiff can't do a fu*kin thing. Leadership just said they are satisfied with his answers. Maybe Schiff can go to kinko's and get a "Mr Schiffs Subpoena" printed up. How fu*king stupid is this guy?

And Manafort's going to walk - in a $10,000 suit - just like the Teflon Don. # Russia Joke

[JimNorCal]

Ah, okay
"What's the tooth about Trump's slurred words during his Jerusalem speech? Dentist says he might have a denture problem but the White House insists it was just 'dry mouth'"

[Clarice Feldman]

About Judge Contreras just recused from Flynn case:Judge Rudolph “Rudy” Contreras was appointed to the District Court in March 2012. Prior to joining the District Court, Judge Contreras served from 2006 to 2012 as the Chief of the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he supervised 39 Assistant United States Attorneys who defend and bring civil cases on behalf of the United States. Judge Contreras was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1984 and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1991, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Following law school, Judge Contreras joined the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, where he was an Associate in the General Litigation Group. In 1994, Judge Contreras joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division, where he was responsible for a wide array of cases, including employment, Federal Tort Claims Act, Administrative Procedure Act, Bivens and Affirmative Civil Enforcement matters. In 2003, Judge Contreras left the D.C. Office to become the Chief of the Civil Division for the United States Attorney's Office in Delaware, where he oversaw that civil program and personally handled a wide variety of matters, including environmental and health care fraud cases.

[Captain Hate]

Perfect, AB.

[Dave (in MA)]

It would seem to figure that if a two bit coin is 25¢, then a bit coin would only be work 12½¢, but that's just from a quick, back of the envelope calculation.

[Momto2]

(posted on last thread but important)

Well...what do you know~ I hope janet sees this!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/planned-parenthood-under-investigation-by-justice-department-over-sale-fetal-tissue.html

[narcisoyea]

But tulips if overvalued, I'm reminded of that coin in hitchhiker guide which was a luducroud construct.

[Catsmeat]

Drymouth, I get (happens to me after 50 minutes of lecturing all the time). There's Morning Joe trying to work this moment of insalivatory difficulty into grounds for 25th Amendment intervention--give it a rest, you consummate fools. Nice to have a fellow I didn't know existed, Bruce G. Ohr, out, as he was one of the many many minions at FBI (though less minion as he was fourth in line--Red Sea intervention we hope to follow).

[narcisoyea]

Real if overvAlued

Tucker has reset reines on, trying to put up a defense.

[Another Bob]

The only thing backing bitcoin is people's willingness to accept it.

The "mining" process always seemed weird to me. A Slovenian bitcoin mining company supposedly had its bitcoin wallet stolen, to the tune of tens on millions.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Rab across this on Twitter. It's a thread describing all of Trump's major actions concerning the presidency, going all the way back to 1987.

What it proves is that he isn't impulsive and thinks carefully and long-term. He also plans to win.

It's excellent reading if you want to know why I am on the Veranda!

https://twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/938922524603187204

[narcisoyea]

Why was flathead so ignorant, although he eventually removed all doubt, gagea wee fighting on another front against the druze in the chouf
At the time of chatila, btw when the us new jersey shelled that area, that was the pretext
For the hezbollah attack on the embassy, something even pj o'rourkr got wrong.

[Clarice Feldman]

This may be why Contreras recused himself-Contreras was appointed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts to join the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on May 19, 2016.

[henry]

All this talk of magnesium, and I am low on zinc. I guess I need to be regalvanised. Any ideas on which form of zinc supplement is best? (Dr didn't specify form, just dose).

[Matt - deplore me at your peril]

What is the frequency narciso? That was pretty opaque.

[narcisoyea]

Friedman got his signature story, partially because his Arabic was no bueno, and it shaped the entire framing of Lebanon from 1982 on,

[Matt - deplore me at your peril]

Just bolt a couple of electrodes to your rudder and you should be fine Henry.

I'm thinking of starting a South Seas investment fund. There seems to be an unmet demand for flim flammery.

[Matt - deplore me at your peril]

That should have read anodes

[Janeprobably about 10 minutes after getting there]

New guy uncovered on Mueller team: Zebly - spelled wrong who is Mueller's 'right hand man" and represented the guy who set up Hillarys server.

Other than the fact that the liberal press won't report it, I don't see how Mueller can go on.

[lyle]

Of course he can, Jane. Silly bird. 😬

[henry]

Matt, my rudder much appreciates the correction. ;)

[narcisoyea]

This piece nor the American thinker one, mentioned the server connection:
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/13/robert-mueller-russia-probe-organization-244789

[Janet 🚬]

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Married FBI lawyer who exchanged 10,000 texts with her anti-Trump agent lover who was a key player in Mueller's Russia probe and helped clear Hillary is seen for the first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5152171/The-FBI-agents-lover-seen-time.html

[Clarice Feldman]

Do. Not. Leave me. out. of. that. scheme., Matt. I'm a natural for your new business.

