Crypto companies such as Coinbase are some of his largest donors. They want him to make crypto less legally confusing and easier to tax (with lower rates ideally) in order to get more people to buy it. It's important to him because they partly funded his campaign.
As to whether it's good or not, that's a much more complicated discussion that I don't feel qualified to get into.
The Fed is already a holder of some Bitcoin. There's money in them thar Capital Hills! Back in July 2024:
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) on Saturday turned positive after former U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold the cryptocurrency in a strategic national stockpile if re-elected.
Trump's remarks came amid his keynote address at the three-day Bitcoin 2024 Conference being held in Nashville, Tenn. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) had initially slipped more than 1% during the majority of Trump's speech.
"The United States government is among the largest holders of bitcoin. The federal government has almost 210,000 bitcoin, or 1% of the total supply that will ever exist," Trump said towards the end of his address.
"If I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration - United States of America - to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future ... This will serve in effect as the core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile," Trump added.
Had a few drinks Wednesday night. While buzzed I ordered a box of the new comfortably numbs and la polpu. Last night, while totally sober, I bought a bundle of cheap cigars for work. This buying freeze isn't going so well.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I wonder now that Cuba is off the US SST list we will gain legal access to Cuban cigars? Not that I care or want Cuban sticks, just wondering?
No shame in this guy. Dry begging in the Non-Cigar. Dayum bruh!
@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I wonder now that Cuba is off the US SST list we will gain legal access to Cuban cigars? Not that I care or want Cuban sticks, just wondering?
No shame in this guy. Dry begging in the Non-Cigar. Dayum bruh!
@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I wonder now that Cuba is off the US SST list we will gain legal access to Cuban cigars? Not that I care or want Cuban sticks, just wondering?
No shame in this guy. Dry begging in the Non-Cigar. Dayum bruh!
@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I wonder now that Cuba is off the US SST list we will gain legal access to Cuban cigars? Not that I care or want Cuban sticks, just wondering?
No shame in this guy. Dry begging in the Non-Cigar. Dayum bruh!
@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
I wonder now that Cuba is off the US SST list we will gain legal access to Cuban cigars? Not that I care or want Cuban sticks, just wondering?
No shame in this guy. Dry begging in the Non-Cigar. Dayum bruh!
Just had what I think was a Red-Tailed Hawk come flopping onto my back deck and land hard in the snow. I jumped up to see what it was, and he was sitting there seemingly stunned. After a few seconds, he flew up and into some nearby pines. He seemed fine when flying away. There's some blood in the snow. I assume he had some small critter in his claws, but how he came to flop onto my deck, I don't know. It all happened too quickly for me to get a picture.
@silvermouse said:
Likely pissed that you scared away its prey. I wonder how long it had been watching the damned humans.
I wonder what owl tastes like...
I'm going to guess like a week old dead mouse, but, be sure to let us know if you find out. Armadillo was better than I expected.
Tell us about the armadillo por favor!
Kind of interesting. A friend of mine works with the University wildlife management program. They did an experiment where they cooked several different wild game meats, raccoon, possum, beaver, groundhog etc., in several different locations and offered them under different letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, etc., to test groups. The taste testers were then asked to prioritize the flavors, best to worst, and state which would the be most likely to eat again if offered. Armadillo meat was the winner, by far. I'm told that it's like turtle, different types of meat on different parts of the creature, with the legs being the tastiest.
Despite the number of the creatures that have invaded Tennessee, and the ease of hunting them, I've not developed a habit. I could shoot any number of them in my yard, but I prefer to just notice them dead by the side of the road. Some believe that they're born that way, dead by the side of the road.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I have had raccoon just once, never again! Woodchuck is delicious. Back in the day the Portuguese fishermen in Provincetown used to catch seagulls and cage them for a week, feeding them non-fish foods to make them palatable.
@silvermouse said:
I have had raccoon just once, never again! Woodchuck is delicious. Back in the day the Portuguese fishermen in Provincetown used to catch seagulls and cage them for a week, feeding them non-fish foods to make them palatable.
