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Dear Friend, The bitcoin bubble has discredited the entire blockchain currencies. Is it the reality? Does it resemble the dotcom boom? There is more emancipatory aspect to the blockchain currency model than the bitcoin bubble. As Tad Montgomery rightly puts "There is a saying going around, ‘the Bitcoin blockchain is to Ethereum what email is to the internet.’ " The blockchain model is only evolving there will be more to come, that can challenge the monopoly of fiat currencies.  Somalia is going through one of its worst famines in history. Yet, the Pentagon has submitted operational plans to the White House which outline at least two years of combat operations in Somalia against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The plans coincide with AFRICOM’s ramped-up campaign of airstrikes in Somalia, carrying out 32 so far in 2017, more than twice the number conducted the previous year. In November, AFRICOM bombed an alleged Al-Shabaab training camp, killing more than 100. 8...

16 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News I CAN'T SIT BY IDLY: I can't sit by idly, while your team produces daily journalistic excellence. Stay the course, keep on fighting and uncovering what's right and wrong! Just sent a small donation. / Dennis, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Benjamin Wittes | Thoughts on Rod Rosenstein's Testimony    Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare   Wittes writes: "My enthusiasm for Rosenstein these days is altogether under control. And his behavior in this episode, in particular, has hardly done him credit."   READ MORE The GOP Tax Bill May Be the Worst Piece of Legislation in Modern History   Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post   Zakaria writes: "If the Republican tax plan passes Congress, it will mark a watershed for the United States. The medium- and long-term effects of the plan will be a massive drop in public investment, which will come on the heels of decade...