[narcisoyea]

Of course this validates my pet theory about the case:
http://americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/_the_likely_road_ahead_for_the_mueller_investigation.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The concept of bitcoin is its absolute security via the blockchain scheme.
However, when a company can have tens of millions of mined bitcoins hacked right out from under them, the security seems less than absolute. And unlike theft of regular currency, the blockchain seems to make solving and resolving the theft possibly problematic.

[Janet 🚬]

Slurred speech ....just seemed like Trump had a lozenge to me.
It was noticeable especially at the end & when he went over to sign the Jerusalem thing.
No big deal.

[henry]

Iggy, in English they outsmarted themselves, as usual.

[Janet 🚬]

http://heavy.com/news/2017/06/robert-mueller-team-of-lawyers-investigators-russia-probe/

Aaron Zebley

"Zebley once represented Hillary Clinton aide Justin Cooper, who played a key role in Hillary Clinton’s set up of a private email server, according to CNN."

[Janet 🚬]

from June -

CNN - "Zebley once represented former Hillary Clinton aide Justin Cooper, who helped manager her private email server."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/robert-mueller-donations-democrats-fec/index.html

[lyle]

I want to burn down all of D.C. To. The. Ground. Pro tip: if you're feeling even slightly sympatico, don't read Mirengoff's latest at Powerline. Grrr...

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Regarding the Strzok girlfriend, I loved it today when Grassley refused to sugar coat it and referred to it as an "illicit and immoral relationship."

[Janet 🚬]

a reminder -

"A convenient list of 17 interviews that occurred after the draft letter finding Hillary innocent. " - JimNorCal
1. May 3, 2016 – Paul Combetta
2. May 12, 2016 – Sean Misko
3. May 17, 2016 – Unnamed CIA employee
4. May 19, 2016 – Unnamed CIA employee
5. May 24, 2016 – Heather Samuelson
6. May 26, 2016 – Marcel Lehel (aka Guccifer)
7. May 28, 2016 – Cheryl Mills
8. June 3, 2016 – Charlie Wisecarver
9. June 10, 2016 – John Bentel
10. June 15, 2016 – Lewis Lukens
11. June 21, 2016 – Justin Cooper
12. June 21, 2016 – Unnamed State Dept. Employee
13. June 21, 2016 – Bryan Pagliano
14. June 21, 2016 – Purcell Lee
15. June 23, 2016 – Monica Hanley
16. June 29, 2016 – Hannah Richert
17. July 2, 2016 – Hillary Clinton

http://bejohngalt.com/2017/09/the-fix-was-in/

[narciso]

Hang on, they wouldnt be stuoid enough to have rhe jusge who approved this gornisch wRrant hear the Flynn case would they, remember the kerfluffle over the judge on the ellsberg case.

Now Rockies crack researchers are not even swift enough to consider this possibility.

[daddy on iPad]

More good news! Ethics Committee clears Rep. Devin Nunes
The California Republican had been accused of disclosing classified information related to the Russia investigation.

[JimNorCal]

re: Janet 🚬 | December 07, 2017

Wow, you're quite thorough :)
That article is from September ...

[daddy on iPad]

Nunes: In a statement Thursday, Nunes thanked the panel “for completely clearing me today of the cloud that was created by this investigation, and for determining that I committed no violation of anything — no violation of House Rules, law, regulations, or any other standards of conduct.”

“While I appreciate the Ethics Committee’s work, I need to reiterate that the allegations against me were obviously frivolous and were rooted in politically motivated complaints filed against me by left-wing activist groups,” he said.

[henry]

Seems a good time for Nunes to get out of the penalty box. Now if Elmer would just wake up...

[Marlene]

A dozen "faith leaders" who held a sit-in at the Portland office of Susan Collins were arrested after ten hours. The perps included a Rabbi,Quaker,Buddhist leader and a UU minister. They sang "this little light of mine" as the police led them out of the office. They are upset about her vote for the tax bill. Several of the clergy are retired,but are well known liberal activists.

[GUS]

For the JOM GLOSSARY/DICTIONARY.....

BETA MALE= This quote from AL FRANKEN after assaulting a HOWIE DEAN heckler..........

""“I was a wrestler so I used a wrestling move,” Franken said.""

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

As I noted at Powerline, just when you think Mirengoff's head has finally cleared his sphincter, it pops right back in.

[Beasts of England]

Mirengoff should be ashamed of himself. There is no way that Trump admitted to sexual assault on the Billy Bush tape - it's grammatically ambiguous at best. And considering the setting and tone, it sounded like a bullshit session - hardly a spontaneous utterance in the legal sense. Those clean toga turds need their ears boxed.

