America

In the latest sign that the market for initial coin offerings has probably peaked, Bloomberg is reporting that a company is planning to launch an ICO with the explicit goal of raising enough money to purchase the only extant copy of “Once Upon A Time In Shaolin”, the rare Wu Tang Clan record and current record holder for most expensive single album ever sold. Martin Shkreli once paid $2 million for the record.

Authored by Kevin Muir via The Macro Tourist blog,

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

There’s a lot to complain about in this deranged republic - if it even still is one - but the burdens of being a multimillionaire football player would not be at the top of my list.

Personally, I find it a little peculiar that we have to play the national anthem before any sporting event. All it really shows is how insecure we are as a nation that we have to display our love of country in this obsessive manner.

Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com,

It baffles me how some people can continue to say that Donald Trump is politically inept and doesn’t understand how Washington works.

Update:  Proving that he was just getting warmed up earlier this morning with his latest rant against the NFL, Trump now seems to want '#StandForOurAnthem' to go viral.

#StandForOurAnthem

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2017

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