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February 12, 2022

NFT house sells for $654k in historic auction -- Tampa condo up next

https://www.tampabay.com/news/real-estate/2022/02/11/nft-house-sells-for-654k-in-historic-auction-tampa-condo-up-next/

A house in Gulfport auctioned off as a non-fungible token on Thursday sold for $654,310, or about 210 ethereum. It’s a first for U.S. real estate, according to real estate transaction firm Propy.

NFTs are typically used for digital collectibles like art and music, where ownership can be transferred and verified through the blockchain — a decentralized and secured log on the internet. In this case, the property rights were transferred to the limited liability corporation Never Forget to HODL LLC. (The phrase HODL means to “hold on for dear life” and is commonly used by cryptocurrency traders.)

The company was minted into an NFT, where the rights to the company and the property are stored on the blockchain. It had to be paid in ethereum, a cryptocurrency used mostly for smart contracts and NFTs, even though the bidding was based on the U.S. dollar. Technically, “A.J.” didn’t buy the house, but rather Never Forget to HODL LLC did.

Leslie Alessandra, the local real estate investor who listed the home, told the Tampa Bay Times she wanted to showcase the real-use applications of the blockchain. Alessandra is also the founder of blockchain company DeFi Unlimited.


Looks like everyone may need to get used to the idea of imaginary money...



February 9, 2022

Employee status sought for college athletes as group files complaint on behalf of UCLA, USC players

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/employee-status-sought-for-college-athletes-as-group-files-complaint-on-behalf-of-ucla-usc-players/?


A second unfair labor practice complaint was filed Tuesday against the NCAA, this one attempting to capitalize on a September ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that could eventually lead to college athletes becoming employees of their universities.

The California-based National College Players Association (NCPA) filed the complaint with the NLRB naming not only the NCAA but the Pac-12, UCLA, USC, and all Division I football, men's basketball and women's basketball programs as complainants.

"The goal is to affirm college athlete employee status for every FBS football player and Division I basketball player at every public and private university in the nation," the NCPA said in a statement.

The NCPA's move comes three months after the College Basketball Players Association (CPBA) filed a similar unfair labor charge against the NCAA for classifying college players as "student-athletes".
February 8, 2022

Could the 14th Amendment keep Trump out of the Oval Office?

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/02/07/could-the-14th-amendment-keep-trump-out-of-the-oval-office/

An obscure portion of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says that public officials cannot serve in any future federal, state, or military office if they engaged in “insurrection or rebellion.” Would that apply to people who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress?

Some legal experts say the clause could be used against former officeholders — up to and including former President Donald Trump — who supported the events of that day.

While the 14th Amendment is best known for enabling African Americans to become citizens of the United States, Section 3 says that no person “shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military” who had previously taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

The language was included “to prevent current and former U.S. military officers, federal officers and state officials who served the Confederacy from serving again in public office unless their disability was removed by at least a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress,” wrote Gerard N. Magliocca, a law professor at Indiana University.


more at link.....
January 21, 2022

It's hard to keep up with all the investigations...

https://www.justsecurity.org/75032/litigation-tracker-pending-criminal-and-civil-cases-against-donald-trump/

Originally published on Feb. 28, 2021; updated on Jan. 4, 2022.

On both the criminal and civil litigation fronts, former President Donald Trump faces a bevy of lawsuits and investigations, with more cases likely to follow. Some are civil suits stemming from his pre-presidential business dealings. Others are defamation claims from women he allegedly assaulted. More still are criminal probes and civil actions that scrutinize his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Chart below tracks all these cases. It will be continually updated as major legal developments occur.

These cases bear on two pressing questions. First, will Trump maintain his long streak of eluding legal liability in the face of so many lawsuits? Second, if Trump is held to account for illegal conduct, what impact will such a development have on his—and his family’s—political and business fortunes?

