Is this true?

If this news is confirmed, then it is very serious. For those who don't know, Methamphetamine is not a performance enhancing drug. It is a recreational drug, similar to heroin, cocaine and LSD. In many of the countries, the possession of Methamphetamine is a severe criminal offense. For example in Singapore if you are caught with more than 250 grams of Meth, then you may get the death penalty. I am not sure about the case with Bangladesh, but in many of the Asian countries the possession of Meth is punishable by death. It looks like this guy got a 2 years suspension instead of a prison term, or even capital punishment. He is very lucky.

BTW, I heard that Bangladesh is suffering from a spike in Meth addiction. Myanmar remains the no.1 Meth producer in the world, and the tablets are smuggled in to Bangladesh by criminal gangs mostly operated by the Rohingyas.

This particular method seems to be very popular with the scammers here in the cryptocurrency sector. The most surprising thing is that despite the repetitiveness, a lot of people are getting scammed. By the time we report the videos/posts and get them offline, users might have already lost a lot of their hard earned money. Why this method is used to target cryptocurrency users so often? Is it because the level of greed is higher?

Gun control is not possible in the United States, because they have very high rates of violent crime, especially home invasion. If you don't own a gun, then it is like asking for your death. On the other hand, countries such as Australia and New Zealand have very strict gun ownership laws. They can afford that, because crimes such as home invasion are very rare in these countries. Ultimately, it depends whether the government is able to protect you or not. If they are unable to do that, then you don't have any choice other than owning a gun to protect yourself.

What sort of absurd logic is this?


Seriously? Is Cryptocurrency some magic drug like Hydroxychloroquine, which can fight the Coronavirus?

In India, there are a lot of legal payment methods available, which doesn't need any physical contact. I am talking about the mobile banking services offered by almost all the public/private sector banks in India and about the mobile wallets such as PayTM and Amazon Pay. Now what makes you think that the Indian government would prefer Bitcoin, which is yet to be fully legalized in India ahead of the other legal options?

With just 8 wickets remaining, I don't think that West Indies is going to survive if there is no rain interruption today. But if there is rain interruption and 20-30 overs are lost, then the chances are that this match may end up as a draw. Two of the English bowlers are not in good form (Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes) and Ben Stokes may not be able to bowl. That means that there is going to be a lot of pressure on the two in-form bowlers (Stuart Broad and James Anderson). It is not going to be easy for England.

LOL.. The CNY is one of the most manipulated currencies in the world. The Chinese government devalues the currency every now and then, to help the exporters within their country. Even their best friends, such as Russia and Iran are not comfortable in using CNY for trade between them and China. The Chinese are trying hard to make the CNY the currency of global trade. But that is not going to happen anytime soon.

Actually we were expecting a similar spike in mid-May, when the block reward halving kicked in. For some unknown reason, the block reward halving didn't resulted in any spike back then. A number of reasons were given, such as the impact from the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. But now I guess the impact of the block reward halving is starting to be felt at the market. And I hope that the current trend will continue for the next few months.

If you are talking about the smartphone sector, then no other brand can give you the same quality that Apple (iPhone) offers. So if you want the best quality, then you go for this American brand. Xiaomi started off as a budget smartphone brand. But they have rapidly expanded in to the other niches. I haven't got a chance to use Mi Note 10 till now, but I have heard very good reviews for that phone. Same with their TVs as well. My friend is using their 65 inch 4k UHD TV and he's quite satisfied with the quality.

It would be wrong to say that Africa doesn't want them back. African Americans are much more educated and they have much higher living standards, when compared to those countries from where they originated (Nigeria, Angola, Ghana.etc). If a section of them migrate back to these countries, then it will greatly benefit the economy and healthcare sector of those countries. During the 19th century, a small number of African Americans actually made the journey back to Africa, and settled in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

As far as I know, very few of the African Americans would like to migrate to any country other than the United States. They went through a lot of hardships, in order to become eligible for the US nationality. So why should they renounce it?

Contemporary slavery exists in a number of territories and regions, and Africa is not the only place where you can find it. Bondage labor (indentured servitude) is common in countries such as Pakistan and India and it is almost the same as slavery. But that doesn't take away historical wrongdoings. At least a section of the American public (including small numbers of African Americans and Native Americans) owned slaves.

But then, it is surprising to see only the Europeans getting vilified for their association with slave trade. I am not denying the fact that they played a large part. But in terms of absolute number, it was the Arabs who traded the largest number of slaves. But I haven't seen many people blaming them for the past atrocities. One reason may be that Arabs mostly dealt with female slaves and castrated male slaves, and very few descendants of these slaves survive in the Arab nations.

Although I am not an Indian citizen, I am a regular traveler to India and I know how the system works there. At least regarding the cryptocurrency, the lawmakers (regardless of the political affiliation) are more or less neutral. They are not overly opposed to it, or in support of it. The problem is with some of the bureaucrats who help in formulating the government policy. Some of these guys do have issues with cryptocurrency and they regularly urge the lawmakers to adopt tougher measures against crypto trading. Fortunately till now, the government has ignored them. But overall, the cryptocurrency users in India face a lot of harassment and lack of clarity related to tax liability and legality.

