Posted By San Antonio Current Staff on Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:42 PM click to enlarge Facebook / Nelly Rapper Nelly will offer a meet and greet with fans for the 4/20 event at Smoke BBQ. Hip-hop artist Nelly s days as a chart topper may be in the rearview mirror, but he apparently still boasts a formidable Alamo City following. A story about the 2000s-era rapper emceeing a 4/20 event-slash-anniversary celebration for Smoke BBQ + Skybar was the
Current s most-read story this week. It even edged out a couple of hot political stories: former SA mayor Julián Castro backing Prop B and the Texas House approving a bill that would let people pack pistols without permits.
New Wall Street Daily
Dear
The Cryptosphere can’t contain its enthusiasm over the breaking news:
Visa Inc. (V) will soon accept settlement in USD coin, a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar.
As one of the largest payment processors in the world, you couldn’t ask for a bigger validation of digital currencies.
Even as a crypto skeptic, I’ll concede the news represents a significant step towards potential mainstream adoption of digital currencies.
But it’s
Digital Fast-Forward
As I’ve told you before, the pandemic is proving to be the biggest catalyst for the adoption of contactless payment solutions. Or essentially, digital money.
Posted By San Antonio Current Staff on Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 11:16 AM click to enlarge Courtesy H-E-B With Texas state mandate lifted, H-E-B will urge but not require customers to wear face masks. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott dominated the news cycle this week when he unveiled plans to end his statewide mask mandate you know, against the advice of medical professionals who actually know what the fuck they re talking about. The controversy only deepened after Governor Greg played the blame-shifting game, claiming the big bad Biden administration are the real villains because they re allowing COVID-carrying asylum seekers into the state. But Texas far right-pandering governor wasn t all
Posted By San Antonio Current Staff on Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 4:13 PM click to enlarge Aidy Bryant portrayed a post-Cancún Ted Cruz in last week s episode of
Saturday Night Live. After last week s catastrophic winter storm and power companies apparent inability to plan for it, it s hard to imagine how this week could possibly hold a candle when it came to news. Yet it did. Apparently, no shortage of you loved tracking the fallout from Sen. Ted Cruz s widely lambasted tropical getaway. But you also read up on H-E-B s philanthropic efforts and wanted to know about disciplinary actions taken against SAPD officers who decided to play bad cop on social media.