Criminal charges—one would think—would be among the most damaging outcomes. After all, a criminal prosecution of a former president would be a singular event in American history. No former president has ever been indicted, much less convicted. Trump lost any immunity from indictment that he may have possessed as president the moment he left office on Jan. 20. To be sure, most of the criminal probes detailed below are in their infancy, so the odds of an actual conviction at this time remain improbable. Even so, the mere stigma of criminal charges against the former president could reshape the American political landscape and the historical understanding of Trump’s behavior.

The civil cases could certainly do their fair share of damage as well, directly or indirectly. If Trump falters in one of his business-related suits, his companies may be subject to massive penalties, or worse. Even apart from such sanctions, his empire is reportedly struggling under looming debt obligations and reduced revenues, a slump which could worsen if his reputation continues to deteriorate.


This list summarizes 21 legal actions...more at link.

January 15, 2022

The state breaks infection records for the third week in a row as hospitalizations and deaths mount.

Florida reported 430,297 new coronavirus cases over the seven-day period from Jan. 7-13, an average of about 61,471 infections per day. That’s over 2 percent of Florida’s total population infected in the past week.

It’s the third week in a row the state has shattered previous infection records. The seven-day average of omicron variant infections is more than double the 25,000 daily average the delta wave hit this past summer. Florida’s first omicron case was detected on Dec. 6, when daily cases were less than 2,000 infections per day on average.

HOSPITALIZATIONS: Florida had 11,160 confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of Friday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s up over 30 percent from the week before.


https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2022/01/15/florida-adds-430297-covid-cases-470-deaths-in-past-week/
January 15, 2022

Florida won't enforce federal health care worker vaccine mandate

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2022/01/14/florida-wont-enforce-federal-health-care-worker-vaccine-mandate/

TALLAHASSEE — The Supreme Court has ruled. The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on health care workers will go into effect.

Except Florida won’t do its part to enforce it.

The rule requires employees at federally regulated health care facilities like hospitals and long-term care facilities to be vaccinated. It conflicts with a state law passed in November that limited employers’ ability to mandate vaccines.

If health care companies decide not to abide by the Biden administration’s requirement that 100 percent of workers be vaccinated or qualify for an approved exemption, they risk losing Medicare or Medicaid funding. Both federal programs are major funding sources for health care providers.


More at the link...

Bottom line: DeSatan is crazy.
January 14, 2022

Early reports say Florida Republican shot and killed during road rage incident

I saw this first on FB, and I have heard no more. Shootout near the Florida capital a few days ago.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/13/2074414/-Florida-Republican-is-shot-dead-after-allegedly-ramming-car-and-shooting-at-driver?

John Kuczwanski, the 53-year-old Legislative Affairs Director for the State Board of Administration, died on Jan. 6, 2022 after a road rage shooting incident. The other person involved in the incident was taken into custody but subsequently released.

Sources with knowledge of the investigation told Florida Politics that the shooting incident began as an auto accident caused by Kuczwanski that escalated into a road rage shooting between Kuczwanski and another man. Just north of Tallahassee, Kuczwanski’s black BMW reportedly drifted out of its lane and into a white Prius. Both cars then pulled into the parking lot of a Circle K. It is here where events became deadly.

Anonymous sources tell Florida Politics that the driver of the Prius got out of his car and “confronted Kuczwanski about hitting him,” and then returned to his car to wait for law enforcement’s arrival (ostensibly to file a report for insurance purposes). At this point Kuczwanski reportedly rammed his BMW into the Prius’ driver-side door and “began pushing the car sideways in the parking lot.” At this point sources told Florida Politics that Kuczwanski shot a gun at the Prius, at which time the Prius driver, also a gun owner, pulled out a gun and shot Kuczwanski through the windshield. The Prius driver slipped out of the passenger side door and hid, not knowing whether or not Kuczwanski was going to continue shooting.
January 11, 2022

Rant Paul is at it again...

....Covid response hearing on MSNBC.

He's the most obnoxious person on earth today.

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