I guess they will end up like China, where Bitcoin is not allowed for payments and trading between fiat cash and cryptocurrency is not allowed. I wasn't expecting much anyway, because it will be too much to expect if we want Russia to have laws similar to Japan or South Korea regarding cryptocurrency. But then, if Bitcoin becomes 100% legal in Russia, then I hope that it will being much relief for the cryptocurrency users, who face a lot of uncertainty regarding the tax issues.

Just shows the complete destruction of the Ireland squad. This squad is no way near the Ireland side which humiliated the Brits during the 2011 cricket world cup. Looking at the scorecard, it looks like a bloodbath. Most of the Irish bowlers conceded around 10 runs per over. If this is how they perform against a Lions squad, then how they are going to take on the England senior side? Their batting is still OK, thanks to the presence of experienced players such as Paul Stirling, Kevin O'Brien and William Porterfield. But the bowling looks pathetic, especially after the retirement of Tim Murtagh.

Sometimes when people get rich all of a sudden, they lose their common sense. Just look at the case of Jack Whittaker, who won the then largest jackpot ever in the history of Powerball in 2002 ($314.9 million). After they become rich, several members of his family died from drug overdose and other unnatural deaths. Whittaker himself was involved in several criminal cases including DUI. He died last month, at the age of 72. I am not just taling about lottery jackpot winners. Look at the celebrities such as Chyna (wrestler), Amy Winehouse, Prince and Whitney Houston.

Illegal immigrants can't vote. That's true. But anchor babies can vote when they become 18 years of age and then they can sponsor their parents as well. Eventually, the entire family becomes US citizens and everyone can vote in the elections. The current wave of illegal invasion started in the 1970s. Most of the first generation illegals have become US citizens by now.

And I don't agree with the argument that illegals need to hide their status. There are sanctuary cities all over the United States (hundreds of them), where it is not possible for the immigration authorities to detain or deport any of the illegals.

In Europe/US people are going to prefer local/Japanese/Korean brands instead of the cheap Chinese brands. But in developing nations such as India, the Chinese brands now have a near-complete monopoly in the electronics market (TVs, mobile phones.etc). And one thing that I would say is that the Chinese brands will never be able to compete with Japanese brands such as Sony and Panasonic. But they have narrowed their gap with the Korean brands, such as LG and Samsung. I have used Chinese (Xiaomi) and Korean (LG) brands, and I can confirm this.

Thanks for posting this. I wasn't following cricket very closely in 2014 (I was out of job then), and I might have missed this incident. He is just one wicket away from becoming the 7th bowler to take 500 or more test wickets (the only other English bowler to have this achievement is also playing in this test - James Anderson). I remember Broad stating as a genuine allrounder. Then all of a sudden, I saw him batting at no.10 and no.11 slots. Even in this test match, he was given the no.10 slot.

If the BCCI want to conduct the IPL 2020 in a safe country, then they would have gone for Sri Lanka or negotiated with the New Zealand Cricket Board. There have been no locally transmitted cases in these countries for the last few months. But they have gone with the United Arab Emirates. Now I smell something fishy with this move. One of the reasons may be that there is no income tax or corporate tax in the UAE. The players are going to receive their full salary, without any tax deduction. The franchises are also going to be happy, as they don't have to pay any tax on their revenue. But the presence of match fixing syndicates in Sharjah and some of the other emirates worry me.

By default, a decentralized currency (doesn't necessarily have to be a cryptocurrency) which is protected against inflation is going to be better when compared to centralized currencies which are prone to inflation. So I am not surprised by their admission of this fact. The federal reserve continues to print banknotes like crazy, and this further weakens the value of the United States Dollar. Gold is now trading at >$1,900 per oz, and it just shows how weak the USD has become in recent times.

And almost all the other fiat currencies in the world are influenced by the value and purchasing power of the USD. So when USD goes down, they also goes down. It is similar to the case of altcoins in the cryptocurrency market.

Can't agree with the OP. I am not an American, but I guess I have enough knowledge on the subject to post a reply here.

First of all, African Americans and Africans are not the same people. African Americans may be predominantly African by blood, but they have significant amounts of European, Native American and Asian ancestry as well. Many of the African Americans, such as Barack Obama and Booker T. Washington would be regarded as non-African, if they travel to that continent.

And I have never seen any concrete evidence to the claim that African Americans discriminate against those from Africa. Most of the African immigrants in the United States live in predominantly African American neighborhoods and intermarry with them. On the other hand, African tribes discriminate against each other on a frequent basis. Look at Rwanda. 1 million people were butchered in 1994, just because they belonged to the Nilotic race instead of the majority Bantu race. Genocides are common in DRC, due to infighting between the Nilotic and Bantu tribes. And in the Sahel region, tens of thousands die every year, as a result of warfare between the agricultural tribes and the pastoral tribes.