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View More NewsFrom yesterday’s decision by Judge Henry Edward Autrey (E.D. Mo.) in Eames v. NILE, the plaintiff’s allegations (which at this point are of course just allegations): Defendant NILE is a death metal band founded in 1993 that has released twelve (12) Albums, the most recent of which, “The Underworld Awaits Us All”, was released August 23, 2024. Eames was a member of the band NILE from mid-2021 until October 26, 2023. Eames toured with NILE from mid-2021 to November 2022, performed guitar and vocals stage left, and was paid $700/week. In November 2022, Eames agreement with NILE was modified by…
With the passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), U.S. foreign policy may be poised for a big shift from the hawkish stance the longtime D.C. insider preferred to a more restrained one better aligned with President Donald Trump’s nationalist MAGA base. Once a Trump critic, Graham became a friend and confidant to the president during both his administrations and nudged him in an internationalist direction that (mostly) avoided the hard break that many world leaders feared. But his position was out of step with an American public increasingly skeptical of military adventures. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille…
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Four years ago, a colleague asked me whether I could chair a debate with some guy called ‘Gary Stevenson’, who was, apparently, an anti-inequality campaigner and a YouTube commentator of some description. I had never heard of Stevenson, but accepted. The debate went all right, even though it was mostly a case of talking past each other (which, given that I was the moderator, was probably my fault). It was otherwise not especially memorable. Britain does not exactly have a shortage of left-wing media figures and activists. In the first half of the 2010s, there was the campaign for a…
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Japan reclassified cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, a structural shift that establishes the legal framework for separate taxation of crypto assets and for future crypto…
In brief OFAC sanctioned multiple wallets tied to Iran’s central bank and the Iranian armed forces on Tuesday, resulting in Tether freezing over $131…
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In brief BIP-110 would restrict several methods used to embed non-financial data in Bitcoin transactions. Supporters say the proposal would reduce blockchain spam, while…
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UK-based financial company Revolut has received approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai to offer crypto-related services in the United Arab…
In brief Jesse Pollak is handing leadership of the Base App back to Coinbase while remaining head of the Base blockchain. Pollak said Base’s…
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