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It's a lovely sunny day.

You're referring to investments and I'm referring to standard of living. Most Americans spend most of their money. Most Americans enjoy a higher standard of living than they did 100 years ago despite the fact that the purchasing power of the individual dollar declined. Dollars are not analogous to shares.

And people who have nothing germane to answer with often decide to make it personal instead.

Reallly. You think Americans today are richer than they were 100 years ago because they hold shares, etc? It's mostly because the total amount of dollars they earn can buy them a lot more than what they earned 100 years ago.

But the reliability of blockchain in a business network has no bearing on the reliability of crypto as an investment or the trustworthiness of crytpo exchanges.

Once again you misunderstand the difference between a currency and crypto. Just because the value of a currency declines over 5 years that doesn't mean that the possessor of it is poorer. That demands on how much of that currency they hold. 100 years ago a dollar had far greater purchasing power than it does today. Does that mean that people in the USA are poorer than they were 100 years ago?

What relevance does the use of blockchain in a business network have to do with the use of it in cryptocurrency?

First off, it's telling that you set a low standard by choosing kip. Second the value of kip per dollar may be offset by the increasing number of kips held by people. For that reason, devaluation is not necessarily the same as a crash in the price of crypto.. And I'm pretty sure in Laos things are priced in kips. Is there any country where goods and services are routinely priced in crypto?

Really? The same thing? So there's the equivalent of Federal Deposit Insurance for crypto? And you think the ration of banks that failed to those that don't is the same as the ratio of exchanges that have failed to those that haven't?

Nobody rational prices goods or services in something whose value fluctuates wildly. Just because a few benighted countries adopt it as a currency, that doesn't make it a real one.

But not at all a currency.

Actually, that would be a really good thing. Republicans have proven themselves unable to resist the temptation of reducing access to Social Security and Medicare. The electorate needs to be reminded of what these people stand for. And should the issue of a Supreme replacement come up, Collins and Murkowski, although both are Republicans, know that it's good politics for them to support a pro-Roe justice.

For whatever reason, Google is clearly wrong or not including some wins for obscure reasons of its own. There are only 3 outstanding races left. Which means a total of 97 races have been decided. Dems 49 Reps 49.And I can't understand why anyone would give this post a "like" except possibly that they are given to reflexive denialism.

Not necessarily. Although this could be God's idea of a practical joke. She's such a kidder. US pastor, who believes floods are God's punishment, flees flooded home US pastor Tony Perkins, who believes natural disasters are sent by God to punish gay people, has fled his flooded home in Louisiana. In 2015 he caused controversy when he agreed with a statement that natural disasters are sent by God as punishment for abortion and gay marriage. Mr Perkins has revealed that he was forced to escape his property in a canoe with his family. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-37116661

Undoing loopholes and reversing massive tax breaks given to the rich is certainly long overdue.

Could you expatiate further on what sounds like another conspiracy theor?

I sincerely join you in the hope that the Republicans in the House do just that. As the elections showed, candidates who adhere to conspiracy theories about the elections and other issues, managed to alienate much of the electorate and fared far worse than others. Bring the lunacy on!

Given the sources you get your news from, you being stunned is hardly surprising.

But I specifically cited evidence that shows the obvious unsoundness of your position. If less greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere than would otherwise be the case, that would lessen the rate of warming than if a greater amount was released. What is so difficult to understand about that?

Sea walls aren't much good when a storm surge is higher than the walls. As in the case of Ian.

Trivial, huh? How sea level rise contributes to billions in extra damage during hurricanes "A storm surge must rise to the base height of the city before it can flood large areas. But once the storm does cross that threshold, every inch of additional rise in water levels can flood large areas. And since just one inch of water in a 2,500-square-foot home can cause $27,000 in damage, and 12 inches can cause $72,000 in damage (according to FEMA), a few extra inches of storm surge can add up to a lot of damage in a hurry. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/how-sea-level-rise-contributes-to-billions-in-extra-damage-during-hurricanes/

You believe wrongly. You may be thinking of a special type of fusion device popularly known as neutron bombs. Actually, they are designed to release more radiation in the form of neutrons and a much smaller explosion. Neutrons decay rapidly so less long lasting radiation is released.

biden claimed to halve the deficit ifor 2022. As for the 5 trillion, that was your claim for 2020.

That you asked that question shows that you don't know that petroleum prices are set in the global market. Less product in the market means higher prices.

The difference between you and heybruce is he backed up his comment about fox news with reasoned argument. You backed up yours with....nothing. Because that's all you've got.