[henry]

Quaker clergy happens, but really isn’t a thing at the Meeting House. Activists are plentiful though.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The perps included a Rabbi,Quaker,Buddhist leader and a UU minister.--

That is one great set-up line.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Shouldn't they be called YoYo Ministers?

[Marlene]

henry,the Portland Press Herald reports that that Jay O'Hara,a Chinese Quaker, was one of the clergy arrested. ???

[Clarice Feldman]

I want to see the entire cabal working with Mueller discredited and disbarred. I'm evil.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Heading to bed. I am sure that something will break after I go to bed, so take good notes!

Nytol!

[narciso]

Remember the particle weapon the Martians had at the end of their stalk?

[Marlene]

Collins held a phone conference with the group and they still wouldn't leave. I read the report and thought it sounded like a joke. Why were they allowed to sit in her office all day?

[Dave (in MA)]

Aw, poor thing.

Chelsea Handler‏@chelseahandler
Just evacuated my house. It’s like Donald Trump is setting the world on fire. Literally and figuratively. Stay safe everyone. Dark times.
12:40 PM - 6 Dec 2017

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

BTW, if DocJ is in plenty of rain either he's not at home or has moved because we've been high n dry in this neck o' the woods.

[Beasts of England]

You're way too kind, Clarice. I want fines and jail time. I want their pensions revoked. I want them to be bankrupted by the same ugly process they just wrung Kelly through. I want their names to be synonymous with Mudd.

[GUS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAxp20CNrwI
STUMBLING DRUNK. Watch the video.
The narrator mentions Rodham breaking her arm, while 'walking to the WHITE HOUSE'. That is a fucking lie. My brother witnessed her stumble crash and burn, as she walked to a LIMO in the basement at FOGGY BOTTOM.

[GUS]

DISCREDITED AND DISBARRED??? Clarice, what is THEIR INTENT? What do these BASTAGES want for you, me, our families, our nation, our REPUBLIC and CONSTITUTION and for our childrens future????
LITERALLY, THESE MF'ING BASTARDS WANT AMERICA TO END AS WE KNOW IT. I WANT THEM TO ROT IN HELL.

[Janet 🚬]

A bit more on Justin Cooper.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/29/report-clintons-are-paying-legal-bills-for-aide-who-registered-private-email-address/

"Cooper registered clintonemail.com in his own name on Jan. 13, 2009. That email domain is the same one Hillary Clinton exclusively used to send work-related emails as secretary of state. Emails sent on that account were stored on a server that the Clintons kept at their personal residence in New York."

[GUS]

Beasts, these fuckers have zero relationship to honor, truth or decency.
It amazes me, what COMMIE/LIBTARDS will do, and yet SOME of us, seem to give them a benefit of the doubt. The CLINTONS are the worst in history. NONE OF THEIR CRIMES have ever come with a PRICE.
What does that BODE?? More and MOAR AND MORE AND MOAR !!!!!!!!! ZERO FEAR OF REPERCUSSIONS.

[glenda]

Evil? Nah..you're an angel, clarice😉 Seems clear the rot started, continued from the top: Obama, Comey, Lynch, Bharra, Holder and Val Ja Ja Jarrett's band of felons--B Rhodes, Susan Rice, Samantha Powers et al unmasking, abusing 702/FISA...for $$$ power.
All while feeding off of celebrity perverts like Weinstein and making Iran, North Korea nuclear--that's evil !!

And they played Hillary & Bill into the penalty box, to take the title of "Biggest Loser". Evah!

[Clarice Feldman]

https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/rod-rosenstein-overcome-soros-swamp-gas/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Kevin Williamson seems to have his head on upside down.
Either that or he's grafted a young Don King's hair to his chin.
Weirdly weird.

[mad jack]

ok. ive just enjoyed a lovely meal of just ofv the boat Nantucket scollops along with plenty of pre-game and post-game beverages at my club,(all on the arm since it's the xmas diiner for the board my bride is on); and im doing some cloudy catch up, so im confused as to who is flathead. i understand that begala is the forehead but is freidman the flathead? i only get about 10% of narcspeak.

[Momto2]

From Janet's 8:55 -

We see that she *still* hasn't washed her hair!

I wonder if Robin has ever run across her husband:
(Joseph)Burrow, who works for a non-profit international education organization, was seen leaving the couple's home.

Always sad when there is a child involved :(

[Janet 🚬]

Wow, you're quite thorough :)
That article is from September ...

Hah! I email myself comments & links & TRY to keep up with stories. Then I go to my email & type in 'Justin Cooper' & see what comes up.

In this old article, he was one of the people that corresponded with Hillary too - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article31025682.html

Justin Cooper, Bill Clinton aide

On that LONG list, I thought it was interesting who DID NOT have her email.
Amb. Stevens wasn't on the list.

She was running her own private business with her own private crew.

