{"id":66425,"date":"2021-05-08T02:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=66425"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:25:20","slug":"black-coffee-8-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id66425-black-coffee-8-may-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Coffee: Uncle Sugar and the Booby Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe …<\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance.<\/p>\n

I hope everybody had an enjoyable week. Without further ado, let’s get right to this week’s commentary …<\/p>\n

Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants, and debt is the money of slaves.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Norm Franz<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government is like a bunch of cockroaches. They don’t bother you so much by what they steal and carry off as they do by what they fall into and foul up.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Anonymous<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credits and Debits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debit:<\/strong><\/span> Did you see this? Although it originated as a joke, this week Dogecoin became one of the five biggest cryptocurrencies<\/a> based on its market capitalization. And lest you have any doubts that Dogecoin’s ascendance is proof positive that cryptocurrencies have finally jumped the shark, this<\/strong><\/em> officially seals the deal:<\/p>\n

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What about #ballscoin<\/a> ? It only drops as you get older<\/p>\n

Kevin John (@kevinjohn40) May 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n