Yes, the raccoon tastes like it's been marinated in axle grease, so did bear. Assuming that a woodchuck is a groundhog? Soak it in Italian dressing overnight and barbecue it, pretty tasty.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
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Left a bag of pupperoni dog treats on the kitchen table for the next day at work. Damn cat tore open the bag and ate them all. Smh.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
I found out my Wife's been giving the dogs chicharrones, they love them more than pepperoni.
Crypto companies such as Coinbase are some of his largest donors. They want him to make crypto less legally confusing and easier to tax (with lower rates ideally) in order to get more people to buy it. It's important to him because they partly funded his campaign.
As to whether it's good or not, that's a much more complicated discussion that I don't feel qualified to get into.
The Fed is already a holder of some Bitcoin. There's money in them thar Capital Hills! Back in July 2024:
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) on Saturday turned positive after former U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold the cryptocurrency in a strategic national stockpile if re-elected.
Trump's remarks came amid his keynote address at the three-day Bitcoin 2024 Conference being held in Nashville, Tenn. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) had initially slipped more than 1% during the majority of Trump's speech.
"The United States government is among the largest holders of bitcoin. The federal government has almost 210,000 bitcoin, or 1% of the total supply that will ever exist," Trump said towards the end of his address.
"If I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration - United States of America - to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future ... This will serve in effect as the core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile," Trump added.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4129254-trump-says-will-hold-a-strategic-national-bitcoin-stockpile-if-re-elected-btc-turns-green
Had a few drinks Wednesday night. While buzzed I ordered a box of the new comfortably numbs and la polpu. Last night, while totally sober, I bought a bundle of cheap cigars for work. This buying freeze isn't going so well.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
@Vision with love 💕 🖕🏼
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
My router would only do wifi and barely that. My son replaced the router today. My new network name:
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
After three months, I finally got my bike back. Now I got to clean her and ride her hard.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
I’ll send you some Cubans.
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@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 was just saying last night he put the last of his Cubans in pass. Thanks @Patrickbrick . You're a stand up guy!
I’m good. NOT LOW
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Hahaha. .. Patrick not in the pass…thank God !!
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Buy lube if you already don’t have some, the Costco size.
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Poor @OutdoorsSmoke_21191
If it isn’t bad enough that I’m getting hammered on the forum but @Patrickbrick has been threat texting me this afternoon.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Those aren’t threats my friend, promises, promises. I never threaten.
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Did he just call you out in public saying you can only "threat" . Eesh.... I thought I heard him say you like La Perla Habana.....
I wanted to smoke a cigar, wife wanted quiche lorraine. I'm making quiche lorraine.
Well played sir! No red!
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Volunteering my Sunday at a DIY auto shop. No one has came by today.
Meh...
Just had what I think was a Red-Tailed Hawk come flopping onto my back deck and land hard in the snow. I jumped up to see what it was, and he was sitting there seemingly stunned. After a few seconds, he flew up and into some nearby pines. He seemed fine when flying away. There's some blood in the snow. I assume he had some small critter in his claws, but how he came to flop onto my deck, I don't know. It all happened too quickly for me to get a picture.
Cleaned a couple pipes...
Going for a short ride. First one in a few months. 😉
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Gonna have the wife follow in her car?
Tell us about the armadillo por favor!
Kind of interesting. A friend of mine works with the University wildlife management program. They did an experiment where they cooked several different wild game meats, raccoon, possum, beaver, groundhog etc., in several different locations and offered them under different letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, etc., to test groups. The taste testers were then asked to prioritize the flavors, best to worst, and state which would the be most likely to eat again if offered. Armadillo meat was the winner, by far. I'm told that it's like turtle, different types of meat on different parts of the creature, with the legs being the tastiest.
Despite the number of the creatures that have invaded Tennessee, and the ease of hunting them, I've not developed a habit. I could shoot any number of them in my yard, but I prefer to just notice them dead by the side of the road. Some believe that they're born that way, dead by the side of the road.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I have had raccoon just once, never again! Woodchuck is delicious. Back in the day the Portuguese fishermen in Provincetown used to catch seagulls and cage them for a week, feeding them non-fish foods to make them palatable.
Yes, the raccoon tastes like it's been marinated in axle grease, so did bear. Assuming that a woodchuck is a groundhog? Soak it in Italian dressing overnight and barbecue it, pretty tasty.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain