Marcus Heinz
@rexmarcius.bsky.social
Former World Bank staff, dedicated to sunlight as the best disinfectant. Trying to pick out the best analysis and opinion pieces about U.S. and European institutions and politics and putting my own twist on them.
Warren Buffett once called crypto "rat poison squared." So is Trump building a digital Fort Knox or stockpiling a financial biohazard? Whatever the aim: parking billions in idle BTC - yielding nothing - will sideline capital that could drive innovation, infrastructure, and real economic growth.
March 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Warren Buffett once called crypto "rat poison squared." So is Trump building a digital Fort Knox or stockpiling a financial biohazard? Whatever the aim: parking billions in idle BTC - yielding nothing - will sideline capital that could drive innovation, infrastructure, and real economic growth.
Sometimes the spine of SCOTUS depends less on principle and more on the sheer incompetence of the Trump administration - this time, the solicitor general fumbling the argument. And for the dissenters? Not even that. Alito & Co. would’ve handed him the match to burn Congress’s power at the stake.
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Sometimes the spine of SCOTUS depends less on principle and more on the sheer incompetence of the Trump administration - this time, the solicitor general fumbling the argument. And for the dissenters? Not even that. Alito & Co. would’ve handed him the match to burn Congress’s power at the stake.
History will be kind to him.
December 31, 2024 at 8:28 AM
History will be kind to him.
Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr!!!
December 25, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr!!!
Der ORF Teletext beschreibt Inhalt und Sinn des Vorschlags recht gut (siehe Screenshot). Ohne Länder geht es bei den Zukunftsprojekten nicht. Nur in Verhandlungsgruppen zu denken, die Ministerienstrukturen nachgebildet sind, wäre im „Weiter Wie Bisher“ zu verharren.
December 16, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Der ORF Teletext beschreibt Inhalt und Sinn des Vorschlags recht gut (siehe Screenshot). Ohne Länder geht es bei den Zukunftsprojekten nicht. Nur in Verhandlungsgruppen zu denken, die Ministerienstrukturen nachgebildet sind, wäre im „Weiter Wie Bisher“ zu verharren.
In a razor-thin House majority of 220:215, the majority’s obligation to show up for every vote or lose will drive home a core truth to the Speaker: democracy isn’t pure majority rule. It’s a system where the majority governs, but the minority cannot be trampled www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2024 at 4:15 PM
In a razor-thin House majority of 220:215, the majority’s obligation to show up for every vote or lose will drive home a core truth to the Speaker: democracy isn’t pure majority rule. It’s a system where the majority governs, but the minority cannot be trampled www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court, once a pillar of checks and balances, now seems to serve ideological interests more and more. A July-August 2024 survey found that 56% of Americans have little to no trust in the Court to act in their best interests. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/trust-in-us-...
December 4, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court, once a pillar of checks and balances, now seems to serve ideological interests more and more. A July-August 2024 survey found that 56% of Americans have little to no trust in the Court to act in their best interests. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/trust-in-us-...