[Beasts of England]

I agree, GUS. Before I started reading and commenting here, I'd have said the idea of a deep state or a Uniparty was nuts. I thought that even when I couldn't make many of their actions sum. Of course, I didn't want to believe it - and that makes it tough to see.

What these actors are doing is tantamount to treason. Maybe there's a more precise term of legal art that fits the situation, but when a cabal tries to overthrow a fair election, then that's the most un-American activity possible. Boil them in oil, for all I care...

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Flathead Friedman in his favorite pose; pursing his lips and clasping his hands to disguise his idiocy

Begala's Four Story Forehead;

[mad jack]

well my buzzed comment effort went as well as can be expected given that my @#$% spell check apparently reverts to whatever the fn planet that mork came from.
ps the pre-game oysters were awesome as well!

[Threadkiller]

That is an eight-head.

[JimNorCal]

Awesome, Janet. Impressed!

[mad jack]

thanks iggy!

[Gentlejim]

Boil them in oil, for all I care...

Just make sure they're thawed first. Don't want the hot oil flying all over the place.

[GUS]

I think STRZOK'S trollep should forevermore be known as.......PERT.

Gee your hair smells like crap.

Is already taken.

[Threadkiller]

Before you started commenting here, BoE, the afterbirthers policed this site for loons that thought like you now think.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

George Neumayer on Dr Franken Furter's pseudo-resignation.

[GUS]

Beasts, by now, you must certainly know that I LOVE YOU friend. You are a treasure. Thank you for being kind for so many years.
Here's the GIG.

The LEFT, is not The LEFT. They are conniving lying manipulative lying duplicitous COMMMMIES.
Many of them do not recognize that they've become USELESS SCUM. NO WOMEN EVER SOUGHT TO BE A WHORE.
DEMOCRATS have 3 categories. Fools who are used just a CHARLES MANSON used fools. Eager turgid, commie dirty stinky losers....., and PROFESSIONALLY PAID LIBTARDS, Who lie and cheat and steal, because it's all they know.

[Beasts of England]

Speaking of oysters, Garden & Gun has a great recipe for smoked oyster dip that I'll be making in the next day or two. Will report back on it, and share as necessary. Also working on some homemade duck prosciutto. You know you want some... :)

[GUS]

Ig, you are awesome. You are like CAVIAR, you are an acquired taste.

[Clarice Feldman]

I made some duck prosciutto earlier this year--it was relatively easy/

Ig is my favotire, but I told him not to tell the others.

Nytol.

[Beasts of England]

Love all y'all, and we'll defrost the traitors before we drop them in the cauldron. And we'll season them to taste...

Nytol

[mad jack]

without reading iggys article - i don't think franken should have resigned based on what we presently know but in the end it was soley his decision. i actually don't believe he will follow through once good ole roy gets elected. he's a complete fraud along with his party. delenda est to all of these mfs.

[GUS]

Clarice, What kind of sucking up, do I have to do to get on your FAVORITES list.
Trust me. I'll do it.

[mad jack]

trizzle trazzel trozzle trome. time for this one to go home!

[GUS]

Beasts!!!! I bought 10lbs of seafood today. 5lbs of various shrimps and 5lbs of various already shelled, mussels, oysters etc. I've got a couple of ROCK n roll gigs coming up. And I need a recipe for an AFTER PARTY

[GUS]

Goodnight mad jack.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Wait, I'm like prehistoric fish eggs?

[narciso]

Someone was asking about Crowell yesterday

https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/rod-rosenstein-overcome-soros-swamp-gas/

I don't think he was overcome,

[Frau Steinhehirn]

Clarice - did you forget dismembered?

Just think how how much would have been discovered about the Amran family scandal if a similar coven of expert lawyers been assigned.

[lyle]

Killing time before Midsomer Murder at 9, I flip over to Laura Ingraham's new show which I had not heretofore watched. So who's her guest? Wesley Effing Clark. With an embarrassingly bad combover. Sound was muted but I still felt the urge to vomit up my pizza and Caparzo Rosso di Montalcino.

In other news, my wife's mother's little Pomeranian, Buddy, died this morning. I love my MIL, but she was at our house for dinner the night we lost Biscuit, waxing philosophical about humans outliving pets (with a 'tini under her belt) and generally saying things we all knew but didn't necessarily need to hear that night. Neither of us mentioned she might be facing the same situation at some point, because what the hell.

[narciso]

So sorry to hear that, lyle what is the purpose of having Ashley Wilkes rush's name for him:

https://mobile.twitter.com/alimhaider/status/938630399001026565

Mr McGhee don't make me angry, you wouldnt like me when I'm angry

[Neo]

"... the specter of Adolf Hitler, who came to power in Democratic Germany amid the financial crisis of the 1930's ..."

"... the specter of Barack Obama, who came to power as a 'madman theory of the presidency' Democrat amid the financial crisis of the 